The Business Times, 18 November 2010

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|il A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 138/08/2010 Thursday, November 18,2010
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    Lock icon Singapore Q4 growth may hit 10.8%: poll
    662 1  -  BT-UniSIM Business Climate Survey finds strong rebound in business activity last quarter, but diminished optimism over what is in store on the six-month horizon By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s economy may grow up to 10.8 per cent in the fourth quarter, according
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    Lock icon Europe on brink of 2nd bailout in six months
    684 1 Ireland has said the bill for the bailout could top 50b euros AFP Reuters Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Europe moved closer yesterday to bailing out a eurozone state for the second time this year, as it launched a joint mission with the International
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      182 1 BizIT S’pore firms stay away from public clouds PAGE 29 THE BizIT INTERVIEW Doctor Antivirus BASEL III ‘Swiss finish’ to benefit banks: senior banker COMPANIES Dark pools join forces to attract clients PAGE 6 PAGE 4 PAGE 29 *****1 *****4 The future of watchmaking since 1868. Portuguese Perpetual Calendar. Ref.
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      21 1 China, Singapore seen as top markets over the next year, Page 2 Editorial: EU’s fog of uncertainty not tenable, Page 22
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon China, S’pore seen as top markets over the next year
      337 2  -  Indonesia is third with 13% of firms polled seeing the best prospects there By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Local and foreign firms here say China and Singapore are their two top markets for the next 12 months. Of the 166
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      590 2 Singapore Q4 growth may hit 10.8%: poll SINGAPORE’S economy may grow up to 10.8 per cent in the fourth quarter, according to the latest BT-UniSIM Business Climate Survey. The quarterly poll of firms’ sales, orders and profit performance and business prospects for the next six months has produced
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      Lock icon ‘Swiss finish’ to benefit banks: senior banker
      592 4  -  It will distinguish Switzerland as better capitalised, well equipped By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] Switzerland’s proposal to force its biggest banks to hold more capital than required under Basel III could be a boon for the banks in the long run, says a top
      AFP  -  592 words
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      Lock icon S’pore to conduct competition study for marine sector
      502 5  -  EDB puts out tender for comparison with firms in countries such as S Korea By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Singapore is carrying out an in-depth study to see how it can further boost the competitiveness and productivity of the marine and offshore industry
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      Lock icon Funds were bullish before market slide
      631 5  -  QE2 expectations caused surge in risk appetite and demand for risk assets By NEIL BEHRMANN WILDLY bullish global fund managers proved to be a contrary indicator just prior the current market slide. Between Nov 5 and Nov 11, Bank of America Merrill Lynch surveyed
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      Lock icon China’s price caps on food hard to swallow
      404 5  -  &SS* REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS ••••v.'-.* By WEI GU WORRIED about the biggest price increases in over two years, China’s local governments have come up with price caps on some vegetables to control inflation. But China and price controls have an unhappy history. Such
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Dark pools join forces to attract clients
      742 6  -  Instinet plans to link up with competitors to boost access; has already inked deals By JAMIE JAMIE LEE INSTINET, the parent of dark pool operator Chi-X Global, has plans to link up with several competing dark pools to boost access for clients, increasing
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      Lock icon Philippine court rejects Keppel Cebu’s appeal against damages
      376 6  -  By ALEC ALMAZAN A PHILIPPINE court has rejected an appeal by Keppel Cebu Shipyard against an order to pay 329.74 million pesos (S$9.7 million) to the insurer of Superferry 3, a passenger vessel gutted by fire while being rebuilt at Keppel Cebu’s
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      Lock icon No sign of bubbles in Asian equities: Citi
      567 7  -  Indicators show no evidence of one but some conditions for a bubble are present By TEH SHI NING THERE is no sign of bubbles in Asia’s equity markets just yet, say Citigroup market analysts. “While some markets look a little expensive, a
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      Lock icon Crossbridge Capital sets up S’pore unit
      287 7 Reuters [LONDON] Crossbridge Capital, a London wealth manager set up by former Credit Suisse bankers, has joined the chase for Asia’s tycoons and set up a Singapore unit seeking US$1 billion of new assets, its chief executive said. Chief executive Tarek Khlat told Reuters
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      Lock icon ASX hires goat-farming adviser to sell SGX takeover
      646 9 Bloomberg [CANBERRA] ASX Ltd has hired a former adviser to Tony Abbott, Australia’s parliamentary opposition leader, to lobby lawmakers in support of its takeover by Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX), three people familiar with the situation said. David Gazard will seek to persuade
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      Lock icon PICTET FUNDS
      267 9 Pictet-Absl Rtn Glo Cons-P EUR 12.11.2010 EUR 100,58 Pictet-Absl Rtn Glo Div-P EUR 12.11.2010 EUR 113,23 Pictet-Asian Equities Ex Japan-P USD 12.11.2010 USD 186,99 Pictet-Asian Local Currency Debt-P USD 12.11.2010 USD 138,19 Pictet-Biotech-P USD 15.11.2010 USD 277,77 Pictet-CHF Liquidity-P 12.11.2010 CHF 124,13 Pictet-Clean Energy-P USD 12.11.2010 USD 77,63
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      Lock icon DBS opens branch in Ho Chi Minh City
      272 9  -  Aims to meet rising demand for banking services as companies expand in Vietnam By TEH SHI NING DBS Bank opened a branch in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday to meet growing commercial demand for “integrated banking solutions and greater market connectivity”. The
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S’pore set to play key role in AkzoNobel’s growth plans
      586 10  -  It is being primed to be Dutch paints and coatings maker’s regional hub By KAREN NG IF AkzoNobel is already big in the Asia-Pacific and other emerging markets, the Dutch paints and coatings maker is aiming to be much bigger
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      Lock icon UBS fund services to open S’pore office
      259 10 UBS Global Asset Management Fund Services plans to set up two new offices in Hong Kong and Singapore by early next year. A full-service administration centre will be set up in Singapore, where UBS Global Asset Management already has an operational presence. A
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      Lock icon Citibank joins Serangoon Gardens retail banking hub
      376 10  -  By ARTHUR LEE SERANGOON Gardens is best known for its Chomp Chomp food centre, a favourite with many local foodies. Less well-known is that it is home to a high number of banks, the latest being Citibank which joins the current five banks
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US Fed officials defend stimulus policy
      681 13 They argue that it’s necessary to shore up the fragile recovery Reuters [MONTGOMERY, Alabama] US Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday fought back against a stream of criticism over its US$600 billion economic stimulus, arguing that it was necessary to shore up the fragile recovery.
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      Lock icon Australia’s wages turn higher, ominous for rates
      548 13 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian wages rose by the most in almost two years last quarter, likely only the start of an acceleration in pay deals that will add to upward pressure on inflation and interest rates. The government’s measure of total hourly pay excluding
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      Lock icon Japan 10-year bonds fall as weaker yen boosts economic outlook
      470 13 The yen depreciated to 83.59 per US dollar on Tuesday Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan’s benchmark bonds fell, pushing yields toward a two-month high, as the yen’s drop to near the weakest in six weeks improved the earnings outlook for the nation’s
      Bloomberg  -  470 words
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      Lock icon Bluefin tuna row pits economy vs ecology
      461 13 AFP [PARIS] Dozens of nations gathered in Paris yesterday to decide catch quotas for Atlantic bluefin tuna, a high-ly-prized luxury food consumed raw in Japan as sashimi or sushi. The 10-day meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
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      Lock icon Obama interviews Altman as new economic adviser
      489 13 Candidate was a ‘deficit hawk’ in Clinton Treasury Reuters [WASHINGTON] US President Barack Obama on Tuesday interviewed investment banker Roger Altman, a former Treasury official, as a candidate to replace departing economic adviser Larry Summers, a White House official said. Mr Altman, 64,
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Bakrie Group to list Bumi on London bourse
      727 14 Bakrie is the first major Indonesian business to tap the UK equity market Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Nathaniel Rothschild’s US$3 billion deal to list Indonesia’s largest coal miner in London marries a centuries-old British banking dynasty and a familyowned commodity trader started in Sumatra
      Bloomberg  -  727 words
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      Lock icon New EU rules may hamper palm oil export
      346 14 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Indonesia and Malaysia warned on Tuesday that new European rules to ensure the sustainability of biofuels might hamper their exports of palm oil and breach rules on free trade. But they stopped short of threatening action at the World Trade
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Government ready to act on rising prices
      545 15 Inflation rate hits two-year high in October amid surge in food prices AFP [BEIJING] China said yesterday it was prepared to intervene to curb spiralling prices as it unveiled a range of steps aimed at easing growing public fears about inflation. The government
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      Lock icon Foreign buyer sought for Bank of Guangzhou
      220 15 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The government of China’s southern city of Guangzhou is seeking to sell a 20 per cent stake in Bank of Guangzhou to a foreign investor for as much as US$850 million, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Bank
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Microfinance industry under the microscope
      536 16 Industry is in crisis after a backlash against alleged abusive practices AFP [NEW DELHI] The head of India’s biggest microfinance lender has condemned “rogue” elements in the crisis-hit industry, saying that they needed to be stamped out by tighter regulation. The US$6.7 billion microfinance industry
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      Lock icon Wal-Mart, Alcatel urges India to end poverty
      606 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world’s biggest retailer, and Alcatel-Lucent SA urged India’s government to pull its 828 million people out of poverty to sustain consumer demand and boost economic growth. India’s impoverished population is so vast that it should be
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Roche to cut 4,800 jobs in cost-reduction move
      521 17 Plan is aimed at saving 2.4b Swiss francs a year beginning in 2012 Bloomberg [GENEVA] Roche Holding AG, the world’s biggest maker of cancer drugs, will cut 4,800 jobs as part of a cost-reduction programme aimed at saving 2.4 billion Swiss francs
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      Lock icon Samsung patriarch to promote son next month
      258 17 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea’s richest man Lee Kun-Hee said yesterday that he would promote his only son to president of Samsung Electronics in a year-end reshuffle of personnel. After arriving at Seoul’s Gimpo Airport from attending the Asian Games in China, Mr Lee
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      Lock icon Sarkozy goes primetime to sell agenda
      426 17 But he does not say if he is planning to run for a 2nd term AFP [PARIS] French President Nicolas Sarkozy set out his conservative agenda in a primetime television interview following his Cabinet reshuffle, but did not say if he would run for
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      Lock icon Free market alone is not enough: EBRD
      337 17 Reuters [LONDON] Reducing the role of the state and freeing up market forces won’t necessarily produce a successful economy, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said yesterday. Set up to help former communist economies adjust to free markets, the development bank
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      Lock icon Oracles see rocky road for UK royal couple
      493 19 AFP [HONG KONG] Asian for-tune-tellers are divining mixed blessings for Britain’s Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton, with the gloomier oracles warning of affairs, divorce and trouble having children. Arun Kumar Bansal, president of the All India Federation of Astrologers’ Societies, saw
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      Lock icon General Motors IPO may be largest in US history
      405 19 Offer can rake in US$22.4b if it raises shares sold to 478m on strong interest AFP [NEW YORK] General Motors yesterday announced a hike in the number of shares in its stock listing, which puts the US car maker on track
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      Lock icon Obama’s prospects for Russia nuclear pact fade
      258 19 AP [WASHINGTON] An agreement between the US and Russia to slash their nuclear arsenals was in danger of collapse after an influential Republican senator said that it should not be voted on this year. With a terse statement on Tuesday, Jon Kyl dealt
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      Lock icon Thailand plans 3G auction in Dec
      398 19 Services will start in some areas by April next year after the 19.9b baht auction Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand’s state-owned TOT plc plans a 19.9 billion baht (S$866.7 million) third-gen-eration wireless spectrum auction in December to speed the country’s long-delayed entry into the 3G era.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Consumer prices in October increase 0.2%
      613 18 Gain is less than forecast; core rate is unchanged for 3rd straight month LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The cost of living in the US rose less than forecast in October, indicating higher prices for commodities such as fuel aren’t filtering through into
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      Lock icon Spain economy stagnates in 3rd quarter
      531 18 Reuters [MADRID] Spain’s economy stagnated in the third quarter, pulled back by a weak construction sector and consumers resigned to austerity measures, which could leave it struggling for any serious momentum for years. A growth rate of zero per cent on a quarterly basis
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      Lock icon Berlusconi’s approval rating hits new low: poll
      391 18 Reuters [ROME] Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s approval rating has hit a new low, a survey showed yesterday, as he prepares for a confidence vote in parliament next month which could lead to early elections. An IPR opinion poll posted on the website
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      Lock icon Forging bilateral deals while waiting for Doha
      539 18 Some countries and analysts say FTAs distract global effort Reuters [GENEVA] A flurry of calls for free trade pacts at last week’s G-20 and Apec summits suggests participants are hedging their bets on the long-running global Doha talks. Both the G-20 rich and
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      Lock icon Ghosts of Philippines’ past continue to haunt investors
      565 20 Unfinished airport terminal embodies challenge of doing business in country Reuters [MANILA] Investors gathering at a Manila hotel this week to hear the Philippine president pitch for US$17 billion of infrastructure projects can look out of the window directly at a symbol
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      Lock icon Thailand to study levies on capital inflows
      448 20 Even a Tobin-style tax is under consideration but no plans to impose any of them soon Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand will study the use of levies such as a Tobin-style tax on international transactions to control inflows of global capital, but there was no
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi release could smooth Myanmar’s economic ties
      507 20 More investment is likely to flow into impoverished nation AFP [SINGAPORE] The release of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi could pay off economically for Myanmar’s junta even though Western nations are unlikely to ease trade and other sanctions soon, analysts said.
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      Lock icon Rare earths heading for supply crunch
      534 21 Demand is set to outstrip supply by 2011 as China cuts exports: analysts AFP [SYDNEY] Global demand for the increasingly important “rare earth” minerals that power a range of digital products could outstrip supply by next year as dominant producer China slashes exports, analysts
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      Lock icon Rare pink diamond sold for US$46m at auction
      454 21 London gem dealer makes highest bid ever for a jewel at an auction, says Sotheby’s AP [GENEVA] A rare pink diamond smashed the world record for a jewel at auction on Tuesday, selling for more than US$46 million to a well-known gem
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon EU’s fog of uncertainty not tenable
      479 22 EDITORIAL JUST as markets were thinking that the worst of the eurozone’s sovereign debt crisis had passed, along came a flare-up of financial woes in Ireland. Last week, the yields on two-year Irish government bonds spiked to levels well above even those attained at
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      Lock icon Attempts to force pace of liberalisation may backfire
      803 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent SOME years ago, while moderating an Asian Development Bank seminar in Hawaii on the subject of globalisation, I suggested, in a paper I had been asked to present, that globalisation was a purely “economic phenomenon”
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      Lock icon New accounting rules a blessing for SMEs
      1170 22  -  IFRS for SMEs will lead to benefits such as better access to capital, improved transparency By THEMIN SUWARDY The writer is associate professor of accounting (practice) and associate dean (curriculum and teaching) at the School of Accountancy of the Singapore Management University. He
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      Lock icon Bruised both at home and abroad
      1615 23  -  President Barack Obama has his work cut out to devise a strategy that would deal with global economic challenges LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent USPRESIDENTBarack Obama returned this week to Washington from a 10-day trip to Asia, an excursion that involved several geo-strategic and geo-economic
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      Lock icon Carnival barkers dominate US public debate
      940 23  -  THOMAS FRIEDMAN NYT ON NOV 4, Anderson Cooper did the country a favour. He deconstructed on his CNN show the bogus rumour that President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia would cost US$200 million a day. This was an important “story”. It underscored just how
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon 2 Qantas jets land safely after minor incidents
      762 24 Extra attention has focused on Qantas since the Nov 4 A380 incident AP [SYDNEY] A bird and a bolt of lightning were the latest problems to strike Qantas, the airline said yesterday, causing the fourth flight turnaround since an engine blowout on
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      3193 24 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ455 1230 KU6458 1425 SQ458 1425 EY473 1940 Adelaide LH9771 1745 LH9770 2350 SQ278 1745 SQ279 2350 VS7278 1745 VS7279 2350 9W4081 1830 AF8087 1830 BA7381 1830 JL5084 1830 MU8213 1830 QF81 1830 Amsterdam LO4031 0605 KL836 0115 SQ323
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      Lock icon Sleepy pilot caused Air India crash: report
      208 24 AFP [NEW DELHI] A sleepy pilot who approached the runway at the wrong angle and ignored warning signs was to blame for a passenger plane crash in southern India in May that claimed 158 lives, reports said yesterday. A Court of Inquiry probe
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      Lock icon Passengers and unions balk at US airport full-body scans
      871 24 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Tension at US airports between security and privacy may peak Nov 24, one of the year’s busiest travel days, with a protest over growing use of full-body X-rays and of extensive pat-downs for those who reject the scans. That
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      Lock icon THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES
      4115 25 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com CR NO. **********0W UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN New Orleans/Camden *Loads E./W.
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      351 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Despot in a terrible land the other side of the world (9) 6 Some mess often swirling around in ditch (5) 9 Information from computer that could be dear (4-3) 10 Hunted animal trapped by senior person with a lot of experience (3,6) 11 Hoodlum not
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      27 25 Shippers looking for Warehouse Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WONG AT 9620 1327 THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES
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  • SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Maersk Drilling plans to order more rigs
      720 26 Long-term goal is to up capacity by 50%, keep fleet’s age low Bloomberg [COPENHAGEN] Maersk Drilling, which has the sec-ond-youngest fleet of oil rigs, aims to order a new one every six months as rental rates rise and competitors buy each other or
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      Lock icon Chinese, Indian crude buyers seen driving tanker activity
      525 26 Brokerage Poten says rates to hover slightly below historical averages Reuters [LONDON] Chinese and Indian crude oil buyers will drive activity on larger tankers in the coming months and rates are expected to hover slightly below historical averages, leading brokerage Poten Partners
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      Lock icon Copenhagen-bound ferry in fiery scare
      281 26 AP [COPENHAGEN] A fire on the car deck of a passenger ferry with 600 people on board set Scandinavian rescue authorities on high alert yesterday, but the ship’s operator said that the situation was under control and no evacuations were needed. The Pearl of Scandinavia
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      278 26 SGX '000 Nov 16 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.51 -0.01 1186 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.23 -0.01 50 Cosco Corp 2.09 unch ***** CWT Ltd 0.94 -0.02 1657 Ezra Hldgs 1.74 0.01 6168 First Ship Lea 0.44 -0.01 509 Freight Links 0.09 unch 4817 Grand Banks 0.45 unch 40
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      Lock icon Challenges seen for dry bulk sector
      555 27 Oversupply, slower Chinese imports will pressure market next year: Citigroup Reuters [LONDON] Expectations of slower Chinese commodity imports and fleet growth will keep the dry bulk market under pressure next year, while sluggish demand will weigh on the tanker sector, Citigroup’s head of shipping
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      9636 27 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.31/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 1/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B SGD!** 1.2/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B USD!** 0.89/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM
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      Lock icon Fire on cruise ship burns 20% off Carnival EPS
      258 27 AP [MIAMI] Carnival Corp says that the fire aboard one of its cruise ships last week will reduce fourth-quarter earnings per share by one-fifth and knock the boat out of service for two months. The company said on Tuesday that the
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      374 28 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 854.7 -1.6 2.7 -1.9 -3.8 -1.9 3.7 EAFE Preliminary 779.3 -1.5 -0.7 -2.0 -6.2 -2.0 1.1 Europe Preliminary 1140.5 -2.1
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      179 28 Nov 16 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 par 1-month 5/16 1/16 2-months 3/8 1/8 3-months 7/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.33 0.23 1 month 0.37 0.27 2 months 0.42 0.32 3 months 0.45 0.35 6 months 0.55 0.45 9 months 0.75 0.55 12
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 28 Nov 16 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2984 1.2989 2-months 1.2983 1.2989 3-months 1.2984 1.2989 6-months 1.2983 1.2988 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      66 28 Nov 16 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 10 3370 3371 3402 3271 304 3443 Jan 11 3350 3370 3403 3267 5714 ***** Feb 11 3351 3365 3399 3260 ***** ***** Mar 11 3351 3355
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      135 28 Nov 16 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Dec 10 434.8 427.0 427.0 44 Jan 11 427.0 Feb 11 433.0 426.0 426.0 19 Mar 11 426.0 Apr 11 430.0 430.0 430.0 10 May 11 430.0 430.0 430.0
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      90 28 Nov 16 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****N 17.02.2011 0.29 0.29 0.25 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2011 0.40 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****1E 2.500 01.10.2012 103.68 103.75 103.63 5-Year N*****0S 2.875 01.07.2015 107.22
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      107 28 Nov 16 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 11 1219.75 1286.50 1289.75 1216.50 Mar 11 1227.00 1293.75 1296.00 1223.75 May 11 1224.75 1290.25 1293.00 1220.25 Jul 11 1224.25 1290.50 1294.00 1220.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 10 49.97
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 28 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov 16 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 85.15 -1.53 WTI (Near Mth) 82.21 -2.34 Dubai (1-Mth F) 83.66 -0.84 Tapis blend 89.85 -1.10 Minas 85.45 -1.10 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 86.56 -0.77 Jet Kerosene 98.10 -1.10 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      2379 28 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left 4869 A-Sonic Aerospace W*****0 2.5 unch 883 1 3 -8 2.40 1 6221 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 37.5 -0.5 23 1 150 16 4.32 42 6227 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 3.5
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      121 28 Nov 16 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.327 1.252 Can dollar 1.315 1.265 Euro 1.804 1.735 Sterling pound 2.133 2.051 NZ dollar 1.036 0.987 US dollar 1.326 1.275 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      Lock icon STOCK INDEX FUTURES
      23 28 Nov 17 Open High Sett STI Nov SIMSCI Nov Taiwan Nov 294 294.7 294.0 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      415 28 Nov 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec10 99.6775 0 9461 Mar11 99.5850 0 2213 Jun11 99.4750 0 2724 Sep11 99.3600 0 1618 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Dec10 99.6600 32 4448 Mar11 99.6600 0 1475 Jun11 99.6600 99.6600 99.6600 99.6600 0 1637 Sep11 99.6600 99.6600
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      464 28 Nov 16 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.993 6.524 0.723 7.622 44.510 88.008 0.817 11.099 3.081 1.270 83.849 42.905 1.277 6.865 0.967 29.786 29.378 0.613 0.983 Canada 1.007 6.572
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      Lock icon SIBOR
      85 28 Nov 16 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      139 28 Nov 17 GOLD (US$/oz) Nov 17 Nov 16 Hong Kong 1334.00 1360.80 Nov 16 Nov 15 London 1341.50 1371.85 1342.00 1372.35 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Nov 16 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar "61,415.86" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 138 57 5gm 391 286 10gm 698
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      Lock icon LONDON METALS
      71 28 Nov 16 Nov 16 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2214.75 2375.25 3 months 2242.00 2400.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 8167.50 8670.00 3 months 8150.00 8645.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2230.50 2430.00 3 months 2256.00 2455.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      Lock icon LIFFE
      81 28 Nov 16 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 10 1840 1837 1845/1825 Mar 11 1861 1858 1864/1845 May 11 1879 1875 1881/1864 Jul 11 1897 1892 1898/1883 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov 10 1850 1909 1883/1850 Jan 11 1856 1902 1922/1848 Mar 11 1868 1902 1925/1863 May 11
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      154 28 Nov 16 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2763 1.2769 0.9830 0.9831 Canadian dollar 1.2854 1.2868 0.9900 0.9907 Euro 1.7660 1.7670 1.3601 1.3604 NZ dollar 1.0047 1.0057 0.7738 0.7743 Sterling pound 2.0824 2.0836 1.6038 1.6041
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      Lock icon NUS navigating to the cloud to cut costs
      670 29  -  Up to 200,000 NUS alumni access their e-mail on a cloud-based service By RAJU CHELLAM THE education sector seems to be steering towards cloud computing faster than other sectors. The National University of Singapore (NUS) is the latest major educational institution in
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      Lock icon Doctor Antivirus
      950 29  -  Peter Tippett recounts his career combining science with IT to fight PC viruses. By VICTORIA HO <the bizIT interview> By VICTORIA HO WATCHING the exponential growth of viruses on a Petri dish is no different from watching their virtual cousins grow on a disk, for Peter Tippett. The
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      Lock icon S’pore firms stay away from public clouds
      1032 29  -  Survey shows that regulatory issues hinder adoption, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY DESPITEallthehype,Singaporecompanieshavenot yet embraced the cloud to the extent vendors would like them to. According to a global survey, cloud computing services are gaining little traction in the Republic, with
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      Lock icon Danger lurks in every corner of cyberspace: report
      604 29  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SURFING the Internet is increasingly becoming more dangerous. A new report notes that gone are the days of predictable virus attacks which a set of simple protections could thwart. Instead, modern blended Web threats with names as exotic
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon China property policy risks seen stabilising
      660 30 Beijing is shifting its focus to inflation control, adds Citigroup report Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China is unlikely to introduce further property-specific measures as the government shifts its policy focus to controlling inflation, Citigroup Inc said in a report yesterday. Policy headwinds should relax slightly in
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      Lock icon Househunt PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR DISTRICTS 1 TO 20 WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN OCT 20 AND OCT 26, 2010
      1464 30 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED Marina Bay Residences Apt 25/10/2010 99 1227 2087 1701 Marina Bay Residences Apt
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      Lock icon Owner of Lipstick Building files for bankruptcy
      581 31 Ponzi maestro Madoff used to have his offices in the Manhattan tower Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The owner of Lipstick Building, the midtown Manhattan tower where Bernard Madoff ran the biggest Ponzi scheme in US history, has filed for bankruptcy with a plan to
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      Lock icon Centro receives ‘encouraging’ interest in its malls
      282 31 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Australia’s Centro Properties Group has received “encouraging” interest for some of its US$18 billion worth of shopping mall assets up for sale as it seeks to reduce its US$18 billion debt load. “I am pleased to say whilst the competitive process
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      Lock icon UK home prices to fall amid spending cut: Jones Lang LaSalle
      217 32 Bloomberg [LONDON] Home prices in the UK will fall about one per cent next year as the government slashes spending, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc said, cutting its previous estimate. Prices in London will gain about 2 per cent, fuelled
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      Lock icon Safety of China’s buildings called into question
      790 32 Critics say there is a lack of safety standards in the construction sector NYT [BEIJING] A day after a devastating fire gutted a 28-sto-rey Shanghai apartment tower, China faced angry questions on Tuesday about whether this nation’s breakneck construction boom had sown the
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