The Business Times, 6 January 2011

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1 .00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 138/08/2010 Thursday, January 6,2011
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  • 460 1  -  For bigger cars, the $70,000 COE mark seems likely to stay By SAMUEL EE [SINGAPORE] The COE premium for small cars fell in yesterday’s bidding exercise the first of the new year and could have been as low as $1 if not
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  • 632 1  -  By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] Banks here are likely to do well this year as the economy continues to grow strongly, but profits could be squeezed by low interest rates, heightened competition and rising staff costs. Their shares, however, are looking
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  • 526 1  -  Sources say CPIB is investigating award of the tender to the winning consortium By NISHA RAMCHANDANI [SINGAPORE] The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is looking into the tender awarded by Singapore Sports Council (SSC) to build the upcoming $380 million Changi Motorsports Hub,
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  • 142 1 GST INDEX 3,254.25 (+3.96) GST INDEX FUTURES 3,256 (+6) GSIMSCI 383.09 (+1.13) HSIMSCI FUTURES 383.10 (-0.20) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.290 (US$/S$ per 1.560 2.012 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.325 1.709 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 82.00 63.60 RM 3.068 2.379 HK$ 7.773 6.027 BAHT 30.15
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 561 2 CPIB looks into Changi Motorsports Hub deal THE Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau is looking into the tender awarded by Singapore Sports Council to build the upcoming $380 million Changi Motorsports Hub. A source told BT that the probe relates to the award of the tender for the project
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    • 743 2  -  Analysts optimistic as past figures show a good opening day leads to a good year By ANDREW MARKS By in New York IN the stock market the tried and true wisdom goes that past performance is no guarantee of future returns. But
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    • 664 2  -  44 lawyers seek to overturn decision on business-class trips By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] A group of 44 lawyers filed a petition yesterday, seeking to overturn a decision by the Law Society to fund business-class trips by its president and two vice-presidents. But their move was
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    • 419 4  -  By JOYCE HOOI [SINGAPORE] For the Singapore Exchange (SGX), 2010’s bite was better than its bark what it lost in volume, it more than made up for in value. While total securities trading volume was down year-on-year by 13.3 per cent with 400.446
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    • 836 4 Exports take a big hit; Queensland premier puts cost of disaster above A$5b AP Bloomberg [BRISBANE] Australia yesterday put an army general in charge of flood recovery efforts after weeks of heavy rains deluged the country’s north-east, crippling the area’s economy,
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    • 466 4  -  By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] The bolt of lightning that struck a 62-year-old golfer on New Year’s Day could well be described as a freak accident. This is because the lightning that struck the Laguna National Golf and Country
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    • 442 4 LATEST US DATA Reuters [NEW YORK] A surprise surge in US private-sector employment last month for its biggest-ever rise in a private payrolls report provided the most bullish signal in months that the US economy is on the mend. Private employers added 297,000 jobs
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    • 417 2 Employee Remuneration Reporting Workshop on Forms IR8A and IR21 Date 14 January 2011 Time 9am to 5pm Venue Singapore Marriott Hotel Seminar Objectives This workshop will provide you with an update on the recent focus on compliance with employee remuneration reporting by the IRAS. It will assist employers to understand
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    • 207 2 8th Keppel Offshore Marine Lecture at National University of Singapore A 40-year passage of passion Reaching 70 this year, Er. Seow Tiang Keng is among the few established engineers with hands-on experience in a wide variety of projects, spanning disciplines, industries and countries. At the 8th Keppel Offshore Marine Lecture,
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    • 320 2 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ELIXIR SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS PTE LTD (COMPANY NO: *****5815D) (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of ELIXIR SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS PTE LTD signed by the Representative of the Holding Company pursuant
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    • 139 3 WEARNES AUTOMOTIVE passion driven since 1906 •v 1906 Charles and Theodore Wearne founded C.F.F. Wearne and Co. X > v BENTLEY 1931 Malayan Motors, a Wearnes division, BENTLE Y becomes the distributor for Bentley m ,iT» a 1970 Malayan Motors, a Wearnes division, JAGUAR becomes the distributor for Jaguar 2000
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 842 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY IT’S customary at this time of the year for observers and commentators to draw up a wishlist of changes and improvements they would like to see in the new year. So without further ado, here is
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    • 419 5  -  More responsibilities consolidated under two exec VPs; corp planning div set up By VEN SREENIVASAN JUST days after taking over the reins, Singapore Airlines’ new CEO Goh Choon Phong has announced an organisational restructuring to position the group for future challenges. The changes will
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    • 699 6  -  It has just acquired a 53% stake in Beijing’s Airport City Development By LYNETTE KHOO GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP), which just bought into China’s Airport City Development Ltd (ACL), is eyeing more assets that will be up for grabs as China’s fragmented modern
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    • 515 6  - Sinwa acquires 70% of Rapid Offshore Marine Acquisition set to add heft to Sinwa’s earnings by Q2 By JOYCE HOOI MARINE supply and logistics firm Sinwa Limited may not have had the best of luck with partnerships, but it is upbeat that its latest deal will be a winner. Yesterday,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 41 6 CSE Global Ltd (CSE) has bagged two contracts worth US$11 million in PNG and West Africa. The first contract is from a major Japan-based contractor while the second is from a US-based oil company.
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      • 43 6 BOUSTEAD Singapore Ltd has secured some $16 million in contracts from the oil and gas industries. The contracts involve the design, process engineering and construction of large-scale process systems for oil refineries in Iraq, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.
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    • 345 6 WILMAR International has finalised a joint venture to develop six sites in China. This comes after a separate successful joint bid with Kerry Properties and Shangri-La Asia for the sites in Laobian District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, China, for 1.35 billion yuan (S$263 million). Wilmar’s
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    • 766 7  -  China Animal and First Resources also among those seen with steep upside By FELDA CHAY ELEVEN stocks in sectors such as commodities, tourism and property have caught the attention of DMG Partners Research, which believes that these players are the top
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    • 336 7  -  By WINSTON CHAI SEMICONDUCTOR test and packaging group STATS ChipPAC plans to issue US$200 million in senior unsecured notes to help refinance an outstanding loan. According to a company statement released yesterday, the notes are due in 2016 and interest will be paid semi-annually.
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    • 285 7 V nextu Service Sri Excellence z> INSTITUTE Disney Institute, Orlando, USA Leading and Sustaining a Culture of Service Excellence This three-day experience will take business professionals outside their traditional industry to explore how The Walt Disney Company uses a creative approach to tell its story in a variety of venues.
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 604 8  - STI manages 3rd straight rise just Index cuts 10-point gain to close nearly 4 points higher; OCBC and CapitaLand shine STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent AVOLATILEsessionyesterday saw the Straits Times Index (STI) rise as much as 10 points before ending a net 3.96 points higher at 3,254.25. As always, trading
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    • 186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 7 3 0 0 0 7 7 3 Manufacturing 57 63 81 4 7 18 61 70 99 Commerce 18 22 32 2 2 7 20 24 39 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 13 20
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    • BROKERS' TAKE
      • 226 8 Jan 5 close: $1.70 CIMB Research, Jan 5 WE MET investors during a weeklong non-deal roadshow with Parkway Life Reit’s (PLife) CEO, Yong Yean Chau, and CFO, Loo Hock Leong, in the UK and Europe in December. Management elaborated on plans to expand organically and through acquisitions.
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      • 360 8 Jan 5 close: $0.39 AmFraser Securities, Jan 5 WE ARE initiating coverage on Global Palm Resources Holdings (GPR) with a “buy” rating. Fair value is $0.51 a share, based on 12 times price-earnings of FY11 EPS of 282 rupiah (equivalent to 4.2 Singapore cents). We believe GPR
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      • 268 8  -  Jan 5 close: $3.86 OCBC Investment Research, Jan 5 Compiled by LYNETTE KHOO CAPITALAND announced last Friday that it would develop a second Raffles City in the Changning district of Shanghai. We feel it has executed well by turning the project over to market expediently, recycling capital and realising
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      • 135 8 Ebit earnings before interest and tax Ebitda earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation EPS earnings per share FY fiscal/financial year H1, H2 first or second half m-o-m month on month NAV net asset value 9M nine months P/B price/book value (ratio) PE price/earnings (ratio) Q1, Q2, Q3 first,
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    • 121 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 66,955 66,955 79,526 79,526 Manufacturing 524,284 41,298 565,582 430,046 2,771 432,817 Commerce 104,661 29,124 133,785 260,712 1,601 262,313 Tpt/Stor/Comms 163,912 1,490 165,402 269,636 398 270,035 Finance 40,465 40,465 322,859 322,859 Construction 27,130 12,669 39,799 7,630
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    • 107 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.900 +0.030 CapitaLand 3.860 +0.100 CapitaMall 1.980 +0.010 CityDev 12.800 ComfortDelGro 1.580 +0.010 DBS Grp 14.700 +0.100 F&N 6.520 +0.070 Genting SP 2.190 -0.040 Golden Agri 0.800 -0.015 HK Land 7.480 -0.130 JMH 47.500 JSH 28.300 -0.640 Jardine C&C 37.620 +0.040
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    • 436 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [NEW YORK] The US dollar jumped yesterday and may likely extend gains over the next few weeks, after strong US private-sector jobs data reinforced expectations of a self-sustain-ing recovery in the world’s largest economy. The greenback was on pace for its best
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    • 66 8 Jan 5 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 848.00 +28.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -1.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +85.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 823.22 +1.58 FTSE ST Small Cap 613.71 -1.63 FTSE ST All Share 808.67 +0.88 FTSE ST China Top 304.93 -0.76 FTSE ST China 333.50 -1.24 FTSE
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    • 54 8 VOLUME MDR 90,283,000 LeaderEnv 82,820,000 Genting SP 76,908,000 Golden Agri 65,122,000 GLP 58,381,000 Gallant 42,097,000 ChinaGaoxian 37,199,000 Noble Grp 36,863,000 CapitaLand 35,795,000 ChinaAniH 35,749,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 170,144,480 CapitaLand 136,890,560 JMH 135,215,607 DBS Grp 134,365,020 GLP 126,278,690 Wilmar 110,666,426 Noble Grp 83,165,550 Cosco Corp 79,389,170 UOB 73,887,400
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    • 109 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6055 125.0 1.6 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4499 25.8 0.4 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3205 20.6 0.5 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4538 18.1 0.3 OCBC Bk 1014 18.0 1.8 DBXT MSCHINA 10US$ 1281 16.8 1.0 Asia Pac Brew 1964 12.0 0.6 CWT 115 12.0
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    • 119 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ *****-327.4 -1.8 GLD 10US$ *****-291.3 -1.6 DairyFarm 750-237.2 -19.7 JSH 2830 -82.5 -2.2 IS S&P500 ***** -73.5 -0.4 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3676 -56.7 -1.2 Lyxor India Nifty 10 1750 -30.0 -1.7 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1986 -25.8 -1.0 IS MSCI India 100 800
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 555 9  -  Gencos will use PNG to fuel expansion before LNG arrives By RONNIE LIM SINGAPORE intends to lift an earlier ban it imposed since August 2006 on additional piped natural gas (PNG) imports from Indonesia and Malaysia. The ban was meant to build
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    • 396 9 THE bare bone structure of a 16-storey, 68,000 gross square metre building at the former Warren golf course was unveiled yesterday as the new Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (Create) by chairman of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Tony Tan.
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    • 528 9  -  Royal Group leads with offer of $1,072 psf ppr, with plans for 200-room hotel By EMILYN YAP OGILVY Centre, the landmark conservation building at the junction of Robinson Road and Boon Tat Street, is set to get a makeover. Built to the neoclassical style,
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    • 342 9  -  By FELDA CHAY A TIE-UP between Hoi Hup Realty, Sunway Developments and SC Wong Holdings has put in the highest bid of $131.6 million for a public housing site on Yuan Ching Road in Jurong. This is 5 per cent above
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    • 227 9  -  Speakers to focus on equity and property markets By MAXIE AW YEONG WITH its brisk recovery from last year’s economic crisis, Asia caught the world’s attention as a place full of seemingly unlimited growth possibilities. Looking forward, how will Asia perform this year?
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    • 241 9 ELIM Chew, founder and president of street wear retail fashion chain 77th Street, has won a Special Award of Commendation at this year’s Young Outstanding Singaporeans (YOS) Awards. Out of the 25 finalists shortlisted, seven others won YOS Awards. Ms Chew was the only one
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 463 10 But market seen petering out rather than bursting: analyst Bloomberg [NEW YORK] A recovering economy has prompted the biggest withdrawal from US bond funds in more than two years. Withdrawals at bond mutual funds for the week ended Dec 15 came to US$8.6 billion, according
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    • 690 10 Bloomberg [BERLIN] German unemployment unexpectedly rose in December for the first time since June 2009 as the coldest weather in more than 40 years led companies to shed staff. The number of people out of work rose a seasonally adjusted 3,000 to
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    • 482 10 AFP [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve is watching for any worsening of Europe’s debt and banking problems that could damage the American economic recovery, according to meeting minutes released on Tuesday. At a Dec 14 meeting, the Fed’s policy-setting panel viewed the US
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    • 493 10 Reuters [SEOUL] Interest rates in South Korea need to be held steady for now amid growing uncertainty over the global economy, but rising oil prices pose a big inflationary risk, a central bank board member said yesterday. “This year in particular,
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    • 441 10 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan’s consumer price growth unexpectedly slowed in December for the first time in four months as the gain in food prices moderated. The consumer price index increased 1.25 per cent from a year earlier, compared with a revised 1.52 per cent climb in
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    • 334 10 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese Economy Minister Banri Kaieda said the government needs to look at how an increase in the nation’s sales tax may affect its efforts to beat more than a decade of falling prices. “A sales tax increase needs to
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 502 11  -  Frost Sullivan sees 4% growth to new record this year after 11.4% jump in 2010 By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S automotive sector is expected to grow by 4 per cent to a record breaking 623,000 units this year on the
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    • 672 11 Move comes despite rising consumer price pressures Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Bank Indonesia kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low even after consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in 20 months, betting measures such as higher bank reserve requirements will keep inflation
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    • 2935 11 BEATS NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com. IN THE MATTER OF SECTION 290 OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF WORLD CAT (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (Co. Reg. No: *****4481 G) (“the Company”) NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION FOR MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 600 12 But it will not help in reducing China’s trade surplus with the US, says official Reuters AFP [BEIJING] China will let the yuan rise about 5 per cent against the dollar in 2011 to combat inflation, an official newspaper said yesterday. But a
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    • 384 12 Cathay Financial, Fubon among bidders for Nan Shan Life Bloomberg [TAIPEI] American International Group Inc (AIG), the insurer selling assets to repay a US bailout, has told regulators it was offered as much as US$3 billion for its Taiwan-based unit Nan
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    • 227 12 AP [BEIJING] Freezing temperatures have forced the evacuation of nearly 60,000 people from their homes and caused more than US$200 million in economic losses in southern China, the government said yesterday. Ice and sleet have collapsed the roofs of more than 1,200 homes and
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    • 293 12 Reuters [SHANGHAI] People.com.cn, the online news portal run by People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of China’s Communist Party, aims to list in Shanghai this year, the state-run China Daily reported yesterday. People’s Daily Online Co Ltd, which operates People.com.cn, plans to
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    • 1627 12 NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg <f< X CHINA FISHERY GROUP LIMITED CHINA FISHERY GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CHINA FISHERY GROUP LIMITED (the "Company") will be held at Capricorn, Level 1, Marina
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    • 505 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF (1) BRIGHT MOUNTAIN PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Co. Reg. No. *****6413Z) (2) KNIGHTSBRIDGE INVESTMENT PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Co. Reg. No. *****6414K) (3) WANDSWORTH PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Co. Reg.
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  • INDIA
    • 407 13 Fall from 4-month high due to slower expansion in new business: survey Reuters [BANGALORE] Growth in India’s service sector has eased in December from a four-month high the previous month, reflecting a slightly slower expansion in new business, a survey showed yesterday. The HSBC
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    • 297 13 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian police said yesterday that they had registered a case against the chief executive of US banking giant Citigroup and other board members over a fraud case uncovered at a local Indian branch. The case was registered after an
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    • 430 13 AFP [NEW DELHI] For centuries, the stunning silk saris woven by hand in the holy city of Varanasi have been prized by Indian women, but an influx of cheap Chinese-made copies is destroying the local industry. Badruddin Ansari, one of the few
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    • 155 13 WATS 3 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NEW PACIFIC SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE. LTD. (In Creditors'Voluntary Liquidation) Reg. No. *****9569Z NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 8 Wilkie Road, #03-08,
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    • 2501 13 :*ATci NOTICES •SELL IT-FIND IT Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg PACIFIC ANDES RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (the "Company") NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special General Meeting of the Company will be held at Capricorn, Level 1, Marina Mandarin Singapore,
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  • WORLD
    • 675 14 Global downturn has increased level of scrutiny, especially for mega mergers Reuters [HONG KONG] Rising protectionism could kill off some multi-billion-dollar international takeovers this year, bankers say, noting that governments are increasingly keen to protect their national icons. Industries that are seen more prone
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    • 475 14 It plans to invest 43.1t won and take on 25,000 new workers this year AFP [SEOUL] South Korea’s Samsung Group said yesterday that it planned to spend a massive 43.1 trillion won (S$49.4 billion) this year as it looks to expand its presence in
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    • 483 14 European demand weaker due to heavy snowstorms Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Acer, the world’s second-largest computer maker, said that snowstorms in Europe would force it to miss guidance for its fourth-quarter sales. The shares fell the most in about six months in Taipei. The company
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    • 621 15 Republicans seek to open a two-year joust for political supremacy AFP [WASHINGTON] US President Barack Obama’s Republican foes were set to take control of the House yesterday, opening a two-year joust for US political supremacy with an eye on defeating his 2012 bid
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    • 373 15 Reuters [WASHINGTON] President Barack Obama’s national security adviser pressed for efforts to reduce US-China trade imbalances and also discussed ways to rein in North Korea in talks on Tuesday with China’s foreign minister. Mr Obama, who joined the meeting with Chinese Foreign
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    • 321 15 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s trade minister said yesterday he wants to visit China this month to talk to officials there to secure enough rare earths, after the world’s biggest supplier cut export quotas for the minerals used to make a range of
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    • 309 15 Pictet-Absl Rtn Glo Cons-P EUR 31 12.10 EUR 100,88 Pictet-Absl Rtn Glo Div-P EUR 31 12.10 EUR 113,88 Pictet-Asian Equities Ex Japan-P USD 31 12.10 USD 187,34 Pictet-Asian Local Currency Debt-P USD 30 12.10 USD 136,93 Pictet-Biotech-P USD 31 12.10 USD 307,23 Pictet-CHF Liquidity-P 30 12.10 CHF 124,15
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    • 18 15 ISIN-CODE NAME NAV DATE LU********** Man AHL Trend SGD Share SGD 101.43 27.12.10
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    • 496 15 Central bank says it will buy US$12b to tame the peso Reuters [SANTIAGO] Chile’s central bank said it will buy US$12 billion in US currency to tame the peso, which has appreciated more than 17 per cent against the US dollar since the end
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    • 565 18 Irish and Spanish economies shrink due to weak domestic demand EUROZONE DEBT WOES Reuters [LONDON] Growth in the euro zone services sector slowed in December as activity in Ireland and Spain shrank, highlighting a two-speed regional recovery as business continued to expand in Germany
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    • 368 18 Deficit at 6% in 2011 would be ‘slightly above EU average’ AP [MADRID] Spain’s efforts to reduce its swollen deficit have gone better than expected in 2010, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says. Mr Zapatero said on Tuesday that Spain’s
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    • 589 18 AFP [BEIJING] China’s pledge to buy more Spanish government debt reflects its strategic and economic interests, but its big spending in Europe will not be a cure-all for the long term, economists said yesterday. Vice-Premier Li Keqiang made the
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    • 337 18 Reuters [LONDON] All bondholders should be forced to take losses in an ailing bank under draft European Union proposals which aim to avoid taxpayers again having to fund bailouts in the next crisis. The EU’s executive commission is due to publish the consultation paper
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    • 363 18 ‘Mindless’ US deficit spending may lead to higher inflation Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Pacific Investment Management Co’s Bill Gross said investors should favour emerging market corporate and sovereign debt as “mindless” US deficit spending may result in higher inflation, a weaker dollar and the
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    • 393 19 FAO says higher sugar and meat costs responsible for increase Bloomberg [PARIS] World food prices rose to a record in December on higher sugar and meat costs, the United Nations said, exceeding levels reached in 2008 that sparked deadly riots from Haiti
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    • 795 19 Funding battle with House-majority Republicans looms Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US President Barack Obama has signed a US$1.4 billion food safety bill that marks the biggest change to oversight of the food industry since 1938 and sets up a funding fight with Republicans poised to take over
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    • 357 19 AFP [TOKYO] A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record US$396,000 in the year’s first auction at the world’s biggest fish market in Tokyo yesterday amid intense pre-dawn bidding. The 342-kilogramme fish caught off Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido fetched a winning
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    • 2108 19 JADE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS LTD. Co. Reg No. *****3839Z (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice OfAnnual General Meeting ToAll Shareholders NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the shareholders (Shareholders) of Jade Technologies Holdings Ltd. (the Company) will be held at No. 1 Kallang Way 2A,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 942 20  -  A gradually appreciating yuan will benefit the US and China economically and politically By LEE HSIEN LOONG The writer is the prime minister of Singapore. Bloomberg THE world has recovered remarkably quickly from the financial crisis. But growth is now on two
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    • 663 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE J. BRADFORD DELONG The writer, a former US assistant secretary of the Treasury, is professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a research associate at the National Bureau for Economic Research Project Syndicate THE
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    • 501 20 EDITORIAL IF Singaporeans seem a little blase about their economy’s 2010 growth of 15 per cent unheard of in the developed world it might be because they had been primed for it since last July, when the growth forecast for the year was hoisted by
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    • 1106 21  -  Pressure from the new Congress and the changing composition of the Fed could put paid to loose monetary policy LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent THE Republican electoral wins in last year’s midterm congressional elections and the new appointments to the US Federal Reserve’s poli-cy-making body,
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    • 793 21  -  By PETER THAL LARSEN, RICHARD BEALES REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS POLICYMAKERS and regulators around the world put in a lot of work in 2010 designing post-crisis regulations. But there are still plenty of question marks over implementation and some knotty issues have barely been tackled. Meanwhile,
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    • 451 21  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ang Hao Yao Singapore I REFER to the article “Fin One takeover: Will the offeror revise the price?” (BT, Dec 31). In the article, the writer implies that delistings are more like commercial transactions whereby both parties try
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  • AVIATION
    • 392 22  -  Embry-Riddle tie-up with S’pore Aviation Academy, Temasek Poly its first in Asia By VEN SREENIVASAN US-BASED Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is launching undergraduate and graduate programmes in aeronautical studies for students in Singapore and around the region. Embry-Riddle which has its US
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    • 475 22 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Hong Kong’s biggest carrier, plans to boost operations in Asia with the “intelligent misuse” of long-haul aircraft rather than building up a fleet of single-aisle planes. The carrier will continue flying widebody planes on Asian routes as
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    • 3289 22 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ455 1230 KU6458 1425 --SQ458 1425 EY473 1940 VA7473 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
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    • 273 22 Reuters [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways hopes to resume Airbus A380 flights between Australia and Los Angeles from mid-January as RollsRoyce finalises its investigation into the cause of a mid-flight engine explosion on one of the aircraft last year. Qantas said yesterday
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    • 565 22 Bloomberg [PARIS] Airliner crashes killed 828 people last year, 13 per cent more than in 2009, as the number of fatal accidents rose by five to 28, a study released on Tuesday shows. The fatality figure was 4 per cent worse than
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    • 198 22 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] FedEx Corp, the second-largest US pack-age-shipping company, has started direct cargo flights between southern China and India to meet rising demand for express deliveries. The company expects “dramatic growth in trade” between China and India, David Cunningham Jr, Asia-Pacific president
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 363 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 An old cleric accepts extra money from the other side of the world (10) 6 Soil given bash, letting in oxygen (4) 9 Lots of people in road in Plymouth area (5) 10 Strenuous musical performance attended by someone on the paper(9) 12 While a pet
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  • SHIPPING
    • 425 24 An expanding fleet squeezes what shipowners can charge for charters Bloomberg [LONDON] Rental income from supertankers plying the industry’s key route extended a slump following the worst December since at least 2001 as an expanding fleet cuts what owners can charge for charters.
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    • 440 24 Reuters [LONDON] The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates to ship dry commodities, slid to its lowest in over 20 months on Tuesday as floods in Australia hit coal shipments. The biggest floods in decades have wreaked havoc in Australia’s Queensland state,
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    • 435 24 Falmouth cruise port, town still needs sprucing up AP [KINGSTON] Jamaica’s newest cruise ship port will not be ready to host passengers for another month-and-a-half due to the sluggish pace of final preparations, officials with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd and the government said on
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    • 289 24 Bloomberg [JOHANNESBURG] Richards Bay Coal Terminal Ltd (RBCT), Africa’s largest terminal for the fuel, says shipments rose for the first year in five in 2010, climbing 3.8 per cent to 63.43 million tonnes on growing demand from
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    • 278 24 SGX '000 Jan 5 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.50 -0.01 108 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 unch 306 Cosco Corp 2.27 unch ***** CWT Ltd 1.15 0.12 ***** Ezra Hldgs 1.80 -0.02 3885 First Ship Lea 0.48 unch 444 Freight Links 0.08 -0.01 1400 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 9132 25 Transaction date: Jan 5 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 14.5 3148 8Telecom 19 +0.5 684 19 19 19 19.5 1.7 9.5 6.1 91 12 4.5 5834
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    • 9470 26 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.36/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 1.05/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B SGD!** 1.2/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B USD!** 0.89/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.9151/0.9151 AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 374 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jan 4 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 909.7 0.5 9.3 0.7 1.4 0.3 10.6 EAFE Preliminary 812.9 0.8 3.6 0.9 -3.1 0.5 5.6 Europe Preliminary 1187.7 0.7
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    • 178 27 Jan 5 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.06 0.03 1-month 5/16 1/16 2-months 3/8 1/8 3-months 7/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.09 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.35 0.25 1 month 0.40 0.30 2 months 0.43 0.33 3 months 0.46 0.36 6 months 0.56 0.46 9 months 0.80 0.65 12
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    • 22 27 Jan 5 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2890 1.2900 2-months 1.2890 1.2893 3-months 1.2890 1.2901 6-months 1.2892 1.2902 Source: OCBC
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    • 121 27 Jan 05 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.339 1.264 Can dollar 1.315 1.265 Euro 1.745 1.678 Sterling pound 2.046 1.968 NZ dollar 1.016 0.968 US dollar 1.309 1.259 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 29 27 Jan 5 Open High Sett STI Jan 3246 3246 3256 SIMSCI Jan 383.7 384.3 383.1 Taiwan Jan 318.5 319.3 313.2 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 65 27 Jan 5 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jan 11 3860 3824 3860 3812 564 2273 Feb 11 3843 3830 3874 3818 1020 ***** Mar 11 3820 3808 3851 3790 ***** ***** Apr 11 3793 3783
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    • 424 27 Jan 5 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Mar11 99.6350 0 3378 Jun11 99.5500 0 904 Sep11 99.4250 0 835 Dec11 99.2500 0 1259 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Mar11 99.6600 99.6600 99.6600 99.6600 157 2094 Jun11 99.6475 0 1389 Sep11 99.6425 61 1054 Dec11 99.6350 99.6350
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    • 128 27 Jan 5 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Feb 11 522.9 522.9 522.9 4 Mar 11 519.0 Apr 11 519.0 20 May 11 520.0 Jun 11 521.0 Jul 11 520.0 Aug 11 520.0 Sep 11 520.0 Oct
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    • 90 27 Jan 5 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****N 07.04.2011 0.38 0.33 0.33 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2011 0.42 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****1E 2.500 01.10.2012 103.47 103.51 103.49 5-Year N*****0S 2.875 01.07.2015 106.70
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    • 107 27 Jan 4 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 11 1361.00 1370.25 1381.75 1350.25 Mar 11 1369.50 1379.00 1390.50 1357.50 May 11 1377.00 1387.00 1398.00 1365.50 Jul 11 1379.75 1390.25 1398.75 1369.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jan 11 56.33
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    • 77 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jan 4 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 93.61 -2.30 WTI (Near Mth) 89.24 -2.44 Dubai (1-Mth F) 91.60 -0.55 Tapis blend 100.10 -0.40 Minas 95.90 -0.40 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 97.33 1.52 Jet Kerosene 106.90 2.60 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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    • 2468 27 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left AFP Properties EW*****8 34 1 248 1 10 -5 1.37 58 6221 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 37 1.5 1 1 150 -6 5.41 40 6227 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 2 1
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    • 464 27 Jan 5 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.002 6.631 0.756 7.788 45.283 89.950 0.822 11.274 3.073 1.309 85.692 43.905 1.292 6.732 0.954 29.245 30.204 0.642 1.002 Canada 0.998 6.617
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    • 85 27 Jan 5 (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$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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    • 139 27 Jan 5 GOLD (US$/oz) Jan 05 Jan 04 Hong Kong 1383.20 1412.00 Jan 03 Jan 04 London 1418.31 1383.80 1419.08 1384.70 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jan 05 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 61,734.72 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 138 58 5gm 393 288 10gm 701
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    • 69 27 Jan 4 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2472.75 2460.75 3 months 2484.00 2470.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 9624.75 9650.00 3 months 9580.00 9600.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2628.50 2563.50 3 months 2609.00 2550.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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    • 82 27 Jan 4 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Mar 11 1962 2017 2036/1950 May 11 1975 2029 2042/1962 Jul 11 1989 2044 2061/1979 Sep 11 1998 2050 2055/1983 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jan 11 2072 2082 2122/2066 Jun 05 2072 2097 2123/2064 May 11 2090 2114 2140/2091 Jul 11
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    • 154 27 Jan 5 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2913 1.2929 1.0017 1.0022 Canadian dollar 1.2885 1.2902 0.9995 1.0001 Euro 1.7083 1.7100 1.3252 1.3255 NZ dollar 0.9863 0.9877 0.7651 0.7656 Sterling pound 2.0110 2.0132 1.5600 1.5605
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  • BizIT THE BUSINESS OF INFOCOMM TECHNOLOGY
    • 739 28  -  The Asian market for this immersive video conferencing system is expected to grow 20-25 per cent this year. AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY finds out what drives this growth AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY WITHpricesfalling dramatically, the market for Telepresence solutions, which is an immersive high quality video
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    • 229 28  -  By VICTORIA HO IN a boost for IT service management (ITSM) training here, Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and IBM have jointly set up an ITSM Centre. The facility, located at TP, will train some 400 staff and students over the next five years. The
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    • 908 28  -  Republic is primed for mass adoption of Near Field Communication on mobile devices By VICTORIA HO IT seems that the idea of tap-to-pay via mobile phones which is enabled by a new technology called Near Field Communications (NFC) is constantly just within reach
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    • 875 28  -  By RAJU CHELLAM WILL the world of social networking that uses applications like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, YouTube and LinkedIn converge with the traditional world of enterprise apps that uses software from companies like Oracle, SAP, IBM and Microsoft? Yes, the twain will begin
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  • PROPERTY
    • 625 29  -  Kaki Bukit tender in 2 weeks; Whitley Heights, Residence 81 go en bloc By EMILYN YAP THE new year has brought with it a slew of residential and industrial sites for developers to invest in. Two private home developments are up for collective
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    • 396 29 Hike of as much as 25% is driven largely by Reits and foreign investors Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Hotel sales and acquisitions in the Americas will jump by as much as 25 per cent this year, buoyed by real estate investment trusts
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    • 233 29 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Tune Hotels has removed the administration fee it used to charge for room reservations at all its 12 hotels, effective yesterday. “Tune Hotels is removing the RM10.90 (S$4.60) admin fee across our entire chain for good,” said
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    • 1122 30 Trendy restaurants, shops revive midrise buildings, industrial brick structures NYT [TORONTO] Once a hodgepodge of textile factories and car lots, the fashion district here has rapidly evolved into upscale restaurants and boutiques in refurbished warehouses and residential units in sleek glass structures. The approximately 17-square-block
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    • 485 31 Strip malls wrestling with oversupply, lower rents and high vacancy rate Reuters [NEW YORK] Vacancies fell and rents rose in the fourth quarter at large regional US malls, but smaller strip malls are still wrestling with oversupply, lower rents and a
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    • 505 32 Reuters [BANGKOK] Pruksa Real Estate Pcl, Thailand’s sec-ond-largest property developer by market value, has ambitious plans for new projects this year and expects to boost both revenue and net profit by up to 36 per cent. The company is planning to launch 78
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    • 374 32 Trust to hold mainly retail malls in China; IPO launch may take place in March PERENNIAL Real Estate led by former CapitaLand top executive Pua Seck Guan is said to be listing a business trust in Singapore to raise as much
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    • 1532 32 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED Emerald Gdn Apt 14/12/2010 999 990 1550 1566 One Shenton Apt 10/12/2010 99 538
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