The Business Times, 9 May 2011

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SjSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 138/08/2010 Monday, May 9,2011
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    Lock icon Winds of change waft across political scene
    1205 1  -  PAP leaders say clamour for alternative voices is strong, landscape has changed By TEH SHI NING, JAMIE LEE [SINGAPORE] The numbers may hint at only a mild setback for the ruling party which was returned to power, but Singaporeans awoke yesterday to a
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    Lock icon Market may react negatively to GE results
    698 1  -  Property stocks may be affected, say analysts By UMA SHANKARI THE Singapore stock market could see some negative impact from a more “pro-worker” stance which analysts expect the government to adopt, following the ruling People’s Action Party’s share of the popular vote falling
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    157 1 BT ONLINE BT print subscribers get free access to BT Online at www.businesstimes.com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838. MARKETS Weekly Change ST INDEX 3,099.52 -80.34 KL COMP 1,515.50 -19.45 NIKKEI 225 9,859.20 +9.46 HANG SENG 23,159.14 -561.67 SET INDEX 1,050.85 -42.71 JAKARTA COMP 3,798.55 -21.07
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      175 1 DINING OUT A new Italian at Goodwood Park PAGE 22 BizIT Foiling the efforts of hackers PAGE 30 VIEWS FROM THE TOP Changing role of the CFO PAGES 12 13 IWC Pilot. Engineered for Aviators. Big Pilot's Watch. Ref. 5004: So, an ace has more staying power and knows when
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  • TOP STORIES
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      565 2 Market may react negatively to GE results THE Singapore stock market could see some negative impact from a more “pro-worker” stance which analysts expect the government to adopt, following the ruling People’s Action Party’s share of the popular vote falling to a historic low of 60.1 per cent.
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      Lock icon Time to come together as one country
      445 2 National Solidarity Party candidate Nicole Seah wrote an open letter after the results were announced. The letter is reproduced below MY friends, my fellow Singaporeans, We may have lost an election but tonight we have rediscovered something so much more valuable the pride
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      Lock icon Singapore cannot be run on ‘autopilot’: MM Lee
      577 2  -  He also has doubts over true intentions of Worker’s Party By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has once again said that Singapore cannot be run on “autopilot” and that there must be good leaders on board to steer the
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      Lock icon Economic growth still an imperative: PM Lee
      437 2  -  By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Economic growth and ensuring that everyone gets to share its fruits will stay fundamental in the agenda of the People’s Action Party (PAP) as it sets up the next government. “I don’t think that will change,” Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Time to rethink GRC system
      933 2  -  Loss of Aljunied highlights the risk of losing a whole team in one go COMMENTARY WONG WEI KONG Associate News Editor [SINGAPORE] TPrtttHE capture of Aljunied by the Workers’ Party (WP) from the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) the first ever win by the Opposition
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      Lock icon Invalid votes, absentee voters could have made a difference
      889 3  -  Workers’ Party contests see lowest percentage of spoilt votes By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] The Potong Pasir contest in the 2011 general election stands out for not only its razor-thin majority it’s also the one race where the rejected votes could have
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      Lock icon Making their exits from Parliament
      510 3  -  By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo’s loss in the General Election saddened, disappointed and surprised leaders attending the Asean summit in Jakarta, Senior Minister S Jayakumar said yesterday. “Why were they saddened? Because to them George Yeo has been a very articulate
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      640 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By LYNN KAN PLANS by Hong Kong’s PCCW to spin off and list its telecoms assets there have been effectively stonewalled. Last Wednesday, Hong Kong regulators firmly said “no” to the fixed-line and broadband service operator’s plan to list a
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      Lock icon OCBC faces up to business continuity challenge
      624 7  -  Bank reviewing possible fallout from nuclear crisis worldwide following scare at backup site in Japan By MINDY TAN MANY business continuity plans are likely to be reviewed in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the resulting nuclear crisis. In
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      403 7 May 6 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5 Bank of Communications 5.5 Bank of
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      253 7 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Lung Kee A Gloucester Room, 2nd Floor, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 5 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong 09-May 3.00pm Junma Tyre A E 47 Hill Street #02-00, 10.00am Singapore *****5 12-May 11.00am Hoe Leong Corp E 6 Clementi Loop, Singapore *****4 13-May 10.00am Overseas
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      223 4 ASIA PACIFIC LAW, ACCOUNTING TAX FORUM 2011 Financial Accounting Tax Updates in Malaysia Interpretation Application of Double Taxation Agreements Doing Business in Indonesia Strategies Practical Considerations Understanding Applying Commercial Laws in China Financial Accounting Tax Updates in Thailand Financial Accounting Corporate Taxation in Indonesia Comparison Between IFRS Chinese GAAP China
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Asian units hit worst week in 4 months on slowdown risk
      466 6 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Asian currencies had their worst week in four months, led by a slide in Malaysia’s ringgit, as data suggesting that the US recovery is faltering dimmed the outlook for exports and curbed demand for riskier assets.
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      Lock icon Natural gas prices inching up gradually
      598 6  -  COMMODITIES By TIMOTHY MORGE Timothy Morge is a CME member and independent trader. He actively trades CME Group products and teaches his trading at www.marketgeometry.com. Visit http://www. cmegroup. com/ to find out more about CME products. IF it comes out of the ground and
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      1693 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Allgreen Prop Ltd 2.73 2.73 11 15.36 7.16 1.33 1.11 Amtek Engg Ltd 1.75 1.75 4 13.81 8.55 1.61 1.18 ARA Asset Mgt Ltd 1.75 1.75 4
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      Lock icon External factors may hold sway after a bounce
      639 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE Straits Times Index last week dropped about 80 points or 2.5 per cent mainly because the external environment wasn’t conducive to stocks, and also partly because of caution ahead of the weekend’s general election (GE). So
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      Lock icon Lowest forward PEs
      159 8 MAY 6 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Kingboard Copper Foil 0.375 4.2 9,375 ASL Marine 0.615 0.0 5,535 China Sports 0.085 0.0 2,465 China Taisan 0.155 0.0 6,200 Li Heng 0.170 0.0 3,400 Longcheer 0.260 0.0 4,940 Low Keng Huat 0.460 -1.1 15,180 Ho Bee 1.460 -1.4
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      Lock icon One-year top losers
      153 8 MAY 6 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Sinostar 0.165 3.1 10,230 Advance SCT 0.040 0.0 3,320 Annica 0.030 0.0 4,980 Bio-Treat Tech 0.040 0.0 4,000 C&G Industrial 0.150 0.0 11,400 China Auto Electronics 0.115 0.0 11,500 China Oilfield Tech 0.065 0.0 4,615 China Titanium 0.005 0.0 625
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      Lock icon Economic worries weigh on portfolios
      406 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent CONCERNS about the health of the global economy weighed down the market last week. On average, our portfolios slumped by 2.8 per cent last week. This compared with the 2.5 per cent decline in the Straits Times Index. The one-year
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      168 8 MAY 6 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Cacola Furniture 0.050 11.1 2,600 China Kangda Food 0.100 5.3 2,600 CSE Global 1.190 2.6 8,330 Biosensors 1.370 2.2 27,400 AIMS AMP I REIT 0.205 0.0 3,075 ASL Marine 0.615 0.0 5,535 First Resources 1.370 0.0 26,030 Goodpack 1.970 0.0
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      Lock icon Lowest PTB portfolio
      170 8 MAY 6 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Kingboard Copper Foil 0.375 4.2 9,375 Fortune Reit 0.611 0.2 7,943 Anwell Tech 0.240 0.0 3,984 Tuan Sing 0.375 0.0 19,500 United Fiber System 0.045 0.0 4,050 Singapore Land 7.090 -0.6 14,180 Guocoleisure 0.725 -0.7 7,250 Bonvests 1.010 -1.0 9,090
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      Lock icon Biggest upgrades in analysts' sentiment
      151 8 sentiment VALUE MAY 6 BID PRICE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE CH Offshore 0.465 4.5 7,905 Kingboard Copper Foil 0.375 4.2 9,375 Dairy Farm 10.957 3.3 10,957 China XLX 0.440 2.3 7,480 Parkway Life Reit 1.740 1.2 8,700 China Taisan 0.155 0.0 6,200 Goodpack 1.970 0.0 7,880 Longcheer
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      Lock icon Highest dividend yields
      170 8 MAY 6 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE CDL Hospitality Trust 2.040 1.5 14,280 K1 Ventures 0.150 0.0 3,600 Longcheer 0.260 0.0 4,940 Shanghai Asia 0.180 0.0 6,840 Singapore Shipping Corp 0.225 0.0 4,725 TT Int'l 0.035 0.0 1,575 Elec Eltek Int'l 4.069 0.0 12,207 Stamford Land 0.610
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      Lock icon Directors’ purchases stay low for the third straight week
      1718 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Limited THE buying among directors was low for the third straight week with only eight companies that recorded 16 purchases worth $1.01 million based on filings on the Singapore
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  • ACCOUNTANTS FOR BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Accountants as business leaders
      1708 9  -  Global demand for accounting talent is increasing as firms hire them to fill leadership positions, reports MICHELLE QUAH reports MICHELLE QUAH SINGAPORE’S dream to transform itself into a leading accountancy hub for the region by 2020 depends significantly on its efforts to raise the standards of
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      97 9 ACCA Singapore Annual Conference Going Regional Challenges Opportunities for the Accounting Profession ACCA The demand for accounting and finance professionals with specialised skills and mastery of regional business practices and technical standards is rising locally and across the region. To stay relevant and understand the issues affecting you, come join
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      2845 10 Payment Ex Books Pay Ann (cts) date close date date 8Telecom Intl bn 0.615 03-May 05-May 24-May 08-Apr ABR Hldgs ak 1.000 10-May 12-May 27-May 13-Apr Action Asia ak 1.000 06-May 10-May 20-May 25-Feb Adampak Ltd ak 2.000 09-May 11-May 26-May 02-Mar Adv Integrated Mft an 0.330 20-May
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      Lock icon Jebsen and Jessen on expansion path
      477 10  -  It aims to double revenue over 5 years through acquisitions and organic growth By LYNN KAN JEBSEN and Jessen, one of South-east Asia’s old, established family-owned businesses, may have gotten older and bigger over the generations but creaky and clunky it is not. The
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      Lock icon Musical gives young artists a glimpse into Piaf’s life
      240 10 ABOUT 100 young budding artists yesterday learnt a thing or two about struggling for their craft from local comedian Hossan Leong and the late French singer, Edith Piaf. BNP Paribas invited the children from the Little Arts Academy (LAA) and their
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Fundamentalists vs technicians
      982 11  -  MINDY TAN elaborates on these two camps which represent very diverse investment strategies MINDY TAN IF you ever take a walk down Wall Street and encounter a heated argument with terms like “tea leaf reading”or “voodoo” being thrown around, take heart. The witch hunt has not left
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      Lock icon His dream: to start his own fund
      1058 11  -  MINDY TAN asks former engineer Park Kwan Hoon what sparked off the pursuit of his dream STARTING YOUNG MINDY TAN PARK Kwan Hoon’s amiable and laid-back manner belies the grand ambition that he harbours. It is his dream to run a fund with
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      Lock icon CFDs more for savvy investors
      339 11 ASK DR INVEST Q: I have a small portfolio of unit trusts and I am exploring to invest in other instruments. I have seen advertisements on Contracts For Differences (CFDs). What is it and how does it work? Is it suitable for new investors? A:
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Changing role of the CFO
      3408 12 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: How has the role of the CFO (or equivalent senior financial professional) changed in your organisation/industry? From your perspective as a CEO, to what extent should CFOs be involved in strategic business planning and other business responsibilities? Steve Watts President SAP Asia-Pacific
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon ‘Substantial’ savings in Aussie Budget: Swan
      557 14 Deficit in govt’s finances will widen before surplus is reached in 2012-13 Bloomberg [CANBERRA] Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan said there will be “substantial” savings in the coming Budget after revenue was crimped by a record exchange rate, the nation’s costliest natural disasters and Japan’s
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      Lock icon Credit growth won’t return to pre-crisis pace: ANZ Bank
      544 14 Increase in savings seen suppressing borrowing growth Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Australia New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, the worst performer among Australia’s four largest banking stocks this year, predicts credit growth won’t return to the pace seen before the global financial crisis. Businesses
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      Lock icon Heavy debts a challenge for S Korean households
      304 14 Reuters [SEOUL] At least one out of 10 urban South Korean households experienced overdue debt interest payments in the past half year, the central bank survey said yesterday as the country grapples with heavy household debt. The Bank of Korea said in
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      Lock icon BOJ to bolster capital: source
      503 14 Reuters [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) plans to bolster its capital to provision against potential losses from an asset-buying scheme, a source familiar with the central bank’s thinking said, in a move that would give it room to further ease monetary policy if needed
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      Lock icon Lessons learnt from Greece, Irish bailouts
      334 14 AFP [LISBON] An European Union (EU) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) rescue deal struck with Portugal seems to have corrected mistakes made in the Greek and Irish bailouts, with more realistic targets and less stifling austerity demands, analysts say. “The package of measures seems
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon The Klang Valley housing conundrum
      796 15  -  Politically, the Barisan Nasional government also badly wants to win back the country’s most wealthy state MALAYSIA INSIGHT PAULINE NG KL Correspondent KLANG Valley residents might soon have more housing options those of the affordable kind. More precisely, those priced below RM220,000, or just over
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China’s clean-tech sector growing by 77%
      516 16 It accounts for 1.4% of the country’s GDP, says WWF report AP [AMSTERDAM] Denmark earns the biggest share of its national revenue from producing windmills and other clean technologies, the United States is rapidly expanding its clean-tech sector, but no country can match China’s
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      Lock icon India plans network of roads near China: report
      296 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] India plans to develop a network of strategic roads along its borders with China, a senior military official was quoted as saying in an Indian media report on Saturday. The planned road network in India’s remote northeast and the
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      Lock icon US-China talks set to begin amid fresh round of sparring
      477 16 AFP [WASHINGTON] The United States and China approach high-level talks in Washington this week on a more even footing, reflecting the Asian giant’s rising economic power, but a bumpy road lies ahead. At the annual US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
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      Lock icon Chinese developers struggling to sell properties
      259 16 Xinhua [BEIJING] With the government’s ongoing and persistent efforts to cool the red-hot property market, Chinese developers are struggling to sell properties while becoming more encumbered with debt. The debt of the country’s developers rose 41.27 per cent year on year to 1.05 trillion
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon AIG aims to hold on to AIA stake
      634 17 CEO says it’ll sell other assets to start reducing Treasury’s 92% holding Reuters [NEW YORK] Bailed-out insurer AIG wants to keep its one-third stake in Asian insurer AIA Group Ltd rather than sell it off starting later this year, chief executive Bob
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      Lock icon Yunus fears for future of Grameen Bank
      546 17 The govt may seek to influence bank’s structure, policies AP [DHAKA, Bangladesh] Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus says he is worried about the future of the pioneering microlending bank he founded now that Bangladesh’s government has successfully ousted him as its head.
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      Lock icon Mittal still UK’s richest despite £5b drop
      405 17 AFP [LONDON] Indian-born steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal saw about £5 billion (S$10.1 billion) wiped off his fortune in the past year but remains the wealthiest person in Britain, it was revealed Sunday. The fortune of the Lon-don-based head of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest
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      Lock icon Language academies gaining popularity in crisis-hit Spain
      662 17 AFP [MADRID] Spain’s economic downturn is sending jobless workers flocking back to school to learn other languages, mainly English, to boost their appeal to employers, providing a boon for language academies. With an unemployment rate of over 21 per cent, the highest in
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      Lock icon Merkel keeps mum on Draghi for ECB chief
      553 17 AFP [FRANKFURT] German Chancellor Angela Merkel is playing her cards close to her chest on her pick for the next head of the European Central Bank, though frontrunner Mario Draghi is emerging as an acceptable choice for Berlin, analysts said. Ms Merkel
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      Lock icon LVMH fund eyes Asian brands
      685 18 The fund will look at promising labels from China, India, and South-east Asia AFP [SINGAPORE] A US$650 million private equity fund backed by the world’s top luxury retailer LVMH is on the prowl for emerging Asian brands in the hope of transforming them into global
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      595 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s biggest banks are urging rule-makers to scrap a derivative accounting proposal that could inflate their balance sheets by trillions of dollars. The draft rules, unveiled by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in January, would force banks to
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      718 19 It is not enough to support asset gains and compensate for growing debt Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest mutual fund at Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco), said that US growth isn’t sufficient to support asset and labour markets
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      717 19  -  By NEIL BEHRMANN in London BRITISH political weather will be as variable as its climate in the coming year following the electorate’s resounding rejection of the Liberal Democrats. The result is that the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has been shaken.
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      386 19 AP [TOKYO] Japan will maintain atomic power as a major part of its energy policy despite the country’s ongoing nuclear crisis at tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant, a top official said yesterday. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku also said that the
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      704 20  -  Headwinds seen hitting market at both fundamental and technical levels WALL STREET INSIGHT By STEPHEN RAPHAEL in New York WITH US economic data suddenly turning spotty, Europe’s sovereign debt woes making headlines again, the US dollar on the rise, and first-quarter earnings season
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      573 20 Red Bull’s Mark Webber finishes 2nd, Alonso in 3rd AFP [ISTANBUL] Defending drivers world champion Sebastian Vettel consolidated his lead in this year’s title race with a near-flawless drive to victory for Red Bull in yesterday’s Turkish Grand Prix. The 23-year-old German led from
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      538 20 AFP [ISTANBUL] Formula One (F1) supremo Bernie Ecclestone warned the teams yesterday that were they to be party to any takeover of the sport it would be the equivalent of committing “suicide”. The 80-year-old Briton who reconstructed F1 into the modern global
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      674 20  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Hanoi OVERSHADOWED by headlines on inflation concerns, moves to have China’s yuan and perhaps other currencies included among those that make up the IMF special reserve currency known as the SDR went largely unnoticed at the Asian Development Bank
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      659 21 AP [ABOARD CHARLES DE GAULLE] Despite growing controversy about the cost and relevance of aircraft carriers, navies around the world are adding new ones to their inventories at a pace unseen since World War II. The US with more carriers than all other
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      278 21 SGX '000 May 6 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.47 0.03 163 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.23 0.01 342 Cosco Corp 2.19 -0.01 9468 CWT Ltd 1.27 -0.01 1212 Ezra Hldgs 1.57 -0.03 6765 First Ship Lea 0.38 -0.01 1491 Freight Links 0.06 unch 238 Grand Banks 0.53 0.03 222
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      296 21 AFP [NEW DELHI] Flag-carrier Air India’s flight operations were slowly returning to normal on the weekend after pilots ended a 10-day strike that cost the ailing airline millions of dollars in revenues. Close to 700 pilots work- ing for the domestic service
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      3252 21 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ455 1300 SQ456 1245 EY473 1955 VA7473 1955 Adelaide LH9771 1745 LH9770 2350 SQ278 1745 SQ279 2350 VS7278 1745 VS7279 2350 Amsterdam LO4031 0545 LO4032 2355 SQ323 0545 SQ324 2355 US5410 0545 US5411 2355 AZ3992 1525 KL835 1525 Athens
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      592 21 Philippine outfit believes success means sticking it out for long term AFP [MANILA] Violent protests in the Middle East may have shaken the world economy but Philippine port operator ICTSI sees opportunity amid the turmoil. ICTSI, run by billionaire Enrique Razon, is one of
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      336 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Battle walker devised to get flan (8,4) 9 Distinctive garb shown by two educational bodies? (7) 10 Players keeping article introducing a card game (7) 11 Part of animal later in ground (7) 12 Reserve select item for very wintry weather? (3,4) 13 Bulge shown by
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      789 22  -  By Geoffrey Eu NEW RESTAURANT Gaia 22 Scotts Road, Goodwood Park Hotel Tel: 6735-9937 www.gaia.sg RECENT culinary times have seen celebrity chefs and high-profile modern eateries featuring prominently in Singapore’s increasingly dynamic fine-dining scene, but newly-minted Italian restaurant Gaia has opted to take a
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      8730 23 Week ended: May 6 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 14.5 8Telecom 15.5 -1.5 190 15.5 15.5 15.5 18 7.8 3.9 3.2 74.2 12 4.5 A-Sonic 7 -0.5 334 7
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      1690 24 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 6.5 4 t AA Grp 4 -0.5 28 4.5 4 4 4.5 19 3.9 202 145 t APStrategic 164 +4 1 164 164 155
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      116 24 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.690 CapitaLand 3.280 CapitaMall 1.890 +0.010 CityDev 11.240 +0.240 ComfortDelGro 1.470 -0.010 DBS Grp 14.500 -0.120 F&N 6.190 -0.050 GLP 1.990 +0.010 Genting SP 2.100 -0.010 Golden Agri 0.655 +0.005 Stock name Close Change HK Land 7.350 -0.150 JMH 47.940 -0.160
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      2635 24 Transaction date: May 6 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Credit 6.22 unch 0 Aeon Stores 16.10 unch 4 Angang Steel 9.46 -0.05 8791 Anhui Conch 32.95 unch ***** Anhuiexpresswa 6.45 -0.02 680 Asia Satellite 16.60 -0.08 15 Asm Pacific 107.20 -1.20 437 Bank Of E Asia 31.55
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      257 24 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 38 AVJennings A50.5 +1 18 50.5 47.5 48 52 3.6 6.9 4 131.5 55 16 Genting HK US$ US41.5 -0.5 ***** 43 40.5 41.5 42 2732.6
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      186 24 MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 12 2 0 0 0 1 12 2 Manufacturing 42 128 40 9 12 14 51 140 54 Commerce 14 39 20 1 6 7 15 45 27 Tpt/Stor/Comms 8 30 8
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      927 24 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 124 108 ABF SG Bond ETF 111.5 -5.5 44 120 111.5 111.5 123 509 1077 761 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1077 +8 2 1077 1067 1032 1039 43.1
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      123 24 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 212,634 212,634 516,581 516,581 Manufacturing 864,840 51,422 916,262 923,890 7,844 931,734 Commerce 400,294 29,437 429,731 514,785 6,392 521,177 Tpt/Stor/Comms 610,016 20,412 630,428 967,406 1,640 969,046 Finance 107,500 6 107,506 1,033,334 1 1,033,335 Construction 98,130 3,932
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      26 24 Insiders' trades. Brokers' recommendations. Dividend table. The pages also cover transactions by directors and substantial shareholders. In other words, news you can use. THE BUSINESS TIMES
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      374 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr May 6 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 934.8 0.9 4.1 0.3 2.6 0.8 6.7 EAFE Preliminary 806.9 0.4 0.8 -0.4 1.9 0.0 5.9 Europe Preliminary 1204.4 1.0
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      121 25 May 06 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.358 1.282 Can dollar 1.305 1.255 Euro 1.835 1.765 Sterling pound 2.067 1.988 NZ dollar 1.002 0.955 US dollar 1.254 1.206 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      29 25 May 6 Open High Sett STI May 3085 3085 3090 SIMSCI May 360.6 362.8 361.5 Taiwan May 320.8 320.9 319.6 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      66 25 May 6 May KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position May 11 3345 3375 3390 3345 689 4428 Jun 11 3215 3275 3275 3215 1955 ***** Jul 11 3175 3195 3202 3148 ***** ***** Aug 11 3162
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      472 25 May 6 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Jun11 99.7300 0 3704 Sep11 99.6650 0 2022 Dec11 99.5700 0 1293 Mar12 99.4200 0 5426 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Jun11 99.6725 99.6725 99.6700 99.6700 0 5401 Sep11 99.6725 99.6775 99.6725 99.6775 0 1533 Dec11 99.6800 99.6800 99.6800
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      178 25 May 6 May $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.01 par 1-month 5/16 1/16 2-months 3/8 1/8 3-months 7/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.23 0.13 1 month 0.33 0.23 2 months 0.38 0.28 3 months 0.42 0.32 6 months 0.52 0.42 9 months 0.75 0.55
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      22 25 May 6 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2367 1.2377 2-months 1.2367 1.2377 3-months 1.2367 1.2377 6-months 1.2364 1.2375 Source: OCBC
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      189 25 May 6 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Jun 11 515.0 515.0 510.0 1 165 Jul 11 507.7 134 Aug 11 490.0 490.0 490.0 15 53 Sep 11 480.0 480.0 480.0 15 231 Oct 11 468.0 468.0
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      81 25 May 6 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****N 04.08.2011 0.26 1-Year BY*****X 02.05.2012 0.43 0.41 0.41 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0V 1.625 01.04.2013 102.20 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 100.07 100.15 100.11
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      107 25 May 6 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 11 1325.00 1319.75 1338.75 1308.50 Jul 11 1326.00 1321.75 1341.00 1306.50 Aug 11 1325.50 1320.75 1339.75 1306.50 Sep 11 1316.50 1312.75 1331.00 1298.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 11 55.37
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      77 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS May 5 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 114.38 -6.98 WTI (Near Mth) 98.44 -10.82 Dubai (1-Mth F) 113.21 -2.76 Tapis blend 127.07 -2.92 Minas 123.47 -2.92 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 114.94 -2.50 Jet Kerosene 136.10 -1.75 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      2659 25 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 25 1 2 1 150 7 6.56 36 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 1.5 1 4 10 3.33 9 AlliedTech W*****2 3.5 1 4 30 Asia Water Tech Ltd W*****8
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      464 25 May 6 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.032 6.917 0.733 8.276 47.701 91.369 0.856 11.565 3.198 1.353 90.209 45.874 1.317 7.196 0.928 30.535 32.206 0.651 1.065 Canada 0.969 6.702
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      85 25 May 6 (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$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      139 25 May 6 GOLD (US$/oz) May 06 May 05 Hong Kong 1485.00 1516.50 May 05 May 06 London 1484.50 1494.64 1485.06 1495.60 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Reuters CAST BAR May 06 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 63,452.07 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 142 59 5gm 404 296
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      70 25 May 6 May Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2603.00 2626.00 3 months 2608.00 2635.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 8808.00 8793.75 3 months 8830.00 8820.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2316.75 2327.75 3 months 2280.00 2296.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash
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      152 25 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3167 1.3182 1.0647 1.0650 Canadian dollar 1.2756 1.2772 1.0315 1.0319 Euro 1.7964 1.7984 1.4526 1.4530 NZ dollar 0.9728 0.9739 0.7866 0.7869 Sterling pound 2.0236 2.0256 1.6363 1.6366 US dollar
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      82 25 May 6 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low May 11 1866 1870 1872/1840 Jul 11 1890 1885 1902/1860 Sep 11 1907 1901 1916/1878 Dec 11 1930 1924 1939/1899 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low May 11 2590 2567 2600/2540 Jul 11 2598 2582 2619/2532 Sep 11 2620 2602 2640/2557 Nov 11
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    5604 26 n BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com UEN NO. *****3249E UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Camden/New Orleans/Tampico Destination
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      65 27 We wish to appoint a Sole Marketing Agent in Singapore for an NVO operating a pool of more than 2,000 containers. Established logistics companies who are interested may call Michael at 9735 5163for a discussion. FREIGHT FORWARDER urgently needed by shippers n Can they find your services here in the
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      354 28 SEMICON* Singapore2011 11-13 May 2011 Suntec Singapore, Singapore www.semiconsingapore.org Show up to Win Your iPad 2 If you have registered as a visitor of SEMICON Singapore 2011 before April 28, you must show up at the daily lucky draw to win your iPad2! n I, SOLARCON Conference LED TechXPOT Speakers
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      662 28  -  Retrieving records gets easier as social networking, cloud computing converge By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SINGAPORE-BASED electronics records management company SQL View feels the convergence of cloud computing and social networking will result in greater convenience and ease of creation and retrieval for records. SQL View’s
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        49 28 SONY Ericsson has released two new compact smartphones, the Xperia mini (above left) and Xperia mini pro (above right). The mini pro is similar to the touchscreen mini, but features a slideout QWERTY keyboard. Both Android-based devices pack a 1Ghz processor and a 5 megapixel camera.
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        52 28  -  Compiled by VICTORIA HO TODD Handcock is the new chief marketing officer and vice-president of marketing and strategy for Asia-Pacific at Equinix. Mr Handcock will lead the data centre company’s product and marketing roadmap in the region and will focus on its growth strategy and
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      Lock icon Applied’s acquisition may spur more deals
      709 29 Others in chip machinery industry may also try to gain market share Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Applied Materials Inc’s US$4.9 billion purchase of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc may trigger a round of acquisitions in the chip-machinery industry, making companies such as Novellus Systems Inc
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      920 30  -  OCBC’s head of information security talks about the scarcity of security talent in the country. reports VICTORIA HO EVERY day, close to a million hacking attempts are made on OCBC’s Web servers. However, this is not keeping its head of information security, Andrew Wong, up
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      100 30  -  By VICTORIA HO OCBC’s five tips on mobile banking security; N Obtain banking applications through official sites. These could be your bank’s own site or official mobile phone channels. NDo not click on links in SMS messages. These could lead to phishing or malware-ridden sites. N
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      193 30 AFP [BEIJING] Four people were taken to hospital and a glass door smashed as a near-riot broke out at Beijing’s top Apple store among crowds rushing to snap up the popular iPad 2 tablet computer, state press said yesterday. Angry consumers
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