The Business Times, 20 June 2011

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 138/08/2010 Monday, June 20,2011
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    Lock icon Bursa plans bigger range of derivatives
    585 1  -  The bourse also wants to leverage on CME’s expertise By in Kuala PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock exchange is looking to expand its range of derivative offerings, which have seen an increase of as much as 50 per cent in the
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    Lock icon Poll voting at meetings gets a welcome boost
    1033 1  -  More and more listed companies here have been voluntarily adopting the practice By MICHELLE QUAH Source: ACGA [SINGAPORE] Voting by poll where every share counts for one vote at company shareholder meetings could get a much-needed boost here, now that the Corporate
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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 3,005.28 -73.07 KL COMP 1,563.43 +7.24 NIKKEI 225 9,351.40 -163.04 HANG SENG 21,695.26 -725.11 SET INDEX 1,018.96 -1.41 JAKARTA COMP 3,722.30 -65.35
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      53 1 NEWS ANALYSIS Worries trigger property stock sell-offs PAGE 7 Valued business counsel If you could have a one-to-one meeting with any financial or economic sage for a couple of hours, who would it be? And what would you ask him or her? CEOs give their views VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      532 2 Poll voting gets welcome boost VOTING by poll where every share counts for one vote at company shareholder meetings could get a much-needed boost here, now that the Corporate Governance Council has proposed that all Singapore-listed companies ought to adopt the practice. FRONT PAGE Bursa plans bigger range
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      Lock icon Investment sales of property dipped in Q2
      1019 2  -  But sales momentum likely to pick up in H2 as many funds are on acquisitions trail in Asia By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] Investment sales of property have dipped so far this quarter compared with the first three months of this year due to
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      Lock icon Moody’s warns it may downgrade Italy
      517 2 Reuters [NEW YORK] Moody’s Investors Service has threatened to cut Italy’s credit ratings in the next 90 days on worries that a possible rise in eurozone interest rates may derail the country’s fragile economic recovery. The move underlines the risks facing debt-burdened European nations
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      Lock icon HK bond issuers lack avenues to deploy yuan funds: banker
      696 4  -  This prevents the ‘dim sum’ bonds market in HK from growing faster By LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] The lack of avenues to repatriate funds into China is preventing the “dim sum” bonds market in Hong Kong from growing faster, says a
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      17 4 Branchen Stars R1C-A 10/06/11 140,22 EUR db X-MACRO Trading Index Fund I4D 08/06/11 98,49 GBP
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      Lock icon 2nd bailout plan same amount as 1st: Greek PM
      502 4 AP [BERLIN] Greece is talking to international creditors about a second bailout package “roughly equal” to the first 110 billion-euro (S$194 billion) rescue it accepted a year ago, the prime minister confirmed yesterday as German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged “substantial” aid
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon European debt crisis drives down Asian units
      468 6 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Asian currencies declined last week, led by the biggest five-day drop in Indonesia’s rupiah this year, as concern that Greece will default on its debt reduced demand for emerging-market assets. The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index of regional stocks fell to its lowest
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      Lock icon Corn demand key after prices hit highs
      525 6  -  By AVTAR SANDU The writer is senior manager, commodities, Phillip Futures CORN prices have just reached the historical highs last achieved in mid-2008 when they ventured above US$7 a bushel. Although prices are starting to taper, sentiment is still upbeat due to the
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      1565 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Allgreen Properties 2.55 2.73 11 15.36 10.42 1.43 1.60 Amtek Engineering 2.00 2.00 4 11.82 7.74 1.45 0.92 ARA Asset Mgt 2.00 2.00 4 8.83 17.44 1.89
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      Lock icon This time, things may really be different
      647 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent ‘This time it’s different” has been a popular catchphrase during the past two years, thanks mainly to the large amount of money the US authorities have printed and handed out to Wall Street in an effort to stave
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      63 6 Jun 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1152.00-252.00 BT CADI -*****.00-195.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-115.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 721.11 -8.78 FTSE ST Small Cap 498.72 -4.77 FTSE ST All Share 734.62 -4.68 FTSE ST China Top 245.23 -2.17 FTSE ST China 287.95 -1.06 FTSE ST Catalist 999.52
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      57 6 VOLUME Genting SP 386,144,000 Golden Agri 320,018,000 Artivision 127,413,000 SingTel 118,913,000 HPH Trust US$ 112,395,000 Noble Grp 107,421,000 Yangzijiang 89,732,000 CapitaLand 89,557,000 NexGenSCom 77,462,000 MDR 73,865,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 727,034,340 SingTel 363,920,364 DBS Grp 324,255,768 Keppel Corp 295,850,370 Wilmar 261,418,336 CapitaLand 254,357,125 UOB 236,800,705 Golden Agri 213,890,256
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      108 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP Asia Pac Brew 2980 350.0 13.3 DBXT DBLCI-OY 5US$ 4122 128.9 2.6 JMH 5266 111.6 1.7 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4405 75.6 1.4 Lyxor India Nifty 10 1490 30.0 2.1 CapitalaMBLePW*****1 49.5 16.5 50.0 DBXT MSMSIA 10US$ 1333 14.9 0.9 DairyFarm 890 14.9 1.4 JSH
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      129 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5971-311.1 -4.0 DBXT Nifty 10US$ *****-261.5 -1.7 GLD 10US$ *****-259.0 -1.4 IS DJ US Tech 6206-194.6 -2.5 DBXT STGLDv100 10US$ 2928-168.6 -4.4 Lyxor Europe 10 US$ 1332-140.1 -7.8 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 *****-130.0 -1.2 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 *****-102.0 -1.0 DBXT
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      5 6 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon One-year top losers
      152 8 JUNE 17 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE KXD Digital 0.000 n.a. Sino Techfibre 0.000 n.a. Sinomem Technology 0.000 n.a. Mirach Energy 0.120 20.0 12,000 Reyphon Agriceutical 0.140 3.7 28,000 Sinostar 0.145 3.6 8,990 MoyaDayen 0.060 0.0 7,500 Lereno Bio-Chem 0.005 0.0 1,250 Jiutian Chemical 0.035 0.0 3,150
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      Lock icon Biggest upgrades in analysts’ sentiment
      151 8 sentiment VALUE JUNE 17 BID PRICE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Sino-Environment 0.000 n.a. China Milk 0.000 n.a. Celestial 0.000 n.a. China Taisan 0.135 3.8 5,400 People's Food 0.785 1.3 8,635 Dairy Farm 10.795 0.7 10,795 Del Monte 0.445 0.0 4,450 UIC 2.830 -0.4 11,320 Chemoil Energy 0.366
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      Lock icon All portfolios down on heightened risks
      440 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent EQUITY PRICES have slumped globally as a result of heightened risks. All six of our portfolios fell, the average being 3.3 per cent. It’s one of the biggest declines since March. For the week, the Straits Times Index (STI)
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      Lock icon Lowest PTB portfolio
      170 8 VALUE JUNE 17 BID PRICE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Sino Techfibre 0.000 n.a. China Sun Bio-Chem 0.000 n.a. Rickmers Maritime 0.415 1.2 4,150 Golden Agri-Resources 0.680 0.7 19,040 Allgreen Properties 1.600 0.6 19,200 Anwell Tech 0.240 0.0 3,984 China Merchants (Pacific) 0.535 0.0 5,885 Metro 0.910 -0.5 10,010 SanTeh
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      Lock icon Buying by directors is flat while selling is down
      1672 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Ltd THE buying was flat while the selling among directors fell for the second straight week based on filings with the exchange from June 13 to 17. Twenty companies
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      168 8 JUNE 17 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Fibrechem 0.000 n.a. Sino Techfibre 0.000 n.a. Sino-Environment 0.000 n.a. Biosensors 1.290 6.6 25,800 Lippo-Mapletree Trust 0.565 0.9 9,040 Golden Agri-Resources 0.680 0.7 19,040 Li Heng 0.135 0.0 2,700 CSE Global 1.250 0.0 8,750 Del Monte Pacific 0.445 0.0 4,450
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      Lock icon Lowest forward PEs
      159 8 JUNE 17 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE China Milk 0.000 n.a. Fibrechem 0.000 n.a. Sino Techfibre 0.000 n.a. Sino-Environment 0.000 n.a. Celestial 0.000 n.a. China Taisan 0.135 3.8 5,400 China Fishery 1.530 2.0 13,770 Li Heng 0.135 0.0 2,700 CSC Holdings 0.130 0.0 6,760 China Essence 0.280
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      Lock icon Highest dividend yields
      170 8 JUNE 17 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Sino Techfibre 0.000 n.a. Poh Tiong Choon Logistic 0.390 0.0 11,310 Shanghai Asia 0.175 0.0 6,650 TT Int'l 0.030 0.0 1,350 China Merchants (Pacific) 0.535 0.0 5,885 Metro 0.910 -0.5 10,010 Elec Eltek Int'l 4.387 -1.3 13,161 Nera Telecoms 0.355
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      92 6 HPT Phillip Futures Bringing Global Markets Closer to You www.phillipfutures.com.sg 6538 0500 o8 Brought to you by Phillip Futures Pte Ltd (A member of PhillipCapital) i?t i ii i M 1 > Co. Reg. No: *****5695G The above information does not constitute an investment advice, an offer/solicitation to buy/sell the
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Olam’s strategy: Long-term sustainability
      904 7  -  Acquisitions, capital raising necessary for growth: CEO By FELDA CHAY THE market has yet to give its stamp of approval to Olam International’s recent acquisitions and capital raising done in the name of expanding the business but chief executive Sunny Verghese is unfazed. During an interview
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      Lock icon Worries trigger property stock sell-offs
      870 7  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By UMA SHANKARI SINGAPORE-listed property stocks, which have taken a beating since the start of this year, are now trading at up to 50 per cent below their revalued net asset values (RNAVs) a level of discounts that was last seen in 2009
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      Lock icon Sembcorp out of Oman project: reports
      359 10  -  By RONNIE LIM SINGAPORE’S Sembcorp which is currently building the US$1 billion Salalah independent water and power project (IWPP) in Oman has been dropped from a final shortlist of bidders for the Sultanate’s biggest-ev-er power project, Omani news reports said over the weekend. Sembcorp
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      403 10 Jun 17 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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      337 10 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Guangzhao IFB A Meeting Room 309 (Level 3), Suntec Singapore, International Convention Exhibition Centre, 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore *****3 20-Jun 9.30am EDMI Ltd E Orchid Country Club, 1 Orchid Club Road, Emerald Suite, Golf Club House, Level 2, Singapore *****2 20-Jun
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      3833 10 BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT :*ATci Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg NOTICES 1. INTRODUCTION PERTAMA HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****0483W) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT PROPOSED VOLUNTARY DELISTING OF PERTAMA HOLDINGS LIMITED 1.1 Pertama Holdings Limited (“Pertama” or the “Company”) and Harvey Norman Singapore Pte Ltd (“HNS”
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon KepLand to develop Ho Chi Minh City site
      510 11  -  Joint venture will turn prime 30-ha area into integrated development By FELDA CHAY KEPPEL Land (KepLand) yesterday said that it has obtained masterplan approval for its integrated waterfront residential development site in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, allowing it to start the
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      Lock icon Razer aims to double size of local staff in 6-12 months
      736 11  -  By VICTOR KATHEYAS GAMING hardware company Razer intends to increase its Singapore headcount in a big way to cope with the anticipated significant demand for its upcoming products this year. CEO and co-founder Min-Liang Tan said he hopes to
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      Lock icon Be more vigilant, Teo Chee Hean warns S’poreans
      191 11 DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has urged Singaporeans to be more vigilant, following the jailing of Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Thursday. Abu Bakar, who is believed to be responsible for the Bali bombings in 2002 that killed about 200
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  • EMERGING ENTERPRISE
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      Lock icon Taking care of electronics firms
      933 12  -  Finding out what’s wrong with them is the mission of analytical lab WinTech. reports MAXIE AW YEONG WINTECHNa-no-TechnologyServices’ Li Xiaomin, 36, reckons himself to be somewhat of a doctor for electronics companies. Armed with equipment like transmission electron microscopy and focused ion beams, WinTech is
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      Lock icon Customising solutions puts DNR on the map
      884 12  -  The industrial IT and automation solution provider is spreading its wings even wider afield, reports TAM YU LING reports TAM YU LING AT AGE 60, Dinesh Sharma, who set up DNR Process Solutions, would appear to be a late-bloomer in the local entrepreneurial
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      80 12 These are the eleventh and twelfth of a series of features on the 15 finalists of the Emerging Enterprise 2011 Awards. Jointly presented by The Business Times and OCBC Bank, EE 2011 recognises promising enterprises which are up to 10 years old and have an annual turnover of $10 million
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Trusting in unit trusts
      1606 13  -  Several factors make this investment vehicle attractive to the novice investor, reports TEH SHI NING FROM equities to bonds, currencies to commodities, the Young Investors’ Forum has, in recent weeks, gone on a quick familiarisation tour of some of the major investment asset classes out there.
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      Lock icon A passion for real estate
      960 13  -  Accountant Melissa Low tells LESTER HIO she eyes mainly properties with positive cash flow STARTING YOUNG LESTER HIO MELISSA Low’s firm belief in investment lies not in monetary terms, but in investing in herself. To this end, the 26-year-old accountant takes the time and effort
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      Lock icon Start retirement planning early to ride through market cycles
      314 13 ASK DR INVEST Q: I am in my 20s. Do you think I should start saving up and investing for retirement? What is the best way to do so? A: For the majority of young adults, retirement seems like the last
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      346 13 Be a young investor DO you aspire to be a successful young investor? Are you keen on taking the first step towards achieving that? The BT-Citibank Young Investors’ Forum is no typical page extracted from a financial textbook. This forum will present step-by-step guides on how to start investing, feature
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Valued business counsel
      2227 14 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: If you could have a one-to-one meeting with any financial or economic sage for a couple of hours, who would it be? And what would you ask him or her? Lim Soon Hock Managing Director PLAN-B ICAG Pte Ltd MY previous choice of Warren
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon OECD, FAO see higher food prices ahead
      764 15  -  Fishery output is also expected to expand much slower in next decade By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo AGRICULTURAL commodity and food prices are likely to remain significantly higher over the coming decade than they have been in the past 10 years and will
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      Lock icon Backlog of cases gives a reprieve on foreclosures for many US homeowners
      610 15 NYT [NEW YORK] Millions of American homeowners in distress are getting some unexpected breathing room lots of it in some places. In New York state, it would take lenders 62 years at their current pace to repossess the
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      Lock icon Keeping an eye on banks’ risks
      394 15  -  By ANTONY CURRIE The writer is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own THE latest bank capital spat between regulators and bankers is narrowing the debate too much. Crucial questions remain unanswered about the so-called SIFI buffer that is likely to
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Abu Dhabi bank set to make 1b dirham gain
      430 18 Bank is selling its 25% stake in RHB Capital to an investment fund Reuters [DUBAI] Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) will record a net profit of one billion dirhams (S$335.8 million) from the sale of its 25 per cent stake in
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      Lock icon Better to anticipate than to react
      655 18  -  Timing for Malaysian Immigration’s biometric system launch is unfortunate MALAYSIA INSIGHT PAULINE NG KL Correspondent THE disgruntlement and loss in goodwill caused by the humongous traffic snarls at the Causeway and Second Link following the implementation of a new biometric system by Malaysia’s Immigration
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      1881 18 VOL Jun 17 RM +/-(‘000) A M Realty 0.50 unch 10 Abric Bhd 0.30 0.02 36 Advance Synerg 0.22 unch 972 Adventa Bhd 2.07 0.01 45 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.28 -0.01 230 Affin Holdings 3.26 -0.08 744 Ahmad Zaki Res 0.81 -0.01 77 Aic Corp 1.21 0.01 379
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      1359 18 BEATS NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg PACIFIC ANDES RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (the "Company") NOTICE TO WARRANT HOLDERS To: ALL HOLDERS OF WARRANTS W*****2 (the "Warrants") TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW SHARES IN PACIFIC ANDES RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT LIMITED (the "Company") THIS NOTICE IS IMPORTANT AND
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Business rounds on Indian govt over economy
      682 19 They urge a halt to interest rate rises, as hikes are likely to hit new investments AFP [MUMBAI] Business leaders in India have rounded on the government, urging a halt to interest rate rises, amid fears that inflation and lack of institutional reform
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      Lock icon A year on from depegging, yuan gains more than 5.4%
      454 19 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China’s yuan has gained more than 5.4 per cent in the year since it was unshackled from a de facto dollar peg, a quicker gain than analysts had expected at the time. After the People’s Bank of China
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      Lock icon A little bit of Austria in Guangdong
      485 19 AP [HALLSTATT, Austria] It’s a scenic jewel, a hamlet of hill-hugging chalets, elegant church spires and ancient inns all reflected in the deep still waters of an Alpine lake. The beauty of Austria’s Hallstatt has earned it a listing as a Unesco World
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      Lock icon China home prices rising despite curbs
      680 19 [SHANGHAI] The price of new homes in China rose last month in 67 of the 70 cities monitored as developers held off on reducing how much they charged while studying the effects of policies aimed at controlling the property market. May new-home prices increased
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      697 20 Move is meant to burnish president’s credentials as he bids for a 2nd term Bloomberg [ST PETERSBURG] Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged to give up government control of some of the biggest state companies, burnishing his investor-friendly credentials as
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      589 20 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese video game developer Sega Corp said yesterday that information belonging to 1.3 million customers has been stolen from its database, the latest in a rash of global cyber attacks against video game companies. Names, birth dates, e-mail addresses and
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      412 20 Reuters [ST PETERSBURG] Russian Internet firms are winning the capital of foreign investors due to their ability to bypass country-specific risks while attracting users and advertising revenue. The two most successful Russian stock-market floats of the past 12 months have been Web-based firms,
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      515 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Professional hacker Nicholas Percoco received an unusual request from a major financial institution last week: how can you help us avoid becoming the next Citigroup Inc? Amid a wave of cyber attacks on Citi, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other
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      676 21 Over 15 US-listed Chinese firms yet to file year-end forms with regulators Reuters [NEW YORK] More than 15 Chinese companies whose shares trade in the United States, many of them favoured by short-sellers, have yet to file required year-end forms with US regulators and
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      542 21 PM should slow the pace of budget squeeze, he adds Bloomberg [LONDON] The UK government budget deficit will be higher than forecast by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne as the economy slows, according to Ed Balls, opposition Labour Party Treasury affairs spokesman.
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      646 21 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s supporters are turning on former leader Kevin Rudd after an opinion poll showed backing for the Labor Party fell to the lowest in four decades a year after he was ousted. Mr Rudd
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      738 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Brazil is turning into the world’s biggest buyer of US debt even after Finance Minister Guido Mantega criticised the Federal Reserve’s steps to stimulate economic growth by buying Treasuries. Brazil bought US$13.4 billion of US debt in
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      394 21 AFP [SAO PAULO] Sovereign debt woes in Greece and other weak eurozone countries are putting the global economic recovery at risk, the IMF warned on Friday as it called for a shoring-up of financial systems. The debt trouble risks “derailing the European recovery
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      773 22 The roughly US$17b deal is for revamped Airbus A320 jets Reuters [ATLANTA] A record 200-plane order from Asia’s largest budget carrier looks set to dominate a jackpot of deals at this week’s Paris Air Show in clear evidence of a mul-ti-speed recovery shaping
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      368 22 Reuters [GENEVA] The EU said that it will comply with a ruling by the World Trade Organization which had found that Airbus received billions of dollars of unfair subsidies, but gave no specific date, a WTO spokeswoman said. The United States, addressing the
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      187 22 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Mongolia sees the ports of North Korea as gateways through which it can ship its mineral resources, taking advantage of “very good relations” between the two countries, Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold said. “We could have further cooperation in the access to
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      507 22  -  Airbus, Rolls-Royce to develop one that yields up to 97,000 pounds of thrust By VEN SREENIVASAN in Paris AIRBUS and Rolls-Royce have announced that they would jointly develop a more powerful Trent XWB engine for the top-of-the-line A350-1000 aircraft. The new Trent engine
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      383 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 One whose work could be framed beginning to get less active (7) 5 Search place linked to gold in river (7) 9 Young miscreant was dishonest? It’s not obvious (7) 10 Shorten amateur golf hosted by woman in match (7) 11 Shunning a cove and swimming
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      907 23  -  NEW RESTAURANT By Geoffrey Eu Luke’s Oyster Bar Chop House 20 Gemmill Lane Tel: 6221-4468 IF a conversation between two diners at Luke’s Oyster Bar Chop House over the weekend is any indication, the outlook for the just-opened restaurant is pretty stellar. During the
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      8784 24 Week ended: Jun 17 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 15 8Telecom 15.5 -0.5 1290 16.5 15.5 15 16.5 7.8 3.9 3.2 74.2 12 4.5 A-Sonic 7.5 unch 1759 8
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      1704 25 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 $mil 5.5 4 t AA Grp 4 3.5 4.5 19 3.9 202 154 t APStrategic 161 132 160 95.5 1.5 0.5 t Advanced System 0.5
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      115 25 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.410 -0.040 CapitaLand 2.750 -0.070 CapitaMall 1.910 -0.040 CityDev 10.000 -0.200 ComfortDelGro 1.350 -0.040 DBS Grp 14.000 -0.120 F&N 5.450 -0.100 GLP 2.020 Genting SP 1.850 -0.010 Golden Agri 0.685 +0.020 HK Land
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      2623 25 Transaction date: Jun 17 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Credit 6.00 unch 8 Aeon Stores 16.30 -0.02 82 Angang Steel 7.72 -0.03 4948 Anhui Conch 32.50 -0.95 ***** Anhuiexpresswa 5.85 -0.01 4805 Asia Satellite 18.00 unch 0 Asm Pacific 101.40 -0.40 442 Bank Of E Asia 31.80
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      257 25 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 34 AVJennings A46 -1.5 5 49 46 46 48.5 3.6 7.6 3.7 119.8 55 18 Genting HK US$ US34.5 -3.5 ***** 37.5 33.5 34 34.5 2271.7
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      186 25 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 Manufacturing 24 139 53 4 11 20 28 150 73 Commerce 10 48 19 4 9 2 14 57 21 Tpt/Stor/Comms 5 37 5
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      939 25 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 124 108 ABF SG Bond ETF 118 unch 25 118 118 115 118 538.6 1077 832 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1023 -11 34 1036 1022 1016 1023 40.9
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      123 25 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 151,178 151,178 416,509 416,509 Manufacturing 1,003,150 38,315 1,041,465 967,884 1,843 969,727 Commerce 361,763 27,902 389,665 581,735 2,712 584,447 Tpt/Stor/Comms 585,999 68,930 654,929 975,899 9,171 985,070 Finance 99,199 10 99,209 880,659 1 880,660 Construction 162,409 17,173
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      26 25 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 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jun 17 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 881.6 0.4 -1.8 0.1 -3.4 0.8 0.2 EAFE Preliminary 761.6 0.2 -4.9 0.3 -4.3 0.9 -0.7 Europe Preliminary 1137.9 0.6
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      178 26 Jun 17 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.04 0.02 1-month 5/16 1/16 2-months 3/8 1/8 3-months 7/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.125 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.23 0.13 1 month 0.28 0.18 2 months 0.32 0.22 3 months 0.36 0.26 6 months 0.46 0.36 9 months 0.70 0.50 12
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      24 26 Jun 17 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2394 1.2399 2-months 1.2393 1.2398 3-months 1.2392 1.2398 6-months 1.2388 1.2394 Source: OCBC Source: OCBC
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      163 26 Jun 18 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Jul 11 106 Aug 11 83 Sep 11 496.5 492.0 496.5 21 310 Oct 11 491.0 488.0 491.0 19 188 Nov 11 485.0 485.0 485.0 10 179 Dec 11
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      81 26 Jun 17 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****N 15.09.2011 0.33 0.30 0.30 1-Year BY*****X 02.05.2012 0.42 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0V 1.625 01.04.2013 102.10 102.14 102.14 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 100.36
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      107 26 Jun 17 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 11 1333.00 1350.50 1357.25 1330.50 Aug 11 1333.50 1350.00 1356.00 1331.00 Sep 11 1332.75 1348.00 1354.25 1329.50 Nov 11 1333.25 1350.25 1356.25 1331.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 11 55.92
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      77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jun 16 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 113.99 -3.93 WTI (Near Mth) 94.71 -0.56 Dubai (1-Mth F) 107.40 -3.28 Tapis blend 121.07 -3.71 Minas 117.17 -3.71 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 103.22 -1.92 Jet Kerosene 128.25 -3.85 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      2725 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 23.5 1 150 8 6.85 35 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 1.5 1 4 38 2.67 8 AlliedTech W*****2 2 unch 64 1 4 29 Asia Water Tech Ltd W*****8
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      123 26 Jun 17 As at 9am Jun 17 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.352 1.276 Can dollar 1.286 1.237 Euro 1.795 1.726 Sterling pound 2.041 1.963 NZ dollar 1.027 0.979 US dollar 1.258 1.21 Local dollars to 100 units
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      29 26 Jun 17 Open High Sett STI Jun 3005 3005 2998 SIMSCI Jun 347.4 349.2 345.8 Taiwan Jun 303.9 305.5 302.5 Source: MF Global (S) Pte Ltd
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      66 26 Jun 17 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jun 11 3227 3225 3235 3195 573 6830 Jul 11 3208 3205 3226 3178 5209 ***** Aug 11 3207 3198 3214 3163 ***** ***** Sep 11 3209 3194
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      469 26 Jun 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Sep11 99.6200 0 8268 Dec11 99.5550 0 3313 Mar12 99.4900 0 1632 Jun12 99.3800 0 3166 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Sep11 99.6675 51 1252 Dec11 99.6650 40 1392 Mar12 99.6550 99.6550 99.6550 99.6550 1708 2285 Jun12 99.6525 0
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      462 26 Jun 17 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.037 6.809 0.744 8.208 47.307 90.561 0.848 11.430 3.206 1.312 90.340 46.039 1.305 7.227 0.894 30.516 32.224 0.653 1.053 Canada 0.964 6.567
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      85 26 Jun 17 (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$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      154 26 Jun 17 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3043 1.3052 1.0524 1.0527 Canadian dollar 1.2576 1.2589 1.0147 1.0153 Euro 1.7533 1.7541 1.4146 1.4147 NZ dollar 0.9944 0.9953 0.8023 0.8027 Sterling pound 1.9967 1.9977 1.6110 1.6112
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      139 26 Jun 17 GOLD (US$/oz) Jun 17 Jun 16 Hong Kong 1531.00 1527.30 Jun 16 Jun 17 London 1527.90 1537.49 1528.79 1538.31 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jun 17 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 65,345.97 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 146 61 5gm 416 305 10gm 742
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      69 26 Jun 17 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2516.25 2528.00 3 months 2545.00 2557.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 9087.00 9056.75 3 months 9095.00 9065.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2433.50 2465.00 3 months 2450.00 2481.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      82 26 Jun 17 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jul 11 1822 1800 1827/1790 Sep 11 1829 1811 1835/1804 Dec 11 1855 1838 1861/1833 Mar 12 1871 1861 1880/1855 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jul 11 2302 2380 2400/2290 Sep 11 2342 2422 2442/2328 Nov 11 2372 2450 2468/2356 Jan 12
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      758 29  -  Gemalto gears up to take advantage of the maturing ecosystem in Singapore, reports VICTORIA HO THERE is a huge migration underway towards contactless payment this year, and Gemalto is gearing up to take advantage of this, says one of its top officials. Gemalto’s Tan Teck
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      362 29  -  By VICTORIA HO [SINGAPORE] The annual IT trade show CommunicAsia opens this week, with some 2,000 exhibitors participating. The show is moving this year from its long-standing venue at the Singapore Expo in Changi to its new city centre location at Marina Bay Sands. The
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      1009 30  -  This year could see a decisive shift to mobile devices in S’pore enterprises By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY [SINGAPORE] Enterprises in Singapore are jumping on the mobile revolution wagon and this year could be pivotal in this transition from a desktop-based enterprise environment
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      288 30  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY [SINGAPORE] NEC Asia Pacific has inked an exclusive agreement with Singapore company Anacle Systems to jointly market Anacle’s proprietary energy management solutions. The Japanese company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is a leading IT and network
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      1022 30  - SaaS a ticket to the cloud for telcos Telecom companies may emerge as the key players in the cloud story <you say> By ADRIAN DOMINIC HO The author is IDC Asia Pacific’s Principal, Managed Telecom Service, Networking Research FOR many cloud industry watchers, there is no greater guilty pleasure than
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      115 34 SINGAPORE'S NO. 1 LUXURY SEDAN'. Winner of the Red Dot Design Award 2010, the BMW 5 Series is a testament to the Art of Creation where elegance, dynamism, efficiency and comfort converge to create an extraordinary driving experience. The presence of TwinPower Turbo engines, 8-speed automatic transmission Steptronic and innovative
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