The Business Times, 5 November 2011

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    13 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg NOVEMBER 5-6, 2011 S$1.00 MICA (P) 121/08/2011 121/08/2011
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    Lock icon Markets find some cheer
    27 1 us jobs JOBLESS rate falls to a six-month low and job gains in the prior two months are stronger than previously thought. 2
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    Lock icon Gains made in easing crisis: PM Lee
    47 1 eurozone talks ‘WE could have done more, but it’s a very difficult matter because when you talk about European governance, you’re talking about 17 euro countries and and not all 17 euro member countries are here at the meeting.’ 4
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    Lock icon Ministry mulls law firm mergers
    38 1 official eye ALLEN Overy and Allen Gledhill’s merger proposal has been presented to Singapore’s law minister for his perusal, while other law firms here say that they are open to mergers themselves. 6
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    Lock icon MF Global's Asia-Pac ops get bids
    34 1 potential sale THE brokerage’s provisional liquidators in Hong Kong says that a buyout deal may be reached as early as tomorrow, after receiving over 30 credible offers. 8
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    Lock icon So much bandwidth and no socket
    565 1  -  Plugging into the next-generation broadband network will be even easier with new proposals By Victoria Ho vhoip@sph.com.sg Singapore IcophInfty’sNTERNETbroadbandpointswillbe-come as common as cable and telephone points in every home, if the Infocomm Development Authority’s has its way. This will be a huge boost to
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    Lock icon Sharp reply from rejected bidder of Paya Lebar site
    859 1 URA says price too low; govt committed to sustaining development momentum in area Singapore A UOL Group-Singapore Land consortium whose bid for a commercial plot in Paya Lebar was rejected by the Urban Redevelopment Authority for being “too low” responded sharply
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Markets find some cheer in US job numbers
      649 2 October non-farm payrolls lower than expected, but gains in prior two months stronger than previously thought latest us data Reuters Washington EMPLOYERS in the US hired fewer workers in October but the jobless rate fell to a six-month low and job gains
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      140 2 G STI 2,848.24 (+38.20) G STI FUTURES 2,848.0 (+42.0) G SIMSCI 324.79 (+3.71) G SIMSCI FUTURES 325.30 (+4.80) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,477.51 +15.14 NIKKEI 225 8,801.40 +160.98 HANG SENG 19,842.79 +600.29 SET 957.31 -0.25 JAKARTA 3,783.63 +77.82 MANILA 4,271.72 +61.47 KOSPI 1,928.41 +58.45 SHENZHEN B 629.32 +7.73
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      Lock icon Some progress in tackling eurozone crisis: PM Lee
      670 4  -  By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg Cannes AFTER two days of frenzied talks, some progress has been made in tackling the eurozone crisis, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, with the Group of 20 (G-20) leaders ready to commit additional resources to ensure that
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      Lock icon Ministry looks at law firms’ urge to merge
      1044 6  -  All Big Four firms here not averse to pursuing mergers in order to grow By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg Singapore ALLEN Overy and Allen Gledhill’s merger proposal has been presentedtoSingapore’slawminister for his perusal, while other law firms here say they are open to
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      Lock icon MF Global’s Asia-Pac ops get buyout offers
      539 8  -  A deal may be reached as early as tomorrow, say brokerage’s provisional liquidators in HK By Felda Chay feldac@sph.com.sg Singapore MF GLOBAL’S operations here, together with those in other parts of Asia and Australia, may escape the fate of their US parent, having
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tour the marina on your iPhone
      583 8  -  By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg Singapore EVEN if you’ve never set foot on the Marina at Keppel Bay, you could take a 360-degree look around the bay front without heading there, if you’re toting around an iPhone or iPad 2. Apple smart-device users can downloadthemarina’snewoffering,
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      Lock icon Local banks extend loans as EU lenders fight crisis
      460 8  -  By Emilyn Yap emilyny@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE banks have extended more loans as some of their European competitors shift focus to fighting fires set alight by the eurozone debt crisis. The clearest indication of this came from DBS Group chief executive Piyush
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      Lock icon MAS-AirAsia share swap under probe
      530 10  -  Minister tells Parliament that Bursa and SC are looking into possible insider trading By S Jayasankaran btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur A SHARE swap deal between Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia three months ago is being investigated by Bursa Malaysia and the Securities Commission for possible insider
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      Lock icon The great telephone survey hang-up
      830 10  -  saturday soapbox Joyce Hooi Reporter NOBODY panic, but just remember that this newspaper predicted a nationwide stampede first. It will happen next year when we fall over ourselves to sign up for the national Do-Not-Call (DNC) registry. Old women will be trampled underfoot and infants
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      59 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-10 Week in Review 11 Raffles Conversation 12-13 Companies 14-18 Singapore 19-20 From The Desk Of 21 World 22-26 Stocks Stats 27-31 Perspective 32-33 Wealth 34-37 Househunt 38 Real Estate 39 LIVING Dining L2-4 Guest Chef L5 Shopping L6-8 Home Garden L10-11 Health L12-13 Gadgets L14
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      475 9 •*>* fee® Advertising Feature Outdoor activities all year round I y M.I.C.E. HAVEN: SOUTH KOREA IS A GEM OF A MEETING PLACE In the last of a 3-part series on holding MICE events (meetings, incentive trips, conventions and exhibitions) in South Korea, discover the art of mixing business with pleasure.
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK Oct 31-Nov 4, 2011
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        Lock icon Tribunal orders Qantas, unions to resume talks
        66 11 QANTAS Airways and its unions have been ordered to immediately terminate all industrial action and return to the negotiating table by an Australian labour tribunal, in the latest twist in a prolonged and bitter industrial dispute. Qantas and the three unions now have
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        Lock icon Investor support crucial to latest EU rescue deal
        48 11 THE latest eurozone rescue bid will crucially depend on the support of global investors. China, sovereign wealth funds and other global investors are awaiting more details about the leverage of the European bailout fund before committing to its bond issues.
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        Lock icon MICE business frisky with more space, events
        69 11 THE Republic’s push for a bigger slice of the meetings, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) pie is right on track as venues report brisk business this year with a fuller calendar of events. Industry players are bullish that growth will continue into
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        Lock icon Qantas takes off with heavy ratings baggage
        59 11 THE first Qantas flights took off on Monday, some 15 hours after a labour tribunal ordered the airline to resume operations. But the un- precedented grounding of the airline’s global fleet by CEO Alan Joyce could have inflicted more damage than the A$20
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        Lock icon Greece vote call raises real fears of default
        76 11 PANIC over a possible Greek default overwhelmed stock markets following Greece Premier George Papandreou’s shock decision to hold a referendum on a hard-won bailout deal. Analysts say that the referendum would also effectively amount to a vote on Greece remaining a eurozone
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        Lock icon What price business space rentals?
        55 11 A SHARP increase in business and science park space to be completed next year could put pressure on rentals. An expected 2.15 million square feet of business and science park space will be completed in 2012, some 66 per cent higher than the five-year average
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        Lock icon Burnt S'pore investors get their day in US sun
        78 11 A GROUP of Singapore investors of Morgan Stanley’s failed Pinnacle Notes have scored a major legal victory after a US federal judge ruled that their class action lawsuit can proceed in New York. The court ruledthat “generalised warnings of risk and
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        Lock icon MF Global S’pore’s client money being verified
        40 11 PROVISIONAL liquidators of MF Global Singapore are working to verify the brokerage’s customer records of monies and assets and ensure that these are in order, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore late Wednesday.
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        Lock icon DBS High Notes case ends as investors lose appeal
        62 11 THE 213 investors who brought a lawsuit against DBS Bank over its DBS High Notes 5 product have lost their case before the Court of Appeal, along with the possibility of reclaiming their investment. The Court of Appeal upheld the High
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        Lock icon British giant courts Allen & Gledhill
        48 11 British giant courts Allen Gledhill ONE of the largest and most established law firms in Singapore could be merging with one of the largest and most well-regarded international lawfirms in the world a development guaranteed to send ripples through a sector already riding the tide of much change.
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        Lock icon Greek PM in about-face on austerity referendum
        36 11 IN a dramatic turnaround, Greek Premier George Papandreou no longer plans to have a referendum on the European Union’s 130 billion euro (S$227.3 billion) bailout of the beleaguered nation.
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        Lock icon PM Lee to G-20: Take fast and firm action to avoid calamity
        55 11 CALLING for an “early and decisive solution” to the eurozone crisis, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged the Group of 20 (G-20) leaders to consider additional measures to prevent the festering woes from plunging the global economy into
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      Lock icon NEXT WEEK Nov 7 – Nov 11
      71 11 NEXT WEEK Nov 7 Nov 11 US DATA Nov 7 September consumer credit Nov 9 October CPI Nov 10 Sept international trade Jobless claims October import and export prices October trade balance Nov 11 Nov consumer sentiment China data EVENTS Nov 7 Eurozone finance ministers’ meeting Nov 8 EU finance
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      328 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD SATURDAY with Ludwig Across 1 Nice bit of fluff? Don’t whistle, that’s rude! (11) 9 A snowdrop? (9) 10 Pinched note to relative (5) 11 Very strange verse on love (4,2) 12 Explorer is eating last of sledge dogs (8) 13 Don went down with a cry of
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Employees first
      2499 12/13  -  Employeesfirst Vineet Nayar turns conventional management practice on its head and reaps spectacular results for his company HCLT. By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg VINEETNayar, vice-chairman and chief executive officer of HCL Technologies (HCLT), almost lost his job, three months into joining the organisation as a senior management trainee
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon SCI net profit for Q3 dips to $222.3m
      480 14  -  Previous Q3 bottom line includes one-time gain from $53m forex settlement By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg SEMBCORPIndustries’core utilities business was the steadying hand behind the group’s third quarter ended Sept 30 as subsidiary Sembcorp Marine turned in lower profits. At the group level,
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      Lock icon ST Engg Q3 profit rises 2.7% to $133.8m
      463 14  -  Revenue slides 6.2% to $1.39b; EPS rises to 4.39 cents By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) chalked up a 2.7 per cent rise in thirdquarter net profit to $133.8 million, from $130.2 million a year ago, despite a fall
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      Lock icon M&C Hotels posts strong Q3, warns of headwinds
      235 14 Reuters Bangalore MILLENNIUM Copthorne Hotels is cautious about its short-term outlook given early signs of a slowdown in spending by its business customers even as the hotelier reported higher quarterly profit. The company’s shares, which have fallen 14 per cent in the
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      Lock icon Ex-SGX CEO joins Tiger’s board
      277 14  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg TIGER Airways Holdings’ board saw some reshuffling yesterday, culminating in the appointment of former Singapore Exchange (SGX) chief Hsieh Fu Hua as an independent director. At the same time, the company’s board announced that two of its non-executive directors Lim Siew
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      Lock icon Business environment worse than post-Lehman, says SIA
      597 15  -  Situation now more protracted and serious, with no sight of finality Reports by Ven Sreenivasan ven@sph.com.sg THE debt crisis in Europe and the economic slowdown in the US have made the operating environment for Singapore Airlines more unpredictable and difficult than the post-Leh-man
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      Lock icon Scoot open to partnerships with any carrier: CEO
      347 15 SINGAPORE Airline’s (SIA) new long-haul low-cost carrier does not rule out strategic business partnerships with Tiger Airways or with any other carrier. Campbell Wilson, the CEO of Scoot, which will be launched in mid-2012, stressed that his airline would be open to
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      Lock icon PCRT to buy half stake in Chengdu mall
      478 16  -  Acquisition costing 2.28b yuan to be fully funded by debt By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED Perennial China Retail Trust (PCRT) intends to acquire a 50 per cent stake in Chengdu Longemont Shopping Mall Development from the Shanghai Summit Group for some 2.28
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      Lock icon JK Tech launches IPO for Catalist listing
      270 16  -  By Dolly Chia dchia@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE-BASED JK Tech Holdings has launched its initial public offering (IPO) for a Catalist listing. The information technology (IT) group is offering 10 million new shares at 20 cents apiece. The placement offer closes at noon on Nov 10
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      Lock icon BreadTalk invests $18m in PRE 8
      410 16  -  By Carine Lee carinel@sph.com.sg BREADTALK Group is investing $18 million in PRE 8 Investments Pte Ltd, the company which recently entered into a deal to buy Suntec Reit’s Chijmes property for $177 million. PRE 8, whose current sole shareholder is Perennial Real Estate Pte
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      Lock icon Yanlord buys 50% stake in Shanghai Renpin
      233 16  -  By Yeo Aiqi yeoaiqi@sph.com.sg CHINA-BASED real estate developer Yanlord Land Group has made a 1.655 billion yuan (S$332 million) investment in a foray into one of Shanghai’s most prestigious international community districts. The Singapore Exchange mainboard-listed group said yesterday that it has acquired
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      Lock icon High volatility and the market’s new ‘R’ word
      597 18  -  stocks R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent A FEW years ago it used to be that the “R” word stood for “recession”, a no-no as far as financial markets were concerned. This week saw that old “R” word replaced with a new one
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      61 18 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 517.7 3.8 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5590 329.1 4.9 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4231 311.4 6.2 IS DJ US Tech 6627 274.7 3.4 GLD 10US$ ***** 272.1 1.3 DBXT E50 10US$ 3666 264.5 6.0 IS S&P500 ***** 243.0 1.5 JSH 3140 215.2
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      58 18 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4220 -141.8 -2.6 Straits Trdg 281 -44.0 -13.5 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** -20.0 -0.2 DBS BP ePW*****2 37 -7.5 -16.9 Elec Eltek 285 -6.3 -1.7 Amtek 65 -6.0 -8.5 STI 2850BPePW*****9 16.6 -5.4 -24.5 STI 2750BPePW*****9 19.3 -5.2 -21.2 HsuFuChi
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      Lock icon Bharti confident of turning around in Africa
      418 18 Reuters New Delhi BHARTI Airtel is confident of growing its high-speed mobile data business and turning around its struggling African operations after the Indian mobile market leader reported a big-ger-than-expected fall in fiscal second-quarter profit that was its seventh consecutive quarterly profit drop.
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      110 18 VOL CLOSE GoldenAgri 66,560 65.5 -1.0 -1.5 GentingSP 65,386 172.5 3.0 1.8 MDRW*****5 49,000 0.1 0.0 0.0 Mewah 47,761 46.5 4.0 9.4 NobleGrp 44,972 156.5 3.5 2.3 Si2i 40,624 5.6 -0.2 -3.4 Elektromotive 34,282 0.7 0.0 0.0 SingTel 30,961 315 -4.0 -1.3 Infinio 23,575 0.4 -0.1 -20.0
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      110 18 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.355 CapitaLand 2.730 +0.060 CapitaMall 1.785 CityDev 10.580 +0.320 ComfortDelGro 1.420 +0.005 DBS Grp 12.660 +0.170 F&N 6.110 +0.020 GLP 1.765 +0.050 Genting SP 1.725 +0.030 Golden Agri 0.655 -0.010 HK Land 5.030 +0.170 JMH 51.610 +1.430 JSH 31.400 +1.700 Jardine C&C 45.980
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      309 17 INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING JK TECH HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****0813H) Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 28 October 2003) With more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, our Group is one of the leading one-stop providers of IT products, services and solutions mainly to companies,
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      161 18 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF JAPAN MATERIAL (S) PTE LTD REG. NO.*****4790D (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that the Final General Meeting of
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Firms urged to make their workplace age-friendly
      745 19  -  Minister of State for Health Amy Khor describes the aim as ‘creating the conditions to enable older workers to work longer’ By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg WITH the Re-employment Act coming into play from Jan 1, the focus is now likely to turn
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      Lock icon City fringe narrowing rental gap with prime districts
      511 19  -  Smaller apartments in demand in Balestier, Bishan and Geylang By Uma Shankari shankari@sph.com.sg RESIDENTIAL rents in the city fringe areas are rising steadily, narrowing the rental gap between the prime districts and the city fringe, noted CBRE in a new report yesterday.
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      Lock icon Accountancy sector still faces acute talent crunch in Singapore
      415 20  -  2 in 3 employers find it difficult to recruit skilled accounting, finance professionals: study By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg ATTRACTING and retaining talent continues to be a key challenge for Singapore’s accountancy sector, noted Minister of State for Finance and Transport, Josephine
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      Lock icon S’poreans prefer printed papers
      359 20  -  But their reach has declined by 1.8% with greater online take-up By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg PRINTED newspapers remain the staple read for the majority of the adult population in Singapore, even though their reach has declined by 1.8 per cent. This is according to findings released
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      Lock icon Fatalities in marine sector nearly doubled from last year
      306 20  -  Spot checks reveal same mistakes of the past: Hawazi Daipi By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg FATALITIES at Singapore shipyards have jumped to 11 so far this year compared to just six last year. The marine sector’s progress in improving safety in recent
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Taking an inclusive approach
      948 21  -  There is a need for a more enlightened dialogue on how to develop Singapore’s future labour force from the desk of Paul Endacott Managing director Ambition, Singapore THE difficulty faced by employers in finding adequately skilled workers is a topic that excites strong passions nowhere more
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon G-20 to speed up market-driven forex rate push
      574 22 It also unveils plan with specific national commitments to rebalance global economy Bloomberg Cannes, France THE Group of 20 leaders meeting in Cannes have adopted stronger language on currencies than they have at previous summits, agreeing yesterday to accelerate a move towards
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      Lock icon Italy to allow IMF to monitor reforms
      442 22 Reu ters Cannes, France ITALY will allow the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to monitor its progress with long overdue reforms of pensions, labour markets and privatisations, European leaders announced here yesterday, looking beyond the crisis in Greece to the far graver threat to
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      Lock icon Floodwaters in Bangkok threaten metro stations
      345 22 AFP Bloomberg Bangkok THAILAND’S worst floods in half a century reached the edge of downtown Bangkok yesterday, threatening some underground railway stations and forcing the closure of a major shopping centre. Thai officials built more barriers around Bangkok as floodwaters edged closer to the
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      Lock icon MF Global chairman, CEO Corzine resigns
      702 24 Move comes as US regulators review the company’s business to track down more than US$600 million of missing customer money Reuters New York JON CORZINE has resigned as MF Global Holdings Ltd’s chairman and chief executive, four days after the futures brokerage filed for
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      Lock icon Pessimism rises over Asia-Pacific growth: PECC
      439 24 Eurozone crisis, slow US growth are among key risks to region AFP Singapore THE struggling US economy and eurozone debt crisis have sparked a “growing sense of pessimism” about Asia-Pacific’s economic growth in the next year, a regional think tank said yesterday. Expectations for
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      Lock icon Private equity firms flex financing muscles in China
      536 25 Non-state-owned companies turn to them, creating investment chances Reuters Shanghai SIX months ago, private equity firm BeiKai Capital was greeted with a cold shoulder when it sought to invest in a Chinese security information firm that was at the time saddled with
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      Lock icon KL mass transit line hits stumbling block
      565 26 Landowners accuse authorities of attempting to grab valuable properties, fear project will alter neighbourhoods AFP Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Judy Lam never saw herself as an activist until officials turned up at her family’s small hotel in Chinatown and announced plans to take it
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      Lock icon M’sia Sept exports up 16.6%
      345 26 AFP Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA said yesterday that exports, the mainstay of the economy, rose 16.6 per cent year-on-year in September as strong demand in Asia offset weak shipments to the troubled US and European markets. The trade ministry said that exports climbed to RM58.68 billion
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      1092 23 thebusinesstimesweekendwww.businesstimes.com.sg SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2011 S$1.00 MICA (P) 121/08/2011 weekend www.businesstimes.com.sg SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2011 S$1.00 MICA (P) 121/08/2011 the raffles conversation CAREER DIPLOMAT BARRYDESKER 12-13 cheap funds Local banks to slash savings ratesDBS Bank, OCBC DBS Bank and UOB will offer amere 0.05 per cent mere come October, even asHSBC and
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      236 25 An Evening Of Brews hosted by Asia Pacific Breweries and The Business Times WIN ABEER-PAIRING ASIAN-INSPIRED DINNER FOR 2 WORTH $396 ++l The Business Times Weekend offers a relaxing read with a balance of key news updates and exciting lifestyle features in an exclusive Living section. We continue to engage
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      9773 30 Transaction date: Nov 4 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 12 8Telecom 13.5 12.5 14 7.8 4.5 2.8 64.7 9.5 4.1 A-Sonic 4.6 4.8 5.8 2.8 1.7 32.9 65 48
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      186 30 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 9 2 3 0 0 0 9 2 3 Manufacturing 64 42 41 4 4 7 68 46 48 Commerce 23 14 15 3 2 2 26 16 17 Tpt/Stor/Comms 21 10 11
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      809 30 For week beginning Oct 31 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Oxley Hldgs 2-Nov-11 Tee Wee Sien Buy 200 na *****0 12.44 *****0 12.45 LHT Hldgs 1-Nov-11 Yap
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      119 30 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 24,190 24,190 105,141 105,141 Manufacturing 187,212 38,729 225,941 166,449 360 166,810 Commerce 122,091 3,730 125,821 157,086 421 157,507 Tpt/Stor/Comms 157,857 640 158,497 191,161 77 191,239 Finance 25,203 25,203 259,448 259,448 Construction 32,226 10,001 42,227 9,708
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      82 31 Nov 3 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 11 1382 1654 1688/1645 Mar 12 1706 1680 1711/1670 May 12 1721 1694 1726/1689 Jul 12 1737 1710 1739/1705 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Nov 11 1795 1819 1820/1800 Jan 12 1841 1862 1889/1832 Mar 12 1874 1896 1923/1872 May 12
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      128 31 As on 03 November 2011 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METALS GOLD FUT DEC2011 1762.90 1724.90 1765.00 450 SILVER FUT DEC2011 34.775 33.350 34.495 176 CURRENCY AUD-USD FUT DEC2011 1.0370 1.0151 1.0368 3756 EUR-USD FUT DEC2011 1.3847 1.3652 1.3824 9305 GBP-USD FUT
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      69 31 Nov 4 GOLD (US$/oz) Nov 03 Nov 04 Hong Kong 1732.*****4.00 Nov 02 Nov 03 London 1737.*****8.49 1738.*****9.70 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 43.93 43.26 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Nov 03 Close Previous PM Fix 1625.*****9.00 AM Fix 1595.00 unch Source: Thomson Reuters PLATINUM
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      93 31 Nov 3 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 11 1219.*****3.*****2.*****2.75 Jan 12 1227.*****2.*****1.*****0.75 Mar 12 1236.*****2.*****0.*****0.50 May 12 1245.*****1.*****8.*****0.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 11 52.03 50.85 52.09 50.48 Jan 12 52.30 51.13 52.36 50.78 Mar 12 52.65 51.49 52.70
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      57 31 Nov 4 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Nov 11 3005 3023 3023 3000 102 876 Dec 11 3000 3021 3021 2990 873 ***** Jan 12 2998 3013 3020 2988 8706 ***** Feb 12 3002 3019
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      81 31 Nov 4 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****T 02.02.2012 0.29 1-Year BY*****W 01.11.2012 0.29 0.25 0.24 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****Z 2.250 01.07.2013 103.32 103.36 103.36 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 102.37
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      154 31 Nov 4 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3149 1.3171 1.0389 1.0398 Canadian dollar 1.2500 1.2519 0.9876 0.9883 Euro 1.7472 1.7487 1.3804 1.3805 NZ dollar 1.0052 1.0069 0.7942 0.7949 Sterling pound 2.0258 2.0280 1.6005 1.6010
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      75 31 Nov 3 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 110.61 -0.40 WTI (Near Mth) 94.27 1.58 Dubai (1-Mth F) 104.51 0.03 Tapis blend 115.91 0.13 Minas 110.11 0.13 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 93.61 -2.11 Jet Kerosene 124.90 -1.85 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      373 31 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 3 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 831.7 1.0 -7.3 0.9 -6.9 0.9 -6.3 ‡EAFE Preliminary 688.1 1.1 -14.1 0.9 -12.3 0.9 -11.7 Europe Preliminary 1027.0 1.8 -12.1
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      118 31 Nov 04 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.348 1.284 Can dollar 1.276 1.227 Euro 1.779 1.711 Sterling pound 2.063 1.984 NZ dollar 1.034 0.985 US dollar 1.282 1.233 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      69 31 Nov 3 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2124.50 2105.00 3 months 2146.00 2127.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7901.50 7870.00 3 months 7915.00 7885.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2014.50 2003.50 3 months 2035.00 2024.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      89 31 YTD change:-10.72% 52-week high: 3,313.61 on Nov 9,2010 52-week low: 2,521.95 on Oct 5,2011 Source: Bloomberg YTD change:-13.86% 52-week high: 24,988.50 on Nov 8,2010 52-week low: 16,170.30 on Oct 4,2011 Source: Bloomberg YTD change: -9.96% 52-week high: 3,186.72 on Nov 11,2010 52-week low: 2,307.15 on Oct 24,2011 Source:
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        1150 36 Poll of analysts noted for their accuracy shows a 13% jump to US$1,950 an ounce by end-March Bloomberg New York THE most accurate forecasters say that gold will rebound from its biggest monthly plunge since 2008 and reach a record high by March
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        890 37 Some are loathe to sell at low point while big institutions are willing to stay with the team’s strong record NYT New York JesSttothOHNPaulson,thebillionairehedgefundmanag-er who made his fortune betting against sub-prime mortgages, has been fodder for Wall Street gossip as rivals wondered whether
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        2278 6/7  -  One of the pleasures of shopping is stumbling upon a wonderful discovery when you least expect it. By Melissa Lwee-Ramsay mellwee@sph.com.sg Modern-day seamstress Atelier Ong Shunmugam #B1-36, Hong Leong Building, 16 Raffles Quay Z6223-4804 Open from 12pm 7pm on weekdays (mornings and weekends by private appointment only) THERE’S
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