The Business Times, 28 November 2011

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 120/08/2011 Monday, November 28,
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    Lock icon Expect tough fights in GEs from now on: PM
    717 1  -  By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] Gone are the days of “clean sweeps” at the polls as well as “safe wards” where victory over the opposition is all but guaranteed. Future general elections will be fiercely contested, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said
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    Lock icon Cash calls for $1.9b test investors in Q4
    1006 1  -  Use of proceeds the key factor in how market receives rights offers, analysts say By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] A recent rash of rights issues has irked existing investors because they must pay up or be diluted, but not all cash calls are
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    158 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 2,643.93 -86.41 KL COMP 1,431.55 -22.85 NIKKEI 225 8,160.01 -214.90 HANG SENG 17,689.48 -801.75 SET INDEX 967.18 -16.98 JAKARTA COMP 3,637.19 -117.31
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      185 1 DINING OUT Crowd-pleasing portions PAGE 23 BizIT For laptops, slim is good, says Intel PAGE 29 HOCK LOCK SIEW Can UOB win over the rising rich? PAGE 7 VIEWS FROM THE TOP Preparing for 2012 PAGES 10 11 SINGAPORE HUBLOT BOUTIQUE MARINA BAY SANDS® TAKASHIMAYA S.C. KNIGHTSBRIDGE ION ORCHARD TANG
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  • TOP STORIES
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      562 2 Cash calls for $1.9b test investors in Q4 A RECENT rash of rights issues has irked existing investors because they must pay up or be diluted, but not all cash calls are bad news, analysts say. The eight listed companies whose announced rights issues expire in the fourth
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      Lock icon New Basel III rules seen hurting global economy
      643 2  -  OCBC risk chief flags unintended effects of building up bank balance sheets By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] The new Basel III rules for banks could hurt the global economy at a time when the biggest economies are already flirting with recession, warned a
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      Lock icon Asian banks gaining from global deleveraging
      377 2  -  By MICHELLE TAN [SINGAPORE] Deleveraging has become a key theme among international banks, with Asian banks and debt capital markets (DCMs) being likely beneficiaries, said Mark Newman, Asia head of financial markets at ING Bank, at a recent interview. Over the past few months,
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      Lock icon S’pore investors sell US$833m of US stocks in Q3
      634 3  -  Amount is less than half they last sold in Q1 a net amount of US$2.11 billion By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] In a quarter when Wall Street saw the biggest drop in prices since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Singapore investors
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      Lock icon ECB needs to act as lender of last resort
      800 3  -  By VIKRAM KHANNA [SINGAPORE] The European Central Bank (ECB) should be allowed to be more active and serve as the lender of last resort to help defuse the crisis in the eurozone, according to John Bruton, former prime minister of Ireland.
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      Lock icon Asian students flock to US universities
      994 3  -  Students from China, India, S Korea make up half of all international students there By SHU-CHING JEAN CHEN in Hong Kong IT has been a mutually beneficial relationship dating back more than two decades. American consumers buy affordable Asia-made goods; Asians pay for higher
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Pacific Andes earnings down 12.4%
        171 4 FROZEN fish supplier Pacific Andes Resources Development reported a smaller net profit in fiscal 2011 due to higher expenses from a one-time charge related to the early redemption of China Fishery Group’s senior notes. For the full-year ended Sept 28, 2011, the mainboard-listed company saw
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        Lock icon China Fishery posts 11% fall in profit
        102 4 CHINA Fishery Group reported an 11 per cent drop in net profit to US$103.7 million for the year ended Sept 28 from US$116.5 million a year ago due to one-time charges from the redemption of senior notes. The mainboard-listed industrial fishing company said
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      Lock icon CapitaLand continues to bet on China
      797 4  -  As of 2011, the group has some 30,000 residential units in the pipeline By MINDY TAN CAPITALAND appears to have found relative success in China’s residential market, even as China’s real estate sector is being subject to significant government cooling policies. Indeed, the group
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      Lock icon Can UOB win over the rising rich?
      637 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By EMILYN YAP UNITED Overseas Bank’s (UOB) new Wealth Banking service for emerging affluent customers is a good idea, but it may have come a tad late. What it says is an “underserved” segment has already caught the eyes of
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      275 7 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Beyonics Tech A Raffles Marina, Bridge Room, 10 Tuas West Drive, Singapore *****4 29-Nov 9.00am China Sky Chem E Room 314, Level 3, Suntec Singapore, International Convention Exhibition Centre, 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore *****3 30-Nov 10.00am TTJ Hldgs A E 8
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      403 7 Nov 25 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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      1184 4 Collective Sale by Tender Hilltop Site Near Holland Village Not To Scale. For Reference Only. Site Area 7,830.7 sq m (Approx. 84,288 sq ft) MP 2008 Zoned ‘Residential’ at Plot Ratio 1.6 Within walking distance to Holland Village, Holland MRT Station and Commonwealth MRT Station. Minutes’ drive to Dempsey Hill,
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon European bond yields to set direction
      658 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IT’S been a long time since direction in equity markets was dictated by movements in bond yields, but such is the case now. The last time was in the latter half of the 1990s when world equity markets gyrated
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      Lock icon Euro in longest losing stretch against US dollar in 18 months
      508 6 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The euro slid for a fourth week, its longest losing streak versus the dollar in 18 months, as Germany’s struggle with a bond auction last week signalled Europe’s debt crisis is touching the region’s most
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1666 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Capital Ind REIT 2.00 2.00 2 9.15 10.44 1.32 0.96 Amtek Engg Ltd 2.60 2.00 5 0.08 4.37 0.84 0.49 ARA Asset Mgt Ltd 1.71
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      Lock icon Prices extend slump as greenback surges
      522 6 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] Commodity prices fell further last week on a mix of fresh eurozone tensions, a stronger dollar and weak data out of China and the US, traders said. Oil: Oil prices retreated after winning support early in the week from tensions linked
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      4 6 WEEKLY
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      64 6 Nov 25 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -786.00-215.00 BT CADI -*****.00-158.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -79.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 592.31 -8.04 FTSE ST Small Cap 404.32 -3.53 FTSE ST All Share 636.23 -7.94 FTSE ST China Top 185.48 -3.37 FTSE ST China 220.12 -2.50 FTSE ST Catalist
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 6 VOLUME Golden Agri 464,094,000 Genting SP 418,007,000 Noble Grp 371,207,000 PSL Hldgs 245,003,000 NexGenSCom 191,675,000 Memstar 189,447,000 TopGlobal 144,091,000 HPH Trust US$ 129,465,000 SingTel 115,498,000 MDR 112,842,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 627,935,030 Noble Grp 404,900,528 UOB 370,518,814 SingTel 358,672,766 Golden Agri 308,132,836 DBS Grp 254,845,962 OCBC Bk 206,775,030
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      Lock icon RISES
      114 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT iBoxxUSTr 5US$ ***** 1008.0 3.9 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4558 295.3 5.2 Jardine C&C 4500 51.0 1.1 ShangriLa Asia 1588 40.1 17.6 DairyFarm 842 36.8 3.4 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 30.0 0.3 DBXT MSBANGL 10US$ 126.9 16.0 10.6 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 *****
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      Lock icon FALLS
      121 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT iBoxxSvEu 5US$ *****-3721.0 -11.6 DBXT AUDMM 5SG$ *****-697.0 -2.7 DBXT Nifty 10US$ 9134-675.9 -5.3 GLD 10US$ *****-661.5 -3.0 IS S&P500 *****-484.3 -3.0 Lyxor AsiaMT 10US$ 5037-418.7 -6.0 DBXT E50 10US$ 3120-405.6 -9.0 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 2940-384.6 -9.1 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 3681-362.3 -7.0 DBXT MSKorea
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      5 6 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon Lowest PTB portfolio
      164 8 NOV 25 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Auric Pacific 0.520 2.0 3,120 Fortune Reit 0.592 1.9 7,696 Golden Agri-Resources 0.670 1.5 18,760 Fuxing China 0.066 0.0 3,432 Guocoleisure 0.595 0.0 5,950 QAF 0.580 -0.9 14,500 SanTeh 0.570 -0.9 8,550 Sunningdale Tech 0.094 -1.1 4,700 China Flexible Packaging
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      Lock icon Portfolios dip in line with blue chips
      484 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent THERE is no end to the eurozone woes as yet, given still-rising sovereign bond yields and a lukewarm response to bonds launched by even the financially strongest country, Germany, which spooked investors last week. In Singapore, the Straits
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      Lock icon One-year top losers
      145 8 NOV 25 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Top Global 0.008 14.3 4,000 Sinostar 0.145 8.2 8,990 Reyphon Agriceutical 0.085 6.3 17,000 China Energy 0.059 3.5 2,419 China Titanium 0.003 0.0 375 Lereno Bio-Chem 0.003 0.0 750 MoyaDayen 0.055 -1.8 6,875 Jiutian Chemical 0.050 -3.8 4,500 Sunshine 0.062
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      Lock icon Highest dividend yields
      170 8 NOV 25 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE TT Int'l 0.020 11.1 900 Longcheer 0.083 1.2 1,577 Nera Telecoms 0.365 0.0 8,030 Shanghai Asia 0.168 -0.6 6,384 Metro 0.640 -1.5 7,040 FJ Benjamin 0.295 -1.7 7,375 Singapore Shipping Corp 0.175 -1.7 3,675 Elec Eltek Int'l 3.413 -1.8 10,239
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      Lock icon Directors’ purchases surge while sellers stay away
      1490 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director at Asia Insider Ltd THE buying among directors surged while sellers were absent last week, based on filings on the Singapore Exchange from Nov 21 to 25. A total of 24 companies recorded
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      Lock icon Analysts' top recommendations
      164 8 NOV 25 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Armstrong Industrial 0.240 2.1 9,120 Food Empire 0.315 1.6 3,465 Golden Agri-Resources 0.670 1.5 18,760 Pacific Shipping Trust 0.551 1.3 11,020 Biosensors 1.320 0.0 26,400 The Hour Glass 1.040 0.0 9,360 CSE Global 0.805 -0.6 5,635 Li Heng 0.120 -0.8
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      Lock icon Biggest upgrades in analysts' sentiment
      148 8 sentiment VALUE NOV 25 BID PRICE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE People's Food 0.750 7.9 8,250 CH Offshore 0.375 5.6 6,375 China Energy 0.059 3.5 2,655 China XLX 0.355 2.9 6,035 Dairy Farm 10.789 2.4 10,789 Chemoil Energy 0.263 1.5 7,627 Longcheer 0.083 1.2 1,577 Macquarie Int'l Infrastr
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      Lock icon Lowest forward PEs
      154 8 NOV 25 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Longcheer 0.083 1.2 1,577 Li Heng 0.120 -0.8 2,400 China Essence 0.148 -1.3 3,108 China Sports 0.050 -2.0 1,450 CWT 0.990 -2.0 13,860 CSC Holdings 0.094 -2.1 4,888 Pacific Andes 0.210 -2.3 14,280 Dapai 0.037 -2.6 999 SC Global 1.110
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      12 7 [IMPORTANT! Don't miss out the insert from The Economist today. The Economist
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      198 7 Nurturing Financial Leaders of Tomorrow The FSDF Finance Scholarship Programme (FSP) he global financial services industry, where Singapore plays an important role in Asia, has grown in size, sophistication and complexity.With the fast changing landscape, grooming the right talent has become even more critical.The best and the brightest finance specialists
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Big war for top talent rages in South-east Asia
      589 9  -  MNCs looking East search for hands-on managers capable of reaping rewards here By LEE U-WEN WHETHER the global economy is in the pink of health or in ruins, companies around the world will always be on the lookout for the best
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      Lock icon Why PAP scored even lower in the May GE
      611 9  -  Perceived disconnect with people cost it heavily, says Khaw PAP CONVENTION By LEE U-WEN SHORTCOMINGS in a number of key government policies such as housing and immigration were just one reason why the People’s Action Party (PAP) received its lowest vote
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      865 9 Payment Ex Books Pay Ann (cts) date close date date Action Asia aw 0.400 05-Dec 07-Dec 20-Dec 21-Nov AIMS Amp Cap Ind Reit ag 2.500 18-Oct 20-Oct 07-Dec 07-Oct Asia Pac Brew ak 63.000 25-Jan 27-Jan 13-Feb 11-Nov Asia Pac Brew bh 15.500 25-Jan 27-Jan 13-Feb 11-Nov Ausgroup
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      268 9 Beef Up Your Finances Call 1800 289 8822 or e-mail notices@sph.com.sg to publicise your IPOs other offerings MATS NOTICES WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT? ,T /A r m V u ZZ* BE EMPOWERED There are opportunities in every market. The challenge is discovering where they are. Intelligent investors use
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Preparing for 2012
      4598 10 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC How do you see the global and local economy performing in 2012? What do organisations and individuals need to do to ensure that they are ready for whatever next year may bring? Ong Puay See Chief Executive Officer The Institute of Banking and Finance
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Can you survive today’s business world?
      1169 12  -  Researchers have found that industry winners follow a path of consistent pacing, reports SHELLIE KARABELL WHAT separates the winners from the losers? The great from the failed? The successes from the also-rans? According to INSEAD professor of entrepreneurship Morten Hansen, it’s not luck, it’s
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      Lock icon When art meets business
      1087 12  -  Photographer Hong Huazheng says that it is always about the business, STARTING YOUNG reports TEH SHI NING PHOTOGRAPHY is art, but it’s also his business, says Hong Huazheng. Where the two worlds clash, artists are often left confused and discouraged, but this 26-year-old running his own
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      Lock icon Bonds suit conservative investors
      343 12 ASK DR INVEST Q: I have been setting money aside but its value is being eroded by the high inflation rate of 5-6 per cent. I don't have much time to observe the market, and I have a low risk appetite. Can you suggest some investments
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      324 12 Get started now ‘Spot the Index’ contest THINK you can forecast where the market’s headed? Then put your skills to the test and familiarise yourself with our local stock market index, the Straits Times Index (STI), now. Simply spot the weekly closing index rate and stand to win an Apple
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US leaders get crash course in EU institutions, policymaking
      688 13 EU governing system can appear to outsiders like a mind-boggling maze AFP [WASHINGTON] As Europe’s sovereign debt crisis rattles financial markets and threatens the US economic recovery, political leaders here are struggling with the arcane institutional structures that shape decision-making in
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      Lock icon India, Pakistan seek to normalise bilateral trade
      461 13 Rapprochement could end stifling decades-old system AFP [LAHORE] Cosmetics are smuggled by donkey through Afghanistan, chemicals and medicines track through Dubai. But only a fraction of legal trade travels directly from India to Pakistan. A baffling array of legal and practical barriers to
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  • THE BULL CHARGE 2011
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      Lock icon Charging ahead for charity
      480 14  -  By DOLLY CHIA SOME 5,000 runners took their biggest strides as the sound from the horn flagged off the annual five-kilometre Bull Charge charity run at The Float Marina Bay on Nov 11. It was a fulfilling day as the event raised over $1.1 million, with
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon KL gets tough on funds-wasting govt officers
      763 15  -  They could be sacked or be made to reimburse part of the loss if public funds are lost due to their negligence By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur GOVERNMENT officers who cause public funds to be lost through their negligence will have to
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      Lock icon Rescue operations begin for survivors of Indonesia bridge collapse
      592 15 AFP [JAKARTA] Rescuers hunted for survivors yesterday after a busy bridge spanning the Mahakam river in Indonesia’s Borneo island collapsed, killing four people and injuring 19 others, officials said. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered an investigation into the accident, which
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      1823 15 VOL Nov 25 RM +/-(‘000) A M Realty 0.43 unch 0 Abric Bhd 0.33 -0.01 50 Advance Synerg 0.20 0.01 2253 Adventa Bhd 1.65 0.03 6 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.29 -0.01 330 Affin Holdings 2.91 0.01 264 Ahmad Zaki Res 0.67 -0.01 21 Aic Corp 1.25 -0.05 0
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      272 15 2 TOP CHEFS 3 EXQUISITE RESTAURANTS COUNTLESS CULINARY PLEASURES MARINA BAY SANDS, SINGAPORE Ll—'7A *j£- L I i P I 7 n»^ A 2z LU JIN SHAN CHEF HUANG CHING BIAO, JIN SHAN A man of many accolades, including the Ika Hoga Culinary Olympics (Frankfurt) and the Food Hotel Asia
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Shrewd political move on Manmohan’s part
      878 16 Many seized on his retail sector decision as sign that reforms are back on track Reuters [NEW DELHI] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s move to open India’s protected retail sector to global supermarket giants last week surprised critics who had written him off as a
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      271 16 PINE, HEALTH 2011 1 Back Pain and Neck Pain Relief Speaker: DR PREM PILLAY Director of Spine and Pain Services Neuro Spine and Pain Center Singapore VENUE: HDB Hub Convention Centre\ Punggol Room, Basement One 480 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh Singapore *****0 DATE 3rd December 2011 (Sat) TIME 3:00PM 5:00PM
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Strikes hit China as global slowdown bites
      722 17 Factories cut back on overtime, bonuses on falling orders, higher costs AFP [BEIJING] China’s manufacturing heartland has been hit by large-scale strikes in recent weeks, as an increasingly demanding workforce faces off with employers struggling with high costs and falling exports. Thousands of
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      Lock icon Collector pays HK$1.4m for one lot of Haut-Brion
      302 17 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] A lot of 14 bottles of Chateau Haut-Brion together with a bespoke console by London-based furniture maker David Linley fetched HK$1.44 million (S$242,404) at a Christie’s International wine sale on Saturday. The package, in which all bottles were shipped
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      Lock icon Good times for Swiss watchmakers
      475 17 They are set to notch up record year on China consumers AFP [GENEVA] The Swiss watch industry is in good health, the latest figures show, with exports leaping once again last month and watchmakers set to notch up a record year thanks to hungry Chinese
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      121 17 SARA SIN From Every Angle we Offer a Distinct Perspective on Wealth. We've spent some 170 years crafting distinctive private banking solutions. Bank Sarasin cherishes a balanced and sustainable approach not only in terms of growth, resources and investing, but to expertise that has been trusted for generations. Bank Sarasin
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Japan to tighten corporate governance
      720 18  -  Moves under way to amend Companies Law in the wake of Olympus scandal By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE Japanese government is planning to clean up the image of the country’s corporate governance which has been sullied by a recent spate of scandals that have
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      Lock icon IMF readies 600b euro rescue plan for Italy: report
      307 18 It’ll provide window of 12-18 months to make budget cuts AFP [ROME] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has prepared a rescue plan worth up to 600 billion euros (S$1.042 trillion) if the debt crisis in Italy deteriorates, Italian newspaper La Stampa
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      Lock icon Germany, France plan quick new Stability Pact
      511 19 The plan could possibly be announced in the coming week Reuters [BERLIN] German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are planning more drastic means including a quick new Stability Pact to fight the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, Welt am Sonntag reported
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      Lock icon Putin officially launches campaign to reclaim Russian presidency
      500 19 AP [MOSCOW] Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday sternly warned the West against interfering in Russia’s elections in a speech before thousands of cheering supporters as he formally launched his presidential bid. Mr Putin, who stepped down in 2008 after two presidential terms
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      Lock icon Italy’s football players lend support to govt bonds
      345 19 Reuters [ROME] Italy’s football players have joined the fight to save the nation’s finances, urging supporters to buy government bonds in a campaign kicking off today which underlines how far the debt crisis has moved from the business pages into everyday life.
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      Lock icon Fire-hit Australia now faces floods
      381 20 Thousands trapped by rising east coast floodwaters; many NSW rivers overflow AFP [SYDNEY] Thousands of Australians were trapped yesterday by rising east coast floodwaters which left one child dead, even as residents in the country’s west began returning to their homes after horror wildfires. Officials
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      Lock icon Japan’s rice farmers mull over TPP future
      1009 20 AFP [TOKYO] Osamu Tamaki is one of the few rice farmers in Japan who see an AsiaPacific free trade deal as a window of opportunity rather than the death knell for a highly cosseted industry. “The TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) will give us a
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      Lock icon US retail sales on Black Friday hit record US$11.4b
      487 21 Sales up 6.6% from last year as shoppers throng malls to snap up big bargains AFP [WASHINGTON] In a display of the US economy’s underlying strength, retail sales on Black Friday hit a new record for the start of the holiday
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      Lock icon Islamic profit-rate swap template coming
      425 21 It is aimed to help hedge risks such as currency volatility Reuters [MANAMA] International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) expects to launch a template for syariah-com-pliant profit-rate swaps, designed to help in hedging risk in frequent cross-cur-rency transactions, in the first quarter of next year, its
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      277 22 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India’s Aviation Ministry is scrutinising Kingfisher Airlines Ltd’s finances after the company grounded some aircraft, a government official said. The airline has stopped flying 12 of its 27 ATR planes, the official said, declining to be identified because of department rules. The
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      278 22 SGX '000 Nov 25 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.38 -0.01 34 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.21 0.01 123 Cosco Corp 0.84 -0.04 7773 CWT Ltd 1.00 -0.01 97 Ezra Hldgs 0.81 -0.02 1566 First Ship Lea 0.29 unch 59 Freight Links 0.06 unch 142 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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      345 22 Bloomberg [LONDON] A commodity ship built for Vale SA, the world’s largest iron-ore producer, is smaller than planned when ordered, according to data from the company that constructed it and another monitoring its compliance with design and structural rules.
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      148 22 Reuters [ABU DHABI] Abu Dhabi’s airport expects continued double-digit growth in passenger numbers near term as its national carrier Etihad Airways develops and the emirate continues to expand its economy, a top official at the airport’s operator said. James Bennett, chief executive of
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      374 22 Returns on benchmark route dip 11% to US$16,149 a day Bloomberg [LONDON] Earnings for the largest tankers hauling two million-barrel cargoes of Persian Gulf oil to Asia fell for a third day as a glut of available ships expanded. Returns for
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      8497 24 Week ended: Nov 25 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 11.6 8Telecom 15.5 11.9 15 7.8 3.9 3.2 74.2 9.5 4.1 A-Sonic 4.5 -0.1 8 4.5 4.5 4.3 5.3 2.9
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      1747 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 $mil 34 12.2 t 800 Super 12.7 -0.5 451 12.8 12.6 12.7 13 4.7 4.3 4.9 22.7 5.5 2.5 t AA Grp 3.3 2.6 3.3
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      117 25 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.265 -0.025 CapitaLand 2.430 -0.050 CapitaMall 1.755 -0.020 CityDev 9.120 -0.240 ComfortDelGro 1.395 -0.010 DBS Grp 11.930 -0.130 F&N 6.150 -0.040 GLP 1.745 -0.055 Genting SP 1.465 -0.040 Golden Agri 0.670 Stock name Close Change HK Land 4.550 +0.020 JMH 48.960
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      2611 25 Transaction date: Nov 25 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Credit 5.55 unch 0 Aeon Stores 17.70 unch 0 Angang Steel 4.44 -0.09 7049 Anhui Conch 23.50 -0.45 6019 Anhuiexpresswa 4.50 unch 537 Asia Satellite 15.20 0.20 146 Asm Pacific 81.65 -0.90 384 Bank Of E Asia 25.20
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      260 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 $mil 55.5 34 AVJennings A34 -5 4 34 34 34 44 3.6 10.3 2.7 88.5 49 25.5 Genting HK US$ US28 -0.5 ***** 29 27 27.5 28 1843.7
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      186 25 MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 15 1 0 0 0 1 15 1 Manufacturing 40 118 31 7 9 13 47 127 44 Commerce 19 42 13 3 11 1 22 53 14 Tpt/Stor/Comms 7 37 4
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      945 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 $mil 130 108 ABF SG Bond ETF 117 -2 6 120 116.7 115.6 117.5 534.1 1261 856 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US918 -24 46 933 915 914 36.7 *****
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      123 25 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 85,278 85,278 286,248 286,248 Manufacturing 780,778 168,723 949,501 602,434 715 603,149 Commerce 795,983 41,962 837,945 683,495 2,421 685,916 Tpt/Stor/Comms 549,482 153,638 703,120 800,305 19,860 820,165 Finance 98,645 275 98,920 906,269 53 906,322 Construction 440,565 149,606
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      373 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 25 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 775.1 0.4 -13.7 0.4 -11.8 0.2 -13.9 EAFE Preliminary 639.1 0.3 -20.2 0.1 -18.4 -0.1 -20.3 Europe Preliminary 942.0 0.8 -19.4
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      77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov 24 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 107.64 0.47 WTI (Near Mth) 97.23 0.71 Dubai (1-Mth F) 105.60 unch Tapis blend 114.49 -0.14 Minas 110.89 -0.14 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 94.22 -0.11 Jet Kerosene 125.85 -1.35 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      159 26 Nov 26 SICOM RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Dec 11 325.0 318.0 319.7 36 468 Jan 12 325.5 321.0 321.0 18 338 Feb 12 327.5 325.0 325.0 25 208 Mar 12 330.2 296 Apr 12 337.0
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      71 26 Nov 25 Nov 25 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1981.75 2003.00 3 months 1992.00 2019.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7206.00 7239.75 3 months 7230.00 7265.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1982.50 1969.25 3 months 2004.00 1992.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      107 26 Nov 25 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 12 1106.50 1122.50 1125.75 1102.75 Mar 12 1115.75 1131.50 1134.75 1111.75 May 12 1124.50 1140.25 1143.50 1123.75 Jul 12 1133.00 1148.25 1151.75 1129.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 11 48.23
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      77 26 Nov 25 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****N 23.02.2012 0.31 1-Year BY*****W 01.11.2012 0.31 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****Z 2.250 01.07.2013 103.28 103.35 103.35 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 102.40 10-Year NX*****X
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      445 26 Nov 25 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec11 99.3475 0 3256 Mar12 99.1650 0 3391 Jun12 99.1400 0 1201 Sep12 99.1350 0 550 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Dec11 99.6650 800 3632 Mar12 99.6575 0 1937 Jun12 99.6600 50 1490 Sep12 99.6575 0 711 Dec12 99.6600
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      128 26 As on 25 November 2011 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METAL GOLD FUT DEC2011 1697.90 1672.90 1685.80 108 SILVER FUT DEC2011 31.765 31.140 31.020 2 CURRENCY AUD-USD FUT DEC2011 .9690 .9642 .9688 2074 EUR-USD FUT DEC2011 1.3332 1.3208 1.3229 7695 GBP-USD FUT
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      82 26 Nov 25 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 11 1509 1518 1518/1504 Mar 12 1536 1545 1546/1530 May 12 1551 1560 1558/1545 Jul 12 1568 1576 1573/1560 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Nov 11 1890 1885 1894/1860 Jan 12 1891 1886 1902/1875 Mar 12 1928 1923 1937/1911 May 12
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      2251 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 2 1 150 55 49.00 30 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 0.1 unch 18 1 4 24 33.00 3 AlliedTech W*****2 1.7 1 4 24 Ascendas Reit.ES.1111 203 Aztech Grp
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      464 26 Nov 25 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.017 6.183 0.729 7.562 50.685 88.508 0.750 11.299 3.098 1.308 85.137 42.620 1.274 8.278 0.895 29.535 30.364 0.627 0.970 Canada 0.983 6.080
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      82 26 Nov 25 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      139 26 Nov 25 GOLD (US$/oz) Nov 23 Nov 25 Hong Kong 1701.00 1680.00 Nov 25 Nov 24 London 1691.05 1693.35 1692.25 1694.35 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Reuters CAST BAR Nov 25 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 76,445.08 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 171 71 5gm 486 356
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      57 26 Nov 25 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 11 3119 3070 3119 3066 148 3373 Jan 12 3099 3067 3113 3058 1945 ***** Feb 12 3092 3069 3114 3050 ***** ***** Mar 12 3084 3065
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      24 26 Nov 25 Open High Sett STI Nov 2644 SIMSCI Nov 305.6 306.1 298.7 Taiwan Nov 242.5 248.4 240.8 Source: SGX Derivatives
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      154 26 Nov 25 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2727 1.2744 0.9697 0.9702 Canadian dollar 1.2513 1.2530 0.9534 0.9539 Euro 1.7451 1.7466 1.3296 1.3297 NZ dollar 0.9727 0.9740 0.7411 0.7415 Sterling pound 2.0307 2.0328 1.5472 1.5476
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      22 26 Nov 25 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3125 1.3135 2-months 1.3123 1.3134 3-months 1.3120 1.3130 6-months 1.3097 1.3109 Source: OCBC
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      121 26 As at 9am Nov 25 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.298 1.237 Can dollar 1.272 1.224 Euro 1.778 1.71 Sterling pound 2.064 1.985 NZ dollar 0.998 0.951 US dollar 1.331 1.28 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      154 26 Nov 25 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.01 par 1-month 5/16 3/16 2-months 5/16 3/16 3-months 5/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.30 0.20 1 month 0.45 0.25 2 months 0.55 0.35 3 months 0.60 0.40 6 months 0.80 0.60 9 months 1.00 0.80 12
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      28 27 Experienced ship maintenance services wanted, Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? KLINE BSA To All Shipping Advertisers: Please call Joe Wong at 9620 1327
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      931 29  -  The chip giant aims to convert almost half of the laptop market to thinner devices by next year, reports VICTORIA HO INTEL wants to convert the laptop buying market en masse to a new segment of thin, sleek machines by next year, and
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      666 29 AP [SAN FRANCISCO] ’Tis the season of the tablet. Despite the gloomy economy, shoppers are expected to shell out for tablet computers this December, making them about as popular as candy canes and twinkling lights. The glossy-screened gadgets are the most-de-sired electronic devices this
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      1094 29  -  Job market has changed dramatically over the past five years <you say> By SAM BAXENDALE The author is divisional manager Technology for Ambition, a specialist recruitment agency IN A recent high-profile survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Singapore was ranked as the most competitive
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      333 29 AP [SEOUL] A new electronic display is poised to challenge power-hungry LCDs (liquid crystal displays) after US mobile chipmaker Qualcomm Inc teamed up with a South Korean bookseller to introduce a new e-reader. The “Kyobo eReader” was unveiled this week here and
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      863 30  -  With many companies planning an operating system migration to Windows 7, virtualisation provides a good option By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY COMPANIES providing desktop virtualisation solutions are the likely beneficiaries of Microsoft’s recent announcement that, in less than 1,000 days, it would stop support for its Windows
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        43 30 SINGTEL and local bookstore Popular Holdings will collaborate to offer assessments and study guides for Singapore primary and secondary school students on Apple and Android tablets. They will launch the e-bookstore service called Go-easel come January.
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        37 30  -  Compiled by VICTORIA HO PHILIPS has launched a new desktop monitor boasting better, more accurate colour reproduction and wider viewing angles. The E-Line IPS monitor comes in 21.5-inch and 23-inch (227E3Q 237E3Q) sizes.
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        54 30 HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) has appointed Ruma Balasubramanian as vice-president and general manager for enterprise services for Asia. She will lead the development and delivery of HP’s services across infrastructure services, business process outsourcing, application solutions, as well as cloud implementations. Ms Balasubramanian was previously vice-president of sales
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        44 30 MOTOROLA has released a new hands-free headset, the Motorola HX550. It is touted to be more effective in blocking out background noise and is wearable in several ways: on the ear and in the ear. It is priced at $98.
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