The Business Times, 2 April 2012

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 120/08/2011 Monday, April 2, 2012
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Endowment products gaining in popularity
    642 1  -  Savers, tired of low interest rates, are buying them for their higher returns By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Sales of endowment products sold through banks have surged as more savers, despairing of low interest rates, buy them for their higher returns. Endowment or sav-ings-like products
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    Lock icon Western bias seen in Basel III trade financing
    836 1  -  Banks and businesses warn of higher Asian burden in new trade finance rules By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] Asian businesses could bear a disproportionate amount of higher trade financing costs if the current version of Basel III is implemented, industry observers say. “We’re
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      57 1 Weekly Change ST INDEX 3,010.46 +20.36 KL COMP 1,596.33 +10.50 NIKKEI 225 10,083.56 +72.09 HANG SENG 20,555.58 -113.22 SET INDEX 1,196.77 +2.33 JAKARTA COMP 4,121.55 +79.99 MANILA COMP 5,107.73 +65.29 SEOUL COMP 2,014.04 -12.7 SHENZHEN B 640.13 -5.93 MUMBAI IND 17,404.20 +42.46 DOW 13,212.04 +131.31 NASDAQ 3,091.57 +23.65 S&P
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      35 1 SINGAPORE —5 30 MALAYSIA 6 5S HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 14.470 TAIWAN JAPAN .5.036 I 475 KOREA A V. BRITAIN US CANADA 0.50 BiS 3.00 SWIT?fRlANO INDIA Oil 1 '1 75 Source: Bloomberg
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      47 1 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.257 (US$/S$ per 1.599 2.010 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.335 1.679 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 82.20 65.40 RM 3.064 2.438 HK$ 7.764 6.177 BAHT 30.81 24.51 RUPIAH 9,180 7,303 RENMINBI 6.299 5.012 INDIAN RUPEE 51.07 40.63 A$ 0.961 0.765 NZ$ 1.218 0.969
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      112 1 YOUNG INVESTORS’ FORUM No need to make it just buy it page 11 VIEWS FROM THE TOP Corporate sponsorship of sporting events PAGES 12 13 DINING OUT Leandros Stagogiannis at Saint Pierre PAGE 27 REHIRING RETIREES For progressive employers, hiring inclusively makes good business sense I Page 2 SingPost’s Chief
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      32 1 BizIT Security issues hinder govt cloud initiative PAGE 34 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. *****1 *****4
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Rise of the silver-haired workers
      1853 2  -  For progressive employers, hiring inclusively is not only ‘right’, it makes good business sense.ANNA reports ANNA TEO WORK, Voltaire said, spares one from three evils: boredom, vice and need. Speak to a reti-ree-age employee and there are apparently some 180,000 of them across Singapore and
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      Lock icon A win-win second chance
      692 2  -  By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] The leading employers who hire fairly and widely in Singapore do not necessarily have an explicit policy focus on diversity or inclusion; indeed, most don’t. But a good number of them see their approach going beyond the typical areas of diversity (such
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Western bias seen in Basel III trade financing
        69 2 ASIAN businesses could bear a disproportionate amount of higher trade financing costs if the current version of Basel III is implemented, industry observers say. At the centre of the debate is Basel III’s treatment of off-balance sheet loans in the calculation of
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        Lock icon Endowment products gaining in popularity
        68 2 SALES of endowment products sold through banks have surged as more savers, despairing of low interest rates, buy them for their higher returns. While they are regarded more as insurance, rather than savings, their more recent popularity stems from two factors more banks are selling
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        Lock icon Employers and the rise of silver-haired workers
        76 2 BY 2020, more than one-third of Singaporeans will be over 50, and this has big implications for businesses. While it is encouraging to see more companies practising flexible work arrangements and redesigning work to cater to the needs of housewives and older employees,
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        Lock icon China PMI rises to a year high but fears persist
        59 2 CHINA’S manufacturing activity rose to the highest level in a year in March, official data showed yesterday, but analysts tempered enthusiasm, saying the world’s second largest economy was still slowing. The purchasing managers index rose to 53.1 from 51 in
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        Lock icon Myanmar opposition claims Suu Kyi win
        58 2 MYANMAR’S opposition claimed a historic victory yesterday for pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her bid for a seat in Parliament, sparking scenes of jubilation among crowds of supporters. Ms Suu Kyi, 66, won an estimated 99 per cent of the votes in
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        Lock icon Is DBS’s Gupta up to the Danamon challenge?
        45 2 AFTER two years of hard work to improve Singapore’s largest bank and lift its underperforming Hong Kong unit, DBS Group chief executive Piyush Gupta is embarking on his biggest challenge yet a bid for Indonesia’s Bank Danamon.
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        Lock icon S’pore eyes private sector role in Asean link-up plan
        37 2 SINGAPORE is likely to push for greater private sector involvement in Asean efforts to link up the region, when leaders kick off their 3-day meeting in Cambodia today.
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        Lock icon US traders divided over market’s momentum
        78 2 ECONOMIC growth drives the stock market to massive gains in the first quarter; every unemployment report is better than the last; a big Internet debut helps drive a tech rally; a massive financial crisis appears to be blowing over; interest rates are at historic
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      Lock icon China PMI rises to a year high but fears persist
      567 3 Slowdown expected to continue; HSBC survey shows less optimistic picture AFP [SHANGHAI] China’s manufacturing activity rose to the highest level in a year in March, official data showed yesterday, but analysts tempered enthusiasm, saying the world’s second largest economy was
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      Lock icon Myanmar opposition claims Suu Kyi win
      766 3 If confirmed, this would be a historic victory for her AFP [YANGON] Myanmar’s opposition claimed a historic victory yesterday for pro-de-mocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her bid for a seat in Parliament, sparking scenes of jubilation among crowds of supporters. Hundreds of
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon More muddling expected this week
      647 4  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent Trading has, for the past month or so, focused on stocks for which there is fresh news, low liquidity and on penny stock churning. Going by how entrenched this pattern seems to have become, it is difficult to see how
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      Lock icon Commodity prices head south even as US eyes more stimulus
      504 4 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] Commodity prices mainly fell over the week despite the prospect of further US stimulus, while benchmark oil futures were dragged down by easing concerns over stretched supplies. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke last week said that the
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      Lock icon Asian units register quarterly gain as growth spurs inflows
      584 4 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Asian currencies rose this quarter, led by India’s rupee and the Malaysian ringgit, as the world’s fastest economic growth attracted funds to regional assets. Stock markets in South Korea, India and Taiwan together attracted some US$24 billion of
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1529 4 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Capital Ind REIT 2.00 2.00 2 9.70 11.60 1.42 1.13 Amtek Engg 2.40 2.40 5 0.07 8.06 0.87 0.72 ARA Asset Mgt 1.50 1.56 10
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 4 WEEKLY
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      66 4 Mar 30 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -121.00 -79.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +48.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -12.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 694.81 +4.19 FTSE ST Small Cap 469.30 +1.30 FTSE ST All Share 728.79 +3.94 FTSE ST China Top 227.88 +2.22 FTSE ST China 254.70 +2.59 FTSE
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      60 4 VOLUME HLH Grp 835,846,000 MDR 591,665,000 MDR W*****5 350,905,000 Genting SP 348,181,000 Golden Agri 302,122,000 Cordlife 267,063,000 NexGenSCom 227,938,000 Pac Andes R 173,740,000 JEL Corp 164,789,000 Noble Grp 149,642,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 599,958,551 DBS Grp 302,391,771 SingTel 291,665,286 Wilmar 236,649,543 Golden Agri 232,744,592 Noble Grp 206,180,988 Keppel
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      113 4 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT iBoxxUSTr 5US$ ***** 223.6 0.9 GLD 10US$ ***** 126.9 0.6 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 3869 64.1 1.3 Lyxor US DJIA 10 US$ 1338 60.3 3.7 Jardine C&C 4829 54.0 1.1 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 3405 51.5 1.2 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1499 46.5 2.5 HK Land 581
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      127 4 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT iBoxxSing 5SG$ ***** -180.0 -1.4 Lyxor MS India 10US$ 1304 -123.1 -7.0 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2375 -118.1 -3.8 Lyxor India Nifty 10 1304 -97.0 -6.9 JSH 3051 -86.7 -2.2 Great Eastern 1390 -84.0 -5.7 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 3154 -77.9 -1.9 Lyxor AsiaRE 10US$ 827
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      Lock icon FTSE ST CATALIST INDEX
      5 4 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon A choppy Q2 may be in the cards
      1622 6  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent ARE the bulls running out of steam? The Straits Times Index put on 9.8 per cent in January. It climbed 3.5 per cent in February, but managed only 0.5 per cent in March. There have been days
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Tianjin Zhong Xin to divest 2 units
      323 5  -  Sale proceeds to be used to build core Chinese medicine biz By GRACE LEONG TIANJIN Zhong Xin Pharmaceutical Group is again proposing to divest two non-core western medicine units and will use sale proceeds to build its core Chinese medicine manufacturing business. The
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      333 5 Mar 30 BANKS Agricultural Bonk Of China AN? flanking Group 5.5 .6 ...5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya .6 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. luKSJ... 5 ...5 Bank ul China Limited Dank ol Cooiinunkadons 5.5 .5.5 .5.75 Bank of New Zealand 6.25 .5.5 ...5.5 Bank uf Taiwan Bank ot
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      281 5 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME E^ceipoinl A Grand MtfrCuift Rosy Singapore, 50 East Road. Fcvxy Square, Meyer A Franfcel Poon', Level 3 Sirrgapore *****9 Co-Apr 3.00pm Ml Ltd A The FullEtion Hold Sngapwe, Sdlltoorn 2, Cower lobOy I f ullcitc-n Square, Singapore *****8 05-Api 3, (Kip rt) Mnn
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      Lock icon Is Piyush Gupta up to Danamon challenge?
      742 5 He will be tested in Indonesia where rules on foreign bank ownership change frequently Reuters [SINGAPORE] After two years of hard work to improve Singapore’s largest bank and lift its underperforming Hong Kong unit, DBS Group chief executive Piyush Gupta is embarking on
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      Lock icon Buying activity sharply higher
      1712 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Limited THE buying rose while the selling among directors was low, based on filings on the Singapore Exchange in the last week of March. Buyers outweighed sellers with 23 companies that recorded 49 purchases
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      229 5 S Lee Kuan Yew I School of Public Policy Inspiring Leaders Improving Lives Transforming Asia m NUS National University of Singapore You are cordially invited to attend a Public Lecture on Challenges Before the G20 by Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia Deputy Chairman Planning Commission of India Montek Singh Ahluwalia is
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      280 7 Investing in advantage has its payoffs That is why we developed PRUVantage a suite of insurance and investment solutions to help ensure that you continue to be in a position of advantage, especially where your wealth is concerned. Part of this suite of products, is PRUSelect Vantage which allows you
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      847 8 OPTIMISE YOUR PERFORMANCE DURING TOUGH TIMES Who should attend: VPs, Heads, Directors and Managers (Sales and Marketing, Brand and Product), Marketing Support Professionals, PMEBs, and other general management professionals Register at www.stjobs.sg/seminars STJOB No.l No.1 Recruitment site in Singapore FULL-DAY SEMINAR FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS Be a Sales Marketing Champion! Thursday, 19
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S’pore eyes private sector role in Asean link-up plan
      403 10  -  Sector’s resources, expertise could help in massive projects such as railways By CHUANG PECK MING in Phnom Penh SINGAPORE is likely to push for greater private sector involvement in Asean efforts to link up the region, when leaders from the grouping
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      Lock icon Going the extra mile for students
      295 10 TEACHERS from the Assumption Pathway School (APS) can now respond to absenteeism by calling at the students’ homes more promptly and at no persona l cos t t h an k s t o $100,000 raised by the Rotary Club of Pandan Valley. The
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1650 10 Payment Ex Books Pay Ann (cts) date close date date Action Asia ak 0.800 14-Jun 18-Jun 28-Jun 28-Mar Adampak Ltd ak 1.000 08-May 10-May 25-May 01-Mar Adv Integrated Mft ak 0.180 07-May 09-May 18-May 28-Feb AEI Corp an 1.000 04-May 08-May 18-May 27-Feb AP Oil Intl aw 0.500
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      1243 10 KIan Ho BearIngs Ltd (Company Registration No. *****2030N) (Incorporated in Singapore with Limited Liability) notice of annual general Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Kian Ho Bearings Ltd (“the Company”) will be held at 5 Changi South Street 3, Singapore *****7 on Friday, 20 April
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      196 10 SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Master of Science in INNOVATION Yizhe Xu Janice Yeo Hui Jing VOCALIST SPORTSMAN ENTREPRENEUR TECHNOLOGIST INNOVATOR Once a management consultant, Janice created “The Singing Loft” to bring people together through music. As an entrepreneur, she found opportunity in her passion for music. INNOVATOR Yizhe’s career in high-tech
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon No need to make it – just buy it
      952 11  - No need to make it just buy it It’s also entrepreneurship when you take an existing company to a higher level. By SHELLIE KARABELL This article was first published on INSEAD Knowledge (knowledge.insead.edu) in March FOR some entrepreneurs, it’s not a question of creating something from scratch, but rather tinkering
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      Lock icon Not all fun and games for app developer
      1029 11  -  STARTING YOUNG By LIM WEI SHENG MANY Gen-Y video game aficionados have sweet memories of hand-held games like the Pokémon series, or even the black-and-white Tamogotchi. This reliving of childhood nostalgia is what pushed 27-year-old Sam Yong Zhi to craft PetMonster, a
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      21 11 If you’re between the ages of 18 and 30 with an interesting investing or entrepreneurship story to share, do e-mail btyif@sph.com.sg
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      162 11 Get started now 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
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon When business backs sports
      2142 12 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: What are the key elements of a successful corporate sports sponsorship in Singapore? What needs to be done to encourage more corporate sponsorship of local sport? Jason Wong Country Head RHB Bank Singapore TO cultivate successful corporate sports sponsorship in Singapore, it is
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      131 12 PERMANENT RESIDENCY IN THE USA FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS CAISC enables clients of all nationalities obtain permanent residency (Green Card) in the USA through our San Francisco Regional Center, approved and designated by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service under the EB- 5 investor program. This program has been created
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      11 13 For the complete list of views from CEOs go to http://businesstimes.com.sg
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      110 13 Trade beyond borders That’s what participants in international commerce can do when they’re smart about managing risk. And smart managers work with CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. Companies doing business around the world come to us to manage virtually every kind of risk. Changing currency valuations, energy costs,
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      2847 14 CDW HOLDING LIMITED (Bermuda Company Registration No. *****) (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CDW Holding Limited (“the Company”) will be held at Rosewood Room, Swissôtel Merchant Court Singapore, 20 Merchant Road, Singapore *****1 on
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      1808 14 TRANSPAC INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Unique Entity No: *****0941K) NOTICE OF EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighteenth Annual General Meeting of Transpac Industrial Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Concorde 1, 3rd Level Concorde Hotel Singapore, 100 Orchard
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Spain’s deficit goals remain a challenge
      889 15 It’s still unclear if Madrid’s austerity comes at the cost of autonomous regions Reuters [MADRID] Spain will still struggle to meet this year’s deficit target despite steep budget cuts announced last week and it will have to dig just as deep to meet 2013’s
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      Lock icon EU wants rating-agency competition
      518 15 Europe has accused them of worsening the debt crisis NYT [COPENHAGEN] European Union (EU) finance ministers have agreed to increase competition among credit ratings agencies and to continue difficult discussions on taxing certain financial transactions. At the end of a two-day gathering here, Margrethe Vestager, Denmark’s
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      Lock icon Schaeuble condemns discord following spat
      284 15 Bloomberg [COPENHAGEN] German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble condemned as “nonsense” a breakdown in communication that caused a meeting of euro-area finance ministers to descend into confusion with a spat between Luxembourg and Austria. Mr Schaeuble said the abrupt cancellation of a press conference in Copenhagen
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  • INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Bumi Resources Q4 in the red, hit by forex losses
      190 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] Bumi Resources, Asia’s biggest thermal coal exporter, on Saturday posted a net loss in the fourth quarter on foreign exchange losses and higher interest and tax charges. The firm’s fourth quarter net loss was US$8.3 million, compared with
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      Lock icon Asia struggles to cut soaring fuel subsidies
      675 16 Many nations fight to keep fuel prices low as spending on subsidies balloon AFP [JAKARTA] Weeks of protests across Indonesia have thwarted a government plan for an immediate fuel price hike, the latest failure of an Asian administration to wean its country off
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      1716 16 VOL Mar 30 RM +/-(‘000) A M Realty 0.49 unch 0 VOL Advance Synerg 0.19 0.01 714 Adventa Bhd 1.54 -0.03 23 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.28 -0.01 183 Affin Holdings 3.03 0.01 257 Ahmad Zaki Res 0.84 unch 174 Abric Bhd Airasia Bhd 3.45 0.02 7260 Alliance Finan
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      2667 16 ROKKO HOLDINGS LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) (Company Registration No.: *****9694C) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company will be held at 61 Kaki Bukit Road 2, Singapore *****9, on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 at 10.00 a.m. for the following
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon China set to adopt measures to boost imports
      528 17 It will cut import duties on some raw material products Xinhua [BEIJING] Measures to promote balanced trade currently being deliberated by Chinese authorities may create significant opportunities for other countries if implemented. The State Council, or China’s cabinet, said in a statement
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      Lock icon China urged to step up investment in Italy
      569 17 PM Monti also tries to reassure Beijing eurozone debt crisis is close to resolution Reuters [BEIJING] Prime Minister Mario Monti has urged China to step up investment in Italy and tried to reassure Beijing that the eurozone debt crisis was close to
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      3603 17 WATO NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph,com.sg www.cats.com.sg/notices LMA Better by Design LMA International N.V. (Company Registration No, *****) (Incorporated with limited liability in Curagao on July 28,1998) NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 8th Annual Meeting of LMA International N.V. (the “Company”) after the listing
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Templeton cautions investors on Myanmar
      391 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Investors should be cautious when pursuing the opportunities for growth present in Myanmar and Cambodia, Southeast Asia’s frontier markets, Templeton Asset Management Ltd says. While Myanmar’s natural resources of oil, gas and minerals are positive factors, there are “areas of concern”, Templeton portfolio
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      Lock icon British officials in U-turn to control fuel-pump panic
      463 18 Confusing advice in recent days has hit reputation of ruling Conservative Party AP [LONDON] Britain’s government has moved to stop panic buying at gas pumps, telling motorists there is no need to fill up their tanks as previously stated. The new advice
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      Lock icon Sino-Forest files for bankruptcy protection
      429 18 It is being sued by its shareholders in Canada and the US AP [TORONTO] Chinese timberland company Sino-Forest Corp, which is being investigated for fraud, said on Friday it is filing for bankruptcy protection, putting itself up for sale and filing a lawsuit against the
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      489 18 AP [LONDON] British lawmakers have been known to get rowdy during debates. They also have been known to fall down drunk during a vote, headbutt colleagues in a drunken brawl, and run up £50,000 (S$98,804) tabs for food and drink. But in
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      Lock icon China rejects Obama’s Iran oil sanctions
      614 20 The sanctions imposed by Obama could affect allies in Asia and Europe AP [BEIJING] China rejected US President Barack Obama’s decision to move forward with plans for sanctions on countries buying oil from Iran, saying that Washington had no right to unilaterally punish other
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      Lock icon Honda reopens flood-hit Thai plant
      449 20 It gives assurance it is not moving production base elsewhere Reuters [AYUTTHAYA, Thailand] Honda Motor Co, Japan’s third largest car maker, officially resumed production on Saturday at its plant in Ayutthaya in Thailand, which was forced to close for almost six months after severe flooding
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      610 20 NYT [NEW YORK] The price of gas has risen rapidly this year. The price of gas has fallen to the lowest level in a decade. Both of those statements are true. The first refers to gasoline, the second to natural gas. Never in
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      406 22 A 34-metre tsunami could hit its coast after massive quake AP [TOKYO] Revised estimates of the potential impact from an earthquake off Japan’s southern coast show much of the country’s Pacific shore could be inundated by a tsunami more than
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      354 22 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Huawei Technologies Co, China’s largest maker of telephone equipment, said it will continue to pursue projects related to Australia’s broadband network after being banned from bidding on contracts over security concerns. Huawei won’t be allowed to bid for work on
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      408 24 Reuters [POTSDAM, Germany] Two million German public sector workers will get a pay rise of 6.3 per cent over a 24-month period, according to a government official leading the talks, ending a labour dispute that has disrupted services across Germany. The
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      509 24 Reuters [COPENHAGEN] The European Central Bank (ECB) cut Ireland no slack on its push to reschedule payments on 27 billion euros (S$45.3 billion) worth of high-interest IOUs, leaving Dublin to lobby other lenders that mounted a rescue to ease the pain of
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      1785 18 JEL CORPORATION (HOLDINGS) LTD (Company Registration Number: *****6139K) (Incorporated in Singapore on 18 September 2001) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of JEL Corporation (Holdings) Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held at 11 Changi North Way, JEL Centre Singapore *****6 on Wednesday,
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      1595 21 HAW PAR CORPORATION LIMITED Company Registration Number: *****0437M (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Forty-Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 80 Raffles Place, 61st Storey, UOB Plaza 1, Singapore *****4 on Wednesday, 25 April
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      2140 21 Notice of Annual General Meeting (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****1165G) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tenth Annual General Meeting of OKP HOLDINGS LIMITED (the “Company”) will be held at No. 6 Tagore Drive, #B1-06 Tagore Building, Singapore *****3 on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 at
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      353 23 NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg/notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PLANTIQUE INVESTMENT PTE LTD (Company Registration No. *****7290Z) (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovementioned Company duly convened and held at 200 Cantonment
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      2550 25 (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) (Company Registration No. *****5625E) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of euNetworks Group Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Suntec Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre, Meeting Room 203, Level 2, 1 Raffles Boulevard Suntec City,
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      527 26 Billionaire plans expansion as distress within industry grows Bloomberg [LONDON] Billionaire Wilbur Ross said he’s considering further investments in shipping as financial distress within the maritime industry intensifies. The chairman and founder of WL Ross Co, who manages about US$10 billion, is
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      565 26 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US said that European governments had failed to end illegal subsidies for aircraft manufacturer Airbus and so will be taking the first step at the World Trade Organization towards seeking sanctions on potentially billions of dollars of European goods. “We
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      289 26 AP [FORT WORTH, Texas] The parent company of American Airlines told a bankruptcy court that it lost US$619 million in February as revenue declined from January and failed to offset costs including fuel and labour. Since filing for bankruptcy in late November, AMR Corp
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      329 26 Reuters [LONDON] The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry commodities, rose on Friday as rates for large capesize vessels climbed for a fourth straight day on higher iron ore activity. The main index, which reflects
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      255 26 SGX '000 Mar 30 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.39 unch 336 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.23 unch 706 Cosco Corp 1.17 0.01 6254 s$ Ezra Hldgs 1.15 -0.01 5079 First Ship Lea 0.21 unch 885 Freight Links 0.06 unch 877 Grand Banks unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.57
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      306 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Old-fashioned drunk, say, outside holding forelock (7) 5 Makes changes to repairs on article (6) 9 Averse to change between sides in volte-face (8) 11 Officer a lot of wardens ignore (6) 12 Arrest made by head of security in front of tent (4) 13 Bad
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      757 27  -  NEW MENU Saint Pierre #01-01 Central Mall 3 Magazine Road Tel: 6438-0887 By Jaime Ee AT Restaurant 53’s former premises in Armenian Street, diners would sometimes see a shaggy head poking out of the kitchen, attached to a bear-like physique dressed in chef’s whites. But apart from
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      186 27 Equinox Restaurant Eggs-ceptional Easter Champagne Brunch 8 April 2012 11.00am to 2.30pm Adult $148++(non-alcohol) $168++(includes free-flow of Moët Chandon Brut Impérial, house wines,house pours and draft beers) Child $74++(6 to 12 years old) AN EASTER EGGS-TRAVAGANZA AT SWISSÔTELTHESTAMFORD ORGANIC GOODNESS Café Swiss A Swiss-Inspired Easter Sunday Brunch 8 April 2012
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      1452 28 Week ended: Mar 30 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 Company Last Sale Vol ('000) 113 92.5 AIMSAMPIReit 112.5 +1 1159 113 111 112.5 113 1.8 11.4 499.3 High Low Buyer
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      297 29 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 $mil Low Company Last Sale Vol (’000) Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld High Low Buyer Seller C’vr Net P/E M Cap Smil 34 12.1
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      116 29 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.635 -0.005 CapitaLand 3.120 +0.050 CapitaMall 1.805 +0.025 CityDev 11.350 +0.150 ComfortDelGro 1.560 +0.010 DBS Grp 14.180 -0.030 F&N 6.700 -0.190 GLP 2.200 +0.030 Genting SP 1.705 -0.005 Golden Agri 0.785 +0.015 HK
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      2273 29 Transaction date: Mar 30 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Credit 6.40 unch 570 Aeon Stores 22.00 -0.50 61 Angang Steel 4.99 0.15 ***** Anhui Conch 24.60 0.10 ***** Anhuiexpresswa 4.28 -0.14 3707 Asia Satellite 19.00 unch 0 Asm Pacific 113.30 -0.10 1086 Bank Of E Asia 29.20
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      260 29 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 53.5 32 AVJennings A34 +0.5 56 34 34 31.5 34 3.6 10.3 2.7 88.5 46 25.5 Genting HK US$ US39 -0.5 *****2 41.5 39 39 39.5 2568
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      186 29 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 13 0 4 0 0 0 13 0 4 Manufacturing 67 84 43 15 15 7 82 99 50 Commerce 31 31 15 7 6 4 38 37 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 21 13 9
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      1042 29 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 130 109.5 ABF SG Bond ETF 118 unch 46 118 118 116.6 118 538.6 103 100 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US101 +0.1 5 101.6 100 100.8
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      123 29 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 111,582 111,582 358,131 358,131 Manufacturing 1,624,677 260,804 1,885,481 1,087,590 10,032 1,097,622 Commerce 846,249 25,495 871,744 633,013 1,639 634,652 Tpt/Stor/Comms 564,498 78,557 643,055 904,850 18,372 923,222 Finance 139,279 1,105 140,384 783,883 242 784,125 Construction 1,151,892 49,147
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      26 29 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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      589 30 Mar 30 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.10 *****.09 *****.19 Jun12 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****4 *****2 Sep12 *****.00 12 2537 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 280.57 283.74 278.34 Apr12 280.60 282.50 277.80 282.30 ***** *****2 May12 282.40 0 4 S&P CNX
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      103 30 As on 30 March 2012 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METAL GOLD FUT JUN2012 1672.10 1661.80 1670.60 299 CURRENCY AUD-USD FUT JUN2012 1.0318 1.0275 1.0278 16 EUR-USD FUT JUN2012 1.3373 1.3316 1.3337 7478 BASE METAL COPPER FUT MAY2012
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      107 30 Mar 30 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 12 1403.00 1355.50 1416.00 1353.50 Jul 12 1408.25 1361.25 1422.00 1360.00 Aug 12 1400.50 1350.75 1413.00 1351.25 Sep 12 1376.00 1326.25 1388.75 1327.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 12 55.10
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      76 30 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Mar 29 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 123.14 -1.22 WTI (Near Mth) 103.01 -2.41 Dubai (1-Mth F) 120.87 -0.39 Tapis blend 131.32 -0.21 Minas 131.32 -0.21 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 118.00 0.72 Jet Kerosene 136.86 0.17 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      22 30 Mar 30 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2564 1.2574 2-months 1.2563 1.2573 3-months 1.2560 1.2571 6-months 1.2550 1.2562 Source: OCBC
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      65 30 Mar 30 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2087.00 2094.00 3 months 2126.00 2134.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 8474.50 8382.00 3 months 8445.00 8350.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2037.00 2004.50 3 months 2042.00 1995.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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      373 30 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 30 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 917.2 0.4 10.5 0.3 7.6 0.5 10.9 EAFE Preliminary 746.0 0.4 9.4 0.6 6.7 0.7 10.0 Europe Preliminary 1097.3 1.0 6.9
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      80 30 Mar 30 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low May 12 1462 1463 1478/1453 Jul 12 1476 1478 1490/1467 Sep 12 1482 1480 1492/1469 Dec 12 1485 1483 1495/1472 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Mar 12 2031 2031 2024/2019 May 12 2026 2041 2049/2017 Jul 12 2040 2038 2054/2018 Sep 12 2054
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      585 30 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 2 1 150 280 20.00 26 Cooo) Conv Baker Technology Ltd W*****6 3 1 32 15 10.17 8 Exer Price Prem Disc Gearing Expiry Mths Left Asia-Pacific Strategic
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      470 30 Mar 30 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.038 6.552 0.779 8.075 53.123 95.481 0.855 11.785 3.187 1.267 94.275 44.657 1.307 7.983 0.938 30.698 32.045 0.650 1.040 Canada 0.964 6.314
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      66 30 Mar 30 IU51I ISJ1 1 mill ll.WWI Mi*. t HUMS d.rviDJ UVXt i nulls tffi/Vli IU>9*J s milts e.T*s« ft-nnn mills s* civ/i MlTt i i; s IIW1 SW/lP Of«M i-BIM gM i m»hs 3 rnilrt n 35CT7 o jrjyna d-khim 'i mib* 0,/mr. \WAr Mill M*«s r l
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      154 30 Mar 30 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3062 1.3085 1.0396 1.0406 Canadian dollar 1.2589 1.2608 1.0020 1.0027 Euro 1.6778 1.6793 1.3354 1.3355 NZ dollar 1.0313 1.0326 0.8208 0.8212 Sterling pound 2.0087 2.0112 1.5988 1.5995
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      137 30 Mar 30 good vm.D ?9 M0i 30 Hfmrj Hii/uj 167B OQ 1673 50 Mdr 50 Maf J9 iwwfun W330 Ifttiff »o u.v< il Source: Thomson Reuters V'«S( llAli MM W (Mi VUIph Uoyinij Kifubiv nm nr® pamp gold bars (Si) Selling Buying 10>T« fiOJII iW M iS. 13T
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      90 30 Mar 30 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****Z 28-Jun-12 0.30 1-Year BY*****W 01-Nov-12 0.32 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0H 0.250 01-Feb-14 100.16 100.19 100.17 5-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 108.54 108.6 108.55
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      57 30 Mar 30 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Apr 12 3475.0 3483.0 3481.0 3475.0 21 6045 May 12 3448.0 3465.0 3460.0 3439.0 2333 ***** Jun 12 3437.0 3456.0 3445.0 3426.0 9976 ***** Jul 12 3423.0 3437.0
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      121 30 As at 9am Mar 30 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.334 1.271 Can dollar 1.285 1.236 Euro 1.706 1.641 Sterling pound 2.045 1.967 NZ dollar 1.056 1.006 US dollar 1.277 1.228 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      154 30 Mar 30 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 5/16 3/16 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.02 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.25 0.15 1 month 0.40 0.20 2 months 0.50 0.30 3 months 0.60 0.40 6 months 0.90 0.70 9 months 1.05 0.85 12
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      911 33  -  Phonemaker’s new smartphones pack a wallop with exciting innovative features By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY [SINGAPORE] Taiwanese phonemaker HTC unveiled two new phones here last Friday– its first after a major rebranding exercise called HTC One. Explaining the rationale behind the rebranding, HTC’s Lennard
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        73 33 FORMER SAP president and CEO of Asia-Pacific and Japan, Geraldine McBride, is the new vice-president and general manager of Asia-Pacific Japan services at Dell. She will be in charge of managing Dell’s services business in the region including sales, delivery, driving growth, and
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        47 33 CANON has announced a range of four camcorders in its Legria line with Wi-Fi connectivity. This is aimed to allow easier video sharing to social networks such as YouTube and Facebook. The models are the HF M56, M52, R38, and R36.
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