The Business Times, 9 November 2012

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sp!l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 074/08/2012 Friday, November 9, 2012
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  • Article
    Lock icon Airline, airport rating agency Skytrax cops a big downgrade
    678 1  -  UK advertising regulator raps it hard for making misleading claims By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] One of the world’s largest airline and airport review and ranking sites has been rapped on the knuckles by the UK Advertising Standards Authority for making misleading
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    Lock icon Markets pay for failed Romney bets
    713 1  -  Asian stocks also battered as reality bites Mitt Romney supporters By R SIVANITHY [SINGAPORE] Call it the revenge of Mitt Romney. The defeat of the Republican candidate in the US presidential election not only inflicted the worst one-day hammering on the Dow Jones Industrial
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon FOREX
      65 1 HST INDEX 3012.25 (-31.02) HST INDEX FUTURES 3012.00 (-31.00) HSIMSCI 341.35 (-3.80) HSIMSCI FUTURES 341.00 (-4.50) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.224 (US$/S$ per 1.597 1.956 EURO (US$/S$/€) 1.276 1.562 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 80.00 65.30 RM 3.062 2.500 HK$ 7.750 6.330 BAHT 30.71 25.08 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      47 1 Thursday Change KL COMP 1,641.07 -4.46 NIKKEI 225 8,837.15 -135.74 HANG SENG 21,566.91 -532.94 SET INDEX 1,293.70 -6.04 JAKARTA COMP 4,327.87 -22.56 MANILA COMP 5,446.71 +9.42 SEOUL COMP 1,914.41 -23.14 SHENZHEN B 599.02 -4.42 MUMBAI IND 18,846.26 -56.15 12noonEDT Change DOW 12,915.60 -17.12 NASDAQ 2,933.19 -4.10
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      17 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 14.482 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 Source: Bloomberg
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Hu to Congress: Corruption could threaten state
      786 2  -  Growing inequality also cited as one of the challenges ahead for China By VIRGINIE MANGIN in Beijing IN his opening speech to China’s Communist Party Congress, and his last as party chief, outgoing President Hu Jintao warned that corruption could threaten the party
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      426 2 Markets pay for failed Romney bets CALL it the revenge of Mitt Romney. The defeat of the Republican candidate in the US presidential election not only inflicted the worst one-day hammering on the Dow Jones Industrial Average this year, but also dragged down Asian stocks in its aftermath.
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      Lock icon SembMarine-PPL Holdings battle reaches Court of Appeal
      673 2  -  SembMarine appeals against 2 elements of High Court ruling By JOYCE HOOI [SINGAPORE] The Court of Appeal heard from Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine) and PPL Holdings (PPLH) yesterday, after the High Court dismissed the former’s suit entirely earlier this year. In June, SembMarine lost
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      Lock icon Back at work, Obama races to avoid fiscal cliff
      840 2 He seeks Congress help on major deal to reduce deficit deficit-reduc- NYT [WASHINGTON] Newly re-elected, President Barack Obama moved quickly on Wednesday to open negotiations with congressional Republican leaders over the main unfinished business of his term a major deficit-reduction deal
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      Lock icon S’pore income tax rate among the world’s lowest
      646 2  -  HK and Macau levels also competitive; globally rates are on the rise By MALMINDERJIT SINGH [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s personal income tax rate remains among the lowest, along with Hong Kong and Macau, in 2012 even as the global average rate increased. KPMG’s latest
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      Lock icon Government-backed Clifford Capital to raise US$1 billion
      562 4  -  For a start, it’ll eye transaction sizes of up to US$100m By TEH HOOI LING [SINGAPORE] Governmentbacked infrastructure project financing firm Clifford Capital will raise US$1 billion from the market and execute its first deal in the near future, said its chief executive
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      Lock icon Barclays banker sacked for tirade against construction workers
      425 4 [SINGAPORE] Barclays Capital has sacked its head of FX strategy for the Asia-Pa-cific, Olivier Desbarres, following his display of racist and threatening behaviour towards some construction workers last month. Frustrated with the noise from two construction sites along the street where he
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      Lock icon Thais extend F&N offer past OUE’s decision
      473 4  -  New deadline is Nov 22; offer price stays unchanged at $8.88 By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi waited until the final minutes of yesterday’s deadline to extend his general offer for Fraser and Neave (F&N) by another two weeks, to Nov
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      1342 6 Nine Months Results 2012 (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) Dear Shareholders The Board of Directors of Noble Group Limited is pleased to present the unaudited consolidated financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2012, together with those of the corresponding periods of 2011. Revenue
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Loan tenure curb may moderate housing demand, says UOL
      694 6  -  Group’s Q3 profit falls 13%; Pan Pacific’s drops 41% By KALPANA RASHIWALA UOL Group, which yesterday posted a 13 per cent year-on-year drop in third-quarter net profit to $87.8 million, said that the recent restrictions to the tenure of housing loans
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      Lock icon Fragrance posts 15.7% fall in Q3 earnings
      441 6  -  Hotel unit Global Premium also reports lower Q3 profit By EMILYN YAP PROPERTY developer Fragrance Group’s bottom line weakened in the third quarter as its unit Global Premium Hotels (GPH) also posted lower earnings in the period. For the three months ended Sept
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      Lock icon Energy, metals continue to prop up Noble
      600 7  -  Commodity group turns around with Q3 earnings of US$75.2m By ANDREA SOH WHILE its agriculture business was a letdown yet again, Noble’s energy and metal divisions continued to anchor the group, helping it to perform better than a year ago when the group
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      Lock icon CNMC to start mass gold recovery trial run
      442 7  -  By KENNETH LIM MALAYSIA-BASED gold-mining company CNMC Goldmine Holdings says it will begin a trial run on its long-delayed heap leach facilities, with hopes to increase its production capacity several-fold. “This approval and the inauguration of our first mass gold recovery operation
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      Lock icon Parkway Life Reit posts 7.1% higher DPU of 2.58¢ for Q3
      421 7  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI PARKWAY Life Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) registered a distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.58 cents for the third quarter ended Sept 30, up 7.1 per cent, as revenue growth was driven by new acquisitions and
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      Lock icon Super Group, Petra Foods buck broad market fall
      554 9  -  Buzz over takeover battle surrounding F&N rubbing off on both F&B counters By ANGELA TENG, LEE MEIXIAN TWO food and beverage (F&B) counters had a good run on the stock market after announcing their financial results yesterday, even as the broader Straits
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      Lock icon Hour Glass Q2 profit slides 6% amid uncertainties
      343 9  -  Group cautiously optimistic of its outlook for the rest of the financial year By CARINE LEE GLOBAL economic uncertainties saw the bottom line of luxury watch retailer The Hour Glass slide 6 per cent year on year to $10.04 million for the
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      Lock icon FJB posts $2.3m net in Q1 as expenses rise, sales slow
      348 9  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI FJ Benjamin Holdings registered a net profit of $2.3 million for the first quarter ended Sept 30, slumping from $3.8 million in the corresponding quarter last year, as the bottom line was hit by higher expenses
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      Lock icon Venture Corp’s Q3 profit falls 8.1% to $32.6m
      331 10  -  Cost of raw materials and consumables rises 12.6% to $487.6m By JASMINE NG VENTURE Corporation recorded a net profit of $32.6 million for its third quarter ended Sept 30, down 8.1 per cent from $35.4 million in the year-ago period. The electronics
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Parkson Retail Asia Q1 earnings fall 12.5%
        82 10 PARKSON Retail Asia saw its net profit for the first quarter ended Sept 30 fall 12.5 per cent over the year to $11.59 million, despite revenue rising 7.4 per cent to $113.87 million. The Asian department store operator said the dip in net
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        Lock icon Stamford Land first-half profit up 3.6%
        52 10 STAMFORD Land Corporation's net profit for the half year ended Sept 30 rose 3.6 per cent to $9.39 million from a year ago. Revenue slid 4 per cent to $124.95 million, largely due to a 34.9 per cent fall in revenue from its property
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        Lock icon Ezra unit secures two contracts
        127 10 EZRA Holdings Ltd’s subsea arm EMAS AMC has secured two contracts with major South Korean clients worth a total of about US$200 million. The first contract was awarded by STX Offshore Shipbuilding Co Ltd for the provision of engineering and project management work in offshore
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      Lock icon At a glance
      304 10 9 months ended Sept 2012 3 months ended Sept 2012 NET PROFIT (S$M) TURNOVER (S$M) COMPANY CURRENT PREVIOUS CHG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHG CWT 86.0 35.1 144.9 3,567.1 1,423.7 150.5 40.3 15.8 154.2 1,459.6 1,004.9 45.2 YHS 65.1 32.9 98.2 460.0 349.4 31.7 3.3 12.2 -72.6 114.5 126.7
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI brought down to earth
      582 8  -  Index down 31 points; stocks lose previous day’s rebound STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent WEDNESDAY’S post-US election bounce, which admittedly had nothing really substantial behind it other than the feel-good factor after a win for President Obama, quickly ran out of steam yesterday, pushing the
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 8 3 0 0 0 5 8 3 Manufacturing 32 59 27 5 5 7 37 64 34 Commerce 6 36 15 1 6 2 7 42 17 Tpt/Stor/Comms 5 27 7
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 19,376 19,376 111,364 111,364 Manufacturing 283,705 78,641 362,346 263,005 1,345 264,350 Commerce 96,527 1,269 97,796 121,162 96 121,258 Tpt/Stor/Comms 90,825 14,383 105,208 162,881 4,329 167,210 Finance 31,666 1,150 32,816 170,136 518 170,654 Construction 52,779 430,987
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      113 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.890 -0.020 CapitaLand 3.460 -0.030 CapitaMall 2.090 -0.020 CityDev 11.640 -0.190 ComfortDelGro 1.615 -0.030 DBS Grp 13.860 -0.200 F&N 9.100 -0.050 GLP 2.700 -0.040 Genting SP 1.260 -0.020 Golden Agri 0.615 -0.010 HK Land 6.670 -0.030 IHH Healthcare 1.285 JMH 59.100
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      65 8 Nov 8 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -510.00 -80.00 BT CADI -*****.00-165.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -51.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 739.82 -4.78 FTSE ST Small Cap 484.06 -3.64 FTSE ST All Share 738.09 -7.01 FTSE ST China Top 199.65 -1.80 FTSE ST China 224.03 -0.90 FTSE ST
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      55 8 VOLUME YHM 429,381,000 Golden Agri 105,514,000 Transcu Grp 93,921,000 MDR 72,862,000 Contel 61,112,000 Elektromotive 52,592,000 Genting SP 45,526,000 Noble Grp 32,108,000 Thai Beverage 31,042,000 SingTel 24,483,000 VALUE($) SingTel 78,074,754 Keppel Corp 77,352,204 DBS Grp 71,055,760 Wilmar 65,815,670 Golden Agri 64,873,505 Genting SP 57,318,830 GLP 49,073,410 UOB 46,776,820
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      926 8  -  Compiled by JOYCE HOOI Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Nov 8 close: $0.935 OCBC Investment Research, Nov 8 YANGZIJIANG Shipbuilding (YZJ) reported a one per cent y-o-y drop in revenue to 3.6 billion yuan and a 14 per cent fall in net profit to 877 million yuan in Q3 2012.
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      Lock icon US fiscal woes weigh on rupiah, won as investors cut risk
      659 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Indonesia rupiah and the South Korean won led a broader fall across emerging Asian currencies yesterday as investors, concerned about a looming fiscal crisis in the United States, cut back on risky assets including stocks.
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      Lock icon RISES
      113 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 3607 118.8 2.8 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 1978 30.6 1.3 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 25.0 0.2 SuperGroup 280 23.0 8.9 IS ASIA BND 100S$D 1335 21.0 1.6 Petra 279 15.0 5.7 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 10.0 0.1 IS Asia BND 100US
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      Lock icon FALLS
      124 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN GLD 10US$ ***** -311.0 -1.5 DBXT E50 10US$ 3744 -148.1 -3.1 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5692 -144.5 -2.0 JMH 5910 -123.7 -1.7 DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 3406 -102.8 -2.4 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -84.5 -0.6 DBXT DBLCI-OY 5US$ 3883 -69.8 -1.4 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2822 -67.3 -1.9
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      410 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MAN NYUN CEMENT PTE LTD (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) Reg No. *****3844C (“the Company”) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held on 31 October 2012, the Resolutions set
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      410 11 OUR HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS Mr. Kenny Tan Heng Mong Founder Chairman, LINK (THM) Group on being conferred The Public Service Medal PBM by His Excellency The President of the Republic of Singapore BEST WISHES FROM > LINK (THM) HOLDINGS PTE LTD INTERNATIONAL m UNIVERSAL AKITEK (CIVIL STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Amended foreign worker law takes effect today
      422 12  -  The law, passed in Sept, will punish errant bosses with higher fines and longer jail terms By CAI HAOXIANG FROM today, bosses who illegally hire foreign workers will be punished with higher fines and longer jail terms. The Ministery of Manpower said on
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      Lock icon CDL unit top bidder for Sengkang EC site
      681 12  -  Site draws 6 bidders with offers of $265 to $296.5 psf ppr By FELDA CHAY CITY Developments’ (CDL) unit Verspring Properties has emerged as the top bidder with its $135 million bid for the 99-year-lease-hold executive condominium (EC) site at the junction
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      Lock icon Cambridge sets up Asia-Pacific HQ here
      419 12  -  By LEE U-WEN THE University of Cambridge’s assessment agency, Cambridge Assessment, is opening its new Asia-Pa-cific headquarters in Singapore later today. The office, which is called Cambridge Assessment Singapore (CAS), is a non-profit organisation and will receive about S$7 million in grants from Cambridge
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      Lock icon New York arts college to shut its campus in S’pore
      500 12  -  Tisch School of the Arts Asia to halt student recruitment, admissions immediately By LYNN KAN SINGAPORE has lost another foreign university. After suffering financial deficits, Tisch School of the Arts Asia, the Singapore branch of New York’s arts college Tisch
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Insead launches centre for leadership devt
        69 12 GLOBAL business school Insead yesterday launched its Leadership Development Centre, which will offer a range of management programmes, both degree and non-degree, in partnership with global companies seeking to establish professional development centres for their employees in Asia. The six-storey centre, located north of
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        Lock icon STB embarks on new marketing plan
        98 12 THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has launched an open tender for creative and digital partners to build its brand, signalling a shift towards consumercentric marketing. It said it wants marketspecific strategies and campaigns to address the evolving needs of consumers from Singapore’s key tourism
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      Lock icon Oil service firm opens new facility
      235 12  -  Weatherford Intl now set for expansion; plans to increase headcount by 30% By LYNN KAN OILFIELD service company Weatherford International yesterday opened its multi-million dollar facility in Loyang, bringing its 300-strong Singapore workforce under one roof for the first time and setting the stage
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      402 12 NOTICES In the Matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 and In the Matter of PCCW GLOBAL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (In Member's Voluntary Liquidation) (Company Registration No. *****4299H) ("Company") On 1 November 2012, the Resolutions set out below were duly passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Zeti: framework for Asean bank integration near
      401 13 Single ‘passport’ to give qualifying banks flexible access to region [KUALA LUMPUR] Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said that central banks in the region are in the final stages of preparation to launch the Asean banking integration framework. “This will pave
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      Lock icon Retail Reits set to continue doing well
      420 13  -  They benefit from greater spending, consumption on govt initiatives, tourism By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur IN THE past two years, retail real estate investment trusts (Reits) have come to dominate the segment, across six sectors accounting for five out of 16, or
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      Lock icon Court lifts suspension on Lynas licence
      293 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian court lifted the suspension on Lynas Corp Ltd’s licence to operate a controversial rare earth plant, sending shares in the Australian company surging, although it remained unclear when the plant would start. The US$800 million (S$976 million) rare earth
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Bharti profit falls on increased network costs
      662 14 It also cut call and data rates this year after a price war Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s largest mo-bile-phone operator, reported a drop in profit as rising network costs and call-rate reductions in the world’s second-largest wireless market squeezed margins.
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      Lock icon Bullish outlook painted for infrastructure funds
      878 14 Returns slated to be at least 2 points higher than corporate notes Bloomberg [MUMBAI] The first Indian funds investing in road, rail and power plant bonds will generate returns of at least two percentage points higher than corporate notes, according to the country’s biggest
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  • CHINA'S PARTY CONGRESS
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      Lock icon Jiang Zemin re-emerges as key player
      687 15 Year of scandals has created openings for him to shape vital political decisions NYT [BEIJING] In a year blighted by scandals and corruption charges at the commanding heights of the Communist Party, a retired party chief some had written off as a spent force
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      Lock icon Hu Jintao calls for talks on cross-straits military security
      321 15 Also urges peace agreement with Taiwan through consultation AFP [BEIJING] President Hu Jintao suggested yesterday the Chinese mainland and Taiwan set up military security confidence-building mechanism and reach a peace agreement through consultation. Addressing the opening of the Communist Party of
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      Lock icon Slogans, security fill Tiananmen for key congress
      196 15 AFP [BEIJING] China’s once-a-decade leadership transition began yesterday with all the pageantry, security and behind-the-scenes political intrigue befitting the secretive ruling Communist Party’s most sensitive event its national congress. The usually crowded Tiananmen Square had been cleared since Wednesday, giving it an eerie,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon ECB keeps bond-buying plan in focus, holds rate
      618 16 Bloomberg Reuters [FRANKFURT] European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi said the economic outlook is worsening and the bank stands ready to activate its bondpurchase programme if governments fulfil the necessary conditions. “We are ready to undertake” Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT), “which
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      Lock icon EU set to start FTA talks with Japan next year
      497 16  -  Discussions also on with S’pore, M’sia, India and Vietnam By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE European Union and Japan are expected to launch negotiations early next year on a free trade agreement, EU ambassador to Japan, Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, disclosed
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      Lock icon Sept trade gap at 2-year low on record exports
      477 16 Trade deficit with China climbs to US$29.1 b from prior month’s US$28.7b LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in September to the lowest level in almost two years as exports climbed to a record. The gap
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      Lock icon Bank of England decides against more bond buying
      412 16 Reuters [LONDON] The Bank of England opted yesterday to not pump more cash into the fragile economy, as policymakers pin their hopes on the bank’s new lending scheme and some worry about inflation. The decision, which matched expectations, is likely to have
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      437 16 Bloomberg [ATHENS] Greece’s unemployment rate extended its record high in August as the country’s five-year recession deepened, worsened by austerity measures linked to the country’s 240 billion-euro (S$374 billion) bailouts. The rate rose to 25.4 per cent from a revised 24.8
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      295 16 Reuters [BERLIN] Swiss bank UBS’s German subsidiary is being investigated by local prosecutors for allegedly abetting tax fraud, putting it in another tangle with European tax authorities. Bank employees are suspected of having helped investors transfer money to Switzerland, circumventing tax authorities,
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      684 19 People in shoreline areas told to leave for higher ground AP [NEW YORK] Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced new warnings to evacuate their homes and airlines cancelled hundreds of flights as a new storm arrived on Wednesday, only a week
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      409 22 Reuters [PARIS] Societe Generale, France’s No 2 listed bank, failed to offset the cost of exiting Greece and selling assets in the third quarter with a rebound in trading revenue, leading to an 86 per cent slump in net
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      448 22  -  Data underlines impact of declining exports and soaring fuel imports By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo JAPAN’S current account surplus plunged nearly 70 per cent in September from its level a year earlier, underlining the impact that declining exports and soaring fuel imports (following the
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      541 22 He plans to meet President Thein Sein and Suu Kyi Reuters [YANGON] US President Barack Obama plans to visit Myanmar on Nov 19 and meet both his counterpart, Thein Sein, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, a senior
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  • POST-US ELECTIONS
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      881 18 Strategy of spending almost all of the donations from the rich on TV ads fails Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Karl Rove and his investors were the biggest losers on Election Day. The Republican strategist who created the model for the outside money groups that raised and
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      688 18 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Tea Party candidates may have spoiled Republican chances of taking control of the US Senate, but the small-gov-ernment movement will continue to hold sway in Washington for at least the next few years on fiscal if not social issues, experts
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      696 18 Obama administration will push to let tax cuts expire, as scheduled, at year-end Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The race is on for wealthy Americans to save on taxes before Jan 1. President Barack Obama’s re-election means his administration will push to let tax
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      762 18 He correctly predicts presidential election results in 49 states Reuters [NEW YORK] So much for gut feeling. After correctly predicting the results in 49 of the 50 states that have been called in the US presidential election (Florida remains too close to call),
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      494 24 EDITORIAL JUST by selective pick and snip, a given set of numbers can be used to spin rather different stories. The latest example of this, if any is needed, came last week from the US jobs report for October which promptly became campaign fodder
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      656 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group IT’S still about jobs. What will determine the core success of President Barack Obama’s second term is progress or the lack thereof in reducing long-term unemployment. We know this from exit polls, which ranked the
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      Lock icon Taking a leaf from Socrates’ book
      1108 24  -  Academics must critique state policies and help the government to ask the right questions By NGIAM TONG DOW The writer is a former permanent secretary who has served in several ministries and statutory boards, as well as corporate boards. This is the text of
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      Lock icon Going beyond amendment to Rule 1207
      1376 25  -  It shouldn’t distract from need to properly implement other corporate governance reforms which have been introduced By MAK YUEN TEEN The writer is an associate professor of accounting at the NUS Business School, where he teaches corporate governance and ethics T A recent corporate
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      820 25  -  ftS REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By WAYNE ARNOLD IT SOMETIMES seems like every little thing is conspiring against Indonesia’s economy: poor infrastructure, political corruption, regulatory caprice, and bureaucratic inertia. Falling commodity prices threaten to reverse the spread of wealth to poorer parts of the archipelago.
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Architects set to give back to nature
      1037 26  -  Green Architect of the Year Tang Kok Thye sees benefits for industry to incorporate green designs, reports ZEINAB YUSUF SAIWALLA reportsZEINAB ZEINAB YUSUF SAIWALLA GREEN is fast becoming the colour of envy for architects given the new demand for environmental sustainability and its
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      Lock icon Ireland’s housing market rises from the ashes of crash
      1244 28 Half of sales are in cash as banks baulk at taking on more mortgage loans Bloomberg [DUBLIN] In the Irish capital Dublin, the epicentre of Western Europe’s worst housing-market crash, signs of life are emerging for those with access to cash.
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      151 26 Call Toll-free 1800-289-9988 To Place Your Classified Advertisements D04 HOUSE FOR SALE COVE DRIVE Cove Dr. Sentosa. *****/ 8035 sqft. Colonial style design. Can park up to 10 cars. 4 bdrms ensuite. Facing golf course. $33M neg D04 HOUSE FOR SALE SANDY ISLAND Sentosa Sandy Island. Best facing with privacy,
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      100 26 D04 HOUSE FOR SALE SENTOSA Open House DAILY!!! Sentosa Bungalow with direct Sea view. Land size from 8000 square feet. Call for appointment: Paige 8189 0066 D04 HOUSE FOR SALE SENTOSA Sentosa Bungalow Land ***** ***** sqft. 5 room 2 dining 3 family. Call 9010 0177/ 9636 1023 Steve (Megan)
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      95 26 D10 HOUSE FOR SALE MOONBEAM Holland-Moonbeam 2½ storey semi-d. Land 4017 sqft. 5rm. Henry Park Pri Sch/ Holland Village. Frieda 9848 0883 D10 HOUSE FOR SALE TENERIFFLE Teneriffle Cluster House off Sixth Ave. 3-storey, 3121 sqft. 4+1+1. Tranquil. Face Greenery. Jenny 9109 8702 D11 21 BUNGALOW FOR SALE JLN KAMPONG
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      278 27 D11 21 HOUSE FOR SALE LORNIE 18 Lornie 18 cluster bunglw with home lift. Freehold. Fantastic layout. Resort style. 4400 sqft. 4+1+1. 6296 6036/ 9670 0518 D11 21 HOUSE FOR SALE TREVOSE AREA Modern bungalow near Trevose. 6000 sqft. Park 6 cars. Quality finishes. Near good schools. Call 9066 2626
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      227 27 D15 HOUSE FOR SALE RESIDENCE STILL ROAD F’hold, Semi-D, 3883sqft, 6 bdrms, 3 baths, build to 4 sty, subject to approval. Call Michael Seah *****368. D16 HOUSE FOR SALE BEDOK CLOSE 2-storey detached Bedok Close. 99 years. 4492 sqft. 5+1, lift, basement pool. Face South-West. $4M+ neg. Gary 9382 3131.
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      216 27 D25 HOUSE FOR SALE MANDAI ROAD Semi-D. Freehold. 3-storey. 4+1 ensuite. Approx 2355 3200 sqft. Near eateries future MRT. D04 APARTMENT FOR SALE CARIBBEAN AT KEPPEL BAY Caribbean at Keppel Bay. 4-rm, patio, 2217sf. Decor. Lagoon view. Unblock. All rms w/ toilets. Good buy! Nichole Thor 8101 0103 D04 APARTMENT
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      210 27 D09 APARTMENT FOR SALE PATERSON SUITES Freehold 3-bedroom. 1679 sqft. Unblocked view. Good layout. Single loading. From $4.8M. Call Keller Yeo 9369 9222 D09 APARTMENT FOR SALE SKYPARK Skypark 3348 sqft. 4 room duplex sky bungalow, very high floor. 360 degree virtual tour on: www.SgNewHome.com Kelly Yu 8118 6452 D10
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      500 28 Call Toll-free 1800-289-9988 To Place Your Classified Advertisements BEATS D14 APARTMENT FOR SALE WINDY HEIGHTS Freehold. 2467sf. 4+1. Renovated. Spacious. Nice. F/aircon. Almost sold! View: www.*****783.com D15 APARTMENT FOR SALE ST PATRICK’S RESIDENCES Freehold. 3423 sqft, 5 ms. Penthouse Best price! $12xxpsf only! Access to Parkway Parade. Call Mable 9667
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      116 28 D15 HOUSE FOR RENT SIGLAP Siglap 2-storey Semi-D 4+1 rooms. Pool. Spacious. Bright. Airy. Near East Coast amenities, etc. View: www.*****783.com D16 HOUSE FOR RENT HARVEY CRESCENT 2 Storey Semi-D. 4 bedrms. 2,900/12,000 sqft. Partial furn. 5 mins walk to Simei MRT/ mall. $6.5k. Colin 9673 9377 D16 HOUSE FOR
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      271 29 D09 APARTMENT FOR RENT CAIRNHILL PLAZA Cairnhill Plaza. Behind Paragon. 3300 sqft. 4+1. Hotel Quality with Grand Piano. Semi-furnished. 6296 6036/ 9670 0518 D09 APARTMENT FOR RENT THE HAMILTON New! 2800sqft 3rm Ensuite+maid’s. Greeneryview The only Unique Condo with Car Lift!!! Near MRT! D09 APARTMENT FOR RENT THE TRILLIUM 2+1+1,
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      325 29 D01 OFFICE FOR SALE RAFFLES PLACE Grade A Office for Sale, *****sqft. Whole floor. Next to MRT. Rental yield 4.5%. Don’t miss! Call now 9101 6433 LamHH D07 SHOP FOR SALE PARKLANE SHOPPING MALL Star Buy!!! Parklane Shopping Mall. Corner unit. 300 sqft. Good traffic. MRT. Joanne 8282 1368 Propnex.
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      352 29 D20 FACTORY FOR SALE LINK AMK Direct Access Terrace/ Warehouse. From 2200 sqft. 60 years. Near YCK MRT/ SLE/CTE.Nancy 9619 2201 D20 SHOP FOR SALE ANG MO KIO 529 AMK shophse. 2 Sty 1658 sf. High Rental. Tenanted. Heavy human traffic. Wet Mkt, Hawker Ctr, No GST. V Joey 9022
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      323 29 D25 FACTORY FOR SALE Woodlands Industrial Park E1 B1 factory for sale/ rent, Woodlands Ind Pk E1, 1600 sqft, next to cargo lift, full furnish with aircon, immediate. 9649 5303 Ong SY OT D27 FACTORY FOR SALE 27 WOODLANDS IND. PARK E1 27 WOODLANDS IND. Pk. E1. (B2) #04. 3132/
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Thailand revives SEZ projects in Myanmar town
      734 30 Joint panel formed to discuss plans to facilitate building of projects in Dawei Xinhua [BANGKOK] The Thai government has taken steps to revive the special economic zone (SEZ) projects in Myanmar’s southern coastal town of Dawei, which have been sidelined due to sluggish
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      Lock icon Boeing shakes up defence business
      901 30 Management jobs are also cut as part of cost cutting drive Reuters [WASHINGTON] Boeing Co said on Wednesday that it will restructure its defence, space and security business and cut 30 per cent of management jobs from 2010 levels as part of a broad cost-cutting
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      Lock icon With another storm, US airlines aren’t taking any chances
      592 30 AP [NEW YORK] Major US airlines scrapped flights in and out of the New York area on Wednesday as the region was socked with the second significant storm in little more than a week. United and American suspended operations in the
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      Lock icon TRANSPORT STOCKS
      248 30 SGX '000 Nov 8 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.52 -0.01 1012 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.25 -0.01 189 Cosco Corp 0.91 -0.02 3608 s$ First Ship Lea 0.13 unch 135 Freight Links 0.06 unch 1606 Grand Banks unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.54 -0.01 343 K1Ventures 0.12 unch
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      3512 31 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com UEN NO. *****3249E UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE n GLOBAL SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE CONVENTIONAL, BREAKBULK PROJECT Destination
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      112 32 TO ADVERTISE IN .The Business Times Shipping times CALL JOE WONG FREIGHT FORWARDER urgently needed by shippers Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WO IMG AT 9620 1327 Highlight Your Company Anniversary Come publicise your Company Anniversary, Corporate Developments, Corporate Image, Award
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      2775 33 Transaction date: Nov 8 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote (’000) High Low Buyer Seller 149.5 92.5 AIMSAMPIReit 146 -0.5 35 146 145.5
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      156 34 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E Smil 12.1
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUST & FUNDS
      8414 34 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Asset Mat Pte Ltd APS Alpha FuncfCI A!** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd Aberdeen Asset Mat Asia Limited Asian Local Ccy SD Bond 0.9848/ EM Local Ccy
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      189 34 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company 41.5 26 Genting HK US$ US33 -1 3532 34 32.5 32.5 33 2172.9 Sale 228 169 TanChongInt HK210 205 208 4.3 3.3 7 4229.2 STOCK PRICES
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      961 34 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 126 114.4 ABF SG Bond ETF 120 +0.5 2 120 120 119.5 120 547.8 128.9 120.4 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 127.5 125.6 126.5 105.5 95.8 CIMB
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      650 35 Nov 8 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT 8868.42 8891.08 8811.41 Dec12 8980.00 9025.00 8805.00 8840.00 *****4 *****5 Mar13 8860.00 8860.00 8800.00 8825.00 13 2122 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 260.25 260.46 258.34 Nov12 260.50 261.90 255.30 258.50 ***** *****6 Dec12 261.00
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 35 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 7 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 904.0 -1.7 8.9 -1.9 2.7 -1.7 9.0 EAFE Preliminary 732.3 -0.9 7.4 -1.1 1.0 -0.9 7.1 Europe Preliminary 1106.1 -1.5 7.8
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      94 35 As on 7 November 2012 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE PRECIOUS METAL GOLD FUT DEC2012 1732.30 1704.10 1714.10 INDIA GOLD (E-GOLD) FUT DEC2012 577.85 569.05 574.05 CURRENCY EUR-USD FUT DEC2012 1.2880 1.2763 1.2770 BASE METAL COPPER FUT DEC2012 7758 7574 7587 INDEX IRON ORE (MBIO) IDX
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      107 35 Nov 7 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 12 1508.75 1516.75 1522.75 1500.25 Jan 13 1507.00 1515.50 1521.75 1497.25 Mar 13 1485.25 1491.00 1497.00 1477.25 May 13 1461.00 1465.25 1469.25 1452.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 12 48.62
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      70 35 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov 07 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 107.16 -1.09 WTI (Near Mth) 84.74 -3.66 Dubai (1-Mth F) 106.96 2.31 Tapis blend 115.71 2.54 Minas 109.49 2.54 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 105.5 2.83 Jet Kerosene 126.52 2.7 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 35 Nov 8 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2243 1.2245 2-months 1.2243 1.2245 3-months 1.2243 1.2245 6-months 1.2239 1.2242 Source: OCBC
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      64 35 Nov 7 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1897.00 1892.00 3 months 1923.00 1920.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7599.25 7692.75 3 months 7605.00 7700.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2200.50 2177.50 3 months 2176.00 2165.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin(US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00
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      80 35 Nov 7 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 12 1551 1587 1592/1549 Mar 13 1550 1586 1590/1546 May 13 1556 1592 1595/1551 Jul 13 1563 1598 1603/1557 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Nov 12 1903 1903 1912/1890 Jan 13 1929 1919 1938/1906 Mar 13 1946 1937 1956/1925 May 13 1961
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      868 35 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 4 1 146 466 6.63 18 Cooo) Conv Baker Technology Ltd W*****6 0.1 1 32 320.00 0 Exer Best World Intl Ltd W*****5 0.3 1 30 84 55.00
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      470 35 Nov 8 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 6.498 0.816 8.067 56.625 100.312 0.832 11.344 3.187 1.274 99.755 42.685 1.274 9.006 0.984 30.310 31.965 0.652 1.041 Canada 0.963 6.260
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      60 35 Nov 8 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths SWAP Mid rates (S$) 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Mid rates
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      135 35 Nov 8 GOLD(US$/oz) Nov 07 Nov 08 Hong Kong 1735.00 1731.00 Nov 06 Nov 07 London 1692.64 1707.66 1693.86 1708.43 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Nov 08 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 152 68 5gm 431 338 10gm 770 676
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      88 35 Nov 8 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****T 07-Feb-13 0.24 6-Month BS*****V 02-May-13 0.27 1-Year BY*****X 01-Nov-13 0.27 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0N 0.25 01-Oct-14 102.12 5-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 108.75
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      57 35 Nov 8 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Nov 12 2284.0 2290.0 2284.0 2240.0 151 2463 Dec 12 2325.0 2330.0 2335.0 2280.0 2174 ***** Jan 13 2398.0 2397.0 2399.0 2328.0 ***** ***** Feb 13 2445.0 2450.0
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      154 35 Nov 8 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2738 1.2751 1.0404 1.0413 Canadian dollar 1.2274 1.2281 1.0029 1.0025 Euro 1.5621 1.5628 1.2759 1.2763 NZ dollar 1.0001 1.0009 0.8169 0.8174 Sterling pound 1.9551 1.9560 1.5969 1.5974
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      121 35 As at 9am Nov 08 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.302 1.24 Can dollar 1.256 1.197 Euro 1.598 1.522 Sterling pound 1.992 1.916 NZ dollar 1.036 0.978 US dollar 1.248 1.189 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      154 35 Nov 8 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.28 0.18 2 months 0.38 0.28 3 months 0.45 0.35 6 months 0.70 0.50 9 months 0.85 0.65 12
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      314 37 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Paying for yourself twice it’s incomprehensible (6,5) 9 When a fight should start? Not a moment too soon (5,4) 10 Live and prosper, lacking nothing (5) 11 Angle of density? (6) 12 Writer’s addition that may be removed when it gets to the theatre (8) 13
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  • executive lifestyle
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      Lock icon Drinkers go to school
      1692 40  -  In the quest to learn more about their favourite tipples, enthusiasts here are increasingly attending courses catering to amateurs, says CHRISTOPHER LIM CHRISTOPHER LIM SITTING in a classroom to learn about drinks and then cramming for examinations to get a certificate used to be the province
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        1089 36  -  Dealers see lost business days in prime season, long recovery with huge expenses and unclear insurance coverage, reports ALLAN KOZINN reportsALLAN ALLAN KOZINN NYT AT MOST of the art galleries in the neighbourhood of Chelsea in New York, the water that poured in
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        581 36 Reuters [NEW YORK] A Monet water lilies painting sold for nearly US$43.8 million on Wednesday while a Kandinsky fetched an artist’s record of US$23 million as Christie’s kicked off the auction season with a sale that saw many mid-level works failing to find buyers. “Nympheas”,
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        Lock icon Stress-eating leads to weight gain as Sandy strikes
        658 36 NYT [NEW YORK] Veterans of dorm life are familiar with the “freshman 15”, the proverbial dozen-plus pounds that new college students pack on as they adjust to campus life. After a week of Chips Ahoy!-forag-ing and stress-binging in darkened apartments, downtowners who
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    • WINE/ARTS
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        Lock icon Painting a holistic portrait of Raffles
        1029 37  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON THERE are many things for which Singapore's founder Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles is remembered, but making money isn’t one of them. “He was a fantastic entrepreneur, sure, but he didn't make any money for himself or the East India Company (EIC),”
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        898 37  -  Chester d’Arenberg talks to CHRISTOPHER LIM about wines, labels and underwear CHRISTOPHER LIM WHEN Chester d’Arenberg Osborn stripped down to speedo briefs printed with his wine labels last November at WineFuture Hong Kong 2011, he reminded everyone how he abhors boredom in life and
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          106 37 Buy to Save 2012: Pre-loved designer-brand clothing, shoes and handbags, collected through Club21 Singapore and Singapore Tatler magazine, will be sold to raise funds for three causes: UN Women Singapore, which works towards women’s empowerment and gender equality; The mentoring programme of Beautiful People, which supports teenage girls on
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          229 37 Five to One exhibition: Artwork by students from five international schools here have once again been curated for the annual Five to One art exhibition. The students of Tanglin Trust School, Australian International School, St Joseph’s Institution International, United World College of South East Asia (Dover) and United World
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          198 37 Coldplay Live 2012: To celebrate the release of this British rock band’s first live album release in almost a decade, a concert from their current Mylo Xyloto tour will be shown on the big screen for one day only. The 96-minute gig was filmed in various locations including the
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          59 37 Incanto: A brand new resident show opens at Resorts World Sentosa this week. Incanto is a multi-million dollar production featuring magic, acrobats and more. It’s headlined by Joe Labero, one of the world’s top illusionists. Incanto is now on at Festive Grand Theatre at various times on different days.
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    • MUSIC
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        Lock icon Bootleg Beatles more than a tribute band
        602 38  -  TANtalks to George Harrison impersonator Andre Barreau about their show DYLAN TAN GEORGE Harrison was known as the quiet one among the Beatles, but his impersonator Andre Barreau from the Fab Four tribute band, The Bootleg Beatles, is anything but that. Speaking over
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        699 38  -  By CHRISTOPHER LIM WHEN female singers get within spitting distance of their 50th birthdays, they tend to do strange things that are as often wonderful as they are bizarre. Singer-pianists Tori Amos and Diana Krall demonstrate very different ways of handling late mid-life crises.
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    • CINEMA/GAMING
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        531 39  -  Argo is an accomplished piece of work, says GEOFFREY EU HOLLYWOOD-STYLEmake-believeandgrim political reality intersect to stirring effect in Argo, a thriller about an actual incident at the start of the Iran hostage crisis in 1979 and ample proof that truth is sometimes stranger
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        518 39  -  By DYLAN TAN WHEN it comes to making movies for the masses, you’ve got to hand it to Jack Neo for being able to turn everyday heartland issues into big screen yarns. It is why his films tend to strike a chord with unfussy audiences familiar
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        505 39  -  GAMING REVIEW By CHRISTOPHER LIM THE jarring combination of literary pretension and endless swearing doesn’t bode well for a game, and Of Orcs And Men does its best to channel John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice And Men while also trying a bit too hard to make
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