The Business Times, 21 March 2013

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 074/08/2012 Thursday, March 21, 2013
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  • Article
    Lock icon Forecasters see better days ahead for S’pore economy
    843 1  -  After sluggish Q1, they expect economy to gather steam and grow 2.8% this year, MAS survey shows By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Economists have turned a little more optimistic about Singapore’s growth performance for 2013, despite tuning their first-quarter forecasts a notch
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    Lock icon Europe assesses risks as Cyprus rejects bailout
    687 1  -  Markets sanguine, but eurozone in uncharted territory after Cyprus vote By NEIL BEHRMANN in London EUROPEAN markets and the euro rallied yesterday despite the risk that the Cypriot crisis has entered uncharted territory. Cyprus’s parliament overwhelmingly rejected its government’s bailout deal with the
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      65 1 HST INDEX 3,248.40 (-20.73) HST INDEX FUTURES 3,248.00 (-15.00) HSIMSCI 367.73 (-2.44) HSIMSCI FUTURES 367.80 (-2.40) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.251 (US$/S$ per 1.510 1.889 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.290 1.614 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 95.30 76.20 RM 3.121 2.495 HK$ 7.762 6.205 BAHT 29.21 23.35 RUPIAH
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      47 1 Wednesday Change KL COMP 1,631.54 +6.08 NIKKEI 225 closed HANG SENG 22,256.44 +214.58 SET INDEX 1,543.67 -24.58 JAKARTA COMP 4,831.50 +8.87 MANILA COMP 6,419.62 -6.63 SEOUL COMP 1,945.79 -20.63 SHENZHEN B 803.82 +23.26 MUMBAI IND 18,884.19 -129.31 12noon EDT Change DOW 14,510.65 +54.83 NASDAQ 3,241.66 +12.56
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      22 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 500 TAIWAN 13.420 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN US KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN INDIA US Source: Bloomberg
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      210 1 SHOPPING MALLS Unequal rent treatment makes retail ‘monotonous’ SPECIAL FOCUS Connecting business to Asia PROPERTY Rents for prime Orchard Rd space up in Q1 PAGE 31 PAGE 11 UK BUDGET Osborne halves UK growth forecast PAGE 2 PAGE 30 Investing in Iskandar Iskandar Malaysia has been heavily in the news
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Avert contagion from Cyprus: ex-ECB official
      522 2  -  He says decisions made in the next few days will prove critical By in ANDREA SOH in Hong Kong THE Cyprus crisis should be “managed very, very carefully” to prevent contagion, said a former official of the European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday. Although financial
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      556 2 S’pore forecasters see better days ahead ECONOMISTS have turned a little more optimistic about Singapore’s growth performance for 2013, despite tuning their first quarter forecasts a notch lower due to poor production and export figures thus far this year. Though they are now expecting lower growth of 0.8
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      Lock icon Business sentiment up for top Asia firms in Q1
      495 2  -  Uncertain global economy remains biggest risk: survey By NISHA RAMCHANDANI [SINGAPORE] Business confidence has picked up in the first quarter of this year for top companies in Asia, although firms continue to view the uncertain global economy as the biggest risk
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      Lock icon Osborne cuts 2013 GDP forecast in half; cites Euro risks
      790 2 He lowers corporate tax, sets out new mandate for BOE Bloomberg Reuters [LONDON] Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said the forecast for UK economic growth this year was cut by half as he lowers corporation tax and set out
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      Lock icon DPPs say Nimrod had headstart on tender preparations
      912 2  -  By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] Prosecutors yesterday alleged that Nimrod had a headstart in preparing for an April 6, 2011, tender to supply radiation portal monitors (RPMs) to the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) because of an inside tip from its former head,
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      Lock icon S’pore status as financial hub still secure: LKY
      802 4  -  It would be very stupid to shake the confidence other people have in the Republic, he warns By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s role as a financial centre is secure for now and one reason the Republic has been successful over the years
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      Lock icon Tender called for re-greening of Jurong Island
      398 4  -  Consultant to study vegetation to sop up contaminants By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] A tender has been called for the re-green-ing of Jurong Island not to prettify it, but to use plants to sop up the contaminants in the soil and water fouled by
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      137 2 RovalCaribbean MARINER OF THE SEAS Asia’s Largest Cruise Ship Coming to Singapore in June 2013 Packa ge* IHSBCExclusive)\ t0 USD2 °0onboardCredit*T 3 /4N BEST OF MALAYSIA CRUISE Mariner of the Seas Departure: 01* 04 Jun 2013 Port-of-call: Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang) 1 Langkawi 2 1 3 /4N SOUTHEAST ASIA CRUISE
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      252 3 THE METROPOLIS SINGAPORE'S NEW BUSINESS METROPOLIS WHERE THE GREATEST BUSINESS MINDS COME TOGETHER A A K l" 2* sr r> i i r r i m w *7, :v ifc The Metropolis, developed by Ho Bee Group, is Singapore's new centre for business. As the only Grade-A office building in
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      139 4 escape exper iCIlC© As you reflect on a day of warm welcomes and enriching experiences you are embraced by a feeling of calm. This is a place where your soul is revived and your senses enlivened. There’s something familiar about the way the light reflects on the ocean that stirs
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Spring cleaning at SingTel?
      756 6  -  Telco’s meeting with analysts recently hinted at renewed focus on bottom line Reports by JOYCE HOOI ALL signs point to spring cleaning at SingTel following news of its strategic review of its Australian satellite unit, carried out fittingly in the months leading up to summer. As
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      Lock icon SingTel confident Bharti Airtel and chairman Mittal are in the clear
      602 6 Surprise summons over additional 2G spectrum allocation SINGTEL is sticking by its associate Bharti Airtel in the face of a surprise summons issued against the latter and its chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal in the Indian courts. This summons come
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      Lock icon Investors flee gold funds for broad commodity ETFs
      677 6 Reu ters COMMODITY exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors have put money into funds with wider commodities exposure after pulling record amounts from bullion-specific funds as the price of gold tumbled, data from funds tracker Lipper shows. US-based ETFs tagged as “General Commodities Funds”
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      Lock icon Derivatives industry urges Iosco to take lead in global rules
      484 7  -  Call for it to do for derivatives markets what Basel did for prudential standards By KENNETH LIM FINANCIAL trade groups, clearing houses and exchanges, including Singapore Exchange, are asking the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) to take the lead
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      Lock icon SGX in Philippine tie-up for fixed income access
      285 7  -  By TEO SI JIA SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) has unveiled plans to develop fixed-income access between Singapore and the Philippines in a collaboration with Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp (PDS). A memorandum of understanding that the two parties have signed includes the development
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      Lock icon Olam shares top pre-Muddy Waters level
      230 7 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Olam International, the commodity trader targeted by short-seller Carson Block, topped the price it last traded at before the founder of Muddy Waters LLC said he was betting against the company. The stock rose as much as 2.6 per cent to
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Ezion wins US$48.2m charter contract
        102 7 EZION Holdings said it has secured a US$48.2 million charter contract over a three-year period to provide a service rig to an international oil company. The rig is expected to be deployed and working in the offshore oil and gas fields in the Arabian Gulf
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        Lock icon CSC unit set up rep office in Philippines
        53 7 CSC Holdings Ltd announced that its subsidiary, THL Foundation Equipment Pte Ltd, has established a representative office in the Philippines. The representative office has been set up to explore and capitalise on business opportunities in the foundation engineering equipment business in the
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      Lock icon SingPost remains world’s top postal agency
      555 9  -  Diversifying into profitable business lines pays off By LEE MEIXIAN A YEAR on, Singapore Post (SingPost) still ranks top in a global study of postal organisations’ performances, beating even the likes of strong courier brands such as FedEx and United Parcel Service (UPS) of
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      Lock icon OUE picks banks for US$800m hospitality Reit
      398 9 Reuters SINGAPORE property group Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) has chosen three banks for its planned US$800 million listing of a hospitality real estate investment trust (Reit) in the second half of the year, sources said. The plan comes as 2013 is shaping up
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      Lock icon Banker sees funding opportunities for Reits
      496 9  -  Continued activity expected amid low interest rates By TEH SHI NING AS LONG as interest rates stay low, there will be opportunities for fund-raising activity among real estate investment trusts (Reits) and business trusts, says Robin Phillips, HSBC co-head of global banking and Asia-Pacific
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      116 7 Buy i ng a property in Malaysia? Enjoy the convenience of financing it in Singapore. Malaysia Residential Property Loan Our Malaysia Residential Property Loan offers you the ease of financing your property purchase right here in Singapore. Besides attractive interest rates, you can benefit from favourable exchange rate movements with
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Euro uncertainty bears down on STI
      627 8  -  Markets back to where they started the week; traders rallying around penny stocks find their efforts futile STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent TRADERS tried their best to keep interest alive in the penny segment yesterday but faced an uphill task because of dwindling liquidity
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      73 8 Mar 20 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -321.00 +66.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +81.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -32.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 804.27 -0.74 FTSE ST Small Cap 567.63 +4.78 FTSE ST All Share 800.65 -3.60 FTSE ST China Top 216.71 +0.45 FTSE ST China 244.28 +0.39 FTSE
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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 2 0 0 0 5 8 2 Manufacturing 57 32 41 11 3 12 68 35 53 Commerce 34 24 8 8 7 1 42 31 9 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 18 12
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 71,935 71,935 91,077 91,077 Manufacturing 718,145 131,862 850,007 238,502 11,096 249,598 Commerce 166,174 108,178 274,352 101,077 9,484 110,561 Tpt/Stor/Comms 80,119 17,189 97,308 128,277 6,357 134,634 Finance 52,856 97 52,953 170,897 29 170,927 Construction 326,812 138,791
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      980 8  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim Tee International March 20 close: S$0.35 OCBC Investment Research, March 20 TEE International recently announced the establishment of two wholly owned indirect subsidiaries, Tee Industrial Pte Ltd and Tee Hospitality Pte Ltd, under its real estate unit, Tee Land Pte Ltd. The principal activity
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      113 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.090 +0.010 CapitaLand 3.530 +0.020 CapitaMall 2.100 +0.010 CityDev 10.680 -0.090 ComfortDelGro 1.910 -0.015 DBS Grp 15.460 -0.040 F&N 9.440 GLP 2.620 -0.010 Genting SP 1.455 Golden Agri 0.580 +0.010 HK Land 7.010 +0.010 JMH 64.000 -0.730 JSH 39.700 -0.300 Jardine
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      Lock icon Inflows boost Thai baht to 16-year high
      500 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Thai baht strengthened yesterday, returning to levels unseen since before the 1997 Asian financial crisis, as foreign funds poured in for a government bond auction and the finance minister said no measures were planned to curb the currency’s strength.
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 8 VOLUME SingHaiyi 676,988,000 Metech Int 337,938,000 IPCO Intl 185,591,000 YHM 138,651,000 Metech Int W*****7 134,480,000 Thai Beverage 113,129,000 Yongnam 95,577,000 Golden Agri 89,749,000 WE Hldgs 58,115,000 ChinaACorp 57,187,000 VALUE($) Thai Beverage 70,229,170 SingTel 68,620,810 Keppel Corp 64,287,160 DBS Grp 63,418,170 UOB 56,005,262 Golden Agri 51,905,540 SPH 50,887,370
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      111 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1679 117.6 5.9 GLD 10US$ ***** 85.0 0.4 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1426 38.8 2.2 DBXT CSI300 10US$ 809 23.8 2.4 DBXT MSCHINA 10US$ 1177 22.5 1.6 IEV 50 9.0 22.0 SinoGrandnes 95.5 8.5 9.8 DBXT MSMSIA 10US$ 1356 7.5 0.4 Tianjin
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      Lock icon FALLS
      124 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -360.2 -2.6 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** -100.0 -0.9 JMH 6400 -91.3 -1.1 Jardine C&C 5251 -69.0 -1.3 IS S&P500 ***** -51.3 -0.3 Lyxor AsiaRE 10US$ 1019 -51.3 -3.9 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 2281 -45.0 -1.6 JSH 3970 -37.5 -0.8 Lyxor MS
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Material to save cost of purifying water developed
      372 10  -  NTU innovation may help save cost by 30% compared to existing technology By MARIA MALA YOGALINGAM NANYANG Technological University (NTU) scientists have developed a new material that can be an asset to the water industry. The material is formed by turning titanium
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      Lock icon Research articles in ‘Nature’ land NUS in global top 100
      254 10  -  By NG SAI YING NATIONAL University of Singapore (NUS) is the first Singapore institution to be ranked among the top 100 in a global index that ranks institutions according to the number of primary research articles they put out in
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      Lock icon Emerging Asia to drive insurance premium growth: study
      462 10  -  By NATHANIEL CHEW PRIMARY insurance premiums in emerging Asia are expected to account for 699 billion euros (S$1.13 trillion), or 31.6 per cent ofthe global figure from 2012 to 2020, a study by Munich Re showed. Emerging Asian countries will make up
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      Lock icon Local retailers must carve out their own niche to remain competitive
      464 10  -  Challenges such as labour and rental costs are obstacles By LIM JIA YING THE president of the Singapore Retailers Association has called on retailers here to find their own niche in today’s troubled landscape. “They have to differentiate themselves,
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      Lock icon SMU sets up institute for business families
      334 10  -  By WEE LE TING SINGAPORE Management University (SMU) has launched the Business Families Institute (BFI), with the aim of serving the needs of business families in South-east Asia “Since 2010, SMU had recognised the emergence of Asian business families and discerned that they
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      Lock icon Student mentorship programme a success: Citi
      404 10  -  By BENJAMIN AW A MENTORSHIP programme launched this year to connect university students with banking and finance professionals has proven to be a success, according to organiser Citi. Some 140 students from local universities are taking part in the five-month programme that started in
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      Lock icon S’poreans rank fourth regionally in online shopping
      343 10  -  By MA XIANGYU SINGAPOREAN consumers have been ranked fourth in the Asia-Pacific in proclivity towards online shopping. The latest MasterCard online shopping survey put their propensity to shop online at 84 index points nine points higher than it was last year. Singaporean consumers
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  • CONNECTING BUSINESS TO ASIA
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      Lock icon Moving in an easterly direction
      963 11  -  UK multi-disciplinary design firm BDP is looking at Singapore as a potential base for the next phase of its Asian expansion By KAN KWOK LEONG FOUR years ago, shortly before a sovereign debt crisis emerged to stymie economic growth in Europe, UK-based architectural design firm
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      Lock icon A gateway to expansion
      452 11  -  By KELVIN TAN The writer is managing director and head of commercial banking, HSBC Singapore THERE are many advantages to using Singapore as a springboard for regional expansion. Many international companies looking to enter the fast-growing markets of South-east Asia have chosen to use this city-state
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      Lock icon Identity and character are important
      314 11 BDP’s David Cash talks about Singapore’s architectural heritage, the homogenisation of design, and dealing with Chinese clients. Q: What is your view on the rapid transformation of Singapore’s architectural landscape? A: It is absolutely essential that Singapore doesn’t forget its heritage, that it doesn’t lose
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      187 11 Singapore the Asian hub for connecting international business Emerging markets are developing at a phenomenal pace and are set to reshape world trade patterns over the next 20 years. Singapore’s location at the heart of fast-growing Asian markets makes it a trade hub for the region. But are you in
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      21 11 This is a four-part series, on the growth strategies of international businesses to Asia, brought to you by HSBC Commercial Banking
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon No turning back for Klang Valley MRT project
      547 12  -  Works to complete the line will go on, whatever the results of election, says RHB By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur THE Klang Valley’s first MRT line from Sungai Buloh to Kajang is “unstoppable” having “gone beyond the point of no return”,
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      Lock icon Khazanah planning more divestments
      468 12 State investment firm is also seeking to expand overseas Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Khazanah Nasional Bhd, Malaysia’s state investment company, is planning more domestic divestments while expanding overseas, said its managing director Azman Mokhtar. Malaysia’s initial public offering (IPO) market grew to the world’s fifth-largest last year, up
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      Lock icon Central bank sees 5-6% real GDP growth
      550 12  -  By in S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S central bank expects growth, in real gross domestic product (GDP) terms, to continue to be between 5 and 6 per cent in 2013. This compares with a robust 5.6 per cent last year. The estimate
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon New Delhi says it’s not hampered by ally’s pullout
      718 14 It adds that it can still pass reform bills, but ministers silent on snap polls Reuters Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] The Indian government said yesterday that it is still able to pass reform legislation in parliament, a day after its biggest ally
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      Lock icon China diplomat choices signal better Japan ties
      610 14 They also seem to keep America and its Asia pivot at bay Reuters [BEIJING] New Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent appointment of two top diplomats indicates a desire to repair relations with long-time rival Japan after months of tensions, while keeping the United
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      Lock icon China: Most attacks on govt websites come from the US
      280 14 Bloomberg [BEIJING] The number of Chinese government websites targeted by hackers almost doubled last year to 3,016, with the largest number of attacks coming from the US, China’s network security agency said in a report. “Law enforcement agencies should increase
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      Lock icon China Telecom beats profit estimates
      325 14 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Telecom Corp, the country’s biggest fixed-line carrier, reported fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as customers using Apple’s iPhone helped boost sales of wireless data. Net income fell 17 per cent to 2.36 billion yuan (S$475 million) from 2.84 billion yuan a
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US subsidised bond issuers hit by sequestration
      517 15 They’ll have to bear the interest that Washington was supposed to pay WP [WASHINGTON] Across the country, states, school districts and transportation authorities may end up spending hundreds of thousands even millions of dollars more on interest payments in another by-product of the
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      Lock icon High unemployment in US tempered by US$2 trillion shadow economy
      720 15 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] When Kevin Kalmes received a foreclosure notice on her home after being unemployed for more than two years, she said she started selling the contents of her basement, figuring that “I can’t fit all this stuff in a
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      Lock icon Industrialised nations should let inflation rise
      350 15 Move could address large public debts, says economist Reuters [WASHINGTON] Industrialised countries should consider a temporary burst in inflation of about 4 per cent to address large public debts, the World Bank’s chief economist said on Tuesday, joining other prominent economists who have called
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      128 15 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY *r j j liiL an IMj ,J 'u 1 J V »l rN > I I I Associate Professor Louis Phee Winner of President's Technology Award, 2012 h See the world in new ways as you venture across disciplines. Many complex problems we face today need solutions
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Boom time for Africa’s hotel sector
      782 16 Chains including Hilton, Marriott and Starwood are all keen to expand Reuters [ACCRA, Ghana] New hotels are springing up across Africa, despite the trials of bureaucratic delay and poor infrastructure, to take advantage of an increasing number of tourists and business travellers serving a
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      Lock icon Myanmar abolishes US dollar surrogate
      474 16 AFP AP [YANGON] Myanmar yesterday announced the abolition of its US dollar proxy currency, in the latest step towards economic normalisation as the impoverished former pariah opens to the world. More than US$30 million worth of Foreign Exchange Certificates (FEC) will be phased out of
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      Lock icon WTO faults Argentina on trade policy
      460 16 Re uters [GENEVA] The World Trade Organization (WTO) added its voice yesterday to criticism of the quality of Argentina’s inflation data, and said the country’s restrictive trade policies could fuel price pressures. “The acceleration of inflation is a source of concern, although it does
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      Lock icon French police raid IMF chief’s Paris home
      385 16 AFP [PARIS] French police yesterday carried out a raid on the Paris home of IMF chief Christine Lagarde in connection with a probe into her handling of a high-profile scandal when she was a government minister. The investigation concerns Ms Lagarde’s 2007 decision
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      Lock icon ‘Sun’ deputy editor charged over payoffs
      297 16 He allegedly authorised payments to public officials AP [LONDON] The deputy editor of The Sun tabloid in Britain has been charged with authorising thousands of pounds in illegal payoffs to government officials, prosecutors announced yesterday. The charges against Geoff Webster are the latest in
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      709 17 Agreement reached on laws establishing centralised banking supervisor AP [BRUSSELS] The European Union (EU) on Tuesday cleared a major legal hurdle towards establishing a full banking union to stabilise its financial system, just as investor confidence was hit hard by a controversial seizure
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      678 17 Reuters [BRUSSELS] EU politicians backed a compromise on Tuesday that would give carmakers limited leeway in the race to cut carbon dioxide emissions in line with targets while rejecting German calls for more lenient rules. The issue of how strictly to enforce European
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      50 18 [DUBAI] A sculpture by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama titled ‘Flowers That Bloom Tomorrow’ on display at the press preview of Art Dubai at Madinat Jumeirah on Tuesday. The seventh edition of Art Dubai features 75 international and regional galleries from 30 countries, and runs until Saturday. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      253 18 Reuters [BANGALORE] BlackBerry inventors Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin are pairing again to launch a US$100 million fund to incubate and commercialise quantum science technologies capable of spearheading the next wave of computing. Mr Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-CEO of BlackBerry in January
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      544 18 Unrest within Labor fuels talk that she could be toppled by her party AFP [SYDNEY] A key Australian government figure yesterday confirmed pre-election unrest within the Labor Party over Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s leadership, but said there was no ballot likely against her yet. Speculation
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      404 18 Individuals to be allowed access to most of the same securities as professionals Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia’s government is proposing to simplify the sale of retail bonds in a move that could offer firms an alternative to bank funding and see a large increase
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      440 19 US investigations focus on likely misbehaviour in China, Italy, Romania WP [WASHINGTON] Federal officials are investigating allegations that business partners of Microsoft, one of the world’s richest companies, bribed foreign officials to help enhance sales of the company’s software, according to people familiar with the
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      550 19 Fees cut for many sellers, some listing fees scrapped Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] eBay Inc said on Tuesday that it will overhaul fees for sellers on its online marketplace, lowering them for many sellers as it steps up competition with Amazon.com Inc. eBay is
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      414 19 Reu ters [NEW YORK] Starbucks Corp, the world’s biggest coffee chain, said on Tuesday that it bought its first coffee farm, where it will research the leaf rust that is devastating Central American crops as well as harvest its own beans. Starbucks, known for
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      469 19 NYT [PARIS] Just hours after an announcement that he would be investigated on charges of tax fraud and money laundering, Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac resigned from the French government on Tuesday evening, although he insisted that he had done nothing wrong. In
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      473 20 Army raises its alert level due to fears of N Korean involvement Reuters [SEOUL] South Korean authorities were investigating a hacking attack that brought down the servers of three broadcasters and two major banks yesterday, and the army raised its alert level
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      509 20 10% of potential ‘city-killer’ asteroids have been found Reuters [CAPE CANAVERAL, US] The chief of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), Charles Bolden, has advice on how to handle a large asteroid headed toward New York City: pray. That’s about all the
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      329 20 AFP [LONDON] Ten dresses owned by Princess Diana, including the one worn when she danced with actor John Travolta at a White House dinner, sold for £862,800 (S$1.6 million) at a London auction on Tuesday. The most iconic item the strapless
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      650 21  -  Asia-Pacific airlines seen reaping highest profit margins and in absolute dollars By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] The International Air Transport Association (Iata) is projecting brighter prospects for the global commercial aviation industry. Barring an escalation of the eurozone crisis or other unexpected event, it
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      479 21 Bloomb erg [HONG KONG] Asia will be able to take in more aircraft as economic growth and a population of more than three billion people will sustain travel demand, said Tony Fernandes, head of AirAsia, the region’s biggest low-cost carrier. Asia, which
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      242 21 SGX '000 Mar 20 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.48 -0.01 117 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.27 unch 98 Cosco Corp 0.90 0.01 1369 CWT Ltd Ezra Hldgs 1.12 0.01 3536 First Ship Lea 0.12 unch 572 Freight Links 0.08 unch 970 Grand Banks............unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd -0.01
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      510 21 Vessel earnings index drops to its lowest on record Bloomberg [LONDON] Frontline 2012 Ltd, the shipping company led by billionaire John Fredriksen, almost doubled the number of vessels it’s building at a time when the maritime industry is contending with record-low earnings and
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      291 21 Reuters [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways (ANA), the biggest customer for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, wants the planemaker to compensate it in cash, rather than discounts on future purchases, for losses racked up since the aircraft was grounded worldwide in mid-January, said a person familiar with ANA’s
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      347 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Company’s head of marketing, in place, working, and toeing the line (10) 6 Device that may use electricity (50A) (4) 9 Wants to be anything but diligent, start to finish (5) 10 Pleasant old jokes that may be dished up (9) 12 Scottish location could get
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      455 22 EDITORIAL GOING by the economic and social doom and gloom that hog news headlines everywhere today, few would have guessed that yesterday was the first ever International Day of Happiness. The sobering realities of everyday life aside, the United Nations had loftier goals in
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      849 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE CLIVE CROOK The writer is a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are his own THE European Union’s astonishing fumbling over Cypriot banks has both immediate and longer-term implications. Today, when the banks are due to reopen, the question
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      979 22  -  Policymakers need to look at likely impact of their short-sighted and expedient actions ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent ACTIONS always have “consequences” and these are often unexpected and sometimes very unwelcome. I suspect that central banks in rich nations are about to discover this as
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      1147 23  -  So much so that the White House may have bungled in thinking that Republicans would cut a deal to avert spending cuts Leon Hadar Washington correspondent ONE of Washington’s familiar cliches is that Republicans have never seen a defence spending programme they didn’t like and
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      669 23  -  By and ALEXANDER S FRIEDMAN, KIRAN GANESH The writers are global chief investment officer and cross-asset strategist respectively at UBS Wealth Management SIDE-effects are unavoidable in the pharmaceutical industry. All drugs cause them, but sometimes they lead to great opportunities. Think Viagra, originally developed for
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    1461 24 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 STXPO TBN Camden/New
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      3330 25 Transaction date: Mar 20 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 98 59 ABR Hldgs 67 unch 168 67 66.5 66 69 1.2 46.3 1.7 134.6 Vol Day
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      220 26 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 4.6 1.3 t Advanced System 1.8 unch 500 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 26.8 Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High
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      10626 26 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Asian Local Ccy SD Bond 1.0082/ Asian Smaller Cos'" 2 0141/ EM Local Ccy Bond 1.0117/ European Opportunities 1 1 1657/ Global Emerging Markets 1
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      262 26 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 50 25.5 AVJennings A38 -1 2 38 38 38 42 3.6 9.2 3 99 46.5 30 Genting HK US$ US45 -0.5 3347 45.5 45 45 45.5 2963
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      943 26 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 126 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 118.5 -0.1 2 118.5 118.5 117.9 118.7 540.9 136.8 120.4 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 136.8 135.7 136.6 111.7 95.8 CIMB
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      614 27 Mar 20 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.61 *****.16 *****.12 Jun13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****0 *****3 Sep13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 10 161 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 281.85 281.85 279.68 Mar13 280.50 281.10 277.80 279.00 ***** *****3 Apr13 280.60
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      373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 19 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1019.5 -0.3 8.7 -0.2 9.1 -0.4 6.5 EAFE Preliminary 850.2 -0.1 9.8 -0.1 7.6 -0.3 5.0 Europe Preliminary 1230.4 -0.7 7.2
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      473 27 Mar 20 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.066 6.450 0.805 8.059 56.434 101.011 0.989 11.587 3.240 1.262 101.941 42.283 1.299 9.599 0.983 30.926 30.322 0.688 1.038 Canada 0.938 6.050
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      64 27 Mar 20 (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$) 0.***** 3 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Mid
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      136 27 Mar 20 GOLD(US$/oz) Mar 20 Mar 19 Hong Kong 1618.50 1612.00 Mar 19 Mar 18 London 1612.14 1607.34 1612.96 1608.56 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Mar 20 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 145 65 5gm 413 323 10gm 737 647
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      87 27 Mar 20 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****S 20-Jun-13 0.26 6-Month BS*****T 19-Sep-13 0.26 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*****0S 0.25 01-Feb-13 100.12 5-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 108.12
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      59 27 Mar 20 Mar 20 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Apr 13 2420.0 2414.0 2429.0 2411.0 943 4650 May 13 2416.0 2416.0 2443.0 2416.0 7773 ***** Jun 13 2417.0 2415.0 2448.0 2414.0 ***** ***** Jul 13
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 27 Mar 20 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2981 1.2992 1.0380 1.0385 Canadian dollar 1.2176 1.2187 0.9742 0.9736 Euro 1.6135 1.6145 1.2902 1.2906 NZ dollar 1.0286 1.0296 0.8225 0.8230 Sterling pound 1.8882 1.8890 1.5098 1.5100
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      108 27 Mar 19 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 13 1406.75 1409.50 1418.75 1403.00 Jul 13 1388.00 1394.50 1400.75 1386.25 Aug 13 1350.00 1356.75 1362.50 1348.75 Sep 13 1287.75 1295.75 1298.75 1286.50 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 13
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      80 27 Mar 19 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low May 13 1418 1414 1423/1413 Jul 13 1431 1429 1438/1427 Sep 13 1443 1440 1448/1438 Dec 13 1451 1447 1455/1447 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Mar 13 2124 2145 2142/2126 May 13 2155 2176 2181/2153 Jul 13 2158 2179 2184/2156 Sep 13 2158
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      897 27 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 4 1 146 650 5.00 14 Conv Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****7 3 1 25 16 Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****5 3.3 1 27 40 Price Best World Intl Ltd W*****5 6.5 1 30
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      70 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Mar 19 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 108.23 -0.86 WTI (Near Mth) 92.15 -1.62 Dubai (1-Mth F) 105.50 1.09 Tapis blend 115.03 0.86 Minas 109.53 0.86 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 100.33 -0.39 Jet Kerosene 123.12 -0.15 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      22 27 Mar 20 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2506 1.2510 2-months 1.2505 1.2510 3-months 1.2505 1.2510 6-months 1.2501 1.2515 Source: OCBC
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      65 27 Mar 19 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1895.00 1893.50 3 months 1936.50 1936.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7493.75 7542.00 3 months 7530.00 7575.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2145.00 2162.25 3 months 2170.00 2185.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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      121 27 As at 9am Mar 20 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.327 1.264 Can dollar 1.247 1.188 Euro 1.648 1.570 Sterling pound 1.926 1.852 NZ dollar 1.065 1.005 US dollar 1.277 1.217 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      159 27 Mar 20 Mar 20 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.15 0.10 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.14 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.28 0.18 2 months 0.40 0.20 3 months 0.45 0.25 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.75
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  • PROPERTY
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      1346 28  - Small is beautiful in Manhattan Yield seekers turn to smaller properties after a surge in demand drained the market of bigger buildings, reports OSH RAT CARMIEL reports OSHRAT CARMIEL Bloomberg [NEW YORK] INVESCO Real Estate, manager of almost US$50 billion of property investments, wanted to expand the number of apartment
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      Lock icon Canadian Reit IPOs outperforming those of other sectors
      839 28 Bloomberg [TORONTO] Real estate investment trusts yielding as much as 5.5 per cent, led by American Hotel Income Properties Reit, are forecast to continue outperforming Canadian initial public offerings such as Hudson’s Bay Co and Ivanplats Ltd. American Hotel is Canada’s best
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      579 28 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR DISTRICTS 2 TO 28 WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN FEB 20 AND FEB 26, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 2 NON-LANDED Altez Apt 25/02/2013 99 861 1993 2314 District 4 NON-LANDED The Interlace Apt
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      Lock icon South Korea’s property market still weak
      1109 29 Home sales at lowest since 2006; Seoul prices lowest since March 2008 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean housing sales at the lowest levels since 2006 are increasing the urgency of President Park Geun Hye’s plans to bolster the market, just as China, Singapore and Hong
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      375 29  -  Condo development comes with mall, bus interchange By AMANDA TAN [SINGAPORE] Hillion Residences is set to be Singapore’s first mixed-use development in the west to integrate residential living with amenities such as a retail mall and a fully air-condi-tioned bus interchange. The development in
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      Lock icon Unequal rent treatment makes retail ‘monotonous’
      381 30  -  Trend could be detrimental to Singapore’s image as a shoppers’ paradise: World Retail Congress By GRACE NG [SINGAPORE] The global trend of offering lower rents to big brands has enabled them to dominate the retail scene here. Savills’ latest report on the retail sector
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      356 30  -  By ONG CHOR HAO [SINGAPORE] The Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) is finalising its review of regulations for agents with input from stakeholders, according to Senior Minister of State for National Development Tan Chuan-Jin. Having experienced the new regulatory system since CEA
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      Lock icon Russians snap up luxury homes on Spanish coast
      846 30 They are drawn by mild climate, relaxed lifestyle AFP [SPAIN] Russians are snapping up luxury villas surrounded by lush vegetation along Spain’s rugged Mediterranean coast, drawn by a mild climate and relaxed lifestyle, providing the country’s ailing economy with a much-needed boost.
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      Lock icon Rents for prime Orchard Rd space up in Q1
      560 31  -  Rise in average rent a result of revamp of several malls in shopping stretch By FELDA CHAY [SINGAPORE] Average rents for prime Orchard Road shop space rose for the first time in over a year in the first quarter, and are
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      Lock icon Investment sales of hotels slip to $1.45b last year
      422 31  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI [SINGAPORE] Investment sales of hotel real estate in Singapore slipped from $1.58 billion in 2011 to $1.45 billion last year, according to property consultancy Knight Frank. One of the reasons that fewer deals were closed was the pricing
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      Lock icon Middle Rd commercial building going en bloc
      346 31  -  JLL sets $45-50m indicative price for Bright Chambers By NATHANIEL CHEW [SINGAPORE] Bright Chambers, a commercial building located at 108 Middle Road, has been put up for collective sale by tender by real estate agent Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). The nine-storey commercial development
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      270 29 AUCTION ON 27 MARCH 2013, WEDNESDAY ESTATE'S SALE 1) Off Bedok Road 2) Braddell Heights Estate BEDOK RIA GRES SUBJECT < SITE* Hex SERANGOON AVE 2 SUBJECT i, SITE 0RB WOLSKEL RD -S 1 Land with a 1-storey detached Land area approx. 6,455 sq ft Freehold Zoned 2-storey mixed landed
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      2134 8  -  By ALICE TAN, JOANNA CHEN LE THI DAN THUY The writers are analysts at Knight Frank Consultancy Research. THE Iskandar Malaysia (IM) region has received much attention in recent months, as Singapore business enterprises and investors seek alternative areas of growth beyond Singapore. Launched in
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      1077 14  -  By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur IS the special economic zone of Iskandar Malaysia in Johor approaching a tipping point, or has it already been reached? Whatever one’s view may be, it appears a moot point based on the pick-up in
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      2036 20  -  THIS is an edited excerpt of an interview with Ismail Ibrahim, the chief executive of Iskandar Regional Development Authority. He was speaking to The Business Times correspondent LEE U-WEN in Johor Baru. LEE U-WEN Question: How would you describe the past year
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