The Business Times, 29 July 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 Monday, July 29, 2013
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    Lock icon Japan’s Asean focus raises fears of China neglect
    744 1  -  Jetro chairman worried about fall in investment in China with more cities joining ‘US$10,000 club’ By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo AS Japan warms up to South-east Asia, some fear this could be at the expense of China and its huge market. During
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    Lock icon Construction workforce can shrink 20-30% if productivity targets hit
    959 1  -  No better time than now for construction firms to adapt, says BCA chief By ONG CHOR HAO [SINGAPORE] The construction industry may be able to reduce its overall workforce by 20 to 30 per cent by 2020 if it attains a
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      57 1 Weekly Change ST INDEX 3,236.10 +22.84 KL COMP 1,807.61 +9.87 NIKKEI 225 14,129.98 -459.93 HANG SENG 21,968.95 +606.53 SET INDEX 1,476.71 -5.13 JAKARTA COMP 4,658.87 -65.54 MANILA COMP 6,763.62 +142.60 SEOUL COMP 1,910.81 +39.40 SHENZHEN B 768.91 +8.00 MUMBAI IND 19,748.19 -401.66 DOW 15,558.83 +15.09 NASDAQ 3,613.16 +25.55 S&P
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      23 1 For breaking news, go to businesstimes.com.sg. For personal finance stories, go to btinvest.com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838.
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      19 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONGKONG 5.00 INDONESIA KOREA TAIWAN BRITAIN JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN Source: Bloomberg
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      49 1 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.264 (US$/S$ per 1.539 1.945 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.329 1.680 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 98.60 78.10 RM 3.209 2.539 HK$ 7.757 6.138 BAHT 31.12 24.62 RUPIAH 10,260 8,118 RENMINBI 6.130 4.850 INDIAN RUPEE 58.88 45.59 A$ 1.076 0.852 NZ$ 1.234 0.977
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      84 1 DINING OUT Caribbean jaunt fires up the palate PAGE 19 YOUNG INVESTORS’ FORUM What return is attractive? PAGE 12 BizIT FOCUS Transforming marketing strategies PAGE 28 VIEWS FROM THE TOP Encouraging entrepreneurship PAGES 10-11 OYSTER PERPETUAL SKY-DWELLER IN IS CT WHITE GOLD I t I ROLEX B THE HOURGLASS TAKASHIMAYA
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Obama narrows choices for next Fed chairman
      648 2 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US President Barack Obama said that his nominee for Federal Reserve chairman will be someone who embraces the central bank’s dual mandate to promote price stability and maximum employment, and he has narrowed his choice “to some extraordinarily qualified candidates”. “I
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      Lock icon Bulls taking charge while the weather is still fine
      949 2  -  So long as the Fed keeps to its plans, the market can take what it sees coming WALL STREET INSIGHT By ROB CURRAN STOCK buyers will continue to make hay this week as long as the central-bank sun shines. In its
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Japan’s Asean focus raises fears of China neglect
        64 2 JAPAN is warming up to South-east Asia, but some fear this could be at the expense of China and its huge market. During whistle stop visits to Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines last week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought to present
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        Lock icon Construction workforce can shrink 20-30%
        61 2 THE construction industry may be able to reduce its overall workforce by 20 to 30 per cent by 2020 if it attains a similar increase in productivity, said the chief executive of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), John Keung. BCA has set itself a
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        Lock icon Three Chinese provinces raise minimum wages
        43 2 THREE mainland provinces Jiangsu, Sichuan and Liaoning are raising minimum wages despite the prospect of slower economic growth this year, a sign that the world’s second-largest economy is bidding farewell to the cheap labour of past decades.
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        Lock icon Two Forterra unitholders to get 5m euros each
        69 2 FORTERRA Trust majority unitholders Richard Barrett and John Ronan will reportedly receive some five million euros (S$8.4 million) each in cash under a complex deal with the tax payer-owned National Asset Management Agency (Nama) and the liquidators of Treasury Holdings (TH). The
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        Lock icon IDT’s new facility in S’pore to meet Asia demand
        43 2 UNITED States-based Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has set up a $6 million facility in the Singapore Science Park to be closer to its customers in Asia. The lab opened its doors on July 24.
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        Lock icon EPF to spend 500m euros on German, French properties
        56 2 THE Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Malaysia’s state pension fund, will invest half a billion euros in industrial property in Germany and office space in France, according to sources familiar with the deals, signalling growing appetite for high-yielding property assets as Europe’s
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        Lock icon CIC posts 10.6% return on overseas investments
        39 2 CHINA Investment Corp (CIC), created to manage part of the nation’s US$3.5 trillion foreign currency reserves, reported a 10.6 per cent return on its overseas investments last year as global equities rallied.
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        Lock icon Investors moving their attention to Europe
        50 2 EUROPE is beginning to grab the attention of investors who think its financial markets have most to gain from a turnaround in economic momentum which favours the developed rather than the emerging world. Surprise improvements in leading indicators are prompting a rethink on Europe.
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      Lock icon Three Chinese provinces raise minimum wages
      582 4  -  Move by Jiangsu, Sichuan, Liaoning signals end of cheap labour era By JULIE ZHU EJ Insight [HONG KONG] Three Chinese provinces are raising minimum wages despite the prospect of slower economic growth this year, a sign that the world’s second-largest economy is bidding farewell
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      Lock icon A room with a (fireworks) view
      988 4  -  By ANNABETH LEOW [SINGAPORE] Even with the long weekend’s temptation for overseas getaways, and the looming threat of the haze returning, hotels and eateries in the Marina Bay area say that they expect a packed crowd for the National Day holiday, especially at venues
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      Lock icon MBS looks to raise $3m at CSR festival
      517 4  -  IR ropes in its celeb chef restaurants for the Aug 16-18 event By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] Marina Bay Sands (MBS) is planning to raise up to $3 million for charity through its inaugural “Sands for Singapore” festival, a major corporate social responsibility
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      Lock icon Asia A-listers take their seat on fashion front row
      593 4 AFP [PARIS] Arriving at a Christian Dior fashion show in Paris surrounded by a gaggle of photographers and minders, Korean star Gianna Jun quickly eclipsed the already seated Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence. One of the best known faces in Asia following
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Should a tax be levied to cover HFT supervision?
      781 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY HERE’S an interesting question: if regulators have to spend a disproportionate amount of time and resources on monitoring a particular area or activity in the stock market that might not be kosher, then might it
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      Lock icon Two Forterra unitholders to get 5m euros each
      538 5  -  Under a settlement deal, they will also pay money to Nama and Treasury’s liquidators By LEE MEIXIAN FORTERRA Trust majority unitholders Richard Barrett and John Ronan will reportedly receive some five million euros (S$8.4 million) each in cash under a complex deal
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      Lock icon Eighth straight week of low selling
      1758 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Ltd UYING fell while selling activity among directors remained low for the eight straight week based on Singapore Exchange filings in the third week of July. Eight companies recorded 14 purchases worth
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      329 8 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Eastern Holdings A 1100 Lower Delta Road #02-01 29-Jul 2.00pm E EPL Building 29-Jul 2.15pm Indiabulls Prop Inv A Furama City Center Ballroom 1 Level 5 60 Eu Tong Sen Street 29-Jul 2.00pm Lottvision Ltd A Capital Tower FTSE Room Level 9 168
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      1087 8 Payment Ex Rec Pay Ann (cts) date date date date AIMS AMP Capital Ind REIT ct 1.650 02-Aug 06-Aug 20-Sep 25-Jul Ascott Residence Trust ag 4.081 29-Jul 31-Jul 28-Aug 23-Jul A-Sonic Aerospace aw 0.170 30-Aug 03-Sep 17-Sep 16-May Ban Leong Tech ak 1.100 31-Jul 02-Aug 14-Aug 30-May Biosensors
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      289 8 Jul 26 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.50 Agricultural Bank Of China Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd Bank of China Limited 5.50 Bank of Communications 5.50 ...6.00 ...5.50 Bank of Communications Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd Banque Internationale a ...6.00 BNP Paribas
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Focus on penny stocks set to continue
      646 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IT probably goes without saying that penny-stock punting will again provide the main action for the local stock market this week. This follows from last week’s trading and the week before that, when low-priced issues burst into life
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      Lock icon US dollar drops for third week on Fed stimulus outlook
      643 6 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The dollar fell for a third week against most major peers as US economic data failed to convince investors that the Federal Reserve will decide this week to reduce stimulus by slowing its bond-buying programme. The
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1412 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT 2.00 2.00 4 9.53 16.96 1.87 1.62 Amtek Engineering Ltd 3.33 3.33 3 0.05 7.46 0.54 0.48 ARA Asset Management Limited 2.57
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      Lock icon China jitters continue to spook markets
      692 6 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] Global commodity prices mostly fell last week as traders took their cue from mounting worries over the Chinese economy, which is a crucial consumer of many raw materials and where data showed China’s country’s manufacturing activity contracted to an 11-month low
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      73 6 Jul 26 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 60.00 +78.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +50.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +6.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 772.68 +1.03 FTSE ST Small Cap 577.42 +1.52 FTSE ST All Share 793.96 +0.40 FTSE ST China Top 203.23 +0.17 FTSE ST China 232.10 -0.23 FTSE
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      53 6 VOLUME Albedo 897,230,000 HanKore 797,300,000 Innopac 762,586,000 Unionmet 557,637,000 Mirach Energy 477,397,000 CNA 449,995,000 YHM 408,675,000 Aussino 393,363,000 Albedo W*****9 269,752,000 Contel 259,880,000 VALUE($) SingTel 321,631,323 CapitaLand 261,142,819 Keppel Corp 237,005,226 DBS Grp 222,489,470 Genting SP 214,145,505 UOB 195,861,186 SPHREIT 180,004,220 Mirach Energy 157,062,675 OCBC Bk 156,333,300
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      117 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** 1167.6 5.8 Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** 1124.6 6.9 SPDR DJIA 10US$ ***** 1099.3 5.9 GLD 10US$ ***** 510.5 3.2 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 321.0 2.5 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5524 195.9 2.9 IS S&P500 ***** 173.1 0.8 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2703
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      Lock icon FALLS
      126 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN JMH 5495 -524.4 -7.0 F N.ES.1307 559 -324.0 -36.7 F&N 576 -308.0 -34.8 DBXT STGLDv100 10US$ 2905 -142.8 -3.7 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2217 -136.5 -4.6 JSH 3460 -87.2 -2.0 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1481 -61.9 -3.2 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4586 -35.4 -0.6 DBXT iBoxxIDR 10US$ 1075
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon aLife: Dr Chew’s way of giving back to society
      725 9  -  His non-profit body has been promoting healthy family life By LIVIA YAP SCHOOL dormitories can mean different things to different people as they grow up. For some, they represent freedom; a life away from parental control. For others, they may represent
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      Lock icon IDT’s new facility in S’pore to meet Asia demand
      315 9  -  The $6m lab will supply locally made oligoneuclotides to clients in the region By TEO SI JIA US-BASED Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has set up a new $6 million facility in the Singapore Science Park, to be closer to its customers
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      358 9 HONORING THE BEST IN LOCAL ENTERPRISES 4 i Mr Howard Cheng Alpha Gymnastics Pte Ltd i Mr Albert Lam Beaute Hub Mr V. Siva Caltek Pte Ltd L. Mr Jimmy Lim Yew Cheng JP Knights Pte Ltd Mr Jerry Singh Chaitime Pte Ltd (Chaitime) Ms Amanda Koo eClarity Diamonds (Wah
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Encouraging entrepreneurship
      4060 10 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC What are the strengths and weaknesses of Singapore’s current entrepreneurial landscape? What needs to be done to take entrepreneurship in Singapore to the next level? Kenny Yap Kim-Lee Executive Chairman Managing Director Qian Hu THE strengths of Singapore’s current entrepreneurial landscape are a pro-business government,
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      11 11 For the complete list of views from CEOs, go to http://businesstimes.com.sg
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      538 11 BROUGHT TO YOU BY SHAREINVESTOR Hear From the Investment Expert Myanmar offers good investment opportunities As the country opens up to the world, Myanmar offers good investment opportunities for those who are looking for early mover advantage. The economy is under-developed and needs foreign capital, human resource expertise and technology.
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon What return is attractive?
      1540 12  -  The cost of capital is the interest rate investors expect to get in a company relative to the risk, reportsCAI CAI HAOXIANG LAST week, a complicated but rigorous way to value a business called the discounted cash flow (DCF) model was discussed. This method says a
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      Lock icon A WACC-ky world
      663 12  -  By CAI HAOXIANG IS it worth doing all that work to get a cost of capital number for your DCF model, which may or may not be accurate? For the average investor, the answer is no. What is far less tedious is to think about the fundamental
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      157 12 Get started now Be a young investor DO you aspire to be a successful young investor? Are you keen on taking the first step towards achieving that? The BT-Citibank Young Investors’ Forum is no typical page extracted from a financial textbook. This forum will present step-by-step guides on how to
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon EPF to spend 500m euros on German, French properties: sources
      807 14 M’sian pension fund aims to lift overseas investments to 23% of total assets Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s state pension fund will invest half a billion euros in industrial property in Germany and office space in France, according to sources familiar
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      1432 14 VOL Jul 26 RM +/-(‘000) A M Realty 1.18 unch 488 Abric Bhd ('000) Advance Synerg 0.15 -0.01 1320 Adventa Bhd unch Ae Multi Hldgs 0.21 -0.01 495 Affin Holdings 4.30 0.01 143 Ahmad Zaki Res 1.01 -0.02 895 Airasia Bhd 3.20 0.01 5524 Alliance Finan Advance Synerg
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      Lock icon Freeport Indonesia to offer 5% stake to public; in smelter talks
      507 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Freeport McMoRan Copper Gold Inc’s Indonesian subsidiary will offer a 5 per cent stake to the public and is in talks with three local smelters on copper concentrate supply deals, company and government officials said. The moves
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon CIC posts 10.6% return on overseas investments
      825 16 Net income jumps to US$77.4b from US$48.4b in 2011 as global equities rally Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Investment Corp (CIC), created to manage part of the nation’s US$3.5 trillion foreign currency reserves, reported a 10.6 per cent return on its overseas investments last year
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      Lock icon RBI aims to avoid steps that would hurt growth
      882 16 Reuters [MUMBAI] If one thing is clear from India’s impulsive strategies this month to defend a plunging currency, it is that the central bank’s policy bias towards supporting growth is innate, even in a crisis. When the rupee hit a record
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      Lock icon China to conduct audit of all govt debt
      294 16 Reuters [BEIJING] China’s National Audit Office will conduct an audit of all government debt at the request of China’s State Council or cabinet, it said in a statement yesterday, underlining concern over rising debt levels in the world’s second biggest economy. The
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Japanese PM may rethink sales tax hike
      599 17 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s most significant fiscal reform in years a planned increase in the country’s sales tax could be delayed or watered down in a move that might rattle financial markets and amount to an own goal for the prime minister. Despite holding
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      Lock icon Hamilton wins Hungarian Grand Prix
      456 17 AP [BUDAPEST] Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix (GP) from pole position yesterday to clinch his first victory of a frustrating season. Kimi Raikkonen was second after holding off a strong late challenge from Sebastian Vettel, who was third ahead of Red Bull teammate
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      Lock icon 40m euros worth of jewels stolen in Cannes
      261 17 AP [PARIS] A staggering 40 million euros (S$67.2 million) worth of jewels and diamonds were stolen yesterday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe’s biggest jewellery heists in recent years, police said. The French Riviera hotel was hosting
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      Lock icon Growth may pick up steam in emerging Europe: analysts
      833 17 Worst is most likely behind the region after positive Q1 growth: IMF chief AFP [WARSAW] Emerging Europe might be breaking free of a deep five-year setback sparked by the financial crisis and even be on the verge of a new growth
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      Lock icon Investors moving their attention over to Europe
      754 18 Things are looking up for the continent, with surprise jumps in leading indicators Reuters [LONDON] Europe is beginning to grab the attention of investors who think its financial markets have most to gain from a turnaround in economic momentum which favours the developed
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      Lock icon BOJ finds pessimism from within
      695 18 Reuters [TOKYO] Some Bank of Japan policymakers are becoming more vocal in expressing concerns about the economic outlook, threatening to pick away at what has been a unified public position of optimism key to the central bank’s reflationary message. The three policymakers on the nine-member
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      Lock icon London property price crash feared as yields plunge
      518 18 Reuters [LONDON] Voracious investor demand for the best London real estate is approaching record levels that could trigger a price crash in popular areas such as upmarket Bond Street, property experts said. The luxury shopping strip that is home to Prada, Louis
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      Lock icon Rudd leads Australia’s Labor party up in nationwide popularity poll
      526 18 Party goes from deficit to 50:50 with opposition coalition Bloomberg [CANBERRA] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who must call an election this year, has erased his ruling Labor party’s popularity deficit with voters since returning as leader, according to a
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      Lock icon Fed official wants quick exit from bondbuying programme
      413 18 He says quantitative easing has done little to boost US economy Reuters [BERLIN] The US Federal Reserve must end its bondbuying programme quickly and an end to the programme was “in sight”, a senior Fed official said in a German magazine. Fed
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  • DINING OUT
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      321 20 Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] Nippon Yusen KK, Japan’s biggest shipping line, and eight other maritime-car transporters have been accused in a lawsuit by a Flori-da-based shipping company of fixing prices on carrier services. Manaco International Forwarder Inc contends officials of Nippon Yusen and
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      562 20 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said that it proposed penalising Boeing’s commercial airplane unit US$2.75 million for taking nearly two years to fix a problem with fasteners on its 777 widebody airplanes. The penalty was unusual in its size
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      313 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] West African pirates will threaten the region’s oil and shipping industries for years as the measures used to curb attacks in the Indian Ocean aren’t able to help, according to a provider of armed guards for vessels. While
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      240 20 SGX '000 Jul 26 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.44 unch 20 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 unch 143 Cosco Corp 0.77 0.01 1268 s$ Ezra Hldgs 0.86 -0.01 1973 First Ship Lea unch unch 0 Freight Links 0.11 unch 9507 Grand Banks unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.58
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      360 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Cronies loured terribly about vote for anti-terrorism measure (9,5) 9 A tram is broken down beside river in Indian city (8) 10 Lizard giving ‘ell in activity (5) 12 Volunteers lodged in posh hotel in state (4) 13 A container almost illuminated in area for dessert
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      915 21 The Business Times Shipping times Papua New Guinea Australia New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji all other Pacific Islands Dili (East Timor) Guam (Mariana Islands) Honolulu (Hawaii) SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE W W W. N G P L J S P. C O M VESSEL VOY SIN NOU SUVA BUS MOTHER VESSEL
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      3489 23 Week ended: Jul 26 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld 188 106 AIMSAMPIReit M Cap High Low Company 75 55 ASL Marine ('000) High
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      308 24 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last 2.4 1.3 t Advanced System 1.5 unch 5871 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6 23.8 Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap
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      114 24 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.980 +0.020 CapitaLand 3.260 +0.040 CapitaMall 2.030 +0.010 CityDev 10.750 +0.160 ComfortDelGro 1.995 +0.010 DBS Grp 16.800 +0.060 GLP 2.900 +0.040 Genting SP 1.370 Golden Agri 0.545 HK Land 6.750 -0.010 Stock name Close Change HPH Trust US$ 0.760 JMH 54.950
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      2027 24 Transaction date: Jul 26 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Stores '000 Angang Steel 4.65 0.04 ***** Anhui Conch Anhuiexpresswa 3.60 0.02 937 Asia Satellite 28.60 0.10 9 Asm Pacific 0.20 Bank Of E Asia 29.00 0.10 2372 Beida Jade Bir 0.35 unch 0 Beijing Airpor 5.15 -0.08
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      264 24 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 49.1 25 AVJennings A42 +0.5 79 47 42 42 47 3.6 8.3 3.4 155.5 52 31 Genting HK US$ US44 +1 ***** 44.5 41.5 43.5 44 2897.2
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      186 24 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 7 3 0 0 0 6 7 3 Manufacturing 94 69 30 15 13 9 109 82 39 Commerce 33 24 19 14 6 0 47 30 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 30 7 6
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      1022 24 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 126 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 115.5 +1.5 110 115.5 112 115 115.5 527.2 143 120.4 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 127.7 137.2 138.1 114.4 99 CIMB
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      123 24 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 155,132 155,132 349,083 349,083 Manufacturing 2,933,267 619,878 3,553,145 799,248 32,048 831,296 Commerce 1,064,454 1,282,963 2,347,417 540,495 60,992 601,487 Tpt/Stor/Comms 563,569 124,343 687,912 671,777 47,840 719,617 Finance 831,642 1,817 833,459 751,037 839 751,876 Construction 467,481 505,415
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      26 24 Insiders' trades. Brokers' recommendations. Dividend table. The pages also cover transactions by directors and substantial shareholders. In other words, news you can use. THE BUSINESS TIMES
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      640 25 Jul 26 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.39 *****.01 *****.52 Sep13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****9 Dec13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 0 ***** MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 289.05 291.22 288.03 Jul13 289.30 291.90 287.30 288.70 *****5 *****9 Aug13 287.00
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      373 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jul 26 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1083.2 -0.7 15.5 -0.5 16.9 -0.4 12.9 EAFE Preliminary 881.5 -0.9 13.8 -0.4 12.3 -0.3 8.4 Europe Preliminary 1251.0 -0.3 9.0
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      471 25 Jul 26 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.954 5.694 0.699 7.206 54.692 95.310 0.916 10.324 2.981 1.147 94.121 40.214 1.174 8.995 0.862 27.809 28.904 0.604 0.929 Canada 1.048 5.968
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      51 25 Jul 26 (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$) 1 mth 1 mth 2 mths 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 9 mths 12 mths Source: Thomson
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      88 25 Jul 26 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****W 19-Sep-13 0.26 6-Month BS*****N 24-Jan-14 0.28 1-Year BY*****H 02-May-14 0.28 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0S 0.25 01-Feb-15 100.05 100.09 100.09 5-Year N*****0T 0.5
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      135 25 Jul 26 GOLD(US$/oz) Jul 26 Jul 25 Hong Kong 1341.80 1329.90 Jul 25 Jul 26 London 1325.90 1317.87 1326.65 1318.67 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jul 26 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 122 54 5gm 347 271 10gm 620 543
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      57 25 Jul 26 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Aug 13 2231.0 2260.0 2268.0 2222.0 394 1944 Sep 13 2199.0 2218.0 2225.0 2177.0 5711 ***** Oct 13 2163.0 2183.0 2189.0 2137.0 ***** ***** Nov 13 2155.0 2177.0
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      155 25 Jul 26 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1735 1.1745 0.9287 0.9292 Canadian dollar 1.2300 1.2310 0.9739 0.9734 Euro 1.6791 1.6800 1.3288 1.3291 NZ dollar 1.0233 1.0243 0.8098 0.8104 Sterling pound 1.9447 1.9457 1.5390 1.5393
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      109 25 Jul 26 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 13 1349.75 1355.25 1360.25 1330.50 Sep 13 1275.25 1266.75 1276.00 1250.25 Nov 13 1228.50 1224.00 1231.50 1207.25 Jan 14 1233.75 1229.00 1236.50 1213.50 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 13
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      95 25 Jul 26 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Sep 13 1576 1591 1596 1575 Dec 13 1567 1582 1588 1565 Mar 14 1554 1569 1575 1552 May 14 1556 1570 1577 1552 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 13 1896 1883 1904 1904 Sep 13 1921 1908 1954 1914
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      1137 25 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 5.3 1 5555 0.0 5 -49 60 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 Ratio Exer Acma Ltd W*****7 Prem Disc AlliedTech W*****2 Expiry Gear- Mths Ascendas Reit MB ECW*****3 Asia-Pacific Strategic
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      70 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul 25 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 107.46 -0.08 WTI (Near Mth) 105.53 0.41 Dubai (1-Mth F) 103.22 -0.77 Tapis blend 113.54 -1.31 Minas 106.64 -1.31 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 97.11 -0.83 Jet Kerosene 121.73 -0.76 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      22 25 Jul 26 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2636 1.2640 2-months 1.2635 1.2640 3-months 1.2636 1.2641 6-months 1.2636 1.2643 Source: OCBC
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      65 25 Jul-26 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1750.00 1778.75 3 months 1794.50 1823.50 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 6848.00 6997.00 3 months 6862.00 7015.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2042.50 2065.00 3 months 2050.00 2071.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.50 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00
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      121 25 As at 9am Jul 26 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.197 1.140 Can dollar 1.252 1.204 Euro 1.717 1.636 Sterling pound 1.981 1.905 NZ dollar 1.044 1.004 US dollar 1.290 1.229 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      161 25 Jul 26 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.09 US$ 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 0.55 0.35 9 months 0.65 0.45 12
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      1042 26  -  Software and cloud subscription revenue down but SAP plans new commitments in region, writesAMIT AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY German software major SAP is in the process of making big investments in the Asia Pacific including Japan (APJ) region, despite a 7 per cent drop
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      329 26  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THE world’s fastest wideformat colour inkjet printer, the DocuWide C842, will celebrate Singapore’s upcoming birthday in its own way. From Aug 8 to 11, the printer will be used as part of the Smile! Campaign organised by the Central Mall, targeted
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      1060 27  -  Company extends focus to address risks from explosive rise in applications By ADELINE TAN ADDRESSING security risks in today’s era of social media and mobility is no longer about blocking malware and access. Singapore employees use applications without the IT department’s knowledge
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      884 27  -  <you say> By RAMAN VAIDYANATHAN The writer is VP, Strategic Solutions, Integrated Engineering Solutions, Tech Mahindra AMID the rush to embed sensors and analytics into cars, IT innovation for the automobile sector is shifting to high gear, transforming the driving experience and business models while
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        3230 28 TODAY’S consumers are more digitally connected, vocal and demanding than ever before. They want retailers to listen to them, know them and empower them. In this situation traditional marketing strategies do not work any more. It is essential to look more widely at information from both inside
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