The Business Times, 3 August 2013

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    20 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www. usinesstimes.com. g AUGUST 3-4, 2013 S$1.00| MICA (P) 075/08/2012 sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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    Lock icon EY’s rebranding takes a racy turn
    30 1 BIG BLUSH THE global professional services never thought it would end up being kissing cousins with a Spanish soft porn magazine, EY! Magateen. 2
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    Lock icon US economy up US$560b, overnight
    38 1 MAGIC MATH A COUNTRY slightly larger than Sweden has been added to the US economy in a single stroke, following a big revamp in the way US gross domestic product is computed. 4
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    Lock icon Housing affordability within reason
    29 1 ANOTHER VIEW SINGAPORE Exchange disputes Moody’s assertion that rapid loan growth and rising property prices have endangered the health and stability of the market. 6
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    Lock icon OCBC Q2 profit slips 8%
    30 1 INVESTMENT LOSS THE drop to $597 million is due mainly to investment losses at its insurance unit, Great Eastern, that overwhelmed strong banking results. 12
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    Lock icon Local banks cast a wide net before pond shrinks
    892 1  -  They are selling more loans then ever but some staple sources of income are drying up By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore THE terrain may be uphill, but the three local banks are marching in step. Despite markets slowing down at
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    Lock icon Wheels within wheels: the car you drive may define you
    878 1  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore THEY are wealthy, they are often older, and they are the ones driving the new car market. Their purchases have made MercedesBenz and BMW Singapore’s top two brands. Between them, the German luxury makes accounted
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      35 1 the business www. usinesstimes.com. g AUGUST the raffles conversation FRANCESCO TRAPANI, LVMH PRESIDENT FOR WATCHES JEWELLERY 10-11 WEALTH Losing money in a winning game 33 MOTORING Bentley’s Flying Spur L19 LIVING The new catering L2-5
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon EY’s rebranding takes a racy turn
      542 2 It now shares a moniker with EY! Magateen, a magazine which features near-naked male models in suggestive poses Singapore ONE can bet global professional services firm EY never thought it would be kissing cousins with a Spanish soft porn magazine when it launched its
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    • MARKETS
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        58 2 GSTI 3,254.13 (+10.84) GSTI FUTURES 3,223.00 (+11.00) GSIMSCI 372.55 (+1.39) GSIMSCI FUTURES 369.00 (+0.40) Friday Change KL COMP 1,782.51 +4.69 NIKKEI 225 14,466.16 +460.39 HANG SENG 22,190.97 +102.18 SET 1,420.94 -16.57 JAKARTA 4,640.78 +16.44 MANILA 6,533.95 -127.49 KOSPI 1,923.38 +2.64 SHENZHEN B 783.70 +4.96 MUMBAI IND 19,164.02 -153.17 12noon
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        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 13.416 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 3.00 SWITZERLAND 0.51 INDIA 14.45 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon FOREX
        49 2 FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.276 (US$/S$ per 1.514 1.932 EURO(US$/S$/€ 1.322 1.687 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 99.60 78.00 RM 3.257 2.552 HK$ 7.756 6.077 BAHT 31.39 24.59 RUPIAH 10,283 8,057 RENMINBI 6.130 4.803 INDIAN RUPEE 60.73 47.58 A$ 1.123 0.880 NZ$ 1.271 0.996
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      Lock icon How US economy grew US$560b overnight
      680 4  -  Revamped GDP calculation includes spending on R&D and production of original artistic and literary works By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg Singapore THE US economy is much bigger and a bit healthier than earlier thought, following a big revamp in the way US gross domestic product
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      Lock icon Unemployment dips to 4-year low, spending rising
      635 4 LATEST US DATA AP Reuters Washington EMPLOYERS in the US added 162,000 jobs in July, the fewest since March. The gains were enough to lower the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.4 per cent, a good sign in an otherwise lacklustre
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      Lock icon Home prices, housing affordability within reason
      722 6  -  Singapore Real Estate Exchange Property Index data refutes Moody’s downgrade By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore NOT only are home prices within reason, housing affordability measured by the mortgage debt servicing ratio (MDSR) is well within its historical norm. This would mean that Moody’s assertion
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      Lock icon Asian investors retain home bias: BlackRock
      719 8  -  Global asset manager believes this will be to their detriment and urges them to diversify away from domestic markets By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg Singapore WHILE the rest of the world’s investors are moving away from investing in their home markets, this trend is not
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      Lock icon DBS Turkish bond debut draws strong orders
      366 8  -  By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore DBS Bank has sold its first Turkish bond, a debut by a local bank for deals from that country. The US$450 million, sev-en-year deal from Mersin International Port was priced yesterday at 5.95 per cent, said Clifford
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      89 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-8 Week In Review 9 Raffles Conversation 10-11 Companies 12-15 From the Desk of 16 Singapore 17-18 World 19-22 Stocks Stats 23-27 Perspective 28-29 Wealth 30-35 Show Me The Money 33 Househunt 34 LIVING Dining L2-5 Travel L6-9 Home Garden L10-11 Design L12-13 Style L14-15 Sports
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      56 7 One One man, one vote has never been in China and has never produced a prosperousChina. And they’re to try it. not going Read his views on China in One Man’s View of the World GET A COPY NOW FROM LEADING BOOKSTORES AT $39.90 Available from 5pm on August 6
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    • THIS WEEK July 29-Aug 2, 2013
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        Lock icon Japan’s Asean focus raises fears of China neglect
        61 9 AS Japan warms up to South-east Asia, 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 Japan and
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        Lock icon Construction workforce can shrink 20-30%
        63 9 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. This is assuming that the volume of construction work stays unchanged from now, said the chief executive of
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        Lock icon China cash homes in on Singapore property
        55 9 AN influx of Chinese capital is making itself felt in Singapore real estate, and not just in the residential segment. Looking at investment transactions above $50 million, CBRE has found that since the global financial crisis, Chinese capital invested in Singapore has been
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        Lock icon After June coma, bond market gets fresh legs
        67 9 AFTER the drought of June where not one bond was sold, July has brought relief with $1.9 billion worth of deals done as fixed income bankers pray that interest rates have stabilised. The $1.9 billion is about 44 per cent of the
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        Lock icon Shale revolution may dethrone Opec: Prince
        100 9 IN a rare public disagreement, reflecting a larger debate, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal the nephew of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has warned that the country must reduce its reliance on crude oil exports and diversify its economy, as the US ramps up its production
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        Lock icon Bid for Jurong EC plot raises the roof and breaks record
        64 9 AN all-time record price for executive condominium land has been set for a plot in Jurong, an area which has been starved of new EC supply. Located near Jurong Country Club, the 99-year leasehold plot received a top bid
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        Lock icon Barclays shares plunge on rights issue to plug hole
        69 9 BARCLAYS Bank investors are alarmed that the bank is raising £5.8 billion (S$11.3 billion) to partially plug a £12.5 billion hole in its balance sheet. The bank’s shares plunged more than 7.5 per cent to 285 pence on news that shareholders
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        Lock icon DBS’s Danamon bid is dead in the water
        37 9 DBS’s long-drawn, 16-month attempt to buy Bank Danamon Indonesia has collapsed, but not everyone is unhappy. Some analysts believe that the end of the saga could spell higher dividends.
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        Lock icon Borders bookstore back by Popular demand
        51 9 UNFAZED by a grim industry outlook and ghosts of bookstores past, Popular Holdings has doubled down on the book retail business. It has acquired the Borders Singapore brand and will open a Borders bookstore in Jurong East’s upcoming Westgate mall before the year is
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        Lock icon GIC gets more nimble with new framework
        46 9 SINCE April 1, GIC has had more flexibility to actively invest the more than US$100 billion in Singapore’s foreign reserves under its care, guided by a new investment framework that defines more clearly what drives its risks and returns.
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        Lock icon SGX leads by example, tops governance chart
        37 9 THE Singapore Exchange has grabbed the top honours in the Governance Transparency Index 2013 being named the best governed and most transparent listed company here for the first time ever.
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      Lock icon NEXT WEEK Aug 5-9, 2013
      81 9 US DATA Aug 5 ISM non-manufacturing index for July Aug 6 International trade balance for June Aug 7 Consumer credit for June Aug 9 Wholesale trade for June CHINA DATA Aug 6 Merchandise trade balance for July Aug 8 Retail sales for July CPI for
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      333 9 Across 1 Loyalty is required, say, in union (10) 9 Type of opera that evokes flattery (4) 10 Spare site I developed, providing party fare (10) 11 An attractive bar (6) 12 Went quietly to give inside information to editor (7) 15 Avenger about to give chase (7) 16 Gave
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      10 9 SATURDAY with Ludwig Next shop please we’ve already been robbed.’
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Beyond Bulgari
      2489 10 / 11  -  Francesco Trapani blazes a trail in fashion few can rival from selling family heirloom Bulgari to LVMH for 3.7b euros, and then taking pole position at LVMH’s rarefied jewellery division. By May Yip btnews@sph.com.sg IN a milieu of multi-millionaire technopreneurs, the notion of the under-30 CEO is anything
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon OCBC Q2 profit slips 8%, core business still strong
      574 12  -  Investment losses at Great Eastern pull down bank’s bottom line By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore OCBC Bank’s second-quarter net profit fell 8 per cent to $597 million, dragged down by investment losses at its insurance unit despite strong banking results.
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      Lock icon StarHub launches new premium mobile plans
      329 12  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore STARHUB has launched a talk-centric premium stable of mobile plans, aimed at people whose jobs involve a fair bit of jaw-jawing and texting. These plans, known as SmartSurf HD, offer an unlimited amount of local talktime for calls to
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      Lock icon Soilbuild Construction’s Q2 net profit up 42%, revenue jumps 70%
      466 12  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg Singapore SOILBUILD Construction Group Ltd (SBCG) yesterday announced a 42 per cent increase in net profit to $5.9 million for the second quarter ended June 30, from $4.2 million last year. Its revenue rose 70 per
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      Lock icon Golden Agri Q2 net slides 58.1% to US$45.3m
      574 13  -  But revenue rose 25.4% on new refinery capacity coming on stream in Indonesia By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg Singapore SECOND-quarter earnings for Golden Agri-Resources fell 58.1 per cent from the year before, as the palm plantation group battled lower crude palm oil prices
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      Lock icon SingLand, UIC post higher Q2 profits
      368 13  -  By Jasmine Ng jasng@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE Land and its parent company United Industrial Corp reported higher net profits for the second quarter, driven by gains on investment and contributions from associates and joint ventures. SingLand’s earnings rose to $147.2 million in the three months
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      Lock icon Jardine Matheson H1 profit flat on units’ mixed performance
      394 13  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg Singapore JARDINE Matheson Holdings expects a flat year after closing the first half with barely higher earnings amid mixed performance among its various business units, the conglomerate announced yesterday. Profit attributable to shareholders grew one per cent
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    • Business briefing
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        Lock icon Design Studio Q2 net profit up 1% to $2.6m
        49 13 DESIGN Studio Furniture Manufacturer reported a second-quarter net profit of $2.6 million, up one per cent from a year ago. Revenue was up 7.6 per cent at $44.4 million. It has declared an interim dividend of 0.5 cents per share.
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        Lock icon Rowsley Q1 loss widens to $975,000
        55 13 INVESTMENT company Rowsley reported a net loss of $975,000 for its first quarter ended June 30, from a $742,000 loss a year ago. There was no dividend income. The result was due to general and administrative expenses as well as a $533,000 share of
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        Lock icon SingPost Q1 profit down 2% to $37.3m
        52 13 SINGAPORE Post reported a net profit of $37.3 million for its first quarter ended June 30, down 2 per cent from $38.1 million a year ago. Revenue was up 32.8 per cent to $201.3 million. An interim dividend of 1.25 cents a share
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      Lock icon Two-tier trading, led by banks and penny stocks
      623 14  -  STOCKS R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent A TWO-TIER market is the best description perhaps of how trading went this week. At the upper end of the price and size scales, the banks, SingTel and Jardine stocks saw some action, while at the
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      57 14 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2276 45.9 1.6 DBS Grp 1754 30.0 1.7 Jardine C&C 4175 30.0 0.7 HK Land 695 25.5 3.0 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 2790 23.0 0.6 Isetan 467 20.0 4.5 ForterraTr 238 16.0 7.2 Haw Par 1 730 15.0 2.1 DBXT CSI300 10US$
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      61 14 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ 9581 -805.2 -6.2 GLD 10US$ ***** -398.1 -2.4 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** -206.8 -1.0 JMH 5257 -144.2 -2.1 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1990 -136.5 -5.1 JSH 3347 -90.6 -2.1 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 2851 -43.4 -1.2 IS MS India 100S$D 711 -29.0
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      Lock icon Space tussle between Dian Xiao Er and Soup unit continues
      509 14  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore THE tussle over shop space at VivoCity between Dian Xiao Er and Soup Restaurant continues, and is now headed to trial. Last year, Soup’s subsidiary, Soup Restaurant (Causeway Point), started legal proceedings against its sub-tenant
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      166 14 VOL CLOSE SingHa i yi 1 53,585 2 2 0.1 4.8 Fre i ghtL i nks 1 50,547 13 5 0.5 3.8 MoneyMax F i n 1 25,708 43 0.0 0.0 Go l den Agr i 94,091 52 5 0.0 0.0 Noble Grp 76,419 92 5 2.5
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      110 14 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.000 +0.010 CapitaLand 3.300 +0.030 CapitaMall 2.010 -0.020 CityDev 10.75 +0.010 ComfortDelGro 1.995 -0.005 DBS Grp 17.54 +0.300 GLP 2.870 +0.010 Genting SP 1.335 -0.010 Golden Agri 0.525 HK Land 6.950 +0.200 HPH Trust US$ 0.765 +0.005 JMH 52.57 -1.130 JSH 33.47 -0.710
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      Lock icon Baker Tech Q2 profit down on lower gain on disposal
      255 15  -  By Carine Lee carinel@sph.com.sg Singapore LOWER gain on disposal sent Baker Technology’s net profit for the fiscal second quarter ended June 30 plunging 82 per cent year-on-year to $11.32 million from $61.33 million. A year ago, the manufacturer of specialised
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      Lock icon Fragrance Group Q2 profit up 60%
      404 15  -  Earnings jump to $34m as firm recognises income on more real estate developments By Ong Chor Hao ongch@sph.com.sg Singapore THE second-quarter earnings of property developer and hotel operator Fragrance Group leapt 60 per cent year-on-year, as it recognised income on more real estate developments.
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      Lock icon DMG picks 30 gems among small caps
      287 15  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg Singapore A LEADING instant coffee player in Russia and Eastern Europe, a China-ori-ented aluminium maker and a semiconductor company paying a 10 per cent dividend were among 30 companies highlighted by small-cap specialist DMG Partners Research yesterday. These companies
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      Lock icon Sale of stake in Forterra Trust closer to completion
      308 15  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg Singapore THE conditional sale of an almost 30 per cent stake in Forterra Trust, together with its trustee and property manager, to Hong Kong developer Nan Fung is closer to completion after the Irish High Court approved
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      242 15 WATS NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF MINNESOTA RUBBER ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD (IN MEMBER’S VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Company Registration No. *****0526N) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it was resolved at an Extraordinary General Meeting of member of the abovenamed company held
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Achieving growth through sourcing maturity
      879 16  -  CFOs who optimise procurement functions see an increase in cost savings, hence more funds for R&D FROM THE DESK OF Ed Cross Executive director, Procurement Services and member of Xchanging’s Executive Board DELOITTE’S Q4 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Signals survey revealed that improving finance’s ability
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Singapore rises to No 2 in Asia-Pac for financial literacy, behind NZ
      463 17  -  MasterCard poll also shows it overtaking HK, Taiwan in basic money management By Ng Zhuo Yang ngzy@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has advanced in the latest MasterCard Index of Financial Literacy, coming in second only to New Zealand among the 16
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      Lock icon Freehold condo The Tembusu opens for preview today
      405 17  -  By Ong Chor Hao ongch@sph.com.sg PROPERTY developer Wing Tai Holdings’ freehold condominium project The Tembusu is slated to open for preview today. No sales will be made, but the showflat will be open to those who had indicated an interest earlier. The
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      Lock icon US maker of life science equipment opens Tuas plant
      325 17  -  By Jasmine Ng jasng@sph.com.sg THERMO Fisher Scientific, one of the world’s biggest makers of life science equipment, has opened a new manufacturing plant in Singapore to tap growth in the Asia-Pacific region. The plant to produce dry powder media, a raw
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      Lock icon SPH rising to exceptional challenges
      516 18  -  By Annabeth Leow leowhma@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) must transform its business model in order to rise to the “exceptional challenges” it faces as a media company, its chairman Lee Boon Yang said yesterday. To counter the threats to the company’s traditional newspaper publishing operations
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      Lock icon 11 schools to give students a feel of entrepreneurship
      486 18 ELEVEN schools are now on board a programme that aims to give students here a feel of what it means to be an entrepreneur, as part of efforts by the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) to encourage more Singaporeans to run
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Japan regulators get tough on market abuses
      590 19  -  These include stock price manipulation and insider trading By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo AS Japanese share prices resume their surge, fuelled by easy money and the prospect of strengthening economic growth under Abenomics, the financial regulators are getting tough again on market abuses
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      Lock icon Farid takes over as president and CEO of Maybank
      442 19  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S biggest banking group Maybank yesterday named Abdul Farid Alias as its president and chief executive with immediate effect. The 45-year-old had been the bank’s deputy president and its head of global banking since July
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      Lock icon Ringgit in biggest weekly loss since June
      442 19 Bloomberg Kuala Lumpur THE ringgit posted its biggest weekly loss in more than a month after Fitch Ratings lowered Malaysia’s credit outlook to negative, adding to concerns global funds will accelerate asset sales. Fitch cited rising debt levels for the move and said
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      Lock icon Australia unveils plan to tax bank deposits
      674 20 Government cuts growth forecast, warns of A$30b budget deficit release.AFP Sydney AUSTRALIA yesterday unveiled a pre-election mini-budget that includes a controversial plan to tax bank deposits, warning the budget deficit had blown out to A$30 billion (S$34 billion) and revenues were shrinking. The
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      Lock icon HK tycoon plans A$4.2b mega casino resort
      457 20 AFP Sydney A CHINESE billionaire has revealed plans for a A$4.2 billion (S$4.8 billion) tropical resort and casino in Australia which he says will be a “man-made wonder of the world”. The Queensland state government confirmed yesterday it has streamlined the approval process
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      Lock icon Shanghai’s heatwave takes its toll on businesses, residents
      359 20 Bloomberg Shanghai A RECORD heat wave in Shanghai is hurting traffic at some auto dealerships, cutting client visits at brokerages and forcing utilities to delay increases in water prices as the government takes steps to help residents endure the hottest temperatures in
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      Lock icon India revokes GSK breast cancer drug
      487 22 Tykerb affected but Intellectual Property Appellate Board upholds patent on original compound Reuters Mumbai INDIA has revoked a patent granted to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc for its breast cancer drug Tykerb a decision that follows a landmark India court ruling disallowing patents for incremental innovations
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    • Briefing
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      Lock icon RBS back in the black in H1 , names new CEO
      389 22 RBS back in the black in H1 names new CEO AFP London STATE-RESCUED Royal Bank of Scotland promoted New Zealander Ross McEwan, its head of retail business, to be the new chief executive yesterday when it also announced a return to profit. RBS, 81 per cent owned by the British
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      317 21 STPROPERTY SEMINAR Tfl .jam .4 Opportunities Outlook of the Property Market in 04 2013 STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGING PROPERTY LANDSCAPE v sST? ►Sis PwSwwg >V I 1 5 k* iS ■K c k i Under the new Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) framework by MAS, the property landscape is
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  • SGX
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      8203 23 Transaction date: Aug 2 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 15 11.4 8Telecom 12.2 12.2 13 10.6 0.9 10.1 58.4 8.8 3 A-Sonic 6.3cd +0.1 794 6.3 6 6 6.3 2.1
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      1881 26 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 27 17.1 t 800 Super 26.5 +1.5 2180 27 25 26 26.5 3.3 3.8 7.9 47.4 6.2 2.8 t AA Grp 2.8 3.1 4.8 140
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      186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 4 5 0 0 0 6 4 5 Manufacturing 54 58 28 7 8 11 61 66 39 Commerce 19 22 20 2 5 7 21 27 27 Tpt/Stor/Comms 14 14 11
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      787 26 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Jul 29 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Ipco Int'l 1-Aug-13 Edward Lee E M *Buy 5000 *****7 8.14 *****7 8.24 S Chance 1-Aug-13 Mohamed
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      123 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 18,096 18,096 75,130 75,130 Manufacturing 330,092 50,322 380,414 143,108 3,263 146,371 Commerce 222,382 92,582 314,964 157,163 3,619 160,781 Tpt/Stor/Comms 231,154 23,721 254,875 143,051 8,669 151,720 Finance 65,925 126,387 192,312 197,269 58,451 255,720 Construction 58,252 57,558
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      94 27 Aug 1 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Sep 13 1575 1572 1587 1567 Dec 13 1566 1562 1574 1557 Mar 14 1556 1552 1563 1546 May 14 1556 1553 1564 1549 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Sep 13 1865 1873 1888 1860 Nov 13 1858 1869 1881 1855
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      65 27 Aug 2 GOLD(US$/oz) Aug 01 Aug 02 Hong Kong 1327.00 1299.00 Jul 31 Aug 01 London 1309.22 1324.61 1310.09 1325.45 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 25.56 24.78 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Aug 01 Close Previous PM Fix 1437.00 1433.00 AM Fix 1436.00 1442.00 Source:
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      118 27 Aug 02 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.166 1.111 Can dollar 1.256 1.208 Euro 1.724 1.642 Sterling pound 1.964 1.889 NZ dollar 1.031 0.992 US dollar 1.302 1.240 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      23 27 YTD change: +2.75% 52-week high: 3,464.79 on May 22, 2013 52-week low: 2,931.60 on Nov 16,2012 Source: Bloomberg
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      20 27 YTD change: -2.06% 52-week high: 23,944.74 on Feb 4,2013 52-week low: 19,076.79 on Sept 6,2012 Source: Bloomberg
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      26 27 YTD change: +19.26% 52-week high: 15,650.69 on Aug 1,2013 52-week low: 12,471.49 on Nov 16,2012 (Chart shows Thursday’s index closing) Source: Bloomberg
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      21 27 YTD change: -10.56% 52-week high: 2,444.80 on Feb 18,2013 52-week low: 1,849.65 on June 25,2013 Source: Bloomberg
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      19 27 YTD change: +39.16% 52-week high: 15,942.60 on May 23,2013 52-week low: 8,488.14 on Oct 15,2012 Source: Bloomberg
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      57 27 Aug 2 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Aug 13 2300.0 2296.0 2310.0 2300.0 64 1117 Sep 13 2272.0 2276.0 2307.0 2272.0 2662 ***** Oct 13 2260.0 2258.0 2284.0 2250.0 ***** ***** Nov 13 2255.0 2255.0
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      92 27 Aug 2 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-15 100.04 100.09 100.09 5-Year N*****0T 0.5
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      155 27 Aug 2 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1360 1.1367 0.8902 0.8905 Canadian dollar 1.2302 1.2311 0.9644 0.9640 Euro 1.6869 1.6877 1.3219 1.3221 NZ dollar 1.0039 1.0049 0.7867 0.7872 Sterling pound 1.9312 1.9322 1.5134 1.5137
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      104 27 Aug 1 SOYBEANS(5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 13 1357.75 1374.00 1387.00 1354.50 Sep 13 1234.25 1249.75 1252.25 1230.25 Nov 13 1192.50 1206.25 1210.75 1189.00 Jan 14 1198.00 1211.00 1215.25 1194.75 SOYBEAN OIL(60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 13 42.49 42.09 42.69 42.08
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      68 27 Aug 01 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 109.22 2.02 WTI (Near Mth) 107.79 2.63 Dubai (1-Mth F) 104.32 1.65 Tapis blend 115.38 2.67 Minas 108.08 2.67 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 97.22 0.39 Jet Kerosene 123.05 1.57 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket Price 106.10
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      72 27 Aug 01 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1766.75 1757.25 3 months 1812.00 1804.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 6990.25 6872.50 3 months 6999.00 6880.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2095.50 2058.00 3 months 2106.00 2070.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.50 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Aug 1 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1096.4 1.2 16.9 1.1 18.7 1.0 13.8 EAFE Preliminary 891.9 1.4 15.1 1.0 13.3 1.0 8.6 Europe Preliminary 1274.3 1.1 11.1
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      1182 28 / 29  - China’s new cultural counter revolution No country in the history of humanity has undergone in such a short period such profound transformations. By Jean-Pierre Lehmann By Jean-Pierre Lehmann ~The writer is a visiting professor on the Faculty of Business and Economics at Hong Kong University and a regular contributor to
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      915 28 / 29  -  By Julian Barrans ~The writer is managing director of the brand consultancy, Interbrand, South-east Asia WHEN you stay in a hotel and see the card that invites you to keep your sheets and towels for an extra night to save the environment, do you ever wonder
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        1050 30 / 31  -  Some wealthy are taking charitable giving to the next level one that is driven by clear values, goals and is also more focused on outcomes. By Genevieve Cua By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg MANY wealthy Asian families are used to the idea of charitable giving, but a
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        665 30 / 31  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim Cordlife Group Buy AmFraser Research Aug 2 Aug 2 close: S$1.055 WE initiate coverage on Cordlife Group Limited (CLGL) with a “buy” rating and target price (TP) of $1.32. CLGL is a leading provider of cord blood and umbilical tissue storage services in Singapore,
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        1209 32  -  DPOs proving to be compelling capital choice for firms needing, say, US$500k to US$5m. By Amy Cortese NYT FLYING back to California emp-ty-handed, after one last investor pitch in late 2011, Brahm Ahmadi was ready to call it quits. Despite a track record, a
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        1318 33  -  A typical individual tends to wait for an investment to prove itself by rising in price, and then buying it at a high SHOW ME THE MONEY Teh Hooi Ling hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent PETER Lynch managed Fidelity’s Magellan Fund from 1977 to 1990. He beat
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        424 34 Competition to build China’s skyline higher continues even as the country’s economy slows for a second quarter Bloomberg Shanghai SHANGHAI Tower, which will be China’s tallest building when it is completed in 2015, will reach its highest point today, adding to the country’s
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        334 34 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN JULY 3 AND JULY6, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT -IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 3 NON-LANDED Echelon Apt 05/07/2013 99 1313 2118 1613 District 4 NON-LANDED The Interlace Apt 04/07/2013 99
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        457 35 It also revises this year’s forecast to a 6% increase Bloomberg London CENTRAL London luxury-home values will climb 4 per cent next year, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc said, doubling its previous estimate as concerns about new taxes on wealthy buyers
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        589 35 Bloomberg San Francisco YAHOO Inc said that it will take space at Hearst Corp’s San Francisco Chronicle building in the city’s South of Market neighbourhood, putting it closer to an area of rapid growth that’s home to technology companies. Yahoo, operator
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        4007 2 / 3  -  Gastrotainment is the new catering, as seasoned foodies increasingly seek out-of-restaurant dining experiences. Debbie Yong checks out the latest wave of private dining outfits and supperclubs feeding this need Debbie Yong debyong@sph.com.sg Shaking up the dining scene Guerilla Kitchen TRY placing a restaurant chef in a poorly equipped,
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        3220 6 / 7  -  Peru packs a trov of ancient mystique and modern marvels. By Debbie Yong debyong@sph.com.sg LIMA WHAT if the Inca empire still ruled Peru today? What if Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro hadn’t defeated the Incan army in Peru in 1532, or if Christopher Columbus before him hadn’t unwittingly unleashed
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        726 8 / 9  -  If all that moving about gets too much for you, opt for these top luxury spots to rest your weary head. By Debbie Yong By Debbie Yong LIMA Country Club Lima Los Eucaliptos 590, San Isidro Z+51-1-*****00; hotelcountry.com Known by many but visited by only an
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        1012 10 / 11  -  Matte, non-reflective surfaces in this apartment off Stevens Road temper the retro mood with a contemporary update. By Tay Suan Chiang personal space By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg FOR some people, inspiration for their homes comes from browsing through interior magazines or websites. But for Eugene Yip,
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        1164 12 / 13  -  The founder of Janus et Cie is in charge of the creative process as well as the practical aspects of the furniture company. By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg ACCORDING to the left-brain, right-brain dominance theory, the right side of the brain is best at
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        681 14  -  Creative director for Melissa shoes Edson Matsuo talks about the dynamism of partnerships as the brand, famed as much for its bubblegum-scented patented plastic shoes as its tie-ups with megawatt designers, launches its first collection by Karl Lagerfeld. By May Yip By May Yip btnews@sph.com.sg Thierry Mugler, Vivienne
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        787 15  -  A novel project breathes new life into the objects and materials discarded from Hermes workshops. By May Yip By May Yip btnews@sph.com.sg “Iwas a karung guni woman without even knowing it,” says Pascale Mussard, using the Singaporean colloquialism for junk collectors. The sixth-generation descendant of the
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        862 16  -  no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Correspondent HE is only 34 years old, but Filipino champion boxer Manny Pacquiao already has his eyes on a much-bigger goal down the road to become president of his country one day. A popular congressman back home, the “Pacman”
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        1147 17  -  Team Citi, sitting in sixth place after round one, are hoping that 2013 will be their best season yet. By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg WHEN the second round of the 2013 Business Times Corporate Golf League tees off next week, it will be on a course which
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        735 18  -  The Audi A3 is now available as a sedan. By CY Chew btnews@sph.com.sg THE Audi A3 hatchback has been a staple in Audi’s stable since 1996 with over 3.5 million sold but this is the first time that a sedan version of the model is available.
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        606 19  -  The new Bentley Flying Spur gets sharper looks to match a more sybaritic interior. By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg ADD one tastefully executed redesign to a major power upgrade and the fastest ever four-door Bentley is also the British marque’s sleekest looking limousine. The new Bentley Flying Spur is
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        688 20  -  As a big BMW hatchback, the 3 Series Gran Turismo combines design, functionality and dynamics. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg IT may be called a GT but the new BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo is essentially a premium hatchback, one with lots of space and
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