The Business Times, 21 October 2014

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    28 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|jh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg O □@BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 ICA (P) Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Tuesday, 21
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  • Article
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    26 1 Monday Change STI 3,181.05 (+13.32) KL COMP 1,803.14 (+14.83) NIKKEI 225 15,111.23 (+578.72) HANG SENG 23,070.26 (+47.05) SHENZHEN B 973.78 (+6.56) DOW(noon EDT) 16,340.98 (-39.43)
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    180 1 Joko widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, took the oath of office on Monday, becoming the seventh president of Indonesia. Tens of thousands of people waved banners, belted out ballads and strained past protection officers for a chance to shake Jokowi’s hand as he passed by in a horse-drawn
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    Lock icon SIA back in hangar for strategic MRO
    944 1  -  Efforts include US$325m cabin upgrades, intensified codeshares, premium economy seats, new JVs and turning around weak units By NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore IT’S tough being Singapore Airlines (SIA). Faced with arguably one of its most trying periods yet, SIA has its work
    Source: Bloomberg  -  944 words
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    Lock icon GIC sinks US$1.7b into Tokyo space
    636 1  -  By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT Singapore SINGAPORE sovereign wealth fund GIC is sinking what some have estimated to be in the region of US$ 1.7 billion (S$2.2 billion) into one of Tokyo’s most prime office spaces. The investment firm said it is taking up
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      118 1 *****1 *****4 JAPANESE POLITICS Abenomics, womenomics take a hit as 2 female ministers quit COMPANY RESULTS Keppel Land Q3 profit slides 10.6% on lower sales COMPANIES MARKETS 6 RETIREMENT PLANNING Saving enough for retirement a key worry of middle class: survey MANAGEMENT Grooming the right qualities in a global leader
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Jokowi sworn in as new Indonesian president
      774 2  -  He will face difficulty delivering promised reforms with the opposition controlling majority of parliament seats INDONESIA WATCH By Jeffrey Hutton btworld@sph.com.sg Jakarta THE former governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, took the oath of office on Monday, becoming the seventh
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      Lock icon Fears of hamstrung presidency greet Jokowi’s inauguration
      381 2  -  By Andy Mukherjee &JS REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS Singapore JOKO Widodo’s inauguration as Indonesia’s new president lacks the ebullience of his July election victory. Though the former furniture businessman, popularly known as Jokowi, is expected to push ahead with an early and decisive pruning of
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      Lock icon SIA: Battling headwinds
      369 4  -  BT Infographics By Nisha Ramchandani, Ludwig Ilio As the group faces challenges in the form of stiff competition in the premium space, overcapacity in the regional markets, uncertainties in the global economy and weaker yields, here's how things stand for regional wing SilkAir, subsidiary Scoot, Tiger and
      Sources: SIA, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, CAPA  -  369 words
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      Lock icon Tiger, Scoot come together in SIA move
      638 4  -  Both carriers seen as being a key part of SIA’s portfolio, enabling it to serve regional and long-haul budget travel segments, clawing back lost ground from rivals TURBULENCE AHEAD By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore TIGER Airways and Scoot will find more room
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      Lock icon Big surge in mobile phone data subscription
      525 4  -  64% in IDA survey are subscribers, up from 38% four years ago By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT Singapore FOUR years can be an eternity in tele-com-years, if a survey by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is anything to go by. The
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      Lock icon 25% fewer BTO flats to be launched in 2015
      248 4  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore THE government will launch 25 per cent fewer Build-to-Order (BTO) flats next year, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan in a blog post on Monday evening. This would mark a further slowdown in pace
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      Lock icon Mt Alvernia’s expanding, but core values, mission remain, says new CEO
      495 4  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore MOUNT Alvernia Hospital may have expanded over the years including the addition of a new medical centre and an outpatient laboratory but it will always hold dear its core values. Its old-world charm
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      Lock icon Inflation expectations up on domestic price pressures
      581 5  -  SMU index shows one-year-ahead inflation expectations of Singapore households rising to 3.73% By MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore DOMESTIC pass-through price pressures have pushed up both the headline inflation rate (CPI-All item) and core inflation rate expectations for the first time since September
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      Lock icon Local startup GNum snags S$7m in seed funding from Tembusu
      545 5  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT Singapore LOCAL startup GNum has secured S$7 million in seed funding from private equity firm Tembusu Partners. This is the largest investment in a startup that Tembusu Partners has made to date, and among the
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Keppel Land Q3 profit slides 10.6% on lower sales
      654 6  -  Divestment gains help absorb impact of revenue fall; drag comes from property trading segment By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore KEPPEL Land’s net profit for the third quarter ended Sept 30 slipped 10.6 per cent to S$113 million as divestment gains
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      Lock icon MapletreeLog expects tougher year ahead
      593 6  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore MAPLETREE Logistics Trust, which on Monday released its fiscal sec-ond-quarter results, said it expects to face some headwinds in its Singapore portfolio over the next 12 months amid a more challenging leasing environment with tighter regulatory restrictions on the
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      Lock icon Strong rents, occupancies lift FCOT Q4 DPU by 6%
      490 6  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore FRASERS Commercial Trust (FCOT) achieved a 6.2 per cent rise in distribution per unit (DPU) to 2.21 Singapore cents for the fourth quarter ended Sept 30, thanks to strong rents and occupancies as well as
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      Lock icon Ramba Energy raising S$15m via placement
      382 6  -  By Chan Yi wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore TO finance the exploration and production activities of its Indonesian oil and gas business, Singapore-listed Ramba Energy is placing out 37.5 million new ordinary shares at S$0.40 each to raise nearly S$ 15 million, the company announced
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      Lock icon TIH unveils S$133m deals as transformation makes headway
      882 8  -  Temasek to emerge as shareholder of a unit; TIH also investing in optical components venture By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore IT’s been a good 11 months since mainboard-listed private equity firm TIH Limited made the sensible move to regroup its asset
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      Lock icon Singapore Exchange launches yuan futures
      186 8 Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday launched its yuan futures for both onshore and offshore yuan hedging. Transactions in the new SGX yuan futures which are priced against the US dollar reached a first-day volume of 1,846 contracts, representing about 1.1 billion yuan (S$229
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      Lock icon Noble appoints president, management executives
      271 8  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore NOBLE Group on Monday announced the promotion of three executives into management positions. William Randall was appointed president of the group, a newly created position, taking on global responsibility to build the customer base and geographic footprint for the
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      Lock icon King Wan bags S$21m jobs
      207 8  -  NEW CONTRACTS REDOITS BV Kellv Tav ke|iytay@s|5h.corfi.sg @Ke||vTavBT Singapore KING Wan Corporation secured four new mechanical and electrical contracts worth S$21 million from July to October this year. The integrated building services company said on Monday that the new Singapore-based projects comprise plumbing and sanitary
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      Lock icon S$22m projects for TTJ
      251 8 Singapore STEEL fabricator TTJ Holdings has secured contracts worth S$22 million to supply structural steelworks for a number of public sector projects Changi Airport Terminals 1 and 2, Tampines Town Hub, as well as civil defence shelter doors. The mainboard-listed group said on Monday evening that
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      Lock icon Oil price rebound props up offshore and marine stocks
      435 8  -  HOT STOCKS By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT Singapore STOCKS of offshore and marine (O&M) companies bounced back on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday on strong volumes as oil price continued its rebound. Keppel Corp, Ezion Holdings, Nam Cheong and Sembcorp
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      Lock icon Vallianz wins deals worth US$64m
      259 8  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore VALLIANZ Holdings has clinched letters of award and new charter contract wins worth US$64 million in Mexico, West Africa and the Asia-Pa-cific. The group will supply vessels such as anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels, platform supply vessels (PSV)
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      Lock icon Coutts
      334 10 In celebration of the festival of lights, Coutts hosted 300 local and regional guests at its annual Diwali gala at the St. Regis Singapore on 10 October 2014. Guests were greeted by the warmth of glowing diyas as they made their way into the John Jacob ballroom for the
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      Lock icon ST Index rebounds but early gains pared
      650 12  -  Investor confidence wanes in the afternoon after European markets open weaker, despite Wall Street’s Friday bounce STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THERE were no surprises in Monday’s session as the Straits Times Index (STI) first bounced up about 2 3 points thanks
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      307 12 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 224 unch 226/223 250 206 6.4 5659.8 CapitaLand 294 -2 300/293 348 268 14.7 2.7 *****.5 CapitaMall Trust 194.5 cd +3 195/192.5 209 180 5.3 6744.4 CityDev 935 +4 939/929 1118 860
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      34 12 VOLUME IHC 67,400,000 APAC Strategic 49,153,000 JES Intl 27,698,000 SingTel 27,505,000 Vallianz 25,734,000 Market volume 1,272,607,000 VALUE SingTel 100,948,872 Keppel Corp 88,582,160 DBS Grp 55,952,930 CapitaLand 40,687,236 Ezion 33,220,005 Market value 1,048,667,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS Active
      113 12 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 323 +2 278 324/322 343/298 322/324 DBXT MSBANGL US$ US113.5 -1.8 142 114.7/112.8 116/79.5 111.2/111.8 4.7 DBXT MSINDO us$ US1436 +12 121 1446/1431 1600/1110 1430/1436 Lyxor CRBNonEny US$ US236 49 236/236 261/228 233/236
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      77 12 Oct 20 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1145.00 -32.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +48.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -115.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 735.61 +4.49 FTSE ST Small Cap 506.00 +2.58 FTSE ST All Share 769.95 +3.51 FTSE ST China Top 184.47 +0.33 FTSE ST China 218.88 +1.34 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 12 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Oct 20,2014 769.95 +3.51 (+0.46%) Current streak 2 days Day high 772.14 Day low 769.62 52-week high 819.39 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 722.35 (Feb 5, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 12 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Oct 17,2014 1,737.51 +22.87 (+1.33%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,738.61 Day low 1,709.04 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,714.64 (Oct 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 12 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 6 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 Manufacturing 39 35 38 10 3 14 49 38 52 Commerce 19 16 19 2 12 2 21 28 21 Tpt/Stor/Comms 12 11 14
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 12 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 25,398 25,398 123,058 123,058 Manufacturing 195,192 31,786 226,978 118,383 3,259 121,642 Commerce 49,845 36,595 86,440 79,034 2,808 81,842 Tpt/Stor/Comms 111,880 10,065 121,945 194,743 1,813 196,557 Finance 22,187 50 22,237 132,059 13 132,071 Construction 27,441 30,793
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 12 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Oct 20,2014 3,181.05 +13.32 (+0.42%) Current streak 2 days Day high 3,192.26 Day low 3,180.22 52-week high 3,374.06 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 2,960.09 (Feb 5, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist Index Oct 20,2014 781.23 -4.84 (-0.62%) Current streak 1 day Day high 795.58 Day low
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      80 12 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 338.4 1.7 *****/***** Lyxor Indonesia US$ 9076 327.0 2.9 9636/6957 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 211.2 0.9 *****/***** DBXT iBoxxKR US$ ***** 165.4 0.8 *****/***** DBXT MSEurope US$ 5486 150.1 2.2 6492/5366 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Acma Ltd
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      78 12 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT iBoxxUSTr US$ ***** -180.7 -0.7 *****/***** DBXT iBoxxSvEu US$ ***** -95.4 -0.3 *****/***** DBXT EONIA US$ ***** -91.6 -0.4 *****/***** DBXT S&P Short US$ 2432 -57.3 -1.8 2775/2304 JSH USD 3422 -35.6 -0.8 3810/3006 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low NOL MB
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 12 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE MegaChem 165.0 0.360 +0.060 +20.00 Joyas Intl 650.0 0.028 +0.004 +16.67 ChangtianPlastic 2,223.0 0.042 -0.005 -10.64 Asiatravel.com 4,943.0 0.260 +0.025 +10.64 OGL Resources A$ 10.0 0.018 +0.004 +28.57 St James 565.0 0.025 -0.007 -21.88 Suntar Eco-City 100.0 0.073 +0.005 +7.35 HISAKA 391.0 0.240 +0.030 +14.29
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Singapore Airlines
        141 12 Hold Oct 20 close: S$9.62 Fair value: S$10.05 OCBC Investment Research, Oct 20 Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA) last Friday announced that it had entered into an irrevocable undertaking with regards to the rights issue of Tiger Airways Holdings Limited (Tigerair). SIA will bring its stake in Tigerair up
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        Lock icon CapitaMall Trust
        94 12 Add Oct 20 close: S$1.945 Target price: S$2.11 CIMB Research, Oct 20 CapitaMall Trust’s (CMT) Q3 2014 distribution per unit (DPU) was in line with expectations and made up 73 per cent of our full-year estimate. While organic growth is likely to remain anaemic in the near term,
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        Lock icon Nam Cheong
        133 12  -  Compiled by Jamie Lee Buy Oct 20 close: S$0.41 Target price: S$0.58 DMG Partners Research, Oct 20 Nam Cheong launched its first diesel-electric anchor handling towing supply vessel last Friday. Customers signed letters of intent worth US$186 million for a mix of “sale and charter” for 12 vessels,
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        43 12 DATA I 10.00 am China GDP China Industrial Production MEETINGS I 10.00 am CEFC Intl special meeting I 10.00 am KS Energy EGM I 11.00 am Lion Asiapac AGM I 3.00 pm AusGroup Ltd AGM I 3.30 pm St James Hldgs AGM
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      Lock icon Dollar rises against yen as risk appetite returns
      428 13 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar rose against the safe-ha-ven yen on Monday as upbeat data and a push-back of interest rate hike expectations restored some risk appetite to financial markets after a bout of jitters over global growth. Wall Street rallied and
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 13 Oct 20 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.987 5.366 0.686 6.799 53.694 105.469 0.938 9.285 2.867 1.103 90.220 39.285 1.115 9.701 0.828 26.634 28.310 0.544 0.876 Canada 1.013 5.438
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 13 Oct 20 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1148 1.1156 0.8762 0.8765 Canadian dollar 1.1297 1.1308 0.8884 0.8879 Euro 1.6245 1.6255 1.2768 1.2771 NZ dollar 1.0108 1.0120 0.7945 0.7951 Sterling pound 2.0494 2.0506 1.6108 1.6111
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 13 Oct 20 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2723 1.2729 2-months 1.2723 1.2729 3-months 1.2723 1.2729 6-months 1.2722 1.2728 Source: OCBC
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 13 Oct 20 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.06 0.03 1-month 0.4375 0.3125 2-months 0.4375 0.3125 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.06 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.18 0.08 1 month 0.25 0.15 2 months 0.30 0.20 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.50 0.30 9 months 0.60 0.40 12
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        36 13 Oct 20 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        63 13 Oct 20 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 106.2 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 101.13 101.15 101.15 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 106.59 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 102.87 103.10 103.10 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 108.81 109.10 108.75 30-Year NA*****N
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        376 13 Oct 20 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.84 *****.23 *****.69 Dec14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****4 *****7 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 83 760 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 314.28 320.51 314.28 Oct14 313.70 320.80 313.60 320.30 ***** *****3 Nov14 314.40
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        211 13 Most active Oct 20 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left OLS Enterprise W*****5 0.3 unch ***** 1 1 18 3.67 34 DBS MB eCW*****6 8.3 0.8 5050 0.2 1880 3 FTSEChinaA50 8200 MBeCW*****9 3.7 -0.9 4389 0.0
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 13 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 17 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1177.8 1.6 -0.6 1.6 -1.6 1.6 -2.6 EAFE Preliminary 907.5 1.4 -5.1 1.4 -8.4 1.3 -9.3 Europe Preliminary 1295.2 2.6 -4.4
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        212 13 Oct-17 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Oct-17 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 951.75 -14.75 -1.53% 14/11/2014 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.02 -0.34 -1.05% 12/12/2014 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 516.00 -1.00 -0.19% 12/12/2014 Oct-17 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2034.00 13.00 0.64% 12/12/2014 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2117.00 -37.00 -1.72%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 13 Oct 20 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Nov 14 2143.0 2147.0 2151.0 2140.0 224 ***** Dec 14 2121.0 2134.0 2135.0 2117.0 5470 ***** Jan 15 2112.0 2131.0 2132.0 2112.0 ***** ***** Feb 15 2117.0 2136.0
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      128 14 Sky Urban Solutions Holding Pte Ltd (lr On Winning The V) Singapore Sustainability Awards 2014 Top Honour Green Technology Category Organised by the Singapore Business Federation I ~~7 Sf a MM A f t t V- yr w\ V. u I 7'sXS. b- M Sky Urban Solutions is transforming the
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  • S SPECIAL SINGAPORE SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS 2014
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      Lock icon More businesses going green
      1025 15  -  Record number of applicants from across diverse sectors seek to be recognised for their efforts By Narendra Aggarwal T HE Singapore Business Federation’s (SBF) Singapore Sustainability Awards attracted an overwhelming number of applications this year from diversified sectors and enterprises, showing that sustainability is high on
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      Lock icon ‘Conserve as we construct’
      746 16  -  City Developments Limited is a giant among eco champions in Singapore with many green solutions to its name By Hazel Tan S INGAPORE property developer City Developments Limited (CDL) has helped put the country on the global sustainability map with several high-profile eco projects, including the
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      Lock icon Reach for the sky
      750 17  -  Challenges of land scarcity in Singapore push Sky Urban Solutions Holdings to patent vertical farming technology By Kai Tamin-Goh Y 2050, there will be nine billion people on the planet, or 2.4 billion more mouths to feed than in 2013. About 70 per cent will live
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      Lock icon Enhancing the future
      842 18  -  Sindicatum Sustainable Resources strives to produce long-term supplies of natural resources and correct price imbalances By Panchalee Thakur U NSIGHTLY landfi ll sites or factory waste can be turned into sustainable sources of energy with the right approach, technology and passion to save the environment. Sindicatum Sustainable
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      Lock icon Walking the talk
      593 20 / 21  -  The National Environment Agency leads by example by inculcating good environmental habits among its staff by Hazel Tan T HE National Environment Agency (NEA) has set itself an internal sustainability goal to be the leading agency that adopts sustainable practices within the organisation, for the benefit of
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      77 18 What will we want in the future? Who can tell? We may not value what we value today. But we will certainly expect a happier, healthier, safer world. At DSM we believe Bright Science can take us there. It’s our name for an approach that brings together ideas, sustainable solutions
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      538 26  -  By Rachel Loi rachloi@sph.com.sg THEY screamed, they cheered, they laughed to their little hearts’ content. That’s how more than 1,000 underprivileged children celebrated an early Children’s Day on Oct 2 playing games, watching live performances and riding on rollercoasters at Universal
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      506 27  -  NEW APPOINTMENTS By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THERE have been several new appointments at Singapore’s property firms. Frasers Hospitality Group on Monday named Dennis Wong as director of portfolio and asset management in charge of the group’s asset management plans and
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      274 28 XINHUA Beijing CHINESE authorities are likely to relax the sales tax on existing homes, the Beijing-based China Securities Journal reported on Monday. Under the new policy, sales of a second home purchased no less than two years prior will be exempt from
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      390 29 Capital’s property values gain 7% in October on seasonal demand: website BLOOMBERG London LONDON home-sellers raised asking prices by the most in more than a year this month as a seasonal surge in demand led a rebound in the capital’s property market.
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      526 30  -  44% of region’s respondents express worry; Singapore leads in this aspect, followed by Malaysia and Thailand By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore BEING able to have enough savings for retirement is one of the top concerns of the middle
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      368 30 BLOOMBERG Dubai THE UK’s ambition to become a global hub for Islamic finance, bolstered by a debut sovereign sukuk in June, needs corporate borrowers to take the baton. There’s never been a publicly sold Islamic bond from a corporate in the
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      622 31  -  Stock had declined more than 35% on concerns over falling oil prices but DBS rubbished those fears By S Jayasankaran btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur SAPURAKENCANA Petroleum shares rose 3.75 per cent to RM3.60 apiece after a report by DBS Group Research released on Monday
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      481 31  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore CHINA may be a larger market for gold, but Singapore as a free market is more attractive for foreign players, in the view of Europe’s largest trading firm. “Singapore is more free market and is less governed than
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      390 31 BLOOMBERG Sydney AN EXTENDED slump in oil prices threatens an expansion of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and risks cutting returns for project developers in Australia, poised to become the world’s biggest supplier of LNG. The nation’s exports of natural gas converted
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      735 32 She’s under pressure to assuage investor concerns about turning around Yahoo BLOOMBERG San Francisco YAHOO! INC’s earnings call this week has turned into a must-win situation for chief executive officer Marissa Mayer. Ms Mayer will unveil Yahoo’s third-quarter results on Tuesday, making her first
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      292 32 BLOOMBERG Frankfurt SAP SE, the world’s largest supplier of business-management software, cut its full-year earnings forecast after third-quarter operating profit trailed analysts’ estimates as clients shift to programs accessed over the Web. Non-IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) operating profit will be
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      615 32 BLOOMBERG New York INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp agreed to pay Globalfoundries Inc US$1.5 billion to take an unprofitable chip-manufacturing unit off its hands. IBM will pay Globalfoundries the cash over three years, according to a statement on Monday. The cash portion will be
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      714 33 NYT New York WHOLE Foods Market is fighting a two-front war: trying to reaccelerate its once-robust sales growth while fending off increased competition to sell its signature organic, natural and fresh products. On Monday, the grocer is introducing what executives hope
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      719 34 Parliament may not have time to pass law at current session, which ends on Nov 30 REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN’S plan to legalise casino gambling is likely to be delayed yet again, a senior official said, dealing a new blow to Prime Minister
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      554 34  -  inflation concerns trail fears of impact of weaker global markets on country’s growth By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur AMID signs of easing inflation but increasing turmoil in the global environment, Malaysia’s central bank is expected to keep interest rates
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      968 35  -  Yuko Obuchi (trade industry) and Midori Matsushima (justice) resign over alleged election-linked offences By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo DEALING a severe blow to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “womenomics” policies and also inflicting indirect damage on his “Abenomics” strategies, two
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      622 35 It still intends to end bond-buying at end-October NYT Washington THE Federal Reserve is watching carefully as financial markets bounce around, but the likely course of monetary policy remains the same, officials have said in recent public comments and interviews. The Fed
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      618 36 Group joins growing list of lenders eager to get a share of the projected US$280b business BLOOMBERG Orlando, Florida BLACKSTONE Group LP, vying with financiers including Citigroup Inc, is starting a new fund to provide loans for a luxury-jet market projected to reach
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      661 36 REUTERS New Delhi ALMOST four years ago a handful of people gathered in Airbus sales chief John Leahy’s spacious country house outside Toulouse and argued long into the evening over curry and cigars. Recently they met again at a Parisian hotel for more haggling, with breaks
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      526 38 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak has not only evinced confidence that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) would be implemented on schedule from April next year, he has also asserted that this is a fundamental reform of the tax system that
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      857 39  -  BEYOND MONETARY POLICY By Leon Hadar Washington ONE of the important observations made by officials and economists who gathered in Washington recently for the bi-annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was that monetary policy by itself would not bring the United States
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      903 39  -  By Herbert Oberhänsli T The writer is head of Economics International Relations, Nestlé SA, Switzerland OVER the past few years, a number of countries and cities were facing challenges with their water supply security with quite different responses. There is, for instance,
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      496 40  -  Crowds cheered every point with cries of ‘Go Ana’ and placards supporting Queen Serena WTA SINGAPORE By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore SINGAPORE has never seen tennis like this. Not at such a high level and with such intensity, certainly. On one end
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      489 40 AFP Seoul MIGRANT farm workers in South Korea have become victims of rampant abuse under a “shameful” work permit system that encourages exploitation, Amnesty International said in a report published Monday. The report came on the heels of a mission to South Korea
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      1072 41  -  Being able to learn from experience and having cultural intelligence are more crucial than just having global experience and cultural knowledge.BY COMMENTARY knowledge.BY NG KOK YEE T The writer is associate professor and director of research at Nanyang Business School’s Center for
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      579 41  -  kcuts wins Promising Franchise of the Year; Bobby Chiam Franchisee of the Year By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT WITH 36 stores in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, Dapur Penyet is the only ayam penyet business to have successfully franchised both locally
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