The Business Times, 26 May 2015

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    34 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN S$1.00 q:h A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION wvvw.businesstimes.com.sg I} D@BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO ’l*****868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 Tuesday, May 26,2015
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  • Article
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    24 1 MARKETS Monday Change STI 3,460.85 +10.67 KL COMP 1,767.38 -20.12 NIKKEI 225 20,413.77 +149.36 HANG SENG CLOSED SHENZHEN B 1,570.46 +15.12 DOW CLOSED
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    Lock icon China interbank rates dive after PBOC eases monetary policy
    909 1  -  State-owned banks told to buy local-government debt, but the lenders consider the cost to be too high By Virginie Mangin btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing INTERBANK market rates in China are dropping sharply as the country’s central bank eases monetary policy and lenders are
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    219 1 The Greek government is priming investors for another cliffhanger on June 5. TOP STORIES 2 Global financial services executives believe regulation has enabled business growth and they are expecting more to come, says a survey. COMPANIES MARKETS 5 REC Solar has completed installing rooftop photovoltaic solar panels at
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    Lock icon Singapore banks pivot towards wealth management
    1113 1  -  They see shift to digital powering growth in this area and retirement planning for the masses; technology would also protect against mis-selling by their sales force By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore BANKS have trained their focus on wealth management and retirement planning for
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      33 1 PRICES S’pore core inflation at lowest in 5 years TOP STORIES 2 SMART HOMES HDB to launch Northshore Residences this week REAL ESTATE 10 Banks look to Apple Pay as gamechanger, Page 3
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      11 1 THAI LESSON The rice saga and fall of Yingluck Shinawatra OPINION/21
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Singapore core inflation at its lowest in 5 years
      833 2  -  But no change in monetary policy seen, since drivers of benign inflation are policy-induced, transient By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore APRIL might have become part of the longest consecutive period of declining prices since 2009, and registered the lowest core
      Source: Department of Statistics  -  833 words
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      Lock icon Leasing rents, volumes to soften in 2015: CBRE
      454 2  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore TOTAL leasing volume is expected to decline by five to 10 per cent the rest of this year, with overall rents softening by 5 to 7 per cent, said CBRE on Monday. This is on the
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      Lock icon Greece signals June 5 IMF payment as next crisis cliffhanger
      827 2 Athens doesn’t have the money and won’t pay what it owes the fund next month: interior minister Athens THE Greek government is priming investors for another cliffhanger on June 5. While Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis insisted
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      Lock icon Banks look to Apple Pay as gamechanger
      620 3  -  Despite slightly higher fees, they see the contactless payment scheme changing the way consumers spend and make payments BANKING MOVES Reports by Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore IT’S a game of hypotheticals, but one worth considering when it involves technology giant Apple. Banks
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      Lock icon Citi preparing ‘interesting response’ in credit card market
      501 3 Bank monitoring trend of tying spending to interest rates earned on savings CITIBANK Singapore may have retained its pole position in the credit card market, but it is defending itself against keen competition. For one thing, it will have an “interesting response”
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      Lock icon Japan, China in race to finance building of Asia’s infrastructure
      974 4  -  Abe’s new funding bid competes directly with what China’s Asia infrastructure Investment Bank will do By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo SOMETHING approaching “infrastructure wars” have broken out between Japan and China. This arises from the intense competition between the two
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      Lock icon Monthly pace of growth for Japan’s exports slows
      474 4 April figure is worrying as slowdown in economies of China, US clouds outlook REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN’S exports rose in April from a year earlier led by US-bound shipments of cars, but the monthly pace of growth slowed from March a worrying portent
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      Lock icon Japan lesson on China debt: extend, don’t pretend
      749 4  -  By Andy Mukherjee REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS JAPAN holds an important lesson for China. Like the People’s Republic today, it battled with runaway debts in the early 1990s. The key is to tell banks whose loans are going bad: If you must, then extend
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      9 2 Portugal, like Europe, loses appetite for reform, Page 18
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Fullerton: Value still in chunk of China market
      553 5  -  Correction likely after market surge but reasonable valuations can still be found By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg Singapore PARTS of China’s equity market are in “bubble-like” territory, says Fullerton Fund Management chief executive Manraj Sekhon. But investors should not dismiss the China equity
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      Lock icon Regulation helps financial services grow: Deloitte
      416 5  -  By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore REGULATION in financial services has helped the industry to grow, contrary to the oft-heard complaints from bankers on the increased cost from more compliance burdens. Not only do global financial services executives believe regulation has enabled business
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      Lock icon Banyan Tree helps resort pick casino operator
      209 5  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore A BANYAN Tree subsidiary will be helping a Vietnamese operator of luxury resorts identify companies that can operate its proposed integrated casino entertainment facilities. Banyan Tree Capital (BTC) will oversee the re-quest-for-concepts process for Laguna Lang Co,
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      Lock icon Stamford Land’s Q4 profit rises 87.5%; revenue up 80%
      276 5  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore STAMFORD Land Corp on Monday reported an 87.5 per cent surge in net profit for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2015, to S$5.39 million as revenue was boosted by its property development segment. Revenue
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      Lock icon Fischer Tech full-year profit rises to S$7.48m
      286 6  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore IN line with higher revenue, Fischer Tech reported a net profit of S$7.48 million for the financial year ended March 31,2015, up 12.7 percentyear on year. Revenue rose 17.5 per cent to S$168.27 million on the back
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      Lock icon TradeHero driving financial literacy through fun and games
      523 6  -  Startup’s platform lets users trade stocks and currencies virtually based on real-world data By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore HOMEGROWN stock market simulation app maker TradeHero has partnered Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Macquarie Securities Thailand to bring financial education to “millions of
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      Lock icon FCL’s retail bonds trade above par
      407 6  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore PROPERTY developer Frasers Centrepoint Ltd’s sev-en-year retail bonds closed trading above par on Monday, after meeting with strong demand in the subscription phase. Analysts attributed the demand to the appealing coupon rate of 3.65 per cent per annum,
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      Lock icon Jason Marine FY15 profit up
      268 6  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore IN a financial year when revenue was higher but overall gross margin lower, Jason Marine Group turned in a 39.8 per cent rise in net profit to S$3.89 million with help from higher net exchange gain. The 12 months
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    • HOT STOCKS
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        Lock icon YuuZoo share rally continues
        468 7  -  Rise follows surge last Friday after a report by UK research firm Edison By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore INTERNET stock YuuZoo on Monday extended its share price rally from Friday, closing the day 13.6 per cent or S$0.04 higher at S$0.335. The stock opened trading
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        Lock icon Stratech Group stock stages further rise
        358 7  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SHARES in Stratech Group continued to climb on Monday, hitting a high of 4.9 Singapore cents in trading and making it the second most heavily traded stock by volume. The counter closed at 4.5 Singapore cents, up 0.2
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      Lock icon DBS commits additional S$12m to Marina Bay
      475 7  -  By Elizabeth Mak eamak@sph.com.sg Singapore DBS Bank has ramped up its commitment to Marina Bay, with a pledge of S$ 12 million over three years to further boost activities in the area. This is on top of its commitment of S$10 million over
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      Lock icon HK closure leads to lacklustre session
      708 8  -  Trading for week kicks off with paltry 1.8b units worth S$596.6m traded; this is lowest one-day total this year STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT TRADERS who thought conditions in the local stock market couldn’t be worse than last week found that they were
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      308 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 253 unch 255/253 271 219 5.8 6397.8 CapitaLand 366 +1 367/362 379 293 13.4 2.5 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 223 +3 223/221 228 188.5 4.9 7737.4 CityDev 1048 +8 1049/1037 1095 915 12.6
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      33 8 VOLUME Yuuzoo 102,698,200 StratechGroup 89,331,300 Blumont 85,638,900 LionGold 83,285,800 Jaya 74,326,900 Market volume 1,819,649,000 VALUE Singtel 44,027,587 Yuuzoo 33,499,866 Wilmar Intl 24,124,301 Global Logistic 20,500,287 Keppel Corp 14,683,898 Market value 598,564,000
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      77 8 May 25 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -75.00 -90.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -52.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -8.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 790.52 -0.98 FTSE ST Small Cap 498.60 -0.35 FTSE ST All Share 830.71 +1.81 FTSE ST China Top 217.33 +0.65 FTSE ST China 256.73 +2.61 FTSE
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      108 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap UETF SSE50China 319 +6 209 319/312 319/140 319/320 99.7 STI ETF 349 157 350/349 355/319 349/350 Lyxor HSI US$ US355 +6 87 355/355 361/281 353/355 30.9 Lyxor ChinaH US$ US2006 +39 70 2006/1983 2041/1280 2000/2006 110.3
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index May 25,2015 830.71 +1.81 (+0.22%) Current streak 2 days Day high 831.17 Day low 829.06 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 762.71 (Oct 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index May 22,2015 1,935.25 -13.16 (-0.68%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,956.39 Day low 1,934.73 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 6 6 0 0 0 3 6 6 Manufacturing 42 46 43 8 10 9 50 56 52 Commerce 19 23 24 4 5 5 23 28 29 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 18 8
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 9,493 9,493 32,267 32,267 Manufacturing 404,482 49,001 453,483 87,968 5,618 93,586 Commerce 132,179 52,886 185,065 31,094 2,461 33,555 Tpt/Stor/Comms 135,559 975 136,534 102,047 68 102,115 Finance 19,618 234 19,852 36,443 43 36,486 Construction 91,760 14,154
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      73 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 368.9 2.1 *****/***** Lyxor Indonesia US$ 8804 291.1 2.5 9636/8507 DBXT China50 US$ 4133 124.8 2.3 4258/2800 JMH USD 6152 69.8 0.9 6788/5700 DBXT CSI300 US$ 1402 57.7 3.2 1402/623 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Infinio 0.3 50.0
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      76 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** -104.6 -0.7 *****/***** DBXT DBCBLEB US$ 1376 -96.6 -5.0 1918/1376 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -77.8 -0.3 *****/***** DBXT MSTHAI US$ 2037 -45.6 -1.6 2300/1886 DBXT MSMSIA US$ 1326 -34.9 -1.9 1598/1291 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Charisma W*****3 0.4
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE China Sports 72,264.1 0.026 +0.004 +18.18 China Taisan 21,532.8 0.022 +0.003 +15.79 Next-Gen Sat^ 13,190.0 0.002 -0.001 -33.33 Infinio 4,700.2 0.003 +0.001 +50.00 Mercator Lines 4,316.5 0.033 -0.006 -15.39 Azeus 100.0 0.099 +0.008 +8.79 Yuuzoo 102,698.2 0.335 +0.040 +13.56 Brooke Asia 60.1 0.150 +0.020 +15.39
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      420 8  -  Compiled by Chan Yi Wen Yangzijiang shipbuilding Holdings| Buy May 25 close: S$1.485 Target price: S$1.62 DBS Group Research, May 25 YANGZIJIANG has evolved to be the largest private shipbuilder in China and is among the handful Chinese yards that have scaled up to build mega containerships, VLCCs
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      16 8 DATA I (May 26) Singapore GDP I 10pm (May 26) US S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Index
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      Lock icon Yellen’s rate comments shore up US$ sentiment
      401 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE US dollar hit a one-month high against a basket of major currencies on Monday after stronger-than-ex-pected underlying US inflation bolstered the Federal Reserve’s case for an interest rate hike later this year. Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s comments that the
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 9 May 25 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.963 4.854 0.714 6.067 49.792 103.220 0.952 8.593 2.827 1.071 79.811 34.922 1.050 9.362 0.739 23.872 26.274 0.505 0.783 Canada 1.038 5.040
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 May 25 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0498 1.0507 0.7825 0.7828 Canadian dollar 1.0902 1.0910 0.8129 0.8126 Euro 1.4713 1.4724 1.0967 1.0970 NZ dollar 0.9802 0.9811 0.7306 0.7310 Sterling pound 2.0781 2.0796 1.5490 1.5494
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 May 25 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3421 1.3430 2-months 1.3427 1.3436 3-months 1.3433 1.3443 6-months 1.3450 1.3462 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        208 9 May 25 Most active Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBePW*****0 5.9 -2 5458 0.0 --2 China Gaoxian FibreFab W*****8 0.1 unch 5000 1 10 248 29.00 40 WE Holdings Ltd W*****5 0.3 unch 2861
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr May 22 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1367.2 -0.1 7.2 -0.4 6.4 -0.4 5.5 EAFE Preliminary 1114.4 0.0 12.9 -0.7 10.0 -0.7 9.0 Europe Preliminary 1558.9 0.0 12.8
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        Lock icon 5GX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        404 9 May 25 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.91 *****.30 *****.05 May15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.50 *****.50 *****5 *****6 Jun15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****9 *****1 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.92 *****.77 *****.54 Jun15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****4 Sep15
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 May 25 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.10 0.05 1-month 0.6875 0.5625 2-months 0.75 0.625 3-months 0.8125 0.6875 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.17 0.07 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.70 0.50 12
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        36 9 May 25 1 mth 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        65 9 May 25 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.51 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 99.9 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 105.25 105.25 105.20 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 102.18 102.10 102.09 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 107.64 107.60 107.60 30-Year NA*****N
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 9 May 25 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jun 15 2129.0 2137.0 2142.0 2126.0 280 3184 Jul 15 2131.0 2143.0 2154.0 2124.0 7075 ***** Aug 15 2122.0 2138.0 2151.0 2121.0 ***** ***** Sep 15 2129.0 2141.0
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon First batch of smart HDB homes to launch this week
      648 10  -  Units at Northshore Residences I and II seen attracting higher application rates, thanks to their affordable prices BY Lee Meixian |eemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE first smart HDB homes, Northshore Residences I and II, will be launched in this month’s build-to-or-der
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      Lock icon India builders face roadblock as banks tighten lending tap
      570 10 BLOOMBERG Mumbai INDIAN builders struggling to sell homes amid mounting debt face a new hurdle: reluctant bankers. “There’s a lot of demand from builders and commercial real estate developers for loans,” Ranjan Dhawan, Bank of Baroda’s Mumbai-based chief executive officer, said
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      Lock icon Fubon Life buys Madame Tussauds London site
      258 10 BLOOMBERG Taipei FUBON Life Insurance Co agreed to buy the London site of the Madame Tussauds waxworks museum for £348.8 million (S$723.8 million) as the Taiwanese insurer seeks higher returns overseas. The property on Marylebone Road near Regents Park includes a 2,833 square-metre
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      Lock icon REC completes solar panel installation at Bugis Junction
      476 11  -  The 1,000-sq-m rooftop panels will be able to generate 200,000 kWh of clean energy annually and save the property some S$30,000 a year for the next 25 years By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore GLOBAL solar-energy firm REC Solar has completed
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      Lock icon High rents elbow Latinos from San Francisco’s Mission District
      1119 11 NYT San Francisco LUXURY condominiums, organic ice cream stores, cafes that serve soya lattes and chocolate shops that offer samples from Ecuador and Madagascar are rapidly replacing 99-cent stores, bodegas and rent-controlled apartments in the Mission District, this city’s working-class Latino
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      52 11 Blogs Miss Ann Thrope Metadata Write on the Money R Sivanithy shares his observations on the Singapore stock market at Write on the Money, Kenneth Lim discusses the news from a data-driven perspective at Metadata, while Joyce Hooi mercilessly points out the absurdities of life at Miss Ann Thrope. businesstimes.com.sg/blogs
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      433 12 BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA Building Society Bhd, a lender controlled by the country’s biggest pension fund, plans to adopt stricter coverage standards for loan impairments as it prepares to become an Islamic bank. The company known as MBSB wants to raise its loan-loss
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      867 14 But some money managers say divestment as a tool to address climate change is too simplistic in most cases REUTERS London FOR Rivka Micklewaite and fellow students, securing a pledge this week from Oxford University to avoid direct investments in companies producing
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      653 14 BLOOMBERG New York OIL speculators missed out as record demand from US refineries helped trim supplies from their highest level in more than eight decades and drive prices higher. Hedge funds and other money managers reduced their net-long position
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      538 15 NYT San Francisco EVERY night, the software developer Aaron Melocik follows a precise food routine. He blends together 1.9 litres of water, 31/2tablespoons of macadamia nut oil and a 45 3g bag of powder called Schmoylent. Then he pours the beige
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      624 15 NYT New York IN the continuing battle between European and American tech companies, score one for Europe. In a move that could put pressure on its rivals to follow suit, Amazon will start paying taxes in a number of European countries
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      573 15 WP Washington WHEN Anil Chawla built a start-up that uses software to archive social media posts, he never imagined that his biggest clients would be government agencies. Mr Chawla, a former IBM engineer, founded ArchiveSocial in 2011 to design an efficient way to
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  • CONSUMER
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      530 16 But critics say scheme is misguided and focus should be on scrubbing its online marketplaces of widespread listings of fakes REUTERS Putian, China CRITICISED and even sued by luxury brand Gucci and others for facilitating the counterfeit goods trade, Chinese e-com-merce giant Alibaba
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      253 16 Beijing CHINESE shoppers may get better deals on items including sports shoes, face cream, and diapers after the government reduced import tax by half to boost consumption. Import tariff for some clothes, shoes, and skincare products will be cut by an average
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      296 16 AFP Canberra AUSTRALIA is world-renowned for its love of beer. But its passion for a different type of brew coffee is what has been making global headlines recently. Sasa Sestic, from the capital Canberra, is the second coffee maker from Down Under to
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      1432 16 Deutsche Bank AG (Incorporated in Germany) Consolidated Financial Statements for 2014 IZl Consolidated Balance Sheet Earnings per Share Adjustments for net change in operating assets Other, net (4,360) 3,007 (2,794) Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (630) 7.184 (23.954) Cash flows from investing activities: Proceeds from: Cash and
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  • TRANSPORT
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      888 17 His job will be to clean up MAS for closure and transfer its assets and liabilities to new airline, Malaysia Airlines Bhd Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd said it has appointed Mohammad Faiz Azmi to oversee the restructuring of the
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      742 17 REUTERS Washington THE US car safety watchdog, long criticised as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new boss a testimony to his credentials as a safety expert and a hardening of the administration’s policy after a
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      781 17 They face problem in selling a technology that is arriving faster than many expected WP Washington FOR a glimpse of one of motoring’s thorniest modern dilemma, look no further than two contradictory TV ads for Infiniti’s new Q50. In one, a narrator mocks
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      99 17 TENDER NOTICE Land Bank of Taiwan, Singapore Branch Land Bank of Taiwan, Singapore Branch invites tenders from Certified Insurance Companies for Employee Benefits Insurance. Eligibility: Tenderers must be qualified by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Collection of Tender Specification: Tender Specifications are obtainable from Land Bank of Taiwan, Singapore Branch,
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      862 18 Initially ambitious with changes, its drive has waned after the three-year bailout programme ended last year REUTERS Sintra, Portugal CELEBRATED among Europe’s elite as a model of how to reform an economy after a debt binge, Portugal’s enthusiasm for change has waned as
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      390 18 REUTERS Shanghai CHINA’S top banking regulator have warned of rising credit risk from real estate, local government debt and unconventional forms of finance, sources with direct knowledge told Reuters, highlighting Beijing’s struggles to prevent risky debt from engulfing a
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      472 18 AFP London THE British government’s new legislative programme, including a referendum bill on leaving the European Union (EU), will be announced by Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday as parliament gets down to business after the Conservatives’ election win. The mood of
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      Lock icon M’sian investors turn cautious after IFCA’s shares tumble
      554 18  -  Cloud-based software firm plunges nearly 15% after it tells exchange its CFO has resigned By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur AMID weak market sentiment, Malaysia’s retail investors could prove more risk averse after the year’s top gainer tumbled following the unexpected resignation
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      749 19 This is after lenders take steps to cool housing market; A$ remains 3.7% above 6-year low touched in April BLOOMBERG Sydney THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is set to win more room to weaken its currency after lenders started doing their bit
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      631 19 REUTERS Nakagawa TWO-THIRDS of Japanese firms support the government’s plan to boost the national sales tax in 2017 and almost half believe big hikes in the future will be necessary to combat the country’s ballooning debt, a Reuters
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      339 19 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA’S home minister called for a police investigation into the suspected contamination of rice with plastic, saying it may be an attempt at sabotaging the government, media reported on Monday. President Joko Widodo has called for calm after reports that tainted
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  • OPINION
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      580 20 THE passage of a US Senate bill proposing to give US President Barack Obama his Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) has cheered Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) proponents no end. Yet despite the current optimism, it is obvious that many obstacles –both in the United
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      835 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By David Mason T The writer, a business communications consultant in the UK, was a Price Waterhouse Singapore partner for 18 years in the 1980s and 1990s SO, Golden Jubilee for Singapore as an independent nation. There will be accolades pouring in from
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      1372 20  -  The narrative being promoted by Jeb Bush and the Republicans seeks to pin all the current mess in Iraq and Syria, including the rise of the IS, on President Obama and the Democrats By Leon Hadar FORMER Florida Governor Jeb Bush has yet to
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      924 21  -  COMMENTARY By Leela Pandit T The writer is a director at Tulchan Communications GOOGLE recently rolled out its mobile-friend-ly update, which will boost the rankings of mobile-friendly pages on mobile search results. Its definition of mobile-friendly is a website that “can
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      531 21  -  By Michael McDonald OILPRICE.COM ALTHOUGH some US oil companies are struggling with low oil prices, a new wave of innovation is hitting the oil patch, allowing for a significant reduction in drilling costs. A variety of different improvements in production are
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      450 21  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mak Yuen Teen I REFER to the report “Xpress and its former chairman broke listing rules in 2014: SGX” (BT, May 22). It is good that Singapore Exchange has taken some form of enforcement action by issuing
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      1274 21  -  It is a lesson for future leaders of Thailand and other countries to steer clear of any policy resembling market manipulation. BY ASIT K BISWAS, MATTHEW J KASTNER and CECILIA TORTAJADA manipulation.BY ASIT K BISWAS, MATTHEW J KASTNER, CECILIA TORTAJADA T Mr
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      600 23 AFP Stellenbosch, South Africa GNARLED and gnomish, the vines that produced the best white in one of the world’s top wine competitions crouch low and untrellised amid more traditional vineyards in South Africa’s scenic Cape winelands. The Chenin Blanc made from
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      855 23 Choice of Dheepan crowns a good night for French cinema but a bad one for Italy and actress Blanchett CANNES FESTIVAL REUTERS AFP Cannes FRENCH film Dheepan won the top Palme d’Or prize for director Jacques Audiard at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, crowning
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      939 23 OBITUARY NYT New York JOHN Nash Jr, a mathematician who shared a Nobel Prize in 1994 for work that greatly extended the reach and power of modern economic theory and whose long descent into severe mental illness and eventual
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      312 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Fishmonger’s special offer for Scrooge (10) 6 A barrier for architect (4) 9 Character in The Odyssey returning after the blast destroyed fighting vessel (10) 10 It takes a stiff pint by the sound of it (4) 12 Arrive by gold carriage (6) 13 Payment from
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      1154 24  -  With a wide selection of baked products and CEO-cum-head baker Dean Brettschneider’s personal touch to boot, Baker Cook focuses on bringing a “new world” bakery experience to the suburbs.BY PRISCA ANG suburbs.BY PRISCA ANG prisang@sph.com.sg THE idyllic atmosphere in Chip Bee Garden belies the snazzy array of
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      1644 24  -  By Vivien Ang vivang@sph.com.sg Singapore THE road to motherhood is one fraught with challenges and uncertainties. Throw entrepreneurship into the mix and it is a wonder that one doesn’t feel like the apocalypse is impending with the frenetic schedule. But that was exactly what Nicole Seah,
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  • EMERGING ENTERPRISE 2015
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      1232 25  -  Whether they realise it or not, a reliable electronic payments system can boost productivity for SME owners on both the buy and sell side of growing a business. BY DEBBIE YONG BY DEBBIE YONG debyong@sph.com.sg @DebbieYongBT ASK any SME business owner what’s top on their to-do
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