The Business Times, 12 September 2015

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  • SINGAPORE GENERAL ELECTION
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      Lock icon PAP wins bigger than expected with the silent majority’s backing
      750 2  -  PM Lee calls outcome ‘good results for PAP and excellent results for Singaporeans’ By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore THE ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) not only won big but won bigger than expected in the 2015 General Election
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      Lock icon A stunning outcome, a moment to reflect
      653 3  -  ‘Rather than depicting the PAP as being rigid, uncaring and tunnel-visioned, maybe the opposition need to acknowledge that it has in fact been responsive.’ COMMENTARY Vikram Khanna vikram@sph.com.sg Associate Editor WAKE up and smell the landslide. A lot of bookies would have lost
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      Lock icon WP support wanes amid swing to PAP
      1174 4  -  Party chief Low is satisfied with WP’s performance and says PAP has fixed problems By Jamie Lee, Andrea Soh leejamie@sph.com.sg sandrea@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT @AndreaSohBT Singapore THE Workers’ Party (WP) had charged into this year’s election with a call to entrench its position as an
      PHOTOS: SHAWN TEO  -  1,174 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Sample counts prove their worth in GE2015
      643 5  -  Actual results come well within error margin, especially for larger wards By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore SAMPLE counts proved accurate in the 2015 general election, with actual results coming well within the error margin around what was predicted, especially for larger wards.
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      Lock icon WP retains Aljunied by the skin of its teeth
      875 6  -  Results declared after a recount, with Workers’ Party winning 50.95% of the votes, down from 54.72% in 2011 HOT GRC By Jamie Lee, Andrea Soh leejamie@sph.com.sg sandrea@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT @AndreaSohBT Singapore THE Workers’ Party (WP) kept a delicate hold over the Aljunied
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      Lock icon PAP wins comfortably against WP in East Coast
      757 7  -  Party also posts improved winning margin in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC HOT GRC By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore IN one of the most surprising outcomes in Friday’s general election (GE), the defending People’s Action Party (PAP) team in East Coast GRC emerged
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      Lock icon SDP shut out in Holland-Bukit Timah
      861 8  -  Size of PAP’s win comes as a surprise amid expectation of a close fight; SDP also loses in Bukit Panjang The PAP’s vote share in HollandBukit Timah this year was also markedlyhigher than the 60.1 per cent the same slate had secured in GE2011.
      PHOTO: KEVIN LIM / THE STRAITS TIMES; PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA / THE STRAITS TIMES  -  861 words
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      Lock icon PAP takes Marine Parade with 64% of votes
      741 9  -  Surprise results against WP in the GRC are in contrast to 2011 General Election’s 56.6% HOT GRC By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore THE People’s Action Party (PAP) swept into victory with a surprise 64.07 per cent of the votes at Marine
      PHOTO: DESMOND FOO / THE STRAITS TIMES; PHOTO: DESMOND FOO/THE STRAITS TIMES  -  741 words
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      Lock icon Major vote swing
      78 10 BT INFOGRAPHICS GE2015 WORKERS’ PARTY (6 SEATS) PEOPLE’S ACTION PARTY (83 SEATS) SIX-MEMBER GRC Ang Mo Kio Pasir Ris-Punggol FOUR-MEMBER GRC Chua Chu Kang East Coast Holland-Bukit Timah Jalan Besar Marsiling-Yew Tee West Coast FIVE-MEMBER GRC Aljunied Bishan-Toa Payoh Jurong Marine Parade Nee Soon Sembawang Tampines Tanjong
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      Lock icon PAP’s Cheryl Chan wins Fengshan SMC
      343 13  -  First-time candidate wins the seat with 57.52% of vote share single seat fights By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE People’s Action Party’s (PAP) move to field a first-time candidate in the 2015 general election for one of the most keenly contested single-seat wards
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      Lock icon WP retains Hougang with smaller 57.7% vote share
      433 13  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT SINGAPORE Hougang’s incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Png Eng Huat from the Workers’ Party (WP) retained his seat in the single member constituency (SMC) with 57.7 per cent of the vote. While his win in the traditional
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      Lock icon Charles Chong regains Punggol East for PAP in close contest
      365 13  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT IN the tightest race seen in a single-seat ward, the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Charles Chong has managed to wrest control of Punggol East Single Member Constituency (SMC) from incumbent Lee Li Lian of the
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      Lock icon PAP wins MacPherson with 65.6% of votes
      528 14  -  Incumbent Tin Pei Ling establishes decisive win in three-cornered fight SINGLE SEAT FIGHTS Reports by Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore PEOPLE’S Action Party (PAP) candidate Tin Pei Ling stoutly defended Single Member Constituency (SMC) MacPherson by garnering some 65.6 per cent of votes,
      ALPHONSUS CHERN / THE STRAITS TIMES  -  528 words
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      Lock icon PAP’s Sitoh retains Potong Pasir with firm win over SPP’s Lina Chiam
      584 14 He wins 66.4% while his rival gets 33.6% of 15,934 votes cast THE People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate Sitoh Yih Pin has won the battle for Potong Pasir, winning the Single-Member Constituency (SMC) with 66.4 per cent of
      PHOTO: MARK CHEONG / THE STRAITS TIMES  -  584 words
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      Lock icon PM’s team enjoys 9.3-point jump in votes
      926 15  -  78.6% score second-highest in this election; Eng Hen-led team bags Bishan-Toa Payoh with a high 73.6% win By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE six-member team led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong scored a resounding victory in the Ang Mo Kio group
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      Lock icon Solid wins for PAP in Tanjong Pagar, Jln Besar, Radin Mas
      736 15  -  Outcome contrary to feedback in run-up to poll: SingFirst Party By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg Singapore TANJONG Pagar GRC remains firmly in the hands of the People’s Action Party (PAP), with the ruling party incumbents beating off a challenge from
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      Lock icon PAP retains 3 strongholds with larger margins
      651 16  -  Marsiling-Yew Tee, Sembawang and Nee Soon residents reaffirm their faith in PAP By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore THE newly-minted Marsil-ing-Yew Tee GRC (group representation constituency), which was carved out of the Sembawang GRC for this election, saw the four-member People’s Action
      PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI / THE STRAITS TIMES  -  651 words
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      Lock icon PAP teams in north-west widen victory margins
      698 16  -  Chua Chu Kang GRC and Pioneer and Hong Kah North SMCs all bag more than 74% By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixian Singapore TWELVE days ago, the candidates for Chua Chu Kang group representation constituency (GRC) and the two single-mem-ber constituencies (SMCs) Pioneer and
      PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG / THE STRAITS TIMES  -  698 words
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      Lock icon PAP sets the record in Jurong GRC with blistering 79.3% win
      752 17  -  West Coast GRC, Bukit Batok and Yuhua SMCs also garner much higher vote shares By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore THE People’s Action Party (PAP) retained Jurong GRC with a thumping 79.3 per cent of the vote, fobbing
      PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG /THE STRAITS TIMES  -  752 words
    • Article
      Lock icon PAP keeps Tampines GRC with 72% of votes
      322 17  -  Team secures 95,202 votes against NSP’s 36,920 By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore PEOPLE’S Action Party (PAP) retained the Tampines GRC with 72.06 per cent of the votes in a rematch against the National Solidarity Party (NSP). The PAP team got
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      124 3 Ermenegildo Zegna '.-V ,u M M Ermenegildo Zegna is renowned for making the world’s best menswear and to celebrate this special year in Singapore the brand is celebrating all that is luxurious in the world of a gentleman. Zegna is inviting their in-house Italian Su Misura stylist and specialist, from
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      38 5 Credit Suisse Dili How did Tony’s dream take off? How to turn a single dollar into Asia’s largest low cost carrier. Tony Fernandes and Credit Suisse’s Helman Sitohang explain how it’s done at credit-suisse.com/airasia _J _J -J m
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      186 7 A LAP OF LUXURY SECOND TO NONE Your quintessential getaway to New Zealand’s North Island rustic perfection 8D Travel North Island in Style Auckland Rotorua Hawke’s Bay Taupo Waitomo Matamata Highlights Return Airfare by Singapore Airlines Suites (A380) 2N Accommodation at 5★ Solitaire Lodge in Rotorua 1N Accommodation at 5★
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Asian markets calm at end of a tough week
      613 18 Ringgit, won gain from a more upbeat outlook after positive lead from Wall St AFP Hong Kong ASIAN markets were relatively calm on Friday at the end of a volatile week, with Shanghai and Hong Kong ticking higher after China unveiled
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      Lock icon Japan Post, units get TSE’s nod to go public in November
      621 18 1.4t-yen sale will be biggest in Japan since NTT IPO in 1998 WP Tokyo THE stage is set for Japan’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) this century after Japan Post Holdings Co obtained approval from the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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      Lock icon Oil extends weekly fall as glut bigger than thought
      672 19 Global supply surplus could force prices to as low as US$20 a barrel, says Goldman Bloomberg New York OIL deepened its weekly decline as Goldman Sachs Group Inc said a global supply surplus could force prices to as low as US$20
      Bloomberg; PHOTO: AFP  -  672 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Analysing the odds of a Fed rate increase
      606 19  -  By Mohamed A El-Erian Bloomberg AS the debate about whether the US Federal Reserve will begin raising interest rates next week reaches fever pitch, each side is being forced to adopt so-called corner solutions, arguing for their respective position with mounting conviction.
      Bloomberg  -  606 words
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      Lock icon Dim Sum sales freeze amid yuan concerns
      999 20 This comes even as average yields on the HK bonds jump 160 basis points since devaluation Bloomberg Hong Kong HONG Kong’s yuan bond market has ground to a halt as even average yields of almost 6 per cent can’t allay global investor concerns
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      Lock icon New Flight 93 memorial is work in progress
      1309 21 Stunning visitors centre and museum are finally open; landscaping, other finishing touches are still underway remembering 9/11 WP Shanksville, Pennsylvania DEBBY Borza stood before a wall of photos of 40 people who died here on Sept 11, 2001, and gently tapped her
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon It’s all in the personality
      2735 22 / 23  -  A high curiosity quotient is today a more vital trait for success than EQ and IQ, says psychology doyen Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. By Andrea Soh By Andrea Soh andrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT OkCupid. Match.com. eHarmony. The names of dating websites roll off his tongue easily clearly, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon The GE and the market: possible scenarios
      773 24  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Senior Correspondent HOW might the stock market react to the results of Friday’s General Election? Would it fall if the Opposition won more seats? Or would a resounding victory for the governing party set off a
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      Lock icon China H-shares set to soar 33% by year-end: Deutsche Bank
      492 24 Bloomberg Sydney CHINESE stocks trading in Hong Kong will surge 33 per cent by the end of this year as stronger fiscal stimulus on the mainland revives economic growth, Deutsche Bank AG said. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index will
      Bloomberg; PHOTO: AFP  -  492 words
    • Article
      Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
      193 25 Sep-10 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Sep-10 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 884.50 1.75 0.20% 14/09/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 26.87 0.27 1.02% 14/09/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 468.00 6.00 1.30% 14/09/2015 Sep-10 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2183.00 -6.00 -0.27% 15/09/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1557.00 -38.00 -2.38%
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    • Article
      Lock icon PALM OIL
      57 25 Sep 11 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Sep 15 2000.0 2032.0 2000.0 2000.0 2 1158 Oct 15 2090.0 2077.0 2114.0 2077.0 761 9447 Nov 15 2150.0 2134.0 2180.0 2132.0 ***** ***** Dec 15 2205.0 2179.0
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    • Article
      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      69 25 Sep 10 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 101.9 102.05 101.93 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 98.73 98.85 98.75 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 95.76 95.90 95.73 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 96.58 96.55 96.55 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 102.94
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 25 Sep 10 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0019 1.0031 0.7083 0.7089 Canadian dollar 1.0723 1.0731 0.7584 0.7581 Euro 1.5828 1.5838 1.1190 1.1193 NZ dollar 0.8954 0.8960 0.6330 0.6332 Sterling pound 2.1744 2.1758 1.5372 1.5377
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    • Article
      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
      201 25 Most active Sep 10 Prem Expiry Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left OLS Enterprise W*****5 0.1 -0.1 ***** 1 1 37 8.00 23 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBePW*****9 16.6 0.9 7120 0.0 --0 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****7 16.2 -0.6 6645 0.0 --2
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INT’L INDICES
      373 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 10 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1238.3 -0.2 -2.9 0.0 1.6 -0.1 -4.9 EAFE Preliminary 990.1 -1.5 0.3 -1.1 2.9 -1.2 -3.6 Europe Preliminary 1388.3 -1.2 0.5
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    • STOCK MARKETS
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        Lock icon Straits Times Index
        21 25 YTD change: -14.18% 52-week high: 3,539.95 on April 15,2015 52-week low: 2,843.39 on Aug 24, 2015 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Hang Seng Index
        20 25 YTD change: -8.90% 52-week high: 28,442.75 on April 28,2015 52-week low: 20,583.52 on Sept 7,2015 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite
        22 25 YTD change: -1.06% 52-week high: 5,166.35 on June 12, 2015 52-week low: 2,289.87 on Sept 22,2014 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Nikkei 225
        19 25 ytd change: +4.66% 52-week high: 20,868.03 on June 24,2015 52-week low: 14,532.51 on Oct 17,2014 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Dow Jones Industrial Average
        26 25 YTD change: -8.37% 52-week high: 18,312.39 on May 19,2015 52-week low: 15,666.44 on Aug 25,2015 (Chart shows Thursday’s index closing) Source: Bloomberg
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Growing importance of land is bad news for the economy
      843 26  -  COMMENTARY By Noah Smith ~The writer is an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University and a freelance writer for finance and business publications Bloomberg View FOR all the alarm about the “rise of the robots” or “software eating
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    • Article
      Lock icon Crowdfunded Tokyo condos appeal with 5% yield
      636 26 Bloomberg Tokyo TOKYO’S crowdfunded condominiums are luring individuals with the promise of a 5 per cent yield in a land of benchmark interest rates near zero out to five years. Tatsushi Iwano, a former fund manager at Goldman Sachs Group Inc in Tokyo
      Bloomberg  -  636 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Househunt
      1107 27 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN JULY 29 AND AUGUST 4, 2015 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT -IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$’000) PSF (S$) District 13 NON-LANDED Sant Ritz Apt 31/07/2015 99 1259 1178 935 District 14 NON-LANDED Astoria Park Apt
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
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      291 28 World Amateur Golfers Championship SINGAPORE Join the national golf tour that allows you to compete with peers ENTRY FEE Qualifiers $568 Direct entry to Final $1,288 *Special packages available for corporate flights. SINGAPORE QUALIFIERS 25 September 2015 28 September 2015 2 October 2015 Selling Fast SINGAPORE FINAL 14 October 2015
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Top banks put euro-area crisis fund on track
      544 29 Largest lenders in bloc, including 14 from Germany, will contribute 2.8b euros this year Bloomberg Frankfurt THE biggest euro-area banks will put 2.8 billion euros (S$4.5 billion) this year into crisis funds intended to keep taxpayers off the hook for meltdowns in
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      Lock icon The dubious case of global law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf
      871 29  - The dubious case of global law firm Dewey LeBoeuf By James Stewart NYT New York THE names Enron and WorldCom are synonymous with accounting fraud and an era in which top executives turned to desperate measures to inflate company earnings, mislead investors, prop up share prices and supercharge their already
      NYT; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG  -  871 words
  • Page 29 Advertisements
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      122 29 GOOD CLASS BUNGALOW LAND FOR SALE HOLLAND PARK Brand New Land ***** sf Build Up ***** sf Contemporary tropical design Beautiful land Wide frontage Easy access, mins to Botanic Garden, Priced to sell OpenHouse SWISS CLUB ROAD Land ***** sf Beautiful elevated yet flat land Amazing view BELMONT Easy access
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Head-up display migrates to automobile world
      757 31 Automakers say feature ensures safer driving but sceptics warn it could be a distraction NYT New York WHEN Manish Undavia took delivery of the 2016 Audi A7 sedan list price, about US$71,000 it came with technology rarely found in automobiles, even five years ago:
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      Lock icon New Apple TV takes shot at cable market
      621 31 Development of TV apps will allow consumers to bypass cable TV subscription AFP San Francisco THE New Apple TV unveiled this week has the potential to do for television what iPhone did to mobile phones, while claiming a starring role in home
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Startup watch geeks take on old giants
      745 32 For startups that make it over the hump, rewards can be considerable NYT New York FOR budding entrepreneurs, the watch industry would seem a strange place to start. It is the definition of a mature industry, built on centuries-old technology such as balance
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    • Article
      Lock icon Wal-Mart suppliers resist new margin-squeezing terms
      673 32 US vendors, asked to pay for use of shelf space and facilities, face higher costs Bloomberg New York AFTER years of meeting demands for ever cheaper prices, many Wal-Mart Stores Inc suppliers are saying no to new mar-gin-squeezing storage fees and a payment schedule
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon CRRC to double overseas sales in five years
      650 33 China trainmaker’s new Springfield plant is showcase for US expansion; it is bullish on prospects in American cities Bloomberg New York NEW York’s ageing subway system is an irresistible draw for Yu Weiping, vice president of CRRC Corp, China’s biggest maker of
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      Lock icon Bombardier eyes mature markets in quest for 300 CSeries orders
      711 33 Bloomberg Montreal BOMBARDIER Inc is refocusing the sales campaign for its tardy CSeries jet on established airlines, a shift away from reliance on lessors and small carriers. In its quest for 300 firm orders by the time the plane enters
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon Wholesale prices stable as fuel costs drop
      486 34 August reading signals that inflation may linger below the Federal Reserve’s goal for some time LATEST US DATA Bloomberg Washington WHOLESALE prices in the US were little changed in August, restrained by lower fuel costs that signal that inflation would remain weak. Stagnant
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      Lock icon Modi driving record highway debt binge despite obstacles
      1032 34 WP Mumbai WHILE India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running into obstacles in his plan to build 30 kilometres of highway every day, construction companies are still binging on debt. IL&FS Transportation Networks and IRB Infrastructure Developers are among the top seven
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      Lock icon Talk of fresh BOJ easing sends yen down
      572 35  -  Market seizes on Abe adviser’s suggestion that the central bank’s Oct 30 meeting is a good opportunity for another round of easing By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE yen fell against the dollar and other currencies on Friday, as highly nervous currency
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      Lock icon Spike in offshore yuan seen to be short-lived
      485 35 Reuters Hong Kong A SPIKE in the offshore yuan following suspected rare intervention by Chinese state banks is expected to be short-lived, especially with a looming US interest rate rise likely to add to the attraction of owning dollars. But those betting
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      Lock icon China circuit breaker plan draws support
      987 36 Analysts see it as a positive step in calming wild stockmarket swings, provided officials are clear about the rules Bloomberg Shanghai CHINA’S plan to introduce a stockmarket circuit breaker would help calm volatility after price swings in the benchmark index surged to an 18-year
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      Lock icon HK regulator blasts Moody’s for ‘shoddy’ report on China companies
      298 36 Reuters Hong Kong HONG Kong’s securities regulator said on Friday that a Moody’s Corp report questioning corporate governance at 49 Chinese firms was “shoddy” and “unprofessional” a report the ratings agency said it stood by even though it contained errors.
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
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      323 35 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Draw on this to make a reservation on second boat (10) 6 Northern type’s place with charge initially for parking (4) 10 Bug contained by regular vaccination? (5) 11 Badger in a woolly coat (9) 12 Drunk restricts working when stars are out (7) 13 Time
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  • Wealth
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      Lock icon Making family wealth last
      1131 37  -  Singapore lags its peers, with only 58% of families here having succession plans. By Danial Mah Abdullah ~The writer is interim CEO, Labuan International Business and Financial Centre ASEAN is witnessing a rapid wealth boom with most of this affluence held by traditional Asian family-owned businesses.
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Mastering effective collaboration
      1065 38 / 39  -  It underpins the entire innovation process from ideation to the successful commercialisation of a novel product or service. By Thomas Menkhoff By Thomas Menkhoff ~The writer is professor of organisational behaviour and human resources (education) at the Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business, and
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      Lock icon Digital must lead higher education in Singapore
      749 38 / 39  -  By Ng Lai Yee ~The writer is managing director, health public service, at Accenture Singapore THE higher-education environment is not like what it used to be. Neither are the students. While parents see a university degree as an assurance of success, students are
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  • BT WINE CHALLENGE 2015
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      Lock icon The many faces of Italian wine
      1261 40 / 41  -  The diversity of Italy’s wine scene is well represented in 10 of The Business Times Wine Challenge 2015’s Top 50 wines. By Chan Wai Xin By Chan Wai Xin SPEAKING about Italian wine as a whole always risks oversimplification because of the diversity involved.
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  • BT CORPORATE GOLF LEAGUE 2015
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