The Business Times, 19 September 2015

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      173 2 CONTENTS LIVING Living L2-4, L5 Home Garden L6-7 NEWS Top Stories 2-7 Raffles Conversation 8-9 Companies Markets 10-14 Real Estate 15-16 Banking Finance 17 Energy Commodities 18 Technology 20 Consumer 21 Govt Economy 22-24 Transport 25 Opinion 26-27 Wealth 28-30 Life Culture 31 Dining L8-10 Health L11 BT Wine Challenge
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  • TOP STORIES
    • MARKETS
      • Article
        Lock icon STOCKS
        59 2 HSTI 2,879.59 (-16.22) HSTI FUTURES 2,880.00 (-21.00) HSIMSCI 323.23 (-1.04) HSIMSCI FUTURES 322.20 (-3.20) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,669.45 -12.09 NIKKEI 225 18,070.21 -362.06 HANG SENG 21,920.83 +66.20 SET 1,390.32 +0.62 JAKARTA 4,380.32 +1.94 MANILA 7.131.91 +7.92 KOSPI 1,995.95 +19.46 SHENZHEN B 1,041.06 +11.20 MUMBAI IND 26,218.91 +254.94
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.35 MALAYSIA 6.85 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 14.807 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.70 SWITZERLAND 0.50 INDIA 14.45 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon FOREX
        49 2 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.392 (US$/S$ per 1.560 2.172 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.144 1.592 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 119.50 85.80 RM 4.229 3.037 HK$ 7.750 5.567 BAHT 35.52 25.51 RUPIAH 14,445 10,375 RENMINBI 6.363 4.570 INDIAN RUPEE 65.84 47.29 A$ 1.380 0.991 NZ$ 1.563 1.122
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    • Article
      Lock icon Reasons for Fed’s rate freeze dent equities
      871 2  -  Stock markets rattled as central bank cites volatile global, financial conditions By Rob Curran bt wo rl d @s p h .co m .sg IN an eagerly anticipated decision, the US Federal Reserve kept the rate at which it lends money to banks
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    • Article
      Lock icon Correction
      59 2 IN “CPF Board launches public tender to sell Robinson Rd building” (BT, Sept 18), we wrongly reported that Frasers Commercial Trust acquired a commercial site at Cecil/Telok Ayer Street in a government land sale in August 2013. We had cited a CBRE press release. The buyer of the site
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      Lock icon Higher repayments ahead for home loans
      718 3  -  Recent rise in interest rates will jack up instalments for home buyers By Slow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore THE recent surge in interest rates is going to bite home buyers who are facing an increase in monthly instalments which could run into hundreds
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      Lock icon Lightspeed
      412 4 To gain maximum speed and fuel efficiency, Formula One teams rely on big data analytics and predictive capabilities to enhance a car’s performance in real-time. That is why it is said that Formula One cars are like big data factories on wheels. The Business Times hitches a ride on
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      Lock icon Real-time data sets F1 apart
      1229 5  -  Race analytics simplify complexities, enabling spectators to understand the nuances of the race REVVING UP By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore WE are back in the zone where 200-300 kmh speeds on Singapore roads are legal, albeit for a select group of elite worldclass
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      Lock icon S-Reits rebound after Fed holds rates for now
      573 6  -  Analysts see only short-term boost, notes risk to sector’s earnings and topline growth By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore AS has been the case each time an anticipated rate increase turned out to be another false alarm, real estate investment trusts (Reits)
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    • Article
      Lock icon Engineering expertise still wanted: PM Lee
      371 6  -  By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore ENGINEERING expertise will continue to be needed in the next phase of Singapore’s nation building, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday night. Speaking at a reunion dinner for the first batch of engineering graduates at
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      Lock icon Song Seng Wun keeps tabs with bellynomics
      872 7  -  Economist gets better pulse of economy by traipsing around S’pore for lunch every day By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore EXCEL spreadsheets, statistical models, and historical data series Song Seng Wun likes them just as much as the next economist. But when taking
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Panasonic’s ‘samurai’ CEO
      2526 8 / 9  -  Having pulled the company out of the red, Kazuhiro Tsuga, fast-driving president of Panasonic Corporation, is steering it away from consumer electronics as it approaches its centenary in 2018. By Anna Teo By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg KAZUHIRO Tsuga was named to the top job at Panasonic Corporation
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Late selling strikes after initial gains on Fed news
      548 10  -  STOCKS| R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Senior Correspondent THE Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday and Thursday was clearly the main focus of the week just past. Just before the meeting, markets everywhere rose in anticipation of the Fed keeping
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    • Article
      Lock icon GAINERS
      74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low Lyxor ThaiSET US$ ***** 321.5 2.1 *****/***** SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 311.8 1.1 *****/***** DBXT MSEurope US$ 5628 192.1 2.5 6300/5366 GLD US$ ***** 180.9 1.2 *****/***** Hyflux 6% CPS ***** 70.0 0.7 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Asiatravel W*****5 1.6
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      72 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low JMH USD 4700 -75.2 -1.1 6788/4502 JSH USD 2701 -54.3 -1.4 3703/2611 DBXT iBoxxIDR US$ 844 -27.8 -2.3 1053/844 IS ASIA HYG S$D 1438 -17.0 -1.2 1485/1343 UOB 1936 -14.0 -0.7 2505/1851 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Infinio 0.1 -50.0 -0.1 0.7/0.1
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      37 10 VOLUME Sinarmas Land 152,162,400 Global Logistic 139,750,700 Geo Energy Res 65,443,000 Noble 62,230,500 Ezra 55,916,700 Market volume 1,748,782,000 VALUE Global Logistic 283,608,490 DBS Grp 157,944,255 Singtel 135,856,704 UOB 92,774,104 JMH USD 91,463,441 Market value 1,901,167,000
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      Lock icon Silverlake Axis acquiring SunGard Ambit (S) for US$12m
      242 10  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore MAINBOARD-listed Silverlake Axis is buying SunGard Ambit (Singapore), or SAS, for US$12 million to expand its suite of software and services as well as deepen and broaden its customer relationships and geographical presence. The consideration of
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      Lock icon Singapore firms’ IPO proceeds fall to lowest since 2009
      380 10  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore TOTAL initial public offering (IPO) proceeds raised by Singapore companies in domestic and overseas markets for the first nine months of this year have fallen to their lowest since 2009, Thomson Reuters’ data as at
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      Lock icon Asiatravel.com shares soar on ZhongHong’s takeover bid
      409 11  -  Shenzhen-listed firm intends to make offer at 30 Singapore cents a share 11 By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore IT’S a deal that took over a year to come to fruition and after what could possibly be many twists and turns, Catalist-listed Asiatravel.com
      Source: Bloomberg  -  409 words
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      Lock icon Sembcorp partners EDB to be Singapore’s first industrial ‘living lab’
      242 11  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore SEMBCORP Industries has tied up with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to be the country’s first industrial “living laboratory”. This means Sembcorp will grant technology providers access to its proprietary wastewa-ter-treatment and waste-to-ener-gy
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      Lock icon SHS selling petroleum distribution arm for S$100.3m
      303 11  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore ENGINEERING and corrosion prevention services group SHS Holdings, formerly known as See Hup Seng, is proposing to sell off its biggest business segment. It has inked a deal to sell its refined petroleum distribution arm for S$100.3
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      Lock icon Trendlines Medical gets tech incubator licence from Israel
      325 11  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore ISRAELI medical-technology incubator Trendlines Medical, which is part of the Trendlines Group that last month said it would set up shop in Singapore early next year, has been awarded the coveted tech incubator licence by Israel’s
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      305 12 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 223 -1 233/223 271 213 6.5 5642.8 CapitaLand 278 -3 285/278 379 267 10.2 3.2 *****.2 CapitaMall Trust 188.5 -2 198/188.5 228 184.5 5.8 6541.7 CityDev 803 -2 816/798 1095 794 9.7
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      109 12 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 293 -1 705 297/293 355/287 293/295 IS MS INDIA US$ US698 +6 461 698/688 1000/648 694/696 87.3 IS Asia BND US US1023 +2 344 1033/1023 1096/1019 -/1038 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1251 +14 63 1257/1238
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      Lock icon SIBOR
      28 12 Sep 18 1 mth 1.***** 2 mths 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 1.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      801 12 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Sep 14 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Fragrance Grp 17-Sep-15 Koh Wee Meng Buy 50 0.20 *****85 74.25 *****35 74.26 Fragrance Grp 17-Sep-15 Lim
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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 5 7 2 0 0 0 5 7 2 Manufacturing 47 33 25 11 6 10 58 39 35 Commerce 20 13 17 6 4 4 26 17 21 Tpt/Stor/Comms 23 10 4
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      120 12 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 169,804 169,804 165,253 165,253 Manufacturing 144,181 37,025 181,206 129,442 1,308 130,750 Commerce 130,007 60,323 190,330 199,109 7,398 206,507 Tpt/Stor/Comms 168,650 2,285 170,935 229,994 180 230,173 Finance 27,386 27,386 347,284 347,284 Construction 10,792 10,441 21,233 2,034
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 12 Sep 18 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 15.00 -2.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +89.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +2.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 672.45 +3.51 FTSE ST Small Cap 409.87 +5.54 FTSE ST All Share 693.10 -1.90 FTSE ST China Top 166.88 -1.18 FTSE ST China 201.01 -3.10 FTSE
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      67 12 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Samko Timber 280.8 0.114 -0.008 -6.56 Cortina 0.760 Serrano 85.3 0.073 -0.016 -17.98 KSH 1,444.9 0.535 -0.010 -1.84 Lasseters Intl 0.054 Pollux Prop 0.055 ACH ADR US$ 8.730 TEE Intl 25.0 0.220 +0.010 +4.76 Pavillon 223.4 0.065 +0.006 +10.17 Seroja Inv 0.076 Shows the stocks
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      Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
      193 13 Sep-17 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Sep-17 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 884.50 -2.75 -0.31% 13/11/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 26.67 -0.01 -0.04% 14/10/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 481.50 -6.75 -1.38% 14/12/2015 Sep-17 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2197.00 8.00 0.37% 14/12/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1564.00 -15.00 -0.95%
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      57 13 Sep 18 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 15 2045.0 2054.0 2063.0 2018.0 320 6678 Nov 15 2095.0 2094.0 2110.0 2062.0 8236 ***** Dec 15 2132.0 2128.0 2150.0 2095.0 ***** ***** Jan 16 2165.0 2164.0
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
      202 13 Most active Sep 18 Prem Expiry Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****7 13.2 -1.2 9515 0.0 --2 FTSEChinaA50 9500 MBePW*****7 19.2 -0.3 9500 0.0 2 UOB MB eCW*****1 12.9 -0.5 6710 0.1 2080 4 DBS MB
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INT’L INDICES
      373 13 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 17 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1257.8 0.1 -1.4 0.4 2.4 0.1 -3.2 EAFE Preliminary 996.8 0.3 1.0 0.5 3.2 0.2 -2.4 Europe Preliminary 1397.1 -0.1 1.1
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    • STOCK MARKETS
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        Lock icon Straits Times Index
        20 13 YTD change: -14.43% 52-week high: 3,539.95 on April 15,2015 52-week low: 2,841.94 on Sept 15,2015 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Hang Seng Index
        20 13 YTD change: -7.13% 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 13 YTD change: -4.23% 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 13 YTD change: +3.55% 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 13 YTD change: -6.44% 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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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      69 13 Sep 18 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 101.85 101.90 101.90 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 99.29 99.28 99.15 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 97.11 97.31 96.95 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 98.57 98.88 97.90 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 105.22
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 13 Sep 18 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0084 1.0096 0.7245 0.7249 Canadian dollar 1.0625 1.0636 0.7637 0.7634 Euro 1.5915 1.5930 1.1435 1.1438 NZ dollar 0.8902 0.8916 0.6396 0.6402 Sterling pound 2.1708 2.1728 1.5597 1.5601
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    • Corporate digest
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        Lock icon Cosco Corporation (Singapore)
        83 14 COSCO said on Friday that trading in its shares will remain suspended. Cosco had on Aug 11 requested a trading suspension as it was expecting its parent firm, China Ocean Shipping (Group) company, to announce a significant transaction that could impact its stock. But after making enquiries
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        Lock icon QT Vascular
        51 14 QT VASCULAR said on Friday that it has amended its distribution agreement with Cordis to allow itself to sell its Chocolate PTA balloon catheter to 88 healthcare providers in the US with immediate effect. Before the amendment, Cordis was the sole distributor of the balloon catheter in the
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      Lock icon A-Reit buys Aussie assets for A$1.01b
      578 14  -  The vendors are GIC real estate arm and Frasers Property Australia By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore MAKING its foray into Australia, Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) is snapping up a portfolio of 26 logistics properties at one go for A$1.01 billion (S$1.02
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Marina One unveils anchor retail tenants
      371 15  -  Fitness club Virgin Active, Cold Storage and Cookhouse will anchor mixed development By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore MARINA One, the mixed development in the new financial district of Marina Bay, unveiled its retail anchor tenants on Friday, and they include the fitness club
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      Lock icon China’s home prices up for 4th straight month
      613 15 Reuters Hong Kong HOME prices in China rose for a fourth consecutive month in August, offering hope that the ailing property sector is becoming less of a drag on the slowing economy. But analysts do not expect a full-blown turnaround any time
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fuld’s estate in Sun Valley sets record at auction
      184 15 Bloomberg Los Angeles A SUN Valley, Idaho, estate owned by Richard “Dick” Fuld, the former CEO of Lehman Brothers, sold for at least US$20 million a record for a US home offered at an auction. Six bidders competed for Big Wood
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      Lock icon Househunt
      1306 16 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN AUG 5 AND AUG 11, 2015 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$’000) PSF (S$) District 9 NON-LANDED Espada Apt 05/08/2015 FH 355 923 2598 One Oxley Rise Apt 06/08/2015 FH 1130 1820
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon StanChart looks for investment bank head
      491 17 The search, likely to be completed by year-end, follows departures by some top execs recently Bloomberg London STANDARD Chartered plc is working with an executive search firm to find an external candidate to replace Mark Dowie to head its corporate and institutional business as
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      Lock icon Bitcoin is officially a commodity, says US regulator
      408 17 Bloomberg New York VIRTUAL money is officially a commodity, just like crude oil or wheat. So says the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which on Thursday announced that it had filed and settled charges against a Bitcoin exchange for facilitating the trading
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank to scale back business in Russia
      209 17 Reuters Moscow GERMANY’S Deutsche Bank confirmed on Friday that it is closing part of its business in Russia, where it has been hit by sanctions and investigations into share trades, as part of a review of its global structure. The bank said
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      69 1 LivingBTTHE BUSINESS TIMES WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 19 20, 2015 HOMING INSTINCT New stores stock homeware that’s all the rage L2-4 PHOTO: DAVID TRUBRIDGE CORAL LAMP FROM WEST OF MAY WINE BT Wine Challenge L12-13 DINING Tapas vs small plates L8-10 LIVING Muji’s cafe culture at Paragon L5 HEALTH At the heart
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  • BT Living
    • LIVING
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        Lock icon HOMING INSTINCT
        3001 2 / 3  -  New stores are winning the hearts of the house-proud with novel designs and well-curated homeware. By Tay Suan Chiang By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg @TaySuanChiangBT A GOOD EYE FOR RETAIL Maissone 20 Eng Hoon Street Opening hours: Tues to Fri, and Sun, 10.30am to 5pm; Sat, 10.30am to
        PHOTOS: MAISSONE; PHOTOS: KUHL HOME; PHOTOS: WEST OF MAY; PHOTOS: JOURNEY EAST; PHOTOS: DECORATOR’S NOTEBOOK; PHOTOS: JYSK  -  3,001 words
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        Lock icon CAFE CULTURE
        956 5  -  Muji’s newly revamped flagship at Paragon takes a leaf from its Japan playbook with an instore deli. By Tay Suan Chiang By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg @TaySuanChiangBT JUST what makes Muji so popular with consumers, despite it being around for 35 years? Its no-frills design approach to products
        PHOTOS: MUJI  -  956 words
    • HOME & GARDEN
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        Lock icon MACHO, MACHO MIEN
        1024 6 / 7  -  Former triathlon competitor Steve Tan’s three-bedroom apartment is a carefully curated paean to masculine style. By Arthur Sim personal space By Arthur Sim A STRICT, “No floral motifs” decree does not necessarily mean your home will look masculine. But couple this with dark timber panelling on the
        PHOTOS: FORWARD 50, ARTHUR SIM  -  1,024 words
    • DINING
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        Lock icon Mad about tapas
        3379 8 / 9  -  Call it what you will, the trend of eating food in bite-sized portions shows no signs of abating, going by the number of newly opened tapas restaurants here. By Rachel Loi and Avanti Nim By Rachel Loi, Avanti Nim @RachelLoiBT rachloi@sph.com.sg avantin@sph.com.sg SOME say tapas, some say
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    • HEALTH
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        Lock icon Lower BP may be good for you
        1630 11  -  Reducing systolic blood pressure limit to 120 mm Hg from the currently recommended target SBP level of 140 mm Hg appears beneficial if there is no underlying diabetes, previous stroke or kidney disease Michael Lim ~Dr Lim is the medical director at Singapore
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    • BT WINE CHALLENGE 2015
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        Lock icon A whiter shade of pale
        1364 12 / 13  -  White wine producers have found myriad paths to balancing ripeness and acidity, as shown in these10 whites in the Top 50 of the BT Wine Challenge 2015 CEOs’ Choice, in partnership with UBS. By Chan Wai Xin By Chan Wai Xin RIPENESS tends to be
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    • MOTORING
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        Lock icon Racing ahead
        533 14  -  The Singapore Grand Prix looks like a perfunctory stop for the championship leader on his way to the 2015 title. By Samuel f1 watch By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg TWELVE down and seven to go but is there really any point in having a debate about who will win
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        Lock icon SPINE-TINGLING SPIDER
        550 15  -  The Ferrari 488 Spider promises an open-top experience with the responsiveness of a track car. By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg EVEN before the Ferrari 488 GTB hits the road here, the Ferrari 488 Spider has been revealed in magnificent detail. The Ferrari 488 GTB is a mid-engined coupe which
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    • SPORTS
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        Lock icon This Dane’s not giving up the fight
        853 16  -  no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Correspondent LIFE isn’t easy when you’re at the top. Just ask Caroline Wozniacki, the Danish tennis star who once held the world number one ranking for 49 weeks in a row. Defeat an opponent and people
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