The Business Times, 27 April 2016

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  • 22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.20 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Wednesday, April 27, 2016
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  • 27 1 Tuesday Change STI 2,894.66 -5.62 KL COMP 1,692.50 -22.01 NIKKEI 225 17,353.28 -86.02 HANG SENG 21,407.27 +102.83 SHENZHEN B 1,124.77 +3.01 DOW (11.45am EDT) 17,953.79 -23.45
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  • 148 1 Tuesday’s preliminary factory output data for March is prompting some economists to now revise first-quarter growth numbers upwards, while leaving full-year forecasts untouched. Most see a 2 per cent growth. TOP STORIES 2 Just as petrochemical producer Jurong Aromatics Corporation’s receivers were completing talks on a tolling agreement,
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  • 771 1  -  Debate also continues on whether the banks have seen the worst from oil rout and China worries By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore SINGAPORE banks are due to report their first-quarter results this month, and given the weakening economic environment, analysts
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  • 872 1  -  6 investment professionals promoted; sector and market investment teams now under a single investment group By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore TEMASEK Holdings has reorganised its senior management to refocus its investment team to cope with volatile markets. The reorganisation which sees
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    • 23 1 BANKING ON SOUTH ASIA DBS launches India’s first mobile-only bank COMPANIES MARKETS 6 HIGH-TECH HUB LF Logistics opens S$170m logistics hub TRANSPORT 20
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    • 118 1 BUKIT BATOK BY-ELECTION Murali unveils manifesto TOP STORIES 4 THE BT LEADERS’ FORUM: SINGAPORE’S FUTURE ECONOMY Inaugural event will feature Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat TOP STORIES 2 SEVEN P A L M S’ S E N T O S A C O V E ill II tUl lSjLlA,\<rAj The
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 732 2  -  It beats forecasts and could signal that Singapore manufacturing sector might be bottoming out By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore WHAT a difference a fortnight makes. Just two weeks ago, Singapore’s disappointing gross domestic product (GDP) flash estimates for the quarter
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    • 585 2  -  inaugural event will feature Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, top-level panels and special survey By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore WITH Singapore at a crucial economic crossroads, The Business Times is organising a timely conference next month for business leaders, to explore how
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    • 704 4  -  Last week’s fire that razed one of its storage tanks also destroys all hope of Jurong Island plant restarting soon By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore IT is one setback after another for beleaguered petrochemical producer Jurong Aromatics Corporation (JAC). Just as the firm’s
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    • 670 4  -  Civil service must be neutral and non-political and yet politically sensitive and responsive, he says at Admin Service event By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE civil service, whose primary responsibility is to develop effective policies, must
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    • 929 4  -  BUKIT BATOK BY-ELECTION By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore DEPUTY Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is perplexed about Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan’s recent remarks that Bukit Batok residents ought to be consulted before taxpayers’ funds are committed to
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    • 796 4  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore MANPOWER Minister Lim Swee Say says Singapore must become a man-power-lean economy due to its ageing population. The government is trying to spread the mindset of lean enterprises, industry and services because
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    • 1081 5  -  Firming energy prices would be positive for producing countries in Asia and central banks trying to reverse deflation By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE World Bank is raising its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to US$41
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    • 843 5  -  1MDB TWISTS By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Singapore BONDHOLDERS and bankers were scrambling to assess the fallout of a bond default triggered after scan-dal-ridden 1MDB failed to meet a coupon payment of US$50 million on its US$1.75 billion notes even as the development
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 521 6  -  Bank aims to add five million retail customers over 3-5 years, and take in deposits of about S$10 billion By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore DBS Bank aims to add five million retail customers in India over the next three to five years, and
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    • 908 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY JAMIE LEE leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT SINGAPORE will soon see a wider rollout of Apple Pay and other contactless payment services, with DBS, UOB, and tandard Chartered already advertising the Apple Pay service on their websites here. Samsung Pay another
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    • 476 7  -  Volatility has affected asset valuation, but investment portfolio, capital position remain strong, says group CEO By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore A WEAKER insurance business amid volatile markets meant that Great Eastern Holdings’ net profit for the three months from January
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    • 613 7  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore MAPLETREE Commercial Trust (MCT) reported a one per cent rise in distribution per unit (DPU) to 2.02 Singapore cents for the fourth quarter ended March 31. For the full fiscal year, its DPU rose 1.6 per cent to 8.13
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    • 281 7  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore PARKWAY Life Reit’s distribution per unit (DPU) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, fell 7 per cent to 2.99 Singapore cents, from the previous corresponding period’s 3.21 Singapore cents, which included a
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
      • 93 7 SEMBCORP Marine said on Tuesday that its unit PPL Shipyard will pursue its claim against Marco Polo Marine the guarantor of a disputed rig-construction contract between PPL and Marco Polo Drilling (I) (MPD) either by way of an appeal against the High Court’s stay of action or through
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      • 44 7 GARDENIA bread maker QAF posted a 25 per cent rise in net profit to S$16.4 million for the first quarter, despite revenue sliding 2 per cent to S$250.9 million. Earnings per share came in at 2.9 Singapore cents, up from 2.4 Singapore cents.
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      • 34 7 SOILBUILD Construction Group’s Q1 revenue rose 45.6 per cent to S$102.51 million. But lower gross margins and foreign exchange losses contributed to net profit dropping 10.5 per cent to S$3.97 million.
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    • 555 8  -  Minority shareholders unhappy with “relentless issuance of convertible notes” seek to oust board at Friday EGM By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore MINORITY shareholders of Magnus Energy who are trying to oust the company’s current directors expect to lose the fight after
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    • 424 8  -  Firms says it will convert its current trading halt into a voluntary suspension By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore THE auditors of thumb drive maker Trek 2000 International have lodged a report with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) that may be
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    • 542 8  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Singtel) on Tuesday unveiled the Singtel Cyber Security Institute (CSI), a first-of-its-kind cyber range and educational institute in the Asia-Pacific that trains companies to deal with sophisticated cyber threats. Singtel’s CSI launch comes
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      62 10 STI Catalist straits Times index April 26,2016 2,894.66 -5.62 (-0.19%) Current streak 3 days Day high 2,899.79 Day low 2,873.52 52-week high 3,515.85 (Apr 27, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21,2016) FTSE ST Catalist index April 26,2016 452.91 0.03 (0.01%) Current streak 1 day Day high 455.11 Day low 450.25
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    • 629 10  -  Index’s 5.6-point fall was led by the three banks ahead of their release of first-quarter results STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index’s correction from a five-month high of 2,960 last Thursday extended into a third consecutive day on Tuesday when
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    • 320 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 249 +3 249/245 267 209 5.9 6544.9 CapitaCom Trust 145 -1 146/143 171.5 122.5 5.9 4285.2 CapitaLand 311 xd +2 311/307 379 267 12.4 2.9 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 214 +5 215/209 225
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    • 36 10 VOLUME ISR Capital 60,952,900 Ezra 30,018,200 Imperium Crown 27,273,800 SIIC Environment 26,016,100 RickmersMaritime 25,583,800 Market volume 1,158,651,000 VALUE Singtel 82,805,818 DBS Grp 82,575,857 OCBC Bank 55,807,943 UOB 49,321,177 Keppel Corp 38,006,238 Market value 985,962,000
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    • 113 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 291 +1 263 292/289 354/254 291/292 Nikko AM STI ETF 298 +2 108 298/294 360/259 296/297 7.2 IS MS INDIA US$ US678 +13 92 678/665 780/575 677/680 84.8 DBXT MSPHILS US$ US194.8 -0.6 90
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    • 75 10 Apr 26 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1.00 -56.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -11.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 697.71 -2.11 FTSE ST Small Cap 398.65 FTSE ST All Share 705.95 -2.28 FTSE ST China Top 167.43 -0.30 FTSE ST China 200.27 +0.76 FTSE ST Catalist
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    • 35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index April 26,2016 705.95 -2.28 (-0.32%) Current streak 3 days Day high 706.84 Day low 701.87 52-week high 845.70 (Apr 27, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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    • 33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index April 25,2016 1,699.75 -3.52 (-0.21%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,704.43 Day low 1,693.99 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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    • 186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 4 3 0 0 1 8 4 4 Manufacturing 38 40 22 7 10 11 45 50 33 Commerce 15 19 13 4 7 4 19 26 17 Tpt/Stor/Comms 16 12 7
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    • 123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 19,220 1,948 21,168 68,809 411 69,220 Manufacturing 113,805 22,791 136,596 105,996 3,948 109,944 Commerce 47,210 19,639 66,849 80,987 649 81,636 Tpt/Stor/Comms 108,268 430 108,698 140,586 36 140,622 Finance 79,387 20 79,407 204,598 3 204,600 Construction
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    • 78 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 23.0 0.1 *****/***** DBXT iBoxxIDR US$ 1056 21.6 1.5 1056/844 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** 20.0 0.2 *****/***** IS MS INDIA US$ 678 17.6 2.0 780/575 Shanghai Turbo 106 11.0 11.6 110/71 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low LifeBrandz 0.4
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    • 74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low JMH USD 5710 -140.6 -1.8 6272/4500 JSH USD 2960 -89.2 -2.2 3544/2524 DBXT Nifty50 ETF10 ***** -33.8 -0.2 *****/***** DBXT MSINDO us$ 1277 -31.1 -1.8 1477/911 DBXT China50 US$ 2804 -25.7 -0.7 4258/2355 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Infinio 0.1 -83.3 -0.5
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    • 85 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE MSC 149.9 0.880 +0.065 +7.98 Mun Siong Engg 646.1 0.079 +0.011 +16.18 Anchun Intl 395.0 0.044 -0.005 -10.20 China Jishan 10.0 0.025 -0.005 -16.67 Shanghai Turbo 59.7 1.060 +0.110 +11.58 Multi-Chem 24.6 0.495 +0.045 +10.00 LifeBrandz 1,000.2 0.004 +0.002 +100.00 Lorenzo Intl 2,787.2 0.022 +0.002
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
      • 186 10 Target price: S$0.34 April 26 close: S$0.196 NRA Capital, April 26 We see DeClout as an exciting high return/high risk investment opportunity. DeClout is seeking the approval of its shareholders to list its subsidiary Procurri and in the process reduce its effective stake from 69 per cent
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      • 124 10 Target price: S$4.23 April 26 close: S$4.58 CIMB, April 25 Propelled by a full quarter’s contribution from International SOS (ISOS), 1Q16 revenue rose a strong 23 per cent yoy to S$116.9m. But increased recruitment activity and a loss-making ISOS meant 1Q’s net profit increased at a
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      • 164 10  -  Compiled by Melissa Tan Target price: S$1.51 April 26 close: S$1.49 OCBC Investment Research, April 26 SMRT announced on Monday that its internal investigation showed that a vital safety measure which could have prevented the fatal accident on March 22, 2016 was not applied but reasons were not
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    • 11 10 DATA IApril 27 S’pore Macroeconomic Review US MBA Mortgage Applications
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    • 392 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE yen rose on Tuesday, moving away from lows of several weeks against the US dollar and euro as prospects of further monetary stimulus this week from the Bank of Japan remained unclear. With policy decisions from the Federal
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    • FOREX RATES
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      • 471 11 Apr 26 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.978 5.024 0.686 6.002 51.529 102.180 0.858 8.887 3.037 1.123 81.098 36.179 1.046 11.199 0.754 25.012 27.218 0.532 0.774 Canada 1.022 5.136
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      • 155 11 Apr 26 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0458 1.0469 0.7736 0.7740 Canadian dollar 1.0691 1.0703 0.7913 0.7909 Euro 1.5244 1.5259 1.1277 1.1281 NZ dollar 0.9308 0.9319 0.6886 0.6890 Sterling pound 1.9650 1.9665 1.4536 1.4539
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      • 22 11 Apr 26 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3529 1.3538 2-months 1.3536 1.3546 3-months 1.3538 1.3549 6-months 1.3562 1.3574 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
      • 215 11 Most active Apr 26 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****5 5.3 0.2 ***** 0.1 1600 3 STI 2850 MB ePW*****0 5.1 -0.4 8159 0.0 2 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****3 7.4 0.1 7046 0.1 900
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      • 377 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Apr 25 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1268.6 -0.6 -0.7 -0.5 -3.8 -0.4 1.0 EAFE Preliminary 967.7 -0.5 -4.5 -0.3 -5.7 -0.2 -1.0 Europe Preliminary 1364.9 -0.7 -3.4
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      • 396 11 Apr 26 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Apr16 9567.50 9695.00 9550.00 9660.00 *****9 *****8 May16 9555.00 9685.00 9545.00 9647.50 *****1 *****7 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****6 Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 80 678 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
      • 154 11 Apr 26 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.20 0.10 1-month 0.7500 0.6250 2-months 0.9375 0.8125 3-months 1.0000 0.8750 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.48 0.38 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.75 0.55 6 months 1.05 0.85 9 months 1.25 1.05 12
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      • 67 11 Apr 26 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0T 0.500 01-Apr-18 98.93 98.98 98.94 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 102.54 102.68 102.60 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 102.7 102.90 102.90 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 105.21 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 112.04 112.20 112.20
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
      • 250 11 Apr-25 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Apr-25 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 999.75 12.75 1.29% 13/05/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 33.90 -0.09 -0.26% 13/05/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 471.25 4.25 0.91% 13/05/2016 Apr-25 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2266.00 -4.00 -0.18% 13/05/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1535.00 11.00 0.72%
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    • 1804 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 135.5 -1.5 100 136.5 135.5 1 8.2 860.9 LOW 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 119.5 unch 596 122 118.5
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    • 360 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale vol (’000) High Day LOW 16.2 4.5 t Alliance Mineral 6.5 unch 2364 6.6 6.5 25.6 C'vr 19.9 8.3 t Anchor Resources 12 +0.3 4359 12.1 11.5 33.6
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    • 120 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1019 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US849 -6 0 849 849 133.2 4258 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2804 -19 4 2804 2803 7.7 High 399 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US302
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  • REAL ESTATE
    • 677 14 It is still on the market as buyers are gravitating towards more elegant homes in exclusive areas of Marbella BLOOMBERG Marbella A VILLA once owned by music legend Prince in a millionaires’ enclave near Marbella in southern Spain has yet to
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    • 445 14 BLOOMBERG Beijing AT FIRST glance, it makes perfect sense: Chinese property sales surged in March, and new housing developments rose in tandem with resale activity. But a peek under the hood from Macquarie Capital Ltd analysts led by Ian Roper
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    • 491 14 Tax law on negative gearing poised to be key issue for voters in election tipped for early July BLOOMBERG Sydney AUSTRALIANS’ obsession with property has moved from dominating conversations by the barbecue to potentially helping decide its next government. A popular tax law that
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    • 279 14 BLOOMBERG London QATARI Diar Real Estate Investment Co has sold almost 30 homes at its US$4.3 billion Chelsea Barracks project in London before the properties are offered to the wider market later this year, according to a person with knowledge
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
    • 791 15 Global financial network releases security update to software that banks use to access its network to thwart malware that was probably used in Bangladesh Bank heist REUTERS Boston SWIFT, the global financial network that banks use to transfer billions of dollars every day,
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    • 502 15 BLOOMBERG London STANDARD Chartered Plc reported a 64 per cent drop in first-quarter profit as revenue fell in every business line. Pre-tax adjusted profit was US$539 million for the first three months of 2016, down from US$1.5 billion a year earlier, the Lon-don-based bank
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    • 308 15 REUTERS Panama City THE National Bank of Panama (Banconal) said on Monday that it will consider a proposal to open a correspondent bank in New York, a move that could help the country’s financial sector, which has come under close
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
    • 504 16 Intensity has prompted exchanges in Shanghai, Dalian and Zhengzhou to boost fees or issue investor warnings BLOOMBERG Shanghai THE intensity of futures trading on Chinese commodities exchanges is making some of the world’s most liquid markets look leisurely. Trade in everything from steel
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    • 749 16 BLOOMBERG Vienna CENTRAL banks may accomplish what a generation of anti-nuclear activists have failed to do: Force operators to finally decommission almost 150 plants now sitting in limbo across the globe. The plants have been shut down, either because they’re too expensive
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    • 291 16 BLOOMBERG New York INDIA has some bad news for the world’s struggling miners: It does not want foreign coal. “I’m trying to find new reserves so I can remove my dependence on imports,” the country’s coal and power minister Piyush Goyal said in
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  • TECHNOLOGY
    • 422 17 While it is being used in phones, cars and cafes, widespread adoption remains elusive BLOOMBERG Jerusalem WHEN he started Powermat Technologies Inc in 2006, Ran Poliakine envisioned a cordless future where millions of consumers would watch television, charge their phones and power up their
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    • 284 17 BLOOMBERG Beijing ALIBABA Group Holding Ltd’s finance affiliate has raised a record US$4.5 billion from a consortium of powerful state-backed investors to bankroll its global expansion. The new funding marked the technology industry’s single largest round of private financing and surpassed an
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    • 327 17 REUTERS New York XEROX Corp reported a 4.2 per cent fall in quarterly revenue, hurt by lower sales of printers and copiers, and said that it expects to incur about US$100 million in restructuring costs in the second quarter. The company’s shares
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    • 81 17 Have a question? Let ST's correspondents provide the answers Send your questions to askst@sph.com.sg THE STRAITS TIMES 9 m f o m f ou ask. we answer. www.straitstimes.com/askst 0 When will property prices stop falling? 4 o ABc A 4 /-A j How much savings do 1 need to retire?
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    • 286 18 REUTERS Beijing CHINA has banned drug wholesalers from selling vaccines, state media said on Monday, after a scandal in which about US$90 million worth of improperly stored vaccines was suspected of being sold illegally in dozens of provinces. China is pushing ambitious healthcare reforms
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    • 379 18 CEO believes there’s still more momentum left in UK coffee drinking market REUTERS London WHITBREAD plc, an operator of hotels, restaurants and coffee shops, stood by its expansion plans in the United Kingdom and international markets, after posting a
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    • 919 18 BLOOMBERG Sao Paulo THINK twice before chasing the rally in Brazilian mall stocks. That is the message from analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, who overwhelmingly advise against adding to investments in developers such as Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA, Iguatemi Empresa
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    • 507 18 BLOOMBERG Helsinki SUUNTO’S sports watches have scaled the highest peaks and dived the biggest depths, helping boost the value of parent company Amer Sports Oyj along the way. The growing global reach of these award-winning timepieces is a bright
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
    • 795 19 Trend points to broadening of economic growth but can also keep wage growth subdued and stop Fed hike REUTERS Raleigh AMERICANS with a high school education or less are returning to the labour force in larger numbers, a trend that points to
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    • 522 19 REUTERS Tokyo DESPERATELY seeking an antidote to a rapidly ageing population, Japanese policymakers are exploring ways to bring in more foreign workers without calling it an “immigration policy”. Immigration is a touchy subject in a land where conservatives prize cultural homogeneity and
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    • 591 19  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo RECENT developments in the South China Sea have created tensions, but confrontation is not inevitable provided a balance of power can be kept among major nations of the region, Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan
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    • 498 19 LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington ORDERS for long-lasting US manufactured goods rebounded less than expected in March. Slumping demand for automobiles, computers and electrical goods suggests that the downturn in the factory sector was far from over. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that
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  • TRANSPORT
    • 1085 20  -  STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES AS mentioned in last week’s column, important talks were taking place at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London. Among other topics, the UN agency’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) considered a proposal to move towards
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    • 534 20  -  By Grace So graceso@sph.com.sg LF Logistics on Tuesday opened its largest distribution facility in South-east Asia a S$170 million, one-million-square-foot logistics hub in Jurong West. The nine-storey, multi-tempera-ture facility, the largest automated and customs bonded warehouse in Singapore, is equipped with
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  • OPINION
    • 557 22 EDITORIAL THERE is general agreement that one of the major driving forces behind the rising populist tide in the industrialised nations has been the growing perception among voters that trade competition from China and other emerging economies is responsible
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    • 888 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Paul Krugman NYT BACK in 2008, one of the advertisements that Hillary Clinton ran during the contest for the Democratic nomination featured an imaginary scene in which the White House phone rings at 3 am with news of
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    • 1141 22  -  If they want to remain resilient, Singapore companies must avoid allowing something as controllable as staff engagement to dip during harsh business conditions. BY LEONG CHEE TUNG BY LEONG CHEE TUNG T The writer is a co-founder of local startup EngageRocket.co and
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    • 1025 23  -  COMMENTARY By Andrew Hammond TThe writer is an Associate at LSE IDEAS (the Centre for international Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy) at the London School of Economics. BARACK Obama, David Cameron, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande and Matteo Renzi met in Hannover on Monday
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    • 853 23  - Money a crucial indicator for measuring monetary policy effectiveness COMMENTARY By Enam Ahmed T The writer is senior economist, Thematic Research, at Standard Chartered. AMID the hubbub over the European Central Bank’s (ECB) stimulus measures in March, an important question got lost: How will anyone know if or when monetary
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
    • 1036 24 Its watchmaking industry produced more than 32,000 watches last year, according to analyst estimates BLOOMBERG Zurich THE German village of Glashuette doesn’t look like much: just a handful of streets stretching up and down a narrow valley from a bare station platform, where trains depart
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    • 512 24 AFP Hong Kong TWERKING, selfie-taking, picnicking and performing impromptu dance routines Hong Kong’s 180,000-strong community of Filipino workers fill the city’s public spaces on Sundays, their day off, to relax and party. But for the past few weeks the colourful
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    • 335 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Doesn’t win seat, getting upset in state of utter perplexity (2,4,4,3) 10 American friend seen around university most of the time (7) 11 Calls to return to paths of virtue? (5,2) 12 Quiet place for entertainment (4) 13 Last in in the river (5) 14 Present
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
    • 1129 25 Beating his ex-employer in performance is what the fund manager is most concerned about to prove that firing him was a mistake NYT Newport Beach, California SITTING in the conference room of his empty office suite, with its floor-to-ceil-ing wall of windows, William H
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
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