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Title Section21 2007-06-22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES •0* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/*****06 Friday, June 22,2007 online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg SINGAPORE 85 cents21 words
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Article, Illustration601 2007-06-22 1 KALPANA RASHIWALA - Total chalked up so far is $21.4b, says CBRE By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] CB Richard Ellis is predicting that the level of investment sales of property may hit $35 billion for the whole of this year, after chalking up a figure of $21.4601 words
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Article, Illustration792 2007-06-22 1 LYNETTE KHOO - Companies associated with tycoon may hold jewel stakes in Tokyo exchange, sources say By LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] Some investors in Singapore look to be sitting pretty in the plans of the world's second biggest stock exchange to go for a public792 words
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TOP STORIES
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807 2007-06-22 2 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - Advertising spending in Asia-Pac seen rising to US$108b in 2011 By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY REVENUE from casino gaming in Singapore could be worth as much as US$2.2 billion by 2011, just one year after both new integrated resorts have opened their doors, says807 words
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Article, Illustration547 2007-06-22 2 CHOW PENN NEE - Separately, he also agrees to pay back $4m owed to NKF By CHOW PENN NEE [SINGAPORE] Three months behind bars is the punishment for TT Durai, the former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief convicted of misleading the charity with a false $20,000 invoice. TheWONG KWAI CHOW/THE STRAITS TIMES - 547 words
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456 2007-06-22 2 OUR CORRESPONDENT - By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAILAND yesterday formally charged the country's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife with corruption. The move comes the day after authorities froze more assets of the billionaire politician and after Dr Thaksin demonstrated apparent lack of concern456 words
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Article433 2007-06-22 2 Construction spending seen hitting $55b by 2011 SINGAPORE'S construction spending is forecast to hit $55 billion by 2011, buoyed by contracts to be awarded for the integrated resorts, and petrochemical plants at Jurong Island, Goldman Sachs said in a report yesterday. TOP STORIES. PAGE 3 Sesdaq 'may find433 words
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662 2007-06-22 3 JAMIE LEE - Contracts from upcoming IRs, petrochem plants will boost industry: Goldman Sachs By JAMIE LEE [SINGAPORE] Singapore's construction spending is forecast to hit $55 billion by 2011, buoyed by contracts to be awarded for the integrated resorts (IRs), and petrochemical plants at Jurong Island,662 words
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487 2007-06-22 3 OH BOON PING - Attracting institutional investors may be difficult, seminar told By OH BOON PING [SINGAPORE] Singapore's Sesdaq may find it an uphill task to compete with its London rival even if proposed changes of the board go ahead, a conference was told yesterday.487 words
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Article130 2007-06-22 3 sn 3,***** (+10.82) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,640.00 (+11.00) siMsa ***** (+0.54) SIMSa FUTURES 449.40 (+0.70) MARKETS Thursday Chang* jttCOMP 1,387.96 +1,69 NIKKEI 225 18.240.30 +28.62 HANG SENG 21.954.67 +270.00 SET INDEX 776JO -0.90 JAKARTA COMP 2.152.34 -8 73 MANILA COMP 3,714.59 -4.29 SEOUL COMP 1.***** +10.45 SHENZHEN B130 words
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191 2007-06-22 3 Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is aiming for half of its listed companies to be foreign by 2013 to help promote Singapore's standing as a regional financial centre, an executive told the Financial Times. The exchange, which sold aReuters - 191 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article, Illustration1019 2007-06-22 4 TEH HOOI LING - HOCK LOCK SIEW By TEH HOOI LING nace commenced production of 3mm and Bmm copper coil in March this year. The second furnace will be fired up in August. Thus far, the progress of the smelter has been faster than anticipated. The two furnaces1,019 words
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841 2007-06-22 5 DONALD URQUHART - YELLOW PAGES BOARDROOM TUSSLE This comes after NY shareholder says it won't support proposal By DONALD URQUHART STANLEY Tan, the man at the centre of the Yellow Pages boardroom fracas, may rethink his bid to oust the company's independent board directors, as a841 words
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Article, Illustration670 2007-06-22 5 SIOW LI SEN - By SIOW LI SEN YELLOW Pages needs three more directors with industry experience to grow the business and move away from its defensive strategy, said Stanley Tan who is trying to oust the company's independent directors. But the independent directors only agreedAZIZ HUSSIN/THE STRAITS TIMES - 670 words
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392 2007-06-22 4 R SIVANITHY - Moves to better manage error trades and to deter short-selling By R SIVANITHY SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) yesterday released two consultation papers to enhance the local structured warrants market the first aimed at deterring short-selling via financial penalties and the second aimed at better392 words
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477 2007-06-22 4 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Olam International has agreed to buy Australia's Queensland Cotton Holdings for A 5166.45 million (A 5216.6 million) in cash after increasing its offer to secure the support of rival bidder Louis Dreyfus Cie. Olam, which raised its offer twice, will pay ABloomberg - 477 words
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Advertisement640 2007-06-22 4 :*at^ NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg JUNMATYRE CORD COMPANY LIMITED /flwnn (Company Registration No: :ik)&;fr&S l J'?Sooo43s^) (Incorporated in the People's Republic of China) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM") of the Company will be held at Samuels, Level640 words
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Advertisement337 2007-06-22 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 NOBLE RAWMATERIALS PTE. LTD. (Co. Reg. No. *****5378 M) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 19 June 2007, the following resolutions were duly passed: 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That the Company337 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration522 2007-06-22 6 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS Index rises 10.8 points on late push; strong rotational play among penny stocks R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE rotational playing of penny stocks that has been a feature of trading for the past few months continued in full swing yesterday, though this522 words
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Article, Illustration919 2007-06-22 6 SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Down Undi UP Down Uadi Up Down Uwdi Multi Ind 476 000 476 Manufacturing 72 90 62 28 16 11 100 106 73 Commerce 26 32 21 10 7 5 36 39 26 Tpt/Stor/Comms 17 16 9 2 0 1 19 16 10919 words
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Article, Illustration923 2007-06-22 6 MATTHEW PHAN - Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN China Energy Sector UOB KAY HIAN RESEARCH. June 20 UNDER the Hth Five Year Plan (2006-10), China aims to become a resource-conserving and environmentally friendly society, and plans to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20 per cent by 2010. Based on the923 words
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Article, Illustration501 2007-06-22 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The yen hit a 4-1/2 year low versus the dollar yesterday while the New Zealand dollar surged to 22year peaks as risk-hungry investors sold the low-yielding Japanese currency in favour of high-return assets. The dollar was a touch firmer againstReuters; REUTERS - 501 words
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Article, Illustration460 2007-06-22 7 UMA SHANKARI - Koh Bros, Heeton, KSH, Lian Beng acquire freehold Lincoln Lodge By UMA SHANKARI PROPERTY developers Koh Brothers, Heeton Holdings, KSH Holdings and Lian Beng Group have joined hands to buy the freehold Lincoln Lodge for $243 million, the companies said in a460 words
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193 2007-06-22 7 CHINESE real estate developer Yanlord Land has acquired a site in Suzhou for about 2.16 billion yuan (*****.9 million), it said yesterday. The "prime site" is located in Shuanghu Plate Area, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and is located between the Dushu and Jinji lakes.193 words
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306 2007-06-22 7 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ SHIPBUILDER Pan-United Marine (PUM) yesterday announced that it has won U*****.7 million worth of contracts to build four an-chor-handling, towing and supply (AHTS) vessels. The contracts for the 18,000 bhp 200-tonne bollard pull AHTS vessels from repeat customer Swire Pacific Offshore Operations almost306 words
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448 2007-06-22 7 CHOW PENN NEE - It will acquire China Plant Nutrition Hldgs in two stages By CHOW PENN NEE FIRST it bought into salt, then biodiesel. Now it is buying into fertiliser. First Link Investments Corporation, an investment holding company which has operations in salt mining448 words
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Article218 2007-06-22 7 Rotary bags contracts totalling $150m ROTARY Engineering has secured three contracts worth a total $150 million. Two of the contracts, worth $76 million, were awarded by Shell Eastern Petroleum for the new Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex. The third contract, worth $74 million, is for work on a storage218 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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299 2007-06-22 8 JAMIE LEE - Firms to be sold by Temasek extend deal with union for three years By JAMIE LEE EMPLOYEES at the power generating companies up for sale by Temasek Holdings will still come under a workers' benefit scheme for the next three years, the National299 words
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581 2007-06-22 9 ROLAND LIM - Adoption of DVB-T standard across Asean region to drive prices down By ROLAND LIM HAVING agreed on a digital broadcast standard with its other Asean counterparts in May, Singapore looks set to see cheaper digital set top boxes in the stores soon.581 words
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Article, Illustration346 2007-06-22 9 CHEN HUIFEN - Move recognises them as healthcare professionals By CHEN HUIFEN OPTOMETRISTS and opticians will soon have to be registered if they wish to practise in Singapore. The Ministry of Health is aiming to register these eyecare professionals from the second half of this year, after the346 words
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Article, Illustration307 2007-06-22 9 HAN MIN CHUNG - By HAN MIN CHUNG WILL there be Korean-Sin-gapore soap operas on TV pretty soon? That could be a possibility when they begin co-producing TV programmes, possibly including drama series. Korea Broadcasting Commission (KBC) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) signed an agreementMEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - 307 words
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Article, Illustration701 2007-06-22 8 KALPANA RASHIWALA - It signs conditional put-and-call option to buy the site for $592 m, say sources By KALPANA RASHIWALA OVERSEAS Union Enterprise (OUE), controlled by Indonesia's Lippo Group and Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnan, is believed to have inked a conditional put-and-call option to buy The Grangeford701 words
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Advertisement881 2007-06-22 8 STATEMENTS OF INCOME For the Year Ended December 31,2005 (Restated) and 2006 (Expressed In Thousands of Dollars, Except Per Share Amounts) 2006 2005 New Taiwan Dollars INTEREST REVENUE 67,019,199 53,067,092 INTEREST EXPENSES (37,292,430) (31,139,561) NET INTEREST INCOME 19,726,769 21,927,531 NON-INTEREST INCOME FEE INCOME-NET 6,260,469 5,121.619 GAINS ON FINANCIAL ASSETS AND881 words
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Advertisement616 2007-06-22 8 mi MEGHMANI ORQANtCS LIMITED CLARinCATION TO NOTICE OF BOOK CLOSURE Further to the Notice of Thirteenth Annual General Meeting and Notice of Book Closure published on 11 June 2007, Meghmani Organics Limited (the "Company") wishes to clarify as follow: 1. The Final Dividend will be paid on 4 July 2007.616 words
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Advertisement312 2007-06-22 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF AMERI FOODS (S) PTE LTD (Registration No *****0623 D) (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap.so, the Final Meeting of the312 words
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BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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Article, Illustration2215 2007-06-22 10 The bull market appears to have peaked and a major correction in global bonds and equities is looking more likely, say panelists PARTICIPANTS Moderator: Anthony Rowley, Tokyo correspondent for the Business Times Panelists: Marc Faber, investment adviser and publisher of the "Gloom, Boom and DoomAFP - 2,215 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration339 2007-06-22 11 NYT [WASHINGTON] Robert B Zoellick, President Bush's nominee for president of the World Bank, secured the support of the bank's board of directors on Wednesday after reporting to them about his recent meetings with bank representatives around the world, bank officials said.NYT - 339 words
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430 2007-06-22 11 AP [PARIS] Renewable energy has moved out of the fringe and into the mainstream, with investors worldwide pouring US$7l billion in new capital into the sector in 2006, up 43 per cent from the previous year, a UN report said on Wednesday. Fears- aboutAP - 430 words
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436 2007-06-22 11 IHT [NEW YORK] Leaders of the tax-writing committees in Congress are considering a new proposal to end a little-known tax break that has allowed wealthy financiers who run private equity firms and hedge funds to cut their total income tax bills byIHT - 436 words
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249 2007-06-22 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] More US workers are getting pay raises based on how well they do their jobs, according to a survey released on Wednesday. US workers who said their companies pay higher salaries to employees who perform well rose to 41Reuters - 249 words
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430 2007-06-22 11 Antigua wants US to comply with ruling that online gambling curbs are illegal AP [GENEVA] The United States should face commercial sanctions worth more than US$3.4 billion each year for its failure to comply with a WTO ruhng that its InternetAP - 430 words
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MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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Article, Illustration147 2007-06-22 12 IKUALA LUMPUR] Billionaire Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is making a US$l9O million bid for a five-star hotel in a prime Kuala Lumpur location, a report said yesterday. The Edge Financial Daily, citing unnamed sources, said the prince is making a RM6SO million (Ss29o147 words
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Article, Illustration300 2007-06-22 12 Bernama [MOSCOW] Malaysia's Petronas is in talks with giant corporations Gazprom and Rosneft to venture into sizeable energy projects in Russia, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Wednesday. He said the discussion might lead to some partnership agreements but declinedBernama - 300 words
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236 2007-06-22 12 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A European Union envoy yesterday said Malaysia's racial quota policy favouring the majority ethnic Malays is detrimental to the country and could hinder a free-trade agreement. EU ambassador to Malaysia Thierry Rommel said Malaysia's attractiveness to foreign investors hasAFP - 236 words
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547 2007-06-22 12 It expects acquisition within 2 years, plans to turn it into Islamic bank Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Bank Central Asia, Indonesia's second-biggest financial services company, plans to acquire a bank in the next two years as the government urges the industry to consolidateBloomberg - 547 words
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741 2007-06-22 12 The oil pipeline developer may sell stake to Mid-East oil producers Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Trans-Peninsula Petroleum Sdn, the developer of a US$7 billion pipeline across Malaysia, is in talks to sell some of the venture to Middle Eastern oil producers to help themBloomberg - 741 words
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GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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Article2489 2007-06-22 13 vol Mm 21 «M W- C0»0) A M Realty -2M -0.05 27 Abfic Bhd ..0.30 0.01 30 Advance Synergy 0.33 0.02 1552 Adventa Bhd 1.37 0.07 2922 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.3S 0.02 1556 Affin Holdings .2.37 0.04 1892 Ahmad Zaki Resou 3.34 unch 95 AicCorp ..0.55 -0.02 582,489 words
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408 2007-06-22 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Stocks and mutual funds overtook bank deposits for the first time as the investments most favoured by Chinese households, a central bank survey showed. The People's Bank of China yesterday released summaries on its website of second-quarter surveys of households,Bloomberg - 408 words
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Article, Illustration553 2007-06-22 13 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Visitors from India are spending more in London than the Japanese for the first time, highlighting the strength of India's economy and the changing nature of tourism in the UK capital. Indians spent £139 million (***** million) lastBloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 553 words
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213 2007-06-22 13 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson will leave other vendors to scrap for sales in India's huge market for cheap handsets, while it focuses on pricier phones for users replacing their first models, a senior official said. All major mobileReuters - 213 words
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406 2007-06-22 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Morgan Stanley has raised the biggest property fund ever, an US$B billion warchest aimed mainly at Asian markets including Japan, China and India. The Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VI, supplemented with borrowing, would command spending power of more than US$3OReuters - 406 words
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743 2007-06-22 13 JANE MOIR - Move is likely to trigger more controversy and delay market reform By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong A LONG-AWAITED law to give statutory backing to Hong Kong's listing rules is to be sent back to drafters, a move likely to743 words
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MIDDLE EAST
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420 2007-06-22 14 It will invest 190b riyals by 2015 to meet surging power demands Reuters [RIYADH] Saudi Electricity will invest 190 billion riyals (5577.9 billion) to increase generating capacity by 60 per cent by 2015 to meet surging power demand. The company would invest aroundReuters - 420 words
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216 2007-06-22 14 Bloomberg [DUßAl] Inflation in the United Arab Emirates accelerated to 9.3 per cent last year, the fastest pace since records began more than 25 years ago, boosted by housing costs and a weaker currency, the Ministry of Economy said. The inflation rate rose fromBloomberg - 216 words
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179 2007-06-22 14 AP [BANGKOK] Thailand's Bumrungrad Hospital said on Wednesday that its international arm has signed a four-year agreement with the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi to operate the A 1 Mafraq Hospital in the United Arab Emirates. The company said Bumrungrad International (BIL) signedAP , - 179 words
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Article8130 2007-06-22 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AfN AMRO Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqtyl** 149/ Star Europe Bond 1 168/ Star Europe Bal 1 279/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty -1.556/ Star Asia Bond 1.333/ Stat Asia Balanced 1 148/ Star Global Technology Fundi** 0.232/ Mult) St Fd 0.991/ Star Asia BomXUSO) 0 867/8,130 words
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WORLD
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517 2007-06-22 15 Move applies to foreign firms whose shares are publicly traded in the US AP [WASHINGTON] US regulators on Wednesday tentatively agreed to ease an accounting requirement for foreign companies whose shares trade in the United States. The move is seen as sendingAP - 517 words
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Article, Illustration602 2007-06-22 15 Reuters [LONDON/MILAN] The board of the London Stock Exchange yesterday discussed a share-based offer of about 1.5 billion euros (Ss3.l billion) for Borsa Italiana, people familiar with the situation said. A tie-up would help both exchanges keep pace with the rapid globalReuters; AFR - 602 words
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437 2007-06-22 15 LATEST US DATA Conference Board index points to US economy recovering [WASHINGTON] A gauge of leading US economic indicators strengthened more than forecast last month as stock prices juhiped and fewer workers applied for unemployment benefits, a private report showed. The Conference437 words
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582 2007-06-22 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] The fate of two troubled hedge funds managed by Bear Stearns was left in question after Merrill Lynch sold off assets seized from the funds and three other banks closed out their positions with them. The Bear Stearns fundsReuters - 582 words
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576 2007-06-22 15 Bloomberg [POTSDAM] Negotiations among four key World Trade Organization governments over a new global agreement collapsed yesterday, with India and Brazil blaming US and European unwillingness to cut farm aid and import duties on commodities. Trade and agriculture ministers from the US,Bloomberg - 576 words
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142 2007-06-22 15 NYT [NEW YORK] Wal-Mart said on Wednesday that it would rapidly expand the financial services offered in its vast network of stores, extending the reach of its retailing empire into its shoppers' wallets and the traditional turf of the American banking industry. Over the nextNYT - 142 words
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AVIATION
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498 2007-06-22 16 One is backed by a Texas tycoon and the other, by son of Gulfstream founder Reuters [LE BOURGET, France] Plans for two supersonic business jets are circulating at the Paris Air Show this week, a measure of how far the market has recoveredReuters - 498 words
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457 2007-06-22 16 OUR CORRESPONDENT - Thai Air Asia execs increase stake to 51 The budget airline's management buys out all Shin Corp held shares By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THE management of Thai Air Asia, the budget airline previously jointly owned by Shin Corp and Malaysia's Air Asia, have increased their stake to 51 per457 words
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Article, Illustration258 2007-06-22 16 Bloomberg [PARIS] Hong Kong Airlines Ltd signed a preliminary order for 51 Airbus planes valued at about US$6 billion on rising travel demand in China and the rest of Asia. The carrier pledged to buy 30 A320-series planes, 20 A33os and anBloomberg; AP - 258 words
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Article, Illustration229 2007-06-22 16 Reuters [CHICAGO] A two-hour computer outage affecting dispatch operations at United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp, delayed nearly 270 domestic and international flights by the No 2 US carrier on Wednesday. Twenty-four domestic flights were also cancelled as a result of the systemwide failure,Reuters; BLOOMBERG - 229 words
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216 2007-06-22 16 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa. Europe's second-biggest airline, will take full ownership of Swiss International Air Lines next month, about two years after making a successful takeover bid for the carrier. Lufthansa, which indirectly owns 49 per cent of Swiss International, will acquire theBloomberg - 216 words
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291 2007-06-22 16 AP [DALLAS] Pilots at American Airlines, unhappy over pay and angry at company management, ousted their union's top officers and elected a slate of newcomers who promised to take a harder line against the nation's largest carrier. Miami-based pilot Lloyd Hill defeated incumbentAP - 291 words
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374 2007-06-22 17 The sale will help meet cost-saving targets, return firm to profit Bloomberg [COPENHAGEN] AP Moller-Maersk A/S's Lindo division, which builds the world's largest container vessels, may sell its German shipyard to a local competitor to help meet cost-saving targets and return to profit. LindoBloomberg - 374 words
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377 2007-06-22 17 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's Newcastle port, the world's biggest coal export terminal, reopened yesterday after closing a day earlier due to heavy seas, a port official said. Vessel movements will be increased to try to make up for lost port time, Newcastle Port Corp spokesman KeithReuters - 377 words
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775 2007-06-22 17 SELVA KUMAR - ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR A FIGHT on a ship between a seaman and his former employer over unpaid wages can give rise to admiralty jurisdiction, a US appeals court ruled recently, setting aside a lower court decision that the dispute had no connection to775 words
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Article, Illustration380 2007-06-22 17 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering, the world's third-largest shipyard, said profit last month more than doubled as the company built more vessels at higher prices. Net income increased to 26.5 billion won (Ss44 million) in the month from 11.9 billionBloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 380 words
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Article202 2007-06-22 17 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, has clinched a contract for four oil tankers valued at 306.9 billion won (Ssso9 million). The mid-sized vessels, which can each carry about 80,000 tonnes of oil, will be delivered by April 2011 to aBloomberg - 202 words
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477 2007-06-22 18 EDITORIAL WHILE Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon Yang's speech at this year's imbX mega trade show may not have had the "Big Bang" impact it delivered last year, his report card on the state of Singapore's infocomm industry was impressive nonetheless. The minister477 words
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Article, Illustration1176 2007-06-22 18 G PANICKER - Crude prices have been generally on the uptrend since 2002 and are now near their records G PANICKER APEC energy ministers recently sought to improve transparency in the energy market. At a meeting in Darwin, Australia, last month, it was decided thatBLOOMBERG - 1,176 words
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Article, Illustration763 2007-06-22 18 LEON HADAR - THE BOTTOM LINE LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent WHILE US officials were welcoming their Chinese guests in Washington on Wednesday to start talking about ways to strengthen ties between China and the United States, American lawmakers were pressing the Bush administration763 words
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Article, Illustration1398 2007-06-22 19 MATTHEW PHAN - Ex-chairman of the supervisory board Heinrich von Pierer defends German corporate governance, credits Singapore leaders MATTHEW PHAN Reporter TWO qualities stand out from an hour's interview with Heinrich von Pierer, former chairman of the supervisory board of German giant Siemens: his pride and hisAFP - 1,398 words
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99 2007-06-22 19 Denis Distant Singapore - Denis Distant Singapore STARHUB has tried to justify its across-the-board subscription fee increase, but it has not justified the fact that the increase on a percentage basis varies from 4.2 per cent to 20 per cent, depending on which pack of programmes99 words
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196 2007-06-22 19 Tang Yeng Yuen - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tang Yeng Yuen Vice-President, Issuer Regulation Risk Management Regulation The Singapore Exchange WE refer to the commentary, "Ban Joo placement: why the SGX delay" (BT, June 21). We would like to clarify that while Ban Joo announced the proposed placement on196 words
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105 2007-06-22 19 Charlie Lau Suan Liat Singapore - Charlie Lau Suan Liat Singapore YOUR article, "Ban Joo placement: why the SGX delay" (BT, June 21), is an eye-opener for regulators and a great service to retail investors. If this practice of ridiculous placement discounts by public listed companies (PLCs) is not arrested105 words
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144 2007-06-22 19 Tricia Lee - Tricia Lee Corporate Communications Manager Sing Tel WE refer to the letter "Customer service leaves much to be desired" by Khoo Yong Hang (BT, June 15). We have contacted Ms Khoo and apologised to her for the inconvenience caused. We would like to explain that144 words
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614 2007-06-22 25 jaime ee - off the cuff jaime ee WHAT is the world coming to when the Vatican has to issue a new set of the Ten Commandments for motorists in response to the global increase in road rage? What is Singapore coming to when SBS614 words
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Article, Illustration1781 2007-06-22 25 CHRISTOPHER LIM - With the strong growth in the wine market recently, industry players are optimistic about the possibility, reports CHRISTOPHER LIM CHRISTOPHER LIM SINGAPORE'S wine market has experienced strong growth in recent years, with many feting its potential as a centre for the region. Is this kind of1,781 words
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Article, Illustration715 2007-06-22 26 MELISSA LWEE - A group of bartenders dabbles in innovative and disconcerting concoctions, writes MELISSA LWEE MELISSA LWEE IMAGINE this: eating gin and tonic, or "drinking" a rose-flavoured martini with a waxy texture called "lipstick rose martini". Sounds weird? Probably so to the regular bar-goer, but not to715 words
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Article, Illustration1336 2007-06-22 27 PARVATHI NAYAR - Whether talking about the media, movies or the environment, Shekhar Kapur finds the story in it, says PARVATHI NAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR TALK to Indian film director Shekhar Kapur, and you understand why storytelling is such a a prized asset in the business world today.ARTHUR LEE - 1,336 words
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Article, Illustration564 2007-06-22 27 PARVATHI NAYAR - By PARVATHI NAYAR THERE'S no doubt about it, ice-dwelling penguins are the hot new birds in Tinsel Town. Luc Jacquet's documentary March of the Penguins laid the foundation in humanising these black-and-white birds by showing how baby penguins are adorable, parent penguins are responsible, and the564 words
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Article, Illustration305 2007-06-22 27 PARVATHI NAYAR - DVD By PARVATHI NAYAR GENERAL ldi Amin, by all accounts, was one heck of a scary person in real life which is a quality that Forest Whitaker captures quite brilliantly in his portrayal of the late Ugandan dictator. Whitaker shows Amin to305 words
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Article, Illustration622 2007-06-22 27 BEN MUNROE - Reviewed by BEN MUNROE Memory Almost Full Paul McCartney Hear Musk Rating: C Lennon Legend John Lennon EMI Rating: B THE best thing to come from The Beatles in recent years is last year's Love, in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil. Potentially disastrous but ultimately622 words
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Article, Illustration839 2007-06-22 28 AMANDA DE GUZMAN - More executives are filling weekends with amateur sports leagues, reports AMANDA DE GUZMAN AMANDA DE GUZMAN V 3 NCE or twice a week, countless mild-man-nered executives all over Singapore strip off their office attire and transform into hulking pieces of testosterone fuelled by competition and839 words
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Article, Illustration598 2007-06-22 28 MOHIT LALVANI - By MOHIT LALVANI and MELISSA LWEE POLO is well-known as "the sport of kings", so it's no surprise that a top lifestyle brand like Cartier also known as the "king of jewellers" has made an event like the Cartier International Tournament 2007 Le MailletYEN MENG JIIN - 598 words
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Article, Illustration501 2007-06-22 28 BOOK REVIEW Grande Expectations A Year in the Life of Starbucks' Stock By Karen Blumenthal Published by Crown Publishing Group 2007, 309 pages, $38 Rating: B Reviewed by KATHERINE PENALOZA STOCK picking is sometimes more akin to reading coffee grounds. Like for-tune-tellers, amateur501 words
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Article, Illustration558 2007-06-22 29 JANICE HENG - Li Liuyi's version of 'Beying Ren' is to be staged in S'pore, reports JANICE HENG JANICE HENG H ML Jf IDELY considered Chim fi nese playwright Cao Yu's JF Jf most accomplished a work, Beijing Ren is also 4 f a his558 words
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Article, Illustration496 2007-06-22 29 AMANDA DE GUZMAN - By AMANDA DE GUZMAN WHENEVER he is in town, renowned conductor Chan Tze-Law never fails to take his daughter to school every day at 6.00 am. This is no small feat, considering the jetlag he experiences, resulting from an extremely hectic schedule that requires496 words
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Article, Illustration571 2007-06-22 29 MELISSA LWEE - By MELISSA LWEE BERNHARD Bub is a man on a mission. The artistic director for Time Out the closing finale of the Singapore Arts Festival wants the 70-minute performance to transport its audience into another world altogether. "Time out means that we571 words
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Article, Illustration244 2007-06-22 29 DoNHoum: Mabou Mines' avant-garde translation of the Ibsen classic incorporates a variety of genres that run the gamut from puppetry to opera. Bpm, until June 23, Drama Centre Theatre, tickets $20 to $80, 150 minutes with intermission. SOLD OUT Beijing244 words
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