The Business Times, 13 September 2007

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  • 21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Thursday, September 13,2007
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  • 838 1  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Shock move opens up prospect of political uncertainty By in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dropped a political bombshell yesterday by abruptly announcing his intention to resign. The alternative was to face a showdown in parliament with opposition parties over
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 46 1 KLCOMP Wednesday Change 1,285.94 -0.39 NIKKEI 225 15,797.60 -80.07 HANG SENG 24,310.14 +357.90 SET INDEX 802.00 +0.46 JAKARTA COMP 2,209.93 -1.48 MANILA COMP 3,307.60 +39.63 SEOUL COMP 1,813.52 -33.84 SHENZHEN B 728.35 +8.81 MUMBAI IND 15,505.36 -37.41 12NOONEDT Change 13,327.98 +19.59 DOW NASDAQ 2,607.29 +9.82
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    • 29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.75 INDONESIA 15.667 TAIWAN 5.956 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 8.25 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.26 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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    • 41 1 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.517 (USS/SS )er 2.032 3.082 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.385 2.100 YEN 114.10 75.20 RM 3.501 2.308 HK$ 7.786 5.133 BAHT 34.26 22.58 RUPIAH 9,415 6,206 RENMINBI 7.522 4.959 INDIAN RUPEE 40.47 26.68 A$ 1.198 0.790 NZ$ 1.416 0.934
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  • 717 1  -  SIOW LI SEN Number of people with multiple home loans up 64% in June as applications surge By [SINGAPORE] For thousands in Singapore, a single home or a single loan is no longer enough. Riding the property boom, with its promise of huge gains,
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    • 43 1 m- DINING OUT SHIPPING SSfV SUMATRA QUAKES JOBS London pips Tokyo as PSAbuyss4oomof Ei*f Singapore business Banking, financeFb^t— 7 world's most expensive city cranes for expansion pffijH^i district skips a beat graduates'top choices PAGE 16 PAGE 3 S^- 11l PAGE 9 PAGE 2
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 51 2 PSA Singapore Terminals has bought $400 million worth of quay cranes from the world's largest maker, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co. The cranes have twice the capacity of PSA's existing units and are designed to handle the newest mega containerships. TOP STORIES, PAGE
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      • 50 2 CREDIT fears and high market volatility appear to have taken a toll on hedge funds last month, with returns ranging from flat to negative. This is based on data supplied by early reporting funds to research firm Eurekahedge. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 4
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      • 72 2 SINGAPORE Airlines is offering 1.6 million new shares worth $29.5 million to shareholders left with difficult-to-trade odd lots after its recent capital reduction. In a statement yesterday, the airline said the shares at $18.46 each will allow investors to round
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      • 85 2 DBS Group Holdings' Islamic banking unit plans to expand from its Singapore base into the Persian Gulf this year to target the US$l trillion global market for services that comply with Syariah, or Islamic law. The Islamic Bank of Asia, 60
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      • 68 2 THE gaming industry worldwide is "still in its infancy" with a lot of room for growth, Las Vegas Sands corp chairman and chief executive Sheldon Adelson said yesterday. "(Gambling) is (only) one of the many elements of entertainment that adults want to enjoy,"
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      • 41 2 THE World Bank yesterday raised its forecast for China's gross domestic product growth, inflation and current account surplus despite the threat to the global economy posed by credit market turmoil. ECONOMY WATCH, PAGE 13
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      • 75 2 POLICY-MAKERS in Hong Kong are being forced to defend their laissez-faire role in the market as criticism mounts against the government's decision to take a stake in the city's bourse. Negative publicity surrounding the 5.88 per cent purchase of Hong Kong Exchanges
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    • 441 2  -  WEE LI-EN Proposed change requires developers to book revenue only on completion By [SINGAPORE] A new accounting interpretation standard being proposed will require property developers to recognise revenue from their projects only on completion and not in phases. Developers are said to
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    • 613 2  - Banking finance top choice among entry-level graduates LYNETTE KHOO Finance institutions are 7 out of 10 most preferred employers By [SINGAPORE] The booming banking and finance sector and the oil-and-gas industry have not only warmed up the economy, but are also red-hot among entry-lev-el graduates in their choice of employment.
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    • 269 2 [SINGAPORE] Metro Holdings group managing director Jopie Ong's deemed interest in the retail and property group has crossed the 30 per cent level. This came after Eng Kuan Company bought one million shares in the listed group through a series of transactions
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    • 454 3  -  MATTHEW PHAN From 2008, quay cranes will handle mega-containerships of over 13,000 TEUs By [SINGAPORE] PSA Singapore Terminals has bought $400 million worth of quay cranes from the world's largest maker, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co (ZPMC). The cranes have twice the capacity
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    • 530 3  - District 19 home of property investors SIOW LI SEN Data shows area has highest number with multiple home loans By [SINGAPORE] It may not top Singapore's wealth charts, but Hougang has plenty of property investors or speculators. District 19, which includes Serangoon Gardens, Hougang and Punggol, has the highest number
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    • 191 3 HEO CHINA SYMPOSIUM QDIZ presents 2.10.07 Singapore 9am to spm Speakers include Paper on PRC Revenue Law 2007: Tax planning and avoidance schemes by foreign investors in China Prof Liu Jian Wen President of China Fiscal Tax Law Research Association Director, Fiscal Economic Research Centre Peking University in China Paper
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 520 4  -  LYNETTE KHOO Eurekahedge index shows negative return of 1.81% vs plus 0.97% in July By CREDIT fears and high mariet volatility appear to have ;aken a toll on hedge funds .ast month, with returns -anging from flat to nega;ive. This is based on data supplied
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    • 383 4  -  VEN SREENIVASAN 1.6m shares offered; move follows capital reduction By SINGAPORE Airlines is offering 1.6 million new shares worth $29.5 million to shareholders left with dif-ficult-to-trade odd lots after its recent capital reduction. In a statement yesterday, the airline said
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    • 719 4  -  R SIVANITHY I T IS a well-accepted fact of I life in the stock market that I the small investor is usually I at a disadvantage relative to I large, sophisticated institutional investors who tend to have better access to important, possibly price-sensitive, information.
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    • 529 5 Bloomberg The Islamic Bank of Asia is likely to open a representative office in Bahrain [BANGKOK] DBS Group Holdings' Islamic banking unit plans to expand from its Singapore base into the Persian Gulf this year to target the US$l trillion global
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    • 475 5 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Chemoil Energy's 450,000 cubic metres (cu m) Singapore oil storage terminal is set to start operations by endJanuary and about half its capacity will be leased out, its chief executive said yesterday. The US$l22 million Helios terminal will exacerbate the current
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    • 319 7  -  iy MATTHEW PHAN rhis, together with a ecent acquisition, will more than touble its capacity RICKMERS Maritime, which was floated on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard in May, has set sail to more than double its contracted fleet capacity. The business trust,
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    • 274 7  -  WEE LI-EN By WESTCOMB Financial Group founder Choo Chee Kong's appeal to strike out a lawsuit filed against him by a former remisier of the company has been dismissed. This means that the court will hear remisier Ng Giap Hon's case against Mr Choo in the
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    • 232 7 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Chinese sofa maker Man Wah Holdings said it expects sales from mainland China to increase at least 50 per cent in fiscal year 2008, driven by the property boom and rise in spending power there. "Our conservative estimate for growth
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    • 415 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO By THE lure of the renewable-energy market has taken Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF) to Taiwan, where it has invested 13.3 million euros (Ss2B million) to acquire an operator of wind farms. The acquisition of infraVest Wind Power Co Ltd from
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 67 7 OLAM International is acquiring 100 per cent of Naarden Agro Products BV, a Netherlands-based company primarily involved in the sourcing, processing and marketing of casein, a protein extract from milk. The total consideration is about 3.3 million euros (556.94 million). In addition, 01am is
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      • 58 7 FIRST Real Estate Investment Trust has inked a conditional agreement with Tang Hong Ming and Yang Xin to invest in the property assets of The Shanghai Woman and Child Healthcare Hospital of the Hongkou District, which currently operates 200 beds, and the proposed Hengshan
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      • 48 7 CH Offshore has entered into a memorandum of agreement to sell a vessel, Osam Daisy 1 for US$l.65 million. In the event that the disposal proceeds to completion, the group will realise a gain of about US$l.62 million from the sale.
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      • 66 7 OSIM International's founder and chief executive Ron Sim has raised his stake in the company. He purchased 500,000 shares or a stake of 0.09 per cent at an average of $0,598 a share on the open market yesterday, raising his direct and
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 572 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS STl's strong opening in response to Wall Street gives way to erratic movements IN MANY ways, trading as far as the Straits Times Index was concerned yesterday went according to script. The index opened strongly in response to Wall Street's Tuesday bounce,
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    • 103 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 15 2 3 0 0 0 15 2 3 Manufacturing 111 45 62 14 12 14 125 57 76 Commerce 39 14 22 10 49 21 28 Tpt/Stor/Com ms 17 16 18 17
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    • 123 6 TURNOVER ('000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE C000) SDQ TOTAI lulti Ind 26,963 26,963 106,034 106,03' lanufacturing 620,192 257,960 878,152 464,322 75,264 539,581 Commerce 210,188 18,930 229,118 117,298 5,280 122,571 "pt/Stor/Comms 112,404 3,423 115,827 276,398 3,396 279,7! :inance 48,633 55 48,688 549,688 14 549,70: Construction 247,282 50,589
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    • 228 6 Stock name Wt Close Chani Allgreen 0.52 1.750 +0.080 Ascendasreit 0.93 2.620 +0.020 CapitaComm 0.55 2.740 +0.020 Capita Land 4.90 7.700 +0.150 CapitaMall 0.92 3.560 -0.040 Chart SemiCond 0.55 1.050 -0.010 CityDev 2.82 15.000 +0.200 ComfortDelGro 1.35 1.960 -0.010 Cosco Corp 1.73 5.350 -0.100 Creative Tech
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    • Article, Illustration
      837 6  -  UMA SHANKARI Jaya Holdings Sept 12 close: 551.90 JP Morgan, Sept 10 Source: JAVA is acquiring a Chinese shipyard, Nantong Dongjiang Shipyard, for $7.3 million cash. This acquisition will be financed through internal resources with Jaya's strong balance sheet (14 per cent FYOB net gearing). Although Nantong Shipyard's
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    • 504 6  -  LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE US dollar's malaise deepened as well as widened yesterday, overnight gains on Wall Street notwithstanding. In Asian trading, the euro hit a fresh post-launch peak of U551.3878 before closing 0.4 per cent firmer at U551.3862, while a broad-er-based
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    • 4 6 DAILY
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    • 49 6 Sep 12 VALUE CLOSE 1022.00 +375.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 +187.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +103.0 All-SG Equities 964.31 +5.47 SG Equities Elect 124.86 1.38 SG Equities Fin 2413.68 +7.05 SG Equities Prop 1484.81 +13.45 SIMSCI 431.75 1.45 SIMSCI Futures 432.60 1.60 PrimePartnersCI 248.65 -0.09
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    • 53 6 VOLUME Unionmet 107,644,000 Wanxianq 62,745,000 SunVic 62,453,000 Lereno 61,172,000 Diqiland 57,631,000 Hor Kew 50,588,000 Armarda 47,761,000 Alantac 47,463,000 Yonqnam 46,745,000 Jade Tech 46,033,000 VALUE(S) UOB 225,525,896 DBS Grp 204,260,226 Capita Land 121,668,250 SingTel 63,102,548 OCBC Bk 53,931,728 SGX 51,752,700 Wilmar 47,157,610 CityDev 45,177,000 Keppel Corp 43,578,800 S
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    • 103 6 CLOSE UP GLD 10US$ 7060 151.6 1.4 China H 10US$ 1860 30.3 1.1 Asia Pac Brew 1340 20.0 1.5 Cifr 1500 20.0 1.4 Ezra 635 20.0 3.3 Olam 326 20.0 6.5 SC Global 540 20.0 3.8 Venture Con 1600 20.0 1.3 SembMar DBeCW*****5 255 17.0 7.1 HLAsia 322 16.0
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    • 115 6 CLOSE DOWN 2900-150.0 -4.9 Omei |aNav S I A 1890 -60.0 -3.1 SIA 10 1880 -60.0 -3.1 SIA 200 1890 -50.0 -2.6 Jardine C&C 1680 -40.0 -2.3 STI3100SGAePW*****9 28.5 -29.0 -50.4 JMH 2720 -15.2 -0.4 NOL 550 -15.0 -2.7 ire Land 985 -15.0 -1.5 Sham iLa Asia 1940 -13.6
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    • 86 6 Sep 12 %CHNG CLOSE FRSep11 YR S$ LOW R2007 S$ HIGH USS 1.5162 0.49 1.5479 1.5033 Euro 2.1018 0.15 2.1062 1.9913 Pounds 3.0856 0.21 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2674 -0.66 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.3306 0.84 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.12 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.4269 0.49 4.5700 4.1730
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 493 8  -  MATTHEW PHAN FORBES GLOBAL CEO CONFERENCE Half of Singapore's university students to have this experience in five years or internships, he said during a panel discussion on education at the Forbes CEO Conference. The point is to have "some form of exposure abroad". But education
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    • 442 8  -  CONRAD TAN By THE gaming industry worldwide is "still in its infancy" with a lot of room for growth, Las Vegas Sands Corp chairman and chief executive Sheldon Adelson said yesterday. "Gaming has evolved from gambling dens into Disneylands for adults," he told
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 64 8 LOGISTICS company DHL has appointed Shoeib Reza Choudhury as chief financial officer of DHL Express Singapore. In a separate announcement, DHL said its Singaporebased Asia-Pacific regional office at Parkview Square has been certified as a "Green Office" by the Singapore Environment Council, making it the
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      • 65 8 THE Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) has announced the change in title of its two senior executives. Phillip Overmyer, who was executive director, will now be known as the organisation's chief executive. Similarly, deputy executive director Lee Ju Song will be deputy chief
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      • 81 8 THE National Library Board (NLB) and Nanyang Technological University's S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to work on preserving, archiving and making accessible rare print and non-print information on international political violence and terrorism. As part
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      • 85 8 THE National Association of Travel Agents of Singapore (Natas) yesterday said it has set a new record for the highest amount of booth space sold in a single travel fair. Its NATAS Holidays 2007 fair from Sept 14 to 16 will see more
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    • 358 9 Some buildings evacuated shortly after 7pm SINGAPORE'S Central Business District skipped a beat last evening. Some buildings there were evacuated shortly after 7 pm as they swayed from tremors caused by an earthquake in Indonesia. "National Environment Agency confirmed that an earthquake was
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    • 337 9 By RONNIE LIM A PRE-QUALIFYING shortlist of bidders vying to manage and operate the Jurong Rock Cavern (JRC) has been drawn up. The JRC is an underground oil storage terminal at Jurong Island, the first phase of which will cost $700 million. One of
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    • 375 9  -  CHEN HUIFEN 7 research institutes offer equipment expertise in Facility Sharing Programme By THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) has opened up its facilities and equipment to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) here, in a bid to help them
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    • 166 9 A RECORD 184 entries have been received for this year's Singapore Media Awards, which recognises the best use of different media for marketing campaigns. The figure is 20 per cent up on last year and a record since the awards started in 2005. Commenting on
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
    • 953 11 E S'pore's GATEO7 zooms in on matching buyers and sellers in electronics and precision engineering, reports CHUANG PECK MING A WHOPPING $6 billion of deals were up for grabs at the Glo-bal-Asia Trade Exchange (GATE) two years ago. Now the event is back and electronics and
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    • 612 11 Dou Yee sponsors GATEO7 as a gesture of thanks, support WHEN International Enterprise Singapore invited the Dou Yee Group to the Global-Asia Trade Exchange (GATE) in 2004, the company thought it was just another trade show. But to its surprise, "it's not like a
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    • 403 11 IT was not much of a trade show as many who came had expected, but a dealmaking fest. And many just loved it. "We thought it was a (trade) exhibition," says Masumi Kubo of Toshiba Asia Pacific in Singapore. "There were more meetings rather
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 500 12 Reuters China can cushion impact of downturn in US, may stimulate world demand [BEIJING] The World Bank yesterday raised its forecast for China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth, inflation and current account surplus despite the threat to the global economy posed by credit
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    • 371 12 -AP Realtors forecast sales of 5.9m in '07, lowest since 2002 [WASHINGTON] A trade group for real estate agents on Tuesday lowered its 2007 forecast for existing home sales in the US for the seventh-straight month, predicting a drop of
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 522 13  -  LAUREL TEO It will limit trade negotiations to its main economic, trading partners By in Jakarta AFTER signing its first bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) just last month, Indonesia is unlikely to pursue many more. Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said yesterday the
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    • 197 13 -AFP [SINGAPORE] Indonesia's billion-dollar arms deal with Russia should not be viewed as negative for regional stability, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. Jakarta's plans to buy Russian-made equipment will beef up the country's defence capability and ultimately contribute to South-east Asia's
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    • 7624 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.061/ Star Europe Bond 1.218/ Star Europe Bal 1.249/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.604/ Star Asia Bond 1.29/ Star Asia Balanced 1.1/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.241/ Multi St Fd 0.977/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.847/ Gib Multi St USD
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    • 102 13 Allianz Global Investors one of the world's largest asset managers with more Allianz (jjj) than US$l.2 trillion assets under management as at 31 December 2006. Global lnvestors *-> company regn. no *****7169Z I^' m HU^T FOR VALUE AND BARGAINS j|k Too many investors focus on outlook and trend. Therefore, more
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 547 14  -  JANE MOIR The city's reputation as the world's 'freest economy' is being questioned By in Hong Kong POLICY MAKERS here are being forced to defend their laissez-faire role in the market as criticism mounts against the government's decision to take a stake
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    • 330 14 Bloomberg It builds centre there to be closer to clients in the US [MEXICO] Wipro Ltd, India's third-largest computer services provider, opened its first software development centre in Mexico to be closer to US clients and serve Spanish-speak-ing customers in Latin America and
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    • 464 14 Reuters, AFP [BEIJING] China is to hold a major air raid drill in Shanghai, the likely target of Taiwan missiles in the event of conflict, a sign the country's leadership still views war as a possibility with the island it claims as
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    • 271 14 Reuters [LONDON] India is set to overtake Brazil as the world's top sugar producer, but Brazil could soon win back the crown due to weather trends and a growing appetite for cane-derived biofuel. The International Sugar Organisation (ISO) which is based
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 411 15  -  AL LABITA Ex-president gets 40 years' jail; peso up from 4-month low, stock index up 1.2% By in Manila THE Philippine markets bounced back yesterday from a week of losses after an anti-graft court meted out a 40-year jail term to detained former president
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    • 256 15 Reuters, Bloomberg Golden Key in talks with Barclays Capital over USsl.sb lifeline: report [LONDON/NEW YORK] Barclays Capital has thrown a US$l.5 billion lifeline to a third, highly geared fund that ran into trouble because of the global liquidity squeeze, the Times newspaper said yesterday. Golden
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    • 158 15 Reuters [SINGAPORE] US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sees the crisis of confidence in credit markets lasting longer than previous financial shocks of the past two decades, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Mr Paulson said the uncertainty would last longer than the turmoil that
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    • 374 15 Reuters [LONDON] Oil hit a record high of nearly US$79 a barrel yesterday, after Opec's modest output increase failed to allay winter supply concerns and ahead of US inventory data. US light crude for October delivery set a record high of U5578.99 a
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    • 706 15 Bloombera [LONDON] London has overtaken Tokyo as the most expensive city in the world for dining out, with a meal now costing more than twice as much as in New York, according to Tim Zagat, whose guide to London restaurants
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  • AVIATION
    • 568 17 -Reuters Main supplier says it's trying to get the plane maker as many fasteners as it possibly can [NEW YORK] Boeing Co's chief executive pointed the finger at Alcoa Inc and others for the lack of bolts that has delayed the first flight of
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    • 543 17 Reuters Deal with UK to move away from past controversial arms-for-oil pacts: source [LONDON] Britain and Saudi Arabia are close to a multibillion-dollar fighter jet deal that will use cash in a break from controversial arms-for-oil pacts of the past, according
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    • 165 17 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co, the second-largest US defence contractor, won a US$l.l billion award to maintain the Air Force's fleet of more than 200 KC-135 midair refuelling tankers. Work under the 10-year contract will be done at facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri,
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    • 129 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] Silverjet Pic, a business-class-only carrier that serves New York and London, says it has taken delivery of a third plane and plans to use it on another route. The Boeing 767-200 jet, acquired from Thomsonfly Ltd, will start operations in
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    • 169 17 Bloomberg No injuries but all 33 Bombardier Dash-8 400 put off-duty [STOCKHOLM] SAS Group, owner of Scandinavian Airlines, grounded its entire fleet of Dash 8-400 aircraft after a second accident involving that type of plane in a week. The 5K2748 flight from Copenhagen to
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    • 2425 17 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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    • 836 18  -  CONRAD RAJ Quanzhou shipyard will have combined handling capacity of one million dwt By SINGAPORE'S position as the world's busiest port and ship-repair centre is under almost immediate threat from China which resently overtook Germany as the world's third largest aconomy. When
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    • 140 18 Bloomberg NEW YORK] General Dylamics Corp, the secondargest shipbuilder for the JS Navy, says it is one of ;hree contractors selected ;o bid on the Canadian Navy's Csl.l billion (Ssl.6 billon) programme to modernse its Halifax-class frigates. The formal request for
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • 106 18 '000 :H Offshore Ihuan Hup Hldgs losco Corp IWTLtd Ezra Hldgs :irst Ship Lease :reight Links jrand Banks aya Hold Ltd Ceppel Corp .abroy Marine Corp JOL 'acific Shipping 3an-United Corp iamudera Ship iembcorp Indust iembcorp Marine ipore Ship itar Cruises 0.83 0.37 4.98 0.82 5.80 0.91 0.10 1.04
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      • 36 18 '000 nt'G Logistics yiISC Foreign yisia Bulk Carrie JCB Holdings Jepline Bhd ■DZ Holdings 1.51 9.80 9.75 3.96 2.94 0.26 2.32 -0.04 -0.05 -0.10 -0.12 -0.06 -0.02 -0.06 222 318 1761 1975 45 113 8
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      • 12 18 '00 ■recious Ship Jegional Cont .32.00 .31.50 -0.50 -0.75 3346 1051
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      • 15 18 '000 mg 10 HKf Vol Doil iingamas Cont .83.90 ...5.10 -3.90 -0.30 1753 628
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      • 23 18 '000 >eso Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.70 29.50 unch unch -0.10 -1.00 unch unch 7478 6042 0 0
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      • 20 18 Evergreen Marine ....21.85 :irst Steamship 83.00 /Van Hai Lines 23.60 r"ang Ming Marine ..24.70 -1.15 unch -0.90 -0.50 11
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      • 41 18 '000 lug. 'en (awasaki Hvy Ind ..505.00 -23.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen ...1430.00 -84.00 ***** Mitsubishi Hvy 767.00 -52.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg ..669.00 -44.00 ***** MitsuiOsk Lines ...1599.00 -110.00 ***** Mippon Express 563.00 -28.00 ***** MipponYusen 1065.00 -50.00 ***** iource: Reuters
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    • 630 18 Reuters [LONDON] Speculative buying of ocean freight derivatives may be behind some of the spectacular price rise seen for hauling dry commodities, but industry sources doubt big futures plays are driving sea freight to fresh peaks. Ocean freight markets for dry commodities have been
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    • 486 18 Bloomberg [LONDON] GlobalSantaFe Corp, the offshore oil and gas driller being acquired by Transocean Inc for US$l7 billion, ordered an ultra-deepwater drillship for US$74O million to capitalise on increasing demand from producers. The drillship, to be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries LP, is expected
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    • 191 18 Bloomberg [LONDON] Goldenport Holdings Inc, the first Greek shipowner to list shares on the London Stock Exchange, said first-half profit climbed 49 per cent on higher demand for commodity carriers. Net income increased to U5532.3 million, or 46 cents a share, from US$2l.7
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 517 19 IT is clear that the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) did not miss the significance of the snowballing US housing-loan crisis when it promised to raise production by half a million barrels per day (bpd) from November, in time for the
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    • 898 19  -  WILLIAM J AMELIO It is transforming the fundamental structure, operation, and culture of business By RECENT controversies involving product quality and safety underscore the importance of protecting consumers in our globalised world. Looking to government regulators is a first step. Beyond government regulation, there is
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    • 828 19  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY THE BOTTOM LINE NORMALLY, when there is a major financial crisis of one kind or another, it is easy to find someone to blame. In the case of the Asian crisis 10 years ago, for example, fingers were quickly pointed at the International
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    • 1673 20  -  LEON HADAR The sense of relief among Americans that 30,000 US troops may be withdrawing by next July could be short-lived THERE is this old Jewish folktale about a man who lives in a very small house with his wife, 15
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    • 692 20  -  JAMES P PINKERTON LAT-WP Any narrative the agreed-upon storyline is a mixture of truth, fiction and poetry By ■HE emerging narrative from Iraq is threefold, leading us to a further conclusion about the future of American politics. Hint: Watch General David Detraeus.
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8404 21 Transaction date: Sep 12 52-wks Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hig Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E MCap Smil Hig Comp any 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 103 98 6389 ABF
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    • 71 21 Hii Low Code Comi >an' Sale COOO) Hii Low Bui rer Seller C'vr P/E Smil ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** ***** 6170 SPDP.S 3730 2570 6235 STI ETF 100 3761.6 2563.9
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    • 2077 21 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo] Day Last Quote |h Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi >an' Hii 30 13 1181 AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 ABRHIdgs 31 25 8538 APStrategic 16.5 1.5 1501 Advanced System 70.5 9 1524 Alantac 22.5
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    • 247 21 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum all
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 374 22 Sep 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminan 1121.9 1.0 1.9 0.7 3.5 1.0 4.5 t EAFE Preliminan 1110.8 1.4 0.3 1.1 3.6 1.5 4.6 Eun Preliminary 1519.5
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    • 128 22 As at 9am Sep 12 of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2590 1.2740 Can dollar 1.4490 1.4660 Euro 2.0890 2.1130 NZ dollar 1.0650 1.0890 jterlin mnd 3.0680 3.1030 US dollar 1.5110 1.5280 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Chi
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    • 162 22 Sep 12 Overnight 1 1/8 1-month 2 11/16 2-months 2 3/4 3-months 2 3/4 Overnight mode: 2 1/16 US$ Offer 1 2 9/16 2 5/8 2 5/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 5.65 5.80 5.80 5.78 5.55
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    • 22 22 Sep 12 STI SIMSCI Sep 431.3 437.4 433.6 Taiwan Se 349.5 350 345.2 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 21 22 Sep 12 Bid Offer 1-month 1.5123 1.5134 2-months 1.5087 1.5099 3-months 1.5053 1.5066 6-months 1.4963 1.4976 Source: OCBC
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    • 153 22 Sep 12 Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2660 1.2672 0.8349 0.8351 Canadian dollar 1.4549 1.4565 0.9594 0.9599 Euro 2.0995 2.1011 1.3845 1.3847 NZ dollar 1.0703 1.0720 0.7058 0.7065 Sterlim 3.0804 3.0832 2.0314 2.031 US dollar 1.5164 1.5174 S$IUS$
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    • 339 22 Sep 12 EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO7 DecO7 MarO8 JunO8 94.327 95.090 95.580 95.705 0 0 0 0 6328 ***** ***** 6166 EUROYEN FUTURES SepO7 99.165 99.170 DecO7 99.180 99.195 MarO8 99.160 99.190 JunO8 99.130 99.170 SepO8 99.080 99.115B DecO8 99.015 99.050 MarO9 98.940 98.990 JunO9 98.905B 99.160A 99.180
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    • 272 22 Sep 12 KUBBtK Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Oct 07 Nov 07 Dec 07 Jan/Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 327.00 326.25 325.00 325.50 328.50 330.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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    • 102 22 Sep 11 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 07 905.00 903.50 906.00 900.00 Nov07 920.50 918.00 921.00 913.50 Jan 08 935.75 933.25 936.00 930.00 Mar 08 947.50 945.75 947.50 941.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 07 37.88 37.68 37.88 37.60
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    • 79 22 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep 11 UDE (FOB origin) US! (/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 75.11 1.09 WTI (Near Mth) 78.23 0.56 Dubai (1-Mth F) 71.47 0.98 Tapis blend 81.3 1.15 Minas 76.15 2.8 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 72.72 84.80 -0.10 -0.25 US$/barrel Opec
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    • 467 22 Sep 12 AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.870 6.281 0.603 6.502 33.792 78.611 0.952 7.786 2.923 1.182 50.630 38.999 1.267 5.982 0.990 27.614 28.603 0.411 0.835 Canada 1.149 7.218 0.693
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    • 91 22 Sep 12 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi, Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****W 13.12.07 1-Year BY*****V 30.04.08 2.28 2.30 2.18 2.18 2.27 2.27 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****0A 2.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F
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    • 134 22 Sep 12 /oz) iep_ iep_ Hong Kong London 710.50 703.20 711.50 704.20 Sep 11 Sep 10 705.70 702.30 706.30 702.90 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Sep 12 Buying Sellim Kilobar "37,125.79" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz
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    • 76 22 Sep 12 (US$) (SS) 5.***** 2.***** 1 mth 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 5.***** 2.***** 9 mths 5.***** 2.***** 12 mths 5.***** 2.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 2.***** 2mths 2.***** 3mths 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** SWAP
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    • 59 22 Sep 12 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Sep 07 2540 2550 2549 2540 85 Oct 07 2531 2543 2546 2531 930 Nov07 2509 2520 2525 2506 4051 Dec 07 2487 2502 2506 2487 1932 Total o/p: ***** contracts Turnover:
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    • 70 22 Sep 11 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previoui Cash 2401.80 2369.00 3 months 2458.00 2424.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 7540.00 7475.00 7222.00 7160.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 3082.00 3 months 3030.00 2905.00 2865.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3
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    • 79 22 Sep 11 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low SepO7 932 942 Dec 07 961 967 Mar 08 974 976 May 08 984 986 950/930 972/957 983/969 987/980 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low SepO7 1855 1835 1860/1835 Nov07 1904 1890 1922/1866 Jan 08 1801 1788 1808/1770 Mar 08 1786 1768 1790/1771
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    • 2478 22 BONDS WARRANTS Pel lode Company Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ("000) Ratio Price Prem Expiry Disc Gear- Mths ing Left 1674 Allgreen RB ECW*****0 3 1.5 275 1 188 1 >835 Allgreen RBeCW*****6 6 0.5 300 0.5 218 8 Ascendas REIT SGA ECW*****3 43.5 3022 1 248 6 )092
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  • Biz IT
    • 624 26 Springboard Research forecasts local spending to hit U5566.3 million in 2010, reports ROLAND LIM SINGAPORE'S growth in information technology spending in the healthcare industry is expected to lag the region, according to the latest research from IT research house Springboard Research. Jonathan
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    • 458 26  -  WINSTON CHAI By WOTIF.COM is hoping to tap into Asia's nascent Internet travel potential with the opening of more regional offices while staying with an online business model that it believes can succeed where so many other ambitious dotcom start-ups have failed. The
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    • 209 26 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Microsoft Corp, which trails Sony Corp and Nintendo Co in game-console sales in Japan, plans to increase the number of software titles in the country by 47 per cent by the end of this year to boost its market share. The number
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    • 767 26  -  GEOFF NOBLE tm x x j 1 <you say> Open collaboration by key players is more effective than going it alone WITH the growing popularity of online banking, online fraud has become one of the world's fastest-growing industries. Fraudsters today are developing more sophisticated and organised
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    • 779 26  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Security, disaster recovery, handling data are top issues By SINGAPORE organisations planning and managing their storage infrastructure say problems related to security, disaster recovery and handling increased amounts of data are the top three issues they face this year, according to
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  • PROPERTY
    • 353 27  -  Xinhua The government has pledged to tame the wild property market [BEIJING] House prices in 70 large and medium-sized Chinese cities were up 8.2 per cent in August compared with last year, as the rising trend continues to show no sign
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    • 284 27 Reuters [BEIJING] Global real estate services company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is in talks with a shopping centre management firm to establish a 50-50 joint venture in China, a senior company executive said yesterday. Managing director David Hand said the company "is
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    • 250 27 PROPERTY firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) is set to open its office in Koh Samui, Thailand, while its competitor Savills officially opened its office in Dalian, China, yesterday. CBRE's office opens tomorrow. The group, which already has offices in Bangkok and Phuket, said in a
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    • 573 28  -  JANE MOIR it \f Number of deals in August soars to two-year high of 13,664 By in Hong Kong A SURGE in property deals has fuelled hopes that Hong Kong's mass market is poised to catch up with the city's runaway
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    • 197 28 It plans to grow its China portfolio to 10,000 units by 2010 THREE service residences managed by The Ascott Group have been named "China's Best Serviced Apartments" by Forbes China magazine. Ascott Beijing, Ascott Shanghai Pudong and Somerset Olympic Tower, Tian- jin were among 15
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