The Business Times, 17 September 2007

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Monday, September 17,2007
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    Lock icon Singapore 'CDO queen' surveys a battered field
    641 1  -  SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] She was in the business long before it made newspaper headlines that reverberated around the world. Goh Mvi Hong runs two fund management companies that take care of some $6.7 billion of assets. Of these, about $5.3 billion are
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      54 1 Weekly 3,536.40 hange +47.43 iT Index 1 COMP 1,289.50 -15.40 IIKKEI 225 16,127.42 +5.26 1ANG SENG 24,898.11 +915.50 1ET INDEX 811.95 +10.49 JAKARTA COMP 2,225.61 -14.29 1ANILA COMP 3,294.55 -38.42 1EOULCOMP 1,870.02 -14.88 1HENZHEN B 768.49 +35.31 IUMBAI IND 15,603.80+13.38 )OW 13,442.52 +329.14 IASDAQ 2,602.18 +36.48 l&P 500 1,484.25
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.75 INDONESIA 15.629 TAIWAN 5.956 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 8.25 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.04 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      38 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.512 (USS/SS per 2.017 3.048 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.388 2.098 EN 114.90 76.00 3.482 2.304 IK$ 7.790 5.153 IAHT 34.33 22.71 UPIAH 9,380 6,206 ENMINBI 7.512 4.970 INDIAN RUPEE 40.45 26.76 1.189 0.787 1.403 0.928
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    Lock icon Private home deals hit hefty $32.8b in first half
    802 1 DTZ expects transactions this year to significantly surpass last year's record $36b By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] A hefty $32.8 billion worth of private residential properties changed hands in the first six months of this year more than double the $15 billion
    URA Realis, DTZ Research August 2007  -  802 words
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Drop in subsales points to more stable prices ahead
        50 2 THE number of property subsales an indicator of speculative activity appears to be stabilising, possibly even falling. Some industry players even believe that this could mark the beginning of more stable prices in the months to come. TOP STORIES, PAGE 3
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        Lock icon Plane crash at Thai resort island kills 88
        65 2 A BUDGET airliner crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket yesterday, killing 88 people as it broke up and burst into flames while trying to land in driving rain. The remaining 42 people on board the flight from the capital Bangkok
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        Lock icon CapitaLand sells its stake in Hong Kong's AIG Tower
        60 2 CAPITALAND has sold its 45 per cent effective stake in AIG Tower in Hong Kong, in a deal that values the asset at HK$B.l billion (551.57 billion). Upon completion of the divestment due on or around Nov3o Capita Land will recognise
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        Lock icon Employing behavioural finance with quantitative strategies
        52 2 QUANTITATIVE investing, in which complex computer models are used to make trading decisions, is a fast-growing strategy that is catching on in financial markets. And as its use spreads, investment banks are increasingly looking at combining it with a behavioural science angle. COMPANY NEWS,
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        Lock icon Independent directors at ATM quitting
        67 2 AUTOMATED Touchstone Machines Ltd's independent directors said that they intend to resign as they are unable to verify if the company's latest financial statements have been properly drawn up, following a similar disclaimer by its auditors. They also strongly recommended that the China-based company immediately
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        Lock icon HDB switch to alternative materials paying off
        66 2 STEEL, aluminium and even glass are to be the new concrete for many of the Housing and Development Board's latest projects. Materials and techniques which might not have been cost-effective in the past have become increasingly viable following the rise in the price
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        Lock icon CIMB competes with ICBC for ACL stake
        83 2 CIMB Group Sdn Bhd is taking on Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) for a 19.3 per cent stake in ACL Bank Public Co Ltd of Thailand after the two banking groups were shortlisted to bid for the bank, The Edge
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        Lock icon Indian Cabinet shaken by sea lane controversy
        71 2 A CAMPAIGN by Hindus against the creation of a sea lane they say would destroy a sacred site rocked the Indian Cabinet on Saturday as ministers clashed over the now-suspended project. Junior commerce minister Jairam Ramesh said that Culture Minister Ambika Soni had
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        Lock icon US ties stable with some major advances: Beijing
        46 2 China's relations with the United States were stable in the past year, with some "major" advances, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry report, but friction remains over Taiwan and trade, state media reported yesterday. GREATER CHINA, PAGE 18
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        Lock icon Fukuda is frontrunner for Japan PM job
        58 2 YASUO Fukuda appears set to become Japan's next prime minister. He gained a convincing lead over rival Taro Aso in the race to become the next Liberal Democratic Party president after Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga withdrew his candidacy and threw his weight behind
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      Lock icon Asian banks relatively safe from CDO contagion
      648 2  -  VIKRAM KHAN NA But they need to start building good business practices: expert [SINGAPORE] Financial contagion to Asian banks from the ongoing credit crunch emanating from the troubled US mortgage finance market is likely to be minimal, said Charles Dallara, managing director of
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      Lock icon Temasek: We didn't bid for Nasdaq's LSE stake
      307 2 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd said it didn't make an offer for Nasdaq Stock Market Inc's 31 per cent stake in London Stock Exchange Group pic, disputing reports that it made a bid or considered a proposal. The Daily Telegraph reported
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      Lock icon Drop in subsales points to more stable prices ahead
      803 3  -  ARTHUR SIM Speculation window seen closing, with prices in high-end sector peaking [SINGAPORE] The number of property subsales an indicator of speculative activity appears to be stabilising, possibly even falling. Some industry players even believe that this could mark the beginning
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      Lock icon Plane crash at Phuket airport kills 88
      510 3 Reuters, AFP [PHUKET, Thailand] A budget airliner crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket yesterday, killing 88 people as it broke up and burst into flames while trying to land in driving rain, a senior official said. The remaining 42 people on
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      357 2 people.* Black belts WOrK wanted. www.thepeopleatwork.com Asia-Pacific Executive Search SINGCAPITAL~^B3BSffI ENRICHING LIFE BEYOND FINANCE Singapore Property Market Current and Future Trends Sr Are there still opportunities for profit? *r Nuts and bolts of property loans. Making wise home loan choices. *r Safeguarding your property investment. *f Maximising your capital outlay
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Tan Chang's property assets catching Guoco's eyes
      567 4  -  CONRAD RAJ TAN Chong International appears now to be more of a property play than a seller of motor vehicles. That's why several analysts, including Singapore's Kirn Eng Research, are calling a buy on the stock at current prices on Friday, it closed
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      Lock icon CapitaLand sells its stake in Hong Kong's AIG Tower
      433 4  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA The developer will book *****.7 m gain on completion of the divestment ]APITALAND has sold its mtire 45 per cent effective itake in AIG Tower in Hong Kong in a deal that values the asset at HK$B.l billion (Ssl.6
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      Lock icon Employing behavioural finance with quantitative strategies
      708 4  -  OH BOON PING Investors' risk appetite a key factor in portfolio analysis QUANTITATIVE investing, which uses complex computer models to make trading decisions, is a fast-growing strategy that is catching on in the financial markets. And as its use spreads, investment banks are increasingly
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Independent directors at ATM quitting
      599 5  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Tm r A m T—7 n m 1 j They're unable to verify firm's latest financial statements, urge hiring of CFO AUTOMATED Touchstone Machines Ltd's independent directors said that they intend to resign and that they are unable to verify if the company's
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      Lock icon Nomura eyes property to grow in Asia
      551 5 Reuters It forms unit to develop Reit business in Spore [HONG KONG] Nomura Holdings, the top brokerage in Japan but a smaller player elsewhere in Asia, has launched a property investment business and is investing in companies before they go public to help
      ■ Reuters; REUTERS  -  551 words
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      Lock icon Vincent Tan out on bond after CAD arrest
      130 5 VINCENT Tan, chairman and CEO of Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Corp, has been arrested by the Commercial Affairs Department for investigations into an alleged breach of Section 197 of the Securities and Futures Act. The company yesterday said that Dr Tan was arrested
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      258 5 If you are in any of these situations: You are entrusted to set up new business in Singapore, either with overseas or local partners, and don't know how and where to begin You want to focus on growing your business, you need a trusted partner to help keep watch and
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Tuesday's FOMC to set direction
      673 6  -  R SIVANITHY TOCKS UNITED States Federal Reserve officials have spoken so often about the possibility of an interest rate cut tomorrow that the Open Markets Committee has been dubbed the "Open Mouth Committee". From chairman Ben Bernanke downwards, several Fed governors have hinted over the
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      946 6 Payment (cts) Ex Books Pay date close date ABR Hldgs bt 0.500 Ace Dynamics bw 0.500 Adampak bt 0.625 Adv Integrated cb 0.250 Allied Tech bw 3.500 ASL Marine ay 2.500 ASL Marine dd 0.300 Auric Pac cb 2.000 Ausgroup az 0.610 Aussino Grp ao 0.750 AVJennings A
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      Lock icon Asian units climb against greenback
      527 6 CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies climbed against the US dollar last week on anticipation of a US rate cut, but Japanese gains were capped by a domestic political crisis. Japanese yen: The yen stayed firm in the past week amid prospects of a US interest
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      Lock icon NY oil price enjoys record high
      278 6 -AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] The price of New York crude oil leapt above US$BO per barrel for the first ever time last week as investors ploughed into the market on concerns over stretched global energy supplies. Many raw materials were boosted by the weak US
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1818 6 Source: Reuters recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name advanced Hldi |S Ltd 1.50 1.00 2 4.65 10.75 0.56 0.50 .EM Hldgs 2.50 2.00 2 4.20 4.05 0.23 0.17 .llco Commercial REIT 1.60 1.50 5.26 19.97 1.46 1.03 .II'
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      46 6 CLOSE 698.00 -261.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 -11.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +69.00 All-SG Equities 969.67 +7.21 SG Equities Elect 126.30 1.96 SG Equities Fin 2404.41 +9.12 SG Equities Prop 1526.96 +36.12 SiMSCI 434.89 3.67 SiMSCI Future 433.60 2.00 PrimePartnersCI 252.77 -0.46
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      53 6 VOLUME Diqiland 675,146,000 BanJoo 294,443,000 Sapphire 246,409,000 Alantac 225,335,000 Armarda 222,421,000 Centillion 210,644,000 Unionmet 206,544,000 Jade Tech 187,215,000 Yonqnam 157,588,000 Penguin 157,159,000 VALUE(S) DBSGrp 945,842,670 UOB 769,615,656 Capita Land 600,183,608 SingTel 403,460,538 SGX 347,960,000 Keppel Corp 345,526,820 OCBC Bk 305,968,428 CityDev 282,842,240 HK Land 222,630,181 S I
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      105 6 CLOSE UP 6980 151.1 1.5 GLD 10US$ DBSBk6% NCPS 10 ***** 90.0 0.8 BukitSemW*****3 680 75.0 12.4 B Sembawa 1080 70.0 6.9 Venture Cor| 1620 70.0 4.! JMH 2800 60.5 1.4 Jardine C&C 1710 60.0 3.6 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 910 52.9 4.0 Jaj Land W*****6 58.5 52.0 800.0 China H
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      99 6 CLOSE DOWN 2800-300.0 -9.7 Ome. |aNav OCBCCa !.93%Pref10 9990-160.0 -1.6 NOL 515 -95.0 -15.6 DBS Gr| 1960 -70.0 -3.4 QUE 1450 -50.0 -3.3 JSH 1490 -45.3 -2.0 STXPOKW100 263 -32.0 -10.8 STXPOSGAeCW*****9 78 -31.0 -28.4 STI3100SGAePW*****9 28.5 -29.0 -50.4 STXPOSGAeCW*****7 71 -28.0 -28.3 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN STI 3000
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      97 6 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. Source: Reute* Sep 14 CHNG CLOSE FRSep13 YR 0007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.5119 -0.06 1.5479 1.5033 Euro 2.0985 0.10 2.1062 1.9913 Pounds 3.0495 0.35 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2701 0.14 1.3411 1.1741 Yen*
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      187 7 Us? Raffles Hotel Celebrates Another Stellar Accolade Best Boutique Hotel In Asia-Pacific Raffles Hotel has been conferred the "Best Boutique Hotel in Asia-Pacific" by Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Magazine from Hong Kong. ■'•^J kV^^^ This accolade is yet another testimony to Raffles Hotel's 120 years of dedication a=a =5a —< _jsif
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Portfolios end mixed as market firms
      1471 8  -  TEH HOOI LING OUR portfolios ended mixed last week, despite the rather firm performance by the Straits Times Index (STI) and the UOB Sesdaq Index. The biggest moving portfolio was the one-month top winners suite which climbed 6.1 per cent. The surge came mainly
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      Lock icon Sellers outweigh buyers in bearish trading
      1408 8 INSIDE MARKETS scan China Investment Fund was one of the top sellers as it lowered its stakes in Unionmet and SunVic Chemical, writes ROBERT HALILI BEARISH clouds are looming as the trading environment turned negative last week. In all, 28 companies saw 100 director
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      108 9 r YOU NEED TO KEEP STORE SHELVES STOCKED. YOU NEED RUSS KRUEGER. When does Agility's Russ Krueger consider a job done? When his virtual distribution center in Seattle expedites the processing of video-game consoles from Japan? When his Direct-to-Store program substantially reduces retailer stock outs? For Russ, and 22,000 more
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Is KL Budget friendly to business?
      2779 10  -  This week's topic Do you think Malaysia's new Budget is a business-friendly one for its foreign investors? It's pro-business Goh Chong Theng General Manager, Singapore Rabobank International PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi unveiled a record RMI77 billion Budget which includes many goodies including a cut
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Get the best of all worlds
      1170 12  -  Geoffrey Eu Cheah Ui-Hoon NEW RESTAURANT Seven on Club 7 Club Street Tel: 6327 9663. A RARE (make that medium rare) case of culinary schizophrenia has broken out on Club Street and it's not necessarily a bad thing. Seven on Club is a six-week-old
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      126 12 Shopping Turn in to RADIO 100% PURE FUH to Mn $2000 CtyltaCtift Card Weekly in September youngparentel sm^ w** I BBr Maßsssr"» r SPEcIAL I ■Ell sPHmagazines Have you been seen at Oscar's lately? P^^ r k Make a scene. Make the scene. Step into the spotlight. Entertain your entourage.
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon MM walks down memory lane at hotel bash
      302 13 BEING the guest of honour at Raffles Hotel's 120 th anniversary bash last night evoked special memories for Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Mr Lee, who also turned 84 yesterday, drew applause when he told guests at the gala reception that he
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      Lock icon Zaobao website offers translation service
      261 13 TOP newspaper website Zaobao. com has launched a translation service to give readers extra value. By going to www.zaobao.com/tod.html they can access real-time English translations of headlines and synopses of news about China, as well as financial news, local news, local business news and commentaries
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      Lock icon HDB move to cut concrete use pays off
      518 13  -  ARTHUR SIM It adopts alternative materials and techniques following Indonesian sand ban By STEEL, aluminium and even glass are to be the new concrete for many of the Housing and Development Board's latest projects. Materials and techniques which might not have been
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      230 13 \zs\,QriH Citi Private Bank OYSTER-BAR I 2-Michelin Starred Guest Chef Jean-Marc Banzo —T 17 -22 September Best Global .-•v.-.-;v."A,,, r Private Banl&I; /"fsS> Ifi J\ QICk UJ|^s ILj Above USD 25 million category It is an honour to be named the private bank of -■snV choice for Asia's ultra affluent.
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Dangers loom over yen carry trade
      927 14 HARM lAN KOK looks at the sustainability of this investment play with the recent trend towards a rising yen LAST month the yen surged to a four-month high against the US dollar and continued to climb against the New Zealand dollar, which is commonly
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      Lock icon Never picture your audience naked
      959 14 CAMPUS LIFE This and other tips can be found in a new book on public speaking by two S'poreans, reports JAMIE LEE YOU can battle stage-fright with preparation, practice, perhaps even by imagining yourself as a superstar on stage. But never by picturing your audience
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 14 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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      46 14 citibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • ECONOMY WATCH 15
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      Lock icon Fed faces tough call on rates due to recession fears
      376 15 -AFP Analysts expect benchmark rate to be cut by 25-50 basis points [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve policymakers face tough choices as they debate interest rates amid rising recession risks, as well as concerns about inflation and a "bailout" of real estate
      -AFP  -  376 words
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      Lock icon Thai political uncertainty tells on growth
      542 15 -AFP Expected growth of over 4% in 2007 one of lowest in region [BANGKOK] One year after Thailand's coup, the country's economic growth ranks among the lowest in South-east Asia as domestic demand and investment have slumped due to political uncertainty, analysts said. The
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      Lock icon Fed independence will be tested in next 25 years: Greenspan
      447 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The Federal Reserve may have to double its benchmark interest rate to at least 10 per cent by 2030 to stem inflation, sparking a political showdown that could challenge its independence, according to former chairman Alan Greenspan.
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon CIMB competes with ICBC for ACL stake
      430 16 19.3% stake put up for sale by Bangkok Bank said to be worth over 2b baht [KUALA LUMPUR] CIMB Group Sdn Bhd is taking on Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) for a 19.3 per cent stake in ACL Bank Public
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      Lock icon M-E firms eye M'sia projects
      139 16 -neuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A group of Middle Eastern firms will invest at least RMS billion (552.2 billion) in oil and gas, Islamic banking and property projects in Malaysia, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The consortium would be led by Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance Company,
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      Lock icon Mahathir back in intensive care again
      235 16 -AFP Fhe move will assist normal monitoring process': official [KUALA LUMPUR] Former Malaysian prime minster Mahathir Mohamad, who is recovering from heart bypass surgery, has gone back into intensive care just a day after being moved into a normal ward, the hospital said on
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      Lock icon Bll to appoint adviser, mulls merger
      217 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk (BII) has said that it will appoint an investment bank to advise it on how best to meet bank ownership rules, including the option of being acquired, an executive said last Saturday. Sukatmo Padmosukarso, vice-president of
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      Lock icon M'sian palm oil exports to soar this year
      319 16 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The value of Malaysia's palm oil exports is expected to reach a record-high this year thanks to strong worldwide demand fuelled by the boom in biofuels, a report said yesterday. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Peter Chin told the
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      Lock icon Canal threat to sacred bridge divides Cabinet
      554 17 Row erupts over half-billion-dollar plan to dredge sandy shoals [NEW DELHI] A campaign by Hindus against the creation of a sea lane they say would destroy a sacred site rocked the Indian Cabinet on Saturday as ministers clashed over the now-sus-pended project. Prime
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      485 17 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] "You can't buy a ticket to Bollywood," says Stephen Alter in one of two new books on the subject. "There's no such place." It's a state of mind. The label, detested by some of those it's applied to, has
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      400 18 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5.75 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banca Di Roma Singapore branch 6.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co, Ltd (S) 5 Bank of
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      328 18 Sep 14 URODOLLAR FUTURES >ep07 3ec07 Vlar08 Iun08 94.405 95.105 95.490 95.610 0 0 0 0 6462 ***** ***** 7888 EUROYEN FUTURES >ep07 3ec07 99.205 99.215B Vlar08 99.190 99.190 Iun08 99.160 99.160 iep08 99.110 99.110 3ec08 99.040 99.040 Vlar09 Iun09 99.195 99.165 99.140A 99.080 99.000 98.940A 98.900A
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      Lock icon US ties stable with some major advances: Beijing
      388 18 Reuters But it slams US 'interference' in domestic issues, Taiwan arms deals [BEIJING] China's relations with the United States were stable in the past year, with some "major" advances, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry report, but friction remains over Taiwan and
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      210 18 AFP [BEIJING] China said on Saturday it had sent back meat imported from the United States and Canada because it contained traces of a banned drug. Food safety authorities returned more than 40 tonnes of pork imported from the two countries after discovering
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      681 18 Bloomberg Consumer prices rise at twice the central bank's target pace [HONG KONG/BEIJING] China will need to follow the fifth interest rate increase this year with further tightening to curb the fastest inflation since 1996 and damp speculation in stocks and real
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      179 18 Reuters [BEIJING] China's pending scheme for allowing individuals to invest directly in Hong Kong's stock market will probably be limited to residents of designated cities, the influential Caijing magazine reported. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange announced on Aug 20 that
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      2753 18 Transaction date: Sep 14 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway feia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Seijing
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      624 19  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Finance minister withdraws bid, throws weight behind Mr Fukuda in Tokyo YASUO Fukuda, who appears set to become Japan's next prime minister, promised yesterday that he would strive to continue improving relations with China if elected president of the ruling Liberal
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      226 19 Bloomberg NEW YORK] Campbell Soup Co, the world's largest soup naker, is seeking US$l-1.5 billion for its Godiva chocolate iivision, sources said. Financial information about the jnit will be sent to potential buyers later this month, they ;aid. Godiva, which
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      373 19 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro stuck to its neutral stance yesterday on competing takeover bids for the Dutch bank, saying it could not support a break-up under the financially superior Royal Bank of Scotland-led (RBS) consortium's bid. RBS, together with Belgian-Dutch financial services group
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      578 20 Move said to pre-empt even tougher laws from Democrats, threat of cheap imports, lawsuits [WASHINGTON] After years of favouring the hands-off doctrine of the Bush administration, some of the nation's biggest industries are pushing for something they have long resisted: new federal
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      418 20 Reuters US sub-prime crisis seen hitting nation's exports, growth [BEßLlN]Problems in the US sub-prime mortgage market could hit German exports and economic growth and even claim more victims among German banks, an adviser to the Berlin government told a Swiss newspaper yesterday. Beatrice
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      680 20 Reuters British PM may lose support as fears of bank run grows [LONDON] Exactly 15 years after "Black Wednesday", when Britain's then Conservative government lost voters' trust on the economy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown must be hoping his Labour Party is not
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      163 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Oracle Corp, the world's third-largest software maker, paid chief executive officer Larry Ellison US$35 million in fiscal 2007. The amount included a US$l million salary and US$24 million in stock options, the company said in a regulatory filing last Friday. Mr
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      506 20 NYT [NEW YORK] Banks financing the purchase of First Data Corp by the equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts made several concessions on the debt sale on Friday as they tried to lure skittish investors. The seven banks, led by Credit
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      319 20 SINGAPORE 1000 2007/2008 ji SINGAPORE SME 500 W HI3HES7 MET PnOFi7 21ST ANNUAL RANKING OF SINGAPORE'S MOST SUCCESSFUL CORPORATIONS SIVtES INVITATION FOR SUBMISSION OF AUDITED FINANCIALS FOR ANNUAL CORPORATE RANKINGS 2008 Ranking Period (Financial Year Ending): 1 June 2006 31 May 2007 Closing Date for Submissions: 30 September 2007 To
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      613 21 -AFP [HANOI] Aircraft giants Boeing and Airbus are competing to sell their new jetliners to Vietnam while Bombardier of Canada is also fighting for a slice of the fast-growing market. Air travel is taking off in the communist-ruled country of 84 million
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      434 21 Reuters Rates on other key routes also drop to multi-year lows on rising fleet supply [LONDON] The world's main crude export route sank to a four-year low on Friday, hit by rising fleet supply and despite Opec's agreement this week to raise production in November. Other
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      450 21 Reuters [LONDON] The Baltic Exchange's dry freight index which gauges the strength of seaborne dry commodities trade, dipped for a fourth consecutive day last Friday, dropping 2.1 per cent from a record high on Sept 10. The London Baltic Exchange's chief price
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      2341 21 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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      254 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 4 Fire extinguisher? (8) 7 New leader has strangely ser- 5 Aggressive US cop with a ious fixation (8) gun, I suspect (10) 9 Drunk's extremely wasted 6 No French following pound (6) standard (6) 10 Jump dunking round thing 8 Soldier initially on door? (6) in
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      229 22 Stock name Wt Close Change Allqreen 0.53 1.820 +0.060 Ascendasreit 0.94 2.680 +0.030 iComm 0.53 2.690 -0.010 iLand 5.05 8.000 +0.200 Ca| litaMall 0.94 3.660 +0.060 Chart SemiCond 0.55 1.060 +0.020 a'Dev 2.86 15.400 +0.500 ComfortDelGro 1.34 1.960 -0.010 losco Con 1.75 5.450 Creative Tech 0.15
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      104 22 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 14 5 1 OOO 14 5 1 Manufacturing 92 103 40 21 18 14 113 121 54 Commerce 31 40 14 10 41 49 19 >r/Cc ims 19 20 19 22 Finance 21 11 21 13
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      127 22 TURNOVER C000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE ('000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 169.863 169.863 621.961 621.961 Manufacturing 2.286.343 1.205.195 3.491.538 1.776.908 336.994 2.113.902 Commerce 1.745.111 104.806 1.849.917 657.061 44.718 701.779 717.631 12.016 729.647 1.504.708 9.597 1.514.305 Finance 208.885 658 209.543 2.430.335 117 2.430.452 Construction 709.170 539.127 1.248.297
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      8623 22 Week ended: Sep 14 Hi. !-wks Tel Low Code Com| Sale t'ooo) Hi. Low B'u] rer Seller C'vr P/E $mil >an] 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 103 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 15.5 1938 AEI Corp 27 14
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      70 22 52-Wk Tel Hiqh Low Code Last Sale Vol C000] Day Last Quote Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hi. 0800 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore 0000 ***** 6101 ISS&P500 0500 ***** 6170
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      2212 22 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol ('ooo] Day Last Quote |h Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi >an< Hii 30 13 1181 AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 ABR Hldgs 31 05 8538 APStrategic 16.5 1.5 1501 Advanced System 70.5 9 1504 Alantac
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      266 22 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net 2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      377 23 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Sep14 World Index Preliminan 1133.6 -0.2 3.0 -0.1 3.9 -0.2 5.! EAFE Preliminan 1117.7 -0.2 0.9 -0.2 3.5 -0.4 5.1 Euro[ Preliminary 1524.5 -0.9 2.1
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      60 23 Sep 14 lelivery lonth Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low 3d 07 2568 2610 2616 2568 1241 ***** \Jov07 2550 2592 2600 2547 4565 ***** 3ecO7 2536 2578 2582 2533 2147 ***** Ian 08 2535 2572 2570 2535 363 2352 Total o/p:
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      22 23 Sep 14 STI ;iMSCI Se 432.1 439.7 433.6 'aiwan Se 347.7 350 347.9 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      21 23 Sep 14 Bid Offer 1-month 1.5073 1.5082 2-months 1.5034 1.5043 3-months 1.4999 1.501 6-months 1.4909 1.492 Source: OCBC
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      155 23 Sep 14 Against SS Zurrencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2706 1.2717 0.8408 0.8411 Canadian dollar 1.4621 1.4632 0.9675 0.9678 luro 2.0977 2.0990 1.3881 1.3883 IZ dollar 1.0767 1.0781 0.7125 0.7131 jterlini 3.0475 3.0494 2.0166 2.0169 IS
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      272 23 Sep 14 RUBBER 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 08 324.00 324.00 322.50 323.75 326.75 329.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      130 23 As at 9am Sep 14 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2630 1.2780 Can dollar 1.4530 1.4700 Euro 2.0880 2.1110 NZ dollar 1.0700 1.0940 Sterlini 3.0370 3.0721 US dollar 1.5040 1.5210 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      163 23 Sep 14 fer Bii Overnight 1 7/8 1 -month 2 9/16 2-months 2 5/8 3-months 2 11/16 Overnight mode: 2.03 USS Offer 1 3/4 2 7/16 2 1/2 2 9/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 5.30 5.70
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      469 23 Sep 14 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.869 6.317 0.606 6.551 34.016 78.881 0.967 7.808 2.928 1.180 50.987 38.911 1.271 6.037 0.997 27.813 28.870 0.417 0.841 Canada 1.151 7.269
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      134 23 Sep 14 /oz) Hong Kong London 703.50 707.20 704.50 708.20 Sep 14 Sep 12 714.35 708.30 715.05 708.90 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Sep 14 Buying Sellim Kilobar "36,677.46" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz UBS KinpharTM
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      70 23 Sep 14 Co iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2374.00 2425.00 3 months 2430.00 2480.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 7613.50 7550.00 7606.00 7538.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 3280.80 3 months 3210.00 3235.00 3170.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3
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      78 23 Sep 14 COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low SepO7 907 Dec 07 967 943 Mar 08 980 959 May 08 989 970 971/935 983/953 992/965 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low SepO7 1885 1839 1885/1846 Nov07 1940 1881 1943/1877 Jan 08 1811 1784 1817/1779 Mar 08 1799 1774 1805/1775 SUGAR
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      77 23 Sep 14 1 mth 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 5.***** 5.***** 5.***** 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3 yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.*****
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      102 23 Sep 14 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 07 941.00 928.00 944.00 930.00 Nov07 954.75 941.25 958.50 943.00 Jan 08 969.25 956.25 973.00 958.00 Mar 08 979.75 967.50 983.50 969.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 07 39.37 39.08 39.40 39.20
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      76 23 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep 13 origin^ US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 76.68 0.28 WTI (Near Mth) 80.01 0.25 Dubai (1-Mth F) 72.9 0.71 Tapis blend 82.75 0.6 Minas 78 1.1 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 75.55 87.05 1.40 1.1 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      88 23 Sep 14 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Mi Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****W 13.12.07 1-Year BY*****V 30.04.08 2.24 2.23 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hie Day's igh Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****0A 2.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year NY*****X
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      606 28  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY IP developed by HP's InkJet division finds use in new skin patch HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) has teamed up with an Irish medical device maker, Crospon, to market a revolutionary drug delivery platform which is an industry first and
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      161 28 [FRANKFURT] Amazon, com Inc, the world's biggest Internet retailer, started a contest for entrepreneurs and software developers to lure customers to its Web services unit. Contestants could win as much as US$lOO,OOO in cash and service credits on Amazon Web Services LLC if they provide
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        53 28 MOVING beyond just selling copiers, Ricoh has launched its Ricoh Office Consulting services to help companies manage their printing needs. The service aims to help companies optimise the use of their print, scan, copy and fax devices, as well as achieve cost savings. Visit www. ricoh-singapore.com.sg
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        64 28 HP has released the HP Blade System c3OOO, a blade server enclosure targeted at mid-sized companies. It also launched the HP Storage Works All-in-One SB6ooc Storage Blade, a storage system which works within the c3OOO. HP Storage Works All-in-One SB6ooc and HP Solution Blocks
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        93 28 PROJECTOR specialist InFocus has launched a new high definition home theatre projector, the $9,999 InFocus Play Big INB2. Compliant with the HD 1080p standard, the new projector features a 4,000:1 contrast ratio that can be boosted to 12,000:1 and a bright 1,500 ANSI lumens rating. It
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        89 28 LG has released the LG L2O6WU, a 20-inch widescreen LCD monitor that can be hooked up to a notebook or PC via USB, without the need for any additional graphics cards. With a USB hub, a single computer can be hooked up to six of
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        79 28 CANON has launched the PIXMAMP22BandMP476 multi function photo printers. The new printers are capable of printing in 4,800x1,200 dots per inch, and take 46 seconds to print a 4R photo. These printers can also copy at up to 22 copies per minute (cpm) in monochrome, or
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      801 29  -  WINSTON CHAI &lt;we say&gt; For m-payment to truly succeed, everyone must band together for the greater good FOUR years after similar attempts fell dead in the water, Singapore is at it yet again. Sing Tel and Star Hub are now trying to turn the
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      187 29 [COLOMBO] Home to some 1.5 billion people, South Asia is paying a high price to access the Internet as service providers have been slow to deliver cheaper broadband connections, analysts say. The region has embraced telephones, mobile phones and computers and India
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        69 29 ENTERPRISE integration software specialist [nformatica has appointed Graham Sowden as its new senior vice-president of sales for its Asia-Pacific sales operations. Before taking on the new role, Mr Sowden was the regional head of HP Mercury, a company formed through HP's acquisition of Mercury
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        105 29 STARHUB has launched a new service to allow subscribers to upload photos and videos from their phones to popular media sharing sites like Flickr and You Tube. Called ShoZu Access, the service is now offered at a promotional price of $5.35 per month and users
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        87 29 THE Institute for Infocomm Research will hold its annual Infocomm Horizons seminar at the Marina Mandarin Hotel on Sept 21. This year, the event will focus on interactive and digital media (IDM), a sector which has been earmarked for growth by the Singapore government. It
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        91 29 IBM will hold its Lotus Collaboration Summit at the Suntec Convention Centre on Sept 28. Big Blue will be using the event to launch its new Lotus Notes and Domino 8 software suites. The event has taken on a carnival theme so participants can
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