The Business Times, 9 October 2007
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Title Section23 2007-10-09 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Tuesday, October 9,200723 words
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782 2007-10-09 1 MICHELLE QUAH - MICHELLE QUAH Both banks agree to pay costs; one says case no longer in 'commercial interest' Byfl [SINGAPORE] Two of the four banks embroiled in the high-profile Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) case have dropped their claims against the brewer and782 words
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Article, Illustration867 2007-10-09 1 SIOW LI SEN - SIOW LI SEN They go on recruiting missions, search outside industry to deal with talent squeeze [SINGAPORE] The most glamorous of jobs is facing the most acute of shortages and banks are trying different strategies to address the crunch. As private banking867 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article29 2007-10-09 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.50 INDONESIA 15.427 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.75 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.13 INDIA 12.75 Source:Bloomberg - 29 words
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Article46 2007-10-09 1 Monday Change 1,364.14 -8.25 KLCOMP NIKKEI 225 Closed HANG SENG 27,770.29 -61.23 SET INDEX 863.16 +10.83 JAKARTA COM P 2,523.70 +23.12 MANILA COMP 3,873.50 +97.59 SEOUL COMP 2,012.82 +16.79 SHENZHEN B 780.13 -0.98 MUMBAI IND 17,491.39 -281.97 12NOONEDT Change 14,028.21 -37.80 DOW NASDAQ 2,775.33 -4.9946 words
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Article42 2007-10-09 1 uss SS US$ (S$ per US$) 1.472 (US$/S$ >er£) 2.039 3.000 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.411 2.076 'EN 117.20 79.60 RM 3.391 2.304 HK$ 7.758 5.272 BAHT 34.20 23.24 RUPIAH 9,060 6,157 RENMINBI 7.506 5.100 INDIAN RUPEE 39.46 26.82 1.109 0.754 NZ! 1.305 0.88742 words
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Miscellaneous39 2007-10-09 1 IT~J| SMALL CAPS mj% Jjm SME SPOTLIGHT PROPERTY Furniture maker Lorenzo's V Ex-financial planner Ifti*** '%1m Royalville, Spanish Village expansion strategy blazes adventure trail |j| M 4|ji lup for en bloc sale PAGE 12 PAGE 11 JMilsN^^P^ PAGE 1039 words
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TOP STORIES
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659 2007-10-09 2 ARTHUR SIM - ARTHUR SIM Some shops expand even as rents rise, others more sensitive to psf sales By [SINGAPORE] Rents for shops on Orchard Road may have increased by anDther 12 per cent in the third quarter to $44.30 per square659 words
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Article, Illustration732 2007-10-09 2 KALPANA RASHIWALA - KALPANA RASHIWALA Lock in profit if margin is good, some agents advise [SINGAPORE] After a lull of about six weeks, activity seems to be picking up in the subsale market on the back of the stock market rally and moreColliers International Research Singapore/Real is - 732 words
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THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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86 2007-10-09 2 WHEN it comes to Singapore and its fourth largest trading partner, China, the numbers speak for themselves. In the first eight months of this year, total trade between the two economies grew 11.6 per cent from the same period last year to $60.4586 words
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56 2007-10-09 2 KEPPEL Corporation's environmental engineering arm has won a contract to provide its technology and services to a consortium building a As 76 million (Ssloo million) facility in Australia. The new biosolids thermal drying facility is for Barwon Water, one of the largest water corporations56 words
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64 2007-10-09 2 SINGAPORE Exchange, operator of the city-state's derivatives and stock markets, climbed to a record in local trading yesterday as analysts expect the company's first-quarter profit to treble. SGX closed trading up $1, or 6.5 per cent, at $16.40. The exchange will announce its64 words
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69 2007-10-09 2 ASCENDAS will build and manage a new $98 million development in International Business Park in Singapore, the company said yesterday. When completed by the end of 2009, the development will have close to 42,000 square metres of high-tech space to help meet69 words
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85 2007-10-09 2 COLLECTIVE sale sites continue to be launched for tender, with Spanish Village in Farrer Road and Royalville in Bukit Timah Road being among the latest offerings. Both are freehold. Spanish Village, with a land area of 331,457 sq ft, has an85 words
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64 2007-10-09 2 MALAYSIA'S industrial production growth unexpectedly slowed in August after electronics exports fell, threatening the government's growth forecast. Overall production at factories, utilities and mines rose 0.9 per cent from a year earlier, compared with a 2.1 per cent gain in July, the Statistics64 words
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54 2007-10-09 2 MINSHENG Banking Corp, in which Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings has a stake, will buy 9.9 per cent of San Francisco-based UCBH Holdings for more than US$2OO million in the first strategic investment by a mainland Chinese bank in a US bank.54 words
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Article, Illustration890 2007-10-09 3 LYNETTE KHOO - LYNETTE KHOO Total Spore-China trade for first eight months grew 11.6% from the same period last year to $60.45b SINGAPORE] When it comes to Singapore and its fourth largest trading partner, China, the numbers speak for themselves. In the first eight months of■: Reuters - 890 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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296 2007-10-09 4 Bloomberg TMB looking to raise 35b baht in share sale BANGKOK] ING Groep NY, the largest Dutch finan-cial-services company, agreed to invest in Thailand's TMB Bank Pel, Thai Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn said. TMB, whose biggest shareholder is the Thai finance ministry, is– Bloomberg - 296 words
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302 2007-10-09 4 WEE LI- EN - WEE LI-EN It'll provide services, technology to group building biosolids thermal drying plant BY KEPPEL Corporation's environmental engineering arm has won a contract to provide its technology and services to a consortium building a As 76 million (Ssloo million) facility in Australia. The new302 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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53 2007-10-09 4 ST ENGINEERING says the joint venture between its aerospace arm and China Eastern Airlines will expand operations to a second location in China. A new hangar complex at Pudong airport in Shanghai will cost about $56 million and is expected to start53 words
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34 2007-10-09 4 BBR HOLDINGS says its subsidiary Singapore Piling Civil Engineering has been awarded a piling and earthwork contract by Nanyang Technological University to build a new hall for $4.4 million.34 words
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28 2007-10-09 4 UNITED Fiber System says subsidiary Poh Lian Construction has been awarded a building contract for The Trillium condominium for $155.8 million.28 words
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624 2007-10-09 4 CONRAD RAJ - CONRAD RAJ IT'S not very often that investors in a reverse takeover see a four-fold return on their investment on the relisting of their target company. But that's exactly what the new investors in former media production company Mediastream got when the company was624 words
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456 2007-10-09 5 Bloomberg Q1 net gains seen tripling to $133 m, driven by surge in daily trading value SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX), operator of the city-state's derivatives and stock markets, climbed to a record in local trading as analysts expect the company's first-quarter profit to treble.Bloomberg - 456 words
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Article102 2007-10-09 5 Reuters SINGAPORE'S DBS Group said yesterday it has launched /van-denominated products and services for Chinese resilents, following approval from the China Banking Regula;ory Commission (CBRC). DBS will launch its China local currency business by ofering savings, call and time deposits, mortgage loans and general insurance products– Reuters - 102 words
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Article, Illustration451 2007-10-09 5 UMA SHANKARI - UMA SHANKARI 1 By KEPPEL Land wiU redevelop its Ocean Building and Ocean Towers office buildings into the new state-of-the-art Ocean Financial Centre (OFC), it said yesterday. When completed in 2011, the 43-storey OFC wiU offer some 850,000 sq ft of prime Grade A office451 words
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403 2007-10-09 5 Bloomberg FITCH Ratings cut ratings on two Asian collateralised debt obligations linked to company debt, indicating an increased risk of default, the company said yesterday. Fitch lowered a US$5O.9 million synthetic CDO that is managed by DBS Group Holdings Ltd by oneBloomberg - 403 words
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Article, Illustration338 2007-10-09 8 UMA SHANKARI - UMA SHANKARI The project when completed will have close to 42,000 sq m of high-tech space By BUSINESS space provider Ascendas will build and manage a new $98 million development in International Business Park (IBP) in Singapore, the company said yesterday. It338 words
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Article, Illustration235 2007-10-09 8 ARTHUR LEE - ARTHUR LEE By/ HEAVY rain failed to dampen the spirits of enthusiastic investors at China Oilfield Technology Group's mainboard IPO launch yesterday. Doubtless they were there to learn about the company's prospects rather than just to look at these "prospectus queens" dressed in short skirts, with knee-high bootsARTHUR LEE - 235 words
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224 2007-10-09 8 WEE LI- EN - WEE LI-EN By SHELL company Carats, which is the subject of a failed reverse takeover attempt, is set to have a new substantial shareholder. Formerly known as Daka Designs, Carats said yesterday that it has been informed that Cross Knight Group has entered224 words
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Article107 2007-10-09 8 Reuters [SEOUL] Swiss bank ÜBS AG said yesterday it has acquired a 5.47 per cent stake in South Korean shipping firm STX Pan Ocean, worth about US$27O million at current market prices. ÜBS said in a filing with South Korea's financial regulator that it– Reuters - 107 words
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210 2007-10-09 8 Reuters SAIZEN Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), based entirely on Japanese property assets, has lodged its prospectus to raise as much as *****.4 million in Singapore, confirming a Reuters story last month. A Hong Kong-based private equity group is selling 196.74 million units of– Reuters - 210 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration541 2007-10-09 6 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY STOCKS Index soars over 50 points before closing 2.3 points down GIVEN the high dependence of markets these days on high-speed program trading and taking into account how fast prices have risen over the past three weeks, it perhaps shouldn't come asBloomberg - 541 words
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Article101 2007-10-09 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 7 8 3 0 0 0 lanufacturing 50 119 53 24 20 58 143 73 Commerce 25 32 24 11 36 39 "pt/Stor/Comms 14 19 16 20 :inance 14 10 12 15 11 12 Construction 12101 words
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Article117 2007-10-09 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 329,437 329,437 135,265 135,265 lanufacturing 684,377 185,575 869,952 724,564 42,119 766,683 Commerce 245,406 29,674 275,080 160,187 7,111 167,298 •pt/Stor/Comms 113,115 3,776 116,891 322,856 2,256 325,113 :inance 91,946 25 91,971 661,460 3 661,463 Construction 240,477 39,387 279,864 83,395 9,494 92,889117 words
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Article211 2007-10-09 6 Jlgreen 0.52 1.900 -0.010 \scendasreit 0.83 2.530 -0.060 lapitaComm 0.51 2.790 -0.010 la pita Land 4.85 8.300 -0.100 :apitaMall 0.90 3.800 -0.060 :hart SemiCond 0.50 1.030 +0.010 jtyDev 2.77 16.100 -0.400 lomfortDelGro 1.24 1.970 losco Corp 1.93 6.500 Creative Tech 0.14 6.100 -0.050 IBS Grp 9.05211 words
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Article418 2007-10-09 6 Oil Gas Sector OCBC Investment Research, Oct 8 OUTLOOK still robust: Prospects for Singapore's energy and marine sectors are still robust, buoyed by strong fundamentals, unprecedented orders and healthy order momentum. This growth segment has been identified as one of the key pillars of growth for the Singapore418 words
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Article, Illustration546 2007-10-09 6 LARRY WEE - LARRY WEE CURRENCIES Senior Correspondent THE embattled US dollar tumbled to fresh multi-year lows against several of its most favoured counterparts before regaining some composure yesterday, failing for the most part to capitalise on a more decent set of September job numbers forReuters - 546 words
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Article46 2007-10-09 6 Oct8 VALUE CLOSE 624.00-308.00 IT OB/OS IT CADI -*****.00-127.00 IT 10-day MA -*****.00 +63.00 II-SG Equities 1050.82 1.06 >G Equities Elect 122.30 -2.09 G Equities Fin 2689.25 +20.09 >G Equities Prop 1633.87 -12.53 IMSCI 470.08 -0.41 IMSCI Futures 471.40 -0.40 rimeParnersCI 300.44 -0.9246 words
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Article53 2007-10-09 6 VOLUME Memstar 1,337,563,000 ChinaACorp 306,550,000 El-Nets 222,277,000 Chasen 212,650,000 ChinaAElec 84,598,000 Gen Intl 84,497,000 Jasper 60,196,000 Liang Huat 51,959,000 Yanqzijianq 50,177,000 LottVis 41,943,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 222,049,589 SGX 211,617,600 Yanqzijianq 131,138,890 CityDev 85,343,980 Capita Land 81,840,680 UOB 74,838,564 Uni-Asia 68,575,590 OCBC Bk 67,744,960 SingTel 65,481,465 S I53 words
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Article98 2007-10-09 6 CLOSE UP 1640 100.0 6.5 ;gx lembMar RBeCW*****2 194 42.0 27.6 IOIL 271 41.2 11.5 .hani .a Asia 2680 37.9 8.1 ;GXMBLeCW*****2 145 35.0 31.8 i PC 775 35.0 4.7 :GXSGAeCW*****7 146 32.0 28.1 ;GXMBLeCW*****4 139 31.0 28.7 I A 1990 30.0 1.5 LD 10US$ 7290 29.4 0.3 BY98 words
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Article108 2007-10-09 6 CLOSE DOWN IMH 2830-103.0 -2.4 ISH 1550 -58.8 -2.5 il Con 1460 -50.0 -3.: At 1610 -40.0 -2.. imei iNav 2970 -30.0 -1.i 'enture Con 1570 -30.0 -1.9 ISMSCI India 100 820 -22.1 -1.8 ire Land 1020 -20.0 -1.9 ;TXPOSGAeCW*****7 107 -19.0 -15.1 ;C Global 630 -15.0 -2.3 BY108 words
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Article86 2007-10-09 6 Oct8 CLOSE CHNG FR Oct 5 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4723 0.15 1.5479 1.4685® Euro 2.0749 0.31 2.1254 1.9913 Pounds 3.0003 0.08 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.3242 -0.74 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.2541 0.90 1.3821 1.2285 Rill liah* 0.***** -0.02 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3062 0.0086 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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205 2007-10-09 9 MISHA RAMCHANDANI - MISHA RAMCHANDANI SUMITOMO Chemical Singapore (SCS) has just set up a research and development centre here to help its technical services. The subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Co, which has been in Singapore since 1996, is now also expanding its third-phase methyl methacrylate (MMA) facilities.205 words
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Article, Illustration198 2007-10-09 9 NGEE Ann Kongsi yesterday presented a cheque of $15.6 million to Ngee Ann Polytechnic, as part of its annual contribution to the education institution's endowment fund. The sum is nearly $2 million more than the $13.7 million the philanthropic foundation donated to the polytechnicYEN MENG JIIN - 198 words
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387 2007-10-09 9 Reuters Expected 7.5% jump seen as a return to more normal rates SINGAPORE'S monetary policy will probably be left unchanged this week despite higher inflation, while annualised third-quarter economic growth is likely to be strong, if just half that in the unusuallyReuters - 387 words
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439 2007-10-09 9 RONNIE LIM - RONNIE LIM It's banking on a year-end resolution through EMA under amended Gas Act US-OWNED Island Power whose Ssl billion cogeneration investment on Jurong Island is now in question says it still hopes for a speedy resolution to its Singapore gas439 words
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Article258 2007-10-09 10 WEE LI- EN - WEE LI-EN MORE than $300,000 has been raised so far for children's charity concert Child Aid, with the latest donations from Manulife, ÜBS Wealth and Sing Lun Holdings. Money raised through Child Aid will go to The Business Times Budding Artists Fund and The Straits Times258 words
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Article, Illustration303 2007-10-09 10 KALPANA RASHIWALA - KALPANA RASHIWALA Indicative price for 331,457 sq ft Spanish Village is $878 million COLLECTIVE sale sites continue to be launched for tender, with Spanish Village in Farrer Road and Royalville in Bukit Timah Road being among the latest offerings. Both are303 words
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250 2007-10-09 10 ES CELL International (ESI), which recently announced a diversification from its stem cell research, has attracted a US$l million investment from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, one of the largest generic drug companies in the world. The latest investment, to go to ESl's majority-owned subsidiary Cell250 words
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Article, Illustration768 2007-10-09 11 BOAC organises adventure tours to exotic destinations as more people get into the concept, writes OH BOON PING TREKKING enthusiast Sim Tim Suan lives on passion and determination, especially in the face of challenging circumstances. So it's no surprise that he keeps his business BlazingYEN MENG JIIN - 768 words
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412 2007-10-09 11 TEH HOOI LING - TEH HOOI LING By OUR small cap portfolio was unchanged in the five trading sessions ended yesterday. The strong performance of a handful of stocks was negated by profit-taking in some China stocks after the sharp run-ups in their price in the last week412 words
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Article628 2007-10-09 12 Survey finds some 73% of the 1,206 respondents not investing in this area, reports OH BOON PING MOST small and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs) here do not spend anything on research development, a survey has found. But really successful firms certainly do spend. In the628 words
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Article, Illustration610 2007-10-09 12 SMALL CAPS Furniture maker plans to grow product range as well as distribution network. OH BOON PING reports LORENZO International aims to propel its business forward through a two-pronged strategy of expanding its products as well as its distribution network. For the six months endedFILE PHOTO - 610 words
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Advertisement75 2007-10-09 12 FOR SALE BY TENDER Closing Date: 11 October 2007 Time: 2.00pm Free hold Residential Site at s Kovan (District 19) Kovan Road gg |uyect site Area 27, OOOsf (Approx) To Hougang SLE Kovan MRT p] Q f fafo 1.4 U p to 5 StOTeVS Upper Serangoon Road To"t^TE o c75 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration716 2007-10-09 13 Reuters Planned pay rise for govt workers, new welfare schemes may inflate deficit [NEW DELHI] Signs that India's ruling coalition is loosening its purse strings to shore up voter support as a political impasse points to early elections could jeopardise aReuters; REUTERS ' - 716 words
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432 2007-10-09 13 Reuters Fund needs to renew its reason for existence: IMFC chief [ROME] The most pressing job of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is deepening the role of emerging market nations in the global financial institution, the newly elected head of the IMF'sReuters - 432 words
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261 2007-10-09 13 -AFP, Reuters LONDON] The global credit squeeze is a "serious crisis" ;hat will have an impact on governments' budgets, said ;he International Monetary Fund's outgoing head. Speaking to the Financial Times from Washington, IMF managing director Rodrigo Rato said: "Policymakers should not-AFP, Reuters - 261 words
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MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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489 2007-10-09 15 -AP, Reuters EPF plans to sell 40% of its stake in bid to make RHB a top regional bank [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's RHB Capital Bhd expects to have at least two foreign partners by early next year to help it achieve its-AP, Reuters - 489 words
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Article, Illustration452 2007-10-09 15 Reuters Fauzi Bowo faces uphill task to make city more liveable [JAKARTA] Fauzi Bowo, who took over as the governor of Jakarta on Sunday, faces the near-impossible task of tackling this chaotic city's traffic jams, floods, poverty and pollution in order to– Reuters; REUTERS - 452 words
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312 2007-10-09 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's industrial production growth unexpectedly slowed in August after electronics exports fell, threatening the government's growth forecast. Overall production at factories, utilities and mines rose 0.9 per cent from a year earlier, compared with a 2.1 per cent gain in July, the– Bloomberg - 312 words
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344 2007-10-09 15 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank left its key interest rate steady at 8.25 per cent yesterday as expected, following a pick-up in inflation, but it said that rates could be cut before the end of the year as price pressures eased. Bank Indonesia (BI)– Reuters - 344 words
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Article, Illustration489 2007-10-09 16 Reuters It will be bank's first onshore wealth business in Asia; it expects to hire 100 private bankers [SINGAPORE] Morgan Stanley plans to launch private wealth management services in India next year, its first onshore wealth business in Asia, and expects to hire around– Reuters; REUTERS - 489 words
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Article102 2007-10-09 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's largest mobile-phone operator, hasn't yet taken a decision on selling a stake in its telecommunications infrastructure unit, an executive said yesterday in response to a newspaper report. "Ultimately we would like to list the unit over a■ Bloomberg - 102 words
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Article7663 2007-10-09 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.108/ Star Europe Bond 1.202/ Star Europe Bal 1.272/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.817/ Star Asia Bond 1.275/ Star Asia Balanced 1.126/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.248/ Multi St Fd 0.963/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.861/ Gib Multi St USD7,663 words
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Advertisement101 2007-10-09 16 Allianz Global Investors one of the world's largest asset managers with more Allianz (jjj) than US$l.2 trillion assets under management as at 31 December 2006. Global lnvestors company regn. no *****7169Z 1% "fk KEEP AN OPEN MIND ||k Never adopt permanently any type of asset or any selection method. Try101 words
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GREATER CHINA
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Article, Illustration447 2007-10-09 17 Reuters [HONG KONG] Record sales at Sotheby's Chinese art auction here show that global art markets are strong and will emerge unscathed from US market volatility, the auction house's chief executive said yesterday. Sotheby's sale of contemporary Chinese art on SundayReuters; AP - 447 words
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229 2007-10-09 17 Reuters BEIJING] China will permit trading in interest rate forwards starting on Nov 1, the latest step towards making its financial markets more market-oriented. The People's Bank of China said yesterday that it would allow forward rate agreements so that investorsReuters - 229 words
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464 2007-10-09 17 [HONG KONG] Soho China Ltd shares ended 15 per cent higher in their debut yesterday, disappointing investors who flocked to the Chinese developer's US$l.65 billion IPO in the hopes of landing bigger first day gains. The IPO, arranged by Goldman Sachs, HSBC and– Reuters - 464 words
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198 2007-10-09 17 Xinhua [GUANGZHOU] South China's Guangdong Province is drafting a regulation to restrict the employment of foreigners and to ban them from certain jobs. Under the proposed regulation, the provincial labour and social security department will divide jobs into three categories "encouraged", "restricted" and "forbidden"– Xinhua - 198 words
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551 2007-10-09 17 Reuters USs2oom deal first strategic investment by a mainland China lender in a US bank [SHANGHAI] Minsheng Banking Corp, in which Singapore investment agency Temasek Holdings has a stake, will buy 9.9 per cent of San Francisco-based UCBH Holdings for more thanReuters - 551 words
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421 2007-10-09 17 -AFP The female property developer grabs the Nol spot with USsl6b [BEIJING] A 26-year-old female property developer tops this year's Forbes list of the richest people in China, grabbing the number one spot with a net worth of US$l6 billion, the US magazine said-AFP - 421 words
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Article2374 2007-10-09 17 VOL C000) Oct8 RM ASM Realty 0.94 AbricBhd 0.28 Advance Synergy 0.39 Adventa Bhd 1.68 AeMultiHIdgs 0.31 Affin Holdings 2.56 Ahmad Zaki Resou 5.30 AicCorp 0.57 Airasia Bhd 1.91 Akn Messaging Te 0.21 Akn Technology 0.92 Alliance Financi 3.00 Aluminium Co 1.27 Amalgamated Ind 0.58 Aminvestment Grp 3.622,374 words
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754 2007-10-09 18 -NYT FOCUS: REITS They are 3.5% down in first nine months of 2007, versus 34.4% up in full-year 2006 [NEW YORK] ALL the sceptics and naysayers may have finally gotten it right: The long-running rally in real estate funds seems to have run-NYT - 754 words
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559 2007-10-09 19 -AFP Analysts say German firm's 4.8b euro price for Business Objects is hefty [FRANKFURT] A bold offer by German business software giant SAP for Business Objects of France got a cool reception yesterday from investors, with some analysts finding the 4.8 billion-AFP - 559 words
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Article, Illustration440 2007-10-09 19 Reuters, Bloomberg [LONDON] Whatever the challenges facing the new chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline Pic, Andrew Witty at least has time on his side. At 43, the British-born insider named yesterday to succeed Frenchman Jean-Pierre Gamier from May 2008 is the youngest– Reuters, Bloomberg - 440 words
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207 2007-10-09 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are expected to disclose losses of about US$3 billion in mortgage securities and leveraged loans when they report earnings this month, the Financial Times reported, citing an analyst. JPMorgan is likely to reportReuters - 207 words
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Article308 2007-10-09 19 Reuters Musharraf's victory on Saturday lifts KSE to 14,368 [KARACHI] Pakistani stocks ended at a life high yesterday after President Pervez Musharraf swept a vote for re-election on Saturday even though it is unsure whether the Supreme Court will let the result stand. The Karachi– Reuters - 308 words
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Article, Illustration480 2007-10-09 19 Clipper Ventures Nova Scotia's dogged determination is starting to pay off. Overnight they clawed back a few miles from the leader, Durban 2010 and Beyond and have kept pace with them during the day. The South African entry had to exercise caution overnight inClipper Ventures; Photo: ONEDITION - 480 words
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294 2007-10-09 19 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Stem ceU researchers Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies won the 2007 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for their work on gene changes in mice using embryonic cells, Sweden's Karolinska Institute said yesterday. The prestigious 10 million Swedish crownReuters - 294 words
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Article, Illustration445 2007-10-09 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Conergy AG, Germany's largest solar-power company, plans to spend As 2 billion (552.64 billion) to build Australia's largest wind energy project, taking advantage of proposed legislation supporting renewable energy use. The development will comprise as many as 500 turbines with a combined– Bloomberg; AP - 445 words
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298 2007-10-09 20 -AFP It sees Asia-Pacific passenger numbers overtaking those in the US SYDNEY] Air travel in Oceania will grow by 5 per cent annually over the next two iecades while passenger numbers in the Asia-Pacific region will overtake those in the-AFP - 298 words
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Article, Illustration389 2007-10-09 20 -AFP I Sale to come after merger with Indian Airlines is completed [NEW DELHI] State-owned Air India will likely unload 15 per cent of its equity in an initial public offer (IPO) when its merger with domestic counterpart Indian Airlines-AFP I - 389 words
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277 2007-10-09 20 Reuters [BEIJING] Chinese airlines carried a record number of people on a single day over the just ended week-long National Day holiday more than half a million passengers, the regulator said yesterday. The record of 540,000 was set on Sept 30, the– Reuters - 277 words
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208 2007-10-09 20 -AFP [MILAN] Air France-KLM is weighing a partial bid for Italian carrier Alitalia and is looking for an Italian partner to join it, the newspaper Corriere della Sera reported yesterday. Alitalia, in which the state has a stake of 49.9 per cent,-AFP - 208 words
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Article2338 2007-10-09 20 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:2,338 words
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Miscellaneous331 2007-10-09 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Boy upset by school soup (6) [i I |2 I [5 I BF |5 I |6 I I p 4 He mugged a sailor, they BB^^ say(B) |9 10 Fur displayed by coquettish m """l BhTl pick-up (5) BJ 1 They transport goods by car MM331 words
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264 2007-10-09 21 – Bernama - Bernama It received about 85,000 such tourists during October-May season, 20,000 more than expected [DUßAl] The Gulf emirate of Dubai, which has established itself as the leading cruise destination between Europe and Asia within the last few years, is targeting 200,000 cruise tourists for264 words
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TRANSPORT STOCKS
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Article130 2007-10-09 21 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWT Ltd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KlVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Man Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.96 0.36 6130 words
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Article37 2007-10-09 21 '000 nt'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 1.34 9.95 9.95 4.48 2.94 0.26 2.24 -0.04 unch unch 0.02 unch -0.02 0.04 365 351 45 341 50 3 1437 words
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Article12 2007-10-09 21 '00 ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 37.00 30.00 unch 0.25 168: 87!12 words
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Article23 2007-10-09 21 '000 'eso Aboitiz Equity ntl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 7.20 37.50 1.90 unch 0.20 unch -0.10 unch 1194 1958 19 023 words
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Article23 2007-10-09 21 Evergreen Marine ....33.00 1.00 :irst Steamship 100.00 3.70 /Van Hai Lines 27.75 1.55 fang Ming Marine ..29.40 1.10 4: i 3' 2:23 words
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Article40 2007-10-09 21 '000 Kawasaki Hvy Ind ..458.00 unch ***** Kawasaki Kisen ...1654.00 -33.00 5892 Mitsubishi Hvy 734.00 1.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg ..685.00 14.00 9588 MitsuiOsk Lines ...1880.00 -5.00 6973 Nippon Express 641.00 12.00 5499 Nippon Yusen 1167.00 15.00 7328 Source: Reuters40 words
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426 2007-10-09 21 Bloomberg It's diversifying into shipbuilding, repairs, converting tankers [HONG KONG] Titan Petrochemicals Group Ltd is building China's biggest ship-repair yard to cut the tanker operator's reliance on shipping oil. The company agreed last month to buy a yard in China for US$l7O– Bloomberg - 426 words
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150 2007-10-09 21 -Reuters [DAKAR] Dubai's govern-ment-owned ports operator DP World signed a 25-year concession to develop and operate Dakar port and plans to invest at least 455 million euros (***** million) there, its chairman said yesterday. "We expect at the first stage to-Reuters - 150 words
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375 2007-10-09 21 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of shipping Middle East crude to Asia, the world's busiest market for supertankers, may fall for a seventh day as a surplus of ships compete for cargoes. Refineries still need to arrange shipping for about 11 more cargoes thisBloomberg - 375 words
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EDITORIAL & OPINION
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448 2007-10-09 22 AS stakeholders increasingly demand more than financial returns, the time has come for Singapore companies to give greater importance to sustainable development. While climate change is increasingly a major concern all over the world, it appears still that corporates here have been slow to448 words
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Article, Illustration1074 2007-10-09 22 ANTHONY ROWLEY - IMF 'outdated and too Eurocentric ANTHONY ROWLEY It needs much more radical reform if it is to be saved from extinction: Eisuke Sakakibara FRANCE'S former finance minister Dominique StraussKahn has been appointed as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), replacing Rodrigo de Rato who resigned inREUTERS - 1,074 words
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Article, Illustration836 2007-10-09 22 WILLIAM PESEK JR - WILLIAM PESEK JR THE BOTTOM LINE CHAT up businesspeople and policy makers in Seoul and the conversation inevitably turns to how South Korea's economy is becoming "normal". The reference is to the steady rise in living standards, an impressive rebound from836 words
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Article, Illustration940 2007-10-09 23 LEE KUAN YEW - LEE KUAN YEW Many of the world's problems cannot be effectively managed without the active participation of the US By I GLOBALISATION'S power was first demonstrated in the stock markets ten years ago, in July 1997, with the onset of the Asian financial crisis.BLOOMBERG - 940 words
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Article, Illustration1117 2007-10-09 23 TIGER TONG - TIGER TONG Market increasingly saturated, with only 7 companies having market share above 1% By POPULATION size is often an important indicator of the potential size of a market. By that reckoning, China's life insurance sector has a potential market of 1.3 billion.I AP - 1,117 words
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Article8475 2007-10-09 25 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hil Day Last Quote |h Low Buyer Seller Div Gr Yld C'vr Net P/E M Cap $mil <i< Co i 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond8,475 words
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Article2315 2007-10-09 25 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 all2,315 words
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Article84 2007-10-09 25 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo] Day |h Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi >am Hii ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 *****84 words
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Article75 2007-10-09 25 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP] Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Sinil Comi Hii 141 105 6000 AVJennings 21.5 5 6134 Over&Gen 64 15.9 6017 StarCruises 320 179 6019 TanChonglnt A125cd +1 A12 US44 -2.5 HK267.5 +2.5 475 words
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357 2007-10-09 26 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Oct5 World Index Preliminary 1193.1 0.7 8.4 0.5 7.6 0.8 12.1 EAFE Prel liminan 1181.0 0.6 6.6 0.4 8.2 0.7 12.1 Euro[ Preliminary 1603.0 0.8 7.3 0.4 9.3 0.8 13. Pacific 1044.5357 words
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Article116 2007-10-09 26 A= 9am octs )i foreign currency: lurrencies Bid Offer ujst dollar 1.3180 1.3340 .an dollar 1.4880 1.5060 luro 2.0660 2.0890 IZ dollar 1.1160 1.1410 jterlin mnd 2.9840 3.0170 JS dollar 1.4610 1.4780 .ocal dollars to 100 units rf foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer :hi renminbi 19.40116 words
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Article147 2007-10-09 26 Oct 8 fer Bii )vernight 2 -month 2 5/16 l-months 2 3/8 1-months 2 13/32 Overnight mode: 2 3/16 JS$ Offer 1 7/8 2 3/16 2 1/4 2 9/32 Bid days month months months i months months 2 months >Fr 5.00 5.13 5.26 5.34 5.25 5.15 5.08 Offer147 words
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Article25 2007-10-09 26 Oct 8 ten Hii Sett STI SIMSCI Oct 471.8 478.7 471.4 Taiwan Oct 377.4 379.1 369.9 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd25 words
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Article21 2007-10-09 26 Oct 8 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4670 1.4684 2-months 1.4640 1.4654 3-months 1.4606 1.462 i-months 1.4521 1.4535 Source: OCBC21 words
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Article156 2007-10-09 26 Oct 8 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3258 1.3272 0.9013 0.9016 Canadian dollar 1.4993 1.5008 1.0193 1.0195 Euro 2.0753 2.0773 1.4108 1.4111 NZ dollar 1.1263 1.1287 0.7657 0.7667 Sterlim ind 2.9986 3.0015 2.0385 2.0389156 words
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Article292 2007-10-09 26 Oct 8 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO7 MarO8 JunO8 SepO8 EUROYEN FUTURES 94.970 95.245 95.410 95.490 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 6541 7644 DecO7 99.120 99.120 MarO8 JunO8 99.025 99.025 SepO8 98.960 98.960 DecO8 MarO9 JunO9 SepO9 99.115 99.085A 99.025 98.960 98.900A292 words
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Article287 2007-10-09 26 octs RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Nov 07 Dec 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 334.50 335.25 336.25 336.25 337.00 340.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open287 words
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Article105 2007-10-09 26 Oct 5 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min: US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 07 940.50 954.25 954.50 937.50 Jan 08 960.00 972.25 972.00 955.50 Mar 08 971.25 984.25 985.00 967.00 May 08 976.00 989.00 989.00 971.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs:Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 07 38.50 38.55 38.59105 words
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Article78 2007-10-09 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct 5 UDE (FOB origin) US! t/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 78.63 1.32 WTI (Near Mth) 81.19 -0.29 Dubai (1 -Mth F) 74.22 1.9 Tapis blend 84.75 1.95 Minas 82.2 1.95 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 77.80 90.05 1.55 unch USS/barrel78 words
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Article449 2007-10-09 26 Octg iuro ren (on 'eso lam ■ouni lustralia 0.884 6.766 0.639 6.994 35.571 81.671 1.056 8.245 3.056 1.177 54.763 39.961 1.327 6.157 1.064 29.380 30.825 0.442 0.901 Canada 1.131 7.651 0.722 7.909 40.224 92.355 1.195 9.323 3.456 1.330 61.927 45.189 1.500 6.962 1.204 33.223 34.857 0.500 1.01449 words
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Article89 2007-10-09 26 Oct 8 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's [hi Low 3-Month BQ*****T 10.01.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 2.19 2.15 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year89 words
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Article127 2007-10-09 26 Oct 8 (S» Sellim Bu rim 1 oz 1216.59 1089 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying lOgm SILVER $426.93 350 Selling Buying Passbook Acct 1 oz 19.87 19.64 Source: UOB LONDON PLATINUM (US$/oz) Oct OS Close Previous PM Fix AM Fix 1364.00 1357.00 1366.00 1352.00 Source: Reuters127 words
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Article67 2007-10-09 26 Octg mth 5.***** 2.***** mths 5.***** 2.***** mths 5.***** 2.***** mths 5.***** 2.***** mths 5.***** 2.***** 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** iWAP Offer rates (S$) mth 2.***** mths 2.***** mths 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs67 words
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Article70 2007-10-09 26 Oct 5 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2379.50 2369.80 3 months 2430.00 2423.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 8269.00 8210.00 8259.00 8200.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 3801.00 3 months 3690.00 3712.00 3610.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash 370 words
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Article82 2007-10-09 26 Oct 5 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 07 949 959 Mar 08 962 970 May 08 970 978 Jul 08 978 986 965/947 973/959 980/967 988/975 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov 07 1914 1922 1915/1888 Jan 08 1807 1816 1815/1797 Mar 08 1787 1801 1802/1777 May 0882 words
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Article61 2007-10-09 26 Octg Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Oct 07 2630 2632 2631 2614 166 1648 Nov 07 2590 2571 2590 2565 2072 ***** Dec 07 2555 2542 2561 2536 5752 ***** Jan 08 2543 2527 2544 2520 1645 5899 Total61 words
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Article3225 2007-10-09 26 BONDS WARRANTS rei lode Company Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ("000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left S779ASL Marine Hldgs W*****1 118 7 15 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 31.5 -0.5 810 >835 Allgreen RBeCW*****6 9 -1 88 #ArianeCorpLtdW*****9 3 -0.5 1305 >227AscendasREITSGAECW*****6 7 -1.5 50 >092 Asia3,225 words
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372 2007-10-09 30 Reuters Concerns raised over outlook for consumer spending [LONDON] House prices in Britain unexpectedly fell for the first time since December last month, according to HBOS pic's Halifax house price survey last Thursday, in a firm sign that the property market is coming off■ Reuters - 372 words
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Article, Illustration1081 2007-10-09 31 CHENG SIOW YING - CHENG SIOW YING Its overall value proposition is what counts ultimately, not just rental costs By< ASIA today is different from what it was 10 years ago all the countries have undergone changes politically, economically and socially. Likewise, Singapore has emerged stronger fundamentallyFILE PHOTO - 1,081 words
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Article, Illustration914 2007-10-09 32 LAUREL TEO - LAUREL TEO WHEN the wind blows in Jakarta these days, you could well be blinded by a blast of sand and grit swept up from construction sites that seem to have sprung up everywhere. Condominiums, offices, malls, mixed housing-retail-office complexes and even whole townshipsAFP - 914 words
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