The Business Times, 30 June 2009

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf^l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Tuesday, June 30,2009
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  • 719 1  -  S JAYASANKARAN i, i i Founder chairman suggests CEO should resign if he disagrees with PM By in Kuala Lumpur A BATTLE of wills could be shaping up between Prime Minister Najib Razak and the board of Petronas over the non-appointment of
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  • 674 1 -NYT Victims tell packed courtroom that the Wall Street swindler should be shown no mercy [NEW YORK] A federal judge sentenced Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison yesterday for operating a huge Ponzi scheme that devastated the lives of thousands
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 48 1 lorn lay lange 1 COMP 1,075.84 +0.07 IIKKEI225 9,783.47 -93.92 1ANG SENG 18,528.51 -71.75 SET INDEX 601.60 +5.80 JAKARTA COMP 2,033.72 -6.48 1ANILA COMP 2,468.05 -9.39 ;eoulcomp 1,388.45 -6.08 iHENZHEN B 499.32 +12.66 IUMBAI IND 14,785.74 +21.10 12 noon EDT Cham )OW 8,523.11 +84.72 IASDAQ 1,850.24 +12.02
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    • 29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.165 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.53 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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    • 46 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.456 (uss/ss ier 1.652 2.405 ;URO (US$/S$/E) 1.402 2.041 Forei' in currenc ier US$ 1$ 'EN 95.60 65.60 3.538 2.431 IK$ 7.750 5.324 !AHT 34.06 23.40 lUPIAH 10,250 7,041 1ENMINBI 6.833 4.694 INDIAN RUPEE 48.17 33.09 1.246 0.856 IZ$ 1.548 1.064
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 73 1 MASS LAYOFFS JjWf j| PROPERTY SME INC I A INVESTMENTS Russia to close all H Robust private It's all about people Lanxess puts Spore casinos from tomorrow ji|J^b«^i home sales in June at HSL Constructor Xm> rubber plant on hold RAGE 17 WES**; SS RAGE 28 PAGE 9 /•V'iT' PAGE
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 691 2  -  RONNIE LIM German chemicals group points to falling demand, but remains committed By [SINGAPORE] After a six-month hiatus, Germany's Lanxess has decided to defer construction of its 400 million euro (SsB34 million) synthetic rubber plant here by a further two years, but stressed
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    • 680 2  -  SIOW LI SEN By [SINGAPORE] It's pretty much business as usual for Credit Suisse, Switzerland's second largest bank financial crisis notwithstanding as the slimmed down bank continues to win the trust of the ultra rich while its investment bankers clinch mandates for transactions.
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    • 521 2 Reuters [BASEL] China and Brazil are working on a currency arrangement to allow exporters and importers to settle deals in their local currencies, bypassing the US dollar, the countries' central banks said on Sunday. Speaking on the sidelines of the Bank
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    • 431 2  -  SAMUEL EE It now looks like a race between Ong Beng Seng and Hadi Tanaga By [SINGAPORE] Two local auto distributors are understood to have been shortlisted by Ferrari to take over the local dealership, with the decision expected in the first 10
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 76 2 A FEDERAL judge sentenced Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison yesterday for operating a huge Ponzi scheme that devastated the lives of thousands of people. In pronouncing the sentence the maximum he could have handed down Judge Denny Chin turned aside Madoff
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      • 73 2 A BATTLE of wills could be shaping up between Prime Minister Najib Razak and the board of Petronas over the non-appointment of Omar Mustapha, a confidant of Mr Najib to the oil firm's board. In the worst-case, it could result in heads
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      • 48 2 AFTER a six-month hiatus, Germany's Lanxess has decided to defer construction of its 400 million euro (SsB34 million) synthetic rubber plant here by a further two years, but stressed it remains committed to making the Singapore investment. TOP STORIES, PAGE 2
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      • 60 2 THE Republic is closing in on broadband leader South Korea by claiming runners-up position in a new ranking of the world's most-connected cities. According to the latest study by Boston-based research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics, 88 per cent of families here now use
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      • 49 2 ORIENTAL Century has filed a complaint with the Commercial Affairs Department against its former chairman and CEO Wang Yuean, in relation to possible offences that he may have committed under Singapore law from his management of the group. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 4
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      • 62 2 OLAM International yesterday obtained shareholder approval to sell 14 per cent of the company to two subsidiaries of Temasek Holdings, for $1.60 a share. The commodities supplier will raise $437.5 million by issuing 273.46 million new shares and in return, Temasek is
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      • 55 2 SOME $2.2 billion in water-related deals were signed and sealed at Singapore International Water Week 2009 almost six times the value of deals closed at last year's event. Key deals this year included Hyflux's multi-million dollar agreements to take on projects in Algeria and
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      • 84 2 PRIVATE home sales stayed strong in June. Far East Organization sold 74 apartments in its 280-unit Vista Residences at a private preview last weekend, the developer said yesterday. And Frasers Centrepoint said that it has fully sold two of its projects the 330-unit
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    • 570 3  -  WINSTON CHAI It clinches second spot in new ranking of household broadband penetration By [SINGAPORE] The Republic is closing in on broadband leader South Korea by claiming runners-up position in a new ranking of the world's most-connected cities. According to the latest study by
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    • 474 3  -  LEE U-WEN By [SINGAPORE] "I declare open the first Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009." With those very words spoken by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last night, the nine-day Asian Youth Games (AYG) the biggest multi-sports event Singapore has hosted since the South-East Asian
      LIM SIN THAI/THE STRAITS TIMES  -  474 words
    • 465 4  -  LYNETTE KHOO Lawyers say Spore authorities have jurisdiction but real issue is enforcement By ORIENTAL Century has filed a complaint with the Commercial Affairs Department against its former chairman and CEO Wang Yuean, in relation to possible offences that he may have committed under
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    • 816 4  -  SIOW LI SEN By DBS Bank this month scored several firsts when it became the only Asian bank to underwrite Qatar Telecom's inaugural US dollar bond issue. It was the first international bond deal for a telecommunications company out of the six
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    • 3607 4 MANDATORY CONDITIONAL CASH OFFER Deutsche Bank I—l DEUTSCHE BANK AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH for and on behalf of PETROCHINA INTERNATIONAL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (C0.Reg.N0.:*****3294G) to acquire all of the issued and fully paid up ordinary shares in the capital of SINGAPORE PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 701 5  -  YEN SREENIVASAN IN AN environment where credit is hard to come by and markets are under siege, there are few companies which can claim to be still enjoying a business sweet spot. Communications design group Kingsmen Creative appears to be an exception. This main-board-listed company
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    • 489 5  -  CHEW XIANG Sale to raise $437.5 m; Temasek likely to nominate director By OLAM International yesterday obtained shareholder approval to sell 14 per cent of the company to two subsidiaries of Temasek Holdings, for 551.60 a share. The commodities supplier will
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    • 500 5 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. This document is for general information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any product. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. I§K| Walton International Group Distributions During 2008: CAD5108,920,671
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 602 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS The STI spent the day in familiar fashion, tracking the Hang Seng Index which itself underwent a nervy session AFTER gaining 45 points from an erratic performance last week, the Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday kicked off this week on a sober
      :: Bloomberg  -  602 words
    • 101 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 10 5 0 0 0 2 10 5 10 Manufacturing 38 55 66 11 41 63 77 Commerce 17 24 18 18 29 22 Tpt/Stor/Comms 12 20 12 21 Finance 10 11
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    • 115 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 11.816 11.816 34.121 34.121 Manufacturing 309.662 12.062 321.724 148.365 731 149.095 Commerce 78.736 2.738 81.474 53.578 1.508 55.086 Tpt/Stor/Comms 129.003 546 129.549 133.546 69 133.615 Finance 19.755 19.755 155.690 155.690 Construction 50.827 2.352 53.179 9.930 90 10.020 Properties 70.211
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    • 112 6 tod name lose lani Capita Land 3.730 -0.020 CapitaMall 1.400 +0.010 CityDev 8.770 -0.160 ComfortDelGrc 1.280 Cosco Corp 1.260 -0.030 DBS Grp 11.820 +0.160 F&N 3.880 -0.020 Genting SP 0.705 +0.005 Golden Agri 0.375 -0.005 HK Land 3.490 -0.140 JMH 26.120 +0.860 JSH 14.120 +0.100 JardineC&C
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    • 259 6  -  JOYCE HOOI Olam International June 29 close: $2.40 CIMB, June 29 OLAM has acquired the tomato processing assets of SK Foods for US$39 million, to be funded with internal accruals and borrowings. The acquisition is expected to expand its product range with crossselling opportunities, generate cost savings through
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    • 243 6  -  KEN TAI CHARTPOINT LAST week, we suggested that the STI is poised to edge higher as short-term momentum oscillators were indicating that the local market was in an oversold situation. Indeed, the benchmark index managed to add 45 points for the week to
      Bloomberg  -  243 words
    • 382 6 AFP CURRENCIES [TOKYO] The US dollar edged up against the euro and the yen in Asian trade yesterday as investors waited on the sidelines ahead of a series of key economic reports and a central bank meeting in Europe. The US dollar rose to 95.45
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    • 4 6 DAILY
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    • 63 6 Jun 29 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -260.00+253.0 BT CADI -*****.00 -97.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -26.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 522.75 -1.80 FTSE ST Small Cap 424.66 -3.38 FTSE ST All Share 565.12 -0.66 FTSE ST China Top 241.27 -1.79 FTSE ST China 235.68 -2.27 FTSE ST
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    • 54 6 VOLUME Memstar 102,857,000 NOLR 41,822,000 China Honqxinq 36,255,000 Gentinq SP 30,766,000 Golden Aqri 27,714,000 UniFiber 27,583,000 5T***** DBeCWO9IOOI 22,886,000 Midas 21,664,000 Infinio 21,222,000 StraitsAsia 20,146,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 68,905,100 Capita Land 62,815,008 UOB 35,643,680 Wilmar 35,421,080 StraitsAsia 35,160,990 SingTel 31,622,400 Keppel Land 28,333,780 SGX 24,417,170 NOL 23,617,480
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    • 106 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP iBXT Ni 10US$ 9410 401.6 3.0 JMH 2612 125.1 3.4 MS India 10US$ 1230 71.3 4.1 ICBCCai i.93%Pref10 7870 70.0 0. >ain irm 618 48.0 5.' OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 8840 40.0 0.5 India Ni 10 1348 36.0 2.7 DBS.ES.0906 1192 22.0 1.9 ISMSCI India 100
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    • 123 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 9240 -81.5 -0.6 GLD 10US$ DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 6812 -58.2 -0.6 Asia Pac Brew 1164 -36.0 -3.0 >han< .a Asia 1100 -24.0 -10.. Jardine C&C 1830 -22.0 -1.2 HKLand 349 -20.4 -3.9 OCBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 9580 -20.0 -0.2 :it 877 -16.0 -1.1 STI 1700
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    • 81 6 Iun29 CLOSE CHNG FRJun 26 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4552 0.00 1.5579 1.4308 Euro 2.0406 0.14 2.0732 1.9150 Pounds 2.4028 -0.16 2.4028# 2.0356 AS 1.1672 0.32 1.1816 0.9453 Yen* 1.5239 -0.41 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.24 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2712 0.03 4.3390 4.1040 Peso*
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 477 7  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Through GWC, it has signed a letter of undertaking with AWT bondholders By IN a move that will give it a second shot at Asia Water Technology (AWT) should the proposed investment fail to come through, SI Infrastructure Holdings through General
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    • 872 7 Bloomberg AIRLINE STOCKS 43% surge seen curbing hedging losses at SIA, Cathay, Air China [SINGAPORE] Cathay Pacific Airways, Air China and Singapore Airlines can take some solace from the 43 per cent surge in the price of jet fuel this year they'll
      Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG  -  872 words
    • 221 7 SHENYANG China Starzyme (SCS), a biotechnology firm in which Singapore's Van der Horst Energy (VDHE) has a 51 per cent stake, has entered into a joint venture with Italy's Millbo. The two companies formalised the agreement at a signing ceremony at
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    • 262 7  -  WINSTON CHAI The firm has signed agreements with Japan Cerca, Ibex By IPC Corporation has set aside another three billion yen (5545.7 million) to buy new apartments and condominiums in Japan in a bid to grow its nascent property division. The war
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    • 245 7  -  WINSTON CHAI By SUNLIGHT Group has proposed a capital reduction to write off $19.7 million in accumulated losses. The mechanical and electrical engineering services firm said yesterday the move will reduce and cancel share capital that is no longer represented by available
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 117 7 SPH Search has been selected from among service providers and telecoms operators around the world for an international award for innovation. The company, a subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings, was recently presented with the "Best Consumer Service Innovation" prize for its unique location-based service
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      • 84 7 COMMUNICATIONS Design International (CDI) has issued a profit warning for its financial year ending June 30 as a result of the winding down of its UK subsidiary, Above Consultancy. The company expects an impairment loss of $2.25 million for Above's trade and other receivables. CDI said
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      • 99 7 QUILL Capita Trust (QCT) a real estate investment trust partnership between Singapore's Capita Land and Malaysia's Quill Group has secured an RMBO miUion (Ss33 miUion) loan from Great Eastern Life Assurance and Alliance Bank. The five-year credit facility, made up of fixed and floating rate
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 531 8  -  CHUANG PECK MING They have played a key role in helping the needy during the downturn By PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday spelt out three areas for Community Development Councils (CDCs) to focus on as he attended the swearing-in of mayors for a
      JOYCE FANG/THE STRAITS TIMES  -  531 words
    • 321 8  -  TEH SHI NING By SOME $2.2 billion in wa-ter-related deals were signed and sealed at Singapore International Water Week 2009 almost six times the value of deals closed at last year's event. Key deals this year included the $150 million R&D centre opened
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    • 250 8 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the central bank of the Netherlands have signed an agreement to allow Dutch banks here and Singapore banks in the Netherlands, to approach the respective central banks for liquidity when needed. Effective immediately, this arrangement has been
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    • 593 8  -  CHUANG PECK MING Total USsl.7b FDI there last year was in niche sectors By HAVING been burnt in 2007 by their huge investments in the United States particularly in Citibank and Merrill Lynch Singapore companies reverted to being niche players there in
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    • 296 8 FROM today, new cars will be fitted with the latest In-vehicle Unit (IU), says the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The dual-mode IU accepts the existing Nets cashcard as well as the latest Cepas-compliant cards. Cepas is the Singapore Standard for Contactless ePurse Application.
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    • 246 8 Domestic interest requirement to be lifted: Hwee Hua DRAFT amendments have been made to the local tax regime to align Singapore with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's standard for the effective exchange of information on tax matters. One proposed change will lift
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 42 8 CLIVE Cook will chair law firm Baker McKenzie's activities in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia from July 1. Mr Cook, who has previous experience in Asia, was most recently a partner in Baker McKenzie's London corporate group.
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      • 43 8 MORE than 780,000 HDB households will receive $60 million of utility rebates in July under the second tranche of the Utilities Save (U-Save) rebate scheme for 2009. The rebates will be used to offset utility charges directly.
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      • 57 8 THE Consumers Association of Singapore's (Case) new central committee, elected on Saturday, is led by Yeo Guat Kwang, MP for Aljunied GRC. Mr Yeo was re-elected as president and will be assisted by vice-presidents Lim Biow Chuan, MP for Marine Parade GRC, and Ang Peng Hwa. Six
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    • 66 8 Still a land of opportunity Foreign direct investment in the US (US$b) 2008 2007 All countries 260.36 251.92 Canada 25.18 38.50 Europe 157.85 132.45 Latin America 18.26 NA Africa 0.13 NA Middle East 12.26 21.88 Asia/Pacific 44.86 34.41 Australia 10.52 12.98 China 0.29 NA Hong Kong NA 0.16 India 1.57
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  • SME Inc
    • 868 9 The company operates on the basis of treating employees fairly, developing human capital and remains focused on talent management, reports JOANNE TANG WHEN it comes to the crunch, many companies would think nothing of protecting the bottom line by quickly paring wages. Civil
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    • 804 9  -  ZHANG Yl TING By WEB application development company Raptech almost folded in 2003, when Sars hit Singapore and new projects became scarce. At that time, the company was highly reliant on small and private firms as its customer base. And when those firms
      YEN MENG JIIN  -  804 words
    • 868 10 COMMENTARY Strategic business leadership from accountants is vital in an economic downturn to steer SMEs to recovery ACCOUNTANTS and especially those who service SMEs should be considering a number of issues now to help steer businesses through the economic downturn. Strategy is the key, and organisations will
      STOCK.XCHNG  -  868 words
    • 1042 11  -  MICHELLE YEO By WONDERING where to treat yourself to a sumptuous steak in this economic downturn? Try Jack's Place. Value for money, quality food and consistent service are the core values that have seen Jack's hold steady for 43 years its turnover
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    • 685 11 Striking out on their own during a difficult period, Brian Sweeney and Peter Ong found a niche in the petrochem sector and made it theirs, reports VICTOR KATHEYAS BESIDES boasting annual turnover of about $70 million and profit before interest and taxes (PBIT) of $7
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 864 12 -Bloomberg Benchmark 10-year note yield seen finishing year little changed at 3.58% [NEW YORK] Wall Street's largest bond-trading firms say that the worst may be over for investors in Treasuries after government securities posted their biggest first-half losses in at least three decades.
      -Bloomberg  -  864 words
    • 584 12 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand posted its fourth consecutive monthly trade surplus in May while the housing sector showed further signs of improvement, suggesting the economy is slowly pulling out of its longest recession on record. "The rate of contraction in the economy likely
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    • 579 12 Bloomberg It is said to be very proactive in dealing with the crisis [BASEL] Qatar, which has said it will buy bank real estate portfolios, may introduce new measures to support its financial markets, central bank governor Abdullah bin Saud
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    • 363 12 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US President Barack Obama could discuss a second stimulus package to boost the economy if needed; but at the moment, no more new money looks necessary, a top White House adviser said on Sunday. "Much of the stimulus is yet
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    • 405 12 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's financial service companies are more optimistic than at any time in the last two years, although banks remain downbeat about their prospects, the Confederation of British Industry and accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers said yesterday. A balance of 13 per cent of all firms
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 422 13 Reuters Fund managers expected to adjust portfolios by selling stocks not on index [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Gamuda and IJM Corp are among mid-cap stocks that may suffer selling pressure as tracker funds rebalance their portfolios ahead of the adoption of a new
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    • 374 13 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia said yesterday that Indonesia's "emotional" decision to ban its nationals from coming here to work as domestic helpers was linked to the upcoming presidential elections. Angry over the latest case of maid abuse, Indonesia last week said it would
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    • 621 13 Reuters [SOLO, Indonesia] In the decade since Indonesia embraced democracy, Benny Adwinsyah has always voted for the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle, former president Megawati Sukarnoputri's political machine. Solo, in Central Java, is a Megawati stronghold. But her dominance in this key region ahead of the
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    • 3349 13 L M GROUP INVESTMENTS LIMITED (Under Judicial Management) (Company Registration No.: *****0847 M) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") of L M Group Investments Limited (Under Judicial Management) (the "Company") will be held at Tulip
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 462 14 -Bloomberg Economists' views differ over risk of asset bubble forming [SHANGHAI] Chinese new bank loans worth about an estimated 1.16 trillion yuan (Ss34l billion) were invested in the stock market in the first five months of this year, China Business
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    • 539 14 -AFP [HONG KONG] An ailing Hong Kong tycoon gave her feng shui master more than US$264 million in the hope that it would help prolong her life, a court here heard yesterday. Tony Chan, a bartender-turned-soothsayer who says he is the sole
      -AFP  -  539 words
    • 350 14 -AFP [BEIJING] A group of Chinese companies are in talks for a possible takeover of the brand name of French fashion giant Pierre Cardin, a company official said yesterday. "There is such a matter. Mr Cardin is considering selling the China and the
      -AFP; AFP  -  350 words
    • 630 14 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Jaguar Land Rover, the luxury vehicle division of Tata Motors Ltd, expects emerging economies to account for as much as a third of the unit's sales as demand in the United States and Europe plunges due to recession. Brazil, Russia, China,
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 452 15  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY But 5.9% May surge due to inventories, not final demand pick-up, say analysts By in Tokyo JAPAN'S industrial output rose by 5.9 per cent in May from its level in April, marking the third consecutive monthly increase and providing further evidence
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    • 979 15 Reuters ANALYSIS [MUMBAI] Asian unemployment is running at lower levels than in major economies for now, but a reliance on exports and rising commodity prices mean an aversion to large layoffs may soon be put to the test. Many Asian economies rely on
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    • 542 15 Reuters [CANBERRA] Support for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd surged in a series of polls yesterday, fuelling talk of an early election as the opposition Liberal Party questions whether to stick with its embattled leader. Three new opinion polls found Mr Rudd's support improved
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    • 306 15 Reuters BOJ sees consumer price falls slowing after summer [TOKYO] Bank of Japan deputy governor Hirohide Yamaguchi said yesterday that Japan is not in a deflationary spiral and the central bank expects falls in consumer prices to moderate after the summer.
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  • WORLD
    • 752 16 Bloomberg US hunt for offshore tax dodgers raises banks' risk and cost of compliance [GENEVA] Swiss banks are shutting the accounts of Americans as the US Internal Revenue Service accelerates the hunt for tax dodgers. ÜBS and Credit Suisse,
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    • 509 16 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] The winner of a US$l.6B million steak lunch with Warren Buffett may have gained an enduring relationship with the billionaire and partner Charlie Munger if past victors are any indication. "I don't think this is part of the deal,
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    • 637 16 AFP [CHICAGO] General Motors faces a key bankruptcy hearing today in which it will present a plan to sell off most of its assets to a new company unburdened by its old debts and supported by billions of dollars in government loans. Judge Robert Gerber
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    • 554 16 -NYT New management will continue his overhaul by merging production units [NEW YORK] When Jeroen van der Veer took the helm of Royal Dutch Shell five years ago, the company was mired in an accounting scandal involving its reporting of oil and gas
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    • 684 17 Reuters BOE may gain a greater financial stability role but FSA retains sole power [LONDON] Britain plans to keep financial regulation in the hands of a beefed-up Financial Services Authority (FSA) rather than transfer powers to the Bank of England (BOE), Business Minister Peter
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    • 652 17 NYT [MOSCOW] One of the largest mass layoffs in recent Russian history is to occur on Wednesday, and the Kremlin itself is decreeing it, economic crisis or not. The government is shutting down every last legal casino and slot-machine parlour across the land, under
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    • 701 17 -NYT [NEW YORK] Helen Davis Chaitman is a victim of Bernard Madoffs multibil-lion-dollar Ponzi scheme. So is Burt Ross. That would seem to make them natural allies in their fight to recover their lost millions. Instead, as Madoff was preparing to be sentenced
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    • 165 17 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Top mobile telephone suppliers have agreed to back an EU-wide harmonisation of phone chargers, the European Commission said yesterday, hailing the pact as good news for consumers and the environment. The agreement by Nokia, Sony Ericsson and other industry majors
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    • 564 17 Reuters It had been reported that Vodafone was considering a bid [LONDON] Deutsche Telekom is not about to decide whether to sell its T-Mobile UK arm, a person familiar with the situation said after a media report suggested Vodafone was considering a bid. The
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    • 496 18  -  VEN SREENIVASAN Govt pays tribute to Liew Mun Leong for his contributions to CAAS as chairman By [SINGAPORE] A new 10-strong board, led by incoming chairman Lee Hsien Yang, will take over tomorrow from the outgoing board led by Liew Mun Leong at the
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    • 275 18 [HONG KONG] South Korea's government will spend about 4 trillion won (554.5 billion) to build a new passenger terminal and expand roads at the country's biggest airport as part of its plan to attract more business. The Incheon International Airport will be able
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    • 2661 18 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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    • 224 18 -AFP [BEIJING] China has unveiled the country's first national fund aimed at investing in aerospace, state media reported, as the country tries to compete with the industry's heavyweights. Investors in the fund, which expects to raise 30 billion yuan (556.38 billion), include state-run
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    • 238 18  -  YEN SREENIVASAN By [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines Cargo has transported 150 priceless works of art loaned by renowned museums in Antwerp, Belgium, for exhibition in Singapore. The exhibits, which arrived here last weekend, were previously on display in Shanghai. The airline, in partnership with the
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    • 242 18 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Items logged by head of Swiss budget hospitals (5) ~i2~~^^l ing soldiers (6) 29 Hold back and relax before shower (8) 10 Meaning home guard start- initially is covered by pried wandering (8) mate (4) DOWN 14 Sailor given cards repeatedly 1 Prison warder best get
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  • SHIPPING
    • 484 19  -  VINCENT WEE Over 500 shipping industry players attend gala award ceremony in China By [SINGAPORE] Singapore companies shone at the Seatrade Asia Awards 2009 in Shanghai among them rig-builder Jurong Shipyard, which won the Offshore Yard award, and PSA, which won the Container Terminal
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    • 744 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] Britain's first "bullet trains" entered service here yesterday, bringing high-speed travel to the world's oldest rail network. But government spending cuts, prompted by the global recession, may stunt plans to extend the project. The 140 mph trains, made in Japan by Hitachi
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • 104 19 '000 km 29 Vol CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.51 0.25 1.26 0.50 1.18 0.62
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      • 37 19 '000 lun Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.94 8.45 8.55 3.14 2.76 0.03 0.09 unch -0.10 -0.10 0.04 unch 0.01 -0.01 210 83 244 188 8 41 2663
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      • 13 19 ■oo lun ■recious Ship Jegional Cont .16.10 .10.10 0.30 0.40 2479 4664
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      • 12 19 '000 lun Doil iingamas Cont .32.00 ...0.91 -0.55 738 unch *****
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      • 24 19 '000 lun >eso Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.30 15.75 2.32 unch 0.10 unch 0.12 unch 39 134 26 0
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      • 23 19 lun Evergreen Marine ....16.40 :irst Steamship 45.10 ManHai Lines 14.95 r"ang Ming Marine ..11.70 -0.20 -0.90 -0.15 -0.05 4 2 3 9
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      • 42 19 '000 lun 'en (awasaki Hvylnd ..261.00 -6.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen 398.00 -14.00 4840 Mitsubishi Hvy 401.00 4.00 ***** l/litsui Eng&Sbldg ..226.00 -7.00 4822 l/litsui Osk Lines 618.00 -20.00 ***** Jippon Express 415.00 -8.00 2580 JipponYusen 412.00 -12.00 7154 'iource: Thomson Reuters
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    • 253 19  -  VINCENT WEE By [SINGAPORE] Asia-focused logistics provider Toll Group has sealed a AslBo million (Ss2l2 million), three-year contract to manage the Barrow Island supply base and logistics services for Chevron Australia for the Gorgon Project off Western Australia (WA). Work is expected to start
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    • 284 19 Xinhua [NAIROBI] Somali pirates have released a Belgian ship, with 10 crew members, that was hijacked in April, an international maritime body confirmed here yesterday. A statement from Ecoterra International said that the Pompei and its 10-member crew were seized north of the archipelago
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    • 361 19  -  VINCENT WEE By [SINGAPORE] Pirates struck in the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaysia last weekend, attacking a Singapore-regis-tered LPG tanker and a general cargo ship on successive days, and taking cash and valuables. In the first incident, about 12.40 am
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    • 149 19 SOUTH EAST ASIA AND SOUTH ASIA AUSTRALIA TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT NOTICE TO TRADE BUNKER ADJUSTMENT FACTOR (BAF) Arising from the regular review of bunker prices, the following Lines in the South East Asia and South Asia Australia Trade Facilitation Agreement wish to inform the trade that with effect from 1
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 490 20 TWO things are happening in Japan that are partly below the radar which may change the Japanese political and even social landscape. One is the move towards rejection of a governing party that has ruled the country for more than half a century. A second
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    • 1072 20  -  ARTHUR SIM Punters are returning while casino players find resilience in the mass market AS ASIA'S economies start to recover, the punters are trickling back and money is finding its way back to Macau, much of it from China. Citigroup gaming industry analyst Anil Daswani
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    • 805 20  -  PAUL SAMUELSON Tribune Media Services THE BOTTOM LINE THE number-one question preoccupying economists, policy agents of government and Main Street families is this: Will "recovery" from the current US financial meltdown arrive before the end of 2009? Or, failing that, will
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    • 1361 21  -  ANDREW MACDONALD Such business training can help a company's staff understand what is acceptable and what is not By AS THE global economy takes its first faltering steps out of recession (or so we hope), all businesses are looking to find the next
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    • 819 21  -  LEON HADAR REMEMBER the good old days of the Greenspan era when pundits were celebrating the coming of the Goldilocks economy that was not too hot nor too cold, an economy that was sustaining moderate economic growth and a low inflation while allowing for a
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8584 22 Transaction date: Jun 29 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr •k P/E Smil 9 3 3148 8Telecom 10 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 28.5 12 5000 ABRHIdgs 15 5.5 1938 AEICorp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 7 2101 APOil 71 26.5 5550 ARA 8.5 2.5
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    • 1609 23 52-wks Tel High Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil 19 5 1181 s AAGrp 32 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 05 1501 s Advanced System 8 2 3480 t Adventus 26.5
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    • 360 23 _Hm Low Code Conn Sale COOO) _Hm Low Seller C'vr P/E Smil 109 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 107.1 905 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ US640 -6 246 149 DBS STI ETF 100 232 unch 2772 1682 DBXT FTChina25 1OUS$ US2550 5268 3228 DBXT FTVietnam 1OUS$ US4700 1388 850 DBXTMSTaiwan
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    • 244 23 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net 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
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    • 9462 23 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS 1.809/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/ A 1.268/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.94/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.64/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.5107/ APS Komaba
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 362 24 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jun 26 World Index Preliminan 695.7 -0.2 2.6 0.2 5.4 0.4 4.. EAFE Preliminai 664.2 0.2 2.3 1.2 6.5 1.4 5.5 Euri Preliminan 902.1 -0.2 -1.0 0.8 4.9 1.1 3.9 Pacific 588.7
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    • 132 24 As at 9am Jun 29 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.1590 1.1940 Can dollar 1.2530 1.2680 Euro 2.0300 2.0530 NZ dollar 0.9310 0.9520 iterlini ind 2.3840 2.4110 US dollar 1.4460 1.4620 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 170 24 Jun 29 Overnight 1-month 2-months 3-months Overnight mode: 1/2 ys$ 5/16 7/16 9/16 11/16 Offer 3/16 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months >—■. I. $Au 0.38 0.42 0.75 0.85 1.20 1.70 1.80 Offer 0.25 0.32 0.45 0.55 0.90
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    • 18 24 Jun29 ten Jii Sett >TI ilMSCI Jun 279.1 280.8 279.0 "aiwan Jun 235.5 237.5 232.5
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    • 22 24 Jun 29 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.4553 1.4566 2-months 1.4553 1.4566 3-months 1.4552 1.4566 6-months 1.4552 1.4567 Source: OCBC
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    • 59 24 Jun 29 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Jul 09 2298 2275 2300 2270 395 1218 AugO9 2292 2270 2292 2250 1258 ***** SepO9 2285 2262 2289 2242 9658 ***** Oct09 2285 2262 2285 2245 1289 4765 Total o/p: *****
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    • 288 24 Jun 29 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 99.3400 99.1000 98.8700 98.5350 ***** 2895 3384 2295 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES SepO9 99.500 99.505 DecO9 99.520 99.520 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 99.500 99.520 99.505 99.515 99.505 99.485 99.430 99.385 99.300 99.240
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    • 174 24 Jun 29 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l lots) Jul 09 164.5 Aug 09 Sep 09 Oct09 160.1 NOV09 Dec 09 163.0 160.1 163.0 163.0 162.8 160.6 160.6 160.6 170 10 488 564 704 1013 916 1283 TSR
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    • 89 24 Jun 29 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi, Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****F 01.10.09 1-Year BY*****W 03.05.10 0.25 0.35 0.25 0.20 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year NX*****H 3.625 5-Year NX*****F 3.625 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NX*****W 2.500 15-Year
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    • 100 24 Jun26 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 09 1201.00 1196.00 1209.75 1194.75 Aug 09 1128.00 1127.00 1140.00 1126.00 Sep 09 1046.00 1052.00 1062.00 1042.00 Nov09 991.00 1002.00 1009.25 989.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 09 36.08 36.54 37.14 35.91 <Uig
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    • 76 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jun26 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 68.88 -0.45 WTI (Near Mth) 69.34 -0.94 Dubai (1-Mth F) 70.36 1.83 Tapis blend 74.75 1.85 Minas 72.25 1.80 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 66.95 77.70 1.50 1.30 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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    • 463 24 Jun 29 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.927 5.485 0.572 6.221 38.664 82.272 0.767 10.320 2.840 1.243 65.344 38.728 1.168 6.349 0.873 26.436 27.342 0.486 0.803 Canada 1.079 5.915 0.617 6.709
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    • 79 24 Jun 29 (US$) (SS) 0.***** 0.***** 1 mth 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** 0.***** 9 mths 1.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths
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    • 158 24 Jun 29 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1678 1.1689 0.8026 0.8027 Canadian dollar 1.2592 1.2610 0.8654 0.8660 Euro 2.0398 2.0419 1.4019 1.4022 NZ dollar 0.9393 0.9409 0.6456 0.6461 Sterling md 2.4032 2.4058 1.6517 1.6521
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    • 138 24 Jun29 /oz) lun lun Hong Kong London 942.80 938.30 943.80 939.30 Jun 25 Jun 26 935.35 940.20 936.15 941.20 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (SS) Jun 29 Buying Sellini Kilobar "47,143.13" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Sellinq Buying Igm 5gm lOgm 20gm 50gm lOOgm 1 oz 1 oz
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    • 68 24 Jun26 iri iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1611.75 3 months 1644.00 1653.25 1685.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 5020.50 5035.00 5118.00 5130.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 1698.25 1715.00 1720.00 1739.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00
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    • 71 24 Jun26 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Jul 09 1605 1622 1623/1559 SepO9 1631 1649 1653/1588 Dec 09 1637 1654 1654/1591 Mar 10 1636 1650 1647/1601 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jul 09 1270 1288 1304/1255 SepO9 1294 1313 1330/1276 Nov09 1318 1335 1352/1300 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close
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    • 2460 24 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Pel lode Company Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ('000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left Asia-PacificStrategicW*****6 5 unch 3555 >036AdvanceSCTLtdW*****9 0.5 3092 Asia Environment W*****4 0.5 5816 #Asiasons Capital Ltd W*****7 7 -0.5 160 !756# Asiatic Grp(H) Ltd W*****2 9.5 !105#AsiatravelW*****7 12 >878Aztech Systems
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    • 2642 25 m The Business Times Shipping Times i^i *A m£sm lilllH Direct Callinn to TWTPE UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A SERVICE tkWKgkWU CotllVflOll Destination Destination UlfvlV u3lllll[D3V STXPOTBN RTM/ANR/TIL AURORA SAPPHIRE NOL/NFK/SAV/CDN Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia Loads E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia idlllvlli I lIV OA Oil I™ O UdjJW Ull Ijjl MIDDLE-EAST
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  • PROPERTY
    • 1225 27 Bloomberg Mortgage rates are lowest in 19 years in face of slower demand for credit [HONG KONG] Hong Kong high school teacher Chris Poon's dream of buying his first apartment was dashed in last December when banks refused to fund more than 50 per cent
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    • 253 27 25 initiatives will fund educational, medical needs TO mark its 25th anniversary, the Ascott Group has organised more than 25 community initiatives worldwide, ranging from supporting the educational needs of under-privileged children to funding their medical treatment. Ascott staff raised $25,000 to contribute to the
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    • 189 27 Bloomberg [MADRID] Asking prices for existing homes in Spain dropped by as much as 4.5 per cent in the second quarter from the previous three months, Idealista.com said yesterday, as lenders granted fewer mortgages and unemployment increased. The
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    • 533 28  -  UMA SHANKARI But it is too early to call a recovery, cautions OCBC Investment Research By [SINGAPORE] Private home sales stayed strong in June. Far East Organization sold 74 apartments in its 280-unit Vista Residences at a private preview last weekend, the developer said
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    • 513 28 Reuters Investors upbeat; analysts expect more upside ahead [TOKYO] Japan's real estate investment trust market climbed to an eightmonth high yesterday as investors grew more optimistic about the sector's financial health and analysts forecast more upside ahead. Along with property stocks, Japan's Reit market
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    • 425 28 Bloomberg [LONDON] UK home-loan approvals climbed less than economists forecast last month as the credit squeeze led to the smallest increase in net mortgage lending since records began in 1993. Banks granted 43,414 loans in May, compared with 43,191 in April, the Bank of
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    • 316 28 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian property developers, set to be the best performers on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange this quarter, had their stock ratings raised by HwangDßS Vickers Research Sdn, which said that sales are rebounding and potential "positive" policy announcements may bolster demand.
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    • 156 28 Is it time to initiate paiflH an en bloc sale now? te^JigJ Seminar organized by Credo Real Estate, a market leader in en bloc sales with over $3 billion worth of deals concluded, including i Singapore's biggest successful en bloc sale Farrer Court. I ismitpd seats! i Obtain a comprehensive
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