The Business Times, 16 November 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) 123/08/2009 Monday, November 16,2009
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    Lock icon Local unis see endowment funds bruised during crisis
    618 1  -  CHEW XIANG SMU lost $99m last fiscal year; others may be hit, too By [SINGAPORE] Singapore's three publicly funded universities may have lost hundreds of millions of dollars from their endowment funds in the year to March from the vicious downturn in
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    Lock icon Apec open for business in changing new world
    716 1  -  LEE U-WEN Grouping rejects protectionism; PM says old formula of 'Asia manufacturing, US importing' won't work [SINGAPORE] Twenty-one of the world's leaders including the presidents of the United States and China have pledged to chart a "new growth paradigm" for the Asia-Pacific
    ARTHUR LEE  -  716 words
  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      57 1 Weekly 2,727.23 hange +69.02 iT Index 1 COMP 1,270.96 +10.20 IIKKEI 225 9,770.31 -19.04 1ANG SENG 22,553.63 +723.91 ;et index 698.33 -0.30 JAKARTA COMP 2,426.80 +31.69 1ANILA COMP 3,034.32 +102.85 ;eoulcomp 1,571.99 -0.47 ;henzhen b 622.81 +61.06 IUMBAI IND 16,848.83 +690.55 )OW 10,270.47 +247.05 IAS DAI 2,167.88 +55.44 ;&P
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      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.758 TAIWAN 4.696 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.53 INDIA 11.75 Source:
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      43 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.388 (US: i/s: per£) 1.665 2.311 EURO (US$,S$/E) 1.488 Foreign currency per US$ 2.065 S$ 'EN 90.30 65.00 3.377 2.432 IK$ 7.750 5.583 !AHT 33.29 23.98 lUPIAH 9,393 6,766 lENMINBI 6.827 4.918 INDIAN RUPEE 46.43 33.45 1.078 0.777
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      80 1 DINING OUT gSHPP^V S-CHIPS BANKING IN SPORE i BizlT Indian classics s&M^**^ I Many back on Top bankers adapting Firms here to buy with a new twist recovery track to shifts in industry J^ jSrP more enterprise PAGE 23 PAGE 10 PAGE 4 MTlftiiUf •HI Software PAGE 30 WORKING TOGETHEF
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Apec open for business in a changing new world
        113 2 TWENTY-ONE of the world's leaders including the presidents of the United States and China have pledged to chart a "new growth paradigm" for the Asia-Pacific region as well as to reject all forms of protectionism. The global economy is starting to
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        Lock icon Local unis see endowment funds bruised during crisis
        56 2 SINGAPORE'S three publicly funded universities may have lost hundreds of millions of dollars from their endowment funds in the year to March from the vicious downturn in financial markets. Although markets have picked up since, it is not clear if all the
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        Lock icon Sino-Env chief faces liquidation of assets
        66 2 SINO-ENVIRONMENT'S dismissal of its financial controller last week has not only drawn a stern warning from Singapore Exchange but also shed light on some contentious share transfers by its chairman and CEO. These transactions have landed Sun Jiangrong in lawsuits across different jurisdictions, leading
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        Lock icon Top bankers adapting to shifts in industry
        84 2 AS the economy recovers, top bankers here are busy adapting to the significant shifts in the Singapore banking industry over the past year, bracing themselves for tighter regulation and positioning themselves to benefit from new trends that are most likely to affect the
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        Lock icon S'pore good base to grow output further: ExxonMobil
        62 2 EXXONMOBIL'S integrated Singapore refinery-petrochemicals operations which will be its largest manufacturing site worldwide when its US$5 billion second petrochemical complex starts up in 2011 will be a good base for the world's largest oil company to further grow production for the fast-growing
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        Lock icon S-chips' Q3 earnings in line with expectations
        91 2 THERE was no surprises this time around, as S-chips flashed out third-quarter report cards largely in line with expectations of a flat to moderate earnings growth. But at least for the 92 Chinese firms that reported third quarter ended Sept 30 results as
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        Lock icon Foreign buyer's Sentosa Cove deal falls short
        74 2 A FOREIGN investor who bought two adjoining bungalow plots on Sentosa Cove in 2008 did not complete the transactions, it has emerged. Sentosa Cove has since re-sold one of the plots to a local buyer at the same price that the foreign investor
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        Lock icon Commercial property woes seen threatening US recovery
        98 2 EVEN as some sectors of the US economy see a return to growth, woes in commercial real estate are deepening, raising fears that the fragile recovery could falter. Unlike the US home market, which has shown signs of rebounding, recovery is elusive in
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        Lock icon Low US interest rates a threat to recovery: China
        74 2 IN an unusually blunt criticism of US monetary policy, the Chinese banking regulator has charged that ultra-low interest rates in the United States are fuelling speculation in overseas asset markets and threatening the global economic recovery. Liv Mingkang said that the
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        Lock icon Firms here to buy more enterprise software
        60 2 SINGAPORE'S enterprise software market is expected to grow 8.7 per cent next year after this year's slower growth of 3.7 per cent, Gartner's latest research shows. Gartner's Yanna Dharmasthira noted that this year's expected growth is significantly lower than 2008's 11.3 per cent,
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      Lock icon Release Suu Kyi, Obama tells Myanmar leader
      563 2  -  CHUANG PECK MING Historic first meeting of leaders from US, Myanmar in 43 years [SINGAPORE] In a landmark close encounter, US President Barack Obama yesterday urged Myanmar leader Them Sein to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. "I reaffirmed the policy that
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      Lock icon Sino-Env CEO faces suits, frozen assets
      639 2  -  LYNETTE KHOO Liquidation order may implicate Radiance Group [SINGAPORE] Sino-Environ-ment's dismissal of its financial controller last week has not only drawn a stern warning from the Singapore Exchange but also shed light on some contentious share transfers by its chairman and CEO. These transactions
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      Lock icon Meeting of 'gateways' with Russia
      396 2  -  CHUANG PECK MING SINGAPORE and Russia may set up a high-level in-ter-governmental commission to boost ties between the two countries. The commission was discussed when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on President SR Nathan yesterday. "The inter-governmen-tal commission is expected to explore and promote broad-based
      REUTERS  -  396 words
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      Lock icon Top bankers adapting to shifts in industry
      1094 4  -  CONRAD TAN Financial crisis allows some banks to benefit at their competitors' expense [SINGAPORE] As the economy recovers, top bankers here are busy adapting to the significant shifts in the Singapore banking industry over the past year, bracing themselves for tighter regulation and
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      Lock icon Retail data, holiday sales outlook to determine market direction
      952 4  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Risk trade facing test of a sharpening focus on retail sales THE assurance from the world's biggest economies at last week's G-20 meeting that the grouping will continue to support the rebound with stimulus spending programmes
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  • APEC 2009
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      Lock icon S'pore facility 'solid and sound': ExxonMobil
      805 6  -  RONNIE LIM Good base to grow production for Asia-Pac if needed EXXONMOBIL'S integrated refinery-petrochemicals operations in Singapore (which will be its largest manufacturing site worldwide when its US$5 billion second petrochemical complex starts up in 2011) will be a good base for the world's
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      Lock icon Shanghai can join financial centres' club: PM Lee
      507 6  -  ANNA TEO The Chinese city has every potential to grow into a regional hub, he says at a media conference THERE'S enough business for more than one financial centre in Asia, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Asked at a media conference
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      Lock icon Say aloha to grass skirts in 2011
      294 6 AFP US President Barack Obama yesterday announced that his home state of Hawaii would host an AsiaPacific summit in 2011, and teased regional leaders that they would be obliged to wear loud shirts and grass skirts. Mr Obama told the 20 other leaders
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      Lock icon M'sia-S'pore business council to be revived
      138 6 Bernama MALAYSIA and Singapore will revive the dormant Malay-sia-Singapore Joint Business Council to step up two-way trade links between the two neighbours. The council will be re-activated soon, said Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed after meeting representatives of the Singapore Business
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      Lock icon Governments urged to avoid controlling currency levels
      683 6 Bloomberg Incoming Apec panel head says it's a form of protectionism [TOKYO] Controlling currency levels is a form of protectionism that policy makers must avoid "by all means", said the incoming chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's (Apec's) Business Advisory Council. "Foreign exchange
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      Lock icon For charity, Jet Li takes cue from business
      594 7  -  TEH HOOI LING One Foundation takes hard-headed approach while moving hearts SETTING up a charity foundation is similar to setting up a business, says superstar Jet Li; you should study the market, differentiate yourself, decide your market positioning, and anticipate problems beforehand
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      Lock icon Leaders support plans to avert climate deal failure
      740 7 Reuters Two-step Danish proposal would give US breathing space US President Barack Obama and other world leaders yesterday rallied around plans to avert a failure at next month's climate summit in Copenhagen that would delay legally binding agreements until 2010 or even
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      Lock icon US, Russia see progress on nuke pact by year-end
      599 7 -AP THE United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on nuclear arms cuts in place by the end of the year, US President Barack Obama said yesterday. Meeting on the sidelines of the Apec summit here, Mr Obama and
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      76 7 0 ..p« ?#0-T"°--o. Energy from algae. The energy from algae holds potential as an economically viable, low emissions transportation fuel. ExxonMobil is joining with Synthetic Genomics Inc., as part of a major long-term research and development program aimed at developing algae as a viable fuel source. And because they consume
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Stick to trading the large-cap haves
      651 8  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS FRIDAY'S column described the current market situation here where the focus has narrowed considerably, leaving in the cold dozens of mid-caps and speculative penny stocks. This has created a "two-tier" market polarised into two extremes, namely the large-cap Straits Times Index
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      Lock icon Coffee prices look set to rise further
      409 8  -  OH BOON PING COMMODITY WATCH By WHILE coffee is a popular beverage all across the world, most people are not aware that price levels may start rising soon along with other soft commodities. This is because global consumption levels look set to outpace
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      Lock icon Asian units little changed against greenback
      434 8 AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies were little changed against the US unit during last week, with investors reacting cautiously to comments by US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in favour of a strong US dollar. Japanese yen: The yen moved only narrowly against the
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1344 8 Source: Thomson Reuters Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name Mlqreen Props jerties 1.91 2.09 11 8.30 13.74 1.34 1.14 ,RA Asset Mgt 2.00 2.00 8.05 10.31 1.07 0.83 jmstroni Industrial Con 1.00
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 8 WEEKLY
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      65 8 Nov 13 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -243.00+10.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +65.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -24.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 626.34 +2.69 FTSE ST Small Cap 514.60 +4.58 FTSE ST All Share 667.72 +0.94 FTSE ST China Top 261.27 +0.83 FTSE ST China 288.20 +3.95 FTSE ST
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      61 8 Clob VOLUME Golden III 346,691,000 Gentini SP 210,376,000 Yin. Li 161,548,000 Sini [Tel 136,561,000 Yam izijiani 132,603,000 Noble Gr| 104,190,000 JiutianC 100,226,000 StraitsAsia 95,260,000 Uni Envtech 91,135,000 Teledata 90, 161,000 VALUE($) DBS Gr| 487,307,260 Wilmar 427,773,754 Sini jTel 400,849,792 SPH 326,019,627 Cat .and 324,648,194 Noble Gr| 287,731,150
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      107 8 CLOSE UP ***** 502.3 3.5 DBXT Ni 10US$ GLD 10US$ ***** 220.6 1.5 DBXT MSEuroi 10US$ 4306 208.1 3.' Jardine C&C 2468 208.0 9.2 DBXT MSAsExJi 10US$ 2718 124.9 3.4 UOB 1896 120.0 6.8 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1567 113.8 5.5 UOB.ES.0911 1874 100.0 5.6 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4353 97.1
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      Lock icon FALLS
      112 8 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ CLOSE DOWN 5576-172.1 -2.2 JMH 2970-111.0 -2.6 JSH 1716 -19.4 -0.8 Wilmar BNPeCW*****5 23 -19.0 -45.2 SGX DBeCWI ***** 9 -18.0 -66.7 SPH.ES.0911 374 -17.0 -4.3 lain irm 596 -16.7 -2.0 SGXMBLeCW*****5 5 -14.0 -73.7 SPH 376 -14.0 -3.6 STI 2850SGAePW*****8 37 -12.0 -24.5 BY
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      85 8 Where S$ stands Nov 13 %CHNG CLOSE FRN0V12 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.3868 0.02 1.5579 1.3853 Euro 2.0649 0.37 2.0952 1.9150 Pounds 2.3125 -0.63 2.4366 2.0356 AS 1.2883 0.17 1.2910 0.9453 Yen* 1.5447 -0.03 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.13 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1664 -0.05 4.3390 4.1040 Peso*
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      452 10 Third quarter score wrJjfAm As of Friday, 336 SGX-listed companies had released their financial results for the third quarter ended September 2009. They recorded a combined 557,041.5 m in group profits. The breakdown is as follows No with profits 275 No with losses 61 Losses to profits 33
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      947 10 Legends US$; Rmb; HKS; A) AS; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; Euro; AA) Baht; RM; Peso; AAA) Rs; NTS; (ad) Capital; (ac) Cash/Bonus; (ag) Dividend/Distribition; (ai) To be announced; (aj) Final Tax Exempt; (ak) Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (an) First and Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (ao) Income; (ap)
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      Lock icon Many S-chips back on recovery track
      818 10  -  LYNETTE KHOO Q3 earnings in line with expectations, but positive signs over 9-month period By THERE were no surprises this time around, as S-chips flashed out third quarter report cards largely in line with analysts' expectations. But more than 80 per cent of the
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      Lock icon On the rebound
      195 10 Top 20 profitable S op pro S-chips in Q3 Q3 ended Sept 2009 i 9 month! 9 months s 1 Yangzijiang 2 Yanlord 114.73 98.38 16.6 91.13 8.80 935.0 340.49 206.96 245.23 85.36 38.8 142.5 3 ChinaNTown 58.75 -96.74 nm 61.63 -95.11 nm 4 DelongH 5 ChinaAOil
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      Lock icon Nine-month and Q3 results ended Sept 2009
      1606 13 NET PROFIT TURNOVER NET PROFIT TURNOVER CURRENT PREVIOUS CURRENT PREVIOUS (S$m) CHNG (s$m) CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS (SSm) CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG (S$m) CHNG 1 Wilmar Intl 2,036.26 I 1,636.55 24.4 23,994.77 32,973.13 2 DBS Grp 1,548.00 1,634.00 -5.3 5,031.00 4,578.00 3 OCBC Bk 1,461.00
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon One-year top losers portfolio gains most
      1443 12  -  TEH HOOI LING SMALL-CAPITALISATION stocks finally rebounded after three weeks of decline. As a result, all six of our portfolios advanced. The portfolio which gained the most was the one-year top losers portfolio, which also has been the biggest declining portfolio in the last
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      Lock icon Surge in purchase activity among directors
      1172 12  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS Selling stays low with only 4 firms posting 6 disposals worth $2.04 m AFTER some lacklustre buying for two straight weeks, the purchase activity among directors surged last week with 13 companies making 28 purchases worth nearly $2 million, filings
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Foreign buyer's Sentosa Cove deal falls short
      474 14  -  UMA SHANKARI One of his two adjoining plots was resold at same price, other up for grabs A FOREIGN investor who bought two adjoining bungalow plots on Sentosa Cove in 2008 did not complete the transactions, it has emerged. Sentosa Cove has since
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      Lock icon Asia to gain from China's trade surplus
      419 14  -  TEH HOOI LING Chinese surplus will be redistributed in region: Soc-Gen exec CHINA'S gigantic trade surplus will be "redistributed" across Asia, leading to an even brighter future for the region's financial markets, said Adam Reynolds, Societe Generale's Asia co-head for flow fixed income
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      Lock icon Subway sets eyes on McDonald's mark
      430 14  -  TEH SHINING FRANCHISE inquiries for sandwich chain Subway Singapore have spiked in the wake of the economic downturn. Recessions are often catalysts for those with an entrepreneurial bent to launch businesses. And there's typically particular interest in franchises too, as they offer the opportunity
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Taking virtual trading to the masses through Fame
      684 15 Two former Ngee Ann Polytechnic students have developed a virtual stock market application on Facebook called Fame where users can trade their friends to make profits and they hope to take it beyond the realm of Facebook in the future, reports REBECCA
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      Lock icon A Case for the future
      647 15  -  JONATHAN LOH CAMPUS LIFE FROM Copenhagen to Seattle, teams representing the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School in global competitions have always been successful bringing back trophy after trophy over the past decade. This year, however, the school decided to host its own event,
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      206 15 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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      46 15 citibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Working together
      2231 16 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What do SMEs here need to do to work more fruitfully with large enterprises and multinationals, on the one hand, and with SMEs from other countries on the other? Hansjoerg Wagner Managing Director Asia-Pacific Polycom GLOBALISATION impacts SMEs with the same cross-boundary challenges as MNCs.
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Commercial property woes seen threatening US recovery
      559 18 -AFP Slow recovery may hit exposed banks, leading to more credit tightening [WASHINGTON] Even as some sectors of the US economy see a return to growth, woes in commercial real estate are deepening, raising fears that the fragile recovery could falter. Unlike the
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      Lock icon German recovery another 2 years away: minister
      458 18 AFP [BERLIN] The German economy, Europe's largest, will need at least two more years until it recovers to its strength before the global financial crisis, Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said yesterday. Data released on Friday showed that Germany, one of the world's top
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      Lock icon Internet supermarket booms in bad times
      639 18 AFP [PARIS] The Internet global supermarket is booming because people and businesses are looking for bargains and new outlets in bad times, a new report says. And this great global shopping mall can only expand rapidly as mobile phone use explodes, the Chinese get
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      Lock icon Honesty is the best policy? Ask Icelanders
      500 18 Reuters Politicians, common folks' assembly picks it as their chief value [REYKJAVIK] Icelanders, still stunned by the collapse of their banks a year ago, chose "honesty" as their chief national value on Saturday at an experimental assembly of politicians and ordinary people to
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      Lock icon Australia excludes agriculture from carbon scheme
      470 18 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's government has agreed to exclude agriculture from its emissions trading scheme in a major concession to the opposition to try to get carbon trading laws through parliament, a minister said yesterday. The scheme has been delayed in the Senate and the
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia preparing self-sufficiency plan
      324 19 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia aims to become self reliant in soybean and sugar in the next five years, following its success in ending imports of rice since last year, the country's recently appointed agriculture minister said on Friday. Indonesia, which until 2007 was still a big importer
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      307 19 He is not named but is speculated to be Toyota's Jarno Trulli [KUALA LUMPUR] The new Malaysian-backed Lotus Formula One team has signed its first driver, principal Tony Fernandes said on Saturday without giving any name. "One Malaysia Formula One team aka Lotus
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      555 19  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT Little is known about what conclusions, if any, the economic advisory panel has reached THE National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) was set up by Prime Minister Najib Razak to articulate new economic strategies for Malaysia, to enable the country
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      2055 19 IOV13 RM ('000) A &M Realty 0.55 Abric Bhd 0.23 advance Synergy 0.16 Adventa Bhd 2.23 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.26 Win Holdings 2.34 Ahmad Zaki Resou 0.94 Aic Corp 0.39 Airasia Bhd 1.25 Akn Technology 0.14 alliance Financi 2.65 aluminium Co 1.12 Amalgamated Ind 0.48 tamb Hldgs Bhd
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      529 20 Reuters, Bloomberg Along with weak US dollar, it spurs speculation, creating new systemic risk [BEIJING] In an unusually blunt criticism of US monetary policy, the Chinese banking regulator has charged that ultra-low interest rates in the United States are fuelling speculation
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      321 20 Reuters Beijing is under growing pressure to let currency rise [BEIJING] Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Chen Jian yesterday played down talk of a shift in the central bank's currency policy as well as mounting expectations of a rise in the yuan's exchange rate.
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      580 20 Bloomberg, Reuters [HONG KONG] Las Vegas Sands Corp, the casino company controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, will open most of its stalled resort in Macau by December 2011 after raising enough funds to restart construction, chief operating officer Michael Leven said yesterday.
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      266 20 Reuters [NEW DELHI] The Indian economy could expand between 6 per cent and 7 per cent in the current fiscal year to March 2010 despite a bad monsoon, the finance minister said last Saturday as data showed accelerating inflation last month. Speaking in the
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      353 20 LAT-WP [WAUSAU, Wisconsin] While it's not exactly the People's Republic of Wisconsin, this state has been seized with a China fever of sorts. Throughout the United States, old notions of China have been replaced with a deeper understanding that China is a force
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      Lock icon FSA will get powers to curb obscene bonuses
      481 21 AFP New rules to police UK banking sector will be unveiled on Wednesday [LONDON] City regulators will get new powers to stop bankers receiving bonuses that "would cause instability" to the financial system, British finance minister Alistair Darling said in a newspaper
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      Lock icon Pay curbs hurt BOA chief search
      374 21 Reuters [CHICAGO] Bank of America Corp's (BOA) search for a new chief executive has been hurt by federal pay limits that played a major role in the senior vice-chair-man of PNC Financial Services Group spurning feelers from the company, The Wall Street Journal reported
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      637 21 ■AFP, Reuters They may need to follow personal tax requirements abroad [GENEVA] Switzerland's secretive banks are considering landmark plans to require that their foreign clients conform to personal taxation requirements abroad, a leading banker said in an interview yesterday. Patrick Odier, head
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      Lock icon Citigroup to sell Bellsystem24 stake to Bain for 93.5b yen
      470 21 Reuters [TOKYO] Citigroup has agreed to sell its stake in Japanese telemarketer Bellsystem24 to US private equity firm Bain Capital for 93.5 billion yen (Ssl.4 billion), the US company said on Sunday. Bain has been widely expected to buy Bellsystem24
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      576 21 -AP [NEW YORK] Items that used to belong to fallen financier Bernard Madoff and his wife, Ruth, fetched several times their estimated values at auction for a total of about US$l million, twice as much as the auctioneers had hoped for. Madoff s
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Higher military sales seen at Dubai Air Show
      720 22 Reuters Middle East tension driving demand but recession seen reducing other sales [DUBAI] Middle East tension is driving demand for military hardware at the Dubai Air Show which opened yesterday, but recession means fewer orders for civilian jets. Bitter rivals Airbus and
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      462 22 Bloomberg [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted its biggest weekly advance in a seven-week streak on a "tight" supply of capesize ships to haul coal and iron ore. The index tracking transport costs on international trade routes
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        112 22 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KlVentures Keppel Corp Mercator Lines MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Man Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.69 0.31 1.10 0.73
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        36 22 '000 nt'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.96 8.81 8.84 3.11 3.12 unch 0.09 -0.02 0.03 -0.01 0.01 0.04 unch unch 23 115 539 568 28 0 801
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        7 22 '00 ■recious Ship 19.00 0.10 2840
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        11 22 '000 joil ungamas Cont 39.85 1.55 0.35 0.01 1324 8172
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        22 22 '000 Aboitiz Equity ntl Container Keppel Marine <eppel Prop 8.60 21.50 2.00 unch -0.10 -0.50 0.06 unch 877 1261 11 0
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        21 22 Evergreen Marine ....16.80 :irst Steamship 48.35 ManHai Lines 15.55 fang Ming Marine...11.75 -0.20 -0.25 unch -0.10 4 8 2 4
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        39 22 '000 (awasaki Hvy Ind ..212.00 -2.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen 298.00 -12.00 ***** vlitsubishi Hvy 307.00 -1.00 ***** vlitsuiEng&Sbldg...239.00 -4.00 4745 vlitsui Osk Lines 526.00 -6.00 ***** Nippon Express 388.00 5.00 4066 JipponYusen 303.00 -11.00 ***** iource: Thomson Reuters
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      227 22 Bloomberg [BEIJING] General Electric Co, the world's biggest jet-engine maker, plans to form a joint venture with China Aviation Industry Corp I to sell avionics systems and services for new aircraft, the companies said yesterday. GE and AVIC I aim to start the venture,
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      2863 22 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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      148 22 SOUTH EASTASIAAND SOUTH ASIA/AUSTRALIA TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT NOTICE TO TRADE BUSINESS PLAN 2009 RATE RESTORATION EFFECTIVE 15 DECEMBER 2009 FROM SOUTH EASTASIAAND SOUTH ASIA TO AUSTRALIA As part of the Business Plan 2009, Member Lines of the South East Asia and South Asia Australia Trade Facilitation Agreement will implement a
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      337 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Type googly confused in a sci- 12 3 4 5 He 7 8 entific study (10) 6 Finish work on street (4) 9 Dupe kind companion (7) g 10 Have a look at cricket, per- ■■——^J—i^— haps, around start of play j (7) Bl 12 Scoff
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  • DINING OUT
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      645 23  -  Audrey Phoon Krish's concept is modern European cuisine interlaced with Indian ingredients NEW RESTAURANT Krish 9 Rochester Park Tel: 6779-4644 www.krish.com.sg IT'S been a while since there were any changes at Rochester Park, but as the present-weather-appropri-ate saying goes when it rains, it pours.
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      580 23  -  Jaime Ec NEW RESTAURANT Victoria Peak #11-01/02 Orchard Central Tel: 6238 7666 THERE'S a big difference between a Singapore roof garden and Hong Kong's picturesque Victoria Peak, but you can't fault a new Cantonese eatery of the same name from having lofty ambitions. The newly-opened
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      9195 24 Week ended: Nov 13 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap Hi. Coi 17 3 3148 STelecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 34 15 5000 ABR Hldgs 15.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8
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      1845 25 52-wks Tel High Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net fOOO) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E MCap Smil 10 5 1181 s AAGrp 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20 8.5
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      425 25 _Hm Low Code Comi Sale £000] _Hm Low Bui Seller C'vr P/E $mil 111 101 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 807 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 278 149 DBS STI ETF 100 4627 3534 DBXT DJE50 10US$ 3241 1682 DBXTFTChina25 10US$ 5819 3228 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2718 2246 DBXT MSAsExJp
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      261 25 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
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      115 25 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change 4.130 +0.030 JMH 29.700 +0.280 SIA En: 2.860 -0.070 litaMal 1.680 -0.020 JSH 17.160 +0.240 SMRT 1.730 -0.010 :if 10.020 -0.060 Jardine C&C 24.680 -0.200 SPH 3.760 +0.050 :omfortDelGro 1.560 +0.010 Kei >el Con
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      100 25 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 12 5 1 0 0 0 12 5 1 Manufacturing 97 72 70 10 12 13 107 84 83 Commerce 36 24 21 41 28 30 'St. >r/Cc ms 27 28 Finance 25 25 Construction 12
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      120 25 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 142.873 142.873 300.868 300.868 Manufacturing 1.460.696 75.469 1.536.165 1.489.031 4.897 1.493.928 Commerce 503.049 128.876 631.925 585.844 37.090 622.934 Tpt/Stor/Comms 551.313 29.387 580.700 944.902 6.476 951.378 Finance 154.565 34 154.599 1.180.918 1.180.921 Construction 153.935 17.258 171.193 48.616 479 49.095 Properties
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      2698 25 Transaction date: Nov 13 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to EST online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day IONG KONG Vol 'OOP HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Jeida Jade
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      29 25 Insiders'trades. Brokers'recommendations. Dividend table. TUC Dl ICIMECC XllV/ICC The pages also cover transactions by directors and substantial It DU3IIMC33 I lIVIC3 shareholders. In other words, news you can use.
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      372 26 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Nov 13 World Index Preliminan 812.1 0.3 19.8 0.3 21.1 0.5 25.8 EAFE Preliminai 762.5 0.0 17.5 0.2 23.5 0.4 28.3 Euri Prelim inan 1101.4
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      126 26 As at 9am Nov 13 of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2740 1.3130 Can dollar 1.3080 1.3240 Euro 2.0530 2.0770 NZ dollar 1.0100 1.0330 iterlini md 2.2920 2.3190 US dollar 1.3820 1.3980 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Chi
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      174 26 Nov 13 Overnight 3/16 1-month 7/16 2-months 9/16 3-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 0.25 US$ Offer 1/16 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 0.25 0.28 0.35 0.37 0.60 0.90 1.10 Offer 0.20 0.22 0.25 0.27 0.50
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      26 26 Nov 13 STI Nov 2713 2715 2723 SIMSCI Nov 326.6 329.4 326.6 Taiwan Nov 279.1 281.9 278.8 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      21 26 Nov 13 Bid Offer 1-month 1.3878 1.3890 2-months 1.3882 1.3895 3-months 1.3885 1.3898 6-months 1.3889 1.3903 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      169 26 Nov 13 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) 0/1 lots) Dec 09 253.5 Jan 10 Feb 10 Mario Apr 10 May 10 251.5 251.5 252.5 254.0 254.0 254.0 254.0 40 284 TSR 20 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      80 26 Nov 13 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi' Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****N 11.02.2010 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2010 0.43 0.55 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hig Day's igh Low 2-Year NX*****H 3.625 5-Year N*****0N 1.375 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NX*****W 2.500 15-Year NY*****H
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      102 26 Nov 13 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 09 984.00 982.25 1000.75 980.50 Jan 10 987.00 990.00 1009.00 983.50 Mar10 992.25 995.75 1013.25 989.00 May 10 995.75 998.75 1015.00 993.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 09 38.61 38.37 38.65 37.80
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      78 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov 12 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 76.61 -1.85 WTI (Near Mth) 76.74 -2.52 Dubai (1 -Mth F) 78.21 -0.08 Tapis blend 79.75 -0.15 Minas 79.05 -0.10 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 75.70 85.35 0.95 -0.35 USS/barrel Opec
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      445 26 Nov 13 Australia 0.976 6.333 0.624 7.190 43.071 87.139 0.837 10.728 3.133 1.263 77.370 43.326 1.288 6.904 0.943 29.966 30.885 0.557 0.928 Canada 1.024 6.487 0.639 7.365 44.118 89.257 0.858 10.988 3.209 1.294 79.250 44.379 1.319 7.072 0.966 30.695 31.635 0.571 0.950 China 0.158 0.154 0.098 1.135
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      77 26 (US$) (Ss) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (Ss) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** Nov 12 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths
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      153 26 Nov 13 Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2869 1.2887 0.9275 0.9280 Canadian dollar 1.3182 1.3201 0.9500 0.9506 Euro 2.0638 2.0658 1.4874 1.4876 NZ dollar 1.0187 1.0203 0.7342 0.7347 Sterlini 2.3094 2.3119 1.6644 1.6641 US dollar 1.3875 1.3887 S$/US$
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      139 26 GOLD (USS/oz) Nov 13 Nov 12 Hong Kong 1107.80 1116.10 London Nov 12 Nov 13 1110.25 1112.45 1111.05 1113.25 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Nov 13 Buying Sellim Kilobar "52,814.13" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Selling Buying Igm 5gm lOgm 20gm 50gm lOOgm 1 oz 1 oz
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      Lock icon LONDON METALS
      68 26 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1914.00 1915.00 3 months 1946.00 1948.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 6500.75 6520.00 6480.50 6501.50 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 2252.75 3 months 2275.00 2235.50 2260.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00
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      77 26 Nov 13 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 09 2019 2043 2041/2012 Mar 10 2063 2086 2083/2058 May 10 2081 2107 2107/2075 Jul 10 2014 2039 2033/2009 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov 09 1285 1293 1291/1290 Jan 10 1306 1313 1314/1295 Mar 10 1352 1357 1359/1340 SUGAR
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      66 26 Nov 13 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Nov 09 2200 2220 2220 2200 16 60 Dec 09 2229 2255 2258 2223 1133 8124 Jan 10 2245 2269 2273 2237 6466 ***** Feb 10 2267 2288
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      293 26 Nov 13 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 99.7200 99.6250 99.4100 99.0550 5418 7996 4846 3587 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Dec09 99.495 99.495 Mar10 99.525 99.525 Jun10 Sep10 DedO Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 99.495 99.525 99.495 99.525 99.545 99.545 99.485 99.400 99.340 99.340
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      2382 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT rel lode Company Last Sale Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths +or- ("000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.5 15 23 4.29 54 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5 87 1650 10.00 9 S756 Asiatic Grp (H) Ltd W*****2 -0.5 5 3
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon iPhone worm may crawl its way to Singapore
      651 29  -  WINSTON CHAI The malicious 'ikee' program targets only hacked or 'jailbroken' phones SINGAPORE will usher in more iPhones this Christmas as it makes it way beyond initial vendor Singapore Telecommunications to Mobile One and Star Hub. With the device now falling within
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      262 29 Reuters [HELSINKI] China's Huawei Technologies took the No 2 position in the global mobile network gear market in the third quarter, almost doubling its market share from a year ago and surpassing Nokia Siemens. Competition for new business in the tele
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      293 29 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] HewlettPackard Co, responding to inquiries about whether it would acquire Brocade Communications Systems Inc, said it made last week's deal to buy 3Com Corp after vetting a "myriad" of companies. "We are always looking at a broad universe of companies
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        Lock icon IDA to lend a hand to Trinidad and Tobago
        88 29 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has struck a pact to help develop IT know-how and help implement e-government systems with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). The agreement was signed by the Singapore regulator's subsidiary IDA International and
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        62 29 COMPUTER security giant McAfee has appointed Wahab Yusoff as the new vice-president of its operations in the South Asia region. Reporting to the company's president of Asia-Pacific Steve Redman, Mr Yusoff will be responsible for driving sales across South-east Asia and India. Prior
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        120 29 STARHUB subsidiary Nucleus Connect has appointed two members to its board of directors. Ernest Wong will be the firm's chairman and independent director. He currently serves as a member of the Temasek Advisory panel in addition to holding other appointments which include being
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        108 29 NEC Asia has taken the wraps off a quartet of new digital projectors aimed at spicing up corporate presentations without stretching the IT purse-string. The new products NPIIO, NPIIS, NP2IO and NP2IS can display up to 2,500 ANSI lumens of brightness and boasts of a 2,000:1
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        Lock icon M1 throws a 'Curve' with $28 Blackberry offer
        77 29 Ml has added the new Blackberry Curve 8520 to its smartphone portfolio. Besides providing instant access to e-mails, the new handset also allows users to quickly log on to popular Web services such as MSN Messenger and Flickr as these applications have
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