The Business Times, 22 August 2011

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 138/08/2010 Monday, August 22,
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    Lock icon PM: Singapore too small for political paralysis
    610 1  -  By JOYCE HOOI [SINGAPORE] Singapore is too small to afford political paralysis, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned yesterday. “We are too small to be able to afford impasse and gridlock, to have two sides blocking one another so you can’t move, you
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    Lock icon Some sectors hope for easier employment pass rules
    1190 1  -  They cite shortage of professional staff, unwillingness of Singaporeans to take up certain jobs By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Construction and logistics firms, restaurants and retailers all hit by successive rounds of measures aimed at tightening the flow of foreign workers into
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    158 1 BT ONLINE BT print subscribers get free access to BT Online at www.businesstimes.com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838. MARKETS Weekly Change ST INDEX 2,733.63 -116.96 KL COMP 1,483.98 +0.31 NIKKEI 225 8,719.24 -244.48 HANG SENG 19,399.92 -220.09 SET INDEX 1,069.20 +7.13 JAKARTA COMP 3,842.75 -47.78
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Markets hoping for hints of QE3 in Bernanke’s speech
      877 2  -  US likely to skirt recession but lack of action from Europe worrisome: analysts WALL STREET INSIGHT By ROB CURRAN TRADERS of US stocks are looking to Jackson Hole and to Berlin this week for salvation from a European financial crisis that
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      Lock icon Libyan rebels fire first salvos in battle for Tripoli
      754 2 AFP [TRIPOLI] Libyan rebels snuck into Tripoli by sea yesterday to launch the first salvos in the fight for the capital, as opposition forces surged to join them in a final push to topple Muammar Gaddafi’s shaky regime. A regime spokesman
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      632 2 Some sectors hope for easier employment pass rules CONSTRUCTION and logistics firms, restaurants and retailers all hit by successive rounds of measures aimed at tightening the flow of foreign workers into Singapore are hoping policymakers can make allowances for industry realities. Giving companies time to adjust makes little
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      Lock icon Avoid politics to cut jobless rate: Obama
      513 2 He also urges lawmakers to help stimulate economy Bloomberg [MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Massachusetts] President Barack Obama called on US lawmakers to put aside partisan differences and work to find common ground to reduce unemployment and stimulate the nation’s economy. In his weekly radio and
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      Lock icon Risk of recession tops 40%: EIU
      797 4  -  Even more worrying is prospect of eurozone’s breakup, says chief economist By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] With the global outlook mired in a vicious circle of weakening confidence and low output, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) now sees a higher chance of at least 40
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      Lock icon What the top executives think
      526 4 EMPLOYMENT PASS CHANGES Alex Tay Regional director, Dairy Farm South Asia “There are not enough Singaporean pharmacists to fill the job openings at private pharmacies, private hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. As such, the industry has had to turn to recruiting foreign pharmacists for many years.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Many S-chips among Q2 loss-makers
      1343 5  -  Strengthening yuan and rising inflationary pressures cited for poor performance By MICHELLE TAN IT seems that market scepticism shrouding S-chips have somewhat rubbed off on their results for the quarter ended June 30, with most of the companies going “under water” this season being Chinese
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      Lock icon New Advance SCT share issue to wipe off some debt
      355 5  -  By JOYCE JOYCE HOOI AS part of an ongoing debt restructuring effort, new shares in Advance SCT (ASCT) will be issued to a pair of new creditors, the company announced on Saturday. Two of ASCT’s original creditors Jones Lang Lasalle
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      Lock icon ECS: Distributors play a critical role in the ICT value chain
      761 5 Group CEO of ECS, Mr Narong Intanate, shares on the importance of staying ahead of competition. A SPECIAL SERIES BROUGHTTO YOU BY SHAREINVESTOR 1)ExplaintheroleofECSintheICTvaluechain. As one of the leading Info Communications Technology (“ICT”) solutions provider in the region, we
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      Lock icon Darco shareholders treading water in the dark
      973 7  -  Ongoing spat with LTC means the issues in question remain unresolved CORPORATE FOCUS By KELLY TAY MAINBOARD-LISTED Darco Water Technologies Ltd may have once been a hot stock to hold, but it seems as though its waters have since gone murky and its
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      195 7 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Novo Grp A RELC International Hotel Room 601, Level 6 30 Orange Grove Road, Singapore *****2 22-Aug 9.30am Khong Guan Flour A 2 Mac Taggart Road (Level 3) Singapore *****8 26-Aug 12.00pm Sapphire Corp E 123 Genting Lane #07-01 Yenom Industrial Building Singapore
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      403 7 Aug 19 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5 Bank of Communications 5.5 Bank of
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      144 5 Are You Supplying Air-Conditioners and Refrigerators? Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Household Air-Conditioners and Refrigerators will take effect from 1 September 2011 Currently, all importers and manufacturers who supply registrable household air-conditioners and refrigerators in Singapore must register themselves with the National Environment Agency (NEA). Registered suppliers must also register
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Yen hits post-war high against US$ on growth fears
      488 6 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The yen reached a post-World War II high versus the dollar, gaining for a second week and spurring speculation that the Bank of Japan will move to weaken the currency as concern that global growth is faltering
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      Lock icon Iron ore swaps: bringing back pricing stability
      570 6  -  COMMODITIES By ANDY JAMES The writer is trading manager, ferrous derivatives, at Cargill Singapore FOR decades the iron ore industry was considered a slow moving business whose fortunes were tied to those of the low growth steel industry. This all changed in the
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1551 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Cap Ind 2.00 2.00 2 2.00 10.00 0.27 0.20 Amtek Engg 2.00 2.00 4 0.09 5.26 1.42 0.58 ARA Asset Mgt 1.83 2.00 6 8.57
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      Lock icon All eyes on Fed chief as markets tumble
      666 6  -  STOCKS VEN SREENIVASAN Senior Correspondent IT CAN be tough writing a market report when there is a massive information overload. And this is a dilemma I faced as I ponder how to explain what has been happening on global markets and where
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      63 6 Aug 19 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1821.00-238.00 BT CADI -*****.00-383.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-182.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 632.87 -20.32 FTSE ST Small Cap 425.26 -13.98 FTSE ST All Share 661.98 -21.96 FTSE ST China Top 198.39 -9.35 FTSE ST China 232.22 -10.53 FTSE ST Catalist 804.90
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      59 6 VOLUME Genting SP 554,445,000 Golden Agri 488,354,000 Sheng Siong 216,463,000 HSI*****MBeCW*****9 184,104,000 Noble Grp 179,561,000 Cosco Corp 152,861,000 Yangzijiang 150,872,000 SingTel 132,395,000 HPH Trust US$ 130,692,000 EuNetworks 122,228,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 904,708,669 Keppel Corp 437,816,928 DBS Grp 404,857,127 SingTel 392,561,582 OCBC Bk 338,672,353 Golden Agri 317,891,498 UOB
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      Lock icon RISES
      113 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP GLD 10US$ *****1296.1 6.2 DBXT iBoxxSing 5SG$ ***** 194.0 1.5 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4827 186.7 3.3 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 160.0 1.5 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2527 139.4 4.8 Lyxor AsiaCS 10US$ 5321 120.0 1.9 DBXT DBLCI-OY 5US$ 4186 114.0 2.3 Hyflux 6% CPS 10
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      Lock icon FALLS
      120 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ *****-854.7 -6.2 IS S&P500 *****-461.9 -3.2 IS DJ US Tech 5695-415.9 -5.7 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4929-352.8 -5.6 JMH 4907-270.4 -4.3 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 3938-190.3 -3.8 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ 3721-141.9 -3.0 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1653-128.5 -6.0 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 2883-127.3 -3.5 Lyxor MS
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      Lock icon FTSE ST CATALIST INDEX
      5 6 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon One-year top losers
      146 8 AUG 19 ‘11 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Synear Food 0.142 19.4 4,260 Top Global 0.007 1.4 3,500 Ellipsiz 0.096 1.1 9,600 Advance SCT 0.022 0.0 1,826 Annica 0.016 0.0 2,656 China Oilfield Tech 0.035 0.0 2,485 JEL 0.008 0.0 2,000 Jiutian Chemical 0.029 0.0 2,610 Novo
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      Lock icon Analysts' top recommendations
      169 8 AUG 19 ‘11 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Del Monte Pacific 0.455 13.8 4,550 Best World 0.152 4.8 3,040 CSE Global 0.940 2.2 6,580 The Hour Glass 1.065 1.9 9,585 Bukit Sembawang 3.910 0.5 3,910 ASL Marine 0.485 0.0 4,365 Biosensors 1.255 -0.4 25,100 AIMS AMP I
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      Lock icon High cash holdings cushion stock falls
      425 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent THE relatively high cash holdings helped some of our portfolios weather the wave of selling which hit the market again last Friday. On average, our portfolios shed 3.3 per cent. That’s better than the 4.1 per cent decline chalked
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      Lock icon Biggest upgrades in analysts’ sentiment
      152 8 sentiment AUG 19 ‘11 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE Del Monte 0.455 13.8 4,550 China XLX 0.270 3.8 4,590 Dairy Farm 9.723 2.1 9,723 Parkway Life Reit 1.820 0.6 9,100 Kingboard Copper Foil 0.210 0.0 5,250 People's Food 0.735 0.0 8,085 Chemoil Energy 0.327 -0.3
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      Lock icon Highest dividend yields
      171 8 AUG 19 ‘11 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE MFS Technology Ltd 0.075 47.1 2,025 Nera Telecoms 0.340 0.0 7,480 Silverlake Axis 0.345 0.0 11,385 Transpac Indl 1.630 -0.9 4,890 China Merchants (Pacific) 0.515 -1.0 5,665 Poh Tiong Choon Logistic 0.385 -1.3 11,165 Courage Marine 0.103 -1.9 3,296
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      Lock icon Lowest forward PEs
      160 8 AUG 19 ‘11 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE China Fishery 1.150 4.5 10,350 Ho Bee 1.320 0.4 14,520 ASL Marine 0.485 0.0 4,365 Kingboard Copper Foil 0.210 0.0 5,250 Low Keng Huat 0.350 0.0 11,550 Hupsteel 0.182 -1.6 5,642 China Sky 0.091 -2.2 1,547 SC Global 1.170
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      Lock icon Lowest PTB portfolio
      170 8 AUG 19 ‘11 BID PRICE VALUE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE SanTeh 0.380 7.0 5,700 Kingboard Copper Foil 0.210 0.0 5,250 Rickmers Maritime 0.330 0.0 3,300 Singapore Land 6.390 -0.6 12,780 Golden Agri-Resources 0.630 -0.8 17,640 China Merchants (Pacific) 0.515 -1.0 5,665 China Sky 0.091 -2.2 1,547 Anwell Tech 0.300
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      Lock icon Directors make hefty buys as stocks slide further; selling stays low
      1559 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director at Asia Insider Ltd THE continued weakness in the market prompted another round of heavy buying by directors with a whopping 50 companies recording 104 purchases worth $50 million,
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Tony Tan to focus on social harmony if elected
      533 9  -  PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS He stresses the importance of S’poreans learning to live with foreigners By LEE U-WEN PORING over the many options available to them at the Muslim food stall, Tony Tan and his wife Mary chose their favourite dishes along with
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      Lock icon Tan Jee Say sheds further light on $500k pay
      574 9  -  He says this sum is similar to what he was earning in banks, investment houses By LEE U-WEN PRESIDENTIAL candidate Tan Jee Say has shed further light on why he thinks an annual salary of half-a-million dollars is enough, if he
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1566 9 Payment Ex Books Pay Ann (cts) date close date date Adampak Ltd aw 1.000 06-Sep 08-Sep 23-Sep 12-Aug Adv Integrated Mft aw 0.180 31-Aug 02-Sep 19-Sep 29-Jul AIMS Amp Cap Ind Reit ag 0.530 02-Aug 04-Aug 14-Sep 27-Jul ARA Asset Mgt aw 2.300 22-Aug 24-Aug 08-Sep 10-Aug Ascendasreit
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Rallying the nation
      3534 10 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC What in your view were the key messages from the Prime Minister’s National Day Rally speech? What did he say that connected most with you personally and as a business leader? Edmund Leow Principal Baker McKenzie.Wong Leow, Singapore TO ME, the speech confirms that
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Venturing into wine investing
      1266 12  -  Giving expert tips, a consultant and a professor tell TEH SHI NING what novice investors should look for while trying their luck in wines TEH SHI NING WINE may have lost some of its allure as an investment option here in recent years due to alleged
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      Lock icon When best to take risks
      1014 12  -  Undergraduate believes in taking risks when young. By MICHELLE YEO CAMPUS LIFE By MICHELLE YEO RISKY decisions are best attempted when young, according to 22-year-old Poh Jin Hui. The second year business undergraduate from the National University of Singapore believes it is better for younger
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      Lock icon Products for riskaverse investors
      300 12 ASK DR INVEST Q: I am very risk-averse. I am in my 20s, but I would like to be a conservative investor. Are there capital guaranteed investment products or similar products in the market? A: There are a variety of low-vola-tility, capital guaranteed instruments being offered
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Capital regime at risk amid spar over rules
      654 13 Standards eroding as EU officials rewrite regulations and US rulemaking stalls Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Capital standards designed to fortify the global financial system are eroding as European officials, beset by a debt crisis, rewrite the regulations and US rulemaking stalls. The 27
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      Lock icon Greek bailout tangled in debate
      746 13 Experts warn that collateral dispute may derail approval of Athens’ rescue package AFP [HELSINKI] A debate over which eurozone countries can demand collateral from Greece in exchange for loan guarantees threatens to derail the quick approval of Athens’ second bailout programme, experts warn. “Finland has
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      Lock icon Hard-hit in 2008, Iceland set to weather storm
      507 13 AFP [REYKJAVIK] Iceland, all but devastated by the 2008 global financial crisis, cannot escape the growing storm which has savaged markets in recent weeks but it has done enough since then to at least weather the worst. “Right now it seems unlikely
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia tin move supports prices: analysts
      759 14 But economy and demand outlook will play a bigger role in the market Reuters [JAKARTA] The latest government crackdown on the Indonesian tin industry will dampen some production and support benchmark prices, but the uncertain economic and demand outlook will play a bigger role
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      Lock icon KL needs to tackle disturbing issues
      585 14  -  Racial, religious problems adding to country’s economic woes MALAYSIA INSIGHT PAULINE NG KL Correspondent GLOBAL stock-market gyrations are unnerving governments around the world. As with other markets, Malaysia saw billions of ringgit erased from its stock market last week. The volatile swings must be
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      Lock icon EPF acquires London office for £150m
      613 14 12 St James’s Square is its fourth investment in a year [PETALING JAYA] The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) has confirmed that it has purchased an office block in St James’s Square, London, where one tenant pays one of the city’s highest rents. The EPF
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      167 14 In the matter of the Companies Act, Cap.50 And In the Matter of COMFORT RESOURCES PTE LTD (In Compulsory Liquidation) (Company Registration No. *****3122N) (Under the Order for winding up of the Company dated 20 August 2010 in CWU No. 118 of 2010/J) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Tough reforms needed for growth: Singh
      395 15 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India needs to take “difficult” decisions to achieve 9 per cent economic growth, but a lack of national consensus is making it tough to push through economic reforms, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday. Mr Singh, who as a finance
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      Lock icon Hazare supporters favour talks amid criticism of their leader
      618 15 Support for activist grows as his hunger strike enters 6th day Reuters [NEW DELHI] Supporters of an anti-graft activist whose hunger strike campaign has galvanised millions of Indians appeared to reach out to the country’s embattled government yesterday after coming under
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      Lock icon Biden rejects views that US power is waning
      647 15 He says US still the single best bet in the world, in terms of where to invest Reuters [CHENGDU, China] US Vice-President Joe Biden rejected views that American power is waning and said that Washington would never default, wrapping up a China
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon New tech boom in US sparks fears of a bust
      773 18 Some worry the turmoil on Wall St will spread west to Silicon Valley NYT [MENLO PARK, California] Let the rest of the United States worry about a double-dip recession. Tech land, stretching from San Jose to San Francisco, is in
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      Lock icon Investors seeing gold in US farmland
      668 18 Reuters [CHICAGO] The overall US economy may be struggling against a double-dip recession but in farm country the boom times have rarely been better. Farmland prices are setting records and farmer incomes have been buoyed by exports and biofuels, easing the pain of some
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      Lock icon Aussies plan own version of US Congressional Budget Office
      436 18 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australia will move to establish an independent parliamentary budget office to provide the nation’s federal lawmakers with research and advice on the cost of their policies, mirroring similar bodies in the United States and Canada. The government will introduce
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      1860 18 VOL Aug 19 RM +/-(‘000) A M Realty 0.43 -0.02 15 Abric Bhd 0.30 unch 14 Advance Synerg 0.18 -0.01 864 Adventa Bhd 1.64 -0.01 42 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.23 0.02 127 Affin Holdings 3.10 -0.06 376 Ahmad Zaki Res 0.73 -0.02 484 Aic Corp 1.24 -0.05 78
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Prosecutor could drop Strauss-Kahn case
      555 19 Difficult to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, say ex-prosecutors Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Manhattan district attorney (DA) Cyrus Vance Jr will ask a judge to dismiss sexual-assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn because they’d be difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, former prosecutors predict. Strauss-Kahn,
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      Lock icon Ireland mulls 6b euro write-off of mortgage debt
      345 19 Reuters [DUBLIN] Ireland is to consider a proposal to write off up to six billion euros (S$10.4 billion) worth of mortgage debt in a bid to boost the economy, the country’s housing minister said. A government committee is to consider a proposal
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      334 19 [BANGKOK] With his sister barely in office, fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has launched a high-stakes international charm offensive that analysts say threatens his allies’ hold on power. The one-time billionaire tycoon, toppled in a 2006 coup, has overshadowed the first fortnight of
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      867 20 With Qantas planning to base new airline here, it’s time to revisit SIA’s right to ply transpacific route COMMENTARY ABOUTsevenyears ago, at the height of the standoff between Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilots and the company over wages, then-minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew remarked that
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      368 20  -  Inclusion allays fears of an international crewing shortage By ALEC ALMAZAN in Manila THE Philippines has, for the third time this decade, made it to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) “White List” of countries that have complied with the revised Standards of Training,
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      646 20 Reuters [LONDON] London’s marine insurance market has not changed its risk assessment of Syria, despite mounting violence and fresh sanctions, although it is monitoring the situation closely, a senior official said. The United States for the first time explicitly called on Thursday for
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      340 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Guinea pig fed it in space (6) 4 US marine tossed about on board (8) 10 A fur almost lost by Asian prince (9) 11 One with cold is after a dry room (5) 12 Type of car difficult to better (7) 13 Anteater cruelly chained
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      957 21  -  By Geoffrey Eu NEW RESTAURANT Taratata 35A Keong Saik Road Tel: 6221 4506 www.taratata.sg TARATATA sounds like it ought to be the name of a cool fashion label (it’s not), a type of fancy cake (it isn’t), or a French television show about modern-day rock
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      8667 22 Week ended: Aug 19 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 12 8Telecom 12.8 -1 90 13 12 11.5 14.5 7.8 4.8 2.7 61.3 9.5 4.5 A-Sonic 5.2 -0.5 255 5.9
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      1736 23 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 34 14 t 800 Super 14 -1.6 3958 15.8 14 14 14.1 4.8 25 5.5 3.7 t AA Grp 4 2.7 3.9 19 3.9
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      117 23 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.140 -0.035 CapitaLand 2.390 -0.110 CapitaMall 1.730 -0.015 CityDev 9.750 -0.280 ComfortDelGro 1.305 DBS Grp 13.510 -0.380 F&N 5.440 -0.130 GLP 1.660 -0.060 Genting SP 1.525 -0.120 Golden Agri 0.635 -0.025 Stock name Close Change HK Land 5.400 -0.300 JMH 49.070
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      2619 23 Transaction date: Aug 19 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Credit 6.09 -0.01 0 Aeon Stores 18.20 -0.40 4 Angang Steel 6.01 -0.47 ***** Anhui Conch 30.75 -2.65 ***** Anhuiexpresswa 4.65 -0.19 1532 Asia Satellite 16.50 -0.30 3 Asm Pacific 74.05 -2.85 762 Bank Of E Asia 29.30
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      247 23 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 34 AVJennings A40.5cd unch 12 40.5 40 37.5 40.5 3.6 8.6 3.2 105.5 55 27.5 Genting HK US$ US30 -4.5 ***** 35 30 29.5 30 1975.4
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      186 23 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 10 0 0 0 0 6 10 0 Manufacturing 44 128 33 13 20 3 57 148 36 Commerce 23 38 13 5 11 3 28 49 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 12 31 4
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      1009 23 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 127 108 ABF SG Bond ETF 126 +6 330 127 120 115 126 575.2 1261 911 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1019 -10 66 1261 1019 1009 1024 40.8
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      125 23 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 166,600 166,600 614,187 614,187 Manufacturing 1,122,823 59,630 1,182,453 1,053,179 1,592 1,054,771 Commerce 782,868 33,175 816,043 712,331 2,853 715,184 Tpt/Stor/Comms 957,256 10,924 968,180 1,257,788 1,064 1,258,852 Finance 116,071 1,353 117,424 1,172,402 288 1,172,690 Construction 175,403 104,661
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      26 23 Insiders' trades. Brokers' recommendations. Dividend table. The pages also cover transactions by directors and substantial shareholders. In other words, news you can use. THE BUSINESS TIMES
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      374 24 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Aug 19 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 775.6 -0.9 -13.6 -1.3 -16.1 -0.6 -10.9 EAFE Preliminary 653.0 -1.9 -18.5 -2.0 -17.9 -1.3 -12.8 Europe Preliminary 939.8 -1.6
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      77 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Aug 18 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 107.66 -3.31 WTI (Near Mth) 81.79 -5.76 Dubai (1-Mth F) 104.52 -0.85 Tapis blend 115.10 -0.90 Minas 111.10 -0.90 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 103.72 0.55 Jet Kerosene 124.90 -0.20 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      107 24 Aug 19 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 11 1359.75 1352.00 1366.00 1340.00 Nov 11 1368.50 1361.00 1375.00 1348.50 Jan 12 1378.75 1371.75 1385.50 1359.25 Mar 12 1383.50 1377.00 1390.00 1365.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 11 55.39
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      79 24 Aug 19 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****E 17.11.2011 0.11 1-Year BY*****X 02.05.2012 0.14 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****Z 2.250 01.07.2013 103.95 104.00 103.95 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 102.86 10-Year NX*****X
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      474 24 Aug 19 Aug OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Sep11 99.5900 0 2887 Dec11 99.4550 0 4905 Mar12 99.4950 0 1243 Jun12 99.5400 0 342 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Sep11 99.6850 99.6850 99.6825 99.6825 26 1229 Dec11 99.7050 99.7100 99.7050 99.7050 696 1675 Mar12 99.7125 300
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      175 24 Aug 20 Aug RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Sep 11 460.0 457.0 459.0 13 315 Oct 11 461.1 458.0 461.1 34 370 Nov 11 459.5 459.5 459.7 2 374 Dec 11 464.4 459.9 460.2 19 498
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      97 24 As on 19Aug 2011 www.smx.com.sg For membership please contact: Ivan Han, DID +65 9098 8455 membership@smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE PREV CLOSE PRECIOUS METALS Gold Oct-11 1878.50 1832.00 1850.90 1820 Silver Sep-11 42.505 41.075 42.140 40.695 CURRENCY US Dollar-Jap Yen Sep-11 76.57 76.30 76.30 76.51 Euro-US
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      121 24 As at 9am Aug 19 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.298 1.225 Can dollar 1.25 1.202 Euro 1.772 1.704 Sterling pound 2.041 1.963 NZ dollar 1.023 0.975 US dollar 1.232 1.185 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      28 24 Aug 19 Sett Open High Sett STI Aug 2733 SIMSCI Aug 323.3 323.5 314.3 Taiwan Aug 264.3 264.7 253.1 Source: MF Global (S) Pte Ltd
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      2598 24 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 25 1 150 43 4.88 33 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 0.5 1 4 29 7.00 6 AlliedTech W*****2 1.7 1 4 27 Aztech Grp W*****3 0.5 1 20 103
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      154 24 Aug 19 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 par 1-month 3/16 1/16 2-months 1/4 1/8 3-months 5/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.12 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.30 0.20 1 month 0.45 0.25 2 months 0.50 0.30 3 months 0.55 0.35 6 months 0.70 0.50 9 months 0.85 0.65 12
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      463 24 Aug 19 Aug A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.024 6.617 0.724 8.070 47.328 88.496 0.791 11.249 3.088 1.259 89.872 44.116 1.255 7.482 0.817 30.071 30.885 0.628 1.035 Canada 0.977
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      85 24 Aug 19 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths -0.***** 9 mths -0.***** 12 mths
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      155 24 Aug 19 Aug Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2541 1.2554 1.0344 1.0346 Canadian dollar 1.2245 1.2262 1.0100 1.0105 Euro 1.7324 1.7343 1.4289 1.4293 NZ dollar 0.9957 0.9969 0.8213 0.8216 Sterling pound 1.9986 2.0005 1.6485
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      22 24 Aug 19 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2121 1.2134 2-months 1.2117 1.2131 3-months 1.2115 1.2130 6-months 1.2069 1.2099 Source: OCBC
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      137 24 GOLD (US$/oz) Aug 18 Aug 19 Hong Kong 1795.00 1864.70 Aug 19 Aug 18 London 1852.70 1822.79 1853.70 1823.80 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Aug 19 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 76,695.46 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 172 72 5gm 488 358 10gm 871 716 20gm
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      69 24 Aug 19 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2320.50 2303.25 3 months 2355.00 2338.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 8804.50 8750.50 3 months 8825.00 8770.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2306.50 2307.50 3 months 2302.00 2301.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      67 24 Aug 19 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Sep 11 3134 3115 3143 3117 531 6180 Oct 11 3050 3035 3064 3035 1812 ***** Nov 11 3003 3003 3023 2990 9358 ***** Dec 11 3011 2987
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      82 24 Aug 19 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Sep 11 1871 1874 1883/1863 Dec 11 1889 1888 1901/1879 Mar 12 1908 unch 1919/1900 May 12 1917 1918 1925/1911 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Sep 11 2270 2275 2318/2256 Nov 11 2300 2305 2349/2288 Jan 12 2318 2322 2365/2317 Mar 12
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    5154 25 n BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com UEN NO. *****3249E UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Camden/New Orleans/Tampico Destination JIMFLUSH Muscat/Sharjah/Doha *Loads
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      838 27  -  The ICT services provider is using its global reach to lure customers, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AN INCREASED demand for cloud hosting services is driving businesses in Singapore and the region, according to ICT services provider T-Systems. Uwe Schlager, Singapore
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      322 27 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Jive Software Inc, planning to sell shares to the public as soon as this year, is wagering that it can outpace Salesforce.com Inc and Lithium Technologies Inc in luring companies to set up social networks. Jive chose Morgan Stanley, Goldman
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        2959 28  -  New technologies like cloud computing present both challenges and unprecedented opportunities for SMBs Moderator: Amit Roy Choudhury Technology Editor A COMBINATION of factors, including, among others, globalisation and competitive pressures, is forcing companies, particularly small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), to go up the technology spiral rapidly.
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      1339 30  -  With HP pondering whether to sell its PC division and taking a step back from mobile devices, the operating system could be attractive for hardware-only device makers <we say> AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Technology Editor LAST week was probably one of the most
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      548 30 Reuters [NEW YORK] The sudden demise of Hewlett-Packard Co’s webOS TouchPad after just seven weeks on shelves was a reminder of how tech giants have failed so far to take a bite out of Apple Inc’s iPad. The TouchPad joins Dell
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      846 31  -  Cloud computing may finally allow unified communications to come of age <you say> By STEPHEN YEO The writer is BT Global Services’ CEO for South-east Asia THE IT industry is prone to getting enthusiastic about emerging technologies. In many cases, this has the positive
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      340 31  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY ASIA-PACIFIC mobile phone shipments will hit 836 million in 2016, driven by growth in mobile users in the emerging markets and the proliferation of broadband enabled handsets, according to telecoms analyst firm Ovum. In a new forecast, Ovum
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