The Business Times, 14 August 2013

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  • 25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 085/08/2013 Wednesday, August 14, 2013
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  • 878 1  -  By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] Negligence suits taken out by private banking clients are hardly unusual these days; but a case being heard before the High Court today comes with a couple of twists. At the heart of the matter are losses of $2.6
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 65 1 GST INDEX 3,244.12 (+11.88) GST INDEX FUTURES 3,229.00 (+13.00) GSIMSCI 369.72 (+1.27) GSIMSCI FUTURES 368.80 (+2.60) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.264 (US$/S$ per 1.546 1.955 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.329 1.680 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 97.70 77.30 RM 3.259 2.578 HK$ 7.756 6.135 BAHT 31.26 24.72 RUPIAH
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    • 48 1 Tuesday Change KL COMP 1,795.09 +10.52 NIKKEI 225 13,867.00 +347.57 HANG SENG 22,541.13 +269.85 SET INDEX 1,459.08 +26.83 JAKARTA COMP 4,652.40 +54.62 MANILA COMP 6,554.62 +110.81 SEOUL COMP 1,913.03 +28.20 SHENZHEN B 822.20 +6.36 MUMBAI IND 19,229.84 +282.86 12noon EDT Change DOW 15,388.88 -30.80 NASDAQ 3,664.40 -5.55
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    • 21 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 13.405 KOREA 5.036 BRITAIN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 Source: Bloomberg
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  • 688 1  -  More distributors offering it as an alternative to hire-purchase as financing curbs bite By SAMUEL EE [SINGAPORE] More and more distributors are offering car leasing to Singaporeans, who seem to be warming to it as an alternative to hire-purchase as vehicle financing rules
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    • 61 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW CDL growth drivers: delivery speed vital PAGE 6 COMMENTARY A weaker euro to help a weakened Europe PAGE 19 PROPERTY Strong sales at The Tembusu PAGE 10 COMMODITIES India’s gold trade loses shine PAGE 2 EXECUTIVE MONEY Rising from new low Down Under I PAGE 30 STRAIT
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 531 2  -  But Idris Jala says sale should not incur loss for Malaysian govt By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur A FORMER chief executive of Malaysian Airline System (MAS) has suggested that the ailing carrier be sold although he stipulated that the sale should
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    • 423 2  -  By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Edmund Lee, chairman and chief executive of DBS Vickers Securities, will be leaving the brokerage next month to become the Singapore senior country head of Wall Street giant, JP Morgan, sources said. JP Morgan, the largest US bank
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    • 794 2  -  By in New NEETA LAL in New Delhi WITH the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightening the screws on gold imports to ease pressure on the depreciating rupee, the mood in India’s jewellery industry is turning despondent. The RBI took the
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    • 501 2 LATEST US DATA Reuters [WASHINGTON] A gauge of US consumer spending rose last month at its fastest pace in seven months, a sign of quicker economic growth that could strengthen the case for the US Federal Reserve winding down a major economic
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    • 358 2 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan’s core machinery orders fell in June and companies expect them to fall further in the current quarter, another sign that government stimulus has yet to boost capital spending as debate intensifies over how to address massive and growing public debt.
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    • 387 2 Car leasing lures locals and goes mainstream MORE and more distributors are offering car leasing to Singaporeans, who seem to be warming to it as an alternative to hire-purchase as vehicle financing rules begin to bite. FRONT PAGE Former CEO of MAS says airline should be sold A
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    • 413 4  -  Figure at 5-year high of 15.6%; employee mobility linked to improved economy By ANNABETH LEOW [SINGAPORE] The employee turnover rate in Singapore is set to climb, according to a global study from management consultancy Hay Group. The figure for this year stands at
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    • 538 4  -  GfK survey also finds 42% are concerned about healthcare costs By NG ZHUO YANG [SINGAPORE] The escalating cost of living in Singapore is chief among the concerns of local consumers today, according to a recent global survey by research company GfK. Chosen by
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    • 292 4 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Singapore Telecommunications plans to keep its Australian satellite unit after concluding a strategic review. “Based on the review, SingTel is committed to growing and investing in the satellite business,” the company said in a statement. SingTel was seeking more than
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    • 591 4 Doing Business, The New Normal ARE U IN? A market upheaval is in progress and it is already challenging the way we traditionally do business. This breed of entrepreneurs called ‘technopreneurs’ are fast changing the business landscape, from crowd-funding to how they ‘disrupt’ the market and expeditiously grow their companies.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 640 6  -  She will take over from Trina Loh, who is leaving the group after a 14-year stint By FELDA CHAY SINGAPORE-LISTED property developer GuocoLand will bring in a new group managing director for its Singapore operations in a few weeks. The Business Times
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    • 306 6  -  By JACQUELYN CHEOK ASIAN Pay Television Trust (APTT) has declared a maiden distribution of 4.8 cents per unit for the period from May 29 when it was listed to June 30. The trust, Asia’s first listed business trust focused on pay-TV businesses,
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    • 381 6  -  Revenue up 1.7% at nearly $1.6b; marine revenue up 12% By NISHA RAMCHANDANI SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Engineering has reported a net profit of $147.9 million, up 3.3 per cent year-on-year, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Positive contributions from most
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    • 282 6  -  By JACQUELYN CHEOK BANYAN Tree Holdings’ net profit rose to $1.7 million for the second quarter from $644,000 as its revenue climbed 3 per cent to $81.7 million on the back of stronger contribution from its hotel investment segment. The segment achieved $46.2
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    • 219 6  -  By CARINE LEE BOUSTEAD Singapore saw its net profit for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2013, rise 45 per cent year-on-year to $17.73 million. Other operating income, which included a $5.58 million gain on sale of assets, and $2.48 million worth
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    • 829 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By KALPANA RASHIWALA PROPERTY and hotel group City Developments Ltd (CDL) is traditionally viewed as a good proxy for the Singapore residential market. This has been positive for its shares and its reputation because of strong sales volumes and a price
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    • 342 6  -  By NELSON LEE PROPELLED by strong revenue growth, Nam Cheong, a builder of offshore support vessels (OSVs) in Malaysia, ended its second quarter with an 81 per cent surge in net profit to RM40.72 million (S$15.8 million). Revenue rose 84 per cent
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    • 582 7  -  Yield and deal size to be set this week; pricing seen as aggressive By KENNETH LIM EXPECTATIONS of climbing interest rates are putting a damper on long-dated corporate debt issues, but a few issuers have been braving the headwinds with the longest of long paper
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    • 319 7  -  By MALMINDERJIT SINGH KREUZ Holdings yesterday reported a 9.6 per cent increase in net profit for the second quarter of this year to US$14.6 million, from US$13.3 million for the year-ago corresponding period. The rise in net profit came
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    • 253 7  -  By KELLY TAY SBS Transit’s ride continues to be bumpy, with its net profit dropping 30.6 per cent year-on-year, from $4.55 million to $3.16 million, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Revenue for the quarter, however, rose 6.7 per
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    • 376 9  -  It says profit drop of 10.6% primarily due to higher income tax provision By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY [SINGAPORE] Venture Corporation’s second-quarter net profit fell 10.6 per cent to $30.1 million as revenue dropped 3.9 per cent to $587.7 million. The global technology company
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    • 225 9  -  By ANNABETH LEOW FOREIGN exchange losses ate into food and beverage company Food Empire’s second-quarter net profit, which stood at US$3.7 million, 1.6 per cent lower than the US$3.8 million last year. In addition to the increase in foreign exchange losses from US$280,000
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    • 289 9  -  By CAI CAI HAOXIANG DRAGGED down by the poor performance of an American technology subsidiary, WBL Corporation reported a $14.4 million loss for its third quarter ended June 30, compared to a $14.5 million profit for the same period a year ago. Revenue was
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    • 335 9  -  By CAI HAOXIANG CRANE supplier Tat Hong Holdings reported a net profit of $8.2 million for its first quarter ended June 30, down 51 per cent from $16.7 million a year ago. Revenue was down 18 per cent to $175.5 million from $215.3
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 115 9 YANLORD Land Group’s net profit attributable to equity-holders plummeted 99 per cent to 6.4 million yuan (S$1.3 million) for the second quarter ended June 30. This was down from 735.6 million yuan a year earlier, when fair value gains on an investment property and
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      • 89 9 UOB-Kay Hian’s second-quarter net profit more than doubled to $26.7 million from $12.4 million. Earnings jumped as revenue rose 50.8 per cent to $114.2 million. Commission income rose 63.4 per cent, while interest income rose 14.9 per cent. But commission and personnel expenses
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      • 61 9 BLUMONT Group is making its first investment in copper by buying a 12 per cent stake in Australia-listed Kidman Resources for A$2.6 million (S$3 million). It will subscribe for 11.3 million placement shares at 23 Australian cents each in Kidman Resources, which focuses on
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      • 48 9 AMARA Holdings saw net profit rise 52 per cent to $2.1 million in the second quarter ended June, on the back of a 15 per cent rise in revenue to $17.9 million. Earnings per share rose to 0.37 cent, from 0.24 cent.
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    • 267 9  -  By JASMINE NG TECHNOLOGY firm CSE Global plans to list its UK subsidiary, CSE Global UK, on the London Stock Exchange this year. The company also said second-quarter net profit declined 41 per cent from a year earlier to $12.5 million. Sales
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    • 272 9  -  By ANDREA SOH LIKE its peers, First Resources saw revenue and earnings in the second quarter hit by weaker palm oil prices. Net profit for the Indonesian palm plantation firm dropped 26 per cent from a year ago to US$37.7 million, while revenue eased
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    • 165 9  -  By JASMINE NG K1 VENTURES, a Singapore investment company, said yesterday that fullyear profit rose nearly fivefold after the company sold its investment in oil and gas firm McMoRan Exploration Co (MMR). Net profit for the fiscal year ended June jumped to
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 567 8  -  ST Index rises almost 12 points after strong HK performance and firm Europe opening STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday managed an 11.88-point rise to 3,244.12 following a 1.2 per cent jump in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index and a
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    • 73 8 Aug 13 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -418.00 -1.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +49.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -41.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 762.10 +0.03 FTSE ST Small Cap 564.71 +1.72 FTSE ST All Share 792.39 +2.38 FTSE ST China Top 201.13 +1.03 FTSE ST China 231.67 +1.06 FTSE
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    • 55 8 VOLUME Tritech 228,519,000 Innopac 194,626,000 HanKore 177,645,000 Golden Agri 111,433,000 Albedo 80,503,000 WE Hldgs 63,216,000 AdvanceSCT 48,517,000 IPCO Intl 45,564,000 Rex Intl 45,377,000 Contel 37,847,000 VALUE($) Tritech 111,547,170 DBS Grp 83,153,401 Golden Agri 56,756,585 JMH 53,494,404 Keppel Corp 51,697,306 SingTel 47,163,320 CapitaLand 39,605,984 Rex Intl 35,863,580 GLP
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    • 186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 5 2 0 0 0 7 5 2 Manufacturing 63 48 43 8 5 14 71 53 57 Commerce 31 15 17 7 4 3 38 19 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 22 6
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    • 121 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 12,996 12,996 69,491 69,491 Manufacturing 367,632 40,612 408,244 165,696 3,258 168,955 Commerce 103,157 184,755 287,912 112,565 7,040 119,605 Tpt/Stor/Comms 100,299 23,147 123,446 106,454 9,707 116,161 Finance 223,463 16,205 239,668 179,662 6,912 186,575 Construction 99,977 27,016
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
      • 394 8 Aug 13 close: S$2.15 Maybank Kim Eng Research, Aug 13 HO BEE reported a Q2 2013 net profit of S$26.2 million (-50 per cent q-o-q; -64 per cent y-o-y). Excluding one-offs (predominantly the S$25.9 million gain from the sale of Hotel Windsor), it would have barely broken
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        356 8  -  Compiled by TEH SHI NING Aug 13 close: S$0.89 DBS Group Research Equity, Aug 13 Q1 2014 sales grew 2 per cent y-o-y to S$197 million while earnings grew 5 per cent to S$7 million. Revenue growth was driven by the Singapore market (+2 per cent y-o-y to
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      • 135 8 EPS earnings per share Ebit earnings before interest tax Ebitda earnings before interest, tax, depreciation amortisation FY fiscal/financial year H1, H2 first or second half NAV net asset value 9M nine months P/B price/book value (ratio) PE price/earnings (ratio) Q1, Q2, Q3 first, second, or third quarter q-o-q quarter-on-quarter
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    • 116 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.990 +0.010 CapitaLand 3.260 +0.070 CapitaMall 2.020 +0.020 CityDev 10.74 +0.070 ComfortDelGro 1.970 +0.015 DBS Grp 17.32 +0.120 GLP 2.820 -0.020 Genting SP 1.385 +0.005 Golden Agri 0.505 -0.015 HK Land 6.930 -0.010 HPH Trust US$ 0.745 JMH 55.00 +0.100 JSH
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    • 500 8 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [LONDON] The yen yesterday slid the most in nine weeks against the euro, after a newspaper report saying the Japanese government is weighing a corporate-tax cut boosted stocks and dampened demand for safer assets. The yen declined at least
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    • 112 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** 107.4 0.5 GLD 10US$ ***** 91.0 0.6 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2812 78.4 2.3 Lyxor AsiaRE 10US$ 987 68.3 5.8 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1361 44.2 2.6 DBXT STGLDv100 10US$ 2926 39.2 1.1 JSH 3481 31.6 0.7 DBXT MSBrazil 10US$ 463
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    • 120 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** -49.0 -0.5 DairyFarm 1104 -21.5 -1.5 STXPO 100 272 -18.0 -6.2 UOB 2179 -15.0 -0.7 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 2009 -12.6 -0.5 Great Eastern 1736 -10.0 -0.6 ForterraTr 220 -8.0 -3.5 Haw Par Corp 733 -8.0 -1.1 F N.ES.1308 563 -6.0 -1.1
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    • 381 9 %^SING> REGISTER NOW GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE SINGAPORE HUMAN CAPITAL SUMMIT PEOPLE STRATEGIES FOR ASIA FUTURE-PROOFING YOUR ORGANISATION RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA, SINGAPORE 11 -12 SEPT 2013 s Asia's premier human capital and leadership conference Back for its sixth year, the 2013 Singapore Human Capital Summit will feature a world-class line-up of
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 493 10  -  Strong showing may help bring back confidence to market post-TDSR By KALPANA RASHIWALA SALES at The Tembusu, Wing Tai’s condo project in the Kovan area, are said to have crossed 200 units by yesterday evening. The average price for the 337-unit freehold
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    • 495 10  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI THE Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Health has submitted to the Ministry of Health (MOH) a series of recommendations aimed at making healthcare more affordable for Singaporeans. One recommendation is that Medisave usage be liberalised so it can also be used to cover
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    • 467 10  -  By RONNIE LIM GERMANY’S Oiltanking, which bought Helios Terminal on Jurong Island just last October, is now selling 45 per cent of its stake in the facility to Macquarie Capital. It had paid Chemoil Energy US$285 million for the facility last year. Now,
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    • 1054 10  -  By ANNABETH LEOW SIM Eng Tong, chief executive officer of Biomax Technology, tries very hard to play down his accomplishments. Despite saying repeatedly that he is not a university graduate, not an English speaker and has no background in technology, Mr Sim still
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 787 12 Japanese lender aiming to step up its expansion in South-east Asia Reuters [TOKYO] Mizuho Financial Group Inc has approached Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd to buy ANZ’s 39.2 per cent stake in PT Bank Pan Indonesia Tbk (Panin) valued
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    • 339 12 [PETALING JAYA] Bank Negara, Malaysia’s central bank, is expected to maintain the overnight policy rate (OPR) for the rest of this year but a possible 25 to 50 basis point hike is anticipated for next year which could result in a “one-time
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 942 13 It’ll also tap capital inflows as economy struggles with fall in industrial production and high inflation Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India’s latest economic data and a renewed bid to pare a record current account deficit that’s spurred a rupee slide show stagflation conditions persist almost
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    • 430 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Lee Quo-wei, the former chairman of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Bank Ltd who fended off a bank run, helped peg the local currency to the US dollar and rebuilt the reputation of the city’s stock exchange, has died. He
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    • 467 13 But analysts doubt other cities will also change policy Reuters [BEIJING] The eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou has relaxed restrictions on property purchases to allow some people to buy second homes the first in the country to ease controls, though analysts say other Chinese
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 458 14 For the first 10 months of FY2013, the deficit narrows to US$607.4b Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US government posted a 38 per cent smaller budget deficit in the 10 months through July than a year earlier, even as the shortfall last month was
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    • 404 14 Reuters [LONDON] British house prices are rising at their fastest pace in seven years, according to an industry survey yesterday which may add to concerns that government lending incentives are creating a new property bubble. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’
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    • 154 14 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan should delay a planned hike in sales tax to ensure the economy emerges from deflation, said Nobuyuki Nakahara, former Bank of Japan board member and close confidant of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Mr Nakahara said the sales
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    • 2540 15 RENEWABLE ENERGY ASIA GROUP LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****) (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Renewable Energy Asia Group Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Royal Room 1 (Level 3), Hotel Royal, 36 Newton Road, Singapore *****4
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  • WORLD
    • 556 16 Germany’s ZEW investor confidence index up 5.7 points to 42 points in Aug AFP [BRUSSELS] Industrial output in the 17-nation eurozone bounced back sharply in June, another pointer that the single-currency bloc is finally edging out of recession, official data showed yesterday. With
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    • 641 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] JC Penney Co Inc said that activist investor Bill Ackman had resigned from the board, three years after embarking on a public and at times acrimonious campaign to turn around the struggling department store operator and less than a week
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    • 518 16 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple is preparing for a busy close to the year with the debut of new iPhone and iPad models, seeking to retain its position in the increasingly crowded smartphone and tablet markets. After having minimal product introductions since last
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    • 359 16 Reuters [WASHINGTON] A US regulator unveiled a controversial proposal yesterday that would require auditors to reveal more details about the publicly traded companies whose books they examine, a move intended to arm investors with more information. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
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    • 378 16 Move comes as more consumers buy clothes from home Re uters [BERLIN] Danish fashion store magnate Anders Holch Povlsen has bought 10 per cent of Europe’s biggest online fashion retailer Zalando, continuing a push into booming e-commerce. Fashion retailers are looking increasingly to
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    • 760 17 Team of investors including pension funds may take it private: analysts Bloomberg [TORONTO] BlackBerry Ltd’s decision to consider takeover offers is fuelling speculation that investors could band together to keep the company in Canadian hands, avoiding the national embarrassment that followed Nortel Networks Corp’s
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    • 764 17 Reuters [TORONTO] Just over a year ago, Prem Watsa said Research in Motion Ltd, now re-named BlackBerry, was a “Canadian success story”, a good buy and a likely turnaround story, despite declining market share. BlackBerry’s fortunes have only deteriorated since then, but
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    • 798 17 Reuters [LONDON] The US commodities market regulator has subpoenaed a number of major metals warehousing firms, including Switzer-land-based commodities giant Glencore, seeking documents and communications from the last three years as an inquiry into complaints about inflated metals prices gathers steam.
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    • 392 17 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday said it was “D-day” for the opposition to reveal its election costings, as the Treasury confirmed the government’s A$30 billion (S$34.6 billion) budget deficit forecast. The independent Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO)
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    • 484 17 Reuters [DUBAI] Barclays Plc is conducting a strategic review of its retail banking operations in the United Arab Emirates which could lead to a sale of the business, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Britain’s fourth largest bank by market value
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 508 18 EDITORIAL FITCH’S ratings downgrade of Malaysia’s outlook could not have been a total surprise to investors. In what seemed to be a warning salvo, the international rating agency downgraded Malaysia’s sovereign rating over the country’s worrisome finances. It could be a prelude to an
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    • 836 18  -  THE BOTTOM LINE LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent THE movers and shakers in Washington, DC, who spend their long days and nights getting rich at the nexus of big politics, big media and big money, have been reading and re-reading, talking about and quoting
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    • 964 18  -  It must face up to reality and ask why it happened and what it means for the world WILLIAM PESEK The writer is a Bloomberg View columnist Bloomberg FORGET Abenomics. Ignore Shinzo Abe’s efforts to rejuvenate Japan’s diplomatic and military clout. Look past the
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    • 1067 19  -  It aims to communicate only relevant information, enhancing the quality of communication with stakeholders By ANG SOON LII, PERRINE OH The writers are Manager, Technical Standards Development Advisory, and Manager of Research respectively, in the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. NNUAL reports have been
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  • Transport HUB
    • 1168 20  -  What’s the world doing? Some have been held by Somali pirates for over three years STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES LAST week, to coincide with the end of Ramadan, the families of the crew of the pirated and wrecked merchant ship Albedo released
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    • 334 20 They signal more bullish outlook for shipping rates Bloomberg [LONDON] The biggest advance since 2010 in the price of second-hand commodity carriers is boosting ship owners from Golden Ocean Group Ltd to D/S Norden A/S on mounting confidence that the industry’s worst-ever slump
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    • 238 20 SGX '000 Aug 13 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.42 -0.01 20 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.25 unch 221 Cosco Corp 0.72 -0.02 1209 S$ Ezra Hldgs 0.89 0.02 5801 First Ship Lea CH Offshore Freight Links -0.01 Grand Banks.............unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.25 K1Ventures 221 Keppel Corp
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      • 1028 21 Brazil’s planemaker to release mid-sized Legacy 500 seating 12 people next year Bloomberg [SAO PAULO] Embraer SA is betting on a rising US economy to draw wealthy buyers to its latest business jets even as cost conscious companies cut private air
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      • 425 21 Specialised version to hit market in 2014: NZ developer AFP [WELLINGTON] The New Zealand developers of a personalised jetpack said yesterday that aviation regulators have issued the device with a flying permit, allowing for manned test flights. Martin Aircraft chief executive Peter Coker said
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    • TRANSPORT HUB: LAND
      • 466 22 BMW drivers are the worst and that’s scientific Research supports theory that drivers of luxury cars lack road manners NYT [NEW YORK] Jokes about BMW drivers being, on average, somewhat less than courteous are fairly common. They often run along the lines of: “Despite its good brakes, a BMW will
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      • 663 22 Smooth, quiet, it will make San FranciscoLA trip in 30 mins WP [LOS ANGELES] SpaceX and Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk has released his concept for a transportation system that could deliver passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 30 minutes if it
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 582 27 Aug 13 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.36 *****.00 *****.49 Sep13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****7 Dec13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 8 ***** MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 277.76 281.20 277.76 Aug13 275.60 279.80 273.80 279.10 ***** *****2 Sep13 274.30
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    • 373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Aug 12 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1090.2 0.0 16.2 0.1 17.6 -0.2 13.9 EAFE Preliminary 888.6 0.0 14.7 0.0 13.5 -0.3 9.9 Europe Preliminary 1277.3 0.1 11.3
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    • 471 27 Aug 13 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.943 5.594 0.687 7.086 55.946 94.015 0.893 10.188 2.978 1.143 93.754 39.963 1.155 9.061 0.848 27.375 28.556 0.591 0.914 Canada 1.060 5.931
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    • 47 27 Aug 13 (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$) 1 mth 1 mth 2 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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    • 136 27 Aug 13 GOLD(US$/oz) Aug 13 Aug 12 Hong Kong 1346.30 1339.00 Aug 12 Aug 09 London 1340.94 1310.49 1341.80 1311.71 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Aug 13 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 122 54 5gm 346 270 10gm 617 540
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    • 109 27 Aug 12 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 13 1373.75 1340.75 1374.00 1338.25 Sep 13 1256.50 1218.50 1258.25 1217.00 Nov 13 1225.25 1182.25 1228.00 1183.00 Jan 14 1230.00 1188.00 1232.25 1189.00 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 13
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    • 95 27 Aug 12 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Sep 13 1655 1648 1669 1637 Dec 13 1655 1643 1662 1633 Mar 14 1639 1624 1642 1614 May 14 1637 1623 1641 1613 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Sep 13 1974 1963 1979 1949 Nov 13 1955 1949 1959 1935
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    • 70 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Aug 12 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 106.93 0.78 WTI (Near Mth) 106.15 0.11 Dubai (1-Mth F) 103.10 0.97 Tapis blend 115.07 1.09 Minas 107.77 1.09 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 98.92 0.92 Jet Kerosene 122.36 0.10 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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    • 23 27 Aug 13 Aug s$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2639 1.2643 2-months 1.2639 1.2644 3-months 1.2640 1.2644 6-months 1.2640 1.2647 Source: OCBC
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    • 66 27 Aug-12 Aug-12 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1837.55 1825.60 3 months 1885.00 1871.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7227.75 7253.25 3 months 7251.00 7275.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2184.25 2168.50 3 months 2196.00 2180.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.50 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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    • 121 27 As at 9am Aug 13 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.179 1.123 Can dollar 1.250 1.202 Euro 1.720 1.639 Sterling pound 1.991 1.915 NZ dollar 1.033 0.994 US dollar 1.290 1.229 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 1446 28 Best-paid women at each of the Standard Poor’s 500 Index companies earned 18 per cent less than male counterparts last year Bloomberg EVEN the few women who’ve managed to advance to the C-suite don’t get equal pay. Last year, of the five best-paid
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