The Business Times, 21 January 2014

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 085/08/2013 Tuesday, January 21, 2014
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Close watch on impact, size of foreign workforce
    644 1  -  Govt also looking at ways to enhance the overall management of their well-being, Parliament told By LEE U-WEN By leeuwen@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] The government will continue to monitor closely the overall number of foreign workers here and the impact on the communities that
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    Lock icon China’s growth loses steam in Q4
    900 1  -  HK, China stocks slip as data shows outlook dimming By in VIRGINIE MANGIN in Beijing CHINA’S growth momentum slowed in the fourth quarter last year as gains in factory production and investment spending eased. Gross domestic product rose 7.7 per cent in the Oc-tober-December
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    Lock icon Thai army chief appeals for calm as violence increases
    657 1 Government is assessing whether to declare a state of emergency: PM Bloomberg Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand’s army chief yesterday called for calm after a series of attacks on anti-gov-ernment rallies in recent days injured some 70 people, prompting authorities to consider declaring
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon FOREX
      65 1 HST INDEX 3,128.79 (-18.54) HST INDEX FUTURES 3,128.00 (-18.00) HSIMSCI 355.81 (-1.42) HSIMSCI FUTURES 355.60 (-1.00) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.277 (US$/S$ per 1.643 2.097 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.355 1.730 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 104.20 81.60 RM 3.316 2.597 HK$ 7.757 6.075 BAHT 32.86 25.73 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      46 1 Monday Change KL COMP 1,807.59 -5.42 NIKKEI 225 15,641.68 -92.78 HANG SENG 22,928.95 -204.40 SET INDEX 1,289.99 -5.42 JAKARTA COMP 4,431.57 +19.34 MANILA COMP 6,005.60 +18.51 SEOUL COMP 1,953.78 +9.30 SHENZHEN B 846.68 +1.51 MUMBAI IND 21,205.05 +141.43 11am EST Change DOW Closed NASDAQ Closed
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      20 1 SINGAPORE MALAYSIA MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA KOREA TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA INDIA BRITAIN Source: Bloomberg
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Business optimism on the wane in Q1: poll
      686 2  -  Study also suggests manufacturing is likely to ease in the next few months By VIVIEN SHIAO vshiao@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] Local business confidence is wilting in the first quarter of this new year, although it remains in the positive range, going by the latest
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      383 2 Close watch on impact, size of foreign workforce THE government will continue to monitor the number of foreign workers here and the impact on the communities. FRONT PAGE China’s growth loses steam in Q4 CHINA'S growth momentum slowed in Q4 last year GDP rose 7.7 per cent in
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      Lock icon Bill to give police greater powers in Little India
      594 4  -  It will allow agencies to enforce alcohol curbs, direct movement of people YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT By leeuwen@sph.com.sg LEE U-WEN leeuwen@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] The police will soon be given greater powers to maintain public order in Little India once a new bill is
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      Lock icon Auditor says guarantees raise issues, doubts over bond investment
      865 4  -  Prosecution shows documents to press case over shams CITY HARVEST CHURCH TRIAL By MICHELLE QUAH michquah@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] The prosecution yesterday tried to cast more doubt on the veracity of the multi-million-dollar bond transactions entered into by City Harvest Church (CHC) to
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    • Article
      Lock icon DNC registry exemption aims to give consumer flexibility
      355 4  -  Some may like to receive messages from companies with which they have a relationship By JOYCE HOOI joyceh@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] The eleventh-hour exemption for part of the Do-Not-Call (DNC) registry was an attempt to meet the preferences of “as many consumers as possible”,
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      Lock icon M’sia offers duty, import tax exemptions for energy efficient vehicles
      596 4  -  New national policy aim is to become a regional auto hub By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur IN A BID to attract investments and to wrest back its position as a regional automotive powerhouse, Malaysia will exempt excise duties and
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon M1’s Q4 profit up; moderate growth expected for 2014
      506 5  -  Higher service revenue and lower costs boost telco’s earnings 7.1% to $40.5m By JOYCE HOOI joyceh@sph.com.sg M1 ended last year with a 7.1 per cent increase in fourth-quarter net profit to $40.5 million, boosted by higher service revenue and lower costs.
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      Lock icon K-Green maintains 2013 DPU at 7.82 cents
      416 5  -  Payout puts yield at 7.5%; full-year profit dips 4% to $14.2m By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg K-GREEN Trust (KGT) has maintained its second-half distribution per unit at 4.69 cents, bringing its full-year (FY2013) DPU to 7.82 cents, unchanged from FY2012. This translates to a
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      Lock icon Rich consumer staples stir talk of bubbles
      694 5  -  By KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg VALUATIONS of stocks in the Asian consumer staples sector are said to be rich, raising the question of whether the segment is in for a downward re-rating this year. While some analysts see a bubble deflation on the horizon,
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      Lock icon Keppel Reit Q4 DPU stays at 1.97 cents
      532 5  -  By MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg KEPPEL Reit posted a fourth-quarter distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.97 cents, unchanged from a year ago. The three months ended Dec 31, 2013, saw distributable income rising 5.9 per cent year-on-year to $54.9 million from $51.9 million.
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      Lock icon MapletreeLog’s Q3 DPU up 7%
      325 5  -  By MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg MAPLETREE Logistics Trust’s distribution per unit (DPU) rose 7 per cent to 1.84 cents for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2013, from 1.72 cents a year ago. This was on the back of a 7.7 per cent gain in distributable
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      Lock icon Jardine Strategic to invest in China car distributor
      711 7  -  It’ll pay US$731m for 20% Zhongsheng stake, making it one of top 3 shareholders By ANGELA TAN angelat@sph.com.sg JARDINE Strategic Holdings Ltd has agreed to invest US$731 million to buy a 20 per cent stake in Hong Kong-listed Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd,
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      Lock icon Mineriver stands by claim of mine resources size
      414 7  -  By ANDREA SOH sandrea@sph.com.sg XINJIANG mining exploration firm Mineriver, in which mainboard-listed JES International is buying a 30 per cent stake, yesterday sought to dispel questions over the claim that it had 4.2 billion tonnes of resources in its mine. Mineriver CEO
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Ley Choon secures $7 million PUB contract
        44 7 LEY CHOON Group Holdings secured a $7 million contract from the Public Utilities Board through its subsidiary Chin Kuan Engineering and Contractors. The contract is for watermain repairs and other contract work for network services (East Division).
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        Lock icon Flight, passenger handling up at SATS
        105 7 SATS’s aviation operating data show that the number of flights that it handled for the third quarter (Oct-Dec 2013) grew 10.2 per cent year-on-year to 34,920 while the number of passengers handled was up 4.8 per cent at 11.25 million thanks to stronger traffic
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        Lock icon China Environment secures two contracts
        84 7 INDUSTRIAL waste gas treatment solutions provider China Environment has secured two contracts worth RMB393.6 million (S$82.7 million) through its unit Fujian Dongyuan Environmental Protection Co. The deals are an RMB11 million contract from Nanjing Iron and Steel United Co for the upgrading of two units
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        Lock icon AusGroup unit bags Worsley project
        53 7 AUSGROUP’s subsidiary MAS Australasia, a scaffolding provider, was awarded a two year plus one year option for scaffolding for maintenance services at BHP Billiton’s Worsley Alumina refinery in Western Australia, worth up to A$7 million per annum with a potential full contract value of A$21
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      Lock icon Bubble? Depends on where and how you look
      1580 8  -  There’s no housing bubble in Singapore, but only if people buy within their means, says CAI HAOXIANG ANALYSIS CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg A BUBBLE can provoke fear or outrage. Fear, because if a speculative bubble rising on nothing but hot air bursts, the
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Market hit by triple headwinds
      590 6  -  Also not helping was Wall Street closure; penny stocks still in the limelight STOCKS R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent THE local stock market yesterday struggled to make headway against the triple headwinds of US Federal Reserve tapering that has led to a drastic loss of
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      83 6 Jan 20 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -327.00 -79.00 BT CADI -*****.00-120.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -33.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 714.70 -1.43 FTSE ST Small Cap 539.60 -2.66 FTSE ST All Share 759.78 -3.95 FTSE ST China Top 200.13 -2.30 FTSE ST China 229.03 -1.95 FTSE ST
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 6 VOLUME Mirach Energy 505,643,000 Charisma Energy 226,075,000 HanKore 194,787,000 Albedo 189,957,000 KLW Hldgs 184,739,000 Transcu Grp 155,300,000 Federal Int 122,340,000 CNA 88,537,000 M Devt 86,240,000 Innopac 59,724,000 VALUE($) Mirach Energy 96,785,085 SingTel 33,722,850 DBS Grp 30,920,300 Ezra 28,486,150 UOB 23,286,216 Genting SP 23,123,890 HanKore 21,549,761 OCBC Bk
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 7 2 0 0 0 5 7 2 Manufacturing 25 66 44 6 14 6 31 80 50 Commerce 17 22 15 2 7 1 19 29 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 5 22 9
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon MTQ Corp
        350 6 Jan 20 close: S$1.54 DMG Partners Research, Jan 17 MTQ will be acquiring 100 per cent of Binder Group, a private Australian company providing pipe support and pipe suspension solutions to the oil and gas sector, for A$ 19.3 million (S$21.7 million) cash. We estimate the forward purchase
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      • Article
        Lock icon Ascendas Reit
        214 6 Jan 20 close: S$2.18 Maybank Kim Eng Research, Jan 20 ASCENDAS Reit (A-Reit’s) ninemonth revenue grew 6 per cent year on year to S$154 million, constituting 76 per cent of our and 74 per cent of consensus estimates. The rise was attributable to rental income earned from The
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        Lock icon Yoma Strategic
        416 6  -  Compiled by CAI HAOXIANG Jan 20 close: S$0.755 CIMB Research, Jan 17 YOMA reported sales of S$30.2 million in Q3 2014, up 132.5 per cent year on year. Sales of residential properties (S$10.95 million) and land development rights (LDRs) (S$16.22 million) contributed to 90 per cent of the
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 12,339 12,339 31,163 31,163 Manufacturing 256,167 284,504 540,671 73,784 11,277 85,062 Commerce 270,162 296,628 566,790 62,506 24,782 87,288 Tpt/Stor/Comms 87,432 3,175 90,607 100,077 360 100,437 Finance 69,232 16 69,248 84,505 5 84,510 Construction 60,979 266,455
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      110 6 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.865 -0.015 CapitaLand 2.910 -0.010 CapitaMall 1.875 CityDev 9.520 -0.030 ComfortDelGro 1.920 -0.025 DBS Grp 17.410 +0.010 GLP 2.910 -0.030 Genting SP 1.460 -0.010 Golden Agri 0.530 HK Land 6.320 -0.080 HPH Trust US$ 0.675 -0.005 JMH 55.200 -1.720 JSH 34.100
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      Lock icon Euro off two-month low against dollar
      466 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The euro recovered slightly from a two-month low against the US dollar yesterday, helped by higher short-term market interest rates, although speculation that the European Central Bank (ECB) may step in limited its gains. After breaking through support at US$1.3550 on
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      Lock icon RISES
      113 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP GLD 10US$ ***** 160.9 1.1 Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 7679 89.4 0.9 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2790 83.0 2.4 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 2608 30.6 0.9 Vicom 528 13.0 2.5 Sarin 210 10.0 5.0 Lyxor US DJIA 10 US$ 1672 8.9 0.4 SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** 8.9
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      Lock icon FALLS
      121 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN JMH 5520 -219.6 -3.0 JSH 3410 -65.1 -1.5 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2791 -46.0 -1.3 Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** -37.0 -0.3 Jardine C&C 3912 -28.0 -0.7 Lyxor MS India 10US$ 1331 -26.8 -1.6 Ezra.ES.1401 108 -25.5 -19.1 Kep Corp.ES.1401 1096 -24.0 -2.1 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 5997
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      292 7 3E B* a3Ai/3S3H I TV. V>> r I A y- j4V!A\ VS^-^ Zfcfif5 CENTRfcSWSv RESBRVIERT RESERVED TOSVXW 1^. ccR rHANGI EXHIBITION CENTRE SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2014-11- 16 FEB CHANGI ASIA’S BIGGEST FOR AVIATION’S FINEST SCAN TO REGISTER The world of aviation will once again take centre stage at Asia’s largest aerospace
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      94 8 10 reasons 2014 will rock! Sports Hub opens Bye-bye to unwanted calls Shorter wait for trains Jurassic Park New public hospital More Primary 1 places Samba soccer in Brazil New superhero movies Election fever in India and Indonesia Wearable technology The Straits Times looks back at 2013 and forward to
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Consumers continue to see inflation easing
      418 9  -  But expectations remain above official inflation forecasts: SInDEx By kellytay@sph.com.sg KELLY TAY By kellytay@sph.com.sg CONSUMERS here continue to expect inflation to trend downwards this year partly because of last year’s loan curbs to encourage financial prudence, but expectations remain above official inflation forecasts. According
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      Lock icon ACM Biolabs product simplifies drug discovery
      360 9  -  By JACQUELYN CHEOK jaccheok@sph.com.sg SYNTHETIC and artificial cell membranes, invented by local biotech startup ACM Biolabs to mimic living and natural human cell membranes for use in drug testings, may just be about to revolutionise the global drug discovery industry. This patented artificial cell
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      Lock icon $5m professorship to honour Arthur Lim
      270 9 THE Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore yesterday announced a $5 million professorship to honour Arthur Lim Siew Ming, a pioneer of Singapore’s ophthalmology sector. The Arthur Lim Professorship in Ophthalmology will be established with SNEC donating $2.5 million
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      Lock icon Travel from mainland China to double by ’20
      387 9  -  Singapore seen as one beneficiary of big jump to 200m By NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg OUTBOUND travel from mainland China is expected to double from 100 million in 2013 to 200 million by 2020, and Singapore is likely to be a beneficiary of
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  • SME Inc
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      Lock icon Turning waste material into building blocks
      1168 10  -  Ley Choon aims to add bricks to its current recycled output of concrete aggregate and asphalt pre-mix, reportsWANG XIN MIN WANG XIN MIN Underground infrastructure utilities provider Ley Choon Group Holdings believes that throwing away the waste material from construction work is just that
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      Lock icon The benefits of corporate social responsibility
      885 10  -  SMEs with CSR branding and management strategies can expect to enjoy enhanced reputation and better performance THE VIEW FROM NTU PROFESSORS By RUSSELL ARTHUR SMITH The writer is an associate professor in the Nanyang Business School specialising in sustainable tourism and hospitality development and
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Vincent Tan’s MOL eyeing Nasdaq, not Bursa: report
      520 12  -  Global online payment service firm seen gunning for US$300m IPO By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur MOL Global, a global online payment service company owned by Malaysian billionaire Vincent Tan Chee Yioun and the firm’s founder Ganesh Kumar Bangah, could seek a
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      Lock icon Indonesia drafts data centre rules
      530 12 Search engines may be required to start building centres [JAKARTA] Internet search engine giants Google and Yahoo may have to start building data centres in Indonesia as early as next month if a draft regulation by the Technology and Information Ministry becomes effective, reports Malaysia’s
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    • Article
      Lock icon Shell, Mubadala swap Malaysian offshore stakes
      225 12 Reuters [DUBAI] Royal Dutch Shell and Mubadala Petroleum have swapped equity stakes in two exploration blocks off Malaysia, the companies said. Mubadala has taken a 20 per cent interest in the Shell-operated deepwater Block 2B and Shell has taken a 20 per cent interest
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon New party attracts India’s business leaders
      737 13  -  AAP’s stand against corruption and its message of austerity are a big draw By NEETA LAL in New Delhi INDIA’S Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with its strong emphasis on strong governance and erasing the country’s entrenched corruption, appears to be gaining favour with India
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      Lock icon China money-market funds surge
      741 13 It is draining bank deposits, raising risk of financial failures Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] A doubling in China’s money-market funds in the past six months is draining bank deposits and raising the risk of financial failures during cash crunches, according to Fitch Ratings. The assets under management of
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      Lock icon Richemont seeks entry into India’s luxury retail market
      279 13 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Luxury goods group Richemont, whose stable of brands includes jewellers Cartier and Van Cleef Arpels, has applied to open shops in India, joining other global retailers who entered the market since New Delhi relaxed investment rules. The entry could
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Australian bank valuations hit pre-crisis levels
      914 14 Investors bet low interest rates will boost mortgage lending and lead to higher dividends Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australia’s largest banks are trading at the most expensive levels since before the global financial crisis on bets a mortgage lending recovery will allow them to increase dividend
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      Lock icon Japan to ease rules on foreign workers
      323 14 It hopes to offset declining workforce, accelerate growth Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s government agreed yesterday to make it easier for firms to hire foreign workers for highly-skilled positions and as trainees to offset a declining workforce and accelerate economic growth. The government will also
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      Lock icon Japan on track to meet target of halving budget deficit
      354 14 But tax hikes may be needed to achieve budget surplus by 2021, says govt report Reuters [TOKYO] Japan can halve its budget deficit by fiscal 2015-16 thanks to higher tax income but more effort is needed for the country to
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      Lock icon Thai default risk soars as funds pull US$4b from markets
      973 14 Anti-govt protests prompt money managers to sell Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The risk of Thailand defaulting on its debt is the highest since August as anti-government protests prompt money managers to sell the nation’s assets. The cost of protecting the nation’s debt
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      Lock icon Myanmar to give nod to foreign banks this year: report
      175 14 Xinhua [YANGON] The Central Bank of Myanmar will allow foreign banks to operate in the country this year, local media reported on Sunday. Drafting of regulations to govern such operations is underway with the help of the World Bank and
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      Lock icon More Americans disillusioned with their govt last year: poll
      474 15 Budget impasse, Snowden revelations, botched Obamacare rollout weigh heavily Reuters [DAVOS, Switzerland] Trust in governments worldwide took a dive last year with Washington’s reputation a notable casualty as President Barack Obama grappled with a budget showdown, the Snowden spying crisis and
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      Lock icon Nintendo slumps after Wii U console sales flop
      825 15 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Nintendo Co is under pressure to consider ending production of video game machines after reporting disappointing sales of its Wii U console and forecasting a surprise loss, prompting its stock to tumble. Nintendo fell 6.2 per cent to 13,745
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      Lock icon Business confidence rising ahead of WEF meeting
      855 15 Analysts forecast the fastest global growth since 2011 Bloomberg [LONDON] Companies around the world are starting to share the exuberance that inspired investors last year. As executives gather in Davos, Switzerland, this week for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, business confidence is
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      Lock icon US fumbling with storage of NSA data
      686 15 Lawmakers object to tapping of non-govt entities AFP [WASHINGTON] Figuring out where to house mountains of data collected by the National Security Agency is the thorniest challenge the United States faces in curtailing its massive surveillance, officials said. In a long-awaited speech designed
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank posts Q4 loss
      576 16 Cost of litigation and restructuring leads to 1.15b euro surprise pre-tax loss Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank posted a surprise pre-tax loss of 1.15 billion euros (S$2 billion) for the fourth quarter due to heavy costs for litigation and restructuring, and warned that 2014 would be
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      Lock icon Demand for skilled workers drives apprenticeships in UK
      877 16 NYT [STAFFORD, England] For the last two years, Josh Younger, 19, has been learning how to fuse heavy steel pipes used in nuclear power plants, spending hours each day behind a welding helmet and surrounded by the acrid smell of scorched metal.
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      388 16 CBI/PwC survey finds optimism extending to this quarter too Reuters [LONDON] Britain’s financial services industry is beginning to feel the benefits of economic recovery, as firms report growth in profits, business volumes and optimism in the fourth quarter, according to a survey. Some 69
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      Lock icon Bitcoin a commodity, not currency in Finland
      645 16 Bloomberg [HELSINKI] Bitcoin doesn’t meet the definition of a currency or even an electronic payment form in Finland, where the central bank has instead decided to categorise the software as a commodity. “Considering the definition of an official currency as set out in
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      Lock icon Swiss franc’s appeal as funding currency up
      740 16 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The Swiss franc is offering carry traders some of the best returns in developed markets as forecasts it will depreciate faster than the yen boost its appeal as a funding currency. In carry trades, investors buy high-er-yielding assets funded by currencies
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      801 17 Dearth of jobs, austerity push household income down 10% since ‘08 Bloomberg [MADRID] Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy can count the social cost of the economy’s slump when data this week show how 2013 was probably the worst year for work in
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      Lock icon E-commerce set to grow fivefold by 2020: study
      326 17 Britain is generating the biggest online trade surplus now Reuters [BERLIN] The value of online exports in six of the top e-commerce markets will grow fivefold to US$130 billion by 2020, with Britain currently generating the biggest online trade surplus by selling
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      Lock icon Unwinding of stimulus may not impact asset prices: study
      303 17 Reuters [LONDON] Central banks will be able to unwind their vast bond purchases when market conditions are more normal without a big impact on asset prices and the real economy, Bank of England research suggested yesterday. Since the global financial crisis
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      467 17 AFP [PARIS] The world’s elite have rigged laws in their own favour, undermining democracy and creating a chasm of inequality across the globe, charity Oxfam said in advance of the annual get-together of the world’s most powerful at Davos. Inequality has run so out
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      Lock icon Lenovo in talks over IBM assets: source
      311 17 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Lenovo Group Ltd is in serious discussions to acquire International Business Machines Corp’s (IBM) low-end server business, and a deal may be signed within weeks, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Lenovo, the world’s largest personal-computer maker,
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      321 17 Reuters [DUBAI] A property developer has started building a huge resort complex on a man-made archipelago off Dubai’s coast as the emirate revives tourism and real estate projects suspended after its property market crash in 2008. The “Heart of Europe” project, a
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      Lock icon Indonesia climbing up mining value chain
      511 18 EDITORIAL WHILE few will fault Indonesia’s attempt to get its mining industry to add value to its exports by processing the minerals within the country, the way the new policy has been implemented is causing consternation among its miners. Mining contributes no less than
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      Lock icon Busting the myth of the deserving rich in the US
      864 18  -  THE BOTTOM LINE PAUL KRUGMAN The writer is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2008 NYT THE reality of rising American inequality is stark. Since the late 1970s
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      Lock icon Financial sector tax breaks: less is more
      1014 18  -  Existing schemes should be reviewed to make them more accessible BUDGET 2014 By ALAN LAU LARRY SIM The writers are financial services tax partners at KPMG in Singapore. The views expressed are their own IT IS undeniable that Singapore has come a long
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      1214 19  -  Monetary and fiscal stimulus should be enough to lift Japan’s real growth rate to the desired target, says ‘Mr Yen’ ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent JAPAN does not need the “third arrow” of Abenomics in order to restore an acceptable and sustainable rate of growth in
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      Lock icon Standing up to Chinese caprice
      1182 19  -  By HARISH MEHTA The writer, a former BT senior Indochina correspondent, is a historian who has taught at Canadian universities and has written books on Cambodia CHINA’S first diplomatic action of the new year took the form of a blunt warning: it enacted a new
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      806 19  -  By EDWARD HADAS &SH REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS BITCOIN is not over yet. But the pseudo-currency is close enough to collapse to merit an early retrospective. My prediction is controversial. Many fervent fans are persuaded that this government-free currency is for real. Their ardour may keep it going
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Premium travel growth picks up speed in Nov
      461 20  -  Global market up 5.4% year on year led by Far East, US and eurozone By NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] International premium travel grew 5.4 per cent year-on-year in November last year, eclipsing the 4 per cent growth registered for the eleven months
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      1052 20 AerCap’s takeover of ILFC may pave way for IPOs Reu ters [SHANNON, Ireland] Twenty years after the spectacular collapse of Irish tycoon Tony Ryan’s plane leasing empire, the Emerald Isle has restored its grip on the world’s aircraft fleet with a mega-merger that could
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      1015 20 Reuters [PANAMA CITY/MADRID] A bitter dispute between the Panama Canal and a Spanish-led consortium of construction companies over the spiralling cost of expanding one of the world’s busiest waterways was years in the making. The two sides are at odds over who should pay
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      Lock icon TRANSPORT STOCKS
      239 20 SGX '000 Jan 20 S$ +/-Vol Ch Offshore 0.44 -0.01 42 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 -0.01 121 Jan 20 Cwt Limited...............1.35 unch 64 First Ship Lea unch unch 0 Grand Banks 0.22 unch 26 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.44 K1Ventures -0.01 Keppel Corp 10.94 -0.07 1842 Mercator Lines unch
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      Lock icon AirAsia eyeing Japan venture post ANA split
      264 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget carrier, is close to restarting plans for a Japanese unit after a partnership with ANA Holdings unravelled in June, chief executive officer Tony Fernandes said. “Japan is a market we are very bullish on,” Mr Fernandes
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      301 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Fly into a rage at failure to find sandal (4-4) 6 Unconventional exit (3-3) 9 Ugly mob after nervous pal coolness is required (6) 10 Church with a candid clergyman (8) 11 Delicacy got from fair goes off (4,4) 12 Female let down in the prime
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    1342 21 Papua New Guinea Australia New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji all other Pacific Islands Dili (East Timor) Guam (Mariana Islands) Honolulu (Hawaii) SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE W W W. N G P L J S P. C O M THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO. PTE. LTD. 300 BEACH ROAD #02-02 THE
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      2977 22 Transaction date: Jan 20 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 14.1 11.5 8Telecom Last Sale AAT Vol Day Last Quote ('000) High Low Buyer Seller Div Gr Yld 11.5 7
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      290 23 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 37 17.3 t 3Cnergy 500 Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller
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      11429 23 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.53/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited EM Local Ccy Bond Asian Smaller Cos'** 1.871/ China Opportunities! ...2.8326/ EM Local Ccy Bond 0 8949/ European Opportunities!’’ 1.3252/ Global Emerging Markets'" Global
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      262 23 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 61 34.4 AVJennings A56 unch 3 56 56 56 56.5 3.6 6.3 4.5 207.3 52 35.5 Genting HK US$ US41.5 -1 2823 42.5 41.5 41.5 42 2732.6
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      841 23 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company 143 124 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 124 124 114.4 98.3 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US98.6 10.4 1510 1192 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1271 15 1256 1274 1217
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      674 24 Jan 20 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.14 *****.26 *****.23 Mar14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****8 Jun14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 16 1877 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 302.40 304.36 301.89 Jan14 302.40 304.30 300.80 303.70 ***** *****0 Feb14 301.70
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 24 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jan 17 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1189.5 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.9 0.0 -0.1 EAFE Preliminary 966.9 0.2 1.1 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.2 Europe Preliminary 1381.8 0.2 2.0
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      471 24 Jan 20 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.963 5.323 0.649 6.823 54.192 106.542 0.917 9.357 2.917 1.067 92.754 39.679 1.123 9.583 0.801 26.546 28.904 0.535 0.880 Canada 1.038 5.527
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      32 24 Jan 20 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) (S$) 3 mths ..0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      86 24 Jan 20 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 6-Month BS*****Z 27-Jun-14 0.31 1-Year BY*****T 31-Oct-14 0.34 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0W 1.13 01-Apr-16 101.51 5-Year N*****0T 0.5 01-Apr-18 97.71 97.80 97.80 10-Year NX*****H
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      139 24 Jan 20 GOLD(US$/oz) Jan 20 Jan 17 Hong Kong 1261.00 1247.00 Jan 17 Jan 16 London 1251.97 1241.19 1252.80 1242.41 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jan 20 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 116 51 5gm 329 257 10gm 587 514
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      59 24 Jan 20 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jan 14 2544.0 2560.0 2562.0 2537.0 746 9565 Feb 14 2555.0 2568.0 2572.0 2548.0 6551 ***** Mar 14 2567.0 2579.0 2585.0 2559.0 ***** ***** Apr 14 2570.0 2582.0
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 24 Jan 20 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1228 1.1235 0.8794 0.8798 Canadian dollar 1.1657 1.1665 0.9135 0.9130 Euro 1.7293 1.7300 1.3544 1.3547 NZ dollar 1.0525 1.0528 0.8243 0.8244 Sterling pound 2.0970 2.0979 1.6424 1.6428
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      109 24 Jan 17 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 14 1316.50 1315.00 1318.50 1305.50 May 14 1297.25 1296.25 1298.50 1288.00 Jul 14 1282.00 1281.25 1283.50 1273.25 Aug 14 1241.25 1241.25 1242.50 1234.25 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 14
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      94 24 Jan 17 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Mar 14 1730 1773 1764 1715 May 14 1717 1758 1749 1705 Jul 14 1711 1751 1741 1701 Sep 14 1705 1742 1732 1695 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jan 14 1725 1749 1743 1714 Mar 14 1710 1735 1733 1706
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      1143 24 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 Conv Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 0.4 1 123 184 108.75 4 Acma Ltd W*****7 Price Albedo Limited W*****9 5.3 unch 840 Ascendas Reit MB ECW*****3 2.9 0.2 240 2
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      70 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jan 17 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 106.89 0.81 WTI (Near Mth) 94.14 0.06 Dubai (1-Mth F) 102.40 -0.52 Tapis blend 113.54 -0.10 Minas 106.54 -0.40 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 101.22 -0.50 Jet Kerosene 120.23 0.34 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 24 Jan 20 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2768 1.2770 2-months 1.2767 1.2769 3-months 1.2767 1.2769 6-months 1.2763 1.2766 Source: OCBC
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      66 24 Jan-17 Jan-17 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1757.25 1757.25 3 months 1798.00 1798.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7336.00 7336.00 3 months 7310.00 7310.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2170.25 2170.25 3 months 2197.00 2197.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      121 24 As at 9am Jan 20 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.144 1.090 Can dollar 1.187 1.142 Euro 1.765 1.681 Sterling pound 2.133 2.051 NZ dollar 1.077 1.036 US dollar 1.303 1.241 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      154 24 Jan 20 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 7/16 5/16 Overnight mode: 0.01 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.20 0.10 1 month 0.26 0.16 2 months 0.30 0.20 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.50 0.30 9 months 0.60 0.40 12
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Drop in December US housing starts smaller than expected
      634 25 2013 tally is best since 2007 and is 18.3% higher from previous year Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The pace of US home construction dropped less than forecast in December, capping the best year for the industry since 2007. Housing starts fell 9.8 per
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      1080 25 Low-budget civic art, design transforming Bulgarian city NYT [SOFIA, Bulgaria] Delcho Delchev came back. For many of his generation, this is commuting against the tide of emigration from his native Bulgaria into the rest of Europe. B u t M r D e l
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      Lock icon NZ home prices and sales volumes dip in Dec
      243 25 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand house prices in December retreated from a record high, while the number of houses sold also slipped from the previous month, the Real Estate Institute of NZ (Reinz) said yesterday. The Reinz’s house price index slipped one
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      Lock icon Palm Islands developer to have 9 hotels by 2016
      424 25 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Nakheel PJSC, the property developer at the heart of Dubai’s debt crisis in 2009, will have nine hotel projects under development by 2016 to benefit from the emirate’s growth as a regional tourist destination. The builder of the Palm
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      517 26  -  Nine retail units at the 16-storey Lavender Street project find buyers By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] All 52 strata office units available for sale at the ARC 380 project in Lavender Street/Jalan Besar have been sold. However, only nine of the 19 retail
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      Lock icon China 2013 new home sales hit record high
      996 26 Prices in tier 1 cities surge in absence of more property curbs Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China’s new home sales last year exceeded US$1 trillion for the first time as property prices in cities the government considers first tier surged in the absence of
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      Lock icon London home price growth slows in Jan after a strong year
      459 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] London house price growth slowed in January after the best year since 2006 as values slid in the most expensive districts of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea, Rightmove plc said. Asking prices in the UK capital increased
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