The Business Times, 14 January 2015

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    29 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|jh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg G Z ©BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 I Wednesday, October 8, 2014 January 14 5
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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      Lock icon The Singapore government’s
      33 1 restructuring initiatives are not set in stone and are open to change, says Liang Eng Hwa, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Finance, Trade and Industry. TOP STORIES 2
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      Lock icon China’s trade grew
      26 1 3.4 per cent in 2014, missing its official target by far with trade surplus surging to a record US$382.46 billion. TOP STORIES/ 5
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      Lock icon Indonesia is the most regular issuer
      27 1 of global sovereign its Islamic sukuk even as its Islamic banking assets and localcurrency sales lag behind Malaysia. BANKING FINANCE 13
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      Lock icon While plunging prices tied to oil
      43 1 have derailed natural gas export projects from Australia to Africa, US plans to build new terminals are getting a boost from a pricing system that charges a set fee to liquefy and ship the gas. energy COMMODITIES/15
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      Lock icon Last month, Skype
      27 1 initiated simultaneous translation between English and Spanish speakers. Not to be outdone, Google will soon announce updates to its translation app for phones.TECHNOLOGY 16
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s decision
      33 1 to cut fuel subsidies in the wake of the oil price plunge will free up financial resources for infrastructure building and other development priorities, says the ADB president. GOVERNMENT ECONOMY /19
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      Lock icon The bigger wage gains
      31 1 that have so far eluded American workers probably will begin to materialise this year as the job market tightens, according to economists polled by Bloomberg.GOVERNMENT ECONOMY 20
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      Lock icon Indonesian divers
      23 1 have retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from beneath the wreckage of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea. TRANSPORT/22
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    27 1 Tuesday Change STI 3,341.07 (-3.82) KL COMP 1,748.90 (+13.82) NIKKEI 225 17,087.71 (-110.02) HANG SENG 24,215.97 (+189.51) SHENZHEN B 1,074.67 (+9.00) DOW (11am EST) 17,887.77 (+246.93)
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    Lock icon Malaysia’s proposed mega bank merger may be off the table
    809 1  -  Source says due diligence exercise shows up wide gap in MBSB’s loan provisioning practice with that of potential partners By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore THE grand plan to create Malaysia’s biggest bank may be dead in the water no
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    Lock icon Public’s trust and keeping systems up to date key to Singapore’s fight against corruption: PM Lee
    768 1  -  Corruption laws being reviewed, CPIB to get more manpower, new reporting centre for whistleblowers By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday described the thousands of officers in Singapore’s
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Restructuring moves open to change, says GPC chairman
      551 2  -  Pre-Budget discussion homes in on foreign worker quotas and levies; tweaks suggested for PIC scheme By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore THE government’s restructuring initiatives are not set in stone and are open to change, said Liang Eng Hwa, chairman of the
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      Lock icon No more new residential projects in 14 ha area of Geylang
      1008 2  -  URA proposes rezoning the area from lorongs 4-22 to new commercial/ institution use from residential/institution use By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will not approve any new residential projects in a 14-hectare stretch of
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      Lock icon Taxi fares to go up?
      525 4  -  Increase could replace morning and afternoon peak-period surcharge By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore TAXI fares could soon be raised in a move aimed at improving cabbies’ income and at retaining drivers. There is speculation that market leaders Comfort and CityCab are planning an increase in
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      Lock icon US$3 trillion inheritance expected in Asia over next 30 years: report
      464 4  -  Data also shows UHNW individuals in S’pore will pass on US$110b to next generation By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore ASIA’S ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) are expected to transfer US$3 trillion to the next generation in the
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      Lock icon BT Explains
      322 4  -  The current decline in oil prices has become a major spill. How does it stack up against past slumps? By Kenneth Lim By Kenneth Lim Big drops of oil Month-end Brent crude price Before the current fall, there were 13 troughs over the last 26 years when the
      BT Graphics: Ludwig Ilio Sources: Bloomberg, International Energy Agency, World Bank  -  322 words
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      Lock icon China’s 2014 trade rises only 3.4% as surplus soars
      643 5  -  Poor showing from imports last year due to falling commodity prices By Virginie Mangin btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing CHINA’S trade grew 3.4 per cent in 2014, missing its official target by far with trade surplus surging to a record US$382.46 billion, mainly due
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      Lock icon Creditors put heat on retail SMEs to settle bills more quickly
      539 5  -  Credit bureau says higher rentals and pressure on retail businesses to wean off cheap labour making suppliers nervous By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore’s retail sector are paying their bills sooner, having
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      Lock icon 10-year SGS yield falls below 2%
      373 5  -  By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore THE yield on the 10-year Singapore Government Securities (SGS) has plunged below 2 per cent as it tracks the southbound 10-year US Treasury (UST) yield on growing speculation that interest rate hikes will be delayed. SGS investors
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      1801 5 A Special Feature Presented by SMU Executive Development The Race to Create Talent Singapore Management University’s Steve Wyatt explains how university support to corporate academies gives them the edge in the ‘race to create talent’ V There is no war for talent. The assertion may raise more than a few
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SPH posts Q1 profit of S$69.4m
      487 6  -  Fall of 21.9%; group works on uplift for core media business amid new digital initiatives By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore MEDIA and property group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) posted a net profit of S$69.4 million for its fiscal first quarter a year-on-year drop
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      Lock icon Noble plunges 6.82% to 10-month low
      490 6  -  HOT STOCK By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore SHARES of Noble Group plunged 6.82 per cent on Tuesday to a 10-month low of S$ 1.025; the commodities trader was among the most heavily traded, with more than 70 million shares changing hands. The
      Source: Bloomberg  -  490 words
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      Lock icon SPH, INKEF invest in social media news curation platform
      487 6  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore CROWDYNEWS a Netherlands-based social media curation platform for media companies has raised 2.5 million euros (S$3.95 million) in Series A funding, in a round led by Dutch venture capital firm INKEF Capital and joined by
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      Lock icon Bumps seen ahead for trade in smaller board lots
      572 7  -  SGX mounts campaign to widen retail reach By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore STICKY fees and a relatively inactive retail segment could limit the immediate impact of the move to reduce the smallest multiple of shares that can be traded, say
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      Lock icon DeClout, Acclivis to buy ISP licence holder
      273 7 Singapore SGX-Catalist listed DeClout, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Acclivis Technologies and Solutions, on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a proposed agreement to acquire OSINet Communication, which owns a local ISP (Internet Service Provider) licence in Singapore. Under the terms
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      Lock icon Amundi: Fed unlikely to tighten rate this year
      427 7  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore THE US Federal Reserve is unlikely to tighten the interest rate this year, given global concerns over deflation, and as oil prices have declined, senior executives from fund management Amundi Asset Management said on Tuesday. “We’re
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      Lock icon ST Aerospace wins new deals worth S$310m in Q4 2014
      217 7 Singapore SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering’s aerospace arm, ST Aerospace, has landed new contracts totalling S$310 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. Among the contract wins is a five-year maintenance-by-the-hour contract with a returning airline customer in Asia, which operates a
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      Lock icon 1MDB’s US$2.3b Cayman fund now fully redeemed
      536 8  -  US$1.1b balance in investment redeemed following an earlier amount of US$1.2b By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S 1MDB has finally redeemed in full the US$2.318 billion it invested in a Cayman Islands registered fund, a move it hopes will ease some of
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      Lock icon Initiatives to position SIA for the future falling in place: CEO
      684 8  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore AFTER a tough 2014, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is starting this year with a renewed optimism, as the major components of its strategy to position the group for the future are now taking shape,
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Tee International Q2 profit slips 5.8%
        75 8 TEE International’s profit for the second quarter ended Nov 30, 2014 dipped 5.8 per cent to S$1.52 million, mainly due to lower turnover from ongoing engineering projects and higher administrative expenses. Revenue fell 14.2 per cent to S$43 million. Earnings per share stood at
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        Lock icon Zico plans JV with Stamford Law Corp
        57 8 CATALIST-LISTED integrated professional services provider Zico Holdings plans to set up a joint-venture company (JVC) with Stamford Law Corp to provide corporate secretarial services. The 51-49 per cent owned venture will manage and hold the title, right and interest to Zico’s S$2.4 million
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        Lock icon King Wan bags 4 jobs worth S$43m
        51 8 MAIN BOARD-LISTED King Wan Corp has secured four new mechanical and electrical projects in Singapore worth a total of S$43.3 million, bringing its current order book to S$209 million. The projects will start within the next six months and scheduled for a 2018
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        Lock icon Global Logistic Properties adds 6 subsidiaries in China
        34 8 MAINBOARD-listed Global Logistic Properties has incorporated four and acquired two new indirect subsidiaries in China. The six new subsidiaries are involved in distribution facilities and services.
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      Lock icon Two Thai property developers plan Reit IPOs
      283 8 REUTERS Bangkok TWO Thai developers, Golden Land Property Development PCL and Country Group Development PCL, plan initial public offerings of their real estate investment trusts (Reits) to raise funds for expansion. Golden Land, part of the real estate empire controlled by Thai billionaire
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times index Jan 13,2015 3,341.07 -3.82 (-0.11%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,346.60 Day low 3,325.43 52-week high 3,374.06 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 2,960.09 (Feb 5, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index Jan 13,2015 745.82 -1.92 (-0.26%) Current streak 3 days Day high 750.43 Day low
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      Lock icon Noble, O&M selloff sees STI lose ground
      642 10  -  Noble Group contributes to index fall as the stock dives 6.8% in heavy selling STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT AFTER the excitement and volatility of last week, Tuesday’s session in the local stock market had a more familiar look to it the
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      304 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 253 +6 254/245 254 206 5.6 6396.7 CapitaLand 321 -1 324/320 348 268 16.1 2.5 ***** CapitaMall Trust 211 +3 212/207 212 180 4.9 7318.1 CityDev 1010 -2 1019/1010 1118 860 13.7
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      37 10 VOLUME Pacific Andes R 112,583,800 Memstar Tech 70,326,000 Noble 70,032,200 IHC 67,968,000 IHH Healthcare 36,007,000 Market volume 1,571,962,000 VALUE Keppel Corp 74,404,850 Noble 72,870,335 SingTel 69,385,870 IHH Healthcare 64,812,580 DBS Grp 58,910,380 Market value 1,188,918,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      108 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS India US$ US751 +5 336 756/751 790/541 749/751 93.9 Nikko AM STI ETF 340 270 340/338 422/300 338/340 8.2 UETF SSE50China 227 -1 232 231/227 238/140 227/228 70.9 STI ETF 338 -2 58 339/338
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 10 Jan 13 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -23.00 -101.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -61.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -2.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 756.02 -1.63 FTSE ST Small Cap 497.77 -2.64 FTSE ST All Share 802.47 -1.26 FTSE ST China Top 193.57 -0.91 FTSE ST China 230.32 -0.83 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Jan 13,2015 802.47 -1.26 (-0.16%) Current streak 1 day Day high 803.60 Day low 799.74 52-week high 819.39 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 722.35 (Feb 5, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Jan 12,2015 1,734.47 +4.95 (+0.29%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,737.61 Day low 1,726.59 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 6 4 0 0 0 3 6 4 Manufacturing 24 54 38 7 4 12 31 58 50 Commerce 14 18 25 2 6 3 16 24 28 Tpt/Stor/Comms 16 16 9
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 20,557 20,557 102,107 102,107 Manufacturing 328,859 30,800 359,659 87,269 4,154 91,424 Commerce 115,764 37,244 153,008 153,927 2,856 156,783 Tpt/Stor/Comms 100,971 604 101,575 159,599 227 159,826 Finance 18,028 325 18,353 179,512 68 179,579 Construction 18,539 17,312
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      77 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 260.5 1.7 *****/***** JMH USD 6299 89.5 1.1 6460/4934 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3620 81.5 1.7 3808/2802 DBXT MSINDIA US$ 1057 70.8 5.3 1101/797 JSH USD 3530 33.4 0.7 3810/3006 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Innopac W*****0 0.2 100.0 0.1
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      77 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT DBLCI-OY US$ 2588 -46.8 -1.3 3545/2588 DBXT Vietam US$ 2710 -40.1 -1.1 3100/2403 Hyflux 6% CPS ***** -35.0 -0.3 *****/***** Jardine C&C 3958 -19.0 -0.5 4901/3330 DBXT MSBrazil US$ 379 -13.4 -2.6 614/357 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Viking W*****5 0.3
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Linair Tech 200.0 0.032 +0.007 +28.00 SHI ADR US$ 0.4 28.840 +1.160 +4.19 Darco Water Tech 652.0 0.026 +0.005 +23.81 Captii 1,445.0 0.050 +0.007 +16.28 Cheung Woh 599.0 0.200 +0.020 +11.11 Xyec 369.0 0.230 +0.025 +12.20 MegaChem 98.0 0.360 +0.060 +20.00 Swiber 21,103.0 0.192 -0.033
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Sheng Siong Group
        151 10 Buy Jan 13 close: S$0.705 Target price: S$0.82 DBS Group Research Equity, Jan 13 WE remain positive on the stock for three reasons: 1) More stores are expected to open, starting with Sheng Siong Group’s (SSG) new Tampines store, which is scheduled to open this month. SSG
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        Lock icon Lian Beng Group
        244 10  -  Compiled by Teh Shi Ning Hold Jan 13 close: S$0.62 Fair value: S$0.65 OCBC Investment Research, Jan 13 LIAN Beng announced H1FY15 profit after tax and minority interests (Patmi) of S$35.5 million, up 105.2 per cent year-on-year mostly due to its share of results of associates and
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      Lock icon CALENDAR
      39 10 DATA I 8.00 pm (Jan 14) US MBA morgage applications I 3.00 am (Jan 15) US Federal Reserve Beige Book I 9.30 pm (Jan 15) US initial jobless claims I 1.00 pm (Jan 15) Singapore retail sales index
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      Lock icon Sterling struggling near recent lows
      380 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London STERLING fell towards an 18-month low against the US dollar on Tuesday, after data showed British inflation at its lowest since 2000, bolstering expectations that the Bank of England will keep interest rates suppressed for a while. The dollar also reversed earlier
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Jan 13 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.979 5.071 0.691 6.340 50.726 103.030 0.967 8.852 2.938 1.051 82.199 36.604 1.092 9.390 0.830 26.029 26.861 0.540 0.818 Canada 1.022 5.181
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Jan 13 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0921 1.0925 0.8176 0.8178 Canadian dollar 1.1157 1.1160 0.8354 0.8353 Euro 1.5809 1.5816 1.1836 1.1839 NZ dollar 1.0392 1.0400 0.7780 0.7785 Sterling pound 2.0222 2.0232 1.5140 1.5145
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Jan 13 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3361 1.3364 2-months 1.3366 1.3370 3-months 1.3372 1.3375 6-months 1.3381 1.3388 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        214 11 Most active Jan 13 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****2 10.4 -0.3 5970 0.1 0 5 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****3 6.6 -0.4 4680 0.2 1060 3 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****3 12.5 -0.4 3030 0.2
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jan 12 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1261.4 -0.2 -1.1 -0.2 -1.0 -0.3 -1.8 EAFE Preliminary 979.0 0.4 -0.8 0.4 -1.5 0.3 -2.3 Europe Preliminary 1372.9 0.6 -0.6
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        362 11 Jan 13 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.88 *****.71 *****.27 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****5 Jun15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 0 3196 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 335.66 339.34 335.66 Jan15 337.00 339.90 334.20 338.70 ***** *****8 Feb15 337.10
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon SIBOR
        36 11 Jan 13 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 11 Jan 13 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.08 0.03 1-month 0.625 0.50 2-months 0.625 0.50 3-months 0.6872 0.5625 Overnight mode: 0.18 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.17 0.07 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.50 0.30 9 months 0.60 0.40 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Jan 13 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 105.09 105.15 105.13 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 101.12 101.25 101.09 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 108.79 109.00 108.50 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 106.8 107.10 106.65 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 113.74
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        249 11 Jan-12 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Jan-12 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1013.50 -38.00 -3.61% 14/01/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.45 -1.09 -3.25% 14/01/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 555.50 -8.25 -1.46% 13/03/2014 Jan-12 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2055.00 18.00 0.88% 16/03/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1953.00 20.00 1.03%
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      25 8 Get your 5th ‘C’ here Choose from various club memberships or sell yours in CLASS 66 To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289 9988
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      825 9 SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE. CO. REG. NO. *****2868E Unaudited Results for the First Quarter ended November 30, 2014 (Extract) GROUP FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Change ■c 1Q 2015 $’000 1Q 2014 $’000 Operating revenue 307,057 328,475 (6.5) Operating profit# 102,344 116,873 (12.4) Net income from investments 1,682 5,119 (67.1)
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  • REAL ESTATE
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Indonesia taking centre stage in global sukuk race
      745 13 It is issuing such debt for 5th year running; sales in past 4 years tote up to US$5b, ahead of Malaysia’s US$3.25b and Qatar’s US$2b BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur INDONESIA is the most regular issuer of global sovereign sukuk even as its Islamic
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      Lock icon SEC said to be considering stricter rules for dark pools: source
      591 13 BLOOMBERG Washington EVEN as they’ve captured a bigger slice of US stock trading, dark pools have faced less regulation than the better-known public exchanges. Regulators are taking steps to change that. The Securities and Exchange Commission is developing rules
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      Lock icon No love lost with shareholders as Deutsche Bank plots new strategy
      717 13 BLOOMBERG Frankfurt ANSHU Jain and Juergen Fitschen have a problem. Of all the stocks of global investment banks, none is as unloved by investors as their own. The co-chief executive officers of Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank gave a dim assessment
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      Lock icon Former UBS trader challenges US case over Libor scheme
      314 13 REUTERS New York A LAWYER for a former UBS AG trader charged with engaging in a fraud conspiracy following a US investigation of Libor rate manipulation on Monday urged a New York federal judge to dismiss the case. An attorney for
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      278 13 NUS National University of Singapore Department of Building School of Design Environment Master of Science in Project Management with Project Finance Specialisation Admission to August 2015 Intake Applications are invited from investors, lenders, consultants, government officials, lawyers, and other professionals who are involved in securing project financing for infrastructure projects
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Cheap gas makes US only place where export makes sense
      665 15 BLOOMBERG Houston WHILE plunging prices tied to oil have derailed natural gas export projects from Australia to Africa, US plans to build new terminals are getting a boost from a pricing system that charges a set fee to liquefy and
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      Lock icon Malaysian floods support rally in palm oil prices
      724 15 BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur YUSOF Mohd Isa’s oil-palm plantation on the banks of Malaysia’s Terpai river was submerged under 3.7 metres of water last month. The 60-year-old farmer, who harvests fruit every two weeks, reaped less than half a metric ton once the
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      Lock icon More losses for gold this year: Barclays
      480 15 BLOOMBERG Singapore GOLD will extend losses this year as US interest rates increase, providing an opportunity for investors to buy the metal to benefit from a rebound spurred by Asian demand, according to Barclays plc. “We expect gold prices to test new lows
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      389 15 BLOOMBERG Toronto ALCOA Inc, the largest US aluminium producer, forecast global use to grow 7 per cent this year as automakers use more of the lightweight metal and orders from the aerospace industry accelerate. Demand for commercial and regional jets will
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      1230 15 12. INDICATIVE TIMELINE 12.1 Offer Document. The Offer Document, setting out the terms and conditions of the Offer and enclosing the relevant forms of acceptance and approval of the Offer will be despatched to the LCD Shareholders not earlier than 14 days and not later than 21 days from the
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      Lock icon Translation app starts to prove itself
      726 16 Not to be outdone by Skype, Google will announce updates to its translation app NYT New York THE tech industry is doing its best to topple the Tower of Babel. Last month, Skype, Microsoft’s video calling service, initiated simultaneous translation between English and Spanish
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      537 16 REUTERS Las Vegas SONY Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai has weathered a crisis over a cyberattack on its Hollywood studio and its controversial comedy The Interview, but his toughest moment may be just arriving as he prepares a new business
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      270 16 NYT New York SPOTIFY, the streaming music service, has signed up 15 million subscribers, a sign of rapid growth for the company and an implicit rebuttal in a roiling industry debate over whether people are willing to pay for music online. Spotify,
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      590 16 NYT Los Angeles AMONG the usual names invoked during the acceptance speeches at Sunday’s Golden Globes Harvey Weinstein, Scott Rudin, Les Moonves was an unusual one: tech billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon. His company’s streaming
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      999 16 NOTICE OF COURT HEARING IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Originating Summons No. 1088 of 2014 In the Matter of Section 210 of the Companies Act (Chapter 50) And In the Matter of Giken Sakata (S) Limited (Registration No. *****3879W) …Applicant SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT under Section 210
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      5427 17 COSMOSTEEL HOLDINGS LIMITED Company Registration No. *****5540Z NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ninth Annual General Meeting of CosmoSteel Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Jurong Country Club, 9 Science Centre Road, Singapore *****8 on Friday, 30 January 2015 at 10.00 a.m. to
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon China grapples with economic burden of cancers
      746 18 Cancer incidence in China has doubled in last two decades; govt looking for ways to boost insurance coverage for such diseases BLOOMBERG Hong Kong AS ONE of China’s wave of entrepreneurs, Xiao Caiyu built and ran a small pork business with her husband
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      372 18 AFP Hong Kong JAPANESE clothing giant Uniqlo came under fire on Tuesday for buying supplies from Chinese factories accused of putting workers at risk in unsafe conditions, with sewage on the factory floor, extremely high temperatures and poor ventilation. The claims made by
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      2705 18 ASIATRAVEL.COM HOLDINGS LTD (Company Registration No.: *****7534E) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Asiatravel.com Holdings Ltd (the “Company”) will be held at 615 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh, #01-01 Storhub, Singapore *****6 on Friday, 30 January
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      Lock icon ADB president Nakao praises Indonesia’s fuel subsidy cut
      523 19  -  Jakarta lauded for decisive reforms, which have boosted market confidence in its economic programme By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo INDONESIA’S decision to cut fuel subsidies in the wake of the oil-price plunge will free up financial resources for infrastructure building and other
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      Lock icon Thai small investors slow to take up govt savings bonds
      360 19 REUTERS Bangkok THAILAND’S military government is selling 100 billion baht (S$4 billion) of savings bonds aimed at small investors, who have shown a slow initial response to an issue that will help finance a budget deficit and a state rice-buying
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      Lock icon No early rate hikes expected as UK inflation falls to a new low
      568 19 AFP London BRITISH inflation dived in December to a record-low level on sliding oil prices, data showed on Tuesday, sparking deflation fears and dampening the prospect of interest rate hikes any time soon. The 12-month Consumer Price
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      662 19 REUTERS Hong Kong HONG Kong leader Leung Chun-ying is expected to focus on property, the economy and youth issues in his policy address on Wednesday, seeking to bolster support after last year’s massive pro-democracy protests and widespread calls for him to
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      Lock icon Finance minister warns of accidental Grexit after polls
      688 19 BLOOMBERG Athens GREECE could stumble out of the euro by accident if a new government fails to reach an agreement with international creditors soon after this month’s election, Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis said. The main challenge facing whichever government emerges from the
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      Lock icon Senior Chinese lawmaker sacked after graft probe
      240 19 REUTERS Beijing CHINA’S ruing Communist Party sacked a senior lawmaker who was under investigation for graft, China’s anti-corruption commission said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of corruption cases against high ranking political and business figures. Bai Enpei, formerly the party boss
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      Lock icon US wages set to start rising as jobs market firms: economists
      839 20 Workers, jobseekers getting more optimistic, and will start seeking bigger pay increases: survey BLOOMBERG Washington THE bigger wage gains that have so far eluded American workers probably will begin to materialise this year as the job market tightens, according
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      Lock icon New Charlie Hebdo front page shows Prophet Mohammed holding up ‘Je suis Charlie’ sign
      574 20 AFP Paris THE cover of the first edition of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo since its staff were murderously attacked by Islamist gunmen last week shows a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed crying and holding
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      Lock icon US admits mistake in missing huge unity rally in Paris
      722 20 AFP Washington THE White House acknowledged on Monday it should have sent a senior official to the massive rally against terrorism in Paris, as President Barack Obama came under fire for failing to travel to France. “We should have sent
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      630 20 BLOOMBERG Tokyo JAPANESE bonds rose in the latest leg of a worldwide surge in government securities, with five-year yields matching Germany’s at zero per cent, as tumbling oil costs indicate inflation will slow. The effective yield on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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      294 20 REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN’S government agreed on Tuesday to use revenue from a sales tax increase to boost welfare spending in the coming fiscal year to help citizens in its rapidly ageing society cope with higher costs. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Making enclosed spaces on board safer for everyone
      954 21  -  The newly launched Enclosed Space Management System seems like an immensely useful innovation STRAIT TALK BY DAVID HUGHES EVERY year, seafarers get killed in enclosed spaces and so do others trying to rescue them. Former ship’s master Michael Lloyd has been campaigning
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      Lock icon Short sellers wager shipbuilder misery to deepen
      786 21 BLOOMBERG Seoul SOUTH Korean shipbuilders, last year’s biggest stock-market losers, are the most popular target for short sellers in 2015 as falling crude hurts oil-rig demand. Bearish wagers used borrowed stock against Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co rose to 7.3 per cent of shares
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      Lock icon United Air mulls outsourcing jobs at 28 US airports
      309 21 REUTERS New York UNITED Airlines is assessing whether to outsource jobs at airports around the United States in a cost-cutting effort that could impact 2,000 workers. The Chicago-based carrier informed employees on Monday that jobs up for review included baggage handlers
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      Lock icon IAG planning higher Aer Lingus bid: sources
      453 21 BA owner may hike offer to as much as 2.50 euros a share as early as this week BLOOMBERG London BRITISH Airways (BA) owner IAG SA is planning to increase its offer for Aer Lingus Group plc after the Irish carrier rebuffed previous
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      Lock icon Backlog at US West Coast ports at critical level as talks drag on
      426 21 BLOOMBERG Los Angeles A PORT slowdown and eight months of fruitless labour talks with longshoremen have brought West Coast port congestion to the point of a breakdown, according to representatives of shipping companies. Backups at the five
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      Lock icon Changi Airports lands extension to operate Saudi airport till June
      486 22  -  Under CAI management, King Fahd airport in Dammam has grown in volume and revenue By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore CHANGI Airports International (CAI) has landed a seven-month extension to continue managing and operating the King Fahd International Airport (KFIA)
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      Lock icon E-Jets E2 cabin mock-up on display in Singapore
      110 22  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore BRAZILIAN plane-maker Embraer is showcasing the cabin mock-up of its new E-Jets E2 family at Seletar Aerospace Park for two weeks as part of a worldwide tour. In June 2013, Embraer launched the second generation of
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      Lock icon Divers recover cockpit voice recorder from beneath wreckage
      626 22 AIRASIA CRASH AFP REUTERS Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia INDONESIAN divers on Tuesday retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from beneath the wreckage of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea as the airline’s boss vowed to overcome the “toughest times” he has
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      Lock icon Airbus to equip its long-haul jets with floatable black boxes
      738 22 Modifications will help to make it easier to locate them in an air crash at sea AFP Paris LONG-HAUL Airbus A350 and A380 passengers jets will soon come equipped with ejectable black boxes that can float, making them easier to
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      107 23 Experienced shf p maintenance services wanted. Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WONG AT 9620 1327 THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES Make A Splash In The Maritime World Via s^3marftime.coM Ahoy there! If you are in a business pertaining to any sector
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Crucial year for PM Modi’s efforts to kick-start growth in India
      591 24 2015 will be a crucial year for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reputation as a reformer. During his first six months in office, Mr Modi has made some progress on the policy front, unveiling a number of initiatives such
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      789 24  -  The government’s credibility is at perhaps its lowest point, with the administration seen as telling another untruth while ostensibly trying to set things straight. THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1
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      Lock icon Hard power returns in international ties
      1282 24  -  To be sure, governments have used soft power to influence other states, but several instances of brute military force have played out recently, to varying degrees of success.BY ALISTAIR BURNETT success.BY ALISTAIR BURNETT T The writer is editor of The World Tonight, a BBC
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      948 25  -  The renminbi is now the world’s seventh largest payment currency in value. COMMENTARY By Guy Harvey-Samuel T The writer is Group General Manager and CEO of HSBC Singapore WHEN the historians of the future look back, 2014 will go down as the year
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      556 25  -  By Beat Monnerat T The writer is Accenture’s senior managing director of financial services for Asia Pacific EARLY in the new year, it is natural to forecast what lies ahead for the investment banking industry. There are opportunities on the horizon waiting
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      273 25  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Christie Loh I REFER to the editorial “Fees remain a problem even with smaller SGX lot sizes” (BT, Jan 13) and wonder once again why the press continues to ignore the economics of doing business. Isn’t the
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      1382 25  -  With its long migrant history, the US has less of a Muslim immigrant versus non-Muslim immigrant polarisation By Leon Hadar WHEN Osama bin Laden was planning to attack the United States he decided not to recruit Muslim Americans for the terrorist
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      677 26 Gala concert to mark Wednesday opening of 386m euro La Philharmonie AFP Paris PARIS is known for its many Belle Epoque cultural landmarks ornate museums, gilded theatres, the stately Eiffel Tower. But its brand-new concert hall opening on Wednesday undoubtedly comes from a different
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      379 26 AFP Miami A COMPUTER program that analyses your Facebook “likes” may be a better judge of your personality than your closest friends and family, according to research findings released on Monday. The study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences was
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      Lock icon DuPont to sell theatre after activist criticism
      298 26 AFP New York US chemical giant DuPont is getting ready to take its bow from musical theatre. The chemical company said on Monday it will sell a 100-year-old company-owned theatre, four months after shareholder activists highlighted the asset as an example of DuPont’s
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      Lock icon Paris tourism launches Open for Business campaign after shootings
      415 26 REUTERS Paris REPRESENTATIVES of the Paris tourist industry will set off on a world tour next month to reassure visitors and agents that the French capital is safe and open for business after last week’s fatal shootings by militants. France, which
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      Lock icon Designer Galliano is back – to rave reviews
      521 26 Designer Galliano is back to rave reviews AFP London ALMOST four years after being banished from the Paris fashion world over an anti-Semitic rant, designer John Galliano made his comeback in London for Maison Margiela on Monday to overwhelming critical acclaim. The 54-year-old, seen as one of the most brilliant
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      317 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 He organises room with satchels scattered (12) 9 One showing skill that’s welcome in booze-up (9) 10 Amphitheatre gripped by warfare, naturally (5) 11 Oust terrible aunts, embracing Bertie finally (6) 12 One floats along ocean, capsizing first? (8) 13 Hypocrisy of Church restrained by infinite
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
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      Lock icon Riding Asia’s ‘Great Moderation’ era in 2015
      1154 27  -  High-quality rather than high growth could spell a prolonged period for harvesting equity returns By Ng Soo Nam T The writer is head of Asian Equities for Threadneedle investments Singapore (Pte) Ltd SINCE the beginning of 2014, I have been alerting investors to
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      Lock icon More buys than sells in Singapore Reits
      472 27 ON THE RADAR GLOBAL mutual funds were net buyers of Singapore stocks in the three months to Jan 7. Based on aggregate transactions for the top five stocks, there were net purchases of S$838.4 million, compared to net sales of S$709.3 million. This
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      Lock icon Trading on oil price movements via ETFs
      978 27 NYT New York ONE of the biggest events in an eventful fourth quarter of 2014 may have been something that didn’t happen. As crude oil prices plunged during the period, investors counted on Saudi Arabia to announce a production cut to support the
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      1421 28 A Special Feature Presented By Zitigold Private Client THE ECONOMY IN PERSPECTIVE Prospects 2015: Will Disinflation Trigger Policy Easing? In the first of a three-part "The Economy in Perspective" weekly series beginning this week, Citi's Kit Wei Zheng shares his views on the prospects of Singapore, covering the performance of
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