The Business Times, 2 November 2015

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  • 34 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD■BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN■ S$1.00 q:h A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION wvvw.businesstimes.com.sg [3 D @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO ’l*****868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Monday, November 2,2015
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  • 26 1 MARKETS Weekly Change STI 2,998.35 -70.11 KL COMP 1,665.71 -45.22 NIKKEI 225 19,083.10 +257.80 HANG SENG 22,640.04 -511.90 SHENZHEN B 1,153.44 -7.44 DOW 17,663.54 +16.84
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  • Article, Illustration
    255 1 US stocks rallied last week after the Federal Reserve’s apparent endorsement of the market recovery. TOP STORIES 3 Famed debt investor Howard Marks says emerging markets are attractive because valuations have corrected while the long-term outlook is bright. TOP STORIES 4 Having guided UBS O’Connor’s investments in Chinese
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  • 1406 1  -  Industry players say it’s still early days; suggestions include S-Reit ETF, fixing illiquidity perception By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore AMID a booming exchange-traded fund (ETF) market elsewhere in the world, Singapore Exchange (SGX) is trying to get into the
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  • 793 1  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore JAPANESE specialty chemical firm Denka is planning to invest more in South-east Asia, and Singapore already its largest overseas manufacturing base will be one of its options. This is part of the group’s
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 502 2  -  BlackRock creates dividend-oriented funds that can be offered through investment-linked insurance policies EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore EXCHANGE-TRADED funds (ETFs) might not be directly purchased by clients, but investors buying a product from a bank could nevertheless be owning them
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    • 994 2  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore THEY are all the rage in the ex-change-traded fund (ETF) space in the US and are gathering more assets. But “smart beta” ETFs are still relatively unknown here for the non-institution-al market, and volumes
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    • 1053 2  -  Exchange-traded funds are known for being cheap, transparent ways of accessing a market. Yet they remain a mystery to most Singapore investors, even as the Singapore Exchange (SGX) tries to encourage their trading here. BT takes a closer look.– BY CAI HAOXIANG BT Explains look.– BY
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    • 554 3  -  Official figure at 49.8 is unchanged from September but below economists’ expectations of slight rebound By Virginie Mangin btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing CHINA’S official PMI remained in negative territory for a third straight month last month, showing timid signs of stabilisation. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)
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    • 891 3  -  TTWALL STREET INSIGHT By Rob Curran btworld@sph.com.sg US stocks rallied last week and major indexes saw their biggest monthly returns in four years after the Federal Reserve’s apparent endorsement of the market recovery as lasting. The broad Standard Poor’s 500 rose 8.3
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    • 629 4  -  Famed debt investor says there is a bond bubble, but high yield is not expensive relative to other bonds INVESTMENT OUTLOOK By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore EMERGING markets are attractive because valuations have corrected while the long term outlook is bright,
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    • 737 4  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore HAVING guided UBS O’Connor’s investments in Chinese equities to profit this year amid the rough tumble over the last three months, the head of UBS’s hedge fund unit thinks the Chinese market hit its
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 866 6  -  LinkedIn’s Hari Krishnan talks about the social media platform’s mission and vision. TOPLINE BY MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT TO the layman, social media platform LinkedIn might be described in one of two ways the “Facebook” equivalent for professionals and/or a repository for an
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    • 1168 6  -  Companies and their shareholders should ensure they renew their boards and continually scrutinise them.BY them.BY ADRIAN CHAN T The writer is the first vice-chairman of the Singapore institute of Directors VERY few companies would think that they have bad directors on their boards. Bad
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    • 1782 7  -  INSIDE MARKETS By Robert Halili T The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Limited DIRECTOR activity remained low based on filings on Singapore Exchange from Oct 26 to 30 with eight companies recording 25 purchases worth S$1.06 million versus three firms making five
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    • Article, Illustration
      64 8 STI Catalist WEEKLY Straits Times index Oct 30,2015 2,998.35 -70.11 (-2.28%) Current streak 4 days Week high 3,083.07 Week low 2,998.35 52-week high 3,525.19 (Apr 17, 2015) 52-week low 2,793.15 (Oct 2, 2015) ftse ST Catalist index Oct 30,2015 532.82 -19.70 (-3.57%) Current streak 1 day Week high 545.61 Week
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    • 307 8 Stock name Close Change Wk high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 239 xd -11 252/238 271 213 6.1 6047.7 CapitaLand 310 -4 323/308 379 267 11.4 2.9 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 198 xd -7 208/197 228 184.5 5.5 6871.4 CityDev 794 -46 848/789 1095
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    • 618 8  -  STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THREE weeks ago, this column featured Morgan Stanley’s recommendation to “believe in the bounce”. The US investment bank had said it expected a sustainable rebound into year-end based on deve-loped-market growth holding up, Chinese growth stabilising, attractive valuations, and
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    • 36 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share WEEKLY FTSE ST All-Share Index Oct 30,2015 726.51 -12.50 (-1.69%) Current streak 1 day Week high 743.17 Week low 726.41 52-week high 845.85 (Apr 17, 2015) 52-week low 677.74 (Oct 2, 2015)
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    • 73 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 814.7 2.9 *****/***** DBXT iBoxxUSTr US$ ***** 443.7 1.5 *****/***** JMH USD 5459 186.2 2.5 6788/4502 DBXT MSJAP US$ 4943 113.4 1.7 5277/4433 JSH USD 3017 91.0 2.2 3703/2611 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low ChinaSing Inv 2.1 110.0
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    • 78 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Lyxor Indonesia US$ 7054 -575.3 -5.5 9182/6250 DBXT Nifty US$ ***** -548.7 -3.0 *****/***** GLD US$ ***** -333.2 -2.1 *****/***** DBXT E50 US$ 4856 -201.6 -2.9 5300/4350 DBXT MSINDO us$ 1116 -102.2 -6.1 1492/911 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GRP W*****7 0.1
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    • 80 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Creative 414.25 1.315 +0.320 +32.16 Annica 4,745.0 0.005 +0.002 +66.67 Hu An Cable 18,571.4 0.009 -0.004 -30.77 Global Tech 1,695.0 0.017 -0.002 -10.53 AEI 8.0 0.800 -0.080 -9.09 Khong Guan Flour 16.6 2.150 +0.090 +4.37 Enviro-Hub 201.0 0.063 +0.011 +21.15 EnGro 58.5 1.050 +0.095 +9.95
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    • 34 8 VOLUME Noble 371,349,500 New Silkroutes 346,856,500 Addvalue Tech 245,747,200 Yuuzoo 203,700,400 Ezra 184,251,000 Market volume 7,006,573,000 VALUE Singtel 417,903,030 DBS Grp 409,029,018 OCBC Bank 316,517,789 UOB 277,004,942 CapitaLand 211,668,397 Market value 5,024,574,000
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    • 113 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Wk high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 304 -7 793 314/301 355/280 303/304 IS ASIA HYG US$ US1075 +25 579 1080/1055 1130/1007 1050/1075 IS Asia BND US US1046 +1 403 1046/1040 1096/1019 1046/1051 IS MS INDIA US$ US705 -18 394 728/704
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    • 130 8 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME China Auto Electronics S Rasa Suites 1 2 (Lvl 6) Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort 101 Siloso Road Sentosa 03-Nov 10.00am Yuuzoo Corp E Palm Room Oasis 1 87 Science Park Drive Science Hub 04-Nov 1.00pm Albedo Ltd E The National University of S’pore
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    • 77 8 Oct 30 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -76.00 -164.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -76.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -8.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 701.53 -4.59 FTSE ST Small Cap 422.89 -2.22 FTSE ST All Share 726.51 +0.10 FTSE ST China Top 179.80 -0.55 FTSE ST China 220.82 -1.20 FTSE
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    • 34 8 STI MSCI EAFE WEEKLY MSCI EAFE index Oct 30,2015 1,771.66 -5.71 (-0.32%) Current streak 1 day Week high 1,779.25 Week low 1,759.41 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,660.74 (Sept 25, 2015)
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    • 186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 9 3 0 0 0 4 9 3 Manufacturing 47 81 26 11 28 5 58 109 31 Commerce 28 32 6 4 14 1 32 46 7 Tpt/Stor/Comms 7 25 8
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    • 123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 73,804 73,804 263,379 263,379 Manufacturing 762,507 333,410 1,095,917 442,160 25,363 467,523 Commerce 874,340 330,288 1,204,628 647,218 18,587 665,805 Tpt/Stor/Comms 638,661 4,118 642,779 821,765 368 822,133 Finance 124,040 296 124,336 1,101,688 40 1,101,728 Construction 99,805 40,709
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    • 397 8 COMMODITIES REUTERS Chicago US WHEAT futures prices jumped 1.5 per cent on Friday last week and posted their biggest weekly gain in nearly four months, as traders positioned themselves ahead of a highly anticipated US Department of Agriculture November supply and
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    • 570 9  -  Saizen Reit to sell Japan assets; Oxley sells over 50% of units in Phase 1 of The Peak By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore TWO mainboard-listed companies a real estate investment trust (Reit) and a property developer have reported changes in their overseas
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    • 262 9 OCt 30 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.50 Agricultural Bank Of China Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd ANZ Singapore ...5.50 Bank of Communications 5.50 Bank of East Asia Bank of China Limited ...5.50 Bank of Communications Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank of East Asia Banque Internationale a Bank
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    • 1360 9 Payment Ex Rec Pay Ann (cts) date date date date 800 Super Hldgs ak 2.000 02-Nov 04-Nov 12-Nov 23-Oct Aims Amp Cap Ind Reit do 2.600 04-Nov 06-Nov 23-Dec 29-Oct Aims Amp Cap Ind Reit bi 0.020 04-Nov 06-Nov 23-Dec 29-Oct Aims Amp Cap Ind Reit (1 Jul-30
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    • 1310 9 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (times) Accordia Golf Trt 1.00 1.00 1 0.06 10.38 0.93 0.64 AIMS AMP Cap Industrial Reit 1.00 1.00 1 0.11 12.73 1.63 1.40 ARA Asset Mgt 1.25 1.25 2 0.09
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    • 354 10  -  CURRENCIES By Daniel Ang T The writer is an investment analyst at Phillip Futures INDIA’S GDP growth in Q1 this year clocked 7.5 per cent; that in Q2 was 7 per cent. These remarkable growth figures followed hot on the heels of
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    • FOREX RATES
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        3 10 WEEKLY
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      • 471 10 Oct 30 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.935 4.500 0.647 5.515 46.375 97.091 0.859 8.093 3.055 1.052 75.001 33.336 0.996 9.825 0.703 23.076 25.306 0.464 0.712 Canada 1.069 4.811
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      • 155 10 Oct 30 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9960 0.9967 0.7115 0.7116 Canadian dollar 1.0646 1.0655 0.7607 0.7606 Euro 1.5385 1.5398 1.0991 1.0994 NZ dollar 0.9467 0.9474 0.6763 0.6764 Sterling pound 2.1467 2.1484 1.5336 1.5339
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      • 3 10 COMPOSITEWEEKLY
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        2 10 WEEKLY
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        3 10 WEEKLY
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      • 22 10 Oct 30 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4011 1.4021 2-months 1.4024 1.4035 3-months 1.4037 1.4046 6-months 1.4070 1.4081 Source: OCBC
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    • BANK RATES
      • 154 10 Oct 30 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.75 0.50 1-month 0.9375 0.8125 2-months 1.0 0.875 3-months 1.0625 0.9375 Overnight mode: 1.15 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.30 0.20 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.80 0.60 12
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      • 69 10 Oct 30 Oct 30 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.24 100.36 100.33 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 100.62 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 99.27 99.85 99.41 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 101.59 102.15 101.93 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 108.48
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
      • 377 10 Oct 30 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Nov15 *****.50 *****.50 9957.50 *****.50 *****6 *****7 Dec15 9980.00 *****.50 9952.50 9995.00 147 493 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****8 *****9 Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 864 1454 MSCI TAIWAN
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      • 207 10 Oct 30 Most active Prem Expiry Wk Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Rowsley Ltd W*****3 3.5 -0.1 ***** 1 18 12 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****6 9.3 -4.4 ***** 0.2 995 6 DBS MB eCW*****1 9 -4.5 ***** 0.1
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      • 373 10 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 30 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1303.4 -0.2 2.2 -0.2 5.6 0.1 -0.1 EAFE Preliminary 1029.7 -0.1 4.3 0.3 5.4 0.6 -0.3 Europe Preliminary 1440.7 -0.3 4.3
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
      • 193 10 Oct-30 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Oct-30 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 883.75 5.00 0.57% 13/11/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 28.20 0.32 1.15% 14/12/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 522.00 7.00 1.36% 14/12/2015 Oct-30 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2208.00 8.00 0.36% 14/12/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1616.00 50.00 3.19%
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      • 57 10 Oct 30 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Nov 15 2248.0 2238.0 2250.0 2202.0 211 2948 Dec 15 2315.0 2296.0 2330.0 2273.0 4024 ***** Jan 16 2358.0 2363.0 2377.0 2326.0 ***** ***** Feb 16 2391.0 2403.0
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    • 1979 11 Week Ended: Oct 30 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E $mil 82 42 8Telecom vol AAT Week Div GrYld Net MCap High 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 140cd +1 1709 142.5 139 1 7.9 888.5 Company 183
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    • 399 11 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale vol ('000) 1 0.3 t Advanced Systems 0.6 unch 4645 0.6 0.5 15.8 week Low Div C'vr 0.9 0.2 t Annica Net P/E MCap 35 10 t SCnergy
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    • 201 11 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E 123.5 110.2 ABF SG Bond ETF 115.4 unch 204 117 115.2 526.8 163 112 CIMB APAC Div S$D 116.9 +0.9 10 116.9 116.9 Sale 1440 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1165 -10 0
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  • REAL ESTATE
    • 997 12 Properties priced at US$1,800-2,500 psf are in greatest demand from Chinese buyers BLOOMBERG New York TUMULTUOUS stock and commodity markets are roiling investors around the globe. For Hong Kong developer Neo Que Yau, that presents an opportunity on Manhattan’s 59th Street. “The
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    • 510 12  -  Principal Garden marketed at above S$1,600 psf; Thomson Impressions at about S$1,400 psf By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore ABOUT 60 per cent of units launched over the first weekend of two properties Principal Garden and Thomson Impressions have been taken up.
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    • 627 12 BLOOMBERG New York AIRBNB’s room-for-rent business model is hurting New York’s hotel industry. And while individual hotel chains have been dismissive of the San Francisco-based startup, the organisation that represents them is going on the offensive with its first-ever public
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • 5093 14 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC What’s the best career advice you received from your parents, which led you to become the successful business leader you are today? Eric Sin General Manager Pivotal South Asia OVER the years, the advice I received from my grandparents and parents weren’t principles
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS’ FORUM
    • 1040 16  -  Savers, who are starved for yield, subsidise borrowers. BY RICK RIEDER The writer is chief investment officer of fundamental fixed income at asset manager BlackRock ON Oct 28, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee provided a statement that while broadly in line
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    • 555 16  -  By James Barrineau The writer is co-head of emerging markets debt relative at asset manager Schroders A MODERATELY more hawkish Federal Reserve, which on Wednesday opened the door wider for a December rate hike, will perhaps stall a recovery in emerging market
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    • 516 16 A HAWKISH surprise from the Fed puts December lift-off expectations back on the table. This may trigger a sustained bid for the US dollar against emerging market (EM) Asian currencies especially with bearish positions much lighter and Fed-speak in the weeks ahead likely to
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
    • 1345 18 Though open cast mining will continue, Kellingley’s closing ends an enterprise spanning over two centuries that helped make the country an industrial power NYT Knottingley, England TENS of thousands of British coal miners have lost their jobs in recent decades, during the
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    • 471 18 REUTERS Melbourne CHINA is likely to sell more aluminium onto world markets by offering its struggling smelters cheaper power prices to keep them operating, adding to growing trade tensions with rival producers in countries such as the United States and Russia.
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    • 442 18 BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur 1 Malaysia Development Bhd, the debt-ridden state investment company that nearly defaulted earlier this year, said the offers it received for its energy unit are close to what it wants. 1MDB expects RM16 billion (S$5.2 billion) to RM18
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  • TECHNOLOGY
    • 694 19 HP Enterprise focuses on software and business services; HP Inc, on personal computer and printer operations AFP San Francisco SEVENTY-SEVEN years after Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard began tinkering in a Palo Alto garage, the company that became the foundation for Silicon
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    • 707 19 AFP Paris MUSIC streaming was supposed to have come of age with the public listing of Deezer, but the French company’s postponement of its stock offer shows that investors still have concerns about its economic model. Deezer hit the pause button on the first
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    • 846 19 NYT Washington AYMAN Ammar and Rashid Albuni claimed to be computer technology distributors, operating through multiple corporations in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The US government, though, charged them with smuggling of illegally shipping US equipment to the Syrian government that
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    • 647 19 AFP New York CONCERT promoters hoping to bring out legends such as Whitney Houston, Billie Holiday and Elvis Presley used to face an obvious problem the singers are dead. But with rapid advances in technology, those stars and many more
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  • CONSUMER
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    • 557 20 Prices for pork bellies sink to their lowest level since July but also partly because of seasonal factors and oversupply REUTERS Chicago STANDING at the meat counter in a Mariano’s grocery store in Chicago, a half-dozen customers bantered
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    • 587 20 AFP London GIN, the quintessentially British drink, is shaking off its fusty image to enjoy a revival led by the capital London, which has seen a boom in distilleries and dedicated bars. “We cannot keep up with demand,” said William Borrell, who since May has
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    • 287 20 BLOOMBERG Chicago STARBUCKS Corp, the world’s biggest coffee-shop chain, delivered a first-quarter forecast that missed analysts’ estimates, hurt by mounting costs for labour and technology. Earnings in the period will be 44-45 US cents a share, the Seat-tle-based company said on Thursday. Analysts
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
    • 657 22 They aim to conclude work on 16-nation free trade area and a three-way free trade deal REUTERS Seoul THE leaders of South Korea, Japan and China pledged to work towards greater economic integration at their first joint meeting in over three
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    • 842 22  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Friday disappointed those who had expected further monetary easing to help boost the world’s third-largest economy. But there are growing expectations that the central bank will act this month
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    • 1112 23 Many China companies involved in these partnerships have deep ties to the Chinese military NYT Hong Kong ONE Chinese technology company receives crucial technical guidance from a former People’s Liberation Army rear admiral. Another company developed the electronics on China’s first atomic
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    • 762 24 His high-profile, ‘more political’ moves have caused friction, while plans for action have stalled AFP Brussels A YEAR after Jean-Claude Juncker took charge of what he called the “last chance” European Commission, his plans to win back sceptical
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    • 693 24 AFP London SNIFFING white powder with prostitutes, expenses scandals members of Britain’s House of Lords usually only hit the headlines for their colourful extra-curricular activities, but one recent debate proved an exception. The unelected upper chamber of Parliament last Monday held a
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    • 1440 24 It will dominate weather patterns and cause commodity price gyrations WP Washington IT has choked Singapore with smoke, triggered Pacific typhoons and left Vietnamese coffee growers staring nervously at dwindling reservoirs. In Africa, cocoa farmers are blaming it for bad harvests, and
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    • 517 25 NYT New York WHILE 12 carmakers are still dealing with a deadly defect in millions of airbags made by Takata, Fiat Chrysler has been quietly grappling with a different chronic airbag problem: Since 2012, it has now recalled 1.8 million vehicles in
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    • 560 25 AFP New Delhi DELHI on Sunday introduced a toll for all trucks and commercial vehicles in an attempt to improve air quality in the world’s most polluted capital ahead of Diwali celebrations. Trucks are banned from entering the Indian capital during the
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    • 674 25 REUTERS Moscow RUSSIA has grounded Airbus A321 jets flown by the Kogalymavia airline, Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, after one of its fleet crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. The A321, operated by the Russian airline
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
    • 512 28 AFP Wellington WELLINGTON went into party mode on Sunday as jubilant All Black fans celebrated New Zealand’s historic World Cup final win over arch-rivals Australia. Energetic despite a 5am kick-off, thousands of supporters poured out of pubs in the capital’s Courtenay Place entertainment
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    • 429 28 AFP Taipei TENS of thousands marched in Taiwan’s capital on Saturday in Asia’s biggest gay pride parade, with many hoping presidential elections next year will bring to power a pro-gay government that will legalise same-sex marriage. About 78,000
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    • 624 28  -  Bruised and battered, she edges out Kvitova in three-set thriller for the biggest title of her career By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore WHAT a match. What a tournament. What a riveting week of tennis. The Singapore Indoor Stadium witnessed history on
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    • 549 28 AFP New York IT’S fall. Leaves in Central Park are golden and so are profits in the art world, as Christie’s and Sotheby’s prepare to auction off US$2 billion worth of works in New York. From Nov 4 to 12, the
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    • 517 28 AFP New York NEW YORK City’s giant Halloween Parade brought thousands to the streets on Saturday to celebrate the ghoulish and spooky from Donald Trump to witches; from bacon to a per-vert-in-training. Organised on a balmy autumnal night, it was
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