The Business Times, 15 August 2007

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Wednesday, August 15,2007
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon High IPO premiums may take a breather
    879 1 SGX After blistering year, market may get picky over who it rewards By MATTHEW PHAN [SINGAPORE] With first-day closing premiums for initial public offerings (IPOs) regularly shooting for the moon, it has been a great 2007 for local IPO investors so far. But
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    Lock icon Nasdaq makes waves with private stock market for super-rich
    789 1 Investors must have minimum assets of USsloomtoplay [NEW YORK] Today Nasdaq will launch what its executives are calling one of the most significant developments on Wall Street in decades a private stock market for super-wealthy investors. Minimum requirement for traders: US$lOO
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      74 1 COMMENTARY t i^^HH MOTORING CORPORATE SUB-PRIME IMPACT _ji Small caps doing Easter, more accurate RESULTS Still plenty of liquidity, *i well despite lack 'Jm 1 jr motor insurance Sing Tel posts $927 m saysCDEsKwek M of coverage page 4 fJSL», quotes page 21 Ql profit page 3 page 4 I
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon SingTel beats forecasts with 10.4% Q1 profit rise
        57 2 SINGAPORE Telecommunications yesterday posted a 10.4 per cent gain in net profit to $927 million for its first quarter ended June 30, boosted by unprecedented double digit growth at home. SingTel's earnings easily beat the $894 million average forecast of four analysts
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        Lock icon Still plenty of liquidity, says CDL chairman
        87 2 "THERE is still plenty of liquidity around," City Developments' executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng said yesterday. But foreign funds seeking investment property are likely to proceed more carefully given the escalation of the US sub-prime woes, he noted. Mr Kwek was speaking at
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        Lock icon Rabobank targets retail investors with new products
        52 2 RABOBANK International yesterday unveiled the latest in its range of structured investment products aimed at retail investors. Its "RaboJet Certs" offer investors returns of up to 20 per cent over a year comparable to equities but with some protection against losses. COMPANY NEWS,
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        Lock icon Sony pumps $150m into Tuas battery plant
        44 2 SONY Corp yesterday said it will invest $150 million over the next year to start its first lithium ion polymer battery plant here to help it meet global demand for lithium ion batteries. SINGAPORE NEWS, PAGE 11
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        Lock icon Back to business as usual for Asia's central banks
        72 2 ASIA'S central banks were back to business as usual yesterday as the regional fallout from the global credit squeeze abated, at least for the moment. In a clear sign that the scramble for cash was easing, the Bank of Japan drained
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        Lock icon Japan, Indonesia to sign economic pact next week
        51 2 JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indonesian President Bambang Yudhoyono are due to sign a joint economic partnership agreement of the type that Japan already has with other leading Asean members when the two leaders meet in Jakarta next Monday. MALAYSIA/INDONESIA, PAGE
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        Lock icon Faster, more accurate motor insurance quotes
        59 2 A NEW motor insurance quotation system capable of calculating multiple quotes is set to cut waiting time and increase consumer choice. The Web-based software platform is expected to include big names in motor insurance as well as the niche players among the 27 insurance
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      Lock icon Hitachi Tower, Chevron House attract record bids
      655 2  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Offer of over $3,200 psf for Hitachi Tower will mark new high: sources [SINGAPORE] The office market continues to sizzle, with an expression of interest for Hitachi Tower at Collyer Quay said to have resulted in a top indicative bid of
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      Lock icon SingTel beats forecasts with 10.4% Q1 profit rise
      727 3  -  SIOW LI SEN Telco reports $927 m earnings on 10% revenue growth in Spore operations [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications yesterday posted a 10.4 per cent gain in net profit to $927 million for its first quarter ended June 30, boosted by unprecedented double
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      Lock icon YHI seeks F1 wheel deal to race ahead
      489 3 By OH BOON PING [SINGAPORE] When Formula One (Fl) comes to town next year, the venue might not be its only Singaporean connection. Alloy wheels maker YHI International is now well-positioned in its race for a sponsorship deal with Fl. The company
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
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        45 3 uesday lange ICOMP 1,288.34 +0.75 IIKKEI225 16,844.61 +44.56 IANG SENG 22,007.32 +116.22 ;et INDEX 793.82 -11.02 JAKARTA COM P 2,168.64 -42.82 1ANILACOMP 3,263.56 -3.47 ;eoulcomp 1,817.89 -31.37 ;henzhen B 775.28 +19.45 IUMBAI IND 15,000.91 -16.30 12noon EDT Change )OW 13,154.35 -82.18 IASDAQ 2,532.76 -9.48
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        29 3 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.75 INDONESIA 15.718 TAIWAN 5.956 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 8.25 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.48 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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        39 3 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.523 (USS/SS per 2.008 3.057 :URO(US$/S$/E) 1.357 2.067 'EN 118.0 77.50 3.478 2.284 IK$ 7.822 5.137 !AHT 34.11 22.40 lUPIAH 9,365 6,151 1ENMINBI 7.578 4.977 INDIAN RUPEE 40.75 26.76 1.195 0.785 IZ$ 1.372 0.901
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      358 2 Tax risk management is a topic that is high on the agenda Seminar on of many local and multinational companies (MNCs). Tax Risk Management and Internationally, there is an increasing focus of regulators GST Hands jf are rea£^ for on the internal controls and reporting requirements relating Q^p Qr noi
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Still plenty of liquidity, says CDL's Kwek
      670 4  -  ARTHUR SIM But foreign funds seeking investment property are likely to proceed more carefully "THERE is still plenty of liquidity around," City Developments' executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng said yesterday. But foreign funds seeking investment property are likely to proceed more carefully given
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      Lock icon Small caps doing well despite lack of coverage
      671 4  -  R SIVANITHY THE stock market slump of the past three weeks has clearly hit small cap stocks harder than blue chips with the UOB Sesdaq Index down about 24 per cent versus the Straits Times Index's 10 per cent. Perhaps, not surprisingly,
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      Lock icon Rabobank launches new investment products
      501 5  -  CONRAD TAN RaboJet Certs offer investors returns of up to 20% a year with loss protection RABOBANK International yesterday inveiled the latest in its range of struc;ured investment products aimed at retail investors. Its RaboJet Certs offer investors returns of up to 20 per ;ent
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      Lock icon Babcock fund posts $12.3m Q2 after-tax profit
      382 5  -  OH BOON PING Reaffirming dividend guidance of 10.2 cents, it forecasts same for next year BABCOCK Brown Structured Finance Fund (BBSFF) has reaffirmed its dividend guidance of at least 10.2 cents this year, and forecasted a similar payout next year. For the quarter
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      Lock icon Shin Corp earnings fall 25% as mobile unit's results slide
      354 5 [BANGKOK] Shin Corp, Thailand's largest telecoms group, reported a worse-than-expected 25 per cent fall in second-quar-ter net profit yesterday, due mainly to a lower profit contribution from its mobile phone unit. Shin Corp, controlled by Singapore's Temasek Holdings through two
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      Lock icon Hyflux posts 51% higher Q2 earnings
      721 6  -  LYNETTE KHOO The group wins 305 m yuan worth of new water projects in China BUOYED by higher industrial sales with the completion of more projects, Hyflux Ltd enjoyed a 51 per cent lift in net profit from a year ago to $4.53 million
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      Lock icon Noble Group Q2 profit more than doubles
      314 6 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Noble Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based supplier of raw materials from coffee to energy, said second-quarter profit more than doubled on record sales driven by higher energy prices. Net income was U5555.7 million in the three months ended June 30,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon WBL posts net loss of $27.3m for Q3
        86 6 WBL Corporation posted a net loss of $27.3 million for the third quarter ending June 2007, compared to a net profit of $8.97 million a year ago. Revenue was down 7.6 per cent at $459.3 million. The group said it was adversely
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        Lock icon CAO Q2 profit rises after asset sale
        91 6 Bloomberg CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp, the nation's biggest jet fuel importer, said second-quarter profit rose after the company sold an asset in Spain. Net income climbed to U*****.2 million, or 19.4 cents a share, in the three months ended June 30, from
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        Lock icon Yellow Pages Q1 net loss shrinks to $2.7m
        63 6 YELLOW Pages (Singapore) reported a smaller net loss of $2.7 million for the first quarter ended June 30, compared to a loss of $2.8 million for the same quarter last year. It said group revenue increased 71.4 per cent to $2.0 million,
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        Lock icon Wheelock Q1 net profit down 3.9%
        84 6 WHEELOCK Properties' net profit for the first quarter ended June 30 dipped 3.9 per cent from a year ago to $25.5 million as revenue slipped 8.1 per cent to $97.8 million, largely due to lower revenue recognition from units sold in The Sea View
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        Lock icon Metro Q1 net profit soars to $13.67m
        58 6 METRO Holdings' net profit for the first quarter ended June 30 more than doubled to $13.67 million from $5.29 million a year ago, bolstered by a 6.76 per cent year-on-year growth in sales to $55.04 million as its retail division reported higher sales
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        Lock icon Isetan Q2 net profit up 10.34% to $3.68m
        59 6 ISETAN (Singapore) Ltd, a Japanese retailer of fashion merchandise, household goods and supermarket items here, saw its net profit for the second quarter ended June 30 rise 10.34 per cent to $3.68 million from a year ago, on the back of a
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      Lock icon Banyan Tree reports Q2 net profit of $3.2m
      476 8  -  By CHOW PENN NEE Hotel investment contributed the bulk of the group's turnover HOTEL operations were the main driver of resort operator Banyan Tree Holdings' second-quarter net profit of $3.2 million. In the corresponding period last year, the group reported a net
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      Lock icon SC Global posts 35% drop in Q2 net to $5.3m
      328 8 HIGH-END property developer SC Global Developments said net profit fell 35 per cent to $5.3 million in the second quarter ended June 2007 from a year ago, due mainly to the presence of a one-time investment gain of $5.3 million
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      Lock icon Results at a glance
      664 8 Half-year results ended June 2007 Notes: Net Profit refers to profit attributable to equity holders. Sing Inv Fin: Turnover figures are income before operating expenses. Sing Inv Fin: Current annualised EPS is 12.34 cents while previous was 9.54 cents. Current Interim EPS of 6.17 cents and
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      Lock icon Wilmar Q2 profits soar 142.4% to US$39.55m
      422 9  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Its robust showing comes on back of higher sales volume and palm oil prices WILMAR International's net profits have more than doubled a 142.4 per cent increase -to U5539.55 million in the second quarter of this year, the agribusiness group announced
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      Lock icon Sunpower sees order book boosting H2 results
      563 9  -  NANDE KHIN SUNPOWER Group, which reported lower interim profits, is expecting its sec-ond-half results to be better. In fact, its full-year performance should be an improvement over last year's, as more than half of its 701 million yuan (*****.7 million) order book (as
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      Lock icon Design Studio cashes in on high-end property
      459 9  -  YEN SREENIVASAN RIDING on the high-end property market in Singapore, the US and the Middle East, mainboard-listed Design Studio has chalked up a first-half profit of $4.1 million, reversing an interim loss of $356,000 last year. The latest result was achieved on a
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      Lock icon Jardine C&C H1 net profit up 56%
      183 9 Bloomberg JARDINE Cycle Carriage Ltd, Singapore's biggest car-seller by market value, said yesterday that first-half profit rose 56 per cent because of a rebound in Indonesia's auto market and increased demand in Singapore. Net income was US$l54 million, or 44.79 cents a share,
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Danger of a deeper correction looms
      709 10  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES Charts turn in favour of US dollar and against the carry trade NO, it is not the Asian crisis of 1998 aU over again. But, yes, it must have become a lot more hairy in financial markets if the world's largest
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      223 10 Changes over the past week YtAKIODAIt AUG14'07 HIGH LOW CLOSE CHNG US$ vs CURRENCY JPY 118.40 -0.39 124.16 115.13 SGD 1.5210 0.35 1.5479 1.5033 IDR 9335 0.27 9260 8650 THB 34.10 0.59 36.72 33.18 CNY 7.5760 0.08 7.8150 7.5543 MYR 3.4785 0.32 3.5250 3.3800 CURRENCY vsUSS Euro
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      94 10 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 14 3 1 0 0 0 14 lanufacturini 142 39 33 31 173 48 41 Commerce 57 10 11 68 15 14 "pt/Stor/Comms 28 31 :inance 11 11 10 Construction 17 26 'roperties 18 11 20
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      120 10 MAIN SPQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Julti Ind 50.601 50.601 121.519 121,519 lanufacturing 375,612 366,111 741,723 301,635 71,095 372.730 Commerce 261.135 17,664 278,799 127,978 4.573 132.551 )t/Stor/Comms 106,609 4.498 111.107 270.341 3.989 274.330 :inance 35.618 80 35.698 444.708 21 444,728 Construction 170,425 57.279 227.704 55.838 14,143 69.981
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      224 10 Jlgreen 0.48 1.590 4-0.010 JMH 2.72 22.600 -0.200 \scendasreit 0.94 2.560 -0.010 JSH 1.87 13.400 +0.100 CapitaComm 0.52 2.550 -0.060 Jardine C&C 0.71 14.000 +0.500 Capita Land 4.75 7.250 -0.050 Jurong Tech 0.04 0.760 Keppel Corp 5.93 12.600 +0.100 CapitaMal 0.96 3.620 4-0.060 Keppel Land 1.11
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      710 10  -  MATTHEW PHAN United Engineers Aug 14 close: 553.46 Phillip Securities Research, Aug 14 IHO7 results in line with our estimates: United Engineers (UEL) has reported stable IHO7 financial results, with revenue dropping slightly (-5 per cent year-on-year) to *****.5 million from *****.5 million in IHO6. However, gross profit
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      Lock icon Penny stocks rebound as ST Index drifts
      547 10  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS THE battered penny stocks segment made a stirring comeback yesterday even as lingering US sub-prime mortgage fears continued to cloud the local market. The Straits Times Index, which on Monday was propped up by 15 points in the final minutes,
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      46 10 CLOSE -1314.00 +371.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 +315.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -131.0 All-SG Equities 932.20 +5.24 SG Equities Elect 115.39 +0.18 SG Equities Fin 2427.91 +5.25 SG Equities Prop 1449.98 -2.86 SIMSCI 417.78 +0.69 SIMSCI Futures 415.80 -0.30 PrimePartnersCI 239.72 +0.67
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      54 10 VOLUME LottVis 99,355,000 Ban Joo 80,218,000 SuntecReit 61,021,000 Jade Tech 60,661,000 Equation 56,753,000 Lexicon Grp 53,730,000 HLG 51,934,000 Alantac 50,151,000 Armarda 45,825,000 SSH Corp 43,580,000 VALUE(S) UOB 216,546,964 DBS Grp 131,092,244 SuntecReit 114,543,447 Keppel Corp 84,876,069 SingTel 80,303,996 Capita Land 70,397,279 SGX 46,014,195 SIA 44,573,275 OCBC Bk
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      Lock icon RISES
      103 10 CLOSE UP Jardine C&C 1400 50.0 3.7 SIA 1820 50.0 2.8 SIA 200 1810 50.0 2.8 SC Global W*****0 408 44.0 12.1 Asia Pac Brew 1380 40.0 3.0 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** 40.0 0.4 QUE 1370 30.0 2.2 UOB 2150 30.0 1.4 SC Global 555 25.0 4.7 Labro'
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      Lock icon FALLS
      117 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN JMH 2260 -30.4 -0.9 Korea 10US$ 530 -30.4 -3.6 >re Land 940 -25.0 -2.6 Great Eastern 1840 -20.0 -1.1 lux 262 -18.0 -6.4 Olam 290 -12.0 -4.0 Asia Water W*****0 35 -10.0 -22.2 :it 1460 -10.0 -0.7 Peo le's Food 129 -10.0 -7.2 SGX 950
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      86 10 Aug 14 %CHNG CLOSE FRAug13 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.5210 -0.01 1.5479 1.5033 Euro 2.0663 0.47 2.0996 1.9913 Pounds 3.0415 0.49 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2752 0.39 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.2846 0.44 1.3277 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.01 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.4604 0.11 4.5700 4.1730
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Sony pumps $150m into Tuas battery plant
      437 11  -  ROLAND LIM At full capacity, the new plant will produce about 8m units a month SONY Corp yesterday said it will invest $150 million over the next year to start its first lithium ion polymer battery plant here to help it meet global
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      Lock icon Siemens injecting US$2.5m to support research at new centre here
      253 11 GERMAN technology powerhouse Siemens Medical Solutions has set aside US$2.5 million in a research grant to support a new centre established by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). The money, to
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      Lock icon Soleil @ Sinaran condo units 37% sold
      272 13  - Soleil Sinaran condo units 37% sold KALPANA RASHIWALA The average price is understood to be around the $1,400 to $1,500 psf range FRASERS Centrepoint says it has sold 37 per cent of the 417-unit condo, Soleil Sinaran near Novena MRT Station, at staff and YIP previews last week. The average
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      Lock icon Sentosa to develop Mount Faber ahead of IR: report
      184 13 THE Mount Faber area is to be rejuvenated before the planned integrated resort opens at Sentosa, Channel News Asia reports. The announcement came yesterday from Loo Choon Yong, chairman of Sentosa Development Corporation at the opening of the island's latest attraction,
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      Lock icon S'pore retains Fitch's top credit rating
      116 13 Bloomberg SINGAPORE retained its top AAA credit ranking and stable outlook at Fitch Ratings, which cited the city-state's strengthening financial and fiscal positions. Singapore is the only country in Asia with tri-ple-Aratings from Moody's Investors Service, Standard Poor's and Fitch. It shares the highest
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      Lock icon New Mental Capacity Bill to be implemented
      435 14  -  VINCENT WEE The proposed bill will let a person make a lasting power of attorney LEGAL gaps relating to deci-sion-making for people who are mentally incapacitated will be tackled in the proposed new Mental Capacity Bill. The draft bill, which is up for
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      Lock icon Games developer charged with copyright violation
      257 14  -  WINSTON CHAI The firm could also face civil suits from software producers VIDEO games developer Boonty Asia was yesterday charged in court for using bootleg software, making it the second company to face legal action under Singapore's revised Copyright Act. Boonty, the local subsidiary
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      445 15 Reuters Regional fallout from global credit squeeze abates for the moment [SYDNEY/HONG KONG] Asia's central banks were back to business as usual yesterday as the regional fallout from the global credit squeeze abated, at least for the moment. In a clear
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      431 15 Reuters [PARIS] Europe's economy lost steam in the second quarter of 2007 as output growth slowed more sharply than expected in Germany, France and Italy, prompting some economists to query the logic of another rise in European Central Bank (ECB) interest rates. The
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      693 16  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Key goal for Tokyo is stabilising energy relations between the two countries JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indonesian President Bambang Yudhoyono are due to sign a joint economic partnership agreement (EPA) of the type that Japan already has with
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      94 16 Bloomberg [HANOI] Gamuda Bhd, Malaysia's third-biggest developer, plans to build US$964 million of projects in Vietnam's capital, a Hanoi government official said yesterday. The Malaysian company will build a US$7ll million complex on a 327-hectare site that will include a hotel, convention hall, villas and apartments, as
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      560 16  -  LAUREL TEO CONVENTIONAL theory has it that the role and power of governments must necessarily wane as market forces wax with the rise of globalisation. But Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that the exact opposite is necessary, mapping out areas where Jakarta
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      451 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesian billionaire Putera Sampoerna, who sold his cigarette company for about US$2 billion two years ago, plans to build ethanol plants that may account for 19 per cent of the nation's output by 2010. Mr Sampoerna, 59, expects his first ethanol
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  • MIDDLE EAST
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      441 17 Bloomberg Dubai's investment in OMX may spark takeover battle with Nasdaq [STOCKHOLM] Officials from Borse Dubai met with representatives of the Swedish government on Monday to discuss the company's purchase of a 27.4 per cent stake in stock market operator OMX AB, which
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      165 17 [LONDON]DeIta Two, the Qatari fund trying to buy Britain's J Sainsbury Pic, is prepared to reduce the proportion of debt in its proposed £10.6 billion (5532.5 billion) bid, the Financial Times (FT) said yesterday. The newspaper, without citing sources, also said the
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      372 18 Report says one item is a die-cast car that may have lead paint [NEW YORK] Mattel Inc is close to announcing a second big recall of its Chi-nese-made toys, according to the Wall Street Journal's website on Monday. The Journal, quoting sources,
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      312 18 -AP [HONG KONG] Edmund Ho, leader of the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, has denied reports alleging that he has financial interests in the businesses of the region's most powerful casino mogul. The South China Morning Post reported on Monday that Mr Ho has
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      122 18 [TAIPEI] Taiwan prosecutors have charged the former top executive of UMC, the world's No 2 contract chip maker, and other former executives for violating a ban on investment in China, a newspaper said yesterday. The Economic Daily News said prosecutors indicted former chairman Robert Tsao
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      7696 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.072/ Star Europe Bond 1.193/ Star Europe Bal 1.247/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.518/ Star Asia Bond 1.292/ Star Asia Balanced 1.103/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.235/ MultiStFd 1.003/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.849/ Gib Multi St USD 1.19/ Asia
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Forces on alert after Al-Qaeda threats
      262 19 [NEW DELHI] India yesterday deployed aircraft, combat troops and tens of thousands of security forces on the eve of its 60th anniversary of independence after new threats by Al-Qaeda and separatist rebels, officials said. In the federal capital New Delhi, some 70,000 policemen and
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      285 19 Reuters Contract to supply freight carriages worth 400-500b yen: Nikkei report [TOKYO] Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd is close to winning a contract estimated to be worth up to 400-500 billion yen (Sss-6 billion) to supply freight carriages to a new railway
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      144 19 Reuters [MUMBAI] US carmaker Ford Motor Co, which is exploring the sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover brands, has contacted India's Tata Motors and Mahindra Mahindra for management meetings, the Economic Times newspaper reported yesterday. Citing industry insiders, the financial daily said
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      2430 19 lug 14 \ug 14 RM \&M Realty 3.14 \bricBhd 0.30 \dvance Synergy 0.35 \dventa Bhd 1.61 \e Multi Hldgs 0.29 \ffin Holdings 2.62 \hmad Zaki Resou 4.62 McCorp 0.58 Mrasia Bhd 1.93 \kn Messaging Te 0.23 \kn Technology 0.85 Muminium Co 1.28 Amalgamated Ind 0.57 \minvestment Grp 3.58
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      484 20 By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAILAND'S Supreme Court yesterday issued arrest warrants for ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife after they failed to appear before the court to hear charges against them. The case involves accusations of malfeasance relating to the purchase by
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      513 20 -AP Record exports of farm goods, autos offset jump in crude oil prices [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit dropped to a four-month low in June as record exports of farm goods and autos offset a jump in crude oil prices. Imports
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      606 20 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] British bank Barclays has received Dutch regulatory approval on Monday to buy ABN Amro. At the same time, its rival consortium said it has acquired a 3.25 per cent stake in the Dutch bank and declared their intention to
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      Lock icon VMware Inc goes public at US$29 a share
      289 20 Reuters [BOSTON] Software maker VMware Inc went public at US$29 a share, or nearly US$ll billion, on Monday in the year's most highly anticipated technology stock offering, as the unit of EMC Corp was sold at the high end of its forecast.
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      260 20 Bloomberg, Reuters [ZURICH] Shares of Europe's largest bank ÜBS fell to a 2007 low on the Zurich exchange yesterday after the bank acknowledged that "turbulent" markets may reduce profit for the rest of the year. "If the current turbulent conditions
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      288 20 -NYT NEW YORK] The Blackstone Group, the private equity firm, said on Monday that second-quarter net income more than tripled over the period a year ago, as it made its first earnings announcement as a public company. Revenue growth was strong across all four
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  • MOTORING
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      683 21  -  SAMUEL EE Web-based system automates previous manual system, attracts insurers A NEW motor insurance quotation system capable of calculating multiple quotes is set to cut waiting time and increase consumer choice. The web-based software platform is expected to include big names in motor insurance
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      823 21  -  SAMUEL EE 11,565 PI units sold in H1 included 92 Mercs and 90 VWs THE parallel import (PI) market may be overwhelmingly dominated by Japanese brands, but even Continental makes are finding these grey imports eating into their sales. Last year saw a
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  • AVIATION
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      537 22 Bloomberg 12-year loan will pay for 2 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, 17 Embraer jetliners [SINGAPORE] Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd, Australia's second-biggest airline, plans to borrow US$5B9 million to buy aircraft, said two bankers arranging the financing. The company is seeking a 12-year loan to pay for
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      412 22 [NEW YORK] Blackstone Group LP, Greenhill Co, Huron Consulting Group Inc and other firms don't deserve all the fees they billed for advisory services provided to Delta Air Lines Inc during its bankruptcy case, the government said. US Judge Adlai Hardin in
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      348 22 ters -Rev- [CHICAGO] AirTran Holdings, the freshly rejected suitor for rival Midwest Air Group Inc, will not seek another merger partner simply for the sake of consolidating, AirTran's chief financial officer said on Monday. The parent of low-cost carrier AirTran Airways does not need
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      149 22 [WELLINGTON, New Zealand] An Air New Zealand airplane on a domestic flight made a safe emergency landing on one engine in the southern city of Christchurch yesterday. The Boeing 737 airplane, carrying 73 passengers, was heading to the resort of Queenstown from the
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      317 22 Bloomberg It'll charge fares competitive with Deccan and Spice Jet [NEW DELHI] Air India Express, the low-fare unit of the nation's biggest overseas carrier, plans to start flights between domestic destinations from October to compete with Deccan Aviation Ltd and Spice Jet
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      2383 22 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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  • SHIPPING
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      800 23  -  DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK HERE is no longer any doubt that the much-talked-about global ship's officer shortage is real and not just a theoretical tightening of supply. This is highlighted by the efforts the top ship managers and shipowners are making to secure sources of well-trained
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      653 23  -  DONALD URQUHART Council says it will slow down cargo, resulting in gridlock at ports and airports [SINGAPORE] A new US law aimed at 100 per cent scanning of US-destined containers in foreign ports by 2012 will hit Asia the hardest, resulting
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      26 23 Want the best price? Hold an auction. Call 1800 289 8822 ot email notices@sph.com.sg to book your auction notice in out newspapers now. NOTICES '~~^r g
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      503 24 BY any account, 2007 must rank as the best year for global commercial aviation in recent memory. Unprecedented demand for seats coupled with a shortage of capacity has enabled major global and regional airlines to enjoy passenger loads of well above 75 per cent
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      1248 24  -  JACK FOO An effective system also helps an organisation to gauge performance and make decisions ISK has always been present in the business environment, but these days the potential for catastrophe seems higher than ever and companies need to respond appropriately. The outcome
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      768 24  -  FRANK CHING THE BOTTOM LINE FOR months, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has been talking about the importance of holding a referendum to see if the 23 million people of Taiwan would support the government's application to join the United Nations not
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      869 25  -  SEBASTIAN MALLABY The financial market fallout, while confounding, is a time-honoured story that unfolds with the crisis sorting itself out Nobody knows where sub-prime trouble may lurk, so every financial player has a hard time borrowing All operations that depend on easy credit from private-equity buyouts to
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      761 25  -  DAVID BROOKS LAST Saturday evening, I found myself at the counter of a truck stop diner. I was sitting next to a weathered trucker whose accent betrayed an East Texas upbringing and a lifetime devoted to tobacco. We quickly established that we were both celebrating birthdays. He
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8364 26 Transaction date: Aug 14 High »-wks Tel Low Code Company Sale ('OOP) High ■ow Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 11 6 3148 STelecom 34 20 5834 A-Sonic 103 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 53 21 1500 ACE Dynamics 30 15.5 1938 AEI
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      60 26 JiL Low Code Comi Sale *L roooi JiL Low Bui Seller C'vr P/E $mil ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** ***** 6170 SPDP.S 3730 2490 6235 STI ETF 100 US119cd US5000 US1000
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      2176 26 JiL Low Code Comi Sale rooo] JiL Low Bui Seller C'vr P/E $mil 30 13 1181 AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 ABR Hldgs 61 13.4 2319 Adampak 64.5 23 8515 Advanced Hldgs 16.5 1 1501 Advanced System 70.5 9 1524 Alantac 22.5 8 7814 Albedo 46.5 25.5 5021 Apex-Pal
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      243 26 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum all
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      438 27 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Am 13 World Index Preliminan 1128.4 1.1 2.5 0.7 3.3 0.9 4.2 EAFE Preliminan 1122.9 1.6 1.4 0.9 3.1 1.2 4.0 Euri Preliminan 1522.8 2.3
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      133 27 Aug 14 GOLD (US$/oz) Aui 13 Au( 14 Hong Kong London 668.50 667.00 669.50 667.50 Aug 10 Aug 13 674.45 669.90 675.05 670.50 Source: Reuters CAST BAR S) Aug 14 Buying Sellim Kilobar "35,077.81" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying Igm 5gm lOgm 20gm 50gm 1/00gm 1
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      18 27 Aug 14 STI SIMSCI Aui 415.9 419.5 415.8 Taiwan Aui 342.5 346.3 341.7 Source: MFGS
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      22 27 Aug 14 ss Bid Offer 1-month 1.5182 1.5192 2-months 1.5147 1.5158 3-months 1.5113 1.5124 6-months 1.5020 1.5032 Source: OCBC
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      269 27 Aug 14 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Sep 07 Oct 07 Nov 07 Dec 07 Jan/Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 323.75 323.25 323.25 322.75 322.25 325.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      104 27 Aug 13 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 07 861.00 850.00 866.00 859.00 Sep 07 866.00 856.00 872.00 864.00 Nov 07 881.75 871.75 888.00 880.00 Jan 08 896.75 886.50 902.50 895.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 07 36.50 36.28 36.75
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      73 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Aug 13 US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 71.93 1.83 WTI(NearMth) 71.70 0.2 Dubai (1-Mth F) 66.8 0.62 Tapis blend 76 1 Minas 73 0.55 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 71.30 83.05 0.98 0.8 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price 67.52 -0.74 US$/tonne
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      468 27 Aug 14 AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ri Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.885 6.340 0.616 6.545 34.098 78.362 0.988 7.802 2.910 1.148 50.582 38.357 1.274 6.073 1.011 27.589 28.537 0.417 0.837 Canada 1.130 7.162 0.696
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      127 27 As at 9am Aug 14 of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2700 1.2850 Can dollar 1.4330 1.4500 Euro 2.0590 2.0830 NZ dollar 1.1070 1.1310 iterlini ind 3.0440 3.0781 US dollar 1.5130 1.5300 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Chi
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      163 27 Aug 14 Offer Bid Overnight 1 3/4 1-month 2 5/8 2-months 2 5/8 3-months 2 11/16 Overnight mode: 2 5/16 US$ Offer 1 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2 2 9/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 5.65 5.59
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      76 27 Aug 14 1 mth 5.***** 2.***** 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 5.***** 2.***** 9 mths 5.***** 2.***** 12 mths 5.***** 2.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 2.***** 2 mths 2.***** 3 mths 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** SWAP
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      150 27 Aug 13 Aug 13 COCOA (Btonne) Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Close Prev Hii ih/Low Cash 2530.00 2535.00 3 months 2593.00 2590.00 SepO7 966 948 968/941 Dec 07 996 976 998/968 Mar 08 1013 992 1014/986 May 08 1022 1002 1022/1000 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash
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      158 27 Aug 14 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2734 1.2746 0.8366 0.8369 Canadian dollar 1.4383 1.4399 0.9449 0.9454 Euro 2.0659 2.0676 1.3573 1.3576 NZ dollar 1.1090 1.1106 0.7286 0.7292 Sterlin. md 3.0556 3.0579 2.0075 2.007I
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      88 27 Aug 14 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's [h Low 3-Month BQ*****S 15.11.07 1-Year BY*****V 30.04.08 2.45 2.39 2.4 2.4 2.4 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****0A 2.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750
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