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Title Section26 2007-12-27 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES. Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Thursday, December 27,200726 words
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Article, Illustration582 2007-12-27 1 KALPANA RASHIWALA - KALPANA RASHIWALA $153 m deal comes at a time when shortage, building boom boost returns [SINGAPORE] Morgan Stanley has expanded its Singapore real estate investment portfolio to include an unusual asset class foreign workers' dormitories. An entity understood to be linkedARTHUR LEE - 582 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article48 2007-12-27 1 Inesi lay lange KLCOMP 1,424.02 +0.78 NIKKEI 225 15,653.54 +100.95 HANG SENG Closed SET INDEX 841.20 -2.08 JAKARTA COM P 2,714.55 +56.57 MANILA COMP 3,612.63 +79.65 SEOUL COMP 1,906.72 -12.75 SHENZHEN B 700.77 +6.94 MUMBAI IND 20,192.52 +338.40 11AM EDT Change 13,507.55 -41.78 DOW NASDAQ 2,705.18 -8.3248 words
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Article29 2007-12-27 1 SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 6.75 INDONESIA 15.323 TAIWAN 6.236 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.50 US 7.25 CANADA 6.00 SWITZERLAND 3.81 INDIA 12.75 Source: BloombergBloomberg - 29 words
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Article39 2007-12-27 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.452 (USS/SS per 1.982 2.878 :URO(US$/S$/E) 1.442 2.094 'EN 114.20 78.60 3.339 2.299 IK$ 7.805 5.375 !AHT 33.73 23.23 lUPIAH 9,413 6,482 lENMINBI 7.332 5.049 INDIAN RUPEE 39.40 27.13 1.146 0.789 IZ$ 1.304 0.89839 words
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690 2007-12-27 1 SIOW LI SEN - SIOW LI SEN Sure of US outfit's strength, so it won't use bank holding firm [SINGAPORE] In an indication of the confidence with which it views its Christmas Eve purchase, Temasek Holdings will directly hold its stake of just under 10 per690 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous54 2007-12-27 1 |m v TOP JOBS BizlT BBBT ECONOMY SPORE New three-year Tech chiefs bullish I Singapore on track INTERNATIONAL contract for on Spore growth despite November blip Tapping Indonesia's SIACEO page 4 page 25 |Sj* page 2 healthcare market page 9 BT ROUNDTABLE Smart money 2008 Why analysts favour a plunge54 words
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TOP STORIES
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579 2007-12-27 2 SIOW LI SEN - SIOW LI SEN Surge in outward investment counters rising inflows: report [SINGAPORE] The Republic is an Asian leader when it comes to capital outflows to counter excessive inflows. Investing abroad limits currency appreciation. The surge in outflows has been led by579 words
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Article, Illustration740 2007-12-27 2 LYNETTE KHOO - LYNETTE KHOO Biomed slides 33.4% but Nov's underlying manufacturing trend remains stable [SINGAPORE] Singapore's economy remains on track to hit the higher end of the government's full-year gross domestic product growth target of 7.5-8 per cent, despite a blip in manufacturing output in740 words
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323 2007-12-27 2 -AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] Online auction giant eßay has launched a microlending website that lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world and get a return on their money. Unlike micro-finance organisations that make inter-est-free loans to people in developing-AFP - 323 words
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THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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111 2007-12-27 2 SINGAPORE investors do not seem to have bolted for the exit on Wall Street when the sub-prime crisis hit in August, casting a pall over the US market for most of the third quarter. In fact, they were quicker on their feet111 words
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49 2007-12-27 2 SINGAPORE Airlines has rewarded chief executive officer Chew Choon Seng with a new three-year contract running to the end of 2010. The new contract supersedes Mr Chew's current contract which was due to expire in June 2009. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 449 words
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78 2007-12-27 2 FOOD beverage and property group Yeo Hiap Seng yesterday warned of a loss for 2007 caused by a tax provision relating to three property projects. YHS said two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries have been negotiating with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore78 words
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62 2007-12-27 2 THE HDB has put on the market a 163,800 sq ft land parcel in Bishan under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme the fourth such site to be offered under the scheme. Market watchers estimate that the Bishan Street 24 site could62 words
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84 2007-12-27 2 AMERICAN consumers, uneasy about the economy and unimpressed by the merchandise in stores, delivered the bleak holiday shopping season retailers had expected, if not feared, according to one early but influential projection. Spending from Thanksgiving to Christmas rose just 3.6 per cent84 words
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85 2007-12-27 2 BUDGET hotel operator Tune Hotels Regional Services Sdn Bhd has been making waves in the Malaysian hospitality scene even though it commenced operations only in May, says a report in Starßiz. Since the opening of its flagship hotel on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in85 words
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83 2007-12-27 2 CHINA will tighten funding rules for new projects to curb investment and worsening pollution in the world's fourth-biggest economy, according to an official from the nation's top economic planning agency. China will "soon" reduce the amount of debt companies can use83 words
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71 2007-12-27 2 CALL centres and other outsourced businesses such as software writing, medical transcription and back-office work employ more than 1.6 million young men and women in India, mostly in their 20s and 30s, who make much more than their contemporaries in most other professions. They71 words
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77 2007-12-27 2 FOR Warren Buffett, Christmas came not a moment too soon. After just two weeks of negotiations, Mr Buffett, who has been looking for acquisitions on which to spend his company's billions of dollars, snagged an industrial conglomerate in a deal announced on77 words
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Article, Illustration594 2007-12-27 3 CHUANG PECK MING - CHUANG PECK MING They didn't sell much on the dip of Q3 but made withdrawals in Q2 [SINGAPORE] Singapore investors do not seem to have bolted for the exit on Wall Street when the sub-prime crisis hit in August, casting a pall594 words
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452 2007-12-27 3 NEIL BEHRMANN - NEIL BEHRMANN Safe haven strategy works during credit crisis INVESTORS who decided to play safe have done well during the US and European credit crisis. These are the investors who decided to plump for developed nation sovereign bonds and gold. The investors452 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article, Illustration412 2007-12-27 4 VINCENT WEE - VINCENT WEE Three-year contract supersedes current one which was to expire in mid-2009 SINGAPORE Airlines has announced a new service contract for its chief executive officer Chew Choon Seng. The new contract for three years runs from January next year to December 2010. ItBLOOMBERG - 412 words
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407 2007-12-27 4 Talks going on with IRAS on tax treatment of 3 property projects FOOD beverage and property group Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS) has warned of a loss for 2007 caused by a tax provision relating to three property projects. In a statement yesterday,407 words
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301 2007-12-27 4 STX Pan Ocean Co Ltd is establishing a new venture in the Middle East. The joint venture was incorporated in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, yesterday, following an agreement earlier this year between its wholly owned subsidiary STX Pan Ocean Singapore301 words
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402 2007-12-27 4 Reuters SINGAPORE'S Xpress Holdings, a dotcom firm turned printer, plans to expand in Vietnam to tap demand from the country's growing financial sector for services, company officials told Reuters. The expansion will involve setting up "print stations" in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minn– Reuters - 402 words
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259 2007-12-27 5 QUAH CHIN CHIN - QUAH CHIN CHIN Plan to buy high-end publications by Adkom will cost the unit $23.2 m SPH Magazines, a wholly owned subsidiary of media group Singapore Press Holdings, is acquiring all the luxury magazines owned and published by Adkom Ltd. The proposed acquisi-259 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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83 2007-12-27 5 NERA Telecommunications yesterday said that it and its Indonesian unit PT Nera Indonesia have sealed a $5.1 million deal for the supply, delivery, installation and maintenance of microwave transmission equipment with a cellular operator in Indonesia. Of the total amount, $4.1 million is for83 words
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80 2007-12-27 5 VIZ Branz yesterday announced a rights issue of up to 47.7 million warrants at an issue price of five cents each. The issue is on the basis of three warrants for 10 existing shares. Each warrant is convertible to one share at an exercise80 words
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75 2007-12-27 5 ASIASILK Holdings warned yesterday that it may not achieve profitability for financial year 2007. It had at the half-year stage said that "barring unforeseen circumstances, the directors expect the group to remain profitable in FY2007". The change in profit guidance stemmed from75 words
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184 2007-12-27 5 Reuters SHARES of Biosensors International Group rose as much as 18.6 per cent to a six-week high of 86 cents with more than 20 million shares traded after the heart-stent maker said that it expects to get European regulatory approval for its Biomatrix■ Reuters - 184 words
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Article, Illustration243 2007-12-27 5 Syariah-compliant scheme with tenures of up to 30 years OCBC Bank's Malaysian offshoot yesterday introduced a 30-year tenure Syari-ah-compliant home-financ-ing scheme aimed at making home-ownership easier for those who have just entered the workforce. The OCBC Idaman Home Financing-i scheme offers fixed instalment ratesFILE PHOTO - 243 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration560 2007-12-27 6 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY STOCKS Buying made in anticipation of year-end rally and window-dressing; banks, KepCorp up BUYING in anticipation of a year-end rally and/or window-dress-ing continued to push up the Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday, led by the banks, Keppel Corp and the Jardine group.Bloomberg - 560 words
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Article101 2007-12-27 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 6 5 0 0 0 6 6 5 Manufacturing 123 31 43 15 12 138 38 55 Commerce 45 15 52 11 21 Tpt/Stor/Comms 20 12 22 13 Finance 18 19 Construction101 words
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Article120 2007-12-27 6 TURNOVER C000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE ('000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 11,518 11,518 34,776 34,776 Manufacturing 414,907 78,515 493,422 367,056 18,774 385,830 Commerce 165,635 4,879 170,514 31,397 992 32,389 Tpt/Stor/Comms 51,475 1,137 52,612 104,833 911 105,744 Finance 31,293 38 31,331 174,830 9 174,839 Construction 48,600 5,164120 words
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Article224 2007-12-27 6 Stock name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.45 1.490 +0.010 Ascendasreit 0.87 2.420 CapitaComm 0.48 2.390 -0.010 Capita Land 4.14 6.410 +0.100 CapitaMall 0.95 3.410 +0.060 Chart SemiCond 0.52 0.975 CityDev 2.65 13.960 -0.200 ComfortDelGro 1.23 1.760 -0.010 Cosco Corp 1.95 5.960 -0.010 Creative Tech 0.16 6.350224 words
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Article, Illustration915 2007-12-27 6 MATTHEW PHAN - MATTHEW PHAN Financial One Dec 26 close: 550.845 Kirn Eng Research, Dec 26 FINANCIAL One is leader in the Taiwanese leasing instalment sales market with 30 years of expertise. Key competitive advantages: 1) strong core competency and niche client segments result in stable higher margins relative to peers;: Bloomberg - 915 words
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Article, Illustration476 2007-12-27 6 -AFP CURRENCIES [TOKYO] The dollar held steady in subdued Asian trade yesterday, propped up by hopes of an easing of the US sub-prime loan crisis, dealers said. They said activity was muted amid a dearth of fresh trading leads following the Christmas-AFP; REUTERS - 476 words
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Article49 2007-12-27 6 Dec 26 VALUE CLOSE -485.00 +382.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 +259.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -48.00 All-SG Equities 959.68 +9.17 SG Equities Elect 100.86 1.13 SG Equities Fin 2419.45 +22.61 SG Equities Prop 1324.33 +11.63 SiMSCI 422.13 +3.76 SiMSCI Future 423.40 3.40 PrimePartnersCI 242.50 5.5449 words
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Article54 2007-12-27 6 VOLUME JES 134,462,000 Diqiland 90,177,000 Yanqzijianq 33,773,000 China Honqxinq 31,291,000 Ban Joo 27,137,000 Jade Tech 25,858,000 Firstßes 25,478,000 Sinostar 23,577,000 El-Nets 22,162,000 Firstßes MEReCWOBO4OB 21,058,000 VALUE(S) JES 96,022,525 DBS Grp 86,778,040 Yanqzijianq 68,092,810 China Honqxinq 29,623,625 Firstßes 27,750,990 Capita Land 26,109,950 UOB 25,756,120 Sing Tel 20,679,880 STXPOKWIOO54 words
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Article104 2007-12-27 6 CLOSE UP JMH 2662 104.5 2.8 JSH 1550 69.7 3.2 STI ETF 100 3670 45.0 1.2 DBS Gri 2112 44.0 2.1 Jardine C&C 2154 44.0 2.1 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 1010 43.6 3.1 HK Land 504 42.1 6.1 STI ETF IOPV 3559.6 38.4 1.1 Kei Con 1278 38.0 3.1 GLD 10US$104 words
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Article117 2007-12-27 6 CLOSE DOWN CoscoCori iDBeCW/*****5 18 -31.5 -63.6 :\t 1396 -20.0 -1.4 Dain irm 436 -17.4 -2.7 SGXSGAeCW/*****7 31.5 -15.0 -32.3 SPCDBeCW/*****0 35.5 -10.5 -22.8 TIH 314 -8.0 -2.5 GuocoLeisure 97.5 -7.5 -7.1 STI 3300 DBePW/*****3 24.5 -7.5 -23.4 STI 3700SGAePW*****8 53 -7.0 -11.7 Yari( iaSGAeCW/***** 16 -6.5 -28.9 BY117 words
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Article90 2007-12-27 6 Wh lere S! i$ stands Dec 26 CHNG CLOSE FR Dec 24 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4522 0.10 1.5479 1.4363 Euro 2.0945 -0.20 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.8765 0.21 3.1194 2.9158 AS 1.2669 -0.35 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.2706 0.27 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.21 0.***** 0.***** Baht*90 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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Article, Illustration368 2007-12-27 7 JMA SHANKARI - JMA SHANKARI Market watchers expect plot at Street 24 to fetch $200-$240 psf ppr THE HDB has put on the market a 163,800 sq ft land parcel in Bishan under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) the fourth such site to be368 words
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Article, Illustration223 2007-12-27 7 By NISHA RAMCHANDANI SINGAPORE welcomed 837,000 visitors in November, which was a 4.6 per cent year-on-year growth and a record for the month, according to data released by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) yesterday. Figures show Indonesia, China, India, Australia, and Malaysia were theREUTERS - 223 words
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Article, Illustration214 2007-12-27 7 TAN SEO YEAN - TAN SEO YEAN A NEW man is taking over as director-general of Singapore Customs, with Fong Yong Kian replacing Teo Eng Cheong on Jan 1, 2008, the agency announced yesterday. Mr Teo, 41, will be leaving to join the Competition Commission of Singapore as214 words
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137 2007-12-27 7 ELECTRICITY will cost more from next year, no thanks to high oil prices. SP Services, part of the Singapore Power group, said yesterday that tariffs will be going up from the first quarter. For the period January 1 to March 31, electricity137 words
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Advertisement133 2007-12-27 7 f We train so many Goodness, no. people that we Never again "°4Sjrfo+ have to create would I run for fTp restaurants for c+\ president of the '^T,^ them. -rr-x United States. I'm quite clear about the uselessness of nostalgia. I XaM live fully in the places that mM I133 words
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Advertisement3375 2007-12-27 8 SAVU INVESTMENTS LTD SAVU INVESTMENTS LTD (Company Registration No: *****0062 C) (Company Registration No: *****0062 C) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF MEETING NOTICE OF MEETING Trust Deed dated 7 July 2000 (the "Trust Deed") Trust Deed dated 7 July 2000 (the3,375 words
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SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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Article, Illustration1062 2007-12-27 9 Concerns over infectious diseases have raised demand for supplements, reports CHUANG PECK MING IT MIGHT seem unlikely for people in a poor country to be gobbling up vitamins when many of them cannot afford as much food as they would like. But thatFILE PHOTO - 1,062 words
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613 2007-12-27 9 CHUANG PECK MING - CHUANG PECK MING ALTHOUGH its products have yet to hit the Indonesian market, that country is no stranger to Integrated Contract Manufacturing. The Singapore-based company actually started out in 1970 as a trading firm named Woods International, which exported third party pharmaceutical goods613 words
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BT ROUNDTABLE
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Article, Illustration2435 2007-12-27 10 Cash may be king for the moment but financial experts favour a plunge back into equity markets later in the year A "YEAR of fear" for portfolio investors or a time of great opportunity? This is the question The Business Times– Jesper Koll; – Ernest Kepper; Robert Lloyd George - 2,435 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration875 2007-12-27 11 -NYT Overall spending rises just 3.6% but online purchases jump 22.4% [NEWYOßK] American consumers, uneasy about the economy and unimpressed by the merchandise in stores, delivered the bleak holiday shopping season retailers had expected, if not feared, according to one early but-NYT; AFP - 875 words
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478 2007-12-27 11 Bloomberg Govt draft report says rate may be kept up for 4 years [TOKYO] Japan's economy can grow 2 per cent or more in the next four years if the government carries out reforms, a draft of a government report on mid-term policyBloomberg - 478 words
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376 2007-12-27 11 ■AP [HANOl]Vietnam's economy grew by 8.4 per cent this year, the fastest expansion in the last 10 years, and inflation is estimated at 8.3 per cent, according to government figures released on Tuesday. Export revenues have earned the country an estimated US$4B.3 billion■AP - 376 words
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Article, Illustration450 2007-12-27 11 Reuters [BEIJING] China's recent policy steps to address rapidly rising food prices will start to show effects in the first half of next year, a senior Communist Party official said yesterday. Annual consumer inflation reached an 11-year high of 6.9 per cent in– Reuters; AFP - 450 words
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514 2007-12-27 11 -AP Goal is part of scheme to quadruple country's per capita GDP by 2020 [BEIJING] China hopes to grow its middle class to more than half of its population by the end of the next decade, a Communist Party-AP - 514 words
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Article, Illustration937 2007-12-27 12 First overseas outfit to open in Bali by end-08; CEO upbeat about biz model [KUALA LUMPUR] Budget hotel operator Tune Hotels Regional Services Sdn Bhd has been making waves in the local hospitality scene even though it commenced operations only in May, says937 words
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Article, Illustration418 2007-12-27 12 Reuters, AP [CALANG, INDONESIA] Hundreds of Indonesians prayed at mass graves in Aceh province yesterday to remember relatives who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami three years ago. On Dec 26, 2004, giant waves triggered by one of the most powerful earthquakes ever– Reuters, AP; AP - 418 words
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Article459 2007-12-27 12 Reuters Agreement signed to develop Golshan and Ferdows fields [TEHERAN] Iran signed a US$l6 billion gas development deal with Malaysian group SKS in Teheran yesterday after reaching a preliminary agreement in January, Iranian media reported. Iranian officials were not immediately available for comment onReuters - 459 words
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Article2327 2007-12-27 12 VOL ('000) Dec 26 RM A&M Realty 0.88 AbricBhd 0.27 Advance Synergy 0.20 Adventa Bhd 1.40 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.29 Affin Holdings 2.50 Ahmad Zaki Resou 3.28 Aic Corp 0.77 Airasia Bhd 1.62 Akn Technology 0.60 Alliance Financi 3.06 Aluminium Co 1.18 Amalgamated Ind 0.48 Aminvestment Grp unch Ammb2,327 words
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GREATER CHINA
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463 2007-12-27 13 Bloomberg Investment is driving an expansion that's the fastest of any major economy [BEIJING] China will tighten funding rules for new projects to curb investment and worsening pollution in the world's fourth-biggest economy, according to an official from the nation's top economicBloomberg - 463 words
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758 2007-12-27 13 China Pacific Insurance shares jump 61 in Shanghai debut Reuters [SHANGHAI] Shares in China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co (CPIC) closed up 61 per cent on their debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Tuesday, slightly above the market's average expectation, buoyed by its position in the world's fast-est-growing major insurance– Reuters - 758 words
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308 2007-12-27 13 Reuters [BEIJING] China's central bank has capped 2008 quotas for new lending by the Big Four state banks as part of its campaign to curb credit growth and keep the economy on an even keel, a banking source said yesterday. If the– Reuters - 308 words
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Article, Illustration594 2007-12-27 13 ■Bloomberg [BEIJING] Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (Group), China's largest carmaker, agreed to buy Nanjing Automobile Group Corp's auto-assembly and component-making businesses as China urges its carmakers to consolidate. SAIC Motor Corp, the listed unit of Shanghai Auto, will pay 2.1 billion yuan (Ss4ls■Bloomberg; AFP - 594 words
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INDIA
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Article, Illustration774 2007-12-27 14 -AP Productivity losses could grow to USs2oob over next 10 years: study [NEW DELHI] The job came with a good salary, and good perks. But, 26-year-old Vaibhav Vats will tell you, it was doing him no good. His weight had grown to 120 kilos-AP; AP - 774 words
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Article7685 2007-12-27 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mat (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.022/ Star Europe Bond 1.188/ Star Europe Bal 1.22/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.681/ Star Asia Bond 1.261/ Star Asia Balanced 1.065/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.238/ Multi St Fd 0.936/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.867/ Gib Multi St USD7,685 words
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Article, Illustration504 2007-12-27 15 -NYT Acquisition of 60% of Pritzker family's firm is his biggest outside insurance [NEW YORK] For Warren E Buffett, Christmas came not a moment too soon. After just two weeks of negotiations, Mr Buffett, who has been looking for acquisitions on which-NYT; REUTERS - 504 words
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562 2007-12-27 15 Reuters [BANGKOK] Slowly but it seems surely, the party backing ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is shaping up to form Thailand's next government, a stunning reversal of fortune after last year's military coup. Nobody doubted that the People Power Party (PPP), the reincarnation■ Reuters - 562 words
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Article, Illustration450 2007-12-27 15 -AP President-elect is said to be involved in financial fraud [SEOUL] South Korea's president approved an independent probe yesterday of his successor, Lee My-ung-bak, over financial fraud allegations that have cast a cloud over the former Seoul mayor's landslide election win. The unprecedented investigation-AP; AP - 450 words
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589 2007-12-27 15 ■AFP [TOKYO] A Japanese rail operator said yesterday it plans to introduce the world's fastest train in the next two decades, a nextgeneration maglev built at a cost of US$45 billion. "Maglev", or magnetically levitated, trains travel above ground through an electromagnetic pull.■AFP - 589 words
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461 2007-12-27 15 -AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] Online social networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar this year as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online communities. Google's freshly released "Zeitgeist 2007" reveals that seven out of the-AFP - 461 words
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215 2007-12-27 15 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Global investment bank ÜBS AG rejected Chinese media reports that claimed it had improperly manipulated Hong Kong-listed shares and warrants in the country's top oil company, PetroChina. "These allegations are entirely new, and at this stage ÜBS does not believe that they haveReuters - 215 words
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419 2007-12-27 15 -AP [RICHMOND, Virginia] A US company has developed clothing with built-in tourniquets outfits that many hope can play a pivotal role in saving lives in combat zones. The clothing was developed by Black Hawk, a Norfolk, Virginia provider of military and law-AP - 419 words
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AVIATION
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670 2007-12-27 16 -AP They are using air-to-ground approach to avoid satellite fees [NEW YORK] Airlines and service providers seeking to deliver high-speed Internet services to passengers say that they have learnt from Boeing Co's 2006 decision to pull the plug on its ambitions to outfit its-AP - 670 words
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232 2007-12-27 16 Xinhua [BEIJING] The expansion project of the Beijing Capital International Airport passed a final inspection by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on Tuesday, marking the successful end of the work that started three years and nine months ago. The project, which cost 27 billion– Xinhua - 232 words
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Article, Illustration337 2007-12-27 16 Reuters Proceedings could result in material liability, says airline [TORONTO] Air Canada has been included in the European Commission's investigation into price fixing on freight services, the airline said on Monday, adding that it might suffer a liability as a result. "It is not■ Reuters; AP - 337 words
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230 2007-12-27 16 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Air China's parent reiterated it may vote against Singapore Airlines's purchase of a stake in China Eastern Airlines, after earlier media reports said the company might support the deal. China National Aviation Holding, through its Hong Kong subsidiary,– Bloomberg - 230 words
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Article2430 2007-12-27 16 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:2,430 words
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Miscellaneous273 2007-12-27 16 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 10 Characteristic of homage g—^ 11 Flower power? Auntie got worried (7) _M^B_MM__MM_^_^^M__MM__MM__MM__ mine? (7) B^HH H^H^HH HH 13 Start of summer thaw H^BM__HH__^H__HH__^lM^PM__HH__ 14 As leaving, break cover with ■^■^■B 6 23 To a nice cook, it is poison 25 Tying up the doctor with call273 words
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SHIPPING
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125 2007-12-27 17 Bloomberg [SEOUL] STX Shipbuilding Co, the world's fifth largest shipbuilder, rose the most in a month after an energy unit bought oil fields in Europe. STX Shipbuilding's shares rose as much as 9.6 per cent, the most since Nov 27. The shares gainedBloomberg - 125 words
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TRANSPORT STOCKS
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Article128 2007-12-27 17 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWT Ltd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KlVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Man Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.80 0.39 5.96128 words
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Article38 2007-12-27 17 '000 nt'G Logistics MISC Bhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 1.19 9.80 unch 4.42 2.92 0.25 0.19 0.03 -0.30 unch 0.04 unch -0.01 unch 141 2& 175: i: i 5' 5138 words
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Article17 2007-12-27 17 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine 6.80 44.00 unch unch 0.50 unch 392' 92( 117 words
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Article23 2007-12-27 17 Evergreen Marine ....27.10 :irst Steamship 68.00 /Van Hai Lines 28.00 fang Ming Marine ..23.25 0.50 2.60 1.00 0.75 11 9 7 823 words
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Article38 2007-12-27 17 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ..340.00 12.00 ***** :awasaki Kisen ...1160.00 lunch 3476 /litsubishi Hvy 498.00 8.00 ***** /litsui Eng&Sbldg ..448.00 6.00 ***** /litsui Osk Lines ...1488.00 9.00 6142 Jippon Express 588.00 1.00 1022 lipponYusen 915.00 1.00 295338 words
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826 2007-12-27 17 DAVID HUGHES - DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK O FAREWELL 2007, overall yet another pretty good year for shipping. With some exceptions and a I temporary fall in tanker rates, the markets continued to be remarkably buoyant. Even bunker prices of around US$6OO a tonne didn't knock much826 words
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359 2007-12-27 17 -AFP [SEOUL]A Hong Kong-regis-tered supertanker at the centre of South Korea's worst oil spill has been impounded until clean-up costs of more than US$ll million are paid, anti-pollu-tion officials said yesterday. The 147,000-tonne Hebei Spirit was seized after a writ was filed by the-AFP - 359 words
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362 2007-12-27 17 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Asian freight rates for Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) loading from the Middle East slid below W3OO levels yesterday, as charterers wrapped up their requirements for January. Rates for VLCCs on the benchmark Middle East Gulf-to-Japan route eased by about– Reuters - 362 words
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Advertisement289 2007-12-27 17 ASIAN FEEDER DISCUSSION GROUP (AFDG) CHENNAI FEEDER OPERATORS (CFO) NOTICE TO TRADE REVISION IN TRADE SURCHARGE Following a further review carried out on the latest situation in Chennai, the following Feeder Operators wish to inform the trade that the Trade Surcharge will be reverted to its original level of USDIOO.OO289 words
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EDITORIAL & OPINION
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475 2007-12-27 18 SINGAPOREANS are by now accustomed to reports of rising prices, but that does little to change the fact that inflation is increasingly becoming one of the key issues the country has to tackle in the new year. Christmas Eve brought more news475 words
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Article, Illustration984 2007-12-27 18 ANTHONY ROWLEY - ANTHONY ROWLEY But the global financial system may just be ready to learn to do things 'the Japanese way' TO COME late to a party while it is still in full swing is one thing; to arrive after it is over and everyoneAFP - 984 words
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Article, Illustration770 2007-12-27 18 YOGI AGGARWAL - YOGI AGGARWAL THE BOTTOM LINE IT is difficult of think of another election in an Indian state that has so radically changed the political landscape in India. When Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and chief minister of Gujarat, romped770 words
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Article, Illustration1173 2007-12-27 19 MAUREEN FAN - MAUREEN FAN -LATWP The fast track to wealth has left the children of China's entrepreneurs bankrupt in terms of manners and morals IN A borrowed classroom of the provincial Communist Party School, a newly busy philosophy professor addressed 15 well-groomed adult students. His message:-LATWP; AFP - 1,173 words
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Article, Illustration1018 2007-12-27 19 LIAU Y- SING - LIAU Y-SING Reuters M" ALAYSIA'S drive to woo investment is losing traction, as efforts to get rid of red tape and inept bureaucrats falter, threatening to put it further behind neighbouring Singapore. A year after the authorities vowed to speed up the business approval– Reuters; REUTERS - 1,018 words
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SINGAPORE STOCKS
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Article8422 2007-12-27 20 Transaction date: Dec 26 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hii Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E MCap $mil Hii Co mi 5716 1st Software 11 8 3148 STelecom 34 15.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond8,422 words
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Article70 2007-12-27 20 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Day ill Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Com _Hm 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** *****70 words
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Article2135 2007-12-27 20 52-Wk Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) lay I Low Bu1 .ast Quote Div yer Seller C'vr Net P/E /ICap $mil Hi. Comi >an' Hi. 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 20.5 5000 s ABR Hldgs 31 21.5 8538 s APStrateg.c 16.5 2.5 1501 s Advanced2,135 words
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Article214 2007-12-27 20 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalist N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum214 words
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363 2007-12-27 21 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Dec 25 World Index Preliminan 1142.4 0.2 3.8 0.2 1.6 0.2 7.: EAFE Preliminan 1122.5 0.4 1.3 0.4 1.5 0.4 7.: Euro[ Preliminan 1542.0 0.0 3.2 0.0 3.5 0.0 9.. Pacific 965.9363 words
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Article130 2007-12-27 21 As at 9am Dec 26 Singapore dollars to one unit if foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Uist dollar 1.2580 1.2720 :an dollar 1.4640 1.4810 :uro 2.0800 2.1040 IZ dollar 1.1030 1.1260 jterlin .und 2.8610 2.8920 JS dollar 1.4440 1.4600 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign130 words
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Article162 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 fer Bi. Overnight 1/2 1-month 2 5/16 2-months 2 7/16 3-months 2 9/16 Overnight mode: 3/4 US$ Offer 3/8 2 3/16 2 5/16 2 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 5.20 4.95 5.00 5.00 4.85162 words
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Article23 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 ten STI ;iMSCI Dec 422.6 423.9 423.4 "aiwan Dec 321.8 324.9 324.8 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd23 words
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Article21 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4478 1.4489 2-months 1.4446 1.4458 3-months 1.4427 1.4439 6-months 1.4360 1.4373 Source: OCBC21 words
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Article158 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2663 1.2679 0.8723 0.8728 Canadian dollar 1.4726 1.4739 1.0144 1.0146 Euro 2.0929 2.0945 1.4417 1.4418 NZ dollar 1.1126 1.1147 0.7664 0.7673 jterlin. ind 2.8764 2.8788 1.9814 1.9817158 words
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Article346 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 URODOLLAR FUTURES Vlar08 Iun08 >ep08 3ec08 95.655 96.110 96.325 96.405 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 7018 2617 EUROYEN FUTURES Vlar08 99.275 99.275 Iun08 99.290 99.295 iep08 99.235 99.240 3ec08 99.165 99.165 Vlar09 Iun09 >ep09 3ec09 99.265 99.285 99.235 99.165 99.090A 99.045A 99.270 99.285 99.240346 words
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Article280 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 378.00 380.50 383.75 390.75 393.25 395.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)280 words
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Article105 2007-12-27 21 Dec 24 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 08 1181.00 1177.50 1182.00 1173.50 Mar 08 1199.25 1196.00 1200.00 1192.75 May 08 1215.50 1212.00 1216.00 1208.50 Jul 08 1223.00 1219.50 1224.50 1216.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jan 08 47.46 47.15 47.47105 words
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Article76 2007-12-27 21 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Dec 24 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Chan. Brent blend (1-Mth F) 91.99 0.52 WTI (Near Mth) 93.32 unch Dubai (1-Mth F) 86.76 0.67 Tapis blend 96.8 0.6 Minas 95.15 0.6 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 93.90 107.25 unch unch USS/barrel Opec Oil76 words
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Article468 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru| Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.860 6.398 0.605 6.810 34.379 82.129 0.996 8.193 2.913 1.138 53.487 36.028 1.267 6.086 1.008 28.389 29.431 0.440 0.873 Canada 1.163 7.438468 words
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Article88 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's [h Low 3-Month BQ*****A 27.03.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 1.95 1.98 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hie Day's igh Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year NY*****X88 words
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Article75 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 1 mth 4.***** 2.***** 2 mths 4.***** 2.***** 3 mths 4.***** 2.***** 6 mths 4.***** 2.***** 9 mths 4.***** 2.***** 12 mths 4.***** 2.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 1.***** 2 mths 2.***** 3 mths 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** SWAP75 words
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Article62 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Low Vol Open Done Position Jan 08 3025 3068 3073 3025 478 3849 Feb 08 3027 3075 3084 3027 1206 ***** Mar 08 3043 3080 3087 3040 5107 ***** Apr 08 3040 3077 3080 3040 661 307162 words
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Article169 2007-12-27 21 Dec 26 GOLD (USS/oz) Dec 24 Dec 21 GOLD BULLION COINS (SS) Sellini Hong Kong 809.30 799.20 810.30 800.20 Dec 21 Dec 24 London 810.80 812.30 811.50 813.10 Source: Reuters (SS) Selling Buying 1 oz 1317.17 1183 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying 10gm $462.24 379 SILVER169 words
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Article71 2007-12-27 21 Dec 21 irit< iiuiii, yy.i (USS/tonne) Co Close Previous Cash 2362.00 2359.00 3 months 2410.00 2406.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 6766.00 6795.00 6491.50 6530.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 2664.00 3 months 2650.00 2602.50 2605.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash71 words
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Article81 2007-12-27 21 Dec 24 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Mar 08 1051 1070 1068/1049 May 08 1069 1088 1077/1067 Jul 08 1096 1115 1106/1097 Sep 08 1079 1098 1080/1080 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 08 1866 1854 1867/1860 Mar 08 1907 1893 1908/1893 May 08 1929 1914 1930/1913 Jul 0881 words
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Article, Illustration872 2007-12-27 25 Many are optimistic because of the buzz generated by the integrated resorts, writes ONG BOON KIAT ABIZIT straw poll has shown that nine out of 32 senior executives of major technology firms reckoned that the Singapore economy will grow even faster in872 words
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199 2007-12-27 25 Xinhua [BEIJING] Mobile phone sales in China are forecast to reach 150 million units in 2007, up 23.1 per cent year-on-year, CCID Consulting said yesterday. The sales volume, however, was expected to drop 0.3 per cent to 166.1 billion yuan (5532.8– Xinhua - 199 words
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906 2007-12-27 25 MICHAEL MCBRIEN <you say> It promotes customer loyalty, which is make-or-break for business success By AS MUCH as people might hate to admit it, individual emotions figure high up on the decision-making scale, and customer service is the largest single influence on906 words
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Article, Illustration589 2007-12-27 25 WINSTON CHAI - WINSTON CHAI BESIDES ramping up their manufacturing presence, semiconductor companies are increasingly choosing Singapore as a location for cutting-edge research. The island's reliable infrastructure and efficient logistics network have already made it a firm favourite for chip production, despite growing competition from lower-cost589 words
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155 2007-12-27 25 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) will license sophisticated chipmaking technology from International Business Machines Corp (IBM), the companies said yesterday. The 45-nanometre bulk complementary metal-ox-ide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology will help SMIC upgrade production at its 300-millimetre wafer fabrication facilities, SMIC spokesman Matthew– Reuters - 155 words
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Article, Illustration1084 2007-12-27 26 Event organisers and developers of Marina Bay have visions for the area as a huge public area, starting with the New Year's Eve celebrations, reports CLARISSA TAN IT'S not called the Bay of Celebration for nothing. Come New Year's Eve, more than 150,000 peopleTHE ESPLANADE; SINGAPORE FLYEI - 1,084 words
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Article, Illustration666 2007-12-27 27 Berna- But building must first get its fitness certificate, and is refurbished as 4-star [KUALA LUMPUR] Lee Kirn Yew, group managing director of Country Heights Holdings Bhd, is still interested to buy the Mint Hotel directly from Amßank (M) Bhd but with– Berna; BLOOMBERG - 666 words
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316 2007-12-27 27 Bloomberg Developments will create more office, residential space [TOKYO] Mitsui Fudosan Co, Japan's largest real estate developer, Daiwa House Industry Co and others won three waterfront projects worth US$l.Bl billion to create more office and residential space in Tokyo. Mitsui Fudosan, Daiwa House and– Bloomberg - 316 words
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184 2007-12-27 27 Reuters [DUBAI] Dubai's Istithmar said yesterday it had sold 230 Park Avenue to a group including a fund managed by Goldman Sachs Group for US$l.l5 billion, its second New York property sale in less than two months. The Dubai state investment agency plannedReuters - 184 words
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Article, Illustration856 2007-12-27 28 Reuters USs34om has been spent since 2005 but 80,000 sq m of retail space lie empty [TINAPA, Nigeria] In the minds of its creators, the Tinapa resort in southeastern Nigeria will rival Dubai or London as a shopping and trading paradise– Reuters; REUTERS - 856 words
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757 2007-12-27 28 ■NYT Condo buyers who paid deposits at the height of the market rushing to sell below purchase price [NEW YORK] JIM Clark and Tom Jermoluk cut a swath through Silicon Valley in the 1990s with companies like Silicon Graphics, Netscape and WebMD. But they■NYT - 757 words
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