The Business Times, 17 June 2008

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  • 22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg «P* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Tuesday, June 17,2008
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  • 551 1  -  CHUANG PECK MING Most openings in services sector, most retrenchments in manufacturing [SINGAPORE] There is a big churn in the job market. Even as record numbers of jobs are being created, more people are being retrenched and more are seeking jobs. At the
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  • 223 1 Reuters [BANGKOK] Shin Corp yesterday said it had appointed a legal adviser on a proposed share sale that would dilute Temasek Holdings' stake to 49 per cent, but a timeframe has not been decided. The telecoms group said in a statement the sale
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.772 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.00 US 5.00 CANADA 4.75 SWITZERLAND 3.84 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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    • 43 1 1COMP 1,238.06 +8.71 IIKKEI225 14,354.37 +380.64 IANG SENG 23,029.69 +437.39 ;et index 787.59 +4.95 JAKARTA COM P 2,398.04 -0.38 IANILACOMP 2,620.76 +66.01 ;eoulcomp 1,760.82 +13.47 ;henzhen b 505.00 -1.90 IUMBAI IND 15,395.82 -206.20 12N00NEDT Cham )OW 12,264.35 -43 IAS DAI 2,465.14 +10.64
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    • 39 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.37 (US$/S$ per 1.952 2.68I :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.538 2.11 'EN 108.50 78.8I 3.275 2.37: IK$ 7.813 5.67' !AHT 33.34 24.21 1UPIAH 9,325 6,77 1ENMINBI 6.903 5.01 INDIAN RUPEE 42.92 31.1 1.065 0.77. 1.333 0.96I
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  • 807 1  -  ARTHUR SIM Prices hold firm surprisingly; investment climate may have stabilised, analysts say [SINGAPORE] Developer sales of new homes jumped to 441 units in May from 284 units in April, with some property consultants already calling it a "sharp rebound". While May
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 655 2  -  RONNIE LIM Short-term jump may be followed by dip, says analyst who foresaw move [SINGAPORE] Although the Saudis finally plan to open their taps wider to help deal with huge oil prices that threaten to throttle the world economy,
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    • 510 2  -  CHUANG PECK MING By [SINGAPORE] Forecasters in the latest poll by Singapore's central bank have adjusted their second-quarter growth forecasts for the economy to an average of 4.7 per cent, up from their earlier projection of 4.4 per cent. But the outlook is less
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 53 2 SINGAPORE recently proposed tweaking its unsecured credit rules for financial institutions to make it easier for individuals to obtain funding for share purchases including new share offers. Some expect the easier lending rules to raise interest in share purchases, especially IPOs. TOP
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      • 45 2 STARHUB is aiming for a headstart in "mobile wallet" services here. It has signed a memorandum of understanding with NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile communications provider, to start exploring a mobile wallet concept. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 4
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      • 60 2 MEDIARING wants to grab one million subscribers with its new mobile Internet call service, called MobileVolP. The company is expected to launch this service today at the CommunicAsia tradeshow, which lets mobile phone subscribers make free or economical phone calls using
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      • 62 2 SHOPPERS seemed to be undeterred by inflation and global economic instability, ringing up U5537.2 million of sales in the first weekend of the Great Singapore Sale, according to Master Card. Local shoppers accounted for U5524.6 million, which is 25 per cent
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      • 68 2 TALK may be cheap, but the words of a central banker can be pure gold, which may explain why policymakers are so worried about global inflation. The record rise of oil and other commodity prices has reduced gold to a shadow of
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      • 62 2 CHINA'S banks risk overextending themselves in their rush to expand abroad, said Howard Davies, former deputy governor of the Bank of England and an adviser to the Chinese banking regulator. He said that he's "nervous" that lenders may make the same mistakes
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      • 76 2 INVESTMENT banking fees in India have slumped by nearly a third so far this year, following a drop in mergers and acquisitions and a stock market slide that prompted some firms to withdraw initial public offerings. Many bankers see a revival
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      • 40 2 EUROPEAN Union foreign ministers quarrelled over the fate of the bloc's new governing treaty after a veto in Ireland slammed the brakes on moves towards a more politically united Europe. WORLD, PAGE 19
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      • 51 2 THE New York Federal Reserve's closed-door rule-making with top players in the massive US$6O trillion credit default swaps market came under legal fire on Sunday, as a fair finance activist filed a complaint questioning why it was done in the dark. WORLD, PAGE
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    • 418 2 Reuters [LONDON] Barclays said it plans to sell billions of pounds worth of shares to new and existing shareholders, sending its shares soaring yesterday as investors celebrated the move to boost its stretched balance sheet. Britain's third biggest bank said it was considering issuing new
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    • 402 2  -  JOHN FOLEY P breaking .com BARCLAYS may be about to do a good deal at a terrible time. The UK bank sat tight while rivals HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) dragged themselves through arduous rights issues. Now Barclays is talking to funds,
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    • 767 3  -  MICHELLE QUAH Individuals may borrow up to 80% of share value; checks on credit risk [SINGAPORE] Singapore recently proposed tweaking its unsecured credit rules for financial institutions to make it easier for individuals to obtain funding for share purchases including new share
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 546 4  -  JOYCE HOOI Moll signed with NTT DoCoMo; talks too to explore EZ-Link integration STARHUB is aiming for a headstart in "mobile wallet" services here. The telephone company said yesterday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading
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    • 630 4  -  WINSTON CHAI FOR at least half a decade, local operators have been dipping their toes into the field of mobile payments but previous trials all fell dead in the water. StarHub may have borrowed an improved technological platform from Japan for its latest attempt,
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    • 502 5  -  ONG BOON KIAT MobileVolP users can call over WiFi from regular mobile phone MAINBOARD-listed Internet telephony firm Mediaßing wants to grab one million subscribers with its new mobile Internet call service, called MobileVolP. The company is expected to launch this service
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    • 195 5 Bloomberg WILMAR International Ltd, the world's biggest palm oil trader, yesterday had its biggest gain in Singapore trading in almost three months after ÜBS Securities Malaysia raised its recommendation on the stock. The stock gained 35 cents, or 7.5 per cent,
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    • 350 5  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By INDONESIAN crude palm oil and crude palm kernel oil producer Kencana Agri is seeking a Singapore listing and has lodged a preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Helmed by chief executive Henry Maknawi, Kencana has crude palm
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    • 373 5  -  LYNETTE KHOO It seats 70 and aims to target a younger and hipper clientele APEX-PAL International has opened its second Sakae Sushi outlet in New York City. The company said yesterday that the 225-square metre Sakae Sushi@West Village, with a seating capacity
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 64 5 ENGINEERING and infrastructure group Boustead Singapore is proposing a share split aimed at improving market liquidity of its shares and increasing the number of shareholders. Each ordinary share will be split into two shares, resulting in shareholders receiving one additional share for every share held. The
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      • 94 5 TELCO Ml and media company MediaCorp have appointed Alcatel-Lucent a mobile TV technology provider as the supplier of the DVBH (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld) platform for their joint mobile TV consumer trial in August. Alcatel-Lucent's DVBH platform will support the Open Mobile Alliance BCast Smart Card
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      • 91 5 KS Energy Services said that it has secured the first of two six-months extension to its rig management contract with Consafe Offshore AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Prosafe SE. The extension of this rig management contract, which will generate revenues of 2.75 million euros
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    • 385 7  -  JAMIE LEE Rent hike for 226,000 sq ft prompts DBS Vickers to raise DPU estimates MACQUARIE Prime Real Estate Investment Trust (MP Reit) said yesterday that it has raised rent by 19.75 per cent for about 226,000 square feet of
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    • 349 7  -  CHOW PENN NEE By SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering's electronics arm has won a US$B million contract to provide an advanced taxi despatch and management system for Sharjah Public Transport Corp in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates This is ST Electronics' first taxi
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    • 432 7  -  VINCENT WEE Boeing sees air cargo growth boosting PTF widebody conversions A GROWTH in passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversions of more fuel-efficient medium widebody aircraft like the Boeing 767-300 is on the cards. The reason? The combination of an average 6 per cent annual growth in
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 580 6  -  CONRAD TAN STOCKS STOCKS here started the week yesterday with a rally centred mostly on blue chips, after gains in US equities on Friday cheered most Asian markets. A dip in oil prices on Friday also gave some relief to investors who fear
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    • 95 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 7 2 0 0 0 7 7 2 Manufacturing 78 50 52 16 94 55 60 Commerce 13 25 23 14 33 25 Tpt/Stor/Comms 18 11 19 13 Finance 19 19 Construction 11 Properties 14
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    • 119 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 13,626 13,626 75,375 75,375 lanufacturing 234,355 105,051 339,406 220,083 12,942 233,025 lommerce 37,974 37,684 75,658 57,494 13,479 70,973 'pt/Stor/Comms 104,650 1,567 106,217 301,716 585 302,301 :i nance 31,883 31,883 308,545 308,545 lonstruction 25,176 10,140 35,316 7,840 497 8,337 'roperties
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    • 103 6 lapitaLand 5.900 +0.100 lapitaMall 3.130 +0.100 jtyDev 10.520 +0.100 losco Corp 3.350 +0.170 IBS Grp 19.440 +0.380 :&N 4.610 +0.040 ient Intl 0.590 +0.005 IK Land 4.250 -0.100 ISH 18.000 +0.700 lardineC&C 16.800 +0.140 Ceppel Corp 11.580 +0.280 Ceppel Land 5.160 +0.040 IOL 3.580 +0.220 loble
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    • 390 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE Swiber Holdings June 16 close: 552.63 DBS GROUP RESEARCH, June 16 THE group's soon-to-be-built Equatorial Drilling Barge for deepwater exploration works will enable Swiber to offer time charter services to clients for deepwater drilling projects, which is an alternative drilling option to the semi-submersi-ble rig
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    • 430 6  -  KEN TAI CHEE MING, CHART POINT LAST week, we commented on the likelihood that the Straits Times Index's 3,000 support level will be tested. The index succumbed below the psychological support level in tandem with the sharp declines in major equity
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    • 524 6  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES THE US dollar trimmed last week's gains in Asia yesterday, giving back something like 0.3 to 0.5 per cent across a broad front, after last weekend's G-8 Finance Ministers' meeting ended without any specific support for the US currency.
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    • 58 6 VOLUME Chasen 95,539,000 Jade Tech 81,907,000 Golden Aqri 58,554,000 China Honqxinq 41,699,000 Ocean us 36,550,000 SingTel 31,372,000 DBS MBL eCWOBO9O9 29,403,000 ChinaTaisan 24,913,000 Sinotel Tech 23,125,000 DBS DBeCWOBIOI3 22,250,000 VALUE(S) SingTel 115,204,112 DBS Grp 114,404,420 SGX 81,598,540 Cosco Corp 67,238,740 UOB 62,169,520 Golden Agri 52,890,300 Wilmar 50,501,510
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    • 95 6 CLOSE UP ISH 1800 96.3 4.0 China H 10US$ 1617 88.1 4.1 lain irm 557 50.9 7.1 .I Fund 160 45.0 39.1 IMH 3000 41.3 1.' iBS Gr| 1944 38.0 2.' filmar 499 35.0 7. IOB 1920 32.0 1. LD 10US$ 8606 28.9 0., Cor| 1158 28.0 2. BY
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    • 83 6 Vhere S$ stands Jun16 %CHNG CLOSE FR Jun 13 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH ISS 1.3747 0.35 1.4542 1.3457 iuro 2.1213 0.12 2.2064 2.0474 'ounds 2.6940 -0.30 2.8431 2.6568 1.2919 -0.14 1.3235 1.2349 ren* 1.2693 0.53 1.4484 1.2680® lupiah* 0.***** 0.40 0.***** 0.***** !aht* 4.1270 0.80 4.4299 4.0750 •eso*
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 341 8  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI MasterCard data shows USs24.6m spending came from locals SHOPPERS seemed to be undeterred by inflation and global economic instability, ringing up U5537.2 million of sales in the first weekend of the Great Singapore Sale (May 23-25), according to information
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    • 367 8  -  JAMIE LEE By THE Central Provident Fund Board yesterday said that the new minimum sum would be $106,000. The latest amount will apply to CPF members who turn 55 between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. "Members who set aside the $106,000 cash
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    • 242 8 SCIENTISTS are starting a two-year major clinical trial involving two treatments that can prolong the life of liver cancer patients. The trial is being carried out under the aegis of the Asia-Pacific Hepatocellular Carcinoma (AHCC) Trials Group. Besides Singapore, member centres such
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    • 425 8  -  SIOW LI SEN The issue was discussed at an EU-Asean workshop THE problem of exclusive football content that upsets consumers seems to cause as much upset for European telecom regulators as much as it does for those in Singapore. At an EU-Asean workshop yesterday
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    • 355 8 INDONESIA'S telecommunications regulator considers the interests of all stakeholders when looking at policy and the sector is on track for full liberalisation. "As a regulator, we must think of all stakeholders," said Sofi Soeria Atmadja, head of regional affairs, directorate general for Posts and Telecommunications,
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    • 360 9  -  SAMUEL EE Firm expanding production, R&D and forging alliances DOW Chemical Company is investing millions of dollars to meet the Asia-Pacific region's 30 per cent-plus growth in demand for its products. The chemicals giant says that it is not its practice to divulge exact figures,
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    • 591 9  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM Spore-made feature pioneers distinctive style; targets Oct 30 cinematic release SING To The Dawn may have been the first Singa-pore-made full-length animated movie to start production, but problems saw other films like Zodiac beat it to the finish line. The film is
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    • 360 10  -  TEH HOOI LING Interest yet to return to small cap counters By THE nearly 2 per cent rebound in the Straits Times Index, following the rout in the stock market last week, was chalked up mostly by the blue chip big cap
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    • 986 11  -  MOHIT SINGH By OVER the past few months, companies have had to deal with rising costs in almost all aspects of their businesses. Some have managed to pass on these costs to the consumer, but most are trying to find ways
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    • 716 11 IT MATTERS Computer users can be taught three basic things to establish a robust defence against IT threats THINK about it. When you leave your home you lock your door. And when you leave your car you activate the central locking and alarm. Now ask yourself:
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  • EMERGING ENTERPRISE
    • 708 13  -  Sub-contractor Francis Tan gets crucial loan from OCBC to ride construction wave, reports JOYCE HOOI HEN the construction industry started to pick up after a long slump, Francis Tan found himself in a dilemma. The director of CX Supplies Services a sub-contractor involved in excavation and
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    • 1408 13 CM Asia's vision of using IT to benefit not just the children but the parents helps them win the inaugural HP Total Care Challenge A CHILD'S early years, especially from two to six, are extremely crucial to building a solid foundation for the future.
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  • SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL
    • 528 14 The blues genre is gaining popularity in Singapore, writes AMANDA DE GUZMAN HEN legendary blues artist John Mayall sings "Now it's the 21st century, we've come a long way All around the world I hear the sound of kids playin' the blues", he may
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    • 474 14  -  LIM WEN JUIN By WITHOUT wasting words let it be stated that Spin Odyssey by Korean b-boy crew Last For One was absolutely, positively magnificent. For the rare few still unfamiliar with the term, a b-boy refers to a male devotee of hip-hop culture, specifically
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    • 2196 14 Iun16 RM Cooo] A&M Realty 0.60 \bric Bhd 0.16 Advance Synergy 0.10 Adventa Bhd 1.20 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.24 Affin Holdings 1.99 Ahmad Zaki Resou 0.82 AicCorp 0.52 \irasia Bhd 0.88 Akn Technology 0.44 Alliance Financi 2.89 Aluminium Co 1.03 Amalgamated Ind 0.54 \mmb HldgsBhd 3.56 Amtel Holdings 0.67
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 597 15 Reuters In the US, the Fed is betting on slowing growth to tame surging prices [NEW YORK] Talk may be cheap, but the words of a central banker can be pure gold, which may explain why policymakers are so worried about global
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    • 493 15 Reuters They point to impending election, still-fragile economy [WASHINGTON] US Federal Reserve interest rate increases are not a foregone conclusion this year despite tough talk on inflation, with a looming election and still-fragile economy that could well keep policy on hold.
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 471 16 Bloomberg Move comes as grain price soars and country tries to cut import reliance [KUALA LUMPUR] Sime Darby Bhd, Malaysia's largest publicly traded palm oil producer, plans to expand into rice production after the price of the grain soared and as
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    • 371 16 ■AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has warned of a "real disaster" unless bold steps are taken to tackle the global inflation crisis. Mr Abdullah told the World Economic Forum on East Asia in an opening address late on Sunday that the
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    • 282 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia, which raised fuel prices sharply this month, is considering a plan to sell a fixed amount of fuel to motorists each month on subsidised rates, a report said yesterday. The system includes providing Malaysian motorists with a special card for
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    • 309 16 [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government may call for tenders for the Gemas-Johor Baru railway project by the year-end, says a report in Malaysia's Business Times, citing a government source. It said that the source from the Ministry of Transport indicated that it
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  • CHINA
    • 432 17 Bloomberg Adviser to regulator fears repeat of the mistake of Japan banks in 1980s [BEIJING] China's banks risk overextending themselves in their rush to expand abroad, said Howard Davies, former deputy governor of the Bank of England and an adviser to the
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    • 256 17 ■AFP [BElJlNG] China's industrial output showed signs of slowing down in May, suggesting that the Asian giant is hurting from weakening demand from abroad, the government and experts said yesterday. Factory production in the world's fourth largest economy increased 16.0 per cent last
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    • 174 17 Reuters -[SHANGHAI] China's economic growth will decline by 1.5 percentage points to 10.4 per cent in 2008 from 2007, possibly marking the beginning of a medium-term slowdown, a report by the prestigious Renmin University of China said. The government needs to adjust its monetary policies
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    • 276 18 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Unitech Ltd, India's second-biggest property firm, scrapped plans for a US$6OO million sale of shares in a real estate investment trust (Reit) in Singapore, joining rival DLF Ltd in shunning equity markets after stocks plummeted. The Gurgaon-based developer will seek US$3OO million
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    • 550 18 Reuters [MUMBAI] Investment banking fees in India have slumped by nearly a third so far this year, following a drop in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and a stock market slide that prompted some firms to withdraw initial public offerings (IPOs). Many bankers see
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  • WORLD
    • 595 19 Bloomberg Ministers disagree on how to respond to Ireland's rejection of governing treaty [LUXEMBOURG] European Union foreign ministers quarrelled over the fate of the bloc's new governing treaty after a veto in Ireland slammed the brakes on moves towards a more politically united
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    • 265 19 -AP [NEW YORK] Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc posted a nearly US$3 billion loss yesterday, after the fourth-largest US investment bank was hurt by wrong-way hedging and trading positions. The results marked the first time that Lehman Brothers recorded a loss since going public
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    • 302 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] Billionaire financier Carl Icahn, who launched a proxy battle in May to replace the board of Yahoo Inc in the wake of its failed deal to be acquired by Microsoft Corp, said on Sunday that the subsequent deal Yahoo forged with Google
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    • 368 19  -  SIMON NIXON P breaking .com SUPPORTERS of a closer European union have long argued that the EU is like a bicycle if you didn't keep moving forward, you fall off. Now Europe will get a chance to see whether this is
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    • 459 20 Reuters Activist wants details about talks that set new credit default swaps rules [WASHINGTON] The New York Federal Reserve's closed-door rule-making with top players in the massive US$6O trillion credit default swaps market came under legal fire on Sunday, as a fair finance
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    • 148 20 Reuters [TEHERAN] Iran has withdrawn around US$75 billion from Europe to prevent the assets from being blocked under threatened new sanctions over Teheran's nuclear plans, an Iranian weekly said. Western powers are warning the Islamic Republic of more punitive measures if it rejects an incentives
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    • 290 20 Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The world's biggest insurer, American International Group Inc, replaced chief executive officer Martin Sullivan on Sunday after it suffered two quarters of record losses from risky mortgage bets and its share price more than halved over the past year. Mr
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    • 8314 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 2.155/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/ A 1.304/ APS Asset Mat Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.99/ APS Alpha Fund (USD) 0.72/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.9649/ APS Komaba
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  • COMMUNICASIA/BROADCASTASIA
    • 921 21  -  USs4.Bb sourcing bonanza in the offing for CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia, which will see a strong local presence, reports oniG boom kiat SOME US$4.B billion in deals could emerge from the 19th CommunicAsia and 13th Broadcast Asia events, while the influx of more
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    • 164 21 ORGANISED by Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) and supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Media Development Authority (MDA), CommunicAsia2ooB, BroadcastAsia2ooB, EnterpriselT2ooB and InteractiveDME will be held from today, June 17, to Friday, June 20 at the Singapore Expo. Opening hours are from
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    • 597 22  -  CHAN ENG CHYE It has matchmade many local and Israeli firms, as well as provided funding and other forms of assistance for their joint R&D projects THE Singapore-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (SURD) was formed to promote, facilitate
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    • 636 22  -  WONPYO HONG By THE mobile phone industry has experienced a significant shift in recent times, from focusing on developing the next breakthrough technology to looking at how to better use technology to improve the user experience. This shift towards a more personalised experience concentrates on content
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    • 751 24  -  KHOONGHOCKYUN We can expect broadband to once again transform the way we live, learn, work and play BROADBAND is enabling much of what we do today. Its impact is clear especially in how we communicate. While SMS is still popular with some one billion sent
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    • 770 24  -  HAKAN ERIKSSON By THE Internet generation is becoming accustomed to having broadband access wherever they go, and not just at home or in the office. People can already browse the Internet or send e-mails using High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)-ena-bled notebooks, replace their fixed ADSL
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    • 339 24  -  ONG BOON KIAT By VISITORS to BroadcastAsia2ooB are set to be wowed by an ultra-sharp Super Hi-Vision (SHY) video system by Japanese broadcaster NHK. This next-generation video and broadcasting technology punches way above today's High-Definition TV (HDTV) format with 16 times its resolution. And it
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    • 521 24  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY MONTREAL-HEADQUAR-TERED Dialogic Corporation, a global provider of products and technologies for media and signal processing, will showcase an innovative Singapore-de-veloped, video-based social networking solution at this year's CommunicAsia. Eamonn Kearns, Dialogic's Asia-Pacific VP of sales, noted that mobile video is the
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  • AVIATION
    • 762 26 AP, AFP We will 'market ourselves out of this problem', says confident Fernandes [KUALA LUMPUR] Air Asia, the region's biggest budget airline, can remain profitable even if world oil prices hit US$2OO a barrel, CEO Tony Fernandes said yesterday, allaying concerns
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    • 336 26 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US airlines say they cannot afford to fly new routes or maintain all flights to China and other countries that restrict access, but they still want to keep their rights to serve those destinations. Carriers asked the Bush administration
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    • 198 26 Reuters [NEW YORK] Two US law firms filed lawsuits in US federal court alleging insider trading in shares of EADS, and said that managers and shareholders misled investors, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The lawsuits, which were filed last Friday, contend that
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    • 236 26 ■AFP [SYDNEY] Australia's national airline Qantas yesterday began selling tickets for its maiden Airbus 380 flight as it prepared to receive its first super-jumbo plane, it said. The flag carrier, which has ordered 20 of the world's biggest aircraft, said that
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    • 2503 26 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 Airhi CJ" nu»"" n" n -""q Airlines (BOU), BR
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  • SHIPPING
    • 492 27 AFP Over 23,000 of them join truckers on strike; adding pressure on the govt [SEOUL] More than 23,000 South Korean construction industry drivers went on strike yesterday, joining truckers in a protest over rising oil prices which has intensified pressure on President
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    • 184 27 Bloomberg -[HONGKONG] Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd, Hong Kong's largest operator of iron ore and coal vessels, rose the most in two weeks after an acceleration in China's industrial output eased concerns about a sea-cargo slowdown. The shipping line gained 5.6 per cent to HK$ll.4O
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    • 153 27 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world's third-largest shipyard, said it received a 697.3 billion won (Ss92l million) order to build a drill vessel for an unidentified company in Oceania. Daewoo Shipbuilding will deliver the vessel by Dec 15, 2011, the Seoul-based company
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    • 217 27 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] European Union Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that Poland must overhaul a plan to sell state-owned shipyards or she may force the government to take back billions of dollars of subsidies. The plan must ensure that the yards are profitable and
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    • 336 27 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of shipping Middle East crude to Asia, the world's busiest route for supertankers, may climb on signs Saudi Arabia may ship more oil. Saudi Arabia, the largest member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), will pump 200,000
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • 109 27 '000 Iun16 Vol CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks Jaya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.61 0.37 3.35 0.85
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      • 37 27 '000 lun Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.89 9.00 8.70 3.74 3.22 0.21 unch 0.02 0.05 0.05 -0.02 unch unch unch 685 541 720 1457 37 4 0
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      • 23 27 Evergreen Marine ...25.60 :irst Steamship 57.00 /Van Hai Lines 25.00 t'ang Ming Marine ..22.10 0.20 0.70 0.35 0.45 9 9 1 3
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      • 42 27 '000 Iun16 Yen Vol Kawasaki Hvylnd...340.00 5.00 ***** Kawasaki Kisen ....1028.00 27.00 ***** Mitsubishi Hvy 588.00 16.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg ..385.00 15.00 ***** Mitsui Osk Lines ..1450.00 59.00 ***** Nippon Express 520.00 13.00 1964 Nippon Yusen 986.00 32.00 7356 Source: Reuters
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 484 28 IF there's any doubt that speculation is a huge factor in the current high price of oil, the situation at Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC), one of the world's largest shippers of oil and natural gas, would be an eye-opener. The shipping corporation estimates that at least
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    • 945 28  -  NEIL BEHRMANN Uncanny similarities between late 1970s Hunt affair and speculation in commodities now THOSE who believe that there aren't shenanigans going on in oil and other commodity markets should recall the great silver bubble of the late *****. Texas oil tycoons
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    • 832 28  -  LEON HADAR THE BOTTOM LINE AT first, the US Federal Reserve chairman was criticised for his slow response to the housing crisis and credit crunch, with critics arguing that he should have started cutting interest earlier on and more frequently. In this
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    • 1239 29  -  SHADA ISLAM It's a body blow to EU plans to streamline internal decision-making while also increasing its global clout and standing HERE we go again. Having worked hard to salvage the ill-fat-ed European Union (EU) "constitution" after it was rejected by French and
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    • 818 29  -  PAUL KRUGMAN By I A POISON pill, in corporate jargon, is a financial arrangement designed to protect current management by crippling the company if someone else takes over. As I read the non-parti-san Tax Policy Center's analysis of the presidential candidates' tax proposals,
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    • 202 30 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 cum offer
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 356 31 %dy %yr dy yr dy yi Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jun 13 World Index Preliminary 1023.9 0.8 -9.5 0.7 -12.1 0.7 -8.3 EAFE Preliminai 971.6 0.4 -13.3 0.2 -14.2 0.2 -10.! Euro[ Prelim inan 1319.8 0.4 -14.5 0.0 -15.7 0.0 -12.1 Pacific
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    • 132 31 As at 9am Jun 16 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2860 1.3020 Can dollar 1.3310 1.3480 Euro 2.1090 2.1330 NZ dollar 1.0260 1.0490 iterlini 2.6710 2.7020 US dollar 1.3710 1.3870 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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    • 174 31 Jun 16 fer Bid Overnight 1/16 1-month 1 1/16 2-months 1 1/4 3-months 1 3/8 Overnight mode: 5/16 US$ Offer PAR 15/16 1 1/8 1 1/4 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months I. 12 months $Au 2.30 2.70 2.85 3.05 3.30 3.65 3.85
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    • 22 31 Jun 16 STI IIMSCI Jun 367.1 373.5 372.9 "aiwan Jun 314.5 317.2 314.4 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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    • 21 31 Jun 16 Bid Offer 1-month 1.3742 1.3759 2-months 1.3725 1.3743 3-months 1.3711 1.3729 6-months 1.3671 1.3691 Source: OCBC
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    • 281 31 Jun 16 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Jul 08 Aug 08 Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 Jan/Mar 09 Apr/Jun 09 459.25 448.25 444.75 439.25 440.25 442.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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    • 103 31 Jun 13 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 08 1560.00 1536.50 1570.00 1521.50 Aug 08 1559.75 1538.00 1570.00 1528.00 Sep 08 1540.00 1523.50 1545.00 1515.00 Nov08 1531.00 1512.50 1538.00 1494.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul OS 66.19 66.20 66.35 65.25
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    • 76 31 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jun 13 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 135.25 2.04 WTI (Near Mth) 134.85 -2.21 Dubai (1-Mth F) 130.84 0.46 Tapis blend 143.4 0.7 Minas 139.7 1.05 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 127.05 167.90 0.50 -0.6 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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    • 137 31 Jun 16 (US! f/oz) Jun 13 Jun 16 Hong Kong London 868.80 unav 869.80 Jun 13 Jun 12 864.55 861.30 865.75 862.30 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Jun 16 Buying Sellini Kilobar "41,529.91" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz
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  • PROPERTY
    • 546 35 ■AFP The weak US dollar has made the landmarks attractive to overseas buyers [NEW YORK] The iconic Chrysler and Flatiron skycrapers may soon join New York's GM Building as landmarks sold in part to Arab or European investors as the weak US dollar
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    • 281 35 THE Ascott Group said yesterday that it opened four new serviced residence projects one each in Australia, Vietnam, Thailand and Qatar in the first two weeks of June. The properties are Somerset St Georges Terrace in Perth, Somerset Hoa Binh in Hanoi, Citadines Sukhumvit
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    • 605 37  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Fund to invest in Marina View project which will have 2 m sq ft of offices MGPA formerly known as Macquarie Global Property Advisors and one of the biggest real estate investors in Singapore last year has announced the final closing of
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