The Business Times, 25 August 2008

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg «v a Singapore press holdings publication co regn no *****2868E mica (p) 122/12/2007 Monday,August2s,2ooB
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  • Article
    Lock icon Listed Asian bourses brace for headwinds
    802 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO Poor trading volumes, fall in new listings set tone for weaker second half By [SINGAPORE] The sharp drop in stock market volumes and listings have left stock exchanges in the Asia-Pacific reeling with an earnings slump in the quarter ended June 30.
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    Lock icon BEIJING HIGH
    174 1 AFP, Bloomberg, AP [BEIJING] The Beijing Olympics, played out against a background of political jostlings and featuring 16 days of compelling and sometimes controversial action, drew to a spectacular close on Sunday. China emerged as the new sports superpower by winning the most number of gold medals, 51,15
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      48 1 Weekly 2,723.30 lange -74.20 IT Index 1COMP 1,085.60 -9.45 IIKKEI225 12,666.04 -353.37 IANG SENG 20,392.06 -768.52 ;et index 681.93 -25.55 IAKARTACOMP 2,120.49 +35.34 1ANILA COMP 2,653.18 -71.97 ;eoulcomp 1,496.91 -75.28 ;henzhenb 376.11 -11.94 IUMBAI IND 14,401.49 -322.69 )OW 11,628.06 -31.84 IASDAQ 2,414.71 -37.81 ;&P 500 1,292.20 -6.00
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.906 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.00 US 5.00 CANADA 4.75 SWITZERLAND 3.87 INDIA 13.75 Source:
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      41 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.408 (US: i/s: per£) 1.868 2.631 :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.486 2.092 'EN 109.10 77.50 3.346 2.376 IK$ 7.807 5.545 !AHT 33.94 24.10 lUPIAH 9,145 6,495 1ENMINBI 6.832 4.852 INDIAN RUPEE 43.41 30.83 1.142 0.811 IZ$ 1.399 0.994
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Wall St watches for possible major bank bailout
        85 2 AFTER a brief rally in mid-July sparked by falling commodity prices, the US stock market has faltered in the face of the continued fallout from the credit crisis and the damage to so many major financial companies. Now, as the market enters
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        Lock icon Home seizures by UK lenders hit 12-year high
        81 2 HOME repossessions have surged to a 12-year high in the UK, as lenders take a tough line on debt-ridden owners. And the outlook for the rest of the year looks bleak, as house prices continue to fall. Figures released by the Council
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        Lock icon Micro-Mechanics Q4 earnings down 20%
        65 2 AFTER three consecutive quarters of bottom line growth, Micro-Mechanics' fourth-quarter profit eventually took a hit as a result of the weakening greenback and the slowdown in the semiconductor sector. The company reported a net profit of $1.7 million for the three months ended June 30,
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        Lock icon Smaller players ride crest of maritime boom
        109 2 WHILE the multi-million dollar deals of the big rig builders tend to hog the headlines, the recent quarterly results of the lesser known providers of services to the offshore and marine industry show they have also been making quiet gains on the back
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        Lock icon Airlines unlikely to cut fuel surcharges soon
        68 2 OIL prices may have dropped, but travellers are unlikely to see this translating to lower fuel surcharges just yet as far as airlines are concerned. In fact, for some airlines, the implementation of higher fuel surcharges came so late in the game that
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        Lock icon Grizzly reminder for central bankers
        74 2 A TOWERING grizzly bear guards the doorway to the Federal Reserve's annual policy retreat in the Teton Mountain resort of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, serving a reminder to central bankers of the battle to soothe the credit crunch. "This turmoil is not going to go away
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        Lock icon Australia approves Chinalco stake in Rio Tinto
        82 2 AUSTRALIA has approved Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco's recent purchase of a minority stake in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto, but warned the Chinese firm against buying more shares without prior approval. State-owned Aluminium Corp of China (Chinalco), backed by US peer Alcoa Inc, began
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        Lock icon Lehman shares buoyed by talk of Korean capital
        89 2 SHARES in Lehman Bros rose substantially last Friday as investors renewed hopes that the troubled investment bank was moving closer to raising capital to buffer it against a deteriorating economic environment. Capping a volatile week, the stock soared 16 per cent on
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        Lock icon Microprocessor sales hit record in Q2: IDC
        104 2 WORLDWIDE PC microprocessor shipments in the second calendar quarter of 2008 reached record levels again, according to new data from IDC. Talking to BizlT, Shane Rau, IDC's research director, noted that worldwide processor unit shipments grew 3.1 per cent sequentially over the 2008
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      Lock icon Japan banks, insurers on the prowl for foreign assets
      740 2  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Stagnant domestic scene forces them to seek M&As, new markets overseas By in lOKyo JAPANESE banks and insurance companies have launched a merger and acquisition (M&A) drive overseas in an effort to break into new markets and escape stagnant
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      Lock icon China moves to ease pressure on stocks
      603 2 Reuters Broking firms can be underwriters after 'lock-up' period [SHANGHAI] Chinese authorities, seeking to reduce downward pressure on the stock market, said that institutions would be allowed to use brokerages as underwriters when selling shares made tradable by the expiry of lock-up periods.
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      Lock icon Traders look to bailouts, deals to light market's fire
      768 4  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Investors on their toes even though it's the traditional summer break By in New York AFTER a brief rally in mid-July sparked by falling commodity prices, the US stock market has faltered in the face of
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      Lock icon Home seizures by UK lenders hit 12-year high
      539 4  -  JANE MOIR Repossession orders in H1 jump 48% as price slide continues By in London HOME repossessions have surged to a 12-year high in the UK, as lenders take a tough line on debt-ridden owners. And the outlook for the rest of
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Tight trading ranges with a downside bias likely
      730 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS THE backup in oil prices on Friday should provide some relief from the almost non-stop selling of the past few weeks, but stocks everywhere face issues that run deeper than just energy costs. To name a few, corporate earnings
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1361 6 Legends US$; Rmb; HK$; A) As; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; Euro; AA) Baht; RM; Peso; AAA) Rs; NT$; (ab) Final Fully Franked; (ad) Capital; (ag) Dividend/Distribition; (ai) To be announced; (aj) Final Tax Exempt; (ak) Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (am) First and Final Tax Exempt; (an) First and
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      Lock icon Australian dollar expected to rise this week
      302 6 -AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended last week mainly up against the US dollar on renewed fears about the health of the US economy. Japanese yen: The yen stood at 108.93 to the US dollar on Friday, up from 110.28 a week
      -AFP  -  302 words
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1701 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Company name Allco Comm REIT 2.25 2.00 4 5.60 12.95 0.99 0.72 Allgreen Properties 2.42 2.50 12 7.97 10.42 1.22 0.83 ua-Terra Sur. 2.50 2.50 4.55 4.84 0.46
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      63 6 Aug 22 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -951.00 +135.0 BT CADI -*****.00 +32.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -95.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 648.28 +6.13 FTSE ST Small Cap 523.36 +0.19 FTSE ST All Share 679.54 +2.94 FTSE ST China Top 336.65 +0.99 FTSE ST China 330.25 +1.67 UOB
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      56 6 VOLUME JiutianC 141,101,000 Ferrochina 135,993,000 UniFiber 135,982,000 China Honqxinq 124,342,000 Yanqzijianq 111,998,000 SingTel 107,910,000 Golden Aqri 103,229,000 DBS DBeCWOBIII7 78,259,000 Cosco Corp 74,153,000 Capita Land 67,002,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 462,264,461 SingTel 372,076,548 UOB 309,529,746 CapitaLand 307,283,124 SGX 273,900,950 Keppel Corp 247,244,110 OCBC Bk 214,036,889 S I A
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      Lock icon RISES
      96 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 8210 479.7 4.3 GLD 10US$ QUE 1296 44.0 3.5 StraitsAsia 271 32.0 13.4 Cmdfr 10US$ 395 29.5 5.' 'arkwa 1 HI 227 22.0 10.7 Jardine C&C 1748 20.0 1.2 275 18.0 7.' F&N 427 16.0 3.9 lanMBLePW***** 62 15.0 31. SembMar 390 13.0 3.4 DBS
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      Lock icon FALLS
      119 6 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. CLOSE DOWN 2880-332.0 -7.6 JMH DBSMBLJCW*****0 379 -96.0 -20.2 DBS MBL iCW*****3 493 -93.0 -15.9 DBS Gri 1768 -92.0 -4. JSH 1614 -90.0 -3.8 B Sembawam 726 -70.0 -8.: UOB 1910 -70.0 -3.5 India Ni 10 1408
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      84 6 Aug 22 CHNG CLOSE FRAug21 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4070 0.39 1.4542 1.3457 Euro 2.0880 -0.06 2.2064 2.0474 Pounds 2.6156 0.84 2.8431 2.6148 AS 1.2307 -0.34 1.3251 1.2075 Yen* 1.2883 0.74 1.4484 1.2619 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.28 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1480 0.36 4.4299 4.0190 Peso*
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      Lock icon Buyers out in force, sellers sidelined
      1315 8 Acquisitions rise sharply, with buyback activity by listed firms also surging for second straight week, reports ROBERT HALILI THE buying surged for the second straight week while the sales remained very low among directors based on filings on the exchange from August 18 to
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      Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
      2806 8 Transaction date: Aug 22 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONG KONG Aug21 HK$ Vol ■000 Aeon Credit Aeon Stores Angang Steel Anhui Conch Anhuiexpressway Asia Satellite Asm Pacific Bank Of E Asia Beida
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      117 8 Stock name Close Change Cai i Land 4.450 -0.030 Cai iMall 2.720 -0.040 Cit' 9.980 -0.220 Cosco Con 2.120 +0.020 DBS Gri 17.680 -0.040 FSN 4.270 +0.060 Gent Intl 0.505 +0.005 HKLand 3.590 -0.050 JSH 16.140 +0.260 Jardine CSC 17.480 +0.060 Stock name Close Change Con
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      98 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 14 1 0 0 0 2 14 1 Manufacturing 40 143 44 19 11 48 162 55 Commerce 14 47 16 19 56 20 >r/G ims 34 37 Finance 29 30 Construction 14 16 Proi
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 67,431 67,431 354,090 354,090 Manufacturini 1,182,322 63,122 1,245,444 917,027 5,453 922,480 Commerce 206,249 51,915 258,164 287,284 19,091 306,375 ]t/Stor/Comms 349,613 1,511 351,124 953,620 312 953,932 Finance 151,460 84 151,544 1,354,584 1,354,590 Construction 235,336 78,405 313,741 23,796 1,194 24,990 Properties
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Wine and watches for first BT CFO Night
      369 9  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM Seventy CFOs pick up tips on timepieces from guest speaker while networking a FINE wine and watches and, of course, plenty of good food and conversation marked BT's inaugural CFO Night last Wednesday. Seventy chief financial officers from Singapore's top
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      Lock icon Micro-Mechanics Q4 net down 20%
      333 9  -  WINSTON CHAI By AFTER three consecutive quarters of bottom line growth, Micro-Mechanics' fourth-quarter profit eventually took a hit as a result of the weakening greenback and the slowdown in the semiconductor sector. The supplier of precision tools and parts to semiconductor companies reported a net
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      Lock icon What exactly do volatility figures mean?
      384 9 WARRANT INSIGHTS PROBABLY the most common word investors will come across when trading warrants is volatility. Unfortunately, although many people know it equates with risk and have a vague idea that it can be quantified using statistics, they are not entirely clear about its
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      Lock icon Time to track accuracy of analyst calls
      668 10  -  R SIVANITHY IN RESPONSE to a call made last week in this column (BT, Aug 19, "Include analyst information in research reports"), a reader wrote in to say he would be compiling data pertaining to analyst performance over the next 12 months to
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      Lock icon Smaller players ride crest of maritime boom
      1401 11  -  VINCENT WEE Offshore and marine service providers are making quiet gains but they'll need to look out for inflation and competition in region By WHILE the multi-million dollar deals ol the Dig rig builders tend to hog the headlines, the recent quarterly results
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Airlines unlikely to cut fuel surcharges soon
      741 12  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI They say levy not enough to offset costs incurred from higher jet fuel prices a OIL prices may have dropped, but travellers are unlikely to see this translating to lower fuel surcharges just yet as far as airlines are concerned. In
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      Lock icon Consultants float idea of 'split pay' for expats
      519 12  -  WINSTON CHAI By HEDGING is used by companies to manage forex volatility but human resource consultants say the same principle can be applied to expatriate pay packages to help combat inflation and currency fluctuations. HR consultancy ECA International says that a "split
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Creating an illusion in the market
      1174 13 In this second article of a two-part series on securities fraud, LIM WEN JUIN looks at laws concerning market rigging and manipulation I HERE is a distinction between market manipulation and market rigging," notes Hamidul Hag, partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group of
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      Lock icon Where business meets Asian culture
      672 13 CAMPUS LIFE For 37 foreign students who took a summer programme at the Singapore Institute of Management, culture was very much part of the business, QUAH CHIN CHIN reports ASK American student Colin James Smith how to prepare rice dumplings, and he'll walk you through
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 13 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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      46 13 citibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Grizzly reminder for central bankers
      559 14 Reuters FED'S ANNUAL RETREAT Participants agree painful adjustments needed to restore market confidence [JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming] A towering grizzly bear guards the doorway to the Federal Reserve's annual policy retreat in this Teton Mountain resort, serving a reminder to central bankers of the battle to
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      Lock icon Banks should get crisis cover
      297 14 Bloomberg It'll reduce economic, taxpayer costs from future turmoil: study [WASHINGTON] Banks should be encouraged to take out disaster insurance that gives them access to capital when they suffer big losses on their loans, said a former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund. Such
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      Lock icon US economy seen weakening in H2
      314 14 Reuters [JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming] US consumer spending will tail off as the effects of government rebates to taxpayers wear off, hurting economic growth in the second half of the year, the director of the Congressional Budget Office said on Saturday. "While it's early, it
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      Lock icon Fed believes Wall St too much, says ex-BOE policymaker
      609 14 Bloomberg His paper sparks hot debate at annual US symposium [JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING] Former Bank of England policymaker Willem Buiter sparked the biggest debate at the Federal Reserve's annual mountainside symposium, saying that the central bank pays too much heed to
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Anwar poll fight comes full circle after 26 years
      614 15  -  S JAYASANKARAN By-election win tomorrow is vital to his bid to become prime minister By in Kuala Lumpur IN the 1982 general election, the then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad fielded a newcomer in the rural parliamentary constituency of Permatang Pauh, then
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      Lock icon Fuel price cut not political: Abdullah
      366 15 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said a recent move to cut petrol prices by 5.6 per cent to RM2.55 (S$1.08) a litre was not politically motivated, according to a report Sunday. The government's announcement on Friday comes ahead of a crucial
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      Lock icon Politics trumps economics, again
      583 15  -  PAULINE NG MALAYSIA INSIGHT Parliamentary by-election in Permatang Pauh consigns Budget 2009 to the backburner THE riveting parliamentary by-election in Permatang Pauh, Penang on Tuesday has consigned Budget 2009 to the backburner. Analysts are projecting that the Budget to be tabled in Parliament on Friday to
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY
      2878 16 JUGGLING WORK FAMILY THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What were the key messages you took from the Prime Minister's National Day Rally speech? What action should Singaporeans, and Singapore organisations, take to answer the key issues addressed by PM Lee? Balancing work and family PKLim Managing Director, South Asia ANZ Blue Coat
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  • DINING OUT
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      726 18 NEW RESTAURANT Al Qasr 46 Lorong Mambong, Holland Village Tel: 6467-7793 ON typical weekend evenings, Lorong Mambong in Holland Village becomes a hive of F&B activity as customers from a string of shophouse bars and restaurants spill out into the street, which is closed to vehicles at night,
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      813 19  -  JAIME EE POWER Lunch By IMAGINE if Julie Andrews sang about her favourite things and they included "black pudding, biltong and gula melaka". Try making rhyming lyrics out of that. But yes, those are the favourite foods of Briton Fiona Walker, principal director of Julia
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      587 20 -AFP, Reuters But it warns Chinese firm against buying more shares without prior clearance [SYDNEY] Australia has approved Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco's recent purchase of a minority stake in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto, but warned the Chinese firm against buying more shares without
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      380 20 Reuters [HONG KONG] China Construction Bank, the country's second-largest lender by assets, posted a 71 per cent jump in first-half earnings, in line with forecasts and boosted by higher fee income and margins, but pointed to a more challenging second half of the year. Construction
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      489 20 Reuters ANALYSIS Family-owned firms tap new sources as stock market tanks [MUMBAI] Private equity is gaining greater acceptance in India where rising borrowing costs and a tanking stock market have shut down other means of funding, forcing family-owned businesses to tap a source
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      527 20 -AFP Other Indian states extend welcome as firm threatens shift [NEW DELHI] Indian states vied over the weekend to offer alternative sites to India's Tata Motors for assembling the world's cheapest car after the firm threatened to shift production due to violent
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      210 20 -AFP [NEW DELHI] India will not accept any new conditions to win approval from nuclear supplier nations for lifting a decades-old embargo on nuclear trade with New Delhi, a report said last Saturday. The statement by Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee came a day after
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      511 21 AFP [VALENCIA] Celebrities and mega-yachts swept into Valencia as the Formula One circus hit town with local officials hoping the Spanish port will soon rival Monaco as Europe's sporting "glamour capital". Yesterday's European Grand Prix, staged like Monaco on a street circuit,
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      644 21 AFP Win lifts him to 2nd place in drivers championship with 64 points [VALENCIA, Spain] Felipe Massa won yesterday's European Grand Prix for Ferrari on the new street circuit around the harbour in Valencia and revived his challenge for this year's drivers' championship. The
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      389 21 -AFP [VALENCIA] Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso last Friday denied that he was in talks with Honda or any other Formula One team about his future in Formula One. The 27-year-old Spaniard, who clocked the second fastest time in opening practice for
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      776 22 -NYT Report says Korea Development Bank mulling stake, but spokesman denies it [NEW YORK] Shares in Lehman Bros rose substantially last Friday as investors renewed hopes that the troubled investment bank was moving closer to raising capital to buffer it against a
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      661 22 -AFP [SINGAPORE] Asean is set this week to finalise a free trade agreement with India and hold talks with Australia and New Zealand, signalling the importance of regional pacts amid fading hopes for a global trading regime. Association of Southeast
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      631 22 Reuters Concern that market turmoil is hurting their ability to get fresh capital [NEW YORK] A major credit rating agency cut the preferred share rating on Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac amid mounting concern about the ability of the two largest
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      560 22 Reuters [WASHINGTON] World trade negotiators need to bounce back quickly from a failed meeting in July to have any chance of reaching a deal by the end of the year, the head of the World Trade Organization said last Friday. "The good
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      395 22 Aug22 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banca Di Roma Singapore branch 6.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank
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      897 23 Next stop London, 2012 -AFP.AP Lavish ceremony crowns what turned out to be a 'truly exceptional' event [BEIJING] Beijing said farewell to the Olympic Games last night with all the theatricality with which it had welcomed them here at the Bird's Nest stadium two weeks ago. The Games saw China
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      307 24 Bloomberg [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted a fourth consecutive decline on Friday as vessel queues eased, boosting the number of ships available for hire. The index tracking transport costs on international trade routes fell 43 points,
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      457 24 Bloomberg Offer to raise wages as much as 2.5% yearly over 3 years holds 'strike issues' [SEATTLE] Boeing's offer to raise pay and benefits as much as U5524,000 over three years for machinists in its largest union is inadequate and the proposal
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      554 24 Tanker bid Boeing might call it quits AFP [WASHINGTON] US aerospace giant Boeing said on Friday that it may exit the rebidding for a US$35 billion contract to build US Air Force aerial refuelling tankers unless allowed more time to rework its proposal. The Department of Defence (DoD) was forced
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      299 24 Reuters [ROME/MILAN] Italy's latest plan to rescue Alitalia includes seeking bankruptcy protection for its troubled units before resuming the hunt for a foreign partner, a political source said ahead of a crucial week for the stricken airline. After sputtering through the summer
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      2529 24 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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      320 24 _____T I F I F I -_-__F F I F I F I ____P~~f^P^^^ H^^H 1 p _H^^^ I CRYPTIC CROSSWORDACROSS 5 Quit ale in order to get somI Hit fellow in the band (6) ething stronger (7) 4 Tell Frank it's narrow (6) 6 See batman upset by humili--8
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      6013 25 Week ended: Aug 22 High »-wks Tel Low Code Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil ,6 5.5 iiJ! lf£Z ml 2tt 6d5 S fc s F °s n& 24 10 5 1938 AEI Corp 20.5 4.5 1100 AEM 37 5 15 2101 APON 141
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      68 25 Wk Tel Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) feek Low Lasi (uote Seller Div Net P/E Cap >mil Hii Comi Hii Bin C'vr 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 6200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 6097 IS MSCI Spore 6101 ISS&P5OO US200d US6200 US1000 US***** ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS
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      1948 25 Hii |h Low Code Comi >an' Sale C000) Hii Low By ler Seller C'vr P/E Smil 20 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 31 15 5000 s ABRHIdgs 32 18 8538 s APStrategic 10 2 1501 s Advanced System 38 19 3518 s Afor 42 6.5 1524 s Alantac 20
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      209 25 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalisf 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
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      363 26 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Alll 22 World Index Preliminary 954.5 1.0 -15.7 0.7 -17.6 0.6 -16.1 t EAFE Preliminai 893.0 1.4 -20.3 0.7 -22.2 0.5 -20.1 Euro[ Prelim inan 1230.1 2.1 -20.3 1.7 -22.7 1.5 -21.1
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      131 26 As at 9am Aug22 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2270 1.2420 Can dollar 1.3370 1.3530 Euro 2.0770 2.1040 NZ dollar 1.0020 1.0230 terlinc nd_ 2.6200 2.7190 US dollar 1.3970 1.4130 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      174 26 Aug 22 Offer Bid Overnight 9/16 1-month 1 2-months 1 1/8 3-months 1 3/16 Overnight mode: 3/4 US$ Offer 7/16 7/8 1 1 1/16 BJd 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months I. 12 months $Au 2.45 2.60 2.82 3.02 3.18 3.30 3.40 Offer 2.35
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      25 26 Aug 22 en H]c Sett STI SIMSCI Auc 334.3 337.4 337.1 Taiwan Auc 264.7 270.5 265.8 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      23 26 Aug22 c<t Bid Offer 1-month 1.4046 1.4078 2 months 1.4025 1.4058 3-months 1.4006 1.4039 6 months 1.3952 1.3987 Source: OCBC
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      157 26 Aug22 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2313 1.2345 0.8754 0.8758 Canadian dollar 1.3478 1.3515 0.9582 0.9588 Euro 2.0899 2.0949 1.4858 1.4862 NZ dollar 1.0049 1.0079 0.7144 0.7150 Sterlinc 2.6278 2.6340 1.8682 1.8686 US dollar
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      301 26 Aug 22 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO8 DecO8 MarO9 JunO9 97.1700 97.0150 97.0450 96.9200 ***** ***** ***** 4240 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES SepO8 99.160 99.165 ea cr°o! Hill ii:iiS JunO9 99.240 99.240 SepO9 99.180 99.180 DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 99.160 ss;is§ 99.215 99.180 99.165 99i240
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      291 26 Aug 22 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High I Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Sep 08 Oct 08 Nov 08 Dec 08 Jan/Mar 09 Apr/Jun 09 408.50 406.75 403.50 401.75 400.25 401.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      100 26 Aug 22 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 08 1321.00 1341.00 1338.00 1310.00 Nov 08 1327.00 1348.00 1346.25 1315.00 Jan 09 1344.50 1365.25 1363.00 1333.00 MarO9 1358.25 1379.00 1377.00 1351.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 08 54.15 55.56 55.10 53.78 Oct08
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Aug 21 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Chanc Brent blend (1-Mth F) 119.91 8.28 WTI (Near Mth) 121.25 5.8 Dubai (1-Mth F) 112.75 2.13 Tapis blend 123.15 1.9 Minas 118.4 1.95 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 109.17 134.50 0.50 0.15 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      465 26 Aug 22 AS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.914 5.982 0.589 6.836 38.005 80.074 0.956 9.301 2.929 1.225 66.677 39.919 1.233 6.705 0.954 27.466 29.713 0.469 0.876 Canada 1.095 6.548 0.645 7.483 41.604
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      90 26 Aug 22 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hie Day's h Low 3-Month BQ*****S 20.11.08 1-Year BY*****N 04.05.09 0.80 1.02 0.95 0.95 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year NX*****T 4.625 5-Year N *****0V 1.625 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NY*****A 4.000
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      77 26 Aug22 (US$) (SS) 2.***** 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** 1 mth 2 mths 2.***** 1.***** 3 mths 2.***** 1.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 3.***** 3.***** 3.***** 1.***** 1.***** 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.*****
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      62 26 Aug22 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Sep 08 2740 Oct 08 2735 Nov08 2725 Dec 08 2731 Total o/p:***** contracts 2721 2752 2693 2726 2750 2689 2715 2753 2688 2736 2751 2688 Turnover: ***** Market
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      134 26 Aug22 GOLD (USS/oz) Auc 21 Auc 22_ Hong Kong London 820.60 unav 821.60 unav Aug 21 Aug 20 834.80 801.55 836.00 802.75 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Aug22 Buying Sellinc Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1
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      69 26 Aug 22 iri iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2740.00 2800.20 3 months 2790.00 2850.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 7765.00 7660.00 7973.00 7854.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 1878.00 1880.00 1902.00 1905.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      73 26 Aug22 COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hit h/Low SepO8 1557 1564 1563/1542 Dec 08 1574 1573 1575/1558 Mar 09 1578 1575 1577/1562 May 09 1577 unch 1577/1565 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low SepO8 2271 2279 2293/2255 Nov08 2298 2304 2317/2279 Jan 09 2284 2286 2300/2263 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close
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      3573 26 BONDS WARRANTS Fel Zode Com| Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ('000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left >am >058 Advance Modules GrpW*****3 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 ArianeCorp Ltd W*****9 J092 Asia Environment W*****4 1481 Asia Water Tech Ltd W*****0 3816 #Asiasons Capital Ltd WO***** i756 Asiatic Grp
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon Microprocessor sales hit record in Q2: IDC
      858 31 IDC, 2008 Shipments buck trend in a traditionally slow quarter, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY WORLDWIDE PC microprocessor shipments in the second calendar quarter of 2008 reached record levels again, according to new data from IDC. Talking to BizlT, Shane Rau, IDC's research director,
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        Lock icon Sun appoints 4 new vice-presidents
        121 31 SUN Microsystems has strengthened its regional management team with the promotion of four executives to helm its various business units. Kenneth J Buchanan and Jason Chung have both been designated as the company's new vicepresidents of service practice for the Asia-Pacific region. Grant Richard, a
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        93 31 SECURITY software maker Symantec will hold its "Symantec Vision and Manage Fusion 2008" conference on Sept 9. To be held at the Suntec Convention Centre, the event aims to provide IT professionals with insights on the latest issues and trends affecting the security industry. The
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        Lock icon VMWare lands deal with S'pore Poly
        63 31 VISUALISATION software specialist VMWare has landed a major contract in the educational sector with Singapore Polytechnic. The school will be deploying VMWare Infrastructure, a suite of virtualisation and management tools, at its infocomm security labs. This implementation will provide students with a platform to
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        Lock icon Fuji Xerox showcases new photo kiosk
        97 31  -  WINSTON CHAI PRINTING and imaging giant Fuji Xerox will hold its annual DocuWorld conference at Swissotel the Stamford on Aug 26 and 27. The event, which is targeted at both SMEs and large corporations, will put the spotlight on the company's latest photo technologies
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      Lock icon A Brave New Net World in 2018
      648 31  -  LOUIS AU &lt;you say&gt; By NO one knows for certain what the world will be like in 10 years' time. We know for sure, though, that humans and businesses will be more dependent on technology than ever before. We know that change will
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      Lock icon Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system
      314 31 AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel on Thursday last week showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionise modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets. Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner demonstrated a Wireless Energy Resonant Link
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      Lock icon Poor sense of business risk, IT linkage: study
      1086 32 EIU survey shows that more than half of Singapore firms do not take sufficient action, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY ONLY 20 per cent of Singapore IT managers feel that their organisation's business risk management strategy is tightly linked with the company's IT
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      Lock icon Evolving Net spells new opportunities: futurist
      684 32  -  KENNETH JAMES By ALL businesses today are e-businesses, and more. Or at least, they should be if they want to survive and prosper, according to noted futurist James Canton. "The Internet now is the backbone for all business," Dr Canton, chairman and CEO of
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      Lock icon Free security upgrade for Wi-Fi network
      405 32  -  WINSTON CHAI By A SECURITY feature typically used by large corporations to secure their Internet connections has now been added for free to Singapore's island-wide wireless network The new function, called Wireless@SG Virtual Private Network (VPN), will be offered as a complimentary benefit to
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        Lock icon AVLabs puts picture into iPod speakers
        90 32 AVLABS has unveiled the AVL34O, a speaker system which promises to amplify both the audio and video output from a user's iPod. This is because it incorporates a seven-inch widescreen LCD screen to allow consumers to display video files on their media players. The
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        119 32 AZTECH has taken the wraps off the HLIO9RN, its latest all-in-one networking device for consumers. Besides serving as a wireless router, the product incorporates the powerline networking function found in Aztech's Home Plug devices. The HLIO9RN supports the Wireless-N standard so users can enjoy Wi-Fi
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