The Business Times, 13 October 2008

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg •S* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Monday, October 13,2008
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon G-7's action plan faces market verdict
    659 1  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY All eyes will be on bourses today to see whether they will stabilise or continue downward spiral STOCK markets around the world will today deliver their verdict on the "action plan" announced in Washington by G-7 finance ministers to stabilise global financial
    AFP  -  659 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Key industry Q3 earnings at risk: analysts
    866 1  -  JAMIE LEE Firms' debt, outlook face scrutiny amid credit crunch, economic slowdown The focus will fall on key sectors such as the banks, the property players, and the oil-and-gas industry. Singapore banks hold quality assets compared to other banks across the region, one
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      52 1 >T Index 1,948.33 -348.79 1 COMP 934.01 -82.69 MKKEI 225 8,276.43 -2661.71 1ANG SENG 14,796.87 -2885.53 SET INDEX 451.96 -138.09 JAKARTA COMP 1,451.67 -380.84 1ANILA COMP 2,097.80 -468.41 ;eoulcomp 1,241.47 -178.18 iHENZHEN B 265.28 IUMBAI IND 10,527.85 -1998.47 )OW 8,451.19 -1874.19 IASDAQ 1,649.51 -297.88 ;&P 500 899.22 -200.01 =TSE
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 16.134 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 4.50 US 4.50 CANADA 4.50 SWITZERLAND 2.82 INDIA 13.75 Source:
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      Lock icon FOREX
      42 1 _US: 1.478 ;us$/s$ 1.690 2.497 lURO (US$,S$/E) :oreiqn currency pi 1.361 2.012 aer US$, S$ 'EN 99.20 67.10 3.510 2.375 ya 7.763 5.253 !AHT 34.40 23.27 lUPIAH 9,865 6,675 lENMINBI 6.834 4.624 INDIAN RUPEE 48.57 32.87 1.516 1.026 IZ$ 1.688 1.142
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    Lock icon S'pore banks in sound shape: MASMD
    216 1  -  LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] Financial institutions in Singapore are sound and operating normally, even in the wake of the ongoing global turmoil that has seen hundreds of billions of dollars lost in the mortgage and securities markets. This assurance was made yesterday by the central
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      57 1 VIEWS FROM THE TOP DINING OUT J.": 3 SOVEREIGN BE INSPIRED I CEOs on coping with the Always eating 7^^ WEALTH FUNDS Zap for daily inspiration. economic downturn on the job I 1' fc Singapore pledges support Win a Nikon Digital pages 16 &17 page 19 A^{ 1 j>.x for
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Amid the panic, bargains surface
      958 2  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Dow worth less on an inflation-adjusted basis than it has ever been since 1985 LAST Friday, as shellshocked traders left their desks following the closing bell on one of the worst weeks in Wall Street history, they had to struggle
      I BLOOMBERG  -  958 words
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      Lock icon Aussie dollar slide hits Singaporean companies
      799 2  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Sing Tel, Capita Land, ComfortDelGro, Tat Hong in the list [SINGAPORE] The slide of the Australian dollar will hit Singapore companies with Aussie exposure, including Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, the biggest company on the Singapore Exchange. Other companies with Australian dollar exposure include
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon G-7's action plan faces market verdict
        78 2 STOCK markets around the world will today deliver their verdict on the "action plan" announced in Washington by G-7 finance ministers to stabilise global financial markets. The plan drew sharply different reactions over the weekend as to whether it can succeed in preventing a
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        Lock icon Amid panic on Wall St, bargains surface
        78 2 LAST Friday, as shell shocked traders left their desks following the closing bell on one of the worst weeks in Wall Street history, they had to struggle to come up with a reason to be positive about the prospects for coming back to
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        Lock icon Risk of financial sector over-regulation
        86 2 THERE is a real risk of over-regulation in the financial sector in the coming years as markets start to pick up the pieces in the wake of the ongoing market turmoil. This warning came from Government of Singapore Investment Corporation deputy chairman and executive director
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        Lock icon RSH eyes Middle East market
        50 2 ROYAL Sporting House plans to move into the Middle East market as well as into cosmetics. The company expects to take up some 100,000 square feet in two malls in Dubai, its group chief operating officer Kesri Singh Kapur told BT. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 5
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        Lock icon Hi-P hopeful of hitting $1b turnover
        49 2 CONTRACT manufacturer Hi-P International is hopeful of hitting $1 billion turnover in the current financial year. Hi-P founder and chief executive Yao Hsiao Tung told BT there has not been a slowdown in orders, despite the volatile economic climate. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 7
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        Lock icon Fewer IPOs from emerging market firms
        72 2 THE pipeline of emerging market companies listing in Singapore and elsewhere is drying up, as capital markets freeze, offshore lawyers here say. "The IPO pipeline has basically been turned off. Listings work has come pretty much to a halt, whether in this region or
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        Lock icon Replanting may end palm price plunge
        41 2 THE dramatic slide in palm oil prices could soon be drawing to an end as growers consider shifting their focus from expansion to renewing older crops, curbing supplies in the medium term. MALAYSIA, PAGE 10
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        Lock icon India mutual funds seek short-term cash
        40 2 INDIA'S mutual funds have asked the central bank to lend them short-term cash via a repurchase facility after the global financial crisis virtually paralysed the country's money markets, fund executives said. INDIA, PAGE 12
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      Lock icon S'pore pledges support for SWF guidelines
      508 3  -  LEE U-WEN Framework will bring about greater transparency, dispel mistrust surrounding such funds [SINGAPORE] Singapore has pledged its full support to a new voluntary framework that will ensure greater transparency for sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). Released on Saturday by the five-month-old International Working Group
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      Lock icon Risk of financial sector over-regulation in wake of market turmoil: Tony Tan
      441 3 Wrong lessons could be learned and the sector's healthy development stifled [SINGAPORE] There is a real risk of over-regulation in the financial sector in the coming years as markets start to pick up the pieces in the wake
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon How to price in a recession if Wall St is still playing catch-up?
      750 4  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS HOW does one go about pricing in a recession? Or to be more specific, how should one price in an impending slowdown whose magnitude is completely unknown as the source is a global crisis
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      Lock icon Oil prices plummet, but gold shines amid markets gloom
      396 4 -AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] Oil prices sank below US$BO per barrel last week as commodities were knocked by plunging world stock markets, but gold benefited from its status as a safe bet in times of economic turmoil. "The deteriorating outlook for world
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      666 4 Payment (cts) Ex Books Pay date close date vSL Marine am 3.000 28-Oct 30-Oct 13-Hov 6L Marine M 1.000 28-Oct 30-Oct 13-Hov iusi |rou| Ltd ak 0.610 31-Oct 04-Hov 14-Hov lUssino Grp ak 0.170 11-Hov 13-Hov 28-Hov Wi-Tech Elect ak 0.500 04-Hov 06-Hov 20-Hov A ab 2.000 08-Oct
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      Lock icon Asian units mostly down against US$
      393 4 -AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended the week mainly down against the US dollar -with the notable exception of the Japanese yen amid a flurry of high-level government meetings on the ongoing world market turmoil. Japanese yen: The yen surged to a seven-month
      -AFP  -  393 words
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1591 4 Source: Reuters Lonsensus no. ot i-orecasi mean t-n s recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name Mlgreen Properties 2.58 2.58 12 7.38 7.86 1.10 0.51 ,RA Asset Manai lement 2.00 2.00 6.70 7.16 1.06 0.44 ,rmstroni Industrial Con 1.50
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 4 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      59 4 Oct 10 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1758.00-318.00 BT CADI -*****.00-430.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-176.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 386.36 -38.38 FTSE ST Small Cap 332.16 -37.66 FTSE ST All Share 466.07 -39.56 FTSE ST China Top 171.64 -26.77 FTSE ST China 176.05 -25.66 UOB Catalist 90.13 -4.13
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      62 4 VOLUME Golden Agri 405,496,000 Noble Grp 226,112,000 Sing Tel 182,467,000 China Honqxinq 158,842,000 Capita Land 143,989,000 Cosco Corp 138,157,000 Yanqzijianq 138,049,000 Gent Intl 135,660,000 Straits Asia 120,525,000 Sunmoon 113,290,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 662,485,703 Sing Tel 538,355,530 UOB 521,874,606 SGX 495,763,526 Keppel Corp 490,737,616 Capita Land 368,263,418 OCBC
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      Lock icon RISES
      102 4 CLOSE UP 9100 1231.9 10.1 GLD 10US$ STI 2900SGAePW*****0 187 71.0 61.2 STI 2800SGAePW*****0 167 69.0 70.4 STI2700BNPePW*****7 146 64.5 79.1 STI 2750 DBePW*****3 131 63.0 92.6 STI2500BNPePW*****7 116 62.5 116.8 STI 2500SGAePW*****9 117 51.5 78.6 STI2350BNPePW*****0 92.5 49.0 112.6 STI 2700SGAePW*****0 132 46.0 53.5 OCBC Bk SGAePW*****4 67.5
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      Lock icon FALLS
      112 4 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. CLOSE DOWN 2150-593.8 -15.8 JMH OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 8690-510.0 -5.5 JardineC&C 999-509.0 -33.8 OCBCO 5.1%NCPS 100 9122-478.0 -5.0 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9330-410.0 -4.2 OCBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 9342 -406.0 -4.2 ir China H 10US$ 898-400.3 -23.2 JSH 1100-369.3
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      82 4 Oct10 CLOSE •ACHNG YR2008 FR0O9 SSLOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4792 -0.80 1.4850* 1.3457 Euro 2.0090 0.44 2.2064 1.9750 Pounds 2.5021 1.67 2.8431 2.4900® AS 0.9786 5.45 1.3251 0.9470 Yen* 1.4944 -2.81 1.5091* 1.2619 Rupiah* 0.***** 1.94 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3050 -0.75 4.4299 4.0190 Peso* 3.1056 -0.30
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      Lock icon Is this a crash or recovery mode?
      1446 6  -  TEH HOOI LING IT is said that crashes have behaved pretty much the same way time and again the thing that crashes loses about 75 per cent of its value over time before recovering. Take the example of Nasdaq. The tech-heavy index reached
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      Lock icon Heavy acquisitions by directors as share prices head South
      1125 6  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS Past 4 weeks' purchases exceed figure in 9-week period from July 14 to Sept 12 THE worsening global credit crisis, coupled with recessionary pressures, pushed the Straits Times Index down by a further 15.2 per cent last
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon RSH eyes Mid-East market, cosmetics sector
      635 5  -  JAMIE LEE Retailer to take up 100,000 sq ft in two Dubai malls, opening in Nov ROYAL Sporting House (RSH) which carries brands such as Zara, Massimo Dutti and Reebok plans to move into the Mid-dle-East market as well as into cosmetics, a senior
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    • Article
      Lock icon Choosing a suitable warrant, Part 2
      413 5 WARRANT INSIGHTS LAST week, we looked at some important considerations when picking warrants, the most important being to have a view of where the underlying asset is headed near-term. Once you've done this, and once you've decided on a rate of return that you'd
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      Lock icon Hi-P aims for $1b turnover this FY
      487 7  -  OH BOON PING There has been no slowdown in orders despite volatile economic climate, says founder and CEO CONTRACT manufacturer Hi-P International is hopeful of hitting $1 billion turnover in the current financial year. For the six months ended June 30, the company
      FILE PHOTOS  -  487 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Calendar of earnings reports
      125 7 3enc ded September 2008 COMPANY DATE 1 MAP Tech Oct15 2 BH Global Marine Oct16 3 4 Nera Telecom MobileOne Oct16 Oct17 5 6 7 Qian Hu Corp Evergro Prop K-ReitAsia Oct20 Oct20 Oct20 8 9 10 11 Aztech Systems Capita Mall Trust KeppelT&T SPC Oct21
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      399 7 Oct 10 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
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      Lock icon A networking invitation to CFOs
      189 7 AFTER the success of its inaugural event in July, The Business Times is once again inviting chief financial officers (CFOs) of SGX-listed companies to a session to network and interact with one another. The event at the Shangri-la Hotel on Oct 15, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      276 7 lapan Land E Suntec Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre, 1 Raffles Boulevard, Level 3, Meeting Room 301, Singapore *****3 13-Oct 10.00a rr Thakral Corp E Galleria Ballroom, Level 3, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, 392 Havelock Road, Singapore *****3 15-Oct 3.00pm Natsteel E Function Rooms 1, 2 and 3,
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Fewer IPOs from emerging market firms
      490 8  -  CHEW XIANG Offshore lawyers here say that listings work has come to a halt THE pipeline of emerging market companies listing in Singapore and elsewhere is drying up as capital markets freeze, offshore lawyers here say. "The IPO pipeline has basically been turned off.
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      Lock icon Spring, aerospace industry body beef up quality assurance
      222 8  -  TEH SHI NING LOCAL companies are being encouraged to adopt Nadcap, a stringent quality assurance scheme for special processes, systems and products in the aerospace industry. Spring Singapore and the Association of Aerospace Industries Singapore (AAIS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)
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      Lock icon Follow the Volvo Ocean Race with Ericsson
      614 8  -  VINCENT WEE The company will be making good use of the Spore stopover AS the eight yachts on the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) began their 37,000 nautical mile journey around the world on Saturday, their adventures will be brought directly to sailing enthusiasts
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      24 8 I LOCK+STORE] 1800 370 3737 I OptionsMasier Hedge Fund I I Disclaimer: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future or likely performance I
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      16 8 Lianhe Zaobaol Gloomy short- and mid-term prospects for China M property g§ stocks here I m
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon China to ensure growth will be 'fast and stable'
      525 9 Bloomberg It'll boost domestic demand despite crisis fears, says PBOC deputy chief [WASHINGTON] China will boost domestic demand to sustain the nation's "fast and stable" economic growth, central bank deputy governor Vi Gang said. "Despite the negative shocks of the financial
      Bloomberg  -  525 words
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      Lock icon Saudi govt sees indirect impact from global crisis
      332 9 Reuters [RIYADH] Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, may be indirectly affected by the global financial crisis but any impact will be temporary, Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf said on Saturday. Saudi Arabia can help international efforts to solve the crisis by
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      Lock icon Financial crisis hits Seoul's reform bid
      737 9 Reuters NEWS ANALYSIS Lee's administration had to revise down growth targets, quit public projects [SEOUL] As South Korea tries to douse the fires from global financial turmoil, analysts say that the longer term impact could be more serious by blocking reforms that Asia's fourth-biggest
      ■ Reuters; AP  -  737 words
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      Lock icon S Korean banks' FX problems easing
      288 9 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korean Finance Minister Kang Man Soo said problems regarding local banks' short-term foreign currency debts were easing, local media reported yesterday. Mr Kang also said the won was expected to stabilise from today and mentioned that a local private economic institute
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      Lock icon Latin American firms hit by currency slump
      449 9 Reuters Those holding debt in US$ or euros are in trouble [MEXICO CITY/SAO PAULO] Steep losses in the Mexican peso and Brazilian real have wounded Latin American companies with exposure to foreign currency and hedges, and other companies could be bloodied as well
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      Lock icon Japan's small firms feel pinch of financial crisis
      273 9 Reuters [TOKYO] As the global financial crisis spreads to Japan's economy, which is already on the brink of a recession, small exporters that are the backbone of Japan's economic strength are feeling the pinch. The Japanese economy contracted at its fastest rate
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Focus on replanting may spell end to palm price plunge
      760 10 Reuters ANALYSIS Crisis may push prices to find floor at RM1.500 [KUALA LUMPUR] The dramatic slide in palm oil prices could soon be drawing to an end as growers consider shifting their focus from expansion to renewing older crops, curbing
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      Lock icon Now's the time for big measures
      642 10  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT Country is still in good shape but storm clouds are gathering GIVEN last week's tumultuous events, many Malaysians might be forgiven for thinking that the end of the world is nigh. The Kuala Lumpur stock exchange has reverted to 2005
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon India mutual funds turn to central bank for short-term cash
      725 12 Bloomberg Reuters, RBI mulls proposal to let them deposit debt with central bank for cash [MUMBAI] India's mutual funds have asked the central bank to lend them short-term cash via a repurchase facility after the global financial crisis virtually paralysed
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      Lock icon RBI may delay opening of banking sector
      311 12 [NEW DELHI] The global financial crisis may force the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to delay the roadmap for further liberalising the banking sector by six to eight months from the scheduled date of April 2009, the Economic Times quoted a finance ministry
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Communist Party approves key land reforms
      673 14 Reuters AFP, Plan will allow farmers to trade, rent and mortgage land use rights for profit [BEIJING] China's ruling Communist Party approved a major economic reform plan yesterday that will allow farmers to trade and mortgage their land rights and bolster the nation's food
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      Lock icon China may cut its coal imports in winter
      643 14 Reuters ANALYSIS [BEIJING] China threatens to undermine turbulent global coal markets by importing less this winter, probably deepening the downturn in prices as winter heating demand fails to offset a serious industrial slowdown. The lacklustre scenario is in stark contrast to last
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      Lock icon China car sales fall for second consecutive month
      165 14 -AFP [SHANGHAI] China's passenger vehicle sales shrank for the second consecutive month in September, an industry group said here last Friday, as demand in the fast-growing market was hit by global economic weakness. Sales of the cars, includ- ing sedans, multi-purpose vehicles
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      15 14 I BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2008 THE BEST Look out for the Supplement on October 14
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Surviving a downturn
      2416 16 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: How well will Singapore's businesses, and Singaporeans generally, cope with an extended economic slowdown? What needs to be done to ease their burden? Danny Teoh Managing Partner KPMG LLP in Singapore AN unprecedented crisis of confidence faces the financial markets and this has resulted
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      138 17 For CEOs, celebrities and people at the top, it has always been even in the Dynamic Multicontour seats with massage function, customary to be seen in an S-Class. Few cars project such The side bolsters on the seat automatically inflate or deflate in restrained power and comfortable success. While its
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  • DINING OUT
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      648 18  -  Audrey Phoon REVIEW Xi Van Private Dining 38A Craig Road Tel: 6220-3546 THE first autumn wind that wafts over the Yangtze River delta in Shanghai signals the hairy crabs living there to put on fat, produce roe and start mating. More importantly, it tells
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      289 18  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon HAIRY CRAB SEASON Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant Lower Lobby, Sheraton Towers 39 Scotts Road Tel: 6839-5623 From Oct 15 to Nov 30 MUCH like dishes created for white truffle, the dishes that chefs come up with during hairy crab season are meant
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      170 18 A Brunch Divine A culinary wonderland unfolded before us; choices aplenty complemented with unlimited Champagne. Freshly-shucked oysters and crustacean Sunday Champagne Brunch on ice beckoned as did the petit canapes and cheese. Meanwhile, succulent roasts and gourmet creations vied for attention alongside breakfast with unlimited Veuve Clicquot favourites. The epicurean
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      1018 19  -  JAIME EE POWER Lunch THERE are people who eat to live and those who live to eat. As president of Far East Food Concepts (part of Far East Organisation), Chia Boon Pin lives to track down the best restaurants and dishes to develop into dining
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      525 19  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon PROMOTION Seoul Good Orchard Cafe, Orchard Hotel, 442 Orchard Road Tel: 6739-6565 THE sign of a good buffet -if you're a buffet fan is, of course, a spread that weighs down the tables. And how do you judge that besides just the visual
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      55 19 Please refer to citibank.com.sg for full details. Indulge in over 800 gourmet pleasures with your Citibank credit card. For more gourmet treats, visit: citibank.com.sg gS| Mobile Gourmet citibank.com.sg/singapore/gpmobile Q Q >tfEibank '•■•--< citi m X C ES S>,4© Your Citibank guide to gourmet pleasures this week f^ liH I I
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      571 20 -AP One issue is the possibility of nations guaranteeing loans between banks [PAßlS] European leaders met yesterday to search for a common response to the spreading financial crisis, a job made more difficult by the different situations and systems across the EU bloc. Among
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      394 20 -AFP [BERLIN] Only the state can restore trust to financial markets now, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was quoted as saying yesterday amid reports that Berlin was about to unveil a huge rescue package for its banks. "Only action by the state
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      559 20  -  NEIL BEHRMANN MARKET strategists are hoping that the Group of Seven (G-7) nations' plan to increase the capital of banks will cause a sharp rally in global stock markets in the coming weeks. But they also fear that hedge and
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      544 20 Reuters [LONDON] Major British banks are likely to announce their plans to recapitalise early today, a person familiar with the matter said, a move which could see the government take multi-billion pound stakes in several lenders. Banks are in talks with the government
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      364 20 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Governmentowned wealth funds and the countries that accept their investments agreed on Saturday to a set of principles aimed at ensuring that both sides play by the rules. These wealth funds, worth more than US$2 trillion and fed by excess reserves in countries
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      286 20 Reuters [CANBERRA] Australia will guarantee all bank deposits for three years and guarantee wholesale funding to Australian banks in an attempt to combat the global credit crisis, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday. Australia will also make an extra As 4 billion
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      887 21 Reuters, AFP But Briton says his championship hopes has not suffered serious damage [FUJl SPEEDWAY, Japan] Renault's Fernando Alonso stormed to his second win in a row at a wild Japanese Grand Prix yesterday while McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton plunged from first to
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      564 22 Airlines make no move to cut fares, surcharges after 15 hikes this year [CHICAGO] So far, US airlines have coped well with a painful economic downturn, but a sharp decline in petrol prices soon may lure travellers off planes and
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      2512 22 AIRLINE CODES: AA: Am s (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAVv Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR: EVA
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      477 22 Credit freeze weakens demand for commodities [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, had its biggest drop on record on Friday as a credit freeze weakened demand for commodities. The index tracking transport costs on international trade routes retreated
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      391 22 NYT, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The New York area's airports operator has asked an appeals court to stop government auctions for takeoff and landing rights, saying the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lacks the authority for the sales. The Port Authority of New York and New
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        107 22 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya 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 0.33 0.25 1.10 0.36 0.79 0.59
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        36 22 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.65 8.20 7.95 2.55 2.75 0.09 0.10 -0.02 -0.20 -0.10 -0.13 -0.09 -0.01 -0.01 108 248 1742 2432 60 25 70
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        16 22 ■oo let 10 Baht Vol 'recious Ship Regional Cont 12.20 9.10 -1.10 -0.90 2277 286
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        11 22 '000 Doil iingamas Cont 15.50 0.86 -1.22 -0.10 2530 2329
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        22 22 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 5.90 20.25 2.20 unch -0.50 -1.75 -0.20 unch 945 404 100 0
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        27 22 let 10 NT! Vol Evergreen Marine ....14.70 :irst Steamship 33.30 /Van Hai Lines 14.30 t'ang Ming Marine 9.13 0.65 -2.05 0.20 -0.67 9 4 5 15
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        44 22 '000 let 10 Yen Vol (awasaki Hvy Ind ..170.00 8.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen 429.00 -29.00 ***** Mitsubishi Hvy 341.00 -7.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg...150.00 -1.00 ***** Mitsui Osk Lines 577.00 -49.00 ***** Mippon Express 353.00 -48.00 8100 MipponYusen 468.00 -40.00 ***** source: Thomson Reuters
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      501 22 [WASHINGTON] Virgin Group Ltd founder Richard Branson, part owner of US airline Virgin America Inc, said that he will add more capital to help the carrier break even after fuel prices rose to a record. "We're going to put a bit more
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      383 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS n—^—^—^—^—^—^ —l 8 Desert people the daily j^H J^M i^HH^I I^l I^H I^l grind (3,4) 3 10 Kid leaving school? Eat __^H__^^ HHHH H 9 H 11 Angry degree students and j-r—^* one's nervous reaction (9) 12 Trial for individual taken by secret plan (5) __HB__|lH__M M__M
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  • SINGAPORE MARITIME WEEK 2008
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      663 23 It has quickly become a must-attend event for the local and international maritime community, says VINCENT WEE THE rise from strength to strength of the Maritime Port Authori-ty-driven Singapore Maritime Week parallels Singapore's development as an international maritime centre. The event started in 2006 with
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      Lock icon Exercising their sea legs on land for charity
      398 23  -  VINCENT WEE THE maritime industry's big week had a bright and healthy start with the inaugural Singapore Nautical Run last Friday morning at East Coast Park. More than 1,300 runners in various competitive and non-competitive categories were flagged off at the charity
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      Lock icon Focus on R&D for operational efficiency, to save environment
      603 23  -  VINCENT WEE RESEARCH and development (R&D) will be critical for the next wave of growth for the Singapore maritime industry and is also key to Singapore's development as an international maritime centre. This includes R&D in key research areas like energy,
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      821 24 Some areas of banking seem more suited to females than others. Still, with the right support, they can reach the top, say KATE HU, KOH WOON TENG, LOH HUI SHAN and FOCK SIEW TONG THE general traits for success in top female bankers are
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      817 24 CAMPUS LIFE Three students who went to New York City this summer tell CHEN HUIFEN why it's such an enchanting place THREE Singapore students who went on a study trip to New York City have come back entranced by the magic of Broadway. Asked
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      204 24 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 24 cftibank 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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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      9365 25 Weekended: Oct 10 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap Smil Hi. Com| )an] 14.5 4 3148 STelecom 20 3 5834 A-Sonic 110 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 22.5 6 1938
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      2161 26 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
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      67 26 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Week lh Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap Cvr P/E $mil Hi< Com Hi< ***** 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 6200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 6097 IS MSCI Spore 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 398.3
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      71 26 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol room Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Sinil Comi Hii 122.8 55 6000 AVJennings 20.5 4 6134 Over&Gen 48.5 8 6017 StarCruises 283 123 6019 TanChonglnt A57xd A8 US9 HK123 -1.5 -23 ***** 105
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      123 26 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change Caj i Land 2.510 JSH 11.000 -1.140 SIAEn. 2.080 -0.200 Caj iMall 1.700 -0.120 Jardine CSC 9.990 -2.110 SPH 3.500 -0.330 Cit' 6.480 -0.720 Kej Con 5.420 -0.660 ST En. 2.500 -0.130 Cosco Cor|
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      89 26 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Undi Multi Ind 1 17 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 Manufacturing 15 195 26 27 22 222 35 Commerce 67 16 83 r/O ms 41 43 Finance 40 40 Construction 22 28 Pro| 45 45 Hotels/Rsts 11
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      118 26 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 183,235 183,235 676,509 676,509 Manufacturing 1,737,787 197,691 1,935,478 1,024,334 4,653 1,028,987 Commerce 653,390 42,592 695,982 566,377 6,717 573,094 ]t/Stor/Comms 609,720 3,607 613,327 1,256,522 343 1,256,865 Finance 280,554 101 280,655 2,134,833 2,134,840 Construction 156,377 149,027 305,404 17,123 5,190 22, ,313
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      2770 26 Transaction date: Oct. 10 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day IONG KONG Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      361 27 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Oct 10 World Index Preliminan 658.3 -6.3 -41.8 -6.0 -42.1 -6.8 -43.1 EAFE Preliminai 638.4 -7.6 -43.0 -7.6 -44.7 -8.4 -46.: Euro[ Prelim inan 882.1 -7.7 -42.8 -7.7 -46.5 -8.5 -48.1 Pacific
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      135 27 As at 9am Oct 10 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 0.9730 0.9840 Can dollar 1.2670 1.2820 Euro 1.9930 2.0180 NZ dollar 0.8680 n QQQn U.bbbU Sterling ind 2.4990 2.5270 US dollar 1.4690 1.4850 Local dollars to 100 units
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      177 27 Oct 10 fer Overnight 1/4 1-month 1 3/8 2-months 1 7/16 3-months 1 1/2 Overnight mode: 0.45 US$ Offer 1/8 1 1/8 1 3/16 1 1/4 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 5.50 5.50
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      23 27 Oct 10 ten Jii Sett STI SIMSCI Oct 222.2 244.6 239.5 Taiwan Oct closed Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      23 27 Out 10 S! Bid Offer 1-month 1.4720 1.4739 2 months 1.4678 1.4698 3-months 1.4631 1.4656 6-months 1.4536 1.4571 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      157 27 Oct 10 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9739 0.9753 0.6593 0.6596 Canadian dollar 1.2692 1.2710 0.8593 0.8596 Euro 2.0108 2.0130 1.3613 1.3614 NZ dollar 0.8749 0.8764 0.5923 0.5927 Sterlini 2.4954 2.4984 1.6894 1.6897 US
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      300 27 Oct 10 VOL OP/INT urcra mun LUV1I 3CI I EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO8 MarO9 JunO9 SepO9 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES 97.7000 97.5450 ***** 8151 7265 3861 DecO8 99.180 99.240 MarO9 99.290 99.295 JunO9 99.295 99.295 SepO9 99.255 99.255 DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 99.180 99.280 99.295 99.240 99.220 99.265 99.310
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      242 27 Oct 10 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) Nov 08 Dec 08 193.9 Jan 09 193.0 Feb 09 194.5 Mar 09 193.4 Apr 09 193.9 191.0 190.6 190.8 192.0 192.0 191.4 191.2 191.0 192.0 1 81 130
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      464 27 OctW AS CS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.767 4.506 0.484 5.119 32.029 65.055 0.654 8.623 2.314 1.113 52.182 31.410 0.975 6.197 0.738 21.393 22.682 0.390 0.659 Canada 1.303 5.873 0.631 6.672 41.743
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      89 27 Oct 10 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's High Low 3-Month BQ*****H 08.01.09 1-Year BY*****N 04.05.09 1.36 1.45 1.30 1.30 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low Hii 2-Year NX*****T 4.625 5-Year NX*****Z 2.250 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NY*****A 4.000 15-Year
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      167 27 Oct 10 GOLD (USS/oz) Oct 09 Oct 10 GOLD BULLION COINS (S$) Sellini Hong Kong 888.80 921.70 889.80 922.70 Oct 10 Oct 09 London 889.10 890.85 892.10 893.85 Source: Reuters (S$) Selling Buying 1 oz 1516.19 1369 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (S$) Selling Buying 10gm $531.79 436 SILVER
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      103 27 Oct 10 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov08 910.00 980.00 916.00 910.00 Jan 09 925.50 995.50 926.50 925.50 Mar 09 939.50 1009.50 942.50 939.50 May 09 949.75 1019.75 950.00 949.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 08 36.50 39.44 36.90 36.30 Dec
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      76 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct9 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 83.71 0.89 WTI (Near Mth) 84.97 -4.33 Dubai (1-Mth F) 79.60 2.28 Tapis blend 89.60 2.30 Minas 85.45 2.30 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene S8.13 96.80 -O.O9 2.40 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      76 27 Oct 10 (US$) (SS) 4.***** 1.***** 6mths 1.***** 9mths 1.***** 12mths 1.***** 1 mth 2 mths 4.***** 1.***** 3 mths 4.***** 1.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 4.***** 4.***** 4.***** 1.***** 1.***** 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.***** 5yrs 2.*****
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      59 27 Oct9 Delivery Month Opening Sett Av Range Price Price Hi Low Vol Open Done Position Oct08 1895 Nov08 1855 Dec 08 1850 Jan 09 1838 Total o/p: ***** contracts 1956 1921 1884 144 1284 1910 1910 1835 345 9116 1890 1890 1810 ***** ***** 1883 1883 1810 5202
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      70 27 Oct 101 Co iri iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2158.50 2253.50 3 months 2215.00 2305.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 4869.50 4790.00 5375.00 5315.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1469.00 3 months 1475.00 1656.50 1664.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash
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      71 27 Oct 10 COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 08 1362 1395 1380/1354 Mar 09 1394 1426 1413/1385 May 09 1406 1435 1425/1398 JulO9 1415 1445 1427/1409 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov08 1689 1715 1724/1650 Jan 09 1751 1786 1781/1720 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prev High/Low Dec
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      2958 27 BONDS WARRANTS [el lode Company Last Sale Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths +or- ("000) Ratio Price ing Left Second Chance Prop W*****7 >058 Advance Modules GrpW*****3 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 J092 Asia Environment W*****4 1481 Asia Water Tech Ltd W*****0 3816 #Asiasons Capital Ltd WO***** i756
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        60 32 US security vendor Sonic Wall has announced Network Security Appliance 240 (NSA 240), the company's latest Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliance. Targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the dual-core NSA 240 harnesses a combination of different technologies to thwart various security and content attacks. Prices
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        109 32  -  ONG BOON KIAT CANON has introduced six new digital cameras: three in its premium Powershot range, two in its compact IXUS line, and one new digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera. The new digicams and their respective prices are as follows: Power Shot SKI IS (price
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        72 34 BUSINESS communications solutions vendor Avaya has appointed John DiLullo as president for Asia-Pacific. Based in Singapore, the 20-year industry veteran will take charge of Avaya's regional operations, sales and support. He reports to Todd Abbott, Avaya's worldwide head of sales and field operations.
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        62 34 SCMLOGISTICS World 2008, a tradeshow that showcases the latest technologies, services and products from the supply chain and logistics industry, will be held on Oct 14 and 15. An accompanying conference starts today and will run till Oct 16. The events will be held at
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