The Business Times, 2 April 2009
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Title Section20 2009-04-02 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.COm.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Thursday, April 2,200920 words
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Article, Illustration750 2009-04-02 1 UMA SHANKARI - UMA SHANKARI Even gravity-defying HDB resale prices show signs of cracking in QI with 0.6% slide [SINGAPORE] Private home prices plunged 13.8 per cent in the first three months of this year a record quarterly drop as developers and other market players slashed theirURA, HDB - 750 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article28 2009-04-02 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.71 HONGKONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.520 TAIWAN 4.826 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.50 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 12.25 Source:Bloomberg - 28 words
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Article46 2009-04-02 1 KLCOMP 884.18 +11.63 NIKKEI 225 8,351.91 +242.38 HANG SENG 13,519.54 -56.48 SET INDEX 430.09 -1.41 JAKARTA COMP 1,461.74 +27.67 MANILA COMP 1,967.28 -18.94 SEOUL COMP 1,233.36 +27.10 SHENZHEN B 352.95 +1.46 MUMBAI IND 9,901.99 +193.49 12 noon EDT Chan. DOW 7,699.63 +90.71 NASDAQ 1,545.13 +16.5446 words
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Article45 2009-04-02 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.523 (US$/S$ per 1.436 2.187 ;UR0 (US$/S$/E) 1.318 2.007 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 98.70 64.80 3.648 2.395 IK$ 7.751 5.090 !AHT 35.53 23.33 lUPIAH 11,598 7,616 lENMINBI 6.834 4.488 INDIAN RUPEE 50.64 33.26 1.451 0.953 IZ$ 1.796 1.18045 words
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616 2009-04-02 1 NISHA RAMCHANDANI - NISHA RAMCHANDANI Senior management first to go on scheme, others to follow [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) is gearing up for the effects of capacity cuts in its current financial year. It is implementing, with immediate effect, a shorter work month for senior management,616 words
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Miscellaneous55 2009-04-02 1 BizlT I ANALYSIS f^ffilH I PROPERTY I FORMULA 1 BMC Software to Be afraid of'black boxes' l^^y^Zy! Office occupancy Richard Branson '3* step up hiring here in US bank bailout ra^es s^e pulls off publicity coup PAGE 27 PAGE 2 '///ySj PAGE 30 PAGE 17 lb& Business confidence in Japan55 words
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Article, Illustration404 2009-04-02 2 SIOW LI SEN - SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered Bank will lend an additional US$5OO million to Singapore companies for their trade finance needs under a risk-sharing programme with the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC). In total, US$5 billion will be lent to some404 words
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858 2009-04-02 2 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY NEWS ANALYSIS The worrying thing is that very few people seem to know exactly how the banking system is being rescued and by whom IF YOU were to visit the US Federal Reserve's website, you'd find that it currently858 words
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381 2009-04-02 2 Bloomberg LATEST US DATA Factories continue to trim payrolls, cut output investment [NEW YORK] Manufacturing in the US contracted for a 14th straight month in March as factories kept on cutting production amid the economic downturn. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index rose– Bloomberg - 381 words
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555 2009-04-02 2 CHUANG PECK MING - CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] American investors dumped a net US$4.O7 billion of stocks listed on the Singapore Exchange in the last three months of 2008 nearly four times their net sales in the first nine months as the financial crisis deepened555 words
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THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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69 2009-04-02 2 WITH developers and other market players slashing their expectations, private home prices plunged 13.8 per cent in the first three months of this year a record quarterly drop. It was the third quarterly fall in prices and much steeper than the 6.1 per cent69 words
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64 2009-04-02 2 SINGAPORE Airlines is gearing up for capacity cuts in its current financial year. It is implementing, with immediate effect, a shorter work month for senior management, a scheme that will also be extended to other managers as well as ground staff and cabin64 words
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43 2009-04-02 2 STANDARD Chartered Bank said yesterday it will lend an additional US$5OO million to Singapore companies for their trade finance needs under a risk-sharing programme with the World Bank's International Finance Corporation. TOP STORIES, PAGE 243 words
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47 2009-04-02 2 BUSINESS confidence in Japan collapsed at the fastest pace on record and to a record low in March, the Bank of Japan said yesterday. But some analysts said the BOJ's latest "Tankan" survey could mark the trough. TOP STORIES, PAGE 347 words
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56 2009-04-02 2 SAIZEN Real Estate Investment Trust, which recently suspended dividend payments to unitholders to conserve cash, hopes to resume payments by June 2010 at the latest. Meanwhile, all operating cash flow will be used to service its commercial mortgage backed securities loans,56 words
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70 2009-04-02 2 FALLING risk appetite has dragged global private equity fund-raising activity to its lowest level since 2004, a survey by data provider Preqin shows. A poll of 1,673 fund managers found that only 71 funds managed to achieve their final close in the70 words
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78 2009-04-02 2 IT may seem an unequal battle as lawyer Leonard Loo takes on large financial institutions on behalf of retail investors who lost their savings in complex investment products. Whatever the outcome, there could still be some positive spin-offs. That is78 words
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Article68 2009-04-02 2 UNEMPLOYMENT in the eurozone jumped more than expected in February to 8.5 per cent, data showed yesterday, underlining the speed of economic deterioration a day before the European Central Bank meets on interest rates. Joblessness in the 16 countries using the euro rose from January's68 words
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51 2009-04-02 2 THE islandwide average office occupancy rate slid 2.1 percentage points quarter on quarter to 93.6 per cent in QI 2009, according to DTZ. This is the steepest quarterly fall since Q3 1997, when a decline of 2.6 percentage points was recorded. PROPERTY, PAGE51 words
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Article, Illustration615 2009-04-02 3 ANTHONY ROWLEY - ANTHONY ROWLEY But analysts say latest Tankan survey could mark trough; stocks surge 3% BUSINESS confidence in Japan collapsed at the fastest pace on record and to a record low in March, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said yesterday. But some analysts said theREUTERS - 615 words
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Article, Illustration819 2009-04-02 3 -AFP Protesters lay siege to Bank of England, attack RBS branch [LONDON] World leaders wrangled yesterday on how a London summit could fix the global economy as demonstrators attacked a bank in an anti-capitalist riot in the British capital. France and Germany-AFP; REUTERS - 819 words
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Article222 2009-04-02 3 Bloomberg [LONDON] Jamie Oliver, the UK chef best known for television campaigns to train unemployed youngsters and to improve school meals, will do his best to help ease world economic tensions last night with a dinner for world leaders. Oliver's Downing Street menu for the– Bloomberg - 222 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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637 2009-04-02 4 UMA SHANKARI - UMA SHANKARI In the meantime, all operating cash flow will be used to service CMBS loans SAIZEN Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), which recently suspended dividend payments to unitholders to conserve cash, hopes to resume payments by June 2010 at637 words
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310 2009-04-02 4 MOODY'S Investors Service yesterday downgraded Macarthurcook Industrial Reit's (MI-Reit) corporate family rating from Bl to 82, and added that it is continuing its review of the rating for possible further downgrade. "The downgrade reflects the existence of heightened liquidity pressure, given that the310 words
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360 2009-04-02 4 VINCENT WEE - VINCENT WEE It invokes market disruption clause in loan terms JITTERY financial markets continue to be the thorn in the side of corporates as shipping trust Rickmers Maritime yesterday announced that one of its banks has invoked the market disruption clause in the360 words
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309 2009-04-02 4 EMILYN YAP - EMILYN YAP POPULAR Holdings is selling a unit at its residential development, One Robin, to the wife of chairman and managing director Chou Cheng Ngok for $4,346,730. This net sale price is after an "early bird purchase" rebate of 5.3 per cent309 words
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284 2009-04-02 4 MICHELLE YEO - MICHELLE YEO MERCATOR Lines Singapore is acquiring a geared Panamax dry bulk carrier for about U5524.2 million. The Indian-owned international dry bulk shipping company signed a memorandum of agreement yesterday. The vessel, built in 2000 by Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd, is currently hired on284 words
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Article, Illustration444 2009-04-02 6 CHEW XIANG - CHEW XIANG Bonds due 2014 will partly repay 180 m term loan WBL Corp said yesterday it will issue $159.7 million of 2.5 per cent convertible bonds due 2014 to partly repay a $180 million term loan due in June. Shareholders can subscribe444 words
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475 2009-04-02 6 OH BOON PING - OH BOON PING Survey shows USs4s.9b raised in first quarter of 2009 FALLING risk appetite has dragged global private equity fund-raising activity to its lowest level since 2004, a survey by data provider Preqin shows. A poll of 1,673 fund managers found that475 words
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Article, Illustration608 2009-04-02 6 yIFT3 [HONG KONG] The saga over the controversial buyout bid for Hong Kong telecom giant PCCW turned nasty yesterday as lawyers accused the city's securities regulator of bias in its probe of vote-rigging allegations. But the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) stoodyIFT3; AFP - 608 words
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Article, Illustration541 2009-04-02 9 WINSTON CHAI - WINSTON CHAI Telco partners Citibank and Visa in three-month pilot scheme MOBILEONE has become the latest telco to dip its toes into the nascent market for mobile payments, with the launch of a trial to allow customers to tap-and-pay for everyday purchases with their541 words
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269 2009-04-02 9 0H BOON PING - 0H BOON PING Its first overseas pressure vessel deal this year ENERGY and environmental solutions provider Sunpower Group said yesterday it has won a 21.6 million yuan contract to supply pressure vessels. It said its subsidiary Jiangsu Sunpower Technology has signed a deal with269 words
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225 2009-04-02 9 MICHELLE YEO - MICHELLE YEO SPECIALIST engineering services group Tritech Group said its wholly subsidiary, Tritech Consultants, has received a claim from Koon Construction and Transport Co KCT) over the failure of a cofferdam sheet-pile wall. Tritech said Koon has not stated the amount it is claiming225 words
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Article, Illustration599 2009-04-02 8 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY STOCKS STI tracked the Hang Seng Index before falling victim to expectations of an impending fall on Wall Street AS far as the Straits Times Index was concerned, the second quarter kicked off on a volatile though familiar note yesterday when it: Bloomberg - 599 words
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Article94 2009-04-02 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 6 5 4 0 0 0 6 5 4 lanufacturing 38 34 51 12 45 35 63 Commerce 11 14 17 13 15 19 'pt/Stor/Comms 11 10 11 11 11 12 :inance 10 10 Construction 'roperties94 words
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Article111 2009-04-02 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 17.490 17.490 46.717 46.717 lanufacturing 142.845 6.509 149.354 80.891 116 81.007 Commerce 61.019 2.997 64.016 56.932 338 57.270 "pt/Stor/Comms 77.042 43 77.085 127.164 127.167 :i nance 32.211 32.211 192.469 192.469 Construction 12.323 1.010 13.333 2.563 2.569 'roperties 71.450 71.450111 words
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Article100 2009-04-02 8 lapitaLand 2.350 +0.020 lapitaMall 1.260 -0.060 jtyDev 5.140 +0.040 lomfortDelGrc 1.320 -0.040 losco Corp 0.820 IBS Grp 8.450 :&N 2.530 ient Intl 0.515 -0.010 iolden Agri 0.275 IK Land 2.300 +0.020 IMH 18.020 -0.180 ISH 9.790 -0.110 lardineC&C 11.640 -0.200 Ceppel Corp 5.180 +0.170 IOL 1.170100 words
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Article, Illustration901 2009-04-02 8 CONRAD TAN - by CONRAD TAN Singapore strategy CIMB-GK Research, April 1 MARKET is expecting the Monetary Authority of Singapore to allow the Singapore dollar to weaken this month. Consensus is predicting that MAS will lower the mid-point of the Singapore-dollar trading range by 2-4 per cent later this month. Our: Bloomberg - 901 words
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Article, Illustration502 2009-04-02 8 Reuters CURRENCIES [NEW YORK] The US dollar dipped against the euro and yen yesterday after data showed another month of heavy US job losses, though caution ahead of a Group of 20 summit and European Central Bank meeting capped the moves. Investors were eyeing– Reuters; ■"■■r-Ttv/ | REUTERS - 502 words
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Article59 2009-04-02 8 Apr 1 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS 402.00 -88.0C IT CADI -*****.00+22.01 IT 10-day MA -*****.00 +40.0I TSE ST Mid Cap 335.33 +1.6 TSE ST Small Cap 253.71 -0.9; TSE ST All Share 403.44 +0.6 TSE ST China Top 149.75 +1.2 TSE ST China 145.18 +1.0, OB Catalist59 words
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Article59 2009-04-02 8 VOLUME Golden Agri 43,900,000 Capita Land 25,717,000 Gent Intl 24,243,000 Sing Tel 23,260,000 BanJoo 21,392,000 Noble Grp 20,948,000 Yanlord 18,541,000 Straits Asia 17,150,000 Chart SemiCond 16,791,000 NOL 15,760,000 VALUE(S) UOB 73,107,238 DBS Grp 61,162,510 Capita Land 60,197,240 Sing Tel 59,229,606 OCBC Bk 36,226,290 Noble Grp 25,448,690 Keppel59 words
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Article99 2009-04-02 8 CLOSE UP iBXT S&P Short 10US$ 8130 94.4 0.8 IQB.ES.0904 992 33.0 3.. iBS Bk6% NCPS 10 9850 30.0 0. ilA 200 1028 28.0 2.: I A 1024 24.0 2.. Con 518 17.0 3.. India Ni 10 913 16.0 1.: 'enture Con 520 16.0 3.. :iMBAsean40 100US$ 489 15.299 words
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Article112 2009-04-02 8 CLOSE DOWN 1802 -27.4 -1.0 IMH lardine C&C 1164 -20.0 -1.7 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9262 -18.0 -0.2 *AVJennirn 34 -16.8 -32.0 ISH 979 -16.7 -1.1 ICBCCai 5.1%NCPS 100 8820 -10.0 -0.1 lUE 1052 -10.0 -0.9 )Windsor 19 -10.0 -34.5 'BL Con 360 -10.0 -2.7 ICBC Bk BNPePW*****2 31.5 -8.5112 words
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Article88 2009-04-02 8 Wh lere S! i$ stands Apr 1 %CHNG CLOSE FRMar31 YR 2008/2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.5227 -0.14 1.5579 1.3457 Euro 2.0127 0.38 2.2064 1.8640 Pounds 2.1898 -0.82 2.8431 2.0356 1.0514 -0.25 1.3251 0.9068 'en* 1.5393 0.46 1.7278 1.2619 Rupiah* 0 ***** 0.03 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2845 0.0888 words
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Advertisement532 2009-04-02 9 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. This document is for general information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any product. International Group 2008 Total Capital Raised: Over USD$4B7,OOO,OOO* Syndications Completed During 2008 Listed Below** j-t|i V:.-4i_--''-'-"'■-'■532 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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Article, Illustration710 2009-04-02 10 SIOW LI SEN - SIOW LI SEN A lawyer is trying to launch class-action suits against banks for retail investors IT may seem an unequal battle as lawyer Leonard Loo takes on large financial institutions on behalf of retail investors who lost their savings inFILE PHOTO - 710 words
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181 2009-04-02 10 WITH the opening of Marina Bay Sands in sight, family members can now apply for exclusion orders to preempt gambling problems. Issued by the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG), Family Exclusion Orders are a social safeguard to prevent problem gamblers and181 words
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529 2009-04-02 11 CHEN HUIFEN - CHEN HUIFEN There is still space for a Singapore player to vie for leadership NOW may be a good time to invest in China's healthcare services sector, despite slower growth in the world's third-largest economy. "If you'd asked me five years ago, I'd529 words
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Article, Illustration294 2009-04-02 11 VICTOR KATHEYAS - VICTOR KATHEYAS PUBLIC-PRIVATE partnerships (PPPs) bring many benefits, attendees at the Leaders in Healthcare 2009 Congress were told yesterday. Lim Suet Wun, CEO of National Healthcare Group (NHG) said the joint venture between the Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre and NHG is a good example. So294 words
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436 2009-04-02 11 RONNIE LIM - RONNIE LIM INDIA'S GMR Group is intent on pushing ahead with Singapore's long-stalled $1.5 billion Island Power project through its halfowned unit Intergen. "We are optimistic the project can be commissioned soon," GMR International CEO Ranjit Murugason said here yesterday. But he436 words
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SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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Article90 2009-04-02 11 FIVE new members were appointed to the board ofthe Building and Construction Authority (BCA) yesterday for a two-year term. They are Richard Hassell, founding director of WOHA Architects; Howard Hunter, president of Singapore Management University; Norman Ip, CEO of The Straits Trading Company; John90 words
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Article71 2009-04-02 11 THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has appointed two new board members. IE Singapore's CEO Chong Lit Cheong and the Ministry of Health's director of medical services, Satkunanantham Kandiah, will sit on the board for a one-year term that started yesterday. Tan Poh Hong71 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration701 2009-04-02 13 Reuters Economists expect sharp rise to spur ECB rate cut at its meeting today [BRUSSELS] Unemployment in the eurozone jumped more than expected in February to 8.5 per cent, data showed yesterday, underlining the speed of economic deterioration a day before the European Central Bank– Reuters; AFP - 701 words
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485 2009-04-02 13 -LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] Two weeks after President Barack Obama announced a US$l5 billion initiative to spark lending for small businesses, every major provider of these kinds of loans says the plan will not work as designed. The conditions attached to the programme,-LAT-WP - 485 words
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347 2009-04-02 13 -AP But initiative in US House by Democrats has a lot missing [WASHINGTON] Two senior House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a farreaching bill to cap heattrapping gases and move the US quickly away from dependence on coal and oil. But the bill leaves critical questions-AP - 347 words
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Article, Illustration405 2009-04-02 14 -AP Many fault him for failing to boost govt transparency, multiracial unity [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi bade farewell to his Cabinet yesterday, the eve of his resignation after more than five years of lacklustre rule. Mr Abdullah is scheduled-AP - 405 words
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353 2009-04-02 14 ■AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's exports plunged by almost a third in February compared to a year ago, officials said yesterday, in the latest sign of trouble for South-east Asia's biggest economy. But the trade surplus increased to U552.52 billion from US$l.9B billion in January■AFP - 353 words
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460 2009-04-02 14 PAULINE NG - PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur CALLS for the government to take Malaysia's biggest highway concessionaire private appear to be gathering steam. A senior component party of the ruling federal coalition Barisan Nasional is the latest to back the idea. The460 words
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190 2009-04-02 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesian companies will, for the first time, be able to buy goods from China using the yuan, Bank Indonesia deputy-governor Hartadi Sarwono said. China and Indonesia agreed on a 100 billion yuan (Ss22 billion) currency swap last month to ease foreignBloomberg - 190 words
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GREATER CHINA
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338 2009-04-02 15 Bloomberg But report avoids talk about the effect of Beijing's currency policies [WASHINGTON] China is using regulations and tax policies to discriminate against foreign competitors, the US Trade Representative's office said in its annual report. The trade estimate report, the first by theBloomberg - 338 words
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Article, Illustration755 2009-04-02 16 Bloomberg New-orders index down to 43.6 from 44.2 after rising for three months [BEIJING] China's manufacturing shrank for an eighth straight month in March as collapsing global trade cut exports and growth across Asia. The CLSA China Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dropped to a seasonally– Bloomberg; REUTERS - 755 words
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383 2009-04-02 16 Bloomberg February shipments dive 21.7% as recession in US, Europe cuts demand [NEW DELHI] India's exports fell the most in at least 13 years in February as recessions in the US and Europe damped demand for the nation's products. Merchandise– Bloomberg - 383 words
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404 2009-04-02 16 -AFP [CHAKAN, Maharashtra] Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen (VW) on Tuesday opened a new plant in western India, pledging to make further inroads into the country's growing car market. The new plant, set up with 580 million euros (551.17 billion)-AFP - 404 words
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695 2009-04-02 16 Reuters Pledge to do whatever it takes is lifting confidence [BEIJING] China's promise to launch another fiscal stimulus package if it needs to could be the very thing that will make such a move unnecessary. Premier Wen Jiabao made the vow in the middleReuters - 695 words
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340 2009-04-02 16 -AP [KUALA LUMPUR] A senior Indian official said yesterday that Tata Motor's abandoned factory in the Indian state of West Bengal will be revived to produce Nano, the world's cheapest car, as a farmers' protest against it is tapering off. The factory is 85-AP - 340 words
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524 2009-04-02 17 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] Four regional banks in the United States on Tuesday became the first firms to repay emergency aid from the government, but the show of strength also underscored concerns about the health of a key element of the federalLAT-WP - 524 words
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Article, Illustration481 2009-04-02 17 Bloomberg, LAT-WP Obama said to back prepackaged bankruptcy as best option for GM [WASHINGTON] President Barack Obama has determined that a prepackaged bankruptcy is the best way for General Motors to restructure and become a competitive carmaker, people familiar with the matter said. Mr Obama– Bloomberg,; LAT-WP; REUTERS - 481 words
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319 2009-04-02 17 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's government will seek talks with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to end a week-long protest at the current premier's office in Bangkok. "I am ready to talk wherever Thaksin is," Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told reporters yesterday. "I am ready– Bloomberg - 319 words
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296 2009-04-02 17 ■NYT [LONDON] Barclays is in exclusive negotiations with the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to sell a part of its fund management business, iShares, for about US$4.3 billion in an effort to shore up its capital without handing a stake to■NYT - 296 words
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Article, Illustration360 2009-04-02 17 Reuters, AP [ZURICH] ÜBS's new chief executive has hired a former colleague from rival Credit Suisse (CS) to lead a cost-cutting drive at the loss-making Swiss bank. Oswald Gruebel, a former Credit Suisse CEO brought out of retirement by struggling ÜBS in February,– Reuters, AP - 360 words
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Article, Illustration580 2009-04-02 17 -AFP [SEPANG, Malaysia] Richard Branson has proved time and again that he is one of the world's shrewdest businessmen, but his move to put the Virgin Group logo on the Brawn GP cars is timing at its best. Last month Mr Branson,-AFP - 580 words
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Article, Illustration295 2009-04-02 18 Bloomberg [TOULOUSE, France] Airlines may win approval to start using bio fuels for their flights as early as 2010 and find commercially viable solutions within five years as they seek to cut carbon emissions and trim dependence on pe-troleum-based fuel, the International Air TransportBloomberg; AFP - 295 words
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Article2577 2009-04-02 18 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al r India (AC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), BI R„,._, nes Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR EVA2,577 words
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Article, Illustration669 2009-04-02 18 Reuters Replacement of CEO may signal airline will seek creditor protection: analysts [CALGARY, Alberta] Air Canada shares sank 22 per cent on Tuesday as analysts speculated that the resignation of its CEO, and the naming of a replacement known for his restructuring expertise, may signalReuters; BLOOMBERG - 669 words
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325 2009-04-02 18 AP [WICHITA, Kansas] Cessna Aircraft Co warned workers on Tuesday that more layoffs are coming as its customers cancel and defer plane orders. The extent of the latest round of layoffs and production cuts won't be announced until April 29, when its parentAP - 325 words
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224 2009-04-02 18 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Passenger traffic aboard all airline flights in the United States will drop nearly 9 per cent this year due to recession compared with 2008, when they carried 679 million people, the government said on Tuesday. The Federal– Reuters - 224 words
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Miscellaneous383 2009-04-02 18 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Dared to remove second half P2 B1 j B> B^ IB* of outlet (4) m M^ rm mm 9 Empty protest (6,6) H__HH__^^ 10 Lady, one in the grips of an- P° I 11 Are losing a host for party B__HB__HH ____J——___ I I I (10)383 words
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Article, Illustration297 2009-04-02 19 Bloomberg Deliveries from world's biggest coal export port delayed [SYDNEY] Coal shipping at Australia's Newcastle port is being disrupted by storms, delaying deliveries from the world's biggest export harbour for the fuel. Ship arrivals and departures were halted overnight and remain "restricted,"– Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO - 297 words
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212 2009-04-02 19 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China is sending a navy task force to the Gulf of Aden to replace warships deployed to protect merchant vessels from Somali pirates. The flotilla will comprise the destroyer Shenzhen, the frigate Huangshan, and Weishanhu, a supply ship that also– Bloomberg - 212 words
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578 2009-04-02 19 On the drawing board in China mega LNG tankers Bloomberg It is stepping up efforts to supply own ships to meet rising fuel needs [SINGAPORE] China is designing one of the world's biggest liquefied natural gas tankers to transport the cleaner-burning fuel, competing with South Korean builders including Hyundai Heavy– Bloomberg - 578 words
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Article, Illustration548 2009-04-02 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, a transporter of cars for Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co, will scrap six of its car carriers and return another 11 to owners as it slashes its fleet amid a slump in auto demand. The shipping– Bloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 548 words
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TRANSPORT STOCKS
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Article104 2009-04-02 19 '000 IPL CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.26 0.16 0.82 0.34 0.66 0.37 0.03104 words
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Article36 2009-04-02 19 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.64 8.40 8.30 3.18 2.85 unch unch -0.01 0.05 0.10 0.08 0.02 unch unch 11 74 500 1353 160 0 036 words
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Article12 2009-04-02 19 '00 ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 10.20 ...5.40 -0.10 -0.05 2081 13(12 words
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Article22 2009-04-02 19 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop ...5.50 .12.25 .unch .unch -0.10 0.25 unch unch 342 277 0 022 words
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Article21 2009-04-02 19 Evergreen Marine ....14.95 :irst Steamship 40.30 ManHai Lines 14.85 r"ang Ming Marine...11.10 0.70 0.90 0.25 0.45 13 6 3 1921 words
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Article40 2009-04-02 19 '000 (awasaki Hvy Ind ..196.00 (awasaki Kisen 314.00 Mitsubishi Hvy 306.00 i/litsuiEng&Sbldg...165.00 i/litsui Osk Lines 497.00 Nippon Express 312.00 Nippon Yusen 390.00 'iource: Thomson Reuters unch 1306! 9.00 550! 8.00 1643: 1.00 581! 16.00 ***** 4.00 473( 13.00 797!40 words
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Article481 2009-04-02 20 THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been the object of so many reform proposals during its 64-year history that it is tempting to shrug off the latest report as being of little importance. That, however, would be a grave mistake because the future of481 words
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Article, Illustration932 2009-04-02 20 ANTHONY ROWLEY - ANTHONY ROWLEY Today's global economy needs several locomotives in different regions to power it LEADING nations are cranking furiously to get the global economic engine running again and, no doubt, the Group of 20 (G-20) summit which begins today in London will urgeAP - 932 words
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Article, Illustration756 2009-04-02 20 LEON HADAR - LEON HADAR THE BOTTOM LINE IF you were listening to some of the criticism directed against Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama last year, you might have concluded that his detractors were confusing the African-American senator from Illinois who was raised by a young single756 words
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Article, Illustration1311 2009-04-02 21 PHILIP SEAH - PHILIP SEAH Insurance is crucial for financial security; linking it to investment products should be approached from that perspective BACK in the *****, the insurance industry was still in its infancy, and life insurance was typically associated with death and disability. It was boughtFILE PHOTO - 1,311 words
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Article, Illustration880 2009-04-02 21 WILLIAM PESEK JR - WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg The world should be rooting for ADB's Kuroda rather than obsessing over AlG's Liddy and GM's Wagoner HARUHIKO Kuroda probably doesn't envy Edward Liddy these days. And yet the Oxford-trained economist is doing a far more difficult– Bloomberg - 880 words
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390 2009-04-02 21 Lee Choong Onn - Lee Choong Onn LETTER TO THE EDITOR I REFER to your column, "Looks can be deceptive, so beware" (BT, March 28). I read with interest Tan Chin Hwee's comments that he had noted "plenty of red flags" in FibreChem Technologies Ltd. As a390 words
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Article8232 2009-04-02 22 Transaction date: Apr 1 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo) Hi: Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net 111 Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap Sniil Hi! Com| >ari] 9 3 3148 8Telecom 11 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 30.5 12 5000 ABRHIdgs 17.5 6 19388,232 words
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Article1559 2009-04-02 23 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 20 5 1181 s AAGrp 32 13 8538 t APStrategic 4 05 1501 s Advanced System 14 2 3480 t Adventus 29.5 10.5 3518 s Afor 19 2 1524 s Alantac 20 3.5 7814 s1,559 words
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Article336 2009-04-02 23 hjii Low Code Comi Sale COOO) hjii Low Bui Seller C'vr P/E Smil 108 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 108 982 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US489 +10 178 149 DBS STI ETF 100 172 +1 2124 1682 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ US2048 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ US1036 850 DBXTMSTaiwan 10US$336 words
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Article251 2009-04-02 23 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer251 words
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Article9315 2009-04-02 23 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 1.501/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/A 1.21/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.7/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.46/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.5111/ APS Komaba Global9,315 words
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354 2009-04-02 24 %dy %yr dy yr dy yi Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Mar 31 World Index Preliminan 606.4 1.6 -10.5 1.5 -7.6 1.7 -12.. EAFE Preliminai 578.8 1.6 -10.8 1.8 -9.9 1.9 -14.1 Euro[ Preliminan 800.5 3.4 -12.2 4.3 -10.5 4.4 -15.2 Pacific 495.1354 words
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Article123 2009-04-02 24 As at 9am Apr 1 Singapore dollars to one unit if foreign currency: Currencies Bid !t Offer Aust dollar 1.0370 1.0680 :an dollar 1.1970 1.2100 iuro 2.0050 2.0270 IZ dollar 0.8420 0.8610 iterlini ind 2.1700 2.1950 JS dollar 1.5150 1.5330 .ocal dollars to 100 units if123 words
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Article154 2009-04-02 24 Apr 1 Xterniqht 1/8 -month 7/16 !-months 9/16 l-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 5/16 IS$ Offer par 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 1 days I month > months 3 months d months months 12 months tAu 0.40 0.60 1.20 1.50 1.90 2.20 2.30 Offer 0.30 0.50 0.90 1.20 1.60 1.90154 words
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Article21 2009-04-02 24 Apr 1 STI IIMSCI 203.4 206.9 203.6 "aiwan A[ 193.6 198.9 197.0 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd21 words
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Article21 2009-04-02 24 Apr 1 Bid Offer 1-month 1.5223 1.5238 2-months 1.5224 1.5239 3-months 1.5224 1.5240 6-months 1.5225 1.5241 Source: OCBC21 words
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Article278 2009-04-02 24 Apr 1 URODOLLAR FUTURES un09 >ep09 Dec09 Vlar10 98.8900 98.8950 98.7500 98.6950 5512 2261 1568 2338 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Iun09 99.425 99.425 iep09 99.460 99.460 Dec09 99.445 99.445 Vlar10 Iun10 >ep10 DedO Vlar11 99.425 99.460 99.445 99.425 99.460 99.455 99.440 99.380 99.320 99.275 99.190 544 30 15278 words
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Article167 2009-04-02 24 Apr 1 (UBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) flonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l lots) vlay 09 150.5 un 09 lul 09 \ug09 151.0 iep 09 151.0 Dct 09 150.5 151.0 151.0 152.0 152.0 152.0 151.0 151.5 150.5 48 40 40 649 791 1059167 words
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Article102 2009-04-02 24 Mar 31 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 09 952.00 904.50 954.00 904.50 Jul 09 950.50 902.00 952.25 900.25 Aug 09 936.00 886.00 937.00 887.25 Sep 09 906.50 854.50 907.75 859.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 09 33.62 32.04 33.65 31.90102 words
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Article75 2009-04-02 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Mar 31 origin) t/barrel Close Cham irent blend (1-Mth F) 47.75 -2.1: VTI (Near Mth) 49.39 0.7: )ubai (1-Mth F) 47.28 -1.3! "apis blend 51.65 -1.0! i/linas 49.90 -1.5! >RODUCT JSS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Changi Naphtha Jet Kerosene 48.27 57.50 -0.51 -1.81 USS/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price75 words
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Article440 2009-04-02 24 Apr 1 Australia 0.872 4.710 0.523 5.342 34.901 79.930 0.680 9.475 2.514 1.238 55.522 33.278 1.049 6.585 0.789 23.318 24.484 0.480 0.689 Canada 1.147 5.401 0.599 6.125 40.019 91.651 0.780 10.865 2.882 1.420 63.664 38.158 1.203 7.551 0.905 26.738 28.074 0.550 0.790 :hina 0.212 0.185 0.111 1.134440 words
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Article143 2009-04-02 24 Apr 1 /oz) lar \pr long Kong 914.90 916.10 915.90 917.10 Mar 30 Mar 31 926.20 915.35 (SS). Sellini Bu< nm .ondon 1 oz 1578.25 142 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buyim Source: Thomson Reuters lOgm SILVER $553.19 Selling Bui 45. /in< CAST BAR (SS) Apr 01143 words
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Article149 2009-04-02 24 Apr 1 lurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0488 1.0501 0.6891 0.6893 "anadian dollar 1.2027 1.2040 0.7902 0.7903 iuro 2.0061 2.0086 1.3181 1.3185 IZ dollar 0.8468 0.8485 0.5564 0.5570 aterlini 2.1854 2.1881 1.4359 1.4363 IS dollar 1.5220 1.5234 >$/US$149 words
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Article, Illustration633 2009-04-02 27 It is adding more sales, software consulting positions to cope with strong pipeline of new business opportunities, reports WINSTON CHAI BMC Software plans to swim against the economic tide by stepping up recruitment at a time when other companies are cutting back. The US-based633 words
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211 2009-04-02 27 Xinhua [SAN FRANCISCO] As a result of the unprecedented global economic slowdown, worldwide information technology (IT) spending will fall nearly 4 per cent this year, sharper than the decline in the dotcom bust year, market research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.– Xinhua - 211 words
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Article, Illustration433 2009-04-02 27 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY This marks largest ProLiant rollout in company's history HEWLETT-Packard (HP) has introduced its new HP ProLiant G6 server line in Singapore and the region. This represents the largest HP ProLiant rollout in company history. According to HP's Tony Parkinson,433 words
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306 2009-04-02 27 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Cisco Systems Inc, seeking to capitalise on companies' efforts to rein in travel expenses, introduced a videoconferencing system that is about one-third the cost of its original set-up. Cisco's TelePresence System 1300 Series, which will transmit life-size images of as many– Bloomberg - 306 words
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852 2009-04-02 27 WEI MING TAN - WEI MING TAN <you say> Strong legislation, industry best practices and consumer education will help bring about a much safer and vibrant online environment PERSONAL data is becoming the new currency in the information age. Names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, national identification852 words
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Article, Illustration695 2009-04-02 28 Reuters Barclays says some 35b euros worth needs to be refinanced by 2012 [LONDON] Property funds are spying rich pickings from the carnage in commercial real estate, stockpiling cash to buy discounted loans that may cost banks billions of pounds in coming years.Reuters; BLOOMBERG - 695 words
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412 2009-04-02 29 Reuters Moody's cites exposure to the former boomtown's property downturn [DUBAI] Moody's Investors Service said yesterday that it had downgraded credit ratings on two Dubai state-linked companies including Emaar Properties due to their exposure to a real estate slump in the former boomtown. Moody'sReuters - 412 words
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Article, Illustration705 2009-04-02 29 Reuters [NEW YORK] Consider apartment 13C at 730 Park Avenue on Manhattan's storied "Silk Stocking" district. It has seven rooms, a fireplace, excellent nearby schools and a price that has been cut 46 per cent. The tale of 13C illustrates a role reversal■ Reuters; BLOOMBERG - 705 words
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170 2009-04-02 29 [SINGAPORE] Berkeley Homes is holding an exhibition here this weekend for its London development City Quarter. The project, in Leman Street, not far from the Tower of London and the financial district, consists of two phases of new apartments and penthouses and one170 words
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Article, Illustration641 2009-04-02 30 Rents set to slide further after 18% average islandwide drop in Q1 [SINGAPORE] The islandwide average office occupancy rate slid 2.1 percentage points quarter on quarter to 93.6 per cent in QI 2009, according to DTZ. This is the steepest quarterly fall sinceYEN MENG JIIN - 641 words
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476 2009-04-02 30 7% average drop q-o-q follows 3% decline in 4Q08: DTZ [SINGAPORE] Industrial rents fell faster in the first quarter of this year against a backdrop of shrinking demand amid the recession. DTZ said yesterday the average drop was 7 per cent quarter on476 words
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