The Business Times, 9 November 2009

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sffll A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Monday, November 9,2009
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    Lock icon Two SGX hot spots pass regulatory muster
    979 1  -  WONG WEI KONG Conflicts committee chief offers insight into panel's workings By [SINGAPORE] How the Singapore Exchange (SGX) handled the recent lapses at S-chips here and the potential for conflict in terms of its commercial interests and regulatory responsibilities was an issue that
    ARTHUR LEE  -  979 words
  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      57 1 Weekly 2,658.21 lange +7.08 iT Index 1 COMP 1,260.76 +17.53 IIKKEI 225 9,789.35 -245.39 1ANG SENG 21,829.72 +76.85 ;et index 698.63 +13.39 JAKARTA COMP 2,395.11 +27.41 1ANILA COMP 2,931.47 +22.97 ;eoulcomp 1,572.46 -8.23 ;henzhen b 561.75 +24.35 IUMBAI IND 16,158.28 +262.00 )OW 10,023.42 +310.69 IAS DAI 2,112.44 +67.33 ;&P
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      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.631 TAIWAN 4.696 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.53 INDIA 11.75 Source:
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      44 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.393 (US$/S$ per 1.662 2.314 EURO (US$,S$/E) 1.487 Foreign currency per US$ 2.072 S$ 'EN 90.50 64.90 3.406 2.445 7.750 5.564 !AHT 33.39 23.97 lUPIAH 9,455 6,788 1ENMINBI 6.828 4.902 INDIAN RUPEE 46.84 33.63 1.093 0.785 IZ$ 1.379 0.990
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    Lock icon Post-crisis APEC needs new impetus, clarity
    733 1  -  VIKRAM KHANNA Addresses by China and US leaders will help define grouping's place in changed world By [SINGAPORE] It's the same APEC, but it's a different world. As the leaders and delegates of the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacif-ic Economic Cooperation grouping (APEC)
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Post-crisis APEC needs new impetus, clarity
        49 2 LEADERS and delegates of the 21-economy Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation grouping have their work cut out as they convene in Singapore this week, with the global economy barely climbing out of recession and whiffs of post-crisis uncertainties still in the air. FRONT PAGE
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        Lock icon Two SGX hot spots pass regulatory muster
        105 2 HOW the Singapore Exchange handled the recent lapses at S-chips here and the potential for conflict in terms of its commercial interests and regulatory responsibilities was an issue that came under close scrutiny by the exchange's Regulatory Conflicts Committee. Also scrutinised by the
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        Lock icon G-20 to keep emergency support until recovery
        50 2 FINANCE officials from the Group of 20 rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change. TOP STORIES, PAGE 2
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        Lock icon Businesses and hotels rolling out red carpet for visitors
        68 2 HOTELS and local businesses are gearing up for the 10,000 or so delegates and members of the international media who are making their way to Singapore for APEC Leaders' Week. And the Singapore Tourism Board brought forward its "Christmas in the
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        Lock icon CapitaLand sees upswing in China business
        65 2 CAPITALAND, which is seeking to grow its presence in China, is riding on improved market sentiment in the country, say top executives in an update. The improved sentiment has already translated to better sales at the group's residential projects and better occupancies at the
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        Lock icon Let third party handle audit fee payments: SIAS
        101 2 SHOULD auditors looking into the books of companies be paid, not by the client but by a completely independent body such as the Singapore Exchange? That was one of the hotly debated issues at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants roundtable discussion
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        Lock icon S'pore economy may well grow 3% next year: MM
        88 2 THE Singapore economy in the fourth quarter looks "healthy" and may well grow three per cent next year, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. In April, the Trade and Industry Ministry even projected that the economy would shrink by 6
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        Lock icon Price war hits Indian telcos' earnings
        67 2 INDIA is still adding a staggering 15 million new mobile phone connections a month, but the world's fastest-growing cellular market has hit rough waters. A cut-throat price war is hammering down call charges, putting pressure on telecom companies' earnings and share prices and threatening
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        Lock icon US unemployment keeps market on edge
        85 2 WALL Street's direction this week will be heavily influenced by last Friday's employment report for October. The loss of 190,000 jobs was slightly worse than Wall Street economists had expected, but that headline number wasn't so bad considering that the prior two months saw
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        Lock icon S'pore-based banks looking to invest in IT again: IDC
        75 2 SINGAPORE-BASED banks have started to re-adjust their technology investment plans, reflecting a more positive outlook for the country's financial sector, according to the latest study by IDC Financial Insights. The banks' plans for 2010 signal a return to long-term transformative projects
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      Lock icon G-20 pledges not to pull plug on stimulus spending
      949 2 ■AP Economic recovery is uneven and remains dependent on policy support, it says [ST ANDREWS, Scotland] Finance officials from rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a
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      Lock icon HSBC women's golf event returning to S'pore
      404 2  -  JUSTINE MOSS By in Shanghai THE HSBC Women's Champions golf tournament will return to Singapore next February, after having been played in Shanghai these past two years. At a press conference last Saturday here in Shanghai, where the HSBC Champions Men's event was
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      Lock icon Wild start for China's Nasdaq-style board
      400 2 AFP Warning of correction as investors display irrational exuberance [BEIJING] China's new Nas-daq-style market saw a week of wild yo-yo swings as frenzied investors sent the start-up shares to "ridiculously" high levels, analysts said yesterday, warning that a correction is on the cards. The
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  • APEC
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      Lock icon China, Singapore enjoy good ties on broad front: PM Lee
      646 4 Xinhua Hu's visit will give the already good relations another push, he says [SINGAPORE] China and Singapore have enjoyed good relations on a broad front over the past two decades, and Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Singapore this week
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      Lock icon Hu to make state visit to S'pore
      145 4 CHINESE President Hu Jintao will make a state visit to Singapore at the invitation of President SR Nathan from Nov 11-13 in conjunction with the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. President Nathan will receive a call by Mr Hu at the Istana and host
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      Lock icon Early Christmas treats for foreign delegates, media
      625 4  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Businesses, hotels roll out red carpet for APEC visitors By [SINGAPORE] Hotels and local businesses are gearing up for the 10,000 or so delegates and members of the international media who are making their way to Singapore for APEC Leaders' Week.
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      Lock icon Senior officials' meeting kicks off Leaders' Week
      247 4 Xinhua [SINGAPORE] The Concluding Senior Officials' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) opened here yesterday, kicking off the APEC Leaders' Week. The theme of this year's APEC Singapore meetings is "Sustaining Growth, Connecting the Region". It is expected that when leaders of
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon CapitaLand sees upswing in China business
      526 5  -  UMA SHANKARI Improved sentiment has translated to better sales at its residential projects By in Beijing CAPITALAND, which is seeking to grow its presence in China, is riding on improved market sentiment in the country, say top executives in an update. "We can see
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      Lock icon No easy ride in the saddle for Piyush Gupta
      583 5  -  SIOW LI SEN PIYUSH Gupta starts work at DBS today but given the bank's latest strong third-quar-ter results, perhaps he could begin in the New Year. It's not like DBS is crying out for a chief executive to run the business;
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      Lock icon Let third party handle audit fee payments: SIAS
      824 7  -  FELDA CHAY But PwC partner argues against suggestion of independent body to act as middleman By SHOULD auditors looking into the books of companies be paid, not by the client but by a completely independent body such as the Singapore Exchange? That
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      Lock icon Making the call at SGX's conflicts panel
      962 7  -  WONG WEI KONG Much attention is given to regulatory resource allocation By THE Regulatory Conflicts Committee (RCC) of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) may look at specific cases from time to time, but where it has focused most of its attention is on the
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      871 7 Payment (cts) Ex Books date close Pay date iscendas India Trust bi 3.910 04-Hov 06-Hov 26-Hov iscendas Reit ao 1.540 270a 290a 26-Hov 6L Marine 3.000 280a 30-oa 10-Hov 6L Marine bh 1.000 280a 30-Oa 10-Hov Wi-Tech ak 0.500 03-Hov 05-Hov 18-Hov !MT 3.500 280a 30-Oa 11-Nov ioardroom
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      387 7 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5 Bank of Communications
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      259 7 31 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Bio-Treat Tech A Amara Singapore Hotel, Ballroom 2, Level 3, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore *****9 06-Nov 9.00am Fuxing China Grp S Rendezvous Hotel Singapore, Straits Ballroom 1, Level 2, 9 Bras Basah Road, Singapore *****9 06-Nov 2.00pm China Jishan Hldgs E
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      190 5 ■hmh V*9 Algae-powered cars: Science fiction or science? Say algae, and most people think of those unpleasant green organisms found in swimming pools and fish tanks. But to the scientists and engineers of ExxonMobil, algae conjure something far more appealing: Opportunity. Why? Because algae can create renewable energy while absorbing
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Wall St expectations to set direction daily
      671 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS The best possible strategy for a local trader would be to buy into weakness and sell into strength SHORT of a major decoupling, it's difficult to see anything other than Wall Street setting the tone for trading this week. Moreover,
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      Lock icon China driving commodities demand
      377 6  -  OH BOON PING COMMODITY WATCH By COMMODITY demand in China the largest metals consumer is back on track, and is perhaps the single most important driver behind the super cycle now in full swing. For example, China's re-fined-copper imports rose 168 per cent to a record
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      Lock icon Asian currencies mixed on weak US data
      492 6 -AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended the week mixed against the US dollar as concerns over the health of the US economy continued to depress market sentiment. Japanese Yen: The yen firmed against the US dollar as worries over the US economy's
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1473 6 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 Prop Ltd 1.91 2.09 11 8.30 13.74 1.34 1.14 ,RA Asset Mi jt Ltd 2.00 2.00 8.05 10.19 1.07 0.83 .rmstrone Ind
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      63 6 Nov 6 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1014.00-117.00 BT CADI -*****.00+58.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-101.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 614.06 +1.85 FTSE ST Small Cap 503.54 +0.37 FTSE ST All Share 651.53 +5.95 FTSE ST China Top 255.51 +1.77 FTSE ST China 280.20 -1.09 FTSE ST Catalist 1239.26
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      61 6 VOLUME Golden iri 257,950,000 Gentini SP 237,367,000 Uni Envtech 137,434,000 China Hon< jxini 126,595,000 Transcu Gri 125,377,000 Yin. Li 118,062,000 .and 110,932,000 in< [Tel 107,346,000 Ban Joo 106,392,000 Teledata 95,944,000 VALUE($) Cai .and 460,374,300 UOB 326,353,840 Sin« jTel 313,307,357 Gentini SP 252,578,570 DBS Gri 246,881,900 Noble Gr|
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      103 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP ***** 668.2 4.7 GLD 10US$ DBXT Ni 10US$ ***** 458.0 3.3 OCC3.93% NCPS10 8200 150.0 1.9 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3141 84.9 2.0 CMProi 1672 81.2 37.0 OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 9794 74.0 0.8 UOB.ES.0911 1774 74.0 4.4 JMH 3050 72.4 1.7 UOB 1776 68.0 4.0 China
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      112 6 CLOSE DOWN DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5248-405.1 -5.3 DBXTDJE50 10US$ 4226-265.9 -4.3 DBSBk6% NCPS 10 *****-246.0 -2.3 DBXT MSEuroi 10US 4156-186.5 -3.1 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5700-111.4 -1.4 >r Euroi 10US$ 1232-110.0 -6.0 Thai Prime Fd 645 -76.6 -7.9 JardineC&C 2260 -76.0 -3.3 >r EasternEuroi 511 -54.3 -7.1 LatinAmerica 1
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      84 6 Where S$ stands Nov 6 CHNG CLOSE FRNOV5 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.3921 0.39 1.5579 1.3897 Euro 2.0735 -0.02 2.0952 1.9150 Pounds 2.3124 -0.07 2.4366 2.0356 AS 1.2768 -0.74 1.2900 0.9453 Yen* 1.5381 0.83 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.02 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1711 0.22 4.3390 4.1040 Peso*
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      Lock icon Small caps shake-up continues
      1350 8  -  TEH HOOI LING THE small-cap shake-up continued on the Singapore Exchange last week. All six of our portfolios shed value, with the average decline 4.3 per cent. This compared with a 0.27 per cent increase in the Straits Times Index. The biggest loser was our one-year
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      Lock icon Director activity remains low; funds pick up slack
      1447 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS By THE director activity remained very low last week with only nine transactions worth $4.2 million based on filings on the exchange in the first week of November. The figures were not far off from the previous week's
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Course to encourage Asian focus onHR strategy
      446 9  -  TEH SHI NING By CONVERSATION about management practice has in the past been dominated by Western companies, but this is changing as more and more Asian companies have emerged on the world stage, says Lynda Gratton of the London Business School (LBS). This
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      Lock icon S'pore economy may well grow 3% next year: MM
      608 9  -  EMILYN YAP Republic won't resume high economic growth for several years By THE Singapore economy in the fourth quarter looks "healthy" and may well grow 3 per cent next year, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. Speaking at Tanjong Pagar
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      Lock icon Need to do more in hospice, palliative care: PM
      279 9  -  TEH SHI NING He urges extending palliative care beyond cancer By PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday highlighted the growing demand for hospice and palliative care in Singapore, and the work being done to extend the provision of such care. Speaking
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      79 9 the HO RJH HWA LEADERSHIP IN ASIA PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES Distinguished Guest Speaker v The Honourable Donald Tsang Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region People's Republic of China The Financial Crisis I Lessons Learnt and the Way Ahead for Asia I Monday 16 November 2009 4.00pm M Suntec Singapore
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      229 9 Pacific Asia THE FAMILY BUSINESS NETWORK A Pathway to Sustainability Family Business Network Pacific Asia '< m Regional Summit 2009 I 5^ JsB Singapore Management University >s—^il Family businesses are the cornerstone of Our dis tinguishe .up of family the global economy. Meeting the needs business owners and thought leaders
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Leading the way
      3513 10 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Do you agree that services will play a key role in driving economic growth in 2010? What are the implications for businesses and the overall Singapore economy? Julien Arnaud CEO Edgilis AS manufacturing demand continues to waver and shift to developing markets, the professional
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      64 11 Congratulations Mr. Andrew Tay Teng Yew ROM(GO), DNC(G) Member, National St John Council Member, Brigade Board of Presidents Zone President, Zone 2, St John Ambulance Brigade being admitted as Serving Brother to the Most Venerable Order by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II presented by His Excellency Paul Madden, British High
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      35 11 For the complete list of views from CEOs, go to http://businesstimes.com.sg KMMm K. 1H V*9 HBk^< R£S IK IB^h ICAEW I 88l 111 l CATS Recruit The first step on your ladder to success I
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Playing for real in a simulation
      717 12 To come out on top again in the stock-market trading simulation competition was truly exhilarating, says ALEX GOH MORE than 500 students pitted their financial and trading skills against each other for the Traders Trophy, held at Singapore Exchange last month. This trading simulation
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      Lock icon An Arabian experience in programming
      700 12  -  SURESH KUMAR SARAD CAMPUS LIFE By DURING my second year of studies at Singapore Polytechnic (SP), I had the privilege of taking on an overseas internship in an emirate called Ras Al Khaimah, an hour's drive from Dubai. There, I worked for the Ras Al
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      158 12 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 12 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 US senator moves 'break up big banks' bill
      563 13 Reuters Representative also working on break-up power amendment [WASHINGTON] An independent US senator on Friday introduced a bill that would give the government the power to identify and break up financial firms that are "too big to fail", an idea that is
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      Lock icon Too early to cut Aussie stimulus: Treasurer Swan
      387 13 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan says it's too early to retract government stimulus because winding up the programme would threaten jobs and the economic recovery. "Keeping the stimulus in place is entirely appropriate," he said on ABC television. "If we were
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      Lock icon Traders funding carry trades with US$: IMF
      605 13 Bloomberg Move pushing up euro; dollar may still be overvalued even after this year's slide [WASHINGTON] The International Monetary Fund said traders are probably using the dollar to fund "carry trades" around the world and the unit may still be overvalued even after
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      104 13 MR. HENG SWEE KEAT MR. HO KWON PING ASSOC. PROF JEREMY GOH MR. CHRISTOPHER LEAHY ASSOC. PROF LOW CHEE KEONG MR. CHOR KHEE YANG 2|iL| DR. MARK LAWRENCE MR. LEE KHA LOON MRS. FANG Al LIAN 16 CPE hours for members of HA, ICPAS and SAICSA DR. DAVID SMITH MR.
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Pull out oil the stops for tourism in Malaysia
      684 14  -  PAULINE NG MALAYSIA INSIGHT Use Lonely Planet's endorsement to boost the sector and attract more visitors GETTING into Lonely Planet's Top 10 countries for 2010 must be gratifying for Malaysia's tourism authorities. Here's what the popular travel guide had to say
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      Lock icon Jakarta urged to protect anti-graft panel
      285 14 -AFP Indonesians call for clean-up of criminal justice system [JAKARTA] Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in the capital Jakarta yesterday to protest against perceived moves to cripple the country's once-powerful corruption watchdog. Musicians sang songs and supporters made speeches demanding President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono move
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      Lock icon Jakarta to be 'careful' with raising fuel prices
      387 14 Reuters [ST ANDREWS, Scotland] Indonesia's new government will proceed carefully with raising administered prices of fuel and electricity next year and plans for now to continue with fiscal stimulus for the economy, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told Reuters. Analysts advise that
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      Lock icon M'sia palm oil prices may jump 6.9%
      156 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Benchmark Malaysian palm oil prices may hit RM2.400 (*****.5) a tonne in the first quarter of 2010 due to a resurgent El Nino weather condition and as top Asian consumers resume buying, an analyst said yesterday. The forecast of Dorab
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2057 14 Nov6 RM C000) ASM Realty 0.65 AbricBhd 0.23 Advance Synergy 0.16 Adventa Bhd 1.83 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.33 Affin Holdings 2.12 Ahmad Zaki Resou ....0.93 Aic Corp 0.40 Airasia Bhd 1.29 Akn Technology 0.14 Alliance Financi 2.56 Aluminium Co 1.13 Amalgamated Ind ....0.48 Ammb Hldgs Bhd 4.75 Amtel Holdings
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Price war hits Indian telcos' earnings
      469 15 -AFP Companies' share prices take a hit as competition mounts amid falling call charges [NEW DELHI] India is still adding a staggering 15 million new mobile phone connections a month, but the world's fastest-growing cellular market has hit rough waters. A cut-throat price war
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      Lock icon Vintners approach fickle Chinese market cautiously
      542 15 AFP [HONG KONG] Chinese wine imports have soared more than ten-fold in the past few years but foreign producers hoping to cash in on the boom are warning that the market is fickle and not for the faint of heart. China is on track
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      Lock icon India, EU working to resolve generic drug row
      211 15 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India will resolve a dispute with the European Union over generic drugs in an amicable way, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said. A formal trade dispute has loomed between India and Brazil on one side, and the EU on the
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      99 15 HP wfr ®Hn fl Congratulations tI/ Crystal Jade Golden Palace I ff at Paragon, I 1 A well deserved win. Paragon congratulates Crystal Jade Culinary Concepts Holding, the overall winner of 'HAPA Best Asian Cuisine Independent' and one of the Top 5 Restaurants under 'HAPA Restaurant of The Year 1
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  • ASIA PACIFIC
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      Lock icon Global car sales have bottomed, says Nissan chief
      578 16 Reuters Market is on track for 60 million units sales this year and next [NEW DELHI] The global car market has bottomed and is on track for 60 million units sales this year and next, Carlos Ghosn, who heads Japan's Nissan Motor
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      Lock icon N Korean TV boss sacked for airing series of ads
      285 16 AP [SEOUL] North Korea's Kirn Jong II recently fired his top TV official for airing a series of advertisements, apparently out of concern that the commercials represented too much influence of capitalism, a news report said yesterday. Since early July,
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      Lock icon Thailand and Cambodia in row over Thaksin's post
      376 16 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's prime minister yesterday defended his actions in an ongoing spat with Cambodia over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier, saying he had to protect the country's dignity. "All the government has done is for dignity
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      Lock icon Japanese govt mulls tobacco tax increase
      227 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's government will follow a policy of increasing taxes on products it deems unhealthy, Vice-Finance Minister Naoki Minezaki said. "We will stick to our policy to tax things that are bad for health," including tobacco, Mr Minezaki said on NHK's Sunday Debate
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      249 16 ■AP [TOKYO] Japan's foreign minister said yesterday that no deal on relocating US troops on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, saying the issue needs more time to resolve. Mr Obama
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Boost for Obama as House passes healthcare Bill
      862 17 LAT-WP Reforms are the most sweeping since creation of Medicare 44 years ago [WASHINGTON] The House of Representatives on Saturday approved the most sweeping health care legislation since the creation of Medicare 44 years ago, giving a boost to President Barack Obama's
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      518 17 AFP [WOLFSBURG, Germany] Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus calls the global economic crisis "an excellent opportunity to reflect and redesign" businesses, and devote creative ones to solving social problems. Professor Yunus, who with his Grameen Bank which gives tiny loans to the very poor
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      994 18 AP Germans to celebrate 20th anniversary with much fanfare [BERLIN] Twenty years ago today, they danced atop the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope. On that cold night, years of separation
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      Lock icon Communist-era goods are in vogue again
      623 18 AFP [BUCHAREST] Once the butt of jokes the world over, communist-era East European goods from sweets, to rustic washing machines and clunky cars are all the rage again. As the world prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall,
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      667 18 -AFP [BORDEAUX] Even as Chateau Lafite leads a surge for Bordeaux vintners in Asia, US retail prices for the same wines have skidded below wholesale cost as a major importer dumps stocks worth tens of millions of dollars. US importer Diageo Chateau Estate Wines (DC&E), a
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      1123 19  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Oct's 10.2% jobless rate, the highest in 26 years, could weigh on market By in New York IT is a common truism on Wall Street that stock prices are based not upon current valuations or what is happening in
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      398 19 AFP [PHNOM PENH] Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Phnom Penh this week in his new role as economics adviser, the Cambodian prime minister said yesterday, further stoking a row with Thailand. "Thaksin will be at the Ministry of Economy and
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      Lock icon Jaguar hires ex-GM boss
      103 19 Reuters [LONDON] Peter Forster, who quit as head of General Motors Europe on Friday, is due to take charge of Indian group Tata Motors' luxury British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, the Sunday Times newspaper said. The paper cited sources in Frankfurt as saying that Mr Forster
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      546 19 Reuters [LONDON] Pakistan's nuclear installations are so well guarded that Islamist militants behind a wave of violence in the country's heartland would find it very hard to storm them and steal material for a nuclear bomb, analysts say. But
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon China hosts int'l talks on piracy
      560 20 -AFP Meeting held to discuss cooperation, efforts to protect shipping off Somalia [BEIJING] China on Friday opened a two-day international conference on efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden from Somali pirates, the Defence Ministry said. The meeting was to be attended
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      399 20 Bloomberg Iron-ore transporter rates hit highest level in over a year [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted a sixth weekly advance as rates for smaller iron-ore transporters rose to the highest in more than
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      296 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Traffic for the top three US airlines slumped in October, but load factors for most of the nine largest carriers rose and the decline in unit revenue showed signs of slowing down. Delta Air Lines' traffic fell 6.5 per cent
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2856 20 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), At Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN) Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), :ouraq Airline: .B'l'U', E: EVA Airways
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
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        105 20 '000 :H Offshore Ihuan Hup Hldgs losco Corp ZWTLtd Ezra Hldgs rirst Ship Lease rreight Links jrand Banks lava Hold Ltd <TVentures <eppel Corp Vlercator Lines V1TQ Corp MOL Pacific Shipping 3an-United Corp Rickmers Mari iamudera Ship iembcorp Indust iembcorp Marine ipore Ship 0.68 0.31 1.03 0.65 1.90 0.59
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        37 20 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Brid PDZ Holdings 1.00 8.84 8.90 3.12 3.12 unch 0.09 0.02 0.02 unch -0.05 -0.06 unch -0.01 717 252 27 352 11 0 4594
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        7 20 '00 ■recious Ship .18.70 0.30 348!
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        6 20 '000 Joil .37.85 -0.15 781
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        22 20 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 8.40 21.00 unch unch -0.10 0.25 unch unch 231 1597 0 0
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        20 20 lov Evergreen Marine ....16.45 :irst Steamship 45.70 /Van Hai Lines 15.50 fang Ming Marine...11.30 0.25 1.30 0.50 0.10 1
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        38 20 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ..217.00 :awasaki Kisen 334.00 Mitsubishi Hvy 316.00 /litsui Eng&Sbldg...235.00 Mitsui OsR Lines 544.00 Jippon Express 372.00 Jippon Yusen 336.00 -2.00 1122! -1.00 496) unch 1760) 1.00 5291 -7.00 ***** 2.00 328; -1.00 588!
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      250 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across from a distance, I power across island (6,4) 26 Food? English and Irish po- g Seasjde tQur s f| |ocatjon? v QhM d frQm secQnd ets both neglecting starters rea ||y didn't want to go slide (4) 27 Flash bloke, knave held at re- *ere A' 6\
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  • DINING OUT
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      330 21  -  Amanda De Guzman SPECIAL MENU Bistro dv Yin 1 Scotts Road, #01-12 Shaw Centre. Tel: 6733 7763 Nov 10 and Nov 23 only BISTRO dv Yin is about to provide an alternative to the stuffy, male-dominated world of wine. For two afternoons this month, the chic French eatery
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      664 21 L'Ancora is the latest to join the casual neighbourhood eateries, reports GEOFFREY EU NEW RESTAURANT L'Ancora Italian Cuisine 789 Bukit Timah Road Tel: 6467-3778 THE more things change, the more they stay the same it's the way of the dining world in Singapore and
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      9056 22 Week ended: Nov 6 Hi. Low Code Coi Sale ('OOP) Hi I Low Bu' Seller C'vr P/E £5. 17 3 3148 STelecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 34 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 15.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 7.5 2101 APOil 93 35 5550 ARA
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      1799 23 52-wks Tel High Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil 10 5 1181 s AAGrp 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20
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      450 23 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) Week lh Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Jib 111 101 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 807 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 276 149 DBS STI ETF 100 4627 3534 DBXT DJE50 10US$ 3164
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      252 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
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      109 23 litaLand 4.090 +0.050 JMH 30.500 -0.500 SIA En: 2.900 ]apitaMall 1.660 +0.030 JSH 17.300 -0.080 SMRT 1.720 -0.020 :if 'Dev 10.020 +0.170 Jardine C&C 22.600 +0.140 SPH 3.900 +0.010 :omfortDelGro 1.560 -0.030 Kei lei Con 8.090 +0.140 STEn: 2.960 -0.010 :osco Con 1.030 +0.010 NOL 1.540
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      102 23 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 14 1 0 0 0 2 14 1 Manufacturing 54 125 48 10 10 17 64 135 65 Commerce 13 55 16 13 14 68 18 >r/Cc ms 30 32 Finance 12
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      118 23 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 164,488 164,488 323,748 323,748 Manufacturing 1,319,868 144,978 1,464,846 715,219 10,611 725,830 Commerce 551,638 127,029 678,667 535,625 28,633 564,258 Tpt/Stor/Comms 519,955 32,754 552,709 784,943 7,643 792,586 Finance 149,032 149,032 980,359 980,359 Construction 267,883 55,880 323,763 55,865 1,305 57,170 Properties 521,552
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      2652 23 Transaction date: Nov 6 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 Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway feia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      362 24 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Nov6 World Index Preliminary 795.1 0.1 17.3 0.1 18.8 0.2 22.' t EAFE Preliminai 748.5 0.3 15.3 0.4 21.4 0.5 25.! Euro[ Prelim inan 1074.2 0.1 17.8 -0.1 24.9 0.1 29.2 Pacific
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      132 24 As at 9am Nov6 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2620 1.3000 Can dollar 1.3030 1.3180 Euro 2.0640 2.0880 NZ dollar 0.9990 1.0210 Sterlini ind 2.3000 2.3260 US dollar 1.3880 1.4040 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      172 24 Nov6 Bid Overnight 3/8 1-month 7/16 2-months 9/16 3-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 0.33 US$ Offer 1/4 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 0.24 0.32 0.38 0.40 0.60 0 90 1.15 Offer 0.19 0.22 0.28 0.30
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      24 24 Nov6 Se1 STI Nov 2654 SIMSCI Nov 313.9 318.6 317.8 Taiwan Nov 269.2 273.3 271.5 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      20 24 Novb S$ Fer 1-month 1.3924 1.3940 2-months 1.3928 1.3944 3-months 1.3930 1.3946 6-months 1.3934 1.3951 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      60 24 Nov6 Delivery Month Opening Sett Av Range Price Price Hi Low Vol Open Done Position Nov09 2180 2169 2180 2160 10 115 Dec 09 2234 2215 2242 2210 949 ***** Jan 10 2260 2246 2275 2230 5838 ***** Feb 10 2298 2268 2298 2253 1880 ***** Total o/p:
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      286 24 NovS OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 99.7000 99.5500 99.2750 98.9000 6919 5886 3674 4587 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES DecO9 99.505 99.505 Mar10 99.530 99.530 Jun10 99.535 99.535 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 99.500 99.530 99.535 99.505 99.525 99.525 99.505 99.445 99.360
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      179 24 Nov6 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) 0/1 (lots) Dec 09 245.0 Jan 10 246.0 Feb 10 Mar10 246.5 Apr 10 May 10 247.5 244.5 245.5 246.0 246.5 246.0 244.5 246.0 244.5 246.0 246.5 247.5 89 120 20 60
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      80 24 Nov6 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi. Day's [h Low 3-Month BQ*****W 04.02.2010 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2010 0.43 0.55 0.38 0.37 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year NX*****H 3.625 5-Year N*****0N 1.375 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NX*****W 2.500
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      102 24 Nov 6 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 09 948.00 967.00 978.00 948.25 Jan 10 955.00 972.00 985.00 955.00 Mar10 960.25 976.75 989.00 960.00 May 10 961.25 976.00 989.75 961.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 09 36.77 37.18 37.49 36.41
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      76 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Woi/5 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 78.80 -0.10 WTI (Near Mth) 79.81 -0.89 Dubai (1-Mth F) 78.22 -0.40 Tapis blend 81.45 -0.40 Minas 80.25 -0.40 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 73.55 85.10 -0.22 -0.10 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      464 24 lov 6 AS _CS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.973 6.248 0.615 7.092 42.856 86.518 0.828 10.680 3.116 1.262 76.425 43.181 1.275 6.923 0.930 29.730 30.549 0.551 0.915 Canada 1.027 6.419 0.632 7.287
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      76 24 Nov6 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 2 mths 3 mths (S$) 0.***** 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Mid
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      158 24 Wo 1/6 nyai Currencies Bid Offer HUd Bid nst US$ Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2738 1.2753 0.9150 0.9151 Canadian dollar 1.3087 1.3104 0.9401 0.9403 Euro 2.0702 2.0728 1.4871 1.4874 NZ dollar 1.0094 1.0112 0.7251 0.7256 Sterlini ind 2.3130 2.3159 1.6615 1.6618
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      137 24 Nov6 GOLD (USS/oz) NovOS Wo 1/06 Hong Kong 1086.10 1091.50 London Nov06 NovOS 1093.55 1089.90 1094.35 1090.70 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Wo 1/06 Buying Sellim Kilobar "52,224.56" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz UBS KinpharTM
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      70 24 Nov 6 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1877.75 1892.75 3 months 1910.00 1925.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 6469.25 6490.00 6510.25 6531.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 2222.50 3 months 2249.00 2309.50 2335.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash 3
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      74 24 Nov6 LUCUA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 09 2099 2108 2126/2097 Mar 10 2132 2147 2163/2130 May 10 2155 2168 2185/2153 Jul 10 2081 2095 2116/2080 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov09 1402 1406 1412/1391 Jan 10 1439 1445 1450/1435 Mar 10 1480 1486 1491/1475 SUGAR (US tonne)
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      2382 24 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT [el lode Company Last Vol Conv Exer Sale +or- ('000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.5 1 15 9 4.86 54 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5 1 1650 10.00 9 i756 Asiatic Grp (H) Ltd W*****2 8.5 unch 19 1
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  • CHARITY RACE 2009
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      484 27  -  ARTHUR LEE IT was a Sunday afternoon to remember for the Assisi Hospice, which is dedicated to the care of people with life-threatening illnesses. Some 250 friends and supporters turned up at the Singapore Turf Club on Nov 1 to show that they care for it
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon Wincor Nixdorf bags deal at Resorts World Sentosa
      512 28  -  ONG BOON KIAT Integrated resort adopts IT vendor's POS hardware, software, services By GERMAN IT vendor Wincor Nixdorf has scored an eye-catching retail technology deal to provide point-of-sales (POS) hardware, software and services to Genting Singapore's Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS). It
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      Lock icon Windows 7 sales beat out Vista launch
      456 28 Mr-wp [LOS ANGELES] It wasn't a high bar, but Windows 7 made it. Consumer retail sales of Microsoft Corp's newest computer operating system topped those of Vista by 234 per cent on a unit basis within the first few days of launching on
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        132 28 HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) and Star Hub have joined hands to launch a new netbook, and at the same time help save an endangered animal. For every limited edition HP Mini by Studio Tord Boontje sold, both companies will jointly contribute $10 towards the conservation
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        Lock icon Get your business online with Microsoft Online Services
        74 28 FOR US$lO per user per month, businesses in Singapore can harness a suite of Microsoft business communications and collaboration software delivered online as a service. Called Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), it includes online versions of Exchange and Share Point. The suite
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        Lock icon Check Point names new regional director for South Asia
        55 28 IT security vendor Check Point Software Technologies has appointed veteran staffer John Ong as its regional director for South Asia, to oversee operations across the Asean region. Mr Ong, who joined Check Point in 2000, reports to Itzack Weinreb, the company's
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        Lock icon Sybase 365 launches iPhone mobile banking app
        63 28 MOBILE messaging and commerce vendor Sybase 365, a unit of Sybase Inc, has launched a mobile banking application for Apple's iPhone. Financial institutions can quickly and easily roll out their own banking solutions to customers with this turnkey offering, which works with the
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        Lock icon Brother launches printers with LED technology
        60 28 HARNESSING a technology that came from photocopying machines are Brother's new range of LED printers, comprising three all-in-one multi-function devices and two compact colour printers. The use of an improved LED printing technology and single pass printing are said to improve printing speed. Prices
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        Lock icon Samsung unveils bumper printer crop
        72 28 SAMSUNG Electronics has unveiled 13 new printers and a range of printing software in Singapore. The devices range from personal laser printers that start from $148, to high-end laser multifunction copiers for heavy-workload office environments. A number of new features are said to save time,
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        Lock icon Nokia N97 mini smartphone debuts in shops here
        107 28  -  ONG BOON KIAT THE smaller sibling of the Nokia N97, one of the Finnish firm's flagship smartphones, is now in shops here. The new N97 mini features a svelte exterior and also catches the eye with a personalised home screen with widgets
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