The Business Times, 25 November 2009

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf^l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO regn no *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Wednesday, November 25,2009
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  • Article
    Lock icon Najib plumps for GST to fill revenue hole
    565 1  -  PAULINE NG M'sia may see first reading of Bill by next month but fierce opposition to tax is likely in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is gearing up to introduce a goods and services tax (GST) with Prime Minister Najib Razak stating that he
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    Lock icon Kwek: Govt can play downpayment card
    814 1  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA But resurgence in speculative activity not likely in short term, says CDL boss By [SINGAPORE] Property tycoon Kwek Leng Beng feels that the authorities could raise the downpayment on the purchase of private homes if there is a risk of resurgence in
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    Lock icon Capita Land raises $2.8b from Capita Malls Asia IPO
    483 1  -  UMA SHANKARI By [SINGAPORE] Property group Capita Land said that it raised $2.8 billion by selling 34.5 per cent of its retail arm Capita Malls Asia (CMA) in its initial public offering (IPO). Both the placement and retail shares were oversubscribed,
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      84 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.388 (US$/S$ per 1.654 2.296 :uro (USS/SS/E) 1.491 2.069 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 88.60 63.80 3.391 2.443 IK$ 7.750 5.585 !AHT 33.25 23.96 CUPIAH 9,508 6,851 CENMINBI 6.829 4.921 INDIAN RUPEE 46.60 33.58 1.091 0.786 1.380 0.994 IIKKEI225 9,401.58 -96.10 1ANG SENG 22,423.14
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.810 TAIWAN 4.696 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 11.75 Source: Bloomberg
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      49 1 TRANSPORT HUB rt^"^^ I COMPANIES I ROUNDTABLE I ISKANDAR PROJECT J^JSJ Hyundai muscles in on |/JPHI MI-Reit Is curbing executive Spore private sector pumps si heavy goods vehicle market fe i•_ unveils plans pay desirable? $l.lb in Johor project «f* PAGE 21 '_\i__jf__\\\W^f* PAGE 6 PAGE 18 PAGE 2
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Najib plumps for GST to fill revenue hole
        67 2 MALAYSIA is gearing up to introduce a goods and services tax with Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday stating that he plans to table the first reading ofa proposed GST bill before the current sitting of the Dewan Rakyat ends in mid-December. Mr
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        Lock icon Kwek: Govt can play downpayment card
        83 2 PROPERTY tycoon Kwek Leng Beng feels the authorities could raise the downpayment on the purchase of private homes if there is a risk of resurgence in speculative activity. Currently, home buyers make a 5 per cent minimum cash downpayment for property purchases. In the
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        Lock icon Capita Land raises $2.8b from Capita Malls Asia IPO
        60 2 CAPITALAND said it raised $2.8 billion by selling 34.5 per cent of its retail arm Capita Malls Asia in its initial public offering. Both the placement and retail shares were oversubscribed, and the company also released all over-allotment shares. In total,
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        Lock icon 55% take-up for UOB offer to Prudential fund investors
        82 2 MORE than half of the 4,000-odd customers who bought units in the Prudential Yield 15 and Yield 20 funds from United Overseas Bank have taken up the bank's offer to redeem the units and make them whole. A UOB spokesman told
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        Lock icon S'pore private sector pumps $1.1b into Iskandar M'sia
        70 2 ISKANDAR Malaysia has attracted RM2.64 billion, or some Ssl.l biUion, in manufacturing investments from Singapore's private sector since 2006. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said that this sum comes from the 178 manufacturing projects with Singapore participation which have been approved
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        Lock icon Global Investments to vote on fund manager today
        63 2 THIS morning Global Investments Ltd shareholders will vote on a controversial resolution to replace its fund manager with ST Asset Management, a Temasek unit. If the resolution is not carried, the company has to go through another round of expensive and likely
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        Lock icon Ml-Reit moves ahead with its plans
        61 2 WITH the dust finally settling after the tumultuous past few weeks, the folks behind MacarthurCook Industrial Reit are understandably keen to leave the past behind them. But, perhaps of greater interest to its unitholders are the plans its managers have for the trust, which
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        Lock icon A public policy re-think in KL on the cards?
        95 2 A GROWING controversy over a RM62B million project awarded to the Naza Group without open tender could put pressure on the government to rethink public policy, given previous failed developments such as the Port Kiang Free Zone. Naza clinched the deal
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      Lock icon 55% take-up for UOB offer to Prudential fund investors
      532 2  -  CONRAD TAN Redemption exercise will cost bank $5m difference between offer selling prices By [SINGAPORE] More than half of the 4,000-odd customers who bought units in the Prudential Yield 15 and Yield 20 funds from United Overseas Bank have taken up
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      Lock icon Ex-Thai PM passionate about cooking dies
      662 2  -  LEE U-WEN By [SINGAPORE] He will forever be remembered as the sil-ver-haired Thai premier who took his cooking as seriously as he did his politics. Yesterday, former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej lost a year-long battle with liver cancer. The 74-year-old died in Bangkok's
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      Lock icon Economy expands at a 2.8% rate in Q3
      411 2 Bloomberg LATEST US DATA [WASHINGTON] The US economy expanded at a 2.8 per cent annual rate in the third quarter, less than the government reported last month, reflecting a smaller gain in consumer spending and a bigger trade deficit. The increase in
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      Lock icon Singapore private sector pumps $1.1b into Iskandar Malaysia
      609 4  -  TEH SHI NING By Manufacturing SMEs account for bulk of investment says Mah in Parliament [SINGAPORE] Iskandar Malaysia has attracted RM2.64 billion, or some Ssl.l billion, in manufacturing investments from Singapore's private sector since 2006. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said
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      Lock icon Fresh grads more wary of bank jobs
      549 4  -  JERMAINE NG Jobs Factory SIA remains top employer of choice while banks slide down the scale By [SINGAPORE] Fresh graduates in Singapore are now less keen on jobs in the banking and financial sector after the economic crisis hit the world last year,
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      Lock icon Dimon seen as Geithner's successor
      123 4 Reuters [NEW YORK] Several US policymakers consider JPMorgan Chase Co chief executive Jamie Dimon as a potential successor to US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, the New York Post said, citing sources. Mr Dimon "would love to serve his country", the paper quoted people familiar with
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      Lock icon Hot money a growing concern for S-E Asia: ADB
      417 4  -  OH BOON PING By [SINGAPORE] South-east Asian countries are growing increasingly concerned about strong inflows of hot money that could lead to asset bubbles in the region, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB). At a briefing yesterday, Noritaka Akamatsu, senior adviser
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      Lock icon Proposal in EU to cap hedge fund borrowing
      368 4 Reuters [BRUSSELS] An influential European parliamentarian is calling for borrowing caps on hedge funds in a report to lawmakers that could lead to a tough new regime for the secretive industry. The EU is examining a welter of regulations for the funds
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Eyes on vote to replace GIL manager
      831 5  -  SIOW Ll SEN EGM WATCH Right of existing manager to vote puts spotlight on 'poison pill' clause By THIS morning Global Investments Ltd (GIL) shareholders will vote on a controversial resolution to replace its fund manager with ST Asset Management (STAM), a Temasek
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      Lock icon MI-Reit moves ahead with its plans
      1046 6  -  MICHELLE QUAH Its strategy will involve leaning on cornerstone investors By WITH the dust finally settling after the tumultuous past few weeks, the folks behind MacarthurCook Industrial Reit (MI-Reit) are understandably keen to leave the past behind them. But, perhaps of greater interest to
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      Lock icon SIAS to meet Sino-Env shareholders next Mon
      336 6  -  JAMIE LEE By THE Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or SIAS, will meet minority shareholders of troubled Si-no-Environment Technology Group next Monday to discuss the options available to them. The meeting was set up after some 70 minority investors approached the association to discuss
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      Lock icon Temasek prices S$ bonds at par
      313 6  -  CHEW XIANG By TEMASEK Holdings yesterday priced Ss6oo million of 20 and 30-year bonds due 2029 and 2039 respectively under its US$5 billion Guaranteed Global Medium Term Note Programme. The 20-year notes totalling Ss3oo million were priced at par, or 62.25 basis points over
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      Lock icon Lion Asiapac JV firm ups Polaris offer
      381 7  -  JAMIE LEE But Polaris board backs rival bid by Mineral Resources, calling it 'superior' By LION Asiapac's joint venture company has sweetened its offer for Austral-ian-listed mining firm Polaris Metals but failed to win the approval of Polaris' board. Lion-Asia Resources a joint
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      Lock icon Oman project draws 'buy' calls for Sembcorp
      458 7  -  OH BOON PING By NEWS of Sembcorp Industries' US$l billion water and power project in Oman has attracted numerous "buy" calls from analysts, who view it as a catalyst. Morgan Stanley has issued an "overweight", while Citigroup and Deutsche Bank have made "buy"
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      Lock icon ID resignation could mean poor risk mgt at Japan Land: SID
      256 7  -  JAMIE LEE By THE latest resignation of an independent director (ID) at Japan Land suggests there are risk management issues the company may need to address, says Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) president John Lim. Japan Land has declined
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      Lock icon Jade Technologies trims full-year loss to $18.2m
      238 7  -  CHEW XIANG By JADE Technologies' net loss for the year to Sept 30 narrowed to $18.2 million from $39.3 million, the company said yesterday. The reduction in net loss was due to a corporate restructuring exercise, reducing operating expenses by discontinuing an unprofitable
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Marco Polo Marine's Q4 profit jumps 94%
        107 7 MARCO Polo Marine Ltd reported a 94 per cent year-on-year jump in net profit to $1.83 million for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept 30. Revenue slipped 9 per cent to $14.64 million as a result of lower shipbuilding revenue despite higher revenues
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        Lock icon PSL to receive court settlement from OKH
        90 7 PSL Holdings Ltd said a Singapore court has ordered OKH Holdings to pay the group $605,597. The settlement includes the judgment sum, interest and cost. PSL said OKH will settle the amount in three instalments. The final instalment is to be made by
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        Lock icon HK in-principle nod for China XLX dual listing
        57 7 CHINA XLX Fertiliser said it has received in-principle approval on Monday for its dual listing in Hong Kong. The Chinese company said it had on Aug 14 filed an application to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) for the listing and
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Asian units fall on talk of move to curb appreciation
      883 8  -  OH BOON PING CURRENCIES Indonesia, South Korea mull over plans to control inflow of short-term money ASIAN currencies fell yesterday, led by the Philippine peso and the Indonesian rupiah, on talk that central banks in the region will move to
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      99 8 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 114 0 0 0 2 114 Manufacturing 38 75 66 14 40 78 80 Commerce 20 21 24 20 24 30 Tpt/Stor/Comms 22 12 23 12 Finance 10 13 10 13 Construction
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      122 8 TURNOVER ('000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE ('000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 24.033 24.033 92.051 92.051 Manufacturing 332.600 13.502 346.102 263.565 895 264.460 Commerce 100.475 13.046 113.521 142.107 3.137 145.244 Tpt/Stor/Comms 91.086 3.442 94.528 156.189 641 156.829 Finance 28.255 28.255 262.827 262.827 Construction 17.365 3.915 21.280 4.925
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      108 8 Stock name Close Cham CapitaLand 4.110 -0.040 CapitaMall 1.750 +0.020 CityDev 10.140 -0.320 ComfortDelGrc 1.530 -0.010 Cosco Corp 1.100 -0.030 DBSGrp 14.820 -0.360 F&N 3.970 -0.030 Genting SP 1.090 Golden Agri 0.490 +0.010 HK Land 4.700 -0.050 JMH 31.380 +0.680 JSH 18.400 +0.300 JardineC&C 25.100 +0.100
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      816 8  -  JAMIE LEE Keppel Corporation Nov 24 close: $8.47 DBS VICKERS SECURITIES, Nov 24 KEPPEL Corp (KEP) has secured a Letter of Award from PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services Corporation (PV Drilling) for the newbuild construction of a tender drilling rig. 1) The contract is worth US$2OO million (Ss2Bo
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      Lock icon STI falls 0.6% amid regional slide
      555 8  -  CONRAD TAN STOCKS STOCKS here fell yesterday amid a broader slide across most of the region triggered by fears that mainland Chinese banks would have to raise new capital in the wake of their recent lending binge. The Straits Times Index (STI) finished 17.90
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      62 8 CLOSE BT OB/OS -38.00 -50.00 BT CADI -*****.00-108.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -4.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 643.06 +1.03 FTSE ST Small Cap 514.90 -5.48 FTSE ST All Share 680.74 -3.69 FTSE ST China Top 264.11 -4.19 FTSE ST China 285.38 -3.83 FTSE ST Catalist 1259.55 -11.35
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      55 8 VOLUME Golden Aqri 112,389,000 Gentinq SP 85,684,000 Yinq Li 66,408,000 SinoGrandnes 47,426,000 QianHu 30,288,000 IndoAqri 29,206,000 MDR 29,194,000 Yanqzijianq 25,246,000 StraitsAsia 24,081,000 Noble Grp 21,999,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 117,617,732 Gentinq SP 94,107,010 Noble Grp 63,496,750 UOB 60,135,080 IndoAqri 57,264,400 Golden Aqri 54,917,260 Keppel Corp 54,299,670 StraitsAsia 53,355,220
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      Lock icon RISES
      113 8 CLOSE UP ***** 99.9 0.7 DBXT Ni 10US$ JMH 3138 94.3 2.2 MS India 10US$ 1488 56.9 2. JSH 1840 41.6 1.7 OCC 3.93% NCPS10 8240 40.0 0.5 UOB.ES.0911 1956 30.0 1.6 OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 9920 20.0 0.2 OCC 5.1% NCPS 100 9950 20.0 0.2 GLD 10US$ ***** 18.0
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      Lock icon FALLS
      120 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5148-176.1 -2.4 India Nil 10_ 1455 -76.0 -5.0 STXPO 100 1382 -42.0 -2.9 China H 10US$ 1731 -40.2 -1.( DBS Gr; 1482 -36.0 -2A City 1014 -32.0 -3.1 UOB 1950 -32.0 -1.6 DBXT MSAsExJ[ 10US$ 2781 -30.5 -O.i OCBC Bk 850 -18.0
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      83 8 Wh lere S! i$ stands Nov 2. CHNG CLOSE FRNOV23 YR2009 LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.3874 -0.14 1.5579 1.3833 Euro 2.0699 0.23 2.0952 1.9150 Pounds 2.2924 0.37 2.4366 2.0356 AS 1.2735 0.38 1.2942 0.9453 Yen* 1.5654 -0.43 1.7278 1.4831 Rill liah* 0.***** 0.18 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1733 -0.08 4.3390
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon $20m for upgrading Bukit Timah diversion canal: PUB
      372 9  -  FELDA CHAY By ABOUT $20 million wiU be spent on the first stage of widening and deepening the Bukit Timah diversion canal to prevent a repeat of last Thursday's floods, national water agency PUB said yesterday. Upgrading works on the stretch of
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      Lock icon 12,000 firms received govt backed loans
      293 9  -  CHEN HUIFEN By ALMOST $6.7 billion of gov-ernment-backed loans have been extended to more than 12,000 enterprises this year, according to Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang. And more than 90 per cent of the loans, which also include assistance loans for internationalisation,
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      Lock icon PM Lee to attend CHOGM and visit Cuba
      408 9  -  LEE U-WEN By PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has left Singapore for a week-long visit to the Caribbean, during which he will make stops in Trinidad and Tobago, and Cuba. He will first land in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad
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      Lock icon OFF TO THE BIG LEAGUE
      135 9 FIVE "Little Champions" from Singapore will march onto the iconic Old Trafford football pitch, hand-in-hand with Manchester United FC and Besiktas JK players for the Uefa Champions League fifth group stage match tomorrow morning. Sharing the excitement with (front row, from left) Reinaldy Nathanial Divian,
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      Lock icon Arrivals dip but hotel occupancy hits year high
      354 9  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI However, October room revenue slides 24.4% on lower average rate By TOURIST arrivals feU half a per cent year on year to 845,000 in October, after September saw the first increase this year. However, the average occupancy rate (AOR) for
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      Lock icon Senoko Power ties up $2.35b financing
      315 9  -  RONNIE LIM Facility to refinance bridging loan used for acquisition By SENOKO Power, now owned by French-Japanese consortium Lion Power, has tied up a $2.35 billion debt facility it will use to refinance a bridging loan it took to acquire Singapore's biggest generating company
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Mental health survey to begin in Dec
        113 9 THE first large-scale survey to determine the state of mental health among adult residents here will begin in December. A collaborative effort by the Institute of Mental Health, the Ministry of Health, Nanyang Technological University and RAND Health, the face-to-face survey of at
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Fed asks stress test banks for plans to repay TARP
      353 10 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve asked nine of the US banks that were part of this year's stress tests to submit plans for repaying the government's capital injections, a source familiar with the situation said. The central bank this month
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      Lock icon US to state emissions target in Copenhagen
      689 10 -AP But goal will reflect unfinished state of legislation on Capitol Hill: official [WASHINGTON] The United States will present a target for reducing carbon dioxide emissions at next month's climate conference in Copenhagen, US officials said on Monday. The United States historically was
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      Lock icon S Korea pledges to double aid to Africa
      341 10 AP This reflects growing importance attached to energy-rich continent [SEOUL] South Korea has pledged to double aid to African nations over the next three years in a bid to reach out to the continent rich in energy resources, growth potential and business
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      Lock icon German business confidence in Nov at 15-month high
      495 10 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] German business confidence increased more than economists had forecast to a 15-month high in November, suggesting that the economic recovery may gather pace next year. The Ifo institute in Munich said that its business climate index, based on a survey
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      Lock icon Japan policy row deepens as ministers attack BOJ
      570 10  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY By in Tokyo THE gloves appear to be coming off in the increasingly public and acrimonious row between Japanese government ministers and the central bank over the state of the economy and how big a role monetary policy should play
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon A public policy re-think in KL on the cards?
      420 11  -  S JAYASANKARAN COMMENTARY Govt may backpedal given disquiet over Naza deal, previous fiascoes in Kuala Lumpur A GROWING controversy over a RM62B million (***** million) project awarded to the Naza Group without open tender could put pressure on the government to
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      Lock icon Indonesia 'rightly concerned' about inflows: ADB
      306 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia is "rightly concerned" about inflows into central bank bills and it "makes sense" to limit the influx of capital, Noritaka Akamatsu, a senior adviser at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), said in Singapore yesterday. Political stability after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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      258 11 -AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's finance minister and central bank chief yesterday defended a US$7O4 million lifeline thrown to a failed lender which has become the centre ofthe country's latest graft scandal. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and former Bank Indonesia (BI) governor Boediono, now Indonesia's
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      388 11 Reuters It also expects inflation to remain low in 2010 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's central bank held interest rates steady at 2 per cent yesterday for a sixth straight time, as expected, and said inflation was expected to remain modest in 2010 even as
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      836 12 Reuters, Bloomberg Share sales could cause market overhang but spur debt innovation [HONG KONG] Chinese banks, under government pressure to shore up their finances, are set to unleash a wave of capital raising worth billions of dollars that could strain equity
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      Lock icon CIC agrees to buy USs4oom of stock in Longyuan
      698 12 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Investment Corp (CIC) has agreed to buy US$4OO million of stock in China Longyuan Power Group Corp's Hong Kong initial share sale, said three people familiar with the offering, as the sovereign wealth fund steps up investments in
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      415 12 Reuters [BEIJING] China should consider winding down stimulus spending late in the second quarter of 2010, a researcher with a state planning agency said, warning that the timing of an exit will be tricky and will depend on inflation trends. Liv Manping, of
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      503 12 -NYT [BEIJING] A lengthy prison sentence for a rights activist shows the determination of Chinese officials to suppress any vestige of dissent related to shoddy construction and unnecessary deaths in last year's devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, fellow activists said. Huang Qi,
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      607 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Wang Chuanfu might aptly be called China's man of electric dreams. The soft-spoken 43-year-old entrepreneur was zapped onto the world stage last year when his company, BYD Co Ltd, became the latest darling of US billionaire investor Warren Buffett,
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      351 12 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's No 1 online payment firm Alipay is expected to top eßay Inc's unit, Pay Pal, by transaction value in two years, to become the world's leading e-payment service, Alipay's president said yesterday. Alipay, a unit of Alibaba Group which
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Indian importers buying Australian wheat
      535 13 Reuters [NEW DELHI Indian importers have bought small volumes of Australian wheat in recent weeks, the first such purchases in two years, but bulk purchases are unlikely as stockpiles amount to nearly three times reserve targets. The imports of wheat in containers this month, which
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      626 13 NTT It's seen as an American invitation to Beijing to meddle in Delhi's backyard [NEW DELHI] The statement, on its surface, seemed like any other bland missive released at the end ofa polite visit by a head of state. It was issued by the
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      265 13 Coming Home For Christmas Pan Pacific Singapore presents resplendent treats with goodies and gourmet presentations galore. From luscious take-home roasts and pastries to decadent tasting menus, take pleasure in personalising your very own celebration. Immerse in the spirit of Christmas with carollers and gorgeous festive decorations galore. (Visit 'www.panpacific.com/singapore/festive for
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      562 14 Reuters, Bloomberg Central bank says it was an emergency; both have repaid the emergency loans [LONDON] The Bank of England (BOE) provided more than £60 billion (*****.7 billion) in emergency loans to RBS and HBOS at the height of the credit crisis
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      477 14 AP, Reuters Bank's £13.5 billion cash call is Britain's largest ever [LONDON] Lloyds Banking Group said yesterday its shareholders will get a huge discount for subscribing to its £13.5 billion (Ss3l billion) rights issue the country's largest cash call ever, designed to limit British government
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      532 14 -AP [SAN FRANCISCO] Hewlett-Packard's (HP) cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses. HP on Monday reported big revenue declines in four of its main divisions PCs, servers, software and printers in
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      266 14  -  JOYCE HOOI By in Jakarta DUPONT expects its revenue for 2009 to take a 15.9 per cent hit because of the downturn dropping from US$3O.9 billion in 2008 to US$26 billion this year. Its third-quarter sales, reported last month, fell 20
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      447 14 -Reuters Military gets broad powers to control anti-govt rally [BANGKOK] Thailand passed a tough security law yesterday, giving the military broad powers to control a street rally that begins this weekend by supporters of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The Internal Security Act (ISA) allows
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      38 14 tahla t THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY other NRI -.ffl This Non Resident Indian lives in a dormitory, wears a hard hat and travels in the back of a lorry MINISSHA'S flf i SWEET 16 %^f < V
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      567 15 Reuters US retail sales show signs of stabilising in first half of Nov: study [SAN FRANCISCO] Up to 134 million US consumers could venture out to shop for holiday gifts this weekend, although many are testing the waters for bargains before they
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      609 15 -AFP CLIMATE CHANGE New study comes ahead of UN's climate summit [PARIS] The planet could warm by seven degrees Celsius this century, a figure that lies at the farthest range of expert predictions made only two years ago, scientists said yesterday.
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      482 15 -AFP [WASHINGTON] Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources required if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued yesterday. As it is, humanity each year uses resources equivalent to nearly one-and-a-half Earths to meet its needs,
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      661 15 -MT [NEW YORK] Ali had Frazier. Coke has Pepsi. The Yankees have the Red Sox. Now, Wal-Mart, the mightiest retail giant in history, may have met its own worthy adversary: Amazon.com. In what is emerging as one of the main story lines
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      342 15 -AFP [GENEVA] Two circulating beams produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher on Monday, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three days after its restart, scientists announced. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said two beams circulating
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      3261 17 OVERVIEW EVEN as economies around the world are beginning to recover from the financial crisis, unduly high executive compensation has again surfaced as an important public issue. Several political leaders have repeatedly said that excessive pay in the financial sector had both reflected and encouraged
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      1350 18 Despite being an economical and environmentally sound way of moving goods, the shipping industry is now forced on the defensive IT is the most economical and environmentally sound method of moving goods around the world, an essential mode of transport that feeds and fuels the
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      975 18  -  DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK By I T'S tough being a shipping journalist at I this time ofthe year. All sorts of organisaI tions insist on your presence at presentaI tions and receptions to make sure their I message is not forgotten when the industry's
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        38 18 '000 lov Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 0.96 8.83 8.83 3.12 3.13 unch 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.05 -0.06 -0.02 unch -0.01 43 802 2923 167 6 0 180
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        26 18 IOV24 NT! Vol Evergreen Marine ...17.00 :irst Steamship 47.20 /Van Hai Lines 16.10 t'ang Ming Marine ..11.70 -0.30 -0.30 0.20 -0.05 9 3 1 4
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      493 19 Bloomberg Carrier will consider pontential investors' link to global alliances [SHANGHAI] China Eastern Airlines Corp, the nation's third-biggest carrier, said it's open to strategic overseas investors, almost two years after failing in a bid to sell a stake to Singapore Airlines Ltd. The
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      435 19 -AP [SHANGHAI] China Eastern Airlines is teaming up with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, hoping to cash in on an online shopping frenzy to boost ticket sales. Shanghai-based China Eastern has struggled in a market plagued by surging fuel costs, volatile travel trends and ever
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      2825 19 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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      410 19 [WASHINGTON] Easing Urnits on foreign ownership of US airlines as sought by executives and some European leaders isn't urgent because alliances enable carriers to compete globally, Continental Airlines Inc chief executive officer Larry Kellner said. Foreign ownership of US airlines is limited
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      345 19 Reuters [CHICAGO] The number of air travellers over the US Thanksgiving holiday will be down this year, which means shorter lines and fewer airport hassles, but full planes and new fees may keep passengers grumbling. "With seat cutbacks in the 6-7 per
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      403 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 A party with 100 in the Bl [2 4 5 0 French place part of growing up (11) 8 Paper cleaner applied to glass 7 (5,6) 11 Finished the port duke left 11 12 —hH—^k^l \^_\_m 12 Money for old rope sometimes (4) 13 13 Newcomer
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      Lock icon Hyundai muscles in on heavy goods vehicle market
      438 20  -  SAMUEL EE Light-duty trucks will debut first followed by buses, medium-duty trucks By HYUNDAI is muscling in on Singapore's heavy goods vehicle (HGV) market, starting with light-duty trucks first before moving on to buses and medium-duty trucks. This is authorised Hyundai distributor
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      Lock icon SAIC aims to double sales of own-brand cars next year
      505 20 Reuters [GUANGZHOU] SAIC Motor Corp aims to double the sales of its own-brand cars to 180,000 in 2010, its president said on Monday, as the top Chinese automaker seeks to tap the lucrative mid to higher-end market currently dominated by
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      549 20  -  SAMUEL EE By: VOLKSWAGEN is aiming for its new Polo hatchback to capture a 10 per cent market share in its segment (up from negligible) and has spent almost $1 million on its launch the largest amount for any VW model here so
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      655 20 -NYT [BERLIN] As executives of General Motors met on Monday with European officials to ask for financial help in restructuring its struggling auto operations on the Continent, Germany reopened a bitter public debate over state aid and job protections that has sharply divided
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      468 21 SRI Lanka may be poised for an economic transformation that has eluded the island since its independence from Britain more than half a century ago. The civil war which ravaged the island for the past 26 years ended in May and efforts seem
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      1029 21  -  JOHN GEE Because it threatens the human race and much of the rest of life on Earth with catastrophe By THE signs of global disaster are there for everyone to see. Rising seas menace low-lying coastal areas everywhere; the Ganges, Nile and Mississippi
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      809 21  -  SHADA ISLAM THE BOTTOM LINE ALMOST a year after America elected the charismatic and multi-cultural Barack Obama as president, leaders ofthe 27-nation European Union have done the exact opposite: after weeks of disagreement they have selected two low-profile, provincial and lacklustre
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      1036 22  -  ERIC MENG-KAI LEE Electronic medical records revolutionise the way health care is offered and how providers work within the system By IN October this year, a polyclinic in Singapore bravely went paperless. A first among its counterparts islandwide, it converted all its paper medical records into
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      52 22 23 gauge vitreo-retinal surgery Hip resurfacing Middle ear implant Restoration of spinal cord stimulation implant Trabecular metal augment and live fibula graft in complex knee and hip surgeries LASIK upgrade with 60khz IntraLase Kidney-cum-bone marrow transplant Delta reversed shoulder replacement Vision restoration therapy Macular translocation Micro-incision
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      864 22  -  YOU might think that bankers worry only about balance sheets, risk assessment and bonuses. Think again. Now, a banker needs to take a stand on the rights of Canadian aboriginals, foreign control of the UK industry, and the plight of jobless people during a recession. Welcome
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      8808 23 !-wks Tel Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) Hi; lay Low Bl .as1 Quote Seller Div Cvr Net P/E I Cap Sinil Hi. Coi 17 3 3148 8Telecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 34 15 5000 ABRHIdgs 15.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 8 2101
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      1626 24 High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 10 5 1181 s AAGrp 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 3 3480 t Adventus 20 8.5 3518 t Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 11 3.5 7814 t
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      387 24 _H|< Low Code Comi Sale cobo) _H|< Low Bu. Seller C'vr P/E $mil 111 102 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 109 815 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US808 -6 281 149 DBS STI ETF 100 280 -1 4627 3534 DBXT DJE50 10US$ US4468 3282 1682 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ US3207 5819
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      247 24 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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      9342 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 2.118/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/ A 1.368/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.11/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.8/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXAWM
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      369 25 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Nov 23 World Index Preliminan 818.0 1.5 20.7 1.6 21.9 1.9 26.9 EAFE Preliminai 761.6 1.5 17.3 1.9 23.5 2.2 28.6 Euro[ Preliminan 1109.2 2.1
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      131 25 As at 9am Nov24 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2660 1.3050 Can dollar 1.3020 1.3170 Euro 2.0600 2.0840 NZ dollar 1.0030 1.0250 jterlini ind 2.2870 2.3130 US dollar 1.3790 1.3940 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      175 25 Nov24 Bii Utter Overnight 1-month 2-months 3-months Overnight mode: 1/4 ys$ 3/8 7/16 9/16 11/16 Offer 1/4 3/16 5/16 7/16 BJd 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 0.25 0.28 0.35 0.38 0.60 0.90 1.00 Offer 0.20 0.22 0.25 0.28
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      26 25 Nov24 ten STI Nov 2783 2783 2780 SIMSCI Nov 337.9 339.9 334.1 Taiwan Nov 279.0 281.5 279.7 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      21 25 Nov24 I Bid Offer 1-month 1.3874 1.3888 2-months 1.3878 1.3893 3-months 1.3880 1.3895 6-months 1.3886 1.3901 Source: OCBC
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      290 25 Nov24 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 99.7325 99.6600 99.5000 99.2150 5037 6836 6715 3337 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES DecO9 99.495 99.495 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 99.495 99.495 99.520 99.535 99.535 99.475 99.390 99.330 99.330 150 4020 3624 1814
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      189 25 Nov24 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) Dec 09 266.0 Jan 10 267.0 Feb 10 268.0 Mar10 269.0 Apr 10 May 10 265.0 266.0 267.5 269.0 265.0 266.5 267.5 269.0 270.0 270.0 60 40 140 58 20
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      464 25 Nov24 AS _CS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso IS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.974 6.258 0.615 7.103 42.702 87.131 0.812 10.600 3.107 1.264 76.510 43.124 1.272 6.898 0.929 29.573 30.467 0.554 0.916 Canada 1.027 6.427 0.631 7.295 43.856
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      129 25 Nov24 Hong Kong 1164.20 1164.30 London Nov20 Nov23 1139.90 1169.75 1140.90 1170.55 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (SS) Nov 24 Buying Sellini Kilobar ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Sellim "55,248.38" ng Buying Igm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm lOOgm 1 oz 1 oz UBS Kinebar™ 124.12 350.96 628.09 1182.35
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      100 25 Nov23 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 10 1042.00 1046.00 1066.75 1038.00 Mar10 1047.75 1050.25 1071.50 1043.75 May 10 1049.25 1050.50 1072.25 1046.00 JuMO 1052.50 1053.50 1075.00 1048.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 09 39.40 39.71 40.70 39.33 Jan 10
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      76 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov23 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 79.04 2.21 WTI (Near Mth) 76.64 -0.31 Dubai (1-Mth F) 78.23 0.96 Tapis blend 80.90 0.95 Minas 79.70 0.95 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 77.40 85.40 1.15 0.05 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      156 25 Nov24 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2708 1.2727 0.9162 0.9167 Canadian dollar 1.3052 1.3071 0.9410 0.9414 Euro 2.0679 2.0704 1.4909 1.4912 NZ dollar 1.0050 1.0067 0.7246 0.7251 Sterling md 2.2940 2.2971 1.6539 1.654! US
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
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      993 28  -  -NYT Left to their own instincts, most people are set up for failure, reports JEFF SOMMER [NEW YORK] BUY low and sell high. It sounds simple. But if it's that easy, why don't more investors do it? Many try and most fail, numerous studies
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      843 28  -  DAVID SEGAL -NYT By [NEW YORK] Already facing a spate of private lawsuits, the legal troubles ofthe country's largest credit rating agencies deepened last Friday when the attorneygeneral of Ohio sued Moody's Investors Service, Standard Poor's and Fitch, claiming that they had
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      1198 29  -  As 2009 draws to a close, you may wish to consider the following tax tips still available to you before Dec 31 MANY people tend to focus only on investment when planning their finances. But it is equally important to consider your tax strategy, as
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      913 29  -  ROBERT J SHILLER -NYT By BEYOND fiscal stimulus and government bailouts, the economic recovery that appears under way may be based on little more than self-fulfilling prophecy. Consider this possibility: after all these months, people start to think it's time for
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES INVEST 2009
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      567 30  -  Genevieve Cua THIS time last year almost extreme pessimism reigned. Those whose portfolios were fully invested going into the bear market were braced for further depreciation. Those who invested on leverage scrambled to sell liquid assets to reduce their borrowings. Sentiment has since turned, and thankfully so. In
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      1706 31  -  Asia's strong recovery means that higher interest rates and stronger currencies will be two key features in 2010, writes david carbon ASIA is rapidly approaching the end of its sharpest V-shaped recovery on record. It's been quite a ride on both sides of the trough:
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      1337 33  -  The trend towards dividend payouts reflects corporate Asia's growing focus on maximising shareholder interests, writes lee king fuei Sources: INVESTORS seeking dividend yields have increasingly looked to Asia, a region usually synonymous with growth. Indeed, the region is home today to many high quality
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      1067 35  -  It should remain at acceptable levels as key inflation drivers are not showing strong upward pressure on prices, writes Christian imoltiimg EVEN as the world is awash with liquidity from government stimulus programmes and loose monetary policies, countries have been experiencing deflationary effects in headline
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      9 35 Source: DB Global Markets
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      12 35 Source: Bloomberg, Credit Suisse Asset Management
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      973 36  -  It seems that CFDs are meeting the needs of private investors like no other trading tool has done before, writes peter oxlade IT is not widely known that the popular contracts for difference (CFDs) first appeared more than 30 years ago, in the volatile post-crash environment
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      1088 37  -  As gold prices continue to trade at record-breaking highs, albert cheng looks at the prospects for the precious metal in 2010 THE fallout from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression has pervaded all sections of the investment community and eroded not only wealth
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      686 37  -  There is always a bull market going on somewhere you just have to know where to look, writes peter mcdermott THE foreign exchange market is the largest and oldest financial market in the world, with a daily turnover approaching US$2 trillion. It is also the
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      1795 38  -  It is now an open secret that ETFs have come out tops in the financial tsunami, writes Joseph ho THE Asian exchange traded fund (ETF) industry celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, a decade since Asia's first ETF the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong was launched.
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      1262 39  -  hiicholas iviak examines how both tenures perform in rising and falling markets as well as in collective sales THE question of whether to own freehold or leasehold property seems a perennial one, with pros and cons shifting with market cycles and new trends. Here,
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      1647 40  -  Structured product providers are working hard to create an environment that better protects the retail investor, writes shrikaimt bhat THE eventful fall of 2008 left in its wake many casualties in the financial world. The demise of a few banking stalwarts triggered reactions that froze
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      1397 41  -  Does holding excessive cash provide security or is it time to analyse cash allocation? Emmanuel bucaille finds out more f dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow." This adage used to describe a common desire of many mii vestors to secure their k wealth
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      35 30 Supplement Co-ordinator: Genevieve Cua Sub-editor: Pamela Chew Copy Editor: Elaine Koh Cover design and illustration: Ludwig llio Graphic artists: Mohamad Khairie Rahmat, Sarah Loyola and Ludwig llio Advertising sales: Martin Boey (9620-1358) Alfred Lee (*****578)
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      216 41 H |_J BwWTI VtW^Bl [ttf "To understand it, you have to understand the inner IAI workings of the concept of time." P^^PJ^^^^^^^^^^^^^P^^^^^^^l Ludwig Oechslin, curator at the Musee international JHH ZA^^^U d'horlogerie (international watch museum) in La ChauxrA. A. >^^H de-Fonds, Switzerland B watchmaker, astronomer and physicist Ludwig Oechslin. B
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