The Business Times, 9 December 2009
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Title Section23 2009-12-09 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, December 9,200923 words
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Article, Illustration755 2009-12-09 1 ANTHONY ROWLEY - ANTHONY ROWLEY 7.2 trillion yen package may not be enough, but cash-strapped govt has little choice By in Tokyo THE Japanese government yesterday announced a basic 7.2 trillion yen (Ssll3 billion) fiscal package to maintain economic recovery. But while the proposed spending was raised755 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article89 2009-12-09 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.392 (US$/S$ per 1.634 2.274 :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.480 2.060 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 89.00 63.90 3.396 2.439 IK$ 7.750 5.568 !AHT 33.20 23.85 lUPIAH 9,450 6,789 lENMINBI 6.828 4.905 INDIAN RUPEE 46.74 33.58 1.099 0.789 1.405 1.010 KL COMP 1,261.46 -3.90 NIKKEI 22589 words
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Article28 2009-12-09 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONGKONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.793 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:Bloomberg - 28 words
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537 2009-12-09 1 JAMIE LEE - JAMIE LEE By [SINGAPORE] Independent directors (IDs) of troubled Sino-Envi-ronment Technology Group have applied for a court order to call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to remove the executive directors and also to strip them of their powers to execute several537 words
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Miscellaneous47 2009-12-09 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW i^; EXECUTIVE MONEY TRANSPORT HUB OPINION j||iiiK Japan Land twisting Professor slams financial industry KepFels wins another How'stateholders' J/^^MmMli in ever tighter knots for investment fallacies award for SSDT concept should run business fp tt^'iV^^g PAGE 8 ;'ki W PAGE3O PAGE 19 PAGE 2347 words
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THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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61 2009-12-09 2 THE Japanese government yesterday announced a basic 7.2 trillion yen (Ssll3 billion) fiscal package to maintain economic recovery. But while the proposed spending was raised slightly in order to placate critics within Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's coalition, it may not be enough to counter renewed61 words
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48 2009-12-09 2 INDEPENDENT directors of troubled Sino-Environment Technology Group have applied for a court order to call for an extraordinary general meeting to remove the executive directors and also to strip them of their powers to execute several types of financial transactions. FRONT PAGE48 words
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75 2009-12-09 2 SINGAPORE'S property market is looking relatively less attractive to investors as they worry about oversupply and over-development on the island. According to a joint survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the US-based Urban Land Institute, Singapore is fifth in a ranking of Asia-Pacific cities' property investment75 words
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53 2009-12-09 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has made a 60-year leasehold industrial site at Woodlands Avenue 12 available for application through the government's reserve list. The 347,451 sq ft site will be released for tender once a bidder undertakes to pay a minimum acceptable price. TOP53 words
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68 2009-12-09 2 SINGAPORE-LISTED Chinese companies planning a dual listing elsewhere to seek better valuations will need no further encouragement -just look at China XLX Fertiliser. Shares of China XLX jumped 51 per cent to 77 cents in Singapore yesterday their highest level in more than68 words
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57 2009-12-09 2 ESMART Holdings is buying a new mining and mineral resource development business in a $307 million reverse takeover deal. The company announced yesterday that it has struck a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Auzminerals Resource Group to purchase shares in Solar Silicon Resource57 words
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64 2009-12-09 2 A LANDED housing site at Jurong West put up for sale by the government drew a whopping 32 bids at the close of the tender yesterday. The top bid of $38.5 million or $254 per sq ft of land area came from Chappelis,64 words
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Article, Illustration569 2009-12-09 2 -AP Money may be used to update transport grid, help small businesses add staff [WASHINGTON] President Barack Obama is looking to use money left over from a massive fund created to bolster the US financial system a year ago, pursuing ways to lower-AP; AFP - 569 words
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441 2009-12-09 2 -AP [LONDON] The US and Britain must take action soon to get their public finances in order if they want to avoid threats to their top tri-ple-A credit ratings, a leading credit ratings agency said yesterday. In an assessment of eight-AP - 441 words
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520 2009-12-09 2 EMILYN YAP - EMILYN YAP By [SINGAPORE] Singapore's property market is looking relatively less attractive to investors as they worry about oversupply and overdevelopment on the island. According to a joint survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the US-based Urban Land Institute (ULI), Singapore is fifth in a520 words
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Article, Illustration732 2009-12-09 4 JOYCE HOOI - JOYCE HOOI COMMENTARY The rift is wide and the allegations are sensational, but somewhat pointless By [SINGAPORE] THE first day at Copenhagen must have resembled some sort of Bizarro world where everything is backwards. A carefully worded, if obvious, statement from President Barack Obama aboutXINHUA - 732 words
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Article, Illustration477 2009-12-09 4 JOYCE HOOI - JOYCE HOOI It will become one new $320 m entity, KS Distribution By [SINGAPORE] OIL and gas services provider KS Energy Services (KS Energy) is consolidating its distribution businesses into one new $320 million entity called KS Distribution. It will do this by takingBLOOMBERG - 477 words
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611 2009-12-09 4 Reuters [DUBAI] Investor confidence in Dubai took a fresh knock yesterday as its leaders dithered over a rescue for debt-laden company Dubai World and ratings agency Moody's slapped a downgrade on government-related debt. "You can usually take the view thatReuters - 611 words
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413 2009-12-09 4 KALPANA RASHIWALA - KALPANA RASHIWALA 60-year leasehold is near Admiralty MRT Station +By THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has made a 60-year leasehold industrial site at Woodlands Avenue 12 available for application through the government's reserve list. It will be released for tender once a bidder undertakes to413 words
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591 2009-12-09 4 AFP [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday dampened speculation that essentially zero interest rates were set to rise, saying the US recovery from recession remains fragile. "Though we have begun to see some improvement in economic activity, we still haveAFP - 591 words
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Article, Illustration1204 2009-12-09 6 The Asia-America Gateway is the region's first direct link to the United States which bypasses high-risk earthquake zones YESTERDAY'S launch of the AsiaAmerica Gateway (AAG) undersea cable marked a new milestone for consumers and businesses in Singapore and Southeast Asia. It1,204 words
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Article, Illustration468 2009-12-09 6 The AAG has an initial design capacity of 500 Gigabits per second and it can easily scale up to 1.92 Terabits per second in tandem with demand using Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology. DWDM technology combines or multiplexes in geekspeak multiple optical signals together within468 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article, Illustration736 2009-12-09 7 CHEW XIANG - CHEW XIANG 182 m units traded on SGX compared with 6-month average of 15m By SINGAPORE-LISTED Chinese companies planning a dual listing elsewhere to seek better valuations will need no further encouragement just look at China XLX Fertiliser. Shares of China XLX736 words
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358 2009-12-09 7 SIOW LI SEN - SIOW LI SEN They can expect govt support in hard times, adds report By SINGAPORE banks operate in a strong environment and can get government support in times of financial turbulence, according to rating agency Moody's Investors Service. "The Singapore banking system is358 words
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706 2009-12-09 7 IT IS odd that Japan Land did not mention who had been in charge of the accounts for its subsidiary Japan Asia Land at a press conference last week. Because if the board had said then that Junya Kitada chief financial officer of706 words
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402 2009-12-09 8 JERMAINE NG - JERMAINE NG Move into mineral resource business hinges on share issue, consolidation By ESMART Holdings is buying a new mining and mineral resource development business in a $307 million reverse takeover deal. The company announced yesterday that it has struck a conditional sale and402 words
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Article, Illustration350 2009-12-09 8 VINCENT WEE - VINCENT WEE By SEMBCORP Marine unit PPL Shipyard has on-sold a Pacific 375 class jack-up rig to Vietsovpetro after taking over the rig from original owner Seadrill last month. PPL paid US$lO.B million for the West Elara and actively marketed it. Vietsovpetro paid aFILE PHOTO - 350 words
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241 2009-12-09 8 WONG SU- JIN - WONG SU-JIN By THE Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) has launched a new derivatives-clearing system, SGXClear. Powered by Nasdaq OMX technology, SGXClear has received an upgrade that allows it to serve as a faster and more efficient system. It has been further equipped with added241 words
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Article, Illustration931 2009-12-09 10 Bloomberg He says Asia, South America may have the best openings [LOS ANGELES] Mandarin Oriental International Ltd, operator of 25 luxury hotels from Tokyo to San Francisco, may buy more brands as lodging companies struggle amid a decline in spending, chief executive officer Edouard– Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 931 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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Article35 2009-12-09 10 PEC Ltd is planning to buy 55 per cent of EBT Engineering Pte Ltd for $3.88 million. EBT provides painting and blasting services in the oil and gas industry.35 words
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Article85 2009-12-09 10 BH Global Marine will incorporate a joint venture company in Singapore to export marine-related goods and products to Myanmar. The venture is with Shwe Nyan Win and Myint Soe Them experienced businessmen in marine and oil and gas engineering with strong networks in Myanmar. The85 words
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Article59 2009-12-09 10 DMX Technologies Group has secured a contract to supply information technology security solutions to one of South Korea's main government agencies overseeing IT security-related matters. Subsidiary DMXTechnologies Korea Co Ltd is to put in place effective security surveillance against malicious cyber-attacks, namely Distributed Denial of59 words
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Article93 2009-12-09 10 SBI Offshore Ltd has announced that net profit for the six months ended June 30 increased 73.6 per cent from a year ago to US$l.39 million. Revenue for the same period increased 68.7 per cent to US$5.9B million. This was attributed to higher sales orders93 words
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Article109 2009-12-09 10 WESTECH Electronics Ltd has announced that its subsidiary, WesTech Investment Pte Ltd, has entered into an option to purchase agreement with Crown Success Enterprises Pte Ltd to sell its property at 34 Kaki Bukit Crescent, Kaki Bukit Techpark 1, for a sale consideration of $2.83109 words
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100 2009-12-09 10 FEDERAL International (2000) Ltd has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Federal Hardware Engineering Co Pte Ltd, has entered into a head of agreement to sell its entire 60 per cent interest in shareholdings in PT Gasuma Federal Indonesia (GFI) and the transfer of receivables due100 words
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146 2009-12-09 10 Bloomberg STRAITS Asia Resources Ltd, the coal miner controlled by Thailand's PTT Pel, plans to borrow US$3BO million from four banks to repay maturing debt, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Singapore-based company is in talks with Krung Thai Bank Pel,– Bloomberg - 146 words
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Article, Illustration551 2009-12-09 10 WINSTON CHAI - WINSTON CHAI The system, built by StarHubandlB other telcos, boosts Internet connectivity By INTERNET connectivity between Singapore and the United States received a major boost with the minting of a new US$5OO million submarine system built by local operator Star Hub and551 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration881 2009-12-09 9 OH BOON PING - OH BOON PING CURRENCIES Yen surges; US dollar holds firm against other currencies SAFE havens dominated yesterday, as the Japanese yen moved sharply higher, while the US dollar held on to its gains from earlier sessions. The yen climbed to a five-day high of 132.25881 words
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Article98 2009-12-09 9 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 115 2 0 0 0 115 2 lanufacturing 80 22 65 15 84 29 80 Commerce 23 13 23 26 18 28 'pt/Stor/Comms 22 10 24 11 :inance 11 11 Construction 10 10 10 13 'roperties98 words
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Article116 2009-12-09 9 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 11.848 11.848 26.926 26.926 lanufacturing 687.742 21.146 708.888 381.223 764 381.987 Commerce 153.238 81.564 234.802 111.710 19.087 130.796 'pt/Stor/Comms 85.080 4.087 89.167 139.278 821 140.099 :inance 14.608 14.608 111.753 111.753 Construction 28.970 92.847 121.817 6.206 1.436 7.641 'roperties 137.726116 words
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Article101 2009-12-09 9 lapitaLand 4.170 +0.010 lapitaMall 1.740 -0.020 lityDev 10.780 +0.340 lomfortDelGrc 1.540 +0.010 losco Corp 1.080 +0.010 IBSGrp 14.860 +0.020 :&N 4.050 +0.010 ienting SP 1.090 +0.010 iolden Agri 0.490 +0.005 IK Land 4.750 IMH 29.620 -0.300 ISH 17.400 -0.100 lardineC&C 25.520 leppel Corp 8.490 +0.020 IOL101 words
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Article769 2009-12-09 9 JAMIE LEE - JAMIE LEE Oil-and-gas companies DBS VICKERS SECURITIES, Nov 8 INVESTMENT thesis 1: resurgence in order flow. Our key investment thesis for 2010 is for builders to outperform asset owners/operators, due to the resurgence in orders. The key difference from the bull market in 2004 is that this order769 words
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Article, Illustration585 2009-12-09 9 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY STOCKS CHINA XLX's listing in Hong Kong provided the main talking point and punting focus in a session where the biggest challenge brokers faced was to find ways to occupy themselves, failing which they ran the risk of falling asleep585 words
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Article59 2009-12-09 9 CLOSE IT OB/OS -1.00 +75.C IT CADI -*****.00+117. IT 10-day MA -*****.00 TSE ST Mid Cap 669.33 +1.4: TSE ST Small Cap 531.04+10.4: TSE ST All Share 691.05 +2.6' TSE ST China Top 279.45+11.5' TSE ST China 295.12 +5.8' TSE ST Catalist 1192.35 +5.2 TSE ST Maritime59 words
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Article56 2009-12-09 9 VOLUME China XLX 182,348,000 Sapphire 92,329,000 Novena 76,524,000 China Milk 60,654,000 Golden Agri 48,882,000 Midas 44,538,000 Ocean us 44,043,000 CJFertilizer 38,574,000 BanJoo 38,302,000 CapMallsAsia 36,581,000 VALUE(S) China XLX 133,665,285 CapMallsAsia 95,802,650 Capita Land 63,883,970 Noble Grp 50,551,260 DBS Grp 45,739,786 Sing Tel 41,911,518 Midas 39,735,595 Gentinq SP56 words
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Article109 2009-12-09 9 CLOSE UP LP 10US$ ***** 253.2 1.6 :it 1078 34.0 3. lit ES.0912 1072 28.0 2. iBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4534 27.8 0.. :hina XLX 77 26.0 51.' IOB MBL eCW*****4 101 22.5 28. IOB 1970 20.0 1.' .IA 1370 18.0 1. ISMSCI India 100 677 15.3 1. ICBC Bk5.1%NCPS109 words
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Article109 2009-12-09 9 CLOSE DOWN *****-452.2 -2.9 DBXT Ni 10US$ DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 4567-130.8 -2.0 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3141-107.1 -2.4 "IH 148 -46.0 -23.7 China H 10US$ 1700 -44.5 -1.8 IMH 2962 -41.7 -1.0 ISH 1740 -13.9 -0.6 randBanks 41 -9.0 -18.0 HsuFuChi 210 -9.0 -4.1 DBS.ES.0912 1476 -8.0 -0.5 BY PERCENTAGE109 words
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Article86 2009-12-09 9 Wh lere S! i$ stands Dec 8 %CHNG CLOSE FRD«7 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.3919 -0.15 1.5579 1.3800 Euro 2.0585 -0.06 2.0952 1.9150 Pounds 2.2733 -0.02 2.4366 2.0356 1.2652 -0.16 1.2942 0.9453 'en* 1.5649 -0.10 1.7278 1.4831 Rill liah* 0.***** -0.17 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1925 0.01 4.339086 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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Article, Illustration477 2009-12-09 11 UMA SHANKARI - UMA SHANKARI Top bid of $38.5 m for popular plot comes from Kheng Leong unit Chappelis By A LANDED housing site at Jurong West put up for sale by the government drew a whopping 32 bids at the close of the tender477 words
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Article, Illustration462 2009-12-09 11 FELDA CHAY - FELDA CHAY By MANY small and medium enterprises (SMEs) here are unhappy with restrictions imposed by the government to limit the hiring of foreign workers, according to a survey by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI). A majority also saidSAMUEL HE/THE STRAITS TIMES - 462 words
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399 2009-12-09 11 AFTER the excitement of the Fl car race on the track around it, the Marina Bay area will have its first taste of real worldclass sporting action on the water when 24 of the world's top sailors compete against one another399 words
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476 2009-12-09 11 CONRAD TAN - CONRAD TAN China may allow yuan to strengthen to ease inflation: SG By POLICY-MAKERS in the world's major economies are likely to wait many more months before they rein in economic stimulus measures, even in Asia, where many economies have rebounded rapidly,476 words
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225 2009-12-09 11 THE time needed to diagnose heart attacks has been dramatically reduced, thanks to a new test developed by Singapore researchers. Researchers at A*Star's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) announced the test yesterday. It cuts the sample preparation and analysis time typically six hours to just225 words
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408 2009-12-09 11 JERMAINE NG - JERMAINE NG By IN markets where there is a scarcity of senior management talent, the law of demand and supply has outweighed the impact of the pay of senior managers, management consultancy firm Hay Group said yesterday. This has resulted in wider408 words
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Advertisement144 2009-12-09 11 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF CONTIPAC SHIPPING LINES PTE LTD (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (COMPANY REGISTRATION NO. *****5142N) Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap.so), the final general meeting of the Company and of144 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration717 2009-12-09 12 -AP Consumer credit falls USs3.sb in Oct. raising concerns of stunted recovery [WASHINGTON] Americans borrowed less for a record ninth straight month in October, another sign that consumer spending will remain weak, making it harder for the economy to mount a sustained rebound.-AP; AFP - 717 words
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716 2009-12-09 12 Bloomberg Proposals to tighten global banking rules may drive up costs [SYDNEY] Australia's experience of booms and busts shows that trying to regulate bank lending when borrowing costs are too low is unlikely to work, central bank governor Glenn Stevens said.– Bloomberg - 716 words
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500 2009-12-09 12 Reuters They are in a global hunt for yield, say managers, trustees [DANA POINT, California] Large public pension funds in New York, California and Ohio are looking increasingly to alternative investments in hedge funds, private equity and emerging markets in a global huntReuters - 500 words
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Article, Illustration522 2009-12-09 12 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The Bank of Korea, diversifying for-eign-exchange reserves away from a falling US dollar, said that additional gold holdings aren't attractive as most other central banks aren't buying and the metal offers no cash returns. "There's an illusion in gold,"Bloomberg; AFP - 522 words
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274 2009-12-09 12 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippines' budget deficit may widen to 320 billion pesos (559.7 billion) this year, exceeding the government's 250 bil-lion-peso target, as tax collections decline and asset sales falter. "We are now looking at a range of 280 billion pesos to 320 billion– Bloomberg - 274 words
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Article, Illustration490 2009-12-09 13 S JAYASANKARAN - S JAYASANKARAN It will establish fund management and corporate advisory operations By in Kuala Lumpur KUALA Lumpur has approved investment bank Goldman Sachs's application to establish fund management and corporate advisory operations in the country, Malaysia's capital markets regulator said yesterday.490 words
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Article, Illustration420 2009-12-09 14 Reuters Govt offers rosiest employment outlook since financial crisis hit last year [BEIJING] China's stimulus spending is on track to create at least 24 million jobs, the government said yesterday, offering its rosiest employment outlook since the financial crisis struck last year. That estimate,– Reuters; REUTERS - 420 words
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339 2009-12-09 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] Asia's property fund size will expand by more than 50 per cent in the next two to three years to US$2OO billion, driven by demand from institutional investors from countries including China, industry executives said yesterday. Pension funds, sovereign– Reuters - 339 words
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267 2009-12-09 14 Reuters It needs the money to acquire bankrupt chem firm Lyondell [BANGALORE] Reliance Industries is in talks with more than a dozen banks to raise US$B-10 billion for the acquisition of bankrupt chemical company Lyondellßasell Industries, the Economic Times reported yesterday. The banks include– Reuters - 267 words
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438 2009-12-09 14 Reuters [NEW DELHI] US aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co said on Monday it has started sourcing equipment worth more than US$6OO million from Indian firms for submarine fighting planes it is building for India. India signed a US$2.l billion contract with Boeing in January– Reuters - 438 words
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Article, Illustration606 2009-12-09 14 -AP [SHANGHAI] China extended its lead over the US as the world's biggest auto market in November, with production and sales more than doubling from a year earlier to both surpass one million vehicles. The Shanghai-based China Passenger Car Association, a-AP |; REUTERS - 606 words
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332 2009-12-09 14 Reuters [NEW DELHI] US nuclear firms said on Monday they were worried land scarcity in India could further delay a joint atomic deal already hobbled by policy hold-ups over issues such as accident liability protection. A 50-member US business delegation this weekReuters - 332 words
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Article, Illustration504 2009-12-09 15 Reuters Airbase feud with US, budgetary concerns still plague Japan PM [TOKYO] Japan's prime minister has survived a coalition scrap over fresh steps to prop up the economy but, with his popularity in decline, he faces tougher tests crafting next year's budget– Reuters - 504 words
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403 2009-12-09 15 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Plans by Australian regulators to improve banks' capital strength may cost the country's four biggest lenders A 51.76 billion (552.2 billion) a year, according to Nomura Holdings Inc. Liquidity rules proposed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) would forceBloomberg - 403 words
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302 2009-12-09 15 -AFP Australia pushes new media among civil servants [SYDNEY] Blog, tweet, update Facebook that's the message the Australian government is sending its bureaucrats as part of a push to break down barriers between public servants and ordinary people. Instead of seeing the social-AFP - 302 words
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215 2009-12-09 15 -AFP [SEOUL] North Korean mothers who work at street markets are publicly voicing anger over the communist state's shock currency revaluation despite the fear of arrest, a South Korean report said yesterday. Chosun flbo newspaper quoted informants in the North as-AFP - 215 words
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Article, Illustration641 2009-12-09 15 -AFP [NEW YORK] Tiger Woods is now on the inward nine when it comes to women claiming relationships with the golf superstar. News reports on Monday pushed to 10 the number of women linking themselves to Woods in the-AFP; AP - 641 words
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229 2009-12-09 15 Reuters [KAMAKURA, Japan] In a post global financial crisis world, it may be fitting that the first fund to be launched by a new Japanese asset firm in a year paints itself as an antidote to unfettered Western-style capitalism. Kamakura Investment Management, set by– Reuters - 229 words
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772 2009-12-09 16 Bloomberg Total amount may nearly double to USs46.7b, says Morgan Stanley negotiate US$26 billion of loans. It's likely that other state companies will "announce debt restructuring plans over the near term", the analysts wrote. "We believe that a haircut on the external debtBloomberg - 772 words
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Article, Illustration574 2009-12-09 16 AFP [DUBAI] Despite an alarming debt crisis, Dubai is rolling out the red carpet with its usual splendour for movie stars as the Gulf state's sixth annual film festival kicks off today. Matt Dillon, Christopher Lambert, Mandy Moore, Christina Ricci andAFP; REUTERS - 574 words
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Article, Illustration437 2009-12-09 16 Reuters [WASHINGTON] An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team will visit Dubai in coming weeks to look closer at the economic impact of the Dubai World debt crisis and actions needed to resolve it, a senior IMF official said on Monday. In■ Reuters - 437 words
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342 2009-12-09 16 -AP [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc and Wells Fargo Co are seeking to repay billions in federal bailout aid but so far haven't received permission from the government, people familiar with the talks told The Associated Press. The main sticking point is-AP | - 342 words
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598 2009-12-09 16 Super-rich Chinese London's next big act -Reuters Wealth banks look to Chinese who are outspending Arabs [LONDON] The fear that established clients will flee rising UK taxes might be giving London's private bankers sleepless nights, but a Chinese remedy is at hand, in the shape of a growing colony of-Reuters - 598 words
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Article, Illustration606 2009-12-09 17 Bloomberg Near zero rates fuel speculation, leading to next global crisis: economist Andy Xie [SINGAPORE] Federal Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke is prescribing "poison" to the US economy by keeping interest rates near zero and fuelling a wave of speculative capital that may cause the– Bloomberg; REUTERS; BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO - 606 words
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Article, Illustration707 2009-12-09 17 -AP Newly independent firm starts trading on NYSE tomorrow [SAN FRANCISCO] AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike the *****, though, when AOL got rich-AP - 707 words
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492 2009-12-09 17 .-AFP [WASHINGTON] The US government said on Monday it would start to regulate carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant, sidestepping a divided Congress to give momentum to global climate talks in Copenhagen. The decision paves the way for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).-AFP - 492 words
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535 2009-12-09 17 Reuters [HONG KONG] The Carlyle Group, the US buyout giant backing China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Ltd, could make a US$4 billion profit a return of more than six times its investment once China's No 3 life insurer floats shares in HongReuters - 535 words
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Article, Illustration466 2009-12-09 17 -AFP Google also adds Japanese to voicebased search service [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words to let people scour the Internet with mobile telephone cameras or spoken words in multiple languages. Google on-AFP; REUTERS - 466 words
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256 2009-12-09 18 VINCENT WEE - VINCENT WEE By JURONG Port is moving steadily to gear up for the future, while boosting alliances with existing customers. Leading shipping line and multi-purpose vessel operator Swire recently moved its multi-purpose operations to the port, while Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics and United256 words
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Article, Illustration650 2009-12-09 18 VINCENT WEE - VINCENT WEE It bags Asean Outstanding Engg Achievement Award 2009 By [SINGAPORE] Keppel Fels recently reaped the rewards of long years of research and on-site industry development by winning several awards for its ground-breaking semi-sub-mersible drilling tender (SSDT) concept the latest being theKEPPELCORP - 650 words
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Article987 2009-12-09 18 DAVID HUGHES - DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK A new blog is asking the right questions to improve shipping operations By THOSE who lay the blame (and there are many) for most of the global shipping industry's ills on the rise of open registers or "flags of convenience", as987 words
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746 2009-12-09 18 TAN CHOR KEE - TAN CHOR KEE By [SINGAPORE] "When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on," said Franklin D Roosevelt. This phrase would have been on the minds of many in the shipping industry at the start of746 words
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Article112 2009-12-09 18 '000 lee CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Mercator Lines MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.68 0.34 1.08 0.70112 words
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Article32 2009-12-09 18 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings PDZ Holdings 0.93 8.90 8.84 3.10 3.15 0.09 -0.01 unch 0.13 unch 0.02 unch 60 431 1307 205 17 4032 words
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Article12 2009-12-09 18 ■oo 'recious Ship Regional Cont 17.90 9.80 -0.10 -0.15 62: 121:12 words
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Article12 2009-12-09 18 '000 )ec Doil iingamas Cont .36.90 ...1.27 0.50 172: -0.01 1066:12 words
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Article22 2009-12-09 18 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 8.80 23.25 unch unch 0.10 unch unch unch 201i 52: i i22 words
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Article15 2009-12-09 18 lee Evergreen Marine ....16.75 :irst Steamship 45.95 /Van Hai Lines 15.85 -0.20 -0.30 0.1015 words
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Article39 2009-12-09 18 '000 (awasaki Hvylnd ..231.00 unch 7873 (awasaki Kisen 264.00 -15.00 ***** Mitsubishi Hvy 316.00 -7.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg...222.00 -6.00 5772 Mitsui Osk Lines 498.00 -17.00 ***** Mippon Express 397.00 -4.00 6310 MipponYusen 267.00 -16.00 ***** iource: Thomson Reuters39 words
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551 2009-12-09 19 Reuters Govt adviser on climate change eyes 60% limit for passenger growth [LONDON] Britain could go ahead with a new runway at London's Heathrow airport if the growth in passenger numbers between now and 2050 is limited to 60 per cent, the government's chief– Reuters - 551 words
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553 2009-12-09 19 Bernama MAS ended flights, shut New York office recently [NEW YORK] Malaysia's low-cost carrier, Air Asia, has set its sights on the United States market. Aviation experts here say that Air Asia could easily fill the vacuum left by the national carrier,– Bernama - 553 words
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Article2857 2009-12-09 19 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), AI: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), A_" Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn dmu \i\dm;, d^. Dourag Airlines (BOU), BR:2,857 words
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Article, Illustration640 2009-12-09 19 -AP [MOJAVE, California] In a Hollywood-style rollout, British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic on Monday took the cloak off SpaceShipTwo, after two years of secret development in the Mojave Desert. The sleek, bullet-shaped spacecraft is about the size of a large business jet with wide-AP; AFP - 640 words
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Article, Illustration522 2009-12-09 20 SAMUEL EE - SAMUEL EE In Spore, more than a dozen orders have been made; the first delivery is in January By BEFORE the launch of its California convertible a year ago, Ferrari had predicted that 60 per cent of buyers would be new to theFERRARI - 522 words
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Article, Illustration628 2009-12-09 20 SAMUEL EE - SAMUEL EE Independent workshop largest in western Spore By IT MAY be located in Jurong but China was the inspiration for the new $24 million automotive facility by Star, the vehicle repair and services division of Singapore Technologies Kinetics. The sprawling 6,000 squareARTHUR LEE - 628 words
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Article, Illustration697 2009-12-09 20 -NYT [DETROIT] Edward E Whitacre Jr, the new chief executive of General Motors (GM), has one big advantage as he tries to turn around the automaker a stockpile of cash to develop new cars and trucks. GM had already pumped up its-NYT - 697 words
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618 2009-12-09 20 Reuters Buyer BAIC secures USs2.93b bank credit [DETßOlT] General Motors Co is talking to BAIC, China's fifth largest carmaker, about a partial sale of assets associated with its Saab brand, including tooling and technology, two people with direct knowledge of– Reuters - 618 words
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Miscellaneous372 2009-12-09 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Sweet bishop facing total ruin W] [2 [4 (12) ■_r_ 9 Female performance conveying reality (4) B™ Hlo" 10 Meeting bridge opponents I I at the table (9) 12 Fashionable codes for mem- __H _____^^__H _H _H __H bers of extended family 12 B l^ 13372 words
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Article466 2009-12-09 21 "AFTER two years of negotiations, the time has come to deliver," said the United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer as the UN summit on climate change got underway in Copenhagen on Monday. The delegates from 192 countries who have gathered at the Danish capital have until466 words
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Article, Illustration951 2009-12-09 21 001 BOON JIN; LIANG MUN CHUAN - 001 BOON JIN LIANG MUN CHUAN Don't let simple business trips turn into something complex and expensive By and V HETHER in good or bad economic times, businesses often find that some corporate travel by employees is unavoidable. Regardless of whether this isREUTERS - 951 words
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Article, Illustration765 2009-12-09 21 FRANK CHING - FRANK CHING THE BOTTOM LINE WEEKS after Barack Obama was praised for being the first American president to visit China during his first year in office, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who assumed office in January 2006, was upbraided for not going to765 words
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Article, Illustration1361 2009-12-09 22 ROBERT GOGEL; LUDO VAN DER HEYDEN - ROBERT GOGEL LUDO VAN DER HEYDEN Here are guidelines for governments to get corporations and financial markets back to serving the public interest By and THE world is still waking up to the vast amount of capital injected by its governments into the "private economy"AFP - 1,361 words
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Article, Illustration995 2009-12-09 22 MATTHEW LYNN - MATTHEW LYNN Bloomberg ECONOMIC chaos? The US dollar crumbling? Central banks printing money like crazy? Probably the only real surprise about the surge in gold prices over the last few months is that it took so long to arrive. Last week,– Bloomberg - 995 words
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605 2009-12-09 22 LETTER TO THE EDITOR I REFER to Japan Land's announcement published on SGXNet dated Dec 3, in response to my letter to The Business Times published on the same date. In that response, the company stated: "We believe that the above (points) are605 words
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Article8696 2009-12-09 23 Transaction date: Dec 8 Hil !-wks Tel Low Code Coi Sale COOP) Hi; Low Bi Seller Cvr P/E Smil 17 3 3148 8Telecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 34 16 5000 ABRHIdgs 15.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 10 2101 APOil 93 35 5550 ARA8,696 words
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Article1695 2009-12-09 24 52-wks Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr Net P/E M Cap $mil Company 10 5 1181 s AAGrp 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 3.5 3480 t Adventus 201,695 words
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Article407 2009-12-09 24 Hii Low Code Comi Sale C000) Hii Bin Seller C'vr P/E s 111 105 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 819 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ 290 149 DBS STIETF100 4627 3534 DBXT DJE50 10US$ 3282 1682 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 5819 3228 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2814 2246 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ DBXTMSBrazilUD$10 DBXT407 words
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Article266 2009-12-09 24 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer266 words
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Article9381 2009-12-09 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 2.147/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/^- 1.372/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.15/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.83/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXAWM -Talents9,381 words
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Article122 2009-12-09 25 As at 9am Dec 8 >f foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer ,ust dollar 1.2600 1.2980 dollar 1.3140 1.3300 luro 2.0500 2.0740 IZ dollar 0.9870 1.0080 iterlini ind 2.2730 2.2990 IS dollar 1.3820 1.3980 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer .hi renminbi122 words
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Article152 2009-12-09 25 Dec 8 /oz) tec tec long Kong 1147.90 1159.20 GOLD BULLION COINS 6$) Sellini Bu' rim Dec 04 Dec 07 1178.40 1141.00 1 oz 1814.72 1648 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying .ondon Source: Thomson Reuters I Dec 08 Selling Buying 10gm SILVER Passboc $635.58 522 Selling152 words
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Article156 2009-12-09 25 Dec 8 Against SS lurrencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offei >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2658 1.2676 0.9098 0.910; 'anadian dollar 1.3179 1.3198 0.9472 0.947' iuro 2.0584 2.0611 1.4795 1.479' IZ dollar 0.9895 0.9913 0.7112 0.711 jterlini ind 2.2724 2.2753 1.6333 1.633'156 words
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Article64 2009-12-09 25 Dec 7 Co iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previous :ash 2124.00 2116.51 months 2158.00 2148.01 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) ;ash months 6960.50 6999.00 7005.01 7040.01 .ead (US$/tonne) :ash 2240.50 months 2275.00 2334.51 2366.01 lickel (US$/tonne) ]ash months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 unch 'in (US$/tonne) '.ash months *****.00 *****.01 *****.00 *****.0164 words
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Article72 2009-12-09 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Dec 7 origin^ IS$/barrel Close Cham irent blend (1-Mth F) 77.55 -0.88 WTI (Near Mth) 73.97 -1.61 iubai (1-Mth F) 77.83 -0.49 "apis blend 80.55 -0.25 i/linas 79.60 0.30 >RODUCT JS$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha let Kerosene 77.95 84.75 -0.70 -0.40 JS$/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price72 words
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757 2009-12-09 28 Market breadth will shrink and fewer stocks will do well from this point, says Morgan Stanley. GENEVIEVE CUA reports MARKETS are entering a phase in which earnings growth becomes the crucial differentiating factor, says Henry McVey, Morgan Stanley managing director and head of global macro757 words
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Article, Illustration1473 2009-12-09 28 NICHOLAS LARKIN; MILLIE MUNSHI - NICHOLAS LARKIN MILLIE MUNSHI Bloomberg Returns since 1980 can't match interest of current accounts By and [NEW YORK] Gold's best year in three decades has yet to match the returns of an interest-bearing current account for anyone who bought the most malleable of metals– Bloomberg; AFP - 1,473 words
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709 2009-12-09 28 MARK HULBERT - MARK HULBERT -NYT By [NEW YORK] Sanmina-SCI, the supplier of electronics services, is loaded with debt and in each of the last eight years has lost money. Its shares have risen more than 600 per cent since the stockmarket rally began on-NYT - 709 words
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Article, Illustration853 2009-12-09 29 That's the mission of Boston University professor Zvi Bodie, who is enraged at financial advisers' 'misinformation', reports GENEVIEVE CUA A US-BASED professor yesterday slammed the financial industry for perpetuating investment "fallacies" that do little to educate retail investors about risk and return. These fallacies include the853 words
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Article, Illustration1403 2009-12-09 29 NORMAN VILLAMIN - NORMAN VILLAMIN Moderate expectations about the return potential available in global equity markets next year are warranted WHILE we agree with the many commentators who suggest that the events of 2007-09 year are unprecedented, such statements, we have argued over the past year,1,403 words
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