The Business Times, 25 December 2009

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIEMS www.businesstimes.com.sg DECEMBER 25, 2009 Ssl.oo I COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA(P) 123/08/2009 Sj£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Dear Santa, NO clothes please...
    889 1  -  Teh Shi Ning A peek into the Santa Letter industry and an insight into the minds of children By tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore IT'S a tradition that has stood the test of time and an increasingly cynical age: little boys and girls, sitting down with paper and
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    Lock icon Petronas ditches Lotus on a slippery surface
    418 1  -  S Jayasankaran Decision to support Mercedes instead of M'sian player may backfire on independent boss By btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur THE decision by state oil and gas company Petronas to sponsor the Mercedes Formula One team next season is a blow to the Malay-sia-backed
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      126 1 THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION S^JfRIE CHRISTMAS ABROAD PERSPECTIVE ■F BRITISH DESIGNER HB IH Charm of EuroPean Senate, US public TERENCE CONRAN 8-9 IKtIJHi markets L 6-7 hold card 34-35 CHARITY In praise of Scroogenomics Give, so that the money or gift ends up going to people who need it and can
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon In praise of Scroogenomics
      783 2  -  Vikram Khanna Give, so that the money or gift ends up going to people who need it and can really use it By vikram@sph.com.sg Singapore AT the annual Business Times Christmas party-cum-chari-ty auction on Wednesday, an umbrella depicting characters from the TV show Sesame Street but
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      Lock icon The spirit of giving thrives in BT
      352 2  -  Felda Chay By feldac@sph.com.sg Singapore YOU know the season for giving is here when an umbrella splashed with Big Bird and his pals from Sesa- me Street fetches $500. Such was the spirit seen at the annual Business Times Christmas party-cum-charity auction on
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      Lock icon No rebound in premium car market despite better economy
      709 4  -  Samuel Ec Q4 was unusually quiet for most luxury brands By samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore AN EXPECTED rebound in demand for premium cars as the economy recovers has not materialised. In fact, some distributors of high-end makes say that the market has softened
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      Lock icon The ghostwriters of Christmas past
      545 5  -  Joyce Hooi x'mas soapbox By 1N A YEAR marked by the fallout left behind by class acts like Lehman Brothers and Bernard Madoff, many must have felt driven to desperation. In the newsroom, where few had money to lose to begin with, journalists and editors
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      Lock icon Underperforming small caps unlikely to shine in this recovery
      895 5  -  Andrew Marks By btworld@sph.com.sg New York THE US economy turned in its first quarter of growth in the third quarter ended Oct3l, as it officially emerged from the deepest recession since 1980. But unlike the overwhelming majority of post-recession periods going
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      Lock icon Malaysia property gains tax gets a time bar
      402 6  -  Pauline Ng It will now apply only to sales of properties within 5 years of acquisition By btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will now impose real property gains tax (RPGT) of 5 per cent on those who sell their property within five years
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      Lock icon More Chinese turning to the Internet for holiday shopping
      704 6  -  Xinhua Beijing AS SHE unwrapped the parcel, Yang Ting, who works for a foreign company in Beijing, marvelled at the set of delicate Christmas pompons, which was the third gift she had bought online within a month to decorate her house.
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      Lock icon Woods' affairs: a holiday gift to lawyers
      761 7  -  Ann Woolner Bloomberg By WHETHER a one-night hook-up or a long-running romance, a relationship without marriage rarely requires lawyers. Why call in a legal expert unless there's a pre-nup to negotiate, a will to write or a divorce to handle? Tiger Woods' sex
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Joy to the world
      2006 8  -  Clarissa Tan Indomitable British designer Terence Conran says his biggest present to society may have been to bring beauty to as many as possible. By HAT a huge, complicated set of questions you've set down," remarks Terence Conran, on a crackly phone line from London. "I'll
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      73 8 Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels Resorts. Raffles Hotels Resorts epitomizes enchanting experiences, embodying global sophistication and residential charm. Each is exclusive, intimate with a distinctive sense of place, imbued with heartfelt service that is intuitive and unobtrusive "like
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon MAS probes China Yongsheng for breaches
      542 9  -  Angela Tan Move follows SGX's June reprimand of the company for its failure to disclose acquisition of a land parcel in Suzhou By angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore BARELY six months after being rapped by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for poor disclosures and weak internal controls, China
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      Lock icon ST Engg unit wins 33m yuan waste transfer station deal
      303 9 THE ST Engineering (ST Engg) group has won a tender worth about 33 million yuan (556.5 million) in Wuhan, China, for the designing, building and delivery of a waste transfer station in Donghu Newtech Zone. The project commences immediately and
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      Lock icon Brunei Shell extends Swiber contract
      302 9  -  Vincent Wee By vincewee@sph.com.sg Singapore OFFSHORE construction firm Swiber Holdings has had its contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) to provide transportation and installation of offshore structures and pipelines extended till 2014. Swiber declined to give contract values but a similar contract extension sealed last
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      Lock icon Oceanus to raise $41.5m from issue of TDRs
      389 10  -  Jamie Lee Group to offer 100 m new shares and 100 m vendor shares at NT$9.5O each By leejamie@sph.com.sg Singapore ABALONE producer Oceanus Group said yesterday that it is raising $41.5 million through the listing of Taiwan Depository Receipts (TDRs) at NT$9.5O
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      Lock icon 10 events that shaped the local market in 2009
      1668 11  -  Emilyn Yap By JUST as Santa checks his list twice to find out who has been naughty or nice, BT has gone through news from 2009 's financial torrent to sieve major events that have shaped the local market for better
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      Lock icon A quiet session ahead of year-end holidays
      544 12  -  R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent NOT unexpectedly, activity in the local stock market yesterday was virtually non-exist-ent. Volume was low even for a half-day session. Punters focused their attention on low-priced issues and those for which there was fresh news that was potentially
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      118 12 VOL CLOSE Jceanus 35,756 39 0.5 1.3 "eledata 23,097 7.5 0.0 0.0 ifflesEdu 22,008 39 1.5 4.0 jentini SP 15,470 117 -1.0 -0.8 )&M Denal 12,045 51 5.0 10.9 9,085 1.5 0.0 0.( jwiber 8,561 96 2.5 2.7 'ini Li 8,123 62.5 0.0 0.0 IG Metal 7,980
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      57 12 CLOSE UP ,LD 10US$ ***** 134.1 0.' iBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 4319 115.7 1.' iBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4579 93.2 1.! China H 10US$ 1642 56.5 2.! iBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1620 48.0 2.1 :reative Tech 646 31.0 5.1 :XA50ETFMBLeCW***** 27.5 17.5 175.1 )CBC Bk5.1%NCPS100 ***** 14.0 0.1 Korea 10US$ 407
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      48 12 CLOSEDOWN IMH 3018 -36.7 -05 lardine C&C 2590 -36.0 -1.. ISH 1776 -14.' -0 )CBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 9730 -10.0 -o.iBXT S&P Short 10US$ 538' -9.9 -o.IOB.ES.0912 1946 -8.0 -0.. 339 -6.0 -15 _GX.ES.0912 802 -6.0 -05 >el Con 818 -4.0 -O: 'ilmar 639 -4.0 -0
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      98 12 litaLand 4.170 +0.010 ]apitaMall 1.770 -0.010 :ityDev 11.440 ;omfortDelGro 1.610 ]osco Con 1.090 iBS Gn 15.060 +0.080 :&N 4.150 jenting SP 1.170 -0.010 iolden A; ;ri 0.490 -0.005 IK Land 4.780 +0.010 IMH 30.180 -0.260 ISH 17.760 -0.100 lardine C&C 25.900 -0.360 >el Con 8.180 -0.040 IOL 1.590
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      Lock icon Prudence the corporate bond market theme in 2010: S&P
      446 12 Bloomberg Singapore "PRUDENCE amid a tepid recovery" will be the theme of corporate bond markets next year as creditworthiness improves, default rates slow and housing markets show signs of recovery, according to Standard Poor's. "We expect some potholes, along with bursts
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      171 9 World Scientific PUBLIC LECTURE I TOPIC An Overview of Higher Education in the United States I SPEAKER Prof. Kerson Huang Professor of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) i^L 61 I CHAIRMAN Prof. Phua Kok Khoo World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Tuesday, 29 December 2009 3.00pm World Scientific Publishing
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Celebratory mood here as worst of crisis fades
      253 13  -  Arthur Lee ByJ arthurl@sph.com.sg MORE people seem to be optimistic, with big crowds in celebratory spirits out in force at most shopping centres. At midnight on Wednesday, Orchard Road was packed with people, and expressway traffic into town was slow. Stores obliged
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      Lock icon Manufacturing output down 8.2% in Nov
      376 13  -  Teh Shi Ning Decline is the sharpest since March as volatile pharmaceutical output takes a dive By tshining@sph.com.sg VOLATILE pharmaceutical output more than halved in November, leading to an 8.2 per cent fall in overall manufacturing output from a year ago. This is the
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      Lock icon Asean disaster management pact takes effect
      177 13 THE Asean Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) entered into force yesterday, after being ratified by all the ten member states, said the Asean Secretariat in a statement. AADMER is the region's response to the need to establish a regional disaster management
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      Lock icon Qualitas buys 75% stake in SmileFocus
      235 14 QUALITAS Medical Group, through subsidiary Qualitas Healthcare International Sdn Bhd, is planning the acquisition of a 75 per cent stake in Dr Marcus Cooney Associates Pte Ltd (DMCA), which operates a dental clinic in Singapore under the trade name 'SmileFocus'. The consideration of the
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      Lock icon Going green with a real Christmas tree
      643 14  -  Zhang Jiao Real trees are biodegradable and almost carbon-neutral, proponents say By zjiao@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS are going for real Christmas trees, and contrary to popular belief, that may be a good thing for the environment. To be sure, many will not be thinking of
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon Hong Kong's roads clogged with supercars
      747 15 AFP Taxes of 120 per cent won't deter the über-rich from splurging on their favourite toys Hong Kong HONG KONG's roads look like pages ripped from a luxury car magazine. Hundreds of ultra-flash motors from Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches to Aston Martins, Rolls-Royces and
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  • CHRISTMAS
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      Lock icon No, No, No, instead of Ho, Ho, Ho
      1096 16 NYT There is a growing trend among some Americans to steer clear of the trappings and traditions of Christmas Washington It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas. So what was a good, compassionate, environmentally conscious guy like Dan Nainan to
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US okays compensation at bailed-out firms
      807 17 Reuters, AP Executive pay curbs to now cover only AIG, Chrysler and GM; Citigroup repays US$2O billion in bailout money Washington THE Obama administration's pay czar on Wednesday approved 2010 executive pay packages at bailed-out companies, exceeding government-imposed limits in the case of General
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      Lock icon AIG probed execs regarding pay moves: WSJ
      355 17 Reuters New York AMERICAN International Group Inc (AIG) investigated five executives who threatened to resign over federal pay limits, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The insurer, roughly 80 per cent owned by the US government, is looking at whether the executives'
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      Lock icon Obama health plan set to advance in Senate
      587 18 Reuters Yesterday's vote on US$B7l billion overhaul of US healthcare system needed only a simple majority for the bill's passage in the Senate Washington THE US Senate was poised yesterday to hand President Barack Obama a huge Christmas Eve victory by approving
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        Lock icon Two of Japan PM's former aides charged
        131 18 Reuters Two former close aides to Japanese Prime Minister YuMo Hatoyama were charged yesterday over falsified political funding records, Japanese media said, a development that threatens to erode support for the government. The scandal, which has been public knowledge for months, is thought
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        Lock icon Kuwait Parliament gives initial nod for bailout of indebted citizens
        132 18 Reuters Kuwait Kuwait's Parliament gave initial approval for a massive bailout of indebted citizens worth up to 6.7 billion dinars (5532.8 billion), which the government opposes as too costly, state news agency Kuna said yesterday. Finance Minister Mustapha Shamali, speaking
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        Lock icon Apple maintains Jobs's compensation at US$1
        82 18 Bloomberg Apple Inc kept CEO Steve Jobs's compensation at US$l last year while four other members of his management team each received a US$lOO,OOO raise in salary after the board decided they were underpaid. Mr Jobs didn't receive a bonus or any stock awards
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      Lock icon Stolen jet engines traced to Argentina
      298 18 AFP Kuala Lumpur TWO missing US-made fighter jet engines, worth US$29 million and stolen from a Malaysian military airbase, have been traced to Argentina, police said yesterday. Police chief Musa Hasan said officers were checking with their counterparts in Buenos Aires to confirm if
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      Lock icon CEOs of US brokerages to testify in inquiry
      498 19 Bloomberg They're among witnesses called upon by commission investigating last year's financial crisis Washington JAMIE Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase Co, will be among the first witnesses to testify before a commission investigating last year's financial collapse. Goldman Sachs Group
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      Lock icon China trade surplus seen sliding 19% in 2010
      421 19 Bloomberg Hong Kong CHINA'S trade surplus may slide 19 per cent next year as imports surge because of growing domestic demand, Bank of Ameri-ca-Merrill Lynch said. The amount will narrow to US$l6O billion from an estimated US$l9B billion this year, Lv Ting,
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      Lock icon Taiwan plans NT$60b rise in bond sales next year
      201 19 Bloomberg Taipei TAIWAN may increase local bond sales by at least NT$6O billion (552.6 billion) next year to help fund spending, with the final amount dependent on economic conditions, according to a government official. The Finance Ministry will probably auction more
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      Lock icon Japan to cut policy spending as budget looms
      481 20 Reuters Ruling Democrats abandoning ambitious campaign pledges due to slumping tax revenue Tokyo JAPAN'S Democratic Party-led government is likely to spend less than half the money it wanted to set aside next fiscal year for its main campaign pledges as the country's
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      Lock icon Google's AdMob deal draws 2nd FTC look
      613 20 Reuters San Francisco GOOGLE Inc said that the US government is seeking more information about the competitive impact of its proposed US$75O million purchase of AdMob on the nascent market for mobile advertising. The world's No. 1 Internet search engine said in a
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Some stay calm, others yell amid travel woes
      445 21 NYT Flights at NY airports run on schedule after weekend's snowstorm New York AS New York's three major airports recovered from the weekend's snowstorm, harried travellers had their share of horror stories: futile dashes to ticket counters, sleeping on floors, subsisting on
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      Lock icon All Nippon seeks US antitrust immunity for UAL tie-up
      191 21 Bloomberg Washington ALL Nippon Airways Co requested US antitrust immunity to expand an alliance with UAL Corp's United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc to improve efficiency on their trans-Pacific routes. The application was filed with the US Transportation Department on Wednesday,
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  • SGX
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      2239 27 Transaction date: Dec 24 SZ-wks Tel ligh Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote (1)00) High Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net C'vr P/E M Cap Smil 8 3 3148 8Telecom 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 14 16 5000 ABR Hldgs 5.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 1 1 1100 AEM
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      3091 28 Transaction date: Dec 24 ligh Low Code Company Sale Com) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil |5 37 2502 Del Monte 40 unch _09 55 1957 DelongH 90 unch \2 10 3143 DesignStudio 57.5 unch _4 4 1523 Devotion 8 6065 Diamonds US***** 0.5 1035 Digiland 0.5 i 3
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      3293 29 Transaction date: Dec 24 SZ-wks Tel Last High Low Code Company Sale Vol Day Last Quote C000) High Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net M Cap C'vr P/E $mil 7 1 5733 NTI Intl 5 34 18.5 1914 NamLee 26 +0.5 35.5 19 5720 Nera Tel 31.5 20 4 5762
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      1583 30 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      47 30 Up Down Unch 4 8 3 Up Down Unch 0 0 0 Up Down Unch 4 8 3 lulti Ind lanui Fact :unni .ommerce ■inance .onst ruction lotel 5ts" >ervices >as/ fateF ;ure larr Active counters with no volume for todai are not included
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      35 30 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAI lulti Ind 6,873 6,873 14,460 14,460 TarTUl l~acturiri) .ommerce -inance lotel ists >ervices led 'ater linini iiiarr Sing foreign stocks. Value calculated using Monday's exchange rates.
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      802 30 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Dec 21 Trans Date Shareholder/ Director Sell Conv Shares '000 Per Shr$ Before ('000) After ('000) Trans Date Substantial Shareholder/ Director Buy Sell Cony No of Shares '000 Price Per ShrS SHAREHOLDING Before After ('000) ('000) itock Stock design Studio
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    • STOCK MARKETS
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        Lock icon Straits Times Index
        24 31 YTD change:+6l.o9% 52-week high: 2,844.97 on Dec 23,2009 52-week low: 1,455.47 on March 10,2009 (Chart shows Thursday's index closing) Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Hang Seng Index
        25 31 YTD change: +49.55% 52-week high: 23,099.50 on Nov 18,2009 52-week low: 11,344.50 on March 9,2009 (Chart shows Thursday's index closing) Source: -Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Dow Jones Industrial Average
        24 31 YTD change:+l9.26% 52-week high: 10,516.70 on Dec 4,2009 52-week low: 6,469.95 on March 6,2009 (Chartshows Wednesday's index closing) Source: Bloomberg
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      • Article
        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INT'L INDICES
        361 31 Dec 23 dy yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminai 831.5 0.3 22.7 0.7 23.9 0.6 26.7 EAFE Preliminai 779.7 0.4 20.1 1.0 23.9 0.9 26.7 Euroi Preliminai 1121.4 0.4 23.0 1.1 27.2 1.0 30.1 Pacific 619.9
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        147 31 Dec 24\ :urrencies Bid >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2421 Offer 1.2437 Bid 0.8826 Offer 0.8829 :anadian dollar 1.3417 1.3433 0.9534 0.9536 iuro 2.0188 2.0209 1.4345 1.4346 IZ dollar 0.9940 0.9964 0.7063 0.7073 jterlini 2.2499 2.2527 1.5987 1.5991 IS dollar 1.4073 1.4087 >$/US$
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        Lock icon Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite
        25 31 YTD change:+73.l9% 52-week high: 3,478.01 on Aug 4,2009 52-week low: 1,814.75 on Dec 31,2008 (Chart shows Thursday's index closing) Source: Bloomberg
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        22 31 YTD change:+lB.93% 52-week high: 10,767.00 on Aug31,2009 52-week low: 7,021.28 on March 10,2009 (Chart shows Thursday's index closing) Source: ■Bloomberg
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        75 31 Dec 23|| COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hi! ILow MariO 2231 2239 2242/2228 May 10 2248 2254 2258/2246 Jul 10 2228 2227 2239/2223 Sep 10 2199 2198 2207/2199 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 10 1295 1289 1304/1289 MariO 1335 1328 1345/1329 May 10 1370 1363 1380/1365 SUGAR (US tonne)
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        97 31 Dec 23|| SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 10 1001.25 991.*****1.75 990.00 Mar 10 1009.00 998.*****9.50 997.50 May 10 1015.*****4.*****5.*****3.50 Jul 10 1019.*****8.*****0.*****8.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; usq/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jan 10 38.08 38.05 38.29 37.88 Mar 10 38.48 38.45 38.74 38.28 May
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        75 31 Pec 23|| ISS/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Srent blend (1-Mth F) VTI (Near Mth) )ubai (1-Mth F) 'apis blend /linas 74.92 2.42 76.35 2.98 72.92 0.67 77.85 0.60 75.45 0.60 •RODUCT ISS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change \l aphtha let Kerosene 78.05 -0.40 81.30 0.10 JSS/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price
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        63 31 Dec 24^ 'US! loz] Dec 23 Dec 2. -long Kong 1085.*****2.20 Dec 22 Dec 23 .ondon 1077.*****2.60 1078.*****3.40 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying 'assbook 1 oz 24.53 24.31 >LATINUM/Lon (US$/oz) Dec 23 Close Previous 'M Fix 1399.*****0.00 MFix 1397.*****1.00 Source: Thomson Reuters M.ATINUM NYMEX (US$/oz) Dec 23 Last
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        64 31 Dec 23| lelivery 4onth Opening Range Sett Price Av Price Low Vol Done Open Positioi Hi) Ian 10 reb 10 \/lar 10 \pr 10 rotal o/p 2462 2490 I 2506 2512 p: ***** contracts 2435 2465 2420 2476 2501 2462 2500 2521 2482 2500 2525 2489 Turnover: *****
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      1369 32  -  Leon Hadar That the US and China reached an agreement not to agree and to impose it on all others at the climate summit is probably the only good news that came out of Copenhagen Washington correspondent CRITICS of former US president George W Bush's
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      944 32  -  Matthew Lynn Bloomberg By NO one can complain that the last two years have been light on drama. We had the worst financial crash in living memory, and some of the biggest banks in the world effectively came under state control. Unless Tiger Woods
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      1162 33 NYT In this tough economic climate, even the snootiest stores are putting in extra effort to provide better service New York IF the doorman at Bergdorf Goodman seems a little more cheerful than usual this holiday season, or a salesman at Prada or Hermes
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      78 34 It's Christmas In our special edition. Jaime Ee saves Santa from the trenches of unemployment. Stephanie Yuen-Thio relates a festive travel itinerarywhile Renato De Guzman shares his family traditions. Shop ecologically at a store where Colin Firth might be manning the till. Feast on Yuletide goodies, keep the glasses filled
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      1650 35  -  Jaime Ec A certain hamster, armed with martial arts skills and a strangely comforting presence, gives the down and out Santa cause for confidence. By was the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for V V one mouse. He
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      1015 36  -  Audrey Phoon CHRISTMAS WITH RENATO DE GUZMAN CEO, ING PRIVATE BANKING ASIA PACIFIC After a difficult season last year, Renato De Guzman is looking forward to the year-end celebrations, and what will be his family's first Christmas in their Manila home. By IDN'T Christmas songs
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      1456 37  -  Stefanie Yuen-Thio CHRISTMAS ABROAD Joint managing director TSMP Law Corporation The Christmas markets of Europe will charm even those who are averse to the commercial trappings of the season IHAVE long been disenchanted with commercialised Christmases rife with fat Santa Clauses that have nothing to do
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      1301 38  -  Clarissa Tan Nicola Giuggioli of London's Eco Age store has a merry marketing strategy indeed in the gladsome form of Colin Firth. By ICOLA Giuggioli who, we might as well get it out of the way now, is Colin Firth's brother-in-law designed his first solar panel at
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      2378 39  -  Jaime Ec Audrey Phoon Jaime Ec Geoffrey Eu BT Weekend checks out four eateries that have opened just in time for the year-end festivities Wild Honey #03-02 Mandarin Gallery 333 A Orchard Road S 6235-3900 Open every day, including Christmas Day THERE are several reasons why you would
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      1129 40  -  N X Yong Proper planning is essential in choosing the right dessert wine. By THERE is a saying (attributed to the Chinese) that when you leave the table you should leave with a sweet taste in the mouth it could mean the meal itself or apply to
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      671 40  -  Christopher Lim These carbonated beverages are the perfect way to raise your seasonal spirits By CHAMPAGNE is one of the more obvious festive beverages, but the French aren't the only ones who know how to concoct delicious bubbly. Sparkling wine refers to all the the carbonated
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      708 40  -  Christopher Lim Two intriguing CD sets match music with foochanctwirie1 By A Symphony Of Taste Singapore Symphony Orchestra Singapore Symphonia Company Rating: B+ ANYONE who has listened to the same piece of music in different environments will probably realise that music affects you differently
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      877 41  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon This year's Chestnuts promises to be irreverently campy with over 30 sketches on topics like The Blue Mansion, Fl, YOG and even Ris Low. By THE Arts community has given us a few shall we say, uniquely Singapore Christmas traditions, and one of them
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      364 41 AROUNDTOWN Rituals of the afterlife EGYPTIAN mummies have arrived at the National Museum for one of the more "exotic" exhibitions to grace the museum to date. Quest for Immortality The World of Ancient Egypt emphasises ancient Egypt's rituals surroundingthe afterlife. The three mummies are among the 230 artefacts spanning 4,000
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      634 42  -  Geoffrey Eu Even Sherlock Holmes can't do much to save this lightweight film. IN matching wits against dastardly villains and solving the most complex criminal cases imaginable, everything appears pretty elementary to Sherlock Holmes, the thinking man's detective and the fictional hero created by
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      486 42  -  Geoffrey Eu By LIFE just isn't fair, and though that's probably not news to anyone who has ever watched a perfect tee shot end up in a divot or lost out on a prime parking space to an obnoxious queue juniper, it surely is
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        549 43 KEEPING the television on during house parties necessitates child-friendly shows, as do quiet family movie nights away from festive croW(is- Disney is a safe bet for entertainment fit for all ages. But if you've got a high-definition (HD) TV, you can't do it justice without HD content, and movies
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        468 43 GETTING some decent gaming done this weekend might be a tall order considering the number of parties being held, so your best bet is to take your games with you on your Apple iPhone or iPod touch. Sometimes the simplest games are the most addictive, and Oven Break: Gingerbread
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