The Business Times, 3 March 2011

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 138/08/2010 Thursday, March 3,2011
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    Lock icon Ship form gets good catch, casts net wider
    569 1  -  With 40 used-ship deals done, SSF eyes Japan and China By JOYCE HOOI [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Ship Sale Form (SSF) is reaching eastward. A translated guidance version of the form will be released in Chinese and Japanese today, in a bid to
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    Lock icon Wage bills set to rise as labour market stays tight
    765 1  -  It’s not due to the levy but full employment; Tharman refines PIC to help SMEs with cashflow issues By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Wage costs are shooting up but companies blaming it on the hike in foreign worker’s levy are
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    142 1 H ST INDEX 3,027.51 (-40.09) H ST INDEX FUTURES 3,023 (-40) HSIMSCI 356.26 (-5.40) HSIMSCI FUTURES 355.40 (-6.20) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.272 (US$/S$ per 1.623 2.064 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.377 1.751 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 82.10 64.50 RM 3.037 2.388 HK$ 7.792 6.128
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      29 1 OPINION BASF warms to a mature China Inc PAGE 19 SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES Be sure to catch our 24-page property supplement with today’s edition of The Business Times PROPERTY 2011
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      15 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW Stock suspension: Give investors viable exit strategy PAGE 5 8 '*****1 *****4
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      85 1 BizIT Indian firm mulls cloud banking from Singapore PAGE 26 COMMENTARY Revamping board committees for better results PAGE 9 HILL ew m. < feneve m ~ri*' F^Sj^ssPrS You never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation. EST9 19 54 SINCERE fine watches SINGAPORE
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      564 2 Wage bills set to rise as labour market stays tight WAGE costs are shooting up but companies blaming it on the hike in foreign worker’s levy are barking at the wrong tree, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said in Parliament yesterday. The real culprit is the labour shortage and
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      Lock icon Rajat Gupta on insider trading rap
      579 2 Reuters [NEW YORK] Rajat K Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs Group board member, has been accused of insider trading by US regulators who said he passed confidential information to Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam including Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s US$5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs.
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      Lock icon Cross-border yuan trade settlements on the rise
      969 2  -  Banks ramping up services to tap opportunities in this new growth area By LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] While “made in China” and “owned by China” are common catchphrases, making the rounds now is the new “paid-in-renminbi” concept as more companies seek to settle their
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      Lock icon SEC probing Macau operations of LVS
      840 2  -  By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] US regulators are investigating Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS), the parent of Marina Bay Sands (MBS), for its Macau operations’ compliance with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the company disclosed in an annual report. In a filing with the
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      Lock icon Senior civil servants to get bumper GDP bonuses
      767 4  -  They are in line to receive bonus of 8 months’ of basic pay after GDP spurt By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] The Republic’s red-hot economic growth last year of 14.7 per cent will result in a bumper bonus payout for senior officers in
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      Lock icon Oil nears US$100 on surprise fall in US supplies
      311 4 AP [SINGAPORE] Oil prices rose to near US$100 a barrel yesterday in Asia as a report showed US crude and gasoline supplies unexpectedly dropped last week. Worries over political turmoil in the Middle East intensified and also pushed crude-oil prices higher
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      Lock icon Petronas eyes 38% rise in capex over five years
      566 4  -  By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S national oil company Petronas intends to increase its capital expenditure by up to 38 per cent over the next five years to replace deteriorating assets and to drive growth, in a move that could
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      Lock icon BOJ chief warns govt over huge budget deficits
      600 4  -  Governor rules out monetising of public debt By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo GOVERNOR of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) Masaaki Shirakawa yesterday issued a blunt warning in parliament to the government not to expect the central bank to bail it out of
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon S’pore funds on Deutsche Boerse clearing system
      547 5  -  By LYNETTE KHOO DEUTSCHE Boerse has made Singapore funds available for trading through its central securities depository Clearstream, and is slated to introduce Hong Kong funds on its platform next. This is the first step in allowing Asian funds on its clearing system
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      Lock icon SGX trading value in February jumps 32% to $31.5b
      522 5  -  By FELDA CHAY THE Singapore market drew more interest in February compared with a year ago, pushing up the month’s trading volume and value for securities. Data from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) showed that last month’s trading volume for securities rose
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      Lock icon Provide small investors a way out of suspended companies
      740 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By VEN SREENIVASAN SHOULD small investors be left holding the proverbial baby for a seeming eternity when a company’s stock is suspended following the discovery of some irregularities? That is the question David Gerald, president of the Securities
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      Lock icon CDW uncovers ‘unusual’ bank transfers
      458 5  -  China lawyer says no misappropriation of funds, going by the law there By TEH SHI NING YET another company’s full-year financial audit has turned up questionable transfers linked to one of its China subsidiaries. CDW Holding, which produces and supplies precision components, has uncovered “unusual”
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      Lock icon SingTel unit sells US$600m of 10-year notes
      357 8  -  Order book closes after registering some US$1.8 billion of investor interest By KELLY TAY SINGAPORE Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) has joined other big Singapore companies in issuing bonds. Yesterday, it announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SingTel Group Treasury Private Limited (SGT), had priced
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      Lock icon CDLHT acquires Studio M Hotel for S$154m
      730 8  -  No immediate need for equity fund raising, says trust manager’s CEO By KALPANA RASHIWALA AS expected by the market, CDL Hospitality Trusts has announced the purchase of Studio M Hotel, which soft opened in March last year, for $154 million or about $428,000
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      Lock icon Highbridge exec quits, to set up own startup in Asia
      554 8 Reuters [HONG KONG] The US$125 billion Asian hedge fund industry’s star power just got bigger, with Carl Huttenlocher quitting Highbridge Capital as head of Asia investments to set up his own startup in the region. As the fund-raising climate for
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Darco Water executive director dies
        34 8 DARCO Water Technologies Ltd is looking for a replacement for co-founder and executive director Teh Swee Heng, who died yesterday. The company said Mr Teh had made invaluable contributions.
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        Lock icon C&G in sludge treatment debut
        79 8 C&G Environmental Protection Holdings has made its first foray into sludge treatment with a new plant in Jinjiang city, China. The plant is undergoing equipment installation and trial testing. The investment will be funded via internal funds and bank borrowings. The group expects the plant
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        Lock icon Dukang to raise NT$1.2b from TDRs
        100 8 DUKANG Distillers expects to raise gross proceeds of NT$1.2 billion (S$51.52 million) from issuing 65 million new shares as part of its proposed listing of Taiwan Depository Receipts (TDRs) on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. This is based on an issue price of NT$18.65 per
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        Lock icon Hyflux share price down on Libyan crisis
        75 8 THE 12-cent drop in Hyflux’s share price to $1.81 yesterday was possibly due to market reaction to volatility in Libya, the company said in response to queries from the Singapore Exchange. Hyflux added that it was seeking SGX approval to amend its articles
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        Lock icon Cambridge trustee ups loan facility to $120m
        71 8 CAMBRIDGE Industrial Trust’s trustee has increased its acquisition term loan facility with National Australia Bank to $120 million. About $24.4 million has been drawn on the facility thus far, and the remaining credit can be used to part-finance up to about $240 million
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      Lock icon Asian company bonds to beat US debt, says Fullerton Fund
      611 8 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Asian company bonds will outperform US corporate debt this year as the global economic recovery spurs demand for the region’s exports, according to Fullerton Fund Management Co. “As a corporate bond investor, your key concerns are balance sheet
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      Lock icon Dyna-Mac shares close 2.5¢ higher on SGX debut
      311 8  -  By JOYCE HOOI DYNA-MAC shares yesterday rose five cents or 14 per cent in early trading on the Singapore Exchange from their initial public offer price of 35 cents. The counter closed at 37.5 cents. Dyna-Mac’s IPO backed by cornerstone investor Keppel
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      Lock icon Revamping board committees for better results
      1399 9  -  Specialists should be co-opted without making them board members and committees should be renamed COMMENTARY By MAK YUEN TEEN The writer is associate professor of accounting at NUS Business School, where he teaches corporate governance and ethics THE global financial crisis has led to
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon No surprises as selling resumes
      586 6  -  ST Index falls 40 points after Wall Street’s decline and on the completion of short-covering STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent ONCE the short-cover-ing is completed, the selling and/or short-selling can resume. This much has been fairly predictable over the past couple of weeks as global
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      64 6 Mar 2 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -839.00-300.00 BT CADI -*****.00-227.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -84.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 750.82 -7.34 FTSE ST Small Cap 542.70 -8.99 FTSE ST All Share 747.64 -9.65 FTSE ST China Top 263.96 -5.52 FTSE ST China 295.73 -5.17 FTSE ST Catalist
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 6 VOLUME Dyna-Mac 138,134,000 Golden Agri 91,266,000 Genting SP 69,313,000 Olam 34,049,000 Noble Grp 33,541,000 Transcu Grp 30,633,000 SunVic 25,185,000 Inno-Pac 23,967,000 *Genting HK US$ 20,964,000 TopGlobal W*****9 20,190,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 134,266,644 Olam 93,443,280 DBS Grp 83,542,186 Noble Grp 73,375,460 Golden Agri 62,606,259 SIA 60,196,740 Dyna-Mac 52,601,115
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 11 3 0 0 0 3 11 3 Manufacturing 19 106 59 4 7 5 23 113 64 Commerce 13 24 20 3 2 7 16 26 27 Tpt/Stor/Comms 5 27 11
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        441 6 DMG Research, March 2 WHILST net interest margin (NIM) has been squeezed sequentially due to the low interest rate environment, we expect NIM to stabilise going forward. We forecast loan growth in the low teens which will contribute to net interest income expansion in FY2011. We have been
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        Lock icon CapitaMall Trust
        407 6  -  March 2 close: $1.81 OCBC Investment Research, March 2 Compiled by JOYCE HOOI CAPITAMALL Trust (CMT) has announced that it entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Iluma, located opposite Bugis Junction, for $295 million from Jack Investment Pte Ltd. The mall has a net lettable
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        Lock icon Glossary:
        135 6 Ebit earnings before interest and tax Ebitda earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation EPS earnings per share FY fiscal/financial year H1, H2 first or second half m-o-m month on month NAV net asset value 9M nine months P/B price/book value (ratio) PE price/earnings (ratio) Q1, Q2, Q3 first,
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 23,412 23,412 72,827 72,827 Manufacturing 257,098 9,514 266,612 202,689 482 203,171 Commerce 107,635 7,931 115,566 215,181 1,357 216,538 Tpt/Stor/Comms 95,156 1,841 96,997 216,400 347 216,747 Finance 22,563 30 22,593 185,291 4 185,295 Construction 21,788 2,254
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      111 6 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.750 CapitaLand 3.320 -0.030 CapitaMall 1.810 -0.050 CityDev 11.160 -0.160 ComfortDelGro 1.510 -0.030 DBS Grp 14.160 -0.260 F&N 5.710 -0.060 Genting SP 1.930 -0.030 Golden Agri 0.685 -0.020 HK Land 6.810 -0.060 JMH 46.920 +0.100 JSH 27.580 +0.020 Jardine C&C 34.180
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      Lock icon US$ maintains gains amid risk aversion
      471 6 CURRENCIES AFP [TOKYO] The US dollar held on to gains against the euro and yen in Asia yesterday as risk aversion gripped markets due to escalating turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, sending oil prices higher. The greenback was slightly higher at
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      Lock icon RISES
      108 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP GLD 10US$ ***** 180.5 1.0 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4341 128.4 2.4 IS DJ US Tech 6702 61.0 0.7 Lyxor India Nifty 10 1547 48.0 3.2 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 1028 25.4 2.0 DairyFarm 815 24.2 2.4 JMH 4692 12.7 0.2 HsuFuChi 380 10.0 2.7 OmegaNav 165
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      Lock icon FALLS
      127 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN IS S&P500 *****-343.2 -2.0 DBXT Nifty 10US$ *****-161.4 -1.0 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3234 -82.6 -2.0 Pru 500US$ 1112 -66.1 -4.5 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 3498 -63.6 -1.4 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1602 -55.9 -2.7 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 2054 -43.2 -1.6 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1915 -41.9 -1.7
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Govt spending to inch up in next 5 yrs
      628 10  -  But the Republic is unlikely to fall into heavy debt, says Finance Minister YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT By CHUANG PECK MING GOVERNMENT spendings are tipped to pick up in the next five years but Singapore is unlikely to go the way many
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      Lock icon Upgrading plans for Whampoa unveiled
      310 10 FRESH plans for Whampoa were unveiled yesterday by Heng Chee How, Member of Parliament for Jalan Besar GRC. Speaking about his vision for the precinct, Mr Heng, who is also Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, emphasised heavily on six social aspects, including
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      Lock icon S’pore among world’s fastest ageing societies
      679 10  -  First cohort of baby boomers turns 65 next year; two new initiatives for ageing announced By LEE U-WEN THE year 2012 will be significant for Singapore as it will be the one when the first cohort of baby boomers those born in 1947 turns
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      Lock icon Cruising for ancient nuggets of wisdom
      370 10  -  Business leaders soak it in at Sun Tzu talk by Prof Wee By ARTHUR LEE SUN ZI, the ancient Chinese General, came alive amid modern German automotive technology on Tuesday night at BMW’s showroom. Professor Wee Chou Hou spent an hour revealing some nuggets
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      Lock icon Life Insurance Association president re-elected
      352 10  -  By MAXIE AW YEONG THE Life Insurance Association (LIA) yesterday announced the re-election of Tan Hak Leh as its president for a second one-year term. Re-elected with Mr Tan, who is chief executive officer (CEO) of Great Eastern Life Singapore, is Neal Armstrong, general manager
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      Lock icon Menicon to make contact lenses here for global market
      334 10  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI MENICON Singapore, a subsidiary of Japanese contact lens manufacturer Menicon Co, has set up a $123 million manufacturing facility at the International Business Park, its first major production and research and development (R&D) centre outside of Japan. The
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      Lock icon Entry-level accounting courses launched
      202 10 THE Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has launched a flexible suite of entry-level qualifications targeted at students and employers alike. The qualifications include Introductory Certificate in Financial and Management Accounting; Intermediate Certificate in Financial and Management Accounting; Diploma in Accounting and Business; and Certified Accounting
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon China to revamp growth model in next 5 years
      633 11 If successful, the overhaul could see a slowdown in the country’s economy AFP [BEIJING] China, long the bargain workshop to the world, plans in the next five years to boost wages and narrow a worrying wealth gap as it vies to
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      Lock icon Markets tracking eurozone’s inflation forecast
      554 11 AFP [FRANKFURT] Financial markets will track a new staff forecast for 2012 inflation today as a gauge to when the European Central Bank might begin to raise its key interest rate, analysts said. “In terms of policy implications, watch out for 2012 inflation. The closer
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      Lock icon South Korean inflation hits a 27-month high
      603 11 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea’s annual consumer inflation in February rose more than expected to a 27-month peak, staying above the central bank’s target and hardening expectations from economists for another rate rise next week. The consumer price index rose 4.5 per cent in
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      Lock icon Global factory input costs climb in Feb
      674 11 Latest PMIs signal growing inflationary pressures Reuters [NEW YORK] Factory input costs rose across the globe in February, the latest sign of brewing inflation pressures, as manufacturing in the United States and the eurozone grew at the fastest pace in years. The sector
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      Lock icon Aussie economy grew 0.7% in Q4
      540 11 AFP [SYDNEY] Australia’s economy expanded 0.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2010, official figures showed yesterday, but the full impact of disastrous floods has yet to emerge. The statistics bureau said the quarter-on-quarter figure was up from a revised 0.1 per cent
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon M’sian banks poised for buoyant year: analysts
      473 12 Loans growth to stay robust in near term but is seen tapering off later [PETALING JAYA] Banks are expected to do well this year, on the back of robust loans growth and corporate deals that will benefit investment banks, The Star newspaper quoted
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      Lock icon Indonesia sees higher 2011 rice output
      582 12 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia sees rice output rising 1.4 per cent this year, leading to a surplus that will reduce the likelihood of imports by South-east Asia’s biggest economy, easing fears over escalating prices of the food staple. Ample regional supplies and the reduced prospect
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      Lock icon Proton, Nissan ink cooperation deal
      380 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Proton Holdings Bhd, Malaysia’s state-controlled carmaker, has signed a preliminary agreement with Nissan Motor Co that could lead to Japanese technology being used in cars from the South-east Asian nation. Proton will complete the strategic partnership by April 30, the Subang Jaya-based
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      Lock icon Jakarta may cut guarantee on deposits
      166 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia may gradually reduce the maximum deposit guarantee at banks as a global economic recovery reduces the risk that lenders will fail, Bank Indonesia governor Darmin Nasution said. Now “is the right time” to review the guarantee amount because the financial crisis
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon India’s richest man calls for ‘disruptive policies’
      658 13 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India needs disruptive policies and fundamentally different solutions to help meet future challenges, Mukesh Ambani, the country’s richest man, told a group of industrialists. “Mere policy reforms to incrementally affect the status quo will be meaningless,” Mr Ambani, 53, said
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      Lock icon China’s railway scandal widens, fuelling criticism
      582 13 Another official removed over disciplinary issues AP disciplinary [SHANGHAI] A widening probe into corruption in China’s powerful Railways Ministry is raising questions over the scale and pace of its multibillion-dol-lar drive to build costly high-speed railways, though it is unlikely to derail the programme.
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      Lock icon HK doles out cash, tax rebates in budget U-turn
      671 13 Concessions follow protests and polls showing slump in govt popularity Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong’s financial secretary caved in to protests over plans to bolster residents’ pension funds, opting to hand out cash and tax rebates that a week ago he
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      Lock icon NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
      78 13 [BEIJING] Visitors visit the newly-expanded National Museum of China in Beijing, the capital of China on Tuesday. China’s National Museum, lying to the east of Tiananmen Square, reopened Tuesday after more than three years’ of renovation. The exhibition area of the National Museum of China is
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      Lock icon Beverage billionaire sets sight on 100 department stores
      368 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Billionaire Zong Qinghou, whose beverage maker Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co has made him China’s richest man, said that he plans to venture into retailing by opening 100 department stores. “We are in talks with many local governments as establishing big
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Stanchart profit up 19% last year; 2011 off to record start
      671 14 It stays cautious on global outlook, says regulations getting more fragmented Reuters [HONG KONG/LONDON] Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered met expectations with a 19 per cent rise in profits and said it was off to a record start this year
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      Lock icon UBS to ramp up Asia-Pac wealth business presence
      607 14 Reuters [SINGAPORE] UBS, the world’s biggest wealth manager, aims to expand its business in Asia-Pacific at twice the pace of the market’s growth and is boosting investment in the hottest market for private banking to win more client money. Jurg Zeltner, chief
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      Lock icon Swiss Life H2 profit soars on lower cost
      325 14 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Swiss Life Holding AG, Switzerland’s biggest life insurer, has raised its dividend as second-half profit more than doubled on cost cutting and better investment returns. Net income rose to 289 million Swiss francs (S$396 million) in the six months ended
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      Lock icon Spanish households saving less, spending more
      635 14 Reuters [MADRID] A drop in Spanish household savings in 2010 shows that consumers are starting to spend after penny pinching through the financial crisis and should aid growth, Economy Secretary Jose Manuel Campa said on Tuesday. But economists warned that with unemployment over 20
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      Lock icon Audit finds US agencies wasting billions a year
      193 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Duplicating, overlapping and fragmented US government agencies are wasting tens of billions of federal dollars every year, according to a congressional report released on Tuesday. In its first annual report to Congress, which was mandated by legislative action last year,
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      Lock icon Yahoo in talks to sell off Japan stake to Softbank
      569 15 It aims to free up about US$8b and compete against Google, Facebook Reuters [NEW YORK] Yahoo Inc is in advanced talks to leave its Japanese joint venture, seeking to resolve its dysfunctional Asian partnerships and free up as much as
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      Lock icon The rise and fall of a big-time fashion designer
      679 15 Galliano awaits result of a police inquiry Reuters [PARIS] John Galliano brought flair, vision and a touch of outrage to Dior when he joined the Parisian brand over a decade ago, keeping it in the spotlight as some other legacy fashion
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      Lock icon Westpac looks to farm sector for growth
      503 15 Reuters [CANBERRA] Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp is betting on a strong rebound in the country’s farm sector, seeking aggressively to boost its exposure to agriculture as farmers recover from a double-whammy of drought and floods. Graham Jennings, head of Westpac’s agri-business lending division,
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      Lock icon Climate change threatens Aussie agriculture more than others
      436 15 Bloomberg [CANBERRA] Australia, the fourth-largest wheat exporter, risks more climatechange damage than other developed countries partly because of the threat to its agriculture, says Ross Garnaut, the federal government’s adviser on the topic. “Our agriculture is particularly vulnerable,” Mr Garnaut told reporters
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      718 15 AP [BANGKOK] Investors disillusioned by the implosion of Wall Street titans, economic anaemia in Japan and a debt debacle in Europe have found abundant opportunities to grow wealth in industrialising economies such as China and India. But now, as angry populations roil
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      489 16 He eyes acquisitions, but says there aren’t many elephants that meet his criteria Reuters AP [NEW YORK] Billionaire Warren Buffett said the US economy is “coming back” and does not need more stimulus, despite an uneven recovery that mirrors the fortunes of businesses
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      Lock icon Britain slashes aid to 16 nations
      306 16 AFP [LONDON] Britain on Tuesday slashed 16 countries including Russia and China from the list of nations it gives financial aid to and said it would no longer fund four “irrelevant” UN aid organisations. Angola and Vietnam are also among countries that will see
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      320 16 AFP [WASHINGTON] Private firms in the United States added 217,000 jobs in February, according to data released yesterday, a solid bump that pointed to a quickening recovery in the struggling jobs market. Private payrolls firm ADP reported a 15 per cent increase in
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      433 16 AP [DHAKA] Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been forced from his position as head of the microfinance lender he founded, Grameen Bank, television stations reported yesterday. Bangladesh’s central bank ordered his removal after accusations that he violated the country’s retirement laws, according
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      Lock icon Steep drops in Arab stock markets on M-E unrest
      645 16 Reuters Bloomberg AFP AP [DUBAI] Investors rattled by spreading Middle East unrest drove stocks across the Arab world down sharply yesterday, with regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia’s exchange suffering another day of steep declines. The kingdom’s benchmark Saudi All Shares Index tumbled
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      370 16 AP [MOSCOW] Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded Russia’s highest medal on his 80th birthday yesterday, a belated tribute from the homeland where many blame him for the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Mr Gorbachev during
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      34 14 LESS IS MORE Indian brides ditching traditional heavy make-up for modern, lighter look Indians add to foreign flavour in Singapore private property market GET YOUR COPY TOMORROW FROM ALL 7-ELEVEN OUTLETS (WHILE STOCKS LAST)
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      1194 17  -  Wall Street may be repeating the same mistakes made before the financial crisis, as far as borrowing is concerned By STEVEN M DAVIDOFF NYT DEBT is back. High-yield debt interest rates are low and companies are rushing to borrow. But the revival of the
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      679 17 About 5 smaller nations voiced doubts while Germany, France likely to say changes not enough NYT [BRUSSELS] A push to align European corporate tax systems has emerged as the biggest obstacle to a proposal aimed at imposing more fiscal discipline
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Libya turmoil threatens global recovery
      465 18 EDITORIAL THE recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia both of which saw a peaceful end to the crisis as their respective leaders eventually stepped down served as a huge wake-up call to the volatility in the Middle East, a region that was once regarded as
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      Lock icon The ‘not so obvious forces’ that fuelled the Arab revolts
      878 18  -  THE BOTTOM LINE THOMAS FRIEDMAN NYT FUTURE historians will long puzzle over how the selfimmolation of a Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, in protest over the confiscation of his fruit stand, managed to trigger popular uprisings across the Arab/Muslim world.
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      986 18  -  And the reappraisal is especially critical now, with the rise of the Asian middle classes By SANJAY CHATURVEDI The writer is professor of political science at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. This article is a review of the book ‘How Asia Can Shape the World: From
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      1141 19  -  Its latest investments in Nanjing and Malaysia spell competition for Singapore’s oil hub Jurong Island RONNIE LIM Energy Editor THERE is clearly a sea change in the way Western investors regard “grown-up” corporate China, evident especially in their dealings with the Chinese conglomerates
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      882 19  -  In 2011, a drop in external demand, rising inflation and hot money might weigh on economy By G SIVALINGAM The writer is a visiting senior research fellow in the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore THE YEAR 2010 has been
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      Lock icon Iata cuts airline profit forecast to US$8.6b
      845 20  -  Move follows oil price surge to over US$100 per barrel amid M-E unrest By VEN SREENIVASAN THE International Air Transport Association (Iata) has cut its industry profit forecast for 2011 to US$8.6 billion, compared to its December 2010 forecast of US$9.1 billion, on
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      3285 20 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ455 1230 KU6458 1425 SQ458 1425 EY473 1940 VA7473 1940 Adelaide LH9771 1745 LH9770 2350 SQ278 1745 SQ279 2350 VS7278 1745 VS7279 2350 9W4081 1830 AF8087 1830 BA7381 1830 JL5084 1830 MU8213 1830 QF81 1830 Amsterdam LO4031 0605 KL836
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      Lock icon Rolls-Royce inks tie-up to train 300 technicians
      438 20  -  Partnership with e2i and WDA will help meet its skills need By VEN SREENIVASAN GLOBAL power systems giant Rolls-Royce has inked a partnership with the National Trades Union Congress’ Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) to equip
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      278 20 SGX '000 Mar 2 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.45 -0.02 156 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.24 unch 25 Cosco Corp 1.99 -0.05 ***** CWT Ltd 1.21 -0.03 1766 Ezra Hldgs 1.67 0.05 8796 First Ship Lea 0.42 -0.01 366 Freight Links 0.07 unch 1192 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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      Lock icon Iata AGM in S’pore in view of Mid-East turmoil
      300 20  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN RESPONDING to the continuing turmoil and uncertainty in the Middle East and North Africa, the International Air Transport Association (Iata) has shifted its 67th Annual General Meeting to Singapore. This year’s meeting was originally scheduled to be in
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      349 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 9 Groom wanting old band (5) 10 Loss of silver after end of work in holy place (9) 11 Sweet bit of food pig may come across (7) 12 Mottled piece of fruit divine on the outside (7) 13 Set of beliefs Indian abandoned finally (5) 14
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    4286 21 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com UEN NO. **********0W UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Camden/New Orleans/Tampico Destination COMMODORE
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      525 22 Tough to win deals as surge in Asian demand shrinks number up for hire Reuters [NEW YORK] A lack of available liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers helped push charter rates up this winter and continues to hamper trade for smaller players without access to
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      Lock icon Norden Q4 profit slumps to US$23m
      210 22 Reuters [COPENHAGEN] Danish carrier D/S Norden reported a slightly smaller-than-fore-cast drop in operating earnings for the fourth quarter, hit by weak freight rates, and said that 2011 was likely to be a mediocre year. Earnings before interest and tax (Ebit) fell to US$23 million
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      571 22 Soaring fuel costs hoist freight rates on key grain routes Reuters [SINGAPORE] Spiralling shipping costs for commodities threaten to drive food inflation even higher as nations from Asia to the Middle East and Africa scramble for supplies, stung by grain prices that
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      278 22 SGX '000 Feb 2 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.50 -0.01 189 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 0.01 60 Cosco Corp 2.28 0.08 7278 CWT Ltd 1.26 0.01 2442 Ezra Hldgs 1.71 0.03 2724 First Ship Lea 0.44 unch 52 Freight Links 0.07 unch 5361 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      9064 23 Transaction date: Mar 2 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 14.5 3148 8Telecom 17.5 unch 30 17.5 17 17 17.5 7.8 3.5 3.7 83.8 12 4.5 5834
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      1657 24 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 7 4 1181 t AA Grp 4.5 4 5 21.4 4.3 225 130 6222 t APStrategic 165 +1 1 165 165 160
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      9538 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.35/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 1.06/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B SGD!** APS Alpha Fund Cl B USD!** AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM -Talents Fund
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      250 24 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 38 6000 AVJennings A53cd 50 55.5 3.6 6.6 4.2 138 55 16 6017 Genting HK US$ US38 -0.5 ***** 38.5 37.5 38 38.5 2502.1
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      908 24 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 124 108 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 110.7 +0.7 28 110.8 110.7 110.7 111 505.3 1070 761 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1028 +20 7 1028 1028
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      374 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 1 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 936.5 -0.3 4.3 -0.3 4.4 -0.3 5.3 EAFE Preliminary 829.7 -0.1 3.6 -0.1 4.6 0.0 5.4 Europe Preliminary 1204.7 -0.7
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      177 25 Mar 2 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.02 par 1-month 5/16 1/16 2-months 3/8 1/8 3-months 7/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.02 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.32 0.22 1 month 0.40 0.30 2 months 0.43 0.33 3 months 0.46 0.36 6 months 0.60 0.50 9 months 0.80 0.60 12
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      22 25 Mar 2 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2708 1.2718 2-months 1.2705 1.2715 3-months 1.2703 1.2713 6-months 1.2695 1.2706 Source: OCBC
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      121 25 Mar 02 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.333 1.258 Can dollar 1.33 1.279 Euro 1.786 1.718 Sterling pound 2.109 2.028 NZ dollar 0.978 0.932 US dollar 1.291 1.242 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      29 25 Mar 2 Open High Sett STI Mar 3016 3016 3023 SIMSCI Mar 361.4 361.4 355.4 Taiwan Mar 310.7 311.6 307.2 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      65 25 Mar 2 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Mar 11 3631 3660 3679 3629 1533 3314 Apr 11 3599 3624 3660 3561 2356 ***** May 11 3560 3590 3629 3506 ***** ***** Jun 11 3544 3565
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      472 25 Mar 2 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Mar11 99.6875 0 4827 Jun11 99.6400 0 2607 Sep11 99.5550 0 3214 Dec11 99.4000 0 2875 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Mar11 99.6625 0 6006 Jun11 99.6500 99.6500 99.6500 99.6525 0 1422 Sep11 99.6400 99.6400 99.6400 99.6450 0 766
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      140 25 Mar 2 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Apr 11 598.0 598.0 601.0 1 May 11 600.5 600.0 600.0 11 Jun 11 600.0 600.0 600.0 10 Jul 11 597.0 Aug 11 594.0 Sep 11 580.0 Oct 11
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      79 25 Mar 2 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****T 02.06.2011 0.34 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2011 0.40 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0V 1.625 01.04.2013 102.46 5-Year N*****0S 2.875 01.07.2015 107.4 107.5 107.46 10-Year NY*****N
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      107 25 Mar 1 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 11 1367.50 1357.25 1369.00 1347.25 May 11 1375.25 1364.75 1376.50 1353.75 Jul 11 1382.00 1372.25 1384.25 1361.25 Aug 11 1370.00 1359.00 1371.00 1351.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 11 57.07
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Mar 1 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 113.96 1.00 WTI (Near Mth) 99.61 2.61 Dubai (1-Mth F) 106.80 0.44 Tapis blend 117.35 0.76 Minas 113.25 0.76 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 105.83 -0.34 Jet Kerosene 127.75 -1.20 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      2616 25 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left AFP Properties EW*****8 24 unch 217 1 10 -6 1.50 56 6221 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 32 1 150 10 5.16 38 6227 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 3 1 4 40
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      464 25 Mar 2 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.986 6.643 0.734 7.874 45.293 89.080 0.829 11.387 3.069 1.364 86.549 43.949 1.285 7.043 0.938 29.969 30.877 0.623 1.011 Canada 1.014 6.736
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      85 25 Mar 2 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      154 25 Mar 2 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2841 1.2857 1.0103 1.0108 Canadian dollar 1.3020 1.3039 1.0244 1.0251 Euro 1.7502 1.7518 1.3770 1.3772 NZ dollar 0.9413 0.9433 0.7406 0.7416 Sterling pound 2.0627 2.0647 1.6229 1.6232
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      137 25 Mar 2 GOLD (US$/oz) Mar 02 Mar 01 Hong Kong 1429.50 1413.80 Mar 01 Feb 28 London 1422.45 1414.70 1423.15 1415.40 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Mar 02 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar "62,711.63" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 140 59 5gm 399 293 10gm 712
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      71 25 Mar 1 Mar 1 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2577.75 2569.25 3 months 2610.00 2600.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 9848.50 9879.50 3 months 9859.50 9885.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2568.75 2573.25 3 months 2555.00 2562.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      82 25 Mar 1 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Mar 11 2337 2392 2401/2330 May 11 2325 2381 2389/2316 Jul 11 2262 2308 2315/2246 Sep 11 2242 2280 2288/2223 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Mar 11 2337 2339 2379/2322 May 11 2384 unch 2412/2352 Jul 11 2397 2393 2419/2371 Sep 11
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon Indian firm mulls cloud banking from Singapore
      722 26  -  Nucleus Software to expand data centre and product offerings here, writes RAJU CHELLAM writes RAJU CHELLAM IT IS not just the top-tier Indian ICT companies that are looking to Singapore to set up or expand their overseas headquarters to fuel their growth. Now,
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      Lock icon New data roaming plans from StarHub
      304 26  -  By JERMAINE NG STARHUB yesterday announced the launch of four new data roaming price plans and Roam Manager, a free service that provides mobile roaming information and data usage costs for customers. The first of its kind in Singapore, Roam Manager allows users to
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      Lock icon Customers looking for help to manage data: Oracle
      504 27  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY BUSINESSES in Singapore are looking at solutions which help them to manage data and not just manage storage technology, according to Oracle. Speaking to BizIT, Oracle’s Ong Chee Beng noted that local companies are sophisticated in their use
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      Lock icon Xoom sales off to good start: Motorola CEO
      273 27 AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] Motorola Mobility chairman and chief executive Sanjay Jha said on Monday that the US telecom maker is pleased with early sales of the Xoom, its rival to Apple’s iPad. “They’re off to a good start,” Mr Jha said of
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      669 27  -  With financial pressures, they are starting to examine ops efficiencies By VICTORIA HO MILITARY forces are often thought to be well-oiled machines, but in the case of logistics efficiencies, many are closer to creaking behemoths, according to an expert. Allan Manning, a logistics
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Househunt PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR DISTRICTS 1 TO 28 WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN FEB 2 AND FEB 8 2011
      902 28 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED One Shenton Apt 08/02/2011 99 1130 2245 1986 District 2 NON-LANDED Int'l Plaza
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      Lock icon Australian mall magnate hands reins to two sons
      501 28 Analysts unsure how the 2 brothers will handle role as joint CEOs of Westfield Renters [MELBOURNE] The chief executive of Australia’s Westfield Group, the world’s biggest shopping mall operator, is handing control to two of his sons, starting a new era for
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      Lock icon Carrefour skids on plans for Dia, property spinoffs
      564 29 Divestments will unlock value of its assets, says company Bloomberg [PARIS] Carrefour SA shares fell in Paris trading after the world’s secondlargest retailer said it plans to spin off 100 per cent of its Dia discount chain and 25 per cent of
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      Lock icon Savills buys boutique investment advisory firm
      296 29  -  It’ll invest in and manage real estate assets in the region By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] Savills has expanded its range of services after acquiring a Singa-pore-based boutique investment advisory company. With the purchase, Savills’ new investment unit Savills Asia Pacific Real Estate will focus
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      Lock icon Starwood Property Trust posts Q4 profit
      345 30 Rising commercial lending boosts net gain to US$17.6m, or EPS of 33 cents Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Starwood Property Trust Inc, the real estate investor founded by Barry Sternlicht, has reported a fourth-quarter profit, with the company’s expanding commercial lending portfolio boosting income. Net income attributable
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      Lock icon Shimao to issue US$350m senior notes
      95 30 Reuters [HONG KONG] Shimao Property Holdings Ltd said yesterday it would issue US$350 million senior notes due 2018, raising capital to finance redemption of a floating rate note and to repay other debt. In a filing with the Hong Kong bourse, the Chinese property
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      Lock icon S P Setia buys prime land in Cyberjaya
      144 30 Bernama [CYBERJAYA, Malaysia] Property developer S P Setia Bhd has bought 108.5ha of prime freehold land in Cyberjaya’s flagship zone for RM420.4 million (S$176 million) from Setia Haruman Sdn Bhd. The land will be developed as Setia Eco Glades project by Setia
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      Lock icon US tech giants give office market a lift
      999 31 Startups also flock to San Francisco, which may hit 2010’s 7.5m sq ft of leasing Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] San Francisco’s office market is rebounding after record space cuts by banks, buoyed by technology companies including Twitter Inc and Salesforce.com Inc that may
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      620 32 It puts developers’ profit margins under pressure, say Credit Suisse analysts Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China’s less affluent cities, safe havens for developers amid increased government housing curbs, may lose their “advantage” in 2011 as land prices surge, Credit Suisse Group AG said. Land prices
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      259 1  -  Kalpana Rashiwala THE jury is still out on the latest dose of property cooling measures introduced by the government on Jan 13. Both buyers and sellers are watching the market closely, trying to assess the impact of the measures. It remains to be seen how prices will move.
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      1413 2  -  Singapore can expect less growth in the inflow of foreign investors this year unless exciting new initiatives are announced by the government again, says HAN HUAN MEI HAN HUAN MEI The writer is associate director, CBRE Research THE luxury condominium market
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      1059 5  -  Buyers will be more selective and pick projects in more attractive and convenient locations, write NG WEI EN, CHUA CHOR HOON Ng Wei En is research analyst and Chua Chor Hoon is head of South East Asia research at DTZ MASS and mid-tier
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      1280 6  -  Cluster housing combines features of landed homes with common facilities, write WENDY TANG PNG POH SOON Wendy Tang is executive director, head of residential services, and Png Poh Soon is associate director, head of consultancy research, Knight Frank LANDED properties shone brightest in the
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      1609 8  -  Scarcity and owners’ strong holding power mean the cooling measures may have limited impact on this segment, says WILLIAM WONG The writer is managing director, RealStar Premier Property Pte Ltd LANDED property enjoyed a fantastic year in 2010. Good Class Bungalows in the prime districts
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      1797 10  -  Offering unique differentiators helps developments stand out from the competition say JACQUELINE WONG CLAIRE GENT Jacqueline Wong is head of residential and Claire Gent is manager of research consultancy, Jones Lang LaSalle THE luxury prime residential market in Singapore taps into the demands of high
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      810 10  - Multi-purpose space the latest interior design trend Eclecticism and resort theme popular among young owners keen to be involved in design process By LINETTE LIM WITH property prices still bouyant, those who are craving the look and feel of a new home without the cost can look at another option
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      1257 14  -  Demand and supply-side measures are stabilising the market after four red-hot years. By EUGENE LIM The writer is key executive officer, ERA IT HAS been some six months since the government announced measures designed to help first-time buyers as well as to keep the
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      1246 18  -  Major contractors can stay competitive by venturing into property development. By NICHOLAS MAK The writer is executive director, research and consultancy, SLP International YEAR 2010 was a stellar year for the construction industry, with the total value of building contracts awarded amounting to $25.7 billion,
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      1319 19  -  DENNIS NG gives the lowdown on how the new rules affect the financing of your new property purchase DENNIS NG Dennis Ng is an accountant by training and founded mortgage consultancy http://www.HousingLoanSG.com in Singapore in 2003 IF YOU have a housing loan
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      1160 21  -  Estate agents expect stability in 2011, recovery in 2012, but economists cautious, says NEIL BEHRMANN A FLOOD of new prime developments are boosting the supply of London residential property and foreign investors are the targeted potential buyers. In hyped-up promotions, enthusiastic developers and agents
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      1209 22  -  Industry players cite robust demand for housing backed by strong liquidity, favourable interest rates and stable economy, reports PAULINE NG PROPERTY players expect Malaysia’s residential property sector to perform positively this year on the back of robust demand for housing supported by strong liquidity, favourable
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