The Business Times, 28 February 2013

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 074/08/2012 Thursday, February 28, 2013
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    Lock icon Shadow of costs may keep Sing$ strong
    781 1  -  Despite sluggish exports, MAS may have little option but to stick with strong currency By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Budget 2013’s implications for costs and inflation leave the central bank with little room to ease its strong Sing dollar policy, despite continued sluggishness
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      65 1 GST INDEX 3,261.12 (+6.86) GST INDEX FUTURES 3,261.00 (+7.00) GSIMSCI 367.53 (+0.35) GSIMSCI FUTURES 367.70 (+1.10) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.239 (US$/S$ per 1.510 1.870 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.309 1.622 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 91.80 74.10 RM 3.100 2.502 HK$ 7.758 6.261 BAHT 29.83 24.08 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      48 1 Tuesday Change KL COMP 1,624.14 -0.04 NIKKEI 225 11,253.97 -144.84 HANG SENG 22,577.01 +57.32 SET INDEX 1,518.05 -12.27 JAKARTA COMP 4,716.42 +53.38 MANILA COMP 6,616.27 -14.40 SEOUL COMP 2,004.04 +4.03 SHENZHEN B 813.87 +4.65 MUMBAI IND 19,152.41 +137.76 11am EST Change DOW 13,975.22 +75.09 NASDAQ 3,151.96 +22.31
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      22 1 SINGAPORE MALAYSIA MALAYSIA HONG KONG HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA JAPAN TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 CANADA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 Source: Bloomberg
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    Lock icon Where there’s a wheel, there’s a way
    556 1  -  Some buyers of luxury cars take the leasing route to avoid downpayment By SAMUEL EE [SINGAPORE] Comes the new rule, comes the new solution. Some buyers of luxury cars who do not want to put down a 50 per cent downpayment are going
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      249 1 HK BUDGET A modest package short of bold steps PAGE 2 COMPANIES Sterling year for the 3 local banks PAGE 6 BUDGET REACTIONS It’s sound to tax wealth over income: analysts PAGE 4 PROPERTY Expiring leases a worry for childcare centres PAGE 32 Property 2013 A 28-page supplement with your
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon HK’s modest Budget short on bold steps
      714 2 It offers marginal economic stimulus and relief measures amid uncertainty Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong launched a relatively modest series of economic stimulus and relief measures in its annual Budget yesterday to combat an uncertain external environment with its economy likely to recover
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      Lock icon Han Cheng Fong wins lawsuit
      825 2  -  By CAI HAOXIANG [SINGAPORE] Prominent private property developer Han Cheng Fong has won his lawsuit against his erstwhile partners, who had sacked him from an ill-fat-ed Sino-Singapore project amid an internal spat. High Court Justice Tan Lee Meng found that Dr Han was wrongfully dismissed
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      Lock icon Energy, chemicals to stay strong: Hng Kiang
      499 2  -  By RONNIE LIM {SINGAPORE] The energy and chemicals industry will continue to be a strong growth sector for Singapore, Trade Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. But although Asia’s growing demand for chemical products will bolster the industry, he warned of challenges
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      Lock icon SingTel, 2 others in India under probe over ‘illegal’ call services
      407 2  -  By NEETA LAL By in New Delhi INDIA’S Central Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations against three telcos, including SingTel, that they illegally provided international long distance services to Indian consumers. The others being investigated are Bharti Airtel
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      364 2 Shadow of costs may keep Sing$ strong BUDGET 2013’s implications for costs and inflation leave the central bank with little room to ease its strong Sing dollar policy, despite continued sluggishness in exports and manufacturing, economists say. FRONT PAGE Where there’s a wheel, there’s a way SOME buyers
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      Lock icon It’s sound to tax wealth over income: analysts
      949 4  -  But S’pore may have to raise income or consumption levies in the future REACTIONS TO BUDGET 2013 By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] The progressive tax measures unveiled in this year’s Budget will raise duties on those who own a lot rather than those
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      Lock icon Preschools hope for light touch from new regulator
      706 4  -  By MALMINDERJIT SINGH [SINGAPORE] Preschool operators are hopeful that the new Early Childhood Development Agency will bring about some uniformity and standardisation to the industry although there are fears that it may adopt a tough approach towards players. The new preschool regulatory
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      Lock icon Hotels brace for even tighter squeeze amid labour crunch
      566 4  -  By MALMINDERJIT SINGH [SINGAPORE] Hotels here are bracing themselves for the challenges of the tightening squeeze on foreign manpower supply. Still, hotels that BT spoke to said they were not surprised at the new round of measures in the Budget to
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      Lock icon Defence caught on the back foot in $240,000 casino debt case
      934 4  -  By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] The Republic’s first casino debt collection case that made its way to trial took off yesterday, with the High Court making a pointed remark why didn’t the defence request earlier crucial surveillance video footage that
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      207 4 GOLDMINES a IN INDUSTRIAL SPACE! What’s the next BIG thing after cooling measures? Howto identify the right investment? How to avoid pitfalls? How to Identify common misrepresentation? {When is the right time? SEMINAR DETAILS Date: 2 Mar 2013, Saturday Time: 2.00pm to 5.00pm Venue: National University of Singapore Society (NUSS)
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      78 5 Forbes Travel Guide 2013 Five Star Award Winner Travel Leisure World’s Best Awards 2012 Top 5 Resorts in Asia Travel Leisure World’s Best Awards 2012 Top 5 Spas in Asia South East Asia Property Awards 2012 Best Hotel Architectural Design The Robb Report 100 Resorts 2012 Top 100 Resorts in
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Local banks’ bumper year
      948 6  -  Core banking business did well in amazing 2012 By SIOW LI SEN THE three local banks have had an amazing 2012, with net profits jumping 40 per cent to $10.6 billion from $7.6 billion helped by one-off gains. But excluding one-offs, core banking business still performed
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      Lock icon UOB Q4 profit beats forecasts with 25% surge
      618 6  -  Non-interest income growth drives earnings to $696m By NISHA RAMCHANDANI UNITED Overseas Bank’s (UOB) net profit for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2012, exceeded expectations, rising 25 per cent year-on-year to $696 million, boosted by strong non-interest income growth. A Bloomberg
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      Lock icon Sharp fall in biological gains takes toll on IndoAgri profit
      376 6  -  By ANDREA SOH DESPITE an increase in revenue, earnings for Indofood Agri Resources (IndoAgri) in 2012 declined 30 per cent as lower crude palm oil prices and biological gains as well as poorer gross margin hit the palm oil group’s
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      Lock icon Petra Foods posts Q4 loss of US$16.7m
      243 6  -  By ANGELA TENG PETRA Foods Ltd sank to a US$16.7 million (S$20.7 million) net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2012, from a US$18.42 million net profit a year earlier, dragged down by losses of discontinued operations. Revenue for the
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      Lock icon Equation shares up 35% on placement news
      377 9  -  Stock the day’s most active; only the second time a stock traded over 1b units B)’ R SIVANITHY CATALIST-LISTED investment holding company Equation Corp’s shares yesterday traded a whopping 1.1 billion units and gained 35 per cent or 0.6 cents to close at
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      Lock icon Fincantieri offer for STX OSV not attractive: advisers
      487 9  -  By LYNN KAN INDEPENDENT financial advisers to the takeover of STX OSV have called Fincantieri Oil and Gas’s offer of $1.22 per share “not attractive” and recommended that the independent directors reject the deal. And STX OSV’s independent directors have backed the
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      Lock icon ThaiBev gets FY12 earnings boost from F&N
      320 9  -  By KENNETH LIM THAI Beverage Public Co’s 2012 earnings more than doubled as the brewer of Chang beer enjoyed a boost from Singapore conglomerate Fraser and Neave (F&N). Net profit attributable to shareholders jumped 137 per cent to 28.5 billion baht (S$ 1.18
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      Lock icon China Fishery shares fall further to 58 cents
      354 9  -  By ANDREA SOH SHARES of China Fishery Group fell a further 8 per cent, or 5 cents, to 58 cents yesterday as the market digested news of its ambitious takeover bid of a firm bigger than itself and a proposed rights issue.
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      Lock icon 5 potential properties from MGCCT sponsor
      794 10  -  Mix of projects being developed or already operating in Xi’an, Shanghai and Foshan Reports by ONG CHOR HAO THERE are five properties worth up to a potential $3 billion that the trust manager of Maple tree Greater China Commercial Trust (MGCCT) can potentially look
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      Lock icon Super Group Q4 net slips to $21.2m
      179 10  -  By LEE MEIXIAN INSTANT beverage maker Super Group’s fourth-quar-ter net profit slipped 9 per cent to $21.2 million, from $23.3 million a year earlier. This was due to the absence of a one-off gain of $10.1 million from relocating its packaging plant in
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      Lock icon At a glance
      503 10 Full year and Q4 results ended Dec 2012 Full year ended Dec 2012 NET PROFIT (S$M) TURNOVER (S$M) CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG Q4 ended Dec 2012 NET PROFIT (S$M) TURNOVER (S$M) CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG UOB 2803.00 2327.00 20.5 6495.00 5699.00 14.0 696.00
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      Lock icon Liquidity spurred listing of MGCCT
      383 10 Mapletree also upbeat on prospects of China, HK assets THE capital market being “flush with liquidity” is what spurred Mapletree Investments (MIPL) to list Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (MGCCT) at this time, its group chief investment officer has said. Chua Tiow Chye, who is
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      Lock icon Forterra net property income up 1.3%
      548 10  -  By CAI HAOXIANG FORTERRA Trust, formerly Treasury China Trust, posted a stable 2012 net property income of $58.8 million, up 1.3 per cent from 2011. No distribution was declared. The China property owner said it will focus on developing its flagship asset The HQ
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Keppel FELS clinches US$300m contracts
        62 10 KEPPEL FELS, a unit of Keppel Offshore Marine, has secured three contracts from repeat customers worth a combined US$300 million. The contracts are for: the construction of a KFELS B class jackup rig from Star Drilling; the upgrading of the semisubmersible ENSCO 5006 for Ensco
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        Lock icon Dian Xiao Er appeals against court ruling
        108 10 ROAST duck chain Dian Xiao Er is appealing against the court’s decision on its legal wrangle with Soup Restaurant Group over sub-leased space at VivoCity. Last year, Soup’s wholly owned subsidiary, Soup Restaurant (Causeway Point), started legal proceedings against its sub-tenant YES F&B
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        Lock icon CWT’s FY 2012 profit surges 89%
        70 10 CWT Limited’s net profit for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2012, soared 89 per cent year on year to $107.92 million from $57.15 million. Turnover more than doubled to $5.4 billion from $2.58 billion a year ago. A final cash dividend of three
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        Lock icon Swiber’s full-year profit jumps 42.4%
        88 10 SWIBER Holdings’ net profit for the full year ended Dec 31, 2012, rose 42.4 per cent to US$45.7 million, on the back of a 45.5 per cent increase in revenue to US$952.2 million from a year ago. In a separate announcement, Swiber said it had
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        Lock icon Mewah’s Q4 earnings fall 29% to US$9m
        72 10 MEWAH International has posted a 28.6 per cent fall in net profit to US$9.04 million, from US$12.67 million a year earlier, for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2012. Revenue fell 24.3 per cent to US$767.82 million from US$1.01 billion previously. Net profit
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        Lock icon Ying Li Q4 profit rises 3.7% to 323m yuan
        90 10 YING Li Intl Real Estate posted a 3.7 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit to 323.01 million yuan (S$64 million) for the fourth quarter ended 2012. Revenue for the period fell 67.7 per cent to 158.79 million yuan, from 491.05
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Penny party goes on as volume soars
      568 8  -  The Straits Times Index, benefiting from an overnight bounce on Wall Street, rebounds after sliding on Tuesday STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent MONDAY’S column spoke of the party in penny stocks continuing this week and so it was the case yesterday, when turnover
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      73 8 Feb 27 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -111.00 -202.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +18.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -11.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 811.99 -0.18 FTSE ST Small Cap 571.81 -0.12 FTSE ST All Share 804.60 +1.27 FTSE ST China Top 224.88 -0.86 FTSE ST China 256.48 -0.39 FTSE
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 5 3 0 0 0 7 5 3 Manufacturing 57 65 39 17 4 5 74 69 44 Commerce 29 25 15 8 5 1 37 30 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 14 15 14
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 118,493 118,493 88,389 88,389 Manufacturing 2,207,833 3,591,722 5,799,555 317,146 96,382 413,527 Commerce 1,483,077 645,954 2,129,031 151,185 79,147 230,333 Tpt/Stor/Comms 172,734 15,218 187,952 182,135 5,287 187,423 Finance 58,331 430 58,761 113,368 205 113,573 Construction 630,603 385,236
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      932 8  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM Far East Orchard Feb 27 close: S$2.17 MAYBANK KIM ENG RESEARCH, Feb 27 FAR East Orchard (FEOR) delivers a good set of FY12 results. FY12 revenue and core PATMI (profit after tax and minority interests) beat street estimates of S$111 million and S$60.2 million
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      110 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.060 +0.020 CapitaLand 3.860 CapitaMall 2.140 +0.010 CityDev 11.13 -0.020 ComfortDelGro 1.900 DBS Grp 15.10 -0.070 F&N 9.440 GLP 2.560 -0.010 Genting SP 1.535 -0.015 Golden Agri 0.635 +0.005 HK Land 7.680 +0.020 IHH Healthcare 1.345 JMH 64.13 -0.060 JSH 38.22
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      Lock icon Euro dips after Italian auction, seen vulnerable
      516 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The euro pared gains against the dollar yesterday to trade near a seven-week low after Italian borrowing costs rose at the country’s first debt auction since an inconclusive election. Italian 10-year debt costs climbed more than half a percentage point
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      53 8 VOLUME Equation 1,112,147,000 CarrierNet 745,311,000 Contel 736,879,000 Magnus 447,228,000 IPCO Intl 412,711,000 YHM 384,604,000 NexGenSCom 382,449,000 Annica 366,616,000 Compact 334,559,000 KLW Hldgs 331,225,000 VALUE($) GLP 102,937,580 Contel 78,511,510 SingTel 77,258,680 Rowsley 62,475,805 WE Hldgs 60,010,961 Keppel Corp 46,734,590 Golden Agri 38,579,220 GSH Corp 38,278,904 Magnus 35,419,593 DBS
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      Lock icon RISES
      109 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 139.2 0.6 GLD 10US$ ***** 138.7 0.7 DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 3678 133.8 3.0 JSH 3822 113.9 2.5 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 64.0 0.6 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2457 45.8 1.5 Jardine C&C 5116 36.0 0.7 STXPO 100 580 30.0 5.5 B
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      Lock icon FALLS
      122 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -68.1 -0.5 UOB.ES.1303 1928 -30.0 -1.5 DBXT MSBrazil 10US$ 551 -23.5 -3.3 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** -19.0 -0.2 SembMar.ES.1302 445 -19.0 -4.1 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 1112 -17.3 -1.2 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2884 -17.3 -0.5 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1384 -11.0 -0.8 DBXT
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S’pore businesses have no beef with current taxes
      416 12  -  Poll shows lower corp tax elsewhere not influencing them to relocate By MA XIANGYU BUSINESSES are generally satisfied with the current tax rates in Singapore and are loath to move to another country for lower corporate tax rates, findings from the Grant
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      Lock icon Debt collection specialist Atradius out to woo Asian customers
      683 12  -  But use of collection services as a credit management tool not prevalent yet By MA XIANGYU YET another multinational corporation setting up a base in Asia does not often make for an exciting or interesting story, but Atradius Collections’ case does,
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      Lock icon GCB site on Chee Hoon Ave fetches $22.9m
      200 12 A 15,184 square foot good class bungalow (GCB) plot in District 11, put up on the market by marketing agent Savills Singapore, has gone under the hammer for $22.9 million. This translates to about $1,508 per square foot (psf) of land area.
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      Lock icon Strong growth in AIA S’pore’s new businesses
      367 12  -  However, operating profit decreases by 1 to US$332m By LIM JIA YING INSURANCE heavyweight AIA Singapore has reported a solid financial performance for the year ended Nov 30, 2012. From 2011 to 2012, there was a 38 per cent increase in value of
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      Lock icon S’pore is Asia’s most likely LNG trading hub: IEA
      859 12  -  Its new terminal is seen boosting import capacity far beyond domestic consumption By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo SINGAPORE holds the best initial prospects for development as a regional liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub, according to a report compiled by the International
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Felda urged to use cash pile for acquisitions
      451 13  -  M&A route could help it grow earnings, says Hwang-DBS By in S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur A RESEARCH house has called on state-owned plantation firm Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGV) to use its huge cash hoard to grow earnings by acquisitions. The
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      Lock icon Sime Darby’s Q2 profit drops 36%
      334 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Sime Darby, the world’s biggest listed palm-oil producer, reported a 36 per cent drop in second-quarter profit as prices of the commodity slid last year. Net income dropped to RM708.5 million (S$283 million), or 11.79 sen a share, in the three
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      Lock icon Bumper dividends lift M’sia firms’ shares
      508 13  -  AirAsia surges by nearly a 10th; Dutch Lady Milk rises 4% By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur IN Malaysia’s cautious equities market, generous fullyear dividend declarations are proving a real temptation. Take budget carrier AirAsia, for example. Its shares surged by nearly a tenth
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      Lock icon Indonesia panel: scrap food import quotas
      271 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] Food import quotas in Indonesia encourage bribes and price spikes and must be replaced with import tariffs, a panel of government advisers has urged, in a measure that could smooth the way for overseas investors to satisfy rising demand. South-east Asia’s largest
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon India likely to hit fiscal deficit target this year
      726 14 Report says deficit would be 5.3% of GDP but growth seen at sluggish 5% Reuters [NEW DELHI] India is likely to hit a fiscal deficit target of 5.3 per cent of GDP this year despite significant shortfall in revenue, a government
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      Lock icon India to probe crash in small, mid-cap stocks
      350 14 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India’s stock market regulator said yesterday that it is probing a crash in shares of some small and medium-sized companies that has erased as much as 76 per cent of their value this week. Core Education Technologies Ltd, a supplier
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      Lock icon EU gets WTO support in trade row with China
      385 14 Reuters [GENEVA] The World Trade Organisation has backed the European Union’s challenge to Chinese duties on X-ray scanners and Brussels demanded they be removed immediately, saying it would not accept tit-for-tat trade retaliation from Beijing. China imposed duties on the security
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      Lock icon HK bourse profit falls 20% as IPOs, turnover drop
      299 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Exchanges Clearing, the world’s largest exchange operator by market value, said yesterday that fullyear profit plunged 20 per cent, the first drop in three years, as turnover and listings fell amid concerns of an economic slowdown
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      214 14 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China plans to allow Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan passport holders living on the mainland to invest in domestic Chinese shares, the China Securities Journal reported. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has authorised the nation’s securities depository to change its rules
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      Lock icon Bernanke plays up benefits of stimulus plan
      782 15 His testimony helps ease worries of reversal of support for economy Reu ters [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke strongly defended the US central bank’s monetary stimulus before Congress on Tuesday, easing financial market worries over a possible early retreat from bond purchases.
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      374 15 Reu ters [SYDNEY] Australian construction spending was flat in the last quarter as engineering work came off record highs, though a pick-up in home and commercial building could be a sign that lower interest rates are starting to feed through. Yesterday’s figures from the Australian
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      389 15 Factory output stabilising, corporate sentiment improving Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s government raised its assessment of the economy in February for the second consecutive month, saying factory output has bottomed out and corporate sentiment is improving due to the falling yen and rising share prices. The
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      Lock icon Sequester will hit economy at vulnerable time
      888 17 US spending cuts promise to bite consumers, business activity quickly WP [WASHINGTON] The US economy won’t collapse when the automatic spending cuts start hitting after tomorrow’s deadline. A few economists even say the sequester and its indiscriminate whack at the budget could eventually
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      672 17 AFP [WASHINGTON] With the US days away from billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts, anti-poverty campaigners fear that reductions in foreign aid could potentially lead to thousands of deaths. The world’s largest economy faces US$85 billion in cuts virtually
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      573 18 Fast network a boon for consumers but they’re unwilling to pay enough: telcos Reu ters [BARCELONA] South Koreans telecom executives have a message for European cousins who have long looked on in envy at the highly connected Asian market: Be careful what you
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      471 18 AFP [BARCELONA] As smartphone giants Apple and Samsung battle for the wallets of tech-savvy youngsters, a growing number of manufacturers is trying to lure a fast-growing new market: their grandparents. Handset makers at the world’s biggest mobile fair here showed off a slew of new
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      448 18 Total cash bonuses expected to rise about 8% this year NYT [NEW YORK] Wall Street may be shrinking cutting thousands of jobs over the last year but for those who remain, the pay is still very lucrative. The average cash bonus for
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      173 18 AFP [OTTAWA] Canadian universities and colleges welcomed a record 100,000 foreign students in 2012, the government said on Tuesday, part of a plan to replace retiring baby boomers in the workforce. “Attracting and retaining the best and brightest immigrants from around the world
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      776 19 Centre-left bloc wins lower house but fails to control Senate Reuters [ROME] Italy’s stunned political parties searched for a way forward on Tuesday after an inconclusive election gave none of them a parliamentary majority and threatened prolonged instability and a renewal of
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      280 19 Reu ters [BANGKOK] Thailand, South-east Asia’s secondlargest economy, should soon be taken off a list of countries that do not meet international standards in the fight against money laundering, a Thai official said yesterday. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international
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      655 19 City’s vibrant culture makes up for harsh weather language Reuters [BERLIN] They find the language difficult and the locals as chilly as the weather but for young Spaniards Berlin has become a popular spot to sit out the economic crisis at home. The
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      669 20 Bookings for non-transportation equipment in January up 1.9% LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Orders for US durable goods excluding transportation gear climbed in January by the most in a year, indicating business investment is holding up. Bookings for equipment meant to
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      553 20 WP [NEW YORK] JPMorgan Chase Co, the biggest US bank, will eliminate as many as 19,000 jobs in mortgages and community banking through 2014 as chief executive officer Jamie Dimon trims expenses. The lender, employing about 259,000 people at the end
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      317 17 Top Winners for Total Defence Awards 2012 We go the extra mile for Total Defence (201 2 Minister for Defence Award Winners) A G Industrial Gas Trading Pte Ltd Advantech Co. Singapore Pte Ltd Cargill International Trading Pte Ltd Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Sing and San Construction Pte Ltd
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      1126 18 >®! WATS NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph,com.sg www.cats.com.sg/notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF LINGUA TECH (S) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Notice is hereby given that the creditors of the above Company which is being wound up voluntarily, are
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      330 18 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF TAN GIM HUAT CONTRACTORS (PTE) LTD. (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) Company registration no. *****0992D At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at 61 Club Street Singapore *****6 on 22 February 2013
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      188 20 www.stjobs.sg 600,000 jobseekers Kl r Hire Mr Right. Jnl M ate> Awarded Best in Cross Media Advertising (Silver) for Asian Digital Media Awards 2012 STJOBS No.1 Download our Apps: Hire your ideal employee through STJobs. You can't go wrong when the system is so right: Effective coverage Reach out to
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      448 21 SINGAPORE BUSINESS GURUS 2013 A Black Box Group Publishing THE FIRST CHAIR SINGAPORE BUSINESS GURUS™ 2013 Introducing the Prime edition of our Series of Singapore Business Gurus collection of Books. Volume 1The First Chair takes readers behind the scenes of 30 entrepreneurs from 30 different industries in Singapore from retail
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      459 22 EDITORIAL SINCE it opened up politically and economically in 2010, Myanmar has caught the imagination of global business, as a new frontier to sow the seeds of capitalism and potentially another China in the making. While very different in many ways, Myanmar and China
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      843 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent IF you’ve seen a lot of action movies, you’re probably familiar with the way the directors enjoy “teasing” us in some of the final scenes. Our hero finally confronts the villain in a dark alley,
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      1060 22  -  Move seen as threat to civil liberties and freedom of speech, and denial of human rights ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent IS THERE something vaguely disquieting lurking beneath the soigne exterior of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe? Something that has been lost in the
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      1188 23  -  Continuing economic growth will generate growing demands for free political expression and liberal-democratic reforms By DOUGLAS WEBBER The writer is professor of political science at INSEAD UNLESS media coverage of Chinese politics is profoundly misinformed, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders are nervous about whether
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      915 23  -  By ADRIAN BALL The writer is head of tax at Ernst Young Solutions LLP “THE lady’s not for turning,” said Margaret Thatcher, then British prime minister, in her speech to the Conservative Party Conference on Oct 10, 1980. Mrs Thatcher’s firm refusal to perform a
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon S-E Asian budget carriers seen raising US$750m
      789 24 Nok Air, Bangkok Air, AirAsia units may hold IPOs: Maybank Kim Eng Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] South-east Asian budget airlines may raise a combined US$750 million from initial public offerings (IPOs) this year, Malayan Banking’s investment bank said, as no-frills companies take on full-ser-vice carriers
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      Lock icon TRANSPORT STOCKS
      239 24 SGX '000 Feb 27 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.49 unch 234 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.29 unch 180 Cosco Corp 0.94 unch 1490 s$ Ezra Hldgs 1.13 unch 3591 First Ship Lea 0.13 unch 1138 Freight Links 0.08 unch ***** Grand Banks unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd K1Ventures
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      Lock icon ‘Perfect replica of Titanic’ plan unveiled
      572 24 AFP [NEW YORK] Flamboyant Australian tycoon Clive Palmer has unveiled his plan for building a perfect replica of the Titanic plus a lot of extra lifeboats. More than a century after the original, supposedly unsinkable ocean liner hit an iceberg and went down in
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      Lock icon US regulators clear way for Puerto Rico airport privatisation
      291 24 Reuters [FORT LAUDERDALE] The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday signed off a 40-year lease of Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport to Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC (AAH), making it the first large US airport to be placed in
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      Lock icon VLCCs will be unprofitable for another 2 years
      469 24 Bloomberg [LONDON] The largest oil tankers will remain unprofitable for at least two more years as the fleet overwhelms slowing demand for crude imports, according to Morgan Stanley. Average earnings for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) will be no higher than US$35,000
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      Lock icon FAA denies it will approve 787 test flights soon
      301 24 Reuters [SEATTLE] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it is not close to approving test flights of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner with a proposed fix for the plane’s troubled batteries, denying news reports that such tests could start as early as next
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      39 24 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY INDIAN SHOPPING GOES UPMARKET New stores sprout in fashionable areas of Singapore o O n Tharman’s budget for ‘quality growth 5 GET YOUR COPY TOMORROW FROM ALL 7-ELEVEN OUTLETS WHILE STOCKS LAST
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      312 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 5 Make-up enabling mum to cover a blemish (7) 7 One being imprisoned deteriorates result is protests (5) 9 Expulsion that may bring a blessing (6) 10 Behind very small ruler spy a tramp (8) 11 A crude mop’s possibly the answer to water in the house
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    1454 25 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com UEN NO. *****3249E UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE n GLOBAL SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE CONVENTIONAL, BREAKBULK PROJECT Destination STXPO TBN Camden/New
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      3298 26 Transaction date: Feb 27 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote (’000) High Low Buyer Seller --AAT C'vr Net 164 106 AIMSAMPIReit M Cap
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      179 27 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last Vol 4.6 1.3 t Advanced System 2.1 +0.1 ***** 2.4 2 2.1 2.2 31.3 Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUST & FUNDS
      10682 27 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.42/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited 1.14/ Asian Local Ccy SD Bond EM Local Ccy Bond Asian Smaller Cos'** Global Emerging Markets!** EM local Ccy Bond 1.0069/ European Opportunities 1 1 1215/ Global Emerging Markets!"
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      262 27 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 50 25.5 AVJennings A39 unch 22 40 39 39 40 3.6 9 3.1 101.6 45.5 30 Genting HK US$ US45 +1 9003 45 44 44.5 45 2963
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      915 27 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 126 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 117.9 -0.8 2 117.9 117.9 117.8 118.8 538.2 135.9 120.4 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 135.8 132.7 133.6 111.7 95.8 CIMB
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      635 28 Feb 27 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.56 *****.62 *****.97 Mar13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****3 *****1 Jun13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 759 ***** MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 283.15 284.89 282.68 Mar13 284.10 284.60 282.50 283.60 ***** *****6 Apr13 283.60
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 28 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Feb 26 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 982.6 -0.8 4.7 -0.7 4.6 -0.8 3.1 EAFE Preliminary 819.2 -1.7 5.8 -1.5 3.8 -1.6 2.3 Europe Preliminary 1190.8 -1.9 3.8
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      470 28 Feb 27 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.048 6.366 0.781 7.930 54.925 98.959 0.938 11.095 3.168 1.238 100.298 41.621 1.267 9.021 0.952 30.324 30.494 0.677 1.022 Canada 0.954 6.073
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      69 28 Feb 27 (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$) 3 mths 0.***** 3 mths 6 mths 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** SWAP
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      135 28 Feb 27 GOLD(US$/oz) Feb 26 Feb 27 Hong Kong 1605.70 1618.50 Feb 25 Feb 26 London 1587.80 1607.39 1588.68 1608.61 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Feb 27 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 144 64 5gm 408 320 10gm 730 640
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      90 28 Feb 27 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****F 30-May-13 0.24 6-Month BS*****S 22-Aug-13 0.25 1-Year BY*****X 01-Nov-13 0.26 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0S 0.25 01-Feb-13 100.15 5-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 108.17
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      57 28 Feb 27 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Mar 13 2371.0 2387.0 2400.0 2370.0 687 4804 Apr 13 2396.0 2403.0 2430.0 2387.0 3241 ***** May 13 2408.0 2419.0 2443.0 2395.0 ***** ***** Jun 13 2425.0 2430.0
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      154 28 Feb 27 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2657 1.2674 1.0220 1.0225 Canadian dollar 1.2076 1.2092 0.9755 0.9750 Euro 1.6211 1.6226 1.3089 1.3091 NZ dollar 1.0226 1.0241 0.8257 0.8262 Sterling pound 1.8694 1.8713 1.5094 1.5097
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      107 28 Feb 26 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 13 1447.75 1451.25 1459.00 1436.25 May 13 1461.75 1435.25 1442.50 1420.50 Jul 13 1418.50 1422.00 1430.00 1405.50 Aug 13 1377.75 1381.50 1386.50 1368.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 13 49.02
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      79 28 Feb 26 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Mar 13 1416 1434 1436/1411 May 13 1427 1443 1444/1422 Jul 13 1438 1452 1453/1433 Sep 13 1447 1461 1461/1441 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Mar 13 2040 2035 2046/2022 May 13 2086 2079 2093/2065 Jul 13 2098 2088 2104/2076 Sep 13 2108
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      1043 28 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 4 1 146 711 4.63 15 AlliedTech W*****2 Ratio Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****7 3 1 25 17 Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****5 3.3 1 27 41 BakerTech W*****5 16.7 -0.1 4426 1 27
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      70 28 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Feb 26 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 113.18 -1.64 WTI (Near Mth) 92.55 -0.49 Dubai (1-Mth F) 108.8 -1.92 Tapis blend 119.19 -1.53 Minas 115.69 -1.53 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 110.11 unch Jet Kerosene 130.49 -1.94 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      22 28 Feb 27 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2385 1.2396 2-months 1.2385 1.2396 3-months 1.2385 1.2396 6-months 1.2384 1.2395 Source: OCBC
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      65 28 Feb 26 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1978.00 1993.25 3 months 2023.00 2037.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7832.50 7811.50 3 months 7858.50 7836.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2290.00 2287.00 3 months 2297.00 2294.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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      121 28 As at 9am Feb 27 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.296 1.235 Can dollar 1.235 1.177 Euro 1.655 1.577 Sterling pound 1.909 1.836 NZ dollar 1.056 0.997 US dollar 1.263 1.203 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      157 28 Feb 27 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.07 0.05 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.04 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.28 0.18 2 months 0.40 0.20 3 months 0.45 0.25 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.75 0.55 12
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Westfield Retail pays out profits, to borrow A$1.2b
      403 29 It’s starting work on two malls as part of its A$200m a year redevelopment plan Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Westfield Retail Trust, Australia’s secondbiggest property trust by market value, will take out loans to fund A$1.2 billion (S$1.5 billion) of redevelopments as it pays
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      Lock icon Holcim loss exceeds estimates as charges rise
      362 29 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Holcim Ltd, the world’s largest cement-maker, yesterday reported a bigger-than-estimated loss in the fourth quarter on restructuring charges and said it had become less optimistic about European markets. The loss narrowed to 161 million Swiss francs (S$214 million) from a 438
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      499 29 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR DISTRICTS 2 TO 28 WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN JAN 30 AND FEB 5, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 2 NON-LANDED Altez Apt 31/01/2013 99 549 950 1730 Spottiswoode Suites Apt 31/01/2013 FH 581
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      Lock icon Principal Global Investors eyes Asian property funds
      371 29 Reuters [TOKYO] The asset management arm of Iowa-based Principal Financial Group Inc wants to acquire fund firms focusing on Asian and European real estate to expand its property portfolio beyond the US, the head of the asset arm said. Principal Global Investors (PGI)
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      1383 30 Even though loan volume is up, it is nowhere near 2007 levels, when the industry made US$348b in jumbo loans. By LINDA STERN Reuters [WASHINGTON] ome sales and prices are rising briskly in those neighbourhoods where the well-heeled like to plant their mailboxes: along
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      925 31  -  Dubai Holding’s £500m of notes due in 2017 hand investors 4.2% this year, reports ARIF SHARIF reportsARIF reportsARIF SHARIF Bloomberg [DUBAI] ONDHOLDERS of Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group LLC, which runs the sail-shaped Burj Al Arab hotel, have made at least twice the
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      259 31 Bloomberg [ABU DHABI] The head of the central bank in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said that new restrictions on mortgages may be changed after protests by the nation’s lenders. The central bank issued rules on Dec 30 that restricted mortgages for expatriates
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      Lock icon Expiring leases cause worry to childcare centres
      663 32  -  Tenants were told in Nov 2011 that no extensions beyond Dec 31, 2013: SLA By ONG CHOR HAO THE leases for three notable childcare centres along Halifax Road are expiring at the end of this year, putting the heat on them to find
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      545 32  -  By NATHANIEL CHEW PRIVATE residence purchases rose in 2012 primarily due to increased demand from public-housing dwellers, according to the latest studies by DTZ Research and R’ST Research, with data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. According to R’ST Research, 17,590 of the 36,887 private
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      1026 24  -  By PAULINE NG EXPECT a new style to residential living in Kuala Lumpur in the coming years, given the number of branded residences in the property construction pipeline. St Regis, Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton, Banyan Tree, Harrods all international brand names, well-known and trusted
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