The Business Times, 14 June 2014

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    19 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg JUNE 14-15, 2014 S$1.00 S$1.00 MCI (P) 086/08/2013 SfJl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Conflict in Iraq rattles markets
    1117 1  -  Oil prices jump to 9-month high on supply concerns; Asian markets upbeat despite sell-off in US By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore ESCALATING violence in Iraq sent ripples through financial markets yesterday, as the world nervously watched the unfolding of the worst sectarian conflict to
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  • Article
    Lock icon Car, watch, jewellery sales lose lustre
    532 1  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore THE shiny stuff isn’t glittering now. Sales of cars, watches, and jewellery plunged by double-digits in April, dragging down Singapore’s retail sales by 9 per cent compared to a year ago. While loan curbs continue to take a
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Q1 unemployment up a tad at 2%
      579 2  -  MOM says more S’poreans are in the market, given the tightened foreign worker tap By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg Singapore THE jobless rate rose in the first three months of this year, but Singapore remains in full employment. The unemployment rate inched up
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    • MARKETS
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        Lock icon STOCKS
        60 2 GSTI 3,293.25 (+0.24) GSTI FUTURES 3,294.00 (+1.00) HSIMSCI 374.26 (-0.30) HSIMSCI FUTURES 373.80 (-0.60) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,876.74 +2.87 NIKKEI 225 15,097.84 +124.31 HANG SENG 23,319.17 +144.15 SET 1,456.02 -1.00 JAKARTA 4,926.66 -7.74 MANILA 6,784.95 -24.23 KOSPI 1,990.8 -20.80 SHENZHEN B 824.94 +5.44 MUMBAI IND 25,228.17 -348.04
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.35 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.307 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 3.00 SWITZERLAND 0.50 INDIA 14.75 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon FOREX
        49 2 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.248 (US$/S$ per 1.698 2.120 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.358 1.695 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 101.90 81.60 RM 3.215 2.575 HK$ 7.752 6.210 BAHT 32.39 25.95 RUPIAH 11,786 9,442 RENMINBI 6.212 4.976 INDIAN RUPEE 59.54 47.70 A$ 1.063 0.851 NZ$ 1.153 0.924
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      Lock icon 1MDB holds board meeting in Lucerne
      483 4  -  Issues discussed include 500 MV solar photovoltaic project across Malaysia By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore MALAYSIA’S state-owned fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) held a three-day board meeting this week in Lucerne, central Switzerland, to discuss several issues including a lofty solar power plan
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      Lock icon Samsung launches featherweight tablet
      679 4  -  Tab S as thick as five credit cards stacked together; nearly 1 mm thinner than iPad Air By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT Singapore HEAVYWEIGHT Samsung Electronics has unveiled its thinnest and lightest tablet yet the Galaxy Tab S, which has Apple’s svelte offerings in its crosshairs.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bandwidth boom and the beautiful game
      542 5  -  It used to be that a soccer match was seen only by those at the stadium. Not anymore By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore VERY little has changed on the pitch of the world’s most popular sport since the first World Cup was
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      Lock icon The BT-Coca-Cola World Cup Charity Drive
      808 6 JUNE 15 Colombia vs Greece(12mn) Victor Khaw Director, Allalloy Dynaweld Pte Ltd ‘I had a shock when we got Colombia in the draw and wondered why nobody made a bid for this team. We will get through the group stage easily even without Falcao.
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      Lock icon Let them eat football, says Fifa
      503 7  -  COMMENTARY By Rahul Pathak IF the ice cream-slurping child in your family started hurling stones at a Haagen-Dazs outlet, you’d be concerned. And if, in the spiritual home of football, a Brazilian says “I hope my team loses in the first round”, and goes
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      48 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-7 Raffles Conversation 8-9 Companies 10-12 S’pore Markets 12 Singapore 14-15 World 16-20 Stocks Stats 21-25 Perspective 26-27 Crosswords 27 LIVING Style L2-3 Beauty L4-5 Dining L6-7 Design L8-9 Travel L10-12 Health L13 Motoring L14-15 Sports L16 Wealth 28-31 Househunt 30 Real Estate 31
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      254 5 NEED FOR SPEED 1998: FRANCE 10,000 SPECTATOR BANDWIDTH 2MB mobile-carrying spectators 15,200 at the final match sending one text message each (19% of 80,000 total attendees, based on 1998 French mobile usage) (3+ years) of worldwide television coverage 2006: GERMANY 29K HOURS 0 HOURS of official online video SPECTATOR BANDWIDTH
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      1090 7 SINOPIPE HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****1382N) NOTICE OF TENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 16 Ayer Rajah Crescent #03-06 Singapore *****5, on Monday 30 June 2014 at 2.00
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Sincerely approachable
      2056 8 / 9  -  Humble, conciliatory and pragmatic, Telstra boss David Thodey has turned the Australian telecommunication and media giant around in 6 years, and won over critics in the process. By Angela Tan By Angela Tan angelat@sph.com.sg DAVID Thodey aroused the scrutiny of journalists, politicians and millions of Australians when he
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon Fall in wholesale electricity prices worries gencos
      525 10  -  Rates have fallen below cost of natural gas feedstock, posing financial risks for players By Ronnie Lim ronnie@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE generation companies (gencos) are concerned that wholesale electricity prices here have fallen for the first time below the cost of their natural gas
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      Lock icon MAS overnight yuan facility to back offshore renminbi market
      672 10  -  By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday said it will provide up to five billion yuan (S$1 billion) in overnight funds to support the growing offshore renminbi market here. The People’s Bank of China
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      Lock icon Qingdao scandal: S’pore banks say they review their loans regularly
      696 11  -  OCBC has no exposure, DBS ‘not terribly concerned’, UOB believes in its risk management By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S three local banks said yesterday that they regularly review their loans amid a widening scandal involving false receipts
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      Lock icon QT Vascular’s Q1 hit by fair-value loss and higher expenses
      376 11  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore RECENTLY listed catheter maker QT Vascular reported a net loss of US$9.2 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014, compared with a US$4.1 million loss the same period a year ago. The
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      Lock icon AirAsia shelves plans to purchase Mandala
      389 11  -  By Raphael Lim raphlim@sph.com.sg Singapore A DAY after Indonesian budget airline Citilink was reported to have ended talks to acquire Tigerair Mandala, AirAsia said yesterday that it too has shelved plans to purchase the airline, according to reports by Reuters. “We would like to
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      Lock icon STI closes flat with an upward bias
      595 12  -  STOCKS Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Senior Correspondent IT’S now the fresh crisis in Iraq, the world’s second largest oil producer, that is rattling investor sentiment amid concerns that it could have widespread consequences. But for yesterday, the Singapore bourse and its regional peers
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    • Business briefing
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        Lock icon Sim Lian unit wins $87.8m HDB contract
        55 12 A SUBSIDIARY of developer Sim Lian has been awarded an $87.8 million contract by the Housing and Development Board for a project in Sengkang Neighbourhood 3. The contract for 27.5 months comprises the construction of four residential blocks with 503 dwelling units, a
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        Lock icon Hengxin Tech to move to secondary listing
        67 12 CABLE maker Hengxin Technology has received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange to convert its listing from a primary to a secondary one, while maintaining its primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company said the move was to reduce legal
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        Lock icon Disposals lift Transcorp; 15-cent H1 dividend
        98 12 TRANSCORP Holdings reported a $10.6 million net profit for the half-year ended April 30, a turnaround from a $931,000 net loss a year ago. Its $11.4 million total revenue included $11 million gains from the disposal of subsidiaries and a golf business. The group
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      173 12 VOL CLOSE Advance SCT 201,420 0 2 0.1 33.3 Mirach Energy 120,052 20 5 1.0 4.7 W Corp 104,592 8 6 0.2 2.4 Charisma Energy 75,671 5 3 0.1 1 .9 KLW R 67,093 0 4 0.1 20.0 B l umont 52,513 6 0.1 1 .6 A
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      117 12 Stock name Close Change Ascendas Reit 2.290 -0.010 CapitaLand 3.230 -0.010 CapitaMall Trust 1.985 -0.015 CityDev 10.480 -0.030 ComfortDelGro 2.450 -0.030 DBS Grp 17.130 +0.070 Genting Sing 1.335 +0.005 Global Logistic 2.680 Golden Agri-Res 0.575 HPH Trust USD 0.745 -0.005 HongkongLand USD 6.820 +0.010 JMH 400 USD 61.210
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      68 12 BY CENTS CLOSE UP GLD 10US$ ***** 131.1 0.9 DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 102.3 0.3 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** 90.0 0.9 DBXT EONIA 5US$ ***** 82.4 0.3 DBXT iBoxxUSTr 5US$ ***** 79.9 0.3 JMH 400 USD 6121 79.9 1.1 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 56.4 0.2
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      61 12 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** -158.5 -0.7 SPDR DJIA 10US$ ***** -129.8 -0.6 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6446 -117.3 -1.4 DTAC 200 USD 332 -44.9 -9.8 Lyxor AsiaIT 10US$ 3796 -44.9 -0.9 Lyxor AsiaCS 10US$ 6000 -39.9 -0.5 Lyxor MS India 10US$ 1603 -35.0 -1.7 DBXT
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      Lock icon Oceanus still in a sea of red ink
      334 12  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore ABALONE producer Oceanus Group is not out of the soup yet. The company posted a narrower quarterly loss yesterday, but revised its 2013 results to a significantly wider loss even as its auditor said it did
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Higher mid-year bonus for all civil servants
      534 14  -  Lower-wage officers to get a wage increase starting in July, over and above their annual increment in 2014 By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT ALL 82,000 civil servants in Singapore will get a mid-year bonus of 0.5-month next month, said the Public Service Division
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      Lock icon Ikea launches product range for children aged 8-12
      393 14  -  By Lester Wong lesterw@sph.com.sg PROVIDING customers with a family-ori-ented shopping experience has been one of the cornerstones of furnishing giant Ikea’s business strategy. Ikea’s Singapore arm is looking to raise its appeal to families with children by launching a line of furnishing
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      Lock icon Hitting that elusive target of zero mishap
      883 15  -  Stakeholders of workplace safety and health are ramping up efforts to foster an even stronger safety culture By Lisabelle Tan lisatan@sph.com.sg PUTTING a positive spin on a null number, the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council has been striving to attain “Vision
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon China retail sales, factory output up in May
      556 17  -  Trend shows signs of stabilising economy and effects of stimulus measures By Virginie Mangin Beijing RETAIL sales and industrial output improved in May, another sign that China’s economy is stabilising after Beijing has been imposing targeted measures to support the slowing economy.
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      Lock icon BOJ bullish about Japan’s short-term prospects
      490 17  -  By Anthony Rowley Tokyo BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda issued an upbeat assessment of Japan’s short-term economic prospects yesterday, even as another BOJ official said bond markets may be underestimating the strength of the nation’s economic recovery. They spoke after the central
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      Lock icon May wholesale prices down unexpectedly
      242 17 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg Washington WHOLESALE prices in the US unexpectedly fell in May, suggesting that demand is not robust enough to push inflation closer to the Federal Reserve’s target. Over the past 12 months, costs climbed 2 per cent, figures from the Labor Department
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      Lock icon Thai military lifts nationwide curfew
      468 18 Interim government to be set up by August as part of reconciliation Reuters Bangkok THAILAND’S military government lifted a curfew nationwide yesterday, citing the absence of any violence and the need to support the country’s tourism sector. “As the situation has improved and there have
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      Lock icon Malaysia plans to give tax agency investment clout
      391 18 Reuters Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S government has submitted a bill to parliament that would create an investment panel inside the country’s tax revenue agency which could invest in a wide range of areas, including initial public offerings of companies. The bill, scheduled for
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      Lock icon EnQuest buys into Malaysian Seligi oil field
      221 18 Reuters London NORTH Sea-focused oil producer EnQuest has agreed to take over ExxonMobil’s share in the Malaysian Seligi oil field, expanding its production portfolio outside of its core UK market. Upon completion of the deal, which is subject to regulator approval, EnQuest will
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      Lock icon Osborne vows radical reforms to arrest spiralling home prices
      298 19 AFP LONDON BRITISH finance minister George Osborne has vowed “radical” planning reforms and more powers for the central bank in an attempt to curb the country’s spiralling house prices. Making his keynote speech at London’s Mansion House, the Chancellor of the
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      Lock icon Twitter loses two senior execs as user growth lags
      443 19 Departing chief operating officer in charge of reviving flagging numbers will not be replaced Reuters San Francisco TWITTER has announced the abrupt departure of two senior executives, including the chief operating officer who had been responsible for the social media company’s
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      Lock icon US CEOs’ pay up 10-fold in 35 years
      261 19 AFP Washington PAY for chief executives of US companies has soared nearly 10-fold over the last 35 years to an average of US$15.2 million in 2013, according to a study released on Thursday. Total compensation, including bonuses and stock options, jumped 937
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      Lock icon HK’s business district braces for shutdown
      552 20 Territory’s central bank to carry out business continuity planning drill with member banks Reuters Hong Kong MULTINATIONAL corporations and financial institutions in Hong Kong are drawing up emergency plans in the event of a partial shutdown of the financial hub’s business district this summer
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      Lock icon India to speed up work on rail lines to transport coal
      438 20 Modi priority project is linked to promise to supply continuous power Reuters New Delhi INDIA’S new government said that it would speed up work on three railway lines key to transporting 100 million tonnes of coal per year from
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  • SGX
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      8180 21 Transaction date: Jun 13 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 13.3 10.4 8Telecom 11.8 10.9 12.5 6.3 1 15.3 56.5 20 5.1 A-Sonic Aero 8.5 unch 50 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.5
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      1998 24 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 32 23 t 3Cnergy 500 32 unch 2 32 32 29.5 32 31.5 28.5 19 t 800 Super 25 -0.5 50 25 25 23.5 25.5
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 24 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 6 3 0 0 0 6 6 3 Manufacturing 46 51 37 6 10 14 52 61 51 Commerce 17 18 22 5 6 2 22 24 24 Tpt/Stor/Comms 9 22 8
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      805 24 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Jun 9 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) LCD Global Investments 12-Jun-14 Koh Wee Seng Buy 1800 0.27 *****3 14.20 *****3 14.37 W Corporation 12-Jun-14
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 24 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 38,859 38,859 46,236 46,236 Manufacturing 426,021 128,178 554,199 153,164 6,784 159,948 Commerce 68,532 98,629 167,161 66,889 5,473 72,361 Tpt/Stor/Comms 91,110 2,640 93,750 120,010 374 120,384 Finance 32,076 233 32,309 109,722 74 109,796 Construction 34,412 78,524
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  • MARKETS
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      Lock icon LIFFE
      94 25 Jun 12 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 14 1964 1984 1995 1961 Sep 14 1930 1958 1964 1929 Dec 14 1916 1942 1945 1914 Mar 15 1906 1930 1930 1905 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 14 1957 1944 1961 1934 Sep 14 1972 1960 1977 1950
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      Lock icon METALS
      71 25 Jun 13 GOLD(US$/oz) Jun 13 Jun 12 Hong Kong 1280.00 1267.00 Jun 12 Jun 11 London 1272.26 1262.20 1273.03 1262.85 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 24.76 23.99 Source: UOB Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Jun 12 Close Previous PM Fix 1438.00 1483.00 AM Fix 1468.00
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      118 25 Jun 13 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.203 1.146 Can dollar 1.171 1.126 Euro 1.731 1.649 Sterling pound 2.154 2.072 NZ dollar 1.108 1.066 US dollar 1.273 1.213 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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    • STOCK MARKETS
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        Lock icon Straits Times Index
        20 25 YTD change: +3.97% 52-week high: 3,311.44 on June 9,2014 52-week low: 2,953.01 on Feb 4,2014 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Hang Seng Index
        20 25 YTD change: +0.05% 52-week high: 24,111.55 on Dec 2,2013 52-week low: 19,426.36 on June 25,2013 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite
        21 25 YTD change: -2.14% 52-week high: 2,270.27 on Sept 12,2013 52-week low: 1,849.65 on June 25,2013 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Nikkei 225
        20 25 YTD change: -7.33% 52-week high: 16,320.22 on Dec 30, 2013 52-week low: 12,415.85 on June 13,2013 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Dow Jones Industrial Average
        26 25 YTD change: +0.95% 52-week high: 16,970.17 on June 9,2014 52-week low: 14,551.27 on June 24,2013 (Chart shows Thursday’s index closing) Source: Bloomberg
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    • Article
      Lock icon PALM OIL
      56 25 Jun 13 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jun 14 2403.0 283 Jul 14 2410.0 2409.0 2451.0 2409.0 1273 8114 Aug 14 2404.0 2401.0 2448.0 2403.0 ***** ***** Sep 14 2401.0 2399.0 2445.0 2401.0 ***** *****
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      84 25 Jun 13 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 1-Year BY*****S 02-May-15 0.34 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0W 1.13 01-Apr-16 101.22 101.26 101.24 5-Year NX*****W 2.5 01-Jun-19 105.7 105.85 105.80 10-Year NX*****H 2.750 01-Jul-23
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 25 Jun 13 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1745 1.1750 0.9410 0.9413 Canadian dollar 1.1500 1.1505 0.9217 0.9214 Euro 1.6943 1.6948 1.3575 1.3577 NZ dollar 1.0819 1.0828 0.8668 0.8674 Sterling pound 2.1191 2.1199 1.6979 1.6982
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      105 25 Jun 12 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 14 1415.25 1445.50 1452.75 1410.00 Aug 14 1360.25 1382.75 1389.75 1353.50 Sep 14 1250.75 1261.75 1268.25 1245.00 Nov 14 1212.25 1220.75 1226.50 1205.75 SOYBEAN OIL(60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 14 38.58 38.42 38.93
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      Lock icon OIL
      68 25 Jun 12 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 111.76 2.11 WTI (Near Mth) 106.43 1.97 Dubai (1-Mth F) 106.66 1.23 Tapis blend 115.01 1.55 Minas 110.41 1.55 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 105.39 0.42 Jet Kerosene 119.66 1.36 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket Price 107.39
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      328 26 / 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Dish of seafood an aid to growth (8) 9 Gaol rich crooked powerful man (8) 10 Vegetarian food out of unopened bottles (4) 11 Veteran using net more certain to catch fish initially following change (6,6) 13 Person drinking to wake up in vehicle (8) 15
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        824 28 / 29  -  Providend launches portal that allows consumers to compare prices of protection and savings products Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg Personal Finance Editor Financial advisory firm Providend is taking a bold leap to launch an insurance portal that allows consumers to compare prices of protection and savings
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        826 28 / 29 Bloomberg Sydney BOND investors are following Canada’s largest pension fund manager and Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) in backing Goodman Group’s global expansion. Contracts protecting debt in the world’s second-biggest industrial property developer by assets have fallen 36 basis points this year
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        740 31  -  ‘Substantially unsold’ core central region projects also seen cutting prices anytime By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE sale is on for private residential projects in the prime central region, following price cuts for city fringe and suburban projects which helped developers
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        261 31  -  By Sheena Tan tsheena@sph.com.sg Singapore ONE Farrer Hotel Spa, located within mixed-use complex Connexion along Farrer Park Road, is set to open this August. Besides the hotel, Connexion also includes a medical centre and hospital. Originally slated to open in 2010, Connexion’s opening
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        140 31 Reuters Hong Kong A TPG Capital Management-led consortium has agreed to buy the property arm of Australian engineering services firm UGL Ltd for A$1.215 billion (S$1.43 billion), a source said yesterday. UGL put the unit DTZ, a real estate services company, for sale to
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      147 32 TO BREAK THE RULES, YOU MUST FIRST MASTER THEM. THE WATCH THAT BROKE ALL THE RULES, REBORN. IN 1972, THE ORIGINAL ROYAL OAK SHOCKED THE WATCHMAKING WORLD AS THE FIRST HAUTE HOROLOGY SPORTS WATCH TO TREAT STEEL AS A PRECIOUS METAL. TODAY THE NEW ROYAL OAK COLLECTION STAYS TRUE TO
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      56 1 SHEAR LUXURY Traditional wet shave makes a comeback L2-3 BEAUTY Facing it naturally L4-5 LivingBTTHE BUSINESS TIMES WEEKEND JUNE 14 15 2014 DESIGN A well-dressed home L8-9 PHOTO: WE NEED A HERO TRAVEL Spain’s temples of art L10-11 MOTORING Cooper cool L15 DINING Fresh seafood just a click away L6-7
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        643 8 / 9  -  Top fashion labels including Kate Spade, Bottega Veneta and Hermes are expanding into the lifestyle business. By Tay Suan Chiang By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg @T aySuanChiangBT YOU wear the clothes. Why not write in the notebooks or eat off the plates? That seems to be the
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