The Business Times, 19 November 2014

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    30 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|jh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg G C ©BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 I Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Wedn sday, November 19
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    Lock icon TT DAILY DIGEST
    172 1 The cooling real-estate market in China has prompted mainland investors to put their cash to work in overseas properties, with Singapore as the second most-preferred outbound destination in Asia after Hong Kong. TOP STORIES 3 The fallout from the collapse of beleaguered Danish marine fuel supplier OW
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    26 1 Tuesday Change STI 3,313.73 (+25.06) KL COMP 1,818.38 (+11.90) NIKKEI 225 17,344.06 (+370.26) HANG SENG 23,529.17 (-267.91) SHENZHEN B 965.96 (-2.00) DOW(11am EST) 17,683.61 (+35.86)
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    Lock icon How a late booking jammed the brakes on Trans-Cab’s IPO
    703 1  -  By Anita Gabriel, Cai Haoxiang anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore THE imminent listing of Trans-Cab was turning out to be the hottest stock offering in months on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) with a story of a home-grown, family business moving
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    Lock icon CitySpring and Keppel trusts merging to form S$2b entity
    773 1  -  Proposed share swap deal will be followed by rights issue to acquire majority stake in Keppel Merlimau Cogen By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore KEPPEL Infrastructure Trust (KIT) and CitySpring Infrastructure Trust are poised to create the largest Singapore infrastructure-focused business
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      125 1 *****4 STRAIT TALK Shrinking shipping’s environmental footprint TRANSPORT 23 BUSINESS CHINA AWARDS Liu Thai Ker, JJ Lin, SCCCI honoured JAPAN Abe delays tax hike, calls snap election TOP STORIES 2 TOP STORIES 4, 15-19 CHINA PLAYS 9 China state-owned firms listed on SGX COMPANIES MARKETS 6 My name:George Energy supply
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Abe delays tax hike and calls snap election in bold but risky strategy
      966 2  -  He concedes that recovery of the economy had stalled owing to the April consumption tax hike By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo TAKING what is widely seen as the biggest gamble of his political career, Japanese Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Russia steps up gold purchases to counter US, European sanctions
      902 2  -  Emerging economies also stocking up, driven by fears of negative impact of QE policies By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London RUSSIA has stepped up purchases of gold to counter sanctions, while the central banks of China and other emerging markets have
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      Lock icon Singapore 2nd top Asia destination for China real estate investors
      711 3  -  China’s cooling market, abundant liquidity and a strong renminbi driving capital outwards: Cushman report By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE cooling real-estate market in China has prompted mainland Chinese investors to put their cash to work in overseas properties,
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      Lock icon China’s property downturn continues into second month
      540 3 It is the biggest fall since 2011 and could hinder growth REUTERS AFP Beijing CHINA’S home prices fell for the second consecutive month in October from a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday, pointing to a persistent property downturn despite government efforts
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    • Article
      Lock icon Second OW unit in Singapore files for liquidation
      572 4  -  Like sister firm OW Bunker Far East, Dynamic Oil Trading has appointed KPMG as provisional liquidator By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT Singapore THE fallout from the collapse of beleagured Danish marine fuel supplier OW Bunker continues. Its Singapore subsidiary, Dynamic Oil Trading
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      Lock icon Business China honours Liu Thai Ker
      651 4  -  The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and singer JJ Lin also conferred awards for contributions to S’pore-China ties By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore LIU Thai Ker, often hailed as Singapore’s Father of Urban Planning, has been awarded the top honour for
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      Lock icon PAP advocacy body calls for law to raise rehiring age
      416 4  -  By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore THE PAP Seniors Group, an advocacy body of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), wants the government to take a tougher stand in pushing the rehiring age for older workers to 67. It
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      216 4 THE HEAD FOUNDATION PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES Panel Discussion: Asian Leadership in aTGIobalising World WITH DISTINGUISHED PANELISTS PROFESSOR HENRIK BRESMAN Academic Director HEAD Foundation; Faculty Director NSEAD Global Leadership Center MR. KWAN CHEE WEI CEO, Human Capital Feadership Institute (HCFI) DR. ZSUZSANNA TUNGLI FounderTungli Consulting; Adjunct Assistant Professor Cross-Cultural Management and
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Nine China state-owned firms listed on SGX
      595 6  -  SGX’s update comes on the heels of the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock-trading link By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore THE Singapore market contains nine stocks that are wholly or partial-ly-owned by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) told
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      Lock icon Prudential’s nine-month new business profit up 17% at £1.51b
      481 6  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore BRITISH life insurer Prudential has posted a 17 per cent increase in new business profit for the first nine months of the year to £1.51 billion, on the back of higher sales in its three
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      Lock icon MAS delays Q3 results
      98 6 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Airline System Bhd, the loss-making airline that was hit by two separate jet disasters this year, has delayed the release of its thirdquarter results to Nov 28 to allow time to include more details, a representative said. The state-run company was scheduled
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      Lock icon 17 project signings after meeting of Singapore-Guangdong council
      612 7  -  Projects include a healthcare hub; also set up is Guangdong Enterprise Association (Singapore) By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore TRADE and economic collaboration between Singapore and China’s southern province of Guangdong received a shot in the arm on Tuesday with another 17
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index NOV 18,2014 3,313.73 +25.06 (+0.76%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,313.73 Day low 3,296.18 52-week high 3,374.06 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 2,960.09 (Feb 5, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index NOV 18,2014 791.75 +18.20 (+2.35%) Current streak 1 day Day high 793.34 Day low
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      Lock icon Banks, Jardine propel STI 25 pts higher
      613 8  -  Gains have been attributed to firm opening in Europe markets which suggests another Wall Street rally TT STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT AFTER dropping 27 points on Monday, the Straits Times Index regained 25.06 to finish at 3,313.73 on Tuesday. The bounce
      Source: Bloomberg  -  613 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      308 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 229 +1 231/228 250 206 6.2 5786.2 CapitaLand 323 -1 325/320 348 268 16.2 2.5 *****.5 CapitaMall Trust 198.5 +1.5 198.5/196 209 180 5.2 6884.6 CityDev 979 +20 982/957 1118 860 13.3
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      37 8 VOLUME OLS Enterprise 61,427,000 ThaiBev 60,067,000 IHC 55,357,000 Genting Sing 51,686,000 Memstar Tech 47,003,000 Market volume 1,508,789,000 VALUE Genting Sing 55,130,785 Global Logistic 53,886,396 SingTel 53,214,075 DBS Grp 49,798,310 Wilmar Intl 42,739,510 Market value 1,021,151,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      107 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 334 +1 291 335/334 343/298 334/335 IS MS India US$ US775 +1 233 776/768 779/541 775/777 96.9 UETF SSE50China 160 -8 109 164/160 173/140 160/163 50 Lyxor CRBNonEny US$ US235 +2 49 235/234 261/228
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      77 8 Nov 18 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -427.00 +126.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +52.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -43.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 747.25 +2.12 FTSE ST Small Cap 514.77 +1.90 FTSE ST All Share 797.58 +5.23 FTSE ST China Top 190.94 +0.36 FTSE ST China 224.13 +0.40 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index NOV 18,2014 797.58 +5.23 (+0.66%) Current streak 1 day Day high 797.58 Day low 794.05 52-week high 819.39 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 722.35 (Feb 5, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index NOV 17,2014 1,805.14 -8.05 (-0.44%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,816.41 Day low 1,796.62 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,714.64 (OCt 16, 2014)
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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 8 3 5 0 0 0 8 3 5 Manufacturing 47 46 34 7 8 14 54 54 48 Commerce 24 11 17 5 7 3 29 18 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 8 19
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 19,402 19,402 69,954 69,954 Manufacturing 242,202 40,602 282,804 149,201 3,140 152,341 Commerce 78,733 31,520 110,253 67,831 3,451 71,282 Tpt/Stor/Comms 81,052 1,210 82,262 124,878 446 125,324 Finance 26,830 10 26,840 134,287 2 134,289 Construction 29,719 33,493
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      74 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low Hyflux 6% CPS ***** 238.0 2.3 *****/***** JMH USD 6079 102.5 1.3 6460/4934 Jardine C&C 4165 102.0 2.5 4901/3330 GLD US$ ***** 68.8 0.5 *****/***** Lyxor US DJIA US$ 1792 67.5 3.0 1796/1570 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Digiland Intl 0.2 100.0
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      77 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT Vietam US$ 2880 -40.2 -1.1 3100/2384 DBXT CSI300 US$ 735 -28.6 -2.9 784/613 DBXT China50 US$ 3139 -28.6 -0.7 3367/2577 IS Asia BND US 1059 -18.2 -1.3 1073/986 DBXT S&P Short US$ 2274 -14.3 -0.5 2752/2264 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      80 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE EuNetworks 11,256.0 1.160 +0.285 +32.57 ES 573.0 0.197 +0.035 +21.61 S i2i 13,448.0 0.005 +0.001 +25.00 Hengyang Petro 50.0 0.240 -0.040 -14.29 GDS Global 172.0 0.415 -0.085 -17.00 Spackman 35,712.0 0.280 +0.040 +16.67 Sunlight 500.0 0.021 -0.006 -22.22 Allied Tech^ 50.0 0.028 +0.004 +16.67 Epicentre
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Vongnam Holdings
        132 8 HOLD Nov 18 close, S$0.198 Target price: S$0.19 DBS Group Research, Nov 18 REVENUE fell 51 per cent (S$47.3million) in both structural steelworks (-51 per cent year-on-year, S$27.6 million) and specialist civil engineering (-49 per cent year-on-year, S$19.7 million) segments. Yongnam’s operations are in transition, as key projects
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        155 8 HOLD Nov 18 close: S$0.44 Fair value: S$0.48 OCBC Investment Research, Nov 18 REVENUE growth for the drilling business was flat on a sequential basis as two land rigs were idle due to tensions in Kurdistan. We understand, however, that one of the two land rigs has resumed
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        Lock icon Centurion Corp
        171 8  -  Compiled by Chan Yi Wen BUY Nov 18 close: S$0.565 Target price: S$0.89 OSK-DMG, NOV 18 CENTURION announced that it has won an open tender for a 12,000-bed dormitory land plot, comprising a 99-year-lease land area of 12.6ha, in Juru, Penang, Malaysia from Penang Development Corporation for S$8.06
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        16 8 DATA I 3am US Federal Open Market Committee Meeting Minutes I4pm Singapore COE Bidding Results
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      Lock icon German data boosts euro; yen hits 7-year low
      438 9 TT CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE euro regained ground against the dollar on Tuesday after a better than expected survey of German economic sentiment while the yen touched a seven-year low after a snap election was called in Japan. The euro jumped around
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 NOV 18 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.983 5.337 0.698 6.762 53.858 105.889 1.017 9.584 2.924 1.098 88.648 39.207 1.132 9.675 0.839 26.835 28.595 0.557 0.872 Canada 1.018 5.431
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 NOV 18 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1312 1.1328 0.8718 0.8723 Canadian dollar 1.1513 1.1528 0.8877 0.8872 Euro 1.6201 1.6217 1.2485 1.2488 NZ dollar 1.0304 1.0316 0.7941 0.7944 Sterling pound 2.0315 2.0340 1.5656 1.5663
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 NOV 18 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2977 1.2989 2-months 1.2978 1.2990 3-months 1.2978 1.2990 6-months 1.2977 1.2990 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        362 9 Nov 18 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.84 *****.76 *****.50 Dec14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****2 *****7 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 68 3485 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 332.00 333.02 328.74 Nov14 331.40 333.70 329.30 330.20 ***** *****9 Dec14 331.60
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        213 9 Most active Nov 18 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left OLS Enterprise W*****5 0.4 unch 4984 1 1 8 3.25 33 DBS MB eCW*****2 11.1 0.7 3980 0.1 0 7 TIH Limited W*****9 0.4 0.1 3571 1
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 17 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1264.2 -0.2 6.7 -0.3 6.0 -0.3 3.1 EAFE Preliminary 977.6 -0.4 2.2 -0.5 -3.1 -0.4 -5.8 Europe Preliminary 1370.5 0.4 1.2
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Nov 18 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.06 0.03 1-month 0.4375 0.3125 2-months 0.4375 0.3125 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.15 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.18 0.08 1 month 0.25 0.15 2 months 0.30 0.20 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.50 0.30 9 months 0.60 0.40 12
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        Lock icon SIBOR
        36 9 NOV 18 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        61 9 Nov 18 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 105.77 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100.58 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 105.96 106.10 106.10 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 102.39 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 107.88 108.15 108.05 30-Year NA*****N 2.750 01-Apr-42
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        212 9 NOV-17 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Nov-17 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1036.25 13.75 1.34% 14/01/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.45 0.25 0.78% 12/12/2014 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 551.75 -8.75 -1.56% 12/12/2014 Nov-17 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1897.00 16.00 0.85% 12/12/2014 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2065.00 -9.00 -0.43%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 9 NOV 18 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Nov 14 2210.0 2230.0 2231.0 2210.0 275 8609 Dec 14 2224.0 2248.0 2250.0 2220.0 8815 ***** Jan 15 2229.0 2251.0 2254.0 2225.0 ***** ***** Feb 15 2235.0 2254.0
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      Lock icon Pressure on coal prices unlikely to ease for now
      608 10  -  Analysts cite continuing overcapacity; longer term demand hinges on India and China By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore OVERSUPPLY, coupled with weakened demand, has led analysts to believe both thermal and coking coal prices will remain under pressure up till
      Source: Bloomberg  -  608 words
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      Lock icon The art of contrarian investing
      550 10  -  By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore RETIRING at age 28 may be an inconceivable notion to many, but to 35-year-old Edward Lee it was a way of life. He has quite a story to share. Mr Lee graduated in accounting and finance from the
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      Lock icon Sino Construction turning itself into a global coal resource player
      809 10  -  By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore SEIZING opportunities in the bear market, Singapore mainboard-listed Sino Construction has been aggressively acquiring coal assets and is now on the hunt for more. Just this year, it has locked in three new
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      Lock icon Seven big US companies paid more to CEOs than in federal taxes: study
      404 10 REUTERS Washington SEVEN of the 30 largest US corporations paid more money to their chief executive officers last year than they paid in US federal income taxes, according to a study released on Tuesday that was disputed
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      218 7 InvestorRelationsHighlights AVIC International Maritime Holdings Limited, an integrated marine and offshore one-stop solution provider under the AVIC Group, reported a net profit of RMB1.8 million for its 3Q2014. Mr Diao Weicheng, Executive Chairman of AVIC Maritime commented, “Moving forward, we hope to play a more active role in China’s shipbuilding
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Orchard Rd retail rents 7th most expensive in Asia-Pacific: report
      723 11  -  Globally, Fifth Avenue in New York is the priciest, at US$3,550 per sq ft per year By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT @Nisha_BT RETAIL rents at Singapore’s iconic shopping belt Orchard Road are the seventh most expensive in the Asia-Pacific, even
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      Lock icon Two govt sites up for tender to yield 700 residential units
      523 11  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) released a mixed-use site in Yishun and an executive condominium (EC) site at Anchorvale Crescent in Sengkang for tender on Tuesday that are estimated to yield a total
      Source: HDB  -  523 words
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      Lock icon China’s Greenland in talks to buy Australia’s agricultural firms
      527 11 BLOOMBERG +Sydney GREENLAND Holding Group Co is in talks with Australian agricultural companies on possible takeovers and plans to complete its first deal in six months. The Chinese state-owned company, which has already invested A$1.6 billion (S$1.8 billion) in Australian real
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon StanChart closing accounts of some financial institutions
      445 12  -  Move follows business review; bank says financial institutions are still an important client base By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore STANDARD Chartered Bank Singapore has moved to shutter accounts with selected Singapore financial institutions as part of its business review, as the lender
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      Lock icon Wall Street deal-makers enjoy biggest merger boom since 2000
      949 12 NYT New York STOCKS are surging, corporate executives are ambitious and debt is cheap. The result is one of the biggest booms in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). A US$ 100 billion worth of mergers made on Monday added to the tally,
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      Lock icon ECB stress tests not accurate gauge of bank stability: poll
      484 12 BLOOMBERG New York EUROPE still hasn’t regained investor confidence in its banks. The European Central Bank’s (ECB) stress tests of the region’s lenders failed to provide an accurate gauge of their financial stability, according to 51 per cent of respondents
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      914 12 The Business Times NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF JAPANESE MAMA PTE. LTD. REG NO. *****1960R (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that the Final
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon India’s coal firms face rising debt as auctions loom
      891 13 Aggressive bidding may increase acquisition costs, while staying away isn’t an option as that would wreck projects BLOOMBERG Mumbai INDIAN billionaires seeking to regain lost coal mining permits face rising debt at their companies when they take part in auctions the
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      Lock icon Opec output cut not in its own interests: Goldman
      369 13 BLOOMBERG Melbourne A “LARGE” production cut by Opec to prop up crude prices isn’t in the group’s own interests because it’s likely to bolster an expansion of US shale oil, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. While the slide in prices
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      Lock icon Process of using platinum for fuel cells being tested
      297 13 BLOOMBERG Johannesburg WITH platinum prices at a five-year low, Anglo American Platinum Ltd is seeking to boost demand for the metal with systems that produce electricity in remote areas. Platinum, now used mostly for jewellery and catalytic converters for vehicles, has
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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  • BUSINESS CHINA AWARDS 2014
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      Lock icon CELEBRATING A MILESTONE
      1690 16 Strong Singapore-China bilateral relations enable both countries to work closely together and actively promote trade and investment THE recently concluded 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit hosted by Beijing has been hailed as a stellar showing of China’s growing confidence and poise on the international stage. It
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      508 16  -  Since 1906, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry has been a key link for businesses in China and Singapore. BY FRANCIS KAN BY FRANCIS KAN FOR over a hundred years, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry (SCCCI) has been an advocate for promoting
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      876 18  -  Mando-pop star JJ Lin wins a business award for his contributions to Singapore-China relations.BY relations.BY CHOW YING HOON THERE used to be two JJ Lins: The JJ fluently expressing himself in English, at home in all senses of the word in Singapore; and the JJ speaking Mandarin,
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      678 18  -  Over three decades, architect Liu Thai Ker has established himself as a respected adviser to China’s city and provincial leaders. BY FRANCIS KAN LIU Thai Ker was bestowed with an unexpected honour in the Chinese city of Guilin recently, when officials there asked him
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      Lock icon BEEFING UP ITS BRAND IN CHINA
      670 18  -  OCBC’s acquisition of Wing Hang Bank will give the Singapore bank a springboard to grow its business in North Asia. BY FRANCIS KAN BY FRANCIS KAN WITH the acquisition of Hong Kong’s Wing Hang Bank, OCBC now has a strong platform to grow both
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  • CONSUMER
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      727 21 Drop in bank lending appears to have reversed, economies of most countries growing, he says NYT Frankfurt THE president of the European Central Bank has given a slightly more optimistic assessment of the eurozone’s economy, saying that a decline in bank lending appears
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      442 21 AFP Brussels COST-CONSCIOUS European Union (EU) governments and a more gener-ous-minded European Parliament failed to reach an eleventh-hour agreement for the bloc’s 2015 budget, forcing officials to draw up a new proposal. “No deal on EU budget, EU Commission to present
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      Lock icon Fewer babies herald African ‘economic miracle’: UN
      720 21 AFP London FEWER babies could mean an “economic miracle” for sub-Saharan Africa, with gains of US$500 billion a year over three decades for the region, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Tuesday. The State of World Population report said a total
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      770 21 BLOOMBERG Sydney AUSTRALIA’S economy has spare capacity and contained inflation that justify loose monetary policy, and would benefit from an extended period of housing construction growth, central bank Governor Glenn Stevens said. “The level of interest rates, although very low,
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      Lock icon Producer prices make unexpected gains in Oct
      595 22 But benign inflation environment remains, with Fed in no hurry to raise short-term rates LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington US PRODUCER prices unexpectedly rose in October, but the underlying trend continued to point to a benign inflation environment that could persuade the Federal
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      Lock icon US services exports to S’pore dip to US$11.4b
      814 22  -  2013 slide comes amid spike in US services exports to the world and to Asia-Pac By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg Singapore THE spike in shipments of US services to Singapore in 2012 failed to follow through last year. Despite sliding, the exports
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      602 22 REUTERS BLOOMBERG Canberra PRIME Minister Narendra Modi said he wants to speed up negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with Australia as he seeks better access for Indian businesses to the nation’s markets. “This is a natural partnership arising from
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      Lock icon Joko must now make case for fuel price hike to voters
      651 22  -  By Jeffrey Hutton btworld@sph.com.sg Jakarta AFTER announcing Indonesia’s second hike in the price of subsidised fuel in as many years, President Joko Widodo faces the daunting task of selling the reform not only to voters but to members of
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      519 22 AFP Frankfurt INVESTMENT sentiment in Germany rebounded in November, a survey found on Tuesday, adding to signs that Europe’s biggest economy is stabilising, in another piece of positive news for the eurozone. After hitting a 22-month low in October, the widely
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Shrinking shipping’s environmental footprint
      988 23  -  The industry has no choice, except whether to go along reluctantly or embrace the change TT STRAIT TALK BY DAVID HUGHES THE giant shipping group Maersk made an important commitment at the BSR Conference 2014 in New York a couple of weeks ago. BSR is a
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      Lock icon US new vehicle sales seen close to 17m in 2015
      159 23 REUTERS Detroit THE top dealer group slightly boosted its forecast for new vehicle sales in the US next year close to the 17 million level, citing the improving economy. The National Automobile Dealers Association (Nada) now expects new vehicle sales
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      Lock icon Jetstar HK still to take off after 18-month wait
      713 23 REUTERS Singapore JETSTAR Hong Kong has sold six of its nine new Airbus A320s and many of its pilots have either quit or been redeployed all before the budget airline’s first commercial flight. Nearly 18 months after the lowcost carrier, backed
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      786 23 REUTERS Tokyo AS Takata Corp comes under scrutiny for air bag defects, bankers are weighing up the potential fallout for the Japanese family behind the 81 -year-old company, and the third-generation CEO who controls it. As one reference for what Takata may
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      Lock icon Air Asia X shares take a beating on news of wage-bill woes
      544 24  -  Intense competition first sent AAX into the red in FY2013; its first half 2014 loss was RM140m By S Jayasankaran btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S long-haul budget carrier Air Asia X (AAX) was one of the most heavily-traded stocks
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      288 24 It will contribute US$53.1b, or 37.5%, to the emirate’s economy by 2020: study AFP Dubai AVIATION will account for more than a third of Dubai’s economy by 2020, a study said of the Gulf emirate which has become a major international
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      Lock icon New S Korea agency to replace coast guard in search and rescue
      268 24 REUTERS Seoul SOUTH Korea launches a massive new government agency this week to handle emergency rescue and safety management seven months after a ferry disaster killed 304 people and was blamed by President Park Ge-un-hye on a failed
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      Lock icon Sub-prime car loans riskier than ratings: Moody’s and Fitch
      870 24 BLOOMBERG New York THE booming market for securities backed by sub-prime car loans is riskier than their ratings imply, say two of the biggest assessors of bond credit quality. Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings analysts said in interviews that the
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      Lock icon US port slowdown may delay export of Xmas trees to Asia
      258 24 REUTERS Seattle A SLOWDOWN at a busy Washington state port amid a labour dispute could mean that thousands of Christmas trees grown in the Pacific Northwest will not be shipped in time to meet holiday demand in Asia, industry
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      240 24 AFP Seoul WORKERS at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries will stage a symbolic overtime walkout on Thursday, a union spokesman said as the world’s largest shipbuilder moves closer to its first full-fledged strike in 18 years. Kim Hyeong-Gyun said wider industrial action could
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      295 25 C a ila n E n n o r e J e d d a h B r is b a Shanghai Chittagong n e Ho Chi Minh H o n g K o n g J e b e NYK RORO (ASIA) PTE. LTD. REGULAR SERVICE TO Persian Gulf,
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Equity markets could face a difficult year in 2015
      581 26 EDITORIAL FOR several years equity markets have been able to weather various geopolitical concerns, ranging from worries that Greece’s financial woes would lead to a collapse of the eurozone to more recent problems in Ukraine, the Middle East and the Ebola
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      831 26  -  TT THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 IN the 1980s, when China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping introduced the concept of “one country, two systems”, people
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      Lock icon WWII celebration plans to score points
      1279 26  -  Russia-China agreement to jointly observe war’s 70th anniversary in 2015 aims to warn Japan against historical revision and could create difficulties for US-Japan alliance.BY STEIN TØNNESSON alliance.BY STEIN TØNNESSON T The writer is a research professor at the Peace Research institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway,
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      Lock icon Addressing digital fraud in Asia
      906 27  -  By Stephen Peters T The writer is vice-president, solutions consulting, Asia-Pacific and Japan, at ACI Worldwide ASIA’S cultural and economic diversity makes it difficult to draw broad generalisations about trends and issues in the financial services industry. However, one clear trend is the growing incidence
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      Lock icon China’s clean energy drive will create investment opportunities
      754 27  -  By Xavier Chollet T The writer is a senior investment manager in Pictet Asset Management’s Sector Theme Funds team, and co-manager of the Pictet-Clean Energy fund THE recent UN summit on climate change saw the emergence of an unlikely champion for alternative
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      Lock icon Turning climate change into a political football
      1036 27  -  Fundamentally opposed to any initiative taken by President Obama because they loathe him Republican Congressmen are determined to fight the China-US agreement on carbon emissions By Leon Hadar Washington IN A POLITICAL and electoral system dominated by two major political parties, the policy
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      Lock icon Spanish artists sell porn in protest over taxes on theatre
      890 28 BLOOMBERG Madrid A GROUP of Spanish actresses has found a novel way to protest the government’s taxation of the performing arts: They’re selling pornography. Theatre company Primas de Riesgo is registering as a porn distributor after getting hold of 300
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      Lock icon Docklands provide room in Mumbai
      659 28 Redevelopment of the under-used land aims to create a pleasing waterfront REUTERS Mumbai THE redevelopment of Mumbai’s mostly derelict docklands will, if a government appointed panel has its way, create a waterfront where people living in the world’s second most densely-populated city can go to
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      Lock icon Starbucks criticised for ties to group fighting GMO law
      312 28 BLOOMBERG Chicago ROCKER Neil Young and other activists are criticising Starbucks Corp for its membership in a trade association fighting Vermont’s new food-label-ling law. An advocacy group called SumOfUs wants Starbucks to sever ties with the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), which
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      340 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Down 1 Total paid initially for oil deposit (4) 2 Looking amazed by a good turn around (4) 3 English go in to support victory for this horse! (7) 4 Two answers about memory evoking smell (5) 5 Forbearance shown to distraught cleaner? (9) 6 Creep caught fishing
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
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      Lock icon US dollar assets set to be winners again
      908 30  -  But Schroders execs disagree over prospects for emerging market equities By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg @GenCuaBT MANY global economies are grappling with a disinflationary or deflationary trend, which has implications for investment assets. Schroders multi-asset fund manager Remi Ajewole says the disinflationary trend,
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      Lock icon Can racial diversity influence financial bubbles?
      412 30 NYT New York WOULD more racial diversity on Wall Street make financial bubbles less likely to develop? That’s the intriguing possibility raised by an experiment that helps explain what factors lead markets to become subject to speculative booms and busts. And while its answers
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      Lock icon Flash boys of new era of volatility
      1528 29 Influence of high-frequency traders in US Treasury market is growing BLOOMBERG New York IN a flash, the bond market went wild. What began on Oct 15 as another sleepy day in the US Treasury market suddenly turned into the biggest jump in volatility
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      Lock icon Global mutual funds picking up S’pore stocks
      465 29 TT ON THE RADAR GLOBAL mutual funds were net buyers of Singapore stocks in the three months to Nov 14. The top five stocks saw net buys of S$ 1.9 billion in aggregate, compared to net sells of S$769.4 million. However, stocks with
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      21 30 ON THE RADAR Global mutual funds picking up S’pore stocks /29 HIGH-FREQUENCY TRADERS Flash boys of new era of volatility 29
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