The Business Times, 6 February 2015

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    24 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 Friday, February 6,2015
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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      Lock icon Something resembling a perfect storm
      34 1 could be brewing in global financial markets as monetary “easing wars”, along with associated currency wars, intensify among major central banks and spread to emerging markets. TOP STORIES 2
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      Lock icon Prime Minister Lee
      29 1 Hsien Loong kicked off his first official visit to Spain on Thursday by meeting the country’s top diplomat and its highest-ranking economic official. TOP STORIES/ 4
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      Lock icon The Public Accounts Committee
      34 1 has urged public-sector agencies to be more diligent in managing public resources. These agencies should also review their usage regularly to optimise their use and minimise wastage. TOP STORIES 5
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      Lock icon Global Logistic Properties’
      36 1 third-quarter earnings plunged 36.2 per cent as the group recorded lower contributions from its joint ventures and incurred higher expenses related to its business expansion and a larger property portfolio. COMPANIES MARKETS 7
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s biggest banks
      31 1 among the world’s most profitable, are strong enough to face down overseas rivals without the need to merge to cope with South-east Asia’s economic integration. BANKING FINANCE 12
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      Lock icon Wheat farmers in Australia
      24 1 the world’s fourth-biggest shipper, will face an increasing challenge keeping up with their neighbours’ appetite for bread and noodles. CONSUMER/15
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      Lock icon Greece’s government bonds
      33 1 tumbled with bank debt and equities as the European Central Bank jolted markets with its decision to restrict access to funding lines for the nation’s financial institutions. GOVERNMENT ECONOMY /16
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    Lock icon Local bond market slumps as investors stay away
    713 1  -  January deals totalling S$638m a pale shadow of the S$2.2b achieved a year ago; lack of clarity cited for the drop in demand By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore VOLATILITY is spooking bond investors, and fed up with declining interest rates,
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    26 1 Thursday Change STI 3,406.58 (-10.99) KL COMP 1,803.21 (+0.19) NIKKEI 225 17,504.62 (-174.12) HANG SENG 24,765.49 (+85.73) SHENZHEN B 1,081.84 (-1.53) DOW(11am EST) 17,826.31 (+153.29)
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    Lock icon Facebook tipped to be moving to South Beach Tower
    667 1  -  Social media giant in advanced talks to lease about 70,000 sq ft in recently completed tower By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore FACEBOOK is expanding its footprint in Singapore. Talk in the market is that the social media giant is in
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      87 1 Hill 8 '*****1 *****4 GROWING AND GROWING Art Fair Philippines edgy and exciting BT LIFESTYLE 25 REMISIERS’ APPEAL SGX, SIAS respond to remisiers’ grievances companies markets 6 PROPERTY AUCTIONS ERA Realty sees auctions market as new growth area real estate /19 ONLINE ONLY Read Boardroom Matters, a series of articles
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Washington-based IIF flags danger of ‘easing wars’
      901 2  -  It warns of a contagion that could hit global financial markets and emerging markets, among other things By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo SOMETHING resembling a perfect storm could be brewing in global financial markets as monetary “easing wars”, along with associated currency wars,
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      Lock icon CAAS and Aireon pair up to improve aircraft tracking
      736 2  -  They plan to look into using a space-based technology within the Singapore Flight Information Region so that airspace can be more efficiently and safely used By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and air-navigation services
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      Lock icon Oil back towards US$56 but outlook still fragile, say traders
      456 2 REUTERS BLOOMBERG London OIL rose towards US$56 a barrel on Thursday, recovering from part of the previous session’s drop, although traders and analysts said the prospect of a further, sustained rally from near six-year lows looked weak. Crude snapped a
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      Lock icon Talks cover range of political and economic issues
      521 4  -  Spain was Singapore’s eight-largest EU trading partner in 2014, with bilateral trade standing at S$2 billion, up from S$1.7 billion in 2013 PM LEE IN SPAIN By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Madrid PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong kicked off his first official
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      Lock icon SBF: More scope to grow Singapore-Spain business links
      665 4  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Madrid THERE is a good flow of trade and investment between Singapore and Spain, but government officials and business leaders from both sides agree that the levels could be much higher. The total bilateral trade in 2013
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      Lock icon Ballooning global debt up by record US$57t since 2008 crisis
      496 4  -  Rate of increase in global debt now outpaces world GDP growth, raising fresh risks: McKinsey report B y Prisca Ang prisang@sph.com.sg Singapore GLOBAL debt has grown by a record high of US$57 trillion since the 2008 financial crisis, posing fresh
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      Lock icon Ministries explain lapses on resource management
      525 5  -  Public-sector agencies urged to be more diligent in managing public resources, review their usage regularly By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE Public Accounts Committee has urged public-sector agencies to be more diligent in managing public resources. These agencies should also review their usage
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      Lock icon DBS offers new venture debt platform for viable tech startups
      563 5  -  Loans are combined with warrants or rights to purchase equity to compensate for the higher risk of default STARTUPS By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore STARTUPS in Singapore often said to struggle with the limited availability of post Series A
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      Lock icon China has more cuts to go if it’s to deal with financial outflows
      380 5  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By John Foley WHEN China’s central bank frees up around US$100 billion of lending power, as it did on Feb 4, it’s a statement. Indicators like a weakening yuan, rising foreign-currency debt and capital outflows,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SGX and SIAS respond to remisiers’ grouses
      798 6  -  SGX says some issues raised have been or are being addressed; SIAS says shift in investor profile could have added to woes By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Thursday defended itself by saying that some of the grievances
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      Lock icon SGX holding investment carnival to help new investors get started
      349 6  -  By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is launching an investment carnival as part of a campaign to educate new investors and encourage them to start investing. Recent retail investment trends have shown that almost one-third
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      Lock icon Global Logistic’s Q3 profit down 36.2% at US$112m
      846 7  -  Lower contributions from joint ventures and higher expenses; fair-value gains up 26.6% By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore GLOBAL Logistic Properties’ (GLP) third-quarter earnings plunged 36.2 per cent as the group recorded lower contributions from its joint ventures and incurred higher
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      Lock icon F J Benjamin Q2 profit higher at S$1.24m despite revenue fall
      367 7  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore FASHION and lifestyle group FJ Benjamin Holdings posted a net profit of S$1.24 million for the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2014, up from S$586,000 for the corresponding quarter a year earlier. The
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      Lock icon First Sponsor’s Q4 earnings more than double to S$19.3m
      570 7  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore PROPERTY sales provided a fillip to First Sponsor Group in the fourth quarter, helping the China-focused property developer to more than double its net profit to S$19.3 million from S$9.2 million. This came as the
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Feb 5,2015 3,406.58 -10.99 (-0.32%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,415.14 Day low 3,394.95 52-week high 3,423.35 (Feb 2, 2015) 52-week low 2,960.09 (Feb 5, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist Index Feb 5,2015 733.11 -5.04 (-0.68%) Current streak 3 days Day high 737.83 Day low
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      Lock icon Market weighed down by DBS, OCBC falls
      645 8  -  Turnover was lower at S$1.1 billion, with STI component stocks accounting for 41% STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT STEEP falls in bank stocks DBS and OCBC on Thursday dragged 10.99 points off the Straits Times Index TI) at 3,406.58 in a relatively
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      305 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 248 -3 252/246 263 211 5.7 6270.3 CapitaLand 355 +3 355/352 364 268 17.8 2.3 *****.2 CapitaMall Trust 217 +3 218/213 226 180 5 7527.8 CityDev 1010 -12 1020/1008 1118 890 13.7
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      37 8 VOLUME Pacific Andes 66,221,000 Golden Agri-Res 53,889,500 IHC 39,066,200 China Env 28,877,500 Oceanus 26,372,100 Market volume 1,355,573,000 VALUE DBS Grp 130,749,207 Keppel Corp 86,761,661 SingTel 77,115,426 Global Logistic 48,062,377 OCBC Bank 39,127,795 Market value 1,129,869,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      108 8 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS India US$ US797 +4 162 797/785 1000/555 802/804 99.6 Lyxor ChinaH US$ US1626 +10 156 1671/1626 1700/1221 1610/1619 89.4 DBXT CSI300 US$ US938 -25 106 973/937 1044/613 938/941 STI ETF 340 -2 84 343/340
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      77 8 Feb 5 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -7.00 -217.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -87.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -1.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 785.32 -0.21 FTSE ST Small Cap 502.71 -0.85 FTSE ST All Share 820.21 -2.17 FTSE ST China Top 195.09 -1.09 FTSE ST China 235.73 -1.30 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Feb 5,2015 820.21 -2.17 (-0.26%) Current streak 1 day Day high 821.88 Day low 817.80 52-week high 824.13 (Jan 28, 2015) 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 Feb 4,2015 1,818.96 +13.15 (+0.73%) Current streak 3 days Day high 1,822.52 Day low 1,809.36 52-week high 1,995.49 (JUl 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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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 5 8 2 0 0 0 5 8 2 Manufacturing 31 50 71 2 11 16 33 61 87 Commerce 12 23 31 3 8 4 15 31 35 Tpt/Stor/Comms 8 16 17
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 32,677 32,677 145,158 145,158 Manufacturing 167,300 30,969 198,269 80,984 1,579 82,562 Commerce 90,142 39,331 129,473 69,950 2,273 72,223 Tpt/Stor/Comms 105,741 430 106,171 191,856 132 191,988 Finance 21,436 61 21,497 224,218 13 224,231 Construction 25,392 1,095
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      74 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 126.7 0.5 *****/***** DBXT China50 US$ 3497 115.9 2.5 3516/2577 JMH USD 6409 48.5 0.6 6788/5210 JSH USD 3506 37.7 0.8 3810/3105 DBXT MSCHINA US$ 1424 25.6 1.4 1438/1119 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Europtronic 3 66.7 1.2
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      75 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT CSI300 US$ 938 -33.7 -2.6 1044/613 Jardie C&C 4195 -26.0 -0.6 4901/3359 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** -20.0 -0.2 *****/***** DBS Grp 1942 -18.0 -0.9 2067/1565 DBXT MSINDIA US$ 1115 -14.8 -1.0 1148/805 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Novo 24.5 -21.0
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Europtronic 4,583.0 0.030 +0.012 +66.67 Yongmao 166.0 0.181 +0.036 +24.83 New Wave 10,099.0 0.009 +0.001 +12.50 Lasseters Intl 25.0 0.092 -0.008 -8.00 UniFiber System 7,050.0 0.011 -0.002 -15.39 Asia Fashion 790.4 0.032 -0.006 -15.79 Micro-Mechanics 139.0 0.630 -0.050 -7.35 Polaris 7,528.7 0.014 -0.002 -12.50 Del
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Sats
        209 8 HOLD Feb 5 close: S$3.02 Target price: S$3.11 UOB Kay Hian Research, Feb 5 Q3 FY15 was a good quarter as Sats achieved cost efficiency. However, there is a theoretical limit to that. The reduction in operating expenditure was the key earnings driver and Sats achieved this by reducing
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        215 8  -  Compiled by Chan Yi Wen BUY Feb 5 close: S$2.01 Target price: S$2.19 OCBC Investment Research, Feb 5 MAIL revenue fell 2.3 per cent year-on-year, due to lower contributions from domestic and international mail; this despite a postage rate hike from October last year. In the quarter, domestic
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      17 8 DATA I 9.30 pm (Feb 6) US Employment Rate I 9.30 am (Feb 10) China CPI
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      Lock icon Euro rallies on speculation of SNB intervention
      400 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE euro rose strongly across the board on Thursday, gaining more than one per cent against the Swiss franc, as traders speculated that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) was again buying euros in order to weaken the franc. Having fallen
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Feb 5 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.977 4.868 0.684 6.037 48.097 98.421 0.914 8.498 2.783 1.054 78.722 34.346 1.050 8.909 0.718 24.529 25.388 0.512 0.779 Canada 1.023 4.982
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Feb 5 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0493 1.0507 0.7784 0.7789 Canadian dollar 1.0738 1.0752 0.7971 0.7966 Euro 1.5338 1.5350 1.1378 1.1380 NZ dollar 0.9959 0.9972 0.7388 0.7393 Sterling pound 2.0496 2.0514 1.5205 1.5208
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Feb 5 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3483 1.3495 2-months 1.3490 1.3502 3-months 1.3495 1.3508 6-months 1.3506 1.3521 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        383 9 Feb 5 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.21 *****.34 *****.67 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****7 *****9 Jun15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 49 4224 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 352.92 352.92 350.58 Feb15 353.20 355.10 350.70 352.30 ***** *****3 Mar15 353.50
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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 Feb 4 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1296.4 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.2 0.3 0.6 EAFE Preliminary 1030.4 0.6 4.4 0.7 4.2 0.7 2.5 Europe Preliminary 1458.6 0.2 5.6
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    • BANK RATES
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        36 9 Feb 5 (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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        154 9 Feb 5 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.12 0.07 1-month 0.625 0.50 2-months 0.625 0.50 3-months 0.6875 0.5625 Overnight mode: 0.25 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.17 0.07 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 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 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 9 Feb 5 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 103.33 103.38 103.33 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 101.14 101.30 101.25 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 109.53 109.95 109.40 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 107.12 107.35 107.00 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 114.96
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        249 9 Feb-4 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Feb-4 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 972.00 -15.00 -1.52% 13/03/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.59 -0.21 -0.68% 13/03/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 511.00 -2.75 -0.54% 13/03/2014 Feb-4 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1921.00 9.00 0.47% 16/03/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1931.00 24.00 1.26%
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      Lock icon FSB’s ‘loss absorbing’ rule could swamp debt market
      853 10 Banks call for easing of regulation, wider range of securities to comply with proposed rule BLOOMBERG Brussels BANKS from Tokyo to London say the Financial Stability Board’s plan for tackling too-big-to-fail banks may drown the corporate bond market in new paper and
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      Lock icon National Australia Bank Q1 profit up 6% at A$1.65b
      610 10 BLOOMBERG Sydney NATIONAL Australia Bank Ltd posted a 6 per cent increase for first-quarter profit on increased mortgage lending and higher markets income. Unaudited cash profit, which excludes one-time items, climbed to A$1.65 billion (S$ 1.73 billion) in the three months
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      Lock icon Ex-Goldman trader to start Asia-focused fund
      404 10 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong TED Wang, the former co-head of equities trading for the Americas at Goldman Sachs Group, is starting a hedge fund firm with three colleagues from the bank. Mr Wang, 48, plans to open Puissance Capital in the second quarter to bet
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      Lock icon Rising taxes, new regulations to impact BNP earnings next year
      367 10 REUTERS Paris BNP Paribas, France’s largest bank, said on Thursday that rising taxes and new regulations would impact earnings next year by 500 million euros (S$769 million) and unveiled increased cost cuts to cover growing compliance and control expenses. The
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      663 12 They can build on geographical reach to retain an advantage, says Bank Negara head BLOOMBERG Jakarta INDONESIA’S biggest banks, among the world’s most profitable, are strong enough to face down overseas rivals without the need to merge to cope with South-east Asia’s economic integration,
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      168 12  -  By Arthur Lee arthurl@sph.com.sg Singapore OCBC Group CEO Samuel Tsien tried his hand at conducting the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra at a unique staff leadership programme recently. Some 30 senior management from the Bank’s overseas branches and subsidiaries, Bank of Singapore, Great Eastern
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      492 12 REUTERS Sydney EUROPEAN investment banks that scaled back in Australia after the global financial crisis are scrambling to rebuild advisory and financing teams, keen for a slice of A$90 billion (S$95 billion) worth of privatisations expected in the next three years. Australia’s government
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon CME Group to shutter most futures pits
      822 13 Open-outcry trading is only 1% of total futures trading volume, says exchange operator REUTERS Chicago THE world’s largest futures market operator will shutter almost all of its open-outcry futures pits by July 2, ringing the closing bell on a once-rau-cous tradition that has
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      Lock icon US pork looks to surpass beef as most-produced meat
      650 13 BLOOMBERG Chicago IN the US, the country that made the hamburger a global icon of American fast-food cuisine, beef is about to fall another spot on the meat scale. For the past two decades, chicken has outranked beef as the most-pro-duced
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      850 14 FCC against letting cable, wireless-service firms prioritise delivery of one service or piece of info over another BLOOMBERG Portland TOM Wheeler, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has outlined a sweeping new set of proposals regulating how
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      697 14 BLOOMBERG New York UNDER Armour Inc, the maker of athletic clothing and gear, is acquiring the MyFitnessPal and Endomondo applications for a total of about US$560 million in a bid to become the world’s biggest tracker of fitness information.
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      379 14 AFP San Francisco NETFLIX said it will expand its online streaming television and movie service to Japan later this year. Netflix is ramping up efforts to conquer the world, even as competition is heating up in the growing market for Internet television. The California-based
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      Lock icon RadioShack said to be planning to file for bankruptcy
      495 14 It is closing in on an agreement with creditors and other parties BLOOMBERG New York RADIOSHACK Corp is closing in on an agreement with creditors and other parties that would put the retailer in bankruptcy soon, people with knowledge of the
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      317 14 BLOOMBERG San Francisco TWITTER Inc has struck a deal with Google Inc to make its 140-character updates more searchable online. In the first half of this year, tweets will start to be visible in Google’s search results as soon
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      466 16 Greece and Germany remain deeply divided over Athens’ planned renegotiation of its massive international bailout BLOOMBERG AFP Frankfurt GREECE’S government bonds tumbled with bank debt and equities as the European Central Bank (ECB) jolted markets with its
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      764 16 GDP in euro area will rise by 1.3% in 2015 and 1.9% next year, it says BLOOMBERG Frankfurt THE European Commission raised its euro-area growth forecasts and cut its inflation outlook as cheaper energy proves both a blessing and a curse for
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      Lock icon Dec trade gap widens to biggest shortfall in 2 years
      341 16 LATEST US DATA BLOOMBERG Washington THE US trade deficit increased unexpectedly in December to a two-year high on a pickup in imports of motor vehicles and fewer shipments overseas. The gap widened 17.1 per cent to US$46.6 billion, the biggest
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      Lock icon BoE leaves interest rates at record low on deflation fears
      331 16 AFP London THE Bank of England on Thursday voted to keep interest rates at a record-low 0.50 per cent, where they have stood for nearly six years, amid fears of deflation and slowing growth. Policymakers also decided to maintain the
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      479 16 He will discuss various issues with PM Najib, visit Proton factory AFP Kuala Lumpur INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo arrived in Malaysia on Thursday for his first bilateral trip abroad, with the two sides hoping to shore up an important relationship frequently
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      Lock icon Economists see China easing as just the start
      922 17 They forecast more cuts to reserve requirements and benchmark interest rates by central bank BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA’S latest move in the global monetary-easing game may be just the start. Economists from Deutsche Bank AG, Bank of America Corp and Nomura Holdings Inc
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      583 17  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE Japanese government went ahead on Thursday with the nomination of economics professor Yutaka Harada as a member of the policy board at the Bank of Japan (BOJ), thereby raising the chances that governor Haruhiko Kuroda will be
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s 5.02% growth in 2014 slowest in 5 years
      423 17 A rebound will depend on govt efficacy in delivering on infrastructure projects REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA’S economic growth slipped to its weakest in five years in 2014 as weak exports and investments dragged, underlining the challenges facing the country’s new president, Joko
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s trade surplus widens 16.6% in 2014
      386 17 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S export growth rose to 2.7 per cent in December from a year ago, as its monthly trade surplus shrank to 9.2 billion ringgit (S$3.5 billion), government data showed on Thursday, as the South-east Asian economy was hit by falling
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      656 17 REUTERS New Delhi FALLING oil prices have been a major windfall for India: Just weeks ago it faced the prospects of failing to meet fiscal deficit targets, but can now expect a budget that not only hits its targets,
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon China to rein in luxury car prices with parallel imports
      544 18 Scheme, which starts in Shanghai next week, will allow unauthorised dealers to sell imported cars REUTERS Shanghai CHINA is taking aim again at foreign luxury carmakers such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz by allowing unauthorised dealers to sell imported cars
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      516 18 NEW YORK TRAIN CRASH BLOOMBERG Washington AS federal investigators examined the charred wreckage of Tuesday’s deadly commuter train collision near New York, lawmakers in Washington were calling for new initiatives and money to prevent future tragedies. US Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a New York
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      Lock icon Toyota says it plans to spread wealth to aid Japan revival
      524 18 BLOOMBERG Tokyo TOYOTA Motor, which analysts estimate will earn more profit this fiscal year than all the other Japanese carmakers combined, could be ready to spread the wealth. As Toyota raised its fiscal-year profit forecast to a record 2.13
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      Lock icon Taiwan pilot hailed as hero for avoiding built-up areas
      503 18 AFP Taipei TAIWAN rescuers scoured a river for 12 people still missing from a TransAsia plane crash on Thursday as the pilot was hailed as a hero for apparently battling to avoid hitting built-up areas shortly after issuing a “mayday” call.
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      Lock icon Uber pilots ride-sharing service in Japan
      329 18 AFP Tokyo TAXI app Uber on Thursday launched a pilot ride-sharing service in one Japanese city, its latest bid to take on the transport industry around the world. The California company’s “Everyone’s Uber” service went live in the morning in the western city of
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon January’s marginal rise in HDB resale prices a blip, say property consultants
      641 19  -  HDB RESALE PRICES By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore PRICES of HDB resale flats registered a marginal 0.6 per cent month-on-month rise in January, going by flash estimates from the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX), but property consultants
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      Lock icon HK home prices hit record high in 2014
      264 19 REUTERS Hong Kong HONG Kong’s home prices rose last year to a record high, official data showed, as tightening measures failed to curb skyrocketing prices supported by strong local demand and tight supply in one of the world’s most expensive property markets.
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      Lock icon As Christchurch heals, investment window opens
      557 19  -  By Prisca Ang prisang@sph.com.sg Singapore CHRISTCHURCH’S healing tourism industry may present new opportunities to foreign investors as New Zealand’s third largest city recovers from its devastating 2011 earthquake. At least, that is what Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism (CCT) CEO Tim Hunter is hoping. In
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      260 19  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (Redas) on Thursday named Far East Organization executive director Augustine Tan as its new president for a two-year term. Mr Tan takes over from Chia Boon Kuah, who is group
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      Lock icon ERA Realty sees auctions market as a new growth area
      655 19  -  It hopes to enter the market this year, also looking to establish a franchise in Philippines By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE surge in property auctions last year has caught the eye of Singapore’s largest real estate agency, ERA
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      Lock icon Manhattan condos go for a bargain of US$3m
      1133 20 Developers are converting former rental buildings into new housing in the form of non-luxury condominiums BLOOMBERG New York WHEN Related Cos began selling condominiums at one of its former rental buildings last month, 50 people showed up in the first two days
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      547 21 BBC LONDON ADVICE on the best way to brush teeth for adults and children is confusing and inconsistent, according to University College London (UCL) researchers. They added that there is also a lack of agreement on how often to brush and
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  • OPINION
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      489 22 AS the United States continues to negotiate a historic deal with 11 Asia-Pacific trading partners the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), that will increase market access in the United States in return for reduced trade barriers in other participating countries officials and lawmakers in Washington have
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      836 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter at: @FrankChing1 LAST September, when the new Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, visited the United States, China declared itself unworried. “India
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      1004 22  -  Start-up ecosystem requires understanding of customer behaviour, passion and survival mentality. BY AMY BONSALL BY AMY BONSALL T The writer is Design Director at IDEO Singapore HOTEL room by hotel room, and grocery order by grocery order, startups like Airbnb, Flocations, and RedMart are taking
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      898 23  -  COMMENTARY By Nick Taylor T The writer is the Asean technology lead at Accenture Singapore AS the world struggles to leave behind a period of weak demand and poor productivity growth, many business and government leaders are looking to the next wave of
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      842 23  -  By Simon Johnson T The writer is a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and the co-author of ‘White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, And Why It Matters To You’ PROJECT SYNDICATE Washington AMERICA’S presidential election
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      880 23  -  The US capital’s role as a “global political city” converts it into a power much more responsive to global concerns, argues Kent Calder in Asia in Washington. BY ANTHONY Washington.BY ANTHONY ROWLEY WHAT exactly is Washington, DC? The capital city of
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      1531 25  -  Entry to the Art Fair Philippines in Makati City is managed by bouncers, a sign of how hot the event is and a reflection of the fast-growing art market in the country. BY CHEAH UI-HOON BY CHEAH UI-HOON uihoon@sph.com.sg “NO, Ma’am, you cannot enter. You need
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        599 26  -  Unbroken is a well-meaning film that portrays the strength of will and remarkable powers of endurance of a prisoner of war.BY GEOFFREY EU WOMEN IN FILMS war.BY GEOFFREY EU ANGELINA Jolie’s World War II biopic Unbroken tells the incredible true story of Louis “Louie”
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        497 26  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT IF Eat Pray Love had blisters instead of yoga, it’d be Wild, a movie that so happens to also be based on a book written by a woman about her journey of self-discovery. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club)
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        564 26  -  By Geoffrey Eu A MOST Violent Year charts a few crucial weeks in the life of Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac), the ambitious young owner of a heating oil company in New York City who is plotting to take his business to the next level.
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        472 26  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT JUST give Julianne Moore a damn Oscar already. After missing out for roles in Boogie Nights (1997), The End of the Affair (1999), Far From Heaven (2002) and The Hours (2002), she’s up for another Best Actress challenge this
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        780 27  -  Portland band known for symphonic pop with hints of Latin, salsa, bossa nova and the Middle East to come back to Singapore for encore.BY CONCERT encore.BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT WITH his shock of blonde hair, you can’t miss Thomas Lauderdale, the flamboyant
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        460 27  -  THEATRE By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IF you go to the theatre with hopes of seeing an entertaining, uncomplicated play that features great live acting and amiable jokes, then Pangdemonium’s feel-good comedy Circle Mirror Transformation should please you. But if you expect theatre to
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        Lock icon A timely play about moral hypocrisy
        564 27  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT MORAL hypocrisy is a blight on the intellectual and artistic landscape of the country. Tenuous, often conservative arguments are frequently used to censor other voices and perspectives. Intentional or not, Nine Years Theatre’s timely staging of Tartuffe, the 1664
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        887 28  -  The Henderson Project, run by actress Selena Tan and her husband John Pok, is shaking up the Henderson industrial estate. ARTS BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT ON the outside, it looks like another inconspicuous industrial building. Men in coveralls go about their work,
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        1111 28  -  WINE By N K Yong “ANYTHING But Chardonnay!” This battle cry came back to mind when I met Stuart Pigott, wine critic and writer, famous for his depth of knowledge of Riesling, at lunch a few days ago. For lunch, he produced an Austrian Riesling from Weingut
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        461 28  -  BOOK REVIEW By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg Last Train from Tanjong Pagar By Koh Hong Teng Based on tours and place histories by Lai Chee Kien Graphic Novel Epigram Books, 2014 S$24.90, 214 pages KOH Hong Teng is the first Singaporean to win international acclaim as
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        865 29  -  Why should women have all the fun when it comes to getting dressed? A new menswear brand hopes to take the suit from boardroom to bar and beyond.BY MAY YIP beyond.BY MAY YIP HE might just be 23, but first-time designer Matthew Gideon isn’t obsessed with ironic
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          331 29  -  By Dylan Tan WATCHES Boutique openings JAEGER-LECOULTRE’S new-ly-opened second boutique at Ion Orchard (2 Orchard Turn, ION Orchard, #02-08) is more than just a destination to head to when you feel like spoiling yourself with a new luxury timepiece. The flagship store is also the first
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          Lock icon The Rishi and Sharul Show
          163 29  -  STAND-UP COMEDY By Helmi Yusof COMEDIANS Rishi Budhrani and Sharul Channa (right) have a few “firsts” to their names: they’re Singapore’s first married stand-up comic act, and Sharul is Singapore’s first female Indian stand-up comic Kumar is a man, lest one forgets. Rishi is the
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          233 29  -  DINING By Tay Suan Chiang STEAMBOAT places in Singapore tend to have the usual soup stocks: herbal chicken, ma la, or for something more exotic, satay sauce. Now try steamboat using coconut water, which is what new eatery Chicken Legend offers? The soup is made of 100 per
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          Lock icon D’Kranji Farm Fair
          208 29  -  POP-UP MARKET By Tay Suan Chiang IT seems that Singaporeans are really strong supporters of buying local produce, judging from the number of pop-up markets that have been taking place at the handful of farms we have. This weekend, D’Kranji Farm Resort will be transformed into a
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          209 29  -  TV By Rachel Loi APRIL is coming. But for fans of the hit HBO TV series Game of Thrones, it probably can’t get here soon enough; especially since season four of the series
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      335 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Messy, agent eating chop (6) 4 Neat poker hand (8) 10 View exotic lap dances (9) 11 Food ready to eat after end of fast (5) 12 Entrance by duke that is doggedly determined (2-2-3) 13 Looks steaming, having done this on the golf course? (3,4)
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