The Business Times, 12 September 2016

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    26 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES w w w usinesst imes.com.sg| I MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 I S$1.20 I MC I (P) 052/08/2016 scfrl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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    Lock icon 329 cases to date
    35 1 ZIKA SPREAD ELEVEN new cases of local transmission of the Zika virus were confirmed by noon on Sunday, bringing the total to 329 so far, MOH and NEA announced jointly. 2
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    Lock icon AirYotta’s big plans
    30 1 SHAKING UP TELECOMS AIRYOTTA which has thrown its hat into the ring, aspiring to become Singapore’s fourth telco has huge ambitions for the nation’s telecommunications sector. 3
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    Lock icon Shifting alliances
    27 1 NORTH-EAST ASIA JAPAN and Russia are looking to cement their relationship in order to counter China’s fast-developing power projection across and beyond the region. 5
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    Lock icon Free-trade headache for UK
    43 1 PIPE DREAM BRITAIN’S desire to become a free-trade leader following its vote to leave the EU is seen as wishful thinking by analysts, who say that London’s hands are tied until a formal UK exit from the bloc. 8
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    Lock icon US investments in Singapore swell in 2015
    580 1  -  But investment income is down, along with US returns in the rest of the world By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg@PeckmingBT Singapore US direct investments in Singapore surged last year, although the pace of increase eased worldwide, as the latest figures released by the
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    Lock icon Aussie boost to recycling in S’pore
    944 1  -  By Choo Yun Ting yuntingc@sph.com.sg Singapore EVER wondered what happens to products that are returned to the store, whether it’s due to manufacturing defects or simply because buyers could not find a use for them? If unsold, they usually end up in landfills, and
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon CONTENTS
      46 2 NEWS Top Stories 2-8 Companies Markets 9-13 Real Estate 14-15 Views From The Top 16-17 Young Investors’ Forum 18-19 Banking Finance 20 Energy Commodities 21 Technology 22-23 Consumer 24 Govt Economy 26-31 Transport 32 Shipping Times 33-34 Dining Out 35 Life Culture 36 Crosswords 36
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      137 2 HSTI (Friday) 2,873.33 (-21.15) HSTI FUTURES 2,873.00 (-21.00) HSIMSCI 316.89 (-2.67) HSIMSCI FUTURES 317.00 (-2.85) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,686.44 -4.94 NIKKEI 225 16,965.76 +6.99 HANG SENG 24,099.70 +180.36 SET 1,445.28 -10.10 JAKARTA 5,281.92 -89.16 MANILA 7,581.79 -85.28 KOSPI 2,037.87 -25.86 SHENZHEN B 1,190.26 -2.40 MUMBAI 28,797.25 -248.03
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      Lock icon SBI Offshore’s legal counsel to review PwC findings and provide advice to board
      868 2  -  Report finds two different sets of agreements for purchase, subsequent sale of a China firm By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT Singapore AS a boardroom tussle looms at Catalist-listed SBI Offshore (SBIO) this Friday, the offshore and marine
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      Lock icon Zika cases hit 329 with eight pregnant women among the cases
      176 2 The Straits Times Singapore ANOTHER 11 new cases of locally transmitted Zika were confirmed by noon on Sept 11, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced in a joint statement with the National Environment Agency. One case is linked to
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      Lock icon 4th telco hopeful wants to be data-led firm
      692 3  -  Backed by a single-purpose fund, the company plans to roll out Singapore’s first 4.5G Advanced Pro network By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore AIRYOTTA, a company virtually unknown until it threw its hat into the fourth telco ring early this month, has
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      Lock icon S’pore investment income from US rises to US$928m
      434 3  -  By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S investment income from the US jumped from US$853 million in 2014 to US$928 million last year, even as Singapore companies cut back on investments there. Singapore’s cumulative direct investments fell by over US$1 billion
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      Lock icon Dow may test 18,000 on rate hike fears
      1017 4  -  It could slip to the psychologically significant level this week and shed all the summer’s gains WALL STREET INSIGHT By Bob Curran btworld@sph.com.sg GOLDILOCKS was rudely awoken by the bears in the US stock market last week which came in the form
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      Lock icon Japan, Russia seen deepening ties to counter China’s influence
      1062 5  -  Russia could also gain from investment by Japan in its underdeveloped Far East region By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo A NEW geopolitical calculus appears to be taking shape in Northeast and Central Asia which could change the balance of power and
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      Lock icon Time for a two-tier driving licence scheme
      682 6  -  More stringent licensing restrictions such as a tiered system for cars may reduce accidents on the road COMMENTARY By Arthur Lee arthurl@sph.com,sg THE subject of an 18-year-old youth crashing a 500+ horsepower (hp) Nissan GT-R into another car at Leisure Park Kallang has
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      Lock icon Traders betting on eurozone building stocks
      645 7 Region’s govts expected to increase infrastructure spending to boost growth Bloomberg Madrid WITH the European Central Bank’s stimulus programme showing limited success in boosting growth, speculation is growing that the region’s governments will have to increase public spending. That’s pushing traders to bet on
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      Lock icon 121 sheep from Ireland meant for korban die mid-flight
      232 7 The Straits Times Singapore MORE than 100 of the 1,700 sheep flown in from Ireland for Monday's Hari Raya Haji celebration were found dead after arriving at the Changi Airport Cargo Terminal early on Sunday morning. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority,
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      Lock icon Britain faces free trade headache after Brexit vote
      672 8 London’s hands are tied until a formal exit from the European Union AFP London BRITAIN’S desire to become a free trade leader following its vote to leave the EU is seen as wishful thinking by analysts, who said that London’s hands are
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      Lock icon US honours Sept 11 victims 15 years after attacks
      579 8 Reuters New York AMERICANS commemorated the 15th anniversary of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on Sunday with the recital of the names of the dead, tolling church bells and a tribute in lights at the site where New York City’s massive
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon From Ah Boys to MM2 Asia
      933 9  -  Melvin Ang talks about expansion plans for his Catalist-listed entertainment outfit. TOPLINE By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT AT two points and midway into his 20-year career when he worked for at least three different media houses in Singapore and Malaysia, Melvin ng told himself:
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      Lock icon Setting the right board culture
      967 10  -  Members need the right motivation, be guided by shared values for the company’s benefit. BOARDROOM MATTERS By Philip Forrest ~The writer is a member of the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors. COMPANIES today have to adhere to a list of governance and
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      Lock icon Directors step up buying and pull back on selling
      1582 11  -  INSIDE MARKETS By Robert Halili ~The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Limited THE buying remained high while the selling among directors fell based on filings on the Singapore Exchange from Sept 5 to 9. Buyers outweighed sellers with 21 companies
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      Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
      193 12 Sep-9 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Sep-9 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 997.25 5.25 0.53% 14/09/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 33.03 0.09 0.27% 14/09/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 376.00 -1.00 -0.27% 14/09/2016 Sep-9 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2189.00 -85.00 -3.74% 15/09/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1903.00 -19.00 -0.99%
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      57 12 Sep 9 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Sep 16 2873.0 2898.0 2900.0 2873.0 161 2414 Oct 16 2720.0 2724.0 2738.0 2707.0 1573 ***** Nov 16 2629.0 2640.0 2656.0 2620.0 ***** ***** Dec 16 2582.0 2592.0
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      67 12 Sep 9 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 106.28 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 104.64 105.00 104.70 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 103.46 103.90 103.84 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 110.23 110.30 110.30 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 102.39 103.00 102.45
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 12 Sep 9 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0308 1.0317 0.7616 0.7620 Canadian dollar 1.0454 1.0461 0.7726 0.7724 Euro 1.5255 1.5266 1.1271 1.1275 NZ dollar 0.9974 0.9983 0.7369 0.7373 Sterling pound 1.7996 1.8004 1.3296 1.3297
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      5 12 Source: Bloomberg
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
      209 12 Most active Sep 9 Prem Expiry Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 12.9 -0.8 6498 0.1 1550 5 UOB MB eCW*****1 10.7 -0.2 3994 0.1 1880 5 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****8 4.4 -0.3 2843 0.1 915
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INT’L INDICES
      377 12 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 9 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1303.4 -1.1 2.0 -0.5 -0.9 -1.4 3.5 EAFE Preliminary 976.9 -0.7 -3.6 -0.6 -4.7 -1.5 -0.5 Europe Preliminary 1398.4 -1.1 -1.0
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      10 12 Source: Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Patchwork of state laws in US hinders 21st century remote notarisation
      1092 13 Face-to-face meeting with a notary public becoming passé in an era of FaceTime, Skype, live-streamed social media Reuters New York AS Chuck DeBonis was wrapping up his stint as a civilian paramedic at a military base in Kuwait earlier
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      Lock icon Political paralysis stalls Spain’s building sector
      828 14 Industry figures express concern that no administration can sign off on new projects Reuters Madrid SPAIN’S convalescing construction sector was hoping to move on from a national economic crisis which at its height saw abandoned building sites and bankrupt infrastructure projects littering the landscape.
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      Lock icon UK govt cancels plans to privatise Land Registry
      457 14 Thomson Reuters Foundation London THE British government has abandoned plans to privatise the UK Land Registry that has recorded ownership of property in the country for more than 150 years after a change of leadership at the ministry in charge, according to
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      Lock icon A US$12m Florida plantation to live like a robber baron
      367 15 Bloomberg New York BY the time Bob Williamson bought a 5,000-acre Florida plantation in 2008, he’d been a meth addict, a diagnosed sociopath (by the US military, no less), an armed bank robber, and, for a spell, a prisoner in
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      Lock icon Manhattan developer accused of US$1 million tax evasion
      862 15 Michael Shvo case is latest by state authorities to scrutinise art dealers and collectors Bloomberg New York FOR the last six years or so, real estate developer Michael Shvo allegedly went shopping for luxury goods that would make an oligarch swoon: fine
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Inspiration between the pages
      2903 16 this week’s topic: Which books have most inspired you as a business leader? John Bittleston Founder Chair Terrific Mentors International Pte Ltd CREATIVITY is the heart of successful business so top of my list is Arthur Koestler’s The Act of Creation. Described as “a study of
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Why I won’t be transferring my CPF OA to the SA
      1443 18  -  Gains do not outweigh opportunity cost; contributing cash to the SA a better option to save for retirement MONDAY MULTIPLE Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Correspondent haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT RECENTLY, the media has highlighted the Central Provident Fund (CPF) as a
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      Lock icon Review your finances before a career break
      713 19  -  The key is to not let a career break derail your financial plan, such as saving for retirement and healthcare coverage By Bobbi Rebell Reuters UNTIL a month ago, Andrew Lampert was moving up the career ladder in New York City as a
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Greek banks struggle to fill top posts
      599 20 Strict eligibility conditions, capped salaries and risk of potential penalties are turnoffs WP Washington AS if mountains of bad loans and falling shares weren’t enough, Greek banks are having to contend with another headache: finding qualified people for their corporate suites. The National
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      Lock icon Ex-AIG chairman due in court to fight 11-year-old lawsuit
      698 20 Bloomberg New York EVEN at 91, former American International Group Inc chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg is not ready to quit fighting. Greenberg scrapped with regulators and the Internal Revenue Service and beat the federal government in what some called a no-chance
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon The Caribbean is running out of coconuts
      687 21 Storms and droughts have wiped out entire farms WP Washington AT the worst possible time, the Caribbean is running short of one of its most emblematic products. Rich-world consumers have never been keener on the coconut. Starbucks wants the tropical fruit’s milk for
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      Lock icon Following protests, US halts North Dakota oil pipeline construction
      693 21 Bloomberg Washington/North Dakota THE Obama administration stepped into a dispute last Friday over a planned oil pipeline in North Dakota that has angered Native Americans, appealing for calm while blocking construction on federal land and asking the company behind the project
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon SpaceX explosion occurred with engines off: Musk
      855 22 Founder calls blast most perplexing failure in 14 years Bloomberg Hong Kong SpaceX’s billionaire founder Elon Musk called the Falcon 9 explosion its most perplexing failure in 14 years, deepening the mystery surrounding the loss of the satellite-bearing rocket on its launchpad last
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      Lock icon Yahoo Japan sought merger with Yahoo before Verizon deal
      617 22 Bloomberg San Francisco YAHOO Japan Corp proposed a “merger of equals” with Yahoo Inc but was rebuffed during a months-long process that eventually led to Verizon Communications Inc acquiring the US Internet company’s core assets for more than US$4.8 billion, according
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      Lock icon How America’s 911 emergency response system can be hacked
      1557 23 Bogus calls from infected mobile phones could clog call-centre queues WP Washington A GROUP of researchers say they’ve found a way to effectively disable the 911 emergency system across an entire state for an extended period of time by simply launching
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon US tobacco firms fight cigarette tax hike
      916 24 Blocking California tax can deter anti-tobacco advocates from pursuing similar changes Bloomberg San Francisco REYNOLDS American Inc, Altria Group Inc and other tobacco companies are steering millions of dollars towards defeating a US$2 cigarette tax increase in California, a high-stakes effort and the
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      Lock icon UK fraud agency charges three in Tesco accounting probe
      421 24 Reuters London BRITAIN’S Serious Fraud Office has charged three former senior Tesco executives with fraud in its investigation into accounting practices at the country’s biggest supermarket chain. A £250 million (S$450.8 million) overstatement of Tesco’s first-half profits in August 2014, due
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      513 25 FORAGE INTO THE WORLD OF DIGITAL Who should attend: Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Senior and Middle Management, PMETs, Marketing and Sales Professionals EX C L US IVE H O T GAINING AN INSIGHT INTO DIGITAL NEWSROOM FOR THAT BETTER STORY PITCH S E P 1 6 22THURSDAY SPH News Centre 1.30pm
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon Failed attempt at China-N Korea connection
      761 26 New Yalu River Bridge, which was supposed to bring investment to N Korea, lies unfinished and abandoned Reuters Dandong, China TOWERING above the murky waters, the New Yalu River Bridge was supposed to symbolise a new era in relations between China and North Korea,
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      Lock icon Reagan shooter John Hinckley Jr released from rehabilitation in mental hospital
      431 26 WP Washington THE man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan 35 years ago is going home this time it seems, for good. John Hinckley Jr was released from St Elizabeths Hospital on Saturday morning, the culmination of his
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      Lock icon Juncker calls for better telecom roaming plan
      861 27 EU president wants to be seen as listening to ordinary voters Reuters Brussels THE European Commission has withdrawn proposals that would limit next year’s abolition of mobile phone roaming charges after criticism that the rules should do more to favour telecom firms’ customers.
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      Lock icon EU to extend some telco rules to web companies
      414 27 Reuters Brussels THE European Union is set to extend some security rules currently only applicable to telecom operators to web services such as WhatsApp, Skype and Apple Inc’s FaceTime, according to a draft proposal seen by Reuters. The European Commission, the
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      Lock icon Cash in a box catches on in Switzerland
      879 28 At a time of negative interest rates, firms are buying insurance to protect their cash hoards WP Washington IT is a sign that the world is getting used to negative interest rates when what once seemed bizarre starts looking like the norm.
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      Lock icon Blackstone CEO launches scholars programme in China
      480 28 Reuters Beijing WHEN Blackstone Group co-founder and chief executive Stephen Schwarzman was asked by the president of China’s elite Tsinghua University to design a major initiative for the school, the private equity billionaire decided to aim high. His target, Mr Schwarzman told Reuters,
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      Lock icon France ponders ripping up EU budget rules
      896 29 Requirement seen as a straightjacket on govts wanting to spend their way out of sluggishness AFP Paris NOBODY yet knows the winner of France’s presidential election next year, but the smart money is on one loser: the 3-per cent cap on government deficits
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      Lock icon Merkel under fire from coalition ally over refugee policy
      332 29 Reuters Berlin THE leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union told Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday that he would not join forces with her Christian Democrats the CSU’s coalition allies at a key party congress unless she changed her open-door refugee policy.
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      Lock icon EU to multinationals: pay your fair share of taxes
      599 30 Brussels has tightened controls, adopted stricter rules in fight against tax dodging Reuters Bratislava MULTINATIONALS should refrain from tax avoidance practices and pay their fair share of taxes, the head of eurozone finance ministers said on Saturday, in a new endorsement
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      Lock icon Polish towns hit as border restriction stems flow of shoppers
      335 30 AFP Grzechotki, Poland RUSSIAN shopper Inna swiped her hand in a dismissive gesture as she waited in her car for a Polish border guard to check the visa stamped in her passport. “It’s all politics,” insisted the feisty middle-aged Kaliningrader
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      Lock icon Based in Ireland but enjoying US privileges
      1342 31 Many prominent US companies have set up operations overseas to lower their tax bills WP Washington MEDICAL device maker Medtronic found itself in an enviable position in March when one of its executives joined a US trade mission to Peru, where there is
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Uber’s self-driving cars get run of the road
      1161 32 Pittsburgh will be the world’s first city to let passengers hail autonomous vehicles NYTimes Pittsburgh ANY day now, Uber will introduce a fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, making this former steel town the world’s first city to let passengers hail autonomous
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Learning the hard rules of upscale dining
      801 35  -  SPRMRKT Kitchen Bar tries to be too many things in its new Robertson Quay premises. By Jaime Ee By Jaime Ee jaime@sph.com.sg @JaimeEeBT NEW RESTAURANT SPRMRKT Kitchen Bar The Singapore Tyler Print Institute #02-01 41 Robertson Quay Z: 9736-4170 Open for lunch and
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      Lock icon Kerber on top with US Open triumph
      610 36 She beats hard-hitting 10th-seeded Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to win a second Grand Slam crown this season AFP New York ANGELIQUE Kerber won the US Open last Saturday, marking her rise to world number one with a gritty victory over Karolina Pliskova to
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      Lock icon Male homemakers on the rise in Japan
      394 36 WP Tokyo ON a weekday morning in July, Takatoshi Miyauchi and two other men were chatting at a Tokyo restaurant. “My wife doesn’t wash the dishes, but for some reason she does clean the sink,” one of them said, while another complained: “My
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
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      383 36 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Old-style rule, prior to anything being written down? (9) 9 Part of SA gets sun and zero water zero! (6) 10 In Cyprus a post’s secured a small vessel (9) 11 Accident when little Philip’s swallowed Romanian money (4-2) 12 List minister of religion as being
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