The Business Times, 6 November 2016

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1 36 The Business Times
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      73 1 S$1.20 N OT TO B E S O L D S E PA R AT E LY B U S I n E S S T I M E S F R O M T H E WeekendNov 5–6 2016 Modern Romance The pleasures perils of dating apps T H
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES Weekend
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      43 2 Buzz 4 Haunt 6 Watch 7 The Weekend Interview Talenia Phua Gajardo 8 Buys: Boutique 10 Style 12 Feature Love Me Tinder 16 Food Same Old Same Old 20 Roe Call 22 Holiday Paris When It Sizzles 24 Nostalgia 26 Photography iStock
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      86 4 A garden of flora in a maze of mirrors is one of the many standout installations at the recently-opened Singapore Biennale. The massive contemporary art exhibition stretches across six nearby locations in the Bras BasahEmpress Place area. But most of the works are concentrated at Singapore Art Museum
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      74 4 Travelling is fun, but the hassle of long check-in queues is not. Now, thanks to RIMOWA’s first fully-integrated digital suitcase, there’s an option to check in your suitcase from home. First in Asia to provide this service is Taiwanese airline EVA Air it has implemented RIMOWA’s
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      75 4  -  BY COMPILED TAY SUAN CHIANG, HELMI YUSOF, DYLAN TAN, AVANTINIM l–r: ONE-NINETY BARThe lobby bar at Four Seasons Hotel Singapore has a new cocktail menu selection designed by creative partner Proof Co. T.6831 7671. OTTO’S DELI FRESH Chef Otto Weiber, ‘Godfather’ of Singapore gastronomy, opens his first deli
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      50 4 JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN (1964) BY VINCE GUARALDI TRIO “An unsung hero of modern jazz, Vince Guaraldi gave Charles M. Schutz’s characters from Peanuts life by composing the music of all their television specials and films. His stuff is timeless.” Leonard Tan, entrepreneur
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    • Weekend Buzz
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        647 5 PEOPLE DO, WHY AND WHERE JAIME EE TAY SUAN CHIANG, DYLAN TAN TO TOLD AS DOLORES TAY CEO, VLV PTE LTD “When you are a mother of five daughters and running two full-time businesses, free time is a luxury. My weekends consist of work and play the kids
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        347 6 Bookstore manager Renee Ting is fascinated with Russian writing and tells Helmi Yusof why. IN his 1975 comedy film Love Death parodying Russian literature, Woody Allen plays the archetypal tragic hero, proclaiming: “I’m wracked with guilt, consumed with remorse and stricken with suffering for the human race.
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        468 7  -  Formula 1 racer Jenson Button clearly loves his Richard Mille watches. WORDS DYLAN TAN. INTERVIEW AVANTI NIM. JENSON Button got excited the moment he heard his team McLaren-Honda was signing a long-term partnership with Richard Mille at the end of 2015. “I’ve known (founder) Richard for quite a
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    • The Weekend Interview
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        968 9  -  Founder of The Artling by HELMI YUSOF TALENIA Phua Gajardo is blessed with taste, beauty and ambition. Yes, she is also married to Michael Tay, group managing director of The Hour Glass. But she was already a rising star before she met him. She founded The Artling
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    • Weekend Buys
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        83 10  -  BY LI RONG. “Having style is about being at ease with the life around us.” KARL LAGERFELD PRINTING OF TIME AT ACCURATE ARE PRICES Croc skin B-Loved Bag from Bally, $44,000 Sarah Moon Duo Eyeshadow from NARS, $50 Nicholas Kirkwood Leather ankle boots from On Pedder, price unavailable Tiffany
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    • Weekend Style
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        162 12 Looks that go from office to evening with dazzling style. TOO FACED COSMETICS. HAIR EUGENE ONG URBANHAIR, ASSISTED BY DEX GOH. ASSISTANT STYLIST SHANTAL CHAN. MODEL DOROTHY LEONG, LOOQUE MODELS. USING GOH TG MAKEUP WONG. MICKY PHOTOGRAPHY RONG. LI CHUN WEI CHEAH STYLING Louis Vuitton silk blend corset
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    • Weekend Feature
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        1898 16  -  With the proliferation of dating apps, it’s never been easier to meet potential partners. But is modern technology killing old-fashioned romance, wonders Helmi Yusof. Helmi Yusof. SATURDAY night. 9.40pm. Vanita single, attractive, extroverted should be out on a date. Instead, she’s spent the past hour at home
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    • Weekend Food
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        965 21 Even as Singapore’s heritage foods start to disappear, a valiant bunch of old faithfuls is trying to preserve tradition, as David Yip learns. WHETHER it’s Singapore’s hawker heritage or traditional foods that Baby Boomers grew up eating in the 60s and 70s, the lament is the
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        923 22 The hairy crab season is back David Yip pries open the secrets of this autumnal delicacy. THE calorie-laden, artery-clogging excess of the Mooncake Festival may be over, but that’s no reason to give your heart a break. Postpone your medical check-up hairy crabs are in season. The roe-enriched
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        594 24 Now is a good time to fall in love again with the French capital, says Daven Wu. JANET Flanner, the famous American correspondent for the New Yorker who spent most of her life in Paris, memorably described her beloved city thus: “One’s eyes became the eyes
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    • Weekend Nostalgia
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        152 26  -  BY AVANTI NIM. Aug 1959 Roland Chow may have been better known for his skill at taming unruly manes, but the Shanghainese-born bachelor was adept with needle and thread as well. In fact, he was christened the “Christian Dior of the East” in the 50s, and was the
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      36 6 Curious about Russian novels but don’t know where to start? BooksActually’s new gift-box service picks out a Russian title for you every month and ships it to your home. Visit box. booksactually.com or call +65 6222-9195
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      47 9 f ROLEX THE DATEJUST The archetype of the modern watch has spanned generations since 1945 with its enduring functions and aesthetics. It doesn’t just tell time. It tells history. 28 nS OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST 31 THE ROLEX CENTRE. ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE. TEL: 6830 5100 FAX: 6235 0183
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      654 11 ADVERTISEMENT How do YOU plan to steer through one of the most volatile times ahead? Join us for two significant seminars that could help you shape your business for 2017: Economic Outlook; and Impact of the new US President on ASEAN Inc. Day 1 (Nov 15): Economic Outlook 2017 (9am
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  • Title Section
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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES WEEKEND www.businesstimes.com.sg~ @BusinessTimes A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 066/08/2016 S$1.20 NOV MBER 5-6, 2016
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      155 1 THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION SERGIO ERMOTTI, CEO, UBS 14-15 CUBICLE FILES Why we don’t like women bosses 34 OFFBEAT How do I dip thee, let me count the ways 35 ILLUSTRATION: KENNETH LIM WEALTH What’s new in pension portfolios: sex shops The pursuit of a stable income has driven Europe’s pension
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      802 2  -  INSIDE VIEW b y Anna Teo 1What do you think was the most remarkable thing that happened this week? Hands down it’s got to be the bombshell the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) threw into the US presidential election in its home stretch. Ok, the Nov
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      258 2 DBS will buy most of ANZ’s wealth and retail business in Asia for S$110 million. The deal gives DBS S$23 billion of assets under management from the Australian bank’s wealth business, mostly out of Singapore and Hong Kong. Mon, Oct 31 Level 3 Communications, an ST
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      Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
      49 2 Manulife US Reit Q3 results Mon, Nov 7 US presidential election Tues, Nov 8 CapitaLand Q3 results Wed, Nov 9 The International Energy Agency’s monthly oil market report Thurs, Nov 10 ST Engineering Q3, Singtel Q2, Wilmar International Q3 and Ezion Q3 results Thurs, Nov 10
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      97 3 Opportunity doesn't sleep. Neither should your wealth. -m* Dashboard Portfolio Views Online Equity Trading m The new DBS iWealth Be in complete control, wherever you are. Bank, trade and keep track of your portfolio on one simple yet powerful dashboard. Stay connected to insights and seize opportunities 24/7. Live unstoppable
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Li Ka Shing-linked ARA Asset Management lands buy-out bid
      820 4  -  ARA founder John Lim is leading a group of existing shareholders in the buy-out plan, according to a WSJ report by Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore FOR a real-estate fund manager, access to capital is crucial and this may well explain
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      Lock icon P2P investors in a fix as car firm director ‘disappears’
      719 6  -  At stake is about S$600,000 in loans to parallel importer TLC Cars that has failed to deliver on sold vehicles By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore CROWDFUNDING investors are likely on the hook for roughly S$600,000 in loans to a
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      Lock icon Singapore to tighten energy monitoring and reporting for large industrial users
      398 6  -  by Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore THE Singapore government is planning to tighten energy monitoring and reporting requirements for large industrial players, as it looks into areas where carbon emissions can be further reduced, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo
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      Lock icon Parliament to debate proposed EP changes
      480 8  -  MPs will also raise questions on teachers’ resignation, online gambling and retrenchment By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore The proposed changes to the Elected Presidency will be debated on Monday when Parliament meets. More than 40 Members of Parliament are expected to speak
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      Lock icon Rally turns violent in Jakarta as Muslim hardliners attack police
      527 8 AFP Jakarta A MASSIVE demonstration by tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims against Jakarta’s governor turned ugly on Friday as hardliners burned police cars and officers were injured in angry clashes. The violent scenes just metres from the presidential palace
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    • Article
      Lock icon Solid growth in Oct US employment and wages seals case for Dec rate hike
      271 9 LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington US employers maintained a strong pace of hiring in October and boosted wages for workers, which could effectively seal the case for a December interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve.
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      Lock icon Acute political uncertainty sends gold prices into gyrations
      746 9  -  It hit US$1,308 an ounce on Thursday from US$1,241 in early October By Neil Behrman btworld@sph.com.sg London A DULL gold market has suddenly exploded on account of the acute uncertainty over the result of the US presidential election. With polls showing the
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      Lock icon Singapore and Nigeria ink investment pact
      313 10  -  By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore ECONOMIC ties between Singapore and Nigeria are looking up. Barely before the ink on an air-ser-vices pact has dried, the two countries signed another agreement in Singapore on Friday this time an investment treaty. The Bilateral Investment
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      Lock icon The times are a-changing at Richemont
      536 10 Swiss watch and jewellery maker reshuffles top execs amid plunging sales, earnings BLOOMBERG Zurich RICHEMONT, the maker of Cartier jewellery and IWC Schaffhausen timepieces, unveiled a sweeping overhaul of top management and its board as it grapples with plunging sales of watches and other
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      Lock icon Seafolly opens fourth store in Singapore
      441 10  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore AUSTRALIAN swim-wear brand Seafolly is opening its fourth store in Singapore, unfazed by a challenging retail operating environment. Its latest outlet in Raffles City will occupy 950 sq ft, adding to its existing three outlets in Wisma Atria,
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      276 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.50 AND ATC 2005 PTE LTD Company Registration No. *****2175G (the “Company”) (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held on 28 October 2016 at 25 Tuas Avenue 3, Singapore *****8
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      7 9 ~Bullish about Shanghai index, gold, Page 23
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      148 9 Presented by Mount Elizabeth Hospitals Get expert views from a suite of renowned doctors, who will address some of Singaporeans’ major health concerns. 19 November 2016, Saturday 9am to 2pm The Star Gallery The Star Performing Arts Centre, Level 3 $18 nett per person(includes tea break and bento lunch) Details
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      204 12 / 13 POPULIST /AOVE/AEMTS, SO/AE /AORE SUCCESSFUL TEAM OTHERS, ARE UPENblNG POLITICS AS USUAL ALL OVER TEE WORLb. 1 0^ r C?o cs> UR BREXIT GREECE france. FROMT MATIOMAL SyRIZA USA TRU/AP SPAIN t 1 PObE/AOS VENEZUELA CEAVEZ 2 PEILIPPIMES bUTERTE BRITISH VOTERS EAVE REjECTEb EUROPE UMITy LEAVE 52% RE/AAIN THINGS ARE
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      380 12 / 13 bESCRIBEb FOUR PHASES OF A POPULIST ECONOMY "HISTORY ANb ACAbEMIC research suggest THAT POPULIST POLICIES LEAb TO STAGFLATION." /ASCI, JULY 2016 WITHIN BORbERS, RACIS/A blVIbES SOCIETY. -VSVOU NEEb TO SHOW %7'MORE SKIN. -ft UNIVERSAL inco/ae is BEING EXPLOREb AS A SOLUTION TO WIbENING WEALTH GAPS HE'S RICH. EE'S LAZY. WHY
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      2311 14 / 15  -  SERGIO ERMOTTI, CEO OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST WEALTH MANAGER, TALKS ABOUT THE BANK’S TURNAROUND SINCE THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE NEW HEADWINDS THAT IT FACES. BY VIKRAM KHANNA vikram@sph.com.sg NOT long after the US subprime crisis first hit the headlines in 2007, the venerable Swiss bank UBS
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      328 17 Everyone deserves a great Weekend In celebration of The Business Times' 40th Anniversary, readers can enjoy discounts on dining deals at selected exquisite restaurants! Dining offers for The Business Times readers this week at The Song of IndiaandPeach Blossoms: Peach Blossoms The Song of India Located on the fifth floor
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  • INVESTING & WEALTH
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      Lock icon WHAT’S NEW IN PENSION PORTFOLIOS: SEX SHOPS
      1102 22 he pursuit of a stable income has driven Europe’s pension funds into investing in anything from Dutch sex shops to British bingo halls BLOOMBERG THREE years ago, Amsterdam’s mayor asked a roomful of pension fund managers if they’d be willing to invest in
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      Lock icon Bullish about Shanghai index, gold
      938 23  -  Signs are good, going by the Guppy Multiple Moving Average indicators Daryl Guppy CEO Guppytraders.com ~The writer is an international financial technical analysis specialist, equity and derivatives trader and author. He has developed several leading technical indicators used by investors in many markets IN 2008,
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    • Indices
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      Lock icon Commodities
      27 24 NAME PRICE/UNIT 3-MONTH% Gold US$1,302.49/oz -3.7 Silver US$18.358/oz -9 .2 Copper US$4,960/MT 1.7 Soybeans US$989.5/bu 3.6 Palm Oil MYR2,736/MT 11.9 Coffee US$165.40/lb 13.5 Sugar US$21.37/lb 6.5
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      Lock icon Currencies
      102 24 Compiled from Bloomberg at 5.30pm on Nov 4 Asian currency vs USD CURRENCY PRICE 5-DAY 1-MONTH PRICE YEAR-TO-DATE Singapore dollar 1.3854 0.64 -1.18 2.00 China RMB 6.7573 0.34 -1.17 -3.99 Offshore RMB 6.7681 0.38 -1.24 -2.92 Indian rupee 66.7400 0.07 -0.32 -0.87 Indonesian rupiah 13,085 -0.11 -0.62 5.85 Japanese
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    • STI
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        399 25 NAME PRICE WEEKLY PRICE CHANGE PRICE LOW HIGH YTD TOTAL RETURNS P/E P/B DIVIDEND 12-MONTH YIELD MARKET CAP ($M) 52 WEEK PRICE RANGE Global Logistic Properties Ltd 2.06 1.595 2.26 -1.1 11.7 0.82 2.9 9,655.2 Genting Singapore PLC 0.85 0.66 0.89 12.5 102.4 1.41 1.8
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    • Reits and rates
    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon SIA to fold Tigerair into Scoot brand
        578 16  -  It hopes to cut costs, and also improve sales as Scoot has better market perception than Tigerair by Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is aiming one final bullet at the wounded Tigerair, hoping to cut costs and improve sales by
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      • Article
        Lock icon Headwinds to persist for Singapore Airlines in the short-term
        627 16  -  by Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore HEADWINDS that contributed to Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) weaker-than-expected results for the second quarter aren’t likely to dissipate soon. The stock shed 16 cents on Friday to close at S$9.95, after the airline group reported on
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        Lock icon SingPost slashes dividend as e-commerce unit keeps bleeding
        551 18  -  It says dividends will now be paid out of underlying earnings by Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore POSTAL and e-commerce group Singapore Post has cut its interim dividend by a third in a bid to keep payouts sustainable, as postal margins slipped
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      • Article
        Lock icon Best World’s Q3 profit jumps 121%
        426 18  -  by Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT Singapore BEST World International reported a 121 per cent jump in net profit attributable to shareholders for the quarter ended Sept 30, 2016, thanks mostly to revenue growth in its China and Taiwan businesses. The group, which is involved
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        Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
        191 18 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 5 3 0 0 0 6 5 3 Manufacturing 35 38 26 10 11 7 45 49 33 Commerce 15 17 15 4 4 4 19 21 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 10 13 5
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        Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
        123 18 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 12,680 12,680 34,902 34,902 Manufacturing 118,854 147,699 266,553 90,790 2,738 93,528 Commerce 255,642 25,030 280,672 98,355 414 98,770 Tpt/Stor/Comms 126,058 64 126,122 217,332 5 217,338 Finance 13,565 297 13,862 125,108 44 125,153 Construction 128,211 6,416
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        Lock icon Venture Corp’s Q3 profit rises 16.9% to S$47.4m
        425 19  -  Revenue up 1.8% at S$705.6m; no dividend announced for the quarter By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore VENTURE Corporation on Friday posted a 16.9 per cent rise in net profit for the third quarter to S$47.44 million, from S$40.57 million in
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      • CORPORATE DIGEST
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          172 19 PACC Offshore Services Holdings posted third-quarter net loss of US$12.94 million compared to a net profit of US$12.58 million a year ago as market conditions in the offshore marine sector continued to deteriorate. Revenue plunged 48 per cent to US$41.63 million, largely owing to lower utilisation and charter
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          Lock icon Frasers Centrepoint Trust
          117 19 SHOPPING mall owner Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) has inked deals to buy all 10 strata-titled retail units at the Yishun 10 cinema complex from mainboard-listed Bonvests Holdings for S$37.75 million in total, both parties said in Singapore Exchange filings on Friday evening. Chief executive officer of FCT’s
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        • Article
          Lock icon GSH Corporation
          97 19 MAINBOARD-LISTED South-east Asian property developer GSH Corporation third-quarter net profit plunged to S$ 103,000 for the three months ended September from S$6.5 million a year ago, due to a fair value loss. The group had entered into a loan and deposit arrangement with a bank, which has foreign
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        Lock icon Genting Singapore rallies more than 12% on strong earnings and dividend payout
        463 19  -  HOT STOCK By Angela Tan angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore GENTING Singapore saw its shares rally more than 12 per cent on Friday, a day after the casino operator reported a surge in its third-quarter net profit that trumped consensus and
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        Lock icon MBS Q3 earnings hold at US$391m
        642 20  -  Integrated resort also reports higher room occupancy and revenue, and bigger win percentage in VIP rolling gaming segment by Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore MARINA Bay Sands (MBS) on Friday reported a 0.3 per cent increase in net profit to US$390.7 million for its
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      • Article
        Lock icon Wealthy European, Asian investors betting on Clinton victory
        671 20 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong RICH investors in Europe and Asia are betting on stocks that will rise if a particular candidate wins the US election next week, and one firm says more than 80 per cent of its customers’ dollars are wagering on
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      • Article
        Lock icon Pockets of interest seen this week as STI dips 1%
        568 21  -  STOCKS by R Sivanithy ON the one hand it would be all too easy to focus on the fact that if Donald Trump wins the US presidency, markets could be thrown into turmoil and that this worry was the predominant
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        Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
        789 21 Substantial shareholder/director transactions For week beginning Oct 31 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) iFAST Corp 02-Nov-16 Lim Wee Kian Buy 44 0.85 ***** 6.37 ***** 6.39 Keppel Corp 02-Nov-16 Aberdeen
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      • BROKERS’ TAKE
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          Lock icon Singapore Airlines > Hold
          118 21 Singapore Airlines > Hold CIMB Research, Nov 4 Target price: S$10.47 Nov 4 close: S$9.95 SIA reported H1 FY3/17 core net profit of S$33.7 million, down 59 per cent year on year, and about 30 per cent below expectations on escalating yield pressures and falling passenger load factors. Despite low
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          Lock icon BreadTalk Group > Hold (Upgrade)
          125 21 BreadTalk Group > Hold (Upgrade) OCBC Investment Research, Nov 4 Target price: S$1.07 Nov 4 close: S$1.005 BREADTALK Group’s Q3 16 results came in within our expectations. Revenue was down 2.7 per cent year on year to S$157.3 million while Patmi rose 107.7 per cent to S$3.3 million. 9M16 revenue
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          Lock icon Genting S’pore > Neutral
          185 21  - Genting S’pore > Neutral Compiled by Andrea Soh RHB Research, Nov 4 Target price: S$0.82 Nov 4 close: S$0.85 H1 17 outlook remains challenging as the group reiterated its selective credit offerings to improve the quality of its receivables going forward. An above-average 3.3 per cent VIP hold rate coupled
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    • REAL ESTATE
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        886 26  -  Chinese real estate market has attracted 24% of all cross-border investments from Singapore since 2009. By Petra Blazkova by Petra Blazkova ~The writer is senior director of Asia-Pacific analytics at Real Capital Analytics SINGAPORE is a wealthy country with
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        953 27 Construction of the Spire to start in early 2017 on a site adjacent to Canary Wharf BLOOMBERG New York IN 2013, architecture firm HOKwas approached by a representative of the Greenland Group, China’s third-largest developer. “They said they were
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        1552 28 Property transactions for selected districts with contract dates between Oct 20 and Oct 25, 2016 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN TRANSACTED PSF TOX* RENTAL STREET NAME TYPE DATE /LAND PRICE (S$) YIELD** AREA (S$,000) (SQF) District 2 ICON Apt 20/10/2016 99 883 1,150 1,303 -7.26 4.07 District
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        324 29 PROJECT NAME/ PROPERTY LOWEST MEDIAN HIGHEST NO. OF STREET NAME TYPE PRICE (S$) PRICE (S$) PRICE (S$) TRANSACTIONS District 1 THE SAIL MARINA BAY Apt 3,050 4,850 8,700 24 ROBINSON SUITES Apt 2,550 3,000 3,300 10 District 2 ALTEZ
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        94 29 RANKING NAME TOTAL SEARCHES IN PAST MEDIAN PRICE PSF TWO WEEKS (S$) 1 THE SAIL MARINA BAY 755 1,734 2 CITY SQUARE RESIDENCES 572 1,333 3 THE INTERLACE 391 1,072 4 SELETAR SPRINGS Condo 349 689 5 OUE TWIN PEAKS 346 2,650 6 PARC CENTROS 335
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        161 29 All financial products, shopping products and services are presented without warranty. DATE FLOATING RATES, PEGGED TO: FIXED RATES WEEK OF OCT 31 SIBOR SOR COMBO BANK’S BOARD RATE Lowest rate 1.13% 1.32% 1.42% 1.00% 1.60% this week Change from 0.01% 0.04% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% last week
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        558 29  -  Operations at the logistics hub in the Toh Guan area of Jurong East expected to begin in two months By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore AMAZON has signed a lease for nearly 100,000 square feet at Mapletree Logistics Hub Toh
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  • THE BROAD VIEW
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      780 30 Lawyers and investigators routinely mine public social media profiles for a glimpse into the activities of the client’s spouse NYTIMES A MARRIAGE is not just the union of two people. It is also the union of their data. And when
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      900 30  -  Global brotherhood can be made personal. by The Dalai Lama and Arthur C Brooks ~The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of Tibet and a Nobel laureate for peace. Arthur c Brooks is president of the American Enterprise institute
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      703 31 He becomes social media target in heat of US electioneering NYTIMES BY many measures, Chobani embodies the classic American immigrant success story. Its founder, Hamdi Ulukaya, is a Turkish immigrant of Kurdish descent. He bought a defunct yogurt factory in upstate New York,
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      569 31 Court arguments point to financial consequences, philosophical implications NYTIMES Washington THE immediate question for the justices at a Supreme Court argument on Monday was whether designs on cheerleaders’ uniforms were subject to copyright protection. As the argument progressed, though, it became
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  • SPORTS
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      997 32  -  THE FINISH LINE Barcelona president reignites debate about La Liga being the superior league, but is it fair to compare? By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT THE English Premier League (EPL) is the oldest and by far the most-watched football league in the world,
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  • HEALTH
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      1137 33  -  Screening is important but it should be targeted at the right group to make the exercise meaningful Dr Teo Ngee Resident Doctor Centre For Medical Imaging THE other day, my sister-in-law declared with indignation: Our ministers must be better looked after. We should have them screened
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      Lock icon Why we don’t like women bosses (and why it matters)
      1386 34  -  CUBICLE FILES by Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT THERE is just something about a strong, assertive female boss that somehow gets under people’s skin. As much as women have been urged to lean in to leadership, this clarion call has not
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      851 35  -  OFF BEAT by Kelly Tay kellYtaY@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT AT the risk of being labelled a fusspot, I’ll come right out and say it: I loathe double-dipping. I’m not referring to the accounting definition where one draws an income from two different
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