The Business Times, 4 September 2007
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Title Section20 2007-09-04 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Tuesday, September 4,200720 words
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Article, Illustration674 2007-09-04 1 :ONRAD RAJ - :ONRAD RAJ Former Sing Tel chief expected to return to corporate world later this year [SINGAPORE] One of Singapore's most high-profile corporate figures could be ready to take up his next challenge. Former Singapore Telecommunications chief executive, Lee Hsien Yang, is expectedYEN MENG JIIN - 674 words
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631 2007-09-04 1 YEN SREENIVASAN - SIA, Temasek reap huge paper gains as China Eastern H-shares rocket By YEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] The analysts may still be cautious, but the stockmarket had no such inhibitions. China Eastern's "H" share price rose 75 per cent after doubling at one point yesterday631 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article45 2007-09-04 1 Monday Change 1,284.14 +10.21 KLCOMP NIKKEI 225 16,524.93 -44.16 HANG SENG 23,904.09 -80.05 SET INDEX 820.19 +6.98 JAKARTA COMP 2,213.57 +19.23 MANILA COMP 3,369.14 +3.85 SEOUL COMP 1,881.81 +8.57 SHENZHEN B 743.10 +5.29 MUMBAI IND 15,422.05 +103.45 11.45AM EDT Change DOW Closed NASDAQ Closed45 words
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Article29 2007-09-04 1 SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.75 INDONESIA 15.293 TAIWAN 5.956 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 8.25 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.19 INDIA 12.75 Source: BloombergBloomberg - 29 words
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Article41 2007-09-04 1 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.522 (USS/SS )er 2.020 3.075 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.365 2.078 YEN 116.00 76.20 RM 3.504 2.302 HK$ 7.793 5.120 BAHT 34.30 22.5 RUPIAH 9,394 6,170 RENMINBI 7.542 4.954 INDIAN RUPEE 40.95 26.89 A$ 1.214 0.797 NZ$ 1.413 0.92841 words
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Miscellaneous88 2007-09-04 1 EXEC PAY PROPERTY f£ DC RATE HIKES MANPOWER m3k One consultant's Apollo Centre up for sale I Property stocks GE Healthcare EXEC PAY PROPERTY g*. DC RATE HIKES MANPOWER One consultant's Apollo Centre up for sale j Property stocks GE Healthcare Shanghai index hits ©new high as airline stocks soar88 words
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TOP STORIES
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THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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67 2007-09-04 2 IN a surprise move yesterday, Singapore Telecommunications and StarHub agreed to settle their long-standing dispute over the unauthorised use of SingTel's facilities. The telcos said in a joint statement that they had reached an out-of-court settlement on disputes pertaining to the 1995 and67 words
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50 2007-09-04 2 PROPERTY stocks fell yesterday after Friday's news that the government will increase development charge rates as much as 112 per cent. The Singapore Property Equities Index lost 9.2 points or 0.6 per cent to end at 1,447.6 points yesterday. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 450 words
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42 2007-09-04 2 PT BANK DBS Indonesia (DBSI) has lost its licence to deal in government bonds but this will not hamper its progress in the country, executives of the DBS Bank subsidiary insist. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 442 words
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90 2007-09-04 2 CHINESE property developer Pan Hong Group is suing a company which owns four parcels of land in Beihai City, Guangxi Province, for not completing a deal to sell. The non-completion has a significant impact on the Singapore-listed company's financial numbers as90 words
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75 2007-09-04 2 THE "cogen battle" is being joined as electricity generation companies (gencos) fight to supply other utilities like steam, cooling water and compressed air to petrochemical plants on Jurong Island. Now, Tuas Power, one of the three biggest gencos here, said it75 words
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45 2007-09-04 2 A SHARP and unexpected drop in capital spending by corporate Japan in the second quarter, revealed yesterday by official statistics, stirred fears that the country's longest economic recovery in post-war history may be at an end. ECONOMY WATCH, PAGE 1645 words
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68 2007-09-04 2 MALAYSIA'S Chinese community had a rough ride in the first half of the year and is not sanguine about second-half prospects either, a recent survey shows. Domestic competition, rising raw material prices and operating costs, as well as opaque government policies were68 words
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Article, Illustration575 2007-09-04 2 CHEN HUIFEN - CHEN HUIFEN Expansion expected to fuel its 22-23% sales growth in the region next year [SINGAPORE] Riding on the strong demand for imaging equipment in the region, GE Healthcare is seeking to hire another 30-40 more staff for its operations inFILE PHOTO - 575 words
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Article, Illustration684 2007-09-04 2 NEIL BEHRMANN - NEIL BEHRMANN Dutch bank's share price falls below RBS group's offer CREDIT crisis clouds are obscuring the battle for ABN Amro. On the face of it, Royal Bank of Scotland, Fortis and Santander consortium's 71 billion euro (*****.3 billion) offer will easilyAP - 684 words
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438 2007-09-04 3 SIOW LI SEN - SIOW LI SEN Deal struck on day damages were to be assessed [SINGAPORE] In a surprise move yesterday, Singapore Telecommunications and Star Hub agreed to settle their long-standing dispute over the unauthorised use of SingTel's facilities. The telcos said in a joint438 words
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Article, Illustration965 2007-09-04 3 ANNA TEO - ANNA TEO Leading companies here are strong users of advanced financial metrics experimenting with variable pay for longer." His colleague, Michael Keppler, head of human capital for Asia, reckoned Singapore is somewhat behind global practices in terms of remuneration965 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article696 2007-09-04 4 MICHELLE QUAH - MICHELLE QUAH MUCH of the recent push for better governance standards in Singapore has been targeted at listed companies, and rightfully so. But it's also important that professional bodies the likes of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAS) and696 words
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Article, Illustration527 2007-09-04 4 UMA SHANKARI - UMA SHANKARI Higher development costs likely to cool en bloc fever PROPERTY stocks fell yesterday after Friday's news that the government will increase development charge (DC) charges as much as 112 per cent. Analysts said the revised DC rates will push527 words
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Article267 2007-09-04 4 SINGAPORE Exchange's futures and options market has set new volume records last month. So too have three of its futures contracts. Total volume on SGX's futures options market hit 4.9 million contracts, topping the previous record of 4.18 million in March 2007 by 17.3 percent.267 words
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Article, Illustration344 2007-09-04 4 CHOW PENN NEE - CHOW PENN NEE The firm has already secured a $16.3 m Canadian contract HAVING bagged a $16.3 million contract in Canada, Inter-Roller Engineering has set its sights on growing its revenue in the North American region the largest aviation market in terms of expenditure344 words
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399 2007-09-04 4 CONRAD RAJ - CONRAD RAJ PT BANK DBS Indonesia (DBSI) has lost its licence to deal in government bonds but this will not hamper its progress in the country, executives of the DBS Bank subsidiary insist. "We are very disappointed that DBSI's primary dealer licence was399 words
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321 2007-09-04 5 NANDE KHIN - NANDE KHIN It will design, build, operate treatment plant, to be completed by 2009 KEPPEL Corporation's environmental technology unit, Keppel Seghers, has secured a $22 million contract to design, build and operate a wastewater treatment and reuse plant for the city of Am321 words
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321 2007-09-04 5 OH BOON PING - OH BOON PING JEP Precision Engineering a privately held firm that is the subject of a proposed acquisition by Sesdaq-listed Alantac Technology has penetrated the oil gas sector with a deal worth an estimated $20 million over five years. Yesterday, JEP said321 words
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497 2007-09-04 8 Non-completion has significant impact on Chinese developer's financial numbers CHINESE property developer Pan Hong Group is suing a company which owns four parcels of land in Beihai City, Guangxi province, for not completing a deal to sell. The non-completion of the497 words
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378 2007-09-04 8 YEN SREENIVASAN - YEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace), the aerospace arm of listed Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) which is already the world's largest independent maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) player, is now going into pilot training. The company yesterday announced that it378 words
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214 2007-09-04 8 MAPLETREE Industrial Fund Ltd is acquiring a factory building in Tech Park Crescent for $12.48 million, and has also bought a light industrial building at 19 Tai Seng Drive for $12.5 million. In a statement, the company said it has signed a sale-and-leaseback agreement214 words
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Article, Illustration475 2007-09-04 8 YEN SREENIVASAN - YEN SREENIVASAN IN a move which would boost its earnings almost 60 per cent, mainboard-list-ed tourism play Straco Corp is buying a major tourism attraction in Xiamen, China. Straco, which operates one of China's largest aquariums, in Shanghai, said yesterday it will buyFILE PHOTO - 475 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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Article96 2007-09-04 8 MIDAS Holdings yesterday said that its aluminium alloy division, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co Ltd, has secured a 37.5 million yuan (557.6 million) contract from Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport Co Ltd to supply aluminium alloy extrusion profiles for 24 train sets (196 words
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Article106 2007-09-04 8 TECHNICS Oil Gas has proposed a renounceable, non-underwritten issue of up to 71.46 million European-style call warrants at 10 cents each on the basis of one warrant for two shares held. The warrants have a strike price of 40 cents. Technics intends to use $4.85106 words
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87 2007-09-04 8 BANYAN Tree Holdings has signed a contract to manage its first luxury resort in Mauritius in collaboration with Tatorio Holdings, a subsidiary of Greenoak Holdings. The development will be in the Le Morne area of Mauritius and will consist of a 60-key pool villa resort87 words
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Article27 2007-09-04 8 CNA GROUP yesterday said that the listing and quotation of its shares will be transferred from Sesdaq to the mainboard on Thursday.27 words
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Article55 2007-09-04 8 GREAT Eastern has appointed Zhang Xiaodong as the new chief executive of Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd in China, its joint venture there with Chongqing Land Properties Group. The new appoinment is in line with Great Eastern's strategy to localise key management positions in55 words
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Article48 2007-09-04 8 CONTEL Corporation's vice-president of corporate development and investor relations Chua Wee Liang has been redesignated as the group's second non-executive director. Contel has also appointed Tan Lip Kee as its new chief financial officer to oversee all financial, accounting and investor relations matters.48 words
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71 2007-09-04 8 DELONG Holdings has secured an option for As4.B million (Ss6 million) to subscribe up to 40 million shares in ASX-listed mining company Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd. Delong has three and a half years to exercise the option to subscribe to the shares at71 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration530 2007-09-04 6 SIVANITHY - SIVANITHY STOCKS Activity was focused on a mixed bag of penny stocks drawn from sectors such as construction, and oil gas THE US sub-prime mortgage problems and associated slowdown concerns continued to haunt this part of the world yesterday, leading to a dull, fairly lifeless and530 words
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Article104 2007-09-04 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 9 5 4 0 0 0 9 5 4 Manufacturing 94 45 56 12 11 15 106 56 71 Commerce 34 22 21 42 27 22 Tpt/Stor/Comms 16 14 10 17 14 12 Finance 13 10104 words
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Article122 2007-09-04 6 TURNOVER C000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE ('000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 19,148 19,148 82,543 82,543 Manufacturing 275,221 93,821 369,042 214,468 22,428 236,895 Commerce 106,165 5,197 111,362 91,596 1,381 92,977 Tpt/Stor/Comms 127,044 1,152 128,196 281,981 910 282,890 Finance 22,275 60 22,335 253,261 15 253,276 Construction 178,122 73,644122 words
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Article225 2007-09-04 6 tod name lose lange Jlgreen 0.51 1.670 -0.040 \scendasreit 0.86 2.350 lapitaComm 0.52 2.520 la pita Land 4.86 7.400 :apitaMall 0.90 3.360 -0.040 :hart SemiCond 0.58 1.070 -0.010 jtyDev 2.87 14.800 -0.100 lomfortDelGro 1.36 1.920 -0.030 losco Corp 1.69 5.050 Creative Tech 0.15 6.000 +0.050 IBS225 words
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Article, Illustration877 2007-09-04 6 MATTHEW PHAN - MATTHEW PHAN Qian Hu Corporation Sept 3 close: $0.185 OCBC INVESTMENT RESEARCH, Sept 3 SWIMMING out of choppy waters. Strong Q207 results. Qian Hu recently turned in its Q207 results. It impressed with a 94.4 per cent year-on-year increase in Q207 net profit to Ssl.2 million. Revenue rose877 words
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Article, Illustration520 2007-09-04 6 LARRY WEE - LARRY WEE CLOSELY-WATCHED remarks by the US central bank chief last week helped inspire a rebound on Wall Street and stem US dollar losses ahead of more important US data releases over the coming week. Speaking to an audience of international central bankers in Jackson520 words
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Article49 2007-09-04 6 Sep 3 VALUE CLOSE 494.00 -413.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 +104.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +50.00 All-SG Equities 930.81 -1.44 SG Equities Elect 120.77 -0.98 SG Equities Fin 2340.49 -12.50 SG Equities Prop 1447.57 -9.17 SIMSCI 416.33 -2.20 SIMSCI Futures 418.00 -1.80 PrimePartnersCI 243.13 1.5449 words
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Article56 2007-09-04 6 VOLUME Chip EnqSenq 60,990,000 Sapphire 55,136,000 Gen Intl 51,713,000 Yonqnam 44,878,000 Penguin 43,020,000 APStrateqic 35,426,000 Centillion 32,166,000 LCDev 29,521,000 Oculus 26,173,000 Sing Tel 24,218,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 97,721,260 Sing Tel 87,245,321 SIA 77,403,570 UOB 66,982,100 Chip EngSeng 55,213,570 Keppel Corp 51,482,900 SGX 43,811,748 OCBC Bk 38,431,460 Capita56 words
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Article98 2007-09-04 6 CLOSE UP GLD 10US$ 6660 106.5 1.1 JMH 2650 76.1 1.9 JSH 1430 60.9 2.9 Ke| DBeCW*****0 105 42.0 66.7 SIA 200 1920 40.0 2.1 CCCCRBeCW*****5 310 31.0 11.1 Ezra 620 30.0 5.1 CCCCRBeCW*****5 354 28.0 8.6 Asia 10US$ 482 21.3 3.0 B Sembawanc 1020 20.0 2.0 BY PERCENTAGE98 words
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Article114 2007-09-04 6 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. CLOSE DOWN ere Land 950 40.0 4.0 DBS Gn 1970 30.0 1.5 Venture Con 1540 20.0 1.3 Dain irm 422 15.2 2.3 China H 10US$ 1830 15.2 0.5 GuocoLand Ltd 462 14.0 2.9 :it> 1480 10.0 0.7114 words
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Article86 2007-09-04 6 Sep 3 CHNG CLOSE FR Aug 31 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.5230 -0.05 1.5479 1.5033 Euro 2.0786 0.07 2.0996 1.9913 Pounds 3.0749 -0.05 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2536 0.01 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.3133 -0.41 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.05 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.4402 -0.0886 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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Article, Illustration564 2007-09-04 9 NANDE KHIN - NANDE KHIN 2-year trial ahead of nationwide roll-out will tap existing facilities, resources A PROGRAMME will be launched to help older people stay healthy and socially engaged, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Boon Heng said yesterday. The Wellness Programme willFILE PHOTO - 564 words
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121 2007-09-04 9 NATIONAL Development Minister Mali Bow Tan will be leading a delegation to China from today to Saturday. He is expected to meet Acting Construction Minister Jiang Weixin and Vice-Minister Qiu Baoxing in Beijing and will visit other candidate cities like Tianjin and Tangshan to121 words
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51 2007-09-04 9 GE Energy has supplied a Jenbacher gas engine co-generation system for Novartis's new plant in Tuas View. The unit has just gone into operation and can produce 996 kW of electrical output and 1,155kW of thermal output. This is the company's first project in51 words
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90 2007-09-04 9 CASE, the Consumers Association of Singapore, has commenced a High Court action for a declaration and/or injunction against Global Europ (Asia), a timeshare company, which is alleged to have breached the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act by exerting undue pressure on consumers. Fifty-two90 words
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Article, Illustration528 2007-09-04 10 RONNIE LIM - RONNIE LIM Tuas Power mulling over stand-alone cogen plant on Jurong Island THE "cogen battle" is being joined as electricity generation companies (gencos) fight to supply other utilities like steam, cooling water and compressed air to petrochemical plants on Jurong Island. And as another ofBLOOMBERG - 528 words
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Article, Illustration526 2007-09-04 10 NISHA RAMCHANDANI - NISHA RAMCHANDANI THE Singapore Expo is proving to be an attractive location for meetings, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) events, despite its distance from town. According to Matthew Meredith, group general manager of Singapore Expo and Singex, 2005 and 2006 sawFILE PHOTO - 526 words
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Article, Illustration1085 2007-09-04 12 Mobile payment facilities firm Systems@Work refines core services to get people to switch mindsets, reports ARUN JOHN THE desire to strike out on your own, or the impetus to quit your current job and follow your dream comes in what many describe as a momentYEN MENG JIIN - 1,085 words
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370 2007-09-04 14 TEH HOOI LING - TEH HOOI LING SINGAPORE shares began to find a firmer footing on which to build a base as a measure of stability returned to financial markets over the past week. Our small cap portfolio has more than formed a base, many of the stocks370 words
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Article, Illustration1109 2007-09-04 14 SMALL CAPS CEO of crop-care and animal-health specialist Zagro tells ARUN JOHN how his firm expanded globally YOU wouldn't expect to see luscious fields of crops and cattle roaming green pastures in land-scarce Singapore. Creating-let alone sustaining a business here involving animals and crops would seem1,109 words
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Article, Illustration1094 2007-09-04 15 Founder David Lim tells SAMANTHA LEE how he made Denise the largest wine shop retail chain in Singapore in just a year FAMOUS novelist, poet and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson once said: "Wine is bottled poetry." This sentiment would undoubtedly be echoed by David Lim, founderYEN MENG JIIN - 1,094 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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435 2007-09-04 16 ANTHONY ROWLEY - ANTHONY ROWLEY 4.9% drop in AprilJune period comes on top of other poor signs of economy in Tokyo A SHARP and unexpected drop in capital spending by corporate Japan in the second quarter, revealed yesterday by official statistics, stirred fears that the country's longest economic435 words
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124 2007-09-04 16 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's economy expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years in the second quarter, revised figures from the central bank showed. The economy grew 1.8 per cent, the quickest since the fourth quarter of 2003 and more than– Bloomberg - 124 words
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Article, Illustration331 2007-09-04 16 Bribes and hidden barriers costing Asia-Pac USsl4Bb [SYDNEY] By removing bribes and hidden trade barriers, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) member economies could add about US$l4B billion to the economies of the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region, a World Bank report said yesterday. The report,AFP - 331 words
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Article2397 2007-09-04 16 VOL C000) ;ep3 RM \&M Realty 0.78 \bricBhd 0.29 \dvance Synergy 0.34 \dventaBhd 1.41 \eMulti Hldgs 0.30 \ffin Holdings 2.58 \hmad Zaki Resou 4.20 Me Corp 0.53 Mrasia Bhd 1.94 \kn Messaging Te 0.20 \kn Technology 0.85 Muminium Co 1.32 Amalgamated Ind 0.56 \minvestment Grp 3.60 \mmb Hldgs2,397 words
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245 2007-09-04 16 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's economic growth unexpectedly accelerated in the second quarter as exports offset a slump in consumer spending after last year's military coup. The economy expanded 4.4 per cent in the three months ended June 30 from a year earlier, from a– Bloomberg - 245 words
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546 2007-09-04 16 Bloomberg Fed comes under fire at its Wyoming summer retreat [NEW YORK] Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's pledge to stop the credit market rout from wrecking the economy failed to quell concern at the Fed's Wyoming summer retreat that the US is heading for– Bloomberg - 546 words
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267 2007-09-04 16 Bloomberg [Beijing] The Chinese central bank seems to have resisted the Bush administration's urgings in July to buy more US govern-ment-backed mortgage bonds. China said yesterday that the country's foreign-currency reserves exclude loans to US sub-prime mortgage borrowers. China's US$l.33 trillionBloomberg - 267 words
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582 2007-09-04 17 PAULINE NG - PAULINE NG Affirmative action for bumiputras among main factors causing pessimism MALAYSIA'S Chinese community had a rough ride in the first half of the year and is not sanguine about sec-ond-half prospects either, a recent survey shows. Domestic competition, rising raw material582 words
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296 2007-09-04 17 [KUALA LUMPUR] An aluminium smelter in Sarawak could boost Malaysia's economy by some RM3 billion (Ssl.3 biUion) a year, Malaysia's Business Times quoted a senior official of Australian miner Rio Tinto as saying. Rio Tinto is partnering Cahya Mata Sarawak296 words
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Article90 2007-09-04 17 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesia and Malaysia plan to build a 38km bridge connecting the two countries, an official said yesterday. The bridge will link Rupat island in the Indonesian province of Riau and Malaysia's Port Dickson, Riau governor Rusli Zainal said. The Malaysian government has appealedXinhua - 90 words
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Article, Illustration424 2007-09-04 17 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's inflation accelerated in August as a weaker currency pushed up import costs and Muslims increased spending in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan. Consumer prices rose 6.5 per cent from a year earlier, following a 6.1 per cent gain inBloomberg; AFP - 424 words
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GREATER CHINA
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Article, Illustration631 2007-09-04 18 -Re- uters Sector jumps after SIA, Temasek agree to buy stake in China Eastern Airlines [SHANGHAI] China's main stock index surged 2 per sent yesterday, hitting a fresh record high, as airlines soared in response to a nearly billion-dollar foraign investment-Re; uters; AP - 631 words
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Article7658 2007-09-04 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.077/ Star Europe Bond 1.201/ Star Europe Bal 1.25/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.601/ Star Asia Bond 1.286/ Star Asia Balanced 1.11/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.242/ Multi St Fd 0.977/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.844/ Gib Multi St USD7,658 words
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Advertisement103 2007-09-04 18 Allianz Global Investors one of the world's largest asset managers with more Allianz (jjj) than US$l.2 trillion assets under management as at 31 December 2006. G,obal lnvestors company regn. no *****7169Z 111^ Im KEEP AN OPEN mind Never adopt permanently any type of asset or any selection method. Try to103 words
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663 2007-09-04 19 Estimated US$lO-11b market for unsecured credit growing at 25-30% [NEW DELHI] Like the US, India too has a sub-prime market and it is booming. The success of early entrants like Citi Financial and GE Money has encouraged several others to enter the consumer lending663 words
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538 2007-09-04 19 Reuters Four other fund firms are planning similar moves [SHANGHAI] China Southern Fund Management Co yesterday said it will launch a fund next week to invest client money in overseas stocks under a national scheme that will potentially pump billions of US dollars into– Reuters - 538 words
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120 2007-09-04 19 Reuters [MUMBAI] Flag Telecom, the undersea cable arm of India's Reliance Communications Ltd, has awarded a US$l.5 billion contract to Fujitsu Ltd, the Economic Times said yesterday. The contract, for a next generation network submarine cable, also drew the interest of Tyco,– Reuters - 120 words
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381 2007-09-04 20 Reuters AsB7om deal with Al Habtoor is part of company's increased focus on the Gulf [SYDNEY] Australian construction firm Leighton Holdings Ltd said yesterday that it will pay about AsB7o million (Ssl billion) for a 45 per cent stake in one ofReuters - 381 words
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178 2007-09-04 20 Xinhua [ABU DHABI] The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) will launch its first steel futures contract on Oct 29. The Dubai Domestic Rebar Steel Futures Contract would be the first of its kind to be listed on an exchange with broad international participation,– Xinhua - 178 words
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457 2007-09-04 21 AP It's buying stake from Lone Star in bid to grow presence in Asia [LONDON] HSBC Holdings agreed to buy a 51 per cent stake in Korea Exchange Bank for US$6.3 billion from US private equity group Lone Star Funds asAP - 457 words
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289 2007-09-04 21 -AFP [PARIS] French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France announced their merger yesterday, creating the world's fourth biggest energy company by market capitalisation. The state will retain more than 35 per cent in the new GDF-Suez, which will be-AFP - 289 words
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Article, Illustration720 2007-09-04 21 -AP [WASHINGTON] Try searching for a culprit in the 90 brands caught up in the recent US recall of canned chilli, stew and other products, and the trail weaves back to a single manufacturer. That also was the case-AP; AP - 720 words
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558 2007-09-04 21 -Bloomb- erg Swiss body's view contrasts with grim outlook of S&P [BASEL, Switzerland] The market fallout from the sub-prime mortgage slump is less severe than in 1998 after Russia's default and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), the Bank for International-Bloomb; erg - 558 words
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373 2007-09-04 21 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's farm minister resigned yesterday over illegal dealings at a farmers' group he headed, delivering a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his Cabinet to try to revive his popularity. A– Reuters - 373 words
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595 2007-09-04 21 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] The empire is preparing to strike back again. In 1995, Microsoft added a free Web browser to its operating system in an attempt to fend off new rivals, an effort ultimately blocked by the courts. This week,NYT - 595 words
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Article, Illustration670 2007-09-04 22 -AFP Mainland airline sector set for double-digit growth in next 20 years [HONG KONG] The world's biggest passenger jet flew through Hong Kong harbour yesterday to mark the arrival of Asia's largest air show, as delegates aim to tap-AFP; REUTERS - 670 words
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474 2007-09-04 22 Bloomberg [PARIS] Aeroports de Paris, owner of the French capital's Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, said first-half profit more than quadrupled as it handled more passengers. Net income rose to 201.6 million euros (*****.5 million) from 44.9 million euros, the companyBloomberg - 474 words
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243 2007-09-04 22 Reuters [HONG KONG] Shenzhen Airlines, China's largest privately owned airline, is considering an initial public offering to raise funds for expanding its fleet, a senior executive said yesterday. The carrier has about 55 airplanes and that number will rise to about 70 by– Reuters - 243 words
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Article2321 2007-09-04 22 AIRLINE CODES: AA Amencao Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airarays Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR2,321 words
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Miscellaneous348 2007-09-04 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS I Good criteria for treatment 2 3 4 li I 7 8 of the old (9) J 6 Damage found round oriental women's quarters (5) 9 9 Calls for Scotsman to enter totals (7) H^^T 10 Working to find thewhereabouts H II Ignoble destruction of tapes- 11348 words
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Article, Illustration597 2007-09-04 23 Bloomberg Powering the surge is demand to move goods across the Pacific basin [SINGAPORE] Rates for hiring the largest carriers used to transport coal, iron ore and other dry goods may extend last week's increase to a record on demand to move cargo– Bloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 597 words
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Article112 2007-09-04 23 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.86 0.36 5.00 0.88112 words
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Article32 2007-09-04 23 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Brid 1.47 9.45 9.35 4.08 3.02 0.27 -0.04 -0.05 0.35 0.18 0.02 -0.02 1: 14! 85' 296: 1( 4(32 words
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Article12 2007-09-04 23 ■oo ■recious Ship Jegional Cont .34.75 .29.50 1.00 0.75 384: 180'12 words
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Article21 2007-09-04 23 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.50 32.50 1.98 unch unch unch 0.02 unch 233; 83! 417!21 words
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Article19 2007-09-04 23 Evergreen Marine ....21.05 :irst Steamship 79.00 Wan Hai Lines 23.10 fang Ming Marine ..22.85 -0.35 -1.20 -0.20 -0.4519 words
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Article42 2007-09-04 23 '000 'en Kawasaki Hvy Ind ..453.00 -2.00 ***** Kawasaki Kisen ...1547.00 51.00 7923 Mitsubishi Hvy 709.00 unch ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg 61unch 4.00 ***** Mitsui Osk Lines ...1744.00 38.00 ***** Nippon Express 607.00 -3.00 1943 Nippon Yusen 1149.00 4.00 6161 Source: Reuters42 words
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272 2007-09-04 23 Reuters [CHITTAGONG] Bangladesh's main Chittagong port opened a new container yard on Sunday, officials said. The new yard with space to store 3,200 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers, will help the port authority increase its storage capacity for containers to 17,725 TEUs. ItReuters - 272 words
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415 2007-09-04 23 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of shipping Middle East crude to Asia, the world's busiest market for supertankers, may fall for a second week as a glut of vessels forces owners to compete for cargoes. There are about 100 very large crude carriers,Bloomberg - 415 words
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407 2007-09-04 23 Bloomberg [HO CHI MINH CITY] General Forwarding Agency Corp, the biggest freight company on Vietnam's main bourse, spent 560 billion dong (5553.5 million) to more than double its stable of ocean-going container ships, general director Do Van Minh said. The company, knownBloomberg - 407 words
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187 2007-09-04 23 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC), the country's sec-ond-biggest shipbuilder, is considering launching a domestic initial public offering to raise up to US$92B million, state media reported yesterday. CSIC, which controls Dalian Shipbuilding Industry and some other domestic shipyards, will fold 16– Reuters - 187 words
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474 2007-09-04 24 DESPITE the potential pitfalls and risks, the fact that Singapore Airlines and Temasek Holdings have decided to go ahead with their joint purchase of a 24 per cent stake in loss-making China Eastern Airlines illustrates just how seriously foreign investors view the huge potential474 words
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Article, Illustration1357 2007-09-04 24 LEON HADAR - LEON HADAR His mixed signals stem from need to protect real economy and prevent moral hazard ECONOMIC analysts seemed to have raised expectations to the stratosphere on the eve of the speech that the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was scheduled to deliverBLOOMBERG - 1,357 words
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Article, Illustration768 2007-09-04 24 ANDY MUKHERJEE - ANDY MUKHERJEE THE BOTTOM LINE A RECENT report looked at the finances of Indian computer software companies through an unusual lens, examining what these superbly successful businesses might look like minus a favourable exchange rate. The results of First Global Securities768 words
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Article, Illustration1279 2007-09-04 25 G PANICKER - G PANICKER It remains uncertain whether ex-PMs' return to the country will ensure political stability ITH legal challenges to General Pervez Musharraf's rule mounting and former exiled prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif preparing to return home, Pakistan is facing more than a sartorialAFP, AP - 1,279 words
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811 2007-09-04 25 PAUL KRUGMAN - PAUL KRUGMAN -NYT IN February 2003, then-secretary of state Colin Powell, addressing the UN Security Council, claimed to have proof that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). He did not, in fact, present any actual evidence, just pictures-NYT - 811 words
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979 2007-09-04 26 HEIDI VOGT - HEIDI VOGT -At in Dakar, Senegal IN the sweaty afternoon air of a West African market, shoe-seller Ousman Ka owes his job to China- or, more precisely, to Lv Hui, the wrinklefaced Chinese man in the blue sweater vest sitting behind him.-At - 979 words
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Article8418 2007-09-04 27 52-wks Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr Net P/E MCap Smil Company 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 6 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 103 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 53 22 1500 ACE8,418 words
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Article71 2007-09-04 27 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo) Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCaj |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mi Comi >an< Hie ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 *****71 words
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Article2047 2007-09-04 27 Hie |h Low Code Comi >an< Sale Cooo) Hii Low Bui rer Seller C'vr P/E $mi 30 13 1181 AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 ABR Hldgs 31 25 8538 APStrategic 16.5 1.5 1501 Advanced System 70.5 9 1524 Alantac 22.5 8 7814 Albedo 46.5 26 5021 Apex-Pal 13.5 6.52,047 words
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Article247 2007-09-04 27 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net 2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum247 words
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442 2007-09-04 28 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Am 31 World Index Preliminary 1137.0 1.3 3.3 1.1 4.4 1.2 5.1 EAFE Preliminary 1134.7 1.6 2.4 1.4 4.7 1.6 5.. Euri Pre I liminan 1545.4 1.3 3.5 1.2 5.8 1.3 6.5442 words
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Article22 2007-09-04 28 sep 3 STI SIMSCI Se 420 421.5 418 Taiwan Se 348.1 348.2 347 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd22 words
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Article20 2007-09-04 28 Sep3 Bid Offer 1-month 1.5178 1.5189 2-months 1.5142 1.5154 3-months 1.5109 1.5121 6-months 1.5021 1.5034 Source: OCBC20 words
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Article151 2007-09-04 28 Sep3 Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2527 1.2540 0.8233 0.8236 Canadian dollar 1.4438 1.4453 0.9489 0.9492 Euro 2.0774 2.0790 1.3653 1.3654 NZ dollar 1.0736 1.0748 0.7056 0.7059 jterlini ind 3.0733 3.0761 2.0198 2.0203 US dollar 1.5216 1.5226 S$/US$151 words
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Article338 2007-09-04 28 Sep 03 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 94.427 95.040 95.375 95.465 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 5157 EUROYEN FUTURES Sep07 99.165 99.180 Dec07 99.145 99.150 Mar08 99.095 99.110 Jun08 99.070 99.075 Sep08 99.015 99.015 Dec08 98.935 98.940 Mar09338 words
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Article279 2007-09-04 28 sep 03 KUbbbK Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Oct 07 Nov 07 Dec 07 Jan/Mar 08 Apr/Jun08 Jul/Sep 08 327.25 327.75 327.00 327.00 330.00 332.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest279 words
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Article131 2007-09-04 28 As at 9am Sep 3 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2410 1.2560 Can dollar 1.4360 1.4540 Euro 2.0660 2.0900 NZ dollar 1.0620 1.0850 Sterlini ind 3.0540 3.0901 US dollar 1.5150 1.5330 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign131 words
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Article161 2007-09-04 28 A ler Overnight 2 5/16 1 -month 2 3/4 2-monfhs 2 3/4 3-months 2 7/8 Overnight mode: 2.65 US$ Offer 2 3/16 2 5/8 2 5/8 2 3/4 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 5.75 5.85 5.75161 words
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Article466 2007-09-04 28 s ep3 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru| Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS wstralia 0.868 6.213 0.603 6.417 33.654 77.314 0.955 7.719 2.885 1.167 50.066 38.348 1.253 5.902 0.994 27.181 28.244 0.408 0.823 Canada 1.153 7.161466 words
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Article163 2007-09-04 28 Sep 3 iOLD (USS/oz) Au, 31 Se, 03 GOLD BULLION COINS (SS) Sellini Hongkong 666.80 671.50 667.80 672.00 Aug 31 Aug 29 London 672.30 666.50 672.90 667.10 Source: Reuters (SS) Selling Buying 1 oz 1145.97 1023 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying 10gm $402.32 329 SILVER Selling163 words
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Article75 2007-09-04 28 Sep 03 1 mth 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 3.***** 9 mths 3.***** 12 mths 3.***** 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 5.***** 5.***** 5.***** 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 3.***** 3yrs 3.***** 4yrs 3.***** 5yrs75 words
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88 2007-09-04 28 Sep3 'erioi Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's High Low 1-Month BQ*****X 06.12.07 -Year BY*****V 30.04.08 2.35 2.35 2.36 2.36 3OVERNMENT BONDS >eriod Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low Hi, !-Year N*****0Z 2.375 i-Year N*****0A 2.625 '-Year NX*****F 3.625 0-Year NY*****F 3.75088 words
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Article58 2007-09-04 28 Aug 31 minimum, 99.7 jrity (USS/tonne) Co Close Previous Cash 2487.20 3 months 2544.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 7536.00 7460.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 3171.00 3 months 3110.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash *****.00 3 months *****.00 Zinc, Special High Grade58 words
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Article71 2007-09-04 28 Aug 31 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Sep 07 947 Dec 07 966 Mar 08 982 May 08 993 947/933 967/950 983/968 993/979 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Sep 07 1664 1675/1659 Nov 07 1718 1728/1711 Jan 08 1715 1724/1707 Mar 08 1715 -/1713 SUGAR (US tonne) White71 words
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Article90 2007-09-04 28 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 07 868.00 880.00 868.00 Nov 07 882.50 894.00 882.00 Jan 08 898.00 909.00 897.00 Mar 08 907.50 919.00 907.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 07 36.54 36.75 36.40 Oct 07 36.79 37.03 36.60 Dec90 words
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Article81 2007-09-04 28 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Aug 31 Aug3l CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1 -Mth F) 72.64 0.86 WTI (Near Mth) 73.84 0.33 Dubai (1 -Mth F) 68 -0.26 Tapis blend 77.35 unch Minas 74.1 -0.3 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 73.38 84.85 -0.32 -0.881 words
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Article1983 2007-09-04 28 BONDS WARRANTS el lode Company Last Sale Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths +or- ('000) Ratio Price ing Left 3779 ASL Marine Hldgs W*****1 92 1631 Ace Dynamics W*****7 29 2878 Aztech Systems W*****6 16.5 -7 40 0.5 34 0.5 90 1 53 1 20 1 51 -51,983 words
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Article, Illustration917 2007-09-04 32 GDP. Reuters Property stocks depressed on worries about housing market [MUMBAI/HONG KONG] After a two-year surge, home prices in India have dropped as much as 20 per cent because even the most upwardly mobile tech graduates can no longer afford to buy,GDP.; Reuters; AFP - 917 words
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331 2007-09-04 32 Reuters Israeli group will build entertainment commercial centres [MUMBAI] Israeli-owned property company Plaza Centers said yesterday that it would invest 50 billion rupees (551.87 billion) over the next 5-7 years to build entertainment and commercial centres in fast-growing India. Plaza Centers, a– Reuters - 331 words
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Article, Illustration719 2007-09-04 33 Bloomberg Unexpected increase attributed to rising employment, wages and immigration [SYDNEY] Australia's home-building approvals unexpectedly increased to a five-month high in July as rising employment, wages and immigration encouraged investment in tyThe number of approvals to build or renovate houses and apartments advanced 0.4 perBloomberg; REUTERS - 719 words
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410 2007-09-04 34 ARTHUR SIM - ARTHUR SIM Prices for the 58-unit development in Cairnhill have not been fixed yet HAYDEN Properties has clinched the rights to build the first Ritz-Carlton Residences in Asia, after pursuing the luxury brand for months. Hayden director Ong Chih Ching said that410 words
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