The Business Times, 25 October 2007

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mm a Singapore press holdings publication coregnnoi9B4o2B6Be mica (p) 202/12/2006 Thursday, October 25,2007
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  • 745 1  -  CHEN HUIFEN Republic positioning itself to tap into baby-boomer market, projected at a whopping USs6l6b by 2015 By [SINGAPORE] Singapore is aiming for a slice of the regional silver industry market, which could hit US$6l6 billion in 2015. According to Philip Yeo, chairman
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.50 INDONESIA 15.516 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.75 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 3.88 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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    • 42 1 Inesday 1,359.83 tange +2.50 I COMP IIKKEI 225 16,358.39 -92.19 IANG SENG 29,333.53 -43.33 ;et INDEX 866.03 +5.94 JAKARTA COMP 2,524.98 -28.82 1ANILAC0MP 3,763.47 +66.30 ;eoulcomp 1,933.36 -14.62 ;henzhen B 763.14 -6.53 IUMBAI IND 18,512.91 +20.07 12NOONEDT Change 13,511.70 -164.53 )OW
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    • 39 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.463 (US$/S$ )er 2.047 2.994 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.422 2.080 'EN 114.40 78.20 3.375 2.307 IK$ 7.751 5.298 !AHT 31.77 21.72 IUPIAH 9,183 6,277 IENMINBI 7.494 5.123 INDIAN RUPEE 39.57 27.05 1.115 0.762 IZ$ 1.332 0.910
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  • 711 1  -  MICHELLE QUAH Company to appoint independent party as some ask if EY should step aside [SINGAPORE] SembCorp Marine's decision to appoint its own external auditors to investigate unauthorised currency bets made by its former group finance director is raising
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 105 1 SUN FESTIVAL J^ SINGAPORE BizlT CORPORATE fcj^t Experience la dolce Jfi? INTERNATIONAL Local IT security market RESULTS Wv *v vita with this chef W India's huge population a big togrowtoUS$147min'07 OSIM posts $6.6m N^ page 23 I draw for CordLife page 22 page 34 Q3 loss page 6 LEADING THE
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  • FOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 65 2 MERRILL Lynch Co, the world's biggest brokerage, yesterday said that the summer's credit crisis triggered a bigger-than-expected US$7.9 billion writedown during the third quarter. US stocks swung lower in opening trade yesterday as the massive writedown from Merrill Lynch fuelled worries that the
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      • 55 2 SINGAPORE Petroleum Company's third-quarter net profit more than quadrupled to $99.85 million from the corresponding period a year ago, despite July-September sales revenue remaining at a comparable $2.24 billion. This translates to Q3 earnings per share of 19.5 cents, up from 4.47
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      • 61 2 BIO-TREAT Technology yesterday defended its earlier assertion that former chairman Wing Hak Man was not contactable, saying a meeting with him in January was a chance meeting. The company was responding to a BT article yesterday that said several of its officers had met
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      • 81 2 OSIM International is still not out of the woods yet, reporting yesterday a third-quarter net loss of $6.6 million or 1.22 cents per share. But on a brighter note, the Q3 deficit for the healthy-lifestyle products group is a third lower than the
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      • 45 2 THE Czech Republic is dangling bigger tax breaks and other carrots to draw foreign direct investments and Singapore companies may find it attractive to put their money in the country's factories and business parks. SINGAPORE NEWS, PAGE 21
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      • 66 2 JAPAN'S trade surplus surged by a much sharper than expected 63 per cent to a record 1.64 trillion yen (S$21 billion) in September, and although this came despite an export decline to the United States, it is certain to add to a
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      • 62 2 BERJAYA group chairman Vincent Tan is likely to preside over a happier bunch of shareholders at the companies' annual general meetings in the next few days. Investor focus on Berjaya stocks specifically Berjaya Corporation and Berjaya Land has increased substantially after a corporate
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    • 449 2  -  S JAYASANKARAN It could operate two flights daily during off-peak hours, in concession to MAS By in Kuala Lumpur AIRASIA'S Tony Fernandes may have pulled off a coup and quietly obtained the Malaysian government's approval to start two flights daily between Kuala
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    • 423 2  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA British bank among several eyeing new financial hotspot [SINGAPORE] British bank Barclays is expected to sign a lease soon for about 100,000 square feet of space or four floors at Marina Bay Financial Centre's 50-storey Tower 2, industry observers say. This
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    • 739 2  -  GENEVIEVE CUA [SINGAPORE] The core of any retirement plan is a life annuity which pays you a stream of income as long as you live, says Robert C Merton, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in economic sciences. "My understanding is that
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    • 371 3  -  OH BOON PING More winners this year to allow judging panel greater room, says Ernst Young [SINGAPORE] The six winners of the Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (EOY) were announced yesterday. The awards aim to honour entrepreneurs whose ingenuity
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    • 654 3 AP, AFP, Bloomberg US stocks fall on worries of more sub-prime pain for finance sector [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co, the world's biggest brokerage, yesterday said that the summer's credit crisis has triggered a big-ger-than-expected US$7.9 billion writedown for the third quarter. US stocks
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 520 4  -  RONNIE LIM Average refining margin falls to US$5 a barrel from US$9 in Q2, US$7 in Q1 By SINGAPORE Petroleum Company's third-quarter net profit more than quadrupled to $99.85 million from the corresponding period a year ago, despite Ju-ly-September sales revenue remaining
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    • 700 4  -  YEN SREENIVASAN IS offshore and marine heavyweight Labroy Marine a potential takeover target? Many industry insiders seem to think so. The stock has risen 6 per cent this week, and despite the volatility in the broader market, has largely managed to hold on to its
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    • 670 5  -  LYNETTE KHOO Shanghai encounter not arranged in advance by RTF group, it says By 810-TREAT Technology yesterday defended its earlier assertion that former chairman Wing Hak Man was not contactable, saying a meeting with him in January was a chance meeting. The company was
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    • 587 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE But firm upbeat as Q3 deficit is a third lower than previous corresponding period By OSIM International is still not out of the woods yet, reporting yesterday a third-quarter net loss of $6.6 million or 1.22 cents per share. But on
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    • 138 6 33 and 9-month results ended Sept 2007 NET PROFIT (S$m) TURNOVER (S$m) NET PROFIT (S$m) TURNOVER (S$m) :OMPANY CURRENT I PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT I PREVIOUS I CHNG CURRENT I PREVIOUS |%CHNG 5PC 99.85 23.20 330.4 2,238.57 2,241.51 -0.1 391.19 226.77 72.5 6,138.09 6,766.96 -9.3
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    • 441 6  -  LYNETTE KHOO Reports by MACARTHURCOOK Industrial Reit (MI-Reit) said yesterday that its distributable income for the second quarter ended Sept 30 came in at $4.85 million, with distribution per unit (DPU) at 1.86 cents, both in line with its forecast. This worked out to
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    • 244 6 ASCOTT Residence Trust (ART), the first pan-Asian serviced residence real estate investment trust (Reit), achieved an 84 per cent year-on-year growth in unitholders' distribution to $12 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30. The results, which also exceeded its own estimate by
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    • 110 6 Dates of release of Q3 and 9-mth results ended Sept 2007 Keppel Corp 25 Oct SembCorp Marine Mapletree Log 25 Oct China Lifestyle DBS Grp 26 Oct Del Monte Pac~ CapitaLand 26 Oct China Aviation Oil 01 Nov 05 Nov 05 Nov 05 Nov Ascott Grp 26
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    • 489 8 Reuters Copper recycler also looking to China acquisitions for growth, says CEO SINGAPORE'S copper recycler Advance SCT may buy an Indonesian smelting factory in 2008 and is also looking to China for growth through acquisitions, the firm's chief said yesterday. The company, which recycles
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    • 179 8 Reuters Issue likely to be priced at top of $0.96-$1.15 range REAL estate firm ARA Asset Management was to price its US$l9O million Singapore initial public offering (IPO) late last night and the order book is fully covered, sources close to the deal said.
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 58 8 HUP Soon Global Corporation has agreed to buy 30 per cent in Nichiyu Asia Pte Ltd (NAS) for $2.11 million. NAS is the Asian distribution arm of Nippon Yusoki Co (NICHIYU), which is listed in Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges and manufactures
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      • 86 8 FU Yu Corporation said it is issuing 117 million new ordinary shares at $0.18 apiece in a private placement, which represents a discount of about 7.64 per cent to the weighted average price of $0.1949 for trades done on Oct 22. The placement
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      • 67 8 BAN Joo Co said yesterday that it has finalised a debt restructuring agreement with 11 financial institutions for the credit facilities extended by these lenders to Ban Joo and its subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2006, Ban Joo owed the lenders some $64.3 million
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      • 104 8 Technics Oil Gas sees weaker FY revenue TECHNICS Oil Gas yesterday said it now expects weaker revenue for the fiscal year ended Sept 30 and that its earlier bullish forecast of a 10-15 per cent revenue growth cannot be achieved, due to further delays in its project work schedules planned
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      • 111 8 GATE Electronics said yesterday that a mandatory unconditional cash offer was triggered after a director and controlling shareholder of the company agreed to sell a total of 43.4 million shares or 62.6 per cent of its issued share capital at 30 cents each to
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    • 127 8 Reuters COSCO Corp said yesterday that its 51 per cent-owned unlisted unit, Cosco Shipyard Group, in China has won orders worth a total of US$l.34 billion to build 29 bulk carriers. The vessels, ordered by unnamed foreign shipowners, will be built at Cosco Dalian Shipyard
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 569 10  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS STI sheds 46 points after fall in US futures checks early recovery in the index IT'S really about expectations, or to be more specific, expectations about how Wall Street might perform later in the day. It's also a lot to
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    • 104 10 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 12 4 0 0 0 2 12 4 Manufacturing 56 106 53 16 14 65 122 67 Commerce 17 39 24 22 48 30 Tpt/Stor/Com ms 12 21 13 22 Finance 10
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    • 118 10 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 29,531 29,531 165,984 165,984 Manufacturing 479,997 125,339 605,336 617,605 34,722 652,327 Commerce 134,395 19,235 153,630 82,682 3,854 86,536 Tpt/Stor/Comms 191,893 6,691 198,584 792,473 3,444 795,917 Finance 55,112 321 55,433 543,157 49 543,207 Construction 84,172 21,964 106,136 35,798 5,538 41,336
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    • 228 10 Stock name Wt Close Chani Allgreen 0.50 1.740 -0.020 Ascendasreit 0.88 2.560 +0.060 CapitaComm 0.50 2.600 +0.030 Capita Land 4.77 7.750 CapitaMall 0.90 3.600 -0.060 Chart SemiCond 0.53 1.050 -0.020 CityDev 2.83 15.600 +0.100 ComfortDelGro 1.24 1.860 -0.070 Cosco Corp 2.17 6.950 -0.350 Creative Tech 0.14
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    • Article, Illustration
      799 10 GuocoLand Oct 24 close: 555.40 JP Morgan Research, Oct 22 WE RAISE our end-December 2008 price target for GuocoLand to $6.50 per share, based on our one-year forward sum-of-the-parts valuation, which imputes a 20 per cent discount to the Singapore portfolio and 20 per cent premium on the
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    • 547 10  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES THE Chinese yuan again posted fresh post-depeg highs yesterday, as currency traders raised their bets that the currency will resume its gains now that the week-long Chinese Communist Party Congress is safely out of the way. The US dollar was
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    • 4 10 DAILY
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    • 44 10 CLOSE -1136.00 +20.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-151.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-114.00 All-SG Equities 1010.00 -11.06 SG Equities Elect 111.27 -2.38 SG Equities Fin 2508.61 -41.44 SG Equities Prop 1521.17 -5.90 SIMSCI 446.98 -5.99 SIMSCI Futures 447.30 -7.10 PrimePartnersCI 288.73 -6.39
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    • 52 10 VOLUME :i-Nets 80,964,000 ■osco Cor| 57,876,00! Petrol 57,658,00! :entillion 40,637,000 iculus 40,048,000 loinn R 37,600,000 linostar 37,305,000 :hinaOMFId 35,455,000 ;txpokwioo 35,147,000 iembMar 34,911,000 VALUE(S) ■osco Cor| 407,701,800 iembMar 164,957,520 IOB 161,035,900 iBS Gri 147,279,201 ;gx 141,267,000 ;txpokwioo 138,414,640 Land 102,918,117 >im iTel 97,058,781 &N 94,781,595 il Con
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    • 111 10 CLOSE DOWN UOB 2090 -50.0 -2.3 SembMar MEReCW/*****8 83 -46.0 -35.7 CoscoCori iMBLeCW/***** 139 -41.0 -22.8 DBS Gri 2070 -40.0 -1.9 Kei ilT&T 520 -40.0 -7.1 Venture Con 1400 -40.0 -2.8 Cosco Con 695 -35.0 -4.8 Asia Pac Brew 1320 -30.0 -2.2 SGX 1450 -30.0 -2.0 JSH 1580 -29.3
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    • 88 10 iere« S$ stands Oct 24 CHNG CLOSE FR Oct 23 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4627 0.16 1.5479 1.4569® Euro 2.0789 0.17 2.1254 1.9913 Pounds 2.9958 -0.12 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.3128 -0.37 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.2780 0.20 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.56 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2857 0.11
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  • PREMIUM PEOPLE
    • 1165 12 Women show their mettle in what seems to be a male domain, writes CHOW PENN NEE ANALYSING, weighing up risks, underwriting and pricing them accordingly may sound like a male domain. But women are equally at home and thriving in the general insurance industry,
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    • 185 12 WHAT sort of insurance policies should you buy if you are running your own business? Business insurance serves the needs of a business and spans the range of property, casualty, professional indemnity, and loss of services of key employees. Typically, the forms of insurance a
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    • 46 12 liiiifl Reproduction ofSPH material without licence or permit amounts to an infringement ofSPH's copyright under the law. SPH reserves the right to seek full recourse in respect of such an infringement. "SPH material" includes all SPH publications: newspapers and magazines, in print, electronic or other media.
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  • A380 HISTORIC FLIGHT
    • 1186 13  -  GIOVANNI BISIGNANI HYPERBOLE characterises the debate on aviation and climate change. Who is one to believe? Politicians, environmental activists, the airlines or scientists? Is aviation a major contributor to global warming? Is it the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions? It is difficult to separate
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    • 1175 14 The combination of the A3BO and a sharp operational strategy would change the long-haul industry more than any development since the advent of the 8747, says peter Harbison THE entry into revenue service of the A3BO will prove to be nothing less than
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    • 671 16 vein sreeimivasaim looks at what the first A380 service to Sydney today will mean for Singapore Airlines AVIATION history will once again be made in Singapore as the world's biggest passenger plane takes off today on its first flight with almost 471 passengers. Singapore Airline's flight
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    • 693 19 Superjumbo's initial woes have helped the plane maker to embark on a bold restructuring plan, writes cheim huifeim AS THE world marvels over the eventual commercial take-off of A3BO, the maker of the giant aircraft can finally heave a sigh of relief. The fact that Airbus
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    • 637 20 Trent 900, the engine of choice for the A3BO, also marks another stage in the successful relationship between Singapore Airlines and Rolls-Royce WHEN Singapore Airlines' first Airbus A3BO flight takes off for Sydney today, its passengers can feel reassured that the Rolls-Royce Trent 900
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    • 108 13 Congratulations to Singapore Airlines on the inaugural flight of the first average family car, and noise well below target levels, the Trent 900 delivers Airbus A3BO, powered by the Rolls-Royce Trent 900. The Trent 900 is the world's what is really important to our customers. That's why it is the
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 27 13 CONTENTS: A3BO-Beginning of a new era page 14 New possibilities and challenges page 16 Airbus flight to pragmatism page 19 Whispering Giant powered by Rolls-Royce page 20
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    • 42 14 Making aviation history SITA congratulates Singapore Airlines for being the first in the world to fly the A3BO. SITA also congratulates Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore for making Changi Airport the first airport in the world to handle commercial A3BO operations. SITA.
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    • 95 15 changiairport.com On 25 October 2007, Singapore Airlines will make aviation history by being first to fly the A3BO. At Changi Airport, this is a momentous occasion for us a celebration of our strong partnership with Singapore Airlines. It also marks the climax of the colossal Ss6B million modification programme that
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 408 21  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Its investment head points to potential projects in business parks, electronics THE Czech Republic is dangling bigger tax breaks and other carrots to draw foreign direct investments (FDI) and Singapore companies may find it attractive to put their money in the country's factories
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    • 449 21  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI SWENSEN'S Singapore is looking to expand by opening a second Earle Swensen's in January next year this time at Changi Airport's Terminal Three. And there are plans to launch more Swensen's restaurants in China, Malaysia and here in Singapore. "We are looking to find
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    • 379 21 ONG Tze Boon, son of the late president Ong Teng Cheong, is celebrating his 39th birthday with a difference. Rather than expecting gifts, the architect and director of Ong&Ong is donating $39,000 to the Child Aid Concert 2007. On top
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    • 308 21 By VINCENT WEE A NEW Marine and Offshore Technology Innovation Centre at Ngee Ann Polytechnic will help small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in the sector develop new products, services and processes and get them to market. The centre, which
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    • 207 21 A TWO-DAY meet of the Global Malayalee Council (GMC) will open in Singapore today. Malayalee professionals, businessmen and parliamentarians from around the world are meeting here to discuss business and other opportunities, and to build a stronger social and business network among themselves. Malayalees are
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    • 343 21  -  LYNETTE KHOO By REFLECTING the rising tide of wine-drinking here, Singapore has enjoyed five straight years of growth in wine imports from 2002 to 2006. Statistics from International Enterprise (IE) Singapore show wine imports grew a blistering 45 per cent from
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    • 637 21  -  LYNETTE KHOO But few have formal strategies to tackle the issue: Survey COMPANIES in Singapore are concerned about the long-term impact of climate change on their businesses but a majority of them are either not aware of any formal internal strategy to address
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 67 21 THE Chemical Industries Employees' Union (CIEU) has won a commitment from 20 companies in the chemical industry to implement fair employment practices. The companies employ a total of about 1,700 employees, 340 of whom are aged 50 or older. CIEU advocates equal opportunity in terms
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      • 63 21 THE Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) launched a new hospitality training centre yesterday to meet the needs of the travel and tourism industry here and in the region. The MDIS School of Tourism and Hospitality is one of the first to set up a
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
    • 732 22 IE Singapore sees golden opportunities for Spores gold-standard healthcare providers in that country, writes CHUANG PECK MING SINGAPORE'S gold standard of health care hospitals here are mostly accredited by the US-based Joint Commission International has drawn patients not only from the rest of Asia but
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    • 692 22  -  CHUANG PECK MING STEM cells in the blood of umbilical cords can heal up to 80 illnesses, including leukaemia, thalessemia and anaemia. It may also be used to treat spinal cord injury and common ailments like heart diseases and diabetes, but
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    • 596 22 PACIFIC Healthcare Holdings, Singapore's biggest non-hospital-based specialist medical services provider, dreams of becoming a regional healthcare player. "Though Singapore is our home base, we decided early on that a regional presence was necessary to tap the growing affluence of the regional countries
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  • SUN FESTIVAL
    • 509 23 The five-course meal came together well with a screening of Sideways, says PARVATHI NAYAR A FIVE-COURSE meal with chocolate as the central ingredient was the surprisingly savoury note of a food-plus-film night at the Sun Festival. "In the US, there is a big
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    • 444 23  -  SYLVIA TAN By AUSTRALIA showed its Asian links at a dinner cooked by Australian-Chi-nese chef Darren Ho served with Australian wines. The chef, the food and even the venue host had an Australian connection at this Sun Festival event on Tuesday night at
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    • 194 23 TOP PICKS s™*Sf at the Sun Festival today /^x hj^tS^* A selection of popular classical pieces will be performed tonight by I the Russian National Chamber Orchestra with Grammy-winning \TwS/r^ violinist Pinchas Zukerman and Juno Award-winning cellist flblHl^' Amanda Forsyth. Fov clßtciils of Esplanade Concert Hall, 7.30pm, $58-$lBB from Sistic
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 642 25  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY US business lobbies stepping up push to accelerate yen's appreciation in Tokyo JAPAN'S trade surplus surged by a much sharper than expected 63 per cent to a record 1.64 trillion yen (Ss2l billion) in September, and although this came despite an
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    • 124 25 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's leading forecaster cut its 2008 growth estimate to 5.4 per cent from 5.8 per cent yesterday, citing a shaky outlook for the United States and the global economy. The independent Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) maintained its forecast of 5.7
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    • 395 25 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] China and the US face growing threats of a backlash to their close economic ties, threatening both the Chinese economy and the interests of American companies, US officials warned here on Tuesday. China is pursuing measures including favouritism in government contracting
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    • 480 25 Bloomberg Its actions contributing to stock market bubble, says well-known US investor [NEW YORK] The Federal Reserve acted "like a bartender" in lowering interest rates and its actions are contributing to a stock market bubble in the US, investor Marc Faber said. "Each
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 619 26  -  PAULINE NG ÜBS, Goldman Sachs buy BLand stakes; Vietnam is key to group's comeback in Kuala Lumpur BERJAYA group chairman Vincent Tan is likely to preside over a happier bunch of shareholders at the companies' annual general meetings in the next few days.
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    • 598 26 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's stock market is set for an overhaul that could make the illiquid, unsophisticated bourse more attractive to foreign investors and help finance crucial infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars. As part of the revamp, the Jakarta and Surabaya exchanges will merge
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    • 152 26 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will pay RM292.5 million (*****.2 million) in compensation to a developer over last year's cancellation of a controversial "crooked bridge" to Singapore, a Finance Ministry official said here yesterday. After years of bitter negotiations, Malaysia in April 2006
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    • 275 26 -AFP [JAKARTA] An Indonesian promoter is to sue US magician David Copperfield for cancelling a series of shows here after the FBI launched an investigation into his activities, a report said on Tuesday. Copperfield has cancelled shows across South-east Asia over the next few
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    • 297 26 -Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] RHB Bank Bhd is looking at mergers and acquisitions (M&A) besides organic growth to propel itself into one of the top three financial services providers in South-east Asia by 2020, its managing director Michael J
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  • INDIA
    • 301 27 Reuters They could register as Flls if they reveal nature of funds and investment: chairman [MUMBAI] India's stockmarket regulator may allow investors not regulated in their home countries to register as foreign institutional investors (FIIs) if they disclose the nature of their funds and
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    • 344 27 Reuters No firm will be offered more than 5%: UTI chairman [MUMBAI] Companies from the US, Europe and Australia are among 15 firms in the race to acquire a a stake in India's No 3 asset management firm, UTI, ahead of
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    • 7755 27 UNIT TURSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.074/ Star Europe Bond 1.199/ Star Europe Bal 1.252/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.822/ Star Asia Bond 1.271/ Star Asia Balanced 1.105/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.246/ Multi St Fd 0.963/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.868/ Gib Multi St USD
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    • 341 28 Organized By: CIMnAPORF Main Sponsor: (M^\ INDIAN CHAMBER V^SI I ■l-«^^ s /OF COMMERCE I Jl^l^J E J^f l924 INDUSTRY *^r M^M\^M The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce Industry (SICCI) DBS Banl congratulate the recipients of our Awards for 2007 'f Ww fIH b* I Mr > pi .*>* i
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 558 29  -  JANE MOIR 38 firms in limbo for more than a year; longest suspension dates back to 2003 in Hong Kong FOUR out of five companies suspended from trading for more than three months on Hong Kong's bourse have been hanging in
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    • 205 29 -AFP [SHANGHAI] Once high-fly-ing Shanghai property tycoon Zhou Zhengyi was put on trial this week charged with embezzlement, bribery and forging tax invoices, state media reported yesterday. The long-awaited trial began behind closed doors on Tuesday at the Shanghai court and is
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    • 72 29 China's first moon arbiter Change 1 lifts off from the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in south-west China's Sichuan province yesterday. Change 1 is slated to be a one-year expedition to explore and map the moon, kicking off a programme that aims to
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    • 175 29 -AFP [SHANGHAI] China warned investors and rule breakers that it will do what it takes to bring its booming capital markets in line with standard practices, state press reported yesterday. "We should carry on education on investors and the focus of our recent work
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    • 257 29 Bloomberg [DALIAN] Billionaire Warren Buffett said that investors should be "cautious" about China's stocks after its benchmark index more than doubled this year. "We never buy stocks when we see prices soaring," Mr Buffett said yesterday in Dalian, north-east-ern China, where he
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    • 221 29 Reuters [BEIJING] China's banking regulator has told domestic lenders to stop guaranteeing corporate bond issues, the China Securities Journal said yesterday. The move is aimed at minimising banks' credit risk. It is also a step towards nurturing a credit culture in China by requiring
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    • 178 29 Gbs,,A TETRO (1) SINGAPORE INSTITUTE QF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS _^^T Japan External Trad? Organization Present SYMPOSIUM ON CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES TOWARDS REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN EAST ASIA Windsor Ballroom, Goodwood Park Hotel Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 1.30pm 6.30pm Admission: Ss7o, By registration This symposium is presented in conjunction with the 3rd East Asia
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  • WORLD
    • 386 30 Bloomberg LATEST US DATA Turmoil in mortgage markets adds more problems to housing industry slump [WASHINGTON] Sales of existing homes in the US plunged by a record amount of 8 per cent in September to a record low 5.04 million unit pace
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    • 230 30 Bloomberg [ZURICH] ÜBS AG, the world's biggest bank for the wealthy, agreed to buy Commerzbank AG's French asset management operation for about 435 million euros (Ss9os million) to double funds it oversees in Europe's third-largest economy. The purchase of Caisse Centrale de
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    • 52 30 AP Firefighters watching a backfire on a hillside in Jamul, California. Deadly, wind-whipped wildfires have triggered the largest evacuation in state history, prompting some 500,000 people to flee ahead of flames that have destroyed more than 1,600 homes and continued yesterday to threaten tens of
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    • 184 30 [NEW YORK] A former head of a JPMorgan Chase Co trading desk in Singapore sued the bank on Tuesday, alleging that he was fired after being persuaded not to take up a job offer at Bank of America Corp. Erik Herzfeld, who
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    • 241 30 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] VMware Inc's shares have tripled since the software maker's initial public offering two months ago. Google Inc's stock rose 75 per cent at the same point. VMware, whose programs save money by letting companies run more software on one computer, sells
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    • 2392 30 let 24 RM C000) \&M Realty 0.94 s,bricBhd 0.31 \dvance Synergy 0.37 s,dventa Bhd 1.63 \eMulti Hldgs 0.31 Win Holdings 2.76 \hmad Zaki Resou 6.05 \ic Corp 0.56 5,irasia Bhd 1.99 \kn Messaging Te 0.19 \kn Technology 0.80 Alliance Financi 2.90 \luminium Co 1.29 \malgamated Ind 0.54 \minvestment
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  • AVIATION
    • 478 31  -  YEN SREENIVASAN lata chief warns an infrastructure crisis could put the brakes on air traffic growth By THE International Air Transport Association (lata) has forecast that in 2011 the air transport industry will handle 2.75 billion passengers, or 620 million more
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    • 427 31 -Bloomberg [DALLAS] AMR Corp's American Airlines, its American Eagle regional unit and unions for both carriers reached a tentative agreement that would preserve seniority rights for American pilots and ease hiring at Eagle. The plan modifies an existing accord by guaranteeing that pilots furloughed
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    • 334 31 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Prospects of airlines voluntarily agreeing to significantly cut their schedules to reduce New York flight delays diminished on Tuesday with carriars angrily rejecting the government's chief proposal. James May, the chief executive of the industry's trade group, the Air
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    • 384 31 Bernama [BANGKOK] Malaysianbased budget airline Air sia's move to penetrate the lucrative Vietnamese domestic market under a joint venture with Vinashin, the country's largest shipbuilder, has hit a snag with reports that the government has refused to grant a licence. The report
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    • 2401 31 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 386 31 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS H I [5 I |6 I [7 I I 4 Wanting 100% acquisition, BJ in spite of everything (5,3) Is 8 Female to go the other side L_ __J BL —Bl Bl Bl of the Channel, one suffer- BJ ng accident (6) F|~ i bh 9 End
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  • SHIPPING
    • 315 32 Reuters Its box volume likely to top 25.5 m TEUs in 2007, next only to Spores 27.6 m [SHANGHAI] Chinese city Shanghai is expected to overtake Hong Kong as the world's second-busiest container port this year, helped by rising throughput at the multibillion-dol-lar
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    • 743 32 Reuters Output seen rising 20% a year, exceed 30m dwt by 2011 [HONG KONG] Ambitious Chinese shipyards plan to tap eager equity markets in coming years to ride a global trade boom, but investors should be wary about risks of a worldwide capacity
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    • 469 32 -AP.AFP [WASHINGTON] Somebody should have looked at a map. The State Department with great fanfare on Tuesday signed an agreement with landlocked Mongolia that will allow Mongolian ships to be boarded and searched if they are suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction. This despite
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • 130 32 '000 CH Offshore Chilian Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWT Ltd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KlVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Man Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.94 0.37 6.95
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      • 37 32 '000 nt'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 1.41 9.80 9.85 5.05 2.88 0.28 2.68 -0.03 0.10 0.15 0.25 unch 0.05 -0.02 263 663 920 3610 208 262 30
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      • 12 32 '00 'recious Ship legional Cont 33.75 29.25 1.25 0.50 2832 615
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      • 22 32 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 7.00 40.50 unch unch -0.10 ***** 1.00 1027 unch 0 unch 0
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      • 26 32 let 24 nt: Vol Evergreen Marine ....30.50 :irst Steamship 88.30 /Van Hai Lines 29.05 fang Ming Marine...26.25 unch unch 0.50 0.20 27 5 23 13
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      • 42 32 '000 let 24 Yen Vol (awasaki Hvy Ind ..414.00 -3.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen ....1597.00 37.00 6450 Mitsubishi Hvy 666.00 -9.00 ***** vlitsui Eng&Sbldg...671.00 13.00 8376 vlitsuiOsk Lines ...1913.00 9.00 9537 Mippon Express 569.00 -5.00 2488 MipponYusen 1170.00 1.00 6002 iource: Reuters
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  • RAFFLES LECTURE
    • 460 33 CLOSE to 900 business leaders, top-level public sector executives and members of the diplomatic corps gathered at the Raffles Ballroom in Singapore on Oct 16 to listen to Kenneth Chenault, chairman and CEO of American Express Company, speak about leadership in challenging times. Mr Chenault, who joined
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  • BizIT
    • 823 34 Study shows that security has become a business strategy, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THERE is robust demand for IT security solutions in Singapore as companies face an increasingly complex threat landscape, latest information from IT research firm IDC shows. According
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    • 643 34  -  WINSTON CHAI A NEW regional survey puts Singapore firms at the forefront in terms of deploying technologies to allow workers to access e-mail and other work resources on the go. Ironically, a related study shows that professionals here are the least receptive towards
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    • 672 34  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY in London THE launch in Singapore yesterday of Philips' next generation ambient lighting TV the Aurea Flat TV was the first in the region, underlining the importance the Dutch electronics giant attaches to the Republic, a top Philips official said here.
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    • 344 34 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Inc said that almost one out of every six iPhones sold may have been unlocked to run on unauthorised wireless networks, surprising analysts who had estimated the problem wasn't as widespread. Chief operating officer Timothy Cook said on Monday
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    • 227 34 -AP [BOSTON] IBM Corp says it has dreamed up a new method for profiting from its vast storehouse of patents. And by the way, the company wants to patent the idea. Beyond the circularity of the concept, IBM's application is notable because the
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    • 525 35  -  ONG BOON KIAT Its new IP backbone makes Singapore the main Asian exchange THE lure of its own estimate of a 10-fold data boom in Asia over the next five years has proved irresistible for Telecom Italia Sparkle. The wholly-owned subsidiary of Italian telecom giant
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    • 320 35 Reuters [TAIPEI] Yahoo Inc expects to announce a series of partnerships with mobile carriers in Asia in coming weeks, as it looks to its mobile services division for growth. The US Internet giant has been in talks with operators in Taiwan, South Korea,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 512 36 WHILE laments about rising business costs are pretty much a perennial complaint from the business sector, over the last 10 years and more, consumer price inflation has virtually been a non-issue in Singapore; since 1995, the annual rate has barely breached 2 per cent. But
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    • 1088 36  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Singapore's Temasek and GIC are spared flak as Chinese and Middle Eastern governments face calls for greater transparency of their investments overseas SOVEREIGN wealth funds were at centre stage at this year's annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and
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    • 765 36  -  ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Grouf. THE BOTTOM LINE IT'S America's versatile villain. Globalisation has served as a whipping boy for politicians of both parties and legions of pundits. We blame it for all manner of grievances: lost jobs, greater inequality, shoddy
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    • 820 37 It's the poor who will bear the brunt of substandard products, writes NONOY OPLAS DOWNLOADING pirated songs from the Internet is cool. Dying from counterfeit medicine is not. But the pirates and the slack law enforcement that give you one also give you
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    • 331 37  -  Han Soon Juan Soden, Germany LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I REFER to the report on multiple sclerosis (MS) "Hard-hitting illness shakes up young lives" by Melissa Heng (BT, Oct 20). Medical practitioners seem to be baffled by multiple sclerosis, which affects
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    • 174 37 WHEN Star Hub submitted its winning bid to telecast live English soccer (EPL), all subscribers to its Sports Group of cable channels had their monthly subscription raised substantially to help recover the very high cost of the winning bid. Star Hub customers who are not
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8580 38 Transaction date: Oct 24 52-wks Tel )h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hil Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil Hi! Com[ i an; 3.S 2 S716 1st Software 22 7 3148 STelecom 34 17.S S834 A-Sonic 104 98
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    • 247 38 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net 2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 362 39 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Oct23 World Index Preliminary 1164.0 0.5 5.8 0.6 4.7 0.8 9.7 EAFE Preliminan 1155.7 0.9 4.3 1.2 5.9 1.4 11.1 Euro[ Preliminary 1578.0 0.9 5.7 1.4 7.4 1.7 12.! Pacific 1008.6 0.8
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    • 130 39 As at 9am Oct24 Singapore dollars to one unit if foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Uist dollar 1.3050 1.3210 .an dollar 1.5040 1.5220 luro 2.0720 2.0960 IZ dollar 1.0970 1.1200 Sterlin iund 2.9810 3.0151 )S dollar 1.4540 1.4710 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign currency:
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    • 161 39 Oct24 Rirl Overnight 1 1/8 1 -month 2 3/8 2-months 2 7/16 3-months 2 1/2 Overnight mode: 1 3/4 US$ Offer 1 2 1/4 2 5/16 2 3/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 4.83 4.84 4.90 5.04
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    • 21 39 Oct24 STI ;imsci oct 455 458.9 447.3 "aiwan Oct 372.7 376.7 368.4 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 20 39 Oct24 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4592 1.46 2-months 1.4561 1.4569 3-months 1.4528 1.4536 6-months 1.4451 1.446 Source: OCBC
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    • 153 39 Oct24 Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3117 1.3130 0.8969 0.8974 Canadian dollar 1.5108 1.5122 1.0331 1.0336 Euro 2.0795 2.0805 1.4219 1.4220 NZ dollar 1.0980 1.0989 0.7508 0.7511 Sterlim md 2.9932 2.9950 2.0466 2.047I US dollar 1.4625 1.4631 S$IUS$
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    • 336 39 Oct24 EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO7 MarO8 JunO8 SepO8 95.320 95.625 95.785 95.880 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 7767 9572 EUROYEN FUTURES DecO7 99.175 99.180 MarO8 99.155 99.165 JunO8 99.120 99.135 SepO8 99.060 99.080 DecO8 99.000 99.020 MarO9 98.960 98.965 JunO9 98.900 98.900 SepO9 99.175 99.155 99.120 99.060
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    • 289 39 Oct 24 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 1 (S cents/kg) lonth High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Nov 07 Dec 07 Jan 08 FebO8 Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 354.00 356.25 356.75 359.25 360.75 364.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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    • 103 39 Oct23 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov07 981.75 976.50 987.00 977.00 Jan 08 999.25 993.75 1005.50 994.00 Mar 08 1012.50 1007.75 1018.00 1008.00 May 08 1017.00 1011.00 1021.00 1012.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 07 40.42 40.22 40.48 40.03 Jan
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    • 75 39 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct23 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 82.63 -0.11 WTI (Near Mth) 85.28 -1.9. Dubai (1-Mth F) 78.4 0.3. Tapis blend 88.5 0.. Minas 86.55 0.3! PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Chanqi Naphtha Jet Kerosene 83.10 98.35 -0.2' -0. US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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    • 467 39 Oct24 AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ri Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.868 6.723 0.631 6.953 35.500 82.381 1.026 8.236 3.027 1.195 54.439 39.739 1.312 6.007 1.055 29.218 28.499 0.438 0.897 Canada 1.152 7.743 0.727 8.009
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    • 88 39 Oct24 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi, Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****W 24.01.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 2.25 2.16 2.22 2.2 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year NY*****X
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    • 138 39 Oct24 GOLD (USS/oz) Oct 23 Oct 24 Hong Kong London 756.20 756.30 757.20 757.30 Oct 22 Oct 23 749.50 756.60 750.30 757.40 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Oct 24 Buying Sellini Kilobar "38,272.83" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz
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    • 600 43 Reuters Central bank likely to keep key rate at record 8.25%, highest in developed world [WELLINGTON] It has taken four consecutive interest rate increases to record high levels but New Zealand's central bank looks to have finally taken the heat out of its
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    • 1000 44  -  JOHN F WASIK Bloomberg Analyst who predicted slump before it happened reckons on a 50-60% chance of recession [CHICAGO] Ivy Zelman's view of the US housing market is gloomy, but it is probably the most realistic. A veteran Wall Street analyst, Ms Zelman, chief
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    • 295 45 Bloomberg [LONDON] Intercontinental Hotels Group pic said Holiday Inn owners and franchisees will boost sales by investing US$l billion on renovations and new bedding, along with the first change to the chain's green logo in 50 years. Intercontinental will spend £30 million (5589.7
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    • 140 45 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore's hike in property tax on hotels next year will not apply to service residences, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) said yesterday. Service residences, many of which provide food and cleaning services, have emerged as an alternative
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    • 482 46 Bloomberg Mortgage defaults in US may prompt lenders to tighten credit says JLL [TOKYO] Global direct real estate investment may fall this year as concerns about defaults on US mortgages prompted lenders to tighten credit, said Jones Lang LaSalle Inc, the world's sec-ond-largest commercial
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    • 226 48 PARAGON Shopping Centre has clinched two awards in Shopping Centre Scorecard, an annual national industry rating scheme which recognises well-run malls in Singapore. Paragon, which is fully owned by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), emerged tops in two of the three categories best efforts in
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