The Business Times, 10 December 2007

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    27 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Monday, December 10,2007
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  • Article
    Lock icon Top buyers
    200 1 Collective sales sites sold by buyer profile in 2007 year-to-date E 0 UOL/Kheng Leong/UIC/Singapore Land (companies related to Wee Cho Yaw) Minton Rise Khenq Leonq Green Meadows UOL Spottiswoode Park UOL UIC Building-UIC Himiko Court-Sinqland Oakswood Heights-UOL Jan Mar Apr Apr May Jun $209.00 $255.00 $79.50 $600.00 $336.00
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    Lock icon STB approves sale of Farrer Court
    288 1  -  CHOW PENN NEE By [SINGAPORE] The Strata Titles Board (STB) has given the go-ahead for the sale of Farrer Court to a Capita-Land-led consortium. At a price tag of $1.34 billion, it is the largest amount ever fetched for a collective sale. The approval
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      50 1 Weekly 3,557.95 hange +36.68 iT Index I COMP 1,434.04 +37.06 IIKKEI225 15,956.37 +275.70 IANG SENG 28,842.47 +198.86 ;et INDEX 841.39 -5.05 JAKARTA COMP 2,778.95 +90.62 1ANILA COMP 3,745.39 +166.84 ;eoulcomp 1,934.32 +28.32 ;henzhenb 724.81 +33.90 IUMBAI IND 19,966.00 +602.81 )OW 13,625.58 +253.86 IASDAQ 2,706.16 +45.20 ;&P 500 1,504.66 +23.52
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.50 INDONESIA 15.483 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.75 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.08 INDIA 12.75 Source: Bloomberg
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      39 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.444 (US$/S$ )er 2.022 2.919 ;uro(uss/s$/e) 1.461 2.109 'EN 111.20 77.00 3.326 2.304 IK$ 7.796 5.401 !AHT 33.74 23.37 lUPIAH 9,270 6,421 1ENMINBI 7.402 5.127 INDIAN RUPEE 39.43 27.31 1.141 0.790 IZ$ 1.287 0.892
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    Lock icon En bloc deals top $13b but pace is slowing
    652 1  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Sales in H2 account for only $2.8b as price gap between owners, developers surfaces By [SINGAPORE] It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. With 82 en bloc deals worth $10.49 billion transacted in the
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Private equity investors prefer China: survey
        67 2 CHINA is and will continue to remain the market of choice for private equity investors in Asia, says the latest report from KPMG, although Singapore is set to remain a firm favourite. KPMG's survey this year of 119 private equity funds across the region
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        Lock icon Fight inflation with CPF, GST: economists
        75 2 AS inflation rises, economists are debating how the government can help Singaporeans. One suggestion is for the government to restore some of the CPF employer contribution cuts as a way to cool labour demand which in turn will moderate growth. That would help ease
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        Lock icon Room for more green Reits: study
        78 2 REAL estate investment trusts are becoming increasingly übiquitous in Singapore, thanks to their popularity. But more could be done to improve their environmental impact. A recent study suggested that the legal framework in which Reits operate has the likely effect of undermining the government's
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        Lock icon BOJ survey likely to show further signs of slowdown
        52 2 THE Bank of Japan's latest survey of business sentiment due this week is expected to provide further evidence that the world's second largest economy is headed for a slowdown, or even what some say could be a prolonged recession. ECONOMY WATCH,
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        Lock icon Indonesia tops region's bourses with 54% gain
        57 2 THE Indonesian stock market has emerged as the front runner ahead of other regional bourses this year, charging to a year-to-date rise of 53.9 per cent at the end of trading last week. Left trailing in its wake are markets in Malaysia the
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley in investment bank venture with China firm
        46 2 MORGAN Stanley plans to form an investment banking joint venture with China Fortune Securities, among the country's oldest brokers, to expand its business in one of the world's fastest-growing markets, according to sources. GREATER CHINA, PAGE 19
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        Lock icon Many CFOs unprepared to manage unforeseen risk
        63 2 A GLOBAL survey done by IBM has found that nearly half- 42 per cent of chief financial officers are not well-prepared for events such as natural disasters, economic recessions or industry consolidations. One of the major causes is the overall manner in which
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      Lock icon Private equity prefers China
      705 2  -  MICHELLE QUAH 61% of respondents to KPMG survey of 119 funds have assets in China By [SINGAPORE] China is, and will continue to remain, the market of choice for private equity investors in Asia, says the latest report from KPMG although Singapore is set to remain
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      Lock icon Rents for state-owned homes rise
      684 2  -  ARTHUR SIM By [SINGAPORE] Now, you too can live like the colonial sahibs of old, as long as you are prepared to make the highest offer for monthly rental in an open bid. But be warned, rents of homes under the Singapore Land Authority's (SLA)
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      Lock icon Fight inflation with CPF, GST: economists
      801 4  -  SIOW LI SEN Cool labour demand by raising employer contribution, roll back July GST hike By [SINGAPORE] The government should restore some of the CPF employer contribution cuts as a way to cool labour demand, which in turn will moderate growth. That should help
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      Lock icon Mixed signals point to uncertainty
      905 4  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Investors focus on Tuesday's Fed meeting: will it be 25 or 50 pt cut? By in New York A RECESSION or simply a period of slow economic growth in which the economy glides gently to a soft landing before lifting
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      Lock icon Ion Orchard plans to kick off ad campaign in Q108
      322 4  -  UMA SHANKARI By [SINGAPORE] lon Orchard intends to launch an advertising campaign to promote the mall in the first quarter of next year almost a whole year before the Orchard Road mall opens its doors to shoppers in end-2008. For
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      186 2 CAN YOU r L-^ f Complete your monthly financial reports with just a few clicks of buttons? Impress your management with dynamic and interactive presentations? ii *—i_ Build budget simulation models to x answer "what-ifs" on the spot, and support decision-making? A recent corporate survey of CEOs reveals their biggest
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon When deals go awry, bad news shouldn't be no news
      623 5  -  CHOW PENN NEE MERGERS and acquisitions, tie-ups and joint ventures. These are announcements companies love to make. Some will go all out to hold press conferences to tell the good news, conduct media interviews and generally try to create a
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      Lock icon Room for more green Reits: study
      832 5  -  MICHELLE QUAH Need to push for more eco-friendly practices in real estate, especially Reits sector: NUS report By REAL estate investment trusts (Reits) are becoming increasingly übiquitous in Singapore, thanks to their popularity. But more could be done to improve their environmental impact, given
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      Lock icon ST Engg explores electric, hybrid vehicle technology
      459 7  -  MATTHEW PHAN It is experimenting with using such solutions in its speciality vehicles By Singapore Technologies Engineering has been exploring electric and hybrid vehicles for a few years now and is starting to experiment with using such solutions in its speciality vehicles, it
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      Lock icon Ipco buys 55% of Grand Prosper Group
      456 7  -  CHOW PENN NEE USs9.sm acquisition made by subsidiary Excellent Empire By IPCO International, a developer and investor in oil and gas, water and environment infrastructure projects, is buying into a company which has rights to explore and produce oil and natural gas in
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      Lock icon A-Sonic expects to register losses for full financial year
      235 7 A-SONIC Aerospace Ltd, engaged in aerospace engineering and logistic solutions, has warned investors of losses. The company said over the weekend that it and its subsidiaries are expected to register losses for the full financial year ending Dec 31. "The results
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon What next, after tomorrow's FOMC meeting?
      656 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS THERE is really only one question that will drive stock markets this week whether the US Federal Reserve will cut its short-term rate by 25 or 50 basis points to continue to try bailing out credit markets reeling from the mess
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      735 6 Payment (cts) Ex Books Pay date close date vsia Dekor bt 1.900 10-Dec 12-Dec 28-Dec vsia Pac Brew ao 18.000 05-Feb 11-Feb 22-Feb ao 0.850 31-Jan 04-Feb 18-Feb espial Corp ai 0.500 04-Dec 06-Dec 19-Dec Sembawang cb 5.000 05-Dec 07-Dec 18-Dec Sabk&Brown Struc Fin Fd ai 6.000 31-Dec
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      Lock icon Asian currencies mixed against greenback
      525 6 AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended last week mostly mixed against the us dollar after the US announced plans to help homeowners hit by the sub-prime mortgage crisis and hints of another cut in interest rates. Japanese yen: The yen weakened against the US
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      Lock icon Oil prices ease despite Opec move to hold output levels
      319 6 COMMODITIES [LONDON] Oil prices eased last week despite a decision by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to hold output levels and news of plunging crude reserves in the United States. Oil: Prices spiked by as much as US$2
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1806 6 Source: Reuters lompany name Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price \llco Commercial REIT 1.60 1.60 5 5.49 17.21 1.56 0.95 .llgreen Properties 2.90 3.00 10 9.21 17.16 1.80 1.63 ,mara Holdini 1.33 1.33 1.23
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      48 6 Dec 7 VALUE CLOSE 478.00-162.00 IT OB/OS IT CADI -*****.00 -82.00 IT 10-day MA -*****.00 +48.00 JI-SG Equities 980.77 +2.38 G Equities Elect 102.75 -1.01 G Equities Fin 2466.20 -3.27 G Equities Prop 1407.08 +15.51 iMSCI 431.51 +2.35 iMSCI Future 430.10 -2.80 'rimePartnersCI 263.22 -1.30
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      54 6 VOLUME ChinaNTown 177,383,000 China Honqxinq 163,374,000 Centillion 149,157,000 Yanqzijianq 144,544,000 Frontline 141,890,000 SingTel 127,418,000 Lian Benq 118,387,000 Gems TV 117,838,000 El-Nets 114,168,000 Sinostar 110,126,000 VALUE(S) DBSGrp 1,195,319,140 UOB 673,932,697 CapitaLand 502,765,050 SingTel 490,005,107 SGX 466,662,706 OCBC Bk 358,138,031 Keppel Corp 347,579,735 Yanqzijianq 298,415,335 HK Land 260,105,838 S
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      Lock icon RISES
      106 6 CLOSE UP 2110 100.0 5.0 iBSG ir Korea 10US$ 590 72.2 9.: uocoLand Ltd 580 70.0 13. IS MSCI India 100 950 50.5 3.I .oscoCo iDBeCW*****5 138 46.0 50.i Land 790 40.0 5.: IGX MBL eCW*****4 112 39.5 54.! IOL 454 38.0 9.1 ■oscoCo iBNPeCW***** 171 36.0 26. itraits
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      Lock icon FALLS
      111 6 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. CLOSE DOWN ICBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 *****-180.0 -1.7 tmei |aNav 2600-150.0 -5.5 lardine C&C 2010 -80.0 -3.8 ISH 1560 -57.7 -2.5 "oscoCori iDBSeCW***** 142 -47.0 -24.9 •ain irm 430 -43.3 -6.5 »sia Pac Brew 1320 -40.0 -2.9
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      88 6 iere! S$ stani ds Dec 7 CLOSE CHNG FR Dec 6 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4435 0.30 1.5479 1.4363 Euro 2.1100 0.02 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.9264 0.21 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2641 -0.16 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.2969 0.83 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.30 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2783
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Most portfolios outperform indices
      1486 8  -  TEH HOOI LING STOCKS rebounded last week after the US Federal Reserve hinted at cutting interest rates and the Bush administration made a mort-gage-freeze offer to ease the sub-prime pressure among US home owners. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index rebounded by one per cent while
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      Lock icon Sharp rise in sales, buy figures take a plunge
      1100 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS By BUYING activity fell while sales by directors and substantial shareholders rose last week based on filings on the Singapore Exchange in the first week of December. A total of 50 firms recorded 143 purchases versus 18
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon SM Goh on week-long Vietnam trip
      272 9  -  CHUANG PECK MING He will officiate the groundbreaking of the Vietnam-Spore Industrial Park By in Hanoi SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong will officiate the groundbreaking of the first Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park in north Vietnam when he arrives in the Vietnamese capital today for a
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      Lock icon A LIFT FROM DHL
      133 9 DHL Express is running a promotional campaign to back Singapore's bid to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Banners reading 'DHL Supports Singapore's Bid for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games' have been placed around the DHL Balloon, which has become a popular attraction here. And stickers
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      291 9 The Business Times supports SINGAPORE 2010 Just say yes As we know, Singapore has been short-listed to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. The Business Times is rallying the business community to lend their support for the bid, which will pit Singapore against Athens, Bangkok, Moscow and Turin. The results
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      162 9 EVENTS LISTING DATE/ TIME EVENT VENUE 11 Dec 07 "How to Be a High ACT Centre at The 2.00pm Performance Employee' Plaza #02-301, 7500 A Beach Road 11-12 Dec Services Excellence For SMU 07 9.00 am Frontline Support Staff 12 Dec 07 Writing in Response SMU 9.00 am to Complaints
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Business trusts to give good yields
      875 10 JASON LOW looks at this relatively new asset class which has been largely neglected and not well understood by the local market AS the entire market eagerly awaits the impending Fed announcement on interest rates, many are still second guessing the exact amount of
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      Lock icon Bringing the Silicon Valley vibe to S'pore
      1098 10 CAMPUS LIFE Justin Lee is responsible for getting Facebook to open its network to NUS, NTU and SMU, writes FELDA CHAY HE MAY be just 26, but that has not stopped Justin Lee from thinking big. Lest you dismiss him as nothing but
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 10 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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      46 10 citibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Dreaming of a white truffle
      585 12  -  Jaime E& PROMOTION Les Amis, #02-16,1 Scotts Road Tel: 6733 2225 SO maybe you swallowed just a tiny mouthful of envy when you read about the 1.5 kg truffle snapped up by Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho some time ago. Well, rightly so, because although
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  • dining OUT with citibank
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      Lock icon Mum-in-laws cooking still the best
      775 13  -  JAIME EE POWER Lunch By AS the chief executive of NTUC Income, Tan Suee Chieh is the go-to guy for all things to do with insurance. But not many may know that the man is a walking insurance policy when it comes to food any
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      Lock icon An Indian 'premium lunch banquet' worth a paean
      749 13  -  Parvathi Nayar NEW MENU The Song of India 33 Scotts Road, Singapore *****6 Fel: 6836 0055 Lunch Buffet $38++ 12pm to 3pm, Monday to Friday FOR the first time since it opened last year, fine dining Indian restaurant The Song of India
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon China to order banks to raise cash reserves
      306 15 [SHANGHAI] China said on Saturday that for the 10th time this year, it would order banks to raise the amount of cash they set aside, to curb inflation and prevent the economy from overheating. The Central Bank said that it had ordered
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      Lock icon China to discuss easing trade surplus with US
      419 15 AP [BEIJING] Chinese officials say that they are willing to discuss ways to ease the country's massive trade surplus with the US in talks this week with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and other US officials. However, the officials, speaking at a background
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      Lock icon IMF set to shed up to 15% of staff
      278 15 AFP [WASHINGTON] The International Monetary Fund plans to cut up to 15 per cent of its staff in a wide-ranging overhaul aimed at shoring up finances at the multilateral economic institution. In comments posted in an internal IMF magazine on Friday,
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      Lock icon BOJ survey likely to show further signs of slowdown
      663 15  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Strong contribution of exports is also seen diminishing in coming quarters By in Tokyo THE Bank of Japan's (BOJ) latest survey of business sentiment due this week is expected to provide further evidence that the world's second largest economy
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Bursa Malaysia in talks on overseas tie-ups
      202 16 Bloomberg KUALA LUMFUKJ Bursa Malaysia Bhd says it's in talks with overseas stock sxclianges on potential tie-ups, declining to confirm a newspaper report on Saturday that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange may buy a stake in the company. "We have always been sxploring potential
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      Lock icon Indonesia tops SEA bourses this year
      493 16  -  LAUREL TEO It rises 53.9%, comparable to last year's bull run gain of 55.3% By in Jakarta THE Indonesian stock market has emerged as the front runner ahead of other regional bourses this year, charging to a year-to-date rise of 53.9 per cent at
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      Lock icon RHB's lawsuit: a welcome closure at last
      569 16  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT New management's decision to drop bank's RMl.4b claim against founder, other ex-directors is timely ON Friday after the close of the stock market, the RHB group, Malaysia's fourth largest lender, released a terse announcement. The note said that the
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      Lock icon Papua to ban timber and CPO exports next year
      513 16  -  LAUREL TEO This could help raise incomes, safeguard forest reserves By in Jakarta STARTING next year, Indonesia's Papua province will ban the export of raw timber and crude palm oil (CPO), which must first be processed into downstream products before they
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      53 16 I I Only $BxxK up I Excellent Investment Opportunity I Opp Great World City ▼M 3 mins drive to Orchard feMi\ 2'- Penthouse VHSSRRHapPS 9" yrs Leasehold Lianhe Zaobao I Having soared this year, I how will I I oil and gas I I related stocks I fare in 2008?
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon 3 mobile operators launch new firm to pool resources
      567 17 AFP Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Vodafone set up independent tower operator [NEW DELHI] Three leading Indian private mobile operators have announced the launch of a new company to share communications infrastructure to cut costs and help speed the roll-out of a
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      Lock icon Film industry seen growing to 400b rupees
      144 17  -  Xinhua [NEW DELHI] The size o the domestic film industry is likely to double to 400 bil" lion rupees (5514.6 billion in the next three years, ere ating job opportunities foi six million people by 2010 The Financial Express re ported on Saturday.
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      Lock icon Delhi metro set to transform Indian travel
      360 17  -  SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA By in New Delhi IT is cheap, comfortable and quick. A very happy commuter of the Delhi metro said the experience is "like being in a plane". Another said the tax he pays to the government is "finally being well spent".
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      412 17 Dec 7 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5.75 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Babranch ßOma"Sin9aP°re 6 5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentana S.A 6 Ban? kokßank Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA
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      125 17 Most Outstanding Islamic Investment Banking KLIFF Islamic Finance Award 2007 Giving our clients customised Islamic finance solutions, and delivering outstanding results in a changing marketplace, is how we set benchmarks time after time. Om W Lr Me) J m^ m BBS -*^1 Malaysian Finance Minister 11, YB Senator Tan Sri
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      4533 18 PRF-CONDITIONAL VOLUNTARY OFFER where any person (other than Peace Mark, the Offeror and their respective affiliates) otherwise acquires or merges with Sincere or any of its subsidiaries, whether by way of joint venture, dual listed company structure or otherwise. j-jy 2.8 Mr. Tay Liam Wee. It is the intention and
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley to form JV with China Fortune
      750 19 Reuters Wall St bank wants to own at least one-third of proposed venture [SHANGHAI] Morgan Stanley plans to form an investment banking joint venture with China Fortune Securities, among the country's oldest brokers, to expand its business in one of the world's
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      612 19 Bloomberg Insurer's shares are 4 times more expensive than AIG [BEIJING] Ping An Insurance (Group) Co is chasing American International Group Inc for the title of the world's second biggest insurer. Its shares are already four times more expensive than New York-based
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      251 19 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China, the world's second-biggest oil user, may cut imports of fuel oil by as much as 11 per cent this year because of rising purchasing costs and falling demand from non-state-owned refineries, PetroChina Co said. Imports may fall to between
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 3 big US banks launch SuperSIV bailout fund
      436 20 Bloomberg Banks to raise US$75-100b; Blackßock is fund's asset manager [NEW YORK] The big three US banks Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase have established the "SuperSlV" fund, designed to bail out short-term debt markets, and have named Blackßock as the
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      369 20 -AP [BALI] The US will come up with its own plan to cut global warming gases by mid-2008, and will not commit to mandatory caps at the UN climate conference in Bali, the chief US negotiator has said.
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      Lock icon Nations bicker in Bali over 'green' goods
      324 20 Reuters [JIMBARAN, Indonesia] Rich and poor differed here yesterday over how to open up trade in green goods, with Brazil fearing a major US-EU proposal raised on the fringes of climate talks in Bali was a protectionist ruse. Officials from 32 nations, including
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      Lock icon US$54,000 for a bottle of Scotch whiskey
      203 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Rare spirits went for record high prices at Christie's New York auction house on Saturday with one bottle of 1926 Macallan Scotch selling for U5554,000. It became the most expensive bottle of Scotch whiskey ever sold by the auction house.
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      345 20 RACE 4 is proving to be a very close run thing with the top eight boats split by less than 80 nautical miles in terms of Distance To Finish. With the fleet so close to each other it will make for exciting viewing over the
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      411 20 [DES MOINES, lowa] With Oprah Winfrey headed here on Saturday to campaign for Senator Barack Obama, Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton, brought a surprise guest: Chelsea Clinton. It was Chelsea Clinton's lowa debut in this campaign, and she smiled broadly as she walked
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      2736 20 Transaction date: Dec 7 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific-100 Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Persian Gulf tanker rates may rise after S Korean spill
      463 21 Bloomberg Spill involves single-hull, lifting rates of double-hulls that cut risk of spills [LONDON] The cost of shipping Middle East crude to Asia, the world's busiest market for supertankers, may surge after a sin-gle-hull tanker was involved in the biggest
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      354 21 AFP [TAEAN, South Korea] A huge clean-up operation on South Korea's stricken southwest coast after the country's worst oil spill is set to drag on for two months, a government minister warned yesterday. As thousands of troops, police, coastguards
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      2427 21 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: Bnttsh Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines In Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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      Lock icon Korea's Hanjin opens its largest shipyard in Subic Bay
      340 21  -  ALEC ALMAZAN By. in Manila SOUTH Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Corp has completed the first phase of its largest shipyard project in Subic Bay in the Philippines. The first phase includes a dry dock, hull-making facilities, a four-storey administration
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      73 21 [SINGAPORE] Measuring an impressive 915 feet in length and with a passenger capacity of 2,435, Royal Caribbean International's Rhapsody of the Seas will be the biggest ship to be homeported in Singapore, offering guests a wide range of exciting activities, such as the line's signature rock-climbing wall
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      102 21 Bernama [MELBOURNE] Singapore budget airline Tiger Airways has been turning away passengers who miss its 45 minutes before departure deadline for check-in. The cut-off time before departure is the strictest for Australian domestic flights, with cut-price rivals Jetstar and Virgin Blue allowing passengers to check
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      242 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD in Japan (5) HH H^^__flH__HH__H^^^^^lH__flH__ fruit ('R A.") 28 Find ladder below (3,4) DQWN 8 Men, in principle, responsi- YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 1 Ape grabbing an awning (6) js'* f°r a, b'°C k k °f f'f Across: 1 Debunk, 4 Towpaths, 2 Extremely nervous about 13lnfo™n Ut jl 0
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      213 22 All. ireen 0.48 1.630 +0.050 Ascendasreit 0.84 2.390 +0.030 iComm 0.48 2.440 +0.110 iLand 4.38 6.950 +0.050 Cai litaMall 0.91 3.340 +0.040 Chart SemiCond 0.52 1.010 -0.010 Ci'Dev 2.69 14.500 +0.100 ComfortDelGro 1.26 1.850 +0.030 Iosco Con 2.16 6.750 Creative Tech 0.16 6.350 IBS Gr| 9.15
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      109 22 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 8 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 Manufacturing 143 53 43 19 13 20 162 66 63 Commerce 50 19 15 59 25 21 ir/Ci ims 21 15 23 16 Finance
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      125 22 TURNOVER MAIN SDQ '000) TOTAL MAIN VALUE SDQ '000) TOTAL Multi Ind 109.373 109.373 583.525 583.525 Manufacturing 1.953.142 373.150 2.326.292 2.214.230 75.668 2.289.898 Commerce 561.438 43.680 605.118 505.304 9.223 514.527 ir/< 482.253 5.341 487.594 1.526.158 3.847 1.530.005 Finance 300.472 367 300.839 2.868.472 48 2.868.520 Construction 464.593 130.491
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      8722 22 Week ended: Dec 7 Hi; !-wks Tel Low Code Com| Sale ('OOP) Hit Low B'u] rer Seller C'vr P/E $mil >an] 3 2 5716 1st Software 22 8 3148 STelecom 34 16.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 15.5 1938 AEI Corp 27 13.5
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      126 22 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('ooo) Day lh Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Hii Com Hii 1040 745 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 119 119 6065 Diamonds 8330 6040 5422 GLD 10US$ 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000
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      2168 22 Hii Low Code Corn] >am Sale Cooo] Hii Low Bui rer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 30 11.5 1181 AAGrp 41.5 20 5000 ABR Hldgs 31 21.5 8538 APStrategic 16.5 2.5 1501 Advanced System 70.5 15 1524 Alantac 22.5 8 7814 Albedo 46.5 28 5021 Apex-Pal 13.5 6 1154
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      264 22 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net 2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 23 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Dec 07 World Index Preliminary 1160.1 0.4 5.4 0.2 3.3 0.5 10.0 t EAFE Preliminary 1149.1 0.7 3.7 0.5 5.2 0.8 12.0 Euri Preliminary 1568.1
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      129 23 As 9am Nov 30 'Singapore dollars to one unit if foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Uist dollar 1.2740 1.2880 .an dollar 1.4430 1.4600 luro 2.1260 2.1500 IZ dollar 1.1060 1.1310 jterlin ind 2.9740 3.0060 IS dollar 1.4390 1.4550 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign currency:
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      161 23 Dec 7 fer Bii Overnight 13/16 1-month 2 5/16 2-months 2 1/2 3-months 2 9/16 Overnight mode: 15/16 USS Offer 11/16 2 3/16 2 3/8 2 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 4.77 5.40 5.28 5.25 4.95
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      22 23 Dec 7 STI ;iMSCI Dec 433.5 439 430.1 "aiwan Dec 344 346.6 342.5 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      21 23 Dec 7 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4391 1.4402 2-months 1.4361 1.4373 3-months 1.4339 1.435 6-months 1.4274 1.4286 Source: OCBC
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      156 23 Dec 7 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2649 1.2662 0.8765 0.8768 Canadian dollar 1.4275 1.4288 0.9892 0.9894 Euro 2.1079 2.1098 1.4607 1.4610 NZ dollar 1.1209 1.1224 0.7767 0.7772 terlinc 2.9182 2.9207 2.0222 2.0225 US
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      354 23 Dec 7 EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 EUROYEN FUTURES 95.057 95.690 96.165 96.410 0 0 0 0 8717 ***** ***** 7727 Dec07 99.130 99.135 Mar08 99.175 99.175 Jun08 99.170 99.175 Sep08 99.140 99.155 Dec08 99.110 99.120 Mar09 99.060 99.060 Jun09 99.000 99.000 Sep09 99.130 99.165A 99.170
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      288 23 Dec 7 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High j Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 347.50 351.00 352.00 356.00 358.50 360.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month HigJ ih Low Sett Volume
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      103 23 Dec 7 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 08 1119.75 1098.75 1121.00 1100.00 Mar08 1138.75 1117.75 1140.00 1118.00 May 08 1146.50 1125.75 1148.00 1127.50 Jul 08 1149.50 1128.50 1150.00 1130.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 07 45.30 45.25 45.36 45.00 Jan
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      76 23 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Dec 6 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 88.93 -1.53 WTI (Near Mth) 90.34 2.98 Dubai (1-Mth F) 82.41 -3.12 Tapis blend 92.55 -3.6 Minas 91.45 -3.8 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 90.05 105.45 -1.95 -2.3 USS/barrel Opec Oil
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      469 23 Dec 7 AS_ CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ri Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USJ Australia 0.886 6.489 0.600 6.835 34.562 81.265 0.975 8.058 2.916 1.128 53.686 36.556 1.266 5.899 0.993 28.327 29.574 0.433 0.877 Canada 1.129 7.322
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      83 23 Dec 7 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's ill Low 3-Month BQ*****Z 06.03.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 1.95 2.01 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 3.125
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      78 23 Dec 7 (USS) (S$) 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** 1 mth 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 4.***** 4.***** 4.***** 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs
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      62 23 Dec 7 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Low Vol Open Done Position Dec 07 2877 2858 2887 2865 75 1689 Jan 08 2874 2857 2888 2857 1113 7460 Feb 08 2886 2870 2898 2869 6100 ***** Mar 08 2885 2876 2902 2875 2161 *****
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      184 23 Dec 7 GOLD (USS/oz) Dec 06 Dec 07 GOLD BULLION COINS (SS) Sellim Hong Kong London 788.70 796.70 789.70 797.70 Dec 07 Dec 06 796.00 799.20 797.60 799.90 Source: Reuters (SS) Selling Buying 1 oz 1295.77 1163 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying 10gm $453.68 372 SILVER
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      71 23 Dec 7 luminium, 99.7 jrity (USS/tonne) Co Close Previous Cash 2425.20 2448.00 3 months 2481.00 2394.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 6858.00 6910.00 6725.00 6671.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 2667.50 3 months 2671.00 2695.00 2692.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash
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      83 23 Dec 7 COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 07 1004 1008 1015/1004 Mar 08 1034 1038 1044/1033 May 08 1049 1050 1055/1048 Jul 08 1070 1066 1075/1064 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 08 1776 1749 1778/1747 Mar 08 1802 1773 1804/1771 May 08 1820 1789 1821/1790 Jul
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      3869 23 BONDS WARRANTS Tel Code Com| Last Sale Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths +or- ('000) Ratio Price ing Left >arr 2036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 33 2835 Allgreen RBeCW*****6 4 9092 Asia Environment W*****4 46 8756 Asiatic Grp (H) Ltd W*****2 8 4105 #Asiatravel W*****7 45 1436 AusGroupMBLECW*****4
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon Many CFOs unprepared to manage unforeseen risk
      909 28 IBM survey shows that one of the major reasons for this relative lack of preparedness is the poor way in which CFOs apply IT to management of risk, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY A GLOBAL survey done by IBM has found that nearly half
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      176 28  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY By THE IBM Global CFO Study 2008, titled Balancing Risk and Performance with an Integrated Finance Organisation, shows that over the past three years a majority of organisations globally experienced material risk incidents and were not prepared. Some important insights from the
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      Lock icon PCCW CTO: Who says telcos can't do content?
      622 28  -  ONG BOON KIAT Paul Berriman shares success recipe in foray into pay-TV services By ASIAN telcos can go toe-to-toe with incumbent TV broadcasters when it comes to providing the kind of content that consumers crave. In fact, telcos can do better, since
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      Lock icon EPON seen driving Asian broadband growth
      425 28  -  ONG BOON KIAT By AS the race to build broadband networks that are fast enough to carry new and lucrative services like Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) heats up in Asia, carriers here will likely favour a last-mile network delivery technology called EPON, says 3Com
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        Lock icon Creative ups storage in new Zen
        99 28 CREATIVE has introduced a 32G8 version of its Zen music player. Capable of storing nearly 8,000 songs in its credit-card sized frame, the device supports all major music formats and comes with a 2.5-inch screen for photo and video playback. The new Zen boasts
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        Lock icon Fuji Xerox thinks small with new printers
        91 28 FUJI Xerox has launched the DocuPrint CIIIOB (above) and ClllO, two new A 4 colour laser printers aimed at budget-conscious SMBs (small and mid-sized businesses). The company claims the two products deliver the fastest colour print speeds in its class and both are
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        138 28 ASUS has taken the wraps off the P750, a smart phone that is aimed at demanding business users On the connectivity front, the quad-band device supports HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) for faster Web and e-mail access, as well as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
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        Lock icon Fujitsu unveils compact scanner
        148 28  -  WINSTON CHAI FUJITSU has launched the Scan Snap S3OO, touted to be the world's smallest A 4 duplex Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) scanner. With such products, users can scan multiple pages easily by placing them onto the document tray, much like one uses the photocopier today.
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      Lock icon Avaya's S'pore tech hub gets US$1.5m revamp
      626 29  -  WINSTON CHAI It's earmarking USsl2m for makeover of similar centres across Asia By AVAYA'S technology demonstration facility in Singapore is the first of eight in Asia to receive a US$l.5 million revamp as part of the company's attempt to deepen its inroads into
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      Lock icon Tech execs upbeat despite slower US economy
      311 29 Reuters [SEATTLE] Technology executives remained upbeat last week, despite a recent slowdown in the US economy and a growing mortgage crisis. In comments made last week at a Lehman Brothers investor conference, some technology industry executives said overseas growth could offset weakness in
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      Lock icon Open source: a weapon of mass collaboration
      1015 29  -  GERY MESSER &lt;you say&gt; Hail the era of unbridled innovation and freedom from technology dictatorships! By IN THE current age of the "prosumers" (or proactive consumers), businesses that are still marketing the traditional way are missing the beat. The Internet has placed power
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        Lock icon UPEK receives EDB's IHQ status
        78 29 BIOMETRIC solutions provider UPEK has been awarded international lieadquarters (IHQ) status by the Economic Development Board of Singapore. The award, which comes with incentives like tax breaks, aims to encourage multinationals to make Singapore the base for their operations outside the United States. Along with
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        Lock icon Kroll Ontrack sets up S'pore ops
        97 29 KROLL Ontrack has established its flagship operations in Singapore in a bid to tap into local demand for data recovery products and services. The expansion follows the company's acquisition of Norway-based data recovery specialist Ibas Holdings. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company provides a
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