The Business Times, 16 January 2008

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  • 25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg •V A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Wednesday, January 16,2008
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  • 810 1  -  MATTHEW PHAN The USs6.BBb investment, with limited downside, makes it potentially one of the global bank's largest shareholders By vate investors including GIC. The private offering is worth US$l2.5 billion and consists entirely of convertible preferred securities. While GIC will take the largest
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 46 1 KLCOMP 1,505.71 -1.33 NIKKEI 225 13,972.63 -138.16 HANG SENG 25,837.78 -630.35 SET INDEX 779.79 -11.36 JAKARTA COM P 2,730.03 -80.34 MANILA COMP 3,447.29 -34.99 SEOUL COMP 1,746.95 -18.93 SHENZHEN B 718.58 -5.92 MUMBAI IND 20,251.09 -476.96 11AM EDT Change 12,576.63 -201.52 DOW NASDAQ 2,428.17 -50.13
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    • 29 1 SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 6.75 INDONESIA 15.535 TAIWAN 6.236 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.50 US 7.25 CANADA 6.00 SWITZERLAND 3.91 INDIA 12.75 Source: Bloomberg
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    • 43 1 us$ s$ US$ (S$ )er US$) 1.429 (USS/SS ii 1.957 2.797 EURQ(US$/S$/E) 1.487 2.125 YEN 107.60 75.30 RM 3.258 2.279 HK$ 7.798 5.456 BAHT 33.13 23.18 RUPIAH 9,435 6,600 RENMINBI 7.243 5.067 INDIAN RUPEE 39.27 27.47 A$ 1.110 0.776 NZ$ 1.261 0.882
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  • 311 1 Bank's mortgage portfolio loses US$lB.l b in value [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc posted its first quarterly loss in 16 years for the last three months of 2007, when the bank's mortgage portfolio lost USslß.l billion in value. The United States's largest bank, which
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  • 366 1 By MATTHEW PHAN [SINGAPORE] The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation's (GIC) investment in Citigroup takes the form of convertible preferred securities or CPS, also known as perpetual convertible. These are different from the instrument it used to invest in ÜBS last month, which were
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 69 2 A NEW panel has been set up to develop practical guidance for audit committees of SGX-listed companies and raise corporate governance standards. The Audit Committee Guidance Committee, established yesterday, will develop guidance incorporating the requirements of the Companies Act, the principles and guidelines of
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      • 72 2 SINGAPORE Exchange reported a 43.9 per cent surge in net profit to $156.4 million for the second quarter ended Dec 31, helped by strong performance across its revenue streams and the receipt of a one-time distribution. Its Q2 operating revenue jumped 63 per
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      • 54 2 QUILL Capita Trust a real estate investment trust partnership between Singapore's Capita Land and Malaysia's Quill Group has delivered a distributable income of RM19.27 million (SsB.s million) for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2007, 34.5 per cent higher than its year-ago forecast.
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      • 67 2 THE development of immunology research in Singapore was given a shot in the arm yesterday, with the announcement of several initiatives aimed at boosting capabilities in the field. Foremost on the list was the inauguration of the Singapore Immunology Network a group formed to facilitate
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      • 83 2 FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke feels that some economic stimulus is needed, a Democratic aide to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Ms Pelosi and Mr Bernanke met at the US Capitol on Monday as President George Bush and congressional Democrats are considering ways to
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      • 96 2 MALAYSIA'S dominant political party Umno is again stepping out in business, with at least two acquisitions aimed at strengthening its balance sheet. According to officials, private company Realmild, which is controlled by a businessman linked to Umno, took control of Radicare,
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      • 78 2 INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday offered to cooperate with China on nuclear energy during a trip to Beijing in which the booming Asian neighbours are seeking to overcome distrust and deepen trade. "We can do much more to jointly develop clean
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      • 81 2 CHINESE banking and insurance regulators will sign an agreement this week to allow banks to invest in insurance firms, sources close to regulators said, in a move aimed at expanding profit streams for Chinese banks. Under the agreement, Chinese banks are allowed
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    • 762 2  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Record 14,826 private home sales in 2007, but only 305 in its last month [SINGAPORE] A year that started with a bang ended with a whimper. Developers sold a record 14,826 private homes last year a third more than the
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    • 680 2  -  UMA SHANKARI BCA forecast based on strong demand from private sector [SINGAPORE] The value of construction contracts awarded this year will reach $23-27 billion on the back of strong demand from the private sector, according to official estimates released yesterday. Last year, the
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    • 488 4  -  MATTHEW PHAN [SINGAPORE] Neste Oil's decision, announced a month ago, to build the world's largest biodiesel facility in Tuas, is already yielding add-on investment. At a joint press conference yesterday, Singapore Oxygen Air Liquide (Soxal), a subsidiary of Frenchowned Air Liquide,
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    • 726 4  -  CHOW PENN NEE Move seen as enhancing corporate governance in public-listed companies [SINGAPORE] A panel has been set up to develop practical guidance for audit committees of SGX-listed companies and raise corporate governance standards. The Audit Committee Guidance Committee (ACGC) an initiative first announced
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    • 583 4  -  LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] Singapore has made significant progress in preparing for an ageing population and more initiatives will be pursued this year, the Ministerial Committee on Ageing (MCA) said yesterday. In its review of 2007, the MCA cited major achievements, including measures
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 603 6  -  OH BOON PING Operating revenue up 63% to $204 m; earnings per share were 14.75 cents By SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) reported a 43.9 per cent surge in net profit to $156.4 million for the second quarter ended Dec 31, helped by
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    • 360 6  -  UMA SHANKARI By CAPITALAND has sold its 50 per cent stake in Hitachi Tower for $403.5 million, the property giant said yesterday. Upon the deal's completion, Capita Land will recognise a gain of $110.1 million, it said. The National University of Singapore, which owns the
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    • 113 6 Reuters OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp, Singapore's third-biggest bank, yesterday said that it may set up a fully-owned banking unit in Vietnam to take advantage of the country's growing financial services industry. "We see significant growth opportunities in Vietnam's financial services sector, given the country's
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    • 654 6  -  CONRAD RAJ A USS2BO million order for a semi-submersible from established US driller Atwood Oceanics in the very first week of January should give some relief to investors who are concerned about the situation at Jurong Shipyard, the main unit of listed Singapore rig builder
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    • 516 7  -  PAULINE NG Capita Land-linked trust's income is 34.5% higher than forecast a year ago By in Kuala Lumpur QUILL Capita Trust (QCT) a real estate investment trust (Reit) partnership between Singapore's CapitaLand and Malaysia's Quill Group has delivered a distributable income of RM19.27 miUion (SsB.s
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 70 7 SAMUDERA Shipping Line, a regional container shipping company, has antered into an agreement to purchase two bulk carriers from Korea-based STX Shipbuilding for a total consideration of U5597.6 million. The vessels will each have a carrying capacity of 57,700 dwt (deadweight tons), and
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      • 80 7 REYOUNG Pharmaceutical Holdings has announced plans to invest 32 million yuan (556.3 million) in a new production facility to increase output of non-penicillin based antibiotics. Occupying 4,000 sq m, the new facility will be built adjacent to the group's Shandong plant and is scheduled
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      • 89 7 ASIATIC Group (Holdings) Ltd, a player in the regional energy and power industry, has secured an additional power supply contract worth about $14 million through its wholly owned subsidiary Colben System Pte Ltd in Cambodia. The additional power supply agreement will involve increasing the existing 15MW
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      • 94 7 EZRA Holdings, an integrated support and marine services provider, said it is in the process of setting up an incentive scheme for its staff as part of concerted efforts to reward long-standing employees as well as attract fresh new talent. The group has earmarked
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    • 335 7  -  VINCENT WEE By MARINE company ASL Marine Holdings secured contracts worth a total of $96 million to build seven vessels. The orders are for two emergency response and rescue vessels, one water injection dredger and four rotor tugs with 80-tonnes of bollard pull capability.
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 689 8  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES Central banks in south Asia seem more active in tempering slide THERE seems to be no shortage of things which keep popping up to depress the US dollar. This week, it suffers and could well continue to suffer from
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    • 228 8 Changes over the past week YEAR TO DATE JAN 15'08 HIGH LOW CLOSE CHNG US$ vs CURRENCY JPY 107.54 -1.81 124.16 107.20 SGD 1.4292 -0.16 1.5479 1.4257* IDR 9435.00 -0.16 9480 8650 THB 33.13 -0.48 36.72 33.13* CNY 7.2421 -0.31 7.8150 7.2413* MYR 3.2570 -0.43 3.5250 3.2515*
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    • 97 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 3 13 2 0 0 0 13 lanufacturini 34 131 51 24 12 37 155 63 Commerce 51 16 12 58 24 "pt/Stor/Comms 24 10 26 10 :inance 21 22 Construction 13 20 11 'roperties 34
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    • 120 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 31,129 31,129 137,573 137,573 Manufacturing 467,962 37,416 505,378 466,051 4,648 470,698 Commerce 129,263 5,637 134,900 95,898 1,028 96,926 Tpt/Stor/Comms 165,678 627 166,305 496,959 217 497,176 Finance 53,417 85 53,502 458,711 18 458,729 Construction 58,898 13,971 72,869 18,735 1,915 20,650
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    • 109 8 la pita Land 5.620 -0.130 :a pita Mall 2.970 -0.110 jtyDev 11.640 -0.140 losco Corp 4.980 -0.150 IBS Grp 18.820 -0.420 :&N 5.350 Sent Intl 0.645 -0.005 IK Land 4.850 +0.070 ISH 15.620 -0.020 lardine C&C 20.960 -1.180 leppel Corp 11.940 -0.400 leppelLand 6.460 -0.100 IOL
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    • 756 8  -  UMA SHANKARI Yanlord Land Jan 15 close: $2.73 CITIGROUP RESEARCH, Jan 14 STRONG response to new launch: Yanlord launched another batch of apartments at its Shanghai Yanlord Riverside City Phase 2 over the past two weekends. Driven by continued demand for high-end residential property in Shanghai, the latest
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    • 549 8  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS THE pattern of trading over the past month or so has been the same and yesterday was no different short-covering lifted the index temporarily in the morning before renewed weakness and shorting resumed soon afterward. The cue for short-covering is usually
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    • 4 8 DAILY
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    • 50 8 Jan 15 VALUE CLOSE -1834.00-540.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-313.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-183.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 812.30 -18.65 FTSE ST Small Cap 758.64 -23.63 FTSE ST All Share 820.53 -18.21 FTSE ST China 631.84 -21.08 SIMSCI 384.51 -8.60 SIMSCI Futures 383.80 -10.40 PrimePartnersCI 204.15 -4.53
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    • 56 8 VOLUME Yanqzijianq 56,827,000 Sing Tel 52,824,000 JiutianC 37,986,000 ChinaAElec 37,633,000 STXPOKWIOO 33,678,000 JES 32,730,000 China Honqxinq 31,558,000 Firstßes 30,309,000 DBS DBeCWOBO3IO 28,336,000 KTL Global 26,797,000 VALUE(S) Sing Tel 213,495,920 DBS Grp 133,114,760 SGX 131,428,390 UOB 89,384,512 Capita Land 87,134,303 Yanqzijianq 85,222,180 STXPOKWIOO 84,879,531 Keppel Corp 79,367,320 Cosco
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    • 102 8 CLOSE UP SGXMBLePW/*****0 61.5 24.0 64.0 SGXMBLePW/*****8 94 23.5 33.3 Mermaid 168 20.0 13.5 ISMSCI India 100 1026 18.6 1.3 ilanBNPePW/***** 48.5 12.0 32.9 Deloni 168 12.0 7.7 Stra itsAsM B LeCW/***** 75 11.5 18.1 ioldenAi 48.5 10.5 27.6 STI 3350 DBePW/*****2 74 10.5 16.5 GuocoLand Ltd 520 10.0
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    • 110 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN Jardine C&C 2096-118.0 -5.3 SGXMBLeCW/*****4 12-100.0 -89.3 China H 10US$ 1920 -95.7 -3.4 SGX 1000 -76.0 -7.1 UOB 1756 -66.0 -3.6 GLD 10US$ 9065 -50.0 -0.4 "oscoCo iBNPeCW/***** 76 -42.0 -35.6 iBS Gri 1882 -42.0 -2.2 Con 1194 -40.0 -3.2 Great Eastern 1640 -30.0 -1.8
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    • 86 8 Wh lere S! i$ stands Jan 15 %CHNG CLOSE FRJanH YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4292 -0.03 1.5479 1.4257 Euro 2.1235 0.23 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.8029 0.02 3.1194 2.7885 AS 1.2863 -0.28 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3290 -0.21 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.09 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3139 -0.03
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    • 642 9  -  LYNETTE KHOO The company expects the power plant to have a positive impact on its revenue By ASIA Water Technology said it has secured its third nuclear power plant treatment project worth 59 million yuan (5511.65 million) in Dalian City in Liaoning province,
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    • 468 9  -  VINCENT WEE By A GRAND homecoming is planned for the Uniquely Singapore Clipper at Keppel's new Marina at Keppel Bay on Saturday. The home boat crossed the finish line off Batam, Indonesia in seventh place around Ipm Singapore time yesterday. There are
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    • 131 9 Reuters INDONESIAN timber producer Samko Timber Ltd has set an indicative price range of 550.63 to Sso.Bl a share for its initial public offering in Singapore, which may raise Ssl62 million for its vendors, a banking source said. The company's vendors are likely to sell
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 443 10  -  CHEN HUIFEN Process will be made as simple as possible for patients: minister By THE means testing framework proposed by the Ministry of Health could take a few years to implement "properly", revealed Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. In response to a
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    • 374 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S retail sales unexpectedly declined in November as rising oil prices curbed purchases of motor vehicles. The retail sales index dropped 0.3 per cent from a year earlier, after gaining 3.8 per cent in October, the statistics department said yesterday. That was
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    • 193 10 ELECTRONICS and electrical engineering giant Siemens yesterday said it will set up a regional sales headquarters in Singapore for wind energy. It is likely to be opened next month. The headquarters, at the Siemens Centre in MacPherson Road, will not
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    • 614 10  -  > RONNIE LIM EMA to pick in Q2 sole LNG buyer from 5 shortlisted groups By HIGH LNG prices or escalating building costs notwithstanding, construction of Singapore's $1 billion LNG terminal should start this year-end or early next year to enable the Republic
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    • 399 11  -  CHEN HUIFEN Network set up to facilitate exchange among research institutes, hospitals By THE development of immunology research in Singapore was given a shot in the arm yesterday, with the announcement of several initiatives aimed at boosting capabilities in the field. Foremost on the list
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    • 543 11  -  CHEW XIANG But chief economist says US recession will still hit Asia By THE balance of financial power is shifting from the West to the East, Standard Chartered's most senior economist said at a briefing for clients here yesterday. "While the US is still important,
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    • 373 11  -  LYNETTE KHOO By I SOME features of Singapore's law on competition are being studied by Britain's Competition Commission as the watchdog considers ways to improve legislation in the UK. At a time of increasing mergers and acquisitions, the competition watchdog there is considering a shift
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 256 12 Reuters He points to recent data such as rise in joblessness in Dec [NEW YORK] The United States economy is probably in a recession or about to slide into it, former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said in an
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    • 463 12 Reuters [GENEVA] The United Nations launched a drive on Monday to "open the eyes" of governments in poorer countries to the huge export potential of creative industries ranging from art to fashion. Developing economies should take their lead from the example of China
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    • 438 12 Bloomberg Economists have said the US is probably slipping into a recession [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke feels that some economic stimulus is needed, a Democratic aide to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Ms Pelosi and Mr Bernanke met at the US Capitol
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    • 212 12 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] A US recession will curb demand for energy before high crude oil prices will, Boone Pickens, chairman of Dallas-based hedge fund BP Capital LLC, told an audience of geologists in Houston on Monday. "Demand destruction will come from recession; USSIOO oil is
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 694 13  -  S JAYASANKARAN Party building up its portfolio with stakes in healthcare and power sector firms By in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S dominant political party (Umno, the United Malays National Organisation) is again stepping out in business, with at least two acquisitions aimed
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    • 498 13 Reuters Ahmad Fairuz said to be other party in 2001 phone call [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's former chief justice emerged yesterday as a central figure in a royal commission of inquiry into a scandal over judicial appointments. For the first time since the scandal broke
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    • 637 13 Reuters Lrs.u/\i J Luivir unj roi iiiany 01 oouiii-ea&i Asia's struggling biofuel makers, the global debate over using crops for food or as transport fuel is irrelevant a surge in palm oil prices has brought the industry to a standstill. Even oil
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    • 190 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's ailing former president Suharto has pneumonia and is developing the life-threaten-ing blood infection sepsis, leading to a further deterioration in his health, his doctors said yesterday. Doctors have been battling to save the 86-year-old former strongman, who ruled the vast South-east
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    • 432 13 leuters [HONG KONG] Malaysia's economy is performing below its potential and is not a source of inflationary pressure, central bank shief Zeti Akhtar Aziz said 3n Tuesday, adding that interest rates were at the right level. "The economy is performing below potential and therefore we
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    • 2291 13 Ian 15 RM C000) ASM Realty 0.83 \bric Bhd 0.26 advance Synergy 0.21 Adventa Bhd 1.43 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.29 Win Holdings 2.73 Ahmad Zaki Resou 1.75 Aic Corp 0.75 \irasia Bhd 1.53 Akn Technology 0.64 alliance Financi 3.10 aluminium Co 1.19 Amalgamated Ind 0.53 Grp ....unch Ammb Hldgs
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  • INDIA
    • 491 14 Reuters Economies' rise calls for new strategies on energy sources and security: Singh [BEIJING] Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday offered to cooperate with China on nuclear energy during a trip to Beijing in which the booming Asian neighbours are seeking to
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    • 291 14 Reuters, AFP [MUMßAl] It took just a minute for hungry investors to fully subscribe to Reliance Power's US$3 billion IPO, India's biggest. It was oversubscribed over eight times by yesterday afternoon, a banker said. "The issue is seeing strong institutional and
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    • 7756 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0.98/ Star Europe Bond 1.215/ Star Europe Bal 1.212/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.591/ Star Asia Bond 1.239/ Star Asia Balanced 1.029/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.212/ Multi StFd 0.917/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.866/ Gib Multi St USD 1.152/
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 612 15 Reuters Shanghai-based BoCom already in talks to buy stake in China Life [SHANGHAI] Chinese banking and insurance regulators will sign an agreement this week to allow banks to invest in insurance firms, sources close to regulators said, in a move aimed at expanding
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    • 661 15 -AFP Four manufacturers display prototypes at Detroit show [DETROIT] Chinese carmakers are actively preparing for entry into the US car market, the biggest in the world, in a move that has not gone unnoticed by rival American and Japanese contenders. With a
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    • 210 15 ■Reuters [BEIJING] A Chinese university has banned 440 students from sitting their finals because they owe more than 14 million yuan (552.76 million) in tuition fees, accusing them of using the money to invest, a newspaper said yesterday. China has sought
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    • 513 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] Macau tycoon Stanley Ho's casino flagship, which had hoped to begin marketing a US$l billion IPO yesterday, has pushed back the launch to address a regulator's query, people briefed on the matter said. No further details were available on
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    • 300 15 -AFP [BEIJING] A top official in a leading Chinese city has been sentenced to death for graft, while an ongoing anti-corrup-tion drive has ensnared other regional leaders, state press said yesterday. Wang Zheng, the former top official of southwest Chongqing municipality, was convicted
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    • 322 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Walt Disney Co's ESPN and four Chinese investors, including Hong Kong mogul Li Ka-shing, have agreed to pay US$253 million to acquire an 11 per cent stake in the National Basketball Association's operations in the country. ESPN, one
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  • MIDDLE EAST
    • 418 16 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Oil fell yesterday, on fears a potential recession would hurt US demand amid forecasts of higher crude stocks, but the fall was limited by Nigerian supply disruptions and geopolitical concerns about Iran. US light crude for February
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    • 694 16 AFP They are hurting US economy, he says before meeting King Abdullah [RIYADH] US President George Bush yesterday appealed to oil producers to act over "very high" prices, broaching a sensitive topic on the second day of talks with King Abdullah
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 431 17 Investors have 14% stake in bank but won't have say in how it's run: Merrill [LONDON] Merrill Lynch Co, the US bank battered by sub-prime mortgages losses, raised US$6.6 billion by selling preferred shares to a group including the Kuwaiti Investment Authority and Japan's
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    • 198 17 DURBAN 2010 AND BEYOND took advantage of a costly mistake by Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper in the closing stages of Race 5 from Fremantle to Singapore and overtook them to deny them fifth place by just two minutes and four seconds. The
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    • 502 17  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY By in Tokyo THE US is stepping up efforts to get the international community to increase pressure on authorities in Myanmar to establish dialogue with the opposition and bring about political reform, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East
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    • 445 17 Bloomberg LATEST US DATA [WASHINGTON] Prices paid to US producers unexpectedly fell in December, pushed down by a decline in energy prices that has since reversed. The 0.1 per cent drop followed a 3.2 per cent surge in November that was the biggest in
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    • 250 17 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Centra Properties Group chief executive officer Andrew Scott resigned as the Australian owner of 700 US malls seeks to persuade banks to extend a Feb 15 deadline to refinance A 53.9 billion (Sss billion) of debt. Glenn Rufrano, the
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  • WORLD
    • 473 18 -NYT Capital injection to come from investors such as Li Ka-shing and via public offer [OTTAWA] The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) will issue C 52.75 billion (553.87 billion) in stock at sharply discounted prices to investors including Hong Kong billionaire
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    • 560 18 -AP [MELBOURNE] Several players on the women's tennis tour have been approached to fix matches or provide inside information sought by gamblers, the head of the tour said on Monday, echoing disclosures of similar overtures made to male players. "Less than 10" women
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    • 501 18 Reuters [ASTANA, Kazakhstan] Kazakhstan said on Monday it will double its stake in the giant Kashagan oilfield, paying US$l.7B billion and stripping Italy's Eni of its leading role in the project, which will be further delayed to the end of
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    • 330 18 Reuters Auction seen as last chance for new entrants to market [WASHINGTON] US communications regulators have cleared Google to bid in an upcoming US auction of coveted wireless airwaves. Google was among a list of potential bidders released by the Federal
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    • 459 18 Bloomberg Tech companies seen weathering slump better than others [NEW YORK] International Business Machines and SAP have posted results that topped analysts' projections, signalling that technology companies may weather an economic slowdown better than anticipated. IBM said on Monday that fourth-quarter sales
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    • 323 18 [NEW YORK] IBM, the leading recipient of US patents, is joining Sony and Nokia in offering the rights to environmentally friendly technologies for free. The effort, called the Eco-Patent Commons, is designed to help companies save energy and water and curb
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  • MOTORING
    • 494 19  -  SAMUEL EE Crucial move to counter competition, say parallel importers By KEENER competition, and investments in branding and after-sales facilities are likely to define the parallel import (PI) trade in 2008, say some of the people involved. "Some companies will disappear and a
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    • 591 19  -  SAMUEL EE PI segment accounted for a whopping 20% of car sales in 2007 By LOWER list prices and a wider range of models continued to propel demand for the parallel imported car in 2007 to a new high it accounted for an unprecedented
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    • 20 19 Lianhe Zaobao I Chongqing I keen on I tie-uns with I Spore in low-cost housing, waste treatment, financial other areas
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  • AVIATION
    • 436 20 Xinhua Industry observers see price war erupting between SIA and CNAHC [BEIJING] China Eastern Airlines (CEA) has softened its stance on the impossibility of considering a bid from Air China's parent company for partnership with the country's flagship carrier. CEA said on
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    • 422 20 -Bloomberg [TOULOUSE, FRANCE] European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Co (EADS), the parent of Airbus SAS, sweetened its offer to beat out Boeing Co for a US$4O billion US Air Force tanker contract by proposing to also build freighter planes
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    • 278 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Corp, Asia's most indebted carrier, may cancel a plan to sell a stake in its credit card unit as it raises cash by selling securities instead, two people with knowledge of the transaction said. Japan Airlines is
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    • 467 20 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US airlines may have to pay more to fly into congested airports at busy times of the day, under a proposal from federal regulators aimed at easing flight delays. The plan should encourage carriers to move flights to
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    • 200 20 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's largest private airline, Lion Air, plans to buy more Boeing 737-900 series jets, to support its regional expansion to a number of countries, including Australia, its top executive said yesterday. Rusdi Kirana, Lion Air's president director, told Reuters the purchase would
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    • 2404 20 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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    • 421 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS n I F I fi I [4 I S I [7 I |g I Disparage small country BB with some demur (7) BB BB BB BB BB BB BB 5 Continue supporting articu- BB BB BB lBM^_BB Bl BlB 9 1^1 1D late tennis ace (7) BB
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  • SHIPPING
    • 673 21  -  DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK The sector will experience a credit squeeze this year, but shipping markets will still likely reward prudent investors in 2008 By THE extent to which the US sub-prime debt crisis will have an effect on shipping will probably not become
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    • 394 21 Reuters Vessel carrying 5,300t of timber was abandoned by crew two days ago [LONDON] A large cargo vessel carrying 5,300 tonnes of timber has sunk in heavy seas in the English Channel, raising the spectre of a significant oil spill. The
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    • 330 21 Bloomberg It will start using S Korea's largest container vessel [HONG KONG] Hyundai Merchant Marine Co, South Korea's second-biggest shipping line, said it will start using the country's largest container vessel to meet growing trade demand between Asia and Europe. The new vessel,
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    • 418 21 Bloom berg [SINGAPORE] Shipping costs for iron ore, coal and other commodities may extend declines for a seventh week on concern slowing economic growth may reduce demand for transport. The Baltic Dry Index, an overall measure of commod-ity-shipping costs on different routes
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • 113 21 '000 Jan CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.63 0.37 4.98
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      • 40 21 '000 Ian IB Vol Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 1.12 9.80 9.95 4.34 3.08 0.24 0.18 -0.02 0.15 0.25 -0.02 -0.06 -0.03 -0.01 404 2217 1770 2381 63 6 334
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      • 12 21 ■oo ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 22.70 27.00 -0.10 -0.25 1395 241
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      • 12 21 '000 Jan Doil iingamas Cont 48.85 2.72 -0.50 -0.12 1768 4780
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      • 26 21 '000 Ian 15 Peso Vol Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.80 42.00 2.18 unch unch -1.00 0.14 unch 5945 1641 588 0
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      • 23 21 Evergreen Marine ....31.90 :irst Steamship 71.10 /Van Hai Lines 30.00 r"ang Ming Marine ..24.80 0.50 1.10 0.80 1.00 54 10 33 28
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      • 44 21 '000 Jan 15 Yen Vol (awasaki Hvy Ind ..269.00 -20.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen 960.00 -10.00 ***** Mitsubishi Hvy 413.00 -22.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg ..335.00 -30.00 ***** Mitsui Osk Lines ...1243.00 -48.00 ***** Mippon Express 558.00 3.00 6063 MipponYusen 807.00 -11.00 7907 source: Reuters
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    • 297 21 AP [LOS ANGELES] Harbour commissioners for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to charge a fee on loaded cargo containers aimed at raising more than US$l.4 billion to help pay for bridge, rail and
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    • 129 21 Xinhua [HANOI] Vietnam will spend 28 trillion dong (552.5 billion) on a new seaport in northern Hai Phong city, local newspaper Vietnam News reported yesterday. State-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) will build the 1,200-hectare Hai Phong International Gateway Port, capable of handling about 100
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 502 22 ALTHOUGH China and India are, and will remain, rivals in many areas, the cordial tone, the slew of bilateral agreements and the downplaying of differences suggests that the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Beijing has taken bilateral relations between the two
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    • 1090 22  -  ROBERT BRYCE The idea of the US being independent of the USsst-per-year energy business is ludicrous By WITH oil prices still flirting with US$lOO a barrel, everyone in the US is talking about the need for "energy independence". Late last year, President Bush signed the
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    • 772 22  -  FRANK CHING THE BOTTOM LINE THE electoral defeat of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan was expected but the magnitude of its loss took everyone by surprise, including the DPP itself and the opposition party, the Kuomintang. The election transformed the situation
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    • 1150 23  -  TIGER TONG One thing is clear, travellers will get better services amid the fierce competition By THE news that Singapore Airlines' bid for a 24 per cent stake in China Eastern Airlines was blocked by the shareholders of the Chinese carrier greatly disappointed the management
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    • 852 23  -  ANDY MUKHERJEE THE Chinese government's efforts to steer the economy away from exports and investments and towards more vigorous domestic consumption are clearly not working. The share of consumption in the Chinese economy probably slumped to 36 per cent in 2007, the
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 6594 24 Transaction date: Jan 15 Hii Low Code Com[ Sale COOP) Hii ■ow Bi Seller C'vr P/E imil 5716 1st Software 22 8.5 3148 STelecom 33 14 5834 A-Sonk 106 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 15 1938 AEI Corp 27 12.5 1100 AEM 42 12.4 2101 APOil
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    • 81 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo) Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCa Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Sm Com i Hii 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** *****
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    • 2137 24 Ifl/k Tel Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) lay I Low Bui _ast Quote Div fer Seller C'vr Net P/E reap Smil Hii Comi Hii 30 11.5 1181 sAAGrp 41.5 20.5 5000 s ABR Hldgs 31 18.5 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 3.5 1501 s Advanced System 70.5 15
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    • 199 24 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net 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
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 361 25 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jan 14 World Index Preliminan 1081.3 0.5 -1.8 0.5 -4.1 0.7 2.! f EAFE Preliminan 1063.7 0.3 -4.0 0.6 -2.5 0.8 4.I Euro[ Preliminan 1473.4 0.5 -1.3 0.7 -0.5 0.9 6.! Pacific
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    • 66 25 Jan IS KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Jan 08 3370 3360 3370 3370 5 617 Feb 08 3393 3345 3393 3319 871 3683 Mar 08 3406 3350 3406 3317 ***** ***** Apr 08 3400 3320
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    • 22 25 Jan IS STI SIMSCI Jan 396.6 399.8 383.8 Taiwan Jan 321.7 335 330.3 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 21 25 Jan IS Bid Offer 1-month 1.4255 1.4267 2-months 1.4232 1.4245 3-months 1.4205 1.4218 6-months 1.4141 1.4155 Source: OCBC
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    • 154 25 Jan IS Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$IUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2876 1.2889 0.9011 0.9014 Canadian dollar 1.4027 1.4041 0.9816 0.9819 Euro 2.1241 2.1257 1.4865 1.4866 NZ dollar 1.1333 1.1346 0.7931 0.7935 Sterlini ind 2.7962 2.7987 1.9569 1.957C US dollar 1.4289 1.4299
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    • 359 25 Jan 15 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 96.490 96.940 97.110 97.160 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 7925 5807 EUROYEN FUTURES Mar08 99.225 99.225 Jun08 99.365 99.365 Sep08 99.375 99.385 Dec08 99.350 99.360 Mar09 99.320 99.320 Jun09 99.265 99.275 Sep09
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    • 293 25 Jan 15 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 381.00 383.25 389.75 391.25 391.25 392.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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    • 130 25 As at 9am Jan IS Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2760 1.2910 Can dollar 1.3970 1.4140 Euro 2.1140 2.1380 NZ dollar 1.1180 1.1420 Sterlini 2.7780 2.8091 US dollar 1.4210 1.4370 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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    • 161 25 Jan IS Overnight 1 3/8 1-month 1 1/2 2-months 1 9/16 3-months 1 3/4 Overnight mode: 1 3/10 USS Offer 1 1/4 1 3/8 1 7/16 1 5/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 4.28 4.02 4.01 4.00
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    • 468 25 Jan IS AS CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru| Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.918 6.527 0.606 7.028 35.394 85.033 0.970 8.432 2.936 1.136 56.378 36.586 1.288 6.058 0.983 29.042 29.863 0.461 0.901 Canada 1.089 7.111
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    • 133 25 Jan 15 /oz) Ian Ian Hong Kong London 903.00 905.20 904.00 906.20 Jan 10 Jan 14 881.90 907.80 882.60 908.50 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (SS) Jan IS Buying Sellini Kilobar "44,783.78" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Sellinq Buyinq Igm 5gm lOgm 20gm 50gm lOOgm 1 oz 1 oz
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    • 70 25 Jan 14 irii iiuiii, yy.i (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2501.00 2469.00 3 months 2548.00 2514.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 7382.00 7400.00 7281.00 7300.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 2723.00 3 months 2730.00 2616.00 2625.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash 3
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    • 83 25 Jan 14 COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Mar 08 1146 1135 1159/1132 May 08 1165 1152 1175/1149 Jul 08 1192 1178 1200/1175 Sep 08 1177 1165 1186/1164 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 08 1994 2003 1998/1985 Mar 08 2024 2029 2041/2001 May 08 2047 2048 2059/2023 Jul
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    • 79 25 Jan IS (USS) (S$) 4.***** 1.***** 1 mth 2 mths 4.***** 1.***** 3 mths 4.***** 1.***** 6 mths 3.***** 1.***** 9 mths 3.***** 1.***** 12 mths 3.***** 2.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 1.***** 2 mths 1.***** 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths
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    • 89 25 Nov 15 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****F 17.04.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 1.52 1.59 1.55 1.55 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
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    • 103 25 Jan 14 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 08 1297.00 1286.00 1320.00 1295.00 Mar 08 1296.50 1298.75 1341.00 1295.50 May 08 1314.50 1317.00 1356.50 1313.50 Jul 08 1332.00 1330.75 1375.00 1330.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jan 08 53.15 52.10 53.60 53.10
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    • 76 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jan 14 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 92.64 1.28 WTI (Near Mth) 94.22 1.53 Dubai (1-Mth F) 86.19 -0.88 Tapis blend 96.3 -1.35 Minas 94.7 -1.3 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Chanqe Naphtha Jet Kerosene 93.47 105.65 -0.78 -1.3 USS/barrel Opec Oil
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  • executive Money
    • 1529 30  -  LIM SAY BOON While we are probably yet to enter a bear phase for equities, it is going to be very difficult to make money trading stocks THE YEAR 2008 is shaping up as the Perfect Storm. And probably few investors
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    • 475 30  -  CLIFFORD KRAUSS NYT By THE price of copper has tripled in five years. Zinc has doubled. Wheat and soybeans rose 70 per cent in 2007. Futures prices of crude oil, gold, silver, lead, uranium, cattle, cocoa and corn are all at or
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    • 1093 31 Portfolio allocation based on market timing is a losing strategy, warns financial planner lan Heraud. GENEVIEVE CUA reports IF YOU consult a financial adviser for your investment portfolio you may be in the habit of entrusting most, if not all, investment decisions to him
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    • 586 31 ON the issue of financial advisers charging fees or commissions, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) stands in the middle. But veteran advisers lan Herauld and David Strege weigh in heavily in favour of a fee-only model. In Singapore, less than a handful of financial
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    • 1038 32 With most economists warning of a US slowdown, if not a recession, GENEVIEVE CUA finds out what investors should do THE BALANCE of expert opinion appears to be weighing more heavily in favour of a US recession, a scenario that is likely to see Asian
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