The Business Times, 21 January 2008

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Monday, January 21,2008
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      55 1 Weekly Change 3,104.25 -183.09 ST Index KLCOMP 1,439.49 -76.73 NIKKEI 225 13,861.29 -249.50 HANG SENG 25,201.87 -1665.14 SET INDEX 789.67 -6.80 JAKARTA COMP 2,611.13 -219.13 MANILA COMP 3,168.30 -335.40 SEOUL COMP 1,734.72 -47.55 SHENZHEN B 683.87 -37.98 MUMBAI IND 19,013.70 -1813.75 DOW 12,099.30 -507.00 NASDAQ 2,340.02 -99.92 S&P 500
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      30 1 Bloomberg 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: E
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      Lock icon FOREX
      40 1 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.436 (US$/S$ per 1.968 2.826 EUR0(US$/S$/E) 1.462 2.100 YEN 107.20 74.70 RM 3.269 2.276 HK$ 7.805 5.435 BAHT 33.03 22.99 RUPIAH 9,450 6,580 RENMINBI 7.246 5.045 INDIAN RUPEE 39.28 27.35 1.139 0.793 nz: 1.307 0.910
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  • Article
    Lock icon Al-Futtaim makes cash offer for Robinson and Co
    686 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO Middle Eastern group's offer price of $6.25 per share values the company at $537.1 million [SINGAPORE] Middle East-based Al-Futtaim yesterday made a surprise voluntary cash offer for all the issued shares in Robinson and Co (RCL) that it does not
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    Lock icon Genting in talks to build hotel in Sports Hub
    518 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] Singapore Sports Hub (SSH) Consortium, which nailed the bid for the upcoming Sports Hub with its iconic domeshaped design, is now in preliminary talks with Genting International to build a hotel in the Sports Hub. "We are in
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      69 1 BizlT I o*\ COMPANIES I COMMENTARY I DINING OUT f^B Green IT good for pg 5 E3, Jade buy 49% Exports no longer A great dining %0^ the bottomline SIS mgS^ of Jilin refinery key engine of growth? partner 1 PAGE 30 L^Jl PAGE 7 PAGE 2 PAGE 13 VIEWS
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Avery invests $100m on 'upmarket' dorm
        70 2 AVERY Strategic Investments, a Morgan Stanley-controlled venture that bought three foreign workers' dormitories from JTC Corp last year for $153 million, is gunning to be the biggest player in this sector, investing a further $100 million to develop an "upmarket" dormitory fronting Jurong River.
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        Lock icon E3, Jade buy 49% of China refinery for 241m yuan
        71 2 E3 HOLDINGS and Jade Technologies, mainboard-listed companies linked to venture capitalist Anthony Soh, are together buying a 49 per cent stake in an oil refinery in China's Jilin province for about 241 million yuan (5547.8 million). The deal is believed
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        Lock icon Sing unit seeks to join appeal over en bloc ruling
        57 2 SING Holdings said its joint venture vehicle is filing an intervention application with the High Court to be added as a party to the appeal made by majority owners of Finland Gardens in Siglap against the ruling that dismissed their
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        Lock icon Waterfront Waves condo enjoys brisk sales
        57 2 DEFYING wide consensus of a more subdued private property market here amid US sub-prime woes, house hunters bought half the 120 units launched over the weekend at Waterfront Waves. The project, near Bedok Reservoir, is a 405-unit condominium jointly developed by Far East Organization
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        Lock icon Record foreign purchases of US assets fuel debate
        98 2 FOR much of the world, the US is now on sale at discount prices. Last year, foreign investors poured a record US$4l4 billion into securing stakes in US companies, factories and other properties through private deals and purchases of publicly traded stock,
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        Lock icon China investment inflow brisk despite scrutiny
        51 2 CHINA drew U5574.7 billion in foreign direct investment in 2007, underlining its continuing attractiveness to international companies despite an increasingly choosy stance by Beijing. The 2007 total shows that investors continue to pour money into China despite a shifting policy landscape. GREATER CHINA, PAGE
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        Lock icon Brand makeover in the pipeline for Cisco's Linksys
        59 2 CONTRARY to reports that Cisco Systems aims to phase out its popular Linksys consumer brand, the networking equipment major has in fact drawn up plans to reinforce the brand worldwide. Linksys Asia-Pacific vice-president Craig Gledhill told BizlT that the new global branding
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      Lock icon Exports no longer key engine of growth?
      817 2  -  CHUANG PECK MING COMMENTARY Is the Singapore economy relying less on external trade and more on the domestic market for growth? T WAS not supposed to have happened the way it did. The world economy did well in 2007, which means I trade-dependent
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      Lock icon Avery invests $100m on 'upmarket' dorm
      730 3  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Morgan Stanleycontrolled venture aims to be market leader in this sector [SINGAPORE] Avery Strategic Investments, a Morgan Stanley-controlled venture that bought three foreign workers' dormitories from JTC Corp last year for $153 million, is gunning to be the biggest player in this
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      98 3 V_] SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY At Singapore Management University (SMU), accounting, business, economics, information we understand that business is more than just systems, law and social sciences. A searchable supply and demand. That is why we created the database of related articles and extracts provides online knowledge portal Knowledge@SMU -to quick
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon If it looks, smells and feels like a bear, it probably is a bear
      777 4  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS HAS a bear market already arrived? It depends on who you ask. It also depends on what your definition is, which stocks are examined and of course, what reference prices are used. But
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      Lock icon Oil drops below US$90, gold sets highs above US$900
      458 4 AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] Oil prices slid further last week on widespread fears of a US-led economic slowdown, which also pushed gold prices to new record highs above US$9OO an ounce. US President George Bush called on Friday for Congress to act
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      351 4 WBLCorp ao 5.000 18-Feb 20-Feb 03-Mar Legends US$; Rmb; HK$; A) As; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; Euro; AA) Baht; RM; Peso; AAA) Rs; NT$; (ad] Cash/Bonus Tax Exempt (One-Tier); (af) Dividend/Distribition; (ai) Final; (am] Final Special Tax Exempt (One-Tier); (an) Final Tax Exempt; (ao) Final Tax Exempt (One Tier);
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      Lock icon Yen hits 2-1/2 high vs dollar, but most Asian units down
      531 4 AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] The Japanese yen last week reached a two-and-a-half year high against the dollar as concerns mounted about the shaky US economy, but most Asian currencies ended the week down against the greenback. Japanese yen: The
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1740 4 Source: Reuters Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Company name \dvance SCT Limited 1.50 2.00 2 6.55 11.53 1.69 0.74 Jlco Comm REIT 1.60 1.60 5.49 14.94 1.56 0.78 .II' ireen Pro :ies 2.80
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 4 WEEKLY
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      47 4 Jan 18 VALUE CLOSE -2096.00-252.0C IT OB/OS IT CADI -*****.00-104.0i IT 10-day MA -*****.00-210.0i TSE ST Mid Cap 790.03 -10.0: TSE ST Small Cap 727.11 -8.0: TSE ST All Share 802.74 -9.3' TSE ST China 604.74 -11.6' iMSCI 379.48 -4.2 iMSCI Future 379.70 -5.9'
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      65 4 VOLUME JiutianC 342,045,000 Sunmoon 263,893,000 Firstßes 247,896,000 JES 244,795,000 Yanqzijianq 231,848,000 Sing Tel 229,013,000 STXPOKWIOO 202,075,000 China Honqxinq 171,261,000 ChinaAElec 142,998,000 SinqTelMBLeCWOBO6O3 142,114,000 VALUE(S) Sing Tel 903,881,159 SGX 870,901,336 DBSGrp 866,479,297 STXPOKWIOO 519,087,013 UOB 503,848,435 Capita Land 477,619,437 Keppel Corp 475,507,073 Wilmar 425,313,760 Cosco Corp 393,291,733 OCBC
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      Lock icon RISES
      104 4 CLOSE UP m 3400SGAePW*****0 80 36.5 83.9 m 3200SGAePW*****0 44 28.0 175.1 ;TI 3700SGAePW*****8 89 27.0 43.! ;GXMBLePW*****0 61.5 24.0 64.I ;GXMBLePW*****8 94 23.5 33.; ;tar Hub 306 22.0 7. 'ilmar DBeCW*****1 67.5 21.0 45.; "otal Access 123 20.1 12.1 iCBCBk4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 20.0 o.; m 3400BNPePW*****0 41 20.0
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      Lock icon FALLS
      92 4 CLOSE DOWN 8700-301.5 -2.4 LP 10US$ China H 10US$ 1862-269.9 -9.2 lardine C&C 2000-196.0 -8.9 iGX 955-155.0 -14.0 lUE 1360-140.0 -9.3 Con 1144-134.0 -10.5 iBS Gr| 1868-116.0 -5.8 i PC 634-116.0 -15.5 Venture Con 968-112.0 -10.. iGX MBL eCW*****4 5-107.0 -95.5 iGX MBL eCW*****4 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 5
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      85 4 Reuters Source: Where S! stands Jan 18 %CHNG CLOSE FRJan17 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4355 -0.17 1.5479 1.4257 Euro 2.1014 -0.32 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.8256 -0.08 3.1194 2.7885 AS 1.2591 0.48 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3415 -0.77 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.27 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3447 -0.44
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon When guesswork enters IFA reports
      736 5  -  LYNETTE KHOO ADVICE from an independent financial adviser (IFA) on a company transaction is often deemed unquestionable and lays the ground for any decision to be made on a deal. Underpinning this advice are well-measured assumptions to deduce whether the transaction makes financial sense and
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      Lock icon E3, Jade buy 49% of Jilin refinery for 241m yuan
      724 7  -  CHEW XIANG Deal said to be first time that a Spore firm is going into oil refining in China E3 HOLDINGS and Jade Technologies, mainboardlisted companies linked to venture capitalist Anthony Soh, are together buying a 49 per cent stake
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    • Article
      Lock icon Sing unit seeks to join appeal over en bloc ruling
      336 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO SING Holdings said its joint venture vehicle is filing an intervention application with the High Court to be added as a party to the appeal made by majority owners of Finland Gardens in Siglap against the ruling that
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    • Article
      Lock icon Dates of release
      115 7 Compiled by BT Full year ended Dec 2007 First Reit Jan 21 Ascott Residence Trust Jan 23 K-Reit Jan 23 Mapletree Log Jan 23 Evergro Prop Jan 24 M 1 Jan 24 BH Global Jan 24 The Ascott Grp Jan 25 Keppel Telecomm Jan 28 Keppel Land
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Portfolios tumble by 5.3-21.4%
      1532 6  -  TEH HOOI LING IT WAS a week that share investors would rather forget. Or rather, it's been a dreadful three weeks which investors wished they didn't have to go through. We are into the third week of 2008, and stock prices have done nothing but fall.
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      Lock icon Buying activity surges as selling slides along with ST Index
      816 6  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS THE steep drop in the stock market, which saw the Straits Times Index fall by 5.6 per cent last week, resulted in a surge in the buying and a fall in the selling by directors, substantial
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    • Article
      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      112 6 i Land 5.890 +0.130 iMall 2.850 -0.040 Cit> 11.700 +0.400 Cosco Cor| 4.850 -0.090 iBS Gr| 18.680 -0.460 :SN 5.220 -0.280 ient Intl 0.635 -0.005 KLand 4.630 -0.100 ISH 15.580 -0.320 lardine CSC 20.000 -0.580 Kei il Cor[ 11.440 -0.100 Kei ii Land 6.200 -0.080 NOL
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      87 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unci lulti Ind 3 14 1 0 0 0 14 lanufacturini 14 207 19 37 10 17 244 Commerce 74 18 92 >r/C. ms 36 38 :inance 35 37 Construction 17 12 29 'ro| 42 42 lotels/Rsts 12 17
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 135.578 135.578 708.909 708.909 lanufacturini 2.671.504 331.598 3.003.102 2.524.397 32.899 2.557.296 Commerce 820.080 27.205 847.285 543.886 5.211 549.097 r/C< 854.729 4.542 859.271 2.451.153 1.527 2.452.68( :inance 287.459 412 287.871 2.767.019 79 2.767.098 Construction 379.705 103.714 483.419 127.198 14.110 141.308
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon A means to an end?
      2962 8 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What key elements should Singapore's healthcare means testing system include? What other factors should the health authorities consider? Sam Yap SG PhD (Entrepreneurship), USA Group Executive Chairman Cherie Hearts Group Int'l Pte Ltd IN a nutshell, a good healthcare means testing system
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Waterfront Waves enjoys brisk sales
      314 10  -  LYNETTE KHOO 60 units of condo project near Bedok Reservoir sold at $750-800 psf DEFYING wide consensus of a more subdued private property market here amid US sub-prime woes, house hunters bought half the 120 units launched over the weekend at Waterfront Waves. The project,
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      Lock icon New marina makes a splash
      367 10  -  VINCENT WEE Keppel Bay offers best of premium waterfront lifestyle RIGHT from the outset, Marina at Keppel Bay is proving to be the jewel in the crown of Keppel Land's 32-hec-tare Keppel Bay waterfront residential precinct. The $30 million marina was opened by Senior Minister
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      Lock icon Asia Pacific Breweries supports YOG bid
      186 10  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI THESE days, a lot of emphasis is placed on giving back to the community. And Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APBS) is striving to do just that by supporting the nation's bid to host the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010. Receipts from
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      Lock icon PM Lee begins 3-day visit to France today
      359 10  -  ANNATEO PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong begins today a three-day visit to France before heading to Davos for the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF). In Paris, Mr Lee is scheduled to call on President Nicolas Sarkozy this afternoon. This
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      372 10 Controls Masterclass I Detecting Systemic Weakness and Employing Investigative Auditing for Effective Compliance Thursday Friday, 21 22 February 2008, 9,00 am 5.30pm Holiday Inn Park View, Singapore Overview "N Every year, it is a documented fact that businesses lose billions of dollars as a result of fraud. The Association of
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Japanese fare at affordable prices
      600 12  -  Ch&ah Ui-Hoon $25 AND UNDER Rakuzen Time2@Millenia Walk, 9 Raffles Boulevard, #01-16/19 Tel: 6333 1171 EVERY so often, one discovers a restaurant operator who offers quality food at affordable prices. Such restaurants might be rare but they do exist, even for premium-priced Japanese food. Yes,
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      392 12 li^i^k. j mmw~ hlb^^H HSV m f 4v f fl| J^p 1 if ift V^j^K m. Amm\ ij^B^i^ij^i^i^i^BlliPPlillßlilPlJl^^ Bravehearts Who Cook Discover Scotland's finest culinary talent when Guest Chefs Raymond Capaldi and Martin Wishart join Pan Pacific Singapore's Executive Chef Joseph Martin to present Bravehearts at Global Kitchen. Acclaimed culinary
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  • DINING OUT WITH citibank
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      Lock icon A self-proclaimed non-foodie, a great dining partner
      766 13  -  JAIME EE POWER Lunch IF you're looking for impeccably cut shirts that even Singapore's ministers swear by, Fong Loo Fern is your go-to person. When it comes to food, though, the managing director of CYC The Custom Shop self-depre-catingly protests that she is
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      Lock icon Classics with a contemporary touch
      767 13  -  Geoffrey Eu NEW RESTAURANT Huang Ting 6 Eu Tong Sen Street, The Central #04-63. Tel: 6410-9750 www.huang.com.sg GIVING traditional Chinese cuisine a contemporary touch by introducing non-traditional ingredients, jazzing up the food presentation and serving dishes in individual portions is the preferred option for new
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      57 13 Indulge in over 600 gourmet pleasures with your Citibank credit card. For more details on the privileges, log on to citibank.com.sg efti mm IE9 ■gfflM @*w dSa* n- m^^^ I I ij^^% ij^^N f J a Q..., j-ggi QS,H y- v. ra Your Citibank guide to gourmet pleasures this week
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Forex trading: a pressure cooker
      996 14 Even with a driven personality, a trader's career life span tends to be short because of the high-stress work, reports QUAH CHIN CHIN HAVING a career in foreign exchange (forex) trading often comes at a price, both literally and figuratively. It is exciting and lucrative
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      Lock icon Lessons in investing with a heart
      888 14 CAMPUS LIFE NTU's Investment Interactive Club will run a virtual investment fund with a twist, reports CRYSTAL NEO THEY may describe themselves as a group of poor, hungry and driven students, or "PHD students" for short. But this group of students from Nanyang Technological
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 14 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 14 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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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Surge in foreign funds causes worries in US
      875 15 NYT But govt says it's a vote of confidence in US economy, worker, marketplace [NEW YORK] For much of the world, the United States is now on sale at discount prices. With credit tight, unemployment growing and worries mounting about a potential
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      Lock icon Battle for Bank of Japan chief looms
      926 15  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Political stalemate raises fears of delay in picking successor WHAT is normally a minor tussle to select a new governor for the Bank of Japan each time the post falls vacant, is shaping up into a battle of the giants this
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      Lock icon Debate begins on focus of tax rebates for Americans
      357 15 -NYT [WASHINGTON] As President George W Bush and congressional Democrats begin negotiations on a package of measures to stimulate the economy, the big fight will be over whether to put extra money in the hands of tens of millions of low-income
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      7 15 Lianhe Zaobao 2008, xmm major property h2OOB
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon High time the ringgit got stronger
      571 16  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT Bank Negara should speed up its 'gradual' approach, with over USsloob in int'l reserves and inflation poised to gallop BACK in the bad old days of 1998 when the financial crisis was rampaging across Asia, some wags began referring to
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      Lock icon Petronas to start work in south Sudan oil block
      403 16 Reuters [JUBA, Sudan] Malaysia's Petronas got permission from south Sudan's government on Friday to begin oil exploration in block 58, after agreeing to let Moldova's Ascom Group keep part of the concession, an official said. "Petronas from tomorrow will move into
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      Lock icon M'sia to reduce foreign labour
      477 16 ■AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia plans to send home at least 200,000 foreign workers by next year in an effort to increase job opportunities for locals, a senior government official said yesterday. The government will apply stricter standards for the hiring of foreign labour in order
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      298 17 -AFP Elections may be in March, it cites BN members as saying [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has started a new round of nationwide tours, according to reports yesterday, in the clearest indication yet that national elections are imminent.
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      360 17 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's leader yesterday vowed to reduce poverty among minority ethnic Indians, who have become increasingly vocal with claims that they are marginalised in this multiracial country. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, speaking at a rally of more than
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      506 17 Reuters His blood pressure is stable, symptoms of systemic infection are under control [JAKARTA] Former Indonesian president Suharto was able to raise his arm on request and even tried to speak, doctors said yesterday, as the ailing 86-year-old showed further signs of recovery after more
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon China investment inflow brisk despite scrutiny
      640 18 Reuters Govt's selective policy could channel foreign investment away from low-margin manufacturing, say analysts [BEIJING] China drew U5574.7 billion in foreign direct investment in 2007, underlining its continuing attractiveness to international companies despite an increasingly choosy stance by Beijing. The number was reported on
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      Lock icon China's economy can't decouple from US: central bank official
      342 18 Reuters Weakening US consumption will hurt Chinese exports [BEIJING] China's central bank yesterday poured cold water on the idea that the country's economy can decouple from the United States. China's exports will be badly hit if US consumption weakens, Zhang Tao,
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      608 18 AFP [SHANGHAI] As China gradually relaxes its controls on its currency, few stand to lose as much as Wu Xiao, a Shanghai black market money changer who may soon be out of a job. For more than a decade, the Chinese
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      165 18 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China's retail sales grew at a faster pace of 17 per cent in 2007, aiding government efforts to curb the economy's dependence on exports and investment for growth. Sales climbed to 8.9 trillion yuan (551.77 trillion) last year, beating a 13.7 per
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Indian software giants get wary of slowdown in US
      601 19 AFP Rupee gain, US credit woes could hit revenues, but may be offset by more work sent over [BANGALORE] India's major software companies say a US economic slowdown may bring more customers seeking cost savings, but analysts warn that the once
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      Lock icon Reliance Power IPO values firm at US$30b
      525 19 Reuters Public shares 73x subscribed, priced at 450 rupees per share [MUMBAI] Billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance Power Ltd, whose initial public offer raised US$3 billion within a minute of opening, has priced the IPO at the top end ofthe range at 450 rupees
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      Lock icon Idea Cellular Q3 net more than doubles
      251 19 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's sixthlargest wireless telecoms firm, Idea Cellular Ltd, said last Saturday that its quarterly net profit more than doubled, boosted by an expanding user base in the world's fastest growing wireless market. Idea, part of conglomerate Aditya Birla Group, said its
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      Lock icon ICICI Bank third-quarter profit up 35%
      558 19 Bloomberg Credit demand from firms offset drop in consumer loans [MUMBAI] ICICI Bank India's biggest bank by market value, said that third-quarter profit grew 35 per cent as credit demand from companies rose, offsetting any decline in borrowing by individuals. Net income rose to
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      931 20  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Investors seem ready to hit the panic button, if they have not done so already LAST February when stocks in the United States, Asia and Europe were first rocked by news of subprime mortgage woes that led to a
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      Lock icon Ethos wants to oust UBS chairman
      286 20 Reuters [ZURICH] Shareholder advocacy group Ethos wants shareholders to be given the opportunity to vote for a new ÜBS chairman, Ethos head Dominique Biedermann was quoted as saying in an interview published yesterday. "At the annual general meeting of ÜBS, which takes place next
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      350 20 NYT [NEW YORK] A commission assembled to revise New York state's financial regulations recommended on Friday that the state have one regulator to oversee the securities industry, instead of the current four overseers. The group of state officials and financial executives, which
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      Lock icon Thaksin's future uncertain despite PPP's win
      447 20 AFP Analyst see no smooth return for exiled premier [BANGKOK] Thailand's parliament convenes today with allies of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra back in charge, but their victory by no means guarantees a smooth path for the exiled premier to return, analysts say. The
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      2770 20 Retuers Transaction date: Jan 18 For a full listing ofthe closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Source: Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Jeida Jade Bird
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Biotech firms raise record venture capital
      494 21 Bloomberg They received US$9.l blast year, 20% more than in 2006, says report [NEW YORK] Venture capitalists pumped a record US$9.l billion into privately held US biotechnology and medical device companies last year, in hopes of making discoveries which they can sell to larger
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      397 21 BANKS ABN AmroßankNV 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5.75 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banca Di Roma Singapore branch 6.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5
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      280 21 AFP [WASHINGTON] A consortium of 315 top institutional investors assessing industries about their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has announced a partnership to extend its global initiative to companies and suppliers. With members including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Allianz and HSBC that manage
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      542 21 -NYT [CHARLESTON, South Carolina] John McCain's victory in South Carolina last Saturday puts the Arizona senator in a strong position to win the Republican presidential nomination but only if he can follow up with a win in Florida on Jan 29. "This is
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      619 21 AP [WASHINGTON] Hillary Rodham Clinton laid down a winning hand in Nevada. So did Barack Obama. After a brawling presidential contest in the state, Ms Clinton heads into the next battleground of South Carolina with another popular vote victory 51 per cent against
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  • SHIPPING/AVIATION
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      Lock icon Tanker conversions may stall after rates plunge
      402 22 Bloomberg Cost of transporting commodities has halved, mirrored by fall in contracts [LONDON] Shipowners may scrap plans to convert supertankers into dry-bulk carriers after a record plunge in the returns from transporting commodities such as iron ore and coal, investment bank Fearnley Fonds
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      219 22 AFP [HONG KONG] Shares in Air China will be suspended in Shanghai and Hong Kong from today, as its parent company gets ready to bid for a stake in rival China Eastern, a newspaper report said yesterday. The details ofthe bid are set
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      Lock icon Heathrow crash co-pilot haied as a hero
      278 22 AFP [LONDON] The co-pilot who averted disaster by safely landing his stricken plane at London Heathrow Airport told the Mail on Sunday newspaper he feared a "major catastrophe". John Coward, who was at the controls last Thursday when the engines on his Boeing
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      387 22 Reuters Its growth plans have been hurt by the postponement [NEW DELHI] State-run Air India wants compensation from Boeing for a delay in the delivery of its 787 Dreamliner because the postponement hurts its growth plans, the Indian firm's chairman said last Friday.
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      Lock icon Shanghai port traffic rises 20% in 2007
      162 22 Reuters [BEIJING] Shanghai's ports handled 26 million twen-ty-foot container equivalent units (TEUs) in 2007, a rise of more than 20 per cent that helped the city surpass Hong Kong to rank second globally, Xinhua said on Friday, citing Shanghai port and shipping officials.
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2444 22 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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      283 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS i i 1 I I I I 1 mml I I I I I I 1 Agent fortified with liquor is j 6 Prescription for success P^B_BB_HH_^M_MH__HH__HH__^PI 9 Rehearsal for a TT race? i^h 10 Furniture not right, needs 111 I I I changing from now on
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      8925 23 Weekended: Jan 18 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Week Last Quote |h Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld C'vr Net P/E MCap $mil Hii Coi Hii 5716 1st Software 22 8 3148 STelecom 30.5 12 5834 A-Sonic 107 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30
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      69 23 _Hm Low Code Com Sale Cooo) _Hm Low Bu' Seller C'vr P/E $mi 200 116 6065 Diamonds US200d 250 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS US6200 US1000 US***** US***** 80 100 100 100
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      2267 23 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo) Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCaj |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mi Comi >an' Hii 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 20.5 5000 s ABR Hldgs 31 18.5 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 3.5 1501 s Advanced System
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      237 23 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum
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      20 23 Sole Distributor Service Centre: AUDEMARS PIGUET (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED. Tel: 6238 6678 Fax: 6238 6676. Internet: http://www.audemarspigjet.com **B <f9^^^ vffi3&Ris3EU
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      376 24 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jan 18 World Index Preliminan 1019.8 -0.8 -7.3 -1.0 -9.6 -1.0 -3.. t EAFE Prel lim inan 1013.2 -0.5 -8.5 -0.9 -7.5 -1.0 -1.1 Euro[
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      129 24 As at 9am NOTE RATES 8 Singapore dollars to one unit if foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer \ust dollar 1.2500 1.2650 Can dollar 1.3890 1.4050 Curo 2.0940 2.1180 IZ dollar 1.0900 1.1130 iterlin mnd 2.8210 2.8540 JS dollar 1.4300 1.4470 .ocal dollars to 100 units rf foreign currency:
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      165 24 Jan 18 *i Offer Bid Overnight 1 3/8 1-month 1 5/8 2-months 1 11/16 3-months 1 3/4 Overnight mode: 1 7/16 US$ Offer 1 1/4 1 1/2 1 9/16 1 5/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 4.28
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      22 24 Jan 18 STI CIMSCI Jan 376 383.9 379.7 "aiwan Jan 306.8 318.6 318.4 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      21 24 Jan 18 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4329 1.434 2-months 1.4303 1.4315 3-months 1.4282 1.4295 6-months 1.4222 1.4237 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      295 24 Jams 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 08 378.75 380.50 381.50 383.75 383.75 384.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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      104 24 Jan 18 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 08 1264.00 1271.00 1276.00 1245.00 May 08 1283.25 1291.00 1293.00 1264.50 Jul 08 1297.50 1305.50 1309.50 1278.50 Aug 08 1296.00 1300.00 1305.00 1280.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar08 53.14 52.91 53.18 52.64
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      78 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jan 17 UDE (FOB origin) US! t/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 88.94 0.24 WTI (Near Mth) 90.22 -0.58 Dubai (1 -Mth F) 85.27 -0.06 Tapis blend 95.1 unch Minas 93.45 unch PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 92.60 105.50 0.70 0.85 USS/barrel
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      467 24 f8 AS CS_ Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru| Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.904 6.364 0.601 6.855 34.493 82.995 0.942 8.280 2.871 1.147 54.605 35.898 1.261 6.191 0.971 28.380 29.009 0.446 0.878 Canada 1.106 7.041 0.665
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      91 24 Jan 18 TREASURY BILLS 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 1.48 1.48 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
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      140 24 Jan 18 GOLD (USS/oz) Jan 18 Jan 17 Hong Kong London 874.70 881.30 875.70 882.30 Jan 17 Jan 16 886.35 874.20 887.05 874.90 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (SS) Jan 18 Buying Sellini Kilobar "43,439.86" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Selling Buying Igm 5gm lOgm 20gm 50gm lOOgm 1
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      76 24 Jan 18 1 mth 2 mths 3.***** 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** 3.***** 1.***** 3 mths 3.***** 1.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 3.***** 3.***** 3.***** 2.***** 1.***** 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.***** 5yrs
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      66 24 Jan 18 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Feb 08 3316 3325 3334 3287 653 2160 Mar 08 3310 3319 3339 3285 2662 ***** Apr 08 3310 3316 3336 3280 ***** ***** May 08 3297 3306
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      71 24 Jan 18 minimum, 99.7 jrity (USS/tonne) Co Close Previous Cash 2406.50 2393.50 3 months 2450.00 2439.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 7171.00 7141.00 7000.00 6991.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 2586.00 3 months 2590.00 2523.00 2530.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash
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      80 24 Jan 18 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Mar 08 1128 1125 1128/1104 May08 1146 1140 1146/1121 Jul 08 1172 1166 1172/1146 Sep08 1160 1152 1159/1134 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 08 1962 1963 1963/1960 Mar 08 1988 1993 1999/1986 May08 2012 2019 2023/2007 Jul 08 2030 2038
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      161 24 ~~l7\ Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar J.2607 J.2620 0.878J 0.8784 Canadian dollar J.3948 J.3965 0.97J5 0.9720 Curo 2.0993 2.J009 J .4622 J.4623 IZ dollar J.0986 J.0999 0.7652 0.7656 iterlim 2.8252 2.8276 J.9678 J.968J IS
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      360 24 Jan OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT URODOLLAR FUTURES Vlar08 Iun08 Sep08 3ec08 96.470 97.005 97.210 97.265 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 5685 EUROYEN FUTURES Vlar08 99.220 99.220 Iun08 99.370 99.375B Jep08 99.400 99.405 3ec08 99.380 99.380 Vlar09 99.345 99.345 Iun09 99.270 99.300B Jep09 99.235B
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon The Tao of Telecom: The new way of doing telecom business in Asia
      857 29  -  NICK LAMBERT <you say> It's time for customer-centric service industry THE first telephone call in Singapore was made between Raffles Square and Tanjong Pagar in 1879. Although it was a short line, a little over one kilometre,
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        Lock icon IT job recruiter sets up HQ in Second Life
        85 29 IT job recruiting service Sapphire Technologies has tapped the popular virtual world website Second Life to extend its market reach. In its newly-created virtual headquarters there, job-seekers can get career advice, hook up with other IT professionals and interview for new
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        Lock icon Temasek Poly, IBM set up IT security centre
        103 29 IBM and Temasek Polytechnic (TP) have announced a $200,000 IT Security Centre, which aims to provide TP students with practical experience on the latest IT security and privacy solutions in the industry. The new centre is based on the IBM Information Security
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        Lock icon 1-Net appoints new managing director
        58 29 LOCAL IT solutions provider 1-Net Singapore has appointed 24-year industry veteran Vow Tau Keon as its new managing director. Formerly of Hewlett-Packard, Sing Tel and A*Star, Mr Vow replaces Mock Pak Lam, MD ofMediaCorp Technologies. Mr Mock remains as one of 1-Net's appointed directors. 1-Net
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        Lock icon New mobility business chief for Motorola
        46 29 MOTOROLA has appointed John Fogarasi as the head of Motorola's enterprise mobility business for South-east Asia. Mr Fogarasi, who was previously the company's regional sales manager for India, will chart the commercial and strategic direction for Motorola in this region.
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        Lock icon Tata holds first CIO symposium
        67 29  -  ONG BOON KIAT TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) is holding its first CIO Symposium in Singapore on Jan 31, with the theme "IT innovation and business agility". The event will be held at the Rasa Sentosa Resort. Thought leader and business value evangelist Peter Weil, who
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      Lock icon Brand makeover in the pipeline for Linksys
      627 29 The firm will soon get a new branding strategy and APAC HQ Reports by ONG BOON KIAT CONTRARY to reports that Cisco Systems aims to phase out its popular Linksys consumer brand, the networking equipment major has in fact drawn up plans to
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