The Business Times, 4 February 2008

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Monday, February 4,2008
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon China stock analysts shoot for gold
    1082 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO Olympics, yuan and China funds could add up to a good story for S-chips this year By [SINGAPORE] Even in the year of the Beijing Olympics, games venues in the Chinese capital may not be the only places where the action is.
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    Lock icon Inflation this year could go past 5%, says PM Lee
    550 1  -  ARTHUR SIM Govt will have something to distribute in Budget, but realism needed By [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong cautioned yesterday that inflation in the first half of the year could be high. Speaking at the Chinese New Year
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      55 1 Weekly 3,007.80 hange -151.68 ST Index KLCOMP 1,393.25 -12.15 NIKKEI 225 13,497.16 -132.00 HANG SENG 24,123.58 -998.79 SET INDEX 810.86 +51.14 JAKARTA COM P 2,646.82 +26.33 MANILA COMP 3,294.08 +56.67 SEOUL COMP 1,634.53 -57.88 SHENZHENB 640.45 -17.02 MUMBAI IND 18,242.58 -119.08 DOW 12,743.19 +536.02 NASDAQ 2,413.36 +87.16 S&P 500
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 5.75 INDONESIA 14.655 TAIWAN 6.236 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.50 US 6.00 CANADA 5.75 SWITZERLAND 4.18 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      39 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.416 (US$/S$ per 1.990 2.818 :uro(us: i/S: i/E) 1.488 2.107 'EN 106.40 75.10 3.236 2.285 7.796 5.506 !AHT 32.93 23.25 lUPIAH 9,195 6,493 1ENMINBI 7.183 5.073 INDIAN RUPEE 39.34 27.78 1.115 0.787 1.268 0.895
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      39 1 ]?yj DINING OUT BizlT *V/\*V\ R^ "^"^P Cheering on Popular bookstores chairman SAP AG\s Asia-Pac I 1 I Sing'ioore is a 'food extinguisher' revenue grows 20% \J \\J W f <-^ JL^ rage 16 PAGE 15 PAGE 32 iWllil«]yifliaw«BiaH /^^M^
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon 2007- A year of super profits
        51 2 MANY Singapore listed companies last year enjoyed super profits in line with 2007's buoyant economy, with some doubling their earnings. As of Friday, full-year net earnings of 32 out of 33 listed companies that have announced results came to $4.1 billion. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE
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        Lock icon Hawkers hold prices, go for volume: minister
        87 2 THE price of food here is still low with three-quarters of the hawker stalls surveyed by the government saying that they have not increased prices. Minister of State (Trade and Industry) Lee Vi Shyan also revealed that while some of the residents in
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        Lock icon Bush's 2009 budget will rival record 2004 deficit
        92 2 US president George W Bush will present a budget today that will slow the growth of Medicare and cut or eliminate an array of domestic programmes but still anticipates a flood of new red ink that will rival the record deficits of
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        Lock icon Jakarta rains cause travel chaos, widespread flooding
        80 2 HEAVY rains and high tides have caused chaos in Indonesia's capital for three days, highlighting its ailing infrastructure as roads to the airport became impassable and thousands had to abandon their homes or cars. The flooding also led to flight delays elsewhere in
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        Lock icon Heavy fog worsens travel disruptions in China
        63 2 HEAVY fog fell over parts of central China yesterday, further clogging a transport system already paralysed by weeks of snow. The fog covered parts of Hunan one of the provinces worst hit by the freak winter storms delaying flights and bringing road traffic
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        Lock icon US attorney said to probe UBS
        71 2 US government prosecutors are investigating whether Swiss banking giant ÜBS misled investors by reporting inflated prices of mortgage-backed securities it held despite knowing those valuations had eroded, the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday. The Journal, quoting unnamed sources familiar with the probe, said
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        Lock icon Market resilience does not mean rally
        55 2 ON both Thursday and Friday last week, stocks recovered from shaky starts to record strong gains by the closing bell, an encouraging sign of resilience. Resilience, however, doesn't mean rally, and few money managers expect the upward trend to continue in anything resembling a
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        Lock icon Exxon Mobil beats own record for highest profits
        56 2 BY any measure, Exxon Mobil's performance last year was a blowout.The company reported last Friday that it beat its own record for the highest profits ever recorded by any company, with net income rising 3 per cent, to US$4O.6 billion, thanks to
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      Lock icon National annuity plan to take off as early as 2013
      717 2  -  I MICHELLE QUAH Minister describes plan as a win-win 'bao chiak' scheme By [SINGAPORE] The new National Lifelong Income scheme the annuity plan for those who live beyond the age of 85 will be rolled out as soon as 2013,
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      Lock icon Rivals? S'pore, Dubai don't see it that way
      386 2  -  OH BOON PING On the contrary there's much scope for cooperation By in Dubai BOTH Singapore and Dubai have reiterated that they do not see each other as competitors, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong after his meeting with the ruler of
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      322 2 Big Picture With Budget Seminar 2008 Date: Friday 22 February 2008 Time: 9:ooam to s:oopm (R^raisoittegfosat&Msm) Venue: Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre Level 2, Ballroom 2,1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore *****3 (City Hall MRT Station, Exit X) Striking a balance Budget 2008 will be unveiled on 15 February 2008.
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  • ENTREPRENEUR INSIGHTS
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      Lock icon Building teams the smart way
      986 3 Quintus Asia Pacific's sports activities take brains and brawn, says NISHA RAMCHANDANI UK-BASED sports and entertainment group Quintus first set up a Singapore office in 1996. But in the uncertain climate after the terrorist attacks on the US in September 2001, coupled with the Sars
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Is this going to be a cyclical or secular bear market?
      744 4  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS THE fact that local stocks are in the grip of a bear market was discussed in this column two weeks ago. Despite a brief revival after the two pan-ic-driven US interest rate cuts on Jan 22
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      Lock icon Gold, platinum soar to record highs amid US woes
      420 4 -AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] Gold and platinum soared to record peaks last week as the world's commodity markets were rocked again by US economic woes, traders said. The US is a major consumer of raw materials and is the No 1 market
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    • Article
      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      641 4 'aymem (cts) Ex Books date close Pay date Jlco Comm REIT ad 0.120 12-Feb 14-Feb 29-Feb Jlco Comm REIT ao 1.930 12-Feb 14-Feb 29-Feb Jlco Comm REIT 1.690 12-Feb 14-Feb 29-Feb vscendas REIT ao 3.600 28-Jan 30-Jan 29-Feb iscott Res Trust ao 1.290 30-Jan 01-Feb 28-Feb iscott Res
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      Lock icon Asian units stronger against US$
      385 4 -AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Most Asian currencies finished the week up against the greenback amid continuing fears over the US economy. Japanese yen: The yen edged up over the past week to the mid-106 level against the dollar amid continuing fears of a recession in
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1711 4 Source: Reuters recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name advance SCT 1.50 2.00 2 6.55 9.01 1.69 0.59 Jlco CommREIT 1.60 1.60 6.78 10.25 1.44 0.70 Jlgreen Properties 2.70 2.80 10 9.58 11.59 1.71 1.14 ,mara Holdini 1.33 1.33
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 4 WEEKLY
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      51 4 Feb 1 VALUE CLOSE -657.00+114.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00+10.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -66.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 771.42 +7.30 FTSE ST Small Cap 664.27 +2.39 FTSE ST All Share 773.08 +6.33 FTSE ST China 536.34 -5.17 SiMSCI 370.38 5.54 SiMSCI Future 370.60 9.40 PrimePartnersCI 176.12
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      55 4 VOLUME China Honqxinq 161,716,000 Yanqzijianq 156,374,000 Memstar 126,658,000 Sing Tel 120,250,000 STXPOKWIOO 113,774,000 JiutianC 109,693,000 AscottGrp 108,290,000 Jade Tech 101,999,000 Sapphire 96,856,000 Capita Land 87,041,000 VALUE(S) DBSGrp 885,796,954 UOB 528,405,847 SGX 524,248,795 Keppel Corp 523,757,242 Capita Land 517,474,837 Sing Tel 441,838,548 STXPOKWIOO 275,517,010 OCBC Bk 264,717,295 CityDev
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      Lock icon RISES
      106 4 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 1540 180.0 13.2 OUE GLD 10US$ 9200 84.9 0.7 SPC 640 71.0 12.5 itraits Trdi 660 71.0 12.1 Creative Tech 565 58.0 11.4 OCBCBk4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 50.0 0.5 Robinson 679 44.0 6.9 Straits Asia 349 37.0 11.9 Asia Pac Brew 1350 30.0 2.3 Jardine C&C
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      Lock icon FALLS
      97 4 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 1150-138.0 -10.7 At iBS Gri 1770-124.0 -6.5 SGX 970-118.0 -10.8 JMH 2582-107.6 -2.9 DBS MBLJCW*****0 524-103.0 -16.4 Con 1076-102.0 -8.7 China H 10US$ 1733 -97.7 -3.8 SGXMBLJCW*****0 410 -95.0 -18.8 S I A 1564 -82.0 -5.0 SIA 200 1568 -80.0 -4.9 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      97 4 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. Where S$ stands Feb 1 CHNG CLOSE FRJan 31 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4155 0.08 1.5479 1.4150® Euro 2.1060 -0.18 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.8195 -0.16 3.1194 2.7855 AS 1.2735 -0.99 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3304
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      Lock icon Portfolios gain despite bearish sentiment
      1554 8  -  TEH HOOI LING AFTER a slight rebound the week before, the Straits Times Index resumed its downward spiral by sinking 4.8 per cent. This despite the US Federal Reserve's half point cut in interest rate. In contrast, stocks in the US chalked up their biggest
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      Lock icon Buying among directors, substantial shareholders slows
      1061 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS But sales activity, with 53 companies recording 138 purchases, up sharply from previous week By AFTER two straight weeks of heavy purchases and low sales, the buying among directors and substantial shareholders slowed while the sales activity surged with 53
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      125 8 tod name lose lange i Land 5.800 -0.100 iMall 3.010 +0.051 Cit' 11.500 +0.201 Cosco Cor| 4.410 -0.040 iBS Gl 17.700 +0.320 FSN 4.790 -0.010 Gent Intl 0.620 +0.010 HKLand 4.470 -0.230 JSH 14.400 -0.100 Jardine CSC 19.640 +0.140 tod name lose lange Kei Con 10.760
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      99 8 Up Down Uncli Up Down Uncli Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 13 1 0 0 0 4 13 1 Manufacturing 58 142 33 11 24 11 69 166 44 Commerce 17 56 19 21 75 12 'St. >r/G ms 11 29 13 29 Finance 10 20
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 112,918 112,918 697,620 697,620 Manufacturing 1,443,854 221,673 1,665,527 1,369,686 23,301 1,392,987 Commerce 371,966 15,623 387,589 344,809 2,497 347,306 r/C( 520,962 1,801 522,763 1,415,847 499 1,416,346 Finance 226,058 20 226,078 2,283,576 2,283,580 Construction 245,312 164,210 409,522 80,244 10, ,107 90,351
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      72 5 CHlNAnimal HEALTHCARE (Incorporated in Bermuda on 10 August 2000) (Company Registration No.: *****) /Pjßmj* CHINA ANIMAL HEALTHCARE LTD. is engaged /99flHKjtf in manufacture, sale and distribution of animal Jamkr W& drugs for poultry livestock in the PRC. The Wh* Mm -w^ ..^Dk Group's products are sold directly to animal drug
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      71 6 /BT As of Friday, 33 SGX-listed companies had released their financial results for the full year ended Dec 2007. They recorded a combined 554,120.5 million in group profits. The breakdown is as follows No. with profits 32 No. with losses 1 losses to profits 1 profits to losses
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      Lock icon Dates of release
      160 6 Full year ended Dec 2007 Aztech Systems Feb 5 S'pore Food Ind Feb 5 Tuan Sing Hldgs Feb 5 VicomLtd Feb 12 NOL Feb l2 StarHub Feb 13 Challenger Tech Feb 14 ComfortDelgro Corp Feb 15 DBS Grp Hldgs Feb 15 SBS Transit Feb 15 Venture Feb
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      Lock icon 2007 – A year of super profits
      972 6  - 2007 A year of super profits ARTHUR SIM CORPORATE EARNINGS Only one out of 33 listed firms which announced full-year results reports loss By [SINGAPORE] Many Singa-pore-listed companies last year enjoyed super profits in line with 2007's buoyant economy, with some doubling their earnings. As of Friday, full-year net earnings
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      Lock icon Scepticism weighs on penny stocks, their China deals
      691 9  -  R SIVANITHY HOCK LOCK SIEW By HAT a difference six months make. It wasn't that long ago that the slightest whiff of a potentially lucrative China deal was enough to send the stock market into a frenzy. Recall, for instance, the massive
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      22 6 VI 'I Hi* V V iff TianPo JEWELLERY Centrepoint Holland Village Vivo City AMK Hub Causeway Point People's Park Complex West Mall
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      108 6 PEOPLE 1 FEBRUARY ISSUE OUT NOW! The second issue of the revamped Pulses is now out at Buzz Pods, major bookstores, selected newsstands and all Spinelli outlets for only $5.50 IN THIS ISSUE How an airline pilot flies high in the stock market Why it doesn't always pay to buy
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      3026 7 as well as the Peace Mark Toumeau joint-venture and strategic partnerships with local players leading the retailing business of luxury watches in Mainland China. The Peace Mark Group has also diversified and expanded into the high-end jewellery market as it now operates two Boucheron stores in Hong Kong and Shanghai
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Switching to public transport
      3584 10 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC Do the new initiatives to transform Singapore's public transport system go far enough? What more needs to be done to convince car owners to make the switch? EHLim CEO Avi-Tech Electronics Ltd THE government's plans to transform our public transport system, by improving
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  • FOCUS: SGX
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      Lock icon The bold promise of Catalist
      2475 12 SGX's new junior board offers fresh hope and support to companies in the early stages of their growth cycle, says YAP LIAN SENG LAUNCHED with much fanfare by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Dec 17 last year, Catalist represents SGX's latest move to promote the
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Keeping tabs on unit trust fees
      786 13 Investors must note that such instruments often come with layers of charges which take a cut out of the principal sum, says CHEN HUIFEN IN LAST week's focus on unit trusts, also known as mutual funds in the United States, we discussed the merits
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      Lock icon Find your dream home easily online
      1037 13 CAMPUS LIFE A new website launched recently, homespace.sg, takes the tedium out of househunting, reports FELDA CHAY HOUSEHUNTING can be a tedious process. It involves going through tiny listings in the classified ads, making phone calls to homeowners or their agents, and going down
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 13 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 13 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 Cool new Muse and healthy fun food
      1538 14  -  Geoffrey Eu Cheah Ui-Hoon NEW RESTAURANT Muse National Museum, 93 Stamford Road #01-01 Tel: 6337-9000 WHEN Muse first opened as a chill-out bar-cum-champagne lounge less than a year ago, we speculated that the focus would be less on the ta-pas-style finger food and
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  • dining out with citibank
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      Lock icon Cantonese food connoisseur
      688 15 POWER Lunch By JAIME EE CHOU Cheng Ngok may devour books for a living as chairman of bookstore chain Popular Holdings, but he also calls himself a "food extinguisher" as long as it falls within his range of favourite foods, he will eat them all. That may
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      Lock icon A touch of fine French at Keong Saik
      740 15  -  Ch&ah Ui-Hoon Nicolas 35 Keong Saik Road Tel: 6224 2404 CHEF Nicolas Joanny isn't a stranger to fine diners who've previously enjoyed his French fare, at the former Intermezzo and briefly, Les Saisons. After a four-year hiatus in Bangkok, chef Joanny has
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Hawkers hold prices, go for volume: minister
      534 16  -  ARTHUR SIM Food CPI up 2.9% in 2007, ahead of Japan, Australia, S Korea in a survey By FOOD price inflation in Singapore is still relatively low, with three-quarters of the hawker stalls surveyed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) saying
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      Lock icon Cheering S'pore on
      524 16  -  SITIZALIZA WARTI By SHOPPERS at Orchard Road saw yellow last Saturday as convenience store chain Cheers stepped up its campaign to support Singapore's bid to host the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010. Local athletes Li Jiawei, Kendrick Lee, Sun Beibei, together with young national badminton
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Bush's 2009 budget will rival record 2004 deficit
      480 16 -LAT-WP Defence to rise 5%; Medicare growth to be slowed, domestic schemes cut: aides [WASHINGTON] President George W Bush will present a budget today that will slow the growth of Medicare and cut or eliminate an array of domestic programmes but still
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      Lock icon ECB expected to stand firm on rates
      558 16 -AFP [FRANKFURT] Faced with record inflation, the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to resist pressure for an interest rate cut when its governing council meets on Thursday, in the wake of moves by the United States Federal Reserve. Despite a spectacular decrease
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      Lock icon Japan's economic slide may be irreversible
      716 16 -AP [TOKYO] As the United States frets noisily about a recession, Japan is quietly enduring a far more fundamental economic slide, one that seems irreversible. This country, which got rich quick in a post-war miracle of manufacturing and alarmed Americans by buying up baubles
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Jakarta rains cause travel chaos, widespread flooding
      529 17 Reuters [JAKARTA] Heavy rains and high tides have caused chaos in Indonesia's capital for three days, highlighting its ailing infrastructure as roads to the airport became impassable and thousands had to abandon their homes or cars. The flooding also led to flight delays
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      Lock icon Limping US needs world's support
      582 17  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT Looking at the scenarios, it will need crutches for a while JOSEPH Conrad might have understood the situation because "the horror" is well and truly upon us. Actually, it's descended principally on the US. After the sub-prime issue comes the reinsurance
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      Lock icon Ruling party likely to get fewer Indian votes: PM Abdullah
      363 17 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the number of votes from Indians for the ruling party will likely drop in the coming polls, a report said yesterday, amid increasing ethnic strife in Malaysia. Ethnic Indians protested against
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      175 17 ls)is£in<j you 09 JVappy /Bunar DCew year 1) D.Ol Commercial Bldg. Lease 999 Yrs. GFA 4910 sq.m. Built 3690 sq.m Plotapprax. 12.6 Good monthly rental returns 2) D.09 7th storey Bldg. Lease Freehold Land 12,000 sq.ft./ Built 32,000 sq.ft Good monthly rental returns 3) 3 Redevelopment Sites at D.19 at
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Bad weather, so cable repair ship stays in port
      488 18 Reuters Abu Dhabi officials disallow ship from sailing to FALCON cable break location [MUMßAl] Bad weather has prevented a repair ship from setting off to mend one of three broken undersea cables providing Internet services to parts of the Middle East
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      Lock icon Hyundai opens second car plant in India
      294 18 -AFP [SRIPERUMBUDUR, Tamil Nadu] South Korean car giant Hyundai Motor Co opened a second plant in India on Saturday, making the country its biggest foreign manufacturing site. The new plant in this town, 50km from the southern city of Chennai, will double Hyundai's
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      Lock icon Govt proposes 25% public stake in listed firms
      300 18 Reuters [MUMBAI] The Indian government on Friday proposed that 25 per cent of a listed company's equity should rest with the public, in a change to stock market listing rules which it said should apply both to government and private firms. A
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      155 18 business Cfass <J)ca[s to (Europe Moscow $3400 Munich Paris London Athens Zurich Rome $3600 Milan Madrid Frankfurt Stockholm Copenhagen $4045 f* ft f& ■rr) Terms Conditions Fares shown are per person for a round trip on Business Class. Sales Period is from 29th January to 27th February 2008. Ticket must
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      1938 18 ADROIT INNOVATIONS LIMITED (Company Registration N0.:*****2554G) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENTHAT an Extraordinary General Meeting of Adroit Innovations Limited (the "Company") will be held at Room 311, Level 3, Suntec Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre, 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City,
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Heavy fog worsens travel disruptions in China
      422 19 -AP Freakish weather now in its 4th week; damage estimated at 53.8b yuan [BEIJING] Heavy fog fell over parts of central China yesterday, further clogging a transport system already paralysed by weeks of snow, a day after one person died in a stampede
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      Lock icon ICBC gets nod to buy 20% stake in S African bank
      359 19 -AP The deal, announced last year, is worth USss.46b: report [BEIJING] China's biggest bank said yesterday it has received approval to buy a 20 per cent stake in South Africa's biggest lender, the latest big-ticket overseas expansion by Chinese
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      448 19 She whispered, "Fling it." I asked, "How high?" HauienLo (21 January to 22 February) That evening, the sumptuous presentation vied tor my attention with the magnificent city views at Hai Tien Lo; the Glitter Abalone and r o ii r tt r i i ii i iii iii Set menus
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  • MIDDLE EAST
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      Lock icon Oman rules out currency reform, dropping of US$ peg
      475 20 Reuters Weaker rial helping investment exports: central bank head [MUSCAT] Gulf oil producer Oman ruled out revaluing its currency or dropping its peg to the dollar any time soon, saying a weaker rial helps attract foreign investment and make exports more
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      Lock icon Arab Banking profit down 38% on sub-prime woes
      267 20 Bloomberg [MANAMA] Arab Banking Corp, a Bahrainbased commercial and Islamic bank, said full-year profit declined 38 per cent because of its holdings that were hurt by the sub-prime crisis in the United States. Net income fell to US$l25 million in 2007 from
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      Lock icon Iran wants crude oil output cut at next Opec meet
      186 20 Reuters, AP [TEHERAN] Iran has caUed for a cut in crude oil output at the next Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) meeting in March as stocks are expected to increase, Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said on Saturday.
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      396 20 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 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
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
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      Lock icon UBS faces probe on sub-prime irregularities: report
      306 21 Reuters Govt prosecutors investigating if it reported inflated prices of securities [CHICAGO] US government prosecutors are investigating whether Swiss banking giant ÜBS misled investors by reporting inflated prices of mortgage-backed securities it held despite knowing those valuations had eroded, The Wall Street Journal
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      Lock icon TMB CEO wants to step down, say bank sources
      291 21 By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THE chief executive and president of TMB Bank, the precarious Thai financial institution in which Singapore's DBS still has a substantial stake, has indicated his intention of stepping down, after years of shareholder demands for a
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      Lock icon GIC to buy Tokyo hotel, says paper
      110 21 Reuters [TOKYO] The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) is set to buy a luxury hotel in Tokyo from Morgan Stanley for around 77 billion yen (Ssl billion), the Nikkei financial daily said yesterday. In a deal likely to be completed late this
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      Lock icon Chase for top positions continue
      303 21 Clipper Ventures OVERNIGHT, the chase for the podium positions continued unabated in the South China Sea. The pack chasing the current race leader Jamaica appear as though they are tied together with a piece of string as they race each other towards the finish in
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      Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
      2831 21 Transaction date: Feb 1 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$ ;on Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific !ank Of E Asia Jeida Jade Bird Jeijing
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      1327 21 Ml POWERMATIC DATA SYSTEMS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) regret J (Company No. *****0414E) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") of the Members of POWERMATIC DATA SYSTEMS LTD (ttie "Company") will be held at 135 Joo Seng Road, #08-01 PM Industrial Building, Singapore *****3
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Strong end to week after a shaky start
      791 22  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT But market resilience does not mean rally; analysts expect volatility By in New York ON both Thursday and Friday last week, stocks recovered from shaky starts to record strong gains by the closing bell, an encouraging sign
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      Lock icon Exxon Mobil beats own record for highest profits
      342 22 -NYT [NEW YORK] By any measure, Exxon Mobil's performance last year was a blowout. The company reported last Friday that it beat its own record for the highest profits ever recorded by any company, with net income rising 3 per cent, to
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      Lock icon Australia may lose F1 race after 2010: report
      234 22 AFP [SYDNEY] Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone says that Melbourne's contract to keep the financially embattled Australian Grand Prix (GP) has little chance of being renewed beyond 2010, reports said yesterday. Mr Ecclestone said that there were better prospects of chasing more
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Business-class fares lift BA's 9-month profit 22%
      580 23 -AP But shares fall 4.2% amid concern about its premium strategy and rising fuel costs [LONDON] British Airways pic (BA) posted on Friday 22 per cent rise in ninemonth net profit amid strong demand for its business class fares shrugging off concerns about
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      Lock icon Rates for Mid-East cargo to Asia may fall for CNY
      321 23 Bloomberg, Reuters [LONDON] The cost of shipping Middle East crude oil to Asia on the world's busiest route for supertankers may curb four days of gains as Chinese New Year approaches, curtailing cargo demand from the region's oil companies. "It's
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      Lock icon Baltic Dry Index up for 3rd day in London
      174 23 Reuters [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, rose for a third day in London on Friday as owners anticipated an increase in Chinese demand for iron ore. The index, which tracks transport costs on international
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
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        Lock icon SGX
        107 23 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.53 0.34 4.41 0.84 2.26 1.01
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        31 23 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd 0.89 9.60 9.50 3.80 2.99 0.26 unch unch 0.05 0.22 -0.01 -0.01 320 2683 1281 2480 109 8
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        12 23 ■oo 'recious Ship Regional Cont 27.50 26.25 0.75 1.25 536: 631
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        11 23 '000 Doil iingamas Cont .45.50 ...2.38 -1.50 -0.14 88) 1491
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        21 23 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.70 38.00 2.28 1.82 0.10 unch -0.12 unch 751 227! 11
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        23 23 Evergreen Marine ...24.05 :irst Steamship 55.40 /Van Hai Lines 23.20 t'ang Ming Marine ..20.00 0.25 3.60 0.25 -0.35 21 8 7 35
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        34 23 '000 :awasakiHvylnd...254.00 -13.00 2893: :awasaki Kisen ....1039.00 12.00 ***** /litsubishi Hvy 422.00 -13.00 3089: /litsui Eng&Sbldg ..342.00 -10.00 1255! /litsuiOsk Lines ..1336.00 42.00 1866! lippon Express 574.00 6.00 669( lipponYusen 905.00 38.00 1566!
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      Lock icon Bolivian plane crash-lands with over 150 aboard, all survive
      317 23 -AP [LA PAZ, Bolivia] A plane carrying more than 150 people crash-landed in a bog in eastern Bolivia last Friday after fierce storms turned it away from its destination and it tried to reach another airport hundreds of miles away, according
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      Lock icon Malpensa seeking US$l.86b in damages from Alitalia
      239 23 Reuters [MILAN] Alitalia faces a US$l.B6 billion damages claim over plans to slash flights at Malpensa airport as the desperate state airline struggles to keep its sale to Air France-KLM on track despite a rival's legal challenge. Italy's outgoing government has called a
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2489 23 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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      310 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS A I J In 4- I 4- I I I I I I" fraudulent (8) HI Hfl HH 9 Team kit (6) _HH__HH__HHHhHB__HH-_HH__HH— herer (o) HH mh HHn^lH HH HH HH 12 Socialist admits new split (4) BJ BJ BJ BJ 14 Deliver children, reportedly BJ BJ
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      8877 24 Week ended: Feb 1 Hii !-wks Tel Low Code Com| Sale ('OOP) Hit Low Bi Seller C'vr P/E $mil 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 29 11 5834 A-Sonic 107 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 13.5 1938 AEI Corp 26 7.5 1100 AEM 42 12.4
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      68 24 Hi< Low Code Com Sale COOP) Hi< Low Bit Seller C'vr P/E 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 398.3 297.5 6009 STI ETF US200d US620C US100C US1120C US1250C 319
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      2238 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Smil Comi >an' Hii 30 11.5 1181 sAAGrp 41.5 18 5000 sABRHIdgs 31 18.5 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 3 1501 s Advanced System 34 27 3518
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      261 24 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      374 25 Feb 1 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminan 1047.1 1.1 -7.5 0.9 -8.3 1.1 -6.7 t EAFE Preliminan 1013.5 1.6 -9.6 1.4 -9.5 1.5 -7.9 Eun Preliminary 1396.7
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      131 25 As at 9am Feb 1 Singapore dollars to one unit if foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Uist dollar 1.2610 1.2760 .an dollar 1.4050 1.4220 luro 2.0940 2.1180 IZ dollar 1.1050 1.1290 Sterlin ind 2.8060 2.8380 )S dollar 1.4090 1.4250 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign
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      Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
      164 25 Feb 1 fer Bii Overnight 1 5/8 1-month 1 3/4 2-months 1 11/16 3-months 1 11/16 Overnight mode: 1 3/4 US$ Offer 1 1/2 1 5/8 1 9/16 1 9/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months Sfr 3.15 3.15
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      23 25 Feb 1 ten STI ;iMSCI Feb 368.1 372.6 370.6 "aiwan Feb 296.1 303.9 302 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 25 Feb 1 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.4137 1.4148 2-months 1.4117 1.4128 3-months 1.4101 1.4114 6-months 1.4054 1.4067 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      290 25 Feb 1 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Mar 08 Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 390.75 394.25 394.25 394.25 394.00 393.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      101 25 Feb 1 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low MarO8 1287.25 1274.50 1298.00 1279.50 May 08 1306.25 1292.50 1316.00 1298.00 Jul 08 1320.00 1307.25 1330.00 1312.00 Aug 08 1308.00 1296.00 1314.00 1303.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low MarO8 54.12 53.72 54.72 53.92 May
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jan 31 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 90.89 -1.12 WTI (Near Mth) 91.55 -0.66 Dubai (1-Mth F) 87.04 -0.44 Tapis blend 97.35 -0.55 Minas 95.3 0.45 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change ire) Naphtha Jet Kerosene 92.20 106.25 -1.70 0.41 US$/barrel Opec
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      467 25 Feb 1 AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.898 6.442 0.603 6.992 35.287 82.465 0.954 8.466 2.902 1.137 56.210 36.296 1.270 6.692 0.968 28.731 29.529 0.451 0.897 Canada 1.113 7.173 0.671
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      88 25 Feb 1 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi, Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****S 02.05.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 1.45 1.49 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hie Day's igh Low 2-Year N5O51OOF 2.625 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year NY*****X
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      Lock icon SIBOR
      70 25 Feb 1 (US$) (SS) 3.***** 1.***** 1 mth 2 mths 3.***** 1.***** 3 mths 3.***** 1.***** 6 mths 3.***** 1.***** 9 mths 2.***** 1.***** 12 mths 2.***** 1.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 1.***** 2mths 1.***** 3mths 1.***** I mths 1.***** 2 mths 1.***** iWAP Mid rates (S$)
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      67 25 Jan 31 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Feb OS 3211 Mar 08 3199 Apr 08 3209 May 08 3206 Total o/p: ***** contracts 3211 3230 3211 200 446 3221 3245 3198 1029 ***** 3232 3253
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      179 25 Feb 1 /oz) Ian GOLD BULLION COINS (S$) Sellini Hong Kong London 923.50 917.00 924.50 918.00 Jan 31 Feb 01 922.60 910.00 923.50 910.90 Source: Reuters (S$) Selling Buying 1 oz 1465.9 1322 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (S$) Selling Buying 10gm $513.60 422 SILVER Selling Buying Bu' rini
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      Lock icon LONDON METALS
      70 25 Feb 1 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2613.20 2673.50 3 months 2655.00 2710.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 7240.50 7230.00 7345.00 7350.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2824.50 3 months 2825.00 2813.50 2820.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3
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      Lock icon LIFFE
      76 25 Feb 1 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Mar 08 1205 1197 1208/1185 May 08 1228 1221 1230/1207 JulO8 1256 1249 1259/1235 SepO8 1240 1231 1243/1220 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 08 2101 Mar 08 2127 2098 2130/2097 May 08 2152 2123 2153/2122 JulO8 2168 2139 2168/2143 SUGAR
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      154 25 Feb 1 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2693 1.2706 0.8967 0.8970 Canadian dollar 1.4134 1.4145 0.9985 0.9986 Euro 2.1061 2.1080 1.4879 1.4882 NZ dollar 1.1158 1.1180 0.7883 0.7893 Sterlinc 2.8173 2.8197 1.9903 1.9906 US
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      348 25 Feb 1 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES MarO8 JunO8 SepO8 DecO8 97.120 97.530 97.575 97.470 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 7662 EUROYEN FUTURES MarO8 99.215 99.220 JunO8 99.400 99.400 SepO8 99.425 99.440 DecO8 99.390 99.410 MarO9 99.345B JunO9 99.275B SepO9 99.210B DecO9
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      4119 25 BONDS WARRANTS Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Code Company Sale +or- ('000) Ratio Price 2036 AdvanceSCT Ltd W*****9 11.5 -3 363 1 87 3747 Allgreen RB ECW*****1 0.5 -2.5 510 0.5 163 2835 Allgreen RBeCW*****6 0.5 -0.5 200 0.5 218 8798 Ascendas REIT SGA ECW*****3 2.5 -6.5 4140 1 248
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon Make data centres energy efficient
      961 30  -  TAN LEE ANN <you say> Going green without a clear strategy will only be corporate window dressing By IT DEPARTMENTS are under increasing scrutiny and pressure to deliver environmentally-sound solutions. Large data centres are one of the most significant energy consumers in an organisation's IT
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        Lock icon Avanade appoints new South-east Asia GM
        70 30 Global IT consultancy firm Avanade Inc has appointed Yeo Guan Kai as its general manager for South-east Asia. He will be responsible for driving business strategies and managing operations in Avanade's South-east Asia markets. Prior to joining Avanade, Mr Yeo spent nearly 20 years
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        Lock icon Springboard names new research director
        53 30 Singapore-based IT research firm Springboard Research has named Bryan Wang as its research director for connectivity research. Mr Wang, who previously worked at research firms In-Stat and Frost Sullivan, will be based in Beijing and will drive Springboard's presence in the key telecom, mobility and
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        Lock icon 3Com bolsters its OSN platform
        97 30 Network equipment maker 3Com has announced that two new applications have been created for its budding Open Services Networking (OSN) platform. Launched last year, the OSN is 3Corn's attempt at creating a networking platform that can run open-source, third-party networking applications. The new applications are
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        Lock icon Management change at StepStone S'pore
        52 30 Step Stone Singapore country manager Weng Loong Leong has left the organisation due to health reasons. Taking over at the helm of the software firm's Singapore office is Yihua Lisa Sun, director of business development (Asia-Pacific). Step Stone Solutions is a global provider of talent
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      Lock icon Medicine verification system in NHG debut
      701 30 Portable scanners aimed at cutting dispensing errors, reports ONG BOON KIAT AN AWARD-win-ning, locally developed medicine verification system will soon help Singapore hospitals further reduce the chance of medication mix-up in hospital wards. Developed by Singapore IT solutions firm The Corporate Machine, or TCM,
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      Lock icon Software would have spotted SocGen fraud: Ilog
      193 30 Bloomberg [PARIS] Fraud-detection systems, such as those used by Hog SA to secure transactions on eßay and on trading floors, could have helped Societe Generale prevent a record trading loss that the bank attributes to a single trader. "Computer technology could have solved
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      Lock icon SAP's Asia Pacific revenue grows 20% to 1.3b euros
      752 31 THE BUSINESS OF INFOCOMM TECHNOLOGY Company expects regional headcount to cross 10,000 by this year, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY German software major SAP AG's Asia Pacific unit, which includes Japan, has emerged as its fastest growing region in the fiscal year
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      Lock icon SAP's new solution for SMBs is here
      529 31 GERMAN software major SAP last week announced the Singapore availability of its new on-demand business solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Called Business ByDesign, it's the "company's most complete and adaptable on-demand business software solution", according to Hans-Peter Klaey, SAP's global head
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      Lock icon Sony Ericsson to expand Asian digital music service by Dec
      600 31  -  ONG BOON KIAT By MOBILE phone vendor Sony Ericsson has announced an ambitious upgrade to its digital content shopping portal and Asian consumers could be downloading songs into their mobile phones and PCs in the second half of this year.
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        Lock icon Nokia Arte now in sapphire finish
        81 31 AVAILABLE this week is the swanky Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte mobile phone. Decked in sapphire gemstone and brown nappa leather, the Sapphire Arte features identical technical specifications as its black-suited brother the earlier-released 8800 Arte. Both are aimed at fashion-conscious consumers, especially those who
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