The Business Times, 31 July 2008

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg •V A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Thursday, July 31,2008
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    Lock icon SMEs, start-ups dive in to swim against the tide
    736 1  -  UMA SHANKARI OH BOON PING It could signal new breed of risk-taking entrepreneurs, unfazed by trying times [SINGAPORE] Things might not look too rosy on the business front, but start-ups and SMEs here still seem undeterred at least for now. New
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    Lock icon 250 m euro carbon trading fund to hit town
    682 1  -  JAMIE LEE It looks at listing, making it the first of its kind in Singapore By [SINGAPORE] A carbon trading fund worth 250 million euros (*****.4 million) could be listed in Singapore soon, making it among the first of such funds
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      43 1 1COMP 1,159.94 +9.14 IIKKEI225 13,367.79 +208.34 IANG SENG 22,690.60 +432.60 ;et index 669.90 -6.83 JAKARTA COM P Closed IANILACOMP 2,583.83 +57.79 ;eoulcomp 1,577.70 +10.50 ;henzhen b 459.67 -3.10 IUMBAI IND 14,287.21 +495.67 12 noon EDT Change )OW 11,505.12 +107.56 IASDAQ 2,331.14 +11.52
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      28 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONGKONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.512 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.00 US 5.00 CANADA 4.75 SWITZERLAND 3.74 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      40 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.368 (US$/S$ per 1.981 2.710 :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.560 2.133 'EN 108.00 78.90 3.263 2.386 IK$ 7.804 5.706 !AHT 33.50 24.49 lUPIAH 9,123 6,670 lENMINBI 6.831 4.994 INDIAN RUPEE 42.44 31.03 1.055 0.771 IZ$ 1.361 0.995
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      95 1 BizlT TAKEOVER OFFER PROPERTY BE INSPIRED Asia-Pac contact Oei Hong Leong bids 4^ Top design consultants Zap for daily inspiration, centres shine for Japan Land mWk or ProJect Win a Zegna Sports Hi PAGE 34 PAGE 2 |jl jL PAGE 40 Gym Kit! PAGE 7 I M M BizlT TAKEOVER
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Uphill climb Down Under for some S'pore investments
      527 2  -  SIOW LI SEN ABC Learning, Australand struggle but Optus manages to hold its own [SINGAPORE] It's not only in the US but in Australia too that the global credit crunch has hurt some of Temasek Holdings' investments. The price of ABC Learning,
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      Lock icon Oei moves for Japan Land, all set to shake things up
      654 2  -  MICHELLE QUAH He offers $0.60 per share, signals he will get rid of chairman [SINGAPORE] Businessman Oei Hong Leong has launched a takeover bid for Japan Land and signalled his intention to remove its chairman as his relationship with
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon End of the road for 174 Seletar colonial homes
        90 2 THE first phase of the $60 million Seletar Aerospace Park project is nearing completion and Phase 2 is about to take off, so the agencies spearheading the redevelopment of the complex have been briefing residents and other tenants about the next
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        Lock icon Keppel Land Q2 profit falls 16% to $52.7m
        67 2 KEPPEL Land said yesterday its second-quarter profit fell 16.4 per cent as it sold fewer homes in Singapore and abroad. Net profit for the three months ended June 30, 2008 fell to $52.7 million from $63 million a year earlier. Revenue fell
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        Lock icon CDL Hospitality Trusts eyes Japan acquisitions
        60 2 CDL Hospitality Trusts, the biggest hotel owner in Singapore, is looking at the Japan market with "great interest" for potential acquisitions as it now offers "pricing levels not seen for many years". It is also mulling whether to spruce up Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade
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        Lock icon CRCT's Q2 distributable income rises 30.4%
        52 2 CAPITALAND unit Capitaßetail China Trust yesterday said its second-quarter distributable income rose 30.4 per cent to $10.5 million, from $8.1 million a year ago, on the back of a new acquisition. Distribution per unit was 1.70 cents, same as in Q2 2007. COMPANY NEWS,
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        Lock icon Malay business chamber chief wins BH Achiever award
        65 2 FOR his success in business and his leadership of the Malay business community, Mohd Zain Abdullah last night received the Berita Harian Achiever of the Year Award. Mr Zain, 52, was elected president of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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        Lock icon SPH, Ufinity plan interactive TV targeted at 18-40's
        47 2 SINGAPORE Press Holdings signed an agreement yesterday with interactive media provider Ufinity to launch RazorTV, a free interactive television service for young people. RazorTV will offer live studio content and on-demand video through the Internet. SINGAPORE NEWS, PAGE 11
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        Lock icon Fed likely to keep interest rates on hold for a while
        85 2 THE US Federal Reserve looks set to keep interest rates on hold for an indefinite period despite disturbingly high inflation, as weak housing markets and tight credit weigh on the economy. However, Fed officials are also watching inflation, which
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        Lock icon Bank Negara move could cost Maybank RM4BOm
        71 2 MALAYAN Banking could lose a RM4BO million (Ss2ol million) deposit over Bank Negara's revocation of its approval for the bank to buy Bank Internasional Indonesia. Although Maybank's shares closed 35 sen or 4.6 per cent higher at RM7.35 yesterday following the central bank
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        Lock icon China investors pine for Olympics honeymoon
        71 2 MANY investors who believed the Beijing Olympics would drive the Shanghai stock index to peaks to rival the Himalayas have lost their shirts. Similarly, those who believe the index might dive as low as 2,008 after the 2008 Games, might miss a big rebound.
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        Lock icon Three award-winning firms to design HDB flats
        68 2 FLAT-BUYERS eyeing Dawson Estate in Queenstown will be spoilt for choice, as upcoming public housing will feature designer looks courtesy of not one, not two, but three local award-winning architectural firms. The Housing Development Board said yesterday that it will appoint SCDA Architects,
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      Lock icon LNG terminal project may be staggered: EMA
      401 2  -  RONNIE LIM Move aims to cut construction and development costs By [SINGAPORE] Rising engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) costs here could lead the developer of Singapore's $1 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to stagger the project to more closely match local demand
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      Lock icon Investors cut Merrill chief some slack despite flip flops
      637 4 Reuters NEWS ANALYSIS After his latest about-face, Merrill's shares rose 7.9% [NEW YORK] MerriU Lynch Co Inc's perennially optimistic chief executive has made something of a habit of promising not to issue common shares, only to raise capital weeks later. So
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      Lock icon End of the road for 174 Seletar colonial homes
      463 4  -  YEN SREENIVASAN As aerospace park takes shape, many 'black-and-white' homes must go [SINGAPORE] The first phase of the $60 million Seletar Aerospace Park (SAP) project is nearing completion and Phase 2 is about to take off, so the agencies spearheading the
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      Lock icon Keppel Land Q2 profit falls 16% to $52.7m
      434 6  -  UMA SHANKARI Lower turnover from home sales, property services and hotels KEPPEL Land, Singapore's third-largest developer by asset-size, said yesterday its second-quarter profit fell 16.4 per cent as it sold fewer homes in Singapore and abroad. Net profit for the three months
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      Lock icon China Eastern to restart SIA talks after Games
      399 6 ■AP Chinese carrier's shares soar 4.7% on report of plan [SHANGHAI] Shares in China Eastern Airlines Corp jumped yesterday after a state-run newspaper reported that the Shanghai-based carrier might resume talks on selling a stake to Singapore Airlines after the Beijing Olympics
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      236 5 ■ML X P4|f Tony Stanton, /^yf T Wm Chief Investment Officer, M^^^m Richard Bernstein, Global Wealth Management, Ch/ef Investment Strategist t f Asia-Pacific "Although the near-term outlook "We expect to see a dramatic might be increasingly volatile, increase in default rates with the longer-term opportunities in the reversal of credit
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon CDL Hospitality Trusts eyes Japan acquisitions
      642 7  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA It's considering sprucing up Orchard arcade or turning it into hotel rooms CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT), the biggest hotel owner in Singapore, is looking at the Japan market with "great interest" for potential acquisitions as it now offers "pricing levels not seen
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      Lock icon M'sian Agrifood appoints SFI exclusive sales agent in S'pore
      208 7 SINGAPORE Food Industries (SFI) has been granted exclusive rights to distribute a range of quality vegetables and fruits from Malaysia by Malaysian Agrifood Corporation Berhad (MAFC). Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two companies, MAFC appointed SFI as its
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      Lock icon Q2 earnings at Kim Eng's Thai unit up 71 %
      327 7 Q2 earnings at Kim Eng's Thai unit up 71 Reuters But outlook murky on political and market uncertainty [BANGKOK] Kirn Eng Securities, Thailand's top stockbroker, reported a 71 per cent rise in second-quarter earnings yesterday, slightly below expectations. Higher average daily turnover boosted quarterly results but the firm's outlook remains
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      Lock icon At a glance
      262 7 6 months ended June 2008 3 months ended June 2008 BapB BBSB BapB B5SB 1 KeppelLand 112.96 125.48 I -10.0 I 458.99 I 654.57 -29.9 I 52.68 63.01 -16.4 I 185.91 359.15 I -48.; 2 CDLHTrust 48.58 27.14 79.0 57.43 38.72 48.3 25.02 14.83 68.7 29.54 20.75
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      Lock icon Is CMT morphing from pure retail play into a mixed Reit?
      829 7  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA CAPITAMALL TRUST (CMT), Singapore's first real estate investment trust when it listed in 2002, has enduring appeal. Six years since its flotation and with another 20 contenders in the Singapore Reit (S-Reit) market today, CMT remains Singapore's
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      Lock icon CRCT's Q2 distributable income rises 30.4%
      450 7  -  UMA SHANKARI By CAPITALAND unit Capitaßetail China Trust (CRCT) yesterday said that its sec-ond-quarter distributable income rose 30.4 per cent to $10.5 million, from $8.1 million a year ago, on the back of a new acquisition. Distribution per unit (DPU) was 1.70 cents the
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI snaps four-day losing streak
      570 8  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS AFTER losing 92 points in four consecutive days of selling, the Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday rose 38.95 points to 2,925.5, thanks mainly to an overnight bounce on Wall Street that afforded some relief to equity markets everywhere. However, caution was still
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      92 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 10 2 3 0 0 0 10 2 3 lanufacturing 66 35 57 15 72 37 72 Commerce 29 12 20 33 16 23 )t/Stor/Comms 23 25 :inance 18 18 Construction 11 'roperties 15 14 15
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      118 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 24,266 24,266 59,914 59,914 lanufacturing 285,217 12,938 298,155 248,264 1,348 249,612 lommerce 44,352 24,777 69,129 36,954 9,644 46,598 'pt/Stor/Comms 74,946 1,689 76,635 250,969 566 251,535 :i nance 36,395 36,395 299,834 299,834 lonstruction 28,077 4,614 32,691 4,667 242 4,909 'roperties
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      103 8 lapitaLand 5.690 +0.030 Olam 2.270 +0.090 lapitaMall 3.040 S IA 15.820 +0.440 jtyDev 11.400 +0.300 SGX 6.900 +0.070 losco Corp 3.070 +0.010 SIAEngg 3.190 -0.060 IBS Grp 19.320 +0.280 SPH 4.020 +0.030 :&N 4.480 +0.080 ST Engg 2.760 +0.060 ient Intl 0.575 +0.005 SembCorp Ind 4.480
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      943 8 Capita Land July 30 close: $5.69 JPMORGAN, July 30 AUSTRALAND'S rights issue is an adverse signal: Capita Land is committing As3o2 million (***** million) for its share of a renounceable 1-for-l rights issue by 54 per cent-owned Australian subsidiary Australand. If all Australand minorities do not take up
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      Lock icon Asian currencies fall ahead of US data
      533 8 Reuters CURRENCIES [SINGAPORE] Most Asian currencies fell against a stronger US dollar yesterday as investors held back from placing risky bets in the region ahead of US economic data, including an employment report due later in the week. However, the Philippine peso and
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIME INDEX
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      61 8 Jul 30 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -15.00+140.0 BT CADI -*****.00+108.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -2.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 694.20 +6.76 FTSE ST Small Cap 581.43 +1.48 FTSE ST All Share 732.15 +8.43 FTSE ST China Top 412.84 +0.03 FTSE ST China 403.63 +0.21 UOB Catalist 131.60
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      59 8 VOLUME JiutianC 47,364,000 China Honqxinq 31,554,000 Golden Agri 30,949,000 Ocean us 21,214,000 KencanaAqri 19,685,000 DBS DBeCWOBIII7 18,775,000 Sing Tel 16,489,000 Abterra 15,740,000 ChinaNTown 15,229,000 Li Henq 15,208,000 VALUE(S) S I A 106,244,240 UOB 72,958,849 DBS Grp 69,363,200 SGX 64,906,180 Sing Tel 58,794,695 Capita Land 51,049,810 Keppel Corp
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      Lock icon RISES
      102 8 China H 10US$ CLOSE UP 1612 87.5 4.1 IMH 3040 62.9 1. India Ni 10 1396 56.0 4.2 lardine C&C 1718 48.0 2. I A 1582 44.0 2. ilA 200 1580 44.0 2. lUE 1308 38.0 3.' At 1140 30.0 2.7 iBS Gri 1932 28.0 1. ISH 1688 27.4
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      Lock icon FALLS
      111 8 CLOSE DOWN LD 10US$ 9030-188.7 -1.5 ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 ***** -20.0 -0.2 i PC 638 -15.0 -2.3 iwiber 188 -12.0 -6.0 .oscoCori ;NPeCW***** -9.5 -61.3 Bri tWor 44.5 -7.5 -14.4 ;TI 3050BNPePW*****9 43 -7.0 -14.0 ilanMEReCW***** 21.5 -6.5 -23.2 iATSvcs 186 -6.0 -3.1 ilAEl 319 -6.0 -1.8 BY PERCENTAGE
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      84 8 Where S! stands Jul 30 CHNG CLOSE FR Jul 29 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.3680 -0.25 1.4542 1.3457 Euro 2.1323 0.68 2.2064 2.0474 Pounds 2.7107 0.36 2.8431 2.6568 1.2948 0.88 1.3251 1.2349 ren* 1.2681 -0.05 1.4484 1.2619 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.23 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.0860 -0.34 4.4299 4.0190
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      Lock icon OCBC ups SME ante in Ubi
      430 9  -  EMILYN YAP It opens full-service business banking centre in the area OCBC Bank has invested heavily in servicing corporate clients and aims to grow its business in the small and medium enterprises (SME) segment. The bank has spent more than $10 million in the
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Green Dot weighing options on SCS stake
        73 9 GREEN Dot Capital has informed Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) that it is evaluating options with respect to its stake in the company. SCS' board, however, cautioned that there is no assurance that any transaction will materialise arising from the evaluation. Shareholders and investors
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        Lock icon S'pore Shipping Q1 profit down 32%
        95 9 SINGAPORE Shipping Corp (SSC) said yesterday that net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2008, slipped 32.4 per cent to $1.48 million from $2.19 million in the previous corresponding quarter. Revenue also fell 22.5 per cent to $2.5 million from $3.28 million.
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        Lock icon Stamford Land posts 18% fall in Q1 profit
        72 9 STAMFORD Land's net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2008, fell 18.2 per cent to $5.67 million. Revenue for the period dropped 17.3 per cent to $60.6 million as no revenue from the sale of residential properties was recognised. Stamford
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        Lock icon Meghmani Q1 profit soars 76%
        90 9 MEGHMANI Organics reported yesterday that its net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2008, rose 76 per cent to 141.2 million rupees (554.5 million) from 80.3 million rupees previously. Revenue increased 86 per cent to 2.08 billion rupees from 1.1 billion rupees. Earnings
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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        Lock icon Major breakthrough in Alzheimer's treatment
        75 10 TAURX, a Singapore-based start-up, has announced a new treatment which appears to slow the progress of Alzheimer's disease by 81 per cent over a year. Rember targets tangles, the abnormal fibres of protein which destroy nerve cells associated with memory. The results of the second
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        Lock icon NUS wins awards for safety and health
        59 10 NUS has won the prestigious Award of Merit for its entry in the Complete Environmental, Health and Safety Programme Competition. It was presented at the International Conference on Campus Safety, Health and Environment Management in St Louis, Missouri, on Monday. NUS is the
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      Lock icon Malay business chamber chief wins BH award
      384 10  -  I MELISSA YEO Mohd Zain Abdullah becomes Malay daily's latest Achiever of the Year FOR his success in business and his leadership of the Malay business community, Mohd Zain Abdullah last night received the Berita Harian Achiever of the Year Award. The award,
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      Lock icon NEA grades water quality of beaches, reservoirs
      422 10  -  DIONDI TAN Pasir Ris beach found not suitable for swimming TO swim or not to swim. That is the gist of the water quality advisories that the National Environmental Agency will post regarding six of Singapore's most popular beaches, and all of its
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      Lock icon Maybank ups bond issue to $600m after huge demand
      355 10  -  SIOW LI SEN Bank's maiden S$ bonds will pay interest of 6% MAYBANK's maiden Singa-pore-dollar bond issue, which closed yesterday oversubscribed, will pay 6 per cent interest. Malaysia's largest bank decided to upsize the issue to $600 million, after demand came
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      Lock icon Over 50% of workers would like to pursue further studies
      289 10 A third of S'poreans have doubts about their career: survey MORE than 50 per cent of workers in Singapore would have studied something different after leaving school if they had had the chance. And a third have doubts about the
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      Lock icon Singaporeans bank on quality of service
      278 10  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By POOR customer service is the quickest way to send Singaporeans shopping for a new bank. And losing a local branch is another key factor, a MasterCard Worldwide survey has found. Three in five Singaporeans would switch banks if they found customer
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      Lock icon SPH, Ufinity to launch interactive TV service targeted at 18-40's
      377 10  -  DIONDI TAN SPH Search teams up with NUS on R&D into methods for sourcing information SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) signed an agreement yesterday with interactive media provider Ufinity to launch RazorTV, a free interactive television service for young people. RazorTV
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      Lock icon IDM start-ups to get boost from i.MATCH initiative
      231 10 LOCAL Interactive Digital Media (IDM) start-ups and companies will be getting a boost in their pockets from the Singapore government, thanks to the i.MATCH initiative, which is aimed at bridging funding gaps in the local IDM sector. RAdm (NS) Lvi Tuck Yew,
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      44 10 www.audi.com.sg Jj //^"T/^ To be ahead, Audi is always on the move. In 2007, the Audi R8 was launched using the lightweight, aluminum Audi Space Frame®and it changed the way we move. On August Ist1 st 2008, Audi technology is on the move again.
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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      Lock icon To the shores of Tripoli
      989 11 Libya presents great prospects for investors who are willing to go the distance, reports CHUANG PECK MING THE political connection has been made. The next step is business. But even as the political engagements were made, business was already on the cards when Singapore's Foreign
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      Lock icon Reaching out to the rest of the world
      541 11 Libya is undergoing a gradual process of liberalisation IN a turning point for the Libyan economy, the government of Muammar al-Gaddafi passed a law in 1997 that allows foreign investors to "participate alongside the private sector". It was perhaps the first step
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      Lock icon Libya enters a new chapter
      703 12 Since 1997, Libya has been taking steps to open up to foreign businesses, reports CHUANG PECK MING LIBYA has long been shunned by the international community as a sponsor of terrorism. But according to Said Hoderi of the Libyan National Economic Development Board, foreign companies
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      Lock icon Pros and cons of 3 different routes into country
      644 12 SINGAPORE companies can set up a presence in Libya in one of three ways open a representative office; establish a local branch of the company; and strike a joint venture. Each of these, says Abdalla Hasse of the BA Group, a
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      562 13 Reuters Falling oil prices may have eased the central bank's inflation fears [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve looks set to keep interest rates on hold for an indefinite period despite disturbingly high inflation, as weak housing markets and tight
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      492 13 Reuters COLLAPSE OF WTO TALKS Japan says China, India must display more responsibility [BEIJING] China yesterday blamed "selfish" wealthy Western nations for the latest failure to conclude long-running talks to free up global trade, while Asian rival Japan pointed the finger at the
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon KL may subsidise fuel for another decade: minister
      397 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's government may subsidise petrol at the pumps for another decade in an attempt to regain public support, limiting its ability to cut the budget deficit. "If we can fix the economy and make the turn, then 10 years
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      767 14  -  PAULINE NG Maybank may lose deposit paid for Bank Internasional Indonesia MALAYAN Banking could lose a RM4BO million (Ss2ol million) deposit over Bank Negara's revocation of its approval for the bank to buy Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII). Although Maybank's shares closed 35 sen
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      298 14 -AP [JAKARTA] Two alleged Indonesian terror leaders were headed to Iraq to seek help from Al-Qaeda, according to a seized laptop that indicates regional militants are cash-strapped but determined to rebuild international links, security officials say. Abu Husna and Agus Purwantoro are reputed to
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      2261 14 VOL ('000) Jul 30 RM \&M Realty 0.46 \bricBhd 0.17 \dvance Synergy 0.10 \dventa Bhd 0.91 \e Multi Hldgs 0.21 \ffin Holdings 1.81 \hmad Zaki Resou 0.75 \icCorp 0.51 \irasia Bhd 1.15 \kn Technology 0.42 \lliance Financi 2.75 \luminium Co 0.95 \malgamated Ind 0.49 \mmb Hldgs Bhd 3.26
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      Lock icon Mah Sing's Q2 profit surges 82%
      136 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Mali Sing Group Bhd has reported an 82 per cent increase in net profit to RM37.3 million (5515.6 million) for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008, compared with RM20.4 million in the previous corresponding period. In a statement yesterday, the
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      194 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SINGAPORE PACIFIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES PTELTD (Company No: *****0162G) (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 the Final Meeting of
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      1230 14 Financial One Corp. (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands on 10 March 2006) (Company Registration Number: CF-*****6) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM") of the members of the Company will be held on Monday, 18 August 2008 at No. 362 Rueiguang
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      325 15 US senator says those who refuse face retaliation [WASHINGTON] Foreignowned hotels in China face the prospect of "severe retaliation" if they refuse to install government software that can spy on Internet use by hotel guests coming to watch the summer Olympic games, a
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      564 15 Reuters Chinese stocks are down 45% this year; Games could give a lift to sentiment [HONG KONG] Many investors who believed the Beijing Olympics would drive the Shanghai stock index to peaks to rival the Himalayas have lost their shirts. Similarly, those who believe the
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      558 15 Bloomberg Central bank targets inflation and not growth, say analysts [NEW DELHI] India's central bank put the battle against inflation before economic growth in governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy's final interest-rate decision, spurring speculation of further increases in borrowing costs. The Reserve Bank of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Merrill's fire sale puts spotlight on other banks
      682 16 -AP They may have to lower their CDO valuations, take on additional charges [NEW YORK] Somehow, US$4.4 billion just evaporated at Merrill Lynch. Less than two weeks ago, Merrill Lynch valued the toxic mortgage investments on its books at US$ll.l billion. Now,
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      177 16 Reuters [LONDON] British bank Lloyds TSB's first-half profit dropped 70 per cent from a year ago as it took a £585 million (551.58 billion) hit from its exposure to risky assets and adverse volatility in its insurance arm. Britain's fifth biggest bank said its
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      7898 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS 2.035/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1.331/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.89/ APS Alpha Fund (USD) 0.65/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.9626/ APS Komaba
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      1881 17 I I4 ji ]»T JI Land I Keppel Land Limited Co Reg No: *****0001G (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2008 3. PROSPECTS The Directors of Keppel Land Limited announce the following unaudited results of the Group for the half
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Washington details borrowing plans to tackle budget deficit
      569 18 AP.AFP It will raise USs27b by selling a new 10-year note and a new 30-year bond [WASHINGTON] The Bush administration gave details yesterday on how it plans to borrow the billions of dollars it will need to cope with the soaring budget
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      515 18 Reuters [PHILADELPHIA] With a record volume of international takeovers of US companies, it almost appears America itself is up for sale. The weak US dollar and slumping stock prices of US companies have created a window of opportunity for international buyers to snatch up
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      454 18 ■AFP [TOKYO] Japan said yesterday that industrial output slid a worse-than-expected 2.0 per cent in June from the previous month, fanning fears that Asia's largest economy could be slipping into a recession. It was the first decrease in production in two months, the
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon British Airways and Iberia plan merger
      743 19 NYT More mergers likely as airlines grapple with slow growth and high fuel costs [PARIS] British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia announced a merger plan on Tuesday in what would be the first major alliance between European carriers since the recent surge in oil
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      Lock icon Safety probe fingers oxygen tank as cause of Qantas blast
      579 19 -AP [CANBERRA] A packed Qantas jetliner lost the use of crucial flight instruments after an oxygen cylinder exploded in its hold last week, blasting a large hole in its fuselage, an air safety investigator said yesterday. The explosion last Friday
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      Lock icon 'Window's closing' on Boeing wage talks
      539 19 Bloomberg Firm has till Sept 3 to accept new union pact or face strike [CHICAGO] Boeing Co, in labour negotiations with its machinists, is running out of time to offer improved wages and benefits to avoid a strike, according to the union for the
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      Lock icon EADS H1 operating profit soars
      132 19 -AFP [PARIS] The European aerospace group EADS, which controls Airbus, yesterday reported tripling of first-half operating profit, but also announced a new cost-cutting programme later this year. EADS, already in the throes of a vast restructuring to overcome deep problems brought to light by delays
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      2465 19 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI 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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      224 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD round broken guitar (8) 27 Housework perhaps that's shattering dignity (7) 6 Puffer inside carriage once 23 Put into a grave situation (6) 28 Replacement team in <6> 26 Unusually fine (4) Church of Scotland had ap- 7 One wlth Elsle. sa Y. has re" proval from BSI
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  • GLOBAL BRAND FORUM
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      Lock icon The maverick approach
      787 21 Shifting consumer preferences have enormous implication for marketers; it is revolutionising the way branding works, writes lyimette khoo IN A world of "manufaketure", where mass manufacture of products have created an epidemic of sameness, mavericks are indispensable. "If you look around, all malls look the same; most
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      619 21 HARRY Hui joined PepsiCo International as chief marketing officer in January 2007 to manage PepsiCo International's marketing across the full portfolio of its beverage brands in China. The brands under his management include Pepsi Cola (China's No 1 cola drink), Gatorade, Tropicana, Dole, 7UP and
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      Lock icon SIA stays the course with its branding strategy
      1087 23 Branding is all about the substance behind the icon, reports lyiuette khoo THERE was much anticipation over how Singapore Airlines (SIA) ads would look since American advertising agency TBWA took over the coveted account from Singapore- based agency Batey the name behind
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      Lock icon Empowering consumers pays off for StarHub
      652 23  -  i LYNN KAN HUBBING Star Hub's unique branding concept has revolutionised the way Singaporeans communicate with each other and the world. Essentially, a bundling of various services like cable TV, broadband and mobile services has allowed Singaporeans to do multiple things across platforms, much
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      Lock icon Wikipedia – a global name built without spending
      911 25 Wikipedia a global name built without spending It has made producers out of consumers by enabling anyone to edit the work, writes lyimette khoo BRANDS are usually built over a long period of time with a consistent investment of advertising dollars to entrench it in the market. Wikipedia, however, is
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      Lock icon A brand new world for SMEs
      865 25  -  MELISSA YEO Spring Singapore offers tips and resources for creating a successful brand By IN the escalating battle to win customers, a strong brand identity gives all companies a competitive edge. But for a small or medi-um-sized enterprise (SME), good branding is even more
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      Lock icon Harry Hui's art of branding in China
      1138 27 Strategy in China needs to take on a segmented approach, reports lyimette khoo HOW often have we heard that China is as culturally diverse as a whole group of different countries. This certainly has much bearing on how marketers develop new brands in
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      Lock icon CORUM: staying as the vanguard of design
      572 27  -  LYNN KAN WATCH house CORUM has undergone significant winds of change since last year as it seeks to reposition its branding, with design as the vanguard. Its four core watch series the Admiral's Cup, Romulus, Golden Bridge and Artisans series are the foundation
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      Lock icon STAR aims for the stratosphere
      581 27  -  DIONDI TAN By AS an international television broadcaster and as an old hand in the business, STAR is very familiar with using the concept of branding to further its own business. This year, STAR has become one of the media partners of the Global Brand
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      354 22 fof In 1957, a young m guy named Al Golin placed a cold call to Enabling Enterprise -Big companies tend to see an entrepreneur named Ray ICroo, things the way they are. m m Entrepreneurs tend to see things the way they could be. who had a handful of hamburger
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      105 24 Your tomorrow E mm starts here today Idl 'iU |is More often than not, it takes a different breed to lead-to take awwg--^ Mfcri: tnat bo\d step into the unknown, and to create instead of follow. S|||j W I a y Just like the revolutionary filmmaker Spike Lee and Wikipedia
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  • SHIPPING/TRANSPORTATION
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      Lock icon Hanjin Q2 profit rises 20% on higher rates
      441 28 J Bloomberg Brisk bulk market, growing China exports to Europe also boost earnings [SEOUL] Hanjin Shipping, South Korea's largest shipping line, boosted sec-ond-quarter profit 20 per cent after charging more for carrying containers and commodities. Net income rose to 77 billion won
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      Lock icon Delta Air doubles fee for 2nd checked bag to US$5O
      419 28 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines Inc has doubled the fee for checking a second bag on domestic flights to US$5O each way the most of any of the six biggest US carriers to defray record spending on jet fuel. Tuesday's
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      Lock icon US carriers may need further 5% cut in local seats: AirTran
      332 28 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] AirTran Holdings Inc chief executive officer Bob Fornaro said that the largest US airlines may have to cut an additional 5 per cent of their domestic seats should oil stay at more than US$l2O a barrel. "Many
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      Lock icon Manila port operator's profit rises
      66 28 Bloomberg [MANILA] Manila International Container Terminal Services Inc, the largest Philippine port operator, boosted second-quarter profit 6 per cent, as economic growth fuelled sea-cargo traffic. Net income rose to 784 million pesos (5524.3 million) from 736 million pesos a year earlier, the Manila-based company said
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        102 28 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.61 0.36 3.07 0.77 1.96 1.21 0.06 unch 1.40
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        31 28 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd 0.77 8.65 8.65 3.72 3.04 0.17 -0.01 -0.25 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.01 10 400 2461 358 47 207
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        12 28 '00 ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 17.80 15.50 unch unch 927 107
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        11 28 '000 Doil iingamas Cont .38.50 ...1.90 0.80 -0.01 1115 478
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        18 28 Evergreen Marine ....20.50 :irst Steamship 63.30 /VanHai Lines 18.85 fang Ming Marine...19.35 unch 1.30 -0.05 0.50 1i
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        37 28 '000 'en :awasaki Hvy Ind ..292.00 1.00 7416 :awasaki Kisen 885.00 5.00 5626 /litsubishi Hvy 493.00 3.00 ***** /litsui Eng&Sbldg...339.00 -1.00 5697 /litsuiOsk Lines ...1434.00 14.00 6469 lippon Express 499.00 20.00 3523 lipponYusen 940.00 20.00 7504
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      Lock icon Overseas Shipholding profit up 10%
      249 28 Bloomberg Higher rates for oil carriers, dry-bulk vessels lift earnings [LONDON] Overseas Shipholding Group Inc, the largest US-based oil-tanker owner, said second-quarter profit rose 10 per cent on higher rates for its oil carriers and dry-bulk vessels. Net income rose to US$B6.9 million, or US$2.Bl
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      Lock icon Railway costs may add 17% to Oakajee port outlay
      449 28 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Oakajee Port Rail Pty, a venture of Murchison Metals Ltd and Mitsubishi Corp, said that its planned port in Western Australia for iron ore exports may cost 17 per cent more after adding on the cost of trains and
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      921 28 I STRAITS/NEW ZEALAND DISCUSSION AGREEMENT NOTICE TO TRADE PEAK SEASON SURCHARGE FROM SOUTH EASTASIAAND SOUTH ASIA TO NEW ZEALAND In order to maintain the level of service demanded during the peak season, the following lines wish to inform the trade that a Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) of U*****.00 per 20'
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Threat of new Persian Gulf war still alive
      485 29 THE decision by the Bush administration to have US Undersecretary of State William Burns, the third-ranking person in the State Department, sit in the same room with Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and high-ranking diplomats from five other countries in Geneva, and
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      997 29  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Unthinking pursuit at odds with preservation of the environment and ecological balance SCARCELY a day passes when I, like thousands of other journalists and analysts, do not use the term "economic growth" in writing reports and analyses. We employ these words
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      772 29  -  FRANK CHING THE BOTTOM LINE AFTER long months of controversy, the Olympics summer games will finally open in Beijing next week. However, the world's eyes are not on the athletes but on the Chinese authorities and the way they handle protests, which
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      950 30  -  G PANICKER T Boone Pickens is running a campaign to lower US oil dependence by harnessing natural gas and wind power TEXAS oilman T Boone Pickens is making waves in the US with his energy evangelism. He is spending millions of his own money in a
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      Lock icon 'Made in China' economies an illusion for some companie
      1183 30  -  SYLVIA WESTALL Reuters They fail to take account of the total cost of business there, including training, time delays, production monitoring and quality control By WAFTS of golden fluff whirl in the air as Irene Basan wedges a bundle of material
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8516 31 Transaction date: Jul 30 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hi 1 Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E MCap $mil Hii Coi 5716 1st Software 19.5 5.5 3148 STelecom 25 8 5834 A-Sonic 110 100 6389 ABF SG Bond
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      71 31 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Day lh Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi _H|< 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 6200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 6097 IS MSCI Spore 6101 ISS&P500 US200 US6200 US1000 US***** 250 6170
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      1788 31 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol C000] Day Last Quote Low Buyer Seller Div GrVkl Net MCap Cvr P/E $mil Comi Hii 20 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 32 15 5000 s ABR Hldgs 32 18 8538 s APStrategic 13 2.5 1501 s Advanced System 38 19
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      215 31 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalist N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      367 32 In local curr In S$ In US1 %dy %yr dy yr dy yi Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jul29 World Index Preliminary 941.9 0.5 -16.8 0.6 -19.4 0.1 -15.2 EAFE Preliminai 892.8 -0.3 -20.3 -0.7 -21.0 -1.1 -16.! Euroi Prelim inan 1208.8 0.2
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      131 32 As at 9am Jul 30 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2900 1.3060 Can dollar 1.3270 1.3440 Euro 2.1200 2.1430 NZ dollar 1.0000 1.0230 Sterlini 2.6920 2.7240 US dollar 1.3600 1.3760 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      169 32 Jul3o $S Offer Overnight 1/16 1-monfli 13/16 2-months 1 3-months 1 1/8 Overnight mode: 3/16 US$ Offer PAR 11/16 7/8 1 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 2.65 2.65 2.85 3.05 3.20 3.30 3.50 Offer 2.55 2.55 2.75
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      23 32 Jul 30 ten STI SIMSCI Aui 358.2 360 357.4 Taiwan Aui 270.2 271.2 268.2 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      20 32 Jul3o Bid Offer 1-month 1.3651 1.3657 2-months 1.3630 1.3637 3-months 1.3610 1.3617 6-months 1.3556 1.3565 Source: OCBC
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      155 32 Jul3o Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2960 1.2969 0.9477 0.9481 Canadian dollar 1.3373 1.3383 0.9779 0.9784 Euro 2.1329 2.1339 1.5597 1.5600 NZ dollar 1.0039 1.0055 0.7341 0.7351 Sterlin. md 2.7093 2.7106 1.9812 1.9816 US
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      314 32 Jul3o OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO8 DecO8 MarO9 JunO9 96.8400 96.6450 ***** 7514 7489 2967 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES SepO8 99.145 99.155 DecO8 99.120 99.120 MarO9 99.085 99.085 JunO9 99.020 99.020 SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 99.145 99.120 99.085 99.020 99.150 99.120 99.080 99.015 98.950
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES RUBBER
      284 32 Jul 30 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Aug 08 Sep 08 Oct08 NOV08 Dec 08 Jan/Mar 09 434.25 430.00 425.25 423.75 422.00 420.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig g|i Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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      98 32 Jul29 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 08 1384.25 1400.25 1387.00 1358.00 Sep 08 1386.25 1396.25 1388.00 1353.00 Nov 08 1391.00 1396.00 1394.00 1353.00 Jan 09 1408.25 1413.25 1410.00 1372.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 08 57.83 59.30 57.97 57.30 Sep
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      76 32 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul29 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 122.64 -3.4 WTI (Near Mth) 122.20 -2.34 Dubai (1-Mth F) 122.73 0.66 Tapis blend 135.5 0.15 Minas 130.4 0.15 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 117.95 156.60 1.65 0.6 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      852 33 Datacraft global survey this year shows that they also rate higher on customer satisfaction, compared to the global average, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SINGAPORE and Asia-Paci-fic-based contact centres provide higher human agent interaction to their customers than the global average, and they
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      363 33  -  ONG BOON KIAT By A COLLECTION of licences that promises to help artists and musicians thrive in today's new media landscape where copyright protection is increasingly challenged by media mash-up, viral You Tube marketing and other Web 2.0 trends has now been ported to
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      615 33  -  ONG BOON KIAT Six facilities to form cloud computing research test bed THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)has joined hands with three tech giants and three other prominent institutions to set up a research initiative to study one of
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      403 33 -AP [SAN FRANCISCO] Thomson Reuters Corp must remove a crucial layer of software from its instant messaging service on Friday under a federal court order that threatens to disrupt communications within dozens of stock brokerages and banks. The decision issued on Tuesday
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  • PROPERTY
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      804 38 Bloomberg Share slide, global credit crunch could push property prices down, say analysts [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's apartment transactions may fall to a 10-month low in July, then drop further, on concerns that accelerating inflation and a slumping stock market may push
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      422 39  -  EMILYN YAP SCDA, WOHA and Surbana named consultants for Dawson Estate flats FLAT-BUYERS eyeing Dawson Estate in Queenstown will be spoilt for choice, as upcoming public housing will feature designer looks courtesy of not one, not two, but three local award-winning architectural firms. The Housing
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      231 39 FRASERS Hospitality, the hospitality arm of property group Frasers Centrepoint. said yesterday that it will provide technical and advisory services for a "gold-standard" serviced residence project in Kuala Lumpur. The project, Fraser Place Kuala Lumpur, is in the Malaysian capital's "Golden Triangle", where
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      465 40 Reuters Brokerage fees hit as sales dry up due to global credit market crunch [NEW YORK] CB Richard Ellis Group Inc, the world's largest commercial real estate brokerage, said quarterly net income plunged 88 per cent, partly on lower brokerage fees from sales
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      359 40 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Jones Lang LaSalle Inc, the world's sec-ond-largest commercial real estate broker, said that second-quarter profit fell 67.6 per cent as borrowing costs increased for apartment buildings, offices and retail properties. Net income declined to U5525.5 million, or 73 US
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      1130 41 Health, as well as beauty, is in the skin, as CLARISSA TAN finds out from two doctors BEAUTY may only be skin deep, but it's not superficial to take a good look at the skin. The epidermis layer is one of the best and most
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      160 41 NOVENA Medical Center Singapore's Most Modern Medical Centre Has Arrived. r Designed to offer the best healthcare experience in the region, Novena Medical Center is laid out for easy navigation. Interlinked medical suites, laboratory and day surgery area also the first in Singapore to complement medical healthcare with intelligent infrastructure.
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      15 41 This is the seventh of a 12-part series brought to you by NOVENA Medical Center
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