The Business Times, 4 October 2008

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    12 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES OCT4-5, 2008 Ssl.oo ■IP*ANSPH PUBLICATION MICA(P) 198/08/2008 www.businesstimes.com.sg
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Smells like recession
    921 1  -  Conrad Tan Lawmakers okay USs7oob rescue plan but credit crunch knocks out economy By conradt@sph.com.sg Singapore I HE bailout package has a nice ring to it, but economists now say that it is nowhere near enough to get the global or even the US economy out of
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      134 1 Hi pi MOTORING raffles conversation WEALTH j||b Audi TTS: Special in THE COMING AGE OF Emerging markets: W ppll^^^"^^^^^ everyway L2O INFLATION 8-9 The long view 30-31 8 887 si *****! NEW BLOOD SGX chief exec to step down Hsieh Fu Hua thinks that someone with greater energy and a
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  • TOP STORIES
    • MARKETS
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        42 2 KL COMP 1,016.70 -1.98 NIKKEI 225 10,938.14 -216.62 HANG SENG 17,682.40 -528.71 SET 590.05 -7.64 JAKARTA Closed MANILA 2,566.21 -46.68 KOSPI Closed SHENZHEN B Closed MUMBAI IND 12,526.32 -529.35 12nnnn EDT Chnnw 12noon EDT Change DOW 10,670.42 +187.57 NASDAQ 2,029.35 +52.63
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 SINGAPORE 5,38 MALAYSIA 6,72 HONG KONG 5,25 INDONESIA 15,938 TAIWAN 6,316 JAPAN 1,875 KOREA 9,33 BRITAIN s^oo US 5,00 CANADA 4,75 SWITZERLAND 3,58 INDIA 13,75 Source- Blooi
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        41 2 US$ 'S$ ler US$; 1.449 ;us$. 1.771 2.567 EURO. ;us$/s$/i 1.386 2.008 YEN 105.00 72.50 RM 3.463 2.389 HK$ 7.770 5.361 BAHT 34.24 23.62 RUPIAH 9,430 6,507 RENMINBI 6.845 4.723 NDIAN RUPEE 46.97 32.41 A$ 1.288 0.889 NZ$ 1.509 1.041
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      Lock icon Job numbers raise spectre of deep recession in US
      324 2 AP, Reuters LATEST US DATA Washington US employers slashed payrolls by 159,000 in September, the most in more than five years, a worrisome sign that the economy is hurtling toward a deep recession. The Labor Department's fresh snapshot, released yesterday, also
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      Lock icon SGX's Hsieh Fu Hua to step down next year
      474 4  -  Jamie Lee Search for CEO's successor to start soon; board will consider candidates from within the management team and externally By leejamie@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will begin its search for a new chief executive after Hsieh Fu Hua indicated
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    • Article
      Lock icon AIG to morph into global property, casualty firm
      709 4 AP, Bloomberg, AFP It will sell non-core business units to pay off USsBsb govt loan CHARLOTTE, North Carolina INSURER American International Group said yesterday that it plans to sell off its "non-core" business units to pay off its massive government loan. The
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      Lock icon Asian money rates surge on credit concerns
      647 5 Bloomberg Hong Kong and Tokyo three-month interbank rates rise to the highest levels in over nine months Sydney ASIAN banks' borrowing costs rose to the highest levels in at least nine months after the collapse of lenders in the US and Europe deepened
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      Lock icon Americans giving luxury cars a miss as credit crunch bites
      394 5 Paris US SHOPPERS snubbed Porsches, Cadillacs and other luxury models last month as the credit crunch roiling US markets ensnared even the most affluent buyers. Sales of the costliest brands plunged 29 per cent in September, outpacing the 27 per
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      Lock icon M&A deals ease as buyers get cagey
      618 6  -  Lynette Khoo But market watchers say activity could start picking up next year By lynkhoo@sph.com.sg Singapore ALTHOUGH recent market sell-offs have uncovered some gems, potential buyers are circumspect about picking them up amid all the financial uncertainty, easing the pace of merger and
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      Lock icon Suddenly, Dubai catches a cold
      398 6 BREAKINGVIEWS.COM Dubai ARE the wheels coining off Dubai? Momentum in the spendthrift emirate certainly looks to be grinding to a halt. Last week, Dubai received a US$l5 billion bailout from Abu Dhabi, its cash-rich big sister. At least that's how the lending facility set up
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      Lock icon Wells Fargo buys Wachovia in US$15.1b stock deal
      319 6 Reuters, AP New York IN an abrupt change of course, Wachovia said yesterday it agreed to be acquired by Wells Fargo in a US$l5.l billion all-stock deal, wiping out Wachovia's previous plan to sell its banking operations to Citigroup in a government-backed
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      54 2 NEWS LIVING Top stories 2,4,5,6 Shopping L2-3,8-TT Week In Review 7 Raffles Conversation 8,9 rr Entertainment L7 The CEO Column TO Companies 11-14 I™^ LT2J3 Singapore T5-T7 Home Garden LT4,TS Letter From Abroad 18 Health LT6 World T9-22 Golf LTB Stocks stats 23-27 Motoring U9-20 Perspective 28,29 1;-*^' Show Me
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      106 5 The piece of enormous twelve-eyed Gzi with r (Length 7cm) well delineated pattern strong loiieaion colour is the most perfect shape that I have Precious gems, ever seen. Besides symbolising luck, wealth jewellery ethnics peace, this Gzi is also a precious amulet. It is a gold and silver rare piece
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • this week
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        Lock icon Breakthrough for US$700b bailout plan
        76 7 CONGRESSIONAL leaders and the Bush administration cobbled together a tentative agreement early on Sunday on what may become the largest financial bailout in US history, authorising the Treasury to buy US$7OO billion in troubled debt from ailing firms to prevent widespread economic collapse. Officials had
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        Lock icon The greatest F1 show on earth
        76 7 RENAULT'S Fernando Alonso won the 2008 Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday night, but there was another big winner -the Republic. As Singapore's inaugural Grand Prix, it was a historic event it was the first F1 night race, run on a
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        Lock icon Europe scrambles to fight financial fires
        74 7 A SWATHE of bank rescue deals was mounted in Europe on Monday as several major financial institutions were tipped over the brink by the growing global credit crunch. And even as investors took in the implications of events in Washington over the weekend, central
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        Lock icon US bailout plan fails to relieve bourse panic
        61 7 WALL Street may welcome the US government's tentative US$7OO billion plan to bail out the financial sector, but it is hard to hear that amid the chaos that continues to roil the global financial system. Indeed, investors everywhere appeared close to coming
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        Lock icon Worried banks put hiring in the freezer
        60 7 HIRING activity at a number of banks here appeared to have dropped sharply, as job losses worldwide continue to mount since the start of the financial turmoil. Headhunters told BT that many financial institutions have frozen their headcount in the short term, while
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        Lock icon Hope flickers as US seeks to revive bailout
        52 7 STOCKS worldwide plunged yesterday and then clawed their way back after US lawmakers stunned investors by rejecting a sweeping plan to save the financial sector. Plans to salvage the massive rescue package aimed at removing the rot from financial institutions there are
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        Lock icon Maybank closes sweetened deal for stake in BII
        56 7 MALAYSIA'S Maybank has clinched a controlling stake in Bank Internasional Indonesia (Bll) after persuading the core shareholders of the Indonesian lender to sweeten the deal. Maybank managed to obtain a rebate of $315.2 million, or the equivalent of a 15 per cent
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        26 7 SPANISH SURPRISE Alonso winning the Singapore Grand Prix even though he had stanea in 15th position. The victory ended a year-long drought for the Spaniard AFP
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        Lock icon Don't count on a Santa bailout
        61 7 IT looks like Santa Claus may not deliver a stock market rally this Christmas, with investors bracing themselves for lean times in the fourth quarter. While technical charts suggest oversold positions and that a bottom is near, analysts say that the escalation of risks
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        Lock icon Private home prices ease after 4 years
        45 7 THIRD-quarter private property prices fell for the first time after 17 straight quarters of growth. And with financial and economic headwinds working their way through, market watchers reckon this could be the start of further price falls ahead.
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        Lock icon Bailout plan sails through US Senate
        79 7 WALL Street is bracing for another ride on the see-saw of hope and fear even though the US Senate has on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a US$7OO billion bailout for the financial system. Ending the uncertainty over how the federal legislature will respond to the
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      148 7 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD SATURDAY with Ludwig 11 Convict turning old inside HI PHHHIH BB HJ MB mM mM flj 'V 25 Brace and bit from evator^ 3 Marchesa, 4 V li^J bricklayer's equipment? 2 Cunning church following 5 Natural Tory leader with Hump, 5 Terror, 6 Mikado, -,YJ a Republican (4)
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      92 7 NEXT WEEK Oct 6-10, 2008 US DATA Oct 7 Sept 16 FOMC minutes Aug consumer credit Oct 8 Aug pending home sales Crude inventories Oct 9 Initial claims Aug wholesale inventories Oct TO Aug trade balance SINGAPORE DATA Oct 7 Sept international reserves Oct TO Q3 advance GDP estimates EVENTS
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon The contrarian
      2335 8  -  vikram Khanna Iconoclastic economic forecaster Thierry Apoteker talks about the US financial crisis and the coming age of inflation. By THE US will avoid a recession, but will enter a protracted period of low growth. Hundreds of banks will disappear. The world economy is at an inflexion point
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      Lock icon Raffles
      76 8 The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels Resorts. A collection of luxury hotels, Raffles Hotels and Resorts distinguishes itself through the highest standards of hospitality, service and cuisine. Its hotels in Singapore, Beijing, Cambodia, Beverly Hills, Dubai and the Caribbean are rated
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Time to invest in the next retail cycle
      886 9  -  Terry O'Connor FROM THE DESK OF CEO, Courts I WAS recently posed a question regarding retail service standards in Singapore. Have they improved enough over the years? I suppose that begs the question: "What is enough?" Having lived on this fine island
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon SGX board stemmed investment loss: CEO
      471 10  -  Jamie Lee Board members objected to SGX management's decision to continue investing some $150 million in hedge funds By leejamie@sph.com.sg Singapore A $150 million Singapore Exchange (SGX) investment in hedge funds could have been wiped out by today's financial crisis if not for the
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      Lock icon Cityneon hots up with prospect of bidding war
      469 10  -  Siow Li Sen By lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore CITYNEON Holdings grabbed the limelight yesterday as hopeful punters piled into the stock, salivating at the prospect of a bidding war. Volume skyrocketed to 12.33 million shares from 451,000 shares on Thursday following a rival bid
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      Lock icon High loan exposure becomes dampener
      619 11  -  Chow Perm Nee STOCKS IN FOCUS Analysts say Singapore banks may have over-lent to property sector. By THE tables have turned. In the heady days when the Singapore economy was roaring ahead, banks which grew their loans the fastest were lauded. Now that the economic
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    • Business briefing
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        Lock icon Babcock appoints Stanchart as strategic adviser
        40 11 BABCOCK Brown Global Investments, a Singapore-listed fund, said yesterday it has appointed Standard Chartered Bank as an independent strategic adviser. Stanchart will undertake a review of the fund's assets and businesses and recommend options.
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        Lock icon QAF warns of higher pre-tax loss in Q3
        84 11 QAF Ltd has warned that the group is expected to incur a substantially higher loss before tax for the third quarter ended Sept 30, -2008, relative to its second quarter 2008 loss of $1.5 million. The losses would mainly be caused by
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        Lock icon Courage Marine buying second-hand vessel
        73 11 COURAGE Marine Group said yesterday it is purchasing a sec-ond-hand vessel, MV Marigold, for US$l6 million. The vessel was built in 1982 in Korea. The purchase price will be funded from the proceeds of the company's initial public offering and its retained earnings. Delivery is
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        Lock icon S&P affirms rating for Cambridge Industrial Trust
        128 11 STANDARD Poor's Ratings Services has affirmed its BBB-long-term corporate credit rating on Cambridge Industrial Trust (CIT). At the same time, the out- look was revised to stable from positive. The ratings agency said ClT's business profile remains strong as the portfolio continues to
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        Lock icon HWTM announces resignation of CFO/CIO
        69 11 HYFLUX Water Trust Management Pte Ltd (HWTM), the trus-tee-manager of Hyflux Water Trust, said yesterday that Grace Goh Bee Kheng, HWTM's chief financial officer (CFO), chief investment officer (CIO) and company secretary, has resigned. Her resignation as company secretary was effective from yesterday while her
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      Lock icon Temasek unit unveils financial sector fund
      261 12  -  Teh Shi Ning Fund launched jointly with Japan's SBI to invest in undervalued assets By tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore A NEW fund set up by Temasek Holdings unit Fullerton Fund Management and Japan's SBI Holdings aims to buy undervalued assets in the Asian financial sector. Launched
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      Lock icon China Fibretech sees resilient textile market
      207 12 Reuters Singapore SINGAPORE-LISTED China Fibretech says it sees a 14 per cent rise in net profit this year on firm sales orders, despite tough times for the global economy. The Chi-na-based firm, which dyes and processes fabric, said its biggest market was domestic and
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      Lock icon They bought in anticipation and sold on news
      536 13  -  R Sivanithy STOCKS Investors offloaded after learning US Senate had passed bailout bill sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent t~"^ VERY so often, investors get a grim reminder of the stock- market maxim "buy 4 in anticipation, sell on news". And this week was just
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      112 13 VOL CLOSE ;olden 60,940 30.5 -2.5 -7.) atraitsAsia 29,057 127 -21.0 -142 iini ;Tel 28,383 318 -9.0 -2.8 Joble Gl 27,341 118 -7.0 -5.) total Voice 27,029 0.0 0.0 :hinaXLX 18,825 42.5 -3.0 -6.6 1US 17,650 6.5 0.0 0.0 \bterra 17,015 5.5 0.0 0.0 Con 16,920 704
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      106 13 litaLand 2.940 -0.100 :apitaMall 2.170 -0.070 :if 8.010 -0.360 ]osco Con 1.550 +0.020 IBS Gn 16.560 -0.140 :&N 3.540 -0.090 ient Intl 0.460 iolden ;ri 0.305 -0.025 IK Land 2.810 -0.020 IMH 25.520 -1.480 ISH 13.500 -0.500 lardine C&C 15.080 -0.240 >el Con 7.040 -0.680 lei Land 2.610
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      59 13 CLOSE UP :iMBAsean40 100US: 684 27.5 2.' IBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** 20.0 o.: )CBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 9748 20.0 o.: Centra Land 44.5 19.5 78.1 JATSvcs 178 17.0 IO.i iCori SGA EPW08 77 12.0 18.! IOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9740 10.0 0.1 iTI2500BNPePW*****7 53.5 9.0 20.: /a Hldj
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      52 13 CLOSEDOWN IMH 2552 -214.5 -5.: >Con MBUCW09 94 -130.0 -58.1 >aiwa FT Shariah Jai 726 -129.0 -10.' <or India Nift 10 1184 -75.0 -6.i ISH 1350 -72.5 -3.i >el Con 704 -68.0 -8.1 I A 1414 -62.0 -4.: IS MSCI India 100 487 -55.1 -7.: ;ia 200 1418
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      Lock icon SPH launching free weekly English newspaper for Indian diaspora
      333 13  -  Noor Aisha By naisha@sph.com.sg Singapore INDIANS here will soon find it easier to keep in touch with their roots when Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) launches its new Eng-lish-language newspaper tabla! Billed as "The heartbeat of the Indian community", the free weekly
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      1216 12 LOT! I SIVJ CH OFFSHORE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Co. Reg. No. *****0666 D) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-Second ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at The Board Room, 390 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Singapore *****5 on October
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon ExxonMobil boosts solvents capacity here
      313 14  -  Ronnie Lim Oil giant can now produce over 500,000 tpa of solvents following its Jurong Island plant expansion By ronnie@sph.com.sg TO help it meet fast-growing regional demand, ExxonMobil Chemical has just completed a 130,000 tonnes per annum solvents expansion on Jurong Island, boosting its total
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      Lock icon Conservation to include structures
      291 14  -  Teh Shi Ning By tshining@sph.com.sg CONSERVATION efforts will now extend beyond historic buildings to include heritage structures such as bridges, pavilions and towers, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. Familiar structures slated to join more than 6,800 buildings conserved so far include the Botanic
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      Lock icon Temporary dorm in Serangoon Gardens
      218 14 THE Ministry of National Development (MND) has decided to convert a former school site in Serangoon Gardens into a temporary dormitory for foreign workers. Following concerns raised by residents in a petition against the conversion in early September, various measures will be put in place.
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      Lock icon A*Star, NZ body create $3.48m fund
      454 15  -  Chen Huifen Aim is to foster collaboration on cancer, heart disease research by scientists from both sides By xuifen@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE'S Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and New Zealand's Health Research Council (HRC) have set up a $3.48 million joint fund for scientists
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      Lock icon SCS chief quits amid takeover by NCS
      245 15 SINGAPORE Computer Systems (SCS) president and CEO Tan Tong Hai has resigned. The resignation comes amid a takeover of SCS by rival NCS, Singapore Telecommunications' IT services subsidiary. In an announcement yesterday, SCS said that Mr Tan is leaving the company to "pursue
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      Lock icon Canadian export credit agency to step up loans
      330 15  -  Jamie Lee By leejamie@sph.com.sg REGIONAL players in the coal and telecommunications sectors may turn to Export Development Canada (EDC) if they have difficulty raising cash. Canada's export credit agency and financing firm expects to offer loans of at least Cs2oo million (Ss27o
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      Lock icon Time for a National Savings Bank?
      739 16  -  Arthur Lee soapbox arthurl@sph.com.sg Photo Journalist ABOUT two years ago, while standing in a queue at a local bank, I overheard an elderly couple berating a relationship manager for the poor returns that they received for their investment-linked product. The harried manager tried his
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        Lock icon Credit Bureau Singapore gets two more members
        60 16 THE Bank of East Asia and the State Bank of India have joined Credit Bureau Singapore (CBS) as members, bringing its total membership to 17 banks and financial institutions, the bureau announced yesterday. Membership allows the banks access to CBS' repository of credit-related
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        Lock icon New Feature Film Fund awards $2.25m to 9 budding directors
        61 16 THE Singapore Film Commission's New Feature Film Fund has awarded a total of $2.25 million to nine budding directors Alaric Tay, Ellery Ngiam, T T Dhavamanni, 800 Junfeng, Yee-Wei Chai, Yong Mun Chee, Mika G Yamaji, Wee Li Lin and
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        Lock icon Sentosa wins seven Pinnacle Awards this year
        69 16 SENTOSA picked up seven Pinnacle Awards this year three golds, two silvers and two bronzes. Organised by the International Festival and Events Association, the annual awards recognise top festivals, events and promotions worldwide. The gold awards were won by Sentosa Flowers 2008 for
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        Lock icon Three awards for Ascott Group in the past week
        70 16 THE Ascott Group {above), CapitaLand's serviced residence unit, garnered three awards in the past week. Readers of Business Traveller UK voted it the best serviced residence company. The "Ascott The Residence" brand was voted the best serviced residence brand in the
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  • LETTER FROM ABROAD
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      Lock icon Riding life's journey in India
      1048 17  -  Lionel Tay WE find lessons in life at unexpected turns and in unusual forms. For almost four years, when my job involved a Delhi posting, the streets of colourful India became a mobile classroom for me and my family. We had the "ride of our
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Is Maybank's offer for BII ill-advised?
      574 18  -  S Jayasankaran Market drives its shares down 4%; analysts, minorities fret about cost of financing deal By btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYAN Banking's shares fell almost 4 per cent to RM6.65 yesterday, two days after it made a scaled-down but still expensive RMB.3 billion (553.5
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      Lock icon Shift in commodity landscape as UBS exits sector
      555 18 Reuters London ÜBS axed most of its global commodities business yesterday in a retreat from a high-risk/high-re-turn sector that many investment banks had piled into during the credit boom. Fallout from the credit crisis, including the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Bank
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      Lock icon Americans grapple with Libor
      869 19 Bloomberg Interest in a once obscure acronym is increasing as its impact on the economy is felt keenly and widely Los Angeles ANISHA Gupta, returning clothes to a Hugo Boss store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, shrugged when asked about Libor. She had heard the
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      Lock icon Thain to stay at Bank of America
      327 19 NYT New York JOHN A Thain, Merrill Lynch's chairman and chief executive, will remain at Bank of America after the merger of the two financial giants, Bank of America said on Thursday. The announcement settles a big question circulating around Wall Street of
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      Lock icon Fashion comes under fire as financial crisis rages on
      667 20 AP Industry seen as creating impression of a thriving economy Paris JUDGING from the glamorous parties and store openings in Paris this week, you would be forgiven for thinking the economy is thriving prompting some observers to say that the fashion
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      Lock icon Ferrari sees '08 as record-breaking
      412 20 AP Keen interest in its new coupe-cabriolet Paris AS THE financial crisis rages, there is still glamour amid the gloom and not just from the models pouting next to sexy new cars at the Paris Motor Show. On the Ferrari stand, the glamour is red
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      Lock icon Palin escapes VP debate relatively unscathed
      691 21 AFP, LAT-WP She clashes with Joseph Biden on the financial crisis, and its debilitating impact on the US middle classes St Louis, Missouri REPUBLICAN vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palm defied critics by going on the attack in her keenly awaited debate with Joseph Biden, and
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      Lock icon Dubai's Atlantis truly a paradise
      467 21 AFP Dubai DUBAI, home to some extravagant landmarks, now boasts an oceanthemed resort, Atlantis, where a night will cost up to U5525,000. Inspired by the legend of the lost continent, the resort offers "experiences that are new to the Middle East", said Alan Leibman, its
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      323 20 g^NOTICES In the Matter of The Companies Ad Cap. 50 and In the Matter of WOC INVESTMENT PTE LTD (Registration No. *****1216E) [In Members' Voluntary Liquidation] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 53 Lorong 23 Geylang, Singapore *****0 on Tuesday, 30 September
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  • SGX
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      8853 22 SZ-wks Tel ligh Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote COO0) High Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net C'vr P/E M Cap Smil 5716 1st Software 4.5 4 3148 8Telecom 10.5 5 5834 A-Sonic JO 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 12.5 7J938 AEI Corp
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      1789 25 High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Smil 50 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 50.5 15 5000 s ABR Hldgs 52 18 8538 s APStrategic 0 1.5 1501 s Advanced System 58 13 3518 s Afor 59 4.5 1524 s Alantac 50 5.5 7814
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      90 25 Up Down Unch 5 8 3 Up Down Unch 0 0 0 Up Down Unch 5 8 3 lulti Ind lanufacturini 31 64 52 11 36 71 63 'ommerce 31 16 35 19 /Stor/ /Comms 12 22 13 24 :inance 29 29 instruction 10 Tor 25 25
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      258 25 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
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      802 25 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Sep 29 Deemed Interest; IP: Investment Purposes; SA: Share Allotment; ST: Share Transfer; B/R: Bonus/Rights Issues; OE: Option Exercise; PL: Placement Shares Compiled by BT Trans Date Shareholder/ Director itock rhai Beverage Public 30-Sep-08 Maxtop Mgt Corp
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      20 26 Source: YTD change: -33.72% 52-week high: 3,831.19 on Oct 11,2007 52-week low: 2,239.75 on Sept 30,2008 Bloomberg
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      20 26 Source: YTD change: -36.42% 52-week high: 31,958.4 on Oct 30,2007 52-week low: 16,283.7 on Sept 18,2008 Bloomberg
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      26 26 Source: YTD change: -20.97% 52-week high: 14,198.1 on Oct 11,2007 52-week low: 10,365.4 on Sept 29,2008 (Chart shows Thursday's index closing) Bloomberg
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      26 26 YTD change:-56.41% 52-week high: 6,124.04 on Oct 16,2007 52-week low: 1,802.33 on Sept 18,2008 (Chart shows Sept 26's index closing) Source: Bloomberg
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      19 26 YTD change: -28.54% 52-week high: 17,488.9 on Oct 11,2007 52-week low: 10,938.1 on Oct 3,2008 Source: Bloomberg
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      363 26 Oct2 dy yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminai 840.4 -2.3 -25.7 -2.0 -27.1 -2.8 -27.5 EAFE Preliminai 796.0 -1.6 -29.0 -1.8 -31.7 -2.5 -32.2 Euroi Preliminai 1094.2 -1.6 -29.1 -2.0 -33.8 -2.8 -34.2 Pacific 685.3 -1.7
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      150 26 Oct3\ Against S$ :urrencies Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1249 1.1260 Against US? Bid 0.7763 Offer 0.7768 :anadian dollar 1.3430 1.3443 0.9269 0.9274 Euro 2.0076 2.0090 1.3855 1.3859 NZ dollar 0.9600 0.9608 0.6625 0.6628 jterlini 2.5663 2.5678 1.7711 1.771 US dollar
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      71 26 Oct 2|| IOCOA (£/tonne) Close Prey Hi, fLow Dec 08 1440 1460 1462/1431 Mar 09 1469 1486 1491/1464 May 09 1468 1484 1487/1463 Jul 09 1475 1488 1492/1474 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov08 1931 1964 1972/1909 Jan 09 1995 2020 2031/1972 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prey High/Low
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      90 26 Oct2\ SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov08 1004.*****3.*****4.00 994.00 Jan 09 1020.*****0.*****0.*****2.00 Mar 09 1035.*****6.*****7.*****8.00 May 09 1047.*****7.*****2.*****2.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; usq/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct08 42.71 44.20 43.34 42.30 Dec 08 43.18 44.68 43.95 42.70 Jan 09 43.66 45.18 44.12 43.30 Mar
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      72 26 Oct2\ CRUDE USS/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) WTI (Near Mth) Dubai (1-Mth F) Tapis blend Minas 91.23 -3.05 93.77 -5.09 90.85 -5.15 99.30 -5.20 94.35 -5.20 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB Spore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 81.90 -5.32 112.40 -4.90 USS/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price 89.29
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      68 26 Oct3\ GOLD (US$/oz) Oct 02 Oct 03 Hong Kong 869.50 839.80 870.50 830.80 Sep 30 Oct 02 London 876.60 832.50 878.60 834.50 Source: Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 16.56 16.33 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Oct 02 Close Previous PM Fix 995.*****0.00 AM Fix 985.*****0.00 Source: Reuters
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      65 26 oa 3\ KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Low Vol Done Open Position Hi, Oct 08 2020 Nov 08 2030 Dec 08 2020 Jan 09 2007 Total o/p: ***** contracts 2002 2030 1980 1994 2030 1942 2000 2020 1934 2000 2007 1935
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      62 26 oad Uuminium, 99.7% mrity (US$/tonne) Close Previous lash months 2256.00 2301.00 2367.80 2412.00 tapper, Grade A 3JS$/tonne) lash J months 5874.00 5850.00 6180.00 6160.00 .ead (US$/ tonne; lash months 1674.00 1695.00 1718.00 1740.00 :ash months 'in (US$/tonne; *****.00 *****.00 *****.01 *****.01 :ash months :inc, Special Hi; *****.00 *****.01
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      817 27 BREAKINGVIEWS.COM Bank deposit insurance doesn't go far enough in the US. Substantially raising the amount guaranteed will ensure that worries over deposits won't trigger the next bank failure, say Rob Cox and Hugo Dixon IF the Irish and the French can do it, why can't Americans?
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      862 27  -  William Pesek By FEW questions confound economists more: What might tip China into the meltdown that so many have feared for so many years? Possibilities include overheating, social instability, corruption, pollution, debt crises, war over Taiwan and a post-Ol-ympics growth swoon. It's
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        1066 28  -  Genevieve Cua The MSCI Emerging Markets Index suffered a 27.6% fall at end-Sep, its worst ever. In terms of peak-to-trough declines, US$l.3 trillion in market capitalisation has been wiped out. IT HAS been a steep fall from grace for global emerging markets, which so
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        434 28  -  Lynette Khoo Keppel Corp Hold DMG Partners Securities Oct 3 Close: $7.04 KEPPEL Corp had clinched contracts from repeat customers amounting to $150 million for the upgrading, modification and conversion of two vessels, bringing total new contracts secured to $5.4 billion to date. The credit crunch has tightened
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        1252 29  -  Joseph Chong COMMODITIES Looking beyond the current financial crisis, the future is bright and breezy as solar and wind energy will spell the end of oil's importance CEO, New Independent IN The Sunday Times of July 6, 2008 (oil was trading at about US$l4O a barrel
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        234 29 Source:MorningstarAsiaLimited U J SIU |U lS ll S CATEGORY ANNUALISED 1-MTH 3-MTH 6-MTH 1-YR 3-YR S-YR CY2007 Sector Equity Biotechnology US Dol lar Money Market -7.94 3.65 4.46 -13.84 -4.22 1.02 -2.83 1.16 4.95 4.34 -1.37 -2.10 -1.18 -2.24 US Dollar Government Bond 0.99 5.25 2.39 1.61 -1.76
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        1564 30  -  Teh Hooi Ling show me the money All the fixed assets like machinery and buildings come for free when companies trade at below net current assets hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent WITH the stock market sinking day after day into what seems like an abyss, few dare
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        1119 31  -  Lim Leong Guan STRUCTURED PRODUCTS Structured products are investment solutions designed to better manage risk-reward investment dilemmas Head of Transaction Products, ÜBS Wealth Management THERE'S no free lunch. A high-octane engine comes with a huge petrol bill. Highly leveraged portfolios are worst hit when markets turn. And handsome
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        677 33  -  Uma Shankari Stock prices will continue to fall as home prices continue to decline for the rest of this year and in 2009, analysts say. By PROPERTY stocks took a beating yesterday following news that private home prices fell for the first time in A
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      915 32 PROJECTNAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND PRICE PSF PROJECTNAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND PRICE PSF STREETNAME TYPE DATE AREA*(SQFT) (S$'000) (Ss) STREETNAME TYPE DATE AREA*(SQFT) (S$'000) (Ss) District 1 Costa Del Sol Apt 17/09/2008 99 1313 1278 NON-LANDED Theßayshore Apt 15/09/2008 99 926 690 745 The Sail ©Marina Bay Apt 19/09/2008
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      30 34 THE BUSINESS TIMES WEEKEND SATURDAY/SUNDAY OCTOBER 4-s^ooB W state of the gadgets blmtooth and Ming l8 |_^AVE^^m^ I watches hublofs big bang i_9 motoring a very special audi back page
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        1641 35  -  Clarissa Tan Is the Chinese art market bubble about to burst? Should collectors be looking in a different direction? Those in the know are pointing to South-east Asian work. By THERE'S no delicate way to put this, even if it is about art. Is Chinese contemporary
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        1709 36  -  Geoffrey Eu Geoffrey Eu Audrey Phoon If there's one thing that brings people together, its food. BT weekend takes a look at how some foodies are forming unofficial dining clubs to share their passion Food Cult By btnews gsph.com.sg The Nutrition Place 13 Mohamed Sultan Road, #01-01
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        1133 38  -  Audrey Phoon David Laris who owns Shanghai's award-winning Three on the Bund restaurant has just finished his first cookbook. By WITH his pale, freckled complexion and straw-coloured eyebrows, David Laris does not look like he has an ounce of Greek in him. But there's evidence of
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        671 39  -  Christopher Lim Vertu Signature The heart of any mobile gadget arsenal these days is the mobile phone. The headache is that new phone models come and go so quickly that the moment you've customised one to your liking, it's time to upgrade to the latest thing. That's
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        509 40  -  Melissa Lwee Hublot pays homage to the Singapore Grand Prix with the world's first split second-hand chronograph, and will open a store here next year WATCH aficionados, watch out: Swiss brand Hublot looks set to make a bang when its first boutique opens in Singapore next
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        344 40  -  Audrey Phoon By aphoon@sph.com.sg Singapore FROM an Italian palace and France's Carrousel dv Louvre to the Forbidden City in China and now, perhaps Singapore. The Geneva-based Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH) a private initiative that seeks to educate the public on
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        1625 41  -  Melissa Lwee Some of fashion's oldest names get ready for a shake-up as new talent takes over the creative reins. By SPRING/SUMMER '09 has brought winds of change to the world of fashion. For fashionistas out there, this is an exciting time of year where the biggest
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        1040 42  -  Emily Co Nonbei Yokocho is like a home away from home for faithful regulars thanks to the family-like warmth exuded by nomiya owners. WHEN it comes to the sheer scope of neon-bright commercialism, it's hard to beat Shibuya and its teeming mass of retail abundance. That's
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        772 42  -  Samuel Ec in transit By I F ONLY its staff would strike less and I smile more, Heathrow could obliterate I the competition and become the Asian business traveller's favourite transport hub in Europe. Its sparkling new Terminal 5 is arguably the best place in Europe
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        1122 43  -  Corinne Kerk personal space Behind an inconspicuous gate with a tiny house number in a quiet cul-de-sac off Holland Road lies a lovely sight a contemporary home bathed in light, blessed with wide spaces and emanating the peaceful aura of a luxurious holiday villa. EFFREY Chew is
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        583 44 Cheah Ui-Hoon finds out what to look out for in whitening products now that hydroquinone-based products can't be bought over the counter SO WHAT'S next after hydroquinone? The substance which has been the gold standard in skin whitening has been phased out in many products
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        517 44  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon By DIABETIC patients could soon have their complications like gangrenous wounds or ulcers treated with stem cells. It won't be for another few years yet, but there are currently some 2,200 clinical trials involving stem cells going on mainly
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        665 46  -  Vincent Wee no holds barred vincewee@sph.com.sg Correspondent THE Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) coming to Singapore around Christmas promises to be the nautical equivalent of the Fl coming to town, but for the event to be a success and reap the full benefits for both the
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        906 46  -  Justine Moss Lewis Hamilton played a round at the Marina Bay course when he was here for the F1 last week. By SPORTING history was made last weekend when Singapore staged the first Formula One night Grand Prix at Marina Bay. As 20 drivers hurled
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        665 47  -  Wong Wei Kong Here are two examples of alternative motoring fun. Both are diesels but one is sporty and the other sensible ALFA Romeos tend to be bought with the heart, not the mind. But here's an Alfa that tries to speak to both. A diesel Alfa seems
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        499 47  -  Samuel Ec COLOURS notwithstanding, a Volkswagen that is tagged a Blue Motion is actually green. The badge, when applied to a model like the Polo Blue Motion, means it's the most efficient and environmentally friendly in the range. The Polo is an economical supermini. But the Blue
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        634 48  -  Samuel Ec Everything about the TTS is special from its powerful engine and its magnetic ride adaptive suspension to its stylish exterior and interior fittings. Sis a very special letter in the Audi lexicon. When present in a model name like S4 or SB, it denotes
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