The Business Times, 15 October 2008
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Title Section23 2008-10-15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg *S* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Wednesday, October 15,200823 words
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824 2008-10-15 1 CHEW XIANG - CHEW XIANG SIC comes down hard on Soh; OCBC takes break from takeover advisory By [SINGAPORE] Anthony Soh and OCBC Bank were yesterday censured by the Securities Industry Council (SIC) for their role in the botched takeover of Catal-ist-listed Jade Technologies. Law824 words
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835 2008-10-15 1 ANDREW MARKS - ANDREW MARKS Maximum sum of USs2sb invested in Citigroup, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo; others take US$2-12.5b in New York THE United States Treasury Department, in its boldest move yet to shore up embattled banks, and prevent the collapse of the credit markets and835 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article16 2008-10-15 1 AST INDEX 2,128.31 (+51.96) AST INDEX FUTURES 2,129 (+52) ASIMSCI 261.61 (+5.88) ASIMSCI FUTURES 263.60 (+9.60)16 words
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Article29 2008-10-15 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 16.265 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 4.50 US 4.50 CANADA 4.50 SWITZERLAND 2.82 INDIA 13.75 Source:Bloomberg - 29 words
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Article47 2008-10-15 1 uesi iam KL COMP 966.06 +15.30 NIKKEI 225 9,447.57 +1171.14 HANG SENG 16,832.88 +520.72 SET INDEX 500.77 +24.44 JAKARTA COMP 1,555.97 +94.09 MANILA COMP 2,273.65 +154.90 SEOUL COMP 1,367.69 +79.16 SHENZHENB 272.59 -1.47 MUMBAI IND 11,483.40 +174.31 12N00N EDT Chani DOW 9,402.35 +14.74 NASDAQ 1,812.28 -31.9747 words
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Article48 2008-10-15 1 us$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.461 (US$/S$ )er 1.751 2.559 EURO (USS/SS/E) 1.367 1.997 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 102.50 70.10 RM 3.502 2.396 HK$ 7.762 5.312 BAHT 34.10 23.33 RUPIAH 9,765 6,683 RENMINBI 6.835 4.678 INDIAN RUPEE 47.85 32.75 1.415 0.968 NZ$ 1.604 1.09848 words
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Miscellaneous108 2008-10-15 1 EXEC MONEY OIL S-SHARES BE INSPIRED I Stay the course GZy-j^ftk \3^Jll^ Analysts' U-turn Cosco sinks on Zap for daily inspiration. on equities j^^^K~3 j^^rf on US$2OO oil analyst downgrade Win a Nikon Digital page 34 j^-^m m ~^^A page 13 page 2 Camera! page 13 I—■_^B HK guarantees deposits,108 words
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TOP STORIES
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471 2008-10-15 2 LYNETTE KHOO - LYNETTE KHOO Higher risk of order cancellations, slower shipbuilding demand By [SINGAPORE] The selldown in shares of Cosco Corp on credit concerns has left one of the last two non-penny S-shares on the brink of going under the one dollar mark. Some dealers attributed471 words
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THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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47 2008-10-15 2 ANTHONY Soh and OCBC Bank were yesterday censured by the Securities Industry Council for their role in the botched takeover of Catalist-listed Jade Technologies. Law firm Allen and Gledhill, which advised Soh, also did not escape blame. FRONT PAGE47 words
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62 2008-10-15 2 THE sell-down in shares of Cosco Corp on credit concerns has left one of the last two non-penny S-shares on the brink of going under the one dollar mark. Some dealers attributed the fall to a downgrade in target price by Credit Suisse to62 words
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64 2008-10-15 2 THE Hong Kong Monetary Authority will use its foreign exchange reserves to guarantee bank deposits, shoring up confidence in lenders after the first run on a bank in the city in more than a decade. The government will also set up a64 words
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79 2008-10-15 2 SINGAPORE banks will have greater flexibility to cushion the impact of the financial crisis as the fair value or mark-to-market accounting rule was eased internationally and the change is likely to take effect here. Under the changes, the 100 countries that use International79 words
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81 2008-10-15 2 DBS Group's joint venture in India, Cholamandalam DBS Finance, will close more than a quarter of its branches because of a sharp slowdown in demand. "As a result of a decision by the Chola DBS board and major shareholders to put81 words
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58 2008-10-15 2 CITIGROUP now expects the Singapore economy to contract 1.2 per cent next year the only key Asian economy it sees shrinking in 2009. Expectations of a more severe recession in the US prompted the bank to make further cuts to its Asian58 words
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44 2008-10-15 2 INDIA pumped liquidity into the markets and announced measures aimed at helping the country's US$lO6 billion mutual funds industry as markets rallied after governments worldwide moved to restore confidence in the financial sector. GREATER CHINA/INDIA, PAGE 1644 words
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Article, Illustration599 2008-10-15 2 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) will use its foreign exchange reserves to guarantee bank deposits, shoring up confidence in lenders after the first run on a bank in the city in more than a decade.■ Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 599 words
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246 2008-10-15 2 [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said that it is assessing the impact of extraordinary measures taken by central banks elsewhere and will make sure that banks here are not disadvantaged by the moves. Yesterday, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said that246 words
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335 2008-10-15 2 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said that he was disappointed that Yahoo refused a takeover offer that went as high as U5547.5 billion back in May. Now, he looks lucky. Yahoo closed last week with a market value of US$l7 billion,Bloomberg - 335 words
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599 2008-10-15 4 SIOW LI SEN - SIOW LI SEN Mark-to-market rule tweaked by global body to ease fluctuation pressure By [SINGAPORE] Singapore banks will have greater flexibility to cushion the impact of the financial crisis as the fair value or mark-to-market accounting rule was eased internationally and the change599 words
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Article, Illustration675 2008-10-15 4 ANNA TEO - ANNA TEO Ex-Fed chief says slew of rescue measures distasteful but necessary By [SINGAPORE] Back in 2005, when the US and global economies were fairly booming, former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker warned of "disturbing trends: huge imbalances, disequilibria, risks" under theARTHUR LEE - 675 words
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Article, Illustration744 2008-10-15 4 CONRAD TAN - CONRAD TAN News of US bailout cheers investors, but analysts warn of economic damage By [SINGAPORE] Stocks in Asia and Europe surged yesterday, extending a worldwide share rally into a second day on hopes that financial disaster had been averted. But economists here744 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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443 2008-10-15 5 CHEW XIANG - CHEW XIANG A crucial funding document was a forgery, claims OCBC Bank By WHAT seemed an already murky takeover bid for a small Catalist company took a crooked turn yesterday after OCBC Bank alleged, in a statement to the press, that a crucial funding443 words
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Article, Illustration366 2008-10-15 5 BT May 2007 Anthony Soh takes over Jade Technologies for $9.7 million, or 1.5 cents a share. Sept 2007 After a series of placements and new share issues, Dr Soh owns 445.7 million shares, or 45.97 per cent of the company. Sept 2007 to Jan 2008 Dr: BT - 366 words
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593 2008-10-15 5 LYNETTE KHOO - LYNETTE KHOO By THE current credit crunch has claimed its second casualty among Singapore-lis-ted China companies. Worsening credit woes faced by some clients of Bio-Treat Technology have dragged the water-treat-ment company into the red for its full year ended June 30. In an adjustment593 words
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318 2008-10-15 8 CONRAD TAN - CONRAD TAN By Cutback follows fall in personal loan demand due to crisis, slowdown DBS Group's joint venture in India, Cholamandalam DBS Finance, will close more than a quarter of its branches because of a sharp slowdown in demand. "As a318 words
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Article, Illustration380 2008-10-15 8 CONRAD TAN - CONRAD TAN By OCBC Bank will continue to invest in China, despite the current financial market turmoil, said its China chief yesterday. Leong Wai Leng, who joined the bank as chairman of OCBC China last December, said that the country's growth will not be380 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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40 2008-10-15 8 EXCEL Machine Tools said its proposal for the resumption of share trading had been rejected by the Singapore Exchange. Also rejected was its application for extension of time to implement and complete the proposal.40 words
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47 2008-10-15 8 Reuters PALM-OIL group Wilmar International said its ship-operating unit, Wilmar Ship Holdings, had paid US$9.6 million in cash for a 60 per cent stake in a Singapore ship chartering firm Raffles Shipping Corp. The acquisition takes effect on Nov 1.– Reuters - 47 words
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43 2008-10-15 8 APEX-PAL International, the company behind the global chain of Sakae Sushi restaurants, has opened Kohi Ten the first Japanese siphon bar cafe to be launched in Singapore. It is located at the newly revamped Cuppage Terrace.43 words
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822 2008-10-15 8 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY IS IT enough for the financial community to disclose important information in the fine print, or to bury material data inside prospectuses, or to put all sorts of legal disclaimers on broking reports or offer documents, and then to hide822 words
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436 2008-10-15 8 NISHA RAMCHANDANI - NISHA RAMCHANDANI By MAINBOARD-LISTED systems integrator CSE Global, which was awarded the 2008 UK Trade Investment International Business Award yesterday, will continue to invest in Britain and plans to move in markets such as Canada, where it has yet to establish a presence.436 words
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493 2008-10-15 9 YEN SREENIVASAN - YEN SREENIVASAN Firm is well hedged with respect to any change that impacts the airline business By SIA Engineering Co (SIAEC) is poised to continue flying high despite the global economic slowdown, thanks to its base of premium airline customers and niche capabilities.493 words
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490 2008-10-15 9 OH BOON PING - OH BOON PING By INVESTOR sentiment in Singapore has taken a hit following the latest crisis in the credit markets, says ING. The Dutch global financial services group's quarterly Investor Dashboard Sentiment Index shows that for Singapore, the third-quarter indicator slumped490 words
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Article, Illustration368 2008-10-15 9 EMILYN YAP - EMILYN YAP By MAPLETREE Investments has inked an agreement to develop a US$4OO million integrated business park in Vietnam's Binh Duong province. The 75-hectare Mapletree Business City Binh Duong will cater to a range of industries including software and product development, backroom and middle368 words
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Article, Illustration745 2008-10-15 6 LARRY WEE - LARRY WEE CURRENCIES But it's probably still a good idea to keep some powder dry IT WAS without doubt the most savage week that anyone still working in stock markets today has ever witnessed, with those in the US, Europe and Japan falling as745 words
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Article230 2008-10-15 6 me week s changes YEAR TO DATE OCT 14'08 HIGH LOW CLOSE CHNG US$ VS CURRENCY JPY 102.22 0.54 112.05 95.71 SGD 1.4620 -0.29 1.4850** 1.3457 IDR 9745 1.88 9900** 9035 THB 34.05 -1.22 34.78 31.00 CNY 6.8390 0.32 7.2085 6.8099 MYR 3.4945 0.06 3.5170** 3.1310 CURRENCY230 words
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Article98 2008-10-15 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 12 1 3 0 0 0 12 1 3 lanufacturing 89 60 59 12 10 10 101 70 69 Commerce 33 17 23 38 22 27 'pt/Stor/Comms 31 32 :inance 34 34 Construction 14 17 'roperties98 words
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Article106 2008-10-15 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 38.635 38.635 140.781 140.781 lanufacturing 490.405 16.306 506.711 315.723 674 316.397 Commerce 128.093 18.489 146.582 108.164 3.197 111.361 'pt/Stor/Comms 198.469 267 198.736 336.708 41 336.749 :inance 67.454 67.454 573.813 573.813 Construction 58.191 17.284 75.475 5.898 760 6.658 ■roperties 121.791106 words
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Article103 2008-10-15 6 lapitaLand 2.950 4-0.220 lapitaMall 2.050 4-0.100 jtyDev 7.810 4-0.610 Iosco Corp 1.000 -0.200 IBSGrp 15.300 4-0.440 :&N 3.090 4-0.140 ientlntl 0.405 iolden Agri 0.250 4-0.010 IK Land 2.750 4-0.150 IMH 23.700 4-0.700 ISH 12.480 4-0.780 lardineC&C 11.620 4-1.650 leppel Corp 6.100 4-0.140 leppel Land 2.050 4-0.040103 words
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Article784 2008-10-15 6 CHOW PENN NEE - CHOW PENN NEE Office Sector DBS Group Research, Oct 14 AWAITING clearer skies: Share prices of office landlords have been beaten down to close to or below replacement value levels, estimated at Ssl,ooo per sq ft. Office stocks are trading at an average 0.37 times price to HI784 words
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Article, Illustration541 2008-10-15 6 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY STOCKS YOU could say "investors' appetites for risky assets returned" but it would be more accurate to say "greed replaced fear as the dominant emotion in the local stock market" yesterday, as Monday's "relief rally" in Europe and Wall Street spilled over541 words
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Article56 2008-10-15 6 CLOSE BT OB/OS -1200.0+377.0 BT CADI -*****.0+183.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-120.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 418.81 +18.83 FTSE ST Small Cap 342.72 +9.86 FTSE ST All Share 506.43+14.13 FTSE ST China Top 182.21 +2.65 FTSE ST China 183.51 +1.31 UOB Catalist 90.76 +0.47 SIMSCI 261.61 +5.88 SIMSCI56 words
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Article60 2008-10-15 6 VOLUME Golden Agri 180,515,000 Cosco Corp 78,424,000 China Honqxinq 53,870,000 Capita Land 47,621,000 Noble Grp 45,931,000 Straits Asia 42,025,000 Sing Tel 36,259,000 Yanqzijianq 34,246,000 Gent Intl 30,397,000 JiutianC 29,863,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 192,284,610 Capita Land 149,251,700 UOB 135,177,380 SGX 121,288,820 Sing Tel 107,141,850 Keppel Corp 104,403,090 OCBC60 words
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Article110 2008-10-15 6 CLOSE UP 1162 165.0 16.5 Jardine C&C Daiwa FT Shariah J. 687 115.4 13.0 JSH 1248 113.9 6.7 China H 10US$ 1109 112.5 7.5 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9360 110.0 1.2 OCBCC 5.1%NCPS 100 9158 108.0 1.2 JMH 2370 102.2 3.0 Asia Pac Brew 1100 100.0 10.0 DBS Bk6% NCPS110 words
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Article112 2008-10-15 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN GLD 10US$ 8336-233.7 -1.9 STI 2900SGAePW*****0 136 -51.0 -27.3 STI 2800SGAePW*****0 126 -41.0 -24.6 H Ro' 230 -30.0 -11.5 SI Fund 100 -30.0 -23.1 lit RB ePW*****3 47 -27.5 -36.9 STI2700SGAePW*****0 107 -25.0 -18.9 Cosco Cor| 100 -20.0 -16.7 STI3300BNPePW*****0 112 -20.0 -15.2 ilanRBePW*****3 46112 words
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Article84 2008-10-15 6 iere! S$ stands Oct 14 CHNG CLOSE FR0O13 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4620 0.56 1.4850 1.3457 Euro 2.0044 -0.03 2.2064 1.9750 Pounds 2.5689 -1.52 2.8431 2.4874 AS 1.0490 -6.18 1.3251 0.9389 Yen* 1.4302 2.54 1.5091 1.2619 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.21 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2937 0.03 4.4299 4.0190 Peso*84 words
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696 2008-10-15 10 UMA SHANKARI "T'T /~1 T* f~\ T TT - UMA SHANKARI "T'T /~1 T* f~\ T TT\ Spore is the only key Asian nation the bank expects to post negative growth By I CITIGROUP now expects the Singapore economy to contract 1.2 per cent next year the only key Asian economy696 words
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455 2008-10-15 10 JAMIE LEE - JAMIE LEE By SINGAPORE'S push into the renewable energy sector is unlikely to be derailed by the economic downturn, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran said yesterday. "You have got to distinguish between fundamental, long-term policies, projects and455 words
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526 2008-10-15 10 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN By i wRTY-THREE Asian and European leaders will gather for talks in Beijing tomorrow, with the global financial turmoil likely to take centre stage. The seventh biennial Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) is set to be the biggest so far, with six new526 words
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393 2008-10-15 10 RONNIE LIM - RONNIE LIM By DESPITE the current economic downturn, Japanese specialty chemicals maker Kanto Kagaku (XX) which is investing in a $30 mil-lion-plus plant and laboratory in Tuas is optimistic about the business outlook beyond 2009 for the semiconductor393 words
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343 2008-10-15 10 SINGAPORE may score an A-minus for acute care services but is probably "below C" when it comes to palliative care, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. He acknowledged that there has been limited support in the field but promised more will be done343 words
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Article, Illustration493 2008-10-15 11 ONG BOON KIAT - ONG BOON KIAT By 10 others from both public, private sector take home merit awards A PHOTO-PRINTING platform that wowed crowds at this year's National Day Parade, and a traffic management system that keeps Singapore's roads ticking round the clock were among five infocomm493 words
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387 2008-10-15 11 JAMIE LEE d CHOW PENN NEE - JAMIE LEE d CHOW PENN NEE ByJ and SINGAPORE-BASED firms find it easiest to keep foreign talent here on local terms compared with other Asian countries, a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) showed. And with the expected economic slowdown, many387 words
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331 2008-10-15 11 THE tender for a transitional office site in Mohamed Sultan Road has closed with only one bid of $4.65 million, from RSP Architects Planners and Engineers. Based on the 66,482 sq ft site and maximum permissible gross floor area (GFA) of 99,727.5331 words
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222 2008-10-15 11 THE Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is raising funding support for buildings to be retrofitted with barrier-free accessibility features. Through BCA's $40 million Accessibility Fund, building owners can receive up to 40 per cent funding to upgrade their facilities with basic bar-rier-free features. The222 words
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Article, Illustration390 2008-10-15 12 Jamie Lee - Jamie Lee IT was an afternoon of fun for some 1,000 less fortunate kids on Oct 1, thanks to The Business Times. The paper threw a Children's Day bash for a group of underprivileged children as part of its 32nd anniversary celebration. These kids come from moreJOHN HENG and CHIJ KELLOCK - 390 words
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511 2008-10-15 13 Reuters Govt researcher sees GDP expanding just 9.8% in first nine months of the year [BEIJING] China's annual economic growth rate might have fallen to 9.8 per cent in the first nine months, warranting more accommodative policies to prevent a dramatic slowdown,Reuters - 511 words
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Article, Illustration604 2008-10-15 13 -AP [COLUMBUS, Ohio] As oil prices zoomed towards an unheard of US$l47 a barrel this summer, it seemed every analyst prediction that oil would approach US$2OO was a self-fulfilling prophecy, until suddenly it was not. Instead of US$2OO oil, oil is now US$BO.-AP - 604 words
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496 2008-10-15 14 PAULINE NG - PAULINE NG By in Kuala Lumpur IN THE midst of the global financial crisis, Malaysia's Public Bank yesterday announced a 25 per cent increase in group net profit to RM1.93 billion (SsBl4 million) for the nine months to end-September. The strong performance496 words
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36 2008-10-15 14 Xinhua [NEW DELHI] India's Reliance Money has acquired 15 per cent stake in Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), becoming the first Indian firm to buy stake in an international exchange.– Xinhua - 36 words
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57 2008-10-15 14 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's shortest-term interbank funding rates fell and smaller banks and foreign institutions found it easier to borrow money yesterday as jitters over the global financial crisis eased. The weighted average seven-day bond repurchase rate, a key funding rate, fell sharply to 3.1536 per– Reuters - 57 words
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39 2008-10-15 14 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Two major dairy firms, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group and Bright Dairy Group, yesterday estimated that they would post third-quarter net losses because of China's scandal over contaminated milk.■ Reuters - 39 words
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51 2008-10-15 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's parliamentary budget commission approved a 6.2 per cent inflation forecast for 2009, compared with the government's previous target of 7 per cent. It also approved a 7.5 per cent average interest rate forecast for three-month central bank certificates, compared with 8.5 per cent■ Reuters - 51 words
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45 2008-10-15 14 Xinhua [BEIJING] The rising yuan, along with escalating production costs, drove half of China's toy exporters out of the market in the first seven months of this year, the General Administration of Customs said in a report on Monday.■ Xinhua - 45 words
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389 2008-10-15 14 > S JAYASANKARAN - > S JAYASANKARAN Banks have negligible exposure to sub-prime and affected institutions Bj 111 i\uaia luiiijjui IN a rare show of pro-ac-tiveness, the central bank or Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) issued a statement yesterday aimed at calming fears among Malaysian depositors that389 words
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Article, Illustration403 2008-10-15 14 Reuters Najib rejects calls by Opposition to revise 2009 budget [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's government said yesterday it will cut petrol prices again and is set to announce measures to boost the economy, although it will not change its 2009 budget and insistedReuters; BLOOMBERG - 403 words
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Article244 2008-10-15 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian coal miner, PT Adaro Energy Tbk, has had its shares suspended following a request by the firm because of pending negotiations on a potential share buyback, the company and an exchange official said yesterday. The firm, which control Indonesia's second-biggest coal minerReuters - 244 words
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Article, Illustration720 2008-10-15 15 -AFP Beijing may buy more US govt securities using its forex reserves [WASHINGTON] The US financial crisis may tighten China's grip on the American economy, as Beijing is likely to purchase more US government securities using its ballooning foreign exchange reserves, experts say.-AFP - 720 words
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217 2008-10-15 16 Reuters [BEIJING] Central Huijin, an arm of China Investment Corp, the country's sovereign wealth fund, would keep buying stocks in big Chinese-listed banks, an official newspaper reported yesterday, citing a company source. Chinese financial stocks rebounded on Monday from a weekReuters - 217 words
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Article, Illustration555 2008-10-15 16 Reuters Fund redemptions rose to 196b rupees last month, more than 4 times Aug's [MUMBAI] India pumped liquidity into the markets and announced measures aimed at helping the country's US$lO6 billion mutual funds industry as markets rallied after governments worldwide moved to restoreReuters; AP - 555 words
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498 2008-10-15 16 Bloomberg Currency holdings up 33% at Sept end from a year earlier [BEIJING] China's foreignexchange reserves rose to a world record U551.906 trillion, helping to strengthen the nation's finances as the credit crisis threatens to trigger a global economic– Bloomberg - 498 words
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Article, Illustration717 2008-10-15 17 Shipowners face an uphill but essential task of promoting sustainable practices, reports VINCENT WEE IN Asia, where corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes are often seen as costs rather than benefits, getting shipping companies to embrace the idea of sustainable practices is always going to beFILE PHOTOS - 717 words
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316 2008-10-15 17 VINCENT WEE - VINCENT WEE Key drivers will be iron ore and coal for Asian power plants By [SINGAPORE] Amid the gloom in the rates outlook and a plunge in the Baltic Dry Index over the past six months, shipbroking firm ICAP Shipping forecasts that dry316 words
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Article, Illustration811 2008-10-15 18 DAVID HUGHES - DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK By Maritime Week is a time of bright ideas on how to manage the future FORMER British prime minister Harold Wilson famously said that a week was a long time in politics. Last week must have seemed a very longTHE STRAITS TIMES - 811 words
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348 2008-10-15 18 Bloomberg They're reducing weekly sailings as export demand falls [TOKYO] Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, Japan's second- and third-largest con-tainer-ship operators, will reduce weekly container service to North America from Asia as demand for exports declines. Mitsui OSK. willBloomberg - 348 words
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257 2008-10-15 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The global economic slowdown will push some shipping lines into bankruptcy as demand for commodities cools and trade slows, investor Marc Faber said. "This is an industry that could be hit harder than what has been expected," Mr Faber, saidBloomberg - 257 words
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Article, Illustration1332 2008-10-15 19 Listen up, world it's Asia calling The Asian voice in international shipping is finally becoming stronger and clearer in global maritime forums, says S S TEO RECENT events in the maritime sector show that real progress is being made in efforts to encourage a stronger, more unified voice for shippingBLOOMBERG - 1,332 words
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Article, Illustration851 2008-10-15 20 YEN SREENIVASAN - YEN SREENIVASAN COMMENTARY Both commercial goals and national interests will dictate its corporatisation and regulation take regulation as a positive, so long as it is reasonable." Such utterances would be worrisome for airlines if not for the fact that they were uttered by Liew MunAP - 851 words
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474 2008-10-15 20 -AP [SEATTLE] Boeing Co says renewed negotiations with its striking machinists broke down over an issue crucial to the company's "long-term competitiveness". A labour leader says the union was being asked to bargain away 2,000 jobs. The failed talks are the latest twist in the-AP - 474 words
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131 2008-10-15 20 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Air China Ltd, the country's largest carrier by market value, said that domestic passenger traffic growth will rebound next year after snowstorms and the Olympics cut demand this year. Traffic growth may reach 10 per cent next year, board secretaryBloomberg - 131 words
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432 2008-10-15 20 -AFP Partnership could help Indian carriers to reduce costs [MUMBAI] India's largest private-sector carriers Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines have agreed on a wide-ranging working alliance to help them battle slowing growth and high fuel costs, the companies said. The airlines decided to work-AFP - 432 words
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Article2565 2008-10-15 20 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), Al Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Bn Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airline; (BO'J', BR2,565 words
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Miscellaneous211 2008-10-15 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS M, 1 J I 1 1 J J l J existing in reality (o) sort (8) (6) DOWN 14 Mother pictured on compu- YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 2 Mysterious commander co- t q minq before religious sect 1C L Across: 1 Reinsure, 5 Lancer, 9 mmy ueioie reiiyioub 15211 words
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Article, Illustration2290 2008-10-15 21 Specialists from various segments of the shipping industry give their take on the subject and suggest how to tackle the issue OVERVIEW THE issue of shipping and the environment is one that tends to polarise opinions. Singapore does its part as a responsible flag state through access2,290 words
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Advertisement44 2008-10-15 21 MPA SINGAPORE The MPA Maritime Roundtable is a quarterly series brought to you by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. This Roundtable the third in this series gathers expert viewpoints on climate issues, the environmental credentials of the shipping industry, and protection efforts.44 words
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526 2008-10-15 22 Bloomberg It cites hike in bad debt reserves, drop in winning share of money gambled [NEW YORK] Wynn Resorts, the biggest US casino company by market value, said that its third-quarter Las Vegas earnings will be worse than last yearBloomberg - 526 words
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Article, Illustration519 2008-10-15 22 -AFP [HONG KONG] During a recent trip to her expensive Hong Kong hairdresser, luxury brand consultant Radha Chadha asked her stylist if recent turmoil in the world's stock markets had affected business. "I am now offering people shorter haircuts. It's so they-AFP; AFP Graphics - 519 words
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278 2008-10-15 22 Reuters [HELSINKI] Investors are looking to third-quarter results from the world's top mobile phone handset makers to gauge how hard the global financial crisis has hit consumer spending and what will happen to key Christmas sales. Results start later this week with No 1 maker– Reuters - 278 words
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584 2008-10-15 23 Bloomberg His award is the 11th given to professors at a university's where Fed chairman once taught [NEW YORK] Paul Krugman, who was awarded the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in economics, is Princeton University's second winner in two years in that category, adding to■ Bloomberg - 584 words
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Article151 2008-10-15 24 'We are acting with unprecedented speed, taking unprecedented measures that we never thought would be necessary. But they are necessary to get our economy back on an even keel.' US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on the plan to pump US$25O billion into US banks 'What I find worrisome is a151 words
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Article, Illustration727 2008-10-15 24 Reuters However, the state left bankers guessing about use of 70b dirhams [DUBAI] The United Arab Emirates more than doubled its emergency bank funding plan to 120 billion dirhams (5547.7 billion) yesterday as Gulf Arab states stepped up moves to combat the global– Reuters - 727 words
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Article, Illustration66 2008-10-15 24 -AP [WASHINGTON] President George W Bush yesterday announced a landmark US$25O billion plan by the US government to directly buy shares in the nation's leading banks and to guarantee new debt issued by banks for the next three years. Nine banks will receive a-AP - 66 words
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44 2008-10-15 24 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will use its foreign exchange reserves to guarantee bank deposits, shoring up confidence in lenders after the first run on a bank in the city in more than a decade.– Bloomberg - 44 words
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Article39 2008-10-15 24 Reuters [DUBAI] The United Arab Emirates more than doubled its emergency bank funding plan to 120 billion dirhams (5547.8 billion) yesterday as Gulf Arab states stepped up moves to combat the global financial crisis.– Reuters - 39 words
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38 2008-10-15 24 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac are ready to start purchasing US$4O billion a month of underperforming mortgages and bonds. This is separate from the US Treasury's US$7OO billion rescue plan.Bloomberg - 38 words
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44 2008-10-15 24 [KUALA LUMPUR] Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) issued a statement yesterday to calm markets, saying that liquidity was ample and net interbank placements by the banks with the central bank amounted to RM198.5 billion (5583.3 billion) at end-August 2008.44 words
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584 2008-10-15 24 Bloomberg They aim to remove troubled assets from slumping markets [WASHINGTON] Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac are ready to start purchasing US$4O billion a month of underperforming mortgages and bonds as the US government expands its options to remove troubled assets from the slumping■ Bloomberg - 584 words
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Article372 2008-10-15 24 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] The largest public pension fund in the US lost almost US$67 billion in 12 months, more than 25 per cent of its value, as stock markets tumbled. The market value of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers) declined to U*****.7 billionBloomberg - 372 words
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Article, Illustration610 2008-10-15 24 -NYT [LONDON] Don't expect Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds to jump on the bailout bandwagon. Given the recent volatility in the stock markets, some large sovereign wealth funds have been hoarding cash, much like the hedge funds and institutional investment funds-NYT; i AFP - 610 words
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Article, Illustration756 2008-10-15 25 Bloomberg Many now adopt conservative stand to preserve capital, meet redemptions [NEW YORK] Hedge fund managers, after enduring the industry's worst month in a decade, are seeking to explain to investors what went wrong and what they are doing about it. "We clearly underestimated severalBloomberg - 756 words
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811 2008-10-15 25 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] For most Americans, US$7OO biUion is a large amount. Not in University of Chicago professor Casey Mulligan's classroom, where he says the sum, pledged for a bailout of financial institutions, represents only 1.75 per cent of an estimated US$4OBloomberg - 811 words
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Article, Illustration58 2008-10-15 25 'I am not a nervous person by nature, but should have been, under the circumstances.' Jeffrey Gendell, who runs hedge fund Tontine Associates 'I believe it is prudent to maintain our critical focus on capital preservation and liquidity.' David Slager, manager of the Atticus European Fund which now58 words
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573 2008-10-15 25 -LAT-WP He led USsloob bid to buy ABN Amro which some now say was over-priced [LONDON] Frederick Goodwin, the Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive who won his nickname Fred the Shred for axing jobs, has lost his own. With the government's-LAT-WP - 573 words
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487 2008-10-15 26 THIS is a time of reckoning for many hedge funds and their clients. The industry is bracing for a flood of redemptions that could sound the death knell for more funds, even as outflows exacerbate the declines in floundering equity markets. Hedge funds have487 words
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Article, Illustration1077 2008-10-15 26 LEON HADAR - LEON HADAR US failure in Mid-East and financial turmoil reflect limits on its use of geo-strategic might I WISH I had aUS dollar oops, better make that a euro for every recent obituary marking The Death or The Fall or The CollapseREUTERS - 1,077 words
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Article, Illustration790 2008-10-15 26 YOGI AGGARWAL - YOGI AGGARWAL THE BOTTOM LINE THE credit meltdown in the US has not yet had a major impact on India. While it has taken its toll on the Indian stock markets and foreign capital inflows leading to the depreciation of the Indian rupee, the790 words
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Article, Illustration981 2008-10-15 27 CRAIG WHITLOCK - CRAIG WHITLOCK -LATWP If a behemoth like ÜBS were to fail, it is unclear if the Swiss government can get enough funds to rescue it, analysts say By OF ALL the places in the world, this was supposed to be the safest to stash your-LATWP; AFP - 981 words
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Article, Illustration754 2008-10-15 27 EDWARD HADAS - It's not so bad expect a mild recession EDWARD HADAS By PANIC: "What should I do about the crisis?" Anyone who follows finance has been asked that question a lot lately by non-financial friends and relatives. It's hard to answer, but not because there's nothing to be done. As yet,AFP - 754 words
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Article9261 2008-10-15 28 High Low Code Company Sale COOP) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 14.5 4 3148 8Telecom 20 3 5834 A-Sonic 110 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 22.5 6 1938 AEI Corp 17.5 2 1100 AEM 36 13.5 2101 APOil 141 41.5 5550 ARA 15.5 3.5 3100 ASA9,261 words
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Article2084 2008-10-15 29 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 offer2,084 words
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Article72 2008-10-15 29 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Day Ih Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Jii! ***** 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 6200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 6097 IS MSCI Spore 6101 IS S&P500 ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 398.372 words
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Article73 2008-10-15 29 Hii Wk Tel Low Code Comi Last Sale Vol COOP) Hii lay Low Bl .a si yer )uote Seller Div C'vr Net P/E /ICap $mil >an< 117.9 55 6000 AVJennings 20.5 4 6134 Over&Gen 48.5 7.5 6017 StarCruises 283 123 6019 TanChonglnt A57 A8 US8 HK136 -0.5 +673 words
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Article8517 2008-10-15 29 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS 1.548/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/A 1.258/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.65/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)! A 0.44/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.7252/ APS Komaba8,517 words
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Article64 2008-10-15 30 Oct 14 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Oct08 1835 Nov08 1893 Dec 08 1870 Jan 09 1878 Total o/p: ***** contracts 1835 1835 1835 4 672 1835 1910 1835 1141 7729 1850 1902 1825 887364 words
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Article184 2008-10-15 30 Oct 14 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) Nov 08 Dec 08 191.0 Jan 09 191.0 Feb 09 Mar 09 Apr 09 191.0 191.0 186.5 187.0 187.0 187.0 187.0 188.0 20 294 332 312 408 440 891184 words
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Article93 2008-10-15 30 Oct 14 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi. Day's ill Low 3-Month BQ*****T 15.01.09 1-Year BY*****N 04.05.09 1.13 1.26 1.15 1.01 1.10 1.07 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year NX*****T 4.625 5-Year NX*****Z 2.250 7-Year N*****0S 2.87593 words
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Article131 2008-10-15 30 As at 9am Oct 14 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.0100 1.0700 Can dollar 1.2730 1.2890 Euro 1.9800 2.0040 NZ dollar 0.8990 0.9190 Sterlini ind 2.5300 2.5601 US dollar 1.4480 1.4640 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign131 words
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Article139 2008-10-15 30 OctU (US! f/oz) Oct 13 Oct 14 Hong Kong London 863.00 846.00 864.00 847.00 Oct 10 Oct 13 889.10 828.20 892.10 831.20 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR S$) Oct 14 Buying Sellim Kilobar "43,027.91" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS 6$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1139 words
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Article73 2008-10-15 30 Oct 13 I A I Aft iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2188.50 2158.50 3 months 2250.00 2215.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 5194.00 5115.00 4869.50 4790.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1563.50 3 months 1565.00 1469.00 1475.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin73 words
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Article71 2008-10-15 30 Oct 13 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 08 1367 1362 1384/1362 Mar 09 1396 1394 1416/1391 May 09 1405 1406 1426/1402 JulO9 1415 unch 1422/1414 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov08 1755 1689 1760/1718 Jan 09 1814 1751 1819/1776 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prev High/Low Dec71 words
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