The Business Times, 5 December 2008

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES ssi .00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg a Singapore press holdings publication coregnnoi9B4o2B6Be mica(p)l97/08/2008 Friday, December 5,2008
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    Lock icon Central banks unleash aggressive rate cuts
    530 1 Bloomberg, Reuters, AP [BRUSSELS] The European Central Bank delivered the biggest interest-rate cut in its 10-year history after the economic slump deepened and the inflation rate plunged. ECB policy makers meeting in Brussels lowered the benchmark lending rate by 75 basis points to 2.5
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      27 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.575 Taiwan 6.316 KOREA 933 BRITAIN 3.00 CANADA 4.00 SWITZERLAND 2.27 ND!A 13 00 Source: I
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      46 1 lursi iam 1 COMP 846.86 -0.67 IIKKEI 225 7,924.24 -79.86 1ANG SENG 13,509.78 -78.88 ;et index 392.87 -0.05 JAKARTA COMP 1,205.32 +12.80 1ANILA COMP 1,890.89 -14.39 ;eoulcomp 1,006.54 -16.13 ;henzhenb 275.76 +0.90 IUMBAI IND 9,229.75 +482.32 11AM EST Chant )OW 8,572.18 -19.51 IASDAQ 1,490.97 -1.41
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      Lock icon FOREX
      42 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.528 (US$/S$ per 1.468 2.243 :uro (USS/SS/E) 1.265 1.934 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 92.80 60.70 3.641 2.382 IK$ 7.752 5.073 !AHT 35.70 23.36 lUPIAH 11,925 7,804 1ENMINBI 6.884 4.505 INDIAN RUPEE 49.80 32.59 1.558 1.020
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    Lock icon Shadow office space grabs the spotlight
    756 1  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Companies trying to sub-let excess space as they streamline operations By ty over the next few quarters, but it is impossible to pinpoint exactly how much space will be released," he added. HL Bank, Citibank and DBS are among the tenants known
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Eyes on demand as govt keeps land supply in check
      624 2  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Analysts hope for measures to boost buying, such as stamp duty rebates By [SINGAPORE] The government yesterday kept the lid on the supply of state land for development. All eyes in the market now are on what measures
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      Lock icon Online campaign leads to rethink at DBS
      426 2  -  SIOW LI SEN Bank removes ad references to controversial outfit By [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank has removed all references to Focus On The Family (FOTF) in its advertising, after its credit card promotion supporting the evangelical Christian organisation provoked some angry reactions. Since the
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      Lock icon Fear of corporate failures grips Britain
      563 2  -  JANE MOIR Miss Sixty goes into administration; Moss Bros sounds earnings warning By in London CORPORATE failures in Britain are expected to surge by 50 per cent in 2009 and hit record highs in 2010 as companies struggle to stay afloat amid the financial
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Shadow Office Space CjrabS the SpOtllCjht
        59 2 AS banks and other organisations look at scaling back their operations, some are trying to sub-let office space that they no longer need. Some 200,000 sq ft of such space which some call shadow space may already be on the market, although part of
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        Lock icon Europe's central banks unleash aggressive rate cuts
        76 2 THE European Central Bank delivered the biggest interest-rate cut in its 10-year history yesterday, lowering the benchmark lending rate by 75 basis points to 2.5 per cent. Other central banks took even more aggressive moves, with the Swedish central bank cutting by a
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        Lock icon EyeS on demand aS govt keepS land SUPPIV in Check
        70 2 THE government yesterday kept the lid on the supply of state land for development. All eyes in the market now are on what measures the state will come up with to stimulate property demand. For first-half 2009, the Ministry of
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        Lock icon SPH slows hiring, freezes Senior Sian pay
        77 2 SINGAPORE Press Holdings has slowed hiring and frozen pay for all senior management staff in a bid to control costs, chairman Tony Tan said yesterday at the company's annual general meeting. But Dr Tan said "despite the economic downturn, we will continue to
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        Lock icon Olam to buy back US$150m of its bonds
        64 2 OLAM International plans to repurchase up to US$l5O million of its convertible bonds after prices more than halved since July. Investors reacted positively to the news, pushing Olam shares up 9.5 cents or 10.8 per cent to close at 97.5 cents yesterday.
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        Lock icon Key stake in Straits Asia may change hands
        64 2 A MAJOR shareholder of Straits Asia Resources (SAR) is making a strategic review of its 47 per cent stake in the listed company. SAR said yesterday that it was informed by Straits Resources Ltd that the move was prompted by unsolicited approaches
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        Lock icon Malaysian exports shrink a sharp 14.2% in October
        71 2 THE recession in developed economies has hit Malaysia. The country's exports fell 14.2 per cent in October, marking the start of a trend that economists expect to continue into 2009. The sharp month-on-month drop in October exports to RM53.5 billion was due
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      Lock icon SPH slows hiring, freezes senior staff pay
      464 4  -  CHEW XIANG But company will help staff keep jobs amid downturn, says chairman By [SINGAPORE] Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), the media giant which also owns this newspaper, has slowed hiring and frozen pay for all senior management staff in a bid to control
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      Lock icon Young talents do their part for ChildAid
      307 4  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By [SINGAPORE] Children of aU ages came together last night to do their part for charity with a musical extravaganza. For the first time, Child Aid featured two international talents 12-year-old Hong Kong pianist Aristo Sham and 10-year-old Tiger Onitsuka from
      PHOTOS BY YEN MENG JIIN  -  307 words
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      Lock icon Credit Suisse axes 5,300 jobs
      779 4  -  CONRAD TAN More than two-thirds will be in investment banking By [SINGAPORE] Credit Suisse will slash 5,300 jobs or 11 per cent of its global work force by the middle of next year, the bank said yesterday as it warned of the worst quarterly performance
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      1667 4 Notice to the Holders of: Minibond Series 1 S$ Credit-Linked Notes due 2011 and US$ Credit-Linked Notes due 2011 ("Minibond Series 1") (ii) Minibond Series 2 S$ Credit-linked Notes due 2012 and US$ Credit-Linked Notes due 2012 ("Minibond Series 2") (iii) Minibond Series 3 S$ Credit-Linked Notes due 2012, US$
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Olam to buy back up to US$150m of bonds
      459 5  -  EMILYN YAP Shares rise 10.8% to 97.5 cents as investors react positively By AGRICULTURE supply chain manager Olam International plans to repurchase up to US$l5O million of its convertible bonds after prices more than halved since July. Investors reacted positively to
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      Lock icon Thai Beverage revives plan to list in Thailand
      536 5 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Thai Beverage PCL, Thailand's biggest brewer and whisky maker, revived a plan to list on the country's stock exchange through the sale of 80 million shares by its chairman. The 4.69 baht-a-share offering by Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, Thailand's richest man, will
      – Bloomberg  -  536 words
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      Lock icon Steer clear of 'wash trades' and 'marking the close': SGX
      423 5  -  CHEW XIANG Byl THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has cautioned in the latest Regulator's Column posted on its website that "wash trades" and "marking the close" are forms of market manipulation that breach Sections 197 and 198 of the Securities and
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      Lock icon Key stake in Straits Asia may change hands
      515 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO Major shareholder reviewing interest following offers from several parties By A MAJOR shareholder of Straits Asia Resources (SAR) is making a strategic review of its 47 per cent stake in the listed company. SAR said yesterday that it was informed
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      Lock icon Distressed-debt managers look to developers
      487 7 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Asian dis-tressed-debt managers expect real estate developers and companies in China, Indonesia and Australia to provide them with the most investment opportunities next year, an industry survey shows. Economic recession, slowing consumer spending and shrinking bank lending indicate that a growing number
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      Lock icon Funds warm to Asia ex-Japan equities
      389 8 Reuters But they slash weight on China due to slowing growth: HSBC survey [HONG KONG] Asset managers grew more positive about equities in the current quarter, especially in Asia ex-Japan, but sharply curbed their enthusiasm on China as its growth prospects dimmed, a survey
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      Lock icon CAO exploring long-term jet fuel supplies
      475 8  -  RONNIE LIM They'll supplement those that the firm obtains through monthly tenders By CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) with stronger controls in place after its restructuring is discussing long-term jet fuel supplies for Chinese airports with parties including British Petroleum. These supplies will supplement those
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Another late selloff trims STI gains
      627 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS For the second consecutive day Sing Tel was the main index contributor THE local stock market yesterday continued to be dogged by low volume, volatility in the Hang Seng Index and an over-reliance on penny stocks to provide the main themes
      : Bloomberg  -  627 words
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      100 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 5 3 6 0 0 0 5 3 6 lanufacturing 38 38 63 47 45 72 Commerce 18 19 15 21 21 16 'pt/Stor/Comms 21 23 :inance 11 14 10 11 14 10 Construction 12 15
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      110 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 15,176 15,176 36,543 36,543 lanufacturing 294,622 52,775 347,397 138,896 2,740 141,635 lommerce 92,259 20,741 113,000 77,918 3,268 81,186 'pt/Stor/Comms 139,954 435 140,389 180,322 81 180,403 :i nance 24,263 24,263 144,108 144,108 lonstruction 15,996 487 16,483 840 844 'roperties 61,627
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      102 6 lapitaLand 2.490 4-0.020 lapitaMal 1.480 -0.070 jtyDev 5.260 4-0.060 Iosco Corp 0.875 4-0.025 IBS Grp 9.090 tO.010 :&N 2.700 Sent Intl 0.390 -0.010 iolden Agri 0.200 -0.005 IK Land 2.300 4-0.050 IMH 15.800 -0.700 ISH 9.000 -0.300 lardineC&C 9.320 -0.140 Ceppel Corp 3.760 -0.010 Ceppel Land
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      902 6  -  LYNETTE KHOO RESILIENT in carnage: Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has weathered the current financial storm in a better fashion than most of its STI peers. While the STI plunged 36.4 per cent in October to November, SPH demonstrated resilience by falling only 13.5 per cent, thus outperforming the
      Bloomberg  -  902 words
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      Lock icon Rate cut fever hits currency markets
      534 6  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES IT was a big day for interest rate cuts yesterday, and that in turn cast a long shadow on currency action as well. The British pound, for example, plunged just after the European open on news that Sweden had cut its
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      61 6 Dec 4 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1.00+194.0 BT CADI -*****.00 +15.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 325.10 +0.03 FTSE ST Small Cap 276.42 -0.46 FTSE ST All Share 392.68 +0.54 FTSE ST China Top 171.38 +0.68 FTSE ST China 173.24 +0.66 UOB Catalist 72.80
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 6 VOLUME Golden Agri 122,623,000 Cosco Corp 60,281,000 Straits Asia 50,329,000 MiddleEastD 44,851,000 RafflesEdu 40,130,000 Olam 36,069,000 China Honqxinq 31,837,000 SinqTel 27,420,000 Noble Grp 23,925,000 Ezra 22,257,000 VALUE(S) Sing Tel 70,256,048 DBS Grp 54,191,490 Cosco Corp 50,620,490 Straits Asia 39,720,340 Olam 34,869,065 UOB 34,766,476 Capita Land 33,964,330 Wilmar
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      Lock icon RISES
      108 6 MS India 10US$ CLOSE UP 698 48.9 4.8 India Ni 10 850 43.0 5.3 SIA 200 1060 40.0 3.9 S I A 1040 20.0 2.0 Select Gr| 30 15.5 106.9 Great Eastern 870 14.0 1.6 IS MSCI India 100 317 13.8 2.9 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 8960 12.0 0.1 China
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      Lock icon FALLS
      109 6 CLOSE DOWN 7590-143.6 -1.2 GLD 10US$ OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 8000-112.0 -1.4 JMH 1580-106.9 -4.2 OCBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 8810 -54.0 -0.6 JSH 900 -45.8 -3.2 YHS 166 -29.0 -14.9 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 9272 -18.0 -0.2 Thailand 10US$ 229 -16.8 -4.J Jardine C&C 932 -14.0 -1.5 Pair irm 393 -10.7
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      87 6 Wh lere S! i$ stands Dec 4 %CHNG CLOSE FRD«3 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.5278 0.11 1.5346 1.3457 Euro 1.9250 0.26 2.2064 1.8640 Pounds 2.2222 1.28 2.8431 2.2111 AS 0.9813 -0.14 1.3251 0.9068 Yen* 1.6447 0.07 1.6645 1.2619 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.94 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2760 0.62 4.4299
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Q1 power tariffs to fall up to 25%
      418 9  -  NOOR AISHA Reduction comes on 40% fuel price slide; EMA revising tariff formula by mid-year By SINGAPOREANS can look forward to cheaper electricity of up to 25 per cent in the January-March quarter, after the record 21 per cent spike this quarter.
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      Lock icon Shenzhen pricier for expats than S'pore
      369 9  -  WINSTON CHAI By CHINESE cities such as Shenzhen and Guangzhou have surged past Singapore when it comes to expatriate living costs, a survey has shown. Although Singapore has traditionally ranked as one of the more expensive Asian countries for expats, it dropped three notches
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      Lock icon Verimatrix sets up regional HQ here
      254 9  -  ANGANSHING By VERIMATRIX, which provides content security and and revenue enhancement solutions for pay-TV networks, has opened its regional headquarters here, in a bid to strengthen its position in the Asia-Pacific. Verimatrix's presence in the region would be welcomed by most IPTV, broadcast and
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      Lock icon MAS appoints Davinder Singh as adviser
      95 9 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has appointed Davinder Singh, Senior Counsel and CEO of Drew Napier, to advise MAS on the implications of the legal issues raised by the lawyers acting in the Chapter 11 proceedings for Lehman Brothers in the United States.
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      Lock icon Asia-Pac CEOs must play HR card: Korn/Ferry
      429 9  -  ANNA TEO By TODAY'S Asia-Pacific CEOs must not only be globally minded and fiscal-savvy change agents, they must essentially be HR strategists, according to a Korn/Ferry paper. CEOs polled by the executive search firm listed "a background that includes creating human capital strategies"
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      Lock icon Employers, workers urged to brace for fallout
      345 10  -  JONATHAN GAN TEH SHI NING By and general of the National Trades Union Congress. Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kirn Yong was joined by Mr Lee and Mr Lim on the dialogue's panel to discuss manpower management in this recession. The forum was attended
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      Lock icon Health regulators to share resources
      356 10  -  MARISSA LEE CHEN HUIFEN Move comes amid calls for greater collaboration among drug regulators By and REGULATORS from Singapore, Australia, Canada and Switzerland have formed a consortium to share resources and deal with pharmaceutical issues more quickly. Staff exchange programmes, joint inspections of manufacturing facilities
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      Lock icon For a change, lend skills to charities
      280 10  -  MARISSA LEE By AMID the financial turmoil, one of the best places to put our money in would have to be charity. But instead of feeding these charities with one-off donations, why not "teach them to fish"? At a Networking Lunch with Professional
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Malaysian exports shrink a sharp 14.2% in October
      432 11  -  PAULINE NG Contributing to the decline were electronic products and commodities By in Kuala Lumpur THE recession in the developed economies has hit Malaysia. The country's exports fell 14.2 per cent in October, marking the start of a trend that economists expect
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      Lock icon Syariah bonds to go on sale
      186 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia expects to name the selling agents for its first retail Syariah bonds next week, a finance ministry official said on Wednesday, in a bid to widen the investor base for debt and finance the state budget deficit. Indonesia has halted all
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US economic problems deepen
      545 12 -NYT Consumers cutting back on spending, businesses trimming jobs, wages [NEW YORK] The economic decline took a turn for the worse after the market shocks of October. Last month, the problems only deepened. Cash-poor Americans, fearful for their jobs and victims of a steep decline in
      -NYT; AFP  -  545 words
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      Lock icon Indonesia cuts rates for first time in a year
      296 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank yesterday unexpectedly lowered interest rates for the first time in a year to shield the economy from the global recession. Governor Boediono and his seven colleagues reduced the benchmark rate to 9.25 per cent from 9.5
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China urges US to stabilise economy, markets
      579 13 AP US officials pressed the Chinese to continue reform of currency policies [BEIJING] China's chief trade envoy urged Washington yesterday to stabilise its economy and protect Beijing's US investments as the two sides opened economic talks overshadowed by the global financial crisis and
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      Lock icon India tightens airport security after terror warning
      383 13 AP, Bloomberg Air force chief said warning received of airborne attack [BANGALORE] India increased security at airports in New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai after a threat from the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for last week's attacks in Mumbai, police and officials said.
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      Lock icon China bans lip synching in annual tvshow
      170 13 -AP [BEIJING] Embarrassed by a lip-synching child who sang at the Beijing Olympics' opening ceremony, Chinese authorities are ordering performers not to fake it during the country's biggest television show of the year. "Choose performers with real singing ability," said a notice posted
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon GM, Chrysler consider bankruptcy to get bailout
      668 14 Bloomberg AUTO SQUEEZE Experts consulted if bankruptcy can reorganise industry without liquidation [NEW YORK] General Motors and Chrysler executives are considering accepting a pre-arranged bankruptcy as the last-resort price of getting a multibillion-dollar government bailout, said a person familiar with their internal discussions.
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      Lock icon Union throws weight behind Big 3 carmakers
      345 14 -NYT [WASHINGTON] The United Automobile Workers union said on Wednesday that it would make major concessions in its contracts with Detroit's three car companies to help them lobby Congress for US$34 billion in federal aid. The surprising move by the UAW could be
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      Lock icon Panasonic sweetens Sanyo bid, Goldman may counter
      389 14 Reuters [TOKYO] Panasonic Corp has sweetened its offer for Sanyo Electric Co by 8 per cent to about US$B.6 billion, sources familiar with the matter said, but major shareholder Goldman Sachs rejected the offer and threatened to launch a counter bid. Panasonic, the
      – Reuters; REUTERS  -  389 words
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      Lock icon JPMorgan seizes fund's collateral
      136 14 O Reuters [BANGALORE] JP Morgan seized tens of millions of US dollars of collateral from a commercial property debt fund run by Guggenheim Partners, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. The move followed the fund's failure to provide additional capital to
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      2777 14 .1 IN THE MATTER OF THE F7R A EZRA HOLDINGS LIMITED °°Z7^^Z EjZJS^\ Co Reg No *****1 4 ii N reucwiSE (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) MANAGEMENT^NGATORgm. LTD. NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (ln '^SaSnSS^ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Ezra Holdings Limited At
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Dubai rethinks huge 'city within city' plan
      471 15 -AP Developer cites change in investor demands as reason for the retreat [DUBAI] A newly created Dubai developer that unveiled a US$95 billion real estate project just two months ago is reviewing its plans in the light of the economic downturn. The retreat
      -AP; AFP  -  471 words
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      Lock icon Number of people on dole hits 26-year high
      447 15 -AP LATEST US DATA [WASHINGTON] Americans confronting lost jobs, wilting retirement accounts and shrinking home values got more evidence yesterday of consumers' weary state and the country's deteriorating job market with the latest batch of bleak economic data. The number of newly
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      234 15 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese brokerage house Nomura Holdings is axing up to 1,000 staff in London in its first big job cuts since it bought parts of failed Lehman Brothers. The decision to cut as much as 22 per cent of its London staff follows an
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      424 15 NYT [WASHINGTON] In a day of especially grim news for the book business, Random House, the world's largest publisher of consumer books, announced a sweeping reorganisation aimed at trimming costs, while Simon Schuster laid off 35 people, including the head of
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      281 15 -NYT [WASHINGTON] Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, whom US Presidentelect Barack Obama formally introduced on Wednesday as his choice for secretary of commerce, has a resume of unusual breadth. He served as both ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in
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      477 16 WHEN The Business Times and DHL Express Singapore called for nominations for this year's Singapore Business Awards recently, the organisers set the tone by quoting a Swedish proverb: "Rough waters are truer tests of leadership. In calm water, every ship has a good captain." Employees
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      992 16  -  LEON HADAR All the major problems to be faced by the US will require close cooperation with Beijing MUCH has been said and written about the way China and most of East Asia were sidelined on the Bush administration's global agenda as the perceived
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      800 16  -  iOBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group THE BOTTOM LINE AS he assembles his economic team, Barack Obama faces a central strategic decision that only he can make. Starting with his "economic stimulus" plan, will he focus mainly on reviving the economy and relieving the
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      1239 17  -  JAMES POMFRET Reuters Its manufacturing sector needs to innovate to regain its edge By STROLLING the production lines of his toy factory in southern China, Peter Lin barks orders as hundreds of workers in green overalls snap wheels onto toy cars and affix tiny batteries
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      238 17 LETTER TO THE EDITOR We refer to the forum letter "Can TCs invest in structured products?", published on Nov 27, 2008. Under the Town Councils Financial Rules, Town Councils are allowed to invest funds which are not required for immediate use in Singapore
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      769 17 By JOHN GEE ABOUT a week after Lehman Brothers' collapse on Sept 15,1 paused to glance at the notice board in a local supermarket in a neighbourhood with a large expat population. Normally, there are two or three notices put up by domestic workers seeking
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      94 17 XcIOICU TUNE IN TO THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY m BIGGEsThITS I ESCAPED FROM Qp THE 90S MY TAJ ROOM C3EOIMmiOWN AT 4AM AND RAN DOWN TTT T ■*wf\lXTl SIX FLOORS XIfrSaSSdSS TO SAFETY J. First-person account of the mayhem in Mumbai from a Singaporebased Indian +\jww v #YltT
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      315 18 Reuters [LISBON] Two Portuguese opposition parties urged the government on Wednesday to overturn a decision to expand a container port in Lisbon because of what they said was a lack of transparency. In an unusual alliance, the centre-right Social Democratic Party and the
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      439 18  -  S JAYASANKARAN Merger not likely as XL considers MAS a national carrier, say analysts By in Kuala Lumpur A REPORT in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper suggesting that Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is in talks with Qantas and British Airways on
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      594 18 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's US$26B million Ibaraki Airport is on schedule to open for business in March 2010. The hard part will be persuading an airline to fly there. The government and Ibaraki prefecture, home to three million people, are paying
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      774 18 Bloomberg [TOULOUSE] A proposed merger between British Airways pic (BA) and Qantas Airways Ltd would help the combined carrier win larger discounts from Airbus SAS and Boeing Co, making it a stronger competitor to Singapore Airlines Ltd and Dubai's Emirates Airline. Qantas,
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      213 18 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of shipping Middle East crude to Asia rose the most in 10 weeks on demand for supertankers to be used as storage. As many as 12 supertankers and four vessels half the size are booked with options to use as
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      427 18 Bernama [SHANGHAI] Financial and management problems have forced OK Air, China's first private airline, to suspend passenger flights from Dec 15 to Jan 15. Board chairman Wang Junjin said the civil aviation authority had already approved the application for suspension, Xinhua reported yesterday, adding
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8720 19 Transaction date: Dec 4 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Hii Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net |h Low Buyer Seller Cvr P/E MCap $mil Hii Com[ >an] 12 3 3148 -Telecom 17 3 5834 A-Sonic 110 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 30.5
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      1894 20 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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      65 20 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol fOOO) Day ih Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil _H|< Comi ***** 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 6200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 6097 IS MSCI Spore 6101 ISS&PSO0 ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 385 158
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      60 20 Hii Low Code Com] >an' Sale COOP) Hii Low Bl rer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 112 39 6000 AVJennings 15 4 6134 Over&Gen 34 6 6017 StarCruises 283 104 6019 TanChonglnt A39 A8 US8 HK116 -3 unch 1 447 39 8 39 7.5 37 7.5 41 8 120
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      8933 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS 1.333/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1.201/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.57/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.37/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.6136/ APS Komaba
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      367 21 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Dec 3 World Index Preliminan 643.5 0.9 -43.1 0.7 -43.0 0.8 -46.3 EAFE Preliminai 619.4 0.9 -44.7 0.5 -47.0 0.7 -50.1 Euroj Preliminan 881.1 0.8
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      131 21 As at 9am Dec 4 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 0.9770 1.0090 Can dollar 1.2080 1.2220 Euro 1.9270 1.9490 NZ dollar 0.8060 0.8240 iterlini 2.2390 2.2650 US dollar 1.5170 1.5340 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      173 21 Dec 4 Offer Bid Overnight 1-month 2-months 3-months Overnight mode: 3/8 US$ 3/8 3/4 13/16 7/8 Offer 1/4 1/2 9/16 5/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 1.40 2.50 2.60 2.80 3.10 3.20 3.30 Offer 0.90 2.10 2.20
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      22 21 Dec 4 STI IIMSCI Dec 201.9 203.6 199.3 "aiwan Dec 160.8 162.0 156.5 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      23 21 Dec 4 Bid Offer 1-month 1.5268 1.5275 2 months 1.5252 1.5262 3 months 1.5236 1.5246 6-months 1.5180 1.5195 Source: OCBC
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      62 21 Dec 4 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Dec 08 1510 Jan 09 1540 Feb 09 1533 Mar 09 1545 Total o/p: ***** contracts 1462 1510 1461 1462 1550 1459 1462 1555 1457 1462 1556 1460 Turnover: 9133 lots Market
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      303 21 Dec 4 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 97.9825 98.2350 98.2800 98.2500 6219 ***** 4790 3572 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Dec08 99.115 99.125 Mar09 99.235 99.250 Jun09 99.285 99.305 Sep09 99.325 99.335 Dec09 99.315 99.315 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 99.115 99.235 99.285 99.325
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      198 21 Dec 4 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) Jan09 119.5 Feb 09 120.0 Mar 09 121.0 Apr 09 122.0 May 09 122.0 Jun 09 122.0 112.0 118.7 120.5 117.0 118.5 118.5 113.0 115.0 116.0 118.0 118.5 119.0
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      88 21 Dec 4 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****F 05.03.09 1-Year BY*****V 02.11.09 0.61 0.74 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hie Day's igh Low 2-Year NX*****T 4.625 5-Year NX*****Z 2.250 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NY*****A 4.000 15-Year NY*****X
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      104 21 Dec 3 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 09 830.00 827.00 843.50 820.00 Mar 09 835.00 834.50 848.00 826.00 May 09 843.00 844.00 853.50 837.00 Jul 09 851.25 853.00 865.25 847.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 08 30.28 30.42 30.93 30.20
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      77 21 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Dec 3 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 45.14 -1.10 WTI (Near Mth) 46.64 -1.00 Dubai (1-Mth F) 43.45 -1.63 Tapis blend 47.50 -2.75 Minas 44.95 -1.90 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 28.77 60.00 -0.68 -1.50 USS/barrel Opec Oil
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      464 21 Dec 4 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.810 4.418 0.507 4.976 31.967 76.541 0.596 9.485 2.337 1.209 50.482 31.669 0.981 6.553 0.777 21.536 22.917 0.437 0.642 Canada 1.235 5.458 0.627 6.146
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      77 21 Dec 4 1 mth 1.***** 0.***** 2 mths 2.***** 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** 3 mths 2.***** 0.***** 6 mths 2.***** 0.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs 1.***** 4yrs 2.***** 5yrs 2.***** 7yrs 2.***** 10yrs 2.***** 12 yrs 2.*****
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      157 21 Dec 4 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9804 0.9812 0.6417 0.6420 Canadian dollar 1.2110 1.2120 0.7926 0.7930 Euro 1.9330 1.9341 1.2652 1.2655 NZ dollar 0.8105 0.8115 0.5305 0.5310 Sterlini 2.2425 2.2437 1.4678 1.4681 US
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      140 21 Dec 4 (US! t/oz) Dec 04 Dec 03 Hong Kong London 768.40 777.80 769.40 778.80 Dec 03 Dec 02 779.20 778.30 781.20 780.30 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Dec 04 Buying Sellini Kilobar "40,787.33" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Selling Buying Igm 5gm lOgm 20gm 50gm lOOgm
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      69 21 Dec 3 luminium, 99.7% urity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1569.50 3 months 1616.00 1653.80 1700.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 3423.50 3446.00 3535.50 3555.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 957.00 971.00 1079.00 1089.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 9082.00 9205.00 9388.00 9505.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      67 21 Dec 3 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 08 1660 1605 1656/1585 Mar 09 1500 1479 1508/1464 May 09 1498 1477 1506/1462 Jul 09 1508 1486 1508/1474 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 09 1969 1980 2000/1922 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prev High/Low Mar 09 314.5 321.8 321.6/312.5
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  • ARTS
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      759 25 Five Singaporean artists seek the city's identity in their work, reports EMILYN ANG m HAT hapm pens when a city loses its m soul through globalisation? In Lost City 2, five Singaporean artists seek to restore its identity with an exhibition that looks
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      767 25  -  CLARISSA TAN By THERE are authors who write from the head, and those from the heart. One may have expected Woon Tai Ho, managing director of MediaCorp and founder of Channel News Asia, to write a hard-boiled, muscular treatise on the current state of the
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      416 25  -  CHEAH UI-HOON By EVEN as High School Musical mania continues to bowl over Singapore's teens with its third successful edition screening in cinemas now, one locally (and proudly) made-in-Singa-pore musical about high school students demonstrates how the stage can reflect "real" teenage lives instead of a
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      509 25  -  BEN MUNROE By IDEALLY your office party serves two functions: it should help you mark the end of another year and keep you entertained. Fortunately for us, Christ-mas-themed comedy The Office Party by SRT fulfils both of these criteria and is crammed with
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  • CINEMA/ARTS
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      Lock icon 3D-enabled movie goes to the dogs
      644 26 And the cat and hamster too, as they steal the show in Bolt, says JAIME EE BOLT is a canine that every dog dreams of being. He has supersonic speed, heat ray vision, a Super Bark that can level an army of killing machines
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      Lock icon Doesn't quite get your rocks off
      615 26  -  GEOFFREY EU By( THE obvious challenge for a movie like Zack andMiri Make a Porno is to ensure that it lives down to its implicit promise of being rude, crude and borderline obscene an irreverent testament to bad taste, in other words while simultaneously
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      380 26  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM DVD REVIEW By IF you're looking for a movie that will neither depress you nor give you a headache from its arty pretensions, then Wedding Daze is just the kind of mindless entertainment you need. Firstly, it isn't about weddings. It doesn't even have much
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      423 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 -Z 12 3 \i 6 7 8 I A stiff examination (7) I 5 Unpaid, a foreign RU team i i I i I 9 Bolt in iron tripod with no 9
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      581 26 Kff^^iiw Z>a\ B^JrwEkjdii^^*' I —"*k BP^S ■ba'*4lp?V^':; ■■''"•"Sgr V >-.*>■-■'« ■SP"^;-' -''7\l A Charity concert for ailing musician TO raise funds for well-known jazz keyboardist Michael Stanton (above), who was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer last week, some of Singapore's top jazz musicians will play at a charity concert this
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  • PURSUITS
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      875 27 BOOKS Web designer and author Susannah Gardner tells CHRISTOPHER LIM how one can learn blogging SOME people might assume that because weblogs or blogs, for short reside in the information cloud of the Internet, they need to be technologically savvy
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      458 27  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM GAMING By WHEN you buy a computer game these days, it's hard for sure to know what you're getting up front. Believe it or not, that's a good thing. In the old days, you could easily pigeon-hole games into clear genres but developers
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      494 27  -  ONG BOON KIAT CD REVIEW Day Age Killers Island Records Rating: B+ By IT is to Killers' credit that its latest album Day Age not only progresses from its borrowed influences, it also moves on albeit subtly from the group's previous successful offerings. For
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      626 27  -  MELISSA LWEE MUSIC By WHEN you listen to DJ Sasha's newest album, Invol2ver, don't be surprised if a sense of warmth envelopes you. "I remember when we were recording this, it was very cold in New York," he tells BT with a slight laugh.
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      1232 28 High-end properties are including lifestyle features such as art galleries, private dining rooms and party pads on their premises, report AUDREY PHOON and AMANDA DE GUZMAN OLYMPIC-SIZED pools tiled in the finest Italian marble and gyms filled with state-of-the-art equipment may yet be an unheard-of
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      555 31 FALL/WINTER 2008-09 COLLECTION Giuseppe Zanotti Design's Fall Winter 2008-09 collection seeks to achieve the perfect shape. With comfort and style as Giuseppe Zanotti's utmost priority, this season embarks on a journey with much emphasis placed on the shape, the heel, the accessory, the choice of material and
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      122 32 l\/\y m f^^Xl\l SHlFT_the way you move a Authorised Dealers: Auto Mega Trading Pte Ltd 300 Tampines Avenue 5, #01-01, NTUC Income Tampines J- Tan Chono Motor Sales Pie LM Showrooms: Junction. Tel: 6787 2882 Hong Heng Co Pte Ltd 33 Sembawang Road, #01-01/02. Tel: 6452 1112 Bukit Timah: 911
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      157 33 contents L THE BUSINESS TIMES 2008 H^^H|M^H___ °6 ToSs or tough girls New York-based designer Alexander Wang 06 updates the classics jtzz^^z^ jKsfm (m The timeless appeal of the charm bracelet 40 Cooking up a Charlie Trotter Christmas Why the celebrity chef is always home for Christmas; his recipes for
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  • fashion
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      1293 34  -  Amanda de Guzman CLASSIC YET PROVOCATIVE, LUXE YET STREET-SMART, ALEXANDER WANG MAKES CLOTHES THAT DEFY CONVENTION. SO GO SHOOT A FEW HOOPS OR JUMP INTO THEOCEANINONEOFHIS DESIGNS. HE'LL THANK YOU FOR BEING DIFFERENT By m hile designer-of-the-moment g Alexander Wang professes to live a completely "normal
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      255 36 We really don't know how long an IWC lasts. We've only been around for 140 years. j&&/ \N i -~v A v 1 x~""^- 'My >' r M w 21 \W x^^^^_ 4K/' "O X. ~jf PJ I x I^W >v ft I 111 \l\\^\ y/ iBI1"" iwc SCHAFFHAUSEN Ground
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      795 38  -  Clarissa Tan DROP ANY OF THESE ANTIQUARIAN EDITIONS INTO A BIBLIOPHILE'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING AND YOU'VE MADE YOURSELF A FRIEND FOR LIFE By i Un the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me... a Moroccan leatherbound, spine-lettered, richly-gilt, first-edition, first-issue A Christmas Carol. That
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      563 42  -  Jaime Ec HE HAS BEEN CALLED THE MASTER OF MINIMALISM, BUT ACCLAIMED ARCHITECT CLAUDIO SILVESTRIN IS ADAMANT THAT THERE IS MORE TO HIS WORK THAN JUST CLEAN LINES AND AN INTELLECTUALLY DEFINED SPARSENESS By. laudio Silvestrin often refers to spirits when he talks about his work,
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      510 50  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon embodying different meanings for different wearers, :harm bracelets never lose their appeal, or their individuality By< _/^~^t l harms are taking centre stage in Christmas and holiday jewellery this year as fashion J brands and jewellery houses t-QriV r\n tti__ r»r_r»nlQrih7 r_f their whimsical appeal. From
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      1102 52  -  Samuel Ec THEVRE RETRO-LOOKING MODELS THAT COME WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART ENGINEERING AND EVERY CREATURE COMFORT. NO WONDER INDEPENDENT-MINDED CAR ENTHUSIASTS ARE BITING By! More people are turning to the classics and we're not talking about literature. We're talking four wheels and a chassis, covered in sleek metal that harks
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      580 53  - His Hers Samuel Ec CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR CAR LOVERS Porsche No winter holiday would be complete without a leather jacket. Porsche has a biker-style design for men and women made of dark brown nappa lambskin with a viscose lining. The women's jacket has a feminine cut, of course, but both
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      158 56 When share prices free fall and your minibonds aren't worth the paper they're printed on, you know you can at least fall back on this precious metal in more forms than one \4 OPPOSITE PAGE Versace chandelier (in foregrouraji^ $28,827.94, Da Vinci Presentation Etienne Aigner Damascus Junior handbag
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      236 59 The first thing to get cut in bad times would be fancy J dinners at a top-rated restaurant down town. No matter, I there's no time like the present to brush up onyour gourmet cooking skills. Or easier still, order in some I takeaway it's never tasted so
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      46 66 redefining the classics j In times of uncertainty, a search for values rooted in reality, a return to traditions and the little things that offer' comfort and familiarity, acelebration ofthe luxurious, yet timeless appeal of a classic and elegant Christmas Jl
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