The Business Times, 18 June 2009
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Title Section23 2009-06-18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sfili A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Thursday, June 18,200923 words
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Article, Illustration684 2009-06-18 1 CHUANG PECK MING - CHUANG PECK MING Better-than-expected NODX numbers signal trade recovery; economists bet on April-June QOQ growth By [SINGAPORE] Things are looking up again for Singapore on the trade front as its key non-oil domestic exports in May rose a big-ger-than-expected 5.6 per cent on: IE Singapore - 684 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article47 2009-06-18 1 Inesi lay lange 1COMP 1,070.90 -3.22 IIKKEI225 9,840.85 +87.97 1ANG SENG 18,084.60 -80.90 ;et index 586.14 -10.40 JAKARTA COM P 2,024.97 -5.40 IANILACOMP 2,441.75 -72.42 ;eoulcomp 1,391.17 -7.98 ;henzhen b 465.35 +11.65 IUMBAI IND 14,522.84 -435.07 12 noon EDT Cham )OW 8,512.83 +8.16 IASDAQ 1,805.04 +8.8647 words
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Article21 2009-06-18 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYS|A 555 HONG KONG 5.00 SIT.. S BRITAIN 0.50 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.53 |N[)|A 1225 Source:Bloomberg - 21 words
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Article46 2009-06-18 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.451 (US$/S$ ier£) 1.637 2.38: ;URO (US$/S$/E) 1.388 2.022 Foreii in curreno ier US$ 'EN 96.30 66.1 3.533 2.42 IK$ 7.750 5.321 !AHT 34.15 23.4. lUPIAH 10,233 7,02' 1ENMINBI 6.838 4.69 1 INDIAN RUPEE 47.95 32.92 1.257 0.86: IZ$ 1.583 1.08'46 words
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Article, Illustration839 2009-06-18 1 UMA SHANKARI - UMA SHANKARI 7 good class bungalows sold in April and May, more deals in the works By [SINGAPORE] The most prestigious segment of Singapore's residential property sector has picked up over the past two months. Seven good class bungalows (GCBs) were sold in April andARTHUR LEE - 839 words
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Miscellaneous54 2009-06-18 1 SINGAPORE Q jfmi BizlT PARIS AIR SHOW WSm&SMmM PROPERTY INTERNATIONAL \P"P, P^til LG's mobile app store Russians bet big with HKkaf^iJi More high-end Easy liquidity for \CHlfll 3# set f°r Singapore debut Sukhoi Superjet 100 gjjiiSljf properties up for businesses rage 9 Hi w^^B page 25 page 16 j auction54 words
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TOP STORIES
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493 2009-06-18 2 RONNIE LIM - RONNIE LIM Orchard Energy to disclose oil, gas E&P assets Temasek plans to buy By [SINGAPORE] Coming soon news of oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) assets that Temasek Holdings intends to acquire. At least that's what Orchard Energy,493 words
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Article, Illustration491 2009-06-18 2 PAULINE NG - M'sia to free up iron steel manufacturing sector PAULINE NG By in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA said yesterday it will further liberalise its iron and steel sector by granting manufacturing licences without restriction and abolishing import controls on certain items and duty exemptions on raw materials. The measures, which take effectREUTERS - 491 words
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435 2009-06-18 2 JOYCE HOOI - JOYCE HOOI By [SINGAPORE] The Business Times has clinched second place in Marketing magazine's Newspaper of the Year 2009 awards. In doing so, it beat other publications like the The Wall Street Journal Asia and the Financial Times for a sweet spot in435 words
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THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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76 2009-06-18 2 THINGS are looking up again for Singapore on the trade front as its key non-oil domestic exports in May rose a bigger-than-expected 5.6 per cent on a seasonally-adjusted basis. And this has led economists in the private sector who were expecting a mere76 words
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53 2009-06-18 2 THE most prestigious segment of Singapore's residential property sector has picked up over the past two months. Seven good class bungalows were sold in April and May up from just two deals in Ql 2009 according to Savills Singapore's analysis of caveats captured by URA53 words
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49 2009-06-18 2 COMING soon news of oil and gas exploration and production assets that Temasek Holdings intends to acquire. At least that's what Orchard Energy, the Singapore investment company's exploration and production subsidiary, promises in its just-established website. TOP STORIES, PAGE 249 words
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65 2009-06-18 2 CHINA has imposed a requirement for its stimulus projects to use domestically made goods a move that could strain ties with trading partners after Beijing criticised Washington's "Buy American" stimulus provisions. Projects must obtain official permission to use imported goods, said an order65 words
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58 2009-06-18 2 TT International Limited's legal tussle with Barclays Bank might have spilled over from the Singapore courts to the Singapore Exchange. Yesterday, TT International halted trading of its shares following Barclays' sale of TT International shares that were pledged to Barclays as58 words
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54 2009-06-18 2 YANLORD Land Group is looking to raise at least $491 million through the sale of primary shares and convertible bonds, according to sources quoted by Reuters. The Singapore-listed China-based property group halted trading of its shares yesterday afternoon pending an announcement.54 words
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74 2009-06-18 2 SINGAPOREANS are willing to take career risks but are relatively risk-averse when it comes to their finances. They are also generally unwilling to engage a professional financial planner. These are some of the findings of the first survey by Swiss Re of74 words
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64 2009-06-18 2 AS action in the property market drifts up to the high end, more top-notch properties are surfacing at auctions. A good-class bungalow on Belmont Road, a 7,000-square-foot freehold site on Fernhill Road and condo units at St Regis Residences, Leonie Towers and Gallop Gables64 words
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595 2009-06-18 3 -AP Move may strain ties with trading partners after 'Buy American' criticisms [BEIJING] China has imposed a requirement for its stimulus projects to use domestically made goods a move that could strain ties with trading partners after Beijing criticised Washington's "Buy American" stimulus-AP - 595 words
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Article, Illustration438 2009-06-18 3 JAMIE LEE - JAMIE LEE By [SINGAPORE] More companies have offered their chief executives a bigger variable cash component this year, a 2009 survey commissioned by the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) showed. Against a rising number of cases of directors not seeing eye-to-eye with company executives438 words
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503 2009-06-18 3 -Reuters LATEST US DATA [WASHINGTON] US consumer prices edged up in May on higher gasoline prices, but fell over the past 12 months by the most since 1950, in a sign that inflation was no threat for now as the-Reuters - 503 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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490 2009-06-18 4 JOYCE HOOI - JOYCE HOOI It says sales by Barclays Bank jeopardising restructuring efforts By TT International last night requested a suspension of trading in its shares, pending a creditors' meeting to approve a scheme of arrangement for a restructuring plan. Earlier in the day, it had asked490 words
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Article, Illustration403 2009-06-18 4 OH BOON PING - OH BOON PING Expansion to meet rising demand in mobile applications By i CHIPS tester STATS ChipPAC is expanding capacity for full turnkey wafer level packaging in Singapore, citing the strong growth in the segment. In a statement, the Te-masek-controlled company said theBLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO - 403 words
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Article, Illustration384 2009-06-18 4 OH BOON PING - OH BOON PING By HONG KONG-BASED Noble Group has closed its takeover offer for Gloucester Coal with acceptances raising its stake to 87.7 per cent. The news came after the commodities trader said on Monday that its stake in the Australian coal miner384 words
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400 2009-06-18 4 Latest deals double order book to $248 m as firm taps China's rail sector MIDAS Holdings' shares soared yesterday on news that it has won its single largest project order of 603 million yuan (Ssl2B million) since its listing and on hopes400 words
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742 2009-06-18 4 LYNETTE KHOO - LYNETTE KHOO TRADING suspensions normally stem from good intentions: to protect shareholders pending the outcome of some developments affecting a company. But there have to be safeguards to ensure against abuses. As some of the suspensions are indefinite, leaving shareholders on tenterhooks, the motive742 words
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359 2009-06-18 5 LYNETTE KHOO - LYNETTE KHOO Proceeds to come from a sale of primary shares and 5-year convertible bonds By YANLORD Land Group is looking to raise at least $491 million through the sale of primary shares and convertible bonds, according to sources quoted by359 words
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Article, Illustration186 2009-06-18 5 OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation's (OCBC) issued capital has increased by 2.1 per cent to 3.19 billion shares following the allotment of 67.3 million new units under its scrip dividend scheme. The scheme grants shareholders the option of receiving the final dividend of 14 cents a186 words
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436 2009-06-18 5 NISHA RAMCHANDANI - NISHA RAMCHANDANI EGN wants 4 board members to quit, puts up 3 nominees By EGN Nominees, a substantial shareholder of Asia Water Technology, has indicated that it plans to oppose the proposed investment and proposed rights issue that Asia Water announced on Tuesday. EGN has436 words
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472 2009-06-18 7 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN CEO says some lenders not keen to roll over or extend existing lines By JUST hours after it requested a share-trading halt yesterday, offshore and shipbuilding group Jaya Holdings said that it was in talks with lenders that want to review472 words
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Article, Illustration216 2009-06-18 7 OKP Holdings (OKP), an infrastructure and civil engineering company, has secured a $5.7 million contract from the National Parks Board (NParks) for the construction of three park connectors at Sungei Pinang, Sungei Serangoon and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5. The project was216 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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57 2009-06-18 7 MAP Technology Holdings is proposing a renounceable non-underwritten rights issue of up to 1.48 billion new ordinary shares at the issue price of $0.01 per share, on the basis of four rights shares for every one existing ordinary share. If fully subscribed, the company will57 words
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40 2009-06-18 7 FIBRESPEED has taken a claim dated June 10, 2009 against euNetworks Fiber UK a subsidiary of euNetworks Group in the High Court of England and Wales for damages amounting to £7.27 million (5517.25 million).40 words
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41 2009-06-18 7 TUNG Lok Millennium, which is wholly owned by Tung Lok Restaurants (2000), has obtained a $5 million line of credit from United Overseas Bank and a $2.3 million loan facility from Standard Chartered.41 words
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91 2009-06-18 7 E3 Holdings Inc announced yesterday the proposed issuing of subscription shares to Goh Lai Peng and Chim Swee Yong. Mr Goh, a manager with Yongnam Engineering Construction, would subscribe for 48 million new ordinary shares, and Mr Chim, executive chairman of Concord Electrical, for91 words
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40 2009-06-18 7 SPH Search, a subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), was presented with the "Best Consumer Service Innovation" prize for its location-based service for mobile users, Rednano Locate, at the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards.40 words
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Article76 2009-06-18 7 FRASERS Centrepoint Asset Management, the manager of Frasers Commercial Trust (FCOT), announced yesterday that Standard Poor's Ratings Services has affirmed FCOT's "BB" long-term corporate credit rating with a negative outlook. S&P also removed the rating from Credit Watch, where it was placed with negative implications76 words
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48 2009-06-18 7 STAMFORD Land Corp's wholly owned trust, The Knoxville Trust, has secured a two-year As6o million (Ss69 million) construction loan facility with United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank. The facility will fund Knoxville's development of the Dynon's Plaza Office Tower project in Perth.48 words
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46 2009-06-18 7 OCULUS announced yesterday that it has entered into two conditional agreements with Asiasons Capital and IPCO International to acquire 164,890 fully paid ordinary shares, constituting 78.11 per cent of the issued and paid-up share capital of Industrial Engineering Systems.46 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration564 2009-06-18 6 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY STOCKS STl's uneven performance due to investors' continued uncertainty over future of Wall Street, global equities GREEN shoots or brown weeds? The Straits Times Index went through a choppy session yesterday as investors displayed continued uncertainty over what the future holds, mainly for: Bloomberg - 564 words
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Article97 2009-06-18 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind B 6 2 0 0 0 B 6 2 Manufacturing 59 41 62 65 48 70 Commerce 22 17 24 28 19 27 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 17 15 17 Finance 10 14 10 1497 words
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Article115 2009-06-18 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 32,379 32,379 81,416 81,416 lanufacturing 305,869 76,497 382,366 166,870 4,329 171,199 lommerce 172,966 7,465 180,431 93,758 2,333 96,091 'pt/Stor/Comms 160,816 160,816 245,230 245,230 :i nance 33,570 33,570 264,974 264,974 lonstruction 134,391 7,570 141,961 15,438 121 15,559 'roperties 147,260 147,260115 words
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Article104 2009-06-18 6 lapitaLand 3.630 4-0.040 lapitaMal 1.340 -0.040 jtyDev 8.630 -0.100 lomforiDelGrc 1.290 -0.010 Iosco Corp 1.350 -0.050 IBS Grp 11.680 -0.160 :&N 3.690 -0.010 ienting SP 0.675 tO.025 iolden Agri 0.390 -0.005 IK Land 3.300 4-0.050 IMH 23.860 -0.840 ISH 13.500 -0.340 lardineC&C 17.540 -0.660 Ceppel Corp104 words
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Article, Illustration916 2009-06-18 6 CONRAD TAN - CONRAD TAN Offshore Marine sector CIMB-GK RESEARCH, June 17 WE maintain "underweight" on the O&M sector, but see deep valuation for the smaller caps, Swiber Holdings and Ezra Holdings. Both are trading at 6.5 x calendar year (CV) 2010 P/E, at 20 per cent discounts to peers in: Bloomberg - 916 words
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Article, Illustration519 2009-06-18 6 Reuters CURRENCIES [LONDON] The euro edged up yesterday, tracking a recovery in oil prices, while the US dollar slipped after BRIC's support for more a diversified monetary system kept in focus the issue of the US dollar's suitability as the world's reserve– Reuters; REUTERS - 519 words
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Article59 2009-06-18 6 Jun 17 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS -983.00-113.0C IT CADI -*****.00 +56.0i IT 10-day MA -*****.00 -98.0' TSE ST Mid Cap 519.07 -0.3' TSE ST Small Cap 423.66 +4.4i TSE ST All Share 555.54 -3.0! TSE ST China Top 238.01 +0.6' TSE ST China 233.57 +0.81 IOB Catalist59 words
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Article62 2009-06-18 6 VOLUME Golden Agri 163,135,000 Gentinq SP 84,584,000 UniFiber 80,166,000 Ocean us 54,254,000 China Honqxinq 48,190,000 China Sports 43,603,000 Abterra 42,030,000 Jade Tech 38,108,000 CapitaComm R 34,713,000 Cosco Corp 33,632,000 VALUE(S) Capita Land 115,040,308 DBS Grp 94,163,340 Sing Tel 81,190,500 OCBC Bk 80,412,770 Golden Agri 63,846,367 Gentinq SP62 words
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Article96 2009-06-18 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 6870 87.4 0.9 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 9994 24.0 0.2 iland.ES.0906 370 16.0 4.5 »sia Pac Brew 1180 12.0 1.0 'BL Cor| 425 10.0 2.4 HKLand 330 7.3 1.5 iATSvcs 202 7.0 3.6 FalconEne 62 6.0 10.7 ilA.ES.0906 1260 6.0 0.596 words
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Article121 2009-06-18 6 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 4516-853.1 -11.5 JMH 2386-122.3 -3.4 OCBCCai 5.1%NCPS 100 9360 -80.0 -O.i OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 8780 -70.0 -0.8 Jardine C&C 1754 -66.0 -3.6 JSH 1350 -49.5 -2.5 India Ni 10 1344 -31.0 -2.3 GLD 10US 9168 -24.8 -0.2 Thailand 10US$ 380 -23.3 -4.0121 words
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Article84 2009-06-18 6 Where S$ stands Jun 17 %CHNG CLOSE FRJun16 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4565 0.06 1.5579 1.4308 Euro 2.0190 0.32 2.0732 1.9150 Pounds 2.3690 1.12 2.3885 2.0356 AS 1.1527 1.35 1.1816 0.9453 Yen* 1.5153 -0.64 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.45 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2625 0.24 4.3390 4.1040 Peso*84 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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368 2009-06-18 8 GENEVIEVE CUA - GENEVIEVE CUA They're risk-averse with finances; overall they rank 4th out of 8 By SINGAPOREANS are willing to take career risks but are relatively risk-averse when it comes to their finances. They are also generally unwilling to engage a professional financial planner.368 words
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305 2009-06-18 8 DHL has been named official logistics provider for the inaugural Asian Youth Games (AYG) to be held here from June 29 to July 7. The first shipment arrived on May 21 and other equipment and material transported for the games is ongoing.305 words
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Article, Illustration299 2009-06-18 8 NISHA RAMCHANDANI - NISHA RAMCHANDANI Cutting poor sectors more important than paring expenses By KEEPING an eye on opportunities and minimising vulnerabilities are among ways recession-stressed companies can successfully navigate the downturn, says Boston Consulting Group. In a report, "Winning Consumers through the Downturn", it says most companies areFILE PHOTO - 299 words
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292 2009-06-18 8 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN By MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has penned a letter of condolence to the wife of former People's Action Party member of parliament Sia Kah Hui, who died on Sunday, aged 86. In his letter to Madam Lim Liang Geok a292 words
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305 2009-06-18 8 SAMUEL EE - SAMUEL EE By COE premiums rose across the board yesterday despite expectations the school holidays and the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) would distract prospective car buyers this month. "We had assumed premiums would stay at the same level because of GSS and the mid-year305 words
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Article, Illustration212 2009-06-18 8 SINGAPOREAN businessman Albert Hong has been conferred the award of Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth 11. The award recognises Mr Hong's contributions in forging strong links between the Singapore and British business communities as Singapore co-chair of212 words
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SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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Article104 2009-06-18 8 SINGAPORE has confirmed 17 new cases of Influenza A (H1N1), aU involving travellers returning from countries with known community transmission of HINI. Contact tracing is continuing for the 17 cases. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reminded travellers not to engage in extensive community activities104 words
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65 2009-06-18 8 SINGAPOREANS will receive their second payment of 2009 GST Credits and Senior Citizens' Bonus on July 1. Those who have not signed up can still do so to receive their payouts. They can do so online at www.gstoffset.gov.sg or through hard-copy forms. Sign-up65 words
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Article70 2009-06-18 8 THE Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) has awarded the management of the Singapore 2010 City Celebration site to Momentum, a division of McCann Worldgroup. Momentum will develop a programme that is integrated with other Games activities and will carry out operational planning70 words
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60 2009-06-18 8 THE inaugural Singapore International Water Festival (SIWF) wiU be held on June 20 and 21 at the Marina Barrage, in conjunction with International Water Week. Organised by Singapore Polytechnic and PUB, 13 activities will take place during SIWF 2009. Admission is free, and complimentary shuttle60 words
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Article, Illustration460 2009-06-18 8 EMILYN YAP - EMILYN YAP By THE number of foreigners entering Singapore is likely to moderate in the coming months because of the economic downturn. This is according to the National Population Secretariat (NPS), which also released figures at a press briefing yesterday pointing to lower marriage460 words
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SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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Article, Illustration717 2009-06-18 9 Government beefs up 2 funding schemes for local enterprises so that good opportunities are not unduly lost, reports CHUANG PECK MING GOOD opportunities can slip away if the needed capital for businesses to exploit them is not there. It's with this realisation that theSTOCK.XCHNG - 717 words
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Article472 2009-06-18 9 CHUANG PECK MING - CHUANG PECK MING By RIVERBANK Chemicals recently had trouble getting a loan for an integrated terminal project not just because of the credit crunch, but also because the Singapore-based distributor of industrial chemicals wanted to build the terminal in Vietnam. "It was a real challenge, as472 words
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385 2009-06-18 9 CHUANG PECK MING - CHUANG PECK MING By SECURING a trade financing loan under the Loan Insurance Scheme Plus was a breeze for Omni United and it came at the right time. "We have absolutely no problem in applying for the facility," says G S Sareen, president and385 words
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Article, Illustration395 2009-06-18 9 CHUANG PECK MING - CHUANG PECK MING By FOR Ntegrator, the Internationalisation Finance (IF) scheme was a godsend when the company was left high and dry for funds to support its overseas ventures. "It was much needed help during the critical stages of the financial crisis when395 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration490 2009-06-18 10 -Reuters Official says Japan has hit bottom but further weakness cannot be ruled out [TOKYO] Japan's government raised its assessment of the economy for the second straight month and said the world's No 2 economy has bottomed out as exports and factory output recover-Reuters; AP - 490 words
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Article, Illustration429 2009-06-18 10 Bloomberg, Reuters [RIGA] The International Monetary Fund and European Union pledged to make a decision on disbursing Latvia's bailout "without delay" after the Baltic nation's lawmakers approved budget cuts on Tuesday. The parliament voted through cuts of US$l billion,– Bloomberg, Reuters; REUTERS - 429 words
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Article, Illustration464 2009-06-18 10 -AFP, Reuters US seen as among the first to emerge from recession [MEXICO CITY] Economic recovery in the OECD group of rich countries will begin at around the end of the year, the organisation's head said on Tuesday. "There will be a recuperation at the-AFP, Reuters - 464 words
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596 2009-06-18 10 ANTHONY ROWLEY - ANTHONY ROWLEY By, in Tokyo JAPANESE banks avoided major exposure to the toxic assets that wounded leading banks in the US and elsewhere but they could face problems with bad loans in what is expected to be a lengthy596 words
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715 2009-06-18 10 Reuters But a continued slump may damage public finances [OSLO] Fancy pocketing as much as USS4I,OOO annually for the next couple of years? Lose your job in Norway. With unemployment benefits like that, Norwegians and their Nordic cousins face less anxiety than– Reuters - 715 words
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454 2009-06-18 11 S JAYASANKARAN - S JAYASANKARAN Economist says the deficit will remain sticky upwards for a couple of years By in Kuala Lumpur A GOVERNMENT plan to narrow the budget deficit by 2010 through a reduction in operating expenditure has met with some scepticism from at454 words
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486 2009-06-18 11 Bloomberg These sectors will see biggest jump in industry weightings [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's finance stocks, along with betting and power companies, will benefit most when the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index is replaced by a new benchmark gauge next month, CIMB InvestmentBloomberg - 486 words
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Article, Illustration559 2009-06-18 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] An Indonesian court yesterday jailed a former central banker who is related to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for corruption, a move that may help the president's re-election prospects next month. The case against Aulia Pohan was seen as an important test of– Reuters; AFP - 559 words
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439 2009-06-18 11 ■Reuters [JAKARTA] A huge liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Sulawesi could be jeopardised after Indonesia's vice-president urged that the gas be set aside for domestic use rather than exported, sources at the country's energy ministry said here yesterday. State oil firm Pertamina, Indonesia's■Reuters - 439 words
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GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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572 2009-06-18 12 neuters The issue size is two-and-a-half times the previous biggest offering in 2004 [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong government hopes to sell HK$5O billion (559.4 billion) of sovereign bonds, the biggest-ever Hong Kong dollar bond issue, in September to deepen the– neuters - 572 words
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287 2009-06-18 12 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Link Real Estate Investment Trust, Hong Kong's biggest property trust, proposed a 13 per cent increase in payout after full-year income surged as it brought shop-ping-mall rents up to market levels. The trust, which runs 180 parking garages– Bloomberg - 287 words
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Article, Illustration486 2009-06-18 12 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Mahindra Mahindra Ltd, India's largest maker of sport-utility vehicles, is betting its diesel pickup trucks can beat the Chinese to the US market. Early next year, Mum-bai-based Mahindra plans to start selling small twoand four-door pickups with a– Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 486 words
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644 2009-06-18 12 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Eastern Bay Investment Management's James Zhong is selling China's small-cap stocks after the steepest rally worldwide pushed valuations to the highest level since the shares peaked in January 2008. "We're seeing a bubble in small-cap stocks," said Mr Zhong, who helpsBloomberg - 644 words
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Article, Illustration432 2009-06-18 12 -Reuters [MOSCOW] Russia has indefinitely delayed plans to build gas pipelines to China because it still cannot reach a pricing deal with Beijing, Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom said yesterday. "No one is talking about gas supplies to China in 2011 anymore,"-Reuters; AP - 432 words
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Article, Illustration769 2009-06-18 13 -NYT Govt support still critical, especially industry's access to loans, say execs [NEW YORK] As a cash-for-clunkers programme is considered by Congress, European carmakers say they are worried about the impact of weaning themselves off similar incentives when they expire this year. The payments-NYT; REUTERS - 769 words
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Article, Illustration516 2009-06-18 13 .-AP [WASHINGTON] Harmful effects from global warming are already here and worsening, warns the first climate report from Barack Obama's presidency in the strongest language on climate change ever to come out of the White House. Global warming has already caused more heavy.-AP; AFP - 516 words
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215 2009-06-18 13 Reuters [MANILA] The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will double its investments on clean-energy initiatives to US$2 billion a year by 2013 to significantly dampen carbon growth and cut greenhouse gas emissions in the region, it said yesterday. The Manila-based development lender said theReuters - 215 words
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654 2009-06-18 14 Reuters He aims to tighten oversight of firms whose risk-taking triggered the crisis [WASHINGTON] President Barack Obama is scheduled to lay out his vision for reshaping US financial regulation yesterday, aiming to tighten oversight of the largest firms whose excessive risk-taking triggered a global■ Reuters - 654 words
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Article473 2009-06-18 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US President Barack Obama offered stern words for Wall Street and a prediction of 10 per cent US unemployment even as he said the "engines" of an economic recovery have begun to turn. "Wall Street seems to maybe have a shorter memory about how– Bloomberg - 473 words
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485 2009-06-18 14 Reuters [LONDON] Formula One (Fl) teams have written to the sport's powerbrokers in a final attempt to break a deadlock over next year's rules and prevent a damaging split. "The time has come when, in the interests of the sport, we must all seek– Reuters - 485 words
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233 2009-06-18 14 J. W *-l- J.J. *_> J_ J. b Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Swedish budget fashion giant Hermes Mauritz (H&M) said yesterday luxury shoe maker Jimmy Choo Ltd would become the latest in its string of high-profile guest designers. The world's third biggest retailer by salesJ. W *-l- J.J. *_*. *_> J_ J. b – Reuters - 233 words
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Article350 2009-06-18 14 Bloomberg, AP [PARIS] Michelin, the world's secondlargest tyremaker, plans to eliminate 2,900 French jobs, about 10 per cent of its domestic workforce, as part of a reorganisation to focus on higher-margin tyres. Michelin will cut 1,093 positions in 2009 as it concentrates on production– Bloomberg, AP - 350 words
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Article, Illustration579 2009-06-18 14 Reuters [TEHRAN] Defeated candidate Mirhossein Mousavi urged supporters to stage peaceful protests or gather in mosques to mourn those killed after a disputed presidential poll set off Iran's worst unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's– Reuters; AFP - 579 words
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329 2009-06-18 14 -AFP [BANGKOK] Thai MPs approved two government bills to borrow US$22 billion for an economic stimulus package, despite a walkout by angry opposition legislators, Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday. The opposition, many of whom are loyal to ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, refused-AFP - 329 words
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GLOBAL FINANCE
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960 2009-06-18 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] For all the criticism of the US currency by leaders of the so-called four BRIC nations, dollar bonds sold by the largest emerging-market countries are outperforming debt traded in reais, rubles and yuan. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Chinese President■ Bloomberg - 960 words
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Article, Illustration1132 2009-06-18 15 NYT The Swiss, Germans, British and Japanese muscle in on Wall Street turf [NEW YORK] Wall Street's great investment houses have never faced a serious foreign challenge in their own backyard. But as tectonic shifts reverberate through the banking industry, their overseas rivalsNYT; AFP - 1,132 words
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710 2009-06-18 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] Opportunistic or a testament to its strong ties, balance sheet and global M&A profile? Of the dozen or so banks involved in miner Rio Tinto's year-long takeover saga, only JPMorgan has served three different roles to twoReuters - 710 words
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AVIATION
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Article719 2009-06-18 16 -AFP It also defends crash response, decision to tap government development aid [LE BOURGET] Airbus was the big winner at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday, notching up 31 firm orders as it defended both its response to the recent crash of one of-AFP - 719 words
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Article, Illustration693 2009-06-18 16 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY PARIS AIR SHOW Sukhoi hopes to pick up 18-20% of regional jet market with its Superjet 100 By [PARIS] Keen plane watchers at this year's Paris Air Show were witness to a rather interesting flying demonstration by a civilian airliner makingAFP - 693 words
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387 2009-06-18 16 Bloomberg [PARIS] Lockheed Martin Corp, the world's largest defence company, is poised to broaden international sales of its new F-35 fighter jet, potentially squeezing smaller competitors including Boeing Co and Saab AB out of that market. "There may be fewer primes," Dan Crowley, Lockheed's– Bloomberg - 387 words
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Article2559 2009-06-18 16 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:2,559 words
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Miscellaneous218 2009-06-18 16 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 15 He leaves here with Sidney _^^J_—^^^^^^^J—^^J^—™ i waterway (7) H BL___J^HL__JH ury (5,2,3,5) 27 A fellow in Newfoundland who is vulgar (4) 28 Knightly companion friend, 7 Bogeyman (7) her (4) a big noise (7) 8 Dog European agricultural 25 A pass at bridge (4) worker (6,8)218 words
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Article, Illustration446 2009-06-18 17 VINCENT WEE - VINCENT WEE It also acquires holding company of feeder operator Perkins Shipping By [SINGAPORE] Australian logistics provider Toll Group is building up its capabilities in Asia. It has sealed a 30-year concession to operate Cambodia's railways and has acquired Perkins Group Holdings, the446 words
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Article, Illustration320 2009-06-18 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted a fourth consecutive gain as Chinese raw-materi-al demand brought port congestion. Coal and iron-ore imports to China rose in April to the highest for Bloomberg's records that– Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 320 words
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TRANSPORT STOCKS
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Article107 2009-06-18 17 '000 CH Offshore 0.52 Chuan Hup Hldgs ...unch Cosco Corp 1.36 CWTLtd... 0.52 Ezra Hldgs 1.24 First Ship Lease 0.57 Freight Links 0.05 Grand Banks 0.39 laya Hold Ltd 0.58 K1 Ventures 0.16 Keppel Corp 6.62 MTQ Corp unch NOL 1.50 Pacific Shipping unch Pan-United Corp unch Rickmers Man107 words
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Article37 2009-06-18 17 '000 nt'G Logistics MISCBhd. MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 1.00 8.50 8.55 3.20 2.75 0.04 0.10 0.03 unch 0.05 unch 0.03 0.01 unch 609 2187 84 611 5 1424 305437 words
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Article, Illustration622 2009-06-18 17 Reuters It's waiting for Pentagon's terms before deciding [PARIS] Boeing on Tuesday said it had carefully studied both its 767 and larger 777 aircraft for use in a new US aerial refuelling competition, but would not decide which plane to bid untilReuters; REUTERS - 622 words
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228 2009-06-18 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of delivering Middle East crude to Asia, the world's busiest route for supertankers, fell for a second day in London as vessel demand slowed. Saudi Arabia to Japan shipping costs declined 1.4 per cent to 50.95 Worldscale points,– Bloomberg - 228 words
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EDITORIAL & OPINION
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471 2009-06-18 18 JUST as the massive build-up in private debt helped precipitate the sub-prime mortgage and the related financial system crisis, so now a huge and rapid accumulation of government debt threatens a major crisis in government bond markets. To make matters worse, central bank balance471 words
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Article, Illustration1051 2009-06-18 18 CHANG SEA JIN; DEAN XU - CHANG SEA JIN DEAN XU A govt policy to maximise the net benefit of spillover and competition is always helpful By and AT the recent Asean-South Korea summit, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called on countries to persevere with reforms and consolidation, particularlyAFP - 1,051 words
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Article, Illustration834 2009-06-18 18 WILLIAM PESEK JR - WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg THE BOTTOM LINE IT'S a plot better suited for a John Le Carre novel. Two Japanese men are detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take US$l34 billion worth of US bonds over the border into Switzerland.■ Bloomberg - 834 words
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Article, Illustration1568 2009-06-18 19 ANTHONY ROWLEY - ANTHONY ROWLEY An ADB study aims to provide a blueprint to link communities and markets with each other in the future MANY parts of Asia, as Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati observed recently during the launch of a major study on regional infrastructure preparedBLOOMBERG - 1,568 words
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Article, Illustration684 2009-06-18 19 SINGAPORE'S Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew came to Malaysia with several ministers for an eight-day visit after two decades. He has visited Kuala Lumpur and will proceed to a few Opposition-led states. Besides meeting veteran BN and Pakatan leaders, he has also exchanged viewsAFP - 684 words
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Article244 2009-06-18 21 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 offer244 words
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Article9326 2009-06-18 21 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 1.819/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1.258/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.93/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.64/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.5081/ APS Komaba9,326 words
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Article, Illustration609 2009-06-18 25 imbX 2009 More than a thousand applications will be available as a start, reports WINSTON CHAI HOT on the heels of rivals Apple and Nokia, LG Electronics is set to open its own mobile applications store as the battle for handset dominance609 words
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76 2009-06-18 25 SINGAPORE and Brunei Darussalam yesterday inked a deal to foster greater bilateral media collaborations, particularly in the field of digital media. The agreement aims to spur policy and regulatory exchanges, as well as business collaborations between government and private entities of both countries76 words
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95 2009-06-18 25 YAHOO! on Tuesday launched the latest version of its mobile portal application, Yahoo! Mobile. Accessible from any mobile Web browser, the portal features a slew of easy to use productivity and connectivity tools, including search, news, e-mail, calendar, chat and more Yahoo! has95 words
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97 2009-06-18 25 A GROUP of mobile companies and government bodies have joined hands to form the country's first mobile software association. The Mobile Alliance, officially launched at imbX 2009, aims to promote Singapore as the base for applications development and help local mobile offerings gain an international97 words
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102 2009-06-18 25 A 138-STRONG delegation from Italy is visiting Singapore this week in a bid to explore more opportunities for bilateral business collaboration. Italy is currently Singapore's fifth-largest trade partner in Europe with bilateral trade of $5.77 billion in 2008. Members of the delegation include102 words
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144 2009-06-18 25 WINSTON; CHAI; ONG BOON KIAT - WINSTON CHAI ONG BOON KIAT SINGAPORE Telecommunications has joined hands with the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic to develop new broadcast offerings and train more local students for work in this burgeoning industry. As part144 words
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Article, Illustration541 2009-06-18 25 ONG BOON KIAT - ONG BOON KIAT By THE head of one of the world's most prominent IT security vendors has urged Singapore to keep its guard up against the risks associated with cloud computing a budding technology that has been championed as a key tech industry541 words
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624 2009-06-18 25 [BEIJING] A designer of censorship software that the Chinese government requires to be pre-installed on computers sold in China has been ordered to fix potential security breaches in the software, the newspaper China Daily reported on Monday. The report was an indication that the624 words
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181 2009-06-18 25 Reuters [HELSINKI] Norway's Opera Software opened a new, free service on Tuesday that enables simple sharing of personal computers' pictures, files or music with anyone on the Internet. The new service, which the company has said would "reinvent the Web" is part of– Reuters - 181 words
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PROPERTY
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Article, Illustration844 2009-06-18 26 Bloomberg 34% jump in prices seen this year amid signs of economic recovery [HONG KONG] Hong Kong city centre office prices, down by almost half since Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's collapse, may rise 34 per cent this year, as speculators bet on' – Bloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 844 words
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273 2009-06-18 26 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China's property prices are unlikely to fall further as increased money supply and credit expansion inflate asset prices, BNP Paribas said, citing China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce president Nic Meisheng. Residential prices will be the first to rebound, driven■ Bloomberg - 273 words
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Article, Illustration436 2009-06-18 27 Bloomberg New York, Orange County leading drop as higher unemployment offsets lower prices [CHICAGO] US home prices may fall another 14 per cent, led by the New York and Orange County, California, metropolitan areas, before reaching a bottom as an increase– Bloomberg; REUTERS - 436 words
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Article, Illustration266 2009-06-18 27 [SINGAPORE] Property consultancy Savills Singapore has appointed Craig Ward, formerly with Jones Lang LaSalle, its director of regional capital markets. It has also named Chia Shee Liang its director of property management. The firm's staff strength has grown from 75 to almost 100, with266 words
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267 2009-06-18 27 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia-listed property trust ING Office Fund said yesterday that it would raise up to As4ls million (Ss4B2 million) in equity to bolster its balance sheet, and revealed a revised distribution payout policy. The raising includes a two-for-five entitlement offer to raise– Reuters - 267 words
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Article, Illustration623 2009-06-18 28 KALPANA RASHIWALA - KALPANA RASHIWALA They include Belmont Road bungalow, Fernhill Road site and condo units By [SINGAPORE] As action in the property market drifts up to the high end, more top-notch properties are surfacing at auctions. A good-class bungalow (GCB) on Belmont Road, a 7,000-square-foot freehold623 words
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320 2009-06-18 28 Reuters [TOKYO] Mitsubishi Estate Co, Japan's second-biggest developer, is interested in buying a real estate investment trust (Reit) in Japan and preparing to launch a property investment fund in the United States, its president said yesterday. Mitsubishi Estate president and chief executive Keiji KimuraReuters - 320 words
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