The Business Times, 11 September 2009

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES ssi.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf^l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION co regn no *****2868E mica(p) 123/08/2009 Friday, September 11,2009
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  • Article
    Lock icon Punters go dicing with Genting chips
    722 1  -  ARTHUR SIM Heavy trading sees Genting (S) share price fall; M'sian parent holds its own By in Singapore and S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur IT'S "game on" as punters come out to play Genting Singapore shares. Some 395 million shares were traded yesterday with
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      47 1 lursi lay lange 1COMP 1,201.28 +4.82 IIKKEI225 10,513.67 +201.53 1ANG SENG 21,069.56 +218.52 ;et index 703.09 +7.50 JAKARTA COM P 2,411.86 +28.52 IANILACOMP 2,835.91 +6.50 ;eoulcomp 1,644.68 +36.91 ;henzhen b 516.23 -0.11 IUMBAI IND 16,216.86 +33.31 12 noon EDT Change )OW 9,567.10 +19.88 IASDAQ 2068.97 +8.58
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      28 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONGKONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.345 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 11.75 Source:
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      43 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.425 (US$/S$ per 1.651 2.352 ;UR0 (US$/S$/E) 1.457 2.075 Foreii in curreno >er US$ S$ 'EN 92.10 64.70 3.497 2.455 IK$ 7.751 5.441 !AHT 34.02 23.88 lUPIAH 9,925 6,967 lENMINBI 6.829 4.794 INDIAN RUPEE 48.44 34.00 1.165 0.818
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    Lock icon Strange bedfellows STI, GDP track each other
    511 1  -  ANNATEO Correlation suggests Q3 GDP growth of more than 10% gog By [SINGAPORE] The stock market and the economy in Singapore and elsewhere have each a life of their own, with little or no link to speak of. That's not just homespun wisdom
    Barclays Capital  -  511 words
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    Lock icon S'pore tycoons rise and fall in roller-coaster ride
    810 1  -  JAMIE LEE 19 on Forbes rich list get richer, 13 see their fortunes fall By [SINGAPORE] There's just no stopping the rich. Singapore's top 40 richest people emerged with a total net worth of US$39 billion, up 22 per cent from US$32
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      55 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES mF^% I worry that the world after this massive crisis may move towards what I'd call Chinese capitalism rather than American capitalism overwhelming influence of the state in human y jm affairs. That's what I fear. M W/jbjk Norbert Walter, chief economist U of Deutsche Bank Group,
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      57 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.345 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 11.75 Source: Bloomberg ___Ef :''-.«__i Bsfl it Jf_|V'S<_ i HF I ~_>! *> CT^ \af-'^ b_H *~jk^9^^^^^ I 's<-» Home is where the art is PAGE
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Punters go dicing with Genting chips
        87 2 IT'S "game on" as punters come out to play Genting Singapore shares. Some 395 million shares were traded yesterday with prices swinging from a low of $1.08 at the start of the trading day to a high of $1.17 by mid-day. The share price
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        Lock icon Strange bedfellows STI, GDP track each other
        84 2 THE stock market and the economy in Singapore and elsewhere have each a life of their own, with little or no link to speak of. That's not just homespun wisdom but the conclusion of various rigorous studies. But (as is often the case
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        Lock icon Private bankers face heavy odds amid staff shortage
        86 2 THE wealth management industry in Singapore has shed some 300 private bankers in the past two years mainly inexperienced staff hired during the boom who were unable to cope when the financial crisis struck. That leaves Singapore short of roughly 900 private
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        Lock icon China, S'pore to hold talks on economic strategy
        55 2 CHINA and Singapore will hold high-level talks likely to take place next year on economic strategy and the post-crisis challenges they face. The move was agreed when Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and China's Premier Wen Jiabao met yesterday in Dalian, Liaoning
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        Lock icon Japan's KDDI buying 50.1% of DMX
        40 2 JAPAN'S second-largest telecom operator KDDI Corp will invest $183.1 million for a majority stake in Singapore-listed DMX Technologies under its plan to boost sales in the burgeoning Chinese telecoms market. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 6
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        Lock icon Indiabulls proposes $200m rights issue
        48 2 INDIABULLS Properties Investment Trust has proposed to issue some 1.25 billion new units at 16 cents each to raise $200.1 million. The business trust also intends to look beyond office space to invest in retail, residential or hospitality assets. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 7
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        Lock icon 4 govt agencies get upgraded to SOEasy
        53 2 A NEW computer system covered under a massive $1.3 billion public sector outsourcing contract is now being deployed in four government agencies and it will be extended to 71 more by next year, according to the head of civil service Peter Ho. SINGAPORE
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        Lock icon Japanese machinery orders drop to record low
        64 2 JAPANESE machinery orders hit a record low in July and deflation lingered as the economy struggles to recover in the face of weak domestic demand, data showed yesterday. Core orders, a leading indicator of corporate capital spending, fell 9.3 per cent from the
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        Lock icon M'sia industrial output falls the least in 8 months
        62 2 MALAYSIA'S industrial production fell the least in eight months in July as the global recession eased and overseas demand for goods improved. Production at factories, utilities and mines dropped 8.4 per cent from a year earlier, after decreasing a revised 9.5
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      Lock icon Private bankers face heavy odds amid staff shortage
      621 2  -  CONRAD TAN Singapore may be short of 900 private bankers; premium on experience now By [SINGAPORE] The wealth management industry in Singapore has shed some 300 private bankers in the past two years mainly inexperienced staff hired during the boom who were
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      Lock icon Obama takes health care fight to Congress
      579 2 -NYT But he leaves door open for bipartisan compromise [WASHINGTON] President Barack Obama confronted a critical Congress and a sceptical nation on Wednesday, decrying the "scare tactics" of his opponents and presenting his most forceful case yet for a sweeping health care overhaul
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      Lock icon LATEST US DATA Trade gap widens the most in a decade
      291 2 Reuters, AFP [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit grew the most in more than 10 years in July as imports grew a record 4.7 per cent on resurgent US demand for foreign cars, consumer goods and oil, a government report
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      Lock icon Investors sue RBS, Lehman S'pore
      489 4  -  CONRAD TAN By [SINGAPORE] A group of investors has filed a High Court suit against Lehman Brothers' Singapore unit and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), alleging that they were misled about the true risks of Minibond structured notes they bought that suffered heavy losses when
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      Lock icon China, S'pore to hold talks on economic strategy
      451 4  -  TEH SHI NING Both nations face similar challenges in the wake of the global financial crisis By in Dalian, China CHINA and Singapore will hold high-level talks likely to take place next year on economic strategy and the post-crisis challenges that they
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      Lock icon Google crafts payment platform for newspapers
      372 4 [WASHINGTON] Internet giant Google is developing a payment platform for newspapers that would allow them to charge for content online, according to a report on Wednesday. Harvard University's Nieman Journalism Lab said that Google had submitted a payment platform proposal to the Newspaper Association
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      Lock icon Apple's latest surprise: Return of CEO with new liver
      705 4 -LAT-WP [SAN FRANCISCO] It was supposed to be about Apple Inc's dazzling new products. Instead, the company's news conference on Wednesday was about the man. Grinning like a kid in a toy store, Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs stole the spotlight
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Japan's KDDI buying 50.1% of DMX
      462 6  -  WINSTON CHAI Firm will invest $183.1 m in plan to boost Chinese telco sales By JAPAN'S second-largest telecom operator KDDI Corp will invest $183.1 million for a majority stake in Sin-gapore-listed DMX Technologies under its plan to boost sales in the burgeoning Chinese telecommunications
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      Lock icon Friven buying Chinese children's wear retailer in RTO deal
      560 6  -  MICHELLE QUAH By BEDLINEN retailer Friven Co is looking to break into the Chinese children's wear market through a reverse takeover deal with the owners of China Children Fashion Holdings (CCFH). The deal, worth up to $64 million, will see Friven
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      Lock icon No change to STI after review
      342 6  -  FELDA CHAY But several changes will be seen in other indices in the FTSE ST Index series By NO changes will be made to the constituents of the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) after the half-yearly review on the index was concluded yesterday. Several
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Guangzhao IFB gets repayment extension
        41 6 GUANGZHAO Industrial Forest Biotechnology Group has been given another extension of time to repay outstanding debts of more than US$B million to bondholder Liberty Harbor LLC. The deadline was extended from Sept 9 to Oct 9.
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        Lock icon Heeton units grant purchase options
        52 6 HEETON Holdings Ltd has announced that two of its wholly owned subsidiaries have granted purchase options on five properties with a combined purchase price of $25.55 million comprising five wet markets with a total floor area of almost 4,500 square metres. The purchaser is a
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        Lock icon Freight Links Q1 profit falls 79.4%
        48 6 FREIGHT Links Express Holdings Ltd has reported a net profit of $523,000 for the first quarter ended July 31, down 79.4 per cent year-on-year. Revenue fell 18.8 per cent to $30.6 million. Earnings per share was 0.02 cent, down from 0.11 cent.
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        Lock icon Federal unit in deal to sell interest in GLN
        70 6 FEDERAL International (2000) Ltd's wholly owned subsidiary, Alton International, has entered into an agreement to sell its entire 65 per cent interest in shareholdings in Geo Link Nusantara Pte Ltd (GLN) and its land rig for US$45 million which consist of
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      Lock icon Indiabulls plans $200m rights issue at 16C a unit
      474 7  -  EMILYN YAP Business trust also seeks to expand portfolio beyond office space By INDIABULLS Properties Investment Trust (IPIT) has proposed to issue some 1.25 billion new units at 16 cents each to raise $200.1 million. The business trust also intends to
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      Lock icon Delong proposes to restructure CBs worth 1.53b yuan
      532 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO Its controlling shareholder also offers to restructure exchangeable bonds By DELONG Holdings has proposed to restructure its 1.53 billion yuan (Ss32o million) worth of convertible bonds (CBs), saying that the uncertainty that is still plaguing the global economy and the
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      Lock icon S-chips should focus on fundamentals
      683 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO THE recent slew of delisting and dual-listing news among S-chips isn't a comforting sign, considering that interest in China companies listed in Singapore is just starting to show signs of a revival. Perhaps the unease of being lumped together with tainted S-chips and
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    • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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        Lock icon Gains in Jardine firms boost STI
        616 8  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS Index rises 31.54 points in mainly mixed session due to mixed Europe opening and expectations of weak Wall Street GAINS in the Jardine group of companies were instrumental in the 31.54-point rise posted by the Straits Times Index at 2,682.02 in
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        Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
        99 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 9 6 3 0 0 0 9 6 3 lanufacturing 60 73 77 16 66 80 93 Commerce 27 20 27 31 26 31 'pt/Stor/Comms 15 11 18 16 12 19 :inance 20 20 Construction 13
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        Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
        117 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 45,435 45,435 99,591 99,591 lanufacturing 520,234 51,789 572,023 325,943 2,968 328,911 lommerce 361,060 10,510 371,570 259,030 3,599 262,628 'pt/Stor/Comms 174,629 1,308 175,937 279,098 251 279,348 :i nance 33,709 33,709 217,858 217,858 lonstruction 68,283 17,146 85,429 29,031 641 29,671 'roperties
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        Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
        102 8 lapitaLand 3.850 -0.040 Noble Grp 2.310 +0.070 lapitaMall 1.740 +0.010 OCBCBk 7.880 +0.030 jtyDev 11.060 +0.180 Olam 2.430 +0.050 lomfortDelGrc 1.640 +0.010 SGX 8.850 +0.160 losco Corp 1.300 +0.010 SIA 12.980 IBS Grp 13.040 +0.140 SIAEngg 2.630 +0.010 :&N 4.070 +0.010 SMP.T 1.680 ienting SP 1.140
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        924 8  -  LYNETTE KHOO Oceanus Group Sept 10 close: $0.37 Westcomb Securities, Sept 10 MUCH has been discussed about abalone farming since our initiation report on Oceanus whereas restaurant and food processing segments were just briefly mentioned as both were still in the very early development stage. About one year
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        Lock icon Euro at new 2009 high against US$
        458 8 Reuters CURRENCIES [NEW YORK] The euro rose versus the US dollar on Thursday, hitting a new high for 2009 after a report showed a drop in the number of new US jobless claims last week. Analysts said that the improvement in the weekly
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        61 8 Sep 10 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS 3.00 -94.0C IT CADI -*****.00 +24.0i IT 10-day MA -*****.00 TSE ST Mid Cap 623.75 +8.6' TSE ST Small Cap 556.04 +4.6. TSE ST All Share 661.21 +7.8 TSE ST China Top 286.33 +1.7 TSE ST China 286.25 +2.3 TSE ST
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        Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
        62 8 ientim SP 395,813,000 iceanus 116,517,000 iolden iri 106,172,000 LifeBrandz 87,892,000 linomem Tech 74,252,000 DMX Tech 65,931,000 :hina Horn ixim 60,719,000 Noble Gri 41,993,000 'ani izij iani 40,584,000 "ranscu Gri 37,978,000 VALUE($) ientim SP 445,346,630 ii> iTel 101,438,315 Noble Gri 99,470,460 DBS Gri 83,688,511 Kei Con 71,688,400 .and
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        99 8 CLOSE UP iBXT Ni 10US$ ***** 394.4 2.8 IMH 3054 273.4 6. ICC 3.93% NCPS10 8100 200.0 2. ISH 1736 108.2 4.' iBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3037 92.6 2., ;txpo ioo 1326 78.0 6. lardine C&C 2412 60.0 2.' fxor Emen |Mkts 1 898 58.4 4.: ilA.ES.0909 1316 46.0 3.'
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        Lock icon FALLS
        111 8 CLOSE DOWN 5935 -92.6 -1.1 DBXT S&P Short 10US! imei iNav 640 -50.0 -7.2 LD 10US 9736 -35.6 -0.3 lUE 1002 -16.0 -1.6 ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 9350 -14.0 -0.1 fHS 180 -10.0 -5.3 filmar 636 -7.0 -1.1 lux 295 -6.0 -2.0 in< lTel.ES.0909 318 -6.0 -1.9 lanMBI_ePW***** 0.5 -5.0
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        85 8 Wh lere S! stands Sep 10 %CHNG CLOSE FRSep9 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4257 -0.03 1.5579 1.4253 Euro 2.0758 -0.38 2.0758* 1.9150 Pounds 2.3563 -0.10 2.4366 2.0356 1.2223 0.35 1.2315 0.9453 ren* 1.5468 -0.34 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.07 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1914 -0.04 4.3390 4.1040 Peso*
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      Lock icon World Bank unit suspends palm oil investments
      407 9 Reuters IFC review follows concerns over its investments in two Wilmar subsidiaries [WASHINGTON] The International Finance Corp (IFC), the World Bank's private sector lender, said on Wednesday that it had suspended investments in palm oil businesses until after a review of its practices
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      Lock icon Fragrance unit buys Sembawang site
      230 9 FRAGRANCE Group continues to buy land. It said yesterday that its fully owned subsidiary Fragrance Homes has bought a site at Kerong Lane, in the Sembawang area, for $7.5 million. The price works out to $238 per square foot for the 31,464 sq ft plot.
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon 4 govt agencies get upgraded to SOEasy
      423 10  -  WINSTON CHAI Recipients are MoF, MICA, IDA, and NHB and 71 more will get the upgrade by 2010 A NEW computer system covered under a massive $1.3 billion public sector outsourcing contract is now being deployed in four government agencies and it will
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      Lock icon Start hiring older workers now: Boon Heng
      357 10  -  FELDA CHAY By MANY companies are still not moving to hire workers aged 55-64, even though re-employment legislation is set to take effect in 2012, Minister in the Prime Minis- ter's Office Lim Boon Heng said yesterday. "My advice is: Don't wait, start
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      Lock icon Shared services platform for charities, sports associations
      347 10  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By THE Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is channelling more than $3 million to a project that will help charities, institutions of a public character (IPCs) and national sports associations (NSA) outsource their financial and accounts management. Dubbed
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      Lock icon Task force suggests ways to reduce crane accidents
      226 10  -  UMA SHANKARI By A TASK force set up to improve crane operating safety has come up with recommendations to reduce deaths and injuries. The National Crane Safety Taskforce formed in July by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Workplace Safety and
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      Lock icon Forum to open doors for Russia, ocal firms
      518 10  -  LEE U-WEN AS far as ease of doing business goes, there is no contest between Singapore and Russia. Singapore tops the World Bank index, while the European giant is ranked a lowly 120 th. Nonetheless, Russia is an "emerging market" with great
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      Lock icon Manulife offers wrap investment platform here
      245 10  -  GENEVIEVE CUA It will charge annual advisory fee for 3rd-party unit trusts By INSURER Manulife has launched Elite, a "wrap" investment platform, offering third-party unit trusts and charging an annual advisory fee. It is believed to be the first insurer to offer wrap accounts.
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      Lock icon NAC senior director to step down after 18 yrs
      208 10 THE National Arts Council's senior director for performing arts and director for the Singapore Art Festival is calling it a day after 18 years. Goh Ching Lee will leave on Oct 8, the NAC said yesterday. Since the inception of NAC
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Goldman sees rates staying low for years
      440 11 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The Federal Reserve may keep interest rates low for "many years" to help US consumers and companies as they pare back debt, according to economists at Goldman Sachs Group. Sluggish spending as households reduce debt could lop as much as
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      Lock icon Japanese machinery orders drop to record low
      544 11 AFP Still no prospect for self-sustaining economic recovery, says economist [TOKYO] Japanese machinery orders hit a record low in July and deflation lingered as the economy struggles to recover in the face of weak domestic demand, data showed yesterday. Core orders, a leading
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      Lock icon NZ central bank leaves key rate unchanged
      388 11 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged and said further cuts remain possible amid expectations the economy faces a slow recovery from the worst recession in three decades. "We continue to expect to keep the cash rate at
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      Lock icon FDIC may extend banks' debt guarantee
      497 11 -AP [WASHINGTON] Federal regulators may offer a limited emergency extension of a temporary rescue programme that guarantees hundreds of billions of dollars in US banks' debt. The board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) voted at a public meeting on Wednesday to open
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia to raise quality of banks' capital
      543 12 Bloomberg Central bank plans to assign capital requirements based on lender's risk level [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank plans to assign capital requirements for the country's 122 commercial banks based on each lender's level of risk, rather than imposing an across-the-board percentage increase, Bank
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      382 12 Bloomberg July production at factories, utilities, mines down 8.4% [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's industrial production fell the least in eight months in July as the global recession eased and overseas demand for goods improved. Production at factories, utilities and mines dropped 8.4
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      420 12 J_ AP, Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has told neighbouring Indonesia to stop its citizens from threatening Malaysians following bilateral spats over a Balinese dance and the mistreatment of Indonesian housemaids in Malaysia. Anti-Malaysia rhetoric has soared in Indonesia since Indonesians accused Malaysia of stealing
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon House prices rise fast on record ending, confidence
      628 13 Bloomberg, Keu- It rose 2% in August from a year earlier, and double the gain in July, says report [BEIJING] China's house prices in the nation's 70 biggest cities rose at the fastest pace in 11 months on record lending and climbing
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      353 13 -AP [SHANGHAI] China potentially could be a US$5OO billion to US$l trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable "green technologies", a group of businesses and experts said in a report yesterday that urges governments to ease the way for such initiatives. The report
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      Lock icon Bubbles forming in commodities, stocks, property: Bank of China
      517 13 Bloomberg It sees potential risk of liquidity going into asset market [DALIAN] Bank of China, which led the nation's US$l.l trillion lending spree in the first half, said ample liquidity has caused "bubbles" in stocks, commodities and real estate. "The potential
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      519 13 Bloomberg Geely targets Volvo, Beijing Automotive joins bid for Saab [BEIJING] Li Shufu, the billionaire founder of China's biggest private automaker, is leading a push among the country's carmakers for overseas brands to move beyond the world's fast-est-growing car market. Mr Li's
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      397 13 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's new premier vowed yesterday to pursue closer ties with China, as local media reported the island could sign an agreement on financial cooperation with the mainland "any time". Wu Den-yih was speaking after being sworn in as the head
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      170 13 -AFP [HONG KONG] A Hong Kong court yesterday convicted a former senior banker at Morgan Stanley of insider dealing over a large Chinese overseas acquisition, in the city's highest-profile market misconduct case. Dv Jun, former managing director of the fixed income department of Morgan Stanley
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Wholesale price fall is the least in 13 weeks
      562 14 Bloomberg Weak rain reduces harvests, raises food costs, a sign of returning inflation [NEW DELHI] India's wholesale prices fell the least in 13 weeks at the end of August, indicating inflation may return later this year as insufficient rain reduces harvests
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      337 14 Bloomberg Their objections may scupper USs24b deal with Bharti [SINGAPORE] MTN Group shareholders said they want more for their stakes in Africa's biggest wireless company after it reached a US$24 billion share-pur-chase accord with Bharti Airtel, the first step in their planned merger. The
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      620 15 Bloomberg GM, Magna, German govt have resolved intellectual property and financing issues [FRANKFURT] General Motors' board of directors recommended Magna International as the buyer of its Opel division, accepting the German government's preference over a Belgian investor that the US carmaker had favoured, according
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      623 15 Bloomberg [VIENNA] Opec says it will keep oil production quotas unchanged, banking on a recovery in the world economy to maintain prices near the current US$72 a barrel as the International Energy Agency (lEA) raised its global demand forecast. The Organization
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      385 15 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Suntory Holdings is in talks to buy European drinkmaker Orangina from Blackstone Group LP and Lion Capital Holdings as Japan's third-largest brewer expands outside a shrinking domestic market. The purchase, for more than US$2.6 billion, could be agreed as soon as
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      630 15 Reuters It has found three North Asian buyers for Gorgon project [PERTH] Chevron has sealed an estimated As7o billion (5585.8 billion) worth of gas deals with three North Asian buyers for its massive Gorgon project in Australia, paving the way for a final investment decision
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US efforts against child labour
      540 16 -AP Govt report naming goods made by children aims to raise awareness [WASHINGTON] A US government report identifies more than 58 countries where child labour or forced labour is used to make hundreds of goods from coffee grown in Colombia to Christmas decorations made in
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      271 16 -AP [SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico] The Cayman Islands is sacrificing beauty for bucks. The government is telling beauty pageant participants that all contests have been postponed until the economy improves. The move is expected to save some US$l2O,OOO a small windfall for one
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      449 16 AP He started telephone call by saying 'this call never took place' according to transcript [BOSTON] Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff coached a potential witness about fooling federal regulators, saying "you don't have to be too brilliant" to get away with it, according to
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      488 16 -AP [WASHINGTON] After years spent raking in millions as a top executive of Goldman Sachs Group, Lloyd Blankfein said on Wednesday that outsized banker pay encouraged excess and worked "against the public interest". The furor over bankers' pay after last year's financial crisis often was
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      Lock icon Jet Airways row may hinder fund-raising
      603 17 Bloomberg Pilot strike leads to loss of passengers ahead of plans to tap USs4oom [MUMBAI] Jet Airways (India) Ltd's three-day conflict with its pilots is costing the nation's second-largest airline passengers and may hamper plans to raise US$4OO million to buy new planes. "The
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      361 17 AP Pact a bid to agree on best ways of deterring pirates [NEW YORK] The United States is signing onto an international plan to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, committing itself to a leadership role to protect one of the world's
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      2747 17 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI India (AC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl R.,» les Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR EVA Airways
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      215 17 [SINGAPORE] Christopher Grubb will take over as vice-president of UPS Asia-Pacific from Joseph Guerrisi, who is moving to UPS's headquarters in Atlanta after five years in the role. Singapore-based Mr Grubb will oversee all marketing, retail and advertising and public relations activities
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      69 17 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Dalian Port (PDA) Co may seek a listing on China's so-called A-share market, Dalian vice-mayor Dai Yulin said at a briefing in the Chinese city yesterday. The municipal government hopes that the company can apply to the China Securities Regualatory Commission soon for
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      370 17 Reuters [DALIAN] China Southern, the country's top carrier by fleet size, said it sees signs of recovery for its beleaguered industry, but lingering weakness has forced it to delay some orders and seek more government aid. China Southern expects to add 35 planes to its fleet
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      233 17 -AP [WASHINGTON] The US government warned mariners on Tuesday to expect an increase in piracy off the Horn of Africa and in the Indian Ocean and counselled seamen on US-flagged ships to be prepared to defend against boarders. An advisory from the Maritime
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      483 18 UNLIKE many other global efforts, the climate deal in Copenhagen this December will be decided primarily by finance. But countries' positions on this central issue are still far apart. The nub of the problem is this: how will the rich world pay for the efforts
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      917 18  -  CYNTHIA WANG ANG SWEE HOON People are twice as likely to reward an honest individual as to punish a deceptive one By and Deception, fraud, scam. These are words that have been rocketing the business world. When Bernard Madoff was sentenced for committing the
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      844 18  -  WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg THE BOTTOM LINE IT'S not the moniker feminists might give to a group of women about to shake up Japan. Make way for the "Princess Corps". A record 54 women won parliamentary seats in the Aug 30 election a
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      1159 19  -  FANG VAN Reuters Nouveau riche Chinese are discovering 'you are what you drive' but pricing is still the top concern for most buyers By and DOUG YOUNG AFTER driving his BMW 5 series model for just three years, Chinese futures trader Jerry Lin traded
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      1054 19  -  KATHY ZHANG By LOOKING back at the last 10 years Singapore Exchange (SGX) has been in existence, one cannot but conclude that it has done an incredible job. It has transformed from a small bourse in 1999 with mostly domestic
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      9054 20 Transaction date: Sep 10 52-wks Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net COOP) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap Sinil Company 16.5 3 3148 8Telecom 8 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 31 12 5000 ABRHIdgs 14.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8
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      1662 21 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 16 5 1181 s AAGrp 26 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 05 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20 8.5 3518 s Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 11 3.5 7814 t
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      412 21 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol COOO) .u^Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld C'vr Net P/E MCap _Hm Comi _Hm 110 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 109.9 unch 762 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ IIS756 +2 274 149 DBS STI ETF 100 272 +3 4195 3534 DBXT
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      250 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 offer
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      9143 21 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 2.004/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/^- 1.337/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.07/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.75/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.5106/ APS Komaba Global
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      361 22 %dy %yr dy yr dy yi Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Se| World Index Preliminary 786.3 0.7 16.0 0.7 18.9 0.8 20.. EAFE Preliminai 753.5 0.5 16.1 0.7 22.5 0.8 23.' Euro[ Prelim inan 1063.6 1.1 16.7 1.3 24.7 1.4 26.1 Pacific 621.7
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      134 22 As at 9am NU It KM It5 SepK Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2190 1.2560 .an dollar 1.3130 1.3290 Euro 2.0610 2.0860 NZ dollar 0.9870 1.0090 iterlini ind 2.3420 2.3700 US dollar 1.4160 1.4330 Local dollars to 100
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      174 22 Sep 10 *L Offer Overnight 1-month 2-months 3-months Overnight mode: 1/8 ys$ 1/4 7/16 9/16 11/16 Offer 1/8 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months I. 12 months $Au 0.35 0.38 0 40 0.45 0.75 1.25 1.30 Offer 0.25 0.28 0
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      29 22 Sep 10 ten Hii Sett STI Se 2685 2702 2682 IIMSCI Se 319.2 327.2 320.7 "aiwan Se 267.0 284.6 270.9 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      22 22 Sep 10 I Bid Offer 1-month 1.4239 1.4254 2-months 1.4241 1.4256 3-months 1.4242 1.4257 6-months 1.4247 1.4263 Source: OCBC
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      64 22 Sep 10 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RIV Delivery Opening Month Range M/MT) Sett Av Price Price Hi Low Vol Open Done Position SepO9 2250 2250 2288 2230 57 364 Oct09 2210 2230 2270 2180 1109 5555 Nov09 2180 2184 2240 2135 ***** ***** Dec 09 2168 2171 2228 2124
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      305 22 Sep 10 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 99.6925 99.5800 99.3750 99.0350 4754 4816 4029 3216 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES SepO9 99.465 99.470 DecO9 99.515 99.515 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 99.500 99.500 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 99.465 99.510 99.500 99.470 99.510 99.540 99.535 99.495
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      182 22 Sep 10 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) flonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l lots) 3d 09 Mov09 Dec 09 225.5 Ian 10 227.0 =eb 10 Vlar 10 225.2 227.0 227.0 227.0 227.0 228.0 228.0 228.0 30 30 20 20 402 555 917 767
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      97 22 Sep9 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low SepO9 961.50 969.00 978.50 960.00 Nov09 928.50 936.50 938.00 922.50 Jan 10 935.75 943.25 944.50 929.75 Mar10 941.00 947.25 949.25 935.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low 5ep09 33.73 34.23 34.13 33.82 3d 09 33.89 34.40 34.50
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      76 22 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep9 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 71.23 0.55 WTI (Near Mth) 71.30 0.08 Dubai (1-Mth F) 69.30 1.39 Tapis blend 71.05 1.35 Minas 73.20 1.60 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 67.90 75.60 1.63 1.50 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      463 22 Sep 10 AS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: lustralia 0.928 5.863 0.589 6.655 41.586 85.216 0.791 10.514 3.002 1.235 71.109 41.526 1.223 6.487 0.893 28.025 29.205 0.520 0.859 Canada 1.077 6.316 0.635 7.168 44.795
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      158 22 Sep 10 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2223 1.2238 0.8585 0.8587 Canadian dollar 1.3165 1.3184 0.9246 0.9251 Euro 2.0742 2.0764 1.4568 1.4569 NZ dollar 0.9894 0.9912 0.6949 0.6955 Sterling md 2.3504 2.3533 1.6508 1.651
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      141 22 Sep 10 GOLD (USS/oz) Sep 09 Sep 10 Hong Kong London 994.20 990.20 995.20 991.20 Sep 08 Sep 09 1002.95 996.30 1003.95 997.10 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Sep 10 Buying Sellini Kilobar "48,674.30" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm
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      69 22 Sep 9 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1858.00 1863.00 3 months 1889.00 1895.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 6399.50 6415.00 6464.75 6475.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 2387.75 3 months 2405.00 2439.00 2455.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 unch Tin (USS/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      73 22 Sep9 :OCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low SepO9 1899 1857 1904/1862 Dec 09 1927 1885 1931/1891 Mar 10 1928 1883 1933/1892 May 10 1930 1883 1935/1898 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low SepO9 1479 1478 1478/1478 Nov09 1495 1494 1508/1486 Jan 10 1518 unch 1533/1512 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close
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      52 25 taWa! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY Remembering 9/11 Eight years after the ■L World Trade Center mayhem, an Indian &^i r who survived the L terror attacks says the experience only made her stronger KumarsutraW- < Local i" entertainer H «>• f Kumar's /t&l:^ i^ Deepavali Pft^. *l memory
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      Lock icon Women really are from Venus
      605 30  -  jaime cc DON'T know why, but I feel compelled to I come to the defence of Miyuki Hatoyama I the sun-eating, space-travelling divorI ccc now married to the "alien" leader of I the Democratic Party of Japan who is now on the cusp of the
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      Lock icon Home is where the art is
      1429 30 You're invited to take a closer look at Wessex Estate as it evolves to blend art, community and commerce, says CLARISSA TAN A GRAND experiment of sorts is happening at Wessex Estate, that green enclave of colonial buildings off Portsdown Road. On the one
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    • ARTS
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        Lock icon The fine art a: holding an auction
        768 25 In a down market, two men are determined to change the auction experience. WOON TAI HO speaks to the minds behind an auction house which wants to breathe new life into the business AT the last two fine art auctions in Singapore, organisers
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        Lock icon There's expensive, and there's expansive
        688 25  -  WOON TAI HO By THERE is no sign of any recession past or present when you walk into Opera Gallery's premises in the newly minted lon shopping centre. Whether you're looking at paintings or sculptures, everything is priced in the mid five-figure range. And that's
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        Lock icon Nothing is sacred in this comedy act
        308 25  -  RACHEL SIM By THE Extraordinary V Conference '09 is a no-holds barred comedy act packed with parodies and well-de-livered punch lines. Audacious humour and drag queens take centre stage in this third instalment of The V Conference series in "zoe-fanntastic" fashion, which is
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        Lock icon Beauty from demolition
        762 26  -  CLARISSA TAN We take a look at three Asian artists who explore the relationships between people and the world around them By THE works of Chinese contemporary artist Lv Hao, it is often noted, make a statement about urban demolition, the indiscriminate mangling of old things amid
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        665 26  -  MADHVI By SUBRAHMANIAN THE belief that we are all connected to each other or separated in theory only by "six degrees of separation" is widely held. This concept of global "connectedness" was certainly demonstrated recently when the financial crisis started sweeping through every part of the globe.
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        Lock icon Forming a link with the past
        594 26  -  MADHVI SUBRAHMANIAN By RAPIDLY developing economies are suffering from cultural loss. From language to folk art, traditions are being lost at unprecedented rates. Few places in the world are changing physically and socially as much as India is today. However, throughout history, Indian culture
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        Lock icon The beauty of Austria
        1229 27 WINE The scenery is enchanting and the wines light, easy, fruity and fresh, says N K YONG ONE of the most beautiful wine routes in the world is that along the River Danube (it's not blue by the way) as it winds its way through the
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        Lock icon Another MMOG from Asiasoft you can play free
        489 27  -  LEE KIM SIANG GAMING By FOR the fans of the celebrated classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there were no finer games than Koei's eponymous turn-based strategy games and, more recently, the faster-paced and ac-tion-heavy Dynasty Warriors series of games.
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        Lock icon Celebrating a century
        759 27  -  MELISSA LWEE NIGHT OUT By F SCOTT Fitzgerald once wrote: "Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right." And that has been precisely Moet Chandon's mantra this past week, as the brand commemorated its 100 th anniversary in Singapore. Moet Chandon has,
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    • CINEMA/TV
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        Lock icon Woody Allen's latest film doesn't always work
        585 28  -  GEOFFREY EU But Whatever Works is still worth watching if only for the vocabulary and the one-liners, says OODY Allen m always had his way with words the kind of words only a New York native Jew, former stand-up comic and scriptwriter of
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        Lock icon Too many loose ends mar this thriller
        504 28  -  GEOFFREY EU By BLOOD Ties may be director Chai Yee Wei's first foray into feature-length films, but he is nobody's ghoul when it comes to recognising the marketing benefits of releasing his movie a disturbingly violent supernatural thriller during the Hungry Ghost Festival,
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        Lock icon Too preachy for its own good
        426 28  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM DVD REVIEW By THIS movie should have been called Not Easy To Watch, such is the heavy-handedness with which it goes about reiterating its central tenet that family life cannot possibly thrive without God. Preachiness doesn't necessarily disqualify a movie from being
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        Lock icon Plenty of fresh blood for vampires
        949 28 -LAT-WP By GINA MCINTYRE [HOLLYWOOD] Forget the garlic, the crucifixes, the security of daylight. Nothing is holding the vampires at bay these days. With the wild popularity of movie, TV and literary properties including Twilight and HBO's hit series True Blood, the bloodthirsty undead
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    • MUSIC
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        Lock icon Not just a concert but escapism, celebration
        669 29 Dianne Reeves says she will do what she does best at tomorrow night's concert she will offer fans a temporary escape from the world, reports ONG BOON KIAT JAZZ music is what Dianne Reeves does best, but her passion, she says, is the
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        Lock icon Music worth waiting for
        705 29  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM CD REVIEW No More Stories Mew Sony Rating: A A French Kiss In The Chaos Reverend The Makers Wall Of Sound Rating: B+ By PATIENCE is relative. Mediocre bands can take decade-long breaks between album releases and listeners will barely notice their absence, but
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        Lock icon Beatles remasters sound crisper than ever
        476 29  -  SAM SESSA ■LAT-WP By: [BALTIMORE] It's about time. Finally, more than 20 years after they were first released as CDs, the Beatles' studio albums are getting a much-needed digital touch-up. The 14 remastered UK albums (starting with Please Please Me and ending with the
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        Lock icon 'Ascolta, ascolta,' the Chinese take to Puccini
        1081 29  -  BARBARA DEMICK LAT-WP By [BEIJING] Gli enigmi sono tre, una c la vita! What does that mean? ("The riddles are three; life is one!") Where is it from? (The opera Turandot.) Who is the latest musical sensation in China? (A dead Italian once
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