The Business Times, 23 September 2009

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sfll A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Wednesday, September 23,2009
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  • 106 1 YEN MENG JIIN CLOSE on the heels of the 'Crashgate' verdict, this cutout of the Renault Team from last year's Singapore race was found dumped along Leng Kee Road beside a trash bin. Renault was handed a suspended two-year ban from Formula One after former
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  • 846 1  -  CONRAD TAN It has paper gain of another USsl.6b on remaining 4.9% stake By [SINGAPORE] The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has sold nearly half its shares in Citigroup for a profit of US$l.6 billion, leaving it with a 4.9 per
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  • 597 1  -  OH BOON PING China's shopping spree in resources sector continues By [SINGAPORE] China Investment Corp (CIC), China's giant sovereign wealth fund, is buying a 15 per cent stake in Singapore-listed Noble Group for US$B5O million. This marks ClC's latest move into the
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 44 1 uesi lay lange 1 COMP Closed IIKKEI225 Closed IANG SENG 21,701.14 +228.29 ;et index 724.37 +11.21 JAKARTA COMP Closed 1ANILA COMP 2,784.78 -4.55 ;eoulcomp 1,718.88 +23.38 ;henzhenb 517.10 -7.74 IUMBAI IND 16,886.43 +145.13 12 noon EDT Cham )OW 9,831.99 +53.13 IASDAQ 2,148.93 +10.89
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    • 30 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5 55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.345 taiwan 4776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 933 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 |N[)|A UJS Source:
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    • 45 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.414 (USS/SS ier 1.628 2.301 :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.478 2.089 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 91.40 64.60 3.480 2.462 IK$ 7.750 5.483 !AHT 33.65 23.80 1UPIAH 9,700 6,862 1ENMINBI 6.826 4.829 INDIAN RUPEE 48.07 34.00 1.144 0.810 IZ$ 1.388 0.982
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 55 1 jfcw^ MEDIA TRANSPORT HUB COMMENTARY EXECUTIVE MONEY W^K^M Magazine to close Fl weekend opening Why SIC should break Enter the independent f'i T^^QrjjS^lj^ after 63 years for Ferrari showroom its silence on Chartered asset managers pAGE 4 PAGE 21 PAGE 5 PAGE 30 f^KSK M JgM^r^^ PROPERTY 2009 AA%#iplp sustainable
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 656 2  -  SAMUEL EE Invitations dry up as banks and motor companies scale back their presence By [SINGAPORE] Corporate invitations to this year's Formula One race in Singapore have slowed down amid the recession. Last year, tickets for hospitality suites and grandstand seats were distributed
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 75 2 THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has sold nearly half its shares in Citigroup for a profit of US$l.6 billion, leaving it with a 4.9 per cent stake in the US bank. Ng Kok Song, GlC's group chief investment officer, said that
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      • 74 2 CHINA Investment Corp, China's giant sovereign wealth fund, is buying a 15 per cent stake in Singapore-listed Noble Group for US$B5O million. This marks ClC's latest move into the resources sector. Noble said it will place out 438 million newly-issued shares and
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      • 82 2 SINGAPORE is carrying out a holistic review of its critical electricity and gas network systems to identify potential weak spots which can be beefed up, so as to prevent any major power failures which can be costly for the economy. The thorough study
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      • 106 2 ASIA'S emerging economies are proving to be more resilient than had been feared in the face of the global financial and economic downturn and will recover faster than expected, the Asian Development Bank said yesterday in its latest Asian Development Outlook. But South-east
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      • 64 2 CITY Developments Ltd has bought partner Elad Group's half share in their equal joint venture company that owns the Futura condo site at Leonie Hill in Singapore, for about $35.1 million. The two bought the freehold residential property for $287.3 million in
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      • 47 2 ANALYSTS say that 01am International's Asl2B million (Ssls6 million) purchase of an 8,000 hectare almond orchard in Australia is a "steal" but caution that the deal exposes the company to new price and weather risks. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 6
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      • 70 2 AUDITORS of Saizen Real Estate Investment Trust have made an emphasis of matter in relation to its financial statements for the year ended June 30. PricewaterhouseCoopers said that if Saizen was unable to renegotiate some eight billion yen (*****.9 million) in current debt,
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      • 72 2 SINGAPORE has fallen out of the top 20 most expensive office locations in the world. This comes after the country posted the second biggest drop in average Grade A CBD office rental values in the first half of this year from
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    • 642 2  -  RONNIE LIM Comprehensive study will identify weak areas that need improvement By [SINGAPORE] Singapore is carrying out a holistic review of its critical electricity and gas network systems to identify potential weak spots which can be beefed up, so as to prevent any
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    • 931 4  -  MICHELLE QUAH COMMENTARY Its Citi stake now vulnerable to dilution if the bank decides to sell new shares to redeem part of the US govt stake By THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has beaten the odds in profiting from what many
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    • 624 4  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Immediate prospects not so bright for Spore and M'sia BY. in Tokyo ASIA'S emerging economies are proving to be more resilient than had been feared in the face of the global financial and economic downturn and will recover faster than expected,
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    • 291 4  -  SIOW LI SEN It says latest results were within expectations, plans to keep Aaa rating By [SINGAPORE] Moody's Investors Service said Temasek Holdings' latest results released last Thursday were broadly within expectations and held no rating implications. In a Monday press release, the rating
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    • 288 4  -  CHEWXIANG Law Society says all fees should be freely negotiated By [SINGAPORE] The Law Society has scrapped its fee guidelines for conveyancing transactions six-and-a-half years after they were introduced. The guidelines were issued in February 2003 after fixed scale fees were scrapped, to give lawyers some
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    • 640 4 -AFP [HONG KONG] Dow Jones and Co yesterday announced the closure of the Far Eastern Economic Review, which from 1946 chronicled Asia's miraculous post-war recovery but has fallen victim to the Internet age. News Corp-owned Dow Jones said that it
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    • 1077 2 1 I THE COMPANIES ACT IN THE MATTER OF A&K Starry De^don by Directors i«i«i«ii«is« of Company* inability to continue C «il "o"?u? ?o?d*!?.*t". businessby reason olfits liabilities IN THE MATTER OF ASA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD t^sporPpt^lto jticinvestmentsfte ltd (Incoroorated in SinaaDorel (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (IN PROVISIONAL
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    • 133 3 For more information please visit www.porsche.com.sg We have absolutely no experience in building big, heavy sedans. Fortunately. The new Panamera has arrived. A sportscar. With 4 doors and 4 seats. With the comfort of a sedan. And technology designed to reduce fuel consumption, eg. with Direct Fuel Injection (DFI) and
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    • 761 4 A T WEE INVESTMENTS PTE LTD n tne Matter Of Co. Reg. No.: *****9380K the Companies Act (Cap. 50) [Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) an( j (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) !n he Matter of At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Kian Mm Express Transport Pte Ltd the Members of
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 519 5  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Elad Group's stake in Leonie Hill condo firm amounts to $35.1 million By CITY Developments Ltd (CDL) has bought partner Elad Group's half-share in their equal joint-venture company that owns the Futura condo site at Leonie Hill in Singapore, for
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    • 789 5  -  WONG WEI KONG DISCRETION is a good thing, but for the Securities Industry Council (SIC), silence does not always serve to further its cause. Take the latest development in question: the SlC's decision to stay silent on the events surrounding the
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    • 547 6  -  CHEW XIANG But they note too the company faces fresh price and weather risks By ANALYSTS say that 01am International's Asl2B million (Ssls6 million) purchase of an 8,000 hectare almond orchard in Australia is a "steal" but caution that the deal exposes
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    • 233 6 DEBT-LADEN Bio-Treat Technology has proposed an issue of zero-coupon secured bonds worth $37.08 million with 89 million free detachable warrants to settle the outstanding balance of its toxic convertible bond (CB) programme. The Chinese water treatment firm is currently seeking to mark down the remaining
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    • 387 6  -  JAMIE LEE Credit Suisse to help evaluate, prepare for the listing By MIDAS Holdings said it has plans to apply for a secondary listing in Hong Kong, jumping on the bandwagon of S-chips eyeing dual listings to tap the speculative money being poured
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    • 388 6  -  WINSTON CHAI By PRINTING specialist Xpress Holdings more than doubled its net profit for its fourth quarter ended July 31, after divesting onethird of its stake in a Chinese associate. The three months saw net earnings jump 107.7 per cent to $7.1 million, from $3.4
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    • 299 6  -  VINCENT WEE By SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Engineering's US shipyard unit VT Halter Marine has clinched a repeat order to outfit and commission a second 350,000-barrel-capacity articulated tug barge (ATB) unit for OSG Ship Management. Work will commence in November
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    • 133 6 METAX Engineering Corporation proposes to raise gross proceeds of up to $13.39 million via a placement of new shares and issue of warrants. The exercise is mainly to fund projects relating to the Punggol Reservoir, the Marina Reservoir and the Punggol Waterway, and
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    • 139 6 TJONG Yik Mm, an independent director of Genting Singapore, has exercised share options for 213,000 shares, resulting in a paper gain of about *****,000. This is based on the consideration of 16.58 US cents per share and Genting's closing price of 551.15 yesterday. The
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    • 414 8  -  CHEW XIANG This will depend on Reit's ability to refinance 8b yen in current debt: PwC By AUDITORS of Saizen Real Estate Investment Trust have made an emphasis of matter in relation to its financial statements for the year ended June 30. PricewaterhouseCoopers said
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    • 367 8  -  JOYCE HOOI By IN a move to refinance the debt of Frasers Commercial Trust (FCOT), its trustee British and Malayan Trustees Limited yesterday entered into an agreement with lenders to extend a transferable term loan facility of $500 million for a term of three years.
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    • 304 8  -  FELDA CHAY Move raises its land bank in Waigaoqiao to 320,000 sq m By CHINA-based developer Yanlord Land Group has increased its land bank in Shanghai, buying four adjacent prime residential sites in Pudong's Waigaoqiao district for 2.6 billion yuan ($543.1
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    • 221 8  -  FELDA CHAY By LEXICON Group Ltd said yesterday that it will acquire a 30 per cent stake in club operator Southwave Media Company Ltd for $4.6 million, which will be paid through cash and stock. Under the agreement, Lexicon will fork out $500,000 in
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 58 8 SINGAPORE Commodity Exchange Limited (Sicom) and Sino Rubber Electronic Trading Market Co Ltd (Sino Rubber) of China said yesterday that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to grow their natural rubber markets. The partnership includes information sharing and joint development of the settlement process
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      • 83 8 KNITTING machine maker Falmac Limited is postponing its extraordinary general meeting from Sept 28 to Oct 5. The postponement is pursuant to a court order to allow Falmac director Fei Xue Jun and former chief executive Charlie Cheng Ji Lai to be present at
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      • 63 8 YING LI International Real Estate yesterday said that Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation has exercised its right to subscribe for five million new shares in the company under a previous loan and option agreement. Ying Li said it plans to use the proceeds from the exercise
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    • 458 6 HOT IPO Attract more interest from investors. Place your IPO notice in our newspapers. Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sg. I A message from China Pharma Limited (the "Offeror") to Shareholders of Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd. ("SPHG") Voluntary Conditional Cash Offer by China Pharma Limited for Sihuan Pharmaceutical
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    • 2342 8 \^J The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi U FJ, Ltd. And Subsidiaries MUFG Head Office 7-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8388, Japan. Singapore 9 Raffles Place, #01-01, Republic Plaza, Singapore *****9. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS, MARCH 31,2008 AND 2009 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED MARCH 31,2007,2008 AND 2009 2008
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 894 10  -  OH BOON PING CURRENCIES Asian units gain after ADB says the region is leading the rise from global recession THE carry trade involving US dollar borrowings may be the driving force behind the greenback's weakness in recent weeks, as high-yield currencies
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    • 97 10 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 15 1 2 0 0 0 15 1 2 lanufacturing 81 40 63 12 88 52 71 Commerce 31 19 20 35 20 25 'pt/Stor/Comms 23 11 24 11 :inance 18 18 Construction 11 14 'roperties
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    • 106 10 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 90,850 90,850 95,574 95,574 lanufacturing 610,959 40,209 651,168 342,590 1,991 344,581 Commerce 246,970 77,802 324,772 159,856 21,523 181,380 ■pt/Stor/Comms 124,320 6,618 130,938 189,405 1,883 191,288 :inance 43,131 43,131 196,488 196,488 Construction 58,180 23,505 81,685 22,271 1,156 23,427 ■roperties 143,637
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    • 105 10 lapitaLand 3.730 +0.080 lapitaMall 1.800 +0.010 jtyDev 10.320 +0.120 lomfortDelGrc 1.620 losco Corp 1.250 +0.020 IBSGrp 13.300 +0.140 :&N 4.000 +0.090 ienting SP 1.150 +0.100 iolden Agri 0.450 IK Land 4.040 -0.040 IMH 31.640 +0.660 ISH 17.340 +0.660 lardineC&C 24.260 -0.260 leppel Corp 8.460 +0.070 IOL
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    • 598 10  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS FOR most of August and the early part of this month, it was the China market that was instrumental in setting the direction for local stocks but in the past fortnight, the influence of the China stock market appears to
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    • 157 10  -  KEN TAI CHART POINT THERE is a dearth of market triggers that will push the STI above the top end of the consolidation zone, which sits squarely at 2,700. This observation is also partially explained by the fact that traders remain fixated at
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    • 4 10 DAILY
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    • 60 10 Sep 22 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS -3.00 +62.C IT CADI -*****.00+145. IT 10-day MA -*****.00 TSE ST Mid Cap 627.75 +5.1 TSE ST Small Cap 560.08 +6.1 TSE ST All Share 662.84 +8.6' TSE ST China Top 284.49 +3.9. TSE ST China 282.13 +1.0' TSE ST Catalist
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    • 59 10 VOLUME Memstar 201,452,000 Golden Agri 150,841,000 Gentinq SP 126,528,000 Ocean us 81,073,000 Midas 61,917,000 Yinq Li 57,947,000 DMX Tech 52,876,000 GuocoLeisure 50,300,000 Uni Envtech 48,441,000 Sinomem Tech 42,404,000 VALUE(S) Gentinq SP 138,746,823 Wilmar 109,530,000 DBS Grp 77,600,192 Capita Land 72,753,062 Sing Tel 68,495,426 Golden Agri 66,965,675 Midas
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    • 101 10 CLOSE UP DBXT MSEuroi 10US$ 4293 320.7 5.6 ;txpo 100 1436 106.0 8.0 IMH 3164 93.2 2.1 ISH 1734 93.2 4.0 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5815 69.2 0.8 reor Emen lint |Mkts 1 924 41.0 3.2 India Ni 10 1493 32.0 2.2 UOB 1686 24.0 1.4 ISMSCI India 100
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    • 119 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 2426 -26.0 -1.1 lardine C&C 'mei iNav 569 -22.0 -3.7 ilA 1340 -14.0 -1.0 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1523 -11.3 -0.5 China H 10US$ 1626 -11.3 -0.5 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5455 -9.9 -0.1 I seta n 327 -9.0 -2.7 uroni Cement 112 -8.0 -6.7 ICBC Bk5.1%NCPS
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    • 87 10 Where S$ stands Sep 22 CHNG CLOSE FR Sep 18 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4130 0.21 1.5579 1.4120 Euro 2.0897 -0.36 2.0897* 1.9150 Pounds 2.3059 0.40 2.4366 2.0356 AS 1.2351 -0.22 1.2365 0.9453 Yen* 1.5449 0.38 1.7278 1.4831 Rill liah* 0.***** 0.21 0.0146 0.***** Baht* 4.2004 -0.01
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 646 11  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Its office supply pipeline is eighth biggest among 170 cities: survey By SINGAPORE has fallen out of the list of the 20 most expensive office locations in the world. This comes after the country posted the second biggest drop in
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    • 170 11 IN one of the bigger office leasing deals in recent months, AIG is understood to have leased five floors or about 60,000 square feet at the recently completed South Tower of 78 Shenton Way. CB Richard Ellis is said to have
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 67 11 SINGAPORE and Qatar signed a protocol yesterday to incorporate the new internationally agreed standard for the exchange of information upon request for tax purposes. This is part of their agreement for the avoidance of double taxation. The protocol will enter into force after Singapore's legislative
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      • 73 11 THE inaugural Asia Pacific Enterprise Experience competition took off yesterday, setting youths from the region on a challenge posed by an enterprise. Organisers NUS Enterprise and the Action Community for Entrepreneurship hope to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among youths, by involving them with real-world business
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      • 81 11 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has awarded a 99-year leasehold plot at the corner of Yio Chu Kang and Seletar roads to Far East Organization subsidiary Far East Square Pte Ltd. The company was the top bidder for the site at a state
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    • 89 11 ARTHUR LEE THEY came one hour ahead and waited for the 2008 Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton to make a special appearance at Paragon last evening. And their patience was rewarded as Lewis spent about 30 minutes taking questions from the media and
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    • 567 11  -  CHEW XIANG Spore Swimming Club president faces suit by 4 members By A DEFAMATION suit filed by four members of the Singapore Swimming Club against the club's president will be heard in the High Court from today. The four are members of the previous
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    • 489 11  -  ONG BOON KIAT By IN a landmark move and nod to the rise of the Web 2.0 phenomenon, the Ministry of Education (MOE) will be adopting a suite of Web-based software from US search giant Google. By year-end, over 30,000 teachers and staff
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    • 486 11  -  CHUANG PECK MING By THE government is likely to save some $500 million by the time it makes the final payout from the Jobs Credit scheme. And despite having dished out less than what it was allocated, the scheme is
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 713 12 Reuters Exporters such as China, Germany, Japan should consume more while debtors ought to boost savings [WASHINGTON] The United States will urge world leaders this week to launch a new push in November to rebalance the world economy. A document outlining the US
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    • 654 12 -AFP [NEW YORK] Japan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama made his global debut on Monday with a message of reconciliation to China, asking President Hu Jintao to work together for a European Union-style East Asian community. Japan's new centre-left leader is here to
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    • 531 12 !_lJ_l__l_\ -AP [WASHINGTON] Consensus is building in the US Senate for legislation that would significantly weaken the Federal Reserve by stripping its power to oversee banks and hand that job to a single federal bank regulator. The proposal by Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher
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    • 438 12 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the introduction of a global tax to reduce risky behaviour by banks was "worth looking at", as he prepares for a Group of 20 summit later this week. But Mr Brown said greater cooperation between
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    • 446 12 -NYT [WASHINGTON] Tired of the government bailing out banks? Get ready for this: Officials may soon ask banks to bail out the government. Senior regulators say they are seriously considering a plan to have the healthy US banks
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 331 14 Keuters Move could attract up to USssob of new investment over three years [JAKARTA] Indonesia last week passed a new law on special economic zones, which industry officials said could help attract up to US$5O billion in new investment in South-east Asia's largest economy
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    • 357 14 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Bursa Malaysia Bhd, operator of the nation's stock exchange, said it expects the volume of palm-oil futures trading to more than double in the next two to three years following a stake sale and tie up with CME
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    • 496 14 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Against a backdrop of razor wire and machine guns, beauty therapists at Malaysia's first "jail spa" quietly tend to their customers under the watchful eye of uniformed wardens. Despite the tight security, the innovative Bal-inese-decorated spa is doing brisk business
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 456 15 Bloomberg Expansion may average 8.6% annually over next 10-15 years: report [NEW DELHI] India may be "waking up" to an extended period of high-trend economic expansion that will cause incomes to triple over the next decade, according to ÜBS AG.
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    • 386 15 [BEIJING] China plans to transform its naval and air forces to project power further from its shores, China's defence minister said a week before the nation puts on a massive military parade showcasing its strength. The navy will expand to include blue-water capability as
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    • 464 15 Reuters Wave of infected e-mail comes ahead of National Day [BEIJING] Foreign media in China have been targeted by e-mail laden with malicious computer software in attacks that appear to be tied to the run-up to the National Day military parade on Oct 1.
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    • 667 15 -AFP [MUMBAI] Bollywood is preparing for what is historically its most lucrative period of the year with a string of big budget releases, hoping to end 2009 on a high after a disappointing 12 months. Like the Christmas period
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    • 794 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Chinese President Hu Jintao was likely to press US President Barack Obama for assurances that the United States is not backing away from its commitments to free trade at the two leaders' meeting yesterday in New York. Neither
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 548 16 Reuters, NYT Strong climate deal needed if firms are to invest billions in low-carbon products [LONDON] A coalition of more than 500 international companies yesterday urged rich countries to commit to "immediate and deep" cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at UN
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    • 502 16 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's central bank is ready to raise interest rates to help calm property prices, a clear signal that it might soon tighten policy despite heavy pressure from the government for caution. The central bank's comments were in a draft report
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    • 339 16 -AP [NEW YORK] Facebook is shutting down its much-ma-ligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over tracking of user activities at partner websites. Facebook agreed to end Beacon and create a
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    • 447 16 Reuters Consumer watchdog hands out fines totalling £129.5 m [LONDON] Britain's consumer watchdog handed out fines totalling £129.5 million (*****.9 million) to 103 construction firms for colluding when bidding for work on projects such as hospitals, schools and housing refurbishments. Companies
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    • 315 16 Xinhua [BANGKOK] The convicted former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday he is ready to return to Thailand to be the prime minister again as long as it is "the people's wish", Thai media reported. The self-exiled ex-premier, talking through
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  • WORLD
    • 878 17 Investors wonder if actual demand will materialise with US still losing jobs [NEW YORK] Commodities have outperformed the expectations of many analysts who bet on an anaemic recovery after last year's crash, but the climb could start slowing if investors seek more proof the recession
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    • 517 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Dell's proposed US$3.9 billion buyout of Perot Systems Corp reflects the second-largest personal-computer (PC) maker's ambitions in the market for healthcare information technology. Dell offered US$3O a share in cash on Monday for Perot, 31 times its earnings in 2009, according
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    • 568 17 Reuters Offering, world's biggest this year, may raise 16b reais [SAO PAULO] Spain's biggest bank Santander could raise as much as 15.6 billion reais (5512.16 billion) with an initial public offering (IPO) of its Brazilian unit, underscoring expectations of booming credit demand in
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    • 445 17 Bloomberg [RIYADH] Saudi Aramco, the state-run oil monopoly, sees little chance of pumping crude from idle fields next year because a recovery in world demand has yet to begin, its chief executive officer said. Saudi Arabia has idled about 4 million barrels a day,
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    • 454 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Hassan Nemazee, a top fundraiser for US President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, has been indicted by a grand jury for stealing US$292 million from Citigroup, HSBC Holdings and Bank of America Corp. Prosecutors last month said Nemazee, 59, stole US$75
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  • CRISIS FALLOUT
    • 697 18 -AP More delay marriage and home-buying, turn to carpools, stay put rather than move to a new city [WASHINGTON] The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying marriage and home-buying, turning to carpools yet stuck in ever-worse traffic, staying put
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    • 831 18 -NYT [WASHINGTON] The research arm of Congress reported on Monday that the American International Group's financial condition had stabilised but said it was not clear whether the giant insurance group would ever be able to repay the federal government. The Government Accountability Office said
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    • 432 18 -LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] A coalition of blue-chip companies on Monday signed proposals to voluntarily overhaul executive compensation practices, in an effort to restore public confidence in corporate America and to get out ahead of potentially more burdensome rules that could emerge from Washington. Pay practices
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    • 653 18 LAT-WP Bank still refuses to divulge details on Merrill deal [NEW YORK] One year and two bailouts later, Bank of America (BOA) is moving to extricate itself from Washington's grip. With the financial industry on the mend, the giant bank
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    • 398 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] US commercial property prices renewed their steep decline in July as sector prices were down nearly 39 per cent from peak levels two year ago, said Moody's Investors Service in a report. Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI), released
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  • TransportHUB
    • 454 19 Bloomberg, AFP The USss.Bb contract with Brazil's Vale is to ship ore to China [SEOUL] South Korea's leading shipper of bulk cargo said yesterday that it has clinched a US$5.B4 billion deal with Brazil's Vale to transport iron ore, calling it the world's
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    • 693 19  -  DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK This is despite the much-reduced extent of the ice there during summer By THIS week's column is about the Arctic Sea. However, I must disappoint those who may I assume I am about to reveal exclusive insights about the strange saga of
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    • 373 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] A glut of supertankers competing to ship Middle East crude shrank for a second week as unprofitable lease rates prompted owners to anchor some vessels and sail others more slowly. There are 20 per cent more very large crude carriers, or VLCCs,
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    • 285 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted a seventh straight drop on a glut of cape-size-class vessels that typically haul coal and iron ore. The index tracking transport costs on international trade routes fell
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    • 131 19 -Reuters [LONDON] Clean petroleum tanker rates on top global export routes were mixed on Monday with tight vessel supply pushing rates on routes to Japan to a seventh-month high. Typical Long Range 2, 75,000 tonne shipments from the Middle East Gulf (MEG) to
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • 107 19 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp Mercator Lines MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.72 0.33 1.25 0.70 2.01 0.61
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      • 36 19 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.97 9.00 9.05 3.10 unch unch 0.09 0.02 -0.13 0.10 0.04 unch unch unch 42 351 188 189 0 0 430
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      • 12 19 '00 ■recious Ship Jegional Cont .18.19 .12.20 0.20 3590 0.80 *****
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      • 21 19 Evergreen Marine ....20.25 :irst Steamship 38.50 ManHai Lines 17.70 r"ang Ming Marine...12.85 0.05 -0.65 -0.15 -0.20 11 2 2 6
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      • 40 19 '000 (awasaki Hvy Ind ..231.00 (awasaki Kisen 395.00 Mitsubishi Hvy 358.00 i/litsuiEng&Sbldg...253.00 Mitsui Osk Lines 582.00 Nippon Express 369.00 Nippon Yusen 376.00 iource: Thomson Reuters -3.00 ***** -4.00 4392 2.00 ***** -6.00 5026 6.00 ***** 1.00 6211 -3.00 7182
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    • TRANSPORT HUB: AVIATION/SHIPPING
      • 416 20 -AFP Move expected to push up fares, start green-tech race by plane-makers [LONDON] The aviation industry was to make a dramatic pledge yesterday to slash carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2050, as key climate change talks get under way at
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      • 470 20 Reuters Overhaul could also see foreign carriers investing in airline [TOKYO] Lenders to Japan Airlines Corp may seek to split the carrier between its profitable and loss-making parts, two sources familiar with the matter said yesterday, as part of a radical overhaul that
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      • 322 20 CJ -AP [DALLAS] The parent of American Airlines plans to issue new stock and debt in a move to raise more than US$5OO million as it heads into the slower fall and winter travel season. AMR Corp said on Monday it would
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      • 239 20 Reuters [LONDON] Colombian coal exporters will seek to take advantage of booming demand in Asia when the Panama Canal expansion is completed in 2013, shipping analysts and Colombian coal producers say. Colombia, the world's fifth-largest exporter of steam coal, has been hit by
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      • 2660 20 AIRLINE CODES: AA: Amencao Airlines (AA -ance (AFR), AI: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd no (BAW), BH: Biman Bane les (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR: EVA Airways
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    • TRANSPORT HUB: LAND/AVIATION
      • 404 21  -  SAMUEL EE Top management will attend event with drivers Raikkonen, Fisichella By EVEN a fengshui master could not have picked a better date. Ital Auto's new $1 million Ferrari showroom will open this Saturday on the weekend of the Singapore Grand Prix. To mark
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      • 835 21 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Delta Air Lines Inc may have a tougher time blocking union organising under a request that labour made this month to a US mediation board, where President Barack Obama's appointees have gained a majority. Delta workers could unionise with
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      • 263 21 [SINGAPORE] TNT added another 8747-400ER freighter service between Asia and Europe with the launch of a new dedicated service between Hong Kong and TNT's European air hub in Liege, Belgium, last Friday. The non-stop flight will offer TNT customers fast transit times, and control and
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      • 1142 21 -NYT Some are shrinking their business and first class sections to try to stem losses A COUPLE of years ago, airlines seemed to be falling over themselves to offer the best amenities to their first and business class customers on international flights. They featured seats that
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    • 147 19 2nd Annual Transportation Conference Exhibition ___^Pi THE RECOVERY 26-27 January 2010 Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore Cairn fha Ratal To register, contact JOC Conferences at OflVe llie L»aie events@joc.com 0r{760)294-5563 Plan now to attend the 2nd Annual International Contacts r» v nt t 4.- Toexhibit, contact Julia
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    • 342 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Stones incorporating Califor- I ~~|3 [4 I I? [8 nian singer and NY players? __^l__^l__^l__I 5 Cut head off Mister in Italy (6) Fl 9 Carol drinking wine that's awful (8) WU 10 Depression comes with __HB__HH__^Bl BB_^H_HB_HH_ 12 Where randomly packed item may be found,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 456 22 TOMORROW marks the start of the third meeting in less than a year of leaders from the group of 20 (G-20) this time, in the American city of Pittsburgh. The G-20, which represents countries that account for more than 80 per cent of global GDP
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    • 880 22  -  ROBERT SAMUELSON Obama's tyre tariffs are sending out the right message to China cease and desist FOR years, American presidents have faced a China conundrum: How to deal with a country that practises predatory trade without unleashing global protectionism? President Barack Obama's recent decision
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    • 784 22  -  LEON HADAR THE BOTTOM LINE AFTER attending the United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting in New York, the leaders of the world's 19 largest economies and the European Union (EU) will be travelling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to take part in the
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    • 1507 23  -  G PANICKER It should take markets into confidence and allow independent assessment of its reserves OIL prices certainly had a role in triggering the current financial crisis. The rising prices until mid-2008 largely rested on the theory of peak oil
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    • 846 23  -  MATTHEW LYNN Bloomberg THAT'S it, then. The global recession is over. At least that's what Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says. Answering questions last week, the world's most powerful central banker said that the US recession was "very likely over at
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    • 324 23 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I REFER to the report, "Financial advisers defend stance on exit offers" (BT, Sept 21). I empathise with minority shareholders who feel aggrieved when they lose their shareholdings at what they consider to be an unfair exit offer when
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    • 234 23 I REFER to the report, "Financial advisers defend stance on exit offers" (BT, Sept 21), in which it is noted that they say claims that they endorse deals unfair to minority investors are off the mark. In almost every instance, the exit offers, as well
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8726 24 Transaction date: Sep 22 Hi. !-wks Tel Low Code Com| Sale C000) Hii Low Buj rer Seller C'vr P/E $mil >anj 17 3 3148 STelecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 31.5 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 14.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 7 2101 APOil 93
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    • 1644 25 52-wks Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr Net M Cap P/E Company $mil 15.5 5 1181 s AAGrp 26 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20
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    • 401 25 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) Day lh Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hi. 110 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 776 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 274 149 DBS STI ETF 100 4195 3534 DBXT DJE5O 10US$ DBXTDJE50Sh
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    • 245 25 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum
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    • 9346 25 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS I UNIT TRUSTS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 2.071/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/^- 1.35/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.09/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.77/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.5102/
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 362 26 %dy %yr dy yr dy yi Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Se| 21 World Index Preliminary 805.0 -0.3 18.8 -0.6 20.9 -0.7 23.I EAFE Preliminai 766.6 -0.5 18.1 -1.1 23.5 -1.1 25.I Euro[ Prelim inan 1085.8 -0.7 19.1 -1.2 26.2 -1.2 28.3 Pacific
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    • 120 26 As at 9am Sep22 Singapore dollars to one unit rf foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer s,ust dollar 1.2140 1.2510 .an dollar 1.3060 1.3220 luro 2.0690 2.0920 IZ dollar 1.0040 1.0250 iterlini ind 2.2850 2.3110 JS dollar 1.4070 1.4230 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign currency:
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    • 156 26 Sep22 Xterniqht 3/8 -month 7/16 -months 9/16 l-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 3/16 IS$ Offer 1/4 3/16 5/16 7/16 BJd Hays I month > months months d months months I I. (All 0.32 0.35 0.38 0.50 0.70 1.10 1.30 Offer 0.22 0.25 0.28 0.30 0.50 0.80 0.90 Bid month
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    • 26 26 Sep 22 STI Se 2656 2683 2686 IIMSCI Se 315.0 322.4 322.2 "aiwan Se 273.0 275.1 272.7 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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    • 21 26 Sep22 S! Bid Offer 1-month 1.4130 1.4146 2-months 1.4132 1.4148 3-months 1.4133 1.4150 6-months 1.4139 1.4156 Source: OCBC
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    • 58 26 Sep 18 lelivery lonth Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Low Vol Open Done Position 3d 09 2206 2231 2245 2222 313 \Jov09 2184 2200 2220 2184 3191 3ecO9 2175 2190 2210 2175 7580 Ian 10 2184 2210 2210 2184 2398 Total o/p: ***** contracts Turnover: *****
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    • 266 26 Sep 22 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 99.5550 99.3300 98.9700 98.5600 7061 4323 3161 2450 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES DecO9 99.520 99.520 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 99.520 99.520 99.550 99.540 99.525 99.485 99.400 99.340 99.340 5678 4146 2052
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    • 195 26 Sep 22 (UBBtK Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) /lonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) 3d 09 218.0 MOV09 Dec 09 215.5 Ian 10 216.5 =eb 10 216.5 Vlar 10 216.5 218.0 215.5 215.0 215.5 215.0 218.0 218.0 217.5 216.5 216.5 216.5 36 20
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    • 89 26 Sep 22 'eriod Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi< Day's |h Low I-Month BQ*****W 24.12.2009 -Year BY*****W 03.05.2010 0.32 0.39 0.34 0.34 3OVERNMENT BONDS >eriod Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low !-Year NX*****H 3.625 I-Year NX*****F 3.625 '-Year N*****0S 2.875 0-Year NX*****W 2.500 5-Year
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    • 99 26 Sep 21 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov09 913.50 941.00 939.75 909.25 Jan 10 919.00 945.25 942.50 915.00 Mar 10 922.25 946.50 943.00 919.25 May 10 923.00 943.75 938.50 920.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low 3d 09 33.77 34.68 34.79 33.78 Dec
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    • 74 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep2l origin^ t/barrel Close Cham irent blend (1-Mth F) 68.67 -2.4I VTI (Near Mth) 69.53 -2.4I iubai (1-Mth F) 69.14 -0.9: "apis blend 73.70 -0.9! i/linas 71.70 -0.9! >RODUCT JS$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Chanqi Naphtha Jet Kerosene S7.40 77.35 -0.1 -0.2' US$/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price 68.42
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    • 463 26 Sep22 AS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRi Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.936 5.965 0.591 6.773 42.002 84.763 0.798 10.519 3.041 1.213 72.267 41.569 1.235 6.488 0.896 28.298 29.401 0.537 0.874 Canada 1.068 6.371 0.632 7.234 44.860 90.532
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    • 68 26 Sep 22 mth 0.***** 0.***** mths 0.***** 0.***** mths 0.***** 0.***** mths 0.***** 0.***** mths 1.***** 0.***** 2 mths 1.***** 0.***** ;WAP Offer rates (S$) mth 0.***** mths 0.***** mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs
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    • 149 26 Sep 22 Zurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2344 1.2361 0.8737 0.8740 Canadian dollar 1.3185 1.3200 0.9333 0.9334 luro 2.0874 2.0901 1.4775 1.4778 IZ dollar 1.0178 1.0193 0.7204 0.7207 Sterlinc 2.2995 2.3023 1.6276 1.6279 IS dollar 1.4128 1.4143 >$IUS$
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    • 131 26 Sep 22 /oz) ',ep_ ',ep_ Hong Kong .ondon 998.60 1011.30 999.60 Sep 18 Sep 21 1011.40 1000.90 1012.20 1001.70 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Sep 22 Buying Sellini Kilobar "48,965.34" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Selling Buying gm jam Ogm !0gm iOgm OOgm oz ozUBS Kinebar™ 110.21
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    • 68 26 Sep2l\ Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1850.00 3 months 1884.00 1884.00 1917.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 6165.25 6190.00 6149.25 6175.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2186.75 3 months 2215.00 2157.25 2185.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00
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    • 75 26 Sep 21 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 09 2003 2018 2037/1979 War 10 2019 2038 2055/2000 Way 10 2038 2059 2073/2016 lul 10 1988 2010 2020/1975 IOFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low iepO9 1465 1499 1498/1480 Mov09 1479 1513 1516/1478 Ian 10 1504 1535 1539/1503 SUGAR (US tonne) White
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    • 2317 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Fel lode Company Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ('000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.5 1 15 12 4.71 56 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5 1 87 1358 12.00 11 AscendasREIT.ES.0909 172 1756 Asiatic Grp (H) Ltd W*****2 7.5
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
    • 1154 29  -  PAUL SULLIVAN NYT The financial crisis has changed attitudes about wealth in the last year By SOMEONE with USSIOO million has nothing to fear, not even fear itself. But not long ago, a client with such assets called and asked Bruce Bickel, her wealth
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    • 952 30 Independent asset managers are beginning to be sought out in favour of private bankers, reports GENEVIEVE CUA CHARGING a fee for advice used to be unheard of among private banks, but that may soon change as clients gravitate towards a new niche of "independent asset managers". A
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    • 1216 30  -  CHRISTIAN NOLTING Credit market developments require a closer study because of the recent credit crisis THE credit markets have gone through a roller-coaster ride much like other asset classes through the global crisis. But the credit market developments in particular require a closer study as the
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    • 402 29 I a mere g ACADEMY FINANCE* Consulting 1| Gold Resources Investing 15 th October 2009, Singapore, Shangri-La Hotel The reasons why we are going to see a super bull market for gold shares What kinds of gold mining firms should you focus on at this stage of the bull market?
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