The Business Times, 21 October 2009

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  • 20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf^l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Wednesday, October 21,2009
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  • 874 1  -  VIKRAM KHANNA COMMENTARY Comprehensive research, global experts point to some sobering conclusions THE Singapore economy has staged a stunning recovery since the second quarter and economists are unanimous that it will continue into 2010. The STI has jumped 86 per cent from its
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  • 812 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO GENEVIEVE CUA Market watchers welcome safeguards and say move will help industry grow By I and [SINGAPORE] With Singapore poised to graduate to the "white list" of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), trust and estate practitioners are
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.803 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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    • 47 1 uesi lay lange 1 COMP 1,265.74 +4.25 IIKKEI225 10,336.84 +100.33 1ANG SENG 22,384.96 +184.50 ;et index 725.60 -6.01 JAKARTA COMP 2,502.22 -18.70 1ANILA COMP 2,945.26 +13.06 ;eoulcomp 1,659.15 +10.08 ;henzhenb 537.77 +4.18 IUMBAI IND 17,223.01 -103.00 12 noon EDT Change )OW 10,018.36 -73.83 IASDAQ 2,159.95 -16.37
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    • 45 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.391 (USS/SS ier 1.636 2.276 :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.496 2.080 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 90.30 64.90 3.365 2.419 IK$ 7.750 5.572 !AHT 33.42 24.03 lUPIAH 9,405 6,762 1ENMINBI 6.827 4.908 INDIAN RUPEE 46.18 33.20 1.081 0.777 IZ$ 1.328 0.955
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 52 2 WITH Singapore poised to graduate to the "white list" of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, trust and estate practitioners are confident that there are sufficient safeguards in place to prevent indiscriminate prying into taxpayers' accounts. Industry players welcomed the progress.
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      • 78 2 UNITED Overseas Bank is offering to redeem at full value some $150 million worth of structured investment products that it sold to retail investors in 2005. The market value of the Prudential Yield 15 and Yield 20 funds, both of which mature
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      • 73 2 GALLEON Asia which is managed by former DBS executives has not received any redemption requests and has full support from its prime brokers following the arrest of founder Raj Rajaratnam in New York for insider trading. "We're healthy," Galleon Asia's David Lav told
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      • 90 2 BEN Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said Asian nations were pulling the global economy out of its downturn. Mr Bernanke said that Asian countries had bounced back from the global recession faster than the rest of the world and had reported
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      • 80 2 THE stock of bio-medical company Transcu Group was knocked out of its winds yesterday as talk of a trading restriction by UOB Kay Hian which has since been imposed ignited a heavy dumping of its shares, sources told BT. By the end
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      • 74 2 TROUBLED Asia Water Technology may survive after all. The white knight is China-based SI Infrastructure, which has sweetened its offer after its previous bailout proposal was shot down recently at a shareholders' meeting. According to sources, the Chinese company is now prepared to throw in
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      • 75 2 ROXY-PACIFIC Holdings has signed an agreement to buy Dragon Mansion for $100.8 million via a collective sale some 16 per cent below the owners' previous asking price of $120 million when the property was first put up for sale in July.
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      • 92 2 INDIA'S government may sell a 5 per cent stake in NTPC Ltd, the country's biggest power producer, as early as December to help fund spending on roads and education and rein in the fiscal deficit. "We will do it by December
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    • 635 2  -  CONRAD TAN Eligible are those who bought the funds through UOB, and still held the units as at Oct 16 By [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Bank (UOB) is offering to redeem at full value some $150 million worth of structured investment products that
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    • 502 2  -  SIOW LI SEN It says it has not received any redemption requests By! [SINGAPORE] Galleon Asia, which is managed by former DBS executives, has not received any redemption requests and has full support from its prime brokers following the arrest of founder Raj
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    • 569 4  -  CHUANG PECK MING They want a smoother flow of goods and services By [SINGAPORE] Leaders at the 10-member Asean meeting in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin this week will set up a task force to look into
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    • 689 4 -NYT But US needs to reduce its deficit, while Asia needs to rely less on exports [SANTA BARBARA, California] Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Monday that Asian nations were pulling the global economy out of its downturn.
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    • 594 4 Bloomberg Shares climb 5.4% to US$2OO in early trading [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Inc rose to a record in extended trading on Monday after fourth-quarter profit and revenue topped estimates, fuelled by back-to-school orders for the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer.
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    • 530 4 AFP All eyes on Cabinet lineup to be unveiled today [JAKARTA] Liberal ex-gen-eral Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president yesterday after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform. The softly-spoken leader swore on
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 487 5  -  JAMIE LEE UOB-KH imposing trading restriction on counter from today: sources THE wind was knocked out of the stock of bio-medical company Transcu Group yesterday as talk of a trading restriction by UOB-Kay Hian which has since been imposed ignited a heavy dumping
      : Bloomberg  -  487 words
    • 272 5  -  JAMIE LEE By, LYXOR International Asset Management is listing three new ex-change-traded (ETF) funds on the Singapore Exchange today, including the first Russian ETF here. The new additions bring the total number of Lyxor ETFs listed here to 20. Among these is
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    • 525 8  -  OH BOON PING China's SII making 1b yuan guarantee to help stave off debt recall: sources By' TROUBLED Asia Water Technology (AWT) may survive after all. The white knight is China-based SI Infrastructure (SII), which has sweetened its offer after its previous bailout proposal was
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    • 885 8  -  R SIVANITHY IT IS shades of 2007 all over again. In the US, Wall Street is paying out obscenely large bonuses. And globally, stock prices are up more than 50 per cent in seven months and yet everyone is expecting them to keep rising because interest
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    • 443 9  -  EMILYN YAP Prices of retail and industrial Reits have yet to reflect risks, says Nomura By REAL estate investment trusts (Reits) are likely to experience more drops in asset values and negative rental reversions, according to Nomura Singapore. Furthermore, the research
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 58 9 NOVENA Holdings said yesterday that it is in discussions with third parties on the possible acquisition of a significant stake in a non-listed private company. It said that no binding agreement in relation to the possible transaction has been entered into,
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      • 60 9 UNITED International Securities reported net profit of $5.65 million for the third quarter ended September 2009, compared to $137,000 a year ago. Net profit for the nine months to September 2009 was $14.9 million, compared to $13 million a year ago, due
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      • 67 9 JASON Marine Group said it has received strong interest from institutional and retail investors for its IPO. Based on the total invitation size of 16 million new shares and the total valid applications received for both public offer shares and placement shares, the IPO
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    • 348 9  -  ALEC ALMAZAN By [MANILA] The Philippine Supreme Court has ordered Keppel Cebu Shipyard to pay 329.74 million pesos (Ss9.B million) to the insurer of a ferry that went up in flames at the yard nine years ago. In a 39-page decision, the court ordered
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    • 201 9 LUM Chang Holdings' fully owned subsidiary Lum Chang Building Contractors (LCBC) has clinched a $46.5 million deal to build an industrial project of 10 blocks in Tuas for Dril-Quip Asia Pacific. The project is expected to be completed in 16 months. "LCBC's earnings from
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 939 6  -  OH BOON PING CURRENCIES Regional currencies also move in tandem against US dollar THE Singapore dollar continued to hold firm around $1.39 per US dollar yesterday, as political objections to a weak greenback appear to be mounting. The local unit touched $1.3919 at 5
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    • 105 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 6 4 0 0 0 6 6 4 Manufacturing 43 80 70 10 53 89 77 Commerce 19 34 21 20 42 24 Tpt/Stor/Comms 20 14 22 14 Finance 10 13 10
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    • 120 6 TURNOVER ('000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE ('000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 38.301 38.301 49.031 49.031 Manufacturing 507.064 12.964 520.028 221.410 1.012 222.422 Commerce 153.122 56.514 209.636 102.021 12.817 114.838 Tpt/Stor/Comms 108.765 13.719 122.484 142.185 4.277 146.461 Finance 38.984 38.984 170.064 170.064 Construction 56.369 2.080 58.449 10.951
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    • 100 6 CapitaLand 4.150 Noble Grp 2.650 4-0.020 CapitaMall 1.800 4-0.040 OCBC Bk 7.610 -0.090 CityDev 10.300 4-0.040 Olam 2.820 4-0.060 ComfortDelGro 1.580 SGX 8.390 4-0.050 Cosco Corp 1.220 -0.020 SIA 14.320 4-0.240 DBS Grp 13.340 SIA Engg 2.750 F&N 3.920 4-0.020 SMRT 1.710 Genting SP 1.120 -0.010
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    • Article, Illustration
      781 6 Ascendas Reit Oct 20 close: $1.86 KIM ENG RESEARCH, Oct 20 IN line with expectations: A-Reit's net property income (NPI) in Q2 2010 grew 11.7 per cent y-o-y, underpinned by positive rental reversions and lower operating expenses. Distributable income grew 15.4 per cent y-o-y to $61.6 million while
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    • 594 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS GIVEN that the Straits Times Index bounced sharply off its intraday low on Monday in anticipation of the US market rising that day, it came as no surprise that the response here was muted after Wall Street duly posted
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    • 4 6 DAILY
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    • 63 6 Oct 20 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 812.00-257.00 BT CADI -*****.00-120.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00+82.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 635.12 -1.53 FTSE ST Small Cap 546.64 -4.63 FTSE ST All Share 668.13 -0.67 FTSE ST China Top 280.24 -3.74 FTSE ST China 295.89 -2.97 FTSE ST Catalist 1402.00
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    • 57 6 VOLUME Transcu Grp 217,861,000 Memstar 100,216,000 Golden Aqri 86,299,000 Uni Envtech 68,728,000 Ying Li 48,426,000 Gentinq SP 41,075,000 Novena 36,140,000 SwinqMedia 34,419,000 BanJoo 34,077,000 ChinaEratat 32,027,000 VALUE(S) SingTel 56,028,242 CapitaLand 53,039,940 OCBC Bk 51,439,270 Wilmar 48,687,740 Gentinq SP 46,460,460 DBS Grp 43,452,640 Ying Li 41,820,765 UOB 41,306,000
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    • 112 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP ***** 183.5 1.2 DBXT Ni 10US$ DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3164 139.0 3.3 GLD 10US$ ***** 118.2 0.8 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5726 76.5 1.0 STXPO 100 1440 52.0 3.7 China H 10US$ 1690 36.2 1.' DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** 30.0 0.3 LatinAmerica 1 832 27.8
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    • 114 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 2954 -58.4 -1.4 JMH India Ni 10 1545 -25.0 -1.i JSH 1736 -22.2 -0.9 QUE 968 -10.0 -1.0 OCBC Bk 761 -9.0 -1.2 Ascendasreit 186 -8.0 -4.1 Wilmar 635 -8.0 -1.2 Shani iriLa Asia 1510 -7.2 -2.6 >re Land 542 -6.0 -1.1 ISMSCI India 100
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    • 82 6 Where S! i$ stands Oct 20 %CHNG CLOSE FR0O19 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.3909 0.07 1.5579 1.3897 Euro 2.0816 -0.14 2.0897 1.9150 Pounds 2.2804 -0.41 2.4366 2.0356 AS 1.2900 -0.58 1.2900# 0.9453 Yen* 1.5399 -0.51 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.21 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1625 0.18 4.3390 4.1040
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 463 10  -  ARTHUR SIM Universal Studios aims to draw 4.5 m visitors; 20 rides to open next year AT around Ss7o per entry to Universal Studios Singapore (USS), Genting Singapore, which invested more than Ssl billion in the theme park could reap
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 56 10 THE National Environment Agency said yesterday that the Clean and Green Singapore campaign for 2010 and beyond will focus on getting more Singaporeans to take greater environmental ownership. The campaign, emphasising an environmentally friendly lifestyle, will be launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      • 92 10 A BUSINESS mission to Iran this month, led by the Singapore Business Federation, is expected to generate sales of about $85 million, with oil and gas projects set to be the major contributors. An 18-member delega- tion from companies involved in oil and
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      • 57 10 SINGAPORE'S position as a traditional Chinese medicine hub is set to be enhanced as the island plays host to the inaugural Traditional Medicine Expo 2009 from Dec 4-6 at Suntec City International Convention and Exhibition Centre. At the event, traditional medicine firms from
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    • 379 10  -  UMA SHANKARI PROPERTY BY ROXY-PACIFIC Holdings has signed an agreement to buy Dragon Mansion for $100.8 million via a collective sale some 16 per cent below the owners' previous asking price of $120 million when the property was first put up
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    • 437 10  -  UMA SHANKARI By THE four property developers who jointly bought freehold Lincoln Lodge more than two years ago in a collective sale intend to launch the project tomorrow, they said yesterday. The developers Koh Brothers, Heeton Holdings, KSH Holdings and Lian Beng Group
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    • 319 10  -  lAMIE LEE By J THE US dollar is unlikely to sink to crisis level and could recover by the middle of next year, says Societe Generale (SG) private banking economist Xavier Denis. This means the recent rally in commodities and gold prices
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    • 330 10  -  JOYCE HOOI It will help achieve environmental sustainability By NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday championed the cause for sustainable cities to help achieve global environmental sustainability. Speaking at the Isocarp Congress in Portugal, he said: "Without proper urban planning, rapid population growth
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  • THE WAY FORWARD
    • 1794 11 MNCs must know that regional govts are now more savvy about international taxation concepts, tax experts tell MICHELLE QUAH THE regional tax landscape is a forever evolving one and governments and tax authorities have to keep up to protect their tax bases and seal off any
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 462 12 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australia's central bank said it may be "imprudent" to keep interest rates near a half-century low, underscoring governor Glenn Stevens's determination to increase bor- rowing costs further to avoid a surge in inflation. A "very expansionary setting of policy was no
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    • 453 12 Reuters It wants to convince members that IMF can come to their aid in times of need [MEXICO CITY] The International Monetary Fund is considering creating a new programme to discourage member countries from building up currency reserves, John Lipsky, the IMF's first deputy
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    • 495 12 AP Reverse repos, in its toolkit for years, to get new twist [WASHINGTON] This is a test. This is only a test. The Federal Reserve is testing one of its tools for draining some of the unprecedented amount of money that's
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    • 273 12 Reuters [HANOI] Vietnam's prime minister said yesterday that the dong's exchange rate would be managed flexibly next year to revive weakening exports and cut the trade deficit, underlining market expectations that the currency will weaken. The government will "manage the foreign exchange
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    • 2567 12 mmmm DELONG HOLDINGS DELONG HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration Number: *****5215G) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 28 July 1997) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ("EGM") of Delong Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be convened on 12 November 2009 at 11:00
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 503 13  -  S JAYASANKARAN Governor also says economy showing signs of recovery, consumption expanding By in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S central bank governor yesterday dismissed suggestions that the government was preparing to relinquish the burden of propping up the economy, saying that the fiscal stimulus was
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    • 523 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] TA Global Bhd, set to become Malaysia's fifth-biggest listed property group, plans to double the number of hotels it owns in five years, adding to a portfolio that includes the Radisson Plaza in Sydney and the Westin Melbourne. It wants to
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    • 420 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's government has room to increase spending next year to help fund "priority" programmes and bolster economic growth, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. South-east Asia's largest economy is seeking investment in infrastructure such as seaports and airports by
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 577 14 Bloomberg This would help fund outlay on roads and education and rein in the fiscal deficit [New Delhi] India's government may sell a 5 per cent stake in NTPC Ltd, the country's biggest power producer, as early as December to help
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    • 795 14 Bloomberg No major foreign car maker will be represented at event [TOKYO] Porsche SE, Daimler AG and Volkswagen AG all sent top executives to April's Shanghai Motor Show as China is set to become the world's largest car market. All
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    • 525 14 Reuters Hedge fund set to buy medical firm in USsloom deal [HONG KONG] Hedge fund Avenue Capital is in the final stages of talks to buy a Chinese medical equipment company backed by a unit of Citigroup Inc in a deal worth over
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    • 819 14 AFP Infertile Western couples back out of bids to hire wombs [ANAND, India] The global economic downturn has hit businesses around the world, from big banks to local shops, leaving millions in fear of losing their livelihoods and desperate to cut down on
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    • 182 14 Reuters [BEIJING] China's huge steel sector pushed production back towards the record level set in August, data from the China Iron Steel Association (CISA) seen by Reuters showed yesterday. China is by far the world's biggest steel producer, with last year's output equal to
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 467 15 Reuters 10-year bond yields hit one-month high; central bank may absorb more debt [TOKYO] Japan will have to sell more government bonds to cover a tax revenue shortfall this fiscal year, which could hurt the economy by pushing up yields and
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    • 463 15 Bloomberg It wants to wait for study on Internet network to be ready [CANBERRA] Australia's opposition Liberal-National coalition will seek to delay a bill that may force the break-up of Telstra Corp until a government study on a proposed As 43 billion (5555.5 billion)
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    • 408 15 Bloomberg [LONDON] Qatar will make about £633 million (551.45 billion) as it sells shares in Barclays pic a year after it helped bail out Britain's sec-ond-biggest bank. Qatar Holding LLC, the Do-ha-based arm of the Qatar Investment Authority, plans to exercise warrants to sell
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    • 472 15 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's Mitsui Life Insurance said on Tuesday it may shift funds to yen bonds from hedged foreign debt in the second half of the fiscal year to March if yields on Japanese government bonds rise. Japan's top nine insurers held around
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  • WORLD
    • 666 17 Bloomberg RAJ RAJARATNAM INSIDER TRADING CASE Companies may clamp down on how employees handle sensitive financial info [SAN FRANCISCO] The US investigation into alleged insider trading by Galleon Group and technology executives may prompt Silicon Valley companies to clamp down on how employees
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    • 473 17 Bloomberg But officials changed views before details were made public [NEW YORK] Bank of America Corp (BOA) signed off on its government-assisted purchase of Merrill Lynch after US regulators said that the deal may boost the shares, e-mail from two executives showed.
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    • 277 17 -Reuters [DUBAI] Dubai's financial services watchdog will liberalise its regulations on the funds industry and lower its fees next year in an attempt to boost investor activity and competition, a panel said on Monday. The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA),
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    • 636 17 Bloomberg They include Andy Warhol's 1963 'Green Disaster' and two Bacons [NEW YORK] While London's weeklong contemporary art fairs trumpeted a US$9 million Francis Bacon, this week Paris will serve up two Bacons with prices around US$2O million and US$4O million plus Picasso,
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    • 417 17 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Sony Corp's Play Station 3 outsold Nintendo Co's Wii console for the first time following a US$lOO price cut, helping the US video-game market end six consecutive months of declining revenue. Hardware, software and accessory
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  • Transport HUB
    • 542 18 Reuters But solid rebound may be years away; freight rates return to breakeven level [HONG KONG] Early signs suggest that the global shipping downturn has hit bottom as freight rates recover to near-breakeven levels, but it could be years before the
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    • 1232 18 STRAIT TALK Pussyfooting around the piracy issue is leading nowhere meanwhile, seafarers suffer By DAVID HUGHES ONCE again, a few bandits fearless, no doubt, courtesy of khat (the local narcotic of choice) have managed to evade one of the biggest armadas of warships put
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    • 285 18 [SINGAPORE] Marco Polo Marine has secured a US$l5 million sale and maintenance deal for a 5,380-bhp anchor handling towing and supply (AHTS) vessel from a joint venture company. The Indonesia-focused marine services group entered into an agreement in July with PT Rig Tenders to
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    • 501 18 Bloomberg [PARIS] Royal Dutch Shell pic may order at least three floating liquefied natu-ral-gas plants for about US$5 billion each as Europe's biggest energy producer seeks to be first in the race to tap so-called stranded deposits using untested technology. "There
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • 127 18 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldg Cosco Corp CWT Ltd Ezra Hldgs rirst Ship Lea rreight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp Vlercator Lines V1TQ Corp MOL Pacific Shippi Pan-United Cor Rickmers Mar iamudera Ship iembcorp Indus Sembcorp Marin ipore Ship 0 69 -0.01 0 32
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      • 37 18 '000 nt'G Logistic MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carr NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 0.92 9.06 8.91 3.13 3.06 unch 0.09 -0.01 -0.04 -0.19 0.02 0.05 unch unch 166 226 242 215 40 0 1341
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      • 12 18 '00 'recious Ship Regional Cont 19.80 11.40 -0.30 -0.20 408) 179'
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      • 19 18 Evergreen Mari :irst Steamshi /Van Hai Lines rang Ming Mari... 17.90 45.50 16.70 12.50 unch -1.20 -0.35 -0.10
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      • 39 18 '000 Cawasaki Hvy I Cawasaki Kisen Mitsubishi Hvy Mitsui Eng&Sbl.... Mitsui Osk Lin Jippon Express.... Jippon Yusen 226.00 371.00 332.00 242.00 567.00 348.00 360.00 -1.00 7541 3.00 3976 -1.00 ***** unch 3891 4.00 6854 4.00 3201 7.00 8103
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      • 453 19 -NYT Award of contracts, largest for a single project in the city, is a vote of confidence [LOS ANGELES] Airport traffic is down, airlines are consolidating routes and Southern California's business and tourism economy is reeling from the recession. But city officials cast a
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      • 567 19 -NYT [ATLANTA] After years of discussion, an airline passenger bill of rights may move closer to reality this fall after high-profile strandings brought more attention and momentum to the issue. Passenger advocates say travellers need basic protections, including the right to get off
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      • 237 19 Reuters [PARIS] Buyers of the delayed A4OOM troop transporter are edging towards a deal that could see deliveries spread over a longer period, rather than slashing the number of planes as Airbus often feared, sources close to the talks said. Details have to be
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      • 196 19 AIR links between Singapore and Lithuania got a boost with the signing of an air-services agreement between the two countries on the sidelines of the inaugural Asia-Europe Transport Ministers' Meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania yesterday. Under the open skies agreement, Singapore carriers will be able to
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      • 447 19 Reuters Plane was defective and dangerous, plaintiffs allege [ATLANTA] A US lawyer filed suit against planemaker Airbus SA and many aerospace suppliers on Monday seeking unspecified compensation on behalf of survivors of eight of the 228 passengers who died when an
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      • 2726 19 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL) AF Air France (AFR) Al Air India (AIC) A Fmnair Oy (FIN) -Z Alitalia Airlines (AZA) BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airhnf In Bhd (RBA), B'" Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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      • 649 20  -  SAMUEL EE Pl cars registered here from Jan to Sept down 55.7% from last year THE parallel import (PI) trade contracted sharply this year after a slowdown induced by the economic crisis and high Japanese yen. From January to September, just 8,227 PI
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      • 426 20 -Re- [SEOUL] Toyota Motor Corp is ramping up its push on petrol-electric hybrids, launching a new model in Japan and taking on up-and-coming competitor Hyundai Motor Co in its Korean home market with its flagship Prius. Toyota said yesterday that it aims to
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      • 372 20  -  SAMUEL EE By BUSINESS seems to be picking up for Porsche, with Asia leading the way in terms of resurgent sales. As with other premium manufacturers, the global downturn put the brakes on Porsche's sports car business and sales slumped as a result. But
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      • 379 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] If car makers use more aluminium and less steel in hybrid and elec-tric-powered vehicles, they could cut the cost to consumers by US$3,OOO per vehicle, an aluminium indus-try-backed report says. "As automakers gear up for a new generation of plug-in
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      • 1221 20 ■IHT [HONG KONG] Amid the toughest airline conditions in decades and financial markets that are still jittery, maybe an account-ant-turned-banker is what it takes to restructure an airline saddled with debt and memories of a poor safety record. That, and a lucky exposure
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    • 323 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 4 shrewd maiden leaving proI A top case for Sherlock Holm- test movement? (4) eSi (''> 5 Brute upset a top man partici--7 May stumble on account of pating in water sport (8) old trick (7) 6 Embarrassed about fatigue, 8 Like this crossword? It makes gave
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    • 72 20 M "affffVaa. J Get to know the world better Start your day with SPH newspapers hot off the press, featuring quality news, in-depth analyses, impactful commentaries and breaking stories from Singapore, the region and the rest of the world. ■Sferiliiii'iiliHH I-~ (0 Subscribe now and connect with the world. Visit
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 492 21 THE news that Singapore will retain its No 1 position as the world's preferred bunkering port, despite the global slowdown in trade, may not have come as a surprise. Yet, it is something that could not have been taken for granted. That bunkering volumes could record
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    • 1221 21  - Oil markets centre of gravity tilts to Asia lONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP ■IHT Experiencing its fastest recovery in 50 years, the region is increasingly affecting oil prices THE International Energy Agency in Paris this month raised its forecast for world oil demand next year for a fourth consecutive month. One of the
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    • 840 21  -  WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg THE BOTTOM LINE CHINA and India share a dubious honour as the global crisis wanes: They are home to two of the world's most obvious stock bubbles. First, credit where it's due. Both economies have
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    • 1417 22  -  ARTHUR SIM Designers believe that Singapore can be the next Milan but it will have to create something special first THERE are times when yesterday's so-called sunset industries can become the sunrise industries of tomorrow. Such has been the happy fate of Singapore's furniture manufacturers.
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    • 669 22  -  SANCHITA BASU DAS By IN AUGUST, voters in Japan gave Yukio Hatoyama, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), an opportunity to break away from the traditional policies followed by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) that had ruled the country
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    • 113 21 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore Press Holdings News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 3, *****4 PHONE: 6319-6319 FAX: 6319-8277 INTERNET: http://business-times.asial.com.sg EMAIL: Press releases: btnews@sph.com.sg Letters to the Editor: btletter@sph.com.sg OPS DESK: 6319-5360 CUSTOMER SERVICE 6388-3838 Chief Executive Officer Editor-in-Chief Singapore Press Holdings (English Malay Newspapers) ALAN CHAN PATRICK
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8890 23 Transaction date: Oct 20 Hi! Low Code Com| ran] Sale COOP) Hii Low Bu] /er Seller C'vr P/E $mil 17 3 3148 8Telecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 33 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 15.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM. 23 7 2101 APOil 93 26.5 5550
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    • 1656 24 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr •k P/E $mil 12.5 5 1181 s AAGrp 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20 8.5 3518 t Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 11 3.5 7814
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    • 393 24 Hii Low Code Conn Sale fooo) Hii Bui Seller C'vr P/E jgj 110 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 110 807 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ IIS800 +7 275 149 DBS STI ETF 100 274 +1 4627 3534 DBXT DJE50 1OUS$ US4626 DBXTDJE5OSh 1OUS$ US3164 1682 DBXT FTChina25 1OUS$ US3164 +100
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    • 264 24 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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    • 9330 24 UNIT TRUST FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 2.104/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1.354/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.12/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.81/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.9331/0.9331 AXA Wealth Mgt Spore Pte Ltd AXAWM
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    • 2947 23 52-wks M Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Vet MCap High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High -ow Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 17 3 3148 BTelecom 15 -0.5 551 15.5 15 15 15.5 5 O.Z 2Z.3 Z1.8 9.5 25 5834 A-Sonic 7 unch 138 7.5 7 7
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 362 25 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Oct19 World Index Preliminary 822.6 1.0 21.4 1.0 22.8 1.3 27.: t EAFE Preliminai 777.8 1.1 19.8 1.3 25.7 1.6 30.2 Euro[ Prelim inan 1117.0 1.6 22.5 1.8 29.6 2.0 34.2 Pacific
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    • 131 25 As at 9am Oct2o Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2810 1.3200 Can dollar 1.3430 1.3600 Euro 2.0690 2.0930 NZ dollar 1.0400 1.0650 Sterlini ind 2.2660 2.293I US dollar 1.3810 1.3970 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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    • 172 25 Oct2o Overnight 1-month 2-months 3-months Overnight mode: 1/4 US$ 3/16 7/16 9/16 11/16 Offer 1/16 5/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 0.30 0.33 0.37 0.40 0.70 1.10 1.25 Offer 0.20 0.23 0.27 0.30 0.50 0.80
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    • 25 25 Oct2o STI Oct 2726 2726 2711 SIMSCI Oct 324.8 328.4 325.2 Taiwan Oct 281.3 283.0 281.0 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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    • 20 25 Oct2o Bid Offer 1-month 1.3905 1.3916 2-months 1.3908 1.3918 3-months 1.3909 1.3920 6-months 1.3913 1.3924 Source: OCBC
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    • 64 25 Oct2o KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Nov09 2225 2182 2225 2182 468 4771 Dec 09 2211 2183 2214 2169 2800 ***** Jan 10 2215 2180 2216 2161 9511 ***** Feb 10 2215 2183 2218 2166
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    • 282 25 Oct2o EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 99.6400 99.4200 99.0900 98.7050 8510 4284 3512 4162 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES DecO9 99.485 99.485 Mar10 99.500 99.500 Jun10 99.515 99.515 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 99.485 99.500 99.515 99.490 99.510 99.525 99.510 99.450 99.365 99.305 99.305 56 3448 3852 2019
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    • 178 25 Oct2o RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) NOV09 Dec 09 242.0 Jan 10 243.0 Feb 10 243.0 Mar10 243.0 Apr 10 244.0 242.0 242.0 243.0 243.0 244.0 242.0 242.0 242.0 243.0 243.0 244.0 20 70 30 60
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    • 88 25 Oct2o Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's |h Low Hi, 3-Month BQ*****T 21.01.2010 1-Year BY*****W 03.05.2010 0.42 0.44 0.42 0.42 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year NX*****H 3.625 5-Year N*****0N 1.375 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NX*****W 2.500 15-Year NY*****H
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    • 101 25 Oct 19 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov09 996.25 977.50 997.50 972.50 Jan 10 1000.50 982.00 1001.75 977.50 Mar10 1003.00 985.25 1003.75 980.75 May 10 998.00 982.25 999.00 977.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 09 37.59 36.94 37.68 36.80 Jan
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    • 77 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct 19 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 76.80 0.98 WTI (Near Mth) 79.36 0.73 Dubai (1-Mth F) 75.74 0.57 Tapis blend 81.35 -0.45 Minas 78.60 -0.25 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 70.77 83.25 1.00 1.22 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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    • 444 25 Oct2o Australia 0.954 6.315 0.618 7.169 42.719 87.001 0.835 10.782 3.112 1.228 77.057 43.241 1.287 6.783 0.936 29.851 30.911 0.565 0.925 Canada 1.048 6.617 0.648 7.512 44.763 91.165 0.875 11.298 3.261 1.287 80.744 45.311 1.348 7.108 0.980 31.280 32.390 0.592 0.969 China 0.158 0.151 0.098 1.135 6.765
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    • 77 25 (US$) (Ss) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (Ss) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** Oct2o 6 mths 0.***** 9mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** SWAP
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    • 156 25 Oct2o Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2859 1.2872 0.9249 0.9252 Canadian dollar 1.3475 1.3488 0.9692 0.9695 Euro 2.0792 2.0814 1.4955 1.4960 NZ dollar 1.0466 1.0482 0.7528 0.7534 Sterlini ind 2.2748 2.2771 1.6362 1.6367 US
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    • 137 25 Oct2o GOLD (USS/oz) Oct19 Oct20 Hong Kong 1054.80 1061.60 London Out 16 Oct 19 1055.40 1052.70 1056.20 1053.90 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Oct20 Buying Sellim Kilobar ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Sellim "50,826.07" ng Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz UBS
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    • 68 25 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1909.50 1869.85 3 months 1945.00 1905.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 6453.00 6470.00 6210.50 6230.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2262.25 3 months 2288.00 2179.00 2204.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00
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    • 73 25 Oct 19 Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 09 2126 2119 2139/2103 Mar 10 2153 2141 2165/2125 May 10 2176 2167 2189/2150 Jul 10 2118 2109 2125/2097 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov09 1461 1460 1478/1458 Jan 10 1496 unch 1511/1492 Mar 10 1528 unch 1542/1525 SUGAR (US tonne) White
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    • 2241 25 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Tel Code Company Last Sale Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths +or- ("000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3 2036AdvanceSCTLtdW*****9 0.5 1 15 6 5.67 1 87 1491 11.00 55 10 Allgreen Properties.ES.0910 117 8756#AsiaticGrp(H) Ltd W*****2 8.5 4105#Asiatravel W*****7 40 2878
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
    • 471 28 AP They're still smarting from the heavy toll taken by the global financial crisis [NEW YORK] Wall Street may be cheering the rally in the US stock market, but many individual investors watched the Dow Jones industrial average soar past the 10,000
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    • 807 29 -NYT Analysts expect earnings of these groups to recover strongly [NEW YORK] When the US economy appears on the verge of rebounding as it did last week investors tend to gravitate towards economically sensitive stocks, which stand to benefit from improving financial conditions. Often,
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    • 1196 29  -  PAUL SULLIVAN NYT By [NEW YORK] Beating up on the wealthy seems to be the order of day. I suspected that. But a recent Wealth Matters column touched a particularly raw nerve. It looked at how even people with sizable
      NYT; STOCK.XCHNG  -  1,196 words
    • 1401 30  -  RON LIEBER NYT Financial planners share their responses to tough questions posed by unhappy clients By [NEW YORK] IF YOU think you've had a hard time reckoning with your own finances in the last 18 months, try putting yourself in the shoes of the
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    • 989 31  -  LIM SAY BOON The bulls are betting that the global economic recovery is going to surprise the market on the upside GLOBAL asset markets have gone in six months from trading on a "fear discount" to a premium on expectations of robust growth. Credit markets
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    • 523 28 ©2009 Ernst Young Solutions LLP. All Rights Reserved. Ready for recovery Are your Human Resource policies ready for the post-recovery world? Friday, 6 November 2009 The recent global financial crisis has down, governments around the 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. prompted rapid change to how global world are seeking creative
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    • 1716 28 810-TREAT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED {incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Amara Singapore Hotel, Ballroom 2, Level 3, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore *****9 on Friday 6 November 20U9 at 9.00
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