The Business Times, 2 November 2009

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    39 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Monday, November 2,2009 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Monday, November 2,2009
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  • Article
    Lock icon Hedge fund stocks hit by Galleon scandal
    714 1  -  NEIL BEHRMANN Hedge funds slash stock holdings to raise cash, adding to global market slide From in London THE alleged Galleon insider trading scandal has precipitated a major slump in the stock prices of listed hedge fund groups from their recent autumn peaks.
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    Lock icon China moves pose IPO challenge for SGX
    887 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO ChiNext's launch, Shanghai's planned international board could dim Spores draw By A potential exodus of S-chips to the upcoming international board in Shanghai that could debut next year may not happen immediately as the new International Board in Shanghai is likely
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      57 1 Weekly 2,651.13 lange -64.21 iT Index 1 COMP 1,243.23 -23.87 IIKKEI 225 10,034.74 -248.25 1ANG SENG 21,752.87 -836.86 ;et index 685.24 -23.52 JAKARTA COMP 2,367.70 -100.25 1ANILA COMP 2,908.50 -24.49 ;eoulcomp 1,580.69 -59.48 ;henzhen b 537.40 -9.56 IUMBAI IND 15,896.28 -914.53 )OW 9,712.73 -259.45 IAS DAI 2,045.11 -109.36 ;&P
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.773 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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      44 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.397 (US$/S$ per 1.655 2.311 EURO (US$,S$/E) 1.483 Foreign currency per US$ 2.071 S$ 'EN 91.10 65.20 3.415 2.445 7.750 5.548 !AHT 33.43 23.93 lUPIAH 9,550 6,836 1ENMINBI 6.828 4.888 INDIAN RUPEE 46.99 33.64 1.095 0.784 IZ$ 1.372 0.982
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      108 1 I VIEWS FROM THE TOP GOLF &U; J& BizlT I TheOi YOUNG INVESTORS New opportunities CEOs Poulterwins McAfee eyes -hij^s P°ly students win on the Malaysian Budget Singapore Open further inroads m 1 forex competition PAGES 12,13 PAGE 18 jjfl into Asia PAGE 30 mWOT \*m\w PAGE 11 VIEWS FROM
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Some candidates for next G E identified: PM
      704 2  -  LEE U-WEN PAP CONVENTION Several potential office-holders also earmarked; full line-up not finalised Mr Lee defined the next polls as "crucial" for the PAP which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year because it would be fielding a new leadership team that
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      Lock icon Living standards, expectations have risen
      392 2 PM says in response to complaint that daily expenses have gone up RISING costs of living? It's also more likely to be rising standards and expectations of a certain quality of life, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. "Over the years, the standards of
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon China moves pose IPO challenge for SGX
        74 2 RECENT market developments in China have raised questions over the Singapore Exchange's continuing ability to attract Chinese companies, which make up the biggest group of foreign firms listed on the local bourse. Last Friday, China's growth enterprise market ChiNext made a robust debut,
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        Lock icon Hedge fund stocks hit by Galleon scandal
        60 2 THE alleged Galleon insider trading scandal has precipitated a major slump in the stock prices of listed hedge fund groups from their recent autumn peaks. The furor has also played a role in causing Wall Street shares to decline as well, bringing about
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        Lock icon Some candidates for next GE identified: PM
        43 2 THE ruling People's Action Party has already identified some promising candidates mainly in their 30s and 40s who are ready to contest the next general election, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. TOP STORIES, PAGE 2
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        Lock icon Volatility, fear make comeback on Wall St
        67 2 TWO old acquaintances of the stock market volatility and fear have returned to Wall Street over the last two weeks after spending much of the last six months on vacation. Investors may wish to see those bearish elements go back into hiding, but
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        Lock icon FCT to buy YewTee Point and Northpoint 2
        69 2 FRASERS Centrepoint Trust is now ready to inject another two retail malls into its portfolio, chief executive Christopher Tang told BT recently. Mr Tang did not say when exactly the two malls Yew Tee Point and Northpoint 2 are likely to be
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        Lock icon HSBC unveils equity-linked home loan package
        64 2 HSBC has unveiled a first-in-the-market equity-linked home loan package in which customers could receive quarterly cash rebates over two years at no additional cost. There is also no lock-in period for the new package and cash rebates given out are not subject to claw
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        Lock icon Fed unlikely to change tack as recession ends
        71 2 The US Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise key interest rates this week or unwind emergency support as the economy starts a tough recovery from recession, analysts say. Fed policymakers were expected to hold the base lending rate at near-zero and maintain
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        Lock icon Jakarta may ease rule on share issues
        39 2 IN a move to increase fund-raising for companies, improve liquidity, and attract more investors, Indonesia may lift restrictions on new share issues, the head of the stock exchange said. MALAYSIA/INDONESIA, PAGE 10
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      Lock icon Madoff stunned by regulator's ineptitude
      980 2 NYT Simple checks would have exposed Ponzi scheme years earlier [NEW YORK] Nobody was more surprised that the Securities and Exchange Commission did not discover Bernard Madoffs enormous Ponzi scheme years ago than Madoff himself. After all, it would have been pretty simple, he said
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      Lock icon Bearish elements make a reappearance
      1001 3  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Volatility and fear hit stock market; it is up to economic data to stem losing tide By in New York TWO old acquaintances of the stock market volatility and fear have returned to the stock market over the last two
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      Lock icon CEOs of 28 US banks summoned to meet the Fed
      712 3 -Bloomberg They are to discuss new rules on compensation [WASHINGTON] The chief executive officers of 28 of the largest US banks have been summoned to meet with supervisors at Federal Reserve banks to discuss new rules on compensation, said a
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Bursting Wall St bubble will set the tone
      693 4  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS OUR Saturday column, written several hours before Wall Street opened for trading on Friday, predicted that the US market would have an "uncomfortable" Friday session. It wasn't a particularly insightful prediction by any means. Nor did we turn to
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      Lock icon Always an inverse relationship?
      431 4  -  OH BOON PING COMMODITY WATCH By ANYONE who follows the foreign exchange markets closely will notice that commodity prices and the greenback generally move in opposite directions. And this is especially true for the gold-US dollar relationship, which is a key reason for gold's sharp rally
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      Lock icon A mixed bag as investors ditch high-yielders
      472 4 -AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended last week mixed against the US dollar as concerns over the strength of the US economic recovery saw investors become more risk averse and retreat from high-er-yielding currencies. Japanese yen: The yen see-sawed against the dollar
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1334 4 Thomson Reuters Source: Lonsensus no. ot i-orecasi mean t-n s recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name Mlgreen Properties 1.91 2.09 11 6.76 17.02 1.34 1.15 ,RA Asset Mi 2.00 2.00 7.50 11.00 1.03 0.83 ,rmstrong Industrial Corp 1.00
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 4 WEEKLY
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      66 4 Oct 30 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -745.00 +73.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +55.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -74.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 625.47 +6.56 FTSE ST Small Cap 529.22 +0.77 FTSE ST All Share 653.71 +4.78 FTSE ST China Top 271.30 +2.75 FTSE ST China 293.20 +5.93 FTSE
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      61 4 VOLUME Teledata 389,321,000 Gentinq SP 309,656,000 Transcu Grp 223,346,000 Golden Agri 192,727,000 Memstar 145,305,000 Capita Land 144,496,000 Sing Tel 138,234,000 Straits Asia 115,809,000 AusGroup 108,048,000 Yinq Li 103,039,000 VALUE(S) Capita Land 608,640,746 DBS Grp 442,841,975 Sing Tel 416,603,599 Gentinq SP 334,541,440 UOB 269,319,198 OCBC Bk 257,685,210 Straits
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      Lock icon RISES
      110 4 10US$ BY CENTS CLOSE UP 2646 283.4 8.3 DBXT MSAsExJl DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5780 244.3 3.1 OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 9720 110.0 1.1 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** 64.0 0.6 OCBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 ***** 60.0 0.6 OCC3.93% NCPS10 8050 32.0 0.4 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 30.0 0.3 Cai ilanMBLeCW*****
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      Lock icon FALLS
      114 4 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN *****-1238.0 -8.1 DBXT Ni 10US$ DBXTMSKorea 10US$ 4285-385.4 -6.1 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5539-371.4 -4.6 JMH 2998-220.6 -5.0 GLD 10US$ *****-195.5 -1.3 JardineC&C 2336-182.0 -7.2 DBXTDJE50 10US$ 4417-181.5 -2.9 ir MS India 10US$ 1353-155.0
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      85 4 Wh lere! S$ stands 0O30 %CHNG CLOSE FR0O29 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.3973 0.24 1.5579 1.3897 Euro 2.0752 -0.42 2.0952 1.9150 Pounds 2.3120 -0.47 2.4366 2.0356 AS 1.2791 -0.86 1.2900 0.9453 Yen* 1.5370 0.46 1.7278 1.4831 Rill liah* 0.***** -0.17 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1773 0.06 4.3390 4.1040
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      Lock icon All portfolios down on profit-taking
      1389 6  -  TEH HOOI LING HEAVY profit-taking dragged all six of our portfolios lower. On average they were down 2.8 per cent. This compared with a 2.4 per cent decline in the Straits Times Index. The lowest forward price-earnings portfolio was the biggest loser. It shed 4.4
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      Lock icon Directors' purchases plunge; sales stay flat
      1343 6  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS By PURCHASES plunged while the sales among directors were flat last week based on filings on the Singapore Exchange from Oct 26 to 30. Buying activity was so low that sellers recorded more trades than buyers last week. This is
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon FCT to buy YewTee Point and Northpoint 2
      493 5  -  UMA SHANKARI Buying the malls at this time will be yield-accretive for the trust says CEO By FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT) is now ready to inject another two retail malls into its portfolio, chief executive Christopher Tang told BT recently. While Mr
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      Lock icon Shadow of protectionism in SGX's stand on Li Heng
      778 5  -  YEN SREENIVASAN THE aborted "back-door delisting" of Li Heng Chemical Fibre may be a closed chapter as far as the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is concerned. But to many market players, the episode remains a talking point, and still raises many questions
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      Lock icon Chanos calls for smart, not more, regulation
      452 7  -  OH BOON PING Ratings agencies got off too easily: hedge fund manager By FAMED short-seller James Chanos believes that tighter regulation in place in Western economies will do little to solve fundamental problems in the markets. The financial crisis was triggered by a
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      780 7 Payment (cts) Ex Books date close Pay date India Trust bi 3.910 04-Nov 06-Nov 26-Nov Reit ao 1.540 27-Oct 29-Oct 26-Nov nSL Marine ak 3.000 28-Oct 30-Oct 10-Nov nSL Marine bh 1.000 28-Oct 30-Oct 10-Nov lUsGroup Ltd ak 0.640 21-Oct 23-Oct 06-Nov Wi-Tech ak 0.500 03-Nov 05-Nov 18-Nov
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Ferrochina's RTO target withdraws
        71 7 FERROCHINA Ltd has announced that the Chinese party identified as a potential target for its proposed reverse takeover transaction earlier last month has decided not to proceed with the transaction. As a result, the company has explored other potential targets, and has entered into a letter
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        Lock icon KLW proposes rights issue of 781.8m shares
        86 7 KLW Holdings is proposing a non-underwritten rights issue of up to 781.8 million new shares. The rights shares will be issued at one cent each on the basis of 20 rights shares with three free warrants for every 10 existing shares held. The
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      Lock icon Quotation of taxable book-entry Singapore Government Bonds (Oct 30,2009)
      269 7 MATURITY YEAR RAISED DATE COUPON RATE (%p.a.) AMOUNT ($m) INTEREST PAYMENT DATES OF DAYS OF ACCRUED INTEREST PRICES* (EXCLUDING ACCRUED INTEREST) REDEMPTION YIELD (%p.a.) ISIN CODE 1.04.2010 N*****0F 2005 2 5/8 3900.00 1/4 1/10 29 100.88 0.53 SG********** 1.07.2010 NX*****T 2000
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon HSBC unveils equity-linked home loan
      416 8  -  LEE U-WEN Borrowers get quarterly rebates if stock index breaches target By HSBC has unveiled a first-in-the-market equi-ty-linked home loan package in which customers could receive quarterly cash rebates over two years at no additional cost. There is also no lock-in period for the new
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      Lock icon Newfangled LED TV sets catching on
      391 8  -  ONG BOON KIAT By SINGAPORE consumers are showing a steady appetite for the latest form of flat panel TVs coined by some manufacturers as LED TVs. According to the latest figures from market research firm GfK Group, retailers here sold 2,298 sets of these
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      Lock icon S'pore, Czech Republic should boost economic ties: Soo Khoon
      617 8  -  GEORGE JOSEPH Besides tourism, he suggests cultural scientific exchanges By WITH the worst of the financial crisis probably behind us, Singapore and the Czech Republic should seize the opportunity to step up their economic ties, says Singapore's non-resi-dent ambassador to the
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      Lock icon $290,000 raised for Assisi Hospice
      397 8  -  ARTHUR LEE By A CHARITY fund-raising luncheon at the Singapore Turf Club has raised $290,000 in aid of the Assisi Hospice. The event was jointly organised by The Business Times, The Financial Women's Association of Singapore and Well Wishers of Assisi Hospice and graced by
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Fed unlikely to change tack as recession ends
      700 9 -AFP Analysts forecast it will hold rate at near-zero, maintain USslt programme [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise key interest rates this week or unwind emergency support as the economy starts a tough recovery from recession, analysts say. Fed
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      Lock icon ECB seen leaving rates on hold at 1 %
      489 9 ECB seen leaving rates on hold at 1 -AFP [FRANKFURT] Eurozone interest rates are set firmly on hold and any signs of change will probably show up first in the European Central Bank's (ECB) exceptional loan support measures, analysts say. "The ECB will leave interest rates on hold at 1.0
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      Lock icon Anti-dumping measures jump in year to June: WTO
      324 9 Reuters [GENEVA] Anti-dumping measures against unfairly priced imports jumped by more than one third in the year to June, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said on Friday. The figures suggested that governments had become more aggressive during the financial crisis in countering
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      Lock icon German tax cut plan puzzles analysts
      623 9 -AFP Move comes after recent law requiring deficit cut from 2011 [FRANKFURT] Germany, the eurozone's economic bulldozer, last week reached a critical but vaguely signalled crossroads on recovery from recession based on tax cuts. Analysts are puzzled about the economic destination and Berlin's route
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Jakarta to ease rule on new share issues
      399 10 Reuters Watchdog seeks market input on raising trigger for pre-emptive rights [JAKARTA] In a move to increase fund-raising for companies, improve liquidity, and attract more investors, Indonesia may lift restrictions on new share issues, the head of the stock exchange said. Indonesian
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      Lock icon Pertamina wants tax breaks for refineries
      243 10 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state oil and gas firm Pertamina has urged the government to allow tax breaks on new oil refineries, the firm's president director said last Thursday. Indonesia, Asia's top importer of gas, oil and petrol, urgently needs to build new refineries to
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      Lock icon AirAsia defers delivery of another 8 A320s
      242 10 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Budget carrier Air Asia said on Friday it will defer delivery of another eight Airbus A 320 aircraft by four years to 2015 because of infrastructure constraints at its Kuala Lumpur air terminal. Until a new low-cost carrier terminal is
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      Lock icon It's the same old story again
      575 10  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT The auditor-general's report issues warnings every year but no action is taken IT'S about time. Last Friday, Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that a task force would be set up to study the findings of the 2008 auditor-gener-al's report and
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      Lock icon Mandiri's Q3 net profit rises 26% to 1.69t rupiah
      463 10 -Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's largest lender PT Bank Mandiri, last week posted a 26 per cent rise in third-quar-ter net profit, based on Reuters calculations, partly helped by higher fee-based income. Mandiri's president director Agus Martowardojo said the bank was aiming to
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Instinctively on the Mark
      816 11 Ang Xiv Hui and Jollene Han of Temasek Polytechnic out-traded a field of 600 to win the Citi Foreign Exchange Challenge 2009 LAST Saturday, some 600 students from the local universities and polytechnics came together to participate in this year's Citi Foreign Exchange (FX) Challenge. After
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      Lock icon NUS team triumphant at Tata quiz
      842 11  -  TAY SHIJIA BAI ZHIYONG CAMPUS LIFE By and IT WAS third time lucky as we finally came up trumps at the Tata Crucible Campus Quiz competition. We were ousted in the first round back in 2007 and then finished third last year. This time,
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 11 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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      46 11 citibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon New opportunities
      2635 12 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC Will the incentives in the new Malaysian Budget succeed in increasing foreign investment and attracting foreign talent? What aspects of the Budget would businesses in Singapore and the region find most appealing? David Leong Managing Director People Worldwide Consulting Pte Ltd THE most appealing piece
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      283 12 9.00 am Male, 42, checked in to the 12.06pm It's a new set of golf clubs. Pan Pacific Serviced Suites but he He's meeting some clients at Urban 8.36pm He's joining some people doesn't stay long. It's early but he's Fairways on Club Street. What's next for m exclusive P
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Manufacturing growth rate at 18-mth high
      964 14 Reuters PMI issued by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing rose to 55.2 in Oct, highest since April '08 [BEIJING] China's vast manufacturing sector expanded in October at the fastest rate in 18 months, a survey showed yesterday, and economists said they expected
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      Lock icon China will continue with currency reforms
      346 14 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China will continue to pursue currency reforms despite having adopted a special policy to maintain yuan stability to cope with the global financial crisis, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said last Friday. He added that the yuan should eventually achieve a certain
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      Lock icon Talks, FTA urged for Taiwan, Japan: reports
      165 14 ■AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan and Japan were urged to hold high-level dialogue and strike a free trade agreement despite the lack of diplomatic ties, reports here said yesterday. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) in Taipei called for a FTA to further
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      62 14 OUR HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAIRMAN DR. WALTER ROTHENSTEINER ON BEING CONFERRED THE PUBLIC SERVICE STAR (BBM) BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE. From the management staff of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG Singapore Branch. j£ llX^^JfC RZB-Austria Singapore Branch f% One Raffles Quay #38-01 North Tower,
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  • INDIA
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      423 15 Reuters Allowing domestic bids will give local firms access to USsloob market [NEW DELHI] Indian defence companies will gain access to a potential US$lOO billion market over the next 10 years, following a new policy that allows domestic firms to bid for large defence
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      393 15 -AFP Move follows big fall in output due to poor monsoon rains [NEW DELHI] India's government plans to import 30,000 tonnes of rice to offset an expected production shortfall following the worst monsoon in nearly four decades, a report said on
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      622 15 Reuters [MUMBAI] State Bank of India (SBI), the country's top lender, expects loan growth and margins to revive as corporate confidence in Asia's third largest economy boost credit demand. On Saturday, the state-run lender posted a 10.2 per cent rise in September quarter
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      721 16 -Reuters Unsold housing glut elsewhere contrasts with capital's property boom [DAEGU] Investors sniffing an early economic recovery in South Korea may be ignoring evidence which suggests that the economy is far from healthy outside the capital Seoul. Some analysts argue that weakness outside
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      322 16 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US Trade Representative Ron Kirk will outline the Obama administration's review of a long-delayed free trade agreement with South Korea in a speech this week, a US business group said on Friday. President Barack Obama opposed the pact
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      401 16 -AFP [SYDNEY] Australian authorities were ordered yesterday to help extinguish a fire which broke out on a leaking oil rig that has been pumping thousands of barrels of oil into the Timor Sea for months. Energy Minister Martin Ferguson
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      219 16 SPH MEDIA IbISTILLERY f CONNECTING with CUSTOMERS Tips Tricks On Getting Your Message Across 3 Dec 2009 (8.30 am 5.00pm) I Raffles Hotel Singapore, The Ballroom L 3 E! r|y Bird special: $330 nett Meet some of the media industry's biggest think-tanks in a powered-up, waiidm 13November2009) high-level session on
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      576 17 Reuters, AP He beats Webber by 17.8 seconds for Red Bull to clinch one-two finish [ABU DHABI] Germany's Sebastian Vettel won Formula One's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the first race to start in daylight and end at night, in a Red Bull
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      643 18 -AFP He rode his luck yesterday to clinch top prize by a shot from China's Liang [SINGAPORE] Ryder Cup star lan Poulter won his first European Tour event in three years yesterday when he rode his luck to clinch the Barclays
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      163 18 Reuters [SINGAPORE] British bank Barclays agreed to extend its sponsorship of the Singapore Open until "at least" 2012 and keep the prize money at US$5 million while expanding the field, tournament organisers said yesterday. As Briton lan Poulter was sinking the winning
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      712 19 AP, AFP, neuters Sale assets will be reserved for new entrants to British banking market [LONDON] The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Northern Rock, and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off as many as 700 branches in the next few years in
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      314 19 NYT [NEW YORK] The oil giant BP said on Friday that it would challenge a record US$B7.4 miUion fine imposed for what regulators said was the company's failure to correct problems after a 2005 explosion kiUed 15 workers at a refinery in Texas City,
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      508 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] The best of the US third-quarter earnings season may already be over. With results in from more than half of the Standard Poor's 500 companies so far, some 85 per cent of companies have beaten or matched analysts'
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      428 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] Tough economic times have hurt Harvard University's public standing in the media over the past nine months, while schools perceived as a safer educational investment have benefited, a research firm said. Global Language Monitor, which ranks colleges and universities
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      719 19 Reuters Berne pressing ahead despite industry worries [ZURICH] Swiss regulators look set to keep their global lead on tightening bank rules despite competition concerns among bankers, thanks to strong political support for tighter reins on ÜBS and Credit Suisse. Anxiety is
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      1163 21 The primary reason for its woes is that it placed too large a bet on risky consumer loans, especially mortgages [NEW YORK] OVER the past 80 years, the US government has engineered not one, not two, not three, but at least four rescues of
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      994 20 Reuters It raises questions on whether rules against selective information work [NEW YORK] The Galleon insider trading case reveals a world where corporate secrets are thrown around with cavalier disregard for regulations on how public company information should be disclosed. For much
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      409 20 -Reuters [ASCHAFFENBURG] The German hedge fund manager arrested this week in a widening fraud probe may be a big shot who met the Pope in a private audience and keeps a jet at Frankfurt airport, but he is a mystery to
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      699 20 AP Promise of a quick killing used to lure investor, court told [ST PAUL, Minnesota] Jurors in a businessman's fraud trial heard last Friday how one hedge fund was fooled into losing US$6O million in what prosecutors call one of the largest pyramid schemes
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      597 20 Reuters [BOSTON] A former top executive at hedge fund firm Value Act Capital is one of seven people charged with trading on inside information in Acxiom Corp. Ronald Yee, who had been the San Francis-co-based hedge fund firm's chief financial officer until
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      291 20 -AP [DUBAI] A property development company controlled by Dubai's ruler has replaced its chairman following reports he is under arrest over improper financial dealings, the company's parent said Saturday. The company added that Ahmad bin Byat has been named acting chairman of Dubai
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      646 22  -  YEN SREENIVASAN They will be located in India, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Bangladesh By [SINGAPORE] Some 200 hotels in over a dozen countries across Asia, the Pacific and Europe are offering clean, hip and secure accommodation for value-con-scious travellers from around the
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      525 22 ■AP [RIO DE JANEIRO] A military investigation into Brazil's deadliest air disaster reached no conclusion on blame, but officials said last Saturday that pilot error rather than mechanical failure was the more likely cause. A separate police investigation into the 2007 jetliner crash
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        113 22 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks Jaya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Mercator Lines MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.69 0.32 1.13 0.66
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        36 22 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.93 8.90 8.89 3.12 3.06 unch 0.09 0.01 -0.10 0.03 0.03 0.01 unch 0.01 42 152 975 155 20 0 858
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        15 22 ■oo Oct30 Bal Vol Precious Ship Regional Cont 18.50 10.90 0.10 -0.30 1700 935
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        14 22 '000 Oct30 HKf Vol Ooil Singamas Cont .38.65 ...1.50 1.25 0.05 641 7803
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        25 22 '000 Oct30 Peso Vol Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 8.30 20.50 unch unch 0.30 0.25 unch unch 1146 475 0 0
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        22 22 Evergreen Marine ...16.65 First Steamship 41.85 Wan Hai Lines 15.20 Yang Ming Marine...11.70 -0.10 0.05 -0.45 unch 6 3 2 4
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        44 22 '000 Oct30 Yen Vol Kawasaki Hvy Ind ..231.00 Kawasaki Kisen 338.00 Mitsubishi Hvy 326.00 Mitsui Eng&Sbldg...240.00 Mitsui Osk Lines 538.00 Nippon Express 376.00 Nippon Yusen 341.00 Source: Thomson Reuters 2.00 ***** -2.00 4774 -1.00 ***** 4.00 4464 9.00 9917 3.00 3994 unch 5827
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      417 22 Bloomberg Main driver is orders to ship iron ore to make steel [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted its fifth weekly gain and first monthly climb since June on demand for ships to haul
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      2847 22 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American es 7««l;, AF: Air France (AFR), AI: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Ov (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Araays Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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      104 22 NOTICE OF RATE RESTORATION In order to ensure that the Members Lines are able to continue to provide the service necessary to meet the needs of their customers, the Members Lines of the Asia West Africa Trade Agreement have decided to implement the following rate restoration: Effective Date from 15th
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      360 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 8 Special garb or gear possibly i—^ worn by boxer (7) 1 I I B6 10 Sound of US soldier in bar 11 Whisky, say, taken before HJ I good savoury item (6,3) I HI _MM__MM__MH HB VI Mediterranean country (5) L^J L^ HI 13 Genuine leader
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      728 23 Wild Rocket's new menu is still a splendid showcase of East-West mix, says CHEAH UI-HOON RESTAURANT REVAMP Wild Rocket Mount Emily 10A Upper Wilkie Road Tel: 6339-9448 THE four-year-old Wild Rocket might have been closed for three weeks for an overdue make-over, but it doesn't mean that
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      639 23  -  Jaime Ec PROMOTION Harbour Grill Oyster Bar Level 3, Hilton Singapore 581 Orchard Road Tel: 6730-3393 WHEN the Harbour Grill underwent one of its very rare makeovers years ago and styled itself as an oyster bar, it had a real one with fresh oysters on
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      9127 24 Week ended: Oct 30 Hi. Low Code Comi Sale COOP) Hi; Low By Seller C'vr P/E 35. 17 3 3148 STelecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 34 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 15.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 7.5 2101 APOil 93 32.5 5550 ARA 8
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      1782 25 52-wks Tel High Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil 10 5 1181 s AAGrp 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20
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      436 25 Wk Tel Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) feek Lasi (uote Seller Div C'vr Net P/E Cap imil _Hii Comi _Hii _Buj 110 101 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 807 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ 276 149 DBS STI ETF 100 4627 3534 DBXT DJE50 1OUS$ 3164 1682 DBXTFTChina25 1OUS$
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      261 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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      116 25 tod name lose lange 4.140 +0.060 litaMall 1.600 :if 10.000 +0.060 :omfortDelGro 1.540 +0.020 :osco Corp 1.130 IBS Grp 13.060 +0.140 :&N 3.870 +0.100 ienting SP 1.080 +0.010 iolden Agri 0.430 IK Land 4.780 +0.180 I... I name lose lange JMH 29.980 -0.520 JSH 17.500 +0.260
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      100 25 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 12 3 0 0 0 2 12 3 Manufacturing 38 139 58 15 15 47 154 73 Commerce 16 44 23 21 53 26 >r/G ms 33 34 Finance 17 14 17 15 Construction 17
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      118 25 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 182,114 182,114 347,747 347,747 Manufacturing 1,623,556 168,269 1,791,825 893,207 9,082 902,289 Commerce 841,547 136,120 977,667 573,520 32,554 606,074 Tpt/Stor/Comms 744,826 53,155 797,981 1,008,860 13,613 1,022,473 Finance 209,689 209,696 1,181,983 1,181,984 Construction 162,655 38,885 201,540 57,291 855 58,146 Properties 538,948
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      2650 25 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway feia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing Airport Seijing Ent Jeijing
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      372 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Oct30 World Index Preliminary 782.4 -1.6 15.4 -1.7 16.9 -1.8 20/ t EAFE Preliminai 744.7 -0.8 14.7 -1.0 20.2 -1.0 23.' Euro[ Prelim inan 1056.4
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      131 26 As at 9am Oct3o Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2670 1.3050 Can dollar 1.3000 1.3160 Euro 2.0600 2.0850 NZ dollar 1.0130 1.0350 Sterlini 2.2980 2.3250 US dollar 1.3890 1.4050 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies
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      176 26 Oct3o IS Offer Bid Overnight 1-month 2-months 3-months Overnight mode: 3/8 ys$ 3/8 7/16 9/16 11/16 Offer 1/4 3/16 5/16 7/16 BJd 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
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      28 26 Oct3o ten Hii Sett STI Nov 2673 2673 2646 SIMSCI Nov 313.0 319.1 315.6 Taiwan Nov 265.0 268.9 265.5 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      21 26 Oct3o SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.3965 1.3978 2-months 1.3968 1.3982 3-months 1.3970 1.3984 6-months 1.3974 1.3988 Source: OCBC
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      64 26 Oct3o KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Nov09 2199 2160 2199 2148 392 1042 Dec 09 2186 2172 2190 2159 2129 ***** Jan 10 2207 2208 2208 2165 7464 ***** Feb 10 2206 2217 2217 2173
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      288 26 Oct3o OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 99.6750 99.4800 99.1650 98.7900 7203 5390 3703 5287 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES DecO9 99.495 99.500 Mar10 99.510 99.515 Jun10 99.520 99.520 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 99.490 99.510 99.500 99.495 99.510 99.515 99.495 99.435 99.350
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      168 26 Oct3o RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) 0/1 lots) Nov 09 244.0 Dec 09 Jan 10 Feb 10 246.0 Mar10 248.0 Apr 10 242.0 246.0 246.0 244.0 245.0 246.0 246.0 246.0 247.0 355 20 372 TSR 20 (US cents/kg)
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      91 26 Oct 30 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi< Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****X 28.01.2010 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2010 0.42 0.56 0.38 0.38 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
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      97 26 Oct3o (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov09 978.00 985.50 988.75 967.75 Jan 10 976.50 987.00 989.75 968.00 Mar10 975.00 987.50 990.00 969.00 May 10 970.00 983.75 985.25 965.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 09 36.40 37.52 37.60 36.22 Ian 10 36.86
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      76 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct29 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 78.40 2.21 WTI (Near Mth) 79.97 2.66 Dubai (1-Mth F) 75.71 -1.01 Tapis blend 80.30 -1.25 Minas 78.60 -0.45 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 72.55 82.90 -1.95 -1.15 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      463 26 Oct3o AS _CS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: lustralia 0.976 6.233 0.616 7.075 42.902 87.182 0.832 10.796 3.118 1.253 76.369 43.468 1.275 7.089 0.930 29.690 30.518 0.552 0.913 Canada 1.025 6.389 0.631 7.252 43.972
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      78 26 Oct3o (US$) (SS) 0.***** 0.***** 1 mth 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** 1.***** 0.***** 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs 1.***** 4yrs 2.*****
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      166 26 Oct3o GOLD (USS/oz) Oct 30 Oct 29 GOLD BULLION COINS Hong Kong 1045.20 1033.10 (S$) Selling Buying (S$I Sellim Bui 'im London Oct 29 Oct 30 1042.30 1037.05 1043.10 1037.85 Source: Thomson Reuters 1 oz 1633.89 1479 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (S$) Selling Buying 10gm $572.45 470 SILVER
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      156 26 Oct3o Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2745 1.2759 0.9128 0.9130 Canadian dollar 1.3062 1.3078 0.9355 0.9358 Euro 2.0700 2.0721 1.4826 1.4827 NZ dollar 1.0169 1.0189 0.7283 0.7291 Sterling md 2.3099 2.3127 1.6544 1.6549 US
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      64 26 Oct3o minimum, 99.' jritv (US$/tonne) h Close Previous :ash 1875.25 months 1908.00 1917.51 1952.01 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) :ash months 6455.25 6480.00 6639.5I 6664.5I .ead (US$/tonne) :ash 2281.50 months 2305.00 2341.75 2365.00 lickel (US$/tonne) :ash months *****.00 *****.01 *****.00 *****.01 'in (US$/tonne) :ash months *****.00 *****.01 *****.00 *****.01
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      74 26 Oct 30 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 09 2127 2147 2146/2122 Mar 10 2168 2182 2183/2163 May 10 2191 2208 2206/2186 Jul 10 2120 2137 2135/2118 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov09 1386 1406 1404/1383 Jan 10 1431 1455 1453/1430 Mar 10 1466 1486 1487/1462 SUGAR (US tonne)
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      2618 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT [el lode Company Last Sale Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths +or- ("000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 3.5 0.5 342 0.5 1 1 15 87 9 4.86 1491 11.00 55 10 Allgreen Properties.ES.0910 1756 Asiatic Grp
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        88 29 ANTIPIRACY trade group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is increasing its reward for reporting corporate software piracy by 1.5 times to $50,000. The payout will apply to all qualified leads that the BSA receives via hot-line calls or Website tip-offs. To be eligible for
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        77 29 SPAM rate rose yet again in Singapore in October as a result of the deluge of seasonally themed unsolicited e-mail. According to a monthly report by Symantec Message Labs, the spam rate stood at 92.4 per cent last month, higher that the global average
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        85 29 NEC ASIA has scored a multi-million dollar deal to provide an integrated ticketing and admission system to all four attractions under Wildlife Reserve Singapore. As part of the agreement, NEC will fully integrate the back-end ticketing and admission control operations at Jurong Bird Park,
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        86 29 DESPITE the weakened economy, Singaporeans are still expected to ring in the holiday cheer for retailers by spending nearly half of their year-end shopping budget online. According to a Pay Pal survey, 44 per cent holiday shopping will be done through websites, with
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        81 29 PANASONIC has struck an exclusive agreement with Sing Tel to bundle its Toughbook CF-F8 with the operator's mobile broadband plans. The 14-inch rugged laptop boasts of a six hour battery life and is touted to able to survive of drop from 76cm. It also comes
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        121 29  -  WINSTON CHAI NETGEAR has introduced a new wireless router that not only allows users to share their broadband connections but also to add new applications to extend its capabilities. The WNR3SOOL is a high-speed Wireless-N gigabit router with five Ethernet ports and three antennas to
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