The Business Times, 30 November 2009

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sfili A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Monday, November 30,2009
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  • Article
    Lock icon Reit investors get a reality check
    897 1  -  EMILYN YAP They discover the ability of most Reits to deliver decent yields something which many had neglected when they chased capital gains before the recession By [SINGAPORE] After a heart-stop-ping year, investors in real estate investment trusts (Reits) seem to have swallowed a
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    Lock icon UAE central bank sets up emergency facility for banks
    743 1 Reuters Move seen as aimed at preventing capital flight, run on deposits [DUBAI] The United Arab Emirates' central bank set up an emergency facility yesterday to support bank liquidity in the first policy response to Dubai's debt woes that threatened to
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      53 1 IT Index 2,762.22 +0.68 1COMP 1,270.61 -3.75 MKKEI 225 9,081.52 -416.16 IANG SENG 21,134.50 -1,321.34 ;et index 680.37 -14.88 JAKARTA COM P 2,393.52 -93.84 IANILACOMP 3,044.97 -23.76 ;eoulcomp 1,524.50 -96.10 ;henzhen b 588.70 -47.60 IUMBAI IND 16,632.01 -389.84 )OW 10,309.92 -8.24 IAS DAI 2,138.44 -7.60 ;&p 500 1,091.49 +0.11
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      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.097 TAIWAN 4.696 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$ ier US$) 1.381 (USS/SS per 1.655 2.286 lURO (US$,S$/E) :oreign currency 1.508 2.083 ier US$, S$ 'EN 86.90 62.90 3.384 2.450 IK$ 7.750 5.612 !AHT 33.13 23.99 lUPIAH 9,430 6,828 lENMINBI 6.827 4.943 INDIAN RUPEE 46.35 33.56 1.085 0.786 1.384 1.002
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      76 1 BONUS REBOUND BizlT VIEWS FROM Mffffl COMMENTARY Swiss watchmakers If Va Healthcare institutions THE TOP Sino-Env: tough questions optimistic of strong f r J'% switching over to Windows 7 Taking stock of 2009 I need to be addressed X'mas sales page 21 Jb> page 30 page u-15 I page 7
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • Article
        Lock icon Reit investors get a reality check
        104 2 AFTER a heart-stopping year, investors in real estate investment trusts seem to have swallowed a dose of reality on what the sector can and cannot deliver. Once favoured for offering high capital gains, the Reit sector lost that shine early in the year as
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        Lock icon UAE central bank sets up emergency facility
        68 2 THE United Arab Emirates' central bank set up an emergency facility yesterday to support bank liquidity in the first policy response to Dubai's debt woes that threatened to paralyse lending and derail economic recovery. "It might support the market a little bit but
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        Lock icon Indian, Asian consumer demand for gold slides
        88 2 CONSUMER demand for gold in Asia and India is tumbling in the face of investment and speculative buying that has pushed prices to record levels. India, traditionally the largest gold market in the world, has experienced a 33 per cent fall in gold
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        Lock icon UAE banks risk loss of credibility
        58 2 THE credibility of the United Arab Emirates finance sector will suffer unless the authorities and lenders move quickly to assuage fears that Dubai's debt trouble are spiralling out of control, bankers say. International banks' exposure related to Dubai World amounts to US$l2 billion in
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        Lock icon Bernanke hits out at moves to curb Fed's authority
        80 2 THE chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's ability to handle future crises and may politicise monetary policy. Ben Bernanke made the comments in an Op-Ed piece in yesterday's Washington
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        Lock icon New Indonesia mining rule threatens investment drive
        60 2 A NEW Indonesian mining rule, limiting contract work that can be outsourced and favouring local players, is shaping up as a new blow to plans to boost mining investment. The mining law, which replaced one issued 41 years ago, aims to squeeze more
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        Lock icon Emerging nations unite on climate change
        103 2 A CLUTCH of major emerging economies including China and India have forged a united front to put pressure on developed countries at next month's climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. Over two days of quietly arranged talks in Beijing, the countries said they had reached
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        Lock icon Check Point likely to boost Singapore operations
        61 2 INFORMATION technology security vendor Check Point Software Technologies is likely to ramp up its head count in Singapore and across Asia-Pacific as it sets out to better its already stellar 30 per cent growth peg in this region in the coming 12 months,
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      Lock icon Tougher on independence, other issues
      640 2  -  t MICHELLE QUAH GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY INDEX How independent are directors from major shareholders? By transparency were added to the scoring matrix. Companies in the GTI are now assessed on whether their directors are independent to the extent that they are independent from major shareholders.
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      Lock icon Indian, Asian consumer demand for gold slides
      719 2  -  NEIL BEHRMANN Investment speculative buying pushes prices to record levels By in London CONSUMER demand for gold in Asia and India is tumbling in the face of investment and speculative buying that has pushed prices to record levels. To be sure, while the
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      Lock icon Investors brace for more Dubai World fallout
      910 2  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Fears could colour perception of retail data, jobs reports By in New York IT'S been some time since Wall Street had a week to remember. Brace yourselves, because the de facto interest payment default by Dubai World, announced
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      Lock icon UAE banks risk loss of credibility
      528 4 Reuters DUBAI CRISIS [DUBAI] The credibility of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) finance sector will suffer unless the authorities and lenders move quickly to assuage fears that Dubai's debt troubles are spiralling out of control, analysts and bankers say. Dubai, one of the seven
      – Reuters; Emirates Banks Association; Bank of America-Merrill Lynch estimates  -  528 words
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      Lock icon Iskandar zone not affected by debt debacle: Johor
      261 4 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian state of Johor says its economic zone, which has the nation's largest number of Middle Eastern investors, should be unscathed by the Dubai debt crisis, reports said yesterday. Dubai World, the city state's flagship conglomerate announced last
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      Lock icon Dubai's woes could hit the fragile US real estate market
      702 4 Reuters Dubai World, with USss9b of debt set off a global stock market selloff last week [NEW YORK] Dubai's debt woes could further unhinge an already fragile US commercial real estate, as it illustrates the importance of that tiny country
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      Lock icon Dubai World rejected sale of distressed assets: report
      177 4 Rev- ters [DUBAI] Dubai World refused to offload assets at fire-sale prices to repay obligations, forcing it to seek a debt standstill, a newspaper report yesterday quoted an unnamed source at the govern-ment-controlled firm as saying. Stocks from Tokyo to New York
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      Lock icon US racehorse industry keeps watch on crisis
      703 4 -AP No sign so far Dubai ruler will scale back interests in industry [LEXINGTON, Kentucky] Buyers and sellers of high-end racehorses were monitoring Dubai's debt crisis, and there was no indication on Friday that Dubai's ruler will scale back his enormous financial ties
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Stay on sidelines till Dubai details are out
      645 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS Unclear picture even in US, where few people seem to believe that this is a sustainable recovery DUBAI and Iceland may be as far apart culturally, historically and economically as the North and South Poles but their financial problems
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      Lock icon Healthy growth in rubber prices ahead
      448 6  -  i AVTAR SANDU COMMODITY WATCH By EVER since the seedlings of the Hevea brasiliensis (rubber) tree were brought to the Singapore Botanic Gardens, natural rubber has played a key role in the economies of Southeast Asia. Today, the major producers, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia,
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      Lock icon Asian units finish sharply mixed
      533 6 AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended the week sharply mixed against the dollar, with the yen soaring as investors sought safe-ha-ven assets amid fears that Dubai might default on its debt. The Australian and New Zealand dollars closed markedly lower as the high-er-yielding currencies
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1353 6 Source: Thomson Reuters 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 Props ■erties 1.91 2.00 11 8.30 13.74 1.34 1.14 ,RA Asset Mi 2.00 2.00 2 8.05 11.06 1.07 0.89 jmstroni Industrial
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      58 6 CLOSE IT OB/OS -145.00 +2.0C IT CADI -*****.00-103.0i IT 10-day MA -*****.00 -14.0' TSE ST Mid Cap 644.00 +0.8 TSE ST Small Cap 513.69 -3.2 TSE ST All Share 677.35 -6.0! TSE ST China Top 265.22 -2.0. TSE ST China 289.90 +1.7 TSE ST Catalist 1230.56 +8.3
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      61 6 iolden A( 351,388,000 lallsAsia 254,661,000 Yi Li 212,881,000 ienti SP 188,939,000 SinoGrandnes 140, 143,000 Yam |ZL iiai 95,225,000 Achieva 77,159,000 loble Gr| 74,539,000 Sin« jTel 73,395,000 ,usGrou| 63,695,000 VALUE($) lallsAsia 581,030,680 iBS Gri 373,948,720 UOB 270,711,352 i Land 256,896,878 loble Gr| 219,625,622 >in< [Tel 215,934,969 ienti SP
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      112 6 CLOSE UP ***** 561.5 3.6 LD 10US$ iBXT Ni 10US$ ***** 271.8 1.8 IBXTDJE50 10US$ 4555 120.0 1.9 ICC 3.93% NCPS10 8300 96.0 1.2 ICC 5.1% NCPS 100 9970 68.0 0.7 ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 9928 54.0 0.5 MS India 10US$ 1484 51.0 2.6 iBXT MSTaiwan 10US! 1591 45.5 2.1
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      Lock icon FALLS
      104 6 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. CLOSE DOWN iBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 4562-1145.0 -15.4 iBXTS&P Short 10US$ 5468-129.7 -1.7 ISH 1734 -91.1 -3.7 iBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3151 -77.3 -1.7 IOB 1902 -46.0 -2.4 iTXPO 100 1392 -44.0 -3.1 lardineC&C 2450 -38.0 -1.5 IIA 200
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      84 6 Nov 26 CHNG CLOSE FRNOV25 YR SSLOW R2009 S$ HIGH USS 1.3812 -0.02 1.5579 1.3809 Euro 2.0831 -0.37 2.0952 1.9150 Pounds 2.2831 0.87 2.4366 2.0356 1.2665 1.23 1.2942 0.9453 'en* 1.5914 -1.01 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.14 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1684 -0.17 4.3390 4.1040 Peso* 2.9503
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      Lock icon Directors turn cautious; buying plunges
      1316 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS But buyback activity by listed firms up for the third straight week By DIRECTORS turned cautious as the buying plunged last week based on filings on the Singapore Exchange during the holiday-shortened week of Nov 23 to 26. A total of
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Sino-Env: tough questions need to be addressed
      864 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO THE gathering of over 70 minority shareholders of Sino-Environment at a meeting chaired by Singapore Investors Association (Singapore) or SIAS this evening is sure to whip up some heated discussion about the sorry state of affairs at the S-chip. Though one
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      Lock icon Stricter scoring in the next round
      1633 9  -  MAX YUEN TEEN XX LALANIKA GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY INDEX The independence of independent directors and leadership renewal are key areas of concern in this study By and which is a practice being followed by some of the companies. CEO/managing director/executive directors subject to re-election:
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      143 8 /«^iS§ wS BULL CHARGE 2009! W a I J i^~x) II^CT^CN-^ One of Singapore's most highly anticipated charity events n, enjoyed another successful run this year. It was a fun-filled day I^CyL^^ 2ik_ for 9enerous corporate sponsors and big-hearted individuals W II 'lit I I fe&^/) who turned up in
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      521 9 Q jTf 0*33" B r *^——"-"-^M m !1_ u-Jml^^™"* ill HI iriT^vH hi 9 Financial Highlights FY: Year ended 31 December; FP: 6 months ended 30 June Revenue Gross Profit and Margin Net Profit $'M $'M $'M 38.4 L 45 2% 496% 54" 7% 40 33. 7 J J 2Q
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  • GTI RANKING
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      Lock icon Governance and Transparency Index (GTI) – Issue 2
      5813 10 Governance and Transparency Index (GTI) Issue 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 11 11 13 14 14 16 17 18 18 18 18 22 23 24 24 24 24 28 28 28 28 28 33 34 34 36 36 36 36 40 40 40 40
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      388 11 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5 Bank of Communications
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      304 11 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Aussino Grp A 1 Scotts Road #24-05/07, Shaw Centre, Singapore *****8 30-Nov 3.00pm Alantac Tech E 44 Changi South, Street 1 Singapore *****2 30-Nov 10.00am Asia Tiger Grp S Ballroom II, Level 3, Singapore Marriott Hotel, 320 Orchard Road, Singapore *****5 01-Dec 11.00am
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      540 11 Legends US$; Rmb; HK$; A) As; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; Euro; AA) Baht; RM; Peso; AAA) Rs; NT$; (ad) Capital; (ac) Cash/Bonus; (af) Cash/Bonus Tax Exempt (One-Tier); (ag) Dividend/Distribition; (ai) To be announced; (aj) Final Tax Exempt; (ak) Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (an) First and Final Tax Exempt
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon How to save the environment and make profits too
      621 12  -  JOYCE HOOI Trane Singapore sets the example with its energy-efficient cooling systems By TRANE Singapore is discovering how greed can save the environment. The air-conditioning solutions company is one of the thousands of firms learning how to delicately pair the lofty
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      Lock icon Euleen Goh re-appointed to head ASC
      336 12  -  MICHELLE QUAH MOF also names Mother members to new council By FORMER Standard Chartered Bank chief Euleen Goh has been reappointed to chair Singapore's Accounting Standards Council (ASC) for a second two-year term, from November 2009 to October 2011. The Ministry of Finance (MOF)
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      Lock icon DMG's Gabriel Yap to take a break from stockbroking
      496 12  -  YEN SREENIVASAN By WELL-KNOWN stockmarket personality Gabriel Yap is quitting the business for a while at least to travel and do charity work. Mr Yap, a dealing director at DMG Partners, sent Christmas greetings to friends and business associates last week
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Gleaning insights applicable to S'pore
      933 13 There is much more to Germany than just good food and beer, says SMU student CHRISTOPHER GOH, who has just returned after spending 11 days there as part of his university's Business Study Mission (BSM) programme AFTER visiting northern Germany last month, I realised that
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      Lock icon Opening up to a world of opportunities
      607 13  -  RASMUS CHOW CAMPUS LIFE Trip to San Francisco leads to greater appreciation of things and thoughts near and far By WHEN I was packing my bags for my trip to sunny San Francisco, California, as one of 20 students taking part in the
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      Lock icon The California Challenge
      61 13 IN June, 20 youths from The Christieara Programme, a talent development scheme for high-calibre students, went to San Francisco for the first California Challenge. The three-week trip, which had a strong liberal arts focus, included attending class at Menlo College, building homes for the needy for Habitat
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 13 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 13 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 Finishing well
      3952 14 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What were, for you, the major lessons from the events of 2009? How did these developments impact your organisation, and you personally? Rahul Gupta President and CEO GE Money Singapore THE unthinkable can happen and developing a strong ability to look around corners is essential
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon The case for strong Fed role on banks
      669 17 -AP Bernanke hits out at financial proposals to curb the Fed's authority [NEW YORK] The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's ability to handle future crises and may politicise monetary
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      Lock icon Public debt threatens world economy
      724 17 AFP Debt explosion may even trigger new wave of recession [PARIS] The debt dilemma confronting Dubai has thrown into sharp relief a new threat to the financial health of rich countries that have borrowed and spent heavily to escape recession and must now pay up.
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      Lock icon US Treasury wants lenders to rework loans
      345 17 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Treasury Department wants lenders and companies that process monthly mortgage payments to do more to rework troubled home mortgage loans and will announce new measures today aimed at achieving that goal, a department spokeswoman said on Saturday. The New
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      Lock icon G-20 switch shaping more local, volatile world
      733 17 Reuters [LONDON] Capital taxes, currency controls and curbs and home-tailored bank regulation: after decades of spectacular financial globalisation, the world economy and investment horizon may be turning more local and unpredictable. As 2009 draws to a close, one of the many legacies of
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      Lock icon Aussie firms expect 2010 to be difficult
      248 17 Bloomberg -[WELLINGTON] Australian companies are cautious and their investment plans show they expect difficult economic conditions to continue in 2010, Treasurer Wayne Swan says. Company spending for the fiscal year will probably contract for the first time in nine years, even as sentiment
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Heed Tengku Razaleigh, pay Kelantan its dices
      575 18  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT BN government should stop interfering in Petronas's legal obligation to pay oil royalty KUALA Lumpur is being criticised for not adhering to its contractual obligations. Since the inception of national oil corporation Petronas in the mid-*****, the Petroleum Development
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      Lock icon New Indonesia mining rule threatens investment drive
      422 18 Reuters [JAKARTA] A new Indonesian mining rule, limiting contract work that can be outsourced and favouring local players, is shaping up as a new blow to plans to boost mining investment in South-east Asia's biggest economy. The rule, attached to a mining law
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2065 18 -.Thomson Reuters Source: IOV26 RM COOO) \&M Realty 0.60 \bric Bhd 0.21 advance Synergy ....0.15 VJventa Bhd 2.22 \eMulti Hldgs 0.27 \ffin Holdings 2.47 \hmad Zaki Resou....0.92 Me Corp 0.42 \irasia Bhd 1.31 \kn Technology 0.12 alliance Financi 2.78 aluminium Co 1.09 Amalgamated Ind ....0.47 tomb Hldgs Bhd
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      Lock icon Sarawak probes claims of graft
      281 18 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian state government is probing investigators' claims that up to 60 per cent of infrastructure funds possibly amounting to billions of dollars have been siphoned off, a report said yesterday. The deputy chief minister of Sarawak state on the resource-rich island
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon White House sees progress after China trip
      673 19 Reuters Support on checking Iran's nuclear programme and emissions target cited [WASHINGTON] Perhaps Barack Obama's trip to China this month was not such a flop after all. He was criticised for kowtowing to the Chinese and apparently returning empty-handed, but movement from Beijing
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      Lock icon Canada close to nuclear deal with India
      452 19 ■AP This will open up a lucrative market to Canadian exports [TORONTO] Canada has concluded negotiations on a nuclear cooperation agreement with India to sell nuclear technology and materials to the energystarved South Asian nation, Canada's prime minister said on Saturday. Conservative leader
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      Lock icon Sands IPO could struggle in market debut today
      635 19 -Re- uters [HONG KONG] The IPO for Las Vegas Sands' Macau assets, set to be the world's seventh-largest this year, is likely to struggle in its market debut today on high valuations and waning appetite for casino stocks. The highly anticipated listing
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      Lock icon China stock bubble seen bursting next year
      386 19 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's ballooning stock market bubble, fuelled by excessive liquidity, is likely to burst in the first half of 2010, punctured by economic concerns arising from higher-than-ex-pected inflation, Morgan Stanley Asia executive director Jerry Lou said on Thursday. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      567 20 Reuters Group to press West for finance, technology to fight global warming [BEIJING] A clutch of major emerging economies including China and India have forged a united front to put pressure on developed countries at next month's climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. Over two
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      746 20 Reuters They expect strong Xmas sales, thanks to lavish bonuses [ZURICH] A return to lavish bonuses for Wall Street's top earners could be just the tonic that the Swiss watch industry needs this Christmas after months of austerity depressed sales. The country's watch sector, which makes up
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      329 20 Reuters [SEOUL] Exports from South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy, are expected to post double-digit growth next year, led by demand from emerging markets, two influential trade bodies said yesterday, after a sharp contraction in 2009. But risks remain over the weak dollar and competition
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      500 20 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Masaaki Shirakawa will meet this week, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as a surging yen adds to debate over central bank policy. While the sources
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      259 20 -Rev- ters [TOKYO] Japan may introduce a 20 yen (550.32) a litre environmental tax on fuel as soon as April 2010, partly to make up for a steep fall in other tax revenues caused by the faltering economy, the Yomiuri newspaper said
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      59 21 [PARIS]An ice sculpture of 'The Thinker' (he Penseur) by Auguste Rodin shown along Champs-Ely sees. Some 440 tonnes of ice are used by 16 artists to craft famous Parisian landmarks for the Ice Magic' event, which is on until Dec 28. Other sculptures featured include the
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      879 21 -AP Prospect of tighter EU rules raises fears of a capital drain towards Switzerland [LONDON] They're getting nervous in Mayfair and Belgravia, London's hedge fund heartlands. Luxury car dealerships, designer boutiques and high-end restaurants have thrived on money from the unregulated investment funds
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      447 21 ■AFP Commitment to completing Doha round expected [GENEVA] More than a hundred ministers gather here today for a WTO conference where they are likely to renew pledges to freer world trade while avoiding hard bargaining to secure an overall deal under the
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      1042 22  -  Audrey Phoon We check out two of the newest Italian restaurants in town Alba Italian Restaurant 35 Keong Saik Road Tel: 6224-1501 IF you had a euro for every restaurant with an Italian chef here that claims to serve up "a true taste of Italy", you'd have enough
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      603 23 AP Any sanctions against 17 suspects expected before Christmas; fines could be hefty [PARIS] French stockmarket regulators closed a week of hearings last Friday with 17 current and former executives of Airbus parent company EADS now waiting to learn whether they will be sanctioned
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      2913 23 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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      497 23 Bloomberg Most overvalued are tankers, container ships: consultant [LONDON] Ship prices may keep dropping for at least another year because banks have not yet dealt with the weaker loans they made to the industry, according to Michael Drayton, a former chairman of the
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        104 23 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd... Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks lava Hold Ltd KTVentures Keppel Corp Mercator Lines MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Man Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.66 0.33 1.10 0.70 2.08 0.60
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        36 23 '000 nt'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 0.95 8.97 8.85 3.12 3.08 unch 0.09 -0.02 0.14 -0.12 -0.04 -0.05 unch unch 32) 151 9: 151 1' 1601
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        7 23 '00 'recious Ship 17.60 -0.30 224)
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        12 23 '000 lov Soil iingamas Cont 33.95 ...1.27 -2.05 159) -0.07 3581!
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        21 23 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 8.80 23.50 unch unch unch 0.25 unch unch 79! 2401 1
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        17 23 Evergreen Marine ....16.20 :irst"Steamship 44.80 /Van Hai Lines 15.50 fang Ming Marine...11.20 -0.75 -1.85 -0.75 -0.45
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        40 23 '000 (awasaki Hvy Ind ..203.00 -8.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen 246.00 -14.00 7598 Mitsubishi Hvy 274.00 -16.00 ***** vlitsui Eng&Sbldg...203.00 -lunch 5444 vlitsui Osk Lines 473.00 -25.00 ***** Mippon Express 372.00 -6.00 4056 MipponYusen 265.00 -12.00 ***** iource: Thomson Reuters
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      270 23 ■AFP [PARIS] Airbus's long-delayed A4OOM military transport will make its first test flight during the week beginning Dec 7, "weather permitting", the European planemaker said on Friday. The A4OOM was to replace ageing military cargo carriers in several European air forces but
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      322 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across drew (6) H—^J—^J—L J—^J——^J—l 4 Awfully noble about getting j 111 8 A bishop's pamphlet is hard I L to understand (8) lII 10 Assess greatness at a higher r^^ 12 Specious allegation may P^ —^^^^^1 bring about stress after start j of proceedings (10) H H
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      8993 24 Week ended: Nov 26 Hi. Low Code Coi Sale ('OOP) Hi I Low Bu' Seller C'vr P/E £5. 17 3 3148 STelecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 34 15 5000 ABR Hldgs 15.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 8 2101 APOil 93 35 5550 ARA
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      1808 25 52-wks Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr Net P/E MCap Smil 52-wks Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E MCap Smil
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      446 25 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) Week ill Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld C'vr Net P/E MCap Smil _Hm Comi _Hm 111 102 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 815 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ 281 149 DBS STI ETF 100 4627 3534 DBXT DJE50 10US$
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      263 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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      99 25 4.040 -0.070 JMH 30.240 -0.260 SIA En: 3.000 litaMall 1.700 -0.020 JSH 17.340 -0.620 SMRT 1.760 10.140 -0.140 Jardine C&C 24.500 -0.800 SPH 3.740 -0.020 imfortDelGro 1.520 Kei >el Con 8.380 -0.280 ST En: 3.070 -0.060 >sco Con 1.100 -0.020 NOL 1.550 -0.020 SembCon Ind 3.800
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      104 25 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 7 7 4 0 0 0 7 7 4 lanufacturini 60 83 77 14 15 68 97 92 Commerce 21 33 24 24 40 29 r/C. ms 10 28 11 29 ■inance 13 16 13 16
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      117 25 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 85,559 85,559 328,963 328,963 lanufacturini 1,124,846 42,248 1,167,094 910,578 2,377 912,955 Commerce 447,612 58,505 506,117 498,213 14,059 512,272 'pt/Stor/Comms 353,757 9,637 363,394 688,653 1,778 690,431 :inance 129,799 129,799 962,878 962,878 Construction 102,264 18,598 120,862 22,254 459 22,713 'roperties 725,962
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      2680 25 Transaction date: Nov 27 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online ai http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing Airport Jeijing
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      377 26 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Nov 27 World Index Preliminan 803.0 -0.7 18.5 -0.5 20.0 -0.7 24.I EAFE Preliminai 742.5 -0.1 14.4 0.0 20.9 -0.1 25.! Euro[ Preliminan 1085.4 1.1
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      130 26 As at 9am Nov 26 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2680 1.3060 .an dollar 1.3100 1.3260 Euro 2.0740 2.0980 NZ dollar 0.9970 1.0190 iterlini ind 2.2910 2.3180 US dollar 1.3710 1.3870 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      177 26 Nov 26 fer Overnight 1-month 2-months 3-months Overnight mode: 0.3 US$ 1/16 7/16 9/16 11/16 Offer par 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 0.25 0.28 0.35 0.38 0.60 0.90 1.00 Offer 0.20 0.22 0.25 0.28
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      27 26 Nov 27 ten Hii Sett iTI Dec closed IIMSCI Dec 330.0 330.4 closed "aiwan Nov 280.6 280.8 271.4 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      21 26 Nov 26 Bid Offer -month 1.3791 1.3821 j-months 1.3804 1.3835 {-months 1.3806 1.3837 i-months 1.3812 1.3844 Source: OCBC
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      184 26 Nov 26 (UBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) /lonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l lots) Dec 09 273.5 Ian 10 =eb 10 Vlar 10 278.5 <\pr10 Vlay 10 270.0 275.2 273.5 273.5 274.0 275.5 277.0 278.5 41 68 60 80 352 578 733 764
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      80 26 Nov 26 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****A 25.02.2010 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2010 0.42 0.51 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hig Day's igh 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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      99 26 Nov 27 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 10 1053.00 1054.50 1056.75 1021.00 Mar10 1058.75 1060.75 1061.25 1027.25 May 10 1060.25 1063.75 1063.00 1031.50 Jul 10 1065.50 1069.00 1067.50 1037.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 09 40.10 40.57 40.26 38.98 Ian
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      77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov 26 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 77.13 -0.22 WTI (Near Mth) 76.16 -1.89 Dubai (1-Mth F) 77.72 0.66 Tapis blend 82.25 0.60 Minas 79.10 0.65 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 78.10 83.95 0.95 -0.15 USS/barrel Opec Oil
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      448 26 Nov 26 Iuro ren ton •eso Earn toum wstralia 0.968 6.292 0.611 7.144 42.719 86.921 0.801 10.649 3.119 1.276 76.980 43.152 1.273 6.797 0.923 29.713 30.533 0.557 0.922 .anada 1.033 6.498 0.631 7.377 44.115 89.763 0.827 10.997 3.221 1.317 79.496 44.562 1.315 7.019 0.953 30.684 31.531 0.575
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      79 26 Nov 26 (US$) (SS) 0.***** 0.***** 1 mth 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** O [[III IS U./OO/J 9 mths 1.***** 12
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      157 26 Nov 26 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$IUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2712 1.2747 0.9215 0.9220 Canadian dollar 1.3128 1.3163 0.9517 0.9521 Euro 2.0803 2.0854 1.5080 1.5084 NZ dollar 0.9967 0.9991 0.7225 0.7227 Sterlini md 2.2829 2.2886 1.6549 1.655.
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      135 26 Nov 27 (US! f/oz) Nov27 Nov26 Hong Kong 1146.00 1185.50 London Nov26 Nov27 1181.50 1175.30 1182.50 1176.30 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Nov26 Buying Sellim Kilobar "56,482.09" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz UBS Kinebar™ 126.26
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      62 26 ,luminium, 99.7% uritv (US$/tonne) Close Previous :ash 1986.00 1977.50 months 2016.00 2009.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) :ash months 6825.00 6855.00 6793.00 6821.00 .ead (US$/tonne) :ash 2272.00 months 2300.00 2311.75 2340.00 lickel (US$/tonne) :ash months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 'in (US$/tonne) :ash months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 inc, Specia
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      75 26 Nov 27 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 09 2154 2158 2158/2113 vlar 10 2176 2180 2179/2141 vlay 10 2196 2201 2199/2161 lul 10 2174 2169 2175/2139 IOFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Mov09 1318 1317 Ian 10 1332 1331 1334/1300 Vlar 10 1371 1368 1372/1340 SUGAR (US tonne) White
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      60 26 Nov 26 lelivery lonth Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Dec 09 2490 Ian 10 2500 =eb 10 2512 Vlar 10 2513 Total o/p: ***** contracts 2458 2490 2438 252 2472 2508 2447 2772 2482 2521 2482 ***** 2485 2521 2465 5779
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      273 26 Nov 27 URODOLLAR FUTURES Dec09 vlarlO Iun10 >ep10 99.7150 99.6250 99.5050 99.2600 4791 7890 6341 3537 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Dec09 99.500 99.500 vlarlO Iun10 >ep10 DedO vlarll Iun11 >ep11 99.500 99.500 99.530 99.550 99.550 99.490 99.405 99.345 99.345 200 262 250 3963 3862 2064 1794 892 562
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      2498 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Tel Code Company Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ("000) Ratio Price Prem Expiry Disc Gear- Mths ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 2036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 3.5 0.5 1 1 15 87 16 4.57 1844 9.00 54 9 8756 Asiatic Grp (H) Ltd W*****2 4105
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      Lock icon Windows 7 to be used in public health institutes
      665 29 Large-scale migration project will kick off in Singapore next year and span over 10,000 seats. ONG BOON KIAT reports OVER 10,000 seats in healthcare institutions under Sing Health, National Healthcare Group, National University Health Systems and other public healthcare clusters will
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      Lock icon Check Point likely to boost Singapore operations
      501 30  -  ONG BOON KIAT IT security vendor eyes more than 30 per cent growth in this region By INFORMATION technology security vendor Check Point Software Technologies is likely to ramp up its head count in Singapore and across Asia-Pacific as it sets out to
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      362 30 By WINSTON CHAI STARHUB and Mobile One are still hoping there is some shine left in the iPhone despite their rival's four-month headstart. They have both started taking pre-orders for the Apple touch-screen handset on their websites, weeks before the phone is set to hit
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        Lock icon Bose sweetens the sound of the iPod
        97 30 PREMIUM audio-visual equipment maker Bose promises to make the sound on the iPod even sweeter with the new Sound Dock 10 (above). The product claims to break new ground in terms of audio performance for one-piece iPod speaker systems. The SoundDocklo incorporates the
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        68 30 HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) has appointed Kevin Kan as the new general manager of enterprise services in Singapore. Prior to his promotion, he was the regional leader of business operations and strategy at IT services giant EDS, a firm acquired by HP last year. Before joining the HP,
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        81 30 HALF of local companies plan to embrace cloud computing technologies within the next 12 months, a new survey shows. The Hewlett-Packard commissioned study was conducted by PSB Research and comprised in-depth interviews with 100 technology executives of Singapore firms. A desire to
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        94 30 COMPUTER peripheral maker Razer has taken the wraps off a new mouse which promises to give hardcore gamers an edge over their opponents. The Razer Imperator is designed with gaming ergonomics in mind with specially-crafted contours and grooves to accommodate a gamer's aggressive hand
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        77 30 STARHUB is getting into the festive spirit by offering all TV viewers a free sample of its blockbuster cable programming. Programmes of 17 of the firm's entertainment channels, including HBO and Star Movies, will be selectively screened over Star Hub's preview channel until Dec 13.
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        103 30 FINNISH phone giant Nokia is going through the colour swatches to spice up its latest touch-screen phone. Aimed at the young and trendy, the Nokia 5230 comes in five colours white, red, pink, black and lime green. Aesthetics side, the Nokia 5230 promises to be
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      463 30 Xinhua [BEIJING] China's major wireless telecom companies, all state-owned enterprises, are coming under pressure to eradicate access to porn through wireless application protocol (WAP) sites on mobile phones. "The telecom operators collect fees from mobile WAP services and these operators
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      827 30 &lt;you say&gt; By TARIK HUSAIN TODAY, almost all retail banks in Singapore offer some form of mobile banking, but mainstream success for this type of service still proves elusive. However, this does not mean that the dream of the mobile channel for offering banking services
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