The Business Times, 4 March 2010

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfJl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Thursday, March 4,2010
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  • 653 1  -  Productivity Council will provide support but enterprises must make the decisions: DPM Teo By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Giving a sense of how Singapore’s productivity dynamic will play out in the future, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean made it clear that the lead
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  • 141 1 ST INDEX 2,782.79 (+10.59) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,779 (+11) SIMSCI 332.47 (+0.62) SIMSCI FUTURES 332.80 (+0.50) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.401 (US$/S$ per 1.500 2.102 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.362 1.909 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 88.80 63.34 RM 3.371 2.406 HK$ 7.763 5.540 BAHT 32.72
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  • 920 1  -  Starting pay at top outfits hits $5,200 a month as battle for talent hots up By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s largest law firms have upped the monthly salaries of their lawyers significantly, as they brace themselves for the onslaught of competition from the foreign
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    • 149 1 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Sundaresh Menon to be new AG PAGE 2 COMPANIES Asia-Pac airline stocks see mixed performance PAGE 5 BizIT China’s Little Giant opens R&D unit here PAGE 27 GREEK CRISIS Austerity programme approved; EU solidarity sought PAGE 4 PROPERTY Launch prices of luxury homes surge PAGE 30 313@somerset draws more
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 577 2  -  By CHEW XIANG [SINGAPORE] Contra trading is here to stay but it is hurting the growth of equity derivatives here and will probably need to be re-priced, the new chief executive of the Singapore Exchange said yesterday. In a wide ranging discussion
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    • 554 2  -  Thiam, AIG chief to meet staff, bankers and regulators PRUDENTIAL’S PURCHASE OF AIA By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Tidjane Thiam, Prudential’s chief executive, will hit town before the end of the week as part of his Asian tour to win the support of staff
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    • 752 2  -  Lawyers welcome appointment of former Judicial Commissioner as AG By MICHELLE QUAH Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Former Judicial Commissioner, and Rajah Tann’s managing partner, Senior Counsel Sundaresh Menon, will be Singapore’s new Attor-ney-General (AG), come October. He succeeds Professor Walter Woon,
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    • 552 2 Businesses to lead push for productivity GIVING a sense of how Singapore’s productivity dynamic will play out in the future, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean made it clear that the lead would have to come from the enterprises themselves. And when businesses took the initiative to boost
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    • 627 2 Bloomberg Reuters [NEW YORK] Prudential Plc’s US$35.5 billion agreement to buy AIA from American International Group may generate US$660 million in fees for investment bankers, according to research firm Freeman Co. Credit Suisse Group and Lazard advised Prudential, while Citigroup, Goldman
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    • 764 4 The approved public sector pay cuts, tax increases will save country 4.8b euros Reuters [ATHENS] Greece’s Cabinet approved a sweeping new austerity programme yesterday, the third in as many months, intended to rein in a bulging budget deficit and secure European financial
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    • 495 4  -  By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] Citigroup is looking to Asia and Latin America for most of its growth in the next few years, its chief financial officer John Gerspach said this week. Mr Gerspach, who was appointed as CFO last July, said the
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    • 632 4 AP Bloomberg [LONDON] Standard Chartered plc (Stanchart) yesterday reported a seventh consecutive record annual profit, US$3.38 billion, as stronger wholesale banking earnings offset an increase in provisions for bad loans and other credit risks. The bank said net profit rose 4 per cent in
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 603 5  -  SIA is up 2% this year while Qantas is down 10% and Cathay Pacific has fallen 1% By VEN SREENIVASAN AIRLINE stock prices worldwide have risen one to 2 per cent this year and remain well over 50 per cent above their February 2009
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    • 745 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By VEN SREENIVASAN COULD the Tiger be poised to bite off more than it can chew? That is a question that comes to mind after Tiger’s group CEO Tony Davis was quoted in several newspapers this week as
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    • 552 6  -  Observers see Itochu staying as a major shareholder due to synergies By RONNIE LIM FROM all indications, main-board-listed marine fuel supplier Chemoil Energy is likely to stay publicly listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) unlike home-grown Singapore Petroleum Company which was bought
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    • 335 6  -  By KAREN NG CHINA Printing and Dyeing Holding is making its exit from Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday about three-and-a-half years after its listing on the mainboard in September 2006. The company’s judicial managers, which announced the delisting date yesterday, added that they
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    • 393 6  -  By TEH SHI NING MIDAS Holdings yesterday revealed that its intended dual-listing in Hong Kong shall be by way of a global offering of new shares. The company plans to offer up to 300 million new shares at a discount of not more
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    • 174 6 ASIA Pacific Breweries (APB) has announced that it has issued a fourth series comprising $40 million in fixed rate notes under its $1 billion multicurrency medium term note programme established in April last year. The notes were issued in denominations of $250,000, and
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    • 379 9  -  One says prosecution has failed to provide credible evidence to charge him By JAMIE LEE A LAWYER representing former Airocean Group director Peter Madhavan argued in a subordinate court that the prosecution has failed to provide credible evidence to charge him with disclosure failure
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    • 345 9  -  Appointment part of move to stem losses over last few years By FELDA CHAY IT company Teledata (Singapore) has appointed Howard Kim, who has more than 20 years of experience in the communications business, as its managing director. Mr Kim, 48, fills a position
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    • 313 9 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore-based fund manager CastleBay Capital said yesterday it has hired Justin Pollock, a former Galleon Asia portfolio manager, and his team for a new long/short Asian equity fund. The new fund CastleBay Asia Long/Short Equity Fund (Calsef) will be launched on
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 61 9 ST Engineering electronics arm ST Electronics has won a contract worth about 48 million yuan (S$9.8 million) from Changchun Bombardier Railway Vehicles Co Ltd (CBRC). The latter is a joint venture of Bombardier Inc and China CNR Corporation Ltd. The contract is to
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      • 69 9 OKP bags $5.2m job its first 2010 contract OKP Holdings has announced its first contract win for the year a $5.2 million job from JTC for construction and maintenance works at Tuas South Avenue 12 and Tuas South Avenue 14. The project was awarded to OKP wholly owned subsidiary Eng
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      • 100 9 RYOBI Kiso Holdings Ltd has, through wholly owned subsidiary Raffles Piling Vietnam Co, secured a contract worth over $7 million to carry out a bored piling project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, relating to a residential development. Work, which will commence by
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    • 543 6 WAT>1 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 Green Gas Generator Pte Ltd (Company No. *****3640M) (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 15 Enggor Street, #08-04 Realty Centre, Singapore *****6 on Monday,
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 611 8  -  Movement on local bourse demonstrates absence of clear direction; push on Jardine provides boost STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent STOCK prices yesterday exhibited the same directionless motion they have for the past several days, which is another way of saying that brokers spent
      Source: Bloomberg  -  611 words
    • 186 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 2 5 0 0 0 10 2 5 Manufacturing 32 85 79 3 7 17 35 92 96 Commerce 18 23 30 0 3 7 18 26 37 Tpt/Stor/Comms 14 15 14
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    • 121 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 14,788 14,788 40,131 40,131 Manufacturing 363,018 18,184 381,202 198,798 750 199,548 Commerce 147,158 27,102 174,260 88,371 10,856 99,228 Tpt/Stor/Comms 82,365 1,340 83,705 169,114 201 169,315 Finance 19,599 19,599 167,466 167,466 Construction 28,529 6,559 35,088 8,458
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    • 112 8 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change CapitaLand 3.900 +0.060 CapitaMall 1.820 +0.030 CityDev 10.320 +0.140 ComfortDelGro 1.550 -0.010 Cosco Corp 1.210 -0.020 DBS Grp 14.180 -0.020 F&N 4.300 -0.050 Genting SP 0.870 Golden Agri 0.530 -0.005 HK Land 4.800 +0.200 JMH 29.460 +0.240 JSH
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    • 4 8 DAILY
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    • 65 8 Mar 3 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -51.00-180.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -57.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -5.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 676.35 +1.30 FTSE ST Small Cap 534.44 -1.24 FTSE ST All Share 687.93 +2.21 FTSE ST China Top 275.01 -0.40 FTSE ST China 292.70 +4.78 FTSE ST
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    • 55 8 VOLUME Genting SP 107,404,000 Ban Joo 73,615,000 China Hongxing 59,565,000 Healthway 31,437,000 SinoGrandnes 29,962,000 Golden Agri 28,510,000 Chinasing 27,126,000 BanJoo W*****2 23,325,000 SingTel 22,978,000 CapitaLand 22,630,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 93,805,845 CapitaLand 88,506,060 SingTel 70,525,475 UOB 64,411,360 DBS Grp 54,116,992 SIA 39,470,430 SembMar 36,296,180 Noble Grp 34,415,582 OCBC
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    • BROKER’S TAKE
      • 962 8  -  Compiled by CONRAD TAN CIMB-GK RESEARCH, March 3 OVERWEIGHT position on Singapore unchanged; end-2010 index target lowered from 3,200 to 3,160. For the Straits Times Index (STI), earnings upgrades are still coming through; we upgraded our STI FY2010 EPS by 2 per cent post-re-sults. Our bottom-up STI target
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    • 484 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The euro rose against the US dollar yesterday, hitting the day’s high as a Greek government source cited details of fresh plans to tackle Greece’s debt problems. The euro rose nearly 50 ticks to around US$1.3663 as the
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    • 113 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 472.1 3.1 GLD 10US$ ***** 242.3 1.6 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4548 208.7 3.4 Lyxor MS India 10US$ 1507 110.7 5.5 DBXT DJE50 10US$ 3983 53.2 1.0 Lyxor EmergingMkts 1 972 36.4 2.7 JMH 2946 33.6 0.8 JSH 1722 33.6 1.4 DBXT
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    • 117 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN UOB.ES.1003 1810 -18.0 -1.0 OCC 5.1% NCPS 100 ***** -14.0 -0.1 STXPO 100 1402 -8.0 -0.6 UOB 1812 -8.0 -0.4 Creative Tech 538 -7.0 -1.3 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5355 -7.0 -0.1 STI 2950BNPePW*****0 39 -7.0 -15.2 RH PetroGas 69 -6.0 -8.0 Venture Corp 848
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    • 87 8 Where S$ stands Mar 3 CHNG YR 2010 CLOSE FR Mar 2 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.4015 0.36 1.4219 1.3869 Euro 1.9109 -0.78 2.0153 1.8959 Pounds 2.1024 -0.26 2.2776 2.0969 A$ 1.2659 -0.12 1.2923 1.2276 Yen* 1.5811 -0.14 1.5897 1.5027 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.19 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2846 0.22
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 606 10  -  It is the only option to sustain growth, higher wages for workers: Swee Say Reports by CHUANG PECK MING JUST as it had backed the growth-at-all-cost strategy, the labour movement will now go along with the move to boost productivity to drive the
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    • 620 10 Assumptions lead to underestimation of average wages here YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT LABOUR leader Halimah Yacob yesterday rejected a UBS study that concluded that wages and purchasing power in Singapore are lower than those in Dubai, Seoul, Hong Kong and Taipei. The UBS Price and
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    • 558 10  -  It’s reviewing need for cost breakdown of certain products By JAMIE LEE THE central bank has urged insurers to address the current insurance protection gap for consumers, rather than pushing invest-ment-linked products which may yield higher returns given the improving market sentiment. The
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    • 227 10  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI IN A move that is expected to boost business for Singapore’s meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) scene, Suntec Singapore and Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) are joining hands in a partnership to cross sell each other. Under the agreement, event planners
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    • 340 10  -  By JASLENE PANG THE Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC), an agency under China’s Ministry of Water Resources, beat 49 other nominees to emerge as the third winner of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize yesterday. Its policies and solutions have “brought about widespread and
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    • 162 10 THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star)’s annual Science and Technology Festival is taking place at Biopolis until tomorrow to showcase the latest life science products and services. This year, it aims to reach out to the burgeoning biomedical science research community in Singapore. Organised by
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    • 490 10  -  By LEE U-WEN SINGAPORE and the European Union (EU) will kickstart talks next Monday on a free trade agreement (FTA) that would open up new opportunities for both traders and consumers. The first round of negotiations officially launched by Singapore’s Trade and Industry
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
    • 1275 11  -  This is where a special zone is set up, with incentives to create a pro-business environment, reports CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING LOOKING to invest in China? Go west, to Chongqing in central western China. Or head for Xian in the central north-west region.
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    • 267 11 Question: My company is a food manufacturer and we intend to set up operations in Western China. What are some of the legal challenges that I might face and should take note of? Answer: If you intend to set up a manufacturing plant in Western China,
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    • 617 11  -  That’s why Xian is Mapletree Investment’s choice By CHUANG PECK MING WHERE does one invest in China, which is such a vast market? One of Mapletree Investment’s strategies is to focus on second-tier cities with good growth potential, where it can find better value in
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 586 12  -  Improved labour market fuels hopes of accelerated economic growth By in ANTHONY ROWLEY JAPANESE workers’ wages, including overtime and bonuses, rose in January for the first time in nearly two years, it was reported yesterday. Coming one day after the
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    • 581 12 Upbeat result supports decision to raise interest rates Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia’s economy grew at the fastest pace in almost two years in the fourth quarter of last year. A potent mix of fiscal pump priming, business investment and consumer spending helped the economy last
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    • 372 12 Peter Diamond seen to be a consumer protection voice Bloomberg AP [WASHINGTON] The White House has contacted Peter Diamond, an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), about joining the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, according to people familiar with the
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    • 344 12 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Congressional Republicans, nervous over the fallout from an impasse over jobs legislation, pressed one of their own to end a stalemate on Tuesday that has disrupted highway construction projects and unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of Americans. As Republican Senator Jim Bunning
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    • 366 12 PF LUX) Abs. Ret. Gib Conservative-P cap 26.02.2010 EUR 97,01 PF LUX) Abs. Ret. Gib Diversified-P cap 26.02.2010 EUR 106,89 PF LUX) Asian Equities (Ex-Japan)-P cap 26.02.2010 USD 154,17 PF LUX) Asian Local Currency Debt-P cap 26.02.2010 USD 127,39 PF LUX) Biotech-P cap 26.02.2010 USD 285,04 PF LUX)
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    • 368 12 Reuters [LONDON] Britain’s services sector bounced back faster than expected in February to record its strongest expansion in more than three years, a survey showed yesterday. Coupled with a surprisingly robust manufacturing survey earlier this week, the figures suggest that the recovery is gaining
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    • 188 12 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF FIDIUS SHIPPING PTE LTD (IN MEMBER'S VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (COMPANY REGISTRATION NO. *****0651 R| NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, the Final Meeting
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 644 13  -  It considers ways to tap tourist traffic as S’pore integrated resorts get going By in Kuala PAULINE NG WITH its services sector, particularly tourism, expanding at a faster clip in recent years, Penang is counting on the success of Singapore’s integrated resorts
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    • 358 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia, the world’s No 2 palm oil producer, will miss its output target of 18.1 million tonnes because of a shortage of foreign labour even as yields recover, a top industry official said yesterday. Industry regulator Malaysian Palm Oil Board
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    • 528 13 But MPs decide not to censure two key government officials IHT [JAKARTA] Indonesian lawmakers narrowly voted yesterday to recommend that law enforcement agencies investigate the 2008 government bailout of a small bank. But, in a political compromise, they stopped short of citing any officials
      IHT; REUTERS  -  528 words
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 1129 14 But such a move is unlikely to provide a speedy resolution to the censorship issue Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Obama administration is weighing the merits of taking China’s censorship of Google Inc to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an unfair barrier to
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 503 16 Reliance expected to consider other overseas options, says analyst Reuters [MUMBAI] LyondellBasell has rejected Reliance Industries’ offer that values the bankrupt US petrochemicals group at US$14.5 billion, Bloomberg said on Tuesday, a decision that could leave the Indian energy group having to look
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    • 688 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian telecoms tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal may be known for his Midas touch, but investors are questioning if his multi-billion-dollar bid to gain a foothold in Africa is a step too far. Mr Mittal, chairman of Bharti Airtel, has seen shares
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    • 290 16 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan has approved guidelines for investment by Taiwanese and Chinese financial institutions in each other, two government sources said yesterday, in a further strengthening of trade ties between the former political foes. Under the guidelines, Taiwan will let Chinese banks to buy
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    • 418 16 Bloomberg [BANGALORE] India’s banking, hotels and other services grew in February at the fastest pace since at least January last year, aiding growth in Asia’s third-largest economy. HSBC Holdings plc and Markit Economics’ Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 60.9 last
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    • 271 16 Reuters [LONDON] The funds arm of German insurer Allianz, expects its Indian joint venture to start operations by year-end, and to score an advantage over rivals who were quicker to enter the much-touted market, its CEO said. Allianz Global Investors (AGI) chief executive
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  • WORLD
    • 530 17 US$45b reform brings hospitals, primary care under government control AP Reuters [CANBERRA] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd proposed a sweeping overhaul of the country’s healthcare system yesterday that would bring hospitals and primary care under government control. The US$45 billion policy, the biggest health
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    • 337 17 Reuters [LONDON] Top world oil exporter Saudi Arabia cut the official selling price of most of its crude grades in April to customers in Asia and raised most prices to the United States, the state oil company said on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia
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    • 79 17 [LISBON] The sculpture “Cinderella” by Joana Vasconcelos on display at the press premiere of her exhibition “Netless”, at the Berardo contemporary art museum here on Monday. The retrospective brings together nearly 40 works by the Paris-born artist and runs until May 18. Vasconcelos, who now lives
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    • 427 17 Compromise plan represents reversal of fortune for Fed Bloomberg AP [WASHINGTON] A US Senate compromise to create a consumer protection unit in the Federal Reserve encountered a wall of resistance over the scope of the powers planned for the regulator. Senator Bob
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    • 633 18 Managers may move to new firms if they fail to hit the fund’s top net asset value Reuters [LONDON] Hedge fund investors could be left out of pocket as managers conjure up shortcuts to earn once again the lucrative bonuses based on performance fees
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    • 598 18 NYT [NEW YORK] The Obama administration may recommend that carmakers install a brake override system that is intended to prevent the sudden acceleration episodes that have led to recalls of millions of Toyotas, the Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, said on Tuesday. Mr LaHood
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    • 494 18 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Service industries in the US expanded in February at the fastest pace since October 2007, a sign the recovery is broadening. The Institute for Supply Management’s index of non-manufacturing businesses, which make up almost 90 per cent of the
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    • 200 18 Reuters [SAVANNAH, Georgia] President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed rebates of up to US$3,000 to help homeowners pay for the cost of making their homes more energy efficient, a US$6 billion programme intended to create jobs. In his latest step to convince Americans he
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    • 197 18 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] The Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier was barred from attending Sunday’s Oscars ceremony after he solicited votes and disparaged a competing film vying for best picture. Chartier, one of four credited producers for The Hurt Locker, sent an e-mail to
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  • AVIATION
    • 547 19 The carrier’s once-dominant market share has shrunk to 18% AFP [MUMBAI] State-run carrier Air India is set for dramatic cost-cutting in the months ahead that will test the willingness of workers to accept painful restructuring. Last month, the Indian government approved an injection
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    • 499 19 AFP [BEIRUT] Relatives of passengers killed in an Ethiopian Airlines crash in Lebanon earlier this year have filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit in a US court against plane-maker Boeing, their attorney said on Tuesday. “We have filed a lawsuit in Chicago, Illinois, against the
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    • 495 19 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Lufthansa posted a 2009 operating profit that was better than expected after the German flagship carrier started slashing costs to become more lean and compete with low-cost carriers and Asian rivals. Airlines are reeling from the aviation industry’s worst year ever, in which demand
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    • 258 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bookings of tankers to export fuels from India’s west coast, the home of two Reliance Industries refineries, rose in February as India sold more gasoline to the US and Japan. Shipments of at least 1.45 million tonnes, or
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    • 332 21  -  By VINCENT WEE THE Singapore National Shippers’ Council (SNSC) yesterday launched the Singapore Shippers’ Academy to offer professional courses to local and regional shippers and train at least 1,000 people from the industry within three years. The academy the first specialised institution
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    • 278 21 Reuters Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Australia’s largest investment bank, Macquarie Group, is looking to float oil and gas services firm Miclyn Express Offshore in an initial public offering that could raise up to A$365 million (S$461.2 million). Macquarie plans to cut its stake
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    • 281 21 SGX '000 Mar 3 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.65 -0.01 62 Chuan Hup Hldgs 0.30 -0.02 5 Cosco Corp 1.21 -0.02 4921 CWT Ltd 0.92 0.01 1368 Ezra Hldgs 2.20 unch 3073 First Ship Lease 0.60 0.01 367 Freight Links 0.05 unch 257 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 480 22 EDITORIAL ANYONE who has been following the efforts made by US President Barack Obama to win Congressional approval for an ambitious plan to fix the ailing US healthcare system would know by now that under the American system, even the most popular president cannot
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    • 842 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE THOMAS FRIEDMAN NYT I WAS travelling via Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) last week. Walking through its faded, cramped domestic terminal, I got the feeling of a place that once thought of itself as modern but has had one
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    • 989 22  -  Pragmatism seems to have triumphed over a dangerous and naive ideology at the Fund ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent I RAISED an eyebrow recently when a well-placed source suggested to me that the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could be
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    • 1109 23  -  Tax benefits for angel investors and financial support to firms that achieve initial success are a step in the right direction By ABHIJIT GHOSH, HO KAH CHUAN Abhijit Ghosh is partner and Ho Kah Chuan is manager at International Tax, PricewaterhouseCoopers Services LLP AN ENTREPRENEUR with a
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    • 696 23  -  By HASSAN NAQVI The writer is assistant professor of finance, NUS Business School. He specialises in banking, corporate finance and international finance. This commentary is based on a research article that was published in the ‘Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control’ WE
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    • 245 23  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Deanna Choo Director (corporate communications) IRAS MR DENIS Distant said that the benefits of the new progressive property tax may not last long if IRAS starts revaluing the Annual Value (AV) of properties
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 9081 24 Transaction date: Mar 3 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 18 3 3148 8Telecom 16.5 -0.5 350 16.5 16.5 16.5 17 1.7 11 5.3 79 10 2.5 5834
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    • 9351 25 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.2/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.85/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM -Talents Fund 0.68/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited American Opp 0.6421/ Asian Credit Fund 1.2279/ Asian
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    • 484 25 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 111 107 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 110.4 109.5 110 504 846 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US812 811 816 32.5 298 149 DBS STI ETF
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    • 365 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 2 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 830.6 0.7 -0.2 0.8 -1.5 0.9 -1.5 EAFE Preliminary 774.9 0.8 -1.3 1.0 -4.1 1.2 -4.1 Europe Preliminary 1112.9 1.0
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    • 180 26 Mar 3 $S Offer Bid Overnight 3/16 1/16 1-month 7/16 3/16 2-months 9/16 5/16 3-months 11/16 7/16 Overnight mode: 0.15 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.23 0.18 1 month 0.29 0.24 2 months 0.35 0.25 3 months 0.37 0.27 6 months 0.50 0.40 9 months 0.90 0.60 12
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    • 22 26 Mar 3 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4010 1.4022 2-months 1.4012 1.4025 3-months 1.4014 1.4026 6-months 1.4020 1.4033 Source: OCBC
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    • 187 26 Mar 3 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Apr 10 326.0 324.7 326.0 44 541 May 10 326.0 696 Jun 10 326.0 324.0 326.0 20 830 Jul 10 326.0 390 Aug 10 326.0 210 Sep 10 326.0
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    • 90 26 Mar 3 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****X 03.06.2010 0.40 0.33 0.33 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2010 0.40 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0A 2.625 01.04.2012 104.32 104.37 104.35 5-Year N*****0N 1.375 01.10.2014 100.35
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    • 105 26 Mar 2 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 10 954.25 952.50 959.50 948.50 May 10 963.50 962.50 969.00 957.75 Jul 10 970.75 970.50 976.50 966.00 Aug 10 965.75 966.25 972.00 964.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 10 39.81 39.50 40.00
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    • 77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Mar 2 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 78.51 0.55 WTI (Near Mth) 79.80 1.13 Dubai (1-Mth F) 75.69 -1.79 Tapis blend 80.90 -1.60 Minas 78.80 -1.60 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 80.39 -0.68 Jet Kerosene 84.70 -0.85 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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    • 132 26 Mar 3 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2570 1.2950 Can dollar 1.3460 1.3620 Euro 1.8990 1.9210 NZ dollar 0.9690 0.9910 Sterling pound 2.0930 2.1170 US dollar 1.3930 1.4090 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 27 26 Mar 3 Open High Sett STI Mar 2779 SIMSCI Mar 332.6 333.5 332.8 Taiwan Mar 273.1 275.4 273.7 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 66 26 Mar 3 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Mar 10 2635 2644 2645 2635 168 1293 Apr 10 2628 2643 2646 2628 1814 ***** May 10 2625 2635 2639 2618 4799 ***** Jun 10 2612 2620
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    • 365 26 Mar 3 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Mar10 99.7425 0 4728 Jun10 99.6600 0 7087 Sep10 99.5000 0 2450 Dec10 99.2150 0 3123 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Mar10 99.5650 99.5650 99.5650 99.5650 0 5014 Jun10 99.6000 50 1619 Sep10 99.6050 200 2531 Dec10 99.6200 0
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    • 465 26 Mar 3 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.935 6.177 0.664 7.025 41.517 84.065 0.804 10.374 3.051 1.301 76.966 41.639 1.268 6.856 0.972 28.939 29.604 0.603 0.905 Canada 1.069 6.603
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    • 85 26 Mar 3 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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    • 154 26 Mar 3 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2674 1.2688 0.9048 0.9050 Canadian dollar 1.3549 1.3564 0.9672 0.9675 Euro 1.9083 1.9101 1.3623 1.3624 NZ dollar 0.9738 0.9750 0.6952 0.6954 Sterling pound 2.1011 2.1030 1.4999 1.5000
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    • 138 26 Mar 3 GOLD (US$/oz) Mar 03 Mar 02 Hong Kong 1132.80 1117.30 Mar 02 Mar 01 London 1130.95 1116.25 1131.75 1117.25 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Mar 03 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar "54,688.77" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 121.98 51 5gm 347.75 255 10gm 621.67
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    • 71 26 Mar 2 Mar 2 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2135.75 2110.50 3 months 2168.00 2143.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7460.00 7369.00 3 months 7491.00 7400.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2174.50 2145.00 3 months 2199.00 2170.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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  • BizIT
    • 361 27  -  Kingdee International Software Group aims to be No 1 in South-east Asia by 2013 in enterprise resource planning, reports OLIVIA HO OLIVIA HO A SOFTWARE company dubbed “China’s Little Giant” has opened its first R&D centre outside China in Singapore. Kingdee International Software
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    • 299 27 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp (IBM), the world’s largest computer-services provider, fired about 2,400 workers, mostly in the US, according to an employee advocacy group. The cuts this week occurred around the country and across several divisions, said Lee Conrad, national director
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    • 701 27  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY VIDEO conferencing in high definition called telepresence is expected to get a major boost in the Asia-Pacific region with Cisco’s proposed acquisition of Tandberg, a major player in the video conferencing market. Speaking to BizIT, Tandberg’s Lars Ronning
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    • 266 27 Bloomberg [TOKYO] HTC Corp fell the most in three weeks in Taipei trading after Apple Inc filed a patent-infringement complaint seeking to stop imports of the company’s handsets running Google Inc’s Android software into the US. HTC dropped 2 per cent to
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    • 317 27 INFOCOMM technology (ICT) firms in Singapore are seeing good times ahead, with eight in 10 expecting their business to grow this year, according to a new survey by the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF). And nearly half among the 100
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    • 299 27  -  By ABIGAIL KOR AN online role-playing game called Bao Bao Tang aims to teach children and families the basics of financial management. The game is set during the Tang Dynasty, and players can choose different roles such as farmer, restaurant owner or
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  • PROPERTY
    • 576 28 Access to financing, income growth, foreign demand will up housing sales Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The outlook for the Malaysian property market is promising, with sales volume expected to increase by 5 to 10 per cent this year, according to RAM Holdings Bhd. In stating
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    • 816 29 Consolidation is the way to go given tighter credit markets, falling property prices, says one seller Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan’s real estate investment trusts will accelerate takeovers in the US$32 billion industry as banks pressure them to consolidate amid a tighter credit market
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    • 720 30 Upmarket residential property rentals could climb 5-10% this year: CBRE LAUNCH prices of new luxury residential projects in Singapore rose about 20-25 per cent last year and could appreciate a further 10-15 per cent this year, says CB Richard Ellis. Rentals of completed luxury
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    • 483 31  -  Residential prices could plateau in H2 2010 but major correction unlikely By EMILYN YAP RENOWNED short-seller Jim Chanos sees a property bubble on the verge of bursting in China. But other well-known investors disagree and on their side of the fence is CB
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