The Business Times, 20 November 2010

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    18 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg NOVEMBER 20 21, 2010 S$1.00 MICA(P) 139/08/2010 sp!l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article
    Lock icon Net widens around Lamborghini man
    730 1  -  After SLA case, he is charged with defrauding IPOS; stint at Supreme Court being probed By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg Singapore THE ripples from the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) case have thrown up another incident of suspected fraud at another statutory board allegedly perpetrated by the
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      183 1 the MOTORING Green luxury L19 PERSPECTIVE Singapore’s economic diplomacy demystified 28-29 WEALTH Decent returns from global equities 30-31 property curbs HK acts to cool market HONG KONG has imposed additional taxes and raised down payments on residential properties as it steps up the battle against surging prices. 2 connections count
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      28 1 Allowing people to buy shares with their CPF money is like sending lambs to the slaughterhouse. Former senior civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow, in The Raffles Conversation Pages
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      139 2 H STI 3,197.37 (-17.85) H STI FUTURES 3,196.00 (-18.00) H SIMSCI 376.63 (-1.95) H SIMSCI FUTURES 375.80 (-2.50) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,506.05 +9.40 NIKKEI 225 10,022.39 +8.76 HANG SENG 23,605.71 -31.68 SET 1,008.77 +4.05 JAKARTA 3,725.05 +47.14 MANILA 4,203.60 +82.98 KOSPI 1,940.96 +13.10 SHENZHEN B 823.54 +16.45
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      Lock icon HK steps up fight to cool property prices
      653 2 Homes sold within 6 months of purchase will incur 15% stamp duty from today Bloomberg Hong Kong HONG Kong imposed additional taxes and raised downpayments on residential properties, stepping up a battle against surging prices after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned
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      Lock icon S’pore’s exposure to world gives it an edge: MM Lee
      520 4  -  Republic can leverage on external resources and innovations to overcome its natural handicaps By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg Singapore CHINA may have the numbers but Singapore has the connection. And in being connected to the world, Singapore can stay ahead
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      Lock icon Harrah’s Entertainment cancels initial public offering
      388 4 AP Las Vegas HARRAH’S Entertainment Inc cancelled its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday, folding its hand for now on a risky bet on returning to the stock market just three years after it went private. The casino operator was expected to price the offering
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      Lock icon Ireland pressed to accept aid
      629 5 Dublin says still unclear how much its banks need until IMF assessment Reuters Dublin IRELAND came under renewed pressure from eurozone partners yesterday to accept quick support for its banks, but Dublin said that it remained unclear for now how much its battered financial institutions
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      Lock icon Luxury brands trim prices on Sing$ strength
      654 6  -  Hugo Boss and Balenciaga to cost less but Louis Vuitton and Chanel hold firm By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore SOME retailers in Singapore will be adjusting prices downwards thanks to the stronger Singapore dollar but luxury stalwarts such as Chanel and Louis Vuitton,
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      Lock icon Can Liverpool fire without its tinder?
      659 6  -  saturday soapbox| By Winston Chai ~winstonc@sph.com.sg THE two flames that flank the iconic Liverpool Football Club emblem honour supporters who died in the Hillsborough tragedy of 1989 but this year, they might just as well represent the two linchpins of a club in dire
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      Lock icon Preventing corner-office meltdowns
      1398 8  -  Employers turn to assessment centres to spot talent they want to cultivate or put in management positions By Joyce Hooi ~joyceh@sph.com.sg HOWdoyoumake sure you do not hire someone who will make your bank the face of the sub-prime crisis and call himself “the Fabulous Fab”? For that
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      60 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-8 Week In Review 9 Raffles Conversation 10-11 Companies 12-15 From The Desk Of 16 Singapore 17-18 World 19-22 Stocks Stats 23-27 Perspective 28-29 Wealth 30-32 Show Me The Money 33 Househunt 34 Real Estate 35 LIVING Dining L2-6 Style/Travel L8 Travel L9 Home& Garden L10-11
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK| Nov 15-19, 2010
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        Lock icon Olam steps up Gabon investment
        54 9 OLAM International has enlarged its footprint in Africa through two key deals with the Gabonese government a US$1.3 billion fertiliser production plant project, and a US$236 million investment plan for palm plantations. The two projects, sealed over last weekend, will deepen the group’s ties with
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        Lock icon Apec leaders agree to work on regional free trade pact
        49 9 POLITICAL leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific economies ended their weekend summit in Yokohama last Sunday with rather low-key collective agreements on the need to work toward a region-wide free trade pact, and to promote balanced and sustainable growth among members.
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        Lock icon More moderate growth next year: PM Lee
        67 9 SINGAPORE’S economy cannot expand another 10 per cent next year as another growth spurt would mean taking in more foreign workers and risks in overheating, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. A 3 to 5 per cent growth range in the medium term
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        Lock icon After blip, property is hot again
        92 9 AFTER September’s slump came October’s rebound. This turnaround, reflected in the latest developer sales figures revealed on Monday, has prompted some industry observers to say that another round of demand-cooling measures may follow, as those announced on Aug 30 do not seem to have
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        Lock icon Carrefour sells Thai stores to French giant for US$1.2b
        77 9 MORE than half of French grocery giant Carrefour’s stores in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia were sold for a whopping 868 million euros (US$1.2 billion or S$1.57 billion) to a unit of France’s Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA in a deal that could help
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        Lock icon If OpenNet knocks, condos must open doors
        81 9 PRIVATE condominiums have been told in no uncertain terms that they cannot refuse to have their premises wired up for the new, high-speed fibre broadband network. Those that have rejected the government-mandated network will soon have to let installation work begin. The Infocomm
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        Lock icon GuocoLand aims for the sky with 78-storey homes
        35 9 GUOCOLAND is planning to build Singapore’s tallest residences, up to 78 storeys high, within a $3 billion mixed-development project on a site above Tanjong Pagar MRT Station.
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        Lock icon Singapore Q4 growth may hit 10.8%: poll
        78 9 SINGAPORE’S economy may grow up to 10.8 per cent in the fourth quarter, according to the latest BT-UniSIM Business Climate Survey. Survey director Chow Kit Boey’s latest regression analyses predict that GDP will grow 9.8-10.8 per cent in Q4, yielding a full-year growth
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        Lock icon S’pore to dodge technical recession on biomed bounce
        88 9 SINGAPORE’S economy is poised to grow about 15 per cent this year and avert a technical recession in the fourth quarter, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Thursday. For 2011, it is looking at 4-6 per cent growth a rather
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        Lock icon COE premiums soar to 10-year highs
        73 9 COE premiums spiked across the board on Thursday in some cases to 10-year-highs on a combination of festive demand and panic buying. The second bidding exercise of November for certificates of entitlement saw Category A for cars 1,600cc and below jump $4,999 to $39,000,
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    • NEXT WEEK | Nov 22-26, ’10
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        Lock icon US DATA
        18 9 Nov 23 Q3 GDP figures Oct home sales Nov 24 Oct durable goods Oct personal income/spending
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE DATA
        19 9 Nov 23 Oct consumer price index Nov 26 Oct index of industrial production Q3 business receipts index
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        54 9 Nov 22 Strasbourg, France European Parliament plenary session Nov 24 Moscow Russia’s Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to hold talks with Britain’s business secretary Vince Cable Nov 26 Thessaloniki, Greece Meetings of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Lisbon Parliament to debate and vote
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      334 9 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Where a preacher stands on how to recycle paper (6) 4 Supporter seen here and there, on the move (8) 9 Daisy’s song-cycle? (6) 10 Ability to stick to point, perhaps (8) 12 This month in an abbreviated way (4) 13 True figure is in this
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      19 9 SATURDAY with Ludwig ‘I’ve noticed that you’ve been working overtime ever since the Beatles catalogue was released on iTunes...’
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon The pragmatic mandarin
      2488 10/11  -  Arguably the most outspoken of Singapore’s policymakers, Ngiam Tong Dow is also among the most experienced, with a panoramic perspective that is informed by an acute sense of history and political reality. By Vikram Khanna reality.By Vikram Khanna vikram@sph.com.sg ‘STRATEGIC pragmatism, that is my song,’ declares Ngiam
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon HSBC rates Genting S’pore ‘underweight’
      565 12  -  stock takes| By Grace Leong gleong@sph.com.sg Singapore CASINO operator Genting Singapore received an “underweight” or “sell” rating from HSBC Global Research despite its strong cash flow and expectations that Singapore may overtake the Las Vegas Strip in terms of gross gaming revenue by 2013. In
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      Lock icon S’pore rig builders poised to kick into higher gear
      448 12  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore LOCAL rig builders are well-placed to feast on a lion’s share of the sector’s recovery as orderbooks for rigs and floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels are poised to get fatter. An end to more
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      Lock icon Thai Tiger Airways to push back launch to May 2011
      173 12 Reuters Bangkok THAI Airways International will delay the launch of its new low-fare airline alliance with Singapore’s Tiger Airways to May 2011, from late March, chairman Ampon Kittiampon told reporters. The delay of Thai Tiger Airways is due to the
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      Lock icon No disputes with auditors, director, says Scintronix
      211 13  -  It was appropriate time to change auditors, for director to step down By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg Singapore SCINTRONIX Corporation clarified yesterday that there are neither any disagreements between the board and its outgoing auditors nor disputes between the board and an outgoing independent
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      Lock icon LMA group deputy chairman to leave
      224 13 MEDICAL equipment maker LMA said yesterday that its group deputy chairman John Lim Kok Min has decided to step down from the board after he completes his extended term on Dec 31. The mainboard-listed company said in a statement that Mr Lim has been
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      Lock icon Guangzhao may become sales agent for farm products
      522 14  -  Group eyes deal with Chinese firm that sells organic agricultural products By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg Singapore GUANGZHAO Industrial Forest Biotechnology, which is selling its existing forestry business, may soon morph into a sales agent for agricultural products if its new business plan
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      Lock icon Seroja venture buys 2 bulk carriers
      370 14  -  By Felda Chay feldac@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE-LISTED Indonesian marine transport provider Seroja Investments Ltd has signed two new agreements with its Chinese joint venture (JV) partner, Zhushui Energy Resource Group, which will see the JV firm buy two bulk carriers for a total of US$66.2
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    • Business briefing
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        Lock icon Z-Obee to launch TDRs on Nov 22
        80 14 Z-OBEE Holdings said that it will launch the proposed Taiwan Depository Receipts (TDRs) listing on Nov 22 in Taiwan. The final offer price for the TDRs is expected to be determined on Nov 26. The company had previously announced that it plans to
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        Lock icon Abterra in talks to increase credit
        118 14 ABTERRA Ltd, which reported a fall in its revenue for the third quarter of 2010 due to “the lackof creditfacilities”yesterdaysaidthatitis in talks with a few banks to increase the availability of credit facilities. For the third quarter, Abterra had reported a decrease in revenue
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        Lock icon Pollux unit wins residential project
        60 14 BUILDERS Shop Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Pollux, has secured a contract on Nov 11 to supply tiles and stones finishing materials to The Hamilton Scotts, a 30-storey residential development, for $1.8 million. The project is located at at 37 Scotts Road. The items are
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        Lock icon REA buys into Mongolia wind farm
        94 14 RENEWABLE Energy Asia Group (REA) has entered into an agreement to buy 49 per cent of a completed wind farm in Huaishuo town in Baotou, Inner Mongolia for 48 million yuan (S$9.4 million) from Jiangsu Maritime Engineering Services Co, Ltd. The deal involves the
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        Lock icon SGX EURO STOXX 50 to trade on Dec 6
        90 14 SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) announced that the SGX EURO STOXX 50 Index futures and options on futures will start trading on its derivatives market on Dec 6. The debut of the US-dollar denominated EURO STOXX 50 futures and options will mark the
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      Lock icon STI slips in tepid trading as HK eases
      600 15  -  stocks Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg Reporter THE Straits Times Index ended a shade lower to cap a week of tepid trading, taking cues from the Hong Kong market that eased on fresh moves by the government to rein in property prices. The benchmark
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      Lock icon Sabana Reit IPO priced at $1.05 a share, to raise $491m
      211 15 Reuters Singapore SABANA Shariah Compliant Reit, which owns industrial properties in Singapore, has priced its IPO at $1.05 a share, the midpoint of an indicative range, to raise $491 million, IFR reported yesterday, citing sources. Sabana Reit, Singapore’s first
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      111 15 VOL CLOSE GentingSP 107,521 204 -1.0 -0.5 GoldenAgri 36,262 72 0.0 0.0 STXOSV 31,330 84.5 1.5 1.8 FrasersComm 31,025 16 0.0 0.0 *GentingHK US$ 30,477 45.5 -0.7 -1.1 SingTel 25,200 312 -1.0 -0.3 NobleGrp 24,275 208 0.0 0.0 GLP 18,511 222 -3.0 -1.3 SunVic 17,609 62.5 -1.0
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      108 15 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.080 -0.030 CapitaLand 3.800 -0.010 CapitaMall 1.920 -0.010 CityDev 13.000 -0.120 ComfortDelGro 1.550 +0.020 DBS Grp 13.900 -0.040 F&N 6.270 -0.110 Genting SP 2.040 -0.010 Golden Agri 0.720 HK Land 6.850 -0.200 JMH 47.400 +0.120 JSH 27.560 +0.240 Jardine C&C 38.140 -0.160 Keppel
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      58 15 BY CENTS CLOSE UP IS S&P500 ***** 77.7 0.5 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5440 38.8 0.6 JSH 2756 31.1 0.9 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1805 22.0 1.0 Lyxor EmergingMkts 1 1123 22.0 1.5 Lyxor LatinAmerica 1 921 18.1 1.5 GLD 10US$ ***** 15.5 0.1 JMH 4740 15.5 0.3 DBXT MSINDO
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      63 15 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3252 -115.2 -2.7 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -42.7 -0.2 DBXT MSBrazil 10US$ 728 -36.3 -3.7 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** -32.0 -0.2 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4780 -31.1 -0.5 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 1016 -27.2 -2.0 HK Land 685 -25.9 -2.8 UOB 1832 -20.0
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      224 15 MATS RECRUIT Pacific Radiance Pacific Radiance Limited is a holding company based in Singapore with subsidiaries in the shipbuilding, chartering and operating of Offshore Supply Vessels (OSV) as well as Diving Support Vessels (DSV); and providing support services to the Oil and Gas Exploration industry. The vessels operate within Asia
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon More than just fun and games
      821 16  -  Companies that produce online content for children must be acutely aware of the responsibility of not only creating entertaining, innovative environments, but safe ones too from the desk of Robb Beeston Head of Disney Online Studios THEworldweliveinis so connected and “on” 24-7 it’s hard
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Call to strengthen US-Asia trade ties
      400 17  -  Time is right for Washington to review feasibility of FTA negotiations with Asean: Tommy Koh By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg THE US and Asia need each other, Singapore’s Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh said yesterday, suggesting a positive agenda for economic engagement between the two. Asia
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      Lock icon Data centre specialist setting up facility here
      385 17  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg DIGITAL Realty Trust, a global wholesale data centre services provider, yesterday announced that it is spending about $170 million to acquire a new 370,500 square foot data centre facility in Singapore’s International Business Park in the Jurong East
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      Lock icon 5 ex-BP staff win bids to have search order set aside
      316 17 FIVE of six former BP employees sued by the oil giant for breach of contract have won their bids to have a search order set aside. The court has ordered that the orders obtained and executed by BP Singapore
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      Lock icon SMU student start-ups get assistance
      158 17 STUDENT start-ups at the Singapore Management University (SMU) will soon get a leg up from more experienced business hands. Yesterday, the Trade Development Board-IE Singapore Society (TDB-ie Society) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the university at the society’s 10th anniversary celebration dinner to
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      Lock icon Insurance group gives its take on motor premiums
      324 18  -  Keen competition and undercutting will help check prices, says GIA By Karen Ng karen ng@sph.com.sg VEHICLE premiums “will not rise as fast as they should”, the president of the General Insurance Association (GIA) of Singapore, Derek Teo, said yesterday. Mr Teo told
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      Lock icon Marina Bay to join light-up party
      346 18 THIS year’s Christmas light-up is set to be the largest to date, with the ful-ly-completed Marina Bay area joining the party. Marina Bay will feature decorations by local celebrity Dick Lee and Rich-Art Enterprises. Not to be outdone, Orchard Road will see its 2.2
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      Lock icon Aussie uni finds new education partner
      303 18  -  By Chan Swee Khuan skchan@sph.com.sg AUSTRALIA’S Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found another partner in SMa Institute of Higher Learning, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation (SMa). It formerly had a partnership with the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS). Kerry Cox,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Taiwan economy grows 9.8%
      716 19 Stronger than expected expansion highlights strength of Asia’s recovery Bloomberg Taipei TAIWAN’S economy expanded faster than estimated, underscoring the strength of Asia’s recovery and the risk of asset bubbles as more capital flows into the region. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 9.8 per cent in the
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      Lock icon Bhopal victims to get extra 713m rupees
      246 19 Re uters New Delhi INDIA will pay an extra 713 million rupees (S$20.4 million) in compensation to the victims of the world’s worst industrial accident that killed thousands in 1984, the government said in a statement. India says about 3,500 people died when
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      Lock icon S Korea to prepare more capital measures
      326 19 Reuters Seoul SOUTH Korea plans to prepare additional measures to reduce sharp swings in capital flows by the end of this year, following legislative steps to re-impose a tax on foreign bond holders. Vice-Finance Minister Yim Jong-yong told Reuters yesterday that the government
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      Lock icon India PM under pressure over telecom scam
      471 20 Botched sale of 2G telecom licences in 2008 at a small fraction of their value had cost the country up to US$40b AFP New Delhi INDIA’S Parliament adjourned in uproar yesterday over a massive corruption scandal that has ensnared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
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      Lock icon New Bill calls for BOJ to meet inflation target
      541 20 Reuters Tokyo A SMALL opposition party submitted a Bill to Japan’s parliament yesterday requiring the Bank of Japan to meet an inflation target to be set by the government. The measure has little chance of becoming law but will keep pressure
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      Lock icon Qantas A380 engine blast ruptured fuel pipe: reports
      219 20 AFP THE Qantas Airbus A380 that experienced an engine blast en route to Sydney, suffered a ruptured fuel pipe in the incident which could have caused a disastrous mid-air explosion, reports said yesterday. The Sydney Morning Herald said that official preliminary reports
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      Lock icon YTL launches 4G wireless broadband
      448 21  -  Service combines voice, mobile Internet and mobile broadband in one integrated plan at rates said to be industry’s lowest By Pauline Ng bt wo rl d @s p h .co m .sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA now has “the world’s first fully converged 4G mobile Internet
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      Lock icon Maersk’s bond issue oversubscribed: source
      241 21 Reuters Copenhagen DANISH shipping and oil group A P Moller-Maersk sold 500 million euros (S$887.3 million) worth of new seven-year bonds in an oversubscribed offering that was part of a policy to diversify its funding. The books closed at 1015 GMT yesterday after the issue
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      Lock icon Italy must pay back EU-funded Elton John gig
      164 21 AFP Brussels ITALY must reimburse 720,000 (S$1.3 million) euros of EU cash used to fund an Elton John concert last year, the European Commission said yesterday. After looking into allegations of possible misuse of European Union (EU) cash, the commission this week
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      Lock icon Malaysian hacked into Fed: US prosecutors
      253 21 AFP New York A SOPHISTICATED Malaysian cyber bandit hacked into the US FederalReserve’s computersand alsostolenearly halfamillion credit and debit card numbers, US prosecutors in New York said. Lin Mun Poo, a Malaysian resident and citizen, was arrested on Oct 21 soon after entering the
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      Lock icon Nato summit seeks to keep alliance relevant
      565 22 Obama’s plans for an expanded missile defence system in Europe and war in Afghanistan to take centrestage AP Lisbon US President Barack Obama and Nato’s 27 other leaders opened a two-day summit yesterday on keeping the Cold War alliance relevant but the meeting
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      Lock icon US needs more measures to boost recovery: Bernanke
      403 22 AFP Washington FEDERAL Reserve chief Ben Bernanke called for the US government to take further measures to stimulate the country’s weak economic recovery and reduce high budget deficits. He said the current tepid pace of recovery from the worst recession in decades
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      Lock icon China steps up efforts to fight inflation
      151 22 AFP Beijing CHINA’Scentralbanksaidyesterday that it would raise the amount of money that lenders must keep in reserve to contain rising inflation and soaring housing costs. The People’s Bank of China said the reserve ratio would be raised by 50 basis points, effective Nov
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  • SGX
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      9093 23 Transaction date: Nov 19 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 14.5 3148 8Telecom 19 +0.5 730 19 19 18.5 19 1.7 9.5 6.1 91 12 5 5834 A-Sonic 6 +0.5
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      1860 26 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 7 4 1181 t AA Grp 4.5 4 4.5 25 4.3 225 130 6222 t APStrategic 162 unch 4 162 157 157 161
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      186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 7 6 0 0 0 4 7 6 Manufacturing 43 57 81 5 8 14 48 65 95 Commerce 19 21 20 3 4 7 22 25 27 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 13 12
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      824 26 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Nov 15 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) PCI Ltd 18-Nov-10 Chuan Hup Hldgs Buy 370 na ***** 34.72 ***** 34.91 PCI Ltd 18-Nov-10 Peh
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      123 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 16,024 16,024 72,004 72,004 Manufacturing 232,466 15,003 247,469 243,072 1,010 244,082 Commerce 85,378 30,563 115,941 129,319 2,478 131,797 Tpt/Stor/Comms 135,104 1,623 136,727 219,574 515 220,089 Finance 23,487 25 23,512 193,869 3 193,872 Construction 38,699 20,005
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      118 27 Nov 19 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.325 1.25 Can dollar 1.294 1.245 Euro 1.802 1.733 Sterling pound 2.117 2.036 NZ dollar 1.036 0.987 US dollar 1.315 1.265 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      93 27 YTD change:+10.35% 52-week high: 3,313.61 on Nov 9,2010 52-week low: 2,648.15 on May 25,2010 Source: Bloomberg YTD change:-11.86% 52-week high: 3,361.39 on Nov 24,2009 52-week low: 2,319.74 on July 2,2010 Source: Bloomberg YTD change: +7.92% 52-week high: 24,988.50 on Nov 8,2010 52-week low: 18,971.50 on May 27,2010 Source:
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      374 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 18 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 870.0 1.6 4.5 1.3 -2.3 1.7 5.7 ‡EAFE Preliminary 792.5 1.5 1.0 1.3 -4.8 1.7 3.0 Europe Preliminary 1163.1 1.6
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      154 27 Nov 19 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2807 1.2824 0.9893 0.9898 Canadian dollar 1.2730 1.2742 0.9833 0.9835 Euro 1.7722 1.7738 1.3689 1.3691 NZ dollar 1.0082 1.0103 0.7788 0.7798 Sterling pound 2.0782 2.0800 1.6053 1.6054
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      82 27 Nov 18 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 10 1935 1870 1939/1879 Mar 11 1931 1882 1939/1890 May 11 1945 1898 1952/1906 Jul 11 1962 1916 1969/1924 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov 10 1890 1852 1904/1890 Jan 11 1911 1858 1920/1869 Mar 11 1925 1870 1934/1880 May 11
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      93 27 Nov 18 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 11 1242.*****5.*****5.*****3.75 Mar 11 1249.*****2.*****2.*****1.50 May 11 1248.*****1.*****1.*****9.75 Jul 11 1250.*****1.*****3.*****0.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 10 50.92 48.94 50.98 48.44 Jan 11 51.25 49.25 51.27 48.75 Mar 11 51.64 49.62 51.64
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      61 27 Nov 19 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 10 3336 3337 3373 3300 171 3171 Jan 11 3341 3350 3380 3294 2026 ***** Feb 11 3325 3326 3364 3271 ***** ***** Mar 11 3320 3317
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      71 27 Nov 19 GOLD (US$/oz) Nov 19 Nov 18 Hong Kong 1360.*****7.00 Nov 18 Nov 17 London 1354.*****9.65 1355.*****0.45 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 35.49 35.27 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Nov 18 Close Previous PM Fix 1656.*****9.50 AM Fix 1658.*****8.00 Source: Thomson Reuters PLATINUM NYMEX
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      71 27 Nov 18 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2281.00 2249.00 3 months 2308.00 2275.50 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 8446.00 8224.00 3 months 8425.00 8190.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2290.50 2240.50 3 months 2315.00 2265.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      75 27 Nov 18 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 84.81 0.28 WTI (Near Mth) 81.90 1.53 Dubai (1-Mth F) 81.93 -0.17 Tapis blend 88.50 0.20 Minas 83.90 unch PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 86.22 -0.34 Jet Kerosene 96.00 -2.10 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      881 28 / 29  -  The editors of Economic Diplomacy provide a unique service, managing to capture the thoughts and reflections of some of the key individuals involved in shaping economic history for Singapore. By Deborah Elms From the earliest periods, it was clear that Singapore had to be economically open
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      762 28 / 29  -  Commonly held myths about sales performance and measurement are eating away at companies’ profitability without management noticing. By Bruce Wedderburn By Bruce Wedderburn ~The writer is vice-president of International Operations at Huthwaite, a company that specialises in sales techniques WHAT is the number one killer in
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        972 30 / 31  -  The dominant view that has emerged from a Schroders international media conference in London this week is that the prospect of a double-dip recession has faded. By Genevieve Cua in London By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg INVESTORS can expect “decent” returns from global equities in 2011, and inflows into
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          293 30 / 31 Keppel Land Buy Singapore Land Buy DBS Group Research Nov 19 ONE Finlayson Green could be sold on a strata-floor basis. Indicative prices for the 19-storey freehold building located near Raffles Place MRT station are about $2,600 and $2,800 per square foot (psf) on strata area for the
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          449 30 / 31  -  Hold OCBC Investment Research Nov 19 Close: $2.47 Compiled by Lynn Kan SINGAPORE’S medical tourism business is growing more slowly than some other regional competitors, according to data from Frost Sullivan. This could signify increasing pressure on Raffles Medical Group since 35 per cent of its patient
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      1466 32  -  Private placements are usually illiquid since they can’t be easily resold and often lack transparency By Alexis Leondis Bloomberg TRACYNye,a50-year-oldres-taurant owner, said he was forced out of early retirement last year after losing US$1.5 million on privately placed investments that were largely unregulated. The Boise,
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      Lock icon Six questions to consider before investing
      1305 33  -  Investors have a natural tendency to lose faith in asset classes or strategies that have not been working show me the money Teh Hooi Ling hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent ~The writer is a CFA charterholder WE ALL tend to form our opinions based on the
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      Lock icon Househunt PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN OCT 20 AND OCT 26, 2010
      912 34 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 12 NON-LANDED Balestier Point Apt 22/10/2010 FH 1130 878 777 Lavender St Apt 21/10/2010 FH 980 570
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      Lock icon Investment horizon looks brighter here than in HK
      503 35  -  Properties here were more than 5% underpriced in Q3: DTZ study By Emilyn Yap emilyny@sph.com.sg Singapore INVESTORS looking to acquire prime office, industrial, and retail properties are likely to do better here than in Hong Kong, going by a study from DTZ.
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      Lock icon Northacre stock boosted by London project
      446 35 Bloomberg London NORTHACRE Plc, an unprofitable London developer, became the second-best performing realestate stock in Europe this year thanks to just one project that’s still in progress. Sales at The Lancasters redevelopment, a city block of 1850s townhouses overlooking Hyde Park, have probably been
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      Lock icon The bungalow train continues to gather momentum
      581 35  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg Singapore A BUNGALOW at 6 Coronation Road West, in the Oei Tiong Ham Park Good Class Bungalow (GCB) area, was sold at a Colliers International auction on Thursday for $26.6 million. The price works out to about $1,050 per
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          1033 2/3  -  6 Eu Tong Sen Street The Central, #B1-52/53 Z6224-4492 Health-conscious foodies in Singapore may feel a little short-changed when it comes to eating out, but more choices are beginning to surface By Jaime Ee jaime@sph.com.sg IT’S official. Singaporeans are getting fatter, and there’s no sign of reversing
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          610 2/3  -  44 Rochester Park Z6778-0246 Operating hours: 8.30am- 9.30pm, Tues- Sun Cafe 308 Verita Advanced Wellness Centre Phoenix Park Operating hours: 8am-10pm, Tues to Sun By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg IF SHE had gone into this business of healthy food five years ago, it wouldn’t have survived, reckons owner/chef Rosalind
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          527 4  -  7 Purvis Street Z6333-9901 By Jaime Ee jaime@sph.com.sg NOTHING says healthy like a piping hot bowl of double-boiled soup, but at the same time nothing says “scary dried scorpion place” like a herbal restaurant that displays a glass jar of them right on the cashier’s counter. Those were
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          436 4  -  Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa 1 Larkhill Road Z6825-3866 By Audrey Phoon aphoon@sph.com.sg THE latest culinary addition to Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa goes right to the root of healthful dining: it’s a garden dedicated to the cultivation of herbs, vegetables and fruit. Started about two months ago, it’s made up
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        1933 5  -  Being busy is no reason not to eat healthily. Three new health food delivery services ensure that you meet your daily nutritional requirements at your office or home. By Melissa Lwee By Melissa Lwee mellwee@sph.com.sg APTIMA Foods www.aptima-nsc.com THINK of meals on wheels but the healthy
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        949 8  -  Striking a balance between style and comfort, three women fashion shoewear using traditional techniques revisited with creative flair. By Kate Singleton By Kate Singleton THE women of Venice have always paid particular attention to shoes. Granted, in a pedestrian city given to seasonal flooding, comfort and practicality
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        797 9  -  In the city that never sleeps a 60-room hotel offers respite. By Zofia Smardz By Zofia Smardz LAT-WP HERE’S a hotel with the perfect name: the Desmond Tutu Center. After all, South African bishop Desmond Tutu is all about peace (Nobel Peace Prize winner, you’ll recall).
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        1176 10 / 11  -  Musical instruments and memorabilia take pride of place in the home of Uwe and Sharon Mueller, who occasionally host house concerts featuring up and coming performers from around the world. By Melissa Lwee personal space| By Melissa Lwee mellwee@sph.com.sg IT IS often said that a family
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        953 12 / 13  -  Scitex 2010 is the last guns-blazing gizmo showcase of the year, and just the place to find something for those who have been naughty or nice. By Christopher Lim By Christopher Lim The last big gadget retail show of the year runs from Thursday to Sunday at Singapore
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        1538 14 / 15  -  The newly opened Verita Advanced Wellness Centre at Phoenix Park brings a wide range of complementary and alternative wellness therapies under one roof. By Cheah Ui-Hoon By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg Verita Advanced Wellness Centre 308 Tanglin Road Phoenix Park Z6737-2377 www.veritaadvancedwellness.com WITH the opening of a 23,000 sq
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        760 14 / 15 wine dine with BTWeekend Bar on 5 Level 5 Mandarin Orchard Singapore 333 Orchard Road Z6831-6288 Bar on 5 is the ideal place to chill out and unwind after a hard day’s work. Located five floors above Orchard Road, it provides a fabulous view of the shopping belt. The beverage
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        Lock icon Superlatives can’t describe the Pac-Man
        581 16  -  no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Deputy Foreign Editor IT’SnotoftenthatIrunoutofsuper-latives to describe a sporting achievement. Offthetopofmyhead,ManchesterUnited’s come-from-behindvic-tory in the dying minutes to defeat Bayern Munich in the 1999 European Cup final ranks among the best. Thenthere’sLosAngelesLakersbasketball superstar Kobe Bryant’s stunning 81-point effort against the Toronto
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        621 16  -  pitch report with Jason de la Pena Jason de la Pena ASTROKE of genius that’s what I call it. With just a week until that first ball of the first test in Brisbane is bowled the Andys of Flower and Strauss took the
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        1291 17  -  Two former top pros have remained very much involved in golf despite having retired. By Justine Moss By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg ATsomepointinaprofessionalath-lete’s career comes a time when due to burnout, injury, age or some other compelling reason retirement rears its head. When Annika Sorenstam hung up
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        534 18  -  Southern California is the place to look for design and buying trends. By CY Chew By CY Chew btnews@sph.com.sg WHILE China may be the biggest market for car manufacturers, Southern California is where car enthusiasts look to for design and buying trends. Some highlights of the
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        336 18  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg gemsdriving Ferrari’s fastest FERRARI’S fas-test-ever road car hasarrivedandonly a handful of units will be made available here. The limited edition Ferrari 599 GTO is based on the platform of the production 599 GTB but modified so that it is actually a street-legal version of
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        595 19  -  Despite a smaller unit powering only one axle, it is difficult to see or feel the difference between the LexusRX270 and its brothers if you’re not driving like a fugitive. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg WHATEVER your opinion of sport-utility vehicles and their impact on the
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        644 20  -  Big and fast, the Audi A8 is geared to make an impact at the top end of the limousine market. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg FEW brands have made such an impact in recent times as Audi. Thanks to a marketing blitz and a
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