The Business Times, 31 December 2010

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 138/08/2010 Friday, December 31,2010
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  • Article
    Lock icon After White Christmas, Vatican seeks white list
    525 1  -  Pope creates new laws to fight money laundering By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] The Vatican has created new laws and a financial agency to fight money laundering after a recent scandal tarnished its reputation. Pope Benedict XVI yesterday approved a new law requiring that
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    143 1 GST INDEX 3,212.46 (+4.55) GST INDEX FUTURES 3,212 (+4) GSIMSCI 379.85 (+0.31) GSIMSCI FUTURES 380.80 (+0.80) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.293 (US$/S$ per 1.552 2.007 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.324 1.712 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 81.50 63.00 RM 3.084 2.385 HK$ 7.784 6.019 BAHT 30.16
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    Lock icon Green firms, out in the cold, wait for spring
    871 1  -  Some face a tough financial climate but hope for better times after a ‘transition’ By JOYCE HOOI [SINGAPORE] Some firms are bursting with promise while the future of others is fraught with uncertainty as the green sector treads gingerly beyond 2010.
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      328 1 BEST WINES Pace-setting year for Bordeaux and Burgundy PAGE 27 FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD Christmas in London ECONOMICS The Simpsons epitomise perfectly the entrepreneurship spirit PAGE BEST CDs Homespun gems PAGE 25 PAGE 28 WINDOW ON 2011 A SPECIAL NEW YEAR TREAT FOR BT READERS 20 essays by celebrity writers
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Ex-SLA exec accused of cheating Supreme Court
      828 2  -  70 new charges slapped on Koh Seah Wee, who worked in court for 7 years SINGAPORE LAND AUTHORITY FRAUD CASE By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] The probe into the massive Singapore Land Authority fraud case has uncovered more alleged cheating by ex-SLA executive Koh
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      Lock icon Queensland counts cost of devastating floods
      633 2 Force majeure on some mines, crops destroyed Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Heavy rain and flooding that’s swept across the Australian state of Queensland may cost billions of dollars after crops were destroyed and output from coal mines was disrupted, Premier Anna Bligh said. “It’s without precedent
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      547 2 Green firms, out in the cold, wait for spring SOME firms are bursting with promise while the future of others is fraught with uncertainty as the green sector treads gingerly beyond 2010. For several companies this year, it has been a case of pain before gain. The trek
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      Lock icon Bart, with $10,000 we’d be millionaires!
      723 4  -  Economists publish Homer Simpson’s real-world guide to entrepreneurship By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] The Simpsons, America’s favourite dysfunctional family, are known (and loved) for parodying American society and culture. Now a new academic paper by three economists shows that, as goofy and idiotic as he
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      Lock icon SPH on the lookout for more property ventures
      494 4  -  Media group particularly keen on retail sector By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) is on the search for more property investments as one of its projects, Clementi Mall, opens its doors next month. The group will continue to focus on
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      Lock icon China cracks down on Internet phone services
      572 4 Move may hit those making cheap calls via firms like Skype AFP [BEIJING] China has pledged to restrict Internet phone services a move that could affect thousands of businesses and individuals making cheap calls via Web-based communications companies such as Skype. “We are
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      Lock icon Man Investments (Singapore) Pte Ltd
      18 4 ISIN-CODE NAME NAV DATE LU********** Man AHL Trend SGD Share SGD 100.05 20.12.10
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      Lock icon Bloomberg draws fire over New York blizzard
      652 4 AFP [NEW YORK] Criticism of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg snowballed on Wednesday as the top city official bore the brunt of the blame for the lacklustre response to one of the worst blizzards in decades. While airports worked to clear a massive
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon CapLand to jointly develop 2nd Raffles City in Shanghai
      482 5  -  The site with a GFA of 237,327 sq m has a 50-year lease that runs till 2055 By EMILYN YAP CAPITALAND, CapitaMalls Asia (CMA), and three other partners will be developing an integrated mixeduse property under the Raffles City brand in
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      Lock icon Keppel Land China buys maiden site
      313 5  -  Plans for lakefront residential project at 17.2ha Nantong site By UMA SHANKARI KEPPEL Land’s newly set up China unit, Keppel Land China, has bought a 17.2 hectare site in Nantong, Jiangsu province, for 1.04 billion yuan (S$202 million). The developer will build a lakefront
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      Lock icon M’sia Smelting lodges prospectus for secondary listing on SGX
      441 5  -  By FELDA CHAY MALAYSIA Smelting Corp (MSC) yesterday lodged its prospectus for a secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange mainboard, where it hopes to raise between RM50 million and RM100 million (S$20.9 million and S$41.8 million) by issuing new shares. This
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      Lock icon Cosco secures contracts worth over US$100m
      253 5  -  By LYNN KAN COSCO Corporation has bagged contracts worth more than US$100 million to build four 57,000 deadweight ton (dwt) bulk carriers. Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard, a subsidiary of Cosco Shipyard Group, secured the deal, said the group in a regulatory filing yesterday. The ships
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      Lock icon Fin One takeover: Will the offeror revise the price?
      726 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY THE recent exchange of views and debate in BT’s letters page following the takeover offer of 48.5 cents per Financial One (FO) share by the company’s chief executive Andre Koo makes for an interesting study
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      Lock icon China Gaoxian pitches for KDR pricing premium
      623 7  -  Proceeds will be used to fund group’s upstream expansion to produce PET chips By LYNETTE KHOO CHINA Gaoxian, which is conducting roadshows in South Korea next month, said that it hopes to price the Korean Depository Receipts (KDRs) at a premium to the
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      Lock icon UOBAM forms joint venture fund management firm in China
      416 7  -  By LYNN KAN UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) marks its first move into the Chinese wealth management market with its newly minted joint venture (JV) fund management firm, Ping An UOB Fund Management Company (Ping An UOB FMC). The wholly owned subsidiary
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      Lock icon Transview Holdings raises profit to $4.8m
      298 7 Earnings per share rose to 2.69 cents from 0.79 cent GOLF equipment specialist Transview Holdings posted a net profit of $4.8 million for the financial year ended Oct 31, 2010, up from $1.4 million a year ago, driven by higher sales and income from
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      Lock icon SGX seeks public opinion on Nifty options
      240 7 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is consulting the public on the proposed introduction of options on the S&P CNX Nifty Index on its derivatives platform. The proposed options contract complements the popular S&P CNX Nifty futures, which had an average daily trading volume of
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Advanced Hldgs clinches $12.1m contracts
        77 7 ADVANCED Holdings Ltd, a global supplier of proprietary process equipment and technologies, clean-energy solutions and environmental technologies, said it has successfully clinched new oil gas contracts worth some $12.1 million. All the projects are expected to be completed and delivered in 2011. The projects include
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        Lock icon CSG ends management control over two firms
        93 7 COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Ltd said its 51 per cent owned subsidiary, Cosco Shipyard Group Co Ltd (CSG), has ceased to have management control over Diesel Marine Dalian Ltd and Diesel Marine International (Nantong) Co Ltd, which were firms in which CSG has an
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        Lock icon JEP unit renews deal with S’pore Aerospace
        66 7 JEP Holdings said its subsidiary, JEP Precision Engineering Pte Ltd, has signed a long-term agreement to provide precision machining services for the manufacture of aircraft engine casings to Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing Pte Ltd from Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2014. The agreement
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        Lock icon China Flexible full-year profit rises 17.2%
        90 7 CHINA Flexible Packaging Holdings said net profit rose 17.2 per cent to 40.8 million yuan (S$7.96 million) in the year ending October 2010 from a year ago. This came on the back of full-year revenues of 963.7 million yuan, up 32.2 per cent over
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        Lock icon Armarda proposes placement of 114m shares
        63 7 ARMARDA Group announced a proposed placement of 114 million new ordinary shares at an issue price of $0.036 to individual investors. These shares represent 10.57 per cent of the enlarged share capital of the group and the issue price is a 10 per cent
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        Lock icon Cache Logistics signs new lease agreement
        77 7 CACHE Logistics Trust said yesterday that a “highly regarded multinational corporation” has committed to occupy approximately 280,000 sq ft, representing over 12 per cent of the gross floor area, at CWT Commodity Hub for nine years. The commitment means certainty of occupancy for the
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      53 5 WINDOW ON 2011 A SPECIAL NEW YEAR TREAT FOR BT READERS 20 essays by celebrity writers on key themes and trends to watch in 2011 Featuring: Joseph Stiglitz George Soros Nouriel Roubini Wolfgang Schauble Dominique Strauss-Kahn Justin Lin Yuriko Koike Ian Buruma and others In BT’s bumper new year issue:
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Window-dressing completed for 2010?
      597 6  -  ST Index rises 10 points with firm finish in HK, but trims gain to just 4.6 points at local close STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent HAVING already risen 48 points between Monday and Wednesday, the Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday faltered slightly, ending just 4.55 points
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      65 6 Dec 30 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 501.00 +161.0 BT CADI -*****.00 +57.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +50.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 808.56 -0.12 FTSE ST Small Cap 601.56 +2.06 FTSE ST All Share 797.30 +1.04 FTSE ST China Top 297.37 +0.55 FTSE ST China 326.54 FTSE ST
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      56 6 VOLUME Ying Li 57,151,000 Gallant 40,730,000 ChinaGaoxian 36,262,000 Golden Agri 30,514,000 Genting SP 25,783,000 Tuan Sing 24,775,000 ChinaSports 24,523,000 Noble Grp 21,548,000 Fuxing 21,372,000 Infinio 19,485,000 VALUE($) Wilmar 63,185,290 Keppel Corp 59,586,120 Genting SP 56,399,000 Noble Grp 46,865,130 SembMar 40,803,370 UOB 40,761,660 SingTel 33,803,780 CapitaLand 25,636,515 Golden
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 5 6 0 0 0 6 5 6 Manufacturing 55 48 86 4 1 10 59 49 96 Commerce 27 13 30 1 3 5 28 16 35 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 14 18
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Wilmar International
        408 6 Dec 30 close: S$5.63 DBS Group Research, Dec 30 WILMAR International’s wholly owned subsidiary, WCA Ltd (WPL), has formed another joint venture with Kerry Properties (China) Ltd (KPCL) and Shangri-La China Ltd (SACL) to bid for land use rights on six sites in Laobian district, Yingkou city, Liaoning
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        Lock icon China Economy
        504 6  -  HSBC Global Research, Dec 30 Compiled by CONRAD TAN CHINA’S headline manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) moderated to a three-month low at 54.4 in December, but there are no worries about growth as this reading is still well above the long-term average of 52.3. The slowdown is mainly
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      120 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 77,484 77,484 100,899 100,899 Manufacturing 342,641 43,624 386,265 240,183 2,326 242,510 Commerce 70,599 9,123 79,722 82,386 739 83,125 Tpt/Stor/Comms 49,059 5,030 54,089 95,832 1,477 97,309 Finance 38,378 38,378 99,129 99,129 Construction 23,515 8,680 32,195 9,527
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      108 6 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.940 +0.010 CapitaLand 3.760 CapitaMall 1.940 -0.010 CityDev 12.720 -0.060 ComfortDelGro 1.580 DBS Grp 14.500 F&N 6.510 -0.010 Genting SP 2.180 -0.020 Golden Agri 0.800 -0.005 HK Land 7.150 +0.080 JMH 44.620 +0.220 JSH 27.500 +0.300 Jardine C&C 36.840 +0.900 Keppel
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      Lock icon Swiss franc jumps to new highs; US$ falls
      473 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [NEW YORK] The Swiss franc hit record highs versus the euro and dollar yesterday and looked set to extend gains, as lower US bond yields and concern about the eurozone debt crisis prompted investors to seek safety in the Swiss
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      Lock icon RISES
      110 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 149.9 0.9 GLD 10US$ ***** 120.2 0.7 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5899 117.6 1.6 Jardine C&C 3684 90.0 2.5 DBXT E50 10US$ 4077 86.6 1.7 IS S&P500 ***** 82.7 0.5 F N.ES.1012 653 45.0 7.4 DairyFarm 933 42.7 3.7 SembMar.ES.1012 536 40.0
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      Lock icon FALLS
      125 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT iBoxxUSTr 5US$ *****-492.5 -2.0 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 1023 -34.9 -2.6 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3650 -12.9 -0.3 STI 3150BNPePW*****5 17.5 -6.5 -27.1 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1611 -6.5 -0.3 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4505 -6.5 -0.1 CityDev 1272 -6.0 -0.5 Wilmar 563 -6.0 -1.1 SIA Engg 423
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon More employers offer work-life options
      592 8  -  35% offer such arrangements, up from 25% in 2007: MOM survey By TEH SHI NING EMPLOYERS seem to be responding to greater demand for work-life balance, with more now offering options such as part-time work or teleworking. But such employers remain a minority of 35
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      Lock icon 963,000 tourists visit S’pore in November
      344 8  -  Figure is highest number on record for that month By TEH SHI NING SINGAPORE welcomed 963,000 tourists in November as stronger Asian tourism pushed visitor numbers 16.1 per cent higher from a year ago. This is the highest number on record for the month
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      Lock icon $80m in utility rebates for 800,000 households
      171 8 SOME 800,000 HDB households can expect an early red packet next year, with $80 million in Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebates announced. The first payout of $50 million will take place in January, while the second tranche of rebates worth $30 million will be paid
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      Lock icon Another 3 firms reserve space in MBFC Tower 3
      318 8  -  By LYNN KAN LAW firm WongPartnership is one of three new confirmed tenants in Tower 3 of Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) and will occupy about 93,000 square feet, or three floors of office space. When Tower 3 is completed in
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      Lock icon JTC to launch tender for site in Ubi
      160 8 NATIONAL industrial infrastructure developer JTC Corporation yesterday said it will launch a public tender for a 1.24 ha industrial site in Ubi on the reserve list. This comes after it accepted an application from a developer to put the site on sale.
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      Lock icon Drop in transport & storage services’ receipts
      384 8  - Drop in transport storage services’ receipts Last year’s $70.9b was 16.2% lower than 2008’s By LYNN KAN THE transport and storage services industry generated $70.9 billion in operating receipts in 2009, about 16.2 per cent lower than the $84.7 billion in 2008. Data compiled by the Department of Statistics (DOS)
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      Lock icon A 23km walk to support polio eradication
      199 8 SOME 40 members of Rotary and Rotaract clubs in Singapore and Malaysia walked 23km yesterday from Woodlands Central to the Singapore Island Country Club at Sime Road. The six-hour trek was the final leg of a walk that began in Alor Setar, Malaysia,
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      Lock icon $75m face-lift for Chinatown Point
      472 8  -  By UMA SHANKARI THE 20-year old Chinatown Point retail and office complex is set to get a new lease of life after a planned $75 million major asset enhancement programme. The consortium of investors that bought 283 stra-ta-titled retail units and four office units in
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Corporate bond sales exceed US$3t
      621 9 Stellar performance for a second straight year led by highest ever issuance of junk-rated debt Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Corporate bond sales worldwide topped US$3 trillion for a second straight year, led by the highest ever issuance of junk-rated debt, as borrowers locked in the lowest
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      Lock icon Portugal to issue 20b euros in bonds in 2011
      470 9 AFP [LISBON] Portugal plans to issue about 20 billion euros (S$34.2 billion) in bonds next year, including six billion in the first quarter, to satisfy the government’s financing needs, the state debt management agency said on Wednesday. “The borrowing needs of
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      Lock icon Asia credit markets set to end year on strong note
      468 9 Resumption of issuance activity closely watched Reuters [HONG KONG] Asian credit markets are looking to end the year on a strong note, driven by the region’s strong fundamentals and by investors seeking higher returns in a low rate environment. But
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      Lock icon Vietnam to boost economic stability
      160 9 Bloomberg [HANOI] Vietnam’s government pledged to strengthen economic stability and control inflation, creating a “solid” base for gross domestic product to expand by as much as 7.5 per cent next year. In a statement posted on the Cabinet’s website, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said
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      Lock icon Korea’s factory output up 1.4% after 3-month slide
      433 9 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea’s factory output and service-sec-tor activity expanded in November in a sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of cooling global demand, cementing expectations that interest rates will rise early next year. The figures indicated that the economy
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      109 9 A Spectacular Farewell To 2010 Welcome the dawn of the New Year and let the extravaganza begin as the holiday spirit comes alive. On New Year's Eve, bid farewell to 2010 with an extravagant gala dinner and proceed to party the night away in the Atrium. Make a celebratory toast
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Najib declares 3-day weekend in joy
      512 10  -  By LEE U-WEN MALAYSIA will enjoy a three-day weekend this week after Prime Minister Najib Razak declared today a public holiday to celebrate the country’s biggest football achievement. Mr Najib made the announcement in a statement to national news agency Bernama on Wednesday night,
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      Lock icon IJM-MRCB merger plan falls through
      533 10  -  They didn’t likely concur on how postmerger entity will be run as both are of nearly equal size By PAULINE NG SHARES of IJM Land fell by 12 per cent to RM2.84 yesterday after its proposed merger with Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) was called
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      Lock icon Promising signs ahead for BN after a year of the comeback
      712 10  -  By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur FOR Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, 2010 has been the year of the comeback. Four by-elections have been held this year. The BN won on three seats, two of which had been
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Dip in China purchasing index signals inflation cresting
      641 11 Moderating growth may see govt stick to gradual monetary tightening Reuters [BEIJING] Chinese inflation showed signs of cresting in a manufacturing survey yesterday, an early indication that the government will be able to stick to its course of gradual rather than aggressive
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      Lock icon Carrefour opens its first wholesale store in India
      292 11 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Carrefour SA, the world’s second-largest retailer, has opened its first wholesale store in India as it seeks to expand in emerging economies amid increased competition that is crimping margins in developed markets. The store, which has a sales area of
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      Lock icon China mulls export quotas on rare earth alloys: report
      397 11 AFP Reuters [BEIJING] China is considering new export quotas on rare earth alloys, a report said yesterday a move that would further restrict shipments of the minerals used in a variety of high-tech industries. So far, China has issued a single
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      Lock icon India food inflation hits 10-week high
      407 11 Higher vegetable, petrol prices likely to push up headline inflation data in Dec Reuters [NEW DELHI] India’s food inflation accelerated to a 10-week high in midDecember on rising prices of vegetables, while the fuel index also rose, adding to inflationary worries in Asia’s third-largest
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      Lock icon India’s new rich prove to be reluctant philanthropists
      765 11 Azim Premji’s charity gift a challenge to other billionaires AFP [NEW DELHI] A huge charity gift by a high-tech tycoon has shone a harsh light on the philanthropic track record of India’s established and emerging billionaires. Azim Premji, who transformed a family-owned
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      Lock icon Taiwan to review foreign inflows to spot ‘hot money’
      384 11 Move to track forex speculation as local unit hits 13-year high against dollar AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan’s financial regulator said yesterday that it would set up a task force to inspect banks’ use of foreign cash inflows to check for forex speculation,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US snowstorm delays US$1b in holiday sales
      713 12 Americans clicked up record US$30.8b in online holiday sales in ‘10: survey AFP [NEW YORK] A blizzard in the US Northeast this weekend postponed about US$1 billion in holiday retail sales by keeping shoppers out of stores in the days after Christmas, research
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      Lock icon Blackstone eyes malls owned by Centro
      462 12 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Blackstone Group, the world’s largest private equity firm, has made a preliminary bid for the assets of Australian shopping mall owner Centro Properties Group, according to a person briefed on the offer. Melbourne-based Centro which manages A$18.6 billion (S$24.4 billion) of
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      Lock icon Server overload caused Skype outage
      470 12  -  Company tells users it’ll improve software and recovery process By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] Skype says a software glitch was the main cause of the major outage that affected a majority of its customers worldwide last week. In a blog post yesterday, the Internet calling and
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      Lock icon Hungary’s restrictive new laws draw flak
      716 12 Furore comes as country assumes EU presidency AP [BUDAPEST] For decades Hungary was one of Eastern Europe’s most democratic nations, leading former Soviet countries in adopting the political and economic norms of the free world. But a series of restrictive new laws passed by
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      Lock icon Pending home sales stay in recovery mode
      469 14 Claims for jobless benefits drop last week to lowest level since July 2008 LATEST US DATA AFP Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The number of contracts to buy previously owned homes rose more than forecast in November, a sign sales are recovering following a post-tax credit
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      Lock icon Thailand’s current account surplus contracts in Nov
      271 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand’s current account surplus narrowed in November as imports grew faster than exports, reducing the excess in the trade account. The country recorded a current account surplus of US$1.02 billion last month, compared with a revised surplus of US$2.74 billion in
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      Lock icon UK think-tank sees high net migration in 2011
      483 14 200,000 more likely to come to Britain to live, work, study Reuters [LONDON] Around 200,000 more people are likely to come to Britain to live, work or study than leave the country next year, keeping net migration broadly unchanged from recent years,
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      Lock icon Irish banks’ ECB funding up 13.7% in November
      364 14 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Irish domestic lenders increased their reliance on European Central Bank (ECB) funding by 13.7 per cent in November, as the state applied for an international bailout. The ECB funding reliance of domestic lenders, including Irish and for-eign-owned retail banks, rose
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      Lock icon Japanese delay gold sales for higher profits
      584 14 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese households have slowed their sales of gold to bullion dealers, resisting the temptation of record prices to hold out for greater profits next year if international and domestic gold markets rally more. Japan is on track to be a net
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      Lock icon Mums-to-be rush to beat Spanish cash deadline
      322 14 AFP [MADRID] Many mothers-to-be in Spain are desperately trying to have their babies early to beat a year-end deadline for a 2,500 euro (S$4,260) “cash-for-kids” benefit, sparking alarm among doctors. Mothers who give birth today will secure the cash. But those who deliver
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      Lock icon SEC looks into trading in private Internet firms
      230 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] The US securities regulator is looking into trading in private-ly-held Internet companies including Facebook and Twitter, media reports said, citing people familiar with the inquiry. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent letters to several people trading in
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon New mining IPOs may set record in 2011
      668 13 Demand from China and India to boost metal prices and investor interest Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Global initial public offerings (IPOs) by mining and basic material companies may reach a record next year, after the biggest gain of any industry in 2010, as China
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      Lock icon Sumitomo Mitsui eyes 600b yen in wealth assets
      543 13 The bank is looking to tap into the African market Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc is targeting about 600 billion yen (S$9.4 billion) in wealth management assets through its tie-up with Barclays Plc, betting Japanese will move away from traditional
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      Lock icon South Africa’s BRIC invitation more about politics than economics
      757 13 Reuters [JOHANNESBURG] South Africa’s ascension to the BRIC group of major emerging economies was more about politics than economics and reflects expectations it will be the gateway for investment in the fast-growing continent. South Africa, with a US$285 billion economy, a
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      Lock icon Greenback will remain world’s reserve currency
      406 13 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The US dollar will keep its reserve status in 2011 because China and Europe aren’t developed enough for their currencies to replace it, according to Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco), which runs the world’s biggest bond fund. “Rising powers such as China
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      374 13 Sony wants to block LG from shipping phones to the US Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Sony Corp, Japan’s biggest exporter of consumer electronics, filed patent-in-fringement claims seeking to block LG Electronics Inc from shipping mobile phones to the US. Sony filed the complaints on Tuesday with
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Storm delays reveal flip side of cost cuts
      809 15 Flights are so full that there is no room for quick recovery: analysts Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US aviation system’s struggles to recover from snowstorms that closed New York’s airports this week reflect the unintended consequences of airlines’ efforts to squeeze out costs.
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      309 15 Airline halts ban on musical instruments as cabin luggage AFP [SYDNEY] Australian musicians said yesterday they had scored a victory against Qantas, after a Facebook campaign helped persuade the airline to scrap a ban on carrying instruments as cabin luggage. Jazz saxophonist Jamie Oehlers
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      Lock icon M’sian hauliers seek ministry help on charge
      169 15 Bernama [BUTTERWORTH] The Association of Malaysian Hauliers (AMH) has urged the Transport Ministry to intervene in the move by the Malaysia Container Depot Association (MCDA) to impose a RM5 (S$2.10) fee for every container that is returned to or taken from their depots.
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      Lock icon DP World to hand over Mina Zayed ops
      302 15 Bloomberg [DUBAI] DP World Ltd will hand over the management of Abu Dhabi’s Mina Zayed port operations to Abu Dhabi Terminals in January and the Dubai-based company said it didn’t reach a binding accord to manage the new Khalifa Port. “The Ebitda
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      Lock icon Cold puts a damper on air traffic growth
      378 15 European carriers’ passenger traffic rose 7.3% in Nov, down from 9.4% growth in Oct Bloomberg AFP [STOCKHOLM] Air traffic growth slowed in November, led by European carriers because of the cold weather that disrupted flights towards the end of the month, the
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      Lock icon Putin cancels air officials’ holidays after travel chaos
      336 15 Moscow region still without electricity after heavy snowfall Reuters [MOSCOW] Prime Minister Vladimir Putin banned Moscow aviation officials on Wednesday from going on their New Year holiday after two of the city’s major airports descended into chaos. Angry holidaymakers beat up staff
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      Lock icon A necessary air travel hassle
      456 16 EDITORIAL ON Christmas Day 2009, a passenger boarded a flight at Schipol airport in Amsterdam bound for Detroit in the United States with explosives concealed in his underwear. Fortunately, he failed to detonate them properly and the flight went ahead. But a lesson was learned.
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      1027 16  -  Branches will stay relevant as long as they offer customers a benefit other channels can’t By RAHEEL AHMED The writer is the group head of Distribution Channels at Standard Chartered Bank REMEMBER when they said a few years ago that the bank branch is
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      763 16  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group I RECEIVED my Medicare card the other day, recognising my 65th birthday and making me part of one of America’s biggest problems. By this, I mean the burden that the massive baby-boom generation
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      1362 17  -  Both talk past each other, each pursuing policies that are less than helpful to the other and sub-optimal for themselves By GEORGE SOROS The writer is a Hungarian-American financier, businessman and notable philanthropist Project Syndicate ItweeChinaworrmentpressyuan,N 2010, economic conflict between the United States and
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      850 17  -  By ANATOL LIEVEN The writer is a professor in the War Studies Department at King’s College London and a senior fellow of the New America Foundation in Washington. His next book, ‘Pakistan: A Hard Country’, will appear in April 2011 IHT NEWS
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      9059 18 Transaction date: Dec 30 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 21 14.5 3148 8Telecom 19 unch 379 19.5 18.5 19 19.5 1.7 9.5 6.1 91 12 4.5 5834
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      1657 19 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 7 4 1181 t AA Grp 5 4 5 27.8 4.8 225 130 6222 t APStrategic 185 164 185 109.8 4 0.5
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      9478 19 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.32/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 1.02/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B SGD!** 1.2/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B USD!** 0.89/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      859 19 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 $mil 124 107 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 111.5 -0.5 10 111.5 111.5 109 111.5 509 1056 761 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1023 -27 52 1036 1023
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      250 19 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 $mil 56 38 6000 AVJennings A47.5 47.5 51.5 3.6 7.4 3.8 123.7 55 16 6017 Genting HK US$ US44.5 unch 8903 44.5 44 44 44.5 2930.1
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      374 20 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Dec 29 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 903.9 0.2 8.6 0.0 1.0 0.3 9.5 EAFE Preliminary 811.4 0.3 3.4 0.2 -3.5 0.4 4.6 Europe Preliminary 1186.6 0.2
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      177 20 Dec 30 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.03 1-month 5/16 1/16 2-months 3/8 1/8 3-months 7/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.08 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.35 0.25 1 month 0.40 0.30 2 months 0.44 0.34 3 months 0.46 0.36 6 months 0.56 0.46 9 months 0.80 0.65 12
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      22 20 Dec 30 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2925 1.2936 2-months 1.2925 1.2936 3-months 1.2926 1.2936 6-months 1.2925 1.2935 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      150 20 Dec 30 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Jan 11 501.0 498.0 500.0 59 Feb 11 501.0 495.0 501.0 42 Mar 11 495.0 495.0 501.0 6 Apr 11 495.0 495.0 501.5 4 May 11 501.5 Jun 11
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      88 20 Dec 30 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****N 31.03.2011 0.39 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2011 0.42 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****1E 2.500 01.10.2012 103.47 103.51 103.51 5-Year N*****0S 2.875 01.07.2015 106.43 106.47 106.45
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      107 20 Dec 29 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 11 1366.00 1375.75 1377.50 1363.50 Mar 11 1377.00 1387.00 1389.00 1374.75 May 11 1384.00 1393.50 1395.50 1382.00 Jul 11 1386.50 1396.00 1398.00 1385.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jan 11 56.38
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 20 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Dec 24 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 93.87 -0.38 WTI (Near Mth) 91.01 -0.48 Dubai (1-Mth F) 90.96 0.46 Tapis blend 98.60 0.35 Minas 94.40 0.25 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 97.22 1.89 Jet Kerosene 106.25 0.90 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      2516 20 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left 4869 A-Sonic Aerospace W*****0 2 1 3 -23 3.25 0 AFP Properties EW*****8 33.5 1 1169 1 10 -5 1.37 59 6221 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 32.5 -0.5 59 1
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      121 20 Dec 30 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.361 1.284 Can dollar 1.316 1.266 Euro 1.743 1.676 Sterling pound 2.044 1.966 NZ dollar 1.021 0.973 US dollar 1.312 1.262 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      27 20 Dec 30 Open High Sett STI Dec 3212 SIMSCI Dec 380.5 381.2 380.8 Taiwan Dec 315.9 317.4 315.4 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      71 20 Dec 30 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jan 11 3768 3814 3814 3750 666 3269 Feb 11 3773 3820 3805 3748 1224 ***** Mar 11 3735 3788 3792 3707 9782 ***** Apr 11 3707 3768
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      415 20 Dec 30 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Mar11 99.6200 0 3621 Jun11 99.5350 0 1709 Sep11 99.3900 0 985 Dec11 99.1900 0 311 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Mar11 99.6550 0 2059 Jun11 99.6400 0 1389 Sep11 99.6250 0 1064 Dec11 99.6200 99.6350 99.6200 99.6150 100
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      464 20 Dec 30 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.018 6.725 0.769 7.928 45.743 91.517 0.830 11.552 3.141 1.326 87.285 44.628 1.317 6.740 0.956 29.584 30.714 0.656 1.019 Canada 0.983 6.608
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      85 20 Dec 30 (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$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      154 20 Dec 30 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3163 1.3179 1.0183 1.0188 Canadian dollar 1.2936 1.2948 1.0008 1.0009 Euro 1.7110 1.7127 1.3237 1.3240 NZ dollar 0.9927 0.9943 0.7680 0.7686 Sterling pound 2.0059 2.0078 1.5518 1.5521
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      139 20 GOLD (US$/oz) Dec 30 Dec 29 Hong Kong 1415.00 1405.00 Dec 28 Dec 29 London 1403.95 1410.65 1404.95 1411.45 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Dec 30 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 62,792.95 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 141 59 5gm 399 293 10gm 713 586 20gm
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      Lock icon LONDON METALS
      69 20 Dec 29 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2444.50 2403.50 3 months 2455.00 2412.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 9447.00 9397.00 3 months 9400.00 9346.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2536.00 2429.50 3 months 2530.00 2430.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      82 20 Dec 29 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Mar 11 2053 2036 2057/2007 May 11 2063 2042 2066/2017 Jul 11 2077 2056 2080/2034 Sep 11 2082 2062 2084/2037 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jan 11 1995 1970 2004/1973 Mar 11 2024 1997 2033/1997 May 11 2040 2010 2049/2010 Jul 11
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      5614 21 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com CR NO. **********0W UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination DING XIANG HAI Camden/New Orleans/Tampico *Loads
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      Lock icon New Year, new start?
      1287 23  -  We take a tongue-in-cheek look at what the New Year resolutions of newsmakers, most with foot-in-mouth afflictions, would be. By JAIME EE and DYLAN TAN be. By JAIME EE ,DYLAN TAN IT’S the last day of 2010 have you ever wondered what your final thought of
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        390 24  -  24 By CHRISTOPHER LIM THERE’S disagreement over whether physical discs or downloadable movies will be the future of entertainment, but discs were very much relevant this year. Sherlock Holmes is a great example of how to put together a Blu-ray release. The movie was a
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        962 24  -  Cerebral, riveting storytelling from Hollywood’s top talent made 2010 a good year, writes GEOFFREY EU TOP 10 HOLLYWOOD MOVIES GEOFFREY EU IN A year when he was named Time magazine’s Person Of The Year, it’s somehow fitting that 26-year-old Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg
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        1078 24  -  TOP 10 ASIAN MOVIES By DYLAN TAN WITH money pouring in from its neighbour, the Hong Kong film industry grew from strength to strength with a bumper crop of blockbusters this year. Most of it was formulaic (14 Blades), some were disappointing (Bruce Lee,
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        Lock icon Homespun jazz gems
        604 25  -  The best albums this year are made-in-Singapore instrumental releases, as polished and brilliant as any world-class production, writes CHRISTOPHER LIM 2010 BEST CD RELEASES CHRISTOPHER LIM BEMOAN the state of the global music recording industry if you must, but there were plenty of good albums released this
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        677 25  -  By GEOFFREY EU HAVING played a sexy CIA agent whose skills include using her underwear to get out of a sticky situation (Salt), Angelina Jolie changes accents and affiliations in The Tourist where she’s still an international woman of mystery and still in
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        545 25  -  By DYLAN TAN GOOGLE the sword-fighting comedy Just Call Me Nobody and you’re likely to see many similar versions of the same poster except that the main star in the spotlight differs from country to country. The local version features comedian Mark Lee prominently
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        717 25  -  By DYLAN TAN THE Chinese box office looks set to surpass its milestone 10 billion yuan (S$2 billion) mark today, the figure boosting the industry’s confidence where many of its homegrown titles have broken new records this year and pushed its tally to a historic high.
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        812 26  -  The 2011 arts calendar opens with a bang, with the M1 Fringe Festival setting the stage for strong performances and works in January, reports CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON THOSE who take the bus would have seen some of these by now on JCDecaux boards at bus stop shelters
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        364 26 Plays to mark in your diary for January: What Did You Learn Today? Sean Tobin Natalie Hennedige M1 Fringe Festival Commission/ Co-presented with The Arts House Jan 13 to 15, 8pm; Jan *****1, 3pm Play Den, The Arts House $30/$19 (Sistic) Two former collaborators with
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        670 26  -  By GEOFFREY EU DISCOVERING a great cookbook recipe is one thing, but preparing a dish in a way that has been passed down through generations is a completely different matter. In fact, when it comes to heritage cuisine, it’s more about preserving traditions and cooking
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      • AROUNDTOWN
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          Lock icon Bay delights for the New Year
          363 26 THERE is no shortage of ways to bid goodbye to 2010 and usher in the new year. Aroundtown lists the variety of ways you can belt out Auld Lang Syne, or not, for the New Year 2011 Countdown. Given the new city skyline at
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          Lock icon Night at the museum
          152 26 Make your year-end party a Night at the Museum experience at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Empress Place. The 91.3 Countdown ACM 2011 returns this year with carni-val-style activities from 7pm to 12am tonight with samba dance performances, mime artists, circus acts and street dance medleys
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          284 26 The newly opened Sands SkyPark, 200m above ground, promises to be the most unique venue to watch the spectacular firework display at Marina Bay and usher in the New Year. Tickets priced at S$200 come with two complimentary glasses of champagne, canapes and a Marina Bay Sands party
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          112 26 If your idea of a year-end countdown is to start counting down in the afternoon, head down to Siloso Beach where Cafe del Mar has lined up the DJs to keep you musically entertained from 12pm right up to 6am in that 1.2km of beach space.
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          161 26  -  Compiled by CHEAH UI-HOON Touted as the architect of Tech Trance, Marco V (Ned) will be putting up a four hour special at Zouk (Jiak Kim Street) Admission for non-mem-bers is $40 inclusive of two drinks. Lunar Asian Fusion bar (Blk 3C, The Cannery at Clark Quay,
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        1226 27  -  The 2009 vintages have seen a tsunami-like surge in prices and it is believed that next year will be an aggressive year for fine wines, writes N K YONG 2010 BEST WINES N K YONG I DARESAY that 2010 will be known as
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        650 27  -  Mass Effect 2 Rating: A StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Rating: A Veggie Samurai Rating: B+ Aralon: Sword and Shadow Rating: B 2010 TOP VIDEO GAMES By CHRISTOPHER LIM IT HAS been a strong year for video games, with enough top-notch execution to make up for any
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        1290 28  -  Whether it’s spending time with Santa, skating, feasting or hunting down Fendi bags, London brings good tidings. By DEBBIE YONG By DEBBIE YONG The writer is a former journalist now doing a double degree in global media and communications at the London School of
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      308 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Obtained directly from leading worker (5-4) 6 Bill about land (4) 10 Release a Parisian woman (5) 11 Work quietly on alternative melody conveniently presented (9) 12 Disagreeing about one point whilst trying to be amusing (9) 14 Danish essayist? (5) 15 Sportsman on half-pay? (4-3)
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