The Business Times, 24 September 2011

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    12 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2011 S$1.00 MICA (P) 121/08/2011
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    Lock icon CHEAP FUNDS
    35 1 Local banks to slash savings rates DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and UOB will offer a mere 0.05 per cent come October, even as HSBC and Stanchart dish out promotional bonus interest rates. 2
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    Lock icon TOUGH CALL
    30 1 Inflation hike spells hard decisions WEIGHING soaring prices against stalling global growth, economists now expect the Monetary Authority of Singapore to stage a gentle easing next month. 4
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    24 1 A McLaren factory in Singapore? SHOULD it come to pass, it’ll probably be because billionaire Peter Lim is a major shareholder. 8
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    37 1 Swiber soars on order book boost THE counter bucks market trend, gaining by up to 5 per cent on news that its order book is close to US$1 billion, the highest in its history. 15
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    Lock icon Frayed markets seek respite in the weekend
    684 1  -  From Asia to Europe, markets again struggle to cope as investors continue to flee risk assets By Conrad Tan conradt@sph.com.sg Singapore RISK assets continued their worldwide sell-off yesterday after a week of unremitting bad news that suggested a rapidly darkening outlook for the
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    Lock icon Something shiny to go with all that speed
    652 1  -  Diamond-set gets wooed over F1 glitz By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore HOW about some (50-carat) ice to go with that champagne? As the diamond-flashing set takes in the Formula One (F1) weekend, other attractions are vying for attention. Sotheby’s Diamonds a joint
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon What’s half of very little? New bank rates
      530 2  -  Local banks to cut interest rates to as low as 0.05% as environment weakens further B y Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore THE three local banks will halve interest rates for savers to a mere 0.05 per cent come October in an
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      Lock icon Higher August inflation spells hard decisions
      705 4  -  Monetary policy will have to balance risk of high prices against faltering global growth By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore AUGUST’s higher inflation, the sliding Singapore dollar and fresh fears of a global recession may mean a more challenging monetary policy decision come mid-October.
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      140 4 H STI 2,698.80 (-21.73) H STI FUTURES 2,699.00 (-22) H SIMSCI 311.69 (-0.56) G SIMSCI FUTURES 311.50 (+0.10) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,365.94 -21.87 NIKKEI 225 8,560.26 -180.90 HANG SENG 17,668.83 -243.12 SET 958.16 -32.43 JAKARTA 3,426.35 +57.20 MANILA 3,885.96 -210.14 KOSPI 1,697.44 -103.11 SHENZHEN B 556.32 -12.70
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      Lock icon Few solutions to global crisis at economic debate
      791 6  -  Exit from the problem still possible but path is narrower now than in 2008-09: IMF chief By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Washington THERE is still a way out of the renewed crisis which the world’s advanced economies have plunged into but “the path
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      Lock icon S’pore factory McLaren’s next investment spot?
      716 8  -  McLaren says its Asia-Pacific network will be managed by its Singapore-based subsidiary By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore ONE of the two new factories McLaren plans to invest in as it grows its automotive and applied technologies business could well be located in Singapore, thanks
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      Lock icon BNP, SocGen trim 300b euros off their balance sheets
      515 8 Bloomberg London BNP Paribas SA and Societe Generale SA, France’s two largest banks, are trimming about 300 billion euros (S$525.6 billion) off their balance sheets as Europe’s deepening debt crisis threatens to make them too big to save. At the end
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      Lock icon Fate of UBS investment bank in the balance
      441 10 Swiss bank now under pressure to downsize risky trading activities and protect core private banking business Reuters Singapore THE board of UBS met yesterday amid the glamour of Singapore’s Grand Prix event to decide the future of its scandal-hit investment bank and
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      Lock icon Ermotti touted as CEO-in-waiting
      525 10 Reuters Milan EVER since he joined UBS in April, Sergio Ermotti has been touted as the CEO-in-waiting for whenever Oswald Gruebel decides to step down. That moment looks set to come sooner rather than later now that German chief Mr Gruebel, 67, is facing calls to
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      346 4 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-108 Week in Review 11 Raffles Conversation 12-13 Companies 14-17 From The Desk Of 18 Singapore 19-20 World 21-24 Stocks Stats 25-29 Perspective 30-31 Wealth 32-39 Show Me The Money 37 Househunt 38 Real Estate 39 LIVING Travel L2-4 Dining L5-7 Weekend With L8 Style L9-11
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      216 5 w r STRE NGTH 111 THE ARTS Cindy Panq, 32, Beneficiary of Expressive Arts U Cindy Pang, 32, Beneficiary of Exp 'Jt WfZ. When Cindy first started experiencing headaches, movement difficulties, tremors and other ailments, she never expected to be diagnosed with a rare disease called Hashimoto's Encephalopathy. Besides her
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      194 7 THE STRAITS TIMES. jgjJU AI HA 'I 7> t Print. STRAITS TIMES. ($24.65 per month) A f «v Online H i®^ yj. ST Online ($26.65 per month) iPad/iPhone. App (US$27.99 per month* (est. $35 per month) We're fetching you an All-in-One news experience for just $2 more. •IS month. •lit*
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      168 9 THE TIME HAS COME m-jr. t kU jr v v>, r X fiHra'T o v*>,: 1 1» J v V l 1 V I i r„ l l /vr.'". r .T>. if— a '■>*•:... r\ Qjft 1 .«>? i *5: J it; n 1 4. i i Si v_ r
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      189 10 w BEATS NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SUN WINN (SEA) PTE. LTD. (Company Registration No. *****4657C) (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that
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      273 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF LIFESIZE COMMUNICATIONS, PTE. LTD. ACRANO: *****1265R (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company deemed to have been held on 15 September 2011 at 10.30am, the following resolutions were duly passed:IT
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK Sept 19-23, 2011
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        Lock icon Larger IPOs put squeeze on boutique finance houses
        50 11 BOUTIQUE corporate finance houses are being increasingly squeezed out of the IPO market amid a trend towards larger listings this year. Many have since gravitated towards other sources of revenue, such as independent financial advisory work, mergers and acquisitions, and fund-raising exercises.
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        Lock icon JTC to study novel multi-tier oil storage idea
        60 11 THE first move was to go underground. And coming up shortly above water. Then, it’s going to be literally up in the air. Jurong Town Corporation will study the feasibility of having multi-tier storage tanks for oil and petrochemical products which is
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        Lock icon Employers step up credit health checks
        67 11 AS many as 10,000 people ask for a copy of their credit report from Credit Bureau (Singapore) every month, and not all of them are doing it just out of curiosity. An increasing number of companies, especially those in the finance and gaming industries,
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        Lock icon Markets’ countdown to Greek default
        47 11 GLOBAL markets are encountering renewed turbulence on fears that European nations do not have the political will to solve the crisis in Greece and other weak eurozone nations. European shares and the euro fell on Monday following a brief rally last week.
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        Lock icon GIC hits out at UBS lapses and calls for firm action
        77 11 DESPITE the politely crafted public statement, the annoyance still comes across. The largest shareholder of UBS, the Government of Singapore Investment Corp has expressed “disappointment” to the board over the lapses relating to the US$2.3 billion loss from unauthorised
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        Lock icon Macau gaming in clutches of shadowy junket operators
        76 11 RECENTLY released WikiLeaks memos criticise the Macau government for poor oversight of its gaming industry, which US government officials say is influenced by Chinese triads through Macau’s junket operators. While Las Vegas casino executives in Macau “carefully avoid public statements that imply
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        Lock icon Ship arrests climb as banks strike back
        50 11 FROM January to August, the Sheriff’s Office saw 64 cases of ship arrest carried out, up from 49 last year. “The majority of the recent arrests 50-60 per cent have been primarily enforcements by banks. That’s every other ship,” said lawyer Durai Shunmugam.
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        Lock icon FreePort strikes gold as investors seek safety
        52 11 THE smiles are getting wider at the place that offers to store valuables securely: Singapore FreePort. “Singapore FreePort has received more inquiries over the past six months on the storage of (precious metals). Tenants are already thinking of expansion plans,” said general manager
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        Lock icon UBS dismisses talk of CEO’s exit as ‘pure speculation’
        43 11 BUSINESS journal Bilan has reported that the search for someone to replace UBS chief executive Oswald Gruebel has begun, saying that he has been asked to leave. But UBS spokesman Christoph Meiersaid:“Thearticleis pure speculation.”
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        Lock icon Markets feel sum of all fears from US to China
        66 11 STOCK markets collapsed in a heap on Thursday as bad news about growth flew in from all parts of the globe. Fears of a double-dip recession were stoked by the sombre note from US policymakers on Wednesday that signalled significant
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        Lock icon Property investment sales down 55% in Q3 from Q2
        48 11 INVESTMENT sales of property have fallen dramatically this quarter, down 55 per cent to just $3.8 billion so far from $8.5 billion in Q2, as many investors hold back their purchases amid growing economic uncertainties, according to Savills Singapore.
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      Lock icon NEXT WEEK Sept 26-30, ’11
      69 11 US DATA Sept 26 August new home sales Sept 27 Sept consumer confidence Sept 28 Aug durable goods orders Sept 29 Q2 GDP SINGAPORE DATA Sept 26 August index of industrial production Sept 29 August producer and int’l trade price indices Sept 30 Q2 external
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      333 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Listen to the complete record; impartial judges must (4,4,5) 10 Speech from Love on the Dole? (7) 11 Poor visibility beginnings of rain and light wind (7) 12 Work at home? It’s murder! (2,2) 13 Cleric who may have a prior appointment (5) 14 The point
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      13 11 SATURDAY with Ludwig ‘His car crashed but he’s determined to finish the race.’
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon The affable envoy
      2093 12/13  -  envoyCareer diplomat Barry Desker shares his candid accounts of a lifetime in the foreign service. By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg IN The Little Red Dot, a 2005 collection of essays by Singapore’spast andpresentdiplomats, Barry Desker recounted, in his piece titled Undiplomatic Wanderings through Indonesia, how, early in his
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      Lock icon FTAs are a “second best” option
      588 12/13 SINGAPORE has “gone overboard” in building a network of free trade agreements (FTAs), which are but a “second best” option, in Barry Desker’s view. As chief executive officer of the then Trade Development Board (now IE Singapore) from 1994 to 2000, he beefed up
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon Market trims losses but stays in bear’s grip
      533 14  -  stocks| Ven Sreenivasan ven@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent THESingaporemar-ket recovered from its lows yesterday but remained stuck in bear territory with stock prices struggling at mid-2010 levels. After plunging some 60 points to2,659.01earlyinthesessionfollowing the overnight tumble on Wall Street, the Straits Times Index recouped
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      70 14 BY CENTS CLOSE UP IS DJ US Tech 6020 378.3 5.1 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 1918 103.7 4.4 DBXT AUDMM 5AU$ ***** 55.9 0.2 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4723 31.1 0.5 SIA 1124 31.0 2.8 SIA 200 1122 28.0 2.6 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1289 18.1 1.1 Daiwa FT Shariah
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      52 14 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN GLD 10US$ ***** -375.7 -1.7 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ 3423 -308.4 -6.5 JMH 4559 -281.1 -4.5 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4615 -220.3 -3.6 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -169.7 -1.2 JSH 2520 -168.4 -4.9 Lyxor AsiaIT 10US$ 2153 -145.1 -4.9 IS S&P500 ***** -138.6 -0.9 Jardine C&C 3719
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      111 14 VOL CLOSE GentingSP 138,651 163.5 1.0 0.6 GoldenAgri 99,289 66 -1.5 -2.2 NobleGrp 97,748 145.5 -5.0 -3.3 ShengSiong 37,709 43.5 -0.5 -1.1 SingTel 36,848 306 4.0 1.3 NexGenSCom 23,994 2 -0.1 -4.8 HPHTrust US$ 22,845 60.5 -1.3 -1.6 STXOSV 22,191 114.5 -4.5 -3.8 CapitaLand 19,072 253 1.0
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      110 14 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.220 +0.010 CapitaLand 2.530 +0.010 CapitaMall 1.910 +0.020 CityDev 9.900 -0.050 ComfortDelGro 1.315 DBS Grp 12.070 -0.030 F&N 5.700 GLP 1.660 +0.010 Genting SP 1.635 +0.010 Golden Agri 0.660 -0.015 HK Land 4.600 -0.250 JMH 45.590 -2.170 JSH 25.200 -1.300 Jardine C&C 37.190
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      Lock icon McLaren sets sights on IPO in five years
      339 14 Group says it would consider all markets including Singapore Reuters MCLAREN Group, which runs the Formula 1 team and recently entered the luxury sports car market, said yesterday that it would look at listing the company in five years and would consider
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      Lock icon Swiber shares soar as order book nears US$1b
      546 15  -  CIMB sees two more projects worth US$177m in next 2 months By Yeo Aiqi yeoaiqi@sph.com.sg SHARES of Swiber Holdings bucked the trend yesterday, soaring up to about 5 per cent in price on news that its order book has surged close to
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      Lock icon Don't become a target for 'targets'
      1037 16  -  hock lock siew| By Michelle Tan IF there is something that we should take with a pinch of salt, it would be stocks’ target prices as recommended by analysts. The last thing that we should do is to buy a stock simply because of
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      Lock icon Sunright’s FY11 net profit slides 24%
      362 16  -  Firm says it is still vulnerable to global economic situation By Teo Si Jia teosj@sph.com.sg SUNRIGHT Ltd, a provider and manufacturer of burn-in and test services, reported a 24 per cent slump in net profit to $4.66 million for the full year ended July
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      Lock icon JTIC case: DBS and Rabobank fail in appeal
      448 17  -  Earlier rulings said both creditors given preferential treatment By Carine Lee carinel@sph.com.sg DBS Bank and Rabobank International will have to return S$10 million and US$2.7 million respectively to Jurong Technologies Industrial Corporation Ltd (JTIC) after the Court of Appeal dismissed their applications
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        Lock icon Tiger inks Mandala Airlines share deal
        129 17 TIGER Airways Holdings has signed a share subscription agreement and finalised other commercial agreements relating to its proposed purchase of a 33 per cent stake in PT Mandala Airlines of Indonesia. Tiger Airways’ investment in Mandala will be held through its wholly owned subsidiary
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        Lock icon Europtronic sells China factory for $888k gain
        86 17 EUROPTRONIC Group Ltd will be selling a factory building at Shatoujiao Free Trade Zone in Shenzhen for 7.17 million yuan (S$1.46 million). The sale is expected to reap a gain of $888,000 for the company and strengthen its balance sheet. Using FY2010 to
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon What it takes to lead successfully
      783 18  -  Certain core capabilities are essential for regional leaders to succeed a catalytic learning ability, a sense of adventure, an entrepreneurial spirit, and cultural adaptability from the desk of Su-Yen Wong Asean managing director of Mercer and Singapore Chairman of Marsh McLennan Companies CERTAINcorecapa-bilities are
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Hiring in S’pore slows on weak global market
      418 19  -  Only 49% of 504 firms surveyed say that they intend to hire in H2 2011 By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg DUE to the current volatility in global markets, hiring in Singapore is slowing down, with only 49 per cent of companies polled intending
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      Lock icon McLaren offers technology for healthcare
      509 19  -  By Dolly Chia dchia@sph.com.sg JUST as every second counts in an F1 race, every second counts the moment a sick child is put into an ambulance. McLaren Electronic Systems’ M2M (Machine-to-Machine) technology has worked well in transmitting reams of critical data during Formula One races,
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      Lock icon Marks of an infectious paper
      672 19  -  saturday soapbox| By Jamie Lee ~leejamie@sph.com.sg BREAKINGnews:this paper hasgoneviral. But there’sno marketing blitz. Quite the opposite, really. We’ve fallen sick. A particular strain of flu hit the office this week, and staff started dropping like flies. The chorus in the office would have driven a
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      Lock icon S’pore GP: Vettel fastest in practice II
      520 20 Hamilton, quickest in the opening session, comes third ahead of Massa AFP Reuters CHAMPIONSHIP-CHAS-ING German Sebastian Vettel topped the times in yesterday’s second free practice session ahead of this weekend’spotentially decisive Singapore Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Red Bull driver clocked the fastest lap
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      Lock icon 70% off at Borders’ closing sale
      266 20 BORDERS Singapore has launched a bargain-basement 70 per cent off sale at its Parkway Parade premises, as it prepares to close its shutters once and for all at 9pm on Monday. On Wednesday, Borders USA terminated the brand licence agreement with Borders Singapore, giving
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      Lock icon S'pore, Japan to work to boost ties in creative industries
      231 20 SINGAPORE and Japan will cooperate to strengthen business ties in the creative industries. Singapore’s Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Yaacob Ibrahim and Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yukio Edano have reached a common understanding that globalisation
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon China, Japan back EU but only up to a point
      416 21 They will help where they can in the sovereign debt crisis but say that the ultimate solution rests with Europe itself Bloomberg Washington OFFICIALS from China and Japan, the world’s second and third-biggest economies, indicated that their support for Europe
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      Lock icon Jeil 2 Savings Bank president found dead after raid
      358 21 Bank under probe for loan extensions, improper lending AFP Seoul THE head of a major South Korean savings bank was found dead yesterday in an apparent suicide after investigators raided his office as part of a probe into illegal dealings at
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      Lock icon Caesars brand coming to Asia-Pac – with a resort in China
      291 21 Caesars brand coming to Asia-Pac with a resort in China AP Las Vegas CASINO operator Caesars Entertainment Corp plans to build a 1,000-room non-gam-bling luxury resort Caesars Palace Longmu Bay on the southern Chinese island of Hainan. In announcements in the United States and China coinciding with a Friday groundbreaking,
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      Lock icon Whitman sticks with Apotheker’s plans for HP
      698 22 Company will go ahead with acquisition of Autonomy Corp, explore spinning off PC unit Bloomberg San Francisco HEWLETT-PACKARD Co chief executive officer Meg Whitman plans to stick by strategies set in motion by her predecessor, Leo Apotheker, betting that investors prefer steady leadership
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      Lock icon Fed’s monetary policy fails to convince investors
      497 22 Plan will provide at most a small boost to economy: economists Bloomberg Washington THE Federal Reserve’s plan to buy longer-term Treasuries has succeeded in bringing down interest rates while not convincing investors the unorthodox monetary policy will strengthen economic growth. Stocks fell for
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      Lock icon Pink slips flutter across Asia’s foreign banks
      708 23 Industry professionals, headhunters expect more firing rounds to come Reuters Hong Kong FIRINGS are picking up pace at foreign banks across Asia, with industry professionals and headhunters saying that more rounds are set to come. Since the 2008 financial crisis, Asia’s rapid economic
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      Lock icon ECB under pressure to cut rates
      431 23 AP Frankfurt THE European Central Bank (ECB) is facing mounting pressure to cut interest rates soon amid growing signs that the eurozone economy could slide into recession. Economists said yesterday that the quickly worsening economic outlook could push the bank to take back the
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      Lock icon Geithner slams China’s intellectual property policies
      270 23 Reuters Washington US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that China is holding to its decades-old strategy to steal American intellectual property, in a pointed statement reflecting US officials’ growing impatience with Beijing. “They(China)havemadepossible systematic stealing of intellectual property of American companies and have not
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      Lock icon Talk of possible Greek default gathers pace
      439 24 G-20 pledge to lift crisis fails to lift financial markets Reuters Athens TALK of a possible Greek default gained pace yesterday while a pledgebytheworld’smajoreconomies to prevent Europe’s debt crisis from undermining banks and the global economy failed to lift financial markets for long.
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      Lock icon Takeover of Tiffany may be worth US$12b as Swatch alliance ends
      505 24 Bloomberg New York TIFFANY Co, which almost tripled its value selling engagement rings since the recession, may be a takeover target after ending an alliance with Swatch Group AG and could hand investors an extra US$3.4 billion in a
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      Lock icon Zhuoda signs MOU for projects in Iskandar
      359 24  -  By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg Singapore IN a move that reflects growing international interest in Iskandar Malaysia, a Beijing-based real estate developer yesterday became the first Chinese company to confirm an investment in Malaysia’s economic development zone. Zhuoda Real Estate Group signed two Memorandums
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      9794 28 Transaction date: Sep 23 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 12 8Telecom 12.5 10.5 15.5 7.8 4.9 2.6 59.9 9.5 4.5 A-Sonic 4.7 4.7 5 2.8 1.7 33.6 62.5 45
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      186 28 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 8 5 0 0 0 3 8 5 Manufacturing 28 67 39 3 2 6 31 69 45 Commerce 9 36 10 5 4 1 14 40 11 Tpt/Stor/Comms 19 18 5
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      830 28 For week beginning Sep 19 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Marco Polo Marine Ltd 21-Sep-11 Nautical Intl Hldgs Ltd Sell 6000 na *****7 50.79 *****7 49.03 Pertama
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      119 28 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 24,538 24,538 110,434 110,434 Manufacturing 167,251 7,479 174,730 206,893 148 207,042 Commerce 196,925 1,968 198,893 254,647 310 254,958 Tpt/Stor/Comms 149,224 1,902 151,126 255,695 138 255,833 Finance 20,629 15 20,644 190,581 3 190,585 Construction 45,250 7,144
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      75 29 Sep 22 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 106.58 -5.69 WTI (Near Mth) 79.94 -5.98 Dubai (1-Mth F) 103.42 -3.07 Tapis blend 119.01 -2.91 Minas 112.01 -2.91 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 100.56 -3.66 Jet Kerosene 120.40 -3.20 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      120 29 Sep 23 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.305 1.243 Can dollar 1.289 1.24 Euro 1.789 1.721 Sterling pound 2.037 1.959 NZ dollar 1.052 1.002 US dollar 1.317 1.267 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      154 29 Sep 23 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2703 1.2720 0.9805 0.9810 Canadian dollar 1.2603 1.2618 0.9728 0.9731 Euro 1.7518 1.7533 1.3521 1.3522 NZ dollar 1.0130 1.0146 0.7819 0.7825 Sterling pound 2.0017 2.0036 1.5450 1.5453
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      94 29 YTD change:-15.40% 52-week high: 3,313.61 on Nov 9,2010 52-week low: 2,659.01 on Sept 23,2011 Source: Bloomberg YTD change: -23.30% 52-week high: 24,988.50 on Nov 8,2010 52-week low: 17,373.40 on Sept 23,2011 Source: Bloomberg YTD change: -7.29% 52-week high: 12,876.00 on May 2,2011 52-week low: 10,597.10 on Sept 23,2011
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      104 29 As on 22 September 2011 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE PREV CLOSE PRECIOUS METALS Gold DEC-11 1781.20 1725.20 1744.70 1808 Silver DEC-11 39.750 36.595 36.670 40.465 CURRENCY US Dollar-Jap Yen DEC-11 76.74 76.14 76.33 76.34 Euro-US Dollar DEC-11 1.3571 1.3382 1.3505 1.3752 Aust-US Dollar DEC-11 0.9955
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      68 29 Sep 23 GOLD (US$/oz) Sep 22 Sep 23 Hong Kong 1766.*****9.00 Sep 21 Sep 22 London 1796.*****9.03 1797.*****0.23 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 47.91 47.23 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Sep 22 Close Previous PM Fix 1725.*****9.00 AM Fix 1736.*****4.00 Source: Thomson Reuters PLATINUM NYMEX
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      57 29 Sep 23 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 11 2990 3023 3008 2977 523 3762 Nov 11 2964 3011 2995 2954 3441 ***** Dec 11 2961 3009 2995 2951 ***** ***** Jan 12 2962 3016
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      93 29 Sep 22 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 11 1283.*****0.*****9.*****1.00 Jan 12 1294.*****1.*****0.*****2.25 Mar 12 1302.*****8.*****7.*****0.25 May 12 1308.*****3.*****2.*****6.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 11 53.68 55.04 54.99 53.43 Dec 11 53.94 55.34 55.28 53.72 Jan 12 54.21 55.59 55.52
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      374 29 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 22 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 763.5 -3.3 -14.9 -2.0 -13.2 -4.0 -14.7 ‡EAFE Preliminary 638.0 -3.7 -20.3 -3.1 -18.3 -5.1 -19.7 Europe Preliminary 918.4 -4.6
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      72 29 Sep 22 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2195.00 2283.75 3 months 2227.00 2318.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7653.25 8275.75 3 months 7674.00 8300.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2116.50 2234.00 3 months 2105.00 2220.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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        1431 34 / 35  -  Despite its relatively modest price tag, travel insurance affords a peace of mind that can be incalculable. This is because it protects you against events that could ruin your trip and even be calamitous. By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg YOU are excitedly planning for a holiday with your family
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        1243 34 / 35  -  By Genevieve Cua HERE are some scenarios to illustrate what would be or won’t be covered in a typical travel policy. There will be differences in the scope of coverage among different insurers. You will have to peruse your policy documents
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        546 5  -  3-Michelin-star chef Philippe Rochat flies in to cook up a menu of racy flavours for the F1 weekend. By Debbie Yong debyong@sph.com.sg IT is his first time in Asia, but Philippe Rochat has always been in love with the region, gastrono-my-wise. The Swiss-Italian chef and owner of the
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        768 9 Thousands of young millionaires are turning the cosmopolis into the luxury capital of China AFP KELLY YING, one of a swelling group of young high-roll-ers in Shanghai, has just treated herself to a birthday present of a watch worth US$45,000 (S$58,312). But the 30-something who
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        582 12  -  Accessories for your Xbox 360 or PS3 game console pack mobility, lethal precision for trigger-happy gamers and blockbuster sound. By Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg TekNmotion Yapster Blaster headset, US$29.99; S$38.94 From amazon.com When you are playing multiplayer games over the Internet, you need a way to easily keep in
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        793 13  -  Recommended: an extra test and pill to prevent cardiovascular events in moderate-low risk patients. By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg A TALE like this is so common now that it doesn’t have the same shock value as before: someone who was conscientious about his health,wasn’toverweight, was a light
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        576 15  - Football the red, white and blue way no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Deputy Foreign Editor BOY, the Glazers sure seem to have a knack for purchasing sports teams that enjoy making their fans squirm in their seats before snatching victory from the jaws of death. The American family, of
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        624 15  -  chequered flag with Steve Dawson HAVING been violently thrashed around the Fuji Speedway in a Formula 1 two-seater driven by Heikki Kovalainen and navigated Kuala Lumpur’s Sepang racetrack and the Hungaroring in Budapest on my own, I still don’t consider myself genuinely qualified
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        546 18  -  Pirelli’s association with Formula 1 this season has reaped dividends for the tyremaker. By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg PIRELLI’S participation in Formula One as the sport’s sole tyre supplier is driving its tyre sales, says Paul Hembery. But the motorsports director of the the Italian premium tyremaker says heis
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        735 20  -  Two factors may make the fourth Singapore Grand Prix extra special this year the chance of rain and the possibility that a world champion will be crowned at the Marina Bay Circuit. f1 watch By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg WILL he or won’t he? He, of
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