The Business Times, 14 November 2011

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 120/08/2011 Monday, November 14,
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    Lock icon Berlusconi goes, but leaves a huge mess behind
    723 1 Bloomberg [ROME] Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who dominated Italian politics for almost two decades, stepped down as the fallout from his legal woes and contagion from the euro region’s debt crisis led his government to unravel. Mr Berlusconi presented his resignation on
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    Lock icon Free trade breakthrough, but China is staying aloof
    935 1  -  Broad pact on a free trade zone bigger than EU to be hammered out by next year; Beijing looks away By LEE U-WEN in Honolulu SINGAPORE and eight other countries have agreed to phase out tariffs and bring down other barriers to
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    158 1 BT ONLINE BT print subscribers get free access to BT Online at www.businesstimes.com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838. MARKETS Weekly Change ST INDEX 2,790.94 -57.30 KL COMP 1,468.75 -8.76 NIKKEI 225 8,514.47 -286.93 HANG SENG 19,137.17 -705.62 SET INDEX 970.97 +13.66 JAKARTA COMP 3,778.89 -4.74
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      591 2 Free trade breakthrough, but China is staying aloof SINGAPORE and the eight other countries have agreed to phase out tariffs and bring down other barriers to trade as soon as possible. They have set an “ambitious” July 2012 deadline to conclude negotiations on the wide-ranging Trans-Pacific Partnership free
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      Lock icon Debt-laden Kingfisher snubbed by banks
      662 2  -  Viability on the line; reports say India may ease foreign investment curbs By MALMINDERJIT SINGH in Bangalore DEBT-RIDDEN Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines sank deeper into trouble yesterday as it emerged that banks have decided against providing additional funds to the airline to help it continue
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      Lock icon TPP an additional safety raft in uncertain times: PM Lee
      700 3  -  Free trade pact will give S’pore better access to partners’ markets, he says Reports by LEE U-WEN in Honolulu AT a time of instability in the global economy with Europe facing a deep financial crisis, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will
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      Lock icon S’pore picked for US ‘trusted traveller’ plan
      424 3 IT will soon be a breeze for Singaporeans who frequently travel to the United States to clear immigration and customs upon arrival. This after the Republic was chosen as the first country in South-east Asia to have a bilateral “trusted traveller arrangement” with
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      Lock icon Asia-West Africa trade route bucks trend
      830 5  -  Box rates are north of US$2,000 from US$1,400 at the start of the year Reports by in Lagos LYNN KAN in Lagos WITH battered box rates on the Asia-Europe trade corridor souring the mood and hacking the profits of shipping lines, the far-less-ploughed Asia-West
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      Lock icon A port changes its face and its fortunes
      703 5 TEN different ministries and state agencies in Nigeria intend to divest stateowned infrastructure assets some by year’s end. The “accountable and transparent” privatisation template they want to follow is that of the ports industry, the first industry deregulated in Nigeria, in 2005.
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      412 4 ih*m K r ■IP Now into its 10 th year, Singapore Prestige Brand Award has grown to be the highly esteemed Award that many SMEs aspire to win. This year, we see a surge in participation from many brands from diverse fields including F&B, retail, manufacturing and IT, just to
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      18 5 MACCAFERRI FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE HELPING TO PRESERVE CANALETTO'S VENICE. Credit Suisse helped from a financial perspective. credit-suisse.com/clients
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Fond memories of POSBank
      690 7  -  But DBS-SingPost tie-up won’t yield products of that era HOCK LOCK SIEW By SIOW LI SEN LAST week’s news that DBS Bank will offer basic banking services at the post office has conjured up expectations that it might revive the people’s bank. Millions of Singaporeans have
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      Lock icon 6 S-chips report mixed results for Sept-end quarter
      463 9  -  Sunshine, Ying Li, Jishan in the red; People’s Food, Dukang, Yongsheng in the black By TEH SHI NING THE six S-chips which released their latest quarterly financials over the weekend delivered a mixed bag of results. Three of these Singapore-listed Chinese companies
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      1107 9 Payment Ex Books Pay Ann (cts) date close date date 800 Super Hldgs ak 0.550 28-Oct 01-Nov 17-Nov 10-Oct Ace Achieve Infocom bo 0.400 28-Oct 01-Nov 18-Nov 19-Oct AIMS Amp Cap Ind Reit ag 2.500 18-Oct 20-Oct 07-Dec 07-Oct Amtek Engg an 5.500 04-Nov 09-Nov 22-Nov 26-Aug Ascendas
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      403 9 Nov 11 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5 Bank of Communications 5.5 Bank of
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      311 9 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Fuxing China Grp S FTSE Room, 9th Floor, Capital Tower, 168 Robinson Road, Singapore *****2 14-Nov 4.30pm HLN Tech E Keppel Club, Seminar Room Bukit Chermin Rd Singapore *****8 16-Nov 3.00pm Hu An Cable E 168 Robinson Road, Capital Tower, FTSE Room, 9th
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      Lock icon At a glance
      778 9 3 months ended Sept 2011 9 months ended Sept 2011 NET PROFIT (S$m) CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG TURNOVER (S$m) NET PROFIT (S$m) TURNOVER (S$m) CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG 1 Golden Agri 674.64 329.10 105.0 5998.68 3003.20 99.74 142.16 128.62 10.5 2025.27 1251.27 61.9
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon It’s best to look before you leap
      642 8  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IT’S difficult to see any major change this week from the dozen or so preceding it which bore these characteristics high volatility, low volume and a focus on all things European. Such was the case last week when
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      Lock icon Euro recovers from 1-month low against greenback
      509 8 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The euro rose from a one-month low versus the dollar last week amid optimism that European leaders are tackling their debt crisis after Italy’s Senate approved an austerity Bill last Friday and Greece swore in a new prime minister.
      Bloomberg  -  509 words
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      Lock icon Base metals fall; gold, oil prices gain
      534 8 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] Prices of industrial metals slid last week as the ongoing eurozone debt crisis dented demand for copper and tin, but oil futures rose thanks to geopolitical tensions over Iran. Base metals: Major industrial metals prices declined, except for aluminium. “Base
      AFP  -  534 words
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1537 8 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Cap Ind REIT 2.00 2.00 2 9.15 10.60 1.32 0.97 Amtek Engg 2.00 2.00 5 0.10 4.62 1.05 0.59 ARA Asset Mgt 1.71 1.71 7
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      4 8 WEEKLY
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      65 8 Nov 11 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -436.00-235.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +57.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -44.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 618.82 +3.02 FTSE ST Small Cap 417.37 -0.45 FTSE ST All Share 669.61 +1.22 FTSE ST China Top 191.83 +1.01 FTSE ST China 226.43 +1.79 FTSE ST
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 8 VOLUME Noble Grp 712,896,000 Genting SP 476,029,000 Golden Agri 276,155,000 MDR W*****5 188,929,000 MDR 125,881,000 S i2i 125,164,000 SingTel 99,941,000 CNMC 98,727,000 PSL Hldgs 92,639,000 Oceanus 90,278,000 VALUE($) Noble Grp 898,547,679 Genting SP 786,767,651 SingTel 314,477,270 Wilmar 289,838,008 UOB 270,159,291 DBS Grp 232,204,089 Keppel Corp 230,390,682 Golden
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      Lock icon RISES
      117 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT iBoxxKR 5US$ ***** 1156.0 7.4 DBXT DBLCI-OY 5US$ 3998 272.2 5.6 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 245.3 1.1 DBXT AUDMM 5SG$ ***** 206.0 0.8 GLD 10US$ ***** 183.2 0.8 JMH 5289 165.2 2.5 Asia Pac Brew 2650 150.0 6.0 DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 3006 82.6
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      Lock icon FALLS
      120 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ *****-878.6 -6.1 Lyxor AsiaMT 10US$ 5358-532.9 -7.2 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5308-363.8 -5.0 DBXT E50 10US$ 3482-237.4 -5.0 IS DJ US Tech 6485-183.2 -2.1 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2174-174.2 -5.8 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 *****-160.0 -1.5 Lyxor MS India 10US$ 1316-147.1 -8.0 IS
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      5 8 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon Jump in value of director purchases
      1681 10  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director at Asia Insider Ltd THE buying by directors rebounded after falling for four straight weeks with 11 companies that recorded 16 purchases worth $13.19 million based on filings on the Singapore Exchange during the
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Employers need to manage staff healthcare better
      660 11  -  Tower Watson says that would yield tangible benefits By CHEN HUI FEN WITH healthcare inflation climbing at a faster rate than salary increases, employers in Asia, including Singapore, will need to do more to manage their healthcare strategies, if they are to reap
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      Lock icon Local investors dominating commercial property deals
      417 11  -  They accounted for 89% of the $9.55b investment turnover in first 9 mths of ’11 By EMILYN YAP LOCAL investors’ share of commercial property deals in Singapore rose in the first nine months of the year as interest from the West remained muted. According
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      Lock icon Strontium eyes Fortune 500 spot
      1297 12  -  Co-founder Anshuman Gupta sees the risk in memory business as a challenge and an opportunity to value add By CHAN YIK HUNG, CHUA AIK XIN, MAO XIHUI TO “build an organisation which will outlive us and be a Fortune 500 corporation”. That is the vision
      YEN MENG JIIN  -  1,297 words
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  • EUROZONE CRISIS
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      Lock icon Time running out to save the euro
      1500 13 A host of problems may fast overwhelm Europe’s progress despite drastic and tangible steps being taken by Italy and Greece NYT [BERLIN] THE window of opportunity to save the euro is rapidly closing, as the sovereign debt crisis erodes the solvency of Europe’s
      NYT; AFP; AP  -  1,500 words
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Towards age-friendly workplaces
      2967 14 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC Is Singapore moving in the right direction with its mature workers? What are the challenges of facilitating an age-friendly workplace and how can they be overcome? Lynne Ng Regional Director Adecco SEA SINGAPORE is absolutely moving in the right direction with its mature worker
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      12 15 A full list of views from CEOs is also available at http://businesstimes.com.sg
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Moving in mysterious ways
      998 16  -  The moon, football matches, and the ‘Monday effect’ could all have an impact on a stock’s performance By NICHOLAS BRAY WORRIED about your stock portfolio? Amid today’s wild market gyrations, it can be hard to get a grip on what, exactly, causes moves in share prices.
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      Lock icon Health foodies mixing it up
      1275 16  -  Brother-sister duo who successfully run two salad shops in SMU eye launching franchise in five years, STARTING YOUNG reports TEH SHI NING HEALTHY fast food is no oxymoron and is gentle on the wallet too, say Jocelyn and Joseph Chan. This brother-sister duo, “Chief Saladiers”
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      Lock icon Investing in bonds and bond funds
      353 16 ASK DR INVEST Q: I have been reading the investment literature, and since I am rather risk averse, I am thinking of investing in bonds. How do I go about it? A: The bonds available to local investors take the form of Singapore Government
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Coal seen staying a major fuel source
      550 17 AFP [LONDON] Despite the popularity of natural gas, coal is set to remain a major energy source alongside oil over the next 25 years on strong Asian demand and an uncertain outlook for nuclear power. “Coal will be very competitive for a long
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      Lock icon Aussie Swan says return to budget surplus a tough ask
      427 17 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s pledge to return to a budget surplus in 2013 has been made “a lot tougher” by Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, Treasurer Wayne Swan said yesterday. “The hit to government revenue caused by the
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      Lock icon Ten years on, Doha Round is all but dead
      593 17 Conditions have changed too much for any accord to be reached AFP [GENEVA] Ten years ago, member states of the World Trade Organization launched the Doha Round of negotiations for a global trade liberalisation pact with great fanfare. But a decade
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Change in central bank’s priorities
      539 18  -  Economy improves but it sees bigger danger to growth from outside MALAYSIA INSIGHT S JAYASANKARAN KL Correspondent BANK Negara Malaysia (BNM), the country’s central bank, kept policy rates unchanged last week at 3 per cent, in line with street expectations. BNM has got other fish
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      Lock icon Palm oil futures seen rising: analyst
      395 18 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Erratic weather that is slowing palm oil output growth and strong demand will lift benchmark Malaysian futures to RM3,300 in January, top industry analyst Dorab Mistry said. Mr Mistry, who heads the trading desk for India’s Godrej International, said he was
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s striking miners fight for a bigger slice of pie
      764 18 AFP [KUALA KENCANA, Indonesia] After more than a decade of hard work and long hours driving a truck through the mountains of Indonesia’s remote Papua province for US mining giant Freeport McMoRan, Nus Magay refuses to work for anything less
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      1828 18 VOL Nov 11 RM +/-(‘000) A M Realty 0.43 -0.02 10 Abric Bhd 0.32 -0.02 82 Advance Synerg 0.20 -0.01 4364 Adventa Bhd 1.74 0.09 171 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.33 -0.02 1794 Affin Holdings 2.87 -0.01 197 Ahmad Zaki Res 0.69 unch 71 Aic Corp 1.29 unch 0
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China property market feels the heat of cooling measures
      626 19 Falling demand for homes may affect trade in commodities and consumer goods AFP [BEIJING] China’s property market, a mainstay of the world’s second-largest economy, has started to suffer a downturn that could have a knock-on effect on global trade in commodities,
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      Lock icon Three Gorges Dam not cause of floods, droughts: report
      489 19 NYT [BEIJING] A scientific study has found that the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydropower project, has not contributed to climate change, according to a report by Chinese state news agency Xinhua. The study, published by the Social Sciences Academic
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      Lock icon India must start making its own electronics
      378 19 Reuters [MUMBAI] From chip plants to research parks, India must invest in an electronics manufacturing base to sate the swelling demand for smart phones, laptops, and other gear or risk an import bill larger than for oil, a top adviser to the prime
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Home swaps in Spain getting more popular
      798 20 Move comes in wake of tighter bank credit, high unemployment AFP [MADRID] When Jorge Lucero decided he needed a bigger home for his growing family, he knew it would be tough getting a loan from Spain’s risk-shy banks. So instead of buying, he
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      Lock icon 60 years on and it’s still a MAD, MAD, MAD world
      900 20 AP [SAVANNAH, Georgia] Think of them as the senior class of the “usual gang of idiots”. Or the original MAD men perhaps. There’s Al Jaffee, who at 90 still draws the optical illusion fold-in gags for MAD magazine’s back
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      Lock icon Scam-tainted Olympus may be spared delisting
      574 20 Securities panel may suggest slapping levy, charging execs Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s securities watchdog may recommend that a levy be imposed on Olympus Corp for false financial reports, a source familiar with the case said yesterday, a move which could prevent a delisting of the
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      Lock icon Citi sells EMI for US$4.1b in 2 deals
      428 20 Bloomberg [PARIS] Citigroup agreed to sell EMI Group’s recorded music and publishing businesses in separate transactions for a combined US$4.1 billion. Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group will buy EMI’s record labels, home to Katy Perry and Coldplay, for £1.2 billion (S$2.5 billion),
      Bloomberg  -  428 words
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      Lock icon Bakries-Rothschild mining deal on verge of collapse
      985 21 Indonesian group surprised by British tycoon’s stunning rebuke of CEO Reuters [LONDON] It was supposed to be a union of two legendary business dynasties, one West, one East. Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, the 40-year-old scion of the storied European banking family, forged a deal
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      Lock icon Hamilton wins Abu Dhabi Grand Prix; Vettel retires
      618 21 AFP [ABU DHABI] Lewis Hamilton produced a near-flaw-less performance yesterday when he took full advantage of the early retirement of double world champion Sebastian Vettel to win a sizzling “day-night” Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Driving his McLaren with measured assurance and great
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      Lock icon Gold Coast to host 2018 Commonwealth Games
      428 21 Bloomberg [PERTH] The Australian city of Gold Coast will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games in a win that could boost the economy by A$2 billion (S$2.6 billion), according to the Queensland state government. Gold Coast won 43 votes, beating the Sri Lanka port
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      708 22 AFP [PARIS] President Nicolas Sarkozy is not ready to admit it, but France has begun to fear that it will be next in the markets’ firing line as the debt crisis spreads from Greece and Italy. The ratings agency Standard
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      606 22 AFP [ATHENS] Greece’s new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has held urgent talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the bail-out for his debt-hit country. Both Mr Sarkozy and Ms Merkel underlined the need for Greece to implement the
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      576 23 Lenders to reduce exposure to industry due to low freight rates, debt crisis: Citi Reuters [LONDON] Bank lending to the shipping industry is set to shrink in the coming months as low freight rates and the eurozone crisis will prompt
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      374 23 AFP [HUESCA, Spain] Not a sound in the departure hall, not a single person at the check-in counters: in the north-eastern Spanish city of Huesca a ghost airport awaits its hypothetical passengers. It is an eerie symbol of a crisis-struck country,
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      347 23  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] A growing customer and operator base plus an increasing business volume have prompted Airbus to create a new business unit, Airbus Corporate Jets, to better respond to this part of its business. The Airbus Corporate Jets unit will put together
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      428 23 Reuters [LONDON] Prospects for dry shipping are set to remain poor for two to three years as the sector struggles with a glut of vessels, while crude tankers face more pain in 2012 as economic problems add to supply pressures, Citigroup’s
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      871 24  -  By Debbie Yong NEW RESTAURANT Zaffiro 8 Marina View #01-01 Asia Square Tower 1 Tel: 6636-0589 Opening hours: 11.45 to 2pm and 6.30-10pm IF any new restaurant were to face sky-high expectations, it would probably be Zaffiro. The chic little 60-seater is celebrated Italian chef Giuliano Dacasto’s
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      671 24  -  By Cheah Ui Hoon WHITE TRUFFLE MENUS Da Paolo Il Terrasse Tel: 65-6476-1332 Forlino Tel: 6877-6995 Au Jardin Now open for lunch Tues-Fri and Sun Tel: 6466-8812 RESTAURANTS have started rolling out the menus for white truffles, and the take-up rate for it seems enthusiastic despite
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      8446 25 Week ended: Nov 11 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 11.6 8Telecom 15.5 +2 51 15.5 11.6 11.5 15.5 7.8 3.9 3.2 74.2 9.5 4.1 A-Sonic 4.8 +0.2 177 4.8
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      1668 26 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 34 12.2 t 800 Super 13 -1.2 512 13 12.2 13 13.5 4.7 4.2 5 23.2 5.5 2.5 t AA Grp 3.3 +0.3 20
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      114 26 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.345 +0.015 CapitaLand 2.690 +0.050 CapitaMall 1.760 +0.010 CityDev 10.260 +0.010 ComfortDelGro 1.395 -0.010 DBS Grp 12.640 +0.050 F&N 6.210 +0.120 GLP 1.780 +0.070 Genting SP 1.595 -0.090 Golden Agri 0.660 Stock name Close Change HK Land 4.760 +0.150 JMH 52.890
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      2612 26 Transaction date: Nov 11 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Credit 5.94 unch 0 Aeon Stores 18.00 1.20 2 Angang Steel 5.16 -0.02 ***** Anhui Conch 26.30 -0.20 ***** Anhuiexpresswa 4.51 -0.05 464 Asia Satellite 15.40 0.26 1 Asm Pacific 83.50 1.85 362 Bank Of E Asia 27.35
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      260 26 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 55.5 34 AVJennings A39 +1 20 39 35.5 39 46.5 3.6 9 3.1 101.6 50.5 25.5 Genting HK US$ US28.5 -0.5 ***** 29.5 27.5 28 28.5 1876.6
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      186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 9 3 0 0 0 5 9 3 Manufacturing 55 101 35 10 6 9 65 107 44 Commerce 21 37 10 3 6 3 24 43 13 Tpt/Stor/Comms 10 28 8
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      986 26 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 130 108 ABF SG Bond ETF 116.3 +0.1 84 117 115 115.9 119 530.9 1261 856 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US954 -33 36 992 947 955 964 38.2
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      121 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 68,422 68,422 301,982 301,982 Manufacturing 714,009 26,953 740,962 815,809 258 816,067 Commerce 967,753 13,394 981,147 1,234,549 1,392 1,235,941 Tpt/Stor/Comms 510,753 96,997 607,750 639,370 9,563 648,933 Finance 64,954 64,954 675,205 675,205 Construction 143,128 88,062 231,190 44,083
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 11 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 835.4 1.8 -6.9 1.7 -5.5 2.3 -5.8 EAFE Preliminary 685.2 1.6 -14.5 2.0 -11.7 2.6 -11.9 Europe Preliminary 1021.4 2.3 -12.6
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      128 27 As on 11 November 2011 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METALS GOLD FUT DEC2011 1785.50 1762.50 1788.20 256 SILVER FUT DEC2011 34.700 33.800 34.685 42 CURRENCY AUD-USD FUT DEC2011 1.0133 1.0062 1.0237 2908 EUR-USD FUT DEC2011 1.3794 1.3596 1.3750 7693 GBP-USD FUT
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov 10 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 112.05 -2.11 WTI (Near Mth) 97.66 1.31 Dubai (1-Mth F) 108.09 -0.78 Tapis blend 119.62 -1.54 Minas 114.82 -1.04 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 96.47 -1.42 Jet Kerosene 129.15 -2.10 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      107 27 Nov 11 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 11 1166.00 1158.00 1168.00 1159.25 Jan 12 1175.50 1167.50 1181.00 1168.00 Mar 12 1185.75 1177.25 1190.75 1179.00 May 12 1196.00 1187.00 1201.00 1188.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 11 50.98
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      75 27 Nov 11 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****X 09.02.2012 0.30 1-Year BY*****W 01.11.2012 0.29 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****Z 2.250 01.07.2013 103.44 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 102.48 10-Year NX*****X 2.250 01.06.2021
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      451 27 Nov 11 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec11 99.4150 0 2722 Mar12 99.3150 0 3614 Jun12 99.3000 0 1151 Sep12 99.2800 0 381 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Dec11 99.6750 99.6750 99.6750 99.6750 100 2534 Mar12 99.6700 99.6700 99.6675 99.6725 0 2178 Jun12 99.6750 0 1470
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      161 27 Nov 12 SICOM RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Dec 11 324.0 314.0 323.5 106 372 Jan 12 325.0 316.0 325.5 60 294 Feb 12 328.5 205 Mar 12 333.5 280 Apr 12 339.0 145 May 12
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      69 27 Nov 11 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2144.35 2122.25 3 months 2162.00 2140.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7620.50 7457.25 3 months 7639.00 7476.50 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1970.00 1917.75 3 months 1995.00 1943.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.50 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.50
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      82 27 Nov 11 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 11 1575 1583 1594/1565 Mar 12 1596 1605 1614/1584 May 12 1610 1620 1629/1600 Jul 12 1625 1637 1645/1615 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Nov 11 1802 1780 1802/1801 Jan 12 1850 1837 1869/1830 Mar 12 1887 1875 1902/1868 May 12
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      2151 27 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 2 1 150 45 52.50 30 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 0.2 1 4 27 16.50 3 AlliedTech W*****2 1.7 1 4 24 Ascendas Reit.ES.1111 203 Aztech Grp W*****3 0.4
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      464 27 Nov 11 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.034 6.420 0.743 7.873 50.843 90.929 0.784 11.400 3.184 1.305 87.625 43.820 1.306 8.065 0.918 30.539 31.187 0.636 1.012 Canada 0.967 6.211
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      82 27 Nov 11 (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$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      140 27 Nov 11 GOLD (US$/oz) Nov 11 Nov 10 Hong Kong 1766.00 1768.00 Nov 10 Nov 11 London 1744.55 1775.22 1745.35 1776.22 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Reuters CAST BAR Nov 11 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 78,352.89 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 176 73 5gm 498 365
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      60 27 Nov 11 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Nov 11 3130 3120 3140 3130 16 694 Dec 11 3129 3146 3160 3120 1392 ***** Jan 12 3108 3135 3160 3100 ***** ***** Feb 12 3102 3135
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      21 27 Nov 11 Open High Sett STI Nov 2790 SIMSCI Nov 319.0 319.0 317.0 Taiwan Nov 257.5 261.6 261.5
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      154 27 Nov 11 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3050 1.3071 1.0115 1.0123 Canadian dollar 1.2626 1.2644 0.9786 0.9792 Euro 1.7576 1.7591 1.3623 1.3624 NZ dollar 1.0004 1.0017 0.7754 0.7758 Sterling pound 2.0531 2.0548 1.5913 1.5914
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      22 27 Nov 11 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2902 1.2912 2-months 1.2902 1.2912 3-months 1.2900 1.2910 6-months 1.2881 1.2894 Source: OCBC
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      121 27 As at 9am Nov 11 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.339 1.276 Can dollar 1.292 1.243 Euro 1.788 1.72 Sterling pound 2.095 2.015 NZ dollar 1.031 0.982 US dollar 1.311 1.261 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      154 27 Nov 11 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.02 0.01 1-month 5/16 3/16 2-months 5/16 3/16 3-months 5/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.30 0.20 1 month 0.45 0.25 2 months 0.55 0.35 3 months 0.60 0.40 6 months 0.80 0.60 9 months 0.95 0.75 12
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      694 30  -  Canon’s Ambition Gap Survey reveals that companies with fewer than 200 employees continue to be bullish about their goals and ambitions, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THE second edition of Canon’s Ambition Gap Survey, released last week, shows that small companies with between
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      359 30  -  By VICTORIA HO DOUGLAS Gan is stepping down from his post as chief executive of local startup ShowNearby. In his place, Lilian Seah most recently in the regional management team at Sterling Commerce, a B2B commerce software provider that was acquired by
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      837 30  -  Amazon and Barnes Noble’s new offerings could shake-up the industry COMMENTARY By JOSHUA TOPOLSKY Joshua Topolsky is the founding editor in chief of the Verge (www.theverge.com), a technology news website debuting this fall, and the former editor in chief of Engadget. He
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      253 30  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY CANON has collaborated with Nuance Communications to launch a solution which helps convert hardcopy documents into Excel and Word formats or PDFs, leveraging on cloud infrastructure. Nuance Communications provides speech and imaging solutions and the products. Nuance eCopy Scan-to-Cloud would be a standard
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      780 31  -  It offers switches that promise a 35% drop in total cost of ownership, reports VICTORIA HO DATA centre network flattening is all the rage this year, and Brocade continues to push the trend with its new product line-up, say analysts. Late last week, the
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        41 31 ANDY Cocks is the new chief technology officer (CTO) for Dimension Data Asia-Pacific. This is a newly-created role within the firm. Datacraft was rebranded as Dimension Data in May this year, after it went private.
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        53 31 GAVIO has released its Alchemy portable speaker. It is rechargeable and water-resistant, can be plugged into a 3.5mm jack and will accept music on a MicroSD card. It will retail for $63.90, to be released by the end of the year at most Apple retail outlets
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        47 31 SONY has released a home 4K projector. 4K is four times the resolution of full high-definition streams, and can produce screen sizes of up to 200-inches (diagonally). Sony’s VPL-VW1000ES projector is also capable of 3D screening, and is priced at $31,999.
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        71 31 SONY’S new DFP-WA700 is a 7” photo frame that is capable of connecting to the Internet wirelessly. It allows photos to be retrieved from Facebook or from an e-mail account, providing another way to get photos into the device. It has a 1Gb internal memory
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        36 31 ASUS has announced a tablet with the Nvidia Tegra 3 quadcore processor, the Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The tablet is 8.3mm thick, running Android 3.2 Honeycomb and has an 8 megapixel camera.
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        91 31  -  Compiled by VICTORIA HO SAMSUNG has announced two new smartphones under its Galaxy series, the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note. The Nexus runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and has a display measuring 4.65” with a 1.2Ghz dual core processor. It will be priced at
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