The Business Times, 30 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 Wednesday, November 30,
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  • 787 1  -  Company and CMA taking 50% stake in 21b yuan project By MINDY TAN [SINGAPORE] CapitaLand continues to sink its teeth into China, unveiling a 21.1 billion yuan (S$4.1 billion) mixed-development plan in Chongqing, even as concerns grow over the possibility of a
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  • 787 1  -  Largest-ever technology IPO on the cards next year may value Facebook at US$100b By JOYCE HOOI [SINGAPORE] Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg might be close to clicking “like” on an initial public offering that has been reportedly pegged at US$10 billion the largest ever technology
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  • 141 1 HST INDEX 2,688.10 (-6.33) HST INDEX FUTURES 2,688 (-6) HSIMSCI 305.07 (-1.10) HSIMSCI FUTURES 305.30 (-0.90) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.300 (US$/S$ per 1.550 2.016 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.334 1.734 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 77.90 59.90 RM 3.176 2.443 HK$ 7.793 5.994 BAHT 31.31
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 656 2  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY By in Tokyo ASIA’s exposure to financial fallout from the eurozone crisis is significantly greater than has been suggested up till now. An official of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in Tokyo yesterday that European banks have US$1.6
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    • 1136 2  -  They would buy time at least a year for eurozone to grow out trouble By VIKRAM KHANNA [SINGAPORE] The equity market rallies of the last two days have been widely attributed to healthier-than-expected retail sales during the US Thanksgiving holiday, raising
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    • 54 2 IN the report, “LKY proposes setting up of bilingualism fund” (BT, Nov 29), Chua Thian Poh was mentioned as being the president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry. This is incorrect. He is the SCCCI’s immediate past president. The current president is Teo Siong Seng. We are
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    • 583 2  -  Airline needs Asian alternative for core customer base By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce brushed aside reports that his airline might dump plans to set up a premium carrier based in either Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. Returning from the region
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    • 441 2 Facebook might make US$10b friendship request FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg might be close to clicking “like” on an initial public offering that has been reportedly pegged at US$10 billion the largest ever technology IPO. This values the social networking site at US$100 billion. FRONT PAGE A slice of
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    • 593 4  -  No real impact seen, in reducing SingTel’s subscriber base nor in raising StarHub’s By JOYCE HOOI [SINGAPORE] Even with StarHub’s exclusive rights to the UEFA Euro 2012 in the bag, not much will change the tug-of-war for subscribers between it and SingTel,
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    • 526 4  -  2,364 cases filed with dispute resolution centre as at Aug 31, report shows By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] More than 2,200 disputes involving structured products linked to failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers have been settled in the past year, or are nearing resolution,
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    • 470 4 Move reflects waning confidence over fiscal measures Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US lost its last stable outlook from the three biggest credit ranking companies after Fitch Ratings lowered the nation to “negative” following a congressional committee’s failure to agree on deficit cuts. Fitch’s outlook
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    • 1086 4 thebusinesstimeswww.businesstimes.com.sg SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2011 S$1.00 MICA (P) 121/08/2011 weekend www.businesstimes.com.sg SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2011 S$1.00 MICA (P) 121/08/2011 the raffles conversation CAREER DIPLOMAT BARRYDESKER 12-13 cheap funds Local banks to slash savings ratesDBS Bank, OCBC DBS Bank and UOB will offer amere 0.05 per cent mere come October, even asHSBC and
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 416 6  -  Strong demand due to high initial coupon guidance of 5.5% to 5.7% By SIOW LI SEN GLOBAL Logistic Properties’ benchmark perpetual bond sale is said to be selling like hot cakes and that’s due to the unexpectedly high coupon indication. Yesterday morning, investors were
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    • 301 6  -  By JAMIE LEE By SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) yesterday appointed Chng Lay Chew from DBS Group as its chief financial officer (CFO) after a five-month search. The appointment takes effect on Dec 29. Mr Chng, 54, will also be a member of the
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    • 359 6  -  By CONRAD TAN BIG investors want greater board oversight of hedge funds, with many investors believing that hedge fund boards are more accountable to managers than investors, a new survey has found. But many managers feel their boards are already accountable
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    • 459 6  -  By SIOW LI SEN EMERGING East Asian corporate bonds continue to power ahead despite mounting challenges. Total bonds outstanding in emerging East Asia’s local currency market rose 5.5 per cent on a year-on-year basis and one per cent from a quarter ago
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    • 804 7 Global market volatility, rich valuation weigh on high-yield investment trust Reuters [HONG KONG] PCCW Ltd’s telecoms business spin-off, HKT Trust, was little changed in its trading debut in Hong Kong yesterday as volatility in global markets and a rich valuation weighed on
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 590 8  -  ST Index first tracks Hong Kong’s firmer finish, but ends 6.3 points down as Europe opens in the red STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent HAVING already risen sharply ahead of Western markets on Monday, the Straits Times Index posted a modest but ultimately weak response yesterday
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    • 4 8 DAILY
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    • 66 8 Nov 29 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -790.00 +38.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -52.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -79.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 594.74 -2.32 FTSE ST Small Cap 405.82 -0.82 FTSE ST All Share 645.09 -1.66 FTSE ST China Top 186.07 -1.42 FTSE ST China 220.22 -1.25 FTSE
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    • 186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 7 6 Manufacturing 35 48 45 2 6 4 37 54 49 Commerce 11 20 13 2 5 3 13 25 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 8 19 13
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    • 443 8 Prone to pullback After experiencing a sharp rebound, the stock is trying to trade above the $0.645 area, which coincides with its 200-day EMA. RSI is hovering near the overbought region and could be vulnerable to a pullback. A healthy scenario would be a pullback
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    • 119 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 12,633 12,633 38,846 38,846 Manufacturing 142,253 286,486 428,739 154,237 642 154,879 Commerce 167,773 9,616 177,389 151,888 586 152,474 Tpt/Stor/Comms 93,191 19,672 112,863 133,548 2,180 135,728 Finance 14,354 14,354 131,522 131,522 Construction 80,047 7,171 87,218 23,933
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    • 108 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.270 -0.005 CapitaLand 2.490 -0.040 CapitaMall 1.755 -0.015 CityDev 9.580 -0.070 ComfortDelGro 1.385 DBS Grp 12.250 +0.110 F&N 6.340 +0.160 GLP 1.790 Genting SP 1.500 +0.005 Golden Agri 0.695 HK Land 4.540 +0.040 JMH 49.550 -0.020 JSH 29.030 -0.060 Jardine C&C
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    • 485 8 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [LONDON] The US dollar weakened against all 16 of its major counterparts yesterday as Italy sold bonds and on speculation that euro-area policymakers are nearing agreements on ways to counter the region’s sovereign debt turmoil. The Dollar Index dropped for a second
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    • 55 8 VOLUME Goldtron 282,120,000 Noble Grp 90,393,000 Genting SP 86,603,000 Golden Agri 59,694,000 PSL Hldgs 56,311,000 NexGenSCom 32,094,000 GLP 29,954,000 Memstar 23,779,000 K-Reit R 23,743,000 IEV 21,532,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 130,525,660 Noble Grp 100,963,196 SingTel 56,281,050 GLP 53,795,360 UOB 49,326,970 DBS Grp 48,425,613 Golden Agri 41,612,061 SembMar 35,793,746
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    • 116 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT E50 10US$ 3352 165.1 3.9 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 3890 159.9 3.3 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5180 144.3 2.2 IS S&P500 ***** 132.6 0.9 DBXT Nifty 10US$ 9346 105.3 0.9 DBXT SORA 5SG$ ***** 78.0 0.4 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 3054 75.4 1.9 DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 2883
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    • 123 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN GLD 10US$ *****-109.2 -0.5 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** -90.0 -0.8 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4417 -42.9 -0.7 ShangriLa Asia 1354 -39.0 -14.7 Goodpack W*****0 70 -33.0 -32.0 PSL Hldgs 30.5 -12.5 -29.1 IS MSCI India 100 538 -11.7 -1.6 Star Hub 282 -9.0
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 456 10  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA BANK Sarasin’s expansion in Asia is expected to get the thumbs-up from its new parent Safra Group, which just last week agreed to acquire the private bank from Rabobank. Safra Group will acquire a majority holding in Bank Sarasin Co
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    • 559 10  -  Retailer to spend $70m to open 8 new stores in S’pore, 38 in M’sia By KENNETH LIM FURNITURE and electronics retailer Courts Asia could raise capital to enter a third South-east Asian market even as it embarks on an ambitious expansion plan in
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    • 383 10  -  It has begun supporting Dairy Farm’s supply chain By CONRAD TAN DBS Group has started a supplier financing programme with Dairy Farm Singapore designed to make the retail group’s supply chain more efficient, the bank said yesterday. The bank is also about to launch similar
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    • 225 10  -  By TEH SHI NING EZRA Holdings has broken into the fast-growing South American offshore market with its latest contract wins. Its offshore services division, EMAS Marine, has won a new charter and charter renewals, worth US$231 million in all, from national oil companies
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 42 10 SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) signed a tailored support package (TSP) contract with Airbus to maintain Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) additional fleet of 15 A330-300 aircraft being acquired from Airbus. SIA will receive delivery of the A330-300s from 2013.
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      • 65 10 CAPITAMALLS Asia (CMA) is donating more than $500,000 to nearly 19,000 underprivileged children in Singapore, China, Malaysia, Japan and India under its annual “My Schoolbag” programme. Under the programme, schoolbags containing school and daily necessities are given to the children. The programme is funded
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      • 86 10 ASIATRAVEL.COM Holdings has sunk into the red for the financial year ended Sept 30, 2011, posting a net loss of $1.6 million attributable to equity-holders, against a net profit of $1.63 million for the preceding financial year. The online travel agency’s 24.7 per cent increase in
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      • 57 10 CITY Developments Ltd’s subsidiary, Millennium Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited, has increased its investment in an associate company by US$30 million, giving it a 34 per cent stake in First Sponsor Capital. The additional investment will allow First Sponsor to purchase a land
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      • 45 10 MANHATTAN Resources said Ho Soo Ching, its chief executive officer and managing director, has tendered his resignation. Mr Ho’s responsibility will be assumed by Low Yi Ngo, a non-executive director and son of Low Tuck Kwong, a controlling shareholder of Manhattan.
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      • 68 10 AEM Holdings, which is on the Singapore Exchange’s watch-list, yesterday announced that David Goh would step down as CEO and director from Jan 1, 2012. Mr Goh will stay as special adviser to the company until March 31, 2012. Albert Ng will take over as
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      • 71 10 LIAN Beng Group said that its wholly owned unit LS Construction has won contracts worth $13.2 million in total from the Housing Development Board for proposed building works in Tampines, and another $84.5 million contract from Lian Beng-Centurion Mandai (LBCM) to erect a 10-storey ramp-up
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    • 281 10  -  By UMA SHANKARI WEE Hur Holdings has been awarded a $159.3 million public housing building contract from the Housing Development Board (HDB). The group’s construction arm Wee Hur Construction will build eight residential blocks, a basement car park and communal facilities such
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 468 11  -  He encourages businesses to tap the government’s risk-sharing schemes By TEH SHI NING SINGAPORE must continue to invest in research and development and while the private sector now accounts for 60 per cent of national R&D spending, there is room for businesses
      NG SOR LUAN/THE STRAITS TIMES  -  468 words
    • 418 11  -  By DOLLY CHIA A MERCER survey ranked Singapore the eighth safest city and among the top 25 cities in the world with the highest quality of life. Vienna ranked highest for quality of living and Luxembourg was ranked the safest. Baghdad on the
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    • 264 11  -  By UMA SHANKARI KNG Group put in the top bid of $48.1 million or $114 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr) for a 30-year leasehold industrial site along Soon Lee Street at the close of the state tender yesterday. The
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    • 415 11  -  This comes in wake of Fukushima nuclear disaster By LEE U-WEN THE topic of nuclear safety will be discussed among world leaders when they meet in Seoul next March for the biennial Nuclear Security Summit (NSS). This after the Eminent Persons
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    • 402 11  -  By MINDY TAN THREE residential sites, expected to yield up to 1,830 housing units, were launched for sale by public tender by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and the Housing and Development Board (HDB) yesterday. The three 99-year leasehold land parcels, which
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    • 292 11  -  By UMA SHANKARI THE occupancy level for JTC Corp’s ready-built facilities (RBF) climbed to 97.5 per cent in the third quarter, from 97 per cent in Q2, after the industrial landlord divested 15 blocks of flatted factory space in August. Occupancy climbed even
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 561 12 In a positive sign, retail sales rise 1.9%, more than economists’ 0.7% forecast Bloomberg AFP [TOKYO] Japan’s jobless rate surged by more than any of 29 economists predicted, adding pressure on the central bank to expand stimulus as Europe’s debt crisis deepens
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    • 515 12 Working group to identify, assess ways to strengthen ties Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States and the European Union took a step towards launching bilateral trade talks to help create jobs on both sides of the Atlantic by capitalising on already strong economic ties.
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    • 294 12 Reuters [CANBERRA] Global uncertainty over the European debt crisis has forced Australia to cut its economic growth and revenue forecasts and to outline new spending cuts so the government can honour a promise to return the budget to surplus by mid
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    • 358 12 AFP [JAKARTA] Growth in South-east Asia’s six major economies is expected to slow through 2016, the OECD said yesterday, urging them to find new growth drivers as the key US and European export markets are stuck in crisis. In its outlook for
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    • 420 12 Bills signed include fair trade, monopoly regulations, local taxes AP Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea’s president yesterday signed a slew of laws needed to implement the country’s free trade deal with the US, amid growing protests denouncing the accord at home. President Lee Myung
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 521 13 Inflows on track to top last year’s; after strong H1 growth, pace slows in Q3 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's foreign direct investment (FDI) for the first nine months this year jumped 42 per cent from a year ago and the full year number
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    • 455 13 Group’s march fails to stop Parliament from approving Bill AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Hundreds of Malaysian lawyers staged a rare protest march yesterday demanding that the government abandon plans for a law that will forbid street rallies. The protest led by Malaysia’s main grouping
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    • 264 13 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesia is likely to see growth of 6.3 per cent this year below the government’s estimate of 6.5 per cent. “The world economy’s downturn caused by the euro debt crisis and US fiscal policy crisis may exacerbate Indonesia’s economy,” OECD deputy
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  • INDIA
    • 673 14 Opposition parties and Singh’s allies want to roll back changes Reuters AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to break an impasse yesterday, with opposition parties and his own political allies demanding a rollback of a reform allowing foreign supermarket
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    • 511 14 Swap traders see central bank easing interest rates as economic growth slows Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Reserve Bank of India governor Duvvuri Subbarao may reverse Asia’s steepest increase in interest rates in the coming year as the third largest developing economy slows, money market indicators
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 403 15  -  Insurer plans to sell 358.4m new shares in HK in price range HK$28.20-HK$34.33 By FREDERICK YEUNG EJ Insight [HONG KONG] New China Life Insurance, one of the leading insurers in China, is seeking to raise up to US$2.3 billion in
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    • 565 15 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Goldman Sachs Group Inc said that clients should exit a bet that Hong Kong-listed companies in China will gain as UBS AG and Citigroup Inc cut growth forecasts for the world’s second-biggest economy. “We are closing our recommended long position in
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    • 488 15 AP [BEIJING] The world should get ready for a new Made-in-China product vaccines. China’s vaccine makers are gearing up over the next few years to push exports in a move that should lower the cost of life-saving immunisations for the world’s
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  • WORLD
    • 576 16 They are reaping asset-sale offers as European banks trim their balance sheets Reuters [TOKYO] More and more financial industry executives are finding themselves out of jobs as the global economy lurches into a slowdown; but for bankers in charge of overseas
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    • 440 16 Govt has to borrow more and extend spending cuts Bloomberg [LONDON] Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said that UK economic growth will be slower than forecast this year and next, forcing the government to borrow more and extend spending cuts
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    • 106 16 [GREENWICH] Dancers from the English National Ballet posing for a photo shoot at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, near London, to mark the launch of Dance GB, the dance event of 2012. The English National Ballet, National Dance Company Wales and Scottish Ballet are joining
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    • 518 16 Bloomberg [BOSTON] Stock pickers in the US have suffered half a trillion dollars in withdrawals since they started losing ground to index-tracking funds five years ago. Now, active bond-fund managers are starting to feel the heat. Passive funds won 39 per cent
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    • 483 16 This month’s losses in bonds pare gains for the year to 2.9% Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Corporate bonds are poised for their biggest losses since the aftermath of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc’s failure as Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis drags down returns for banks and
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    • 545 16 Banking hopefuls who used to be wooed now face wrath of their peers NYT [NEW HAVEN] College students seeking jobs on Wall Street have always had hurdles to overcome gruelling applications, endless rounds of interviews and fierce competition for the relatively few available
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    • 731 17 Internet giant’s board likely to assess possibility of minority investment Reuters [NEW YORK] Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) is interested in buying the US operations of Yahoo Inc, breaking away from other bidders that are for now eyeing either a minority stake or
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    • 431 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] AOL Inc chief executive Tim Armstrong remains committed to keeping the company independent and is not looking at Yahoo’s assets even as AOL’s larger rivals seek to consolidate. Mr Armstrong said during Reuters’ Global Media Summit on Monday that AOL has
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    • 351 17  -  By LEE U-WEN THAI Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra still busy dealing with her country’s worst floods in 50 years was hospitalised yesterday morning due to food poisoning. The 44-year-old was admitted to Praram 9 Hospital in downtown Bangkok after suffering from diarrhoea, which
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    • 592 18 He rejects US$285m Citigroup accord, citing public interest in learning the truth Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The Securities and Exchange Commission’s policy of letting financial institutions settle enforcement actions without admitting liability was challenged by a judge who rejected its US$285 million Citigroup Inc
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    • 554 18 Rep Barney Frank, serving his 16th term, won’t seek re-election Bloo mberg [WASHINGTON] US Representative Barney Frank, co-author of the biggest rewrite of Wall Street rules since the Great Depression, will retire instead of seeking another term after Massachusetts re-shapes his congressional district. Mr
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    • 518 18 AP [NEW YORK] US shoppers seem to be just as enthusiastic about shopping on their computers and smartphones on Cyber Monday as they are about finding deals over the weekend. Online sales on Cyber Monday which were started in 2005 by
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    • 387 18 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US Senate Democrats are proposing to use a 3.25 per cent surtax on income over US$1 million to pay for extending and expanding a payroll tax cut, setting up a test vote as early as this week. If Congress doesn’t
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    • 293 18 Bloomberg [RIO DE JANEIRO] Vale SA, the world’s largest iron-ore producer, plans to invest US$21.4 billion on mining projects in 2012 after failing to meet spending targets this year. The Rio de Janei-ro-based company will invest US$12.95 billion on project
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    • 589 19 Desperate bid to save euro under way even as Italy’s borrowing rates rise AP [BRUSSELS] The 17 finance ministers of the countries that use the euro converged on EU headquarters yesterday in a desperate bid to save their currency and to protect Europe,
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    • 405 19 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Consumer confidence climbed in November by the most in more than eight years as Americans grew more upbeat about employment and income prospects. The Conference Board’s index increased to 56 from a revised 40.9 reading in October, the
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    • 599 19 Reuters [JOHANNESBURG] Europe’s banks stepped up efforts to raise funds and offload business in far-flung places as Bank of Ireland sold a parcel of project finance loans and Credit Agricole said it will quit South Africa. European lenders are expected to ditch up
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    • 454 19 Move to reflect potential removal of govt support Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Moody’s Investors Service said that it’s considering lowering debt ratings for banks in 15 European nations to reflect the potential removal of government support. All subordinated, jun-ior-subordinated and Tier-3 debt ratings
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    • 570 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese bankers whose firm helped Olympus Corp conceal losses by channelling inflated fees on a 2008 takeover through offshore funds are operating in Hong Kong, where they have run a web of shelf companies and rented luxury apartments for at least
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    • 223 18 RAFFLES CONVERSATIONS 2011 EDITION The diverse experiences of some of the most influential thinkers, corporate chiefs and social activists of the age THOMAS ARASI “Once a property such as this (Marina Bay Sands) opens, we hope we won’t close for the next 200 years. We are a living, breathing organism.”
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    • 781 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 QUIETLY, without much notice, the world’s population crept past the seven billion mark on Oct 31, according to the United Nations. The
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    • 951 20  -  In a slowdown, firms and their auditors will find themselves doing more, not less By ONG PANG THYE The writer is head of audit at KPMG in Singapore. The views expressed are his own WITH the year-end financial reporting season just
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    • 973 21  -  By HUGO DIXON REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS IT IS fashionable for pundits outside Germany to lambast its government, the Bundesbank and the European Central Bank (ECB) for being inflexible or stupid or both. Can’t they see that all that’s needed is for the ECB
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    • 353 21  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mano Sabnani THE annual general meeting of Beyonics Technology held on Nov 29 was a tumultuous and sad affair. It started with shareholders scrambling to beat the rush-hour crowd to get to the faraway venue in Tuas by 9am. And it
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    • 420 21  -  Simon Ho CEO CapitaMall Trust Management Ltd Manager of CapitaMall Trust WE refer to the commentary, “The Reit Myth Busted”, by Ms Teh Hooi Ling (BT, Nov 26). Similar to other stocks listed on the Singapore Exchange, the performance of Reits should be
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    • 1125 22  -  IMO does well to commend courageous action, reminding us all what ‘going to sea’ can sometimes involve STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES LAST week, IMO secretarygeneral Efthimios Mitropoulos presented Seog Hae-gyun, master of the chemical tanker Samho Jewelry, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional
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    • 339 22 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] MISC Bhd, South-east Asia’s largest shipping line by market value, intends to sell its 16 owned container vessels within about six months as it exits unprofitable cargobox operations. The prices for the ships will depend on market conditions, the Kuala Lumpurbased
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    • 373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 28 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 795.0 3.0 -11.4 2.2 -10.2 3.3 -11.4 EAFE Preliminary 657.9 2.9 -17.9 2.4 -16.4 3.4 -17.6 Europe Preliminary 976.6 3.7 -16.4
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    • 77 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov 28 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 108.52 2.05 WTI (Near Mth) 97.72 0.95 Dubai (1-Mth F) 106.45 1.66 Tapis blend 116.67 2.69 Minas 113.57 2.69 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 94.78 0.72 Jet Kerosene 125.04 -0.16 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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    • 107 27 Nov 28 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 12 1121.00 1106.25 1127.25 1114.00 Mar 12 1131.00 1115.75 1136.25 1122.50 May 12 1140.75 1124.50 1145.25 1132.75 Jul 12 1150.00 1133.00 1155.25 1141.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 11 48.91
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    • 75 27 Nov 29 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****V 01.03.2012 0.32 0.25 0.25 1-Year BY*****W 01.11.2012 0.31 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****Z 2.250 01.07.2013 103.24 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 102.39 10-Year NX*****X
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    • 448 27 Nov 29 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec11 99.3875 0 3256 Mar12 99.2350 0 3491 Jun12 99.1950 0 1201 Sep12 99.1800 0 550 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Dec11 99.6650 0 3632 Mar12 99.6550 26 1937 Jun12 99.6575 0 1440 Sep12 99.6550 0 711 Dec12 99.6600
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    • 149 27 As on 28 November 2011 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METALS GOLD FUT DEC2011 1708.20 1703.90 1710.90 2 SILVER FUT DEC2011 31.735 31.670 32.165 2 GOLD FUT FEB2012 1723.90 1708.10 1714.60 68 SILVER FUT MAR2012 31.965 31.935 32.245 2 CURRENCY AUD-USD FUT
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    • 164 27 Nov 29 SICOM RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Dec 11 328.0 320.0 324.5 43 468 Jan 12 329.0 329.0 329.0 10 338 Feb 12 335.5 203 Mar 12 344.0 344.0 342.7 3 297 Apr 12 346.0
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    • 71 27 Nov 28 Nov 28 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2017.25 1981.75 3 months 2026.00 1992.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7471.00 7206.00 3 months 7495.00 7230.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2003.75 1982.50 3 months 2025.00 2004.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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    • 82 27 Nov 28 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 11 1488 1509 1521/1485 Mar 12 1516 1536 1550/1513 May 12 1532 1551 1562/1530 Jul 12 1548 1568 1577/1546 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Nov 11 1913 1890 1970/1970 Jan 12 1915 1891 1996/1896 Mar 12 1952 1928 2030/1935 May 12
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    • 464 27 Nov 29 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.029 6.341 0.746 7.750 51.716 91.489 0.775 11.394 3.158 1.315 87.641 43.378 1.293 8.301 0.916 30.224 31.136 0.641 0.994 Canada 0.972 6.164
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    • 82 27 Nov 29 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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    • 137 27 Nov 29 GOLD (US$/oz) Nov 28 Nov 29 Hong Kong 1715.00 1708.00 Nov 25 Nov 28 London 1691.05 1713.35 1692.25 1714.35 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Nov 29 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 76,644.10 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 172 71 5gm 487 357 10gm 871
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