The Business Times, 9 October 2012
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Title Section25 2012-10-09 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sp!l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 074/08/2012 Tuesday, October 9, 201225 words
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942 2012-10-09 1 MINDY TAN - Developers sanguine about mortgage curbs, consultants see more tightening ahead By MINDY TAN [SINGAPORE] Bank and property stocks fell yesterday as the market weighed the possibility following last week’s mortgage curbs that the government was prepared to step in with more measures942 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article65 2012-10-09 1 HST INDEX 3,076.65 (-31.22) HST INDEX FUTURES 3,076.00 (-32.00) HSIMSCI 351.27 (-2.96) HSIMSCI FUTURES 351.50 (-3.00) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.231 (US$/S$ per 1.609 1.979 EURO (US$/S$/€) 1.297 1.596 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 78.30 63.70 RM 3.067 2.492 HK$ 7.753 6.300 BAHT 30.65 24.91 RUPIAH65 words
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Article49 2012-10-09 1 Monday Change KL COMP 1,660.22 -0.01 NIKKEI 225 8,863.30 +38.71 HANG SENG 20,824.56 -187.82 SET INDEX 1,304.71 -6.64 JAKARTA COMP 4,268.23 -43.08 MANILA COMP 5,434.13 -5.71 SEOUL COMP 1,981.89 -13.28 SHENZHEN B 573.74 +0.32 MUMBAI IND 18,708.98 -229.48 12 noon EDT Change DOW 13,575.21 -34.94 NASDAQ 3,113.46 -22.7349 words
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Article16 2012-10-09 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONGKONG 5.00 INDONESIA 14.355 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 Source; Bloomberg16 words
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Article, Illustration761 2012-10-09 1 EMILYN YAP - Strong interest in fixed income to continue, says the fund manager By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s Fullerton Fund Management, which manages assets of some $10 billion, is looking to double the size of its portfolio over the next five years. The Asia-focusedPHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN - 761 words
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Advertisement223 2012-10-09 1 LAWSUIT Ex-Tisch Asia president takes NYU to court PAGE 4 PRODUCTIVITY MATTERS Food manufacturing: Portals to a world of new tastes PAGE 15 PROPERTY Volume of transactions in Good Class Bungalow Areas down in Q3 page 4 SME Inc Helping SMEs manage excess cash PAGE 14 **********04 TUDOR GRANTOUR CHRONO223 words
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TOP STORIES
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631 2012-10-09 2 ANTHONY ROWLEY - World Bank says growth in East Asia and Pacific will slow to 7.2% this year By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE World Bank yesterday added its voice to a chorus of warnings that global economic growth, including that in Asia, is slowing faster than631 words
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652 2012-10-09 2 Sunny results deviate from last week’s gloomy official data Reuters [BEIJING] China’s services sector rebounded in September after its growth hit a one-year low in August, according to a private sector survey yesterday that follows last week’s much more gloomy official assessment. The HSBC servicesReuters - 652 words
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Article, Illustration810 2012-10-09 2 S JAYASANKARAN - Finance Ministry did not point out any omissions or errors By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur FORMER prime minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday told the High Court in the criminal trial of his former transport minister Ling Liong Sik that he810 words
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Article433 2012-10-09 2 Prospect of further cooling measures weighs on market BANK and property stocks fell yesterday in Singapore as the market weighed the possibility that the government was prepared to step in with more measures to check property prices. Developers were largely sanguine about the potential impact of such measures433 words
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Article, Illustration1201 2012-10-09 4 KALPANA RASHIWALA - Lull expected to persist until next year, says a major GCB agent By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] The volume of deals in Good Class Bungalow Areas (GCBAs) slipped in the third quarter, based on a preliminary analysis of caveats by CBRE Research. Between July1,201 words
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Article, Illustration895 2012-10-09 4 LYNN KAN - She wants to clear her name and get her job back, among other things By LYNN KAN [SINGAPORE] Pari Sara Shirazi, the former president of Singapore-based arts campus Tisch Asia, has filed a lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court against Newcourt.’THE BUSINESS TIMES FILE PHOTO - 895 words
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828 2012-10-09 4 ROB CURRAN - Market prefers a Democrat in White House with a Republican Congress: study US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION By ROB CURRAN THE winner of the presidential election may not matter as much for the stock market’s performance next year as the results of another 2012 political828 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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872 2012-10-09 5 KENNETH LIM - Commodities likely to remain depressed, banks seen facing pressure By KENNETH LIM REAL estate investment trusts (Reits) will get special attention in the third-quar-ter corporate reporting season amid expectations for a lacklustre set of results, analysts said. “I think all eyes872 words
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620 2012-10-09 8 ANDREA SOH - Reporting extended to CEOs who are not directors, interests in foreign firms on SGX By ANDREA SOH THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced a new regulatory regime to streamline and enhance the disclosure of interests in listed companies, with reporting obligations620 words
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473 2012-10-09 8 JOYCE HOOI - Revaluation part of preparation for offer circular By JOYCE HOOI A REVALUATION of some real estate assets owned by Fraser and Neave (F&N) has revealed a surplus of about $498 million, its board announced yesterday. This revaluation is part of preparations for the offeree473 words
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Article, Illustration419 2012-10-09 8 DBS Group Holdings yesterday held its board meeting for the first time in Taiwan a move that underscores the importance of the market to the bank. The meeting brought together nearly 30 DBS board directors and top executives from key Asian markets, DBS said.419 words
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202 2012-10-09 8 CHINESE shipbuilder JES International Holdings has marked its expansion into the offshore support vessel (OSV) market with a new order for a UT 755 LN platform support vessel. The contract for an undisclosed sum came from a new Norwegian customer through wholly-owned JES202 words
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Article310 2012-10-09 8 ShareInvestor A SUBSIDIARY OF Sfh Hu An Cable Qualifies Yet Again As High Tech Enterprise And Is Among The First 5% To Earn Qualification SGX Mainboard-listed Hu An Cable Holdings Ltd., one of the top 10 wire and cable manufacturers in the PRC, has once again attained310 words
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678 2012-10-09 10 NISHA RAMCHANDANI - Four cornerstone investors taking up 44%; 8.9m shares open to the public By NISHA RAMCHANDANI RETAILER Courts Asia has launched its initial public offering (IPO) for a mainboard listing, with 178 million shares priced at 77 cents each. This is the678 words
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372 2012-10-09 10 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Directors of Bumi Plc, the Londontraded Indonesian coal venture founded by Nathaniel Rothschild, are scheduled to meet in Singapore this week as the company probes affiliate company PT Bumi Resources. “Our people are going up there,” Kenneth Allan,Bloomberg - 372 words
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Article, Illustration437 2012-10-09 10 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan Banking Bhd, Malaysia’s biggest lender, raised 3.66 billion ringgit (S$ 1.47 billion) in the biggest share sale by a South-east Asian bank in three years. The lender sold 412 million new shares at 8.88 ringgit each to localBloomberg - 437 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration614 2012-10-09 6 R SIVANITHY - Also taking its toll on the market was the plunge in Europe opening STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent WEAKNESS in Hong Kong that led to a 0.9 per cent drop in the Hang Seng Index, pressure on property and bank counters because ofSource: Bloomberg - 614 words
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Article64 2012-10-09 6 Oct 8 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -101.00-118.00 BT CADI -*****.00-212.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -10.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 745.21 -3.73 FTSE ST Small Cap 492.91 -6.64 FTSE ST All Share 751.92 -7.09 FTSE ST China Top 202.38 -1.66 FTSE ST China 220.30 -1.51 FTSE ST Catalist64 words
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Article186 2012-10-09 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 15 1 0 0 0 1 15 1 Manufacturing 43 63 39 7 6 7 50 69 46 Commerce 9 41 14 2 7 2 11 48 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 4 28 3186 words
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Article, Illustration964 2012-10-09 6 KENNETH LIM - Compiled by KENNETH LIM Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust Oct 8 close: S$1.525 Maybank Kim Eng, Oct 8 AS a result of Phase 1 AEI (asset enhancement initiatives) work, which started in June, we expect revenue from Suntec Mall to slide from S$103 million in FY11 to S$86Source: Bloomberg - 964 words
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Article123 2012-10-09 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 10,955 10,955 43,522 43,522 Manufacturing 345,040 58,476 403,516 207,860 1,264 209,124 Commerce 182,181 4,505 186,686 110,067 327 110,393 Tpt/Stor/Comms 100,089 55,072 155,161 155,024 18,598 173,622 Finance 21,771 966 22,737 175,018 416 175,435 Construction 102,038 3,980123 words
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Article111 2012-10-09 6 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.650 -0.005 CapitaLand 3.190 -0.110 CapitaMall 2.050 CityDev 11.670 -0.280 ComfortDelGro 1.695 -0.015 DBS Grp 14.250 -0.210 F&N 8.880 GLP 2.520 +0.020 Genting SP 1.345 -0.015 Golden Agri 0.635 -0.010 HK Land 6.050 -0.030 IHH Healthcare 1.280 JMH 60.210 -1.790 JSH111 words
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Article, Illustration590 2012-10-09 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The dollar and the safe-ha ven yen rose yesterday on concerns about the outlook for the global economy and company earnings, recouping losses from the previous session that followed strong US jobs data. Investors were cautious as the third-quarter earningsReuters; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG - 590 words
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Article59 2012-10-09 6 VOLUME Transcu Grp 439,778,000 Viz Branz 72,938,000 Sky One 53,094,000 Golden Agri 49,233,000 Thai Beverage 40,435,000 Ntegrator 31,715,000 Xpress 31,314,000 Aussino 31,302,000 GSH Corp 26,760,000 IPCO Intl 26,750,000 VALUE($) DBS Grp 99,574,984 SingTel 73,814,615 Viz Branz 53,564,185 CapitaLand 45,199,510 UOB 34,454,436 Noble Grp 31,953,480 Golden Agri 31,515,81059 words
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Article112 2012-10-09 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2040 28.3 1.1 DBXT E50 10US$ 3824 24.6 0.5 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 3473 18.5 0.4 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 ***** 16.0 0.2 Lyxor Malaysia 10US$ 959 9.8 0.8 IS LC 1-3Y 100US$ 1018 8.6 0.7 Luye Pharma 127.5 8.0 6.7 CIMBAsean40112 words
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Article126 2012-10-09 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN JMH 6021 -220.3 -2.9 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -219.0 -1.6 GLD 10US$ ***** -196.9 -0.9 DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** -112.0 -0.3 JSH 3620 -92.3 -2.0 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5818 -59.1 -0.8 Jardine C&C 5275 -51.0 -1.0 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1943 -45.5 -1.9 Great Eastern 1660126 words
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Advertisement1373 2012-10-09 11 INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING NOW OPEN COURTS Courts Asia Limited (Company Registration Number: *****1347K) (Incorporated in Singapore on 18 January 2010) HOW? at no 0l n ONE OF THE LEADING ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS, IT PRODUCTS AND FURNITURE RETAILERS IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA Courts Asia Limited is offering 60,000,000 new Shares and Singapore1,373 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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854 2012-10-09 12 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - Singapore Book Publishers’ Association moves to take popular local titles digital By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SO you’ve got your newfangled tablet with a great e-book reader built-in and yet you can’t find some local stuff to read on it, like perhaps your favourite Singapore854 words
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480 2012-10-09 12 ZEINAB YUSUF SAIWALLA - By ZEINAB YUSUF SAIWALLA SINGAPORE is home to the largest proportion of wealthy expatriates of any country and is the choice place to be in the region if expats are seeking to become wealthier, according to HSBC’s Expat Explorer survey released yesterday.480 words
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425 2012-10-09 12 LEE U-WEN - By LEE U-WEN ASIA’S first news-training facility opens its doors this Saturday at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Called Newsplex Asia, the $500,000 centre, housed at NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, is a tie-up between the university425 words
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Article, Illustration170 2012-10-09 12 CHUANG PECK MING - By CHUANG PECK MING in Wellington, New Zealand THEY shook hands warmly like old friends. Indeed, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his New Zealand counterpart John Key reaffirmed the warm and long-standing ties between their two countries, including that in the area of defence cooperation,PHOTO KEVIN LIM/THE STRAITS TIMES - 170 words
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Article, Illustration723 2012-10-09 12 LEE U-WEN - By LEE U-WEN THE labour movement has made the correct decision to fire an employee of theirs who posted offensive comments about Malay weddings on her Facebook page, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. “Fortunately, the person723 words
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SME Inc
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Article, Illustration903 2012-10-09 14 LEE MEIXIAN - Bond funds offer higher yields, better liquidity and tax savings compared to fixed deposits, reportsLEE MEIXIAN LEE MEIXIAN This article is also accessible on BTInvest. com LACK of access to finance and timely credit as well as escalating costs are often cited as the primary903 words
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Article, Illustration936 2012-10-09 14 MARCUS LEE - Engage SMU profs MARCUS LEE Marcus Lee is an Assistant Professor of Marketing (Practice) at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. He is also the Academic Director for the Institute of Service Excellence at SMU (ISES). Q: Manpower, Efficiency,PHOTO: FILE PHOTO - 936 words
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Advertisement193 2012-10-09 14 Have an interesting story on an SME to share? Drop us a note on why you think the company should be featured in our weekly SME INC pages, with details such as how the company has grown and its expansion plans. Send your e-mail to Felda Chay at feldac@sph.com.sg with193 words
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PRODUCTIVITY MATTERS
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Article, Illustration927 2012-10-09 15 MINDY TAN - KH Roberts, a producer of food flavours and colours, leverages on IT to move ahead, reports MINDY TAN reportsMINDY FOOD MANUFACTURING MINDY TAN INFORMATION technology is in our blood, says Samuel Chen, chief operating officer at KH Roberts Group, on the bold stepsPHOTO: ARTHUR LEE - 927 words
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Article322 2012-10-09 15 LEGEND SCHEME WHAT YOU GET WHO TO CONTACT Businesses can enjoy 400% tax deduction and/or a cash payout of up to $60,000 for their spending across six types of productivity improvement activities. Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) Innovation and Capability Voucher (ICV) SMEs can get a $5,000322 words
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Article, Illustration870 2012-10-09 15 MINDY TAN - By MINDY TAN EVEN as other companies expand along the supply chain in an effort to reap economies of scale, CS Tay Foods finds that focusing on its core business is working in the company’s favour. The company, which is best knownPHOTO: ARTHUR LEE - 870 words
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MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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522 2012-10-09 16 Net purchases hit RM1.3b last month while major local investors unload [KUALA LUMPUR] Foreign investors continued to buy into Malaysian stocks in September, continuing the strong upward charge of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index (FBM KLCI) which has reached its record all-time522 words
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275 2012-10-09 16 [KUALA LUMPUR] AirAsia Bhd, Asia’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC), remains coy about a move to KLIA2, the new LCC terminal due to be completed in seven months. AirAsia Malaysia chief executive Aireen Omar said the decision will be based on whether the275 words
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Article, Illustration547 2012-10-09 16 Reuters I[SINGAPORE] When Hong Kong-listed G-Resources Ltd opened its US$1 billion Indonesian gold mine in July, six months behind schedule, it had high hopes it would be hitting its annual output target of 250,000 ounces by next year. Less than three months later, the companyReuters; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG - 547 words
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GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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Article, Illustration633 2012-10-09 17 US govt urged not to use gear from the two firms due to espionage concerns AP [WASHINGTON] American companies should avoid doing business with China’s two leading technology firms because they pose a national security threat to the United States, theAP; PHOTOS: REUTERS - 633 words
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379 2012-10-09 17 Consumer spending shifting to leisure activities Reuters [HONG KONG] China’s retail sales growth slowed during the Golden Week break, but demand was better than expected, and a raft of other data helped provide a snapshot of increasingly important sources of demand in theReuters - 379 words
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285 2012-10-09 17 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India will unveil a “credible and feasible” fiscal consolidation path for the next five years, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said yesterday, days after a government panel said the economy was on the edge of a fiscal precipice. A slowing economy hasReuters - 285 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration494 2012-10-09 18 Foreign trade data beats forecasts and is likely to cushion slowdown in Q3 Reuters [BERLIN] German exports rose unexpectedly in August, underscoring the continued resilience of Europe’s largest and traditionally export-oriented economy despite the eurozone crisis and suggesting a third-quarter slowdown may beReuters; PHOTO:REUTERS - 494 words
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836 2012-10-09 18 Revival outside mining hampered by high Aussie dollar Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia faces a gathering threat to its 21-year run of recessionfree growth that will likely require the central bank to cut interest rates to record lows and keep them there for some time, ifReuters - 836 words
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WORLD
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481 2012-10-09 19 ESM’s first task will be to lend to Spain for recapitalisation of its banking sector AFP Reuters [BRUSSELS] Eurozone finance ministers launched their 500 billion euro (S$797 billion) permanent bailout fund yesterday, putting in place a major defence against the debt crisis thatAFP; Reuters - 481 words
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Article, Illustration534 2012-10-09 19 They find that adult cells can be turned back into stem cells Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Scientists from Britain and Japan shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine yesterday for the discovery that adult cells can be reprogrammed back into stem cells which can turn intoReuters - 534 words
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317 2012-10-09 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] UnitedHealth Group Inc said that it would buy a 90 per cent stake in Amil Participacoes SA, Brazil’s largest health insurer and hospital operator, for US$4.9 billion, tapping into a fast-growing private healthcare market as challenges mount for its USReuters - 317 words
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Article, Illustration767 2012-10-09 21 Govt to seal deals with foreign firms to raise oil output and tap gas reserves Reuters [CARACAS] President Hugo Chavez’s re-election on Sunday means Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA will remain highly politicised and will continue its discount supply deals withReuters; PHOTO: AFP - 767 words
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384 2012-10-09 21 Bulk of loans made to serve controlling groups’ businesses Bloomberg [HANOI] Vietnam’s central bank vowed to crack down on violations stemming from small groups of shareholders who control Vietnamese banks, calling them the “biggest obstacle” to reforming the financial system. “Interest groups” have emergedBloomberg - 384 words
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Article, Illustration590 2012-10-09 22 It lacks experience of managing strategic stockpiles, says Chatham House Bloomberg [LONDON] Asia, the world’s fastest-growing oil-consum-ing market, faces a growing risk of supply disruption because the region lacks the experience of managing strategic stockpiles, according to Chatham House. Asia’s oilBloomberg; PHOTO: REUTERS - 590 words
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Article, Illustration509 2012-10-09 22 LEE U-WEN - Key consideration may be transition of infrastructure By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] The curtain may have long fallen on the London Olympics and Paralympics widely lauded as one of the best Games in history but there are still concerns that the UK will miss509 words
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Article, Illustration590 2012-10-09 22 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co and Honda Motor Co plan to slash production in China by roughly half, the Nikkei newspaper reported yesterday, as a territorial row between the two countries cuts sales of Japanese cars in the world’sReuters; PHOTO: REUTERS - 590 words
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225 2012-10-09 22 Reuters [SUZUKA] McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton triggered a fresh Twitter storm yesterday by wrongly accusing Formula One team mate and compatriot Jenson Button of disrespect by “unfollowing” him on the social media site. Hamilton, leaving for Mercedes at the end of the season, was beatenReuters - 225 words
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Article, Illustration975 2012-10-09 23 Tradeworx program to give agency first real-time window into stock market NYT [RED BANK, New Jersey] As billions of shares course through the stock market each day, investors rely on the government to keep up with Wall Street’s rap-id-fire traders. But inNYT; PHOTO: AP - 975 words
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541 2012-10-09 23 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine President Benigno Aquino’s deal with Muslim rebels provides the best chance since 2008 to extinguish a four-decade insurgency that has killed up to 200,000 people and attract investors deterred by violence to the mineral-rich south. “It adds to the positive momentumBloomberg - 541 words
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Advertisement2967 2012-10-09 20 ASL MARINE HOLDINGS LTD. (Incorporated In The Republic Of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****8542N NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twelfth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Jurong Country Club, 9 Science Centre Road, Singapore *****8 on Thursday, 25 October 20122,967 words
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EDITORIAL & OPINION
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484 2012-10-09 26 EDITORIAL SO Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney scored an edge over President Barack Obama in their first debate last week, while Mr Obama subsequently regained advantage when the United States jobless rate fell to 7.8 per cent. The race for the White House484 words
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Article, Illustration759 2012-10-09 26 J BRADFORD DELONG - THE BOTTOM LINE J BRADFORD DELONG J Bradford DeLong, a former deputy assistant secretary of the US Treasury, is Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a research associate at the National Bureau for Economic Research. THE759 words
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Article, Illustration895 2012-10-09 26 PAUL KRUGMAN - The employment data do suggest an economy that is slowly healing PAUL KRUGMAN The writer is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2008 IF anyone had doubts about the madnessPHOTO: AFP - 895 words
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Article, Illustration1678 2012-10-09 27 MAK YUEN TEEN - Or are other factors at play in the effort to remove existing directors at a Grand Banks Yachts EGM tomorrow? By MAK YUEN TEEN The writer is associate professor at the NUS Business School, where he teaches corporate governance and ethics TOMORROW, Grand Banks Yachts (GBY) isFILE PHOTO - 1,678 words
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Article, Illustration577 2012-10-09 27 GILLIAN A MILOVANOVIC - KP certification scheme must keep pace with changing world By GILLIAN A MILOVANOVIC Gillian A Milovanovic is a US diplomat and serves as the KP chair ALMOST a decade ago, the con-sensus-based Kimberley Process (KP) certification scheme established minimum requirements forPHOTO: BLOOMBERG - 577 words
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AVIATION/SHIPPING
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Article, Illustration329 2012-10-09 28 LYNN KAN - Second container terminal will add 1.8m TEU capacity to Dammam port By LYNN KAN PSA International has started construction on its first port infrastructure project in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Groundbreaking for this second container terminal in the King Abdul Aziz Port took329 words
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481 2012-10-09 28 Reuters [PARIS] The World Trade Organization (WTO) has asked the European Union (EU) to hand over documents on the funding of the Airbus A350 in a potential sharpening of a transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies, a US source familiar withReuters - 481 words
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Article, Illustration363 2012-10-09 28 LYNN KAN - By LYNN KAN WHAT will greet the 12,000 expected visitors at the door of the luxury yacht show Boat Asia next April will not be a superyacht. Instead, they will lay their eyes on the sleek lines of a McLaren supercar. McLaren willPHOTO: BLOOMBERG - 363 words
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Article, Illustration868 2012-10-09 28 Political wrangling continues ahead of imminent deadline AFP [PARIS] Political wrangling between Germany, France and Britain has entered a critical phase ahead of an imminent deadline for a merger of EADS and BAE to create the world’s top aerospace and arms group. Talks haveAFP; PHOTO: REUTERS - 868 words
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463 2012-10-09 28 Cargoes are deteriorating amid spat with govt Reuters [LONDON] Up to 150,000 tonnes of refined sugar is marooned and deteriorating off Iraq’s main cargo port, Umm Qasr, over a trade spat with the government, as the country struggles to untangle bureaucratic turmoilReuters - 463 words
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1962 2012-10-09 29 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com UEN NO. *****3249E UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE n GLOBAL SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE CONVENTIONAL, BREAKBULK PROJECT Destination1,962 words
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Advertisement26 2012-10-09 28 Profits down for highway operators Toll collection takes 20byuan hit during China's Golden Week during China's Golden Week To subscribe, call 6388-3838 or go to sphsubscription.com.sg26 words
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Page 28 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous375 2012-10-09 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Writing for a foreign film implied accepting sex (8) 5 To sing and dance about a 5-0 rout is heartless (6) 9 It’s common sense there’s a purpose in feeling sick (8) 10 Copper approaching end of tether with hardly any time to be indoors (6)375 words
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Advertisement34 2012-10-09 29 PLACE YOUR AD HERE The Business Times Shippii g Times CALL JOE WON G AT 9620 1327 FREIGHT FORWARDER urgently needed by shippers Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? II34 words
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Advertisement28 2012-10-09 29 Experienced ship maintenance Myou y r services services wanted, hereinthe Shipping Times? TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WONG AT 9620 1327 THE BUSINESS TIMES ML UUJII'JLJJ IIIVILJ Shipping Times28 words
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SINGAPORE STOCKS
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Article2939 2012-10-09 30 Transaction date: Oct 8 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote (’000) High Low Buyer Seller 148.5 92.5 AIMSAMPIReit 145 -2.5 4512,939 words
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Article184 2012-10-09 31 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last Vol 4.6 1.3 t Advanced System 2 unch 894 2 2 2 2.1 26.5 Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M184 words
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Article8261 2012-10-09 31 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd 1.01/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Asian Locality SD Bond 0.9805/ EM local Ccy Bond European Opportunities!** Global Emerging Markets!8,261 words
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Article202 2012-10-09 31 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 39.5 25.5 AVJennings A31.5 +0.5 14 31.5 31.5 31.5 37.5 3.6 11.1 2.5 82 41.5 26 Genting HK US$ US32 unch 4090 32 31.5 31.5 32 2107202 words
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Article983 2012-10-09 31 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company 128.5 120.4 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 128.5 126.2 127.1 103.8 95.8 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US103.8 102.5 103.3 10.9 1323 1246 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1321 7983 words
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FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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Article623 2012-10-09 32 Oct 8 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT 8850.29 8880.23 8805.79 Dec12 8865.00 8940.00 8815.00 8845.00 ***** *****5 Mar13 8855.00 43 1162 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 274.75 274.75 271.26 Oct12 274.30 275.90 270.90 271.80 ***** *****8 Nov12 273.90 273.90 271.00 271.80623 words
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373 2012-10-09 32 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 5 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 931.9 0.5 12.3 0.5 7.0 0.6 13.1 EAFE Preliminary 737.4 0.8 8.1 0.9 3.5 1.0 9.4 Europe Preliminary 1123.6 1.1 9.5373 words
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Article, Illustration103 2012-10-09 32 As on 5 October 2012 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METAL GOLD FUT DEC2012 1795.20 1775.90 1780.60 61 INDIA GOLD (E-GOLD) FUT DEC2012 599.95 594.20 596.75 469 CURRENCY EUR-USD FUT DEC2012 1.3050 1.3007 1.3043 1016 BASE METAL COPPER FUT DEC2012 8382 8316103 words
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Article107 2012-10-09 32 Oct 5 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 12 1551.50 1551.50 1569.50 1544.50 Jan 13 1551.00 1551.00 1569.00 1544.25 Mar 13 1513.00 1518.50 1531.25 1510.25 May 13 1460.50 1470.00 1477.25 1457.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 12 50.76107 words
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Article70 2012-10-09 32 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct 05 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 110.79 1.74 WTI (Near Mth) 89.84 -1.76 Dubai (1-Mth F) 108.14 2.57 Tapis blend 116.79 3.15 Minas 111.94 3.15 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 104.78 3.45 Jet Kerosene 131.3 3.24 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket70 words
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Article22 2012-10-09 32 Oct 8 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2305 1.2307 2-months 1.2305 1.2307 3-months 1.2305 1.2307 6-months 1.2301 1.2304 Source: OCBC22 words
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Article64 2012-10-09 32 Oct 5 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2085.00 2087.50 3 months 2110.00 2120.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 8295.00 8295.50 3 months 8295.00 8300.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2279.75 2282.00 3 months 2288.00 2290.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin(US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.0064 words
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Article80 2012-10-09 32 Oct 5 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 12 1525 1532 1543/1523 Mar 13 1532 1538 1549/1530 May 13 1541 1548 1565/1539 Jul 13 1549 1555 1562/1547 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Nov 12 2095 2152 2153/2092 Jan 13 2113 2161 2167/2110 Mar 13 2126 2170 2179/2123 May 13 213780 words
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889 2012-10-09 32 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 4 1 146 488 6.38 19 Conv Ratio Baker Technology Ltd W*****6 1 1 32 2 32.50 1 Price Best World Intl Ltd W*****5 0.3 1 30 80889 words
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Article470 2012-10-09 32 Oct 8 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.996 6.390 0.784 7.884 53.080 97.520 0.797 11.308 3.119 1.245 97.134 42.173 1.251 8.948 0.949 29.790 31.170 0.632 1.017 Canada 1.004 6.416470 words
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Article60 2012-10-09 32 Oct 8 (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$) 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Mid rates60 words
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Article138 2012-10-09 32 GOLD(US$/oz) Oct 08 Oct 05 Hong Kong 1776.40 1796.70 Oct 05 Oct 04 London 1785.10 1791.39 1785.85 1792.20 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Oct 08 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 157 70 5gm 447 350 10gm 798138 words
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Article88 2012-10-09 32 Oct 8 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****F 10-Jan-13 0.27 6-Month BS*****W 04-Apr-13 0.29 1-Year BY*****T 02-May-13 0.28 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0N 0.25 01-Oct-14 102.11 5-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 108.788 words
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Article57 2012-10-09 32 Oct 8 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 12 2260.0 2248.0 2260.0 2225.0 278 2106 Nov 12 2334.0 2334.0 2363.0 2311.0 1588 9905 Dec 12 2403.0 2415.0 2446.0 2361.0 ***** ***** Jan 13 2468.0 2480.057 words
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Article154 2012-10-09 32 Oct 8 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2510 1.2519 1.0167 1.0172 Canadian dollar 1.2561 1.2568 1.0212 1.0208 Euro 1.5962 1.5966 1.2972 1.2973 NZ dollar 1.0045 1.0052 0.8163 0.8168 Sterling pound 1.9790 1.9800 1.6083 1.6088154 words
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Article154 2012-10-09 32 Oct 8 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.02 0.01 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.01 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.35 0.20 2 months 0.45 0.25 3 months 0.50 0.30 6 months 0.75 0.55 9 months 0.90 0.70 12154 words
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Article121 2012-10-09 32 As at 9am Oct 08 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.279 1.219 Can dollar 1.287 1.226 Euro 1.636 1.559 Sterling pound 2.019 1.942 NZ dollar 1.035 0.986 US dollar 1.246 1.199 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign121 words
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PROPERTY
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Article, Illustration992 2012-10-09 33 MINDY TAN - However, city continues to face a mismatch in housing supply versus demand By MINDY TAN THE widening differential between capital values of the property assets has resulted in a clear acceleration of offices in London being converted to other uses. Specifically, some 511,000 square992 words
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414 2012-10-09 33 Bloomberg [LONDON] Norway’s US$650 billion sovereign wealth fund bought a 50 per cent stake in the Meadowhall Shopping Centre in northern England for £348 million (S$686.6 million), its second UK acquisition. The fund purchased the stake from London Stamford PropertyBloomberg - 414 words
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Article, Illustration845 2012-10-09 34 HK developers face competition from mainland for workers, materials Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong builders face increases of more than 10 per cent a year in construction costs because of competition for workers and materials from projects in China, accordingBloomberg; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG - 845 words
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457 2012-10-09 34 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China’s new home prices rose for a fourth month as a rebound in property sales eased developers’ funding woes, according to SouFun Holdings Ltd. Prices in September climbed 0.17 per cent from August to 8,753 yuan (S$1,712) per square metre, theBloomberg - 457 words
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Article, Illustration466 2012-10-09 35 ZEINAB YUSUF SAIWALLA - Though vacancies fell, recovery is not likely soon due to new supply coming By ZEINAB YUSUF SAIWALLA EVEN as vacancies improved in the prime office market in the last quarter, rentals continued their downward trend, suggesting that recovery is unlikely in the near466 words
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129 2012-10-09 35 Reuters [BEIJING] China will add five billion yuan (S$973.6 million) of funding to help build public housing projects and revamp shanty towns, the finance ministry said in a statement yesterday. The move is the latest sign of renewed central government efforts toReuters - 129 words
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189 2012-10-09 35 TWO adjacent sites totalling 45,155 sq ft of sprawling freehold land in the Chee Hoon Avenue Good Class Bungalow Area in the Dunearn/Adam Road location have come on the market. The District 11 property is being marketed by property agency189 words
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Advertisement73 2012-10-09 33 Freehold Site in District 11 For Landed Housing Development Exclusive Bukit Tunggal GCBA Chancery neighourhood Site Area 9,696.3 sm (104,370 sf) Within 1 km to ACS (Barker) Near Mt. Pleasant Station on proposed Thomson Line Near shopping medical hub in Novena Not To Scale. For Reference Only Tender Closing: Tuesday,73 words
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Advertisement68 2012-10-09 33 For Sale By Tender Freehold Industrial Building •Off Upper Paya Lebar Road •Site Area approx 23,381 sq ft •Gross Floor Area approx 62,375 sq ft •Zoned ‘Business 1’, Plot Ratio 2.5 •Short walk to Tai Seng MRT Station •With basement carpark lots Tender Closing: Thursday, 18 October 2012, 3 pm68 words
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Advertisement189 2012-10-09 33 Regus Work your way 10 flexible office locations in Singapore Fully equipped and work-ready Terms to suit any size of business New centre open in Market Street Find out more about our fully equipped offices... www.regus.com.sg 1 800 622 1563 FOR SALE BY EXPRESSION OF INTEREST L. ■K M I189 words
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Advertisement429 2012-10-09 35 u NUS National University of Singapore Bridging Real Estate Capital Markets REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO RISK MANAGEMENT 19-23 November 2012 OVERVIEW Real estate securities offer investors an indirect route to take equity and debt interests in real estate. Moreover, to minimise risks, investment theory asserts that investors need to diversify. This429 words
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TIES THAT THRIVE
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Article, Illustration1437 2012-10-09 36 TEH HOOI LING - Set up in 1804, Schroders is a UK-listed company but more than 70% of its revenues come from outside the UK, reports TEH HOOI LING reportsTEH TEH HOOI LING SCHRODERS started globalising its operations way way before the word was even coined by HarvardPHOTO: ARTHUR LEE - 1,437 words
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