The Business Times, 17 April 2014

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 085/08/2013 Thursday, April 17, 2014
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  • Article
    Lock icon Value hunters move from developed to emerging markets
    1213 1  -  Rebound inevitable after intense selldown, observers say, but certain risks remain BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg @Hao><iangCaiBT [SINGAPORE] Markets never trade according to plan; this year was no exception. The US and Japan, two of the world’s biggest markets tipped to continue doing
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    Lock icon China Q1 growth slows but analysts unfazed
    635 1  -  Figure of 7.4% y-o-y still slightly above estimates, seen as good for reforms By VIRGINIE MANGIN in Beijing CHINA’S economy grew 7.4 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, the slowest pace of expansion since the third quarter of 2012. However, Q1’s growth
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      65 1 GST INDEX 3,253.20 (+6.88) GST INDEX FUTURES 3,225.00 (+7.00) GSIMSCI 368.51 (+0.93) GSIMSCI FUTURES 365.90 (+0.90) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.252 (US$/S$ per 1.677 2.098 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.384 1.733 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 102.20 81.70 RM 3.240 2.588 HK$ 7.755 6.196 BAHT 32.28 25.79 RUPIAH
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      48 1 Wednesday Change KL COMP 1,845.37 -8.51 NIKKEI 225 14,417.68 +420.87 HANG SENG 22,696.01 +24.75 SET INDEX 1,401.84 +12.68 JAKARTA COMP 4,873.01 +2.80 MANILA COMP 6,671.18 +49.52 SEOUL COMP 1,992.21 -0.06 SHENZHEN B 846.22 +1.16 MUMBAI IND 22,277.23 -207.70 12noon EDT Change DOW 16,374.53 +111.97 NASDAQ 4,066.78 +32.62
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      23 1 SINGAPORE 5.35 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA JAPAN TAIWAN KOREA JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 SWITZERLAND 0.50 INDIA 3.25 Source: Bloomberg
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      123 1 WTA SINGAPORE $16.90 to see top women’s tennis players in action PAGE 11 PROPERTY KOP said to be in due diligence on Prudential Tower PAGE 35 COMPANIES T+3 settlement period should remain: remisiers PAGE 7 HOCK LOCK SIEW The high stakes of high-speed trading PAGE 6 MASTER TOURBILLON DUALTIME. Jaeger-LeCoultre
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon StarHub first to announce end to free 4G promotion
      369 2  -  Promotional price of $2.14 a month from June; 2 other telcos reviewing charges By JOYCE HOOI joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT [SINGAPORE] StarHub has become the first telco to bite the 4G bullet, saying on Tuesday that it will start charging mobile subscribers $2.14
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      Lock icon Asia fund managers step closer to offering cross-border funds
      451 2  -  6 nations are part of the Asia Region Funds Passport BY SIOW LI SEN |isen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT [SINGAPORE] Asian fund managers are a step nearer to being able to offer cross-border funds. Singapore, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines and Thailand
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      459 2 Value hunters switching to emerging markets THE US and Japanese markets are both in negative territory in 2014. Meanwhile, the unloved markets of yesteryear are making a comeback. FRONT PAGE China’s Q1 growth slows but analysts unfazed CHINA’S Q1 GDP grew 7.4 per cent, the slowest growth since
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      Lock icon China firm buys Danga Bay land for RM600m
      498 4  -  Developer to start work on its venture with IWH by Dec By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur SHRUGGING off concerns of a softer property market and looming oversupply, China’s Greenland Group yesterday inked an agreement with Iskandar Waterfront Holdings (IWH) to acquire
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      Lock icon Singapore is most attractive destination for FDI in region
      676 4  -  NZ, HK take 2nd, 3rd spots in Asia Pacific Investment Climate Index for 2014 By MALMINDERJIT SINGH msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT [SINGAPORE] The Republic is still the most attractive destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region despite the tightening of its
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      Lock icon Maybank suggests that ailing MAS be taken private
      480 4  -  Move could cost major shareholder Khazanah RM1.18b By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN investment bank has suggested that beleaguered national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) be taken private given the impoverishment of its oversold stock. In a research note yesterday, Maybank
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      460 5 QXVascular QT Vascular Ltd. (Company Registration No. *****5911K) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 6 March 2013) Initial Public Offering QT Vascular Ltd. (“QTV”) is engaged in the design, assembly and distribution of advanced therapeutic solutions for the minimally invasive treatment of complex vascular diseases. QTV collaborates with industry
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon High speeds, high stakes
      773 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT IN June, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) will enjoy a boost in liquidity as lowered fees and new discounts and rebates entice market makers and high-speed traders to set up shop here. That’s the plan, at least. But depending
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      Lock icon Quek Leng Chan boost for Ezion
      460 6  -  By ANITA GABRIEL anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT THIS would be a chestthumping moment for Ezion Holdings, a listed offshore marine services firm, which will soon count veteran businessman Quek Leng Chan as its second top shareholder. Who would doubt having a seasoned corporate bigwig among big
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      Lock icon Ezion raising $194m from share placement
      272 6  -  By VIVIEN SHIAO By vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT TWO companies linked to Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan are pumping a total of $194 million into Ezion Holdings through share subscriptions for a combined 7.7 per cent stake in the enlarged capital of the liftboat developer and
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      Lock icon Keppel Corp posts 5.1% drop in Q1 net profit
      466 6  -  By MALMINDERJIT SINGH msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT KEPPEL Corporation yesterday reported a 5.1 per cent decrease in net profit to $338.7 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014, compared to $357 million a year ago. Excluding one-off gains from the reversal
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      Lock icon T+3 settlement period should remain: remisiers
      572 7  -  They also ask MAS, SGX to require collateral only for big trades By R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Society of Remisiers (SOR) has asked the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to retain the present settlement period of T+3 and
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      Lock icon Cambridge trust’s Q1 DPU rises to 1.251¢
      484 7  -  Gain achieved amid drop in turnover, net property income By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT CAMBRIDGE Industrial Trust (CIT) has posted a distribution per unit of 1.251 cents for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014, a 1.4 per cent increase from 1.234 cents
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      Lock icon QT Vascular plans to raise $55m in Catalist IPO
      297 7  -  By KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT MEDICAL device maker QT Vascular is aiming to raise $55 million in what is so far the largest initial public offering on Catalist this year. The offer is by way of placement, with 196.4 million new
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      Lock icon Pteris director explains call for EGM on RTO deal
      388 8  -  Winston Tan says he cannot afford to wait for Q3 EGM to evaluate RTO deal B y JAIRA KOH jairakoh@sph.com.sg DISSENTING Pteris Global director Winston Tan said his requisition to remove five of his fellow board members is necessary as it
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      Lock icon Sabana Reit’s DPU falls 22% to 1.88¢ in Q1
      263 8  -  By MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT SABANA Shari’ah Compliant Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Sabana Reit’s) distribution per unit (DPU) fell 22 per cent to 1.88 cents per unit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014, from 2.41 cents a year
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      Lock icon CapitaLand acquiring another 80% stake in CBKH
      357 8  -  The stake is currently held by a China development fund managed by the developer By LYNETTE KHOO lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT CAPITALAND is acquiring another 80 per cent interest in CapitaLand (Beijing) Kai Heng Holdings Pte Ltd (CBKH) that it does not already own from
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon GLP leases more space to smartphone maker
        61 8 GLOBAL Logistic Properties Limited (GLP) has leased 34,000 square metres of space to a “leading smartphone manufacturer” at GLP parks in six cities across China. “The customer is an existing GLP customer and is leasing more space to service rising domestic demand for
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        Lock icon Natural Cool selling property for $26.5m
        145 8 NATURAL Cool Holdings Limited is selling its property at 20 Benoi Crescent for about $26.5 million through its wholly owned unit, Natural Cool Investments Pte Ltd. The group is expected to make a net gain of about $6.15 million on the proposed sale. On
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      32 6 Needs room flat? IT t ''J If you're looking to buy or rent an HDB apartment, turn to the Print Classified Properties section. To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289 9988.
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      113 7 Net Profit US$0.7 billion up by 13.7% on March 2013 668 587 551 469 348 278 Q C/D P March March March March March March 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Assets US$125.9 billion up by 20.6% on March 2013 125.9 104.4 85.5 66.7 50.3 38.6 Q C/D P
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      55 8 Congratulations to Datuk Lim Hong Tat Group Head, Community Financial Services Chief Executive Officer, Maybank Singapore for being named Retail Banker of the Year 2014 By The Asian Banker! A well-deserved award. Today we salute you for your outstanding success and remarkable achievements. Sam Goi Best Wishes from: Gilbert Ee
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      20 8 Hire pest control specialists or publicise your services in CLASS 116 To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289 9988
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI gains for third consecutive day
      633 10  -  Index rises 6.88 points to end at 3,253.2, its highest close in about seven months STOCKS R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Senior Correspondent TUESDAY’S momentum in blue chips carried on into yesterday’s trading, sending the Straits Times Index up 6.88 points to 3,253.2, a third
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      77 10 Apr 16 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 95.00 +80.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +59.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +10.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 746.69 +5.29 FTSE ST Small Cap 548.50 +2.13 FTSE ST All Share 789.43 +2.43 FTSE ST China Top 201.88 +1.85 FTSE ST China 230.19 +1.19 FTSE
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 7 1 0 0 0 8 7 1 Manufacturing 47 45 49 4 10 8 51 55 57 Commerce 23 20 16 3 4 4 26 24 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 20 17 5
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      911 10  -  Compiled by TEH SHI NING Keppel Land April 16 close: $3.49 CIMB Research, April 16 THERE were no surprises in KepLand’s results Q1 14 core EPS was 24 per cent of our full-year forecast and consensus. Development sales in China and Singapore were soft in the quarter. Given
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 10 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 26,920 26,920 73,123 73,123 Manufacturing 340,453 50,932 391,385 136,900 2,881 139,781 Commerce 189,875 168,934 358,809 136,721 10,269 146,991 Tpt/Stor/Comms 118,769 1,980 120,749 131,832 221 132,053 Finance 17,834 747 18,581 140,331 211 140,543 Construction 40,127 135,703
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      123 10 Stock name Close Change CapitaLand 3.130 +0.020 CapitaMall Trust 1.990 +0.005 CapitaMalls Asia 2.190 CityDev 10.37 +0.060 ComfortDelGro 2.020 -0.010 DBS Grp 16.84 +0.100 Genting Sing 1.320 Global Logistic 2.700 +0.040 Golden Agri-Res 0.605 +0.015 HPH Trust USD 0.675 +0.010 HongkongLand USD 6.880 -0.050 JMH 400
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      Lock icon Yen falls on Japan minister’s pension fund comments
      569 10 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The yen fell against the dollar and the euro yesterday, hit by comments by Japan’s finance minister that traders took as a sign of future buying of Tokyo stocks by its state pension fund. The sterling, on the other
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 10 VOLUME Albedo 124,719,000 Charisma Energy 112,727,000 HanKore Env 106,298,000 SunMoon Food 72,102,000 Noble 62,071,000 CapitaMalls Asia 55,156,000 Golden Agri-Res 51,695,000 LionGold 49,865,000 Compact Metal 45,516,000 Biosensors 28,793,000 VALUE($) CapitaMalls Asia 121,023,165 Noble 79,377,120 DBS Grp 62,063,060 Global Logistic 58,638,755 SingTel 58,234,498 CapitaLand 41,935,440 UOB 38,543,580 CapitaCom Trust
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      116 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** 310.4 1.4 SPDR DJIA 10US$ ***** 247.8 1.2 DBXT iBoxxSvEu 5US$ ***** 205.2 0.6 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4346 107.6 2.0 DBXT EONIA 5US$ ***** 86.4 0.4 DBS.ES.1404 1684 84.0 5.3 Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 8957 77.6 0.7 DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 4632 72.6
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      132 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN IS DJ US Tech 8789 -113.9 -1.0 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -110.1 -0.8 GLD 10US$ ***** -85.1 -0.5 DBXT AUDCS 5US$ ***** -76.3 -0.3 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2757 -62.6 -1.8 Jardine C&C 4692 -58.0 -1.2 DBXT AUDCS 5SG$ ***** -48.0 -0.2 DBXT S&P Short 10US$
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Cooling measures hit Prince Charles Cres tender
      695 11  -  Bids for 99-year residential site much lower than those for its neighbour By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT YESTERDAY’S tender close was a story of two plots side by side, sold two years apart one in the 2012 property boom and the other after
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      Lock icon $16.90 to see top women’s tennis players in action
      543 11  -  SPORTS By LEE U-WEN leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT IT will cost as little as $16.90 for a ticket to catch the world’s top women’s tennis players in action here this October. The first details about tickets to the first BNP Paribas Women’s Tennis
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      Lock icon Fewer M&A plans here in near term: report
      330 11  -  BY. KELLY TAY ke||ytay@sph.com.sg @Ke||yTayBT FEWER Singapore businesses have merger and acquisition (M&A) plans in the next three years than they did a year ago, said Grant Thornton in its International Business Report released yesterday. More than a quarter (27 per cent)
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      Lock icon 130 teams to compete at DBS Marina Regatta
      305 11  -  By LEE U-WEN leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT SINGAPORE’S biggest water festival, the DBS Marina Regatta, is coming back for a third instalment next month, with a prize purse of $195,000 up for grabs. DBS, which first organised the event in 2012, announced yesterday that
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      Lock icon Look further afield for productivity ideas
      345 11  -  By SHEENA TAN tsheena@sph.com.sg COMPANIES looking to raise their productivity may do well to copy ideas from outside their industry, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan said yesterday. He made this point at the “Getting Real with Productivity” forum,
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      Lock icon Education financing under-planned: survey
      353 11  -  By LISABELLE TAN lisatan@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN parents are under-plan-ning the financing of their children’s schooling, even though education is highly valued here, a survey has found. HSBC’s The Value of Education: Springboard for Success survey studied more than 4,500 parents in 15 countries and territories on their
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      Lock icon Poll: About 50% intend to buy a car in two years
      477 11  -  By KARA QUEK karaquek@sph.com.sg THE high COE (Certificate of Entitlement) prices don’t seem to have diminished Singaporeans’ aspirations, according to a poll by market research group Nielsen with nearly 50 per cent intending to acquire a car in the
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia may ease monetary policy in 2015
      779 12 Inflationary pressures are easing after interest rates were raised last year Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia will have a chance to ease monetary policy next year as inflation slows, after maintaining a tight stance this year, Bank Indonesia deputy governor Halim Alamsyah said. Inflationary pressures
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      Lock icon CIMB anxious about AEC implementation
      497 12 [KUALA LUMPUR] CIMB Group Holdings managing director and chief executive Nazir Razak said the financial group is a little anxious over the implementation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) despite the group already being very “strongly aligned to the AEC vision”. “We still lack clarity
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      Lock icon Indonesian cocoa imports set to jump on plans to abolish tax
      336 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Cocoa purchases by Indonesia, the thirdbiggest grower, will probably increase four-fold to a record this year as the government plans to scrap an import tax, according to the country’s grinders association. Shipments may reach 120,000 metric tons
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      945 12 Keppel Corporation Limited Co Reg No: *****0351N (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) First Quarter 2014 Financial Statement 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 The Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the first quarter ended 31 March
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  • CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon India’s CPI rises 8.31% in March
      530 13 Quicker pace puts pressure on RBI to keep interest rates elevated Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India’s consum-er-price inflation quickened in March for the first t i me i n f our mon t h s putting pressure on the cenputting pressure on the central bank to
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      Lock icon ‘Entrusted loan’ defaults on the rise in China
      396 13 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Chinese companies that have lent money to other companies are facing a potential wave of defaults, with several listed firms already reporting missed loan repayments. Shipbuilder Sainty Marine Corp on Tuesday became the latest listed firm to report that it
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      Lock icon Thousands strike at China shoe factory
      254 13 AFP [BEIJING] Tens of thousands of workers were on strike yesterday at a factory in southern China which makes shoes for Nike and Adidas, rights groups and a worker said. More than 30,000 employees at the Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) factory in Dongguan city
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      Lock icon Alibaba profit soars ahead of US IPO
      304 13 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Alibaba Group Holding accelerated revenue growth in the crucial fourth quarter, the company reported on Tuesday, a timely lift for the company as it prepares for a highly anticipated public offering. Alibaba’s resurgence helped lift shares in Yahoo Inc, which
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  • S SPECIAL LUXURY LIVING
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      Lock icon A touch of class
      839 14 / 15  -  Add luxe to your home with artisan sofas, 3D carpets and lifestyle kitchens By MIKE LEE “YOU don’t buy luxury to enter a community, but to set yourself apart from others,” says Mr Francois-Henri Pinault, chief executive of luxury and sports lifestyle group Kering. It is
      PHOTOS: DANOVEL, MING & QING, KITCHEN CULTURE, MERONI, NOBEL DESIGN, THE BEAR KNOWS, XZQT  -  839 words
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      Lock icon Designer fabrics
      666 16  -  Use refined textiles for your sofa to give it an elegant feel By TEO KUAN YEE DISCERNING home owners are going for textured fabrics that liven up their cosy nooks and luxe it up. And choices are aplenty, from smooth velvets and suede, to light and airy cotton,
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      Lock icon Bring style to the table
      606 17  -  Go beyond functionality for a dining table to suit all occasions By JOSEPH LIM IF YOU love to entertain at home, investing in a practical dining table should be high on your agenda. But is practicality all there is to a good dining table? The
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      Lock icon Table matters
      241 17 Choice picks from three showrooms Shop smart Five things to note before you buy a dining table: nConsider your space: Is it rectangular, round or square? Think about whether there’s room for an extendable feature for your table. nThink about the number of guests you usually entertain before
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  • WORLD
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      776 18 Analysts warn that their thriftiness could be holding back global growth AFP [TOKYO] Impatient shareholders are calling on the world’s top firms to start spending some of the eyepopping US$2.8 trillion in cash built up since the financial crisis, as analysts
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      810 18 They are seeking to protect livelihoods amid rising inflation Bloomberg [TOKYO] Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s success in stoking inflation is changing the way 63-year-old Tokyo housewife Ritsuko Ueda manages her savings. Ms Ueda is one of thousands of ordinary Japanese trying to
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      817 18 Stocks rise as Abe’s policies put spotlight on greater ROE Reuters [TOKYO] Some Japanese Internet companies are getting a boost from foreign investors as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushes for an elusive strength his country’s firms are not known for high returns. Overseas long-term
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      684 19 Its Q1 results offer hope that its turnaround strategy may be working WP [WASHINGTON] Yahoo showed small, but encouraging signs of growth, reporting better than expected first-quarter results and offering hope that chief executive Marissa Mayer’s turnaround strategy may be working. The tech giant
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      428 19 Reu ters [LONDON] Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco said it saw no let-up in sight as it posted a 6 per cent fall in annual profit, its second straight year of decline, piling pressure on chief executive Phil Clarke. The group, the world’s No.
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank looking to sell its loss-making Las Vegas resort
      528 19 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Deutsche Bank is in talks with potential buyers of its Cosmopolitan resort in Las Vegas as it tries to end a six-year, money-losing venture into casino development, sources said. Germany’s largest bank is seeking more than US$2
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      Lock icon Australia miners scramble to raise iron ore output for China market
      660 20 Beijing’s collateral crackdown seen pressuring prices Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian miners are racing ahead with plans to expand iron ore production to capture more of the Chinese market for the steelmaking ingredient, amid strong competition from the world’s biggest supplier,
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      Lock icon Tight US job market prompts higher pay
      808 20 Businesses are also increasing hours for current employees and adding benefits Bloomb erg [ATLANTA] To hire 10 to 15 project coordinators this year, Sabre Commercial Inc has boosted pay 10 per cent and added a 401(k) retirement plan. “It is an employee’s market,”
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      Lock icon Diverse demands making US market more complex: SEC
      367 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] A desire by investors for more investment products contributes to excessive complexity in the US stock market, the US securities regulator in charge of analysing the stock market’s structure said on Tuesday. The argument that some market participants are
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      552 22 Increase indicates factories recovered after a weatherdepressed start to the year LATEST US DATA Bloom berg Reuters [WASHINGTON] Industrial production rose more than forecast last month after a February gain that was twice as big as previously estimated, indicating US factories recovered after a
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      Lock icon BOA in red with US$6b mortgage dispute costs
      579 22 It reports Q1 loss of US$276m but CEO says operations yielded solid results Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bank of America, the second-biggest US lender, swung to a loss as the company booked US$6 billion of costs tied to mortgage disputes. The first-quarter loss
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      Lock icon Mt Gox gives up plan for revival
      257 22 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mt Gox, the bitcoin exchange that collapsed in February, gave up on a plan to revive itself, dealing a setback to creditors seeking the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars in the virtual currency. “There are no prospects for the
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    • BRIEFING
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        Lock icon UK jobless rate drops to 5-year low in Feb
        148 22 Bloomberg [LONDON] Britain’s unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low in February, underscoring the strength of the economic recovery and raising the prospect of a debate among Bank of England officials about whether to raise interest rates. The jobless rate, measured
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        149 22 Reuters [ATHENS] Greece’s economy will stabilise this year after a six-year recession and may manage a small expansion, think tank IOBE said yesterday, projecting that unemployment will ease by one percentage point to 26 per cent. The Athens-based research institute also said Greece’s return
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        Lock icon Rivals flex muscles on streets of east Ukraine
        85 22 AFP [SLAVYANSK] Ukrainian and pro-Russian forces flexed their military muscles in the restive east of the country yesterday, a day ahead of high-level diplomatic talks on the escalating crisis. Armoured vehicles from the rival sides appeared on the streets of two neighbouring
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        128 22 AFP [LONDON] Starbucks said yesterday that it was relocating its European headquarters from the Netherlands to Britain a year after the US coffee giant was heavily criticised by British lawmakers for tax avoidance. The company, the world’s largest coffee shop chain, said that
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      430 22 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Daimler AG, the world’s third-biggest maker of luxury cars, will receive 2.43 billion euros (S$4.2 billion) for the 50 per cent stake in an engine joint venture that it’s selling to partner Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. The transaction will be completed
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      584 23 Earnings way off analysts’ forecasts, poorer bond-trading revenue to blame Reuters [ZURICH] Credit Suisse said yesterday that its first-quar-ter net profit fell by more than a third on the year as revenue from bond-trading activities tumbled. Its net profit of 859
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      253 23 AFP [NEW YORK] A New York regulator probing Credit Suisse’s role in enabling tax evasion has demanded a trove of additional documents from the bank, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s superintendent of financial services, last
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      713 23 It aims to convince jurors the claims are exaggerated Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Samsung Electronics began its attack on patents Apple has asserted in a US$2 billion case by trying to convince jurors that the iPhone maker exaggerated claims about inventions allegedly copied by the Galaxy
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      353 18 ASPIAL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No.: *****1030G) NOTICE OF RESULTS OF MEETINGS to the holders of the outstanding S$85,000,000 5.20 per cent. Notes due 2015 (“Series 1 Notes”) and S$65,000,000 4.65 per cent. Notes due 2014 (“Series 2 Notes”) issued by Aspial Corporation Limited
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      333 19 STPROPERTY FORUM REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES RISE UP TO THE CHALLENGES IN THE SINGAPORE PROPERTY MARKET TSt —I L i An Insight For Real Estate Professionals and Investors With the implementation of seven rounds of cooling measures in Singapore, industry professionals and investors are grappling with a more challenging real estate
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      367 20 STRATEGIC GAME PLAN: BUYING PROPERTY IN MALAYSIA SEMINAR 3 MyPaperffiffi Ance SERIES 1 V ill 7- I II I II II II II II Sunday, 27 April 14, 2pm 5pm SPH News Centre Auditorium, 1000 Toa Payoh North Registration Fee: $5 nett (inclusive of refreshment after the seminar) Seminar is
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      870 21 LUPUS ENTERPRISES LIMITED (the “Company”) BC No. *****49 (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 204(1)(b) of the BVI Business Companies Act 2004, as amended, that the Company is in voluntary liquidation. The date of commencement of the liquidation is 3 April 2014. The liquidator of the
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      3387 21 SAKARI RESOURCES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****4024R) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of SAKARI RESOURCES LIMITED (the "Company”) will be held at The Chengal 1 Room, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, 75 Airport Boulevard, Singapore *****4
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  • SINGAPORE BUSINESS AWARDS 2014
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      Lock icon Celebrating with a ‘Happy Meal’
      905 24  -  By ANDREA SOH sandrea@sph.com.sg “I HOPE everyone is having a very ‘Happy Meal’”, McDonald’s China CEO Kenneth Chan said to the audience of 700. From good food and fine wine, to the company of Singapore’s most distinguished business leaders, their spouses, associates and friends, the
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Obama can ward off potential N-E Asia crisis
      546 26 EDITORIAL FORMER deputy foreign minister of Japan Hitoshi Tanaka made a startling observation during a briefing in Tokyo last week that fully 50 per cent of the audience at a presentation he gave in South Korea recently expected “conflict” to erupt between
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      Lock icon Let’s at least not make the idleness trap worse
      827 26  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washing ton Post Writers Group IF you know someone among the long-term unemployed a category that includes workers who have been jobless at least six months, but in many cases much longer you understand what
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      Lock icon Design thinking as a means to business success
      989 26  -  S’pore firms are beginning to apply design principles to enact organisational change By AZZLI JAMAIN The writer is director, creative and professional services division, Singapore Workforce Development Agency DESIGN thinking can be thought of as a protocol, a strategy or a way
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      Lock icon The changing face of monetary policy
      1094 27  -  The IMF should not give the impression that the ‘new normal’ is ‘anything goes’ ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent A CERTAIN levity, if not complacency, has entered the global debate on monetary policy and there appears to be a growing belief that the purported “new
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      831 27  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS B)’ ROB COX CRAZY valuations even after a recent dip are not the only signal that parts of the US stock market, particularly Internet companies, are in bubble territory. The willingness of investors in hot initial public offerings to
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      847 27  -  By GAVIN YAMEY HELEN SAXENIAN The writers are, respectively, a professor in the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco, who leads the Evidence to Policy Initiative; and a senior consultant at the Results for Development Institute, Washington, DC Project Syndicate [SAN
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  • SHIPPING/AVIATION
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      Lock icon S Korean ferry carrying 462 sinks
      592 28 More than 280 missing after it capsized en route to Jeju island Reuters [SEOUL] More than 280 people were missing after a ferry sank off South Korea, the coastguard said yesterday, with a three-fold increase in the number of passengers unaccounted for put down
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      Lock icon China Southern may report Q1 loss
      346 28 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Southern Airlines Co, the nation’s third-largest carrier, estimated a loss in the first quarter, compared with a profit in the same period last year, as a weaker yuan caused foreign-exchange losses. The airline expects to report a loss of 300
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      Lock icon Underwater drone resumes MH370 search
      510 28 This follows short Monday mission and Tuesday night hunt Reuters [PERTH] Officials searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner were waiting yesterday for the results of a US Navy underwater drone’s first full mission, after it was forced to abort its maiden deployment because it
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      Lock icon Air Arabia to begin flights from UAE sheikdom on May 6
      353 28 It decides on Ras Al Khaimah after local carrier suspends ops Bloomb erg [DUBAI] Air Arabia, the only listed airline in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will begin flights on May 6 from a new hub in the sheikdom
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      Lock icon TRANSPORT STOCKS
      252 28 SGX '000 Apr 16 S$ +/-Vol Ch Offshore 0.43 -0.01 163 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 0.01 124 Cosco Corp 0.72 unch 743 Cwt Limited 1.49 -0.01 514 First Ship Lea 0.11 unch 67 Grand Banks 0.23 unch 246 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.78 -0.01 2725 K1Ventures 0.20 unch 2150
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      350 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Memorial to encapsulate drinking venue in Ireland, say (8) 5 Message given after departure cancelled? A swindle (3-3) 10 Unconventional place to go at this medical institution (7,8) 11 Tinker adjusted front of tatty small ornament (7) 12 Comfort achieved in Switzerland with soup on reflection
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    1203 29 Papua New Guinea Australia New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji all other Pacific Islands Dili (East Timor) Guam (Mariana Islands) Honolulu (Hawaii) SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE W W W. N G P L J S P. C O M THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO. PTE. LTD. 300 BEACH ROAD #02-02 THE
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    288 29 MARKET For the second consecutive year, Swire Shipping, the liner trade division of The China Navigation Company (CNCo), was presented with the prestigious “Ship Owner Operator Award 2014’’ award at the annual Seatrade Asia awards ceremony in Singapore
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      80 29 Importers looking for Warehouse USE THIS SPACE TO SELL? Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? CALL JOE WONG AT 9620 1327 TO ADVERTISE Legal services required by shippers owners Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? The Business Times The Business Times the
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      4168 30 Transaction date: Apr 16 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company Last Sale 96.5 69 ABR 20 3.3 A-Sonic Aero ('000) High Low Buyer Seller Div Gr Yld C'vr Net
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      342 31 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 35 22 t 3Cnergy 500 Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale (‘000) High Low Buyer Seller
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUST & FUNDS
      11399 31 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.53/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited EM Local Ccy Bond Asian Smaller Cos'** 1 9393/ China Opportunities! EM Local Ccy Bond .0 9054/ European Opportunities!’’ 1.3394/ Global Emerging Markets'" Global
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      262 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 $mil 62 34.9 AVJennings A57 -1 9 57 55 57 60 3.6 6.1 4.6 211 52 35.5 Genting HK US$ US39 unch 1193 39.5 39 39 39.5 2568
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      1129 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 $mil 121 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 114 4 114 114 113.5 114 520.4 143 119 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 129.1 +0.1 129.1 129.1 127.8 130.4 114.4
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      664 32 Apr 16 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.87 *****.30 *****.59 Jun14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****8 Sep14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 52 8638 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 317.47 318.46 316.18 Apr14 317.30 318.30 314.20 316.90 ***** *****3 May14 317.50
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 32 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Apr 15 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1162.9 -0.3 -1.8 -0.3 -2.1 -0.4 -1.4 EAFE Preliminary 926.0 -0.5 -3.2 -0.4 -2.5 -0.5 -1.7 Europe Preliminary 1344.4 -0.9 -0.8
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      471 32 Apr 16 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.028 5.821 0.676 7.256 56.399 106.979 0.956 9.716 3.031 1.089 90.225 41.580 1.171 9.869 0.822 28.238 30.200 0.558 0.936 Canada 0.973 5.665
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      31 32 Apr 16 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) (S$) 1 mth ..0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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      76 32 Apr 16 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 1-Year BY*****T 31-Oct-14 0.32 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0W 1.13 01-Apr-16 101.32 5-Year NX*****W 2.5 01-Jun-19 105.36 105.44 105.42 10-Year NX*****H 2.750 01-Jul-23 102.73 15-Year
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      139 32 Apr 16 GOLD(US$/oz) Apr 16 Apr 15 Hong Kong 1307.00 1323.00 Apr 15 Apr 14 London 1301.69 1328.43 1302.56 1329.15 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Apr 16 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 79 50 5gm 313 259 10gm 584 520
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      57 32 Apr 16 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position May 14 2703.0 2736.0 2737.0 2703.0 346 6290 Jun 14 2680.0 2700.0 2705.0 2670.0 ***** ***** Jul 14 2665.0 2684.0 2691.0 2655.0 ***** ***** Aug 14 2652.0 2674.0
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 32 Apr 16 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1708 1.1712 0.9356 0.9358 Canadian dollar 1.1393 1.1399 0.9107 0.9104 Euro 1.7322 1.7328 1.3842 1.3845 NZ dollar 1.0747 1.0755 0.8588 0.8593 Sterling pound 2.0977 2.0986 1.6763 1.6767
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      109 32 Apr 15 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 14 1501.25 1476.25 1509.25 1473.50 Jul 14 1487.50 1463.50 1493.75 1460.25 Aug 14 1409.50 1392.25 1415.25 1389.75 Sep 14 1290.50 1277.00 1294.75 1273.75 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 14
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      94 32 Apr 15 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low May 14 1860 1870 1875 1859 Jul 14 1868 1878 1882 1865 Sep 14 1869 1879 1883 1867 Dec 14 1861 1870 1874 1860 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low May 14 2121 2132 2147 2117 Jul14 2128 2134 2150 2120 Sep
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      1050 32 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 38 0.3 1 90 0.57 51 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 Ratio Exer Albedo Limited W*****9 Prem Asiatic Grp(Hldgs) Ltd W*****5 2.3 0.1 416 0.0 2 17 Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****7 3
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      70 32 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Apr 15 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 109.22 1.14 WTI (Near Mth) 103.53 -0.12 Dubai (1-Mth F) 105.26 0.93 Tapis blend 112.62 0.86 Minas 109.92 0.86 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 104.39 -0.22 Jet Kerosene 121.46 0.80 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      23 32 Apr 16 Apr s$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2514 1.2516 2-months 1.2513 1.2516 3-months 1.2513 1.2515 6-months 1.2511 1.2513 Source: OCBC
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      65 32 Apr-15 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1813.50 1844.00 3 months 1852.00 1882.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 6545.00 6661.75 3 months 6541.00 6667.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2085.50 2098.75 3 months 2109.00 2121.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00
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      121 32 As at 9am Apr 16 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.198 1.141 Can dollar 1.161 1.117 Euro 1.772 1.688 Sterling pound 2.137 2.055 NZ dollar 1.102 1.060 US dollar 1.278 1.218 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      154 32 Apr 16 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.02 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 7/16 5/16 Overnight mode: 0.05 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.20 0.10 1 month 0.25 0.15 2 months 0.30 0.20 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.50 0.30 9 months 0.60 0.40 12
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  • PROPERTY
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