The Business Times, 29 September 2014

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 Monday, eptember 29, 2014
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    Lock icon IR reporting: Some STI firms already on board
    865 1  -  But PWC study also finds that information provided not well linked By MICHELLE QUAH michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT [SINGAPORE] As the world begins to embrace the new phenomenon that is Integrated Reporting (IR), some Singapore companies have already incorporated aspects of IR into their
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      57 1 Weekly Change ST INDEX 3,292.21 -12.84 KL COMP 1,840.50 -8.99 NIKKEI 225 16,229.86 -91.31 HANG SENG 23,678.41 -627.75 SET INDEX 1,600.16 +15.25 JAKARTA COMP 5,132.56 -95.02 MANILA COMP 7,261.30 -25.99 SEOUL COMP 2,031.64 -22.18 SHENZHEN B 974.16 +3.68 MUMBAI IND 26,626.32 -464.10 DOW 17,113.15 -166.59 NASDAQ 4,512.19 -67.60 S&P
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      19 1 SINGAPORE 5.35 MALAYSIA 6.55 TAIWAN 5.00 JAPAN 14.740 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA INDIA BRITAIN Source: Bloomberg
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      49 1 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.271 (US$/S$ per 1.630 2.071 EURO (US$/S$/€) 1.274 1.619 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 109.00 85.80 RM 3.259 2.564 HK$ 7.756 6.104 BAHT 32.29 25.41 RUPIAH 12,025 9,464 RENMINBI 6.127 4.822 INDIAN RUPEE 61.41 48.33 A$ 1.139 0.897 NZ$ 1.264 0.995
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    Lock icon Happily ever after fairy-tale wedding
    765 1  -  S’pore startups report big gains from exit deals By JACQUELYN CHEOK jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT [SINGAPORE] Global corporates have splurged over US$458 million snapping up as many as 20 Singapore startups in the last two years alone. Such fairy-tale endings slang in the startup world for a
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      237 1 TOPLINE Kenny Yap The Fish and chips on his shoulder PAGE 4 BOARDROOM MATTERS Embrace a ‘new capitalism’ PAGE 4 MEDICAL SUITES Demand-supply mismatch fuels surge in prices PAGE 3 DINING OUT Sushi worth a moment’s wait PAGE 20 BT WEBSITES For breaking news, go to businesstimes.com.sg. For personal finance
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      301 2 Some STI firms embark on IR reporting AS the world begins to embrace the new phenomenon that is Integrated Reporting (IR) a more holistic form of corporate reporting that looks at financial and non-financial aspects of value creation by a business a new study finds that some Singapore
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      Lock icon ‘Fear gauge’ hits multi-week high
      715 2  -  Fed’s upcoming rate hike tops diverse fears spooking market WALL STREET INSIGHT By ROB CURRAN SOMETHING returned to the stock market last week that had been missing for months: fear. While the broad Standard Poor’s 500 was more or less flat on the week, the
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      Lock icon SEA energy, natural resource key sectors for SocGen
      725 2  -  Bank will expand its project, infrastructure financing business By SIOW LI SEN lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT [SINGAPORE[ Societe Generale corporate and investment banking (CIB) will focus on its core strengths in the energy and natural resource sectors to expand in South-east Asia, says a
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      Lock icon Bellewoods EC draws 400 applications
      351 2  -  The 561-unit project is the first EC to be launched this year BY ANITA GABRIEL anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrie|BT [SINGAPORE] This year’s first executive condominium (EC), Bellewoods, developed by Qingjian Realty, drew a crowd of 1,500 and some 400 applications after it was launched on Saturday. A
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      Lock icon Acquisitions of Singapore startups since 2012
      154 2 SINGAPORE STARTUP ACQUIRED BY VALUE DATE ANNOUNCED Nonstop Games King, US US$100m Aug 2014 Zopim Zendesk, US US$30m March 2014 Eriin Undisclosed Undisclosed April 2014 e-commerce firm,Indonesia Indiescapes BeMyGuest, Singapore Undisclosed Jan 2014 SGE Tech in Asia, Singapore Undisclosed Sept 2013 EK Media SingPost,
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      Lock icon Demand-supply mismatch fuels surge in medical suite prices: DTZ
      854 3  -  Recent rule change sees non-medical practitioners joining market By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Full research report is available on BTInvest (http://www. btinvest. com.sg/property) [SINGAPORE] Prices and rents of medical suites are on the rise and expected to keep increasing, given strong
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      Lock icon Share issuance value continues to slide in Q3
      455 3  -  2014 IPO value also hit by absence of Reit listings By KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT [SINGAPORE] Equity fundraising remained in a slump during the third quarter as real estate investment trusts (Reits) kept to the sidelines, according to preliminary data from Thomson
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      151 3 Aesthetically accelerated. The new C-Class. The best knows no alternative. Just a glance at the new C-Class is all it takes to understand why this 2014 Red Dot Award winner stands out. With its dynamic lines and sporty silhouette, the new C-Class makes compelling viewing, especially with its array of
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Kenny Yap – The Fish and chips on his shoulders
      1068 4  - Kenny Yap The Fish and chips on his shoulders Qian Hu boss is aiming to prove doubters wrong again. TOPLINE BY KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT THE chairman of Qian Hu, Kenny Yap, finds himself once more having to prove the doubters wrong as he guides the fish and aquarium accessories
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      Lock icon Asean economy a big draw for Deutsche Bank
      425 4  -  BY JAMIE LEE |eejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT [SINGAPORE[ Deutsche Bank is keen to leverage growing intra-Asian trade flows as the push for economic cooperation in Asean gains strength, says a top executive of its global transaction banking team. “While it may not have fully
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon OCBC’s app draws over 8,000 new deposit accounts
        103 4 OCBC Bank, the first bank here to allow customers to open a deposit account through an application on smartphones without having to visit a branch, saw over 8,000 accounts opened via the app since it was launched in April this year. This
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        Lock icon OUE to invest US$200m in GIC-backed fund
        95 4 OUE will invest US$200 million in a Cayman Islands-based Nuvest Real Return Fund managed by GIC-backed Nuvest Capital as part of the firm’s treasury operations objective to maximise returns on available funds, said OUE in a Singapore Exchange announcement. OUE’s wholly-owned subsidiary will
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      Lock icon Embrace a ‘new capitalism’
      828 4  -  As a think-tank says, ‘disrupt or be disrupted’. BY GRAHAM OWENS The writer is head of professional development at the Singapore Institute of Directors AT THE recent SID Directors’ Conference, global business leaders deliberated on what capitalism means today, and what it could mean tomorrow. Even
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      Lock icon Buying slows, selling activity plunges
      1506 5  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Ltd PURCHASE activity slowed after heavy buying for four straight weeks while selling among directors plunged, based on filings on Singapore Exchange in the fourth week of September. A total of 14 companies
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      241 5 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME China Fibretech Ltd S Riverview Hotel Singapore Hibiscus Room (Level 3) 382 Havelock Road 29-Sep 10.00am GKE Corporation A 30 Pioneer Road 29-Sep 10.00am See Hup Seng E 81 Tuas South Street 5 29-Sep 10.00am Tee International A York Hotel Singapore 21 Mount
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      230 5 Sep 26 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.50 Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd 5.50 Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd 6.00 Bank of East Asia 5.50 5.50 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 5.75 Banque Internationale a 5.50 BNP Paribas Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Chang Hwa Commercial Bank 5.50 China Construction Bank
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      1038 5 Payment Ex Rec Pay Ann (cts) date date date date Ace Achieve Info bn 0.200 12-Nov 14-Nov 28-Nov 05-Sep AIMS Property ^ag 0.109 26-Sep 30-Sep 19-Dec 23-Sep Amtek Engg ak 1.000 03-Nov 05-Nov 20-Nov 29-Aug ASL Marine ak 1.000 31-Oct 04-Nov 12-Nov 29-Aug Aspial ay 1.000 26-Aug 28-Aug
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Will the STI enjoy Q3 window-dressing?
      621 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Senior Correspondent THE immediate question as far as traders are concerned is whether the Straits Times Index will enjoy quarter-ending window-dressing on either Monday or Tuesday. Further ahead, the next questions are whether geopolitical risk, US interest rate expectations
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      Lock icon Cocoa prices surge on fears of Ebola spreading
      911 6 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] Cocoa soared to 3½-year highs last week on fears that the Ebola outbreak could reach Ghana and Ivory Cost, the two biggest producers of the commodity used to make chocolate. Brent oil prices tumbled to two-year lows on worries
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      Lock icon US dollar heads for the best month since 2012
      506 6 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The dollar is set for the biggest monthly gain in more than two years as reports showing a stronger US economy added to bets that the Federal Reserve will boost interest rates sooner than its peers in
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1590 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Capital IndREIT 2.00 2.00 3 10.09 14.38 1.55 1.45 Amtek Engineering Ltd 3.00 3.00 2 0.07 7.63 0.57 0.63 ARA Asset Management Ltd 1.75 2.00
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      77 6 Sep 26 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -682.00 -55.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -82.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -68.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 759.05 -3.34 FTSE ST Small Cap 533.32 -1.46 FTSE ST All Share 797.44 -0.49 FTSE ST China Top 193.11 -1.50 FTSE ST China 224.97 -2.55 FTSE
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      61 6 VOLUME LCD Global Inv 316,985,000 IHC 292,296,000 APAC Strategic 265,420,000 Xpress 251,072,000 SIIC Environment 233,841,000 Cedar Strategic 231,966,000 Digiland Intl 170,135,000 Singapore eDev 141,787,000 Genting Sing 112,766,000 LH 106,061,000 VALUE($) DBS Grp 323,518,018 SingTel 307,352,173 OCBC Bank 165,244,474 Global Logistic 156,974,590 UOB 148,313,208 Genting Sing 127,750,662 Keppel
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      118 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP IS DJ US Tech 9998 331.6 2.7 DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 312.5 0.9 DBXT iBoxxUSTr 5US$ ***** 282.0 1.1 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 193.9 0.9 Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** 96.5 0.5 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 2362 63.5 2.2 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4695 62.2 1.1
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      132 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -639.0 -3.7 SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** -581.8 -2.3 IS S&P500 ***** -561.5 -2.2 SPDR DJIA 10US$ ***** -461.1 -2.1 DBXT AUDCS 5US$ ***** -426.8 -1.7 DBXT AUDCS 5SG$ ***** -369.0 -1.5 Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 9097 -329.0 -2.8 JMH 400 USD 5996
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon A strong foundation for growing success
      1112 7  -  Differentiation strategies give P-One an edge over its competitors By WONG MING HAO, ANANDRAJ TAMILAGAN, TAN JUN XIANG, XING QIANQIAN The writers are students of NUS Business School DESPITE his company having been in the market for only four years, Toh Chin Wei has
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      Lock icon Taking Heart
      217 7  -  By KELLY TAY, ARTHUR LEE kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT and arthurl@sph.com.sg Eye care for senior citizens THE Singapore Society of Ophthalmology and Standard Chartered Bank have launched a two-year joint initiative to provide eye care to needy senior citizens in Singapore, especially those who live by themselves and are unable
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      131 7 EUBUSINESSAVENUES Clean Technologies 2014 European SMEs Travel to Singapore to Showcase their Technologies For more information, please visit www.eubusinessavenues.com This October, 40 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from across the European Union will travel to Singapore to showcase a broad range of clean technologies. Business Avenues provides a platform to:
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Take F1 to the heartlands
      3770 8 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC What changes, if any, can be made to further boost the appeal of the Singapore Grand Prix? Philip Brett President, South Southeast Asia TBWA/Asia Pacific I BELIEVE that after seven years the Singapore Grand Prix is in great shape. It is a
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      197 9 The list of views from CEOs is also available at http://businesstimes.com.sg Amundi ranks Top 10 worldwide in the asset management industry -4 ■m m, Earning your confidence through 25 years of sound investment solutions in Singapore. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 [27] 28 29 30
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Japanese trader made S$187m
      2990 10 35-year-old mysterious day trader moving Japanese markets goes for momentum, not fundamentals Bloomberg IT was six minutes after the opening bell on Feb 4, and dozens of big-name stocks were still untraded in Tokyo. Telecommunications giant SoftBank Corp was among those that hadn’t budged. The offer
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      156 10 Get started now Be a young investor DO you aspire to be a successful young investor? Are you keen on taking the first step towards achieving that? The BT-Citibank Young Investors’ Forum is no typical page extracted from a financial textbook. This forum will present step-by-step guides on how to
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Malaysia may extend duty-free palm oil exports
      494 11 Extension may continue till end 2014 if prices stay at current levels Reuters [MUMBAI] Malaysia, the world’s second-biggest palm oil producer, could extend duty-free exports until the end of 2014 if prices of the tropical oil remain at current levels, a leading palm
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      Lock icon Indonesian tin bourse sets rule to curb illegal shipments
      329 11 Members must ship tin ingots on vessels not transporting other forms of the metal Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s tin trading platform has introduced a rule forcing all members to ship tin ingots on vessels that are not transporting other forms of the
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      1355 11 VOL Sep 26 RM +/-(‘000) Abric Bhd (‘000) Advance Synerg 0.21 -0.01 1017 Adventa Bhd unch unch 0 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.23 unch 1842 Affin Holdings 3.38 unch 75 Ahmad Zaki Res 0.77 -0.01 1255 Airasia Bhd Alliance Finan Advance Synerg Aluminium Co 0.81 -0.03 8 Amalgamated In
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      Lock icon Petronas CEO in Vancouver for LNG talks
      407 11 He seeks update on M’sian company’s proposed C$10b project Bloomb erg [VANCOUVER] The chief executive officer of Petroliam Nasional Bhd will meet government leaders in British Columbia this week as the Canadian province prepares to unveil a tax regime that may decide the
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Alibaba pays top IPO fees to C Suisse, M Stanley
      536 12 Banks, brokerages will get US$300m in total for work on the IPO Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Alibaba Group Holding Ltd awarded Credit Suisse Group AG and Morgan Stanley nearly half of the incentive fees given to the six banks that oversaw
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      Lock icon Modi acts to boost supply of nuclear power
      583 12 Energy-starved India hit by cancellation of coal permits AFP [MUMBAI] India’s new prime minister is turning to nuclear energy to ease a power crisis made worse by the cancellation of hundreds of coal mining permits, but he faces scepticism both at home
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      Lock icon Protesters bring HK’s streets to a standstill
      252 12 AFP [HONG KONG] Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill on Sunday in a dramatic escalation of protests that have gripped the semi-autonomous Chinese city for days. Police used pepper spray on protesters who had spilled into
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon SoftBank in talks to buy DreamWorks Animation
      612 13 Buyout would value the Hollywood studio at US$3.4b, says a source Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s SoftBank Corp is in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation SKG behind the Shrek and the Hollywood studio behind the Shrek and Madagascar movie hits, a person with knowledge of
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      Lock icon Australia sees good interest in Medibank IPO
      438 13 Govt pushing ahead with asset sales to cut budget deficit Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Australia sees strong investor interest in the initial public offering of Medibank Private Ltd, the country’s largest health insurer, as the government presses on with sales of state assets to cut
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      Lock icon Total eyeing ambitious Asian gas pipeline project
      396 13 AFP [ISLAMABAD] French firm Total is working behind the scenes to take the lead on an ambitious pipeline connecting Central and South Asia, sources close to the project say, pioneering a novel gas exchange mechanism to overcome legal hurdles. It is one of
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      Lock icon Dollar bounce-back may throw investors off course
      737 14  -  Its continued strength will have negative impact on EM economies: study By NEIL BEHRMANN in London THE big question for economists and market strategists is whether a stronger US dollar is good or bad for the global economy. The focus on the greenback
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      Lock icon Pimco seeks to calm investors after Gross exit
      724 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco), seeking to calm investors after the surprise departure of co-founder and former chief investment officer Bill Gross, says there will be no major changes in investment strategy at the manager of the world’s biggest
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      Lock icon Lessons for Lewis from other EU retailers
      501 14 Tesco CEO can learn from recovery of Ahold, Carrefour Bloomberg [LONDON] Dave Lewis has one of the toughest corporate jobs in Britain: restoring the fortunes of Tesco Plc, the country’s biggest retailer. The turnaround efforts of rival European grocers Royal Ahold NV and
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      Lock icon EU under pressure as hearings approach
      1100 15 Nominees for executive European Commission posts face tough grilling Reuters [BRUSSELS] The next 10 days could make or break a plan to reshape the European Union under new management in an attempt to revive the economy and regain trust among its half-bil-lion people. From
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      Lock icon Goldman bars investment bankers from buying stocks
      575 16 Move aimed at cutting potential conflicts with clients, protecting reputation Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group Inc, the top adviser on corporate takeovers, has changed a policy addressing conflicts of interest to bar investment bankers from trading individual stocks and bonds, a person
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      Lock icon Starboard turns up the heat on Yahoo! CEO
      827 16 Marissa Mayer urged to unlock Web portal’s value Bloom berg [SAN FRANCISCO] The pressure on Yahoo! Inc chief executive officer Marissa Mayer has just ramped up. Activist investor Starboard Value LP on Friday sent a letter to Ms Mayer urging her to
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      Lock icon Poor governance ‘biggest obstacle’ to growth in Asia
      581 17  -  ADB: Graft and political instability may hinder further development By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo POOR governance in the public sector has now become the biggest single obstacle to further economic development in many Asian countries, says a hard-hitting report published on Sunday
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      Lock icon Swiss say ‘no’ to shift to state-run health insurance
      524 17 AFP [GENEVA] Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a plan to ditch the country’s all-private health insurance system and create a state-run scheme, exit polls showed. Some 64 per cent of the electorate shot down a plan pushed by left-leaning parties which
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      Lock icon Myanmar embraces Internet for the masses
      574 17 AFP [YANGON] From navigating gridlocked city roads to playing a favourite national sport, new homegrown apps are blossoming in Myanmar as cheap mobile technology ignites an Internet revolution in the once-isolated nation. Myanmar web surfers were once paradigms of patience and ingenuity as they
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      183 13 BRITISH AIRWAYS THE WORLD IS NOW ON SALE. With over 165 destinations in UK, Europe, Africa and Americas on sale, you can now enjoy more of the world, for less. To Fly. To Serve. Book by 30 September at ba.com Terms and Conditions: Sale ends 30 September 2014, unless sold
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      1357 14 TOP GLOBAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration Number: *****3719Z NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Top Global Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Regent Hotel, Nassim Room, Level 3, 1 Cuscaden Road, Singapore *****5 on 14
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      273 14 The Business Times NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF SECTION 210 OF THE COMPANIES ACT (Cap. 50, 2006 Rev. Ed.) AND IN THE MATTER OF MARINTEKNIK SHIPBUILDERS (S) PTE LTD (IN CREDITORS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (UEN *****1319D) (THE “COMPANY”) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE SCHEME CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a
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      203 15 PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT DON’T BE THE NEXT PERSON TO BE CHARGED UNDER THE PDPA! Get yourself a PDPA Compliance Manual to ensure compliance with the PDPA. We have a ready-to-use PDPA Compliance Manual to guide you. Written by a very experienced Compliance Lawyer, it is easy-to-understand and easy-to-use. Almost
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      556 16 MORE SEATS MADE AVAILABLE! THE THINK BIG ENTREPRENEURS CONVENTION 2014 KNOW TODAY’S CUSTOMER Discerning. Connected. Has choices. Whether you are in retail or B2B, service or F&B, your customer today is an evolved entity. Understanding her profile is only the first step to closing a sale. The more important question
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      108 16 DEADLINE CA WORK OVERLOAD J BILL TAX HOUSE DEBT uif d-L-e \H-OW dU' tress is something that everyone can relate to. While too much stress can cause illness, too little of it may lead to a lack of motivation. What level of stress is healthy? Does stress encourage you in
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      924 17 The Business Times Ik T I 1 I /“I 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I Email noticesasph.com. sg J V i I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices UNIONMET (SINGAPORE) LIMITED (Company Registration Number: *****9104W) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of
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    Lock icon Inaugural ArchXpo 2014 Launched Today!
    852 19 The much anticipated inaugural ArchXpo 2014 will open its doors this morning to the architectural and building management industries. The latest iconic pillar of the Singapore Institute of Architects’ annual Archifest, will be held at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre from 29 September to
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      244 19 E N D VATE K environmentally intelligent GoBlue Dedicated To Providing Sharply Focused and Practical EnergySaving Solutions With offices in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, India and Europe, Enovatek Energy Solutions is a dynamic company dedicated to providing sharply focused and practical energy-saving solutions to industry and commerce. Enovatek combines leaders and
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  • DINING OUT
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      1311 20  -  Chotto Matte’s $100 omakase offers value for money if not stellar quality, says JAIME EE JAIME EE NEW RESTAURANT Chotto Matte 54 Blair Road Tel: 6222-8846 Open Mon to Sun from 5pm till late SUSHI. Such an innocent, delicious word, but which in Singapore can
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  • AVIATION
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      961 21 Thousands of flights cancelled after worker sets air-traffic control centre ablaze Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Airlines were assessing on Sunday how many flights they could resume two days after an employee at an airtraffic control centre allegedly set fire to equipment before attempting suicide. More than 670
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      430 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Boeing Co lost an order valued at almost US$5 billion as Germany’s Air Berlin plc, struggling with losses and dwindling traffic, scrapped aircraft purchases that included the 787 Dreamliner. Air Berlin, partly owned by Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways PJSC, said
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      Lock icon TRANSPORT STOCKS
      247 21 SGX '000 Sep 26 S$ +/-Vol Ch Offshore 0.48 -0.01 211 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.30 unch 652 Cosco Corp 0.69 0.01 600 Cwt Limited...............1.69 -0.01 213 First Ship Lea 0.11 unch 596 Grand Banks..............0.25 unch 15 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.05 unch 6687 K1Ventures................0.19 unch 1378 Keppel Corp 10.55
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      Lock icon Macquarie orders 40 CSeries jets from Bombardier
      597 21 Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Bombardier Inc’s CSeries jet, the new model running late and over budget, won a boost from the leasing arm of Australia’s Macquarie Group Ltd with a firm order for 40 planes. The purchase announced on Friday, valued at US$2.9 billion at
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      296 21 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Abu Dhabi-based Etihad is set to hire Air Berlin finance chief Ulf Huettmeyer to manage its airline holdings around the world, a person familiar with the matter said on Saturday. Such a move would leave Germany’s second biggest airline without a
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      226 21 AFP [BERLIN] The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Friday it had authorised airlines to allow passengers to use mobile electronic devices, including phones, throughout the flight. The move allows European airlines, which first carried out a safety assessment, to permit portable electronic
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      305 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 It’s possible a belief’s being shaken (8) 6 People take pains to please him (6) 9 Minister is to eat about six (6) 10 Labour candidate? He’s admitting dirty money taken in return (8) 11 I’m sent back with money for betting slips (8) 12 Parking
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      4503 22 Week ended: Sep 26 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 13.2 10.4 8Telecom Last Sale Vol ('000) --AAT High Low Buyer Seller 14.2 6.7 AIMS Property 13.8xd -0.2 8 13.9 13.4
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      613 23 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 33 25 t 3Cnergy 500 Last Vol 1.7 0.5 t Advanced Systems 0.6 -0.1 748 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 11.7 Last Quote Div Gr
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      124 23 Stock name Close Change Ascendas Reit 2.280 +0.030 CapitaLand 3.230 -0.010 CapitaMall Trust 1.905 CityDev 9.730 +0.140 ComfortDelGro 2.450 -0.020 DBS Grp 18.520 +0.130 Genting Sing 1.150 +0.010 Global Logistic 2.750 -0.040 Golden Agri-Res 0.510 HPH Trust USD 0.685 Stock name Close Change HongkongLand USD 6.850
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      1943 23 Transaction date: Sep 26 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Credit Vol Aeon Stores 10.20 -0.30 56 Angang Steel 4.92 -0.20 ***** Anhui Conch 25.70 -0.25 8400 Anhuiexpresswa 4.83 0.03 678 Asia Satellite 26.75 0.25 7 Asm Pacific 78.25 0.20 505 ....10.20 -0.30 Baiyunshan Ph 26.55 0.20 991
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      251 23 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 66 50 AVJennings A56 -6 23 66 56 60 66 3.6 6.3 4.5 207.3 Last 343 274 TanChongInt HK297 -5 186 302 297 297 303 9.7 3.5
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 23 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 5 2 0 0 0 7 5 2 Manufacturing 56 90 36 11 19 9 67 109 45 Commerce 19 35 19 10 8 4 29 43 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 24 9
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      1167 23 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 118 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 117 +0.5 24 118 117 115.2 117 534.1 139.4 119 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 127.5 -0.5 11 128.3 126 127
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 23 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 105,285 105,285 243,730 243,730 Manufacturing 1,180,740 504,271 1,685,011 453,998 48,609 502,607 Commerce 479,364 161,293 640,657 298,105 14,011 312,116 Tpt/Stor/Comms 485,993 23,036 509,029 673,283 4,567 677,850 Finance 167,608 453 168,061 704,524 96 704,620 Construction 181,543 246,693
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      673 24 Sep 26 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.95 *****.67 *****.95 Dec14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****6 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 2 207 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 325.61 326.98 323.49 Sep14 327.10 327.30 323.70 325.00 *****5 ***** Oct14 327.00
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 24 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 26 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1239.9 0.1 4.7 0.3 3.2 -0.1 2.4 EAFE Preliminary 974.4 -0.1 1.9 -0.2 -2.3 -0.6 -3.1 Europe Preliminary 1384.9 0.3 2.2
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      472 24 Sep 26 Sep A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.976 5.377 0.689 6.807 53.892 105.537 0.957 9.164 2.860 1.109 90.165 39.244 1.115 9.810 0.831 26.586 28.335 0.538 0.878 Canada 1.025
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      37 24 Sep 26 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 1 mth 3 mths 6 mths 6 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      83 24 Sep 26 Sep TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 1-Year BY*****S 02-May-15 0.35 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 106.08 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100 99.99 99.99 Period Issue Coupon Maturity 10-Year
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      122 24 Sep 26 GOLD(US$/oz) Sep 26 Sep 25 Hong Kong 1229.00 1216.00 Sep 26 Sep 25 London 1215.40 1218.04 1215.95 1218.61 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Reuters CAST BAR Sep 26 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 77 47 5gm 303 247 10gm
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      57 24 Sep 26 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 14 2200.0 2189.0 2205.0 2189.0 330 1639 Nov 14 2185.0 2181.0 2206.0 2180.0 4566 ***** Dec 14 2178.0 2177.0 2203.0 2176.0 ***** ***** Jan 15 2193.0 2194.0
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      156 24 Sep 26 Sep Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1146 1.1158 0.8774 0.8779 Canadian dollar 1.1423 1.1434 0.8996 0.8992 Euro 1.6186 1.6199 1.2742 1.2745 NZ dollar 1.0047 1.0059 0.7909 0.7914 Sterling pound 2.0706 2.0724 1.6300
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      121 24 As at 9am Sep 26 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.142 1.088 Can dollar 1.163 1.119 Euro 1.656 1.578 Sterling pound 2.111 2.030 NZ dollar 1.032 0.993 US dollar 1.295 1.234 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
      158 24 Sep 26 Bid $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 Par 1-month 0.3125 0.1875 2-months 0.3750 0.2500 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.14 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.18 0.08 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
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      1004 24 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 4.7 0.3 1 -55 3.74 46 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.5 -0.1 2712 1 2 56 Ratio Exer Ascendas REIT MB eCW*****3 2.4 0.2 230 2 Asiatic Grp(Hldgs) Ltd
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      109 24 Sep 26 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 14 910.25 922.75 924.75 909.75 Jan 15 918.75 931.50 933.25 918.25 Mar 15 927.00 939.50 941.50 926.50 May 15 935.25 947.75 949.50 935.00 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 14
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      95 24 Sep 26 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Dec 14 2124 2140 2158 2112 Mar 15 2076 2092 2108 2068 May 15 2053 2066 2080 2044 Jul 15 2041 2053 2066 2030 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Sep 14 1959 1948 1954 1952 Nov 14 1955 1944 1959 1930
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      70 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep 25 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 96.64 0.81 WTI (Near Mth) 92.46 -1.91 Dubai (1-Mth F) 95.15 -0.08 Tapis blend 98.12 0.16 Minas 93.62 0.16 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 91.89 -0.44 Jet Kerosene 109.92 0.06 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 24 Sep 26 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2703 1.2710 2-months 1.2703 1.2710 3-months 1.2703 1.2711 6-months 1.2702 1.2710 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon LONDON METALS
      66 24 Sep-26 Sep-26 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1913.50 1917.50 3 months 1948.00 1950.50 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 6766.50 6741.00 3 months 6718.00 6695.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2060.50 2061.25 3 months 2072.00 2073.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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    2136 25 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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  • BizIT THE BUSINESS OF INFOCOMM TECHNOLOGY
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      1010 28  -  Telecom player looking at investing £500 million over the next few years, reportsAMIT AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT BRITAIN’S Vodafone G rou p p l c i s t h e world’s second-largest mobile-phone telecommunications company, both in terms of subscribers and revenue,
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      618 27  -  <you say> By SHYAM PRASAD The author is VP, Cloud and Lines of Business, SAP South East Asia FOR the first time in our lives, we see five generations co-existing at the workplace and the marketplace. As a Gen X, I have seen my
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      509 27  -  Deal to provide protection against DDoS attacks on SingTel’s customers By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has partnered the United States’ Akamai Technologies to offer cloud-based cybersecurity solutions to enterprises in Asia Pacific. The tie-up will help SingTel’s customers strengthen
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      Lock icon Targus unveils new range of carrying cases
      355 27  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT [SINGAPORE] Just as laptops, tablets and smartphones have become important fashion statements with manufacturers paying attention to looks, carrying cases for these devices have also got a major makeover. Users are willing to pay quite a lot
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