The Business Times, 26 November 2014

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    30 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|jh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg G C ©BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 I Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Wedn sday, November 26
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    240 1 Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond markets continue to expand, with Singapore’s market the fastest-growing in the third quarter, the Asian Development Bank said. TOP STORIES 2 Singapore’s overall unit labour cost rose 4.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2014 its fastest pace in over a
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    27 1 Tuesday Change STI 3,344.99 +4.46 KL COMP 1,838.56 +4.79 NIKKEI 225 17,407.62 +50.11 HANG SENG 23,843.91 -49.23 SHENZHEN B 985.13 +7.21 DOW (11am EST) 17,810.31 -7.59
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    Lock icon Global headwinds may slow Singapore’s growth
    872 1  -  MTI flags downside risks to 2015 forecast, even as Q3 GDP surprises with 2.8% expansion By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore A LITANY of external risks could throw the official 2-4 per cent growth forecast for 2015 off-course, even as the government announced better-than-expected
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  • Article
    Lock icon Natas fair faces challenge from new rival event
    781 1  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT @Nisha_BT Singapore THE popular Natas travel fair may be in danger of coming apart at the seams. At least 24 travel agencies are pulling out of the upcoming fair on March 27-29 next year, after clashing with
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      158 1 *****4 TURNAROUND STRATEGY Sapphire acquiring China-based railway infrastructure firm COMPANIES MARKETS 11 CHANGING MOMENTUM STOCK PICKS CapitaLand, KepLand likely to benefit from China rate cut COMPANIES MARKETS 6 China options traders more bullish STRAIT TALK Taking precautions and carrying on despite Ebola TRANSPORT 24 EXECUTIVE MONEY 29 r Deutsche Bank
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Civil servants to get 0.8-month year-end bonus
      556 2  -  Together with mid-year bonus of 0.5 month and 13th-month bonus, the total comes to 2.3 months By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore ALL 82,000 civil servants in Singapore will receive a year-end annual variable component (AVC) bonus of 0.8 month, on top of
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      Lock icon Singapore leads emerging East Asia in Q3 bond market growth
      904 2  -  ADB says the region’s cross-border issuances remain active but warns of rising risks By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore EMERGING East Asia’s local currency bond markets continue to expand, with Singapore’s market the fast-est-growing in the third quarter, the
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      Lock icon Labour costs up again, productivity dips further
      589 4  -  Private consumption expenditure growth slows to 1.2% SINGAPORE ECONOMY By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg @TehShiNingBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S overall unit labour cost rose 4.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2014 its fastest pace in over a year as the effects of restructuring
      Source: Singapore Department of Statistics  -  589 words
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      Lock icon Forecast drop in non-oil domestic exports for 2014 narrowed to 1-1.5%
      700 4  -  But NODX is tipped to grow 1-3% next year after picking up in Q314 following two straight quarters of decline By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore AFTER a likely dip in 2014, non-oil domestic exports (NODX) are tipped
      Source: IE Singapore  -  700 words
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      Lock icon ADB warns of volatility in Asian financial markets
      544 4  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo VOLATILITY lies ahead for Asian financial markets, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned on Tuesday, as it urged governments in the region to use the relatively slow pace of US monetary tightening to cushion their economic and
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      Lock icon Jakarta banking on FDI for economic growth
      631 4  -  Minister says: ‘We can’t just rely on consumers and foreign markets.’ By Jeffrey Hutton btworld@sph.com.sg Jakarta INDONESIA’S government is counting on a surge in foreign direct investment to help cushion the impact of high interest rates at home and sluggish demand for commodities
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      Lock icon Barclays Wealth aims to double revenue in Asia by 2019
      697 5  -  It’s targeting markets like Japan, China and Indonesia; regional sales force to grow 25% over the next 12-18 months By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore BARCLAYS’ wealth management business in Asia is expected to double its revenue by 2019 on
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      Lock icon Securing growth through talent is key for Lockton Inc
      624 5  -  World’s largest privately-owned insurance broker also aims to lead in the digital commerce area in due course By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE rise of Lockton Inc in the last 48 years to become the world’s largest privately-owned insurance broker
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon CapitaLand, KepLand likely to benefit from Beijing’s rate cut
      851 6  -  The Singapore developers stand to gain from their exposure to the Chinese residential market By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore TWO Singapore developers CapitaLand and Keppel Land are touted by analysts as potential beneficiaries of Beijing’s latest lending rate cut, given
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      Lock icon Pacific Andes shares hit by news of 4-for-5 rights issue
      432 6  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore SHARES in Pacific Andes Resources Development were sent reeling on Tuesday, falling 26 per cent to S$0.08 on news that the global frozen fish supplier has proposed to raise about S$ 192.3 million in
      Source: Bloomberg  -  432 words
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      Lock icon DBS Vickers wins big in AsiaMoney’s brokers poll
      380 10  - DBS Vickers wins big in AsiaMoney’ s brokers poll CIMB and RHB-OSK-DMG also emerge among the top three ranks in terms of best local brokerage By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore DBS Vickers scored big in Asiamoney’s recently released Brokers Poll for this year, coming out tops as Singapore’s best
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      Lock icon Surprise late surge in Suntec Reit trading volumes
      281 10  -  TT HOT STOCK By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore SOME dealers were taken aback on Tuesday when transactions involving a huge volume of 129.3 million units in Suntec Reit took place just minutes after the 5pm normal closing, sending the counter to
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      Lock icon Sabana Reit granted S$243m murabaha facilities
      276 10  -  By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore SABANA Shari’ah Compliant Industrial Reit has inked a new financing arrangement with several banks for commodity murabaha facilities of up to S$243 million to refinance and roll over its existing facilities. The new facilities will be fully utilised
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      Lock icon Sapphire acquiring China-based railway infrastructure firm
      748 11  -  Acquisition of Ranken infrastructure for 360m yuan is part of turnaround strategy By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore LOSS-MAKING Sapphire Corporation on Tuesday announced its plans to acquire a China-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) business for 360 million yuan (S$75.9 million). This is
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      Lock icon Intense competition takes toll on Parkson’s Q1 bottom line
      417 11  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur PARKSON Holdings Bhd missed core profit estimates in the first quarter to end September as intense competition resulted in the retailer registering negative same-store sales growth (SSSG) in three out of four of its major
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 12 STI Catalist Straits Times index NOV 25,2014 3,344.99 +4.46 (+0.13%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,348.92 Day low 3,334.12 52-week high 3,374.06 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 2,960.09 (Feb 5, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index NOV 25,2014 787.67 -7.78 (-0.98%) Current streak 1 day Day high 795.95 Day low
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      Lock icon Suntec Reit lifts market volume to S$1.8b
      655 12  -  Major reversal in Hong Kong stocks fails to faze ST Index, which closes 4.5 points higher TT STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index traded within a narrow band on Tuesday before ending a net 4.46 points higher at 3,344.99,
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      307 12 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 231 +4 233/227 250 206 6.2 5836.7 CapitaLand 333 +1 336/331 348 268 16.7 2.4 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 198 +0.5 201/198 209 180 5.2 6867.2 CityDev 988 unch 998/988 1118 860 13.4
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      38 12 VOLUME Suntec Reit 180,196,000 Top Global 93,093,000 Golden Agri-Res 85,617,000 Advance SCT 74,484,000 Pacific Andes 57,778,000 Market volume 1,918,235,000 VALUE Suntec Reit 347,328,595 SingTel 134,124,895 Olam Intl 86,284,770 DBS Grp 79,374,362 ComfortDelGro 77,090,520 Market value 1,841,810,000
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      77 12 Nov 25 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -130.00 +31.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -62.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -13.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 754.67 +1.58 FTSE ST Small Cap 517.86 -2.46 FTSE ST All Share 804.99 +0.86 FTSE ST China Top 193.07 +0.50 FTSE ST China 227.30 +1.15 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 12 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share Index NOV 25,2014 804.99 +0.86 (+0.11%) Current streak 1 day Day high 805.35 Day low 802.57 52-week high 819.39 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 722.35 (Feb 5, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 12 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index NOV 24,2014 1,832.96 +1.76 (+0.10%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,836.01 Day low 1,827.19 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,714.64 (OCt 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 12 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 8 2 0 0 0 5 8 2 Manufacturing 37 41 46 4 8 10 41 49 56 Commerce 20 21 14 2 6 5 22 27 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 17 8 13
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 12 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 19,652 19,652 96,874 96,874 Manufacturing 283,898 95,678 379,576 139,196 6,487 145,683 Commerce 114,047 29,025 143,072 167,780 1,730 169,510 Tpt/Stor/Comms 131,592 418 132,010 286,804 118 286,922 Finance 20,439 493 20,932 213,556 101 213,657 Construction 117,217 13,840
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      70 12 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT MSEurope US$ 5823 188.8 2.6 6492/5366 GLD US$ ***** 63.8 0.4 *****/***** Jardine C&C 4118 43.0 1.1 4901/3330 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1400 38.0 2.8 1400/1222 UOB 2400 35.0 1.5 2424/1940 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Sing-eDev w*****0 2.4 140.0 1.4 2.8/0.6 Changjiang
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      74 12 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low JMH USD 6078 -132.8 -1.7 6460/4934 JSH USD 3516 -71.6 -1.5 3810/3006 SembMar.ES.1411 332 -27.0 -7.5 360/332 DairyFarm USD 922 -18.2 -1.5 1090/884 Great Easter 2380 -15.0 -0.6 2415/1732 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GentingSMBeCW15 0.4 -77.8 -1.4 8.1/0.4 Hoe Leong R
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      83 12 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Pacific Andes 57,778.0 0.080 -0.028 -25.93 Sapphire 33,946.0 0.125 +0.025 +25.00 Changjiang Fert 60.0 0.037 +0.009 +32.14 Full Apex 724.0 0.050 -0.010 -16.67 Noel Gifts Intl 21.0 0.300 +0.030 +11.11 Top Global 93,093.0 0.006 -0.001 -14.29 ChinaKangdaFood 50.0 0.120 +0.020 +20.00 Epicentre 10.0 0.130 +0.020
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Keppel Reit
        131 12 Hold Nov 25 close: S$1.24 Target price: S$1.18 OSK dmg Research, Nov 25 Keppel Reit on Monday obtained approval from its unitholders to acquire a one-third interest in MBFC Tower 3 for a consideration of S$1.248 billion (S$2,790 psf), inclusive of rental support amounting to S$49 million. Post-acquisition,
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        Lock icon Triyards Holdings
        125 12 Buy Nov 25 close: S$0.64 Target price: S$0.92 Am Fraser Research, Nov 25 The recent subscription of warrants by Ezion supports our investment thesis of Triyards’ capabilities in building Self-elevating Units (SEUs or more commonly known as Liftboats). This will also provide a boost to its orderbook potentially
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        Lock icon Riverstone Holdings
        161 12  -  Compiled by Claire Huang Buy Nov 25 close: S$0.96 Target price: S$1.21 Maybank Kim Eng, Nov 25 At a time of aggressive capacity expansion by all the major healthcare glove makers in Malaysia, management believes it can sustain its average selling prices (ASPs) and margins through: 1) constant
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        31 12 DATA I 1.00 pm Singapore Industrial Production Index I 9.30 pm US Initial Jobless Claims I 8.00 pm US MBA Mortgage Applications I 9.30 pm US Personal Income and Outlays
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      106 12 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS India US$ US774 -6 246 784/773 790/541 771/774 96.8 STI ETF 338 164 338/337 343/298 338/339 UETF SSE50China 172 +1 68 173/169 173/140 171/172 53.8 DBXT MSINDO us$ US1455 -11 23 1461/1455 1600/1110 DBXT
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      Lock icon Yen gains as BOJ policymakers fret about QE costs
      357 13 TT CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE yen rose on Tuesday after Bank of Japan (BOJ) minutes showed the hurdle to further quantitative easing (QE) was high and as the US dollar struggled to make headway before a second reading of US growth
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 13 Nov 25 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.969 5.265 0.690 6.651 53.077 104.285 1.011 9.528 2.873 1.097 87.169 38.570 1.117 9.475 0.830 26.512 28.152 0.547 0.858 Canada 1.032 5.433
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 13 NOV 25 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1166 1.1177 0.8574 0.8576 Canadian dollar 1.1522 1.1535 0.8850 0.8847 Euro 1.6176 1.6191 1.2421 1.2423 NZ dollar 1.0180 1.0192 0.7817 0.7820 Sterling pound 2.0399 2.0421 1.5664 1.5669
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 13 NOV 25 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3029 1.3042 2-months 1.3030 1.3043 3-months 1.3027 1.3039 6-months 1.3027 1.3040 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        374 13 Nov 25 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.39 *****.39 *****.71 Dec14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****1 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 318 5309 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 340.37 341.60 339.12 Nov14 340.00 341.70 337.80 340.00 *****8 *****1 Dec14 340.30
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        219 13 Most active Nov 25 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****2 13.1 -0.4 6400 0.1 0 7 Top Global Ltd W*****9 0.2 unch 6000 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****3 9.4 0.1 4590 0.2 1060 5 Rowsley
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 13 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 24 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1285.9 0.2 8.6 0.6 8.2 0.1 4.7 EAFE Preliminary 997.3 0.2 4.3 0.6 -1.1 0.1 -4.3 Europe Preliminary 1403.3 0.1 3.6
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 13 Nov 25 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.01 0.00 1-month 0.4375 0.3125 2-months 0.4375 0.3125 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.22 US$ 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 12
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        Lock icon SIBOR
        36 13 NOV 25 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        65 13 Nov 25 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 105.63 105.65 105.64 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100.62 100.65 100.65 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 106.01 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 102.55 102.60 102.50 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 108.02 30-Year NA*****N
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        211 13 NOV-24 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Nov-24 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1033.75 -5.25 -0.51% 14/01/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 33.20 0.51 1.56% 12/12/2014 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 542.25 -5.00 -0.91% 12/12/2014 Nov-24 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1916.00 22.00 1.16% 12/12/2014 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2097.00 21.00 1.01%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 13 NOV 25 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 14 2205.0 2201.0 2205.0 2180.0 279 4107 Jan 15 2210.0 2214.0 2220.0 2185.0 2632 ***** Feb 15 2212.0 2217.0 2223.0 2187.0 ***** ***** Mar 15 2219.0 2225.0
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon PICTET
      270 14 Pictet-Absl Rtn Fxd Inc-HP EUR 20/11/2014 EUR 104,22 Pictet-Absl Rtn Glo Div-P EUR 20/11/2014 EUR 117,05 Pictet-Asian Equities Ex Japan-P USD 21/11/2014 USD 197,92 Pictet-Asian Local Currency Debt-P USD 21/11/2014 USD 147,71 Pictet-Biotech-P USD 20/11/2014 USD 659,69 Pictet-Clean Energy-P USD 20/11/2014 USD 84,00 Pictet-Digital Communication-P USD 20/11/2014 USD 216,39
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      Lock icon 7,500 HDB flats launched, including the first ones in Tampines North
      595 14  -  It is HDB’s last Build To Order-cum-Sale of Balance Flats exercise for the year By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Tuesday launched its last Build To Order (BTO)-cum-Sale of Balance Flats (SBF)
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      Lock icon JTC releases 3 industrial sites in Tuas, Tampines for Business-2 development
      324 14  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore JTC Corporation released three industrial sites on Tuesday that are zoned for Busi-ness-2 development or heavier industrial use under its second-half 2014 industrial government land sales (iGLS) programme. The one-hectare site on Tuas
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      Lock icon Blackstone plans factory homes for Aussie retirees
      498 14 BLOOMBERG Sydney BLACKSTONE Group LP, the biggest landlord of single-family homes in the US, is entering the factory-built housing market for retirees in Australia to tap an ageing population as traditional home prices soar. Blackstone agreed to invest A$ 150 million (S$ 167
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      Lock icon UK mortgage approvals down in Oct
      198 14 REUTERS London BRITISH banks approved 37,076 mortgages for house purchase in October, the lowest number since May last year, as the housing market continued to slow, the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) said on Tuesday. Mortgage approvals for house purchase fell from 39,12 7 in
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      Lock icon GIC and Indonesia’s Rajawali Group to form property JV
      443 14  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore GIC on Tuesday said it would partner Rajawali Group, one of the largest investment companies in Indonesia, in jointly investing up to US$ 500 million in equity in property projects in Indonesia a sign of
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Battle of the sexes: Bank of Thailand way ahead of Fed
      1071 15 Thai central bank named its first woman chief in 2006; 31 of its 60 top execs and over half of all staff are women BLOOMBERG Bangkok JANET Yellen’s appointment as Federal Reserve chair this year was hailed as another
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s green sukuk gets Khazanah’s debut boost
      642 15 BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S state-owned sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd is giving the government’s green financing initiative a boost with a plan to sell the nation’s first sukuk under socially responsible investment (SRI) guidelines. Khazanah is considering issuing a benchmark-sized ringgit-denominat-ed Islamic
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      Lock icon Bankers doubt Indonesia’s liquidity rules will have desired effect
      391 15 REUTERS Jakarta LOOSER liquidity rules for banks in Indonesia are unlikely to have the intended effect of boosting lending growth as a simultaneous rise in interest rates at a time when the economy is slowing down will curb credit demand. The
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon How cloud computing will change the way people work
      947 17 As sharing becomes easier, collaboration and outsourcing will increase, and companies will specialise more NYT New York TECHNOLOGY has been accused of making many a job disappear, on the production line or in the accounting office. And it is not done
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      Lock icon Top Twitter official suffers a ‘DM fail’ moment
      443 17 Twitter CFO accidentally goes public with a private message he sent about plans to buy a company BLOOMBERG San Franciso TWITTER Inc has just tripped up one of its top executives. Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto publicly tweeted about a plan he
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      Lock icon WeChat uses Chinese students in US to spread its usage
      720 17 BLOOMBERG New York WECHAT, one of China’s most popular mobile-messaging applications, is turning to thousands of students studying in the US to spread its usage across the country. One of those is Xiaoxing Han, who graduated last year from Michigan
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Customer satisfaction declines for S’pore tourism and F&B sectors
      409 18  -  Manpower-dependent subsectors such as restaurants and cafes suffer significant decrease in tourist satisfaction By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore CUSTOMER satisfaction, especially among tourists, in Singapore’s tourism and food beverage (F&B) sectors fell from that a year ago. Based on
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      Lock icon Sony may sell camera parts to smartphone competitors
      768 18 BLOOMBERG Tokyo SONY Corp said it can still make money from smartphones by selling camera components to competitors of its own Xperia models. Revenue from the business that makes sensors, camera modules and memory storage will rise to 1.3 trillion yen (S$14.4
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      Lock icon Xiaomi delays overseas push amid plans to boost production
      717 18 BLOOMBERG New Delhi XIAOMI Corp is delaying aggressive plans to expand into five more countries this year as the Chinese smartphone maker talks with Foxconn Technology Group about boosting production of the low-cost devices. Xiaomi and Foxconn are discussing making phones
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      Lock icon Bayer considering sale of its diabetes device business
      376 18 BLOOMBERG London BAYER AG is exploring the sale of its diabetes device business as the German company focuses on fast-er-growing medicines, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Leverkusen, Germany-based Bayer is working with Credit Suisse Group AG on the potential
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      285 18 Trend Following with Michael Covel As Featured on: How does Trend Following work? Trend following is a very straightforward trading strategy that can extract profits from up, down and black swan markets (rare or surprise events). For example, pretend you have no idea what way a market will go or
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon Kuroda defends aggressive monetary policy against critics
      673 19  -  The BOJ will keep up its monetary-easing moves to get to the inflation target, vows its governor By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) will continue aggressive monetary easing, insisted governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday, despite rising concerns over the
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      Lock icon Arrests, scuffles as Hong Kong police try to clear protest site
      662 19 AFP Hong Kong HONG Kong police arrested 80 people on Tuesday as scuffles broke out when demonstrators tried to block the authorities from clearing part of a pro-democracy protest site after nearly two months of rallies. The arrests came
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      Lock icon Brazil bribery probe hits major builders economy depends upon
      745 19 BLOOMBERG Rio de Janeiro THE corruption scandal at Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) that has spread to Brazil’s biggest builders is threatening to derail President Dilma Rousseff’s efforts to revive Latin America’s largest economy. The TCU, a federal court that acts as
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      Lock icon Weak eurozone threatens global growth: OECD
      448 19 AFP Paris THE weak eurozone economy poses a key threat to global growth, the OECD warned on Tuesday, urging more flexibility in fiscal rules for struggling EU members like France and Italy to prevent another recession. Forcing the two major European economies to meet
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      Lock icon Zhou’s PBOC past shows multiple policy moves
      891 20 Central bank governor has a track record of consecutive steps and so his latest rate cut is unlikely to be a one-off BLOOMBERG Beijing IN his 12 years as People’s Bank of China (PBOC) governor, Zhou Xiaochuan has never stopped at a single
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      Lock icon Hagel’s departure does not portend broader shake-up
      765 20 If anything, it may represent the final triumph of a White House-centric approach to national security Washington RIGHT after US President Barack Obama announced the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the White House, he walked over to a meeting of his
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      Lock icon Mexico hit by slow growth despite its booming car industry, rising exports
      977 20 BLOOMBERG Mexico City MEXICO’S booming automobile industry is generating more export dollars than oil, building more cars than Brazil and giving a job to Esmeralda Velazquez. What it isn’t doing is raising her living standards. The 37-year-old machine
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      Lock icon China state firms’ profit growth quickens slightly in Jan-Oct
      315 20 REUTERS Beijing PROFIT growth of China state-owned firms quickened slightly in the first 10 months of 2014, but there is little sign of a turnaround as factories struggle to cope with falling prices and sluggish demand. State-owned non-financial companies made combined
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      Lock icon Economy expands 3.9% in Q3, exceeding previous forecast
      556 21 This is due to bigger gains in consumer spending and business investment LATEST US DATA BLOOMBERG Washington THE economy in the US expanded more than previously forecast in the third quarter, reflecting bigger gains in consumer spending and business investment and capping
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      Lock icon India, US hold first formal trade talks in four years
      317 21 REUTERS New Delhi THE United States and India held their first round of formal trade talks in four years on Tuesday, seeking to capitalise on the resolution of a global trade dispute to repair a dialogue that had fallen into
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      Lock icon ECB easing prospects push eurozone yields to new record lows
      481 21 REUTERS London EUROZONE bond yields plumbed new record lows on Tuesday, as financial markets took comfort from European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi’s vow to lift inflation from near zero by whatever means necessary. Spanish 10-year yields were below
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      Lock icon Russian economy seen expanding 0.7-0.8% in 2014
      644 21 But 1.2% growth forecast for next year may have to be revised, says Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev REUTERS MOSCOW RUSSIA’S economy is likely to grow by 0.7-0.8 per cent in 2014 but next year’s 1.2 per cent growth forecast may have to be
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      Lock icon More protests feared in St Louis after jury clears policeman in teen’s shooting
      767 21 REUTERS Ferguson THE St Louis area in Missouri braced itself for another day of protests after a grand jury cleared a white police officer in the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teenager, sparking a night
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Jokowi needs to deliver on promises about allocation of tax savings
      597 22 EDITORIAL WHEN it comes to saving taxpayers’ money, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has already left a rather lasting impression since his inauguration on Oct 20. He made headlines last week when he ditched the presidential jet and instead flew
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      Lock icon US-China climate change pact: Is it really significant?
      830 22  -  TT THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group Washington THE United States-China agreement on climate change is a huge political triumph, possibly “historic”, as its supporters say. Whether it much alters the world’s climate is a more open
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      Lock icon Obama’s foreign policy goals more distant now
      1149 22  -  With US global positions seen eroding, and the power of ISIS, Russia and China rising, Republicans may be in a position to make it even harder for him to achieve his aim By Leon Hadar WHEN he first ran for president in 2008,
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      Lock icon Sustainable strategies: Building businesses for the future
      952 23  -  TT COMMENTARY By Mark Billington TThe writer is South-east Asia regional director for ICAEW AT the beginning of November, the United Nations published its latest report on climate change, which makes for sober reading. It warns that unless emissions are dramatically lowered in
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    • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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        633 23  -  Tan Kok Tim I REFER to the article, “In audits, if something feels wrong, it probably is” (BT, Nov 21), especially the point “One example of a tool that supports such objectives is the multi-fac-tor authentication that is ubiquitous in e-commerce”. I believe
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        937 23  -  Vincent Khoo S NALLAKARUPPAN is correct in saying “the silence in the dealing rooms of late is deafening it is quieter than the library” (“MAS, SGX and market players pow-wow needed”, BT, Nov 18). But it’s not the whole truth; the
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      Lock icon Iranian nuclear talks process still precarious despite extension
      1065 23  -  Prospects for permanent agreement remain uncertain given gaps between parties and Republican opposition in US.BY ANDREW HAMMOND US.BY ANDREW HAMMOND T The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics, and a former UK government special adviser
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Changi welcomed 4.49m passengers in October, up 1.9%
      407 24  -  Traffic from India boosts arrivals; that from Thailand and China rise following slumps most of this year By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore BOOSTED by robust passenger traffic to and from South Asia, passenger numbers at Changi Airport increased 1.9 per cent
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      Lock icon Taking precautions and carrying on despite Ebola
      903 24  -  TT STRAIT TALK BY DAVID HUGHES THE global shipping industry’s response to the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has been to do what long experience of deadly challenges has taught it: take reasonable precautions and carry on. In September,
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      Lock icon Westports shares surge over 4% after CIMB report cites catalysts
      538 24  -  The kickers are start of key customer alliance, renewal of investment Tax Allowance, govt nod to raise port tariffs By S Jayasankaran btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur THE shares of Westports Holdings leapt over 4 per cent to RM3.42 apiece on Tuesday,
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      Lock icon US airlines waive rebooking fees, winter delays set in
      335 24 BLOOMBERG Atlanta US airlines have waived their rebooking fees as winter weather struck the Chicago area and threatens the north-east as the Thanksgiving travel season approaches. With snow falling at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, United Continental Holdings Inc waived its customary
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      Lock icon Honda may face record fine for under-reporting US claims
      1047 25 Its failure in reporting to regulators more than 1,700 claims of injury or death involving its cars could lead to penalty of US$35m CAR SAFETY LAPSES BLOOMBERG Tokyo HONDA Motor Co said it failed to report more than 1,700 claims of
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      Lock icon GM’s top executives, staff scour social media seeking car defects
      558 25 BLOOMBERG New York AMID the worst safety-defect crisis in its history, General Motors Co executives and staff have taken to social media to find customer complaints and identify quality issues long before they become a crisis. GM, which faces lawsuits
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      Lock icon US senators call for airbag data from embattled parts maker Takata
      327 25 AFP Washington TWO senior US senators called on embattled Japanese car parts maker Takata to furnish them with 14 years of extensive records and data on the company’s faulty airbags. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Bill Nelson said on Monday
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      Lock icon India seeks private cash for rail lines
      653 25 It targets up to US$1 b of private investment by 2017 to build vital links to ports REUTERS New Delhi INDIA is targeting up to US$1 billion of private investment by 2017 to build rail lines linking ports and national networks to ease
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      366 26 C a il a n E n n o r e J e d d a h B r Shanghai Chittagong i s b a n e Ho Chi Minh H o n g J e b e lA NYK RORO (ASIA) PTE. LTD. K o n g REGULAR SERVICE
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      Lock icon Designers lauded for cutting-edge works
      964 28  -  Three designers bag the nation’s highest honour with the President’s Design Award By Tay Suan Chiang Taysc@sph.com.sg @TaySuanChiangBT LARRY Peh, creative director of &Larry, adds the President’s Design Award to a long list of accolades he has garnered over the years. Since he started his
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      Lock icon ‘Casablanca’ piano sold for US$3.4m
      809 28 NYT New York THE letters of transit “signed by General de Gaulle, cannot be rescinded, not even questioned” were hidden under its unusual hinged lid. It is golden yellow with touches of green and gold, a surprise to people who know it only from its
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      302 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Agent in pursuit of man is a criminal (10) 6 A touch of style (4) 10 Business tycoon’s doctor glumly sacking regulars (5) 11 Wild dog rose at the rear entrance (5,4) 12 Strange fancy from member of academy on strike (7) 13 Notable source of
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
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      Lock icon Net buys notch up S$1.9b
      493 30 TT ON THE RADAR GLOBAL mutual funds were net buyers of Singapore stocks in the three months to Nov 19. Based on net buys of the top five stocks in terms of volume, there were net buys of about S$1.9 billion compared to net sells
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      Lock icon Profiting by going against bullish market
      800 30 Hedge fund Universa Investments has been set up to make money in an economic and financial collapse NYT New York THE stock market has been rising for years, hitting new highs almost every week. So how is it that one of Wall Street’s most
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      Lock icon China options traders more bullish
      1198 29 Momentum has turned, say fund managers, with surprise interest rate cut and Shanghai-Hong Kong exchange link BLOOMBERG OPTIONS traders keep finding new reasons to get bullish on Chinese stocks. First an acceleration in government spending sent the biggest Chinese ex-change-traded fund in the US to
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      Lock icon China stock market being held hostage by a few IPO plans
      728 29 BLOOMBERG Shanghai SO much money is chasing after China’s next round of initial public offerings (IPOs) that the nation’s US$4.3 trillion stock market has become hostage to the fundraising plans of companies seeking just US$1.3 billion. As brokers take
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      Lock icon China mulls stricter tobacco control
      377 29 BLOOMBERG Beijing SMOKERS who light up at indoor public areas could be fined as much as 500 yuan (S$ 106) and operators who don’t stop them may have licences revoked under a proposed law as China considers stricter tobacco control. Operators would be required to
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      23 30 CHINESE STOCKS China options traders more bullish 29 CHINA’S AMERICAN-STYLE IPO Why US$4t of China stocks are hostage to a few IPOs 29
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