The Business Times, 18 December 2014

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    29 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|jh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg G E ©BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 I Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Thursday, December 1
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    215 1 Singapore exports recovered in November but only just on a weak base a year ago. In fact, non-oil domestic exports (NODX) to some of the Republic’s key markets suffered double-digit drops.TOP STORIES 3 Trade finance is likely to weaken for Singapore banks next year amid softer numbers out
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    27 1 Wednesday Change STI 3,227.23 +12.14 KL COMP 1,681.90 +7.96 NIKKEI 225 16,819.73 +64.41 HANG SENG 22,585.84 -84.66 SHENZHEN B 1,017.16 -4.57 DOW (11am EST) 17,155.09 +86.22
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    Lock icon Amid volatile markets, growth forecasts seen at risk
    1035 1  -  Turbulent currency and oil markets, slow growth in Europe, Japan and China could unsettle By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg @TehShiNingBT Singapore EVEN before volatility in the global financial markets spiked again in recent weeks, Singapore’s private sector economists had already tempered their
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    Lock icon Rouble slide resumes as govt purchases fail to stem rout
    608 1 BLOOMBERG REUTERS MOSCOW EMERGENCY measures failed for a second time this week to reverse a rout in the rouble, narrowing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s options in confronting the country’s deepest financial crisis since 1998. The rouble erased a rally of
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      300 1 *****1 *****4 OUTLOOK 2015: BANKING The transformation of Singapore banks COMPANIES MARKETS 6 VALUABLE LESSONS OUTLOOK 2015: PROPERTY Watershed year as investment sales slump to S$17-18b TOP STORIES 4 Karl Pohl’s guide to central banking OPINION 22 BUSY YEAR FOR HDB HDB’s deficit widens as it ramps up flat supply
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Rouble rousing
      19 2 BTExplains Source: US Energy Information Administration, Bloomberg, Deutsche Bank Barclays BT Graphics: Kenneth Lim Elenita Sarah Loyola
      Source: US Energy Information Administration, Bloomberg, Deutsche Bank & Barclays; BT Graphics: Kenneth Lim & Elenita Sarah Loyola  -  19 words
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      Lock icon Oil below US$59 as producers keep pumping
      601 2 Opec members which backed output cut in Nov meeting are showing a change of heart REUTERS London BRENT crude oil fell below US$59 a barrel on Wednesday, near 51/2-year lows, as major oil producers signalled that they would maintain output despite a supply
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      Lock icon Russian situation may have its impact on global economy
      949 2  -  TT COMMENTARY By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT Singapore DESPITE a drastic 6.5 percentage point interest-rate hike by the Russian central bank on Monday in a bid to prop up the country’s falling currency, the rouble has continued to get battered, prompting
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      Lock icon Public transport fare hike capped at 2.8% for 2015: Lui Tuck Yew
      253 2  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore PUBLIC transport fares will not be increased by more than 2.8 per cent next year, said Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew. This is lower than the original roll-over figure of 3.4 per
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      Lock icon Car COEs mostly flat; Cat C slides 13%
      396 2  -  Premium for open category also dips as motor industry starts winding down for 2014 By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore PREMIUMS for the last certificate of entitlement (COE) bidding exercise of the year were largely flat for passenger cars but a significant 13
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      Lock icon November exports miss forecasts
      684 3  -  1.6% rise comes on low base; S’pore exports to US, EU drop by double digits By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE exports recovered in November but only just on a weak base a year ago. In fact, non-oil domestic exports (NODX) to some of the
      Source: IE Singapore  -  684 words
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      Lock icon S’pore consumers still cautiously optimistic: survey
      595 3  -  By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT Singapore CONSUMERS have become only marginally more optimistic about Singapore’s economic conditions and their financial positions, according to the latest ANZ-Roy Morgan Singapore Consumer Confidence Index. The latest index, released on Wednesday, rose slightly by 0.9 points to 121.8
      Source: ANZ-Roy Morgan  -  595 words
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      Lock icon Watershed year as investment sales slump to S$17b-18b
      1367 4  -  Uptick for bulk sales of high-end residential units seen; Blackstone said to have completed purchase of 18 units at Paterson Suites for S$2,100 psf. But 2015 could see an extension of the lacklustre performance in overall market OUTLOOK 2015: PROPERTY By Kalpana
      Source: Savills Research & Consultancy  -  1,367 words
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      39 4 Congratulations to China Shipping on the maiden voyage of CSCL GLOBE to Singapore The world’s largest container ship *****TEU 4 HOLDINGS LIMITED Its Subsidiaries: SH Cogent Logistics Pte Ltd Cogent Automotive Logistics Pte Ltd Cogent Land Capital Pte Ltd
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      268 4 FUTURE ti111ii t s CHINA ADVANCED LEADERS PROGRAMME Grooming future leaders to “China-ready”, “Chirta-sa and “Connected” 11 This course has whetted my appetite for China, and for doing business in China. The initial week opened our eyes to the background and history of China. The second week in China itself
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Trade finance demand seen weakening for S’pore banks
      583 5  -  Gap between onshore and offshore yuan borrowing rates set to narrow further: JPMorgan senior analyst By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore TRADE finance is likely to weaken for Singapore banks next year amid weakening numbers out of China, and as the gap
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      Lock icon Singapore banks’ exposure to oil firms manageable: report
      339 5  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore SINGAPORE banks have exposures to major oil-and-gas players in the Republic and in Malaysia, but these are manageable, a recent Maybank-Kim Eng Research report said. By looking through disclosures of oil-and-gas companies’ principal bankers, senior analyst
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      Lock icon Offshore services firms fall victims to oil downturn
      471 5  -  By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT Singapore IN line with falling oil prices, Singa-pore-listed offshore support services companies have seen a more than one-tenth average fall in total returns for their stocks so far this year, with some of the bigger entities registering
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      Lock icon The transformation of Singapore banks
      1216 6  -  In 2014, Singapore banks made significant acquisitions, while foreign banks ramped up their local operations here OUTLOOK 2015: BANKING By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore THE economy may have slowed somewhat but Singapore’s banking sector stood out in 2014 for its continued vibrancy, with
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times index Dec 17,2014 3,227.23 +12.14 (+0.38%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,232.64 Day low 3,200.63 52-week high 3,374.06 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 2,960.09 (Feb 5, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index Dec 17,2014 734.10 +3.54 (+0.48%) Current streak 1 day Day high 734.38 Day low
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      Lock icon Oil-related stocks lead STI’s rebound
      621 8  -  Index regains 12.14 points. after a 110-point dive in previous two sessions, as traders bet on Wall Street rally TT STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT AFTER having plunged 110 points on Monday and Tuesday, the Straits Times index managed a 12.14-point bounce to 3,227.23
      Source: Bloomberg  -  621 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      306 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 236 +3 237/230 250 206 6 5966.9 CapitaLand 310 -4 314/306 348 268 15.5 2.6 *****.3 CapitaMall Trust 200 +2 201/197.5 209 180 5.1 6936.6 CityDev 984 +14 986/975 1118 860 13.4
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      37 8 VOLUME Golden Agri-Res 84,965,000 IHC 80,107,000 Noble 47,783,000 Genting Sing 34,122,000 Top Global 32,940,000 Market volume 1,369,411,000 VALUE SingTel 115,873,035 Keppel Corp 110,728,618 DBS Grp 108,214,305 Global Logistic 53,077,660 OCBC Bank 52,122,620 Market value 1,363,126,000
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      110 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap DBXT MSRussia US$ US151 +9 379 151/140 302/140 142/157 STI ETF 327 256 328/326 343/298 326/327 IS MS India US$ US703 -9 188 707/696 790/541 703/710 87.9 UETF SSE50China 206 +3 141 206/203 217/140 204/206 64.4
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      77 8 Dec 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -681.00 +109.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -22.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -68.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 730.05 -0.48 FTSE ST Small Cap 481.87 -0.84 FTSE ST All Share 775.20 +2.10 FTSE ST China Top 181.89 -0.03 FTSE ST China 217.49 -0.20 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Dec 17,2014 775.20 +2.10 (+0.27%) Current streak 1 day Day high 775.85 Day low 769.44 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 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Dec 16,2014 1,752.52 +23.03 (+1.33%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,753.75 Day low 1,717.81 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 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 Manufacturing 42 39 42 12 5 8 54 44 50 Commerce 12 16 22 5 5 3 17 21 25 Tpt/Stor/Comms 16 16 12
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 28,653 28,653 151,915 151,915 Manufacturing 134,295 52,031 186,326 133,110 2,746 135,856 Commerce 79,994 22,589 102,583 101,930 1,962 103,892 Tpt/Stor/Comms 143,253 735 143,988 225,485 274 225,759 Finance 22,759 274 23,033 241,554 56 241,610 Construction 52,650 23,992
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      77 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT iBoxxUSTr US$ ***** 556.3 2.0 *****/***** DBXT MSEurope US$ 5481 36.6 0.5 6492/5366 DBXT MSTHAI US$ 1980 34.0 1.3 2225/1620 Lyxor Europe US$ 1401 32.7 1.8 1678/1359 DBXT MSJAP US$ 4459 30.0 0.5 4814/4260 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBS MB
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      79 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT MSUSA US$ 4990 -329.1 -4.8 5242/4303 DBXT ASX200 US$ 3530 -304.3 -6.2 4403/3530 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -198.5 -0.8 *****/***** DBXT DBLCI-OY US$ 2725 -176.3 -4.7 3545/2725 Lyxor MS Idia US$ 1566 -171.1 -7.7 1736/1241 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBS
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      83 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Lereno Bio-Chem 15,201.0 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 Zhongxin Fruit 402.0 0.030 +0.008 +36.36 Lizhong Wheel 40.0 0.225 +0.032 +16.58 Europtronic 1,682.0 0.029 +0.007 +31.82 China Yuanbang 253.0 0.075 +0.013 +20.97 Hor Kew 488.0 0.042 -0.005 -10.64 Food Empire 376.0 0.295 -0.025 -7.81 Fabchem China 150.0 0.090
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        174 8 Buy Dec 17 close: S$9.84 DBS Group Research, Dec 17 CITY Developments Ltd (CDL), Blackstone and CIMB will form a new investment platform to acquire the cashflows and future distributions of Quayside Collection. The transaction will raise S$1.5 billion through the creation of: (i) S$750m of profit participation
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        Lock icon Olam international
        106 8 Hold Dec 17 close: S$1.98 OCBC Investment Research, Dec 17 OLAM intends to acquire ADM’s worldwide cocoa business for US$1.3 billion to establish itself among the world’s top three cocoa processors, where its global integrated cocoa business will focus on the supply of cocoa liquor, powder, and butter,
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        196 8  -  Compiled by Jamie Lee Buy Dec 17 close: S$0.655 DMG Partners Research, Dec 17 MANAGEMENT highlighted that the yield from producing Xiaomi’s Mi4 metal casing has surged to over 60 per cent from 30 per cent in Q3 2014 above the 50 per cent break-even point. We expect
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        9 8 DATA I 9.30 pm US initial jobless claims
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      Lock icon Dollar rebounds ahead of Fed policy statement
      385 9 TT CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE US dollar edged up on Wednesday, a day after falling amid a flight to safety as a Russian currency crisis took hold and as speculation grew of the Federal Reserve taking a more cautious tone on monetary policy.
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 9 Dec 17 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.950 5.052 0.654 6.325 51.874 103.335 0.957 8.939 2.847 1.055 81.991 36.482 1.065 9.573 0.786 25.564 26.887 0.519 0.816 Canada 1.053 5.318
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        155 9 Dec 17 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0649 1.0657 0.8155 0.8160 Canadian dollar 1.1209 1.1216 0.8588 0.8584 Euro 1.6277 1.6281 1.2465 1.2466 NZ dollar 1.0091 1.0099 0.7728 0.7733 Sterling pound 2.0515 2.0524 1.5711 1.5715
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        22 9 Dec 17 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3066 1.3069 2-months 1.3068 1.3073 3-months 1.3064 1.3069 6-months 1.3068 1.3074 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        368 9 Dec 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.34 *****.02 *****.94 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****7 *****9 Jun15 *****.00 4 2641 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 329.30 329.62 323.86 Dec14 328.60 330.40 323.30 323.30 ***** *****0 Jan15 328.80 330.40 323.30 323.30
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        201 9 Most active Dec 17 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left China Gaoxian FibreFab W*****8 0.2 unch 5683 1 10 278 13.50 45 DBS MB ePW*****2 18.3 0.4 4770 0.2 1910 4 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****3 5.8 -0.3
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Dec 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1240.3 1.0 4.7 0.5 4.1 1.3 0.9 EAFE Preliminary 953.3 0.6 -0.3 0.5 -5.6 1.3 -8.5 Europe Preliminary 1337.1 1.8 -1.3
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Dec 17 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.10 0.05 1-month 0.3750 0.2500 2-months 0.4375 0.3125 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.13 US$ 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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        36 9 Dec 17 (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 9 Dec 17 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 105.35 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100.37 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 106.93 107.63 107.00 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 104.15 104.85 104.25 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 109.83 110.80 110.80 30-Year NA*****N
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        209 9 Dec-16 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Dec-16 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1023.50 -16.00 -1.54% 14/01/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 31.77 -0.50 -1.55% 14/01/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 623.25 4.25 0.69% 13/03/2014 Dec-16 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1928.00 21.00 1.10% 16/03/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1937.00 1.00 0.05%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 9 Dec 17 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 14 2107.0 2123.0 2125.0 2098.0 274 ***** Jan 15 2114.0 2126.0 2130.0 2102.0 8219 ***** Feb 15 2110.0 2131.0 2136.0 2103.0 ***** ***** Mar 15 2115.0 2138.0
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      Lock icon Chinese retail investors flocking back to stock market
      862 10 State media, which earlier were encouraging readers to buy shares, have now turned cautious on the rally BLOOMBERG Shanghai ZHANG Jun, a 40-year-old real estate researcher, vowed to never again trade Chinese stocks after losing thousands of yuan during the market crash
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      Lock icon Vard wins deal to build Farstad offshore subsea construction vessel
      318 10  -  By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT Singapore OFFSHORE and specialised vessels designer and shipbuilder Vard Holdings announced on Wednesday that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of an offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) for Farstad Shipping. The
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      Lock icon Baidu to buy stake in Uber
      289 10 REUTERS Beijing CHINESE Internet giant Baidu Inc agreed to buy a stake in Uber as the online car-hailing service seeks to gain ground on rivals with powerful backers in one of the world’s biggest transportation markets. The companies didn’t disclose how big a stake
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon HDB’s deficit widens as it ramps up flat supply
      684 11  -  Shortfall due to higher expected loss for flats currently under construction, with more BTO projects awarded and increased development costs By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) net deficit (before government grant) more than doubled to
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      Lock icon Goodland eyes more overseas revenue and recurring income
      740 11  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore GOODLAND Group is mitigating the slowdown in the Singapore property market by focusing on overseas markets in the region, especially those with double-digit growth in prices and sales transactions over the past two years. This is
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      Lock icon Rise of Dubai property prices slow in H2; 2015 outlook stable
      290 11 REUTERS Dubai INCREASES in Dubai property prices slowed in the second half of 2014 and valuations will be steady next year as a glut of new units are released, consultants CBRE said on Tuesday. The real estate sector in
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      Lock icon Foreign condo owners scarce in Vancouver, Toronto
      250 11 BLOOMBERG Ottawa FEW condominiums in Vancouver and Toronto are owned by foreigners, according to a survey by Canada’s housing agency, suggesting there’s little risk a housing-market crash could be triggered by a quick drop in the global economy. Global investors owned just 2.4
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      Lock icon India property fund plans to raise US$500m
      353 12 HDFC Property Fund eyes funding from GIC, Temasek and Oman’s SWF REUTERS New Delhi A PRIVATE equity fund set up by Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC), India’s biggest mortgage lender, is targeting raising US$500 million to invest in residential real estate projects, said
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      Lock icon Vanke plans onshore debt after rules eased
      234 12 BLOOMBERG Shanghai CHINA Vanke, the nation’s biggest listed developer, will sell bonds after regulators allowed more property companies to access the onshore note market to support the slumping industry. The builder will issue 1.8 billion yuan (S$380 million) of three-year securities on Dec
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      1518 12 Property transactions for selected districts with contract dates between Nov 5 and Nov 11,2014 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT -IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$’000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED Marina Bay Residences Apt 07/11/2014 99 743 1728 2327 Marina One Residences Apt 07/11/2014 99
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      Lock icon RBS shrinks Irish arm with sale of £4.8b property debt
      419 12 REUTERS London ROYAL Bank of Scotland (RBS) has sold £4.8 billion (S$9.85 billion) of Irish property loans to US private equity firm Cerberus, shedding a big chunk of problem loans under its plan to shrink its business in Ireland. Cerberus
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      Lock icon Co-Operative fails BOE stress test; RBS, Lloyds barely pass
      711 14 All other banks clear the test which took place during a series of financial-stability exams across EU WP London CO-OPERATIVE Bank failed the Bank of England’s (BOE) first public stress test of the country’s lenders as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
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      594 14 REUTERS Mumbai FACED with a shrinking economy and tepid loan demand at home, Japan’s largest banks are looking to bolster their presence in India, enthused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reform agenda and improving ties between the two countries. While
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      487 14 BLOOMBERG New York CITIGROUP traders will be spared the full pinch of this year’s market slump, while investment bankers won’t get bonus boosts as big as their surge in dealmaking. The year-end bonus pool for the bank’s trading
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      477 14 BLOOMBERG Wilmington, Delaware BARCLAYS plc investors suing over claims the bank hid high-frequency traders’ role in its dark pool will have their cases consolidated before a federal judge in New York to make pre-tri-al information exchanges quicker and less costly. US District
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      139 14 THE BUSINESS TIMES riiiur mi m MAYBANK KIM ENG Invest Asia 2015 80 What lies ahead for you, the investor, in 2015? Hear from our distinguished panel of speakers at this seminar as they share their insights on the coming year, to help you navigate the ups and downs of
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Investors in troubled oil bonds leaning on banks for rescue
      1106 16 Funds now have to decide to sell their junk-rated debt at deep discounts or wait for possible crude price recovery OIL ROUT REUTERS Boston INDEPENDENT oil exploration and production companies are leaning heavily on bank credit lines to survive plunging
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      452 16 It is mirroring Opec’s strategy of not curbing production to tackle global surplus BLOOMBERG MOSCOW RUSSIA will keep its crude oil output steady next year and plunging prices will stabilise, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said, reiterating comments made almost three
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      500 16 BLOOMBERG Singapore GOLD prices will recover next year as demand in China and India improves, according to Australia New Zealand Banking Group, which forecast an advance for bullion even as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates. The precious metal will
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      672 16 Northern Powergrid tests technology that can control when consumer appliances will be used at home BLOOMBERG Munich WARREN Buffett wants to tell you the best time to wash your clothes. Or at least his energy company in the UK does. Mr Buffett’s
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Apple wins decade-old iTunes antitrust lawsuit
      1011 17 Jury’s unanimous verdict: updated version of software was used for genuine improvements to older iPods NYT Oakland, California A JURY took about three hours to reject an antitrust lawsuit 10 years in the making that accused Apple of using a software update to secure
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      510 17 Move follows warning to Google it was breaching data protection laws AFP The Hague A DUTCH government-affiliated watchdog said on Tuesday it is probing changes in Facebook’s privacy policy, the latest skirmish in a wider fight over the commercial use of online personal data. The
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      800 17 BLOOMBERG Portland HECTOR Hoyos founded his latest startup on the bet that biometric scanning on mobile phones will replace passwords on websites and ATMs. Now he’s counting on investors to also back the idea. A long-time biometric-security expert, Mr
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      496 17 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF WINSWAY SINGAPORE PETROLEUM CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED Company Registration No. *****3120E (Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of WINSWAY SINGAPORE PETROLEUM CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED was deemed to have been held on 11
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Fewer presents under S’pore Christmas trees this year
      375 18  -  UOB survey reveals Christmas shopping budget of S$709, which is 20 per cent less than last year’s By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore WHEN it comes to gifting this Christmas, shoppers in Singapore are spending less this year compared to 2013, according
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      Lock icon Tag Heuer changes tune, now looking at smartwatches
      363 18 AFP La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland BARELY a few months after dismissing Apple’s smartwatch, the new chief executive of luxury Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer conceded on Tuesday that such a hi-tech gadget might have a place in his firm’s line-up after all. “Initially, we
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      440 18 Potential buyers contacted include Mid-East sovereign funds, Asian investors BLOOMBERG London THE owner of Puma SE has explored a sale of the German sportswear maker as efforts to revive the brand drag into a fifth year, according to people familiar with the matter. Kering
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      510 18 AFP London BRITISH supermarkets are slashing prices ahead of Christmas, spurred by competition from German-owned discounters, benefitting customers of all tastes. Sales events dubbed “Black Friday", “Cyber Monday” and “Manic Monday” imported from the United States surged in popularity across Britain this year
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      Lock icon US casual-dining restaurants simplify menus to focus on strengths
      674 18 BLOOMBERG Chicago CASUAL-DINING restaurants, long known for boasting tome-like menus to appeal to a broad range of customers, are narrowing their offerings to focus on the cuisines they do best. Red Lobster recently axed tortilla soup, while Chili’s got rid of
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Taxi-Taxi@SG: LTA launches ‘available cabs nearby’ app
      579 19  -  It lets commuters broadcast their locations so taxi drivers know where there is demand and can avoid empty cruising By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore FRESH from introducing a S$2.5 million training scheme to upskill taxi drivers, measures to improve taxi availability and
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      Lock icon Spicejet rescue no fix for India’s aviation woes
      404 19 REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS REUTERS Hong Kong SPICEJET’S woes are all too familiar. India is cajoling banks to lend to the country’s second largest singlebrand carrier when the debt-ridden airline needs more equity. The government’s hope is to save jobs and prevent a repeat
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      Lock icon Airlines poised for US$12b windfall thanks to oil collapse
      812 19 Profits in 2015 will swell 25 per cent to US$25 billion, according to Iata BLOOMBERG Dallas AIRLINES around the world are poised for a US$ 12 billion windfall as the global oil crash cuts bills for jet fuel, the biggest expense
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      Lock icon American Air flight hit by storm, diverts to Tokyo
      234 19 REUTERS Tokyo A US-bound American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Tokyo on Wednesday after hitting severe turbulence created by a strong winter storm, with several people taken to hospital for minor injuries. American Airlines Flight 280,
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      Lock icon Europe’s November car sales rise at slowest rate in a year
      508 19 WP Paris EUROPEAN car sales increased at the slowest pace in a year in November as waning economic growth discouraged customers, prompting carmakers including Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to cut prices. Registrations rose 1.2 per cent to 989,457 vehicles
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      917 20 Threat to Russia’s financial stability comes at a time when relations with the west are hit by Ukraine conflict ROUBLE CRISIS REUTERS Moscow RUSSIA failed to halt the collapse of the rouble on Tuesday, leaving President Vladimir Putin facing a full-blown currency crisis
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      764 20 AFP MOSCOW RUSSIANS are feeling the pinch from the slumping rouble, but one somewhat paradoxical result has been to unleash a spending spree as consumers snap up electronics, furniture and cars before prices soar. In general, Russians’ spending power has gone down
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      Lock icon Japan’s November trade deficit shrinks 31.5%; exports stay weak
      483 20 Value of exports rises 4.9% but volume is down 1.7%; imports fall 1.7% in first downturn in three months AFP Tokyo JAPAN’S trade deficit in November shrank by nearly a third from a year ago, helped by higher exports and falling
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      Lock icon Thai central bank holds key rate, agrees to cut growth forecasts
      347 20 REUTERS Bangkok THAILAND’S central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2 per cent on Wednesday, as expected, saying the level is low enough to support the country’s “weaker-than-expected” economic recovery. The Bank of Thailand (BOT) said that
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      Lock icon German investor confidence gains in a sign of stronger growth
      278 20 WP Frankfurt GERMAN investor confidence rose for a second month as Europe’s largest economy showed signs of picking up the pace of growth. The ZEW Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim said its index of investor and analyst expectations,
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      Lock icon ADB shaves a bit off growth forecasts for Asian nations amid turbulence
      614 21  -  Downgrade for developing economies in the region due to oil price slump and looming Russian financial crisis By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded slightly its 2014 growth forecasts for many of Asia’s
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      Lock icon EU to combat tax evasion with central registers
      302 21 REUTERS London THE European Union has agreed to rules to stamp out tax evasion and stop dirty money from criminal gangs or terrorism finance being channelled through anonymous companies. EU states and the European Parliament struck the agreement on Tuesday evening to
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      Lock icon Consumer inflation posts largest drop in 6 years
      605 21 Current account deficit rises 1.9% in Q3, to US$100.3b from a revised US$98.4b in Q2 LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington US consumer prices recorded their biggest drop in nearly six years in November as petrol prices tumbled, but this probably will do
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      Lock icon EU fiscal deals probe extends to all member countries
      185 21 BLOOMBERG Brussels THE European Union’s probe of sweetheart fiscal deals expanded as the competition regulator requested all EU countries to provide information about tax accords with multinationals. The EU is seeking lists of every company granted a so-called tax ruling between
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      208 21 REUTERS Zurich THE Swiss government said on Wednesday it had chosen Andrea Maechler to become the first female member of the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) governing board in the central bank’s 107-year history. Ms Maechler, 45, will replace board member Fritz Zurbruegg,
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon 2015 shaping up as the year for even more quantitative easing
      635 22 EDITORIAL IF 2014 goes down in history as the year in which markets had to grapple with the US Federal Reserve’s tapering of its “quantitative easing” or QE stimulus, 2015 is shaping up as a year when QE looks
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      790 22  -  TT THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 THE rout of the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), in Taiwan by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in local elections
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      1572 22  -  Six lessons from the late legendary Bundesbank president and his spirit of nonchalant hedonism. BY DAVID MARSH COMMENTARY hedonism.BY DAVID MARSH T The writer is managing director and co-founder of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), which links central banks, sovereign funds
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      Lock icon Oil prices: near-term stabilisation, long-term rebound seen
      1022 23  -  TT COMMENTARY By Hans van Cleef T The writer is senior energy economist, ABN Amro Bank NV OIL prices have been under heavy pressure for several months now. The decline started in the summer, accelerated in September and October and again gained momentum
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      Lock icon SGX clarifies issues about company announcements and StockFacts
      304 23  -  TT LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mita Natarajan (Ms) Head of Corporate Services, Listings Singapore Exchange I REFER to Lee Kian Leong’s letter, “SGX should be more proactive in its response to feedback” (BT, Dec 16). We thank Mr Lee for his feedback.
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      Lock icon THE ECONOMICS OF ENGAGING INDIA – RISKS AND REWARDS
      1394 23 THE ECONOMICS OF ENGAGING INDIA RISKS AND REWARDS NARENDRA Modi’s remarkable landslide win in May this year triggered a tsunami of hope in a country brimming with both ambition and frustration. He has pledged that he would bring about sweeping change in his first term as India’s prime minister. ow
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      437 25  -  Bookmate aims to differentiate itself by its platform’s more direct integration with social media By Lisa Fratini lfratini@sph.com.sg Singapore BOOKMATE, a new e-book subscription service, hopes to fire up the self-publishing scene in Singapore with its social media-friendly platform and large library of
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      671 25 BLOOMBERG Paris DUMPING dried-out Christmas trees on the curb can be a bit of a downer after the holidays. Now Parisians have an option: rent one. The brainchild of four school buddies, the greener alternative allows families to order a live tree online
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      Lock icon Long-established Dutch flower auction faces competition
      810 25 NYT Aalsmeer, Netherlands EACH weekday morning, the buyers descend on Aalsmeer, about a half-hour southwest of Amsterdam, arriving at an enormous warehouse covering some 2 million square metres. They squeeze onto benches, glare at computer screens and, with the push of a button, bid
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