The Business Times, 2 April 2015

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    24 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 Thursday, April 2,2015
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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      Lock icon China’s manufacturing activity
      18 1 surprised on the upside in March but continues to show inherent weaknesses. TOP STORIES 2
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      Lock icon SMEs are displaying
      25 1 a more wary sense of optimism, with the expectation that sales and profits will weaken over the next six months.TOP STORIES 2
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      Lock icon Changi Airport Group
      22 1 and the Singapore Tourism Board are investing S$35 million in a two-year partnership to boost visitorship. top stories 6
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      Lock icon Matex International
      24 1 is set to become an operator of four thermal coal mines in China through a S$475 million reverse takeover. COMPANIES MARKETS 7
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      Lock icon Cosco Corp slipped
      24 1 after it said a customer had asked for two jack-up rig deliveries to be delayed by nine months. COMPANIES MARKETS 10
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      Lock icon Resale prices of HDB
      22 1 flats fell one per cent in Q1 2015 from Q4 2014, according to flash estimates. REAL ESTATE 14
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      Lock icon Blackstone Group’s
      25 1 Stephen Schwarzman, who correctly bet on a US housing recovery, is now making a similar wager on Singapore’s luxury property market.REAL ESTATE 17
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      Lock icon Amazon has unveiled
      22 1 a WiFi-connected gadget that allows shoppers to refill orders of household staples with the press of a button. TECHNOLOGY/24
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      Lock icon Local carriers
      33 1 have made changes to their cockpit procedures to ensure that at least two persons are in the cockpit at all times, following the crash of a Germanwings flight last week.TRANSPORT 30
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      Lock icon After two years of Abenomics
      28 1 and two successive rounds of monetary easing, the mood among Japanese businesses and industry remains highly cautious, tankan survey revealed. GOVT ECONOMY 32
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    Lock icon URA revises private residential property price index
    1006 1  -  The new method tracks prices of all private home transactions, and factors in finer attributes such as floor level and nearness to MRT stations By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore A KEY property price index widely tracked by market players and the man-in-the-street
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    Lock icon Surprise outcome of KepLand offer splits views
    873 1  -  Some say KepCorp has made genuine effort to bag 95.5% stake; others feel deadline extension too short By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore THE surprise outcome of Keppel Corp’s takeover bid for its main-board-listed property arm has brought forth divided views and some
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Wednesday Change STI 3,447.02 +0.01 KL COMP 1,826.31 -4.47 NIKKEI 225 19,034.84 -172.15 HANG SENG 25,082.75 +181.86 SHENZHEN B 1,167.31 +8.66 DOW (noon EDT) 17,674.99 -101.13
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      181 1 Hill 8 '*****1 *****4 SWF IN PAYA LEBAR Abu Dhabi Investment Authority takes 70% stake in Paya Lebar site REAL ESTATE 16 IWC PORTUGIESER. THE LEGEND AMONG ICONS Portugieser Perpetual Calendar. Ref. 5033: The daring expeditions of the Portuguese seafarers held out the promise of everlasting glory. A worthy legacy
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      20 1 MODEL OF GOOD GOVERNANCE Lessons for aspiring countries OPINION 39 COMMENTARY Lowdown on the new savings bonds TOP STORIES 2
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      31 1 COURT CASE Sukamto Sia (right) to pay Indonesian coal tycoon S$132m for lost opportunity TOP STORIES 2 Private home prices slipped 1.1% in Q1: URA/ 4 Tracking private home prices 4
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Lowdown on the new savings bonds
      1285 2  -  Compared to 10-year SGS bonds, savings bonds shine amid rising rates, but some tweaks could be made COMMENTARY By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT RETAIL investors might not realise this yet, but they will have to rethink their asset-allocation strategy soon. The Singapore Savings Bonds
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      Lock icon Court orders Sukamto Sia to pay Indon coal tycoon S$132m for lost opportunity
      351 2  -  By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore SINGAPORE businessman Sukamto Sia was ordered by the High Court to pay a whopping S$ 132.32 million in damages to Indonesian mining magnate Low Tuck Kwong in relation to a defamation
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      Lock icon SME business confidence over next 6 months slips
      606 2  -  SBF-DP SME Index shows sentiment here falling compared to last quarter, from 54.4 to 54.0 By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are displaying a more wary sense of optimism, with the expectation that sales and profits will
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      Lock icon China PMI up in March but weakness persists
      690 2  -  By Virginie Mangin btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing CHINA’S manufacturing activity surprised on the upside in March but continues to show inherent weaknesses, suggesting more central bank intervention to support the slowing economy could be in the works. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released
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      Lock icon Tracking private home prices
      239 4 The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the latest among government agencies to revise its approach in computing property price indices. This follows similar moves by the Housing Development Board (HDB) and JTC to revise their indices. BT Explains Revision of URA Residential Property Price Index (PPI)
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      Lock icon Malaysia GST kicks off after years of delay
      631 4  -  New tax regime is seen as necessary to cut dependency on petroleum earnings, diversify revenue sources By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur AND so it has come to pass. After years of resistance and much handwringing, Malaysia on Wednesday rolled out a
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      Lock icon Private home prices slip 1.1% in Q1: URA
      839 4  -  Flash estimates show sixth straight quarter of decline from the peak in the third quarter of 2013; further declines likely By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore PRIVATE home prices remained on a slide in the first three months of this year as
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      Lock icon Senior StanChart executive resigns to set up private equity firm
      604 4  -  V Shankar will leave bank on April 30 after 13 years; he will serve out gardening leave till end of September By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore ANOTHER of Standard Chartered’s senior global executives is leaving the bank. V Shankar,
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      Lock icon CAG and STB in S$35 million partnership to lure visitors
      578 6  -  Both organisations will roll out joint marketing campaigns globally and within key markets By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT @Nisha_BT Singapore IN their biggest tie-up yet, Changi Airport Group (CAG) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) are investing S$35 million in
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      Lock icon OCBC tightens terms for 3% interest account
      440 6  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore OCBC Bank has tightened the terms for its savings account offer that is now ranked top in its interest rate a year after its launch. This will put it closer in comparison with a savings scheme by
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      31 2 2 If you're looking for a landed home with a large enough driveway, turn to the Print Classified Properties section. To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289 9988. Own cars?
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon S$ bond issues hit S$3b in March
      567 7  -  By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore STRONG demand for Singapore dollar bonds has pushed issuances in March to S$3 billion, 20 per cent higher than in the same month last year even as unease grows among bond investors on how long the
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      Lock icon SGX panel completes probe into trading breakdown
      158 7 Singapore THE investigation into the trading breakdown at Singapore Exchange (SGX) in November last year has been completed, with the SGX board committee of inquiry submitting its report to the SGX board and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the exchange said on Wednesday.
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Amara Holdings opens Bangkok hotel
        41 7 MAINBOARD-listed Amara Holdings has opened its first hotel in Thailand. The 250-room property in Surawong is located near two BTS Skytrain stations, and close to Silom and Sathorn Roads, key shopping and financial districts of Bangkok.
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        73 7 A DISTRIBUTION partner of QT Vascular has submitted its chocolate PTA balloon catheter for regulatory approval in Japan. The catheter dilates diseased peripheral vessels in a less traumatic way compared to conventional balloon angioplasty, and reduces the need for unplanned stenting. The firm is also
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      Lock icon Matex Int’l spins into coal mine operator
      532 7  -  It enters into deal with Blackgold to buy latter’s HK subsidiary By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore MAINBOARD-LISTED Matex International is set to become an operator of four thermal coal mines in China through a S$475 million reverse takeover. The textile specialty chemical
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      Lock icon Cosco down on rig delivery delays
      384 10  -  Customer asks for nine-month postponement for 2 rigs HOT STOCKS By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore SHARES of shipbuilder Cosco Corp slipped on Wednesday after it said that a customer had asked for two jack-up rig deliveries to be delayed nine months. Negotiations over
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      Lock icon Polaris soars as Softbank takes stake in associate
      257 10  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore POLARIS Ltd was Wednesday’s most actively traded stock on the Singapore Exchange with its price hitting a high of 2.4 Singapore cents before ending the day at 2.1 cents, up half a cent or 31.25
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      Lock icon Make tactical gains from eurozone assets but don’t over-rely on cheap money: UBS
      452 10  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore UBS sees tactical opportunity in investing in eurozone assets in this period of easy monetary policy, and has shifted some funds from its US portfolio, the latest letter from its chief
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      Lock icon SGX steps up investor education
      293 10  -  By Fiona Lam fionalam@sph.com.sg Singapore TO EDUCATE new retail investors, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has launched once again its online StockWhiz real-time trading competition. StockWhiz 2015 runs from April 1 to June 30. SGX has also introduced new online tutorials. The annual StockWhiz contest is
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      Lock icon Scotts Square unveils new line-up of tenants
      683 11  -  Wheelock-owned high-end mall brings new luxury retailers to buffer recent tenant exits By Debbie Yong debyong@sph.com.sg @DebbieYongBT Singapore AFTER an exodus of more than eight tenants over the last six months, luxury shopping mall Scotts Square is poised for a revival with a
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      Lock icon SPH forms new unit to produce golf content, run events
      421 11  -  By Prisca Ang prisang@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has created a new unit to produce monthly golf specials and to run golf events. SPH Golf, which aims to cater to the growing popularity and interest in the game, will
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      Lock icon Nomura research institute to set up Singapore unit
      265 11  -  By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore NOMURA Institute of Capital Markets Research (NICMR) will set up a unit in Singapore to boost its financial and capital markets research capabilities in Asia with a special focus on Asean countries. “A team of
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      Lock icon LHN breaks IPO drought with Catalist offering
      286 11  -  By Elizabeth Mak eamak@sph.com.sg Singapore SPACE optimisation specialist LHN Limited on Wednesday launched its initial public offering (IPO), ending a three-month new-listing drought on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The first three months this year was the first empty quarter for new listings since
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 12 STI Catalist Straits Times Index April 1,2015 3,447.02 +0.01 (0.00%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,450.54 Day low 3,435.59 52-week high 3,454.26 (Mar 30, 2015) 52-week low 3,154.21 (Oct 16, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index April 1,2015 695.26 -4.25 (-0.61%) Current streak 2 days Day high 698.64 Day low
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      Lock icon STI arrests slide, breaks even for the day
      594 12  -  Index falls for most of the session on overnight weakness in US markets, and China’s below-average PMI STOCKS By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT SINGAPORE shares had to stage a late sprint on Wednesday just to get back to start after sliding for
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      317 12 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 260 +1 260/257 263 219 5.5 6573.7 CapitaLand 358 unch 362/357 371 290 13.1 2.5 *****.2 CapitaMall Trust 219 -1 220/217 226 188.5 4.9 7597.2 CityDev 1006 cd unch 1010/1000 1118 915
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      33 12 VOLUME Polaris 97,081,000 SinoConstruction 69,219,400 KLW Hldgs 40,826,700 Rowsley 40,340,300 IHC 34,375,900 Market volume 1,426,760,000 VALUE CapitaLand 59,658,324 Singtel 52,596,860 UOB 52,278,134 DBS Grp 45,196,988 ST Engineering 39,303,647 Market value 967,526,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      109 12 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap Lyxor World US$ US176.5 397 176.5/176.5 179.1/160.8 175.9/176.8 17.7 STI ETF 344 +1 155 345/343 349/319 344/345 IS MS India US$ US785 +16 119 785/774 1000/636 785/786 98.1 UETF SSE50China 266 +1 90 266/264 271/140 265/266
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 12 Apr 1 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 361.00 +112.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -39.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +36.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 783.00 +0.19 FTSE ST Small Cap 485.01 -0.19 FTSE ST All Share 825.50 +0.02 FTSE ST China Top 196.48 +0.65 FTSE ST China 237.68 +0.56 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 12 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index April 1,2015 825.50 +0.02 (0.00%) Current streak 1 day Day high 825.83 Day low 823.25 52-week high 827.18 (Mar 30, 2015) 52-week low 762.71 (Oct 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 12 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index March 31,2015 1,849.34 -21.84 (-1.17%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,878.41 Day low 1,845.02 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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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 4 7 5 0 0 0 4 7 5 Manufacturing 39 56 38 3 10 12 42 66 50 Commerce 14 24 22 6 10 0 20 34 22 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 15 11
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 12 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 23,604 23,604 92,299 92,299 Manufacturing 139,485 166,389 305,874 90,814 4,692 95,506 Commerce 87,740 28,930 116,670 73,412 1,325 74,736 Tpt/Stor/Comms 133,020 3,696 136,716 147,233 250 147,483 Finance 12,328 50 12,378 143,422 12 143,434 Construction 82,211 13,390
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      75 12 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 143.6 0.8 *****/***** DBXT China50 US$ 3605 84.8 1.7 3608/2699 GLD US$ ***** 39.7 0.3 *****/***** DBXT S&P Short US$ 2218 38.3 1.3 2602/2117 DBXT MSCHINA US$ 1485 31.5 1.6 1485/1145 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low ES Grp
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      77 12 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT MSJAP US$ 4925 -254.4 -3.6 5111/4260 IS S&P500 US$ ***** -171.0 -0.6 *****/***** SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -161.4 -0.6 *****/***** DBXT MSEurope US$ 5772 -158.7 -2.0 6492/5366 DBXT E50 US$ 4995 -104.0 -1.5 5630/4562 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low ISDN W*****0
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 12 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Atlantic Nav 200.0 0.420 +0.090 +27.27 Polaris 97,081.0 0.021 +0.005 +31.25 MegaChem 500.9 0.420 +0.075 +21.74 Jaya 32,849.6 0.027 +0.007 +35.00 LH 7,540.0 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 SMJ Intl 36.0 0.141 -0.029 -17.06 Yong Xin Intl 524.0 0.011 +0.002 +22.22 ES 655.5 0.190 +0.050 +35.71 Matex
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        138 12 Buy April 1 close: S$0.945 Target price: S$1.00 DBS Group Research, April 1 Our analysts visited five malls in Croesus Retail Trust’s (CRT) portfolio in Tokyo, Japan. They were (a) One’s Mall, acquired in September 2014, (b) Aeon Town Moriya, (c) Croesus Tachikawa (formerly NIS Wave 1),
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        Lock icon Ascendas Real Estate investment Trust
        179 12 Hold April 1 close: S$2.60 Target price: S$2.43 OCBC Investment Research, April 1 Ascendas Reit (A-Reit) announced on March 30, 2015 that it has acquired a property, the Kendall, from its sponsor Ascendas Group for a purchase consideration of S$112 million. The initial NPI (net
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        Lock icon Valuetronics Holdings
        157 12  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim Buy April 1 close: S$0.47 Target price: S$0.64 RHB Research, April 1 We brought Valuetronics on a two-day roadshow to meet institutional clients on March 23 and 25. The feedback was generally positive while key concerns still lie on the slowdown in the LED
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      18 12 DATA I 9.30pm (April 2) Singapore Purchasing Managers Index I 9.30pm (April 2) US Initial Jobless Claims
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      Lock icon US$ eases as survey bolsters safe-haven yen
      396 13 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar was flat to lower against the euro and yen on Wednesday as a soft Japanese business survey dented Tokyo shares but helped bolster the safe-haven yen, while another improved batch of European data helped the euro. Slightly improved
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 13 Apr 1 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.967 4.725 0.709 5.913 47.548 99.405 0.914 8.412 2.818 1.024 77.743 33.997 1.043 9.211 0.741 23.908 24.796 0.514 0.763 Canada 1.034 4.884
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 13 Apr 1 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0429 1.0438 0.7624 0.7628 Canadian dollar 1.0781 1.0788 0.7884 0.7881 Euro 1.4710 1.4719 1.0754 1.0756 NZ dollar 1.0188 1.0197 0.7448 0.7452 Sterling pound 2.0289 2.0304 1.4832 1.4838
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        21 13 Apr1 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3688 1.3696 2-months 1.3697 1.3706 3-months 1.3707 1.3717 6-months 1.3736 1.3747 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        480 13 apt OWN HMHi i<rH sen v». lIKtNI FTSE CHINA ASO INDEX FUTURES SPOl 11*80.06 *****.S4 ***** 32 Apr 13 *****.00 *****00 118S0.00 *****JU) *****0 581.575 May'S *****.00 *****00 1185?.50 *****.00 -.519 670 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT 191?9 7S I91V.V7.T ***** 95 juni5 '9175 co m/nmi *****.00
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        205 13 Most active Apr 1 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Rowsley Ltd W*****3 3.4 0.1 ***** 1 18 18 UOB MB eCW*****1 11.2 unch 4430 0.1 2380 3 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****3 10.2 0.5 3268 0.2 1050
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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 Mar 31 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1335.3 -0.6 4.7 -0.9 5.7 -0.6 2.1 EAFE Preliminary 1086.8 -0.9 10.1 -1.4 7.9 -1.2 4.2 Europe Preliminary 1533.1 -1.1 11.0
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 13 Apr 1 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.02 1-month 0.875 0.75 2-months 0.9375 0.8125 3-months 1.0625 0.95 Overnight mode: 0.50 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.17 0.07 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.70 0.50 12
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        Lock icon SIBOR
        36 13 Apr 1 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 13 Apr 1 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.26 102.29 102.19 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 99.44 99.33 99.30 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 106.81 106.70 106.40 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 104.73 104.80 104.59 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 109.87
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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      838 8 United Overseas Bank Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) and its Subsidiaries FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 IMPORTANT Company Registration No. *****0026Z The following financial information contains only a summary of the information in the financial statements of United Overseas Bank Limited (the Bank)
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      1494 9 United Overseas Bank Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) and its Subsidiaries Company Registration No. *****0026Z INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED Report on the financial statements We have audited the accompanying financial statements of United Overseas Bank Limited (the Bank) and its subsidiaries
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      64 11 golf?Love preview Hit the T!GER’S got the y!ps! says former coach Hank Haney ROHIT BRIJNATH The Masters will not be the same with a fading Tiger VEN SREENIVASAN The golf industry in Singapore needs a reboot RORY The new model of greatness sweet spot with Swing, a new monthly special
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      627 14  -  HDB flash estimates show resale prices fell 1% in the quarter the smallest decline in 11/2years By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore RESALE prices of public housing flats fell one per cent in Q1 2015 from Q4 2014, according to flash
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      506 16  -  Project will be one of the biggest investments in Singapore for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore ABU Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has confirmed it has a 70 per cent stake in a
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      306 16 BLOOMBERG London SEARS Holdings Corp formed a real estate investment trust that will acquire about 254 of the retailer’s properties, generating more than US$2.5 billion in proceeds for the money-losing department store chain. The Reit, Seritage Growth Properties, will lease
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      624 17 BLOOMBERG Tokyo GLOBAL wealth funds are moving to buy more Tokyo properties to take advantage of rising prices in the Japanese capital, one of the highest-rank-ing officials at the land ministry said. “Long-term pension funds in the US
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      546 18 Move is to help shelter lender from slower economic growth in its home country BLOOMBERG Singapore MALAYAN Banking Bhd, Malaysia’s largest lender, is seeking to increase corporate lending and investment-banking activities in Indonesia to help shelter it from slower economic growth in its
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      399 18 BLOOMBERG Paris DOES it get any better than this? That’s the question Larry Hatheway, UBS Group AG’s chief economist, is asking about financial markets. His answer: Probably not. Right now, the MSCI World Index of stocks is trading near record highs
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      562 18 REUTERS London EUROPEAN Union plans to ban banks taking market bets with their own money should be scrapped to avoid crimping the flow of funds needed for economic recovery, an EU document showed on Tuesday. The bloc’s executive
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      1601 18 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ik II I 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I ft ft ft I ft ft—' Email notices ysph.com.sg M I I i ft j ift www.sphdass.com.sg/notices HEATEC JIETONG HOLDINGS LTD HEATEC JIETONG HOLDINGS LTD. Registration No. *****7808Z (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL
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      2952 19 SWIBER HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****4721N) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of Swiber Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at 12 International Business Park, Swiber@lBP #03-02 Singapore *****0, on Monday, 20 April
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      3090 19 HWA HONG CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****0130C) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sixty-Second Annual General Meeting of Hwa Hong Corporation Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay, Phoenix I, Level 6,177A River Valley
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Latin oil bargains erode Saudi market clout in Asia
      683 22 Discount of Latin American oil to Middle East benchmark Dubai widens to almost double the average of past year BLOOMBERG Tokyo SHIPS carrying oil from Mexico docked in South Korea this year for the first time in more than two decades
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      377 22 BLOOMBERG Paris CHINESE pigs are developing a taste for French food. Shipments of French barley to China may rise to 2.19 million tonnes this season, a more than 20-fold increase from last year, according to forecasts from Offre Demande Agricole,
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      683 22 AFP Kemberg, Germany FRESH from a massage, the cows turn slowly on a computerised “milking carousel” everything is ready at the Heideland farm south of Berlin to ramp up production once European milk quotas end on Wednesday. “Look how well we
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      267 22 REUTERS Chicago UNITED STATES pork belly prices are likely to fall further into the summer as supplies climb, now that farmers have finally controlled a deadly virus that wiped out millions of pigs, analysts said. The US Department
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      593 24 Company rebrands itself as “leading technology provider to small businesses”; sheds its risqué advertising tactics NYT San Francisco NEARLY four years ago, GoDaddy was an Internet registration company with a history of risqué advertising. Now, as it prepares for new life on the
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      301 24 WP Washington AMAZON on Tuesday unveiled its latest effort to bring more speed and convenience to online shopping: A WiFi-connected gadget called the Amazon Dash Button that allows shoppers to refill orders of household staples with the press of a button. The adhesive buttons
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      352 24 REUTERS London A PLAN To salvage RadioShack Corp’s business by co-branding most of its 1,740 surviving stores with cellular phone provider Sprint Corp earned US bankruptcy court approval on Tuesday, ending four days of contested court hearings. The stores are what survived of more
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      Lock icon Charter to acquire Bright House for US$10.4b
      1009 26 Deal signals tough time smaller cable companies could face if regulators approve megadeals in US cable industry NYT New York IN the cable business, the big keep getting bigger. The wave of consolidation now reshaping the media industry continued on Tuesday when Charter
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      3391 24 The Business Times Ik I 1 I Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I I Email noticesj5sph.com. sg u j i L J www.sphclass.com.sg/notices STATS ChipPAC Ltd. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number *****7932D) Notice of Twenty-First Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Twenty-First Annual General
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      215 25 Choose from Prime Stock Call 1800 289 8822 or e-mail notices@sph.com.sg to place your Tenders Auctions Notices REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR:HCE ASIA PTE. LTD. Company Registration No. *****7449H (the "Company") A REQUEST IS HEREBY MADE that any person, firm or corporation who has done or is doing business with the
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      3157 26 The Business Times Ik ~T I 1 I /"I I 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I Email notices@sph.com.sg I V i www.sphclass.com.sg/notices CHANGTIAN PLASTIC CHEMICAL LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Changtian Plastic Chemical Limited (the “Company”)
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      58 27 FRIENDS INDEED ProfessorTommy Kohand MrK.Kesavapany writeon Singapore-India relationsinthe wakeof MrLee Kuan Yew’spassing International honour for Singaporean poly professor GET YOUR COPY TODAY FROM ALL 7-ELEVEN OUTLETS TO ADVERTISE: CALL SHAN (*****861) KALWANT (*****327) NISHAL (*****438) bird’s Eye view of tender jobs Check out the most comprehensive collection of tender notices
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      3969 27 VENTURE CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) (Co. Reg. No: *****2886H) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Informal Briefing on Venture Corporation Limited FY 2014 Results Chief Financial Officer Ng Chee Kwoon will take questions on Venture Corporation Limited FY 2014 Results and contents of the 2014 Annual Report at 9.30 a.m.
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  • CONSUMER
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      470 28  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore PHOTOGRAPHIC and digital imaging solutions firm Canon opened a new printing facility at the Singapore Sports Hub on Wednesday. The Canon Print Hub, as it is called, gives the Sports Hub full access to the
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      644 28 About US$19.4b in market value of six casino operators wiped out in Q1 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong ANALYSTS are racing to slash their forecasts for Macau casino revenue this year after a lacklustre Lunar New Year showed the pace of the downturn
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      351 28 BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S top-performing equity fund manager has been trimming holdings of consumer companies on concern the country’s new consumption tax will fuel a decline in household spending. The slump in consumer purchases will probably last another two quarters after data last week
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      1066 28 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 I® ;ince 1988 HLH GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****5292D) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary
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      136 28 In the Matter of The Companies Act, Cap.50 And In the Matter of AXIA NGNETWORKS ASIA PTE. LTD. (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) (Co. Reg. No. *****8927H) NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, the Final General Meeting
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      4126 29 RRine SARINE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. SARINE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Incorporated in Israel) Israel Registration No. 51 *****07 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Singapore Centennial Tower, Level 21, Marina Room, 3 Temasek Avenue, Singapore, *****0 [see Explanatory
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  • TRANSPORT
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      474 30  -  From April 1 all airlines will ensure that there will be two persons in the cockpit at all times, says CAAS By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore LOCAL carriers have made changes to their cockpit procedures to ensure that at least two
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      688 30 AFP Buenos Aires ARGENTINA’S largest cities ground to a halt on Tuesday as transport unions went on strike, demanding tax cuts for low-income workers and putting the government on the defensive seven months away from general elections. An eerie quiet reigned over Buenos Aires as
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      478 30  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore ASIA-PACIFIC carriers saw the strongest expansion in cargo traffic at 20.8 per cent year-on-year for February, outpacing the 11.7 per cent growth experienced by the broader industry. Growth in the region was fuelled by
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      Lock icon Boeing lists workers eligible to vote on union drive
      495 30 REUTERS North Charleston, South Carolina A MACHINISTS union campaign to organise Boeing Co’s South Carolina operations began in earnest on Tuesday, as the company turned over a list of about 3,000 employees eligible for an April 22 organising vote. Both sides
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      Lock icon Big oil tanker backlog builds up at Iraq’s Basra port
      481 30 REUTERS Singapore A BACKLOG of over 30 oil tankers has built up outside the Iraqi port of Basra and shippers face lengthy delays of up to three weeks to load oil because of bad weather and possible oil quality issues,
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      149 30 ASIAN FEEDER DISCUSSION GROUP (AFDG) i The following Feeder Operators wish to inform the trade of their Business Plan for 2015. The following Rate Restoration for 2015 will be implemented on 1 May 2015. Rate Restoration with effect from 1 May 2015; For List "A" Ports ports in Cambodia, Indonesia,
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      2630 31 The Business Times NOTICES BUND CENTER INVESTMENT LTD (Incorporated in Bermuda) (Company Registration Number: *****) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Bund Center Investment Ltd (the “Company") will be held on Friday, 24 April 2015 at 2.30 p.m. at PARKROYAL on
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      2554 31 GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED (Company Registration Number: EC*****) (Incorporated in Bermuda on 24 April 2006) NOTICE OF 2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2015 Annual General Meeting of Global Investments Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre, Crystal Suite, Level 2,
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      670 32  -  This is despite the sharp depreciation in the yen, which should have boosted exports, and the fall in oil prices By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo AFTER two years of “Abenomics” policies and two successive rounds of aggressive monetary easing, the
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      406 32  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given the Philippines a favourable assessment of its medium-term economic condition and prospects. A visiting IMF mission, which met Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Amando Tetangco and other senior officials
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      Lock icon US economic sanctions to target cyber-attacks and cyberspying
      533 33 Besides freezing cybercriminals’ assets, govt will also bar US citizens and companies from doing business with them BLOOMBERG Washington US President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Wednesday allowing the use of economic sanctions for the first time against perpetrators of
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      750 33 YouGov poll in February found support for EU membership at all-time high AFP London FROM Margaret Thatcher to Nigel Farage, euroscepticism has been a proud and virulent strain in British politics for decades and could eventually force the country out of
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      574 34 Authoritarian style won’t work as many members hold strong views on environment, graft and efficient lending AFP Beijing CHINA scored a diplomatic coup by enticing almost 50 countries including key US allies to join its new development bank, but
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      285 34 AFP Beijing TAIWAN is welcome to participate in the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Bank (AIIB) if it does so “under an appropriate name”, Chinese state media quoted officials as saying on Wednesday. Beijing regards Taiwan as part of its territory and
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      370 35 Report cites slump in oil prices and impact of Western sanctions over Ukraine REUTERS MOSCOW RUSSIA faces a protracted recession as the impact of Western sanctions lingers and oil prices stay low, the World Bank said in a report published
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      536 36 Core inflation rate falls to 0.6% from 0.7%, reaching the lowest level since Eurostat began measuring it in 1997 NYT Paris THE eurozone continues to flirt with deflation, an official report showed on Tuesday, as consumer prices fell in March for
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      1908 32 y sinarmas land SINARMAS LAND LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****0619R NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting of Sinarmas Land Limited (the "Company" or “SML”) will be held on Friday, 24 April 2015 at 9.00 a.m. at
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      1946 33 The Business Times Ik I 1 I Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I I Email notices@sph.com.sg I J I I i www.sphclass.com.sg/notices COSCO CORPORATION (SINGAPORE) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No.: *****0159G) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of
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  • OPINION
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      583 38 THE percentage figures may be a little eyebrowraising, but recent survey findings by a recruiting consultancy would seem to give the lie to the notion that Singaporeans are a stodgy bunch when it comes to relocating overseas for
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      752 38  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By David Marsh T The writer is managing director and co-founder of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) THE defeat, when it came, was foreseeable. The US has spectacularly failed to block the incorporation of the Asian Infrastructure
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      658 39  -  By Matthew Colebrook T The writer is Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management at HSBC Singapore GLOBAL bond markets have experienced dramatic changes since the heady days of the year 2000 (remember the tech bubble?), but nowhere has that been more the
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      909 40  - The travel selfie: hey, I was here give me a discount! By Stephanie Rosenbloom NYT New York SELFIEPAL, a steel stick with a clamp to secure a smartphone, arrived in the mail on a recent afternoon along with some advice. “Shoot down from a slightly elevated viewpoint for a more
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      313 40 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Not yet decided on flying? (2,3,3) 6 Man on watch around Beachy Head (6) 9 Translating Proust may produce it! (6) 10 Glowering milk producer’s cast out (8) 11 inclination to fade away, in general (8) 12 They may be spun to make briefs? (6) 13
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