The Business Times, 14 December 2015

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    32 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Monday, December 14,2015
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    216 1 The proximity of higher interest rates in the US has sent commodities, currency and stock markets into a state of shock reminiscent of the financial crisis. TOP STORIES 2 GoBear, which provides travel and car insurance comparisons, has launched comparisons of all credit cards available in the retail
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  • Article
    Lock icon Life insurers urged to show they can meet bonus forecasts
    930 1  -  Aggrieved policyholders point to plunge in non-guaranteed benefits despite good returns made by insurers By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @clairehuangbt Singapore CALLS have been made for the life insurance industry here to make it clearer for consumers to better determine if
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    26 1 MARKETS Weekly Change STI 2,834.63 -44.42 KL COMP 1,640.14 -27.73 NIKKEI 225 19,230.48 -274.00 HANG SENG 21,464.05 -771.84 SHENZHEN B 1,273.47 +36.30 DOW 17,265.21 -582.42
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    Lock icon Minimum trading price: no perfect way to meet requirement
    1307 1  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore SHARE consolidation has turned out to be an unreliable way for small Main-board-listed companies to meet the coming minimum trading price requirement, but market observers are not entirely enamoured of the alternatives. A Mainboard company
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    9 2 Crod Branchen Stars R1C-A 07/12/2015 220,47 EUR
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Fed looks certain to raise rates
      946 2  -  Some credit-market volatility seen but stronger dollar may have positive effect for net importer America WALL STREET INSIGHT By Rob Curran btworld@sph.com.sg CALL it hike-o-phobia. The Federal Reserve has not raised rates in almost 10 years but looks almost certain to do so on
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      Lock icon Comparison site GoBear now includes credit cards
      580 2  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore HANDLING complaints from irate insurers whose products end up at the bottom of the barrel is all in a day’s work for Andre Hesselink, chief executive of comparison site GoBear. The resistance to comparison sites is tremendous,
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      Lock icon Par fund clarity – full bonus history is quite reasonable
      595 2  - Par fund clarity full bonus history is quite reasonable COMMENTARY By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT IF there’s any lesson to be learnt from the experiences of the United Kingdom about participating funds also known as “par funds” it is that too much transparency is likely to snuff the life out
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      Lock icon After Paris, what lies ahead for world climate?
      584 2 AFP le Bourget, France AFTER a champagne moment in Paris, where ministers from around the world crafted a pact to fight perilous climate change, now comes the hard part. Observers are under no illusion that celebrations and high-flown rhetoric are enough when
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      Lock icon FPSO contractors eye uptick in leased FLNGs
      1439 3  -  These vessels can be economical even as prices of oil-linked LNG cargoes halve REVIEW 2015 By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore LOW oil-linked liquefied natural gas prices are feeding interest in leased floating LNG plants, considered by cash-strapped oil and gas companies
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      Lock icon Paris accord strikes right balance, says Vivian Balakrishnan
      583 4  -  He also says temperature cap goals will give low-lying island states “some reassurance” By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT Singapore MINISTER for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan has lauded the historic Paris agreement to combat climate change as having struck the right balance between
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      Lock icon Instagram also works for brands with intangible products, says top exec
      661 4  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore SEEMINGLY serious businesses may be overlooking the benefits of social media for their brand, according to a top executive at Instagram, the photo sharing app snapped up by Facebook in 2012 for US$1
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Asia’s answer to Netflix eyes emerging markets
      821 5  -  After debuting in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand, iflix could reach even Africa and Middle East. TOP LINE BY JACQUELYN CHEOK jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT VIDEO on demand (VOD) is an “entertainment revolution” that is “long overdue”, Catcha Group chief executive Patrick Grove told The Business
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    • Article
      Lock icon A-Sonic buys 51% stake in London-based logistics firm
      383 5 Singapore MAINBOARD-LISTED logistics specialist A-Sonic Aerospace, an established player in the B-to-B airfreight business, has been recently expanding aggressively into the B-to-C arena to capitalise on the fast growing global e-commerce business. In its latest move, the company last Friday announced the
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      Lock icon Mediation: an alternative dispute resolution method that boards should adopt
      930 6  -  It is not on the radar of many company executives, but it is often a more cost-effective and productive way to resolve legal disputes By Daniel Ee T The writer is vice-chairman of the Singapore institute of Directors LEGAL costs
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      Lock icon Buying and selling both slide, buyback activity remains high
      1771 6  -  Buying was lower for the first time in five weeks with 17 companies recording purchases worth S$3.4m INSIDE MARKETS By Robert Halili T The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Limited THE buying fell for the first time in the past
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      Lock icon VibroPower to invest in biomass power plant in M’sia
      232 6  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT Singapore VIBROPOWER Corporation Limited is investing in a biomass power plant in Kluang, Malaysia, it said in a filing to the Singapore Exchange on Sunday. The project is estimated to cost RM120 million (S$39.2 million), and
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      64 8 STI Catalist WEEKLY Straits Times Index Dec 11,2015 2,834.63 -44.42 (-1.54%) Current streak 4 days Week high 2,900.92 Week low 2,834.63 52-week high 3,525.19 (Apr 17, 2015) 52-week low 2,793.15 (Oct 2, 2015) FTSE ST Catalist Index Dec 11,2015 495.46 -11.55 (-2.28%) Current streak 2 days Week high 506.57 Week
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      Lock icon All eyes on the FOMC meeting amid the gloom
      591 8  -  STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THERE’S very little doubt over what this week’s main mar-ket-moving event will be the US Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting over Tuesday and Wednesday. It’s the most-closely watched meeting in seven years since it
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share WEEKLY FTSE ST All-Share Index Dec 11,2015 683.62 -12.62 (-1.81%) Current streak 4 days Week high 701.42 Week low 683.62 52-week high 845.85 (Apr 17, 2015) 52-week low 677.74 (Oct 2, 2015)
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      305 8 Stock name Close Change Wk high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 226 cd -9 240/221 271 213 6.5 5722.9 CapitaLand 314 -9 330/313 379 267 11.5 2.9 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 188 -4 194.5/185.5 228 184.5 5.8 6533.5 CityDev 712 -4 734/711 1095 711
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      34 8 STI MSCI EAFE WEEKLY MSCI EAFE index Dec 11,2015 1,690.15 -41.55 (-2.40%) Current streak 2 days Week high 1,734.43 Week low 1,690.15 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,660.74 (Sept 25, 2015)
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      78 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 126.5 0.9 *****/***** Lyxor US DJIA US$ 1788 60.5 2.5 1900/1605 SIA 1099 57.0 5.5 1291/957 Darco Water Tech 69 40.0 137.9 96/28.5 Courage Marine 107.5 21.5 25.0 109/10 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low S Chance Prop W***** 0.7
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      75 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low JMH USD 4717 -361.3 -5.2 6788/4502 DBXT iBoxxKR US$ ***** -327.6 -1.5 *****/***** DBXT Chia50 US$ 2851 -255.9 -6.0 4258/2750 DBXT MSEurope US$ 5443 -206.7 -2.6 6300/5225 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5064 -198.2 -2.7 6246/4478 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low ChinaSing Inv 0.7
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      83 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE AIM 30.0 0.194 -0.386 -66.55 Singapore-eDev 2,525.1 0.040 +0.017 +73.91 Jasper Inv^ 36,232.6 0.012 +0.004 +50.00 China Jishan 50.0 0.035 -0.005 -12.50 Zhongxin Fruit 512.0 0.011 -0.004 -26.67 Del Monte Pac 9,157.6 0.420 +0.045 +12.00 Leader Env 100.0 0.046 +0.009 +24.32 Intraco 10.0 0.280 -0.065
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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 1 14 0 0 1 0 1 15 0 Manufacturing 35 84 31 10 15 11 45 99 42 Commerce 15 38 12 1 16 4 16 54 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 12 21 5
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      125 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 61,160 37,725 98,885 187,486 14,037 201,523 Manufacturing 482,690 174,981 657,671 391,448 19,321 410,769 Commerce 353,808 143,071 496,879 307,769 8,287 316,056 Tpt/Stor/Comms 625,646 9,586 635,232 885,367 821 886,188 Finance 83,172 103 83,275 793,651 12 793,663 Construction
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      Lock icon Industrial metals rise; cotton, soyabean, corn and wheat fall
      823 8 COMMODITIES BLOOMBERG REUTERS New York COPPER paced gains in industrial metals after mining cuts announced by Glencore, Freeport-McMoRan and Anglo American eased concerns that production surpluses will grow. Copper rose as much as 3.2 per cent, while nickel added 2 per
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      33 8 VOLUME China Env 165,216,900 Blumont 143,352,000 NOL 142,872,600 Noble 135,024,200 Rowsley 124,691,900 Market volume 5,389,908,000 VALUE Singtel 325,208,854 DBS Grp 275,028,402 UOB 218,141,252 OCBC Bank 213,329,701 NOL 174,527,031 Market value 4,088,991,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      113 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Wk high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 289 -4 1479 297/289 355/280 288/289 IS MS INDIA US$ US640 -18 369 661/640 1000/640 640/644 80 DBXT MSRussia US$ US171 -9 204 178/168 235/140 168/169 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US248 -12 193 259/246 409/226
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      120 8 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Cedar Strategic Hldgs A 55 Market Street 15-Dec 9.00am E #09-02 15-Dec 10.00am China Everbright Water S Pan Pacific Singapore Pacific 1 (Lvl 1) 7 Raffles Boulevard Marina Square 15-Dec 10.00am EMAS Offshore Ltd A Klapsons The Boutique Hotel-eighteen.2 3 (Lvl 18) 15
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 8 Dec 11 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -467.00 -55.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -119.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -47.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 662.39 -3.89 FTSE ST Small Cap 397.94 -3.48 FTSE ST All Share 683.62 -4.59 FTSE ST China Top 169.19 -1.34 FTSE ST China 204.16 -1.04 FTSE
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      Lock icon UOB donates S$16.6m to local charities
      260 9  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT Singapore UNITED Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is donating S$16.6 million to local charities that support people with special needs, children and the elderly to mark its 80th anniversary, the bank said on Friday. The Community Chest will receive S$
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      862 9 Payment Ex Rec Pay Ann (cts) date date date date Accordia Golf Tr aw 2.320 27-Nov 01-Dec 15-Dec 12-Nov Aims Amp Cap Ind Reit do 2.600 04-Nov 06-Nov 23-Dec 29-Oct Aims Amp Cap Ind Reit bi 0.020 04-Nov 06-Nov 23-Dec 29-Oct Aims Amp Cap Ind Reit (1 Jul-30
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      268 9 Dec 11 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.50 Agricultural Bank Of China Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd 6.00 ANZ Singapore Bank of Communications 5.50 Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd .6.00 Bank of China Limited Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd ...5.50 Banque Internationale a .5.75 Bank of Singapore
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1287 9 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (times) Accordia Golf Trt 1.00 1.00 1 0.06 8.72 0.88 0.53 AIMS AMP Cap Industrial Reit 1.33 1.33 2 0.11 11.83 1.58 1.34 ARA Asset Mgt 1.00 1.00 1 0.08
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      Lock icon Dollar falls on Wall Street, commodity slump
      422 10 CURRENCIES REUTERS New York THE US dollar fell on Friday against a basket of currencies as a sell-off on Wall Street and slumping commodity prices overshadowed solid data on US retail sales and consumer sentiment which may encourage the Federal Reserve to hike
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    • FOREX RATES
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        3 10 WEEKLY
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        471 10 Dec 11 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.990 4.684 0.663 5.625 48.469 101.224 0.885 8.560 3.108 1.072 75.598 34.283 1.021 11.149 0.717 23.808 26.163 0.479 0.726 Canada 1.010 4.731
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        Lock icon SHANGHAI COMPOSITE WEEKLY
        4 10 COMPOSITEWEEKLY
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 10 Dec 11 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0203 1.0211 0.7257 0.7258 Canadian dollar 1.0304 1.0313 0.7331 0.7329 Euro 1.5396 1.5406 1.0950 1.0951 NZ dollar 0.9519 0.9527 0.6770 0.6772 Sterling pound 2.1294 2.1313 1.5145 1.5150
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 10 Dec 11 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4073 1.4083 2-months 1.4087 1.4097 3-months 1.4100 1.4111 6-months 1.4130 1.4144 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        392 10 Dec 11 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Dec15 *****.00 *****.50 9992.50 *****.00 *****2 *****7 Jan16 9995.00 *****.00 9890.00 *****.50 4657 ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****6 Jun16 *****.00 0 237 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES Dec15
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        207 10 Most active Dec 11 Prem Expiry Wk Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Rowsley Ltd W*****3 3 -0.1 ***** 1 18 10 Ntegrator Intl Ltd W*****3 0.2 -0.1 ***** 1 1 6.00 35 STI 3100 MB eCW*****9 2.4 -0.8
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        365 10 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Dec 11 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1258.6 -1.2 -1.3 -0.4 2.6 -1.1 -3.8 EAFE Preliminary 988.2 -1.2 0.1 -0.1 1.6 -0.9 -4.8 Europe Preliminary 1365.9 -2.0 -1.1
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 10 Dec 11 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 Par 1-month 0.9375 0.8125 2-months 1.0 0.875 3-months 1.1875 1.0625 Overnight mode: 0.45 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.25 0.15 1 month 0.40 0.20 2 months 0.45 0.25 3 months 0.55 0.35 6 months 0.85 0.65 9 months 1.05 0.85 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 10 Dec 11 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.63 100.71 100.66 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 100.51 100.60 100.58 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 99.18 99.70 99.35 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 101.2 101.80 101.40 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 107.57
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        194 10 Dec- 11 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Dec-11 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 870.75 -7.50 -0.85% 14/01/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 31.08 -0.43 -1.36% 14/12/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 482.75 -1.75 -0.36% 14/12/2015 Dec-11 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2257.00 13.00 0.58% 14/12/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1499.00 -23.00
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 10 Dec 11 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 15 2250.0 2222.0 2250.0 2250.0 9 1530 Jan 16 2290.0 2342.0 2342.0 2280.0 2576 ***** Feb 16 2393.0 2441.0 2442.0 2382.0 ***** ***** Mar 16 2450.0 2500.0
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      2132 11 Week Ended: Dec 11 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E $mil 90 42 8Telecom Last Sale AAT vol ('000) 124 80 AEI week LOW Div C'vr 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit Net 175.5 113.5 ARA Asset Mgmt
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      411 11 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale 10.1 2.3 t Abundance Intl (’000) High 1 0.3 t Advanced Systems 0.5 +0.1 1097 0.5 0.4 13.2 LOW Div 25 4.5 t Alliance Mineral 13.7 -1.4 *****
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      165 11 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last 107.7 77 CIMB APAC Div US$ US77 -1 1 77 77 8.1 1440 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1113 -32 0 1135 1102 1048 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US793 -10 0 793
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Canada tackles runaway home prices in Toronto, Vancouver
      1020 12 3 federal agencies announce tightening measures, aiming to reduce risk to nation’s financial system BLOOMBERG Ottawa CANADIAN regulators are seeking to clamp down on runaway prices in the country’s two most expensive housing markets Toronto and Vancouver. In a coordinated effort by
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      Lock icon Hong Kong developers offering rebates, hidden discounts
      871 12 They are avoiding price cuts that would signal a downturn has started BLOOMBERG Hong Kong KOWLOON Development Co’s Upper East project in Hong Kong’s Hung Hom area is offering a raft of rebates and hidden discounts that can reduce the cost to a
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    Lock icon Philips advances healthcare solutions: From hospital to home
    1516 13 Philips is at the forefront of delivering breakthrough technologies that enable healthcare providers to remotely monitor patients and coordinate care delivery INNOVATING FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE Special feature brought to you by Philips THANKS to recent advances in medical technology and innovations
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS’ FORUM
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      Lock icon Banking on equities in Asia
      1113 14  -  Investors can get in at levels that have historically led to impressive gains over the medium term.BY BY KEVIN GIBSON T The writer is chief investment officer of the equity team of fund manager Eastspring investments. Eastspring is a unit of insurer Prudential. This is
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      Lock icon Automated personal finance: exciting or scary?
      1138 14  -  Even as tech permeates every corner of our lives, some things are still better done on our own MONDAY MULTIPLE By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT WITH the rise of smartphones and apps, life is becoming increasingly convenient. Everything can be automated, be it the
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      639 15 It is adviser for deals worth US$1.7 trillion and retains No 1 spot despite losing several veterans New York AS iconic brands are snapped up and corporations merged and swallowed in a record-breaking whirl of deals, there has been one constant: Goldman Sachs
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      485 15 REUTERS New York A US Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to clamp down on how funds use derivatives has industry officials worried that some exchangetraded funds may have to close or change their investment strategy. The rule proposed on Friday
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      784 16 Govt support for the sector slashed since 2011; policy u-turn needed if 2020 energy goals are to be met AFP Madrid A FORMER global champion of renewable energy, Spain has much to do to make up the ground it lost during
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      517 16 BLOOMBERG Washington SENATE negotiators are nearing a deal to allow unfettered US crude oil exports for the first time in 40 years, though differences remain on renewa-ble-energy tax credits that Democrats are demanding in return, according to people close to the
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      512 16 Policy shift coincides with global climate-change deal to curb fossil-fuel pollution BLOOMBERG Melbourne AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull lifted a ban on government investment in wind power introduced by predecessor Tony Abbott, in another policy shift that coincides with
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      311 16 AFP Mary, Turkmenistan LEADERS of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India broke ground on Sunday at a ceremony in the Turkmen desert on a major pipeline that could help ease energy deficits in South Asia. Presidents Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan and Ashraf
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      327 18 WP London IT’S no secret that online trolling can be disruptive. Some of its most extreme forms such as swatting where a harasser fakes an emergency to get the police to raid a victim’s home are real world safety threats. Now, an insurer
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      857 20 Production, investment, retail all exceed forecasts; govt signals it will loosen currency link further BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA’S latest round of economic data showed fresh evidence of stabilisation after policymakers unleashed several rounds of monetary and fiscal stimulus. Bloomberg’s monthly China gross domestic
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      411 20 REUTERS Beijing GUO Guangchang, one of China’s best-known entrepreneurs, is helping the police with an investigation that focuses mostly on his personal affairs, the president of Mr Guo’s investment conglomerate Fosun International said on Sunday. Fosun had confirmed on Friday that Mr
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      892 20 Absence of recycling scheme, little awareness of ‘going green’ blamed AFP Bekasi, Indonesia SIFTING through a mountain of garbage with her bare hands, a thick cloth wrapped around her face to keep out the stench, Patimah recalled her early days scavenging
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      572 20  -  By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London IRAN’S economy is projected for steady growth after the lifting of international sanctions, despite the oil price slump and international worries about the regime’s poor human rights record and its foreign policy in the Middle East, UK economic
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      866 22 Compromise ends power struggle, balancing increased state influence at Renault with weakened control over Nissan REUTERS Paris THE Renault-Nissan alliance drew a line under an eight-month power struggle with the French government, with a compromise deal balancing increased state influence at Renault with weakened
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      1439 22 NYT Washington THE day before Thanksgiving, with the country on high alert for terrorist threats, dozens of armed guards from the Department of Homeland Security and local law enforcement patrolled Union Station here as hundreds of passengers emerged from commuter and
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      988 25 A new Japanese restaurant takes the unorthodox approach of pairing table-cooking teppanyaki with the haute cuisine style of kaiseki. BY JAIME EE NEW RESTAURANT Satsuki Teppan Kaiseki 59 Duxton Road Tel: 6221 5234 Open for dinner from Tuesday to Sunday: 5.30pm to 10.30pm. Closed
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      313 25 MAKE THE SEASON AT ELLENBOROUGH MARKET CAFlt 14-31 DECEMBER 2015 n f. vn A I V u 3 The holiday season is upon us and that calls for feasting and merrymaking! Delve into our festive buffet spread of international buffet and local delectations, such as our Laksa Turkey, Lobster Bisque,
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      693 26  -  His WWE career is in limbo, but former champion Daniel Bryan isn’t giving up on his dream just yet By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore DANIEL Bryan is used to running around the wrestling ring and pummelling his opponents with flying kicks
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      647 26 AFP London SOME prefer to spend their leisure time immersed in music or on the sports field, but for a small group of tombstone tourists, Britain’s graveyards are their playground. The “Cemetery Club” shares its appreciation of “these often overlooked and misunderstood
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      1126 26 NYT New York DOV Charney, founder of the nowbankrupt retailer American Apparel, and Sam Wyly, who has bought and sold a dozen companies over the decades, from computer companies to steak houses, were both larg-er-than-life characters with checkbooks to match. But the two self-made
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      357 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Destroy source of energy, resulting in awkward situation (6) 4 Craft put around by the German merchant (6) 8 Doctor attending a mother twitching and full of excitement (8) 10 What’s provided in a flexible manner (6) 11 End of journey and we had returned a
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