The Business Times, 1 February 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Monday, February 1, 2016
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  • Article
    Lock icon MARKETS
    25 1 Weekly Change STI 2,629.11 +52.02 KL Comp 1,667.80 +42.59 Nikkei 225 17,518.30 +559.77 Hang Seng 19,683.11 +602.60 Shenzhen B 1,146.77 -17.31 Dow 16,466.30 +372.79
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    223 1 This week is expected to be a critical time when markets test the resolve of the Japanese and other central banks to keep flooding their economies with money in order to reverse deflationary trends.TOP STORIES 2 Sterling remains under pressure while UK Prime Minister David Cameron struggles to
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    Lock icon Three examples of what CFE is trying to achieve
    1453 1  -  Data analytics firms Arcstone, EverComm and Tableau Software represent what S’pore’s future could very well be SINGAPORE’S FUTURE ECONOMY By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore WANT to know what the face of the future economy looks like? Search no further than
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  • Article
    Lock icon More facing problems refinancing homes due to TDSR
    1210 1  -  No numbers available, but one mortgage adviser says 8% of its clients looking to refinance are unable to By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore HOME owners looking to refinance their properties are finding it increasingly difficult to
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  • TOP STORIES
    • Article
      Lock icon Time to bring sugar into the ‘sin tax’ net
      1042 2  -  COMMENTARY By Vikram Khanna vikram@sph.com.sg NOBODY disagrees that we should tax harmful substances like tobacco and alcohol to discourage their consumption. But there is one substance which can also be addictive that seems to have got away lightly when it comes
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      Lock icon MOF seeks feedback from S’poreans on Budget 2016
      284 2  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore IN preparation for Budget 2016, which will be presented by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on March 24, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is seeking views and suggestions from all Singaporeans. “Individuals, households, and businesses are
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      Lock icon Size of excess reserves may determine success of BOJ’s negative interest rate shock
      1009 2  -  By btworld@sph.com.sg Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo NOW that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has “thrown down the gauntlet” once again, this week is expected to be a critical time when markets test the resolve of the Japanese
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      Lock icon Confusion schools of thought
      418 4  -  China shudders, investors pained, global markets tumble, confusion reigns. Recent volatility in the Chinese economy got pundits from different camps debating on whether it will crash, is teetering on the edge, or will smoothen out its transition. Confucius says that true wisdom is knowing the extent
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      Lock icon TDSR objectives gradually being met: MAS
      542 4  -  Households doing well in improving the risk profile of mortgages; banks say grace period enough By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE objectives of the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) framework seem to have been met. According to the
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      Lock icon Sterling under pressure as Cameron struggles to obtain satisfactory EU reform deal
      639 4  -  By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London STERLING remains under pressure while UK Prime Minister David Cameron struggles to obtain adequate European Union (EU) reforms ahead of the UK referendum. Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research predicts that the
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      Lock icon Not sure latest bear market scare is over
      1011 5  -  December jobs data could settle the debate over recession, meanwhile WALL STREET INSIGHT By Rob Curran btworld@sph.com.sg IF JOBS reports help US stocks rise for the third week in a row this week, the latest bear market scare may be at an
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      Lock icon 1980: Evolution in CPF and industry
      353 5  -  New CPF rules, a Texas Instruments plant and disgruntled pilots launch a new decade. BY KENNETH LIM BY KENNETH LIM HE evolution of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) took a major step in 1980 when the government allowed Singaporeans to use what was supposed
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Head start for 70 children with OCBC financial literacy games
      148 6 Singapore SOME 70 children participated in an OCBC Mighty Savers financial literacy event held at orchardgateway last Saturday, to help them better understand concepts of spending wisely and the value of sound investments, how to differentiate needs from wants, as
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      928 6  -  A relatively new framework that is increasingly popular with firms in the US and Europe helps companies to optimise risk management and meet its business objectives. BY LYN BOXALL SID BOARDROOM SINGAPORE oiT. T c’ro" MATTERS BY LYN BOXALL T The writer is a member of the Professional
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      Lock icon Buying plunges, selling remains low
      1598 7  -  INSIDE MARKETS By Robert Halili T The writer is managing director Asia insider Limited THE buying plunged while the selling among directors remained low based on filings on Singapore Exchange in the last week of January. A total of nine companies recorded 19 purchases worth
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      Lock icon Africa calling for CrimsonLogic
      1260 8  -  CEO Saw Ken Wye sees Africa as “No 1 priority” as the tech firm expands abroad.BY TOP LINE abroad.BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore HERE’S one for the nerds: Take a close look at the logo for technology company CrimsonLogic, and you’ll see it depicts a
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      982 8 Payment Ex Rec Pay Ann (cts) date date date date AIMS Property Sec Fd do 0.147 29-Dec 31-Dec 18-Mar 22-Dec Ascott Residence Tr ap 0.631 01-Feb 03-Feb 29-Feb 26-Jan Ascott Residence Tr dc 0.618 01-Feb 03-Feb 29-Feb 26-Jan Ascott Residence Tr (1 Jul-31 Dec 2015) db 2.889 01-Feb
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      Lock icon US$ hits 6-week high against yen
      438 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS New York THE US dollar rose sharply on Friday, hitting a six-week high versus the yen, after the Bank of Japan took one of its main interest rates into negative territory and US gross domestic product data largely matched economists’ expectations. The
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    • FOREX RATES
    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        386 9 Jan 29 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Feb16 8642.50 8870.00 8577.50 8802.50 *****0 *****4 Mar16 8555.00 8737.50 8472.50 8730.00 5736 669 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****7 *****1 Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 664 5030 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        205 9 Most active Jan 29 Prem Expiry Wk Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Secura Group W*****5 1.4 ***** 1 35 62 16.07 36 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****8 6.3 -2.3 ***** 0.0 3 DBS MB eCW*****1 9.3 -0.4 ***** 0.1 1480
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jan 29 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1197.6 1.5 -6.3 0.8 -6.5 1.1 -6.8 EAFE Preliminary 953.8 2.3 -5.9 0.8 -7.0 1.1 -7.3 Europe Preliminary 1341.9 2.3 -5.0
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Jan 29 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.10 0.08 1-month 1.250 1.000 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.48 0.38 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.75 0.55 6 months 1.00 0.80 9 months 1.20 1.00 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 9 Jan 29 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.46 100.51 100.50 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 101.84 101.78 101.40 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 100.97 100.90 100.55 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 103.16 103.15 103.00 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 110.1
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 9 Jan-29 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Jan-29 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 882.25 14.50 1.67% 14/03/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.88 0.19 0.62% 14/03/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 479.25 7.00 1.48% 14/03/2016 Jan-29 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2009.00 -3.00 -0.15% 14/03/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1368.00 unch 0.00%
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist WEEKLY
      64 10 STI Catalist WEEKLY Straits Times Index Jan 29,2016 2,629.11 +52.02 (+2.02%) Current streak 3 days Week high 2,629.11 Week low 2,545.61 52-week high 3,525.19 (Apr 17, 2015) 52-week low 2,577.09 (Jan 22, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index Jan 29,2016 434.97 -13.97 (-3.11%) Current streak 1 day Week high 442.66 Week
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      78 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low IS S&P500 US$ ***** 616.5 2.4 *****/***** Jardine C&C 3729 285.0 8.3 4258/2636 Lyxor Indonesia US$ 7261 272.8 2.7 9094/6250 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 264.2 1.0 *****/***** DBXT ASX200 US$ 3085 262.8 6.4 3908/2900 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Elektromotw*****5 0.5 400.0
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      80 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT Nifty US$ ***** -529.9 -3.2 *****/***** Prudential USD 1950 -298.3 -9.7 2500/1950 Lyxor AsiaRE US$ 726 -69.6 -6.3 1114/726 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** -60.0 -0.6 *****/***** DBXT CSI300 US$ 752 -39.8 -3.6 1471/720 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low SingPost MBeCW*****1
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      84 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Next-Gen Sat 11,395.1 0.003 +0.001 +50.00 SHC Capital Asia 150.0 0.106 -0.029 -21.48 EMS Energy 10,714.0 0.065 -0.035 -35.00 Allied Tech 265.9 0.015 -0.008 -34.78 Advanced Systems 800.0 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 Attilan 4,515.8 0.003 +0.001 +50.00 Ocean Sky Intl 120.0 0.055 -0.011 -16.67 Lorenzo Intl
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      Lock icon Can central banks continue rescuing markets?
      619 10  -  TTSTOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT IT’S interesting to contemplate Friday’s rally, coming as it did on the last trading day of January and after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) opened its monetary taps yet again, shifting interest rates into negative territory. The momentum
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      305 10 Stock name Close Change Wk high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 232 +15 235/219 271 209 6.3 6094 CapitaLand 307 +8 307/291 379 267 11.2 2.9 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 199 xd +2.5 201/194.5 228 184.5 5.7 6915.8 CityDev 696 +21 699/664 1095 661
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      36 10 VOLUME Noble 259,263,300 Ezra 185,768,700 Global Logistic 159,518,300 Singtel 120,650,600 Golden Agri-Res 99,518,900 Market volume 5,149,685,000 VALUE DBS Grp 615,484,550 Singtel 417,686,139 Keppel Corp 334,997,528 OCBC Bank 322,295,556 Global Logistic 269,197,536 Market value 5,259,119,000
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 10 Jan 29 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -323.00 +298.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +177.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -33.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 631.33 +11.03 FTSE ST Small Cap 379.29 +4.27 FTSE ST All Share 646.27 +14.55 FTSE ST China Top 152.42 +2.37 FTSE ST China 185.58 +3.28 FTSE
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      111 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Wk high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 263 xd -2 5520 269/257 355/257 262/263 IS MS INDIA US$ US640 +19 1838 640/613 838/605 637/640 80 DBXT MSRussia US$ US159 +16 747 159/141 235/129 163/164 IS ASIA HYG US$ US1029 +26 664
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      90 10 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Transcorp Hldgs A Poolside Events Room (Lvl 1) S'pore Polytechnic Graduates' Guild 1010 Dover Road 04-Feb 3.00pm Zagro Asia E Zagro Global Hub 5 WoodlandsTerrace #06-00 04-Feb 2.00pm Asia Fashion Hldgs S Raffles Room #301 3/F Maxwell Chambers Pte Ltd 32 Maxwell Road
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share WEEKLY
      36 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share WEEKLY FTSE ST All-Share Index Jan 29,2016 646.27 +11.95 (+1.88%) Current streak 3 days Week high 646.27 Week low 628.18 52-week high 845.85 (Apr 17, 2015) 52-week low 634.32 (Jan 22, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE WEEKLY
      34 10 STI MSCI EAFE WEEKLY MSCI EAFE Index Jan 29,2016 1,591.46 +23.15 (+1.48%) Current streak 1 day Week high 1,591.46 Week low 1,568.50 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,565.24 (Jan 15, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 9 7 2 0 1 0 9 8 2 Manufacturing 43 73 22 11 18 8 54 91 30 Commerce 32 19 14 7 8 5 39 27 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 22 13 3
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      125 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 155,238 10,131 165,369 522,500 1,546 524,046 Manufacturing 551,777 147,232 699,009 378,993 10,773 389,766 Commerce 390,422 161,545 551,967 330,561 5,248 335,809 Tpt/Stor/Comms 709,386 1,813 711,199 935,907 140 936,047 Finance 219,747 419 220,166 1,304,423 49 1,304,472 Construction
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      Lock icon Oil set for more volatility after a turbulent week
      669 10 COMMODITIES AFP London WORLD oil prices swung between sharp gains and losses last week as possible efforts to finally tackle a supply glut were offset by lingering concerns over weak global economic growth. “This week’s big story (for commodities) has, of
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    • Article
      Lock icon More questions than answers from SingPost’s reply
      1379 11  -  For SingPost to transform successfully, it needs a strong, effective board unencumbered by conflict of interest, good corporate governance, and a strong management team LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mak Yuen Teen I REFER to the reply from Singapore Post (SingPost) to comments by
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      229 11 Jan 29 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 Bank of Communications Banque Internationale a Bank of East Asia
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1302 11 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 8.56 0.88 0.52 AIMS AMP Cap Industrial Reit 1.33 1.33 2 0.11 11.92 1.52 1.35 ARA Asset Mgt 1.25 1.25 2 0.09
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      2065 12 Week Ended: Jan 29 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 135.5cd +8 1116 135.5 127.5 1 8.2 859.9 LOW 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 103
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      326 12 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol ('000) 1 0.3 t Advanced Systems 0.4 unch 1460 0.4 0.3 10.5 Week Low Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 10 t 3Cnergy 10.1 29.5 16.7
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      165 12 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1440 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1091 +28 0 1091 1091 1043 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US760 +4 24 767 746 119.2 4258 2407 DBXT China50 US$ US2563 +72 57 2569
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      353 8 NOTICES T O L L F R E E 1 8 0 0 -2 8 9 8 8 2 2 I E m a i l n o t i c e s s p h c o m s g I w w w s p h c l
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Home prices in east London surge in 2015
      569 13 The central borough of Westminster, which includes the neighbourhoods of Marylebone and Mayfair, had zero price growth; Kensington and Chelsea saw a 4.3% gain BLOOMBERG Madrid HAYLEY Johnson, a 37-year-old retailer, had planned to sell her rental property in Plaistow in east
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      Lock icon Cuomo’s plan for financing affordable housing worries New York City officials
      963 13 NYT New York NEW York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s budget this year calls for more state control over the financing of affordable housing a move that New York City officials and affordable housing representatives say would slow and undermine
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      Lock icon India’s Sahara uses small savers to keep hill resort afloat
      827 13 REUTERS Mumbai INDIA’S embattled Sahara conglomerate has been funnelling cash from small savers to fund one of its biggest projects, a luxury resort south of Mumbai, according to documents Reuters reviewed. Sahara has ploughed at least 15 billion rupees (S$315
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      Lock icon Gulf tourist influx to Bosnia fuels luxury developments
      882 13 AFP Sarajevo WITH 360 villas and apartments around an artificial lake, swimming pools, a halal supermarket and a Muslim prayer area, the Sarajevo Resort is one of Bosnia’s most ambitious residential projects to date. It is one of dozens of real estate
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS’ FORUM
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      Lock icon Buy low, sell high? Think again
      2551 14  -  Simple ratios like price-to-earnings or price-to-book can give false signals to investors MONDAY MULTIPLE By haoxiang@sph.com.sg Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT CONVENTIONAL market wisdom tells investors to “buy low, sell high”. It sounds like a no-lose proposition. Who doesn’t want to do that? You can
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      128 15 North America will export more oil than it imports by 2020. The global energy landscape is changing dramatically. For example, North American oil and natural gas production is sending the region’s demand for imports plummeting to historic lows. This creates opportunities as well as risks. CME Group gives producers and
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Bankruptcies fail to cut US firms’ coal supply glut
      849 16 Continuing glut threatens to depress prices for years, put more firms and jobs at risk BLOOMBERG Chicago NOT even bankruptcy is stemming the US coal glut. Production at coal miners that declared bankruptcy in the past four years rose 3 per
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      Lock icon World’s top LNG importer looks to sell surplus
      474 16 Sale comes as alternatives to LNG are more affordable REUTERS London JAPANESE liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyers now have to hone a new skill selling. After decades of negotiating with suppliers for the lowest possible prices, the world’s top importer is moving
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      Lock icon Saudi Arabia didn’t make output cut proposal: report
      277 16 REUTERS Dubai SAUDI Arabia was not the source of a proposal to cut oil production that Russia was studying, al-Arabiya television reported on Sunday, quoting an unnamed Saudi source. But the kingdom, the world’s biggest oil exporter, wanted to cooperate with other
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      248 16 REUTERS Dubai IRAN aims to boost its crude oil production capacity by 160,000 barrels per day following the completion of expansion projects at its North Azadegan and Yadavaran oilfields, a senior Iranian oil official was quoted as saying. The two oilfields
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      1451 17 While some countries are happy to recoup back taxes, others would rather the companies keep all or some of their tax breaks as long as they bring prosperity NYT Brussels FOR some European nations, big US corporations like Google are seen primarily
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      1071 17 BLOOMBERG New York XEROX Corp is rewinding the clock, splitting off a services business it acquired a little more than five years ago the latest tech giant taking drastic action to cope with a rapidly changing marketplace. By year-end, Xerox
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      287 17 AFP San Francisco APPLE has a team secretly working on virtual and augmented reality gear in a budding challenge to Facebookowned Oculus Rift and Microsoft HoloLens, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The team’s ranks number in the hundreds, bolstered by talent hired
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  • CONSUMER
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      1030 18 Its new Kola House in New York aims to offer visitors ‘a premium experience’ NYT New York BEHIND black doors, what used to be a trendy restaurant in New York has been stripped to its concrete bones. Wires and cables
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      1333 18 NYT New York CHECKED your retirement savings plan lately? January’s global stockmarket plunge is one of those moments that stoke fear among baby boomers that they might run out of money before they run out of years. The fear is understandable:
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      767 18 NYT Paris THE British pay-television group Sky said on Friday James Murdoch was returning as chairman almost four years after his humiliating departure at the height of the News Corp phonehacking scandal. The announcement follows the recent return of another central figure
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      849 19 Some say Beijing will need to devalue the yuan, but the disruption will negatively affect currency’s status AFP Beijing CHINA is struggling to reconcile its push for economic reforms and a freely traded currency with curbing massive outflows of capital sparked by worries over
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      523 19 REUTERS Naypyitaw AFTER decades of struggle, hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s camp take over the reins of government in Myanmar on Monday, with enough seats in Parliament to choose the first democratically elected government since the military
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      809 19 BLOOMBERG Canberra AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has two options as he seeks re-election this year the short game, or the long. He’s chosen the long. Instead of capitalising on his personal popularity among Australian voters and calling
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      1004 19 BLOOMBERG London THERE’S been endless speculation in recent weeks about whether the US, and the whole world for that matter, are about to sink into recession. Underpinning much of the angst is an unprecedented US$29 trillion corporate bond binge that has
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      1456 20 Exasperated with Athens’ policy of waving people through to the rest of Europe, EU officials are talking about temporarily expelling Greece from the Schengen area NYT idomeni, Greece ON a recent weekday, 40 buses jammed into the carpark of a petrol station
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      610 24 Most notable was the number of black actors honoured in backlash over lack of diversity in Oscar nominations AFP Los Angeles A DRAMA about sexual abuse in the Catholic church, Spotlight, landed the top prize last Saturday at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild
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      1393 24  -  By Manohla Dargis NYT Park city, Utah ART and industry are still slugging it out at the Sundance Film Festival. That’s true even if you no longer hear many anguished discussions about the meaning of independent cinema. These days, chatter about distribution
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      302 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 7 Discover pens an Anglican church paid for (8) 9 Given somewhere to live in Provence, where sheltering in untidy shed (6) 10 Came first, second or third and rested (6) 11 Put up with varied role in gallery (8) 12 Where a koala’s likely to be
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