The Business Times, 15 October 1976

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  • 10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) 1455/76 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1976 50 CENTS
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 77 1 AP SYDNEY, Thurs former Malaysian Finance Minister urged Australia and New Zealand today to join forces with their south-east Asian neighbours to set up a regional shipping line in competition with "monopolistic" snipping conferences. Tun Tan Slew Sin, now a director of Slme Darby Holdings, told the
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    • 57 1 AP TOKYO, Thurs. Foreign Minister Zen tar o Kosaka today denounced as a "breach of faith" North Korea's failure to pay its trade debts to Japan. North Korea's payments to Japanese exporters for the 1974-1978 period total about U***** million (***** million) with $66 million
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    • 55 1 Reuter WASHINGTON, Thurs. Watergate special prosecutor Charles Ruff said today his investigation into alleged misuse of campaign funds by President Ford when he was a congressman had turned up no evidence to support the accusations. "The matter has now been closed," Mr. Ruff said in a
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    • 79 1 365 m trade deficit Reuter LONDON, Thurs. Britain's international trade deficit last month was £365 million, it was announced today. Exports in September earned £2,140 million, compared to £z,039 million In August. Imports also rose from £2,332 million in August to £2,505 million last month. But when "invisible" exports like
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    • 47 1 Reuter BANGKOK, Thurs. Laos has asked Thailand to withdraw its military attache from its embassy in Vientiane within 15 days, a spokesman for the Administration Reform Council (ARC) said here today. A Laotian Embassy spokesman said however he had no Information to confirm this. Reuter.
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    • 61 1 HONOKONO, Thurs. Shanghai Radio last night called on the people In the region to support Premier Hua Kuo-ieng the new "head" of the party, and to maintain "the unity of the party." The broadcast was considered significant because of the Shanghai trio rumoured to have been arrested
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    • 44 1 UPI NEW YORK, Thurs. Dow Jones averages, based on the first hour of trading today on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 939.74, down 8.56; 20 transp 206.54, down 0.45; 15 utils 97.42, down 0.29; 65 stocks 297.23, down 1.88. UPI
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 219 1 SHARES at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday went on the slide again after a shortlived rally in the opening session. Haw Par fell another nine cents to a low or 90 cents. Reflecting the bearish activity, the Business Times index dropped 6.39 points to 250.16 while
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    • 120 1 Falls Most active S Steamship S3.04 SO 93 S1.71 -.28 -.10 -.08 06 -.05 -.05 04 -.04 04 -.04 -.04 -.03 -.03 .15 .06 .05 *.03 Haw Par 952,000 Haw Par Pan Elect. Malayan Credit 235,000 Central Sugars 185.000 Pacific Dev. SO.78 S2.66 $8.15 $3.58 $3.80 $3.90
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  • 1026 1  -  MORE CENSURE FOR CHO FROM EXCHANGE? h GOH ENG KEE IS THE Stock Exchange of Singapore clear about the role of the independent firm of public accountants which it wants the directors of Far Eastern Hotels Development to appoint? According to Mr. Cho
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  • 117 1 AP SINOAPORE, Thurs. "We are already close to the United States. Malaysia and Japan, how much closer can you get?" former Thai Foreign Minister Bhlchal Rattakul asked today. "I do not know what Thanut Khoman means. He has been out of school for the
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  • 787 1 HONO Leong Holdings' public issue of shares may not be coming out this month. The company, one of Singapore's largest real estate developers, sounded out the market on Its intentions some weeks ago and rumours have been rife that the Issue would be made
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  • 390 1 Agencies TOKYO, Thurs. China's political leadership appears to have held an important meeting In Peking's Great Hall of the People, touching off speculation that there might be further dramatic developments in an already unpredictable situation which has prevailed in China since the death of Chairman Mao
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  • 148 1 THE chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore and partner at Kay Hian and Co., Mr. Ng 800 Pong, and the BEB general manager, Mr. Um Choo Pong, leave early next week to study options trading in the US and Australia. They are not expected to return
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  • 86 1 slips in nervous mart Reuter LONDON, Thurs. Sterling lost nearly two US cents in early dealing today on a foreign exchange market nervously awaiting publication of Brltaln T s international trade figure*. Prom its overnight figure of USS 1.6545, the pound fell at one point to 11.6350. Later It was
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  • 78 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia's trade surplus in the flrat half of this year totalled MS 1.54 billion ringgit, more than double the 1715 million surplus recorded in the whole of last year, the statistics Department said today. Preliminary figures released here said exports in the six months
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  • 94 1 Reuter STOCKHOLM. Thura. The 1976 Nobel prise for economic* was awarded today to Profeaaor Milton Friedman, of the US. The 6N1.000 kronor (£1344,260) prize, sponsored by Sweden's Central Bank, waa given for hia achievementa in the flelda of conaumption analyaia, monetary hiatory and theory, and for
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  • 363 1 WITH the successful close of the latest European Investment Bank USI30 million (SS73.8 million) bond, the EIB may be tempted to come back to the market with more, at the rate of "about once a year". This hint that more EIB bonds may
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  • 274 1 HAW Par Brothers International ordinary shares are now tradeable on all the four stock exchanges it was Ereviously listed on. The ondon Stock Exchange (last in line) has told the company that its shares may now be dealt in. This announcement preceded one from the Stock
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 138 2 UPI QUIBERON, (France) Thurs. Representatives of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian American Oil held a secret two-day conference in this Brittany Coast resort on Monday and Tuesday in a bid to complete negotiations on Saudi Arabia's take-over of Aramco, wellinformed sources said yesterday. There was
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    • 139 2 Reuter HONGKONG, Thurs North Korea has reaped a record grain harvest of eight million tonnes this year despite adverse weather, the North Korean news agency reported today. In a dispatch from Pyongyang monitored here, the agency gave an account of Tuesday's session of a plenary meeting of
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    • 356 2 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs, President Ford's fettering election campaign has run into new difficulties following suggestions that ha may have been involved in the early stagss of the Watergate cover-up that toppled President Richard Nixon. Former White House counsel Mr. John Dean, Mr. Nixon's
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    • 395 2 TUC, CBI CALL TO CALLAGHAN: Reuter LONDON, Thurs. British Industrialists and trade union leaders have called on Prime Minister James Callaghan to tighten up existing restraints on Imports. They have also urged an effort by the whole European Common Market to regularise trade with Japan
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    • 178 2 TokyoEEC ties now slightly better Reuter STRASBOURG, Thurs. Relations between Japan and the EEC, strained by a widening trade gap, are improving slightly but not sufficiently, the EEC commission said. Mr. Finn Olav Gundelach, Commissioner for Internal EEC trade, told the European Parliament recent EEC/Japanese talks on rising Japanese sales
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    • 301 2 Reuter STRASBOURG, Thurs. Plans to cut the Common Market's embarrassing surpluses of milk and butter face a rough passage in the EEC European Parliament today. The assembly will debate a parliamentary resolution calling for changes in proposals by EEC farm commissioner Pierre Lardinols
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    • 395 2 Reuter GENEVA, Thurs. Trade negotiators from more than 70 countries heard Japanese and Swiss proposals for lowering tariffs on Industrial products in bargaining here to free the flow of world commerce, delegation sources said. The plans, tabled in a negotiating group meeting under
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    • 564 2 NYT SALISBURY, Thurs. The Government of Prime Minister lan Smith sees little chance that an agreement or\ an Interim government under a black Chief Minister can be reached at the Geneva conference later this month, although It expects most of the principal
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    • 69 2 AP JAKARTA, Thurm. President Suharto hu approved a US$2.l million (StS.l million) joint venture project with Japanese partners to ptodnoe automobile parte, the State Secretariat said yesterday. It said Toyota Motor Sales and Toyota Motor, both of Japan, each contributed capital of 5300.000 and P.T. Astra International
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    • 120 2 AP PARIS, Thurs. Copenhagen and Paris are the most expensive capitals of any of the European common market nations, according to figures prepared by French statisticians. The figures, compiled at the end of 1975 by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic
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    • 257 2 AP OTTAWA, Thurs. Controls limiting lower-priced beef imports from Australia and New Zealand, effective at midnight (0400 QMT) Sunday, were announced yesterday by Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan. Canadian officials also conferred in Washington yesterday to ascertain the impact of President Ford's action last
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    • 191 2 AP SENECA FALLS,- Thurs. GTE Sylvania said Wednesday it planned to layoff about 80 employees tomorrow because increased Importation of Japanese television sets has cut into its market. "This production cutback, and the resultant layoff of American workers, is due entirely to the
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    • 196 3 Reuter MANILA. Thurs. The special co-ordinating committee of the five mombsc Association of South East Asisa Nstieas (Asesn) wound up s two-day meeting here, adopting en sgenda for discussions with officials of the European Economic Community in December on possible joint projects, the
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    • 30 3 Reuter SEOUL, Thurs. Leading South Korean businessmen said they will try to Import more British commodities Including machinery to help rectify Britain's unfavourable trade balance with South Korea.
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    • 499 3 TOKYO, Thursday UPI NOBODY cheered louder than socialist North Korea when the oil countries put America and other capitalist nations through the wringer for huge petroleum price Increases. And nobody got smacked harder than North Korea in the recession that followed. In the boom
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    • 1046 3  -  By H. BRADSHER NYT CHINA might now be moving into a period of concentrating on domestic economic growth, rebuilding its politically battered education system, and trying to use an armslength relationship with the United States to counter Soviet expansionism. This is the
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    • 170 3 Reuter HONOKONO, Thurs. Asia Pacific-Capital Corp Is arranging a UBllOO million (***** million) five-year, syndicated loan for a group of seven South Korean banks, Informed market sources said. The loan is to have a spread of 1-7/8 per cent above the six months London
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    • 851 3  -  By ALEXANDER NICOLL Reuter SOUTH Korea's vigorous economic growth Is encouraging European banks to lend to Korean concerns, llr. Bong Eun Kim, chairman and preeldent of the Korea Exchange Bank, said. He told Reuters In an Interview that West Oerman, French and British banks are
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    • 280 2 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 P.M. Opening Announcements followed by' Housewives' Matinee "Goddess of Mercy" (r) Pt. 2 of a Teocbew film 4.05 Diary of Events (Chinese) 4.10 Window (Chinese) (r) 4.40 Intermission 6.05 P.M. Opening Announcements followed by The Enchanted House 630 News in Brief 635 Wild, Wild World of Animals
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 548 4 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has finally received some answers to the questions it is asking of troubled Worldwide Holdings. But they are not such as to give much encouragement to sharehol-> ders. The KLBE has written numerous letters to the company concerning its investment in
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    • 369 4 THE three major London based tin companies In the London Tin group Malayan Tin Dredging, Southern Malayan Tin Dredging and Southern Klnta Consolidated are to seek permission to transfer domicile to Malaysia. The move follows the acquisition of London Tin by Pernas Securities
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    • 111 4 PRE-TAX profits at Ayer Hltam Planting Syndicate rose from Mil 14,611 to $234,648 for the year ended March 31. 1976. The total crop harvested was 1.96 million lbs compared with 1.89 million lbs of which 1.23 million lbs (1.24 million) were derived from Buklt Hltam Estate and
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    • 425 4 AFTER two years In the red, improving demand for its products has enhanced Synthetic Resins (Malaysia) prospects of getting back into the black In the current year ending June 30, 1977. However, the continuing increase In the cost of Its major raw materials Is still
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    • 351 4 KULIM (Malaysia) has agreed to acquire 5,600 hectares of an oil palm area at Ladang Tereh In Johore from the Johore State Economic Development Corp. (JSEDC). The area Is close to Kullm's estates In South Johore. Consideration will be 23.10 million Kullm 50 cent, shares,
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    • 229 4 Profits will fall slightly Acma ACMA Electrical Industries expects a slight fall In profit for the year ending Dec 31, 4975, according to Its reply to a Stock Exchange of Singapore guery on prospects following its proposed rights issue of one-for-one at $1. It says that, in the absence of
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    • Company meetings
    • 111 4 Reuter TOKYO. Thurs. Mitsubishi Metal Corp said It and Electric Zinc Co of Australasia have Jointly developed techniques to extract lead, gold and silver from residues left in zinc smelting processes. The two firms have reached an agreement on the export of technology to third countries,
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    • 1177 4 On October 13 OPTION OCT JAN A PL STOCK Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa Am Tel AmTal Am Tel Avon Avon Avon Avon Bank Am Bank Am Beth 8 Beth 8 BethS Beth 8 ClUcp Cttlcp Cttlco Dow CI) Dow Ch DowCh Dow Ch Baa Kd EasKd EasMd
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    • 448 4 Current Ex Date Total for Total for pay i Date payable the year previous year Oualoplnd. 8% Sept 8 Oct. 15 8* 22 5* Malayawata 10* TE Aug 30 Oct. 15 10* TE 10* TE Paper Prod. 7.5* Sept 21 Oct 15 7.5* 7.5* SEA Carp. 10* Sept.
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    • 342 4 NYT NEW YORK, Thurs- Talks about banks diversifying. A California savings bank markets Wisconsin cheese at a discount to depositors. A New York banks offers unmarried savers a special package of financial and social extras. A US$5,OOO deposit is the qualification for membership in
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    • 115 4 Reuter PARIS, Thurs. At least 20 per cent of the 3.5 billion franc, 10.6 per cent, government guaranteed loan for a group of national finance institutions still remains to be placed two days after Its issue, primary bond market sources said. Most state loans have been fully
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    • 73 4 Reuter SYDNEY, Thurs. Amax Inc believes the optimum conditions for mineral investment can be found In the US and Australia, Amax vice-president, Mr. Arthur Reef said. He told a seminar, Amax has explored in all Australian states for nickel, bauxite, coal, copper and precious metals since 1963 and
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 331 5 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs. Net earnings of Honeywell Inc rose from U5531.06 million to $35.57 million for the third quarter, maklns a nine-month total of $65.27 million ($43.63 million). Oross revenue was $641.4 million ($568.9 million) for the third quarter and $1.79 billion ($1.66 billion)
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    • 151 5 Reuter LONDON, Thurs. A US$25 million five-year Eurodollar credit for Bank PKO of Poland, a foreign exchange bank, is in process of syndication in the Eurocurrency market, banking sources said here. The loan carries interest at 1 Vi per cent over London interbank offered rates, but the
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    • Briefly
      • 59 5 SYDNEY, Thurs. For the year ended July 28,1976, net profit at J.B. Young rose from A 02.74 million to $3.13 million on gross revenue up from $87.68 million to $116.6 million. Tax was $2.49 million ($2.47 million) and depreciation $692,000 ($410,000). Young has proposed a final dividend of
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      • 47 5 TOKYO, Thurs. Aftertax profit at Makita Electric Works rose from 1.5 billion yen to 2.34 billion yen for the first six months ended Aug 31, 1976. Gross sales Increased from 13.79 billion yen to 18.1 billion yen. It is maintaining the Interim dividend at five yen.
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      • 45 5 NEW YORK, Thurs. Anaconda said it was advised the Federal Trade Commission will seek an InJunction against the proposed merger of Anaconda into Atlantic Richfield. Anaconda said it and Atlantic Richfield had no further information. A FTC spokesman refused to comment on the statement.
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      • 85 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. First Chicago Corp said provisions for loan losses in the third quarter were US$2B.5 million, up slightly from the provision of $27 million a year earlier. Chairman Mr. A. Robert Abboud said the reserve for possible loan losses was $113.8 million as of Sept 30 after net
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      • 77 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The Securities and Exchange Commission placed Mercantile Bank and Trust of Kingstown, St. Vincent, in the Windward Islands, on its foreign restricted list. The list gives notice to brokers that foreign securities, which have not been registered at the SEC, are being sold in the US. The
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      • 39 5 THE HAGUE, Thurs. Bank Voor Nederlandsche Gemeenten said it plans to issue a 9% per cent 25-year debenture loan of between 100 million and 150 million guilders at a price to be announced no later than Oct 20.
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      • 23 5 AMSTERDAM, Thurs. Nederlandsche Mlddenstandsbank said its 50 million guilder 10% per cent 15-year subordinated debenture loan priced at par was heavily over-subs-cribed.
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      • 77 5 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. A presidential decree issued here said Argentina accepted an offer from the US Westinehouse Electric Corp to settle a protracted dispute on a debt of U552.76 million. The sum, which was owed to Westlnghouse by the government-owned firm Siam di Telia, will be paid with Argentine
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      • 38 5 NEW YORK, Thurs. General Motors Acceptance Corp's US$25O million debentures due 1996 were priced at par with an 8 1/8 per cent coupon, a Morgan Stanley Syndicate said. Selling concession was set at $5 and reallowance 1/4.
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      • 54 5 SYDNEY, Thurs. Tooth said It reached agreement with Francis Investment to acquire 59.9 per cent of the issued capital of Penfolds Wines Australia. Tooth will acquire 6.89 million shares held by Francis at a $1.15 cash per share. The agreement is conditional on Tooth making a similar offer to
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      • 88 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. New municipal bond issues will reach a record US$32 billion this year, and the market will be called upon to absorb an equally high volume of new Issues in 1977, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust executive vice president Mr. David G. Taylor said. Mr. Taylor, who
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    • 709 5 NYT NEW YORK, Thurs. Investors bet on the future. Thus, when a company with a reasonably good record suddenly sends up a shower of sparks, It commands attention In Wall Street. So It was with the Outboard Marine Corp, a company In a cyclical Industry, but
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    • 139 5 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs. Bankers Trust and Citibank NA have withdrawn their suits against the US ExportImport Bank and Manufacturers Hanover Trust concerning a proposed payment facility agreement with Zaire. The suit filed by Bankers Trust on Aug 13 alleged that the proposed agreement violates provisions
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    • 64 5 MINNEAPOLIS, Thurs. Apache Corp said It and Apexco Inc signed a definitive agreement with Natomas for the acquisition of Apexco by Natomas for about US$l27 million In cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Natomas would pay $31.50 for each share of Apexco, which is 80 per cent owned
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    • 68 5 SYDNEY, Thurs. PekoWallsend said there is evidence of some recovery In demand for metals and minerals In the first half of 1976. The company's annual report said however the recovery's effect on prices has been dampened by hlgn level of producer and other stocks. Depressed economic conditions In
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    • 169 5 Reuter TOKYO, Thurs. With the sharp rise in car exports. Honda Motor has enjoyed a 24 per cent Increase In aftertax profit to 7.00 billion yen for the six months ended Aug 31, 1976. Gross sales rose from 273.68 billion yen to 323.79 billion yen.
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    • 62 5 Reuter LONDON, Thurs. The Stock Exchange Council said it authorised an inquiry Into dealings in the shares of Teachers (Distillers) which took place before the suspension of the company's listing. The suspension was made this afternoon pending an announcement of the offer for the company's share capital
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    • 30 5 BRUSSELS, Thurs. The common market's Coal and Steel Community announced a loan of £27.5 million to finance seven Investment projects being carried out by Britain's National Coal Board.
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    • 274 5 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs. Reporting an 18.5 per cent Increase in third quarter earnings to U*****.9 million. International Business Machines Is not optimistic that It can maintain the growth rates of the first nine months In the rest of the year. The slowdown Is
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    • 175 5 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs. Unlroyal Inc said it expects to report third quarter net loss of about US$B million compared with a profit of $4.9 million a year ago. The company estimated sales would be $490 million compared with $529.5 million a year ago. Uniroyai said
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    • 181 5 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs. Net earnings at Citicorp rose by 6.7 per cent to US$97.B million for the third quarter, raising the nine-month total to $209.3 million ($270.9 million). Earnings per share were 78 cents (74 cents) for the third quarter and $2.33 ($2.19) for the
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    • 144 5 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs. With an 8.1 per cent Increase to U5551.72 million third quarter net earnings, J.P. Morgan was able to raise the nine month total by 4.1 per cent $141.91 million. At half-time, It only managed to show a two per cent rise
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    • 97 5 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs. Aftef enjoying a 14.3 per cent earnings increase at midterm, Eastman Kodak has suffered a seven per cent setback in third year. Net earnfngs for the latest quarter fell from U*****.48 million to $170.57 million, reducing the halftlme increase to only 4.7 per
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    • 84 5 Reuter LONDON, Thurs. The high court refused to grant an injunction blocking the sale of two Maritime Fruit Carriers ships to Hamburg shipping company Willy Bruns. Trafalgar House Investments subsidiary Cunard applied for the order in connection with a US$ll2 million bid for 12 of the British
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  • 1179 6 a and offer prteee officially I and Nialneee in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yeaterday with the number of ahvn traded shown In brackets tn lota of 1,100 unlU unlees otherwise specified AO Time Settlement Contract* an Sited after the worid "Sett." Board deals
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  • 125 6 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST (Niuiv'i prioea far Out IS) INCOME BOND UNIT (Correal prioa*) 1 71 1J0 mmui bond 1.07 1.11 TboBayiiicFund 0.M 1-01 8'port Prof Fund O il I Mad 8'pore Security Fund 1.M l.SS 8'parelnveetFund l.M l.M ASIA UNIT TRUST (Munn' prieee far Oct IS) Mai Invert
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  • 285 6 S'porc Govt S 1/2% Taxable Loan No 2 With AI 1975/ let Doc 1977 (1,000,000) (101.688 101.788) S'porc Govt i 1/2% Taxable Loan No I With A I 1971/15 th Apr 1978 (1,000,000) (101.548 101.828) S'porc Govt 9 3/4% Taxable Loan No I With A I
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  • 1166 6 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS AllummU (1.80B). A. Tap* (0.458). A. Chec (0 85B). A.M. Oe».
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  • 579 7 THE sprond of activity aarrowed considerably ia Irregular trading condition* nt the Stock iftrhango of Siagaporv yesterday. On balaace, small losses were registered acrooe the board. An opening rally in lino with the improvement noted in the overnight Wall Street and Honghong market*, proved short-lived n* further
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  • 464 7 FAIRLY heavy selling in the afternoon pared share rices at the Kuala Lumpur tock Exchange yesterday. Reflecting the slight lift in values on Wednesday, the market opened on a steadier note and continued to fluctuate at around these levels in the morning. However, sentiment weakened significantly
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  • 98 7 Reuter PERTH, Thurs. Selcast Exploration Ltd said the Agnew nickel project in Western Australia will go ahead and the state government will ratify an agreement for the development of the project. Joint venturers in the project are Western Selcast (Pty) Ltd with 60 per cent and Mount
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  • 906 7 TOW YORK: Powered, to part, bp a bullish sump on US oottaumsr confidence the stock market on WnlnoorHy. scored it* best gain in nfinoot throe week*. Ac oversold technical condition, stemming from the Market's headlong plunge recently, and settlement o< toe four-week-old strike at ford Motor were viewed
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  • 264 7 AMSTERDAM: The market eased on balance on Wednesday, resistant to downward pressure than in recent days. Bha res opened very steady but offerings Increased around mid-session Dutch internationals were steady to slightly firmer with the exception of HMgsveas which fell back sharply. State loans were narrowly mixed. Bourse sources
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  • 172 7 FRANKFURT: The market «u generally mixed on Wednesday, although It cloeed on a firm note as tome shares recovered In technical reaction to Tuesday's •harp folk, buoyed bp buying from domestic investors, Mtn ■M. OCT IS ABO AkJo Allal*tan AlU Vera BASF Bay HTWbank Bay Vbank DtD •1.30 147.50
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  • 390 7 SYDNEY: Prices firmed across the board following the recent heavy downtrend on Thursday, dealers said. The Bydney AllOrdlnarles gained 3.23 points to 441.81. BHP rose 12 cents to A 87.20 and Its rights 13 cents to 53.10, while CBRand ANZ rose 20 cents each to $4.32 and <3.90. Peko-Wallacnd
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  • 104 7 MANILA: The market was cloaed on Thursday for a special public holiday. OCT 14 P«M AcojcMining 015 unch Atlas Con A 30 25 +0 25 A tin Con B 30 50 -0 25 Bagulo Oold .012 unch Benruet Con. B BT Goodrich 17.50 +0.5 CDCP IncoB mm Lepanto B
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  • 346 7 JOHANNESBURG: Oold moved easier throughout the day on Wednesday, following generally lower bullion Indications, dealers said. 1 XT 1) R and 14 1 M> -6 17 unch 10 -1p INDL'81 > Alpha Ibercom KE And CI mic \T1 3ankor riUA 2! 11 II 11 2> V 11 -3 to
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  • 140 7 HONOKONO: The market fell on profit taking and other selling In moderate nervous trading on Thursday, after Wednesday's sharp recovery, dealers said The Hang Seng Index fell 4.37 points to 388 84 Turnover on the four exchanges plunged to HK538.87 compared to $85.00 million on Wednesday Opening prices were
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  • 229 7 ZURICH: The Bourse «u mainly loweron Wednesday, In active trading on tbe continued deellne in Wall Strast and weaker European Bourses, dealers mid. Swissair Bniw declined and BukiMtllNkafl vai lower among bank*. Among financial!, Oerllkea-Buearl lost ground, JuTwa Bearer rose following neva (hat Brlttab American Cosmetic* (BAC) rsachsd agreement
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  • 249 7 TORONTO: Bhare prices fell sharply in quiet trading on Wednesday with loeers leading gainers by 317 to 88 and the Industrial Index down 2.02 to 177.55. Golds declined 3.81 to 341.25, while western oil fell S.ll to 200.40 and base metals declined 1.02 to 70.32. Volume totalled 1.7 million
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  • 281 7 PARIS: The market wu mixed to lower with an Initial sharp fall being followed by a strong recovery in several sectors on Wednesday, dealers said. OCT 11 Fr» CORBEILLE Mr-Liquid* B8N Oervau Danoric C 8 F (ThomionC«f) CwFimncaut dM rttfoltl Citroen 8A Compafnte Financier* Compa«ntc Oenerale Credit Fonder De
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  • 122 7 BRU88EL8: The market continued to decline in quiet trading on Wednesday, with the opening forward market Index dipping below 100 for the first time since 1007, dealers said. OCT 11 Fn FORWARD MARKET Acec 304 -5 Arbed 3300 -75 Astur 1002 •18 Brascan 442 -3 Bru-Lamb 1800 -10 Canpac
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  • 117 7 MILAN: The market closed generally lower on continued selling pressure on Wednesday, dealers said, bonds were quietly active. OCT 11 Lire Ante 400 unch Assoc Oen ***** -200 BastOft 903 3 Ontrale 6880 -31 Flat 1395 -15 Flnslder 234 unch 0«i lmmob 112 SO -1.5 IFI Prt 1880 -10
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  • 77 7 OCT 14 BahU Aala Fibre 123 ♦5 Bangkok Bank 243 unch Bangkok Invwl 140 +3 Bangkok-Metro-politan Bank ***** unch Ml unch Berli Jucker CharoongThal 143 -1 Wire Dume* DusltThani Pa bar Merlin rir»t Trukf Indo-Thai 1BS6 -3 J AndJ Ho 111 Jalapratftan 738 Cement Karnasuta 348 unch Lev Kwang
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  • 325 7 TOKYO: The market closed slightly lower on profit taking after opening firm on Thursday, dealer* said The Dow-Jones average fell 1.13 to 4,703.37 with volume 1M million shares. The new Index eloeed at 380.54 up 0.35. OCT 14 isrAaaMChea AaahlOlai Bank Tk Banju ona|wvor Chiyoda ChubuPwi Cltiaen DNIp Prtn
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  • 792 7 LONDON, Thurs. Government stocks and leading Industrials closed quietly easier on the lower rate of sterling and nervousness ahead of the trade figures, dealers said. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times was down 3.3 at 288.0. Government loans met selling among shorts where falls of to point were seen,
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  • 95 7 e. FINANCIAL TIMES r. INDUSTRIALS S Wednesday 2tl.7 Tuesday 2*3.« Week ago 3I«.« ie TIN Wednesday I24.RB 7 Tuesday 12S.I2 [Jj Week ago I24.M RUBBERS 'Jf Wednesday 4A5JM p Tuesday «7.#2 Week ago 478.* OILS Wednesday 332.M Tuesday 321.75 Week ago .334.43 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday M*.* Tuesday
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  • COMMODITY REPORTS AND PRICES
    • 604 8 THE Singapore rubber market opened slightly higher yesterday and November rallied to 206.00 cents but then fell back on lack of buying support. Afternoon prices moved ahead to 207.00 cents on shortcoverlng. Trading In forwards was fair, dealers said. Current month November RSS one buyers finished at 207.00
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    • 107 8 DAILY SSR and SMR prices at noon yesterday: Nov. Ok. R.A.S. (Curraat Mtk) (Forward Mtk) Buyer* Seller® Buyers Sellers (ce« ■U par kg) (ceati ipsrkg) SSR 20 <1--ton Pallet) 188 00 190.00N 189.00 191.OON SSR 50 (1 -ton Pallet) 185.50 187.50N 188.50 188.50N M.R.E.L.B. SMR5CV <1 —ton
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    • 181 8 THE Straits tin price In Penang yesterday rose $8 to close at $1,213 per picul on an ofnlclal offering up 15 tonnes to 220 tonnes. In LONDON on Wednesday, tin was about £11 per tonne lower for Cash and unchanged for Three Months in both contracts. Dealers said
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    • 30 8 Rubber: Oct 11 Singapore: Nov. 207.50 cU (up 3.90 cU.) Malaysia: Nov. 212.25 eta. (up 3.25 cts) Tin: $1,213 (up $8) Official offering: 220 tonnes (up 15 tonnes)
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    • 133 8 LONDON, Thurs. Silver was 1.4p to 2.0p per troy ounce higher. Dealers said the performance of US silver and grains, steady gold and currency factors all combined to lift prices although highest pre-market levels were not repeated in the ring due to profit-taking. Three Months at the outset of
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    • 234 8 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YESTERDAY. Coconut Oil: Bulk >71 sellers, old drum 576 sellers, new drum $81 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) UK/Cont. 545 buyers. Pepper: Muntok AST A white fob 100% NLW $312' i sellers. Sarawak white f o b. 96% NLW $297*
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    • 120 8 THE following Palm Oil prices were quoted In London on Wednesday The prices are elf Rotterdam and are quoted In US dollars per long ton unless otherwise stated. Malaysian 5K ffa bulk Nov/Dec/Jan Sumatra 5% Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Nigerian 5% ffa bulk sterling per long
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    • 303 8 VOLUME was hard to find on the Singapore gold market yesterday but the prices went nowhere. The kilo bar was quoted, largely nominal, at 559,140 to $9,170 while the loco London price stagnated around US$ll5. The London morning fixing was U*****.90 per ounce up 25 cents on the previous
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    • 252 8 LONDON, Thurs. Copper wirebars gained £11 for Cash and £13 for Three Months. Dealers said the market continued to recoup lost ground on shortcoverlng and fresh buying induced by further US and European consumer demands, together with a sharp downturn in sterling in the morning. ON Wednesday's close, copper
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    • 63 8 LONDON, Thurs. Zinc rose 13.50 per tonne for Cash and £3 for Three Months. The market reflected the generally steadier trend In base metals this morning with some covering against European physical sales also lending support, dealers said. Light profit-taking shaded the higher levels, however, and Three Months traded
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    • 42 8 LONDON, Thurs. Lead gained mostly £2 per tonne. Dealers said this metal was basically steady. Fresh trading interest was fairly light, and Three Months fluctuated around £295 per tonne during the ring in sales of 3,250 tonnes, which were mainly carries.
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    • 126 8 LONDON, Thurs. Terminal opened steady at the lower levels which followed Wednesday's quiet New York market and easier kerb. Prices were £2.65 to £1.25 down from Wednesday's closing levels. Sales totalled 632 lots. On Wednesday's close local selling and long liquidation pushed prices lower in rather thin afternoon dealings.
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    • 135 8 LONDON, Thurs. The robusta terminal opened £2 to £26 per tonne higher In sales of 202 lots. Dealers said sentiment was aided by a steady New York market on Wednesday and easier sterling this morning. The greater gains recorded by the forward positions reflected a readjustment of the differentials
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    • 131 8 BANGKOK, Thurs. Indicative prices for rice quoted yesterday were: US dollars per tonne FOB basis Bangkok. Loonsaia unchanged, Parboiled unchanged, Maize unchanged. In HONGKONG yesterday, the market was steady with Australia, See Mew prices up HK SI to $2. The day's turnover totalled 357 tons comprising Thais 96, Kwangtungs
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 563 8 THE Singapore domestic money market saw little activity yesterday as dealers held back funds to watch the market's reaction to the government $500 million bond issue. Overnight rates opened at 2% per cent to 2% per cent with some business at 2% Ct cent in the morning. Ith most
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    • 160 8 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates u at close on Oct 14: US Dollars (Spot) Offers Bid 7 days 51/8 ft 1 mth 51/8 2 mths 55/16 53/16 3 mths S 1/2 53/8 6 mths 513/16 511/16 9 mths e 5 7/8 12 mths 6 3/16 61/16 8w. Frs.
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    • 54 8 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on Oct. 14. Overnight 2N to 3*4* Call deposit 2* to 3*« Cl«ua« Buy Ml 3-Month Treasure bills 3 3/16 3 1/18 3-Month Banks bills 4 1/2 4 3/8 3-Month CD 4 5/8 4 1/2 6-Month CD S 1/16 4 15/16
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    • 176 8 Euro rates LONDON, Thurs Eurodollar deposit rates eased after a steady opening In small turnover. Some prime name offering, low loan demand and the FED action on Wednesday to depress the FED funds rate were cited by dealers for the decline. Both short and fixed date rates averaged 1/16 falls
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    • 46 8 Minimum tending rates (in 1 ATftr 7 n AkMMM Rnnk 7 7 HKS8C 7V4 7 7 Bonk o* China 7V4 Motoyon Bonking 7 7 7 Bonk Ntgoro OCBC 7 7IA oue 7 C KortMd Bnnfc UCB 7V4 ChOM Monhotton 7 UMBC 7Vi DBS 7 uoe 7
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    • 177 8 NEW YORK, Thursday, US textile imports of cotton, wool and man-made fibres are running 62 per cent higher than in 1975, at 3.6 billion square yards equivalent (SYE) from January through August, an analysis of Commerce Department statistics by the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI), shows.
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    • 173 8 LONDON, Thurs The Commonwealth Secretariat forecast world paddy production for the 1976/77 year at 340 million tons, now that harvesting of that crop Is underway In the Northern Hemisphere. This compares with 344 million tons forecast for 1975/76. The secretariat estimates there has been a small increase
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    • 34 8 Reuter EAST BERLIN, Thurs The Soviet Union has promised East Germany a significant amount of grain to counteract considerable shortages caused by the summer drought, the official ADN news agency reported. Reuter.
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    • 455 8 LONDON, Thurs. Sterling dropped below US$l.65 In early trading here, partly on weekend technical factors but also undermined by nervousness ahead of the UK September trade figures due this afternoon, dealers said. The pound was quoted around $1.6435/ 55, having fallen quickly from $1.6540/ 50 overnight. The bank of
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    • 222 8 NEW YORK, Wed. The dollar closed slightly lower on balance after a light, featureless trading session here, dealers said. Easier Eurodollar rates, which followed more indications in the day that the Federal Reserve system has eased monetary policy and is apparently aiming; for a five per cent federal
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    • 194 8 TOKYO, Thurs. The Bank of Japan is believed to have sold an estimated US$2O million to prevent the yen from declining too fast, banking sources said. The US dollar for overnight delivery closed at 292.30 yen, up from 290.50 at the opening and 290.10 at Wednesday's close. Strong dollar
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    • 33 8 HONGKONG banknotes quoted on Oct 14: US 4.85/4.87 UK 7.95/8.15 Burma 2.00/2.50 India 4.45/4.75 Indonesia 1.12/1.16 Japan 1.665/1.675 Korea 0.90/0.95 Philippines 0.59/0.62 Singapore 1.965/1.985 Malaysia 1.92/1.94 Brunei 1.925/1.945 Thailand 23.60/24.00 Taiwan 11.85/12.15
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    • 50 8 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchanges quoted on Oct 14: Australia: Sterling 0.7519/0.7441 US dollar 1.2408/1.2358 Ninety day air mail buying rates: Sterling 0.7878, US dollars 1.2691 Ninety day forward buying rates: Sterling 0.7669, US dollars 1.2247 New Zealand: Sterling 0.5884/0.5850 US dollar 0.9778/0.9678 Ninety day forward rate: Sterling 0.9974, US dollar 0.6379
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    • 42 8 ZURICH exchanges quoted on Oct 13: US 2.4417-4427 UK 4.0410-0455 Can 2.5095-5115 W Germ 100.48-57 Neth 95.58-69 France 48.67-73 Belg 6.52-3/4 53-3/4 Denm 41.76-81 Norw 46.02-06 Swed 57.51-57 Italy 0.2898-2904 Austria 14.14-17 Port 7.80-82 Spain 3.58-3/4 59-1/2 Arg 1.25-2.25 Japan 0.84-84-1/2
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    • 33 8 FRANKFURT exchanges quoted on Oct 14: US 2.4290/4305 (2.4295/4305) Can 2.4960/70 UK 3.99/4.00 Neth 95.20/35 Switz 99 .50/65 Italy 2.85/90 France 48.45/60 Norw 45.81/86 Belg Com 6.51/52 Belg On 6.33/34 Japan 0.8365/80
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    • 295 8 LONDON, Thurs. Straight bonds firmed slightly In moderate turnover, dealers said. Generally prices were 1/8 point hither with many Issues holding Wednesday's levels. Chrysler Credit Cananda 9-* per cent due 1982 eased to 95-% 96-* after trading around 96-* 97-* on Wednesday. New Zealand 1-% percent 1983 held
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  • TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
    • 700 9  -  (FOR MORE MILEAGE) By WILLIAM STEVENS NYT THIS is a watershed year in the history of the American car. October 1977 brings the beginning of the end of the iron monster, at least In its grossest forms: the long, low, wide, bulgesided
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    • 658 9  -  By DAVID SHIPLEGDC NYT THE American ships that have been bringing grain here from the United States have also brought some troubles, according to Soviet maritime officials namely, curfew violations, drunkenness, vandalism, fist fights and black marketeering by some American
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    • 99 9 Direct PakB'desh trade Reuter KARACHI, Thars.-Mwd Bii|l«lwfc ud PikkUa an to start later this msnth, the Bangladeshi ambassador to Pakistan, Mr Abdullah Zahiruddin, told reporters hsro recently. There has hoaa no direct trade since late 1971 when the Indo-Pakistan war took Jtlaee and Bangladesh, ormorly Bast Pakistan, cum into existence.
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    • 98 9 AP BAHRAIN, Thuri. British Airways' supersonic Concorde Jetliner was forced to return here on Tuesday 45 minutes after takeoff because of "a slight hydraulic leak," airport sources said. The airport was put on full emergency alert for the Concorde's relandlng, though the Jet wasn't endangered, the
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    • 60 9 VietnamLaos air link AP BANGKOK, Thurs. Vietnam's civil aviation departments started an Inaugural flight on Tuesday connecting Hanoi and the Loatlan capital of Vientiane, Radio Hanoi said yesterday. The broadcast said that commercial flights have been resumed to fulfill part of the Vietnam-Laos transportation agreement signed on Sept. 7. Commercial
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    • 60 9 UPI TOKYO, Thurs. The 150,000-member All Japan Seamen's Union says It will demand a monthly wage Increase averaging 18,430 yen (U5561.43) for seamen of ocean-going ships In next spring's labour struggle. If a 3.2 per cent regular pay raise is Included, the wage hike will amount to 20,600
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    • 492 9 Operator CPA PAA CAL JAL SIA OIA OIA PAL SIA SN 1 ARRIVALS Service Local Number Time From CX003 0045 HKO PA841 0838 SFO/HNL/ OUM CI806 1000 HLP JL712 1000 HLP SQ209 1010 HLP OA980 1030 HLP QA908 1100 MES PR501 1118 MNL SQ240 1205 MES SN287
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    • 696 9  -  By VICTOR McELHENY NYT ELECTRON-BEAM machines, people in the semiconductor industry expect, will In the years ahead carry electronic mlcroclrcults much further Into the realm of cost-cutting microminiaturisation and, consequently, Into a widening range of mass-market products with computer features. In effect, the circuits
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  • 2368 10 Malaysia's talks with the international oil companies are reaching a crucial stage, with a little over a month to go to the Nov 15 deadline. Indonesia also had cliff-hanging talks with the major oil companies. To see if there are any lessons,, the writer
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  • 569 10  -  i i:ti i:ns to thk i ditok WONG HUNG KHIM "•"•""•"SB: I REFER to your report headed "SBS facta ssrlous cash flow problem" (Business Times, Oct and would like to correct certain inaccuracies in the report by elaborating on our press relets* dated
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    • 361 10 D D Pertanian Baring Sanwa A JOk3l VI Multinational Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) 1976 Annual Accounts Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31st May, 1978 HaHn rl Irn m rwnoo ivwvv 24.4.1974 to 31.6.1978 Trading profit for tha yaar bafora taxation Taxation baaad on profit for tha yaar
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  • 258 11 Reuter TOKYO, Thurs. The Japan Machinery Federation said it revised upwards its estimate fiscal 1976 machinery production to 30,895 billion yen (SS26G billion), an increase of 12.5 per cent compared with fiscal 1975, with exports totalling 11,323 billion yen, up 21.4 per cent.
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  • 221 11 THE Chemical Bank has shown great interest in the Asian-Pacific region as Is evidenced by its US$2 billion (554.9 billion) total investment in the area, it claims that this represents the largest percentage rise in the bank's Investments in any region over a four-year period.
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  • 204 11 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) will hold a seminar on problems of smallholders at Haadyai in Southern Thailand from Oct 18 to 23. ANRPC Secretary-General Moeljono Partosoedarso has said. Dr. Partosoedarso told reporters here yesterday that
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  • 819 11 AP UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. Any reduction of the yawning gap between poor and rich nations by the year 2,000 will require Herculean efforts by developing nations and major changes in the world economic order, according to an important new UN study
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  • 292 11 Reuter KYOTO, Thurs. Major Industrialised nations want the rich oil producers to contribute US$l.5 billion (553.7 billion) or more to a planned $9 billion Increase in the funds of the International Development Association (IDA), IDA vice president lan Car gill said here yesterday.
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  • 173 11 AP ISLAMABAD, Thurs. Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto disclosed for the first time yesterday that several thousand Chinese technicians and labourers are working on the Karakoram road which will connect Pakistan with China's Sinkiang province. Mr. Bhutto made the disclosure in a message sent
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  • 236 11 IPOH, Thurs The Perak State Development Corporation will start prospecting for tin and other metals on about 566.6 hectares on the Larut Hills and Batang Padang area early next year. Its general manager, Encik Hamdan Hazizi said that prospecting work will be jointly carried out by the
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  • 244 11 FOREIGN-affiliated companies own at least 25 per cent of the equity in Japan. This is revealed In a survey conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI). The survey, up to March 1975, polled 1,774 foreign affiliates with 66.7 per cent responding. In terms of
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  • 55 11 Reuter JAKARTA, Thurs. A leading French financial expert said Indonesia's balance of payments problems were temporary and could be overcome with traditional exports and oil. Mr. Pierre Moussa, general manager of Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, told reporters last night that Indonesian traditional exports would be
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  • 131 11 Reuter ROME, Than. Italy has temporarily suspended lira credit lines for foreiga customers until farther notice, a statement by the Foreign Exchange Office •aid. It Mid "on instructions frons the Foreign Trade Ministry, with immediate effect, the use of credit lines in lira for banks
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  • 388 11 UPI MANILA, Thurs. Former President Dlosdado Macapagal today accused President Ford's administration of "tolerating dictatorship'' In the Philippines and said he hoped a change in the US presidency would mean a "setback" to martial law rule here. He made the statement during
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  • 188 11 TOKYO, Thurs. The Ja-pan-Vietnam trade Association and the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce have signed a memorandum in Hanoi to promote trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, the association's mananglng director, Mr. Mitsunobu Nakahara, said today. Mr. Nakahara. wno recently returned here from a three-week
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  • 290 11 Reuter LADYBRAND, (South Africa). Thurs. Prime Minister John Vorster said tonight external economic pressure was being applied to South Africa to try to force it to abandon its policy of separate racial development (apartheid). He told a meeting of the Ruling National Party here
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  • 104 11 MEMBERS of the public are reminded to redeem their old Malayan currency notes and coins Issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, by Dec. 31, 1976. After that date, the Malayan currency will no longer be redeemable. The deputy
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  • 87 11 Reuter SYDNEY. Thurs. Japan is anxiously awaiting for Australia to arrive at a national decision on uranium policy, counsellor to the JaEanese Federation of conomic Organisations (Keidanren), Mr. Toshlro Shlmanouchl, said. He told a seminar organised by the Financial Times Japan hoped Australia will be a stable
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  • 257 12 SYDNEY, Thurs. Australia was advised today to set up an International capital market once domestic and international economic problems were settled. Sir Peter Tennant, Industrial adviser to Britain's Barclays Bank International, totd the Financial Times conference In Sydney there were two pre requisites
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  • 347 12 MELBOURNE, Thurs. Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has charged that a central group, made up primarily of Malaysians, Is spearheading the recruitment of Singapore and Malaysian communists In Australia. He also described Australia as one of the major breeding grounds for such communist
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  • 325 12 A NEW photocopying machine was Introduced to the press at a preview yesterday. The latest entrant into the market is a product developed by the Dutch multinational Oce Van Oer Orlnten which has gone into partnership with the Hagemeyer trading group. Mr William Voorwalt, Seneral manager
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  • 842 12 POSSIBLE RECOVERY BY THE NEW YEAR? Reuter HONGKONG, Thurs. Brokers here generally said they see a case for recovery in the local stock market from its loeees of the past month by the end of calendar 1976 or by the Chinese New Year at the
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  • 225 12 AMERICAN businessmen la Singapore will jola their colleagues from all parts of the Asia-Pacific region today in Jakarta to discuss the US tax hill which Is expected to hit hard at their Income. Over a dosen representatives from Singapore will he among the
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  • 115 12 THE Institute of Banking and Finance will be coming out with its first ever annual sometime this month. Called "Singapore Banking and Finance the publication is expected to be the first comprehensive introduction to Singapore as an international financial centre. Featured in the Journal
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  • 74 12 UPI WASHINOTON, Thurs. The Bupreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that international airlines are liable for a maximum U8|75,000 (8(183,750) in damages to survivors of persons killed in airport lobbies by terrorists. The justices rejected without comment an appeal by Trans World Airlines,
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  • 368 12 SEVERAL international companies are presently having discussions with the government on the setting up of supporting services for Industries here. These include precision plating and die-casting, investment castings, heat treatment for hot aircraft parts and others. This was revealed by Mr. Tang See Chlm, deputy
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  • 381 12 AP Reuter BANOKOK, Thurs. The Thai military's top foreign policy adviser said today that Thailand must "act immediately to restore good relations with the United States which have deteriorated over the past three years." Mr. Thanat Khoman, adviser to the ruling military council, did
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  • 409 12 BORROWERS from the Private Investment Company for Asia (PICA) will find that the terms for new loans will be a little harder, with floating rates of Interest and loan periods tailored to correspond to PICA'S funding. This however should not worry Singapore borrowers unnecessarily. They
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  • 164 12 Reuter LONDON. Thurt. la a move to rodaoe laftwiag la* fluencc, Education Secretary Shirley Wllliama yaaterday announced aha will challenge Mr. Michael Foot for the deputy loader ahlp of Brltaia'a ruling Labour Party. The American-bom Mra. Wllliama, 44, came uadar ■touatiac praoauro to ataad from
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  • 290 12 THE Unltec unlikely In the r to embark on i ilve and strict imp ction policy slmll > that adopted eleewh .d. This forecast was made by Dr. Nancy Barrett, deputy assistant director of the US Congressional Budget Office, at a lecture on
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  • 38 12 AP WHITE PLAINS (New York), Thurs. General Foods Corp., the largest U8 coffee marketer, said Tuesday it had raised wholesale prices for the second time in four months on five of its most popular brands. AP
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  • 174 12 BANK of America vice-pre-sident, Mr. J. O. Bims, yesterday warned that gaps between what the professional men and women can deliver and what the public expects them to deliver are bertnnlng to show. He said that this public scepticism comes at a time when one
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    • 60 12 'A >' Exotic cuisine passionately recommended Luziza Fresh prawns marinated in honey and sour spices from Bikaner. 4 Nuwabi Selected tender cubes of lamb marinated in subtle hot spices. A favourite of the Nuwabs. Harem's joy Tender chicken prepared in secret spices. Koulfi Ice Cream as prepared in Kashmir. J
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