The Business Times, 17 December 1999

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 85C SINGAPORE Internet: :":ttp://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17,1999
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    65 1 sn *****6 (-14.57) BT-SBI 883.49 (-7.17) ansa FUTURES ***** (-1.20) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE OOMP 767.89 -0.09 NIKKEI 18.111J1 -27.05 HANG SENG ***** X -263.95 SET INDEX 437.70 -0.16 JAKARTA COMP 6465! 5.87 MANILA COMP _1,972.78 26.71 TAIPEI WPI 7,739 76 -120.13 SEOL'LCOMP ***** -16.01 OSA
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    79 1 FOBEX BATES rs» s$ liS$ 1.677 £(US$/S$ per 1.610 2.699 Kl!RO(US$/SS/E)_ 1.011 1.695 DM 1.936 0.866 YEN 1018 1.631 RM 3.800 0.441 HKJ 7.772 0516 HAHT 37.97 0.044 RUHAH 7,086 0.024 'St to 100 unto PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 IJ MPI'R 7.25 JAKARTA 44)00 BANGKOK 10 00 MANILA 11.00
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    Lock icon Filipino Chinese tycoons battle for banking dominance
    1300 1  -  ifiTEnararei Mergers and acquisitions the preferred way, with George Ty in the lead From Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines' six ethnic Chinese taipans are locked in a fierce battle for dominance in the country's liberalised banking industry. George Ty, the richest with
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    Lock icon Money enough to buy Ford Motor – or Ireland
    564 1 Money enough to buy Ford Motor or Ireland World's richest man Bill Gates is now worth USsBs.3b Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] The net worth of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on paper has risen by US$7.7 billion (5512.9 billion), making him worth more than the market value of Ford Motor or the
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    Lock icon US regulators fight selective corporate disclosure
    400 1 SEC wants to place the onus on companies that reveal non-public information FT [NEW YORK] The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new rules to crack down on the selective flow of material information from quoted companies to equity analysts. The new
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      97 1 nnapE BT Comment R Sivanithy on the tricky issue of share suspensions on the Singapore Exchange. Pg4 Exec Lifestyle Hamper business: How 3 niche players stay ahead of the competition. EL 1 Top stories S'pore govt to upgrade corporate regulatory framework and standards of corporate goverance. Next Page WBL's earnings
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      81 1 t P* f l *VO r* Some sensible suggestions on what to do with your EXECUTIVE MONEY Pg 10 Suspending share trading: level the playing field, Pg 4 What you're not told in the land of transparency, Pg 10 A AW M\ V I> Mh- j n/Hw The movement IV/
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Slick blueprint
        124 2 ONE might not have expected it, but the latest national productivity blueprint, a 10-year plan codenamed Pro Act 21, is a fairly slick job, at least in terms of packaging and design. Snippets of background information and global trends, and case examples of innovative local companies also convey
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        Lock icon Greetings, whoever you are
        69 2 WE really admire those who dedicate themselves to the pursuit of speed and efficiency in the office. A BT journalist this week received a special Christmas and New Year card from one of the local banks. It is a bare greetings card with no signature or
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        Lock icon Playing it cool
        64 2 WITH all the talk about tech stocks going crazy, securities analysts are always careful about what they say. In talking about Hongkong's stockmarket rally yesterday, John Schofield, a Prudential-Bache chartist, said the dramatic surge last month and this month reflected a coincidence of liquidity and the technology
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        Lock icon Action warranted
        89 2 A DEALER had this story to tell Grapevine about how the Singapore Exchange (SGX) forgot to suspend trading of CM Tel's warrants on Dec 9 although the mother shares were suspended. "I called SGX at 9.15 am and the person answering the call directed me to a fancy
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        Lock icon Hold on, please
        82 2 TELECOMS operators tend to blame manufacturers of handphones for delays in the introduction of new technology. When GSM handphones were finally available commercially in the early 1980s, operators breathed a sigh of relief and dubbed it "God Sent Mobile". Now, the big wait is for phones with
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        Lock icon Dangling lots of carrots
        41 2 THE invitation to Lucent Technology's Christmas party is loaded with incentives. Computers, holiday trips for two and bottles of wine are among the prizes to be given away. Looks like guests are at a premium this Christmas.
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      Lock icon Women make better stock pickers than men: survey
      246 2 They report 5% higher profits than men across all age groups Reuters [LONDON] Maybe it's intuition, maybe it's not, but women are proving cannier share pickers than men among Britain's growing band of private investors. A City Share Shop quarterly survey released
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      Lock icon Move to improve corporate governance
      529 2  -  Three committees to review regulatory framework, disclosure standards By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Having set in motion various initiatives to boost the competitiveness of the financial sector, the government is now turning its attention to upgrading the corporate regulatory framework and standards of corporate governance in
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  • FOREIGN talent
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      Lock icon Home is where the heart is
      690 3  -  After spending over 25 years in Singapore, the Meyers from Germany feel so at home they don't want to leave Hy Marissa Chew LONG before talk of attracting foreign talent to Singapore's shores started, Gunther Meyer came over from Germany to work in the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon WBL stuns with nine-fold rise in profit, giving 1-for-2 bonus
      682 4  -  It's aiming for 20-30% compounded annual profit growth, plans to list 2 units By Teh Hooi Ling LOW profile WBL Corporation yesterday announced a whopping nine-fold rise in net earnings to $19.3 million and announced a one-for-two bonus share issue
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      Lock icon Kingboard debuts at 10% discount to IPO price
      265 4 KINGBOARD Copper Foil made a poor start on its first trading day yesterday, sinking below its initial public offer price of 53 cents to close at 47.5 cents. Analysts pointed to the weak market and a lack of understanding of the company
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      Lock icon SIAS' Clob proposal gets positive KL response: report
      441 4  -  Market regulator scrutinising plan, says ELSE official By' Teh Hooi Ling THE proposal by the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) to stagger the release of frozen Malaysian Clob shares over 12 months has received favourable response from top political officials in
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      Lock icon Kian Ho NTA could plunge if advances not recoverable: auditors
      462 4  -  By. Eugene Low KIAN Ho Bearings' net tangible assets per share could be slashed by almost 27 per cent to 18.4 cents if the advances to and debts owed by various parties to the company are not recoverable, company auditors
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      Lock icon Suspending share trading: level the playing field
      761 4  -  HQCKl l»!»j m muj r sivanithy THE topic of share suspensions has cropped up in the local press recently after a reader queried the Singapore Exchange (SGX) why there didn't appear to be consistency in the way two companies made their stock split
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      Lock icon Chartist sees STI hitting 3,600 by end-2000
      603 5  -  Liquidity, technology driven boom will power boll market: Prn-Bache chartist By\ Siow Li Sen HAVE a party at the millennium ball because the Singapore stockmarket bull is on an extended run which will bring the market to 3,600 by year-end 2000. John Schofield,
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      Lock icon Flextronics, JIT to invest over US$60m in Hungary
      276 7 S'pore-based firms will be making mobile phones for Motorola Bloomberg [BUDAPEST) JIT Holdings Ltd and Flextronics International Ltd, two Singaporebased electronics companies, said they will invest more than US$6O million (*****.6 million) in Hungary to make mobile phones for Motorola Inc. Flextronics,
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      Lock icon Revamp at 2 stores sends Isetan's net down 25.5%
      235 7 REFLECTING the poor retail market conditions earlier this year, department store Isetan Singapore yesterday announced a 25.5 per cent fall in interim net profits to $548,000. Group turnover dipped 4.2 per cent to $107.5 million for the half year ended Sept
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Liang Huat unit links with uPVC maker
        106 7 MAINBOARD-LISTED Liang Huat said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Almex Technology Pte Ltd has entered into a collaboration agreement with Veka Plastics (Singapore) for the production and distribution of uPVC window and door systems in Singapore. Veka is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Veka Group,
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        Lock icon OCBC 30 index to see changes
        81 7 THE OCBC 30-Share index will be changed after trading closes on Dec 30. OCBC Bank said Rothmans Industries (which has been delisted), IPC Corp and Shangri-La Hotel will be deleted. Datacraft Asia, JIT Holdings and Raffles Holdings will be added to the index. Singapore
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        Lock icon Corrections & clarifications
        54 7 Corrections clarifications PACIFIC Century Regional Developments (PCRD) clarified yesterday that a block of 14.5 million PCRD shares placed out on Wednesday did not come from an independent third party director. The shares placed through BNP Prime Peregrine Securities came from a "third party," a spokesman said, clarifying earlier information supplied
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      Lock icon Keppel Land buys Norfolk Garden site for $35.7m
      475 7  -  COLLECTIVE PUTS Seven terrace houses in Mart&ban Rd also np for en bloc sale By Kalpana Rashiwala KEPPEL Land continues to strengthen its presence in the Newton area with its purchase of the 31,312 sq ft Norfolk Garden site for $35.7 million.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      448 6 Stock* VokjWg Kingboard U81 Oc 70,835,000 SingTal 16c 14,033,000 LAM 50c 8,739,000 Aaia FoodAProp US$ 8,721,000 Kappal Corp 8,068,000 MIT 10c 7,988.000 Panama 25c 8,724,000 MadlaRIng 10c 8,684,000 ChuanHup 20c 8,258.000 •Qentlng Int 8,048,000 Stock* 8 DBSQrp 51,943,088 SlngTa<15c 47,783,104 OCBC 43.742.378 Kingboard US10c 36,673,390 Kappal Corp 31,297,610 SIA 27,071,219
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      Lock icon STI posts 4th straight fall but stays above 2,300 level
      553 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy PRICES fell for the fourth consecutive day yesterday despite a firm session overnight on Wall Street. However, what was most probably short-covering helped keep the Straits Times Index above the 2,300 level as once again, all the
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      Lock icon Grand Central wrt may be worth accumulating
      199 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy HOTELS and property stocks have really fallen out of favour at the moment take a look, for instance, at the performance of Raffles Holdings since its IPO a few days ago. But these things always go in cycles;
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      Lock icon L&M: Good medium-term prospects
      233 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Indon-controlled specialist engineering group LAM has been featuring prominently on the actives list in recent weeks, fuelled by several new developments. However, the stock slid a cent to $1.21 on a volume of 8.7 million shares yesterday. Nevertheless,
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      Lock icon Diary of events Friday, Dec 17
      124 6 Singapore ♦2pm. Institute of Microelectronics (IME) Electronic Packaging Research Consortium (EPRC) 2000 signing ceremony ♦7pm. Singapore Manual Mercantile Workers' Union dinner and dance. Guest of honour: Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Jlßldg Ottawai Statistics Canada releases November consumer price index figures, and October
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      Lock icon Baht and rupiah lead regional currency surge
      486 6  -  CURRENCIES Yen and euro also better off as US$ retreats across the board in thin trade larry wee THE Thai baht and Indonesian rupiah took centre stage in Asian trading yesterday, on a day that saw the greenback give up important ground against
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      1798 7 rm WBL CORPORATION LIMITED k (Incorporated in Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT RESULTS The unaudited results of the Group and of the Company for the financial year ended 30 September 1999 are as follows:GROUP COMPANY 1999 1998 +/H 1999 1998 $*000 $-000 $000 $*000 Turnover 678,386 667,635 16 Investment income/floss) 7,227 (563) 10,980
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon All-out price war will hurt everyone: SingTel Mobile
      218 8 Full-blown competition expected once Star Hub enters market in April AFP THE mobile telephone unit of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Sing Tel) said yesterday that it would not be in its interests to enter into a price war among mobile operators. "Sing Tel
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      Lock icon Singapore's trade likely to hit '97 levels: TDB
      457 8  -  Growth of 4 to 6% expected this year as regional markets recover liy Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S trade recovery is firmly on track, with this year's trade likely to rival 1997's levels, Trade Development Board (TDB) officials said yesterday. TDB said at a
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      Lock icon Riau islands to have free trade zone in Q1
      445 8  -  They will be models for other provinces Indon ambassador Jeanette Pang A FREE trade zone for Indonesia's three Riau islands is slated for the first quarter of next year, said Luhut Panjaitan, Indonesia's Ambassador to Singapore. "Batam, Bintan and Karimun islands
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      Lock icon E-commerce kiosks will be a feature of 7-Eleven stores
      193 8 7-ELEVEN Singapore will introduce e-com-merce kiosks at some of its stores by the first half of next year. At these kiosks, customers can order air tickets, make travel reservations and conduct other e-commerce transactions. These e-commerce kiosks will complement, not compete
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      Lock icon Oct US new electronics parts orders fall 15%
      305 8  -  By, Jennifer Lien ORDERS of new electronic components in the US fell 15 per cent in October, the first drop in 14 months. The fall in new orders year-on-year to U5512.03 billion (5520.2 billion) in October compares with a revised 23 per
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      Lock icon DTZ Tie Leung, Dallas-based Staubach in tie-up
      216 8 The joint venture will extend its reach into the US DTZ Debenham Tie Leung, the new property partnership which includes local firm Edmund Tie Company, said it will extend its reach into the US by setting up a joint venture with Dallas-based The
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      300 8 ff l f 4 Mr j^H Xin's Millennium Countdown Party 31 Dec 1999 7pm to lam Toast to 2000 with a bottle of extremely valuable, limited 1 edition Champagne Drappier "Cuvee Du Millenaire V 1 Millennium 2000, France" together with a pair of If* *< n Champagne flute glasses. This
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Accountants in S'pore held in high regard
      307 9  -  Janet Tan Acting Executive Director Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore WE refer to the commentary, "Accountants, find out what market wants" (BT, Dec 10). We would like to state that we do not agree with the view of the writer, David
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      Lock icon Clob impasse: It's cheap politics
      214 9  -  Tan Jiak Lim Singapore THE protracted Clob impasse has defied the expectations and logic of reasonable people. Even fair-minded, rational Malaysians are probably dismayed by the constant shenanigans and cavalier statements. What exactly has caused this shameless impasse? That Singapore had operated an illegal market
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      Lock icon View obstructed at Saltimbanco
      200 9  -  Siew Kim Singapore I ATTENDED a recent Saltimbanco performance and enjoyed the show tremendously. I applaud the government for creating opportunities for such shows to be staged in Singapore. But I have a complaint to raise. My tickets were purchased via Sistic telephone bookings. The lady
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      Lock icon Delay in Mayfran wrt listing
      118 9  -  Denis Distant Singapore APPLICANTS for the recent rights issue by Mayfran had their CDP accounts (Central Depository) credited on Dec 13 with the shares and warrants applied for, but by Dec 16, the warrants had still not been listed for trading. Did the managers of
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      1039 9 (TO) fresh fields Freshfields Singapore would like to wish friends and clients a very happy Christmas and prosperous 2000 This year, as an alternative to sending Christmas cards, we are making a donation to charity BM The Centre for Enterprise Executive Development And Research f rjH of the Department of
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon US should make amends at Unctad
      795 10  -  rWToTMIrT.fi OPINION tom plate The writer, a Los Angeles Times columnist, also teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles. E-mail: Tplatefaucla.edu IS THE Clinton administration still sulking over Seattle? Many in Asia will decide that for themselves in February, when 188 nations converge
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      93 10 'Under Stalin, we lived a thousand times better than we do today. In the *****, there were no homeless. The market economy is turning us into a dictatorship of the West.' Yevgeny Dzhngashvili grandson of Josef Stalin, who runs a political party. 'Politics doesn't interest me. What
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      Lock icon New challenges for Mahathir
      629 10 EDITORIAL MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has opted for continuity in economic policy by sticking with trusted aides in key economic positions in his new Cabinet No doubt Dr Mahathir had a wary eye on the uncertain external environment in retaining Daim Zainuddin and Rafidah Aziz
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      Lock icon Will foreign banks be big threat to China banks?
      1138 10 Bering believes state banks have home advantage, bnt beyond 3 years only reforms can avert banking crisis The Economist TO CLINCH a deal last month with America over joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), China made many concessions. But some of
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      Lock icon What you're not told in the land of transparency
      900 10  -  COMMENTARY By Floyd Norris NYT IT SOUNDS like something that no one would support: the selective disclosure of important information by companies. Such a practice enables those favoured with early knowledge to make money at the expense of traders not so
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon M'sia posts tamest inflation in a decade, Nov CPI up 1.6%
      583 11 KUALA LUMPUR Inflation rate for 1999 seen tinder 3%; Oct manufacturing sales np 27.5% Reuters MALAYSIA yesterday reported its tamest inflation rate in a decade along with surging manufacturing sales as the economy's recovery from its worst recession in
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      Lock icon TRI gets court order to restrain bondholders
      210 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg TECHNOLOGY Resources Industries Bhd, Malaysia's biggest cellular phone company, said yesterday that it had got a court order restraining its bondholders from winding up the company after it failed to repay debt. TRI, as the company is commonly known, obtained
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Return of the syndicates?
        103 11 MALAYSIAN syndicates may be back in action again. The Second Board index, which was the target of syndicates in the past, rose 4.77 points to 167.02 despite the overall market softness yesterday. However, the interest was selective. LKT Industrial registered hefty gains of RM1.52 to RM5.80,
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        Lock icon Lethargic blue chips
        66 11 WHILE some Second Board counters chalked up big gains, blue chips were pretty much neglected yesterday. Rothmans shed 50 sen to RM27.00, while Nestle gave up 30 sen to end at RM 15.70. Analysts said interest in big-cap stocks may return in the first quarter next year
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        Lock icon Dazzling tech stocks
        63 11  -  Compiled by! Eddie Toh TECHNOLOGY-RELATED stocks continued to dazzle despite the lack of fresh leads in the overall market. Unisem chalked up RM1.60 to RM23.60, Globetronic was up RMI.IO to RM10.60, AKN Tech up RM1.05 to RM8.75, and CSA gained 70 sen to RM9.00. Analysts expect tech
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      Lock icon KL seeks to protect local telecoms companies
      431 11  -  It wants to license firms providing voice services over Net Front Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur TO ensure that local telecommunications companies are not disadvantaged, the Malaysian government wants to find a way to license Internet companies which want to provide voice
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon TPI Polene's US$1.2b debt plan approved
      445 13 BANGKOK It involves payment postponement, new share issuance Bloomberg TPI Polene pel's creditors approved a proposal from Thailand's No 3 cement producer to restructure about US$l.2 billion (Ss2 billion) of debt. The agreement is one of the biggest between a Thai company and its
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      Lock icon Sinar Mas' pulp, paper units suffer with strong rupiah
      311 13 ■JAKARTA Bloomberg PT Indah Kiat Pulp Paper, Indonesia's largest pulp and paper company, and sister company PT Tjiwi Kimia said nine-month profits slumped as the stronger rupiah pushed up costs. Indah Kiat's nine-month profit fell 61 per cent to US$B9.6 million
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Soros wants stake in toll road firm
        93 13 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] International financier George Soros is interested in buying a minimum 20 per cent stake in toll road operator PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada with an option to purchase 35 per cent, daily Neraca reported, citing an unnamed source. "Soros also asked
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        Lock icon Indon debt rating outlook raised
        77 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's foreign currency debt rating outlook was raised to "positive" by Moody's Investors Service on signs of improving ties between Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The changes come as the newly elected government of Abdurrahman Wahid moves to repair relations with
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        Lock icon BOT clears Krung Thai
        74 13 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's central bank said yesterday an investigation showed that state-owned Krung Thai Bank did not delete any information on its large borrowers from its computer system as alleged by the opposition. "After suspicions raised last month, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) has investigated Krung
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      Lock icon Stanchart pulls out of Bank Bali deal
      477 13 JAKARTA Move seen as major blow to bank rescue plans bnt markets are nnfazed Reuters, AFP BRITISH-BASED Standard Chartered Bank Pic's decision to quit its PT Bank Bali deal is a major setback to Indonesia banking rescue plans and will send a cold
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  • EAST asia
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      Lock icon GDE unveils debt restructure plan
      410 14 Pact ends one year of uncertainty; loss to be shared between creditors and Guangdong govt Bloomberg GUANGDONG Enterprises (Holdings) Ltd has made a breakthrough in restructuring talks with some creditors. Yesterday GDE announced terms of a new agreement with its main committee of creditors on
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      Lock icon Acer, GE unit in US$14m e-commerce venture
      161 14 TAIPEI Bloomberg ACER Inc, Taiwan's largest computer maker, and GE Information Services Inc, the e-commerce unit of General Electric Co, will invest an initial US$l4 million (5523.5 million) in a new company to localise and distribute business-to-business e-commerce software in Asia. The company,
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      Lock icon Dressing up Macau
      43 14 [MACAU] Workers fight inclement weather as they nail down red carpet yesterday on the Macau waterfront in front of one of the buildings to be used in the handover ceremony of Macau to Chinese sovereignty at midnight on Sunday. AFP
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      366 14  -  It's pumping USs3om into joint venture with Netcel I'Yom Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong HONGKONG businessman Richard Li's Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCC) group yesterday announced a tie-up with Netcel 360 Ltd to develop the e-commerce side of PCC's business, just two days after it
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      313 14 HONGKONG Reuters COMPANIES may continue to move their regional headquarters out of Hongkong despite an improvement in business confidence over the past year, according to an American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) survey released yesterday. While 84 per cent of respondents foresaw a good
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      233 14 HONGKONG Reuters HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd and parent Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd said yesterday they would jointly launch a Web portal offering China-re-lated content in January 2000. The companies said they would fold their existing and planned Internet "infotainment" content activities into a new holding
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      461 15 ISLAMABAD AFP PAKISTAN'S military ruler General Pervez Musharraf unveiled a bold economic agenda on Wednesday promising to bring in a broad sales tax and revive investor confidence. When the general seized power in a coup on Oct 12 he pledged to put the revival
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      379 15 BOMBAY Reuters INDIAN private bank stocks surged yesterday, many of them hitting the 8 per cent circuit breaker limit, as speculators and investors bought shares on hopes of a wave of mergers in the sector. While a likely merger wave appeared to
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      215 15 NEW DELHI AFP THE Indian government introduced in Parliament yesterday a sweeping Information Technology Bill which includes cyber laws that are expected to give a boost to electronic commerce in the country. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan tabled the bill, which
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      518 16 TOKYO No 2 telco in nation's biggest takeover; new firm to challenge NTT Bloomberg DDI Corp, Japan's No 2 long-distance telephone company, agreed to buy rivals KDD Corp and IDO Corp for more than 2.7 trillion yen (5543.7 billion) in
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      392 16 SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft's USSIb operating system will retail on Feb 17 Reuters MICROSOFT Corp Wednesday wrapped up a US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion), threeyear plus project to create a professional operating system it hopes will win a big following in the back shops of "dotcom" Internet
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      355 16 NEW YORK Low liquidity may hamper trades at prices clients want Reuters WALL Street banks are urging clients to avoid foreign exchange transactions settling in the first week of January because of illiquid trade and potential Y2K-relat-ed glitches, industry officials said
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      247 16 PARIS Bloomberg, Reuters SOCIETE Generale SA, France's third-largest bank, said it bought 3.8 per cent of rival Credit Lyonnais SA and said it did not rule out taking a bigger stake. The purchase would have cost about 2.8 billion French francs (***** million), and
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      444 17 BERLIN It says sonnd national economic, financial policies vital for stability Bloomberg AFP, Reuters FINANCE ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 nations said they welcomed the recent improvement in the world's economies, but insisted that further progress was
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      414 17 TOKYO He proposes council of ministers, regnl&tion of speculative fonds Reuters FRENCH Prime Minister Lionel Jospin called yesterday for stronger international institutions and new regulatory mechanisms to rein in the economic forces unleashed by globalisation. In a speech at the start of a
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      460 17 WASHINGTON Gap grows to USsl&2b, led by Japan and China Bloomberg THE US merchandise trade deficit with its Pacific Rim trading partners increased in October, led by record shortfalls with Japan and China. The US trade gap with Asia grew to
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        70 17 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States has agreed to pay China US$2B million (5546.8 million) in compensation for Nato's destruction of Beijing's embassy in Belgrade during the alliance's air campaign against Yugoslavia, State Department legal adviser David Andrews said yesterday. He told reporters China also agreed
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        57 17 Bloomberg (SYDNEY] GIO Australia Holdings Ltd's shareholders yesterday voted in favour of AMP Ltd's As74o million (*****.3 million) bid for full ownership of GIO. GIO chairman Paul Mazoudier said 97.2 per cent of the votes cast were in flavour and 95.75 per cent of shareholders
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        57 17 Reuters [SEOUL] Moody's Investors Service upgraded South Korea's sovereign debt rating yesterday, saying the nation was now far less vulnerable to external shocks and could move to effectively restructure its financial system. Moody's said it was raising South Korea's foreign currency ceiling for long-term debt
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        87 17 AFP [NEW YORK] ExxonMobil Corporation, formed from the merger of Exxon and Mobil oil companies, will eliminate 16,000 jobs by the end 2002, ExxonMobil chairman Lee Raymond announced on Wednesday. He told investors that nearly 2,000 of the 16,000 jobs have already been
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      306 17 HASSAN'S In Singapore since 1930 Assets of Past Generations Value for Future Generations Hassan's First Auction in line with the re-engineering of the thinking, structure and strategy, for Asean advertised in Business Times 4th 6th December 1999 was held on 6th December 1999. It drew a small perceptive audience. However,
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      241 18  -  SGX Derivatives Trading/fVyxjrfo MS& Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming TEIK Singapore stock market continued its descent yesterday as investors kept to the sidelines ahead of the holiday season. Banks and property counters remained under pressure despite the unwinding of the 12.5-basis-point rise in the
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      215 18  -  MSCI Taiwan futures Matthew DenBleyker Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures yesterday fell 7.3 points to 346.8 while the underlying MSCI cash index declined 6.84 points to 346.9. Fund managers were reported to be paring back some of their positions in
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      220 18 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil was little changed yesterday after rallying more than 4 per cent this week on signs that coldweather demand will erode heating oil supplies that already are down 20 per cent from a
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      331 18 Reuters New York THE dollar was broadly weaker in early New York dealing yesterday after a record US trade gap and stron-ger-than-expected German data pushed it lower against Europe's single currency. The dollar edged back against the euro and the Japanese yen after data showed that the US
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      1915 18 SICOM FUTURES iMie RUBBER (futures dosing as it 5.30pm) RSS 1 CONTRACTS cents/kq) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 00 108.50 Feb 00 110.00 300 Mar 00 113.00 100 Apr/Jiin 00 119.50 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume OpM Month High Low Stt (tonnes) Interest 00
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      2832 19 HONGKONG AFX-Asia Q Hang Seng -253J96 HONGKONG share prices closed lower yesterday, with investors taking profits following recent gains and fund managers closing their books ahead of the year-end, dealers said. However, red chips were higher on reports that Guangdong Enterprises
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      950 19 Reuters P Shenzhen B Index -L 46 SHENZHEN stocks closed down yesterday as two firms announced that they would issue domestic A shares and renewed fears of rapid market expansion. Investors were also disappointed by the government's failure to unveil market-boosting policies before the return of the Portuguese colony
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      363 19 AFP QWPlnda -120J3 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday amid weak market confidence following heavy institutional selling the day before, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 120.13 points to 7,739.76 on turnover of NT5156.58 billion. "Market confidence was undermined by heavy selloffs
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      2033 19 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 -27.06 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday as a lack of fresh leads dampened sentiment and investors took profits in high-tech issues, brokers said. The Nikkei average of 225 selected issues lost 27.05 points
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      8277 21 MMMTMAU Coniumtr products 1999 Last Vol Oey Net Cap Hlqh Lew Company Salt OOO Hlqh Lew P/l »mll 440 255 Ajinomoto 302 2 1 302 302 192 122.4 174 46 Anqkase 88 .5 8 88 88 129.8 404 220 Apollo Food Hlq 330 4 4 330 326 7.9 132.0 294
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      442 21 AFP. AFX-Asia CI Composite Index -0.09 MALAYSIAN share prices closed slightly lower yesterday in a duU session of profit-taking mixed with retail interest in speculative stocks, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 0.09 of a point to finish
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      788 22 AFP P SET Index -OJ6 THAI shares closed marginally lower in range-bound trade yesterday, with many investors sidelined amid a no-con-fidence debate in Parliament, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index closed down 0.16 point at 437.70. Trade was thin at 3.48 billion baht despite some renewed interest
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      301 22 AFP Q Manila -26.71 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday amid continued fears about the Y2K problem and emerging concerns about economic growth next year, dealers said. The Composite Index fell 26.71 points to close at 1,972.78. AFP B c Hrn row> MRC Allied 0.63 unch
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      678 22 AFP nCompoate Index -SJJ7 INDONESIAN share prices closed one per cent lower amid profit-taking after recent rallies, with the absence of foreign funds further deepening the selling mood, dealers said yesterday. Trimegah Sekurindo Lestari's Imelda Kwan said the broad market was under selling pressure due primarily to the absence
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      272 22 AFP Q Wellington +3118 LONG-AWAITED news from Fletcher Challenge Ltd on changes to its stock structure gave the New Zealand share market a boost yesterday, helping send it 1.5 per cent higher. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 32.18 points ahead at 2,179.18.— AFP »w>* g rooot Atfvantaga HDS 3.99
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      599 22 AFP F1 All Ordinaries +6J AUSTRALIAN share prices rose 0.2 per cent yesterday on the back of strong resource stocks, but were held back by a slump in key blue-chip Telstra Corp, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index gained 6.9 points to 3,125.90. The All Industrials Index closed down
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      304 22 AFP C 3 Composite Index -15.01 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday closed down 15.01 points at 948.57. Volume was 301.4 million shares worth 4.1 trillion won. AFP OtcM not* *n«mSml ***** 600 BrMn Ttch .2350 -150 CwttralSMi 2380 -50 Choil Comm *****0 -5000 OMCuBank 3650 50 OMMngCorp
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      2513 24 We reproduce here extracts of a speech this week by US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on The right kind of IMF for a stable global financial system' at the London Business School THESE are challenging times. That globalisation offers enormous potential for raising global
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      68 24 L Focus more on promoting information flow from governments to markets and investors. 2. Give more attention to financial vulnerability, as well as macroeconomic fundamentals. 3. Play a more selective financing role, focused on emergency situations. 4. Give greater emphasis on catalyzing market-based solutions. 5. Adopt
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      1714 25  -  COVER STORY There's more to a gift hamper than a quick-fix solution to the perennial 'what to give for Christmas' question. Rather than a one-hamper-suits-all ideology, success in the gift basket business belongs to those who are quick to spot trends and create customised packages that
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          82 26 YES, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. But according to one radio listener on Joe Augustin and the Flying Dutchman's morning show, Santa does not travel on the reindeer express. The woman called up in response to a question during the phone-in quiz,
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          51 26 THE Y2K bug is a real insect, as far as a beauty salon is concerned. In an ad, it asks if the bug has attacked your hair through scalp problems, dandruff, damaged hair, stress and even insomnia. Its solution? A herbal holistic
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        1038 27  -  Beauty, for Shiseido, is more than skin deep. The company's new 5S line delves into what its makers refer to as 'the mind status', while its skincare and makeup range, Ipsa is full of 'humanising' colours, tamso ten also finds out more about its forthcoming line for older
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        430 27  -  RETAIL Food and flowers have been added to Bine Canopy's range of lifestyle items By. Jaime Ee MINIMALISM in flowers can be looked at in two ways. On the one hand, the sparseness associated with minimalism can be described as stylish, sophisticated and understated. On the
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        751 28  -  CINEMA While it would be hard for any actor to replace Tal Brynner's insolent, prancing monarch, Chow Ynn-fat brings his own charisma to the role in Anna And The King Susan Tsang IT WOULD be unjust to see Anna And The King as The King And
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      787 29 Alegria Romance and joy take place within the Cirque du Soleil. Orchard, Causeway, Picturehouse. An Ideal Huaband When his pal is blackmailed, a 19th century rake (Rupert Everett) helps in this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play. Cathay. Anna And The King Jodie Foster plays the Englishwoman who teaches King
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        1243 30  -  Things are getting less stuffy in the French capital with new restaurants and shops adding a breezy, cosmopolitan air to the city of old lady perfumes and Galeries Lafayette predictability. jaime ee sniffs out the winds of change JAIME EE THERE are those who
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        920 30  -  David Lee has always been drawn to the sea, and he has just taken this love affair a step further by setting up Blue Lobster restaurant at The Riverwalk. Tin so rat checks out the menu TAN SU YEN DAVID Lee seems destined to live off the bounty
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      78 27 Cash Carry Sale Wines at Reduced Prices Date :4, 5,11,12,18 and 19 (Sat/Sun) December 1999 Time :10amto 4 pm Venue 47 Jalan Pemimpin (Please turn left as you approach No. 41, see map belmv) #03-05 Sin Cheong Building, Singapore *****0 Tel: 251-6818 Fax: 251-1687 la I'l mml Mr M» iM
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        1200 31  -  Savings alone may not be sufficient. Investing in insurance will help By: Ken Ng The writer is assistant director of actuarial services. Prudential Assurance Company Singapore WHAT will your life be like in the new millennium? Do you expect to enjoy it to the fullest
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        775 31  -  YOUR MONEY Despite the sharp recovery In the stock market, half of CPF Investors flailed to beat the interest rate while most hinds did genevieve cua There is now no disputing it. The majority of investors who still scoff at the merits of investing
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        826 32  -  An alliance with ING could give it the muscle it needs to push into the unit trust big league, oemetieve cua reports GENEVIEVE CUA WHETHER you're a regular investor in unit trusts, or just starting out, you're unlikely to be highly aware of OUB Asset Management's
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        1110 32  -  Technology stocks may be all the rage but investors should be safe than sorry By Randal C Burge The writer is portfolio manager, Frank Russell Company TECHNOLOGY stocks around the world, particularly the Internet companies listed in the US, have made tremendous gains over the
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        570 32  -  BACK I7TI »kIH F4.-1 By'. Patrick Corfe THE number of unit trusts in Singapore is proliferating fast. This is good news for customers: competition makes for better products, and comparisons are easier to draw. Yet choice can spell confusion too. Fund managers are becoming
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        1095 33 R-rnnic tr. rrrm Eastgate Technology (Singapore) CD-maker Eastgate Technology has seen its stock price fall steadily since its initial public offer in November. But IDEAglobal.com thinks higher profits will see it do better next year. Eastgate offered at 50 cents made its debut in
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      132 35 Bridge News, Reuters PANAMAX rates fell, especially in the Atlantic sector of the dry cargo freight market, in what were otherwise described as dull trading conditions, brokers said. The Biffex closed 15 to 19 points lower on the two traded positions of December and nearby January respectively. Volume
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      425 35  -  sm SQ3CE Greek hub is Joseph Tan Jade Benny's first overseas representative office Reports by, Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] A law firm here has become the first from Singapore to set up a branch in the shipping hub city of Piraeus. Joseph Tan
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      226 35 [SINGAPORE! Greek-con- ,f ifinlw fwfilCS «PiPuo heart. Greek owners now control 16.3 per cent of the world deadweight, with 3,424 vessels totalling over 139 million deadweight tons (dwt). The Hellenic merchant fleet represents 50 per cent of the total European
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      143 35 Bloomberg [OSLO] Star Cruises, Asia's largest cruise operator, has taken a 39.3 per cent stake in ttCL Holding, probably blocking Carnival Corp's US$l.7 billion (Ss2.B billion) hostile bid for the NCL. Star Cruises said it bought 46.5 million shares yesterday, just after buying 20.6
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      880 35  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar ONCE a court order has been made to include port dues as part of the Sheriff's expenses following the arrest and sale of a vessel, it is not wrong to give the port dues priority
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        753 36 Asia's largest cruise line buys 39.3% stake in Oslo-based line, possibly thwarting American lines' hostile takeover Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] MALAYSIANowned Star Cruises has emerged as white knight for Norwegian Cruises Lines (NCL) taking a 39.3 per cent stake in the company. The move by Asia's
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        1935 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/Monco Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Porlod From To From ACI OAHUA 01M 8/8:00 II 15/000 15/45* 15/1*00 u IS/ITOO 4/0*5* wtm a a/rno a/o*s* worn 1 4/0700 */HM 4/1400 4 It/1200 4/145* 4/1700 amnom n a/itoo a/aoo o/nm n/noo
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        219 49 DM 23 Japan: Emperor s Birthday. DM 20 Italy: Christmas Day. Brunei: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Belgium: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Denmark: Christmas Day. France: Christmas Day. Germany: Christmas Day. Hong Kong: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas Day. DM 26 Australia: Boxing Day. Canada: Boxing Day. Denmark:
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        785 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Otl Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        480 50 Competition hots op with new entrant and Virgin's recently announced plan to start airline next year AFP [SYDNEY] Competition in Australia's domestic aviation market hotted up yesterday with the launch of a new, no-frills airline operating between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The entry into
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        299 50 Reuters [BRUSSELS] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Alitalia have not yet had to give up any airport slots or reduce flight frequencies between Amsterdam and Italy as sought in an EU merger ruling, KLM chairman Leo van Wijk said. The European
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        413 50 Step towards expanding No 3 global airline alliance Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV and Continental Airlines Inc said they will start some joint ticket sales and other services next year as a step towards expanding the No 3 global airline alliance. Shares of
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        222 50 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] KLM/Royal Dutch Airlines said yesterday it is considering whether to take "formal steps" against the European Commission's decision to fine it 40,000 Euros (SS68.000) over its proposed 1998 takeover of Dutch rival Martinair. "In KLM's opinion, the Commission has
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        121 50 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's Asiana Airlines said yesterday it had settled wage talks with ground service workers at an affiliate who held a brief strike early on Wednesday. "Everything was resolved peacefully," said spokesman Lee Kil-mo. Annual bonuses were raised to 750 per cent, or seven
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        404 50 Move reflects growing pressure US plan* naker iag faced from Airbus Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co, facing an escalating challenge from rival Airbus Industrie, is changing how orders are reported and adding 183 jetliners to its tally, narrowing the Airbus lead in this year's
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