The Business Times, 24 November 2001

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    8 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend NOVEMBER 24-25, 2001* 85i
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    Lock icon Fort Canning club said to be up for sale; adviser appointed
    436 1  -  EXCLUSIVE Owner AMance Tech also open to investor for proprietary club By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Listed Alliance Technology A Development has appointed a financial adviser for its Fort Canning Country Club as it seeks a buyer or a strategic
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    Lock icon S'pore may tap reserves for first time
    649 1  -  Mov6 depends on committee's recommendations to fight current stamp By( Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] For the first time, Singapore could well have to dig into its fiercelyprotected reserves to deed with the current recession and unemployment. This possibility was disclosed by Deputy Prime
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    Lock icon GLC write-downs tarn heat on private firms
    772 1  -  SATURDAY SOAPB 0 X lee han shih YESTERDAY will go down as the day when private companies cursed governmentlinked companies, and property buyers praised them. hi separate announcements. Keppel Land and sister company Keppel Telecommunications A Transportation (Keppel TAT) said they will write
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      Lock icon STI resilience sparks talk of year-end rally
      560 2  -  MARKET REVIEW r sivanithy THOSE looking for confirmation that the worst Is over for the local stock market may have found it this week during the past five sessions, the Straits Times Index has held up reasonably well, gaining 36.08 points or per
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    • Article
      Lock icon MARKETS
      75 2 sn lf46A£o (+7.07) MBT-SRI U 601.56 (+3.90) «T INDEX FUTURES 1,467.00 (+7.00) mm SIMSCI FUTURES U 160.30 (+1.00) Friday Change KLSE COMP 09JU +4.52 NIKKEI 226 _i*»d HANG SENG +68.06 SET INDEX 2Ml77 +16J JAKARTA COMP -J8J.70 +L87 MANILA COMP .1.08&46 +21.40 TAIPEI WPI 4*19.06 +61.06 SEOUL COMP #46.18
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      68 2 POREX RATBS US| 1$ US$ (S$pcrU8$) 1JJ37 £(US$/S$ per 1.408 I486 EURO(l'S$/S$/E) 0.878 1.114 DM 1226 1212 YEN 124.2 67.60 RM 1800 1068 HKS 7 799 4146 BAHT 44 33 14.13 RUP1AB 5,736 PRIME RATI* SINGAPORE* 5.26 KUALA LUMPUR 6 40 HONG KONG 516 JAKARTA 8900 TAIPEI 6.79 tokyo
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    • Article
      Lock icon PM Goh: More MPs may make it as ministers
      474 2  -  This may come in planned mid-terni Cabinet reshuffle By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The seven new faces made junior ministers are not the last more Members of Parliament may be appointed to ministerial office, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Late profit warning enrages Surface Mount stock punters
      494 2  -  Shares dive 13% after previous day's rally on firm's unveiling of rosy sales outlook By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Retail investors who fired up the shares of Hong Kong-based electronics contract manufacturer Surface Mount Technology on Thursday after it announced a rosy sales
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      Lock icon M'sia's economy shrinks by 1.3% in Q3
      470 2  -  Figure worse than expected; Zeti sees stronger Q4 Prom Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S rapidly slowing economy contracted by a larger than expected 1.3 per cent in the third quarter, but officials are confident of avoiding a recession this year, based
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      Lock icon KepLand in $455m write-down
      821 3  -  Sharp cut in landbank value fuels talk off parent taking unit private soon By' Teh Hooi Ling KEPPEL Land yesterday said it is writing down its landbank by $455 million, a move that will tipped the company into the red for the foil year. The timing
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T writes off $155m from tech ventures
      701 3  -  Ml sale seen by 2004; Data One stake to be pared By Conrad Raj KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation (Keppel T&T) is the latest victim of the Internet bust that has afflicted companies here and abroad. Following the recent retrenchment of 214 staff, the
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      Lock icon SIA needs radical action to stay in the black
      781 3  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW It should tap frequent flyer miles, link with Changi Airport lee han shih SINGAPORE Airlines has warned that it could be flying into its first-ever fttfl-year loss, due to the devastating effects of Sept 11. Yet, it can
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      Lock icon General Magnetics challenges Philips' patent suit
      213 3  -  By Ven Sreenivasan COMPACT disc maker General Magnetics is challenging a patent infringement suit brought against it by Dutch electronics giant Philips. In a writ of summons issued at the Singapore High Court on Nov 16, Koninklijke Philips Electronics of the Netherlands alleges that
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      Lock icon HPL warns of poor showing from hotels
      214 3  -  By ftr Siow Li Sen HOTEL Properties Ltd (HPL) yesterday added to the bad news for property stocks with a profit warning. The company said that following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US, it no longer expects its hotel operations to
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      Lock icon China write-backs help Metro raise interim gain
      482 4  -  Retail operations in the red, but group manages overall profit of $10m By Kalpana Rashiwala METRO Holdings' retail operations slipped into the red at half-time but $2.8 million in exceptional items helped the group to post a 33.1 per cent increase in net
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      Lock icon Oct CPI falls for 3rd month running
      260 4  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY By\ Ling Su Ann THE consumer price index (CPI) fell for the third consecutive month in October, dipping 0.3 per cent against the previous month, to 101.9 points. Year-on-year, the CPI rose a marginal 0.2 per cent its smallest
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      Lock icon North 22 clarifies EPS, NTA figures
      196 4 IT SOLUTIONS and services provider North 22 Technology Services clarified yesterday that the earnings per share (EPS) and net tangible asset value (NTA) figures given in its interim financial statement should have been in US cents instead of US dollars. This resulted in BT
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      Lock icon Actus case adjourned for 2 weeks
      413 4  -  Kalpana Rashiwala ftuiua rurnisning continues to remain under interim judicial management after yesterday's High Court hearing to confirm three PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) partners as judicial managers (JMs) was adjourned for two weeks. The adjournment was granted by Justice Lai Kew Chai on the request of
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      Lock icon SGX needs to clarify further
      181 4  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to the letter "SGX clarifies buyingin process" by Peter Chia, executive vicepresident, head of securities clearing and depository, Singapore Exchange (Mailbag, Nov 17) regarding buying-in procedures. I am astounded by his remark 'From time to time, broking firms request that
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      Lock icon LTA to release 20% more COEs for three categories
      349 4  -  Cat B, C and E quota up from Dec to March after review By Christopher Tan THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) will release more COEs for the remaining months of the current quota year to make up for an unexpected shortfall.
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      Lock icon Final batch of 5 reserve sites ready
      237 4  -  interested parties can apply for them to be pvt on tender By 1 Kalpana Rashiwala THE government yesterday made available for application the final batch of five sites for this year's reserve list, confirming an earlier announcement. The most prominent of the five
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      Lock icon Moshe Nassim a great property man
      310 4  -  MAIL B A G Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your article "Unrealistic yield broke SPT plan" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Nov 13). Although I do not have Mr Lee's wide knowledge and expertise, I would agree with most of what he has
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Giken reports $1.9m interim net loss
        68 4 ELECTRONICS Finn Giken Sakata incurred an interim net toes of $1.9 million, against earnings of 51.68 million previously. Loee per share wae&. 19 cents, against earnings of2Jl cents s year ago. Giken said its pafonwiins wa> affected by the wwMwMi electronics slowdown. It warned
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        Lock icon PCA first-half gain down 52%
        71 4 PACED with difficult market cooditione and a fell in demand on all three imOor buaineee units, printed circuit board make PCA Technology suffered a 91 par cent drop in intarim earnings to $m million tor the period ended Aug 31. Ravenna fell 56 per cent
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        Lock icon Transmarco's H1 earnings fall 45.7%
        56 4 TRANSMARCOLtd's interim earnings dropped 46.7 per cent to *****00 fbr the six months to Sept 31. With global PC aalee on the dive, turnover fell M 3 per cant to $33j) million. The company doee not expect the second half to be significantly better than
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        Lock icon Chevalier shows flat half-year earnings
        73 4 LIFT and escalator specialist Chevalier Singapore managed to maintain flat half year earnings growth at $3.05 million, compared to $3.11 million the previous year. This was deepita a 24 par cent dive in revenue to $1&32 million tor the six months to end-September. It expects
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        Lock icon DBS Bank names new MD for HK unit
        114 4 DBS Bank yesterday said Ho Yew Mun has been made managing director of subsidiary DBS Asia Capital Ltd in Hong Kong. Mr Ho was previously with the Singapore Exchange and headed its securities trading division before joining DBS Singapore a few months
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        Lock icon GK Goh passes on Phillippine stock trade
        39 4 Reuters MANILA-based AB Capital Securities said it would take over the trade in Philippine stocks for Singapore brokerage GK Gob. GK Gob said last month it was closing its Philippine operations. Reuters
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        Lock icon BBS gets nod for mainboard listing
        38 4 AFX BBS Holdings, a regional distributor of electronics components and manufacturer of wireless communications systems, said it has received in-principle approval to list cm the main board of the Singapore Exchange. —AFX
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        Lock icon Moody's, Fitch rate DBS notes
        54 4 RATING agencies Moody's and Fitch has assigned prospective ratings to notes issued by DBS Group Holdings's Alco 1 Ltd. Alco l Ltd is issuing four classes of notes. Moody's prospective ratings ranee from (P)Aaa to (P)Baa2 while ratings expected to b* assigned by Fitch range
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      Lock icon China opens more doors to foreign insurers after WTO
      419 5 It will gradually ease rules for ownership stakes and geographical limits AFP [BEIJING] China has promised to allow foreign companies greater access to its insurance market, state media reported yesterday, as Beijing gave details of how it will open up the
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      Lock icon Stop at one
      33 5 [HONGKONG] Hong Kong Legislative Council members protesting against a second term for Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. They want him to stand down when his 5-year term ends in 2002 REUTERS
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        Lock icon Tenaga buys 70% state in power plant
        76 5 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional Bhd has agreed to buy 70 per cent of a power company for RMIIS million (5555.2 million) from Malaysian Resources Corp to give it more control over capacity. Tenaga is buying the stake in Sepang Power, which last
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        Lock icon Ibra selects bidders for US$1b assets
        60 5 Reuters (JAKARTA] Indonesia has selected bidders to buy restructured assets with a value of US$l.O4 billion as the government tries to plug its Budget deficit and show if 8 serious about privatisation. "The auction is on track. The target is to have the process
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        Lock icon New law ends Pertamina monopoly
        49 5 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's President Megawati Soekarnoputri signed into law a new oil ami gas bill that ends Pertamina's monopoly on the industry, an official said. The law passed by Parliament on Oct 23 strips Pertamina of its monopoly on exploration, refining and distribution. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Jakarta raises cigarette prices
        33 5 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Finance Ministry yesterday said it has decided to raise government-set minimum retail prices for cigarettes starting from Dec las part of efforts to boost tax revenue.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Taiwan jobless rate climbs to 5.2% in Oct
        45 5 Bloomberg ITAiFEI] Taiwan's jobless rate climbed to a 10th straight record in October as manufacturers cut production and moved to China. Unemployment rose to 5.2 per cent from 5 per cent in September, the government said. —Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Indon fund to spur investment
        36 5 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia is to set up a privately financed multi-million dollar Indonesian Recovery Fund to spur domestic investment and create jobs, Industry and Trade Minister Rini Suwandl said yesterday. —AFP
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      Lock icon Tajudin scales down TRI rescue plan
      382 5  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TAJUDIN Ramli has scaled down his plan to use the proceeds from the sale of his stake in Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to rescue his Technology Resources Industries (TRI) but it's still unclear if the regulatory authorities would veto
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      Lock icon First Pacific: no rush to sell Philippine assets
      326 5  -  From, Al Labita in Manila HONG-KONG-listed First Pacific Co Ltd is in no hurry to dispose of its Philippine assets as it is relying on the sale of a Thai subsidiary to help ease pressures on its debt payments. First Pacific executive
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      Lock icon Montien Boonma: Alchemist of the Soul
      1228 5  -  WRITER'S JOURNAL His battle to retain his faith following his wife's death transcends his art and makes it great karim raslan AT a time when the world seems to be consumed with war and weapons of mass destruction, it has been a relief for
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    • JOB CUTS
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        Lock icon Goldman may slash 1,000 jobs: analyst
        277 6 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group Inc, the No 1 securities trader, may cut about I,ooojobs because it hasn't met its goal of keeping staff numbers unchanged this year, Merrill Lynch Co analyst Judah Kraushaar said. "We would not be surprised to see upwards
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        Lock icon Alitalia's cutbacks seen inadequate
        285 6 Bloomberg, AP, Reuters [ROME] Alitalia SpA's plans to cut 3,400 Jobs, or 14 per cent of its workforce, sell three units and scale back intercontinental routes may not be enough to return the carrier to profit by 2006 as envisaged, analysts said. The Rome-based carrier said
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        Lock icon Mizuho bank group to cut 30% jobs in 5 years
        222 6 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Mizuho financial group plans to slash about 10,000 Jobs, or nearly 30 per cent of its workforce, in five years to help clean up its huge deficit a report said yesterday. Under an earlier restructuring plan, the
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      Lock icon Research group seen declaring recession in US
      474 7 National Bureau of Economic Research statement expected; US consumer sentiment rises Reuters [NEW YORK] The National Bureau of Economic Research, considered the official arbiter of recessions, was expected to have declared yesterday that the US economy has entered a recession, the Wall Street
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Goldman strategists upgrade US stocks
        57 7 Bloomberg [LONDON] US stocks were upgraded by global strategists at Goldman, Sachs Co on optimism share prices are "attractive" relative to the outlook feu* profit and declines in corporate earnings are near an end. The Goldman global strategy team raised US equities to "overweight" from
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        Lock icon Blair speech sparks euro speculation
        60 7 Reuters [LONDON] British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Britain's future lies at the heart of Europe, sparking speculation the push is now on for euro membership. "Britain's future is inextricably linked with Europe. We must be whole-hearted, not half-hearted, partners," he said. After the speech,
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        Lock icon Royal KPN to cut more jobs
        69 7 Bloomberg [THE HAGUE] Dutch phone company Royal KPN NV plans to reduce its workforce by I,3oojobs through attrition in the next three years, on top of the 8,000 cuts already announced. "There is a normal drain of personnel leaving the company of a few
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        Lock icon Marks & Spencer sells Brooks Bros
        42 7 Marks Spencer sells Brooks Bros Bloomberg [LONDON] Marks Spencer has agreed to sell Brooks Brothers for US$225 million in cash to Retail Brand Alliance, the owner of the Casual Corner women's chain. Marks Spencer paid US$75O million in 1968 for the chain.—Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Taliban still holding on to Kunduz
        86 7 Reuters [MAZAR-I-SHARIF] The Taliban clung to their northern Afghan bastion of Kunduz yesterday as Northern Alliance forces and US bombers pounded the city of Kunduz after surrender talks collapsed on Thursday. Meanwhile, confusion surrounded the location of their leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, in Kandahar.
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      Lock icon Bharti Tele-Ventures to float largest Indian IPO
      302 7 SingTel's Indian associate may raise 18b rupees next year Reuters [BOMBAY] Bharti TeleVentures, a major Indian telecoms company, could raise as much as 18.5 billion rupees (Ss7lo million) through its impending initial public offer, making it the largest IPO ever in India, analysts
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      Lock icon Oil down as Russian offer falls short
      162 7 Bloomberg [LONDON] Crude oil plunged more than 6 per cent after Russia said it will cut 50,000 barrels a day to help the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries boost prices. Traders expected Russia to lower output by up to four times that amount,
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      Lock icon Some dreams may still come true
      909 7  -  VALLEY VI EW Tech recession injects a touch of reality to Valley jennifer lien [SILICON VALLEY] T FEEL like I've missed out on a lot I of stuff in the last few years,' a JL friend told me over coffee on Tuesday afternoon, two
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      439 3 BUKIT SEMBAWANG ESTATES LIMITED ISIKI ANNOUNCEMENT Unaudited Results for Half-year ended 30 September 2001 !^Sr b Wan Llmited PteMed 10 #nDOUnCe unaud,ted re ttltt of Grwp »d of the Comply far the half.ye» ended The Group The Company 30.09.2001 30.09.2000 Change 30.09.2001 30.09.2000 Change $*000 $'000 $'000 $*000 1 Results
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  • week in review
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      Lock icon Top stories this week
      1165 8 For the full stories, visit http://business-times.asial.com.sg S$ dives to new 11-year lows on US$ strength Nov 20 THE Singapore dollar was slapped down to an 11-year low of 551.8430 against the greenback in Asian trading on Monday as the US unit reasserted its dominance all round,
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      Lock icon What we said
      276 8 ANGELATAN Nov 20 Handle retrenchment with grace and decency AS corporate Singapore tries to survive by downsizing, retrenchment is fast becoming a priority with many companies. While the process cannot be painless, companies should look carefully at how they shed staff so as to lessen the grief.
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  • in the money
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      Lock icon Missed the STI rebound? Why not look at small caps?
      781 9  -  Analysts favour second-liners, China plays, tech stocks By\ Ling Su Ann WITH the Straits Times Index (STI) more than 15 per cent off Sept 11 lows, it may be time for those who missed the blue chip rebound to pick
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      Lock icon Uncertainty boosts draw of bonds
      650 9  -  By' Vasu Menon The writer is chief editor offinatiQ —Bank of Singapore INSTITUTIONAL investors have shown a big appetite for quality bonds such as those issued by local blue chips Singapore Airlines, SMRT and Singapore Telecom. Indeed, interest has been so strong that SLA, for
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      Lock icon CityDev stands out among upgrades by analysts
      335 9  -  By George Lam The writer is a senior consultant with Paris-based JCF Group WE received 19 changes in analysts' recommendations last week (Nov 13 to Nov 19), with 11 downgrades and eight upgrades. Property giant City Developments was a prominent bullish upgrade. Changes
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      Lock icon Taking stock of a company's strategy
      904 9  -  By\ Sebastian Chong The writer is associate professor in finance accounting, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, and a committee member of Securities Investors Association of Singapore. The views expressed in this article are his own. BEFORE putting your money in the
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  • what's in style food
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      Lock icon At home with pheasants
      1523 10  -  Need Gaja or gourmet chutney for that meal fit for a king? JAMIE EE tracks down speciality stores which will enable you to whip up exquisite fare at home JAMIE EE BELT-tightening might be the only exercise some people are doing right now, but just because
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        263 11 BMWs new 7-series, arriving around February, will be a dramatically different car. Its styling, technology and product philosophy mark a quantum leap from the current crop of cars. And perhaps that's why agent Performance Motors is introducing a revolutionary VIP programme for its buyers—a
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        421 11  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan Challenging the LTA's call CITROEN distributor Advance Automobile is likely to challenge the Land Transport Authority (LTA) over an impending recall arising from unauthorised positioning of ERP in-vehicle units. The authorities have discovered that the devices in the C5s have been placed sideways
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        369 11  -  LONG HAUL By Christopher Tan THE holiday season is here again. If you're planning a driving holiday up country, here's the third of a fourpart series BT Motoring is running on things you should do to prepare for that long haul. So you've made all the
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      763 12  -  North of Sydney lies the idyllic Hunter Valley, where luxurious villas and top winemakers await the city-weary traveller. VEN SREENIVASAN soaks up the Wine Country experience VEN SREENIVASAN THE Hunter Valley is to Sydney what the Napa Valley is to San Francisco. Situated a leisurely two
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