The Business Times, 13 December 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http:7business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2001 s«ft.
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    76 1 □sn 1*5*159 (-8.23) mm mum (-4.72) ST INDEX FETCHES M9BJO (+1.00) SOKSCIFDTUBES 20*10 (+0.30) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Chance KLSEOOM? ***** +J.1I NIKKEI 226 _1830LK_+J27.61 HANG SENG _*****.06 _4164.01 SET INDEX 297.71 +l» JAKARTA COMP J718§_ +LI1 MANILA CCMP -1,108.62 -7J4 TAIPEI WPI 6J39J1 +26U4 SEOUL COMP 681.42
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    68 1 F08EX KATES US$ SS USS (SS per CSS) L8» £(USS/SSper£) 1.442 2JS8 EUBO(TJSS/SS/E). 9i896 LMO DM 11a u« YEW 126.7 88.70 BM 1800 1077 HK8 7-800 4262 BABT 4172 2181 RUPIAH ***** 15S2 FUMB BATES 8INGAP0RE* 616 KUALA LUMPUR MO HONG KONG 115 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI fc79 TOKYO 1J76
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  • Article
    Lock icon SIA shelves $300m plan for inflight Internet service
    648 1  -  IWfHi.kii'ia System provider denies SlA's chum it's due to US firm's business review By Donald Urqnhart [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airline's much-heralded $300 million inflight e-mail service which it has been testing since April has been quietly shelved as other major airlines move ahead
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    Lock icon Temasek to keep stakes in strategic firms
    436 1  -  It will also invest in high-risk growth sectors: Dhana By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] The government's investment holding company Temasek Holdings will continue to retain stakes in national companies "with strategic importance" as well as invest in high-risk growth sectors such as the life
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  • Article
    Lock icon eBay in talks to buy SurfingBananas.com
    493 1  -  HT»4!IJHMWJ Regional auction site's parent Similan.com to wind down as funding dries np By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] eßay, the world's largest Internet auction company, is buying regional online auction site Surfingßananas.com, as its homegrown parent Similan.com is wound down following funding problems over the
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      69 1 DBBPE BIzlT Still queasy about paying over the Net. Kenneth James, Pg 20 Tata Consultancy sets up regional HQ in S'pore. P9 19 Top stories Chartered expects to meet 04 sales forecast. Pg J Dovechem shares up 5%. Pg B Worst is over for S'pore export fall. Pg 6 Hock
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      Lock icon Analysis divided over Fed's next move on US interest rates
      831 2  -  No consensus colled from Fed's commentary accompanying Tuesday's quarter-point cut From Andrew Marks in New York IT'S getting to be a real toss-up as to whether the US Federal Reserve is done with cutting short-term rates, which are now at
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      Lock icon Tankan survey reveals overall dip in confidence
      563 2  -  Businesses also expect conditions to get worse by March Fron Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Bank of Japan's latest quarterly survey of business sentiment published yesterday revealed a further drop in confidence among all types and sizes of Japanese businesses during December, and
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      Lock icon Citigroup chief economist: Fed still has plenty of ammunition
      596 2  -  It can fight slump even if interest rates fall to zero Bui Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Even if US interest rates already at their lowest in 40 years were to unexpectedly sink to zero, the US Federal Reserve still has plenty of
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon OCBC's hard-sell
        111 2 IT seems OCBC Bank has been extremely enthusiastic about getting new business. Two BT readers related their separate experiences at the bank. One was looking to replace a cracked ATM card and found himself cornered by two OCBC financial consultants while he waited for the new card. They
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        Lock icon Beijing a hot news market
        101 2 XINHUA Financial Network (XFN), a financial information provider with unique access into China's financial market, is in hiring mode for this coming year, betting that many multinationals will flock to China after its entry into the World Trade Organization. XFN aims to provide these multinationals
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        Lock icon Avoiding a false alarm
        60 2 CLEARLY aware of the false alarms over-zealous journalists may create, a Monetary Authority of Singapore corporate communications executive yesterday told BT that there would be a fire drill at the MAS building in the afternoon. "So if anyone sees or hears about a large group of
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      389 2 Financial Reporting Update Seminar IM The Pan Pacific Hotel Level l Pan Pacific Ballroom Thursday, 10 January 2002 Most companies prepare financial statements to 31 Seminar Highlights December and, with the reporting season round the Liability and equity comer, you may want to take this opportunity to Investments and other
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Chartered expects to meet Q4 sales forecast
      543 3  -  Pnnters upbeat on news but some analysts remain cautions By David Boey CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's third largest maker of made-to-order chips, said yesterday that it is "on track" with meeting previous guidance that its fourth quarter revenue would be "flat to
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      Lock icon ST Assembly busier than expected in Q4
      130 3 Bloomberg ST Assembly Test Services Ltd, Asia's second-largest semiconductor tester, said its factory was busier than expected in the fourth quarter with the use of equipment at the higher-end of an earlier estimate. The Singapore-based company said its utilisation rate, or the efficient
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      Lock icon Chemical Ind narrows H1 loss to $971,000
      213 3  -  Rise in electricity rates and st&rt-np costs lower margins By Ling Su Ann CHEMICAL Industries, which recently completed a controversial rights issue, yesterday narrowed its interim loss to $971,000, from a loss of $2.7 million in the previous corresponding period. Turnover for the
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      Lock icon Dovechem shares rise nearly 5% after partial offer lapses
      413 5  -  Offeror Stolthaven Asia Pacific did not receive sufficient votes, acceptances By Serena Ng SHARES of bulk liquid carrier Dovechem Stolthaven yesterday rose nearly 5 per cent following news that the partial offer for its shares had lapsed, after the offeror did
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      Lock icon Netrust, i-Sprint team up to offer combined solution
      243 5  -  Access Matrix and PEI will provide nser authentication By Teh Hooi Ling NETRUST, the pioneer certification authority in South-east Asia, and iSprint Innovations, a provider of information security products, have become partners to provide companies with an integrated application security and single
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Streats to be cut to 5 editions a week
        85 5 AFP [SINGAPORE] Singapore Press Holdings said yesterday that its free commuter tabloid Streats will trim its editions from six days a week to five. The Saturday edition will no longer be produced starting next week, it said, maintaining that advertising remained
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        Lock icon Barclays Capital boys DBS' Thai unit
        99 5 Reuters [HONG KONG] Barclays Capital said yesterday it has bought DBS Thai Danu Securities from two subsidiaries of DBS Group Holdings to expand its debt trading business in Thailand. The acquisitions from DBS Securities Holdings and DBS Thai Danu Bank Public Co "will provide
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      Lock icon Pacific Andes is attractive but...
      851 5  -  teh hooi ling WHAT do Want Want Holdings, People's Food and United Food have in common? Well, all are in the food business and cater to the booming China market. Fired up by the prospects of feeding 1.3 billion mouths, investors have chased up the
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      259 3 s I JTv. «W j After years of dining alone on Christmas Eve, Mrs Claus got up and went to Robertson Walfc. Christmas Eve 'Live' Music. Set in the festive mood with popular Christmas carols. Monday. 24 Dec 2001,8pm at the Courtyard N** Year's Eve Blast. 'Live' music, entertainers, free
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      315 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 12 VALUE CLOSE «r01ft» 247.00 +112.00 ffCW -*****.00 +38.00 -*****.00 +25.00 iMUBMfci 421.73 -0.02 139.62 +5.67 IQIpJIwWi 1357.29 -7.87 MlpMliftn 419.33 -6.79 Mafcpuri 198.82 -0.34 ■BCWwi 200.10 +0.50 Wizoffioe5c 35,134.000 IPC020C 23,498,000 •StarCruises 10c 16,568,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 16,226,000 Frontline 5c 15.367.000 Datacraft 10c 14,664,000 PacrtlcCenturylOc
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      Lock icon Technical indicators bullish for Hotung Investment
      283 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRAMT By Ven Sreenivasan TAIWAN-based listed fund Hotung Investment has been enjoying a nice rebound since late-September. The stock was up half a US cent at 16 US cents yesterday. More significantly, the climb has come on the back of strong volumes.
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      Lock icon Technology stocks steal the show
      768 4  -  8TM.1..1..1J.11 STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore market yesterday limped through yet another uninspired session despite the 11th Federal Reserve interest rate cut this year which has driven the Fed funds rate to a 40-year low. However, technology stocks were chased by rising expectations of a
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      Lock icon US dollar falls as traders view tankan survey favourably
      599 4 But overall expectations still poor; dealers see greenback breaching 130-yen level soon AFP, Reuters [TOKYO] The US dollar fell against the yen after a key central bank survey showed Japanese corporate confidence had fallen less than feared, dealers said. The greenback
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2731 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM Am Aaaet Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqtyl* 0.823/ Star Europe Id 0.963/ Star Europe Bal 0889/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.7SS Star Aaia Bond 1215/ Star Asa Balanced 0.854/ Star Global Technology Fund 0 332/ Star Btw Finance Japan Findl** 0.82/ AM Gavett (Aria) Ltd. Govett
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Worst is over for export fall: economists polled
      549 6  -  on the economy exports Turnaround looks near after nine straight months of declines, they say By Chuang Peck Ming NOVEMBER export numbers may tell a different story, but most economists polled think the worst is certainly over. After nine months of straight
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      Lock icon SMEs have no succession plan: study
      341 6 Many think the issue is complicated or will resolve itself MOST small and mediumsized enterprises here are poorly prepared for corporate succession, a Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) study has found. About three-quarters of the SMEs polled said they had not considered corporate succession
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      Lock icon PWD unit in India JV to manage properties
      178 6 PWD Corporation subsidiary PWD EMS will be partnering Indian property developer Ansal Properties and Industries to provide estate facilities management services in India. According to the Singapore Trade and Development Board (TDB), the 50-50 joint venture will first manage some 80,000 sq
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      Lock icon MCL Land sells over 100 units at The Warren
      389 6  -  Sales at condo began on Sunday at average of $460 psf By Kalpana Rashiwala MCL Land has quietly sold more than 100 units of The Warren, a 99-year leasehold condominium opposite Choa Chu Kang MRT Station, said sources. The brisk sales
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      Lock icon MTI keeps mum on outcome of proposed TDB-PSB merger
      311 6  -  By Chuang Peck Ming litis Ministry ot iraae ana Industry will neither confirm nor deny a report that a planned merger of the Trade Development Board and Productivity and Standards Board has been called off. "The details are still being worked
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      Lock icon Want to watch budding Tiger Woods and Se Ri Paks?
      250 6 CATCH the future Tiger Woods and Se Ri Paks of Asia in action at the 10th SICC Junior Invitational Golf Championship next week. The Singapore Island Country Club tournament from Dec 19 to 21 will be the biggest ever, featuring
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      241 6 M&A In China -An Essential Skills Series 15th, 16th 17th January 2002. Hotel Inter-Continental, Singapore In response to the growing importance of the China market and the diversifying growth potential it offers, Key Media Conferences presents the "M&A In China—Essential Skills courses help professionals involved in M&A work define and
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Hedging bets and starting the endgame
      749 8  -  KHiHsina OPINION caroline baum The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own. IN JOURNALISM, we call it the "to-be-sure graf. If s the paragraph you write after you've set out the major thesis for your story and supported
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      129 8 'We screamed: "People are dying and you do nothing but detain them," and "What sort of officials are you?" To them we are like bubbles. They know if they turn away and ignore us, we will soon pop and be gone.' -ZltTu a 35-year-old Chinese mother of
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      Lock icon Thing's tough task in soothing HK
      620 8 EDITORIAL HONG Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa is almost guaranteed a second five-year term next March, but he faces an uphill task convincing his people that he is the man for the job. Chief among his challenges is the widespread dissatisfaction with his performance
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      Lock icon Broadband cannot salvage US economy
      839 8  -  Not yet, at least, since its usage isn't as widespread as it should be, without sufficient services attractive enough to entice consumers By Robert J Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar. Thomas Riley Marshall, US
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      699 8 THE most relevant part of the Research Council's position (on stem cell research) is that it combines openness with a consciousness that demarcations must take place. The ultimate purpose is that both researchers and the public understand the conditions that apply and the purpose of the research. That's why
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Tan Chang gives recall top priority
      190 9  -  Chan Wai Leng (Ms) benior Manager, MarKeting Tan Chong Sons Motor Co (S) Pte Ltd Singapore WE refer to the letter "Accident risk with Sunny fault" (Mailbag, Nov 29) by Jeffrey Loh. There are several factors affecting a car engine's performance and causing it
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      Lock icon Punish bunkering wrongdoers swiftly
      114 9  -  Jimmy Teo Singapore I REFER to the report "Contaminated fuel rocks bunker industry" (BT, Dec 12) by Beth Jinks. The bunker supply industry has always been tainted by the lure of better profits both legally and illegally. From using a smaller pipe to innovative frothing, such
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      Lock icon URA rules change according to needs
      165 9  -  Ang Hwee Suan (Ms) Head, Public Relations For Chief Executive Officer Urban Redevelopment Authority Singapore I REFER to the article "Ascendas not a truly commercial entity yet" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Dec 11). Mr Lee inferred that URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority) relaxed the
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      Lock icon JTC not investing in Science Park
      156 9  -  Kelly Wee (Ms) Deputy Director Marketing Communications JTC Corporation I REFER to Lee Han Shih's article "Ascendas not a truly commercial entity yet" (BT, Dec 11). Mr Lee said in the article: "In its (JTC's) latest annual report, JTC has budgeted $180 million to
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      Lock icon Consolidate licences to cut production costs
      222 9  -  Chew Keng Seng Singapore I REFER to your article "Spore may tap reserves for first time" (BT, Nov 24) by Chuang Peck Ming. One issue I have raised from time to time with the relevant authorities is the duplicating layers of costs to manufacturers.
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon UEM terminates Halim Saad put option
      536 10  -  It also nnveils fresh restructuring exercise to sell stakes in 5 firms From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur UNITED Engineers Malaysia has extinguished a controversial put option with its former boss Halim Saad and unveiled a new restructuring scheme to sell its stakes in
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      Lock icon UEM in talks abroad on CAHB stake
      355 10  -  No comment on whether DBS u among contenders From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE United Engineers Ma-laysia-Renong group has disclosed for the first time that it is talking to foreign parties on the sale of its 12 per cent stake in Commerce
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      Lock icon Rekapacific buckles under new KLSE rules
      279 10  -  From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur REKAPACIFIC Bhd, once a vehicle of the eldest son of Malaysian Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik, has become the first company to be delisted under tougher listing guidelines. Rekapacific said yesterday its securities would be removed from the
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      Lock icon Perlis sultan is new M'sian king
      189 10 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] The sultan of Malaysia's smallest state was elected the country's new king yesterday by a vote of his peers which Installs him on the throne for five years. Tuanku Syed S irajuddin Syed Putra Jamahillall of Perlis will be Malaysia's 12th
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      Lock icon KL firm denies having Sept 11 link
      245 10 KUALA LUMPUR AP A MALAYSIAN company named in connection with the first criminal indictment stemming from the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US said yesterday it had neither heard of the suspect nor paid him money. Infocus Tech general manager Ahmad Zaki
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      Lock icon IMF hails Manila's economic strategy
      369 11 MANILA It urges selective tax increases, fiscal discipline and fixing weak banks AFP THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Philippine authorities to shore up Manila's seriously eroded tax base, maintain fiscal discipline and fix ailing banks, a joint statement said yesterday. An IMF
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      Lock icon New rubber group to be formed
      278 11 JAKARTA Jakarta, KL, Bangkok fight low prices, oversnpply AFP ASIA'S largest rubber producers Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand agreed yesterday to form the International Tripartite Rubber Organization (Itro) to combat oversupply and low prices. The move was announced in a joint ministerial declaration at the
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      Lock icon Ex-BOT governor sued for mismanagement fights back
      196 11 BANGKOK Xinhua RERNGCHAI Marakanond, former governor of the Bank of Thailand (BOT), has filed a lawsuit with the Criminal Court against Thai Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and the BOT's current governor Pridiyathorn Devakula for abuse of authority, the Bangkok Post reported on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon Indonesia, IMF to sign letter of intent
      170 11 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIA and the International Monetary Fund will sign a new letter of intent today to release US$36O million of US$3.2 billion in IMF credit still available, Sopian, a Finance Ministry spokesman said. In a draft agreement last month, the IMF said
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      Lock icon Taiwan says GDP may grow 3.1% in 2002
      454 12 TAIPEI Govt sees its spending package, US rebound, helping Bloomberg AFP TAIWAN'S economy may grow as much as 3.1 per cent next year after shrinking for the first time on record this year, lifted by a fasterth an-expected economic rebound in the
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      Lock icon More China access for foreign investment banks
      241 12 SHANGHAI Bloomberg CHINA has offered foreign investment banks greater access to its US$56O billion capital markets, allowing them as much as a 33 per cent stake initially in ventures to manage domestic stock and bond sales. The government also awarded insurance licences to
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      Lock icon Tom.com shares suspended from trading in HK
      224 12 HONGKONG Pending statement related to buying Taiwan publisher Bloomberg, Reuters TOM.COM Ltd, an Internet and media company backed by billionaire Li Ka-shing and his twin flagships Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd, was suspended from trading pending a statement on a
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon OECD growth grinds to a halt in third quarter
      343 14  -  The stagnation follows nil growth in second quarter and 0-5% in first From Neil Behrman in London ECONOMIC growth of the 30 member nations of the Organisation For Economic Co-operation and Development ground to a halt in the third quarter this
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      Lock icon US trade gap shrinks to near 2-year low
      335 14 WASHINGTON Reuters THE US current account deficit, the broadest measure of trade with foreign countries, shrank in the third quarter to the smallest gap in nearly two years as imports plunged in a weak economy, the government said yesterday. The Commerce Department
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      Lock icon Amex to slash up to 6,500 more jobs
      116 14 [NEW YORK] Americas Express announced yesterday it would axe another 5,500 to CgGQO Jobs at It weathers a travel stamp after the Sept II terrorist a&fICKS* "The staff reduction* are taking place primarily in the travel businesses and reflect tin sharp skm--down
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      Lock icon EU tightens rules to combat manipulation of markets
      432 15  -  New law with harsh penalties, due in March, to boost market integrity From Neil Behrmann in London THE European Commission is tightening the noose on manipulation in stock, bond and other financial markets. A European Union Bill is expected to become law
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      Lock icon Bush accepts almost all of stimulus compromise
      374 15 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US President George W. Bush has endorsed most of a compromise economic stimulus bill proposed by a coalition of Republican and Democratic senators. "The administration has accepted almost all of the provisions that were contained in our centrist coalition recommendation," Louisiana
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  • EXEC lifestyle
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      773 16  -  Some devoted Tolkien fans may feel that director Jackson has strayed too far from their 'bible' By Patrick Rixxo Reuters [NEW YORK] MOST filmmakers only have to contend with professional critics. Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, will
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      617 17  -  GARDENER'S arm Gardening's all about learning, correcting mistakes and replacing lost plants and enjoying that whole process, says THIEN Another year has come and gone. And the north-east monsoon is blowing again, its strong winds and pelting rain tearing off branches and sometimes even bringing down whole
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      568 17 DEVELOPER/ OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNTTS NO. OF PRICE TENURE I 'P.TBM'T.fJ.B <aqll> launched units sold ($psf) Abode at Devonshire TTHDevt 9 Devonshire Rd 1,012-2,756 26 4 1,288 FH Wttkle Regency Wah Khiaw Devt 9 WMoe Terrace 818-893 30 *24 860 FH Jervoie Regency Pine
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      349 19  -  The Indian company expects revenues from IT services to grow 28% in the Asia-Pacific region this year, and 30% for Singapore alone By Raju Chellam ASIA'S largest software solutions and consultancy firm, India-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), said it has consolidated its regional
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      423 19 Components to create extremely reliable servers being shipped Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp said yesterday that it is shipping the building blocks necessary to create extremely reliable computer servers for telecommunications and Internet service providers (ISP), taking aim at rival Sun Microsystems Inc and
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      Lock icon Dell accused of infringing 48 MPEG-2 patents
      263 19 Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] Dell Computer Corp, the top personal computer maker, was accused by a group of rivals of infringing 48 patents for technology that allows computers to play movies from digital versatile discs. In a federal lawsuit in Delaware, France Telecom SA,
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      363 19 Reuters, AFP [WASHINGTON] The US government moved to crack a massive software piracy ring on Tuesday, seizing computers in 27 cities in raids coordinated with four other countries. The US Customs Service said the raids targeted the "warez" community, those suspected of involvement
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      205 19 AP [SAN JOSE, California] Internet search engine Google Inc announced on Tuesday it now offers direct access to more than three billion Web documents, including newsgroup postings back to 1981. The company's index, searchable at www.google.com, previously linked to about 2.5 billion documents. Its archive of
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      221 19 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Intel Corp has started ahead of schedule shipments of chips that help boost the speed of personal computers powered by the biggest chip maker's latest processor, the Pentium 4. "We've started shipping to prepare our manufacturers for the launch," Evia Shum, an
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      516 20  -  Billing for GPRS, introduced this year, is now a USsloom business By Raju Chellam ONE sign that the market for wireless Internet devices has finally come of age: revenues from wireless IP billing are set to soar from next year onwards. Despite the
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      261 21 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BD1) fell one point to 878, the Baltic Panama* Index (BPI) shed four points to 860, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed two points to 6,897 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up one point to 989. ♦Aquahope (built 1997) 187,109dwt delivery
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      531 21  -  Operator P&O Ports confident productivity will rise with arrival of new equipment By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Chaos is reigning at the newly privatised Indian port of Chennai as P&O Ports struggles with sabotaged equipment and staggering congestion, saying it will have things back on
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      83 21 [ISTANBUL] A vessel sails past the Cambodian-flagged ship Altair Ace listing on one side in the Bosphorus Straits. Altair Ace remained listing as snow and rainfall disrupted life across much of Turkey and bad weather was forecast to continuefor the next two days. Another Cambodian-flagged ship,
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      92 21 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong customs authorities have seized heroin worth more than US$2 million from a ship container declared to customs as a consignment of durians, a tropical fruit with a pungent aroma. Some 30 kilograms of high-grade heroin the largest seizure so
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      412 21  -  Japanese bank to fond construction of container terminal From. Alec Almazan in Manila SUBIC Bay Freeport's transformation into a major regional transhipment port is taking shape. Over the weekend, the port saw the groundbreaking for a grains handling terminal. And, separately,
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      484 21 Grade reflects state gjovt's support: local ratings agency Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Kuching Port Authority's issue of RMIBO million (5186.8 million) Al-Bai Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities has been assigned an Islamic Debt rating of AA+(s) by Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd (MARC). The rating reflects
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      861 22  -  MEWBUXLDS By David Hughes WITH the new year nearly upon us, shipbuilders around the world are starting to assess their positions and their business strategy for 2002 and beyond. Given the current economic situation and the state of most sectors of the shipping market,
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        399 30 Carrier has already lost USs964m in first nine months AP [FORT WORTH, Texas] American Airlines chairman Donald Carty is warning employees that the world's largest carrier is still losing millions every day and struggling to make travellers feel comfortable about flying. Mr
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        161 30 Reuters [HONG KONG] Passenger and cargo traffic though Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport fell in November, but the decline was not as severe as the drop in October, the Airport Authority said on Tuesday. Passenger throughput in November dropped 9.3 per cent year-on-year
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        267 30 Less steep fall indicates recovery from Sept 11 attacks on US Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] European airlines' international traffic fell 16 per cent in the week to Dec 2 from a year ago, indicating some recovery in air travel following the Sept 11 attacks on
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        149 30 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Airports operated by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) handled a total of 61,761 tonnes of freight in October, down 3.7 per cent year-on-year, the company said. Cargo movement fell 12.8 per cent year-on-year in September. The government-con-trolled airport operator said the bulk
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        208 30 Carrier wants to cut its staff to 3,000 from 3,800 Reuters [COLOMBO] Troubled flag carrier, SriLankan Airlines, partly owned by Dubai's Emirates airline, plans to offer voluntary retirement to about 20 per cent of its 3,800 staff, a senior company official
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        366 30 Carrier, industry group also oppose passenger fees Bloomberg [OTTAWA] Canada should pick up at least the bulk of increased aviation security costs and not impose passenger fees because they may further trim travel, said Air Canada, the country's biggest carrier,
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        384 30 NYT [WASHINGTON] Atlanta's international airport probably will not meet deadlines for tighter screening of checked luggage, the airport chief told Congress. Ben DeCosta, general manager of Hartsfield International, said the world's busiest airport has too few screeners to meet a Jan 18
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