The Business Times, 24 December 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 siness-times.asia 1 .com.sg/ SINGAPORE MONDAY. DECEMBER 24. 2001
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    70 1 srroci BASKET Brass Week Change 811 1577.17 +1812 smsa FUTURE-***** +M0 BT-SRI *42.75 +5.03 KLSECOMP WH +013 NIKKEI *****.45 -***** HANG SENG *****.10 10&01 SET INDEX 296.6® +210 JAKARTA COMP.J78J6 +tM MANILA U4M7 +19J6 TAIPEI WPI 5,***** 177.49 SEOUL COMP ***** -20.49 SHENZHEN B MSJ1 -100 AUST ALL
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    64 1 FOBEX BATES US$ St US$(S$perUS5] L8M £(USS/SSperS) 1.449 1669 EURO(US$/SJ/E) .9.898 1.649 DM 1177 L186 YEN 69.90 1281 RM 1800 M70 HKS 7.798 4148 BABT 4187 23 JO RUPIAH 10,113 5,509 PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* U» KUALA LUMPUR 149 HONG KONG Uft JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 8.79 TOKYO LS7i SEOUL 9.56
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  • Article
    Lock icon Fewer players as IPOs shrink; banks merge
    880 1  -  No. of listings more than halves; snm raised falls from $34bt*****m By David Boey [SINGAPORE] The initial public offering (IPO) market took one of its worst beatings this year the number of new issues plunged by more than half while the amount raised
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    Lock icon NTUC FairPrice presses on – here and in the region
    770 1  - NTUC FairPrice presses on here and in the region idexclusive It sees 5% higher sales in current year and plans 2 new outlets and Cheers expansion By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Supermarket leader NTUC Fair Price expects a 5 per cent rise in sales in the year to March 2002 despite
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    Lock icon Bank union to respond to OCBC's severance package plan
    457 1  -  Deal not expected to be cut as quickly as UOB's: sources By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Bank Employees' Union (SBEU) will be meeting OCBC Bank today to respond to the bank's proposed severance package, but the two could take longer
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    Lock icon New Argentine president stops payments on foreign debt
    945 1 Money to be used to help poor, create jobs: Rodriguez Saa AP, Reuters [BUENOS AIRES] Argentina yesterday swore in interim President Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, who promptly declared he is suspending payments on its huge public foreign debt after months of struggling to
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      72 1 BIzlT S'pore ideal for launching multipurpose Citizen Card. Pg 13 E-tailing gaining popularity in Asia this Christmas. Pg 15 Crossing the chasm: from early adoption to mainstream markets. Pg 16 Top stories Staying icing in a recession as others falter. Pg 2 LDP rivals challenge Koizumi's policies. Pg 10 Ex-Enron
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      15 1 New Ywk llajw Baflelph Ginlburi named Time HagufaM's Perm «f the Tear... Report, Pg 9
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      19 1 IPO minigw'/ees fall as much as 50%, Pg 3 LMAOE stffl tops in IPO launches by value, Pg 3
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      37 1 IMF, US partly blamed for Argentina's woes, Pg 10 OUTLOOK 2002 KL market outlook rosier next year o Short term punt ot buy and hold f\i i ;■«> Smaller developers gear up for 2002 rcir v ,f, i
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      Lock icon Smaller developers gear up for 2002
      689 2  -  !T|7Te>]:i 2002 Hong How to redevelop Armenian St site, others have launches in m w^ By 1 Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] The New Year is round the corner and it isn't just bigger developers that have plans for the future. One of the smaller property
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      Lock icon Staying king in a recession as others falter
      851 2  -  PEOPLE Benedict Soh, boss of exhibition services firm Kingsmen, tells unuAMG PECK HUH} why he's still smiling CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] HERE'S one guy who's still smiling despite the gloomy times. The slump in the economy has not really touched Benedict Soh's
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  • COMPANIES news
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      Lock icon Fees for IPO managers fall as much as 50%
      499 3  -  Bnt banks say there is a limit to fee cats as they must cover their risks Reportsby David Boey MANAGEMENT fees that stock market aspirants are billed by lead managers for their initial public offerings have come down significantly some by
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      Lock icon Malaysian listed firms neglecting investor relations
      430 3 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama WHILE 92 per cent of companies listed on bourses in the United States and Western Europe utilise investor relations on an ongoing basis, less that 10 per cent of companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) and Mesdaq have
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      Lock icon i.MAGE still tops in IPO launches by value
      704 3 Bnt Scotchbrook is ahead in number of issues handled CITIGATE Dewe Rogerson i.MAGE was the top public relations house in terms of the value of IPOs handled this year, but in terms of the number of IPOs launched it came in a
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      296 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES OK 21 VALUE CLOSE iT1*» -172.00 -116.00 mam -*****.00 -133.00 WIMfW -*****.00 -17.00 <M>«piw 415.76 -4.42 WlpBwBwl 129.02 -7.75 *****1 -11.50 MlpMnftip 435.19 -0.19 WOippw 195.90 -1.98 MMBMn 196.60 -0.10 Parkway H 25c 131,372.000 UnlFood HK25c 40,669,000 SingTel 15c 34,256.000 FronMne5c 33.953,000 WahSMng HKlc 33,154,000 Hyflux5c 32,048,000
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      Lock icon Datacraft stuck in downward spiral despite positive signs
      301 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan SYSTEMS integrator Datacraft Asia remains stuck in a declining channel despite signs that the tech sector could see a recovery late next year. The stock led the actives list last Friday as it slumped 16 US
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      Lock icon Strategy for '02:short-term punts?
      824 4  -  I-id comment STOCKS r. sivanithy AS we head into the final week of a dismal year for stocks, the thoughts of all traders must be turning to whether 2002 will be better than 2001. To some, the answer is a definite yes because there are signs
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      Lock icon Yen's slide hits Asian currencies
      802 4 AFP [HONG KONG] The yen's continuing slide against the greenback over the past week hit other Asian currencies, with the Australian and New Zealand dollars ending down and the Taiwan currency dragged to a six-month low. The US dollar was also seen as a safe
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      140 4 ♦Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.70 cent) on March 6. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is March 11. Date payable is March 19. ♦Nat Steel Broadway will go ex-dividend (special interim dividend of 10 cents tax exempt)
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2673 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM A«ro Am** Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqtyl* 081/ Sur Europe Bd 0.99V Star Europe Bal 0J8W Star Asian Tiger Eqty a 751/ Star Asa Bond 1.215/ Star Asia Balanced 0J5V Star Global Terhnolow Fund 0 311/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fmdl** 0J1V m Govett (Ma) Ltd.
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon LKY scholarship holders contribute to Singapore
      554 5  -  Though not bonded, they say they feel obligated to give back to society By Eugene Low WHETHER they end up in the private or public sector, Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship holders who are not bonded believe they will still contribute to the country. The
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      Lock icon CPI dips 0.2% as transport, housing costs slide
      319 5  -  =M on the economy inflation By] David Boey THE consumer price index (CPI) for November fell 0.2 per cent on the back of lower transport and communication and housing costs, said the Department of Statistics (DOS) yesterday. Month-on-month, the CPI slipped for
      Source: DOS  -  319 words
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      Lock icon HK, S'pore most investor-friendly
      662 5 China ranks ninth bat foreign investors are not deterred, while S-E Asia most do more more to promote itself: Perc AFP HONG Kong and Singapore have the most hospitable policies for foreign investors in Asia, while China does not rate highly but gets the bulk of
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon KL market outlook rosier next year
      755 6  -  I:l i comment KL STOCKS Prospects underpinned by economy's projected growth, corporate restructuring, political stability eddie toh THE Malaysian stock market started 2001 on a promising note, and was in fact one of the best performers in the world earlier this year. But as
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      Lock icon Tenaga to seek local funding first for 2002 spending
      494 6 KUALA LUMPUR Islamic instruments being considered for fund raising Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires MALAYSIA'S state power firm Tenaga Nasional said on Saturday it will consider domestic funding first for capital expenditure in the coming year, due to ample liquidity in the
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      Lock icon Police complete Tommy Suharto probe
      313 6 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIAN police have finished probing former president Suharto's son over his suspected link to the murder of a judge who convicted him of graft and will hand the case to prosecutors this week, officials said yesterday. Jakarta deputy police spokesman Alex Mandalika said
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      Lock icon E. Timor concludes pipeline deal that can alleviate poverty
      328 6 SYDNEY AFP EAST Timor has finally reached agreement with US energy giant Phillips Petroleum on a plan to pipe gas to Australia that could ease the fledgling nation's poverty, its officials said yesterday. Six months after it was shelved when negotiations
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        Lock icon KL eyes more Asean forex pacts
        146 6 Bernama [KUALA KANGSAR] Malaysia, which has signed an agreement with Thailand to use each other's currency for trade between them, wants to have a similar arrangement with other Asean countries. Minister of International Trade and Industry Rafidah Aziz said such pacts would promote bilateral
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        Lock icon IMF raises Philippine GDP forecast
        87 6 Reuters [MANILA] The International Monetary Fund said yesterday that it has raised its forecast for Philippine GDP growth this year to 2Jd per cent from 2.5 per cent But it cut its forecast for 2002 GDP growth to 3.2 per cent from &5 per cent.
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        Lock icon Citic to buy 2 firms for HK$2.7b
        148 6 Dow Jones Newswires [HONG KONG] Citic Pacific said on Saturday that it has altered into agreements to acquire two companies from a substantial shareholder, China international Trust Investment Corp Hong Kong (Holdings), for HKt2.7 billion, in an effort to boost its presence in
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      Lock icon Asia hopeful on exports in 2002
      669 7 2002 HONGKONG But tech outlook fuzzy due to vagaries of market for electronics Reuters ASIA'S exports should perk up in 2002 as the global economy recovers, but analysts say it's difficult to gauge by how much due to the vagaries of the market for
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      Lock icon Wharf to cut pay of over a third of staff
      269 7 HONGKONG Bloomberg WHARF (Holdings) Ltd, which invests in property, ports and telecommunications, said it will cut the wages of more than one-third of its staff by at least 5 per cent next year, as slack property sales crimp profit It
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      Lock icon Ibra eases ex-bank owners' debt repayment terms
      305 7 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA has eased terms on former bank owners obliged to repay debts to the state worth more than US$lO billion, extending maturity dates and effectively lowering interest payments. But one leading economist questioned the likely impact on the Budget and the
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      Lock icon Christmas sets Chinese cash registers ringing
      465 7 SHANGHAI Retailers quick to cash in en presence of foreign firms AFP "HAVE yourself a merry little Christmas," sing the speakers at a shopping mall on Shanghai's Nanjing Road as shoppers file past a garishly illuminated tree and festively decorated store windows. There might
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      Lock icon Thai Airways union leader sacked for her disloyalty
      377 7 BANGKOK She is said to site with management, not employees AFP THE head of Thai Airways International's labour union was sacked for failing to create an organisation that "takes care of employees" rather than "taking sides with management", a report said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Philippines may cut reserve requirements
      267 7 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine central bank governor Rafael Buenaventura has said the bank is likely to further cut reserve requirements of commercial banks to 16 per cent in 2002 if inflation remains low and the peso stable. Bank reserve requirements are now at 18 per cent,
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      Lock icon India ponders military action against Pakistan
      528 8 NEW DELHI Crossing the Line of Control one of the options if diplomacy fails NYT, Reuters A SENIOR official said on Saturday that India was seriously considering military action if diplomatic pressure fails to convince Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based groups that India
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      Lock icon Face-off
      48 8 [CHENGDU] These enigmatic figures engaged in strange reflection are on display at the Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum in China. They are among over 1,000 works of art taking part in the First West Region Art Exhibit, reportedly the largest gathering of Chinese artists in 50 years. AP
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      Lock icon China B shares set to climb higher next year
      662 8 i«:n i 2002 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China B shares, the world's top performers for the past two years, are likely to claw higher on the back of more reforms in 2002, but that will not bring many foreign investors back to the
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Rising consumer confidence to fuel US recovery
      401 9 NEW YORK Key sentiment index set to show improvement while Treasuries wilt Bloomberg, AFX A KEY index of consumer confidence in the US due to be released this week is expected to rise, boosting expectations of an economic recovery by the middle of
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      Lock icon Giuliani is Time Person of the Year
      566 9 PBOPLB Reuters [NEW YORK] Brash, outspoken, indefatigable Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose composure and compassion rallied New York and the nation after the Sept 11 attacks, was named Time magazine's Person of the Year yesterday. "This was about Sept 11 and about how in
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      Lock icon US economists debate if stimulus bill is needed
      406 9 WASHINGTON Some analysts say economy is already on a path to recovery in early or mid-2002 AFP AS a massive stimulus measure to help spur recovery from recession and the Sept 11 attacks appeared dead in Congress, economists are now debating whether
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      Lock icon Expect another NY attack: Mayor
      244 9 LONDON Reuters, Bloomberg OUTGOING New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said in an interview broadcast yesterday that he expects another attack on the city after the Sept 11 suicide hijackings which killed 3,100 people at the World Trade Center. "I anticipate another attack and try as
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      Lock icon Oil rises on hopes of output cut
      852 9 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices trended slightly higher last week as the market factored in a likely move by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to confirm an output cut this week, while silver led precious metals higher amid a shortage
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      Lock icon IMF, US partly blamed for Argentina's economic woes
      618 10 NYT [WASHINGTON] The deadly riots in Argentina, the collapse of its government and another multi-billion dollar bailout gone awry have raised fresh questions about the effectiveness of the International Monetary Fund and the financial policy of the United States, the fund's leading
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      Lock icon Rivals in LDP challenge Koizumi
      791 10  -  They form group to propose alternative ways to jump start Japanese economy Froml Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is facing a rebellion from within his own Liberal Democratic Party over economic policies which some of his political colleagues fear are pushing
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      Lock icon Microsoft seeks delay in remedy hearing
      445 11 WASHINGTON CEO Steve Ballmer may be witness in proceeding which company wants to pot off until August NYT MICROSOFT has asked a federal judge to delay hearings over the proposed remedies of its antitrust case by at least four months, pushing the proceeding back
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      Lock icon Akihito: Japan will overcome economic ills
      212 11 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPAN'S Emperor Akihito, who turned 68 yesterday, expressed concerns about the country's economic recession and rising unemployment. Still, he said, he believes the Japanese people will overcome such difficulties. "I am deeply concerned about the increasingly severe economic situation, the rising unemployment
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      Lock icon S Korean companies pessimistic about Q1: survey
      371 11 SEOUL Dow Jones Newswires Reuters THE majority of South Korean companies maintain a rather gloomy business outlook for the first quarter next year, according to a Bank of Korea survey released yesterday. The central bank's business survey index, or BSI, forecasting conditions in
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      Lock icon Ex-Enron chief Skilling denies wrongdoing
      677 12 WASHINGTON He denies involvement in investment partnerships related to the company NYT. Bloomberg AS government investigators look for the roots of Enron's demise, the Enron chief executive who quit just months before the company collapsed has broken his silence to deny any responsibility or wrongdoing.
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      Lock icon Honeywell to pay Northrup USS400m
      240 12 MORRIS TOWNSHIP, New Jersey The agreement will settle antitrust and patent claims Bloomberg HONEYWELL International Inc has agreed to pay Northrop Grumman Corp US$44O million to settle ll-year-old antitrust and pa-tent-infringement claims on aircraft-navigation systems. Honeywell, the biggest maker of cockpit equipment and automated controls,
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    Lock icon FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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    Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
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      Lock icon Singapore ideal country for launching Citizen Card
      600 13  -  The Republic's small geographical size and good telecom infrastructure make the use of a single, multi-purpose smart card a viable option, Smartex's chairman Richard Poynder tells leo see gbte LEO KEE CHYE SINGAPORE is an ideal place to implement a country-wide smart-card system
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      452 14  -  One of the most significant obstacles in the adoption of e-biz practices is the uncertainty both consumers and businesses feel about Internet security By Raju Chellam SINGAPORE'S National Trust Council (NTC) has appointed Commerce Trust Ltd as an Authorised Code Owner (ACO) for busi-ness-to-consumer
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      431 14  -  In Singapore, 50% want to receive a digital camcorder, 30% a digital still camera, and 11% an MP3 player By: Raju Chellam MORE than half of all Singaporeans and about twothirds of all Koreans would be delighted to receive a digital camcorder as a
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      446 14  -  Focus is now on system chips and milking maximum valne from patents through licensing agreements By] Edmund Klamann Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's chipmakers, forced by harsh global competition to shut plants, cut jobs and exit a memory chip market they once ruled, are
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      221 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Bureau of Investigation urged users of Microsoft's newest version of Windows OS (operating system) to take steps beyond those recommended by the company to prevent hackers from taking over their computers. The bureau's National Infrastructure Protection Center,
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      96 14 Bloomberg [REDWOOD CITY, California] Oracle Corp, which has been advertising its computer programs as "unbreakable," said it is providing updates to fix security holes in its applica-tion-server software. An application server delivers software programs on the Web. Oracle has been targeting that market
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      734 15  -  Shoppers are taming to online retail sites as a convenient and safe way of baying gifts By Jane Nelson Reuters [SINGAPORW] Asian investors and brokers may grimace when they hear the words "dotcom", but shoppers are increasingly turning to online retail sites as
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      152 15 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's computer notebook makers may produce 58 per cent of world output next year, about 20 per cent more than this year, the Market InteUigence Center, a Taiwanese government think tank, said. The companies will probably make between 16 million and 17
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      199 15 Reuters [LONDON] Ailing wholesale telecoms carrier Global Crossing Ltd has put its UK assets up for sale with a price tag of up to £500 million (551.33 billion), the Sunday Telegraph said in an unsourced report. The newspaper said the Bermuda-based company has
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      76 15 [LONDON] With e-tailing activity on the rise worldwide, it's no wonder that this Father Christmas has gone back to Santa School at the Virgin megastore in London's Oxford Street. The Santas are being updated on new retail products such as the DVD and MP3, which are
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      162 15 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Hew-lett-Packard Company has officially informed European regulators of its plans to acquire Compaq Computer Corp, HP said on Friday, starting the last major review of anti-trust statutes. US regulators are already considering whether the deal, which would be the largest in
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      269 15 IBM's Bine Storm able to crunch 20 trillion calculations per second Reuters [NEW YORK] Europeans have ordered the world's most powerful weather forecasting computer, a 130tonne hulk that will crunch 20 trillion calculations per second, IBM, the computer's maker, said last Friday. Known
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      318 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Charter Communications Inc and Cox Communications Inc said they may consider buying cable-television systems from rival AT&T Comcast Corp, which is being formed by Comcast's purchase of US$72 billion in AT&T cable assets. Comcast president Brian Roberts, who will
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      509 15 But things are still not looking up as 2002 may prove to be another difficult year, say analysts AFP [TORONTO] Canadian telecom giant Nortel Networks may be saying goodbye to its worst year on record, after slashing nearly half of its workforce and racking
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        972 16  -  :i»exclusive euubeib so attends an ID A-sponsored workshop to find out bow new products can be made to appeal not just to techies and visionaries, but also to the pragmatic majority of customers ELIZABETH SU SINGAPORE is more of an "early
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          69 16 NGEE ANN Polytechnic said it will give all its graduating students free life-long e-mail accounts. It has so far issued 772 such accounts since the scheme began last month. It expects to issue another 4,500 accounts next year. "We have more than 75,000 graduates,"
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          57 16 NASDAQ-LISTED Adobe Systems Inc said its Acrobat Reader for Pocket PC is now available for a free download at www.adobe.com/products/acrobaL The program allows mobile professionals to view content in Adobe's PDF (Portable Document Format) on devices—such as HP's Jornada, Compaq's IPAQ, and Casio's Cassiopeia—running on
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          81 16 SESAMI Inc (which operates the region's e-hub, Sesami.Net), has tied up with Franoe-based Hubwoo (which operates private marketplaces for MHO purchases), to provide joint worldwide e-procurement services via their inter-operable marketplaces. The tie-up will enable clients to manage all of their MRO purchases centrally and globally. "A
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          65 16 APPLE Computer said it has made the slot-loading Combo optical drives standard across its entire range of Titanium Powerßook 04 notebook line. The Combo drive lets customers watch DVD movies and barn music or data CDs. Apple's DVD pLayar software (iTunes 2 digital music) and
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          54 16 SINGAPORE-BASED ASP Focuss.Net Pte Ltd said Japan's NeoNet Inc has tied up to deploy Focuss.Nef s myregtool.com, an Internet-enabled multi-language data registration and data mining solution to companies in Japan. Focuss.Net said it is currently also developing wireless interfaces to SMS, iMode and voice gateways.
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          81 16 THE US market for VPNs (virtual private networks) will cross US$l4.7 billion by 2006, from just USSS.4 billion this year, growing at 22 pa- cent a year between now and then, according to a new study by IDC (International Data Corp). Growth
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          118 16  -  Oonpiledkjl Raju Chellam RETAIL financial services institutions globally will spend US$33.B billion next year on strategic technology initiatives, down from last year's estimated US$36 billion, according to a report from Meridien Research. Financial institutions in North America will account for 36 per
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      283 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young PANAMAX bulkers have been the main feature in the dry bulk market over recent weeks with owners/buyers finally reaching an agreement as to the levels that can be expected for modern vessels. Taneb arid ftr farther trading ♦Equator Explorer 69,149 tdw bit 94
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      762 17  -  NOL the first to offer all-water services to NT with its Asia-East Coast* Express By I Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Port of New York New Jersey (PONYNJ) celebrates the 10th anniversary today of what has become one of its greatest successes
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      101 17 Xinhua [BEIJING] China has promulgated the International Maritime Transport Regulation of China which is to become effective on Jan 1,2002. Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji signed the regulation. In seven chapters with 61 articles, it covers the general rules, stipulations on maritime transport and auxiliary
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      153 17 [SINGAPORE] Alliance talks between classification societies Bureau Veritas (BV) of France and RINA of Italy have been suspended due to unresolvable "corporate governance" disputes, BV announced. "Bureau Veritas and RINA had almost reached agreement on the conditions of structuring such an alliance but, in the
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      86 17 [SINGAPORE] Syndey's Overseas Passenger Terminal was reopened last Thursday after a AS22 million (5520.24 million) revamp. The terminal facelift has modernised the facility and enhanced harbour views, boosting quayside access to enable the public and tourists to better enjoy the famous promenade. More than 100,000
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      285 17  -  Hath or did not respond to French court summonses: report By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] An international arrest warrant has reportedly been issued for the master of the ill-fated product tanker Erika which sank off Brittany in December 1999 causing a widespread oil spill.
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      786 18  -  LDIER SCENE By David Hughes T| HE world's mainline carriers are looking at the situation in the liner trades with much wagging of heads as the new year approaches. The days when a conveyor belt of new post-pana-max tonnage seemed to be no problem, given the steady growth
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        779 27 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description at the market. Prices shown are baaed on averagesised stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        326 28 Airline working with onions to put company back on track Reuters [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines said it was exploring all options to return the company to financial stability, but ruled out a possible bankruptcy filing, as President George W Bush moved last week
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        301 28 Govt trying to balance economic concerns with citizen rights AP [LONDON] The British government is to appeal against a court ruling that night flights at London's Heathrow Airport violate the human rights of nearby residents by depriving them of sleep, officials said.
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        226 28 Dow Jones [HONG KONG] The Airport Authority said it has invited tenders from international express cargo operators to design, build and operate a dedicated express air cargo terminal at Hong Kong's international airport The authority said the new terminal, to be located on
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        101 28 [SINGAPORE] Flying during this season is being made morefun for kids travelling on Air France flights. The airline has brought Santa Claus to the check-in counter at Singapore Airport to pass some good cheer to its young passengers. Each of them is given a gift
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          101 28 ATX [HOUSTON] Continental Airlines Holdings Inc said it will file with the US Department of Transportation requesting that the proposed transatlantic partnership between AMR Corp's American Airlines and British Airways pk not be granted antitrust immunity. In a statement, the company said it will tell the
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          91 28 AFP [MANILA] Philippine President Gloria Arroyo last week ordered Manila international airport authorities to cut landing rates for all carriers by half to help the beleaguered industry. Hie reduced rates, which vary according plane sizes, would last for six months starting Jan 1,
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          95 28 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] New Zealand will charge a passenger levy on domestic flights to help pay far security screening. Transport Minister Mark Gosche said. The NZ$24O charge win apply on an airlines offering regular domestic flights on aircraft with 90 or more seats, he said in
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          53 28 Dow Jones Newswires [TOKYO] Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Chikage Ogi and Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara have agreed on a plan to expand Haneda airport, Kyodo News reported. Haneda, the closest airport to central Tokyo, mostly handles domestic commercial flights and limited scheduled international
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          83 28 Bloomberg [BASEL] Crossair AG, file airline that's taking over partof Swissair Group, has agreed on a business plan to enable it take over and operate 26 long-haul and 36 medium-haul flights from the national carrier. The agreement to go ahead with the so-called "Phoenix Plus"
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        96 28 [BOSTON] American Airlines Flight 63, a Boeing 767 carrying 185 passengers and 12 crew, sits at Boston's Lagan International Airport after it was diverted from its flight from Paris to Miami on Saturday. Flight attendants and passengers overpowered a man (inset) who appeared to be
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        287 28 It says the shares may rise 80-200% over next 2 years Reuters [CHICAGO] ÜBS Warburg analyst Sam Buttrick said on Friday most US airline stocks can rise 80 to 200 per cent over the next two years. His order of preference in stock picks
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