The Business Times, 29 December 2001

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    7 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend DECEMBER 29-30, 2001
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    Lock icon Japanese bank goes bust more collapses feared
    732 1  -  Koizumi vows to avert bank runs as economy hurtles downwards Fromi Anthony Rowley in Tokyo FEARS of a banking crisis loomed over Japan as a sec-ond-tier bank, Ishikawa Bank, filed for bankruptcy under the weight of bad loans yesterday. Adding to the economic
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    Lock icon MAS to disallow charging of marketing expenses to unit trusts
    305 1  -  It will also shorten pay-out period for redeeming units By\ Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] In a significant decision by the regulators, fund managers of unit trusts will soon not be allowed to charge promotional and marketing expenses to their ftinds.
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    Lock icon Data point to US economy bottoming: analysts
    499 1 December consumer confidence up for first time in 6 mths AFX, Bloomberg. Reuters. Dow Jones Newswires [WASHINGTON] Data released yesterday on consumer confidence, home sales, unemployment claims and durable goods orders showed some encouraging signs that the US economy is forming a bottom
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    Lock icon Going out on a high note
    52 1 [JAKARTA] The Jakarta stock exchange, as with equity markets elsewhere, didn't have it good this year. But this didn't stop its traders from seeing off the old year with gusto yesterday, especially when last-minute buying lifted the market index by 3per cent to 392
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    Lock icon No, Silicon Valley hasn't thrown out the baby with the bathwater
    738 1  -  SATURDAY SOAPBOX jennifer lien [SILICON VALLEY] CHRISTMAS is over, the meals have been cooked and eaten, presents opened, the freezer's stacked with turkey meat and stuffing, and as I write this, die-hard shoppers are out snapping up post-holiday bargains.
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    Lock icon OCBC moves to put Pinetree under receiver
    572 1  -  K wants court to throw out interim JMs appointed by dub Byt Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Pinetree Town Country Club's main creditor, OCBC Bank, is going to court to remove the interim judicial managers appointed by the club. In their place, the bank aims
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      89 2 Sincc our *orldwid<~ over 275 multi-disciplined professionals j |p including lawyers chartered accountants i i chartered secretaries and bankers have pf d provided confidential and cost effective company formation m all the major lo* R I fIHB including Incorporation Fees from US$5OO The world's c For rc E£ eery r*
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  • in the news
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      Lock icon Banks surge, rest of market languishes
      557 2  -  MARKET REVIEW r sivanithy THANKS to a continued push on banks and a handful of other blue chips, the Straits Times Index yesterday distanced itself convincingly from the 1,600 level something it hasn't managed for several months. But activity in the broad market was
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      75 2 Dsn 1,625.98 (+13.97) mm bt-sri U 667.93 (+5.41) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,633.00 (+20.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 202.70 (+2.00) Friday Change KLSECOMP ***** +392 NIKKEI 225 __10.542.62 +85.01 HANG SENG 11.431.59 +72.09 SET INDEX -303.85 +2.68 JAKARTA COMP _392.04 +12.07 MANILA COMP .1,168.08 15i2 TAIPEI WPI 5*398.28 +65.30 SEOUL COMP 693.70
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      Lock icon FINANCE
      73 2 FOREX RATES US* SS US$ (S$ per l T S$) 1.854 £(l'S$/S$ per S) 1.449 1685 El"RO(I'S$/S$/E). 0.882 1.635 DM 1218 1.196 YEN 1315 7050 RM 3.800 1050 HKS 7.798 4107 BAHT 4412 23.85 RUP1AH 10.385 5.602 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 525 KIALA LUMPIH 6.40 HONG KONG 5125 JAKARTA 39.00
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      Lock icon US dollar dips on profit-taking
      482 2  -  Yen weakness weighs on Ss y but MAS could stick with neutral policy By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Modest prof-it-taking in overnight trading trimmed the US dollar's sharp gains against the Japanese yen and Singapore dollar but a record Japanese unemployment rate plus a possible bank
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      Lock icon Manufacturers wary of risks in S$'s sharp slide
      529 2  -  Weaker currency boosts exports but advantage could disappear iff US dollar loses ground By\ David Boey [SINGAPORE] Although the sharp slide in the Singapore dollar is expected to make exports that much more competitive, manufacturers are also wary that the advantage could
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      Lock icon NTUC Income to axe about 1,000 part-time agents
      366 2 Training-deficient or inactive agents will get the chop (SINGAPORE] Insurance co-operative NTUC Income plans to axe around 1,000 part-time agents within the next two years as part of a restructuring exercise. The firm has the highest proportion of part-time agents, which comprise
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      Lock icon Corrections & clarifications
      216 2 Corrections clarifications THE first paragraph of our report yesterday, "Lim Chin Beng to succeed Kim San at SPH", may have given the wrong impression that executive chairman Lim Kim San will not offer himself for re-election at the coming Annual General Meeting of Singapore Press Holdings on Jan 11. Mr
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      Lock icon Hyflux faces competition as 2 China firms eye SGX listing
      542 4  -  EXCLUSIVE But homegrown water-treatment firm may move to main board next month By. David Boey TWO China-based watertreatment firms are said to be looking at listing on the Singapore Exchange which would mean competition for homegrown Hyflux, whose shares have
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      Lock icon Citigroup is top underwriter on Wall St: report
      406 4 First time in decade Merrill loses out as No 1 underwriter of stocks and bonds AFX [LONDON] Citigroup Inc has dislodged Merrill Lynch Co as Wall Street's biggest underwriter of stocks and bonds, the Wall Street Journal reported. For the first time
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      Lock icon Dotcom demises more than doubled in 2001, says report
      402 4 Dow Jones Newswires [SAN FRANCISCO] The dotcom death toll more than doubled this year, with at least 537 Internet companies worldwide either going out of business or seeking refuge in bankruptcy court, according to statistics released on Thursday. This year's casualties
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      Lock icon MAS to launch electronic platform for govt securities
      132 4 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore said yesterday it will launch an electronic platform for transactions in and information on Singapore Government Securities (SGS). The platform on the SGS website from Jan 7, 2002 will facilitate transactions between MAS and primary dealers in
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      Lock icon CEH, Hiap Hoe extend deal date
      182 4 LOSS-MAKING construction company Chew Eu Hock said yesterday the completion date for its option agreement with private developer Hiap Hoe Holdings has been extended. CEH signed a memorandum of understanding with Hiap Hoe in August under which the latter would inject five property investment
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      Lock icon Venture funds down 22% to US$55b
      209 4 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Venture capital firms raised US$55 billion in 2001, down 22 per cent from the year before amid declining returns though investors increased commitments to healthcare funds, according to a report. Venture Wire, an industry news service based in New York, said
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      Lock icon Where foreign talent could do a world of good
      616 4 HOCK LOCK SIE W The growing number of foreign minority shareholders is beneficial for the Singapore corporate scene MUCH has been written about foreign talent in Singapore. So far, most of the focus has been on the hiring of high-level foreigners
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Board and management changes at Ipco
        77 4 IPCO International yesterday said its chief executive officer and executive director Mohamed Shafeii Bin Abdul Gaffoor had ceased to be its director, and v* another director, Ron Shyun, had resigned. It said it had appointed Choo Huat Seng as finance and ftmtn director, and
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        Lock icon Tri-M Interim loss narrows to $1.5m
        71 4 PRINTED circuit board manufacturer Tri-M Technologies yesterday said its net loss for the six months ended September had narrowed to $1.5 million from $12.4 million a year earlier. It made a loss per share of 5.03 cents for the period versus 41JS cents, while
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        Lock icon Pakara disposs of subsidiary
        54 4 SESDAQ-LISTED Pakara Technology, formerly known as National Rap, yesterday said it had sokl its entire 51.2 per cent stake in its electronics components distribution subsidiary ASJ Components to the firm's president and director for US$2Bl,OOO cash. It said the disposal was in line with the realignment
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        Lock icon Alexandra gets another delisting extension
        51 4 LISTED Alexandra Holdings yesterday said the Singapore Exchange had approved its application for another extension of its delisting date, which was supposed to be on Dec 31, to Feb 28 next year. It said the company's board is still exploring options and determining its future
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        Lock icon Delgro invests more in Beijing taxi venture
        74 4 TRANSPORT operator Delgro Corp yesterday said the registered capital in its 56 per cent-owned China taxi subsidiary, Beijing Jin Jian Taxi Services Company, had been raised to around $103.8 million from $55.6 million. As a result, Delgro had increased its stake in the
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        Lock icon ST Kinetics unit,STPL sign tenancy
        67 4 ST Engineering yesterday said a unit of ST Kinetics had entered into a sub-tenancy arrangement for a 120,000 sq m premises at Jalan Boon Lay with Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd (STPL) from Oct 1, 2001, to Dec 31,2028. Under this agreement, the aggregate rental payable
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        Lock icon Lion Asiapac's Angkasa deal date extended
        63 4 MAINBOARD-LISTED Lion Asiapac yesterday said the back-stop date for the fulfilment of conditions for its acquisition of Angkasa Transport Equipment Sdn Bhd has been extended to April 30,20Q2. It added that together with the vendors, AMB Venture Sdn Bhd and Cheng Heng Jem they
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      Lock icon Retailers brace for bumpy ride next year
      822 5  -  OUTLOOK 2002 With fewer tourists and more cautious local shoppers, stores expect a tough year ahead and are looking to improve productivity and provide good value Byi Corinne Kerk AFTER a tough 2001, retailers are bracing themselves for more challenging times in the
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      Lock icon Asian exports bottoming out, says Goldman
      351 5  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY By Chuang Peck Ming RECENT signs that the Asian export cycle, including Singapore's, is bottoming is for real and not a seasonal blip, according to Goldman Sachs. "The evidence coming from the direction of exports and a host of positive
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      Lock icon Ong Yong Yau to be new SGH chief exec from Jan 1
      185 5 RESPIRATORY specialist Ong Yong Yau will replace outgoing Singapore General Hospital chief executive officer Vivian Balakrishnan on Jan 1. Sing Health, which manages SGH and other hospitals and polyclinics in the eastern part of Singapore, said in a
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      Lock icon Beware loopholes in Aussie shares
      152 5  -  MAIL B A G Alison Cousland Singapore PEOPLE in Singapore can now trade some shares on the Australian Stock Exchange. I wish to highlight that not all shareholders are equal when holding shares of Australian companies. For example, if a Singaporean resident with a Singapore
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      Lock icon Some investing advice for next year
      227 5  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your article "Strategy for *02 short-term punts?" by R Sivanithy (BT, Dec 24). Mr Sivanithy has courageously tried to straddle the conflicting projections of bulls and bears for the future. During the next few days, readers will probably
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      Lock icon HSBC plans to buy 8% of Bank of Shanghai
      376 6 It win pay 518 m yuan to be first foreign bank to hold a stake in a Chinese lender Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] HSBC Holdings Pic, Europe's largest lender by market value, plans to buy 8 per cent of the Bank of Shanghai,
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        Lock icon MDEX ends open outcry trading
        61 6 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (MDEX) ended 21 years of open outcry trading yesterday and moved to a screen-based system with no reports of glitches. MDEX is the only exchange in the world which offers crude palm oil futures. As expected, trading was
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        Lock icon HK new home loan approvals up in Nov
        64 6 Bloomberg [HONG KONGJ Hong Kong mortgage lending picked up in November as new home loan approvals rose 49 per cent, boosted by the city's lowest lending rate in more than two decades. New loans approved in November rose to HK$l2.l billion (552.87
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        Lock icon HK may grow 1% next year: report
        98 6 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong faces a difficult time again in 2002 but could eke out growth of one per cent for the full year, the Bank of China (Hong Kong) said. The bank expected the economy to continue to contract in the
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        Lock icon M'sia Nov money supply grows 4.3%
        60 6 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's broadest measure of money supply, M 3, grew 4.3 per cent in November, a slower rate compared with a year ago, the central bank said. In November last year, money supply expanded 5.4 per cent. Investors watch money supply growth,
        Bloomberg  -  60 words
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        Lock icon New rules for Indon bank results reporting
        62 6 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] From Dec 31, Indonesia's central bank will require all local banks to show financial results for their parent and subsidiary units in a bid to make the industry more transparent It will also require banks to submit financial reports every month
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      Lock icon Telekom M'sia sees buoyant 2002
      270 6 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia said yesterday it expected better growth in its sales and customer base next year, and forecast increases of 3 to 5 per cent in fixed line and 25 to 30 per cent in mobile phone customers. "Next year will be
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      Lock icon Coming to grips with 'the other'in America
      1052 6  -  WRITER'S JOURNAL It'll be tougher than in Europe, where Islam is more assimilated karim raslan AFTER a few weeks in the United States recently, I was astonished by the low level of knowledge about Islam in that country. Then again, the US has
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      Lock icon Jakarta to raise domestic fuel prices in January, says minister
      184 6 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia will raise domestic fuel prices next month as part of attempts to cut costly oil subsidies although no date or amount has been set for the hike. Chief Economics Minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said. "The rise in fuel
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      Lock icon Bush grants normal trade ties to China
      499 7 US businesses welcome step as a boost to a slowing world economy Reuters, AP [CRAWFORD, Texas] Taking the final step to normalise US-Chinese trade ties, US President George Bush on Thursday formally granted China the same low-tariff levels the United States extends to
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      Lock icon Osama in Pakistan, stop bombing, says Kabul
      375 7 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Afghanistan yesterday gave its clearest sign yet that it wanted the war on terrorism to move elsewhere, demanding a quick end to US bombing and insisting Osama bin Laden had fled to Pakistan. Washington also risked fading resolve from its crucial
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      Lock icon India's markets regulator finds insider trading evidence
      353 7 Foreign and local linns among the 5 brokers named Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India's stock market regulator said that it passed a report containing evidence that five brokerages had manipulated share prices to a parliamentary committee investigating allegations of insider trading. The Securities and Exchange
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      Lock icon Opec to cut crude output by 6%
      323 7 AP [CAIRO] After more than a month of tense uncertainty, Opec yesterday agreed on a plan to slash US million barrels a day from its crude production hi an effort to firm up sagging oil prices and protect its member-nations' main source of
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      Lock icon Pakistan urged to act against militants
      500 7 G-8 statement also expresses concern about India-Pakistan tension Reuters, AP. AFP [MOSCOW] Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight (G-8) meeting here called on Pakistan yesterday to crack down on "terrorists" operating from its territory and expressed concern about rising India-Pakistan tension after a
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      Lock icon Hewlett voted for deal as director to assure better price
      550 8 But he said he voiced concerns to board and would vote against it as a shareholder Bloomberg AP, [SAN JOSE] The HewlettPackard Co board member leading the fight against the company's US$22 billion plan to buy Compaq Computer Corp said
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      Lock icon IMF ready to help solve Argentina debt crisis
      396 8 Bloomberg, Reuters, AFP, AFX [WASHINGTON! The International Monetary Fund offered its first sign of encouragement to Argentina since cutting the country off from loans earlier this month, saying it is willing to help the new government solve its economic crisis. The fund
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      65 5 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btietterf&sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore*****s. We need your fuM name, address and telephone number, so we can verify It came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear In mind libel
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      597 5 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 SWIFT INVESTMENTS MOLDINGS PTE LTD MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General M rating of the Company held on 24 December 2001. the tallowing rmokitionß wore duty pnaod 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP Thai the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section
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      608 5 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 ÜBSWA NOMMEES (S) PTE LTD MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY UOUDATON At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 21 December 2001. tht toMowrtg rnjoMajnt w&re duty PBSB6d: 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WMOV4Q-UP That the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant
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      601 5 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 ÜBSWA RESEARCH (S) PTE LTD MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY UOUOATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 21 December 2001, the following resolutions were duly passed: 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WMDMG-UP That the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant
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    2930 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM Amto AmM Mgt (S'port) Star Europe Eqtyl* 0.82V Star Europe Bd 0.97V Star Europe kit 0.8V Star Man Tiger Eqty 0.7S2/ Star Alia Bond 122V Star Atia Balanced 0J5V Star Global Technology Fund 0322/ Star Ihv Finance Japan Fund!** 0.812/ AH Guvett (Ada) Ltd. Govett Asia
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  • week in review
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      Lock icon Top stories this week
      756 9 For the full stories, visit http://business-times.asial.com.sg Will S'pore GDP grow 1.5% in 2002? Dec 25 AFTER cutting their estimates of Singapore's GDP growth all year, some economists have now begun to tweak the forecasts up, on stronger prospects of global recovery in the months ahead. But
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      Lock icon What we said
      289 9 RSMUMTHY Dec 28 Stock market now takes centre stage THE elevation of market personalities to celebrity status is a consequence of a 10-year US bull market in which the major indices more than tripled in value. Markets everywhere are over-exposed and have become hyper-sensitive to the views
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    Lock icon KLSE
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  • in the money
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      Lock icon 2001: year of the big Nasdaq tech shakeout
      1284 10  -  Kli »l>.il Next year's investment opportunities could come from firms that can adapt and grow and from tech companies emerging from bankruptcy reorganisations By] Paul Maidment THE year 2001 was an annus horribilis for US equities in general and for Nasdaq stocks
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      Lock icon Nasdaq's rainbow yields no gold
      1006 10  -  A listing on the US tech bourse may not be all that it was cracked up to be From, Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley FOR the four Singapore stocks listed oil Nasdaq, 2001 has been a wild ride on the coattails of their high-profile counterparts
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  • what's in style food
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      Lock icon best of bubbly
      1181 11  -  Non-vintage does not spell cheap plonk when it comes to champagne. NK YONG gives advice on which cuvee to pick, how bubbly the bubbly should be, and other important year-end matters N K YONG THE first thing to remember about champagne the real stuff that comes from
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      76 11 Hotel Level 3, 7 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square. TeL *****88 Contemporary North Indian cuisine doesn't have to be rich and loaded with calories. The restaurant features classic Rajasthani, Kashmiri, Gijjarati and Punjabi cuisine, white offering healthy options as well. Closed for lunch on Saturdays. Edible works of art are the
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