The Business Times, 18 February 2002

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    16 1 MITA (P) 107/03/2001 850 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Ipte:ret ht !s.'/hu:>iness-times.asial com.sg/ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2002
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    69 1 9T0C1 KiSKET IKDICES Week Ghana 1 ST! 1,***** +31.85 SIMSCI FVTUREJHIJO +520 BT-SRI 737.47 +1426 KLSE OOMP 721.86 >11.06 NIKKEI 10,048.10—+362.04 HANG SENG __.10.961.88 +442.89 SET INDEX 378.02 +19.43 JAKARTA CQMP-44M8 +1140 MANILA UK# +72.48 TAIPEI WP1 rv—d SEOUL OOMP ***** +4353 SHENZHEN B —Ckmi AUST ALL ORD-3.42&4Q
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    68 1 FOIEX BATES 08$ S$ i;S$ (SS per USJ) 1.825 £(USS/S$ per 1.429 1606 HT»0(USS/S$/E) 0873 1.593 DM 2140 1228 YES 133.0 7190 RM 1800 1083 RKS 7.860 4174 BAHT 4156 2188 RUP1AH ***** 5,620 PUKE KATES > SINGAPORE* 5Jtt KUALA LUMPUR 140 HONG KONG 5.125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 1725
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    Lock icon Long-awaited STI tracker fund to be launched soon
    866 1  -  Manager steps up effort to lineup broking houses as market makers BThVMimmj By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] The longawaited exchange-traded fund that will track the popular Straits Times Index (STI) is expected to be launched this month, after a delay of nearly nine
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    Lock icon Thailand ready to be serious partner of Singapore
    681 1  -  Dr Thaksin to assure PM Goh about the economic aspects of their bilateral relationship From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND is ready to be a serious partner of Singapore and will keep its economy open to foreign investments. That's the assurance Thai
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    Lock icon Japan may need IMF aid in future, Tokyo sources hint privately
    766 1  -  MEWS AMALTOS From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo FOLLOWING an IMF team that visited Tokyo last week to prepare for a searching examination of the Japanese financial system, some official sources are beginning to hint in private that Japan might
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      Lock icon SGX in drive to boost pool of futures traders
      691 2  -  BTHmi'Hi'M Current financial sector downsizing provides fertile recruitment ground fa Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The downsizing of the financial industry presents a fertile recruitment ground for futures traders, and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has taken the opportunity to launch its biggest
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      Lock icon The Ell's lesson for Asean: integration is a tall order
      793 2  -  ECONOMICS vikram khanna WHAT can the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) learn from the experience of the European Union (EU) about building a "happy family" out of a group of disparate nations? This question was posed by Singapore's Ambassador-at-large
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      Lock icon Traders expect crude oil prices to slide this year
      567 2  -  Survey projects Brent at US$l&2O after three months From Neil Behrman in London THE message from the oil trading community ahead of the Start of an annnal nil traders' conference here today is that the world economy is unlikely to be
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      110 3 H ■MJn M gfm MrW ®^S^ I^%mJm ff Someday satellites will cover the globe so With our encyclopedic knowledge of IT A^r thoroughly that there will always be one space infrastructure—from diverse satellites <$2r .7 Njk J^k, right where you need it. Which means that to the many technologies that
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      298 4 OTHER SINGAPORE II WABV> INDICES Fab 15 VALUE CLOSE BOW -79.00 ->-52.00 ■TOMM -*****.00 -58.00 »TtM«l* -*****.00 -8.00 mmmmm 463.es -1.18 154.54 -2.69 WMb>Fh 1572.83 -1.19 WpMiiRip 473.05 +6.85 222.17 -0.45 PC020C...... 48,973,000 SingTel 15c 43,451,000 Ro(y IntUSlOc 27.939,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 26.743.000 Hortoon 5c 26,616.000 ChinaAvOU 5c 24,634.000 TPVUSlC.
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      Lock icon Taiwan plastics firm Huan Hsin likely to see further rise
      284 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By R Sivanithy IN the third week of January, European brokers ING Barings initiated coverage of Taiwanese plastics firm Huan Hsin Holdings with a "buy" recommendation. Because of ING's spectacular success with TPV Holdings—TPV shares had almost
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      Lock icon Buy on the dips or sell into strength?
      831 4  -  JULMaMBUaIIaaAikJ STOCKS r. sivanithy WHAT does "buying on the dips" mean? It refers to the practice of putting more money into stocks when prices fall, in anticipation of a quick rebound. It's a practice that gained a lot of currency in the
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      Lock icon Most Asian currencies gain against US$
      616 4 Ten rises on expectations of new economic reforms AFP [HONG KONG] Many Asian currencies gained ground against the US dollar, with the yen strengthening amid expectations of new economic reforms and the Australian dollar rising on the bade of better than expected jobs data.
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      136 4 CEREBOS Pacific Ltd will bold its AGM on Feb 28, at 12.00 noon, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Level 4, Kingfisher Room, 382 Havelock Road. OVERSEAS UnkmTrurt J* Ltd will go ex-dividend (final dividend of 6.00 cents) on April 25. Last day fa-buying-in on a cum basis is on
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2685 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS awond spor» A/» 1.203/ OtiBond S'pore B/$ 1.226/ Citi Monty Sing Dollar Ckn B 1.0374/ ABN Amro AaMt Mgt (S'pore) Citi Pan-ELrope Equity Fund IjOS Star Europe Eqty! A 0.777/ QtiSeiect Acw Ti*t Balanced \2U Star Europe Bd 0.959/ CitlSalect Asia Tilt Growth 1-22/ Star Europe Bel
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Qian Hu beats Chartered to top BT transparency poll
      787 5  -  Fish farmer has best disclosure among 28 firms for its 2001 results By Kalpana Rashiwala, Juliana Tay FISH power has taken a leap over semiconductor prowess. Qian Hu Corporation, a Sesdaq-listed company in the ornamental fish business, has overtaken incumbent Chartered
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      Lock icon SingTel's Optus to push for more mobile usage
      543 5 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Telecommunications' Australian unit is trying to get its wireless customers to talk longer as revenue growth from new customers slows. Minutes per user, per year, at Sing Tel Optus Pty's wireless unit fell 8.6 per cent to 1,090 minutes, or
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      212 5 4-** fvj ■HMMM BMWWOI i 4BnM>fc n# f 3£i TteUNM. www.bmw.ccxn OiMrq MkNtw in 2001, most couldn't keep pace with us.»»»- And tht success goes on. 71m mw BMW 7 Series is regarded wortdwMs m the hiturt of ike houry cm. 2001 was a difficult year for the international automobile
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      Lock icon Unit trusts strive for long-term returns
      367 6  -  Dennis Lim Chairman Membership and Public Relations Committee Investment Management Association of Singapore I REFER to the letter "Don't trust unit trusts too much" by James Lim (Mailbag, Feb 7). Mr Lim is right to note that there are risks associated with investing in
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      Lock icon Up to firms to ensure AGM facilities
      381 6  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to the letter "AGMs held in hotels found wanting" by Denis Distant (Mailbag, Feb 14). Mr Distant makes some valid points on AGMs from his vast experience of attending them over many decades. The days are long gone
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      96 6  -  Dr Toh Kian Lam Head, Technical Services Elite Training Sports Development Group Hong Kong Sports Development Board I REFER to your article 'Remaking S'pore' committee to look beyond the *5 Cs* (BT, Feb 15). Instead of putting sports under the "Beyond Credit Card" Subcommittee, may I
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      272 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. S> AND IN THE MATTER OF MOANI PTE LTV (PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS APPOINTED) NOTICE OF MEETING Of rarnrroas NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 296 of the Companies Act. Cap. SO. that a MEETING OF CREDITORS of the Company will be
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      397 6 APEX-MBA W^fßM (Asia-Pacific Executive MBA) And he s jusf stu(Jent The NUS APEX-MBA focuses on the fastest growing region in the world the Asia Pacific. It devotes its curriculum to traditional and leading-edge management thinking offered by Western writers, as well as new and emerging body of knowledge on this
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      Lock icon Tough for S'pore to hit 3% growth: IDEAglobal
      355 7  -  ryr pvpvi By Anna Teo THE high end of the revised official growth forecast still appears aggressive, says IDEAglobal which believes it will be "very difficult for the economy to clear 3 per cent growth in 2002". In his Chinese New Year
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      Lock icon Streats gets new look
      71 7 THE free morning newspaper Streats gets a new look today to appeal to busy commuting executives. Besides a new purple masthead, there will be more pages devoted to financial news. The newspaper is avail- able on weekday mornings at MRT stations and busy commuting points. About
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      Lock icon SM: S'pore faces danger despite arrests of 13
      436 7 PM Goh says now is not the right time to advocate wearing of tudung in schools SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday that the arrest of the 13 Muslim extremists in December has not made things safe for Singapore. The arrests
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      Lock icon Cluny Court up for tender
      240 7 OCBC Bank has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle to put Cluny Court up for tender under the latest mortgagee sale. JLL officials declined to put a price on the four-sto-rey freehold commercial/ residential property with a total net floor area of 43,700 sq ft. However, some
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      Lock icon Diversity key in next phase of growth, says Tharman
      419 7  -  He says the biggest challenge is keeping complacency at bay By Kalpana Rashiwala DIVERSITY will be a key tenet in the next phase of Singapore's economic growth and the biggest challenge for Singaporeans in rebuilding a vibrant economy is to prevent
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      90 7 c" Pen*#& >c„ xonpy >n9 J[ N T j c |ff rHonP&frg to Mau) Quan Lory«t^^'*B a c U«ii Minister f ortducatidrtfK Second Minister for Defence, Singapore M J H J Monday, 11 March 2002 4:3opm Suntec City Auditorium ADMISSION IS FREE BY TICKET ONLY Please log on to our
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      7 7 March 13 20, 2002 in Hannover, Germany
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      Lock icon Why SingTel won't figure in M'sian M&As
      444 8 KUALA LUMPUR National security, award of 30 spectrum are big blocks JP Morgan SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd (Sing Tel) likely will not play a part in any of the upcoming Malaysian mobile company mergers, a Malaysian Business Times report said citing a JP Morgan
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      Lock icon Round 2 of Malaysian bank merger soon ?
      726 8  - Round 2 of Malaysian bank merger soon KL STOCKS They need to be stronger, more resilient before going through next consolidation eddie toh TWO Malaysian banking groups are set to see ownership changes soon, even though some banks are still suffering indigestion from the industry-wide mergers two years ago. They
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      Lock icon Name the minister involved in donation: Azizah
      358 8 KUALA LUMPUR Anwar's wife asks who donated to US Islamic bodies AP THE wife of jailed ex-Malay-sian deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim urged the.government yesterday to identify a former Cabinet minister who allegedly donated large sums to Islamic organisations in the United States that
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      Lock icon M'sia posted positive growth in '01: minister
      212 8 KUALALUMPUR Dow Jones Newswires THE central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, is expected to soon announce positive economic growth for 2001 despite a weak global economy, Deputy Finance Minister Shafle Mohd Salleh said, according to a Bernama report yesterday. "The country's economy is in
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      Lock icon Rich Thais flock to border casinos
      547 9 KPOIPET, Cambodia IBitzy gambling aynntsare 3|e high rollers AFP |NNED from most forms •gambling in their own ifcntry, cashed-up Thais I frittering away tens of Blions of dollars every fcr at gaudy border casiB JAfter roaring up the toway from Bangkok, ty park their
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      Lock icon Emerald Triangle tourism plan hits roadblocks
      350 9  -  Unexploded mines, border issues dog tourist resort From Harish Mehta W uangKOK AN ambitious plan by Thailand, Cambodia and Laos to turn a former battlefield at their common borders into an "Emerald Triangle" tourism resort has run into a minefield in the form of
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        Lock icon HK allows summary financial reports
        81 9 Reuters [HONG KONG] The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong said yesterday it had amended rules to permit listed companies to distribute summarised financial reports instead of a full annual repent if shareholders agreed. The exchange said in a statement released yesterday that it had amended
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        Lock icon 7% limit on daily share changes to end
        62 9 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] The Taiwan Stock Exchange is planning to end a 7 per cent limit on daily changes in share prices as soon as Mar 1, the Commercial Times reported The stock exchange has completed a trial of the system and is
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        Lock icon Taipei to lift China wafer plant ban
        51 9 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan is poised to lift its ban on its eight-inch microchip wafer plant companies investing in China, local media reported yesterday. The Commercial Times said the decision would be made when a special committee of the economic ministry meets this month.
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      Lock icon Safe-haven status sets gold aglow
      920 10 COMMODITV Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON] Gold glowed again last week as prices held up close to USskx) an ounce, the precious metal basking in its rediscovered safe-haven $tatus. With jitters about accounting irregularities buffeting stock markets, and a new-found love affair with gold among nervous
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      Lock icon A single-minded US focus on anti-terrorism
      768 11  -  BUSH'S VISIT TO ASIA Sept 11 rewrites agenda, with Bering and Seoul becoming strategic partners while Tokyo is reduced to marginal role NEWSfcI.fcH'HU From Leon Hadar in Washington WHEN US officials earlier scheduled President George W Bush's visit to the East Asian capitals of
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      186 11 jfiL Singapm Chinese Chamber Institute of Business W Executive Workshops Examine and understand the terms and conditions in a Letter of Credit (LC) Avoid and resolve discrepancies when handling documents called for in a LC Handle special LC Understand specialised areas of LC Understand the uses, mechanics and risks of
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      Lock icon Accounting concerns set to cap US market gains
      474 12 NEWYORK Investors will scrutinise closely quarterly reports to be filed with SEC Bloomberg, AFX Asia US stock market gains over the next six weeks will be limited by wariness of corporate accounting methods in the wake of Enron Corp's collapse, investors say.
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      Lock icon PayPal's IPO springs surprise
      418 12 SAN FRANCISCO NYT AN Internet startup goes public. It is not profitable in fact, it has lost hundreds of millions of dollars to date and faces competition from old economy stalwarts. Yet on the first day of trading, investors go wild, pushing the company's stock up
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      Lock icon Dubai financial centre eyes Middle East, India
      110 13 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Dubai plans to become a financial hub that will rival New York and Tokyo by attracting some of the US$l trillion that Arab and Indian investors hold overseas. United Arab Emirates' officials said. The state, one of seven in the Emirates,
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda gold shipments routed through Dubai
      322 13 It had key role in the group's financial structure: sources LAT-WP [DUBAI] Just as the US and its allies swept towards Afghanistan's main cities last autumn, the ruling Taliban and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network sent waves of couriers with bars of gold and
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      394 12 The Institute MH Singapore (IPRS) has repored more Hull entry Awards as The PRISM Awards, 'Public Relations in the Service of Mankind', is the premium awards aimed at recognising exceltence in PIU SM Awmrtt T^hto public relations. The Awards are conferred to encourage activity in the application of PR techniques
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  • ACCOUNTING under scrutiny
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      Lock icon US firms face profit cut under stock options bill
      455 14 SEATTLE Senate proposal will treat cost of employee stock options as expense Bloomberg MANY large US companies, including Microsoft Corp, Yahoo! Inc and Starbucks Corp, would have their earnings slashed or erased under a Senate bill that would make them count
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      Lock icon Lay sold Enron shares after warning: report
      197 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Former Enron Corp chairman Kenneth Lay sold US$lOO million in company stock last year, including a large portion sold back to Enron after an employee warned him about an accounting debacle, a newspaper reported last Saturday. Mr Lay disclosed die sales
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      Lock icon Shareholder lawsuit act under review
      279 14 WASHINGTON Critics say the act protects accounting firms from liability Reuters, Bloomberg IN the wake of shareholder losses over Enron Corp's collapse, members of Congress are reviewing a law that critics said protects accounting firms from liability in shareholder lawsuits. Congress passed the Private Securities
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      Lock icon Enron disguised loans as hedges: report
      254 14 NEW YORK Reuters COLLAPSED energy giant Enron Corp disguised loans as financial hedges to hide its debts and mask its deteriorating financial condition, the New York Times reported yesterday quoting accountants and industry analysts. Apart from hiding debt in partnerships, Enron also listed loans
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      402 14 The economic fallout which followed the 911 event has led managers of corporate Asia to rethink the entire Mr. DEREK SANDISON process of corporate management. Bevond survival r e basics like costs cuts and downsizing, corporate As,a Sandlso "> B Sc ,s <"?«'« "> he have started to search out
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  • BIZIT
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      821 15  -  BTfsVMHUWJi target is to make all transactions and enquiries available online over the next 3 years, Assistant general manager for computer services Gob Teck Soon tells tamo wemo fai TANG WENG FAI iI N AN effort to streamline its operations, Singapore's CPFB (Central Provident Fund Board) plans
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      698 16  -  Telcos will need to place their bets on either owning the customer or the infrastructure. Resources are too scarce to do both, says a Cap Gemini study By Raju Chellam TELCOS and technology firms will face a difficult business paradox this
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      218 16 Bloomberg [REDWOOD CITY, California] Cisco Systems Inc's leading share of revenue from high-speed Internet traffic routers increased in Q4 to a six-quarter high, while Juniper Networks Inc's No 2 share sank to its lowest level, a research firm said. Cisco's
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      249 16 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] Venture capitalists sold their investments to other companies through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in record numbers last year instead of taking them public through IPOs as the value of those deals plummeted, according to figures released on Wednesday. In
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      279 16 Bloomberg [MURRAY HILL. New Jersey] Lucent Technologies Inc, the biggest US maker of phone equipment, plans to expand its seven-member board, bringing the group's size closer to the average among large US companies. Lucent never replaced Paul O'Neill, who quit as director after
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      176 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Nortel Networks Corp, the second-big-gest North American maker of phone equipment, said customers bought less gear than expected in the past month, raising investor doubt that demand will recover anytime soon. Nortel CEO Frank Dunn said meeting the company's forecast for
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      400 16  -  This includes adding 75 more people to its 100-strong S'pore staff By Leo Kee Chye HOMEGROWN System Access Pte Ltd, which provides software solutions to the banking industry, plans to add 150 employees to its current 350-strong workforce worldwide. This includes hiring an
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      813 17  -  INFOTECH The Jockeying lor a piece of the promising Web services market to on to earnest kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor BILL Gates couldn't resist the dig. Talking last week to Windows developers about the just-formed Web Services Interoperability Organisation (WS-I),
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      363 17 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft Corp said charges that its new Web services development software contained a flaw leaving computers open to hacker attack were "unfounded," but admitted that the intended security feature in question had never been designed as a kind of silver
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      189 17 Dow Jones Newswires [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp will launch its first global .NET ad campaign simultaneously in 10 of the world's largest media markets today. In a press release early Friday, Microsoft said the US$2OO million campaign, dubbed "One Degree of Separation" will focus on
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      837 18  -  LYinr J cook looks at how Neil Franklin found an edge in the dicey telecoms business LYNN J COOK GET close to your customer? Neil Franklin, the founder and CEO of Dataworkforce, a high-tech placement company that's based in London, gets his inside information by
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      346 18 Bloomberg [HOPKINTON, Massachusetts] EMC Corp, the largest maker of data storage systems, disputed allegations by a former executive that it improperly recognised revenue and mishandled contracts with partners. Former EMC vice-presi-dent Kenneth Todd Gresham testified in a court deposition that EMC booked revenue
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      461 18  -  It expects Aaa-Pac to contribute up to 15% to worldwide revennes by 2004 By\ Leo Kee Chye US-BASED SGI formerly called Silicon Graphics Inc wants revenues from the Asia-Pacific region outside of Japan to grow 10-fold a year from 3 per cent
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      350 19 Filing not to interrupt the company's phone service Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] Globalstar filed for bankruptcy protection after spending more than US$4 billion to build a satellite phone network that failed to attract enough customers and left it struggling to pay creditors. Globalstar, owned by Globalstar
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      271 19 Reuters [PHILADELPHIA] Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS Group, the No 1 and No 4 US wireless phone companies, respectively, will cut a total of 4,000 jobs as the nation's wireless industry faces a slowdown in subscriber growth after years of frenetic gains. Subscriber growth
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        68 19 HEWLETT-PACKARD'S Configure-to-Order (CTO) facility in Singapore is now ftilly operational and represents "the first milestone and a significant portion of the $70 million investment" to make Unix-based servers, workstations, and storage devices, HP said. The 180,000 sq ft facility offers integration and customisation services to Unix
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        82 19 SINGAPORE-BASED SWsoft Inc, which provides solutions for hosting service providers, has tied up with Macromedia, Miva, Planet Intra and other independent software vendors to offer sales, provisioning, licensing and billing of software in a hosted environment "Similar to Microsoft's .Net programme, our partner programme
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        89 19 SESDAQ-LISTED Trek 2000 International said its subsidiary, Trekstor USA, has tied up with Nasdaq-listed iGo Corp to market Trek's Thumb Drive under iGo's Road Warrior brand. The Thumb Drive is a mobile storage device the size of a car key, and offers storage
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        154 19 EPSON Singapore has unveiled three new printers targeted at home users and small businesses. The details: ♦Stylus C5O: This printer costs $149, offers up to 1,440 by 720 dpi (dots per inch) print resolution, prints up to 8 ppm (pages per minute) in black with 6
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        69 19 SPENDING on e-government initiatives will see the strongest growth in China this year and next compared to four other markets—Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Singapore—according to a report from International Data Corp (IDC). China will see annual growth rates of 40 per cent; Singapore and
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        109 19 UTILISING the services of an ASP benefits an organisation's bottomline, with an average yield of 404 per cent, says a new IDC study. The findings: ♦ASP implementations generated an average five-year ROI (return on investment) 0f404 per cent, and almost half of the organisations polled
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        38 19  -  Compiled bj Raju Chellam A TWO-DAY seminar on "Network and firewall security Asia 2002" will be held from March 5 at the Carlton Hotel. It is organised by Conference World. For details, fax *****61.
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      605 19  -  Finns here hate great products, yet, none has become a Microsoft. What's missing? Joshua Koh The writer is chairman and co-founder, Transcend eßusiness Pte Ltd SINGAPORE has won many endorsements and accolades in its bid to lead in the digital age. The Republic
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      523 20  -  This could boost campaign for more antitrust santions against Microsoft By Tim Dobbyn Reuters [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp will have to supply the computer code for its Windows program to a group of states seeking stiffer antitrust sanctions against the software giant, a
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      459 20 'Digital products' tax discriminatory: US high-tech sector AFP [WASHINGTON] A new transatlantic trade skirmish is brewing over a European Union plan to require retailers to collect value added taxes (VAT) on online sales to European customers. EU finance ministers last week approved
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      304 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Jitters about IBM's latest quarterly results sent tremors through Wall Street on Friday as investors wary of corporate accounting issues questioned how IBM beat earnings expectations. Its stock slumped US$5 to U*****.89, dragging on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell
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      Lock icon HP fight turns nasty as Compaq deal vote nears
      572 20  -  By Ariana Eunjung Cha LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] For three months, the fight between Carly Fiorina and Walter Hewlett remained cordial and cool. Ms Fiorina, HewlettPackard's CEO, and board member Hewlett, the eldest son of company co-founder Bill Hewlett, had sparred since
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      511 20  -  By Jan M Rosen NYT [NEW YORK] More than half the US population now has Internet access, but many fear taking the plunge into tax preparation, lest they botch the return, inviting trouble with the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). The
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      389 20 AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] The Enron scandal is sending ripples across Silicon Valley, where fast-moving companies and dotcoms worked the edges of lawful accounting practices. Computer graphics chip maker Nvidia was the latest victim of the so-called "Enronitis". Its stock price tumbled late last week
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      872 21  -  Which company made Windows crashproof? Hint: It isn't Microsoft Bi Daniel Lyons THE Windows operating system runs almost every PC in the world and has made Microsoft the richest and most feared company in the computer industry. But its übiquitous software crashes all too often, and early releases
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        Lock icon HP's pocket keyboard for handhelds
        42 21 HEWLETT-PACKARD Company has unveiled its pocket keyboard (right) for use with its Jornada 560 series Pocket PCs. The keyboard costs $149, allows thumb-typing and provides an alternative to input using a stylus pen. For details, visit www.hp.com.sg.
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        53 21 SYMANTEC Corp has introduced its Antivirus version 2.5 for Lotus Notes and Domino databases. "It scans and repairs file attachments and embedded OLE objects in Notes' mail messages and database documents," Symantec said. The version, which runs on Win 2000/NT2OOO/NT, costs $52.40 per licence. For
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        42 21 NEC Singapore has unveiled its brightest VT series projector yet. The VT6SO costs $7,045, weighs 3.9 kg, offers 1,500 lumens' brightness at UXGA (1,600 by 1,200 pixel) resolution, and comes with a built-in speaker. For details, fax *****88.
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        41 21 COMPAQ Computer has introduced its ProLiant BL e-Class "blade" (card-size) servers. These are ultra-dense servers which can pack 280 "blades" on a standard 42U rack space. Prices for each blade start at U551,799. For details, call 1800-*****11.
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        86 21  -  Compiled by Leo Kee Chye FUJI Xerox Singapore has introduced two multifunction machines—called Document Centres (DCs) which combine photocopying, printing, scanning and faxing—into a single system. TTie DC 235 and DC 285 scan at 50 impressions a minute, print in monochrome, and come with iFax faxing
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        469 22  -  Asia-Pacific handphone sales are expected to double to more than 400 m by 2004, Outpacing the rest of the world in both growth and volume, reports chua hoi nor CHUA HUI MIN CREDIT card giant MasterCard International said it will focus on online services,
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        572 22  -  From Andrew Marks rn New York TWO years ago, Nasdaq's chairman Frank Zarb outlined a global vision for his exchange: it would be the world's first truly global stock market, digital and Internet-accessible, open to anyone, anywhere, anytime. The plan called for Nasdaq to
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        427 22  -  Hie Finnish giant wants to raise its global marketshare from 37% to 40% over the long term By Chen Huifen MOBILE phone giant Nokia Oyj plans to launch 20 new handphone models worldwide by HI this year. The Finnish firm also wants
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      55 15 TOP STORIES Telcos and tech firms face business paradox this year Pg2 SGI aiming for 10-fold annual growth from region P|4 -J—J Marathon Technologies: making Windows crashproof P*7 MasterCard to focus on wireless solutions P*B COMMENTARIES Kenneth James Making peace while engaging in battle P*3 Joshua Koh: Startups should form
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      295 23 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young ALTHOUGH the market was very active during last week, surprisingly there have been few sales reported. Activity was restricted to the dry bulk market. With the onset of various holidays, including the Chinese New Year, we would expect this lack of sales to
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      271 23 SOX *000 Ml HI CWT Matribution 0.62 unch 117 Chuan Hup 0.41 unch 319 Catca investment—0.24 unch 71 Freight LMl 0.07 unch 271 OSHoMngs. 0.55 unch 11 IMC HoMngt-HK 5.60 unch 0 JayaHokftngs 0.20 uncti 369 Kappa* Marine 0.21 -O.OI 404 KeppelTele 109 unch 387 Lattroy Marin* 0.31
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      587 23  -  Swift response to customers is the new key word: NOL Group MD Jacobs By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] APL's management shake-up places greater emphasis on regional operations and taps into the company's in-house talent, says boss Flemming Jacobs. Announced on Friday, the major re shuffle
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      119 23 Reuters [OTTAWA] A Canadian warship deployed as part of the US-led war in Afghanistan has intercepted and destroyed a two-tonne drug shipment in the Arabian Sea worth more than Cs4o million (5545.8 million), officials said. They said the HMCS Toronto was conducting a patrol off the
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      Lock icon PSA's Tuticorin venture posts 35% growth in '01
      304 23  -  Goon Kok Loon attributes results to technological advancements Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's terminal venture at India's Tuticorin achieved robust 35 per cent growth in 2001, handling 203,000 TEUs largely due to tight turnaround times. PSA's deputy group president, international. Goon Kok
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      Lock icon Rough seas delay NZ bid to free stricken cargo ship
      328 23 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Rough seas and high winds have prevented a fresh attempt to free a Korean vessel grounded off New Zealand's east coast, a maritime official said. The Panama-registered Jody F Millennium ran aground more than a week ago, spilling
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      Lock icon P&O Princess shareholders defer vote on Caribbean bid
      341 23 They want to wait till regulators role on both rival bids NYT [LONDON] Deferring a decision on two competing bids until antitrust regulators have ruled on both, shareholders of P&O Princess Cruises voted on Friday to adjourn a meeting scheduled to approve
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        683 24  -  UEEE SCENE By David Hughes CHANGE is in the air in the conference world, particularly in Europe and the Atlantic. Transatlantic Conference Agreement (Taca) head Olav Rakkenes has confirmed that he is to step down from the post he has held
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        228 33 February 18 US: Washington's Birthday February 23 Singapore. Hari Ray a Haji Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji Brunei: Hari Raya Haji Indonesia: Hari Raya Haji February 28 Taiwan: Memorial Day Mareh 10 Malaysia: Islamic New Year (Awal Muharram) Brunei: Islamic New Year (Awal Muharram) Indonesip: Islamic New Year (Awal
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        782 33 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        343 34 Resumption of code-sharing with Air France, Delta Air to add 60b won Reuters [SEOUL] Korean Air Lines expects the soccer World Cup finals to help boost its revenues this year by 270 billion won (***** million), the South
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        490 34 Tesna-led group reaches agreement to lease Ansett's Sydney terminal AFP [SYDNEY] The consortium trying to revive Australian airline Ansett removed a major stumbling block when it reached an agreement to re-occupy the insolvent carrier's airport terminal in Sydney. Tesna Holdings Ltd, set up by
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        188 34 Bloomberg [DOHA] Qatar Airways will push ahead with its purchase of two Airbus SAS A3BO super jumbo aircraft to expand its fleet to meet rising demand for air travel in the Middle East, said an adviser to the airline. Qatar Airways
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        Lock icon SAA to spend up to US$1.5b on new aircraft
        530 34 Reuters [JOHANNESBURG] South African Airways (SAA), Africa's largest air carrier, sfiys it plans to spend up to US$l.5 billion on new aircraft to upgrade its ageing long-haul fleet. Chief financial officer Richard Forson told reporters late last week that SAA was
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        264 34 Pilots' association voices concern over poor ran way light systems AP [ROME] Days after a nearcollision at Rome's main airport, the government strongly denied criticism of runway safety and insisted that landing and taking off from Italy is completely safe. Safety concerns were
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          86 34 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines, the second-largest airline, sold 24 Boeing 727-200S to Pan American Airways Corp for an undisclosed amount as part of a plan to remove some of the oldest planes from its fleet. Pan American will add about 15
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          64 34 AP (PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten] Dutch Caribbean Express airline said it was discounting fares up to 25 per cent on routes within the Netherlands Antilles, as well as to Miami, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and the Dominican Republic. "We're trying to give our customers the opportunity of
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          71 34 Dow Jones Newswires [COLOMBO] National carrier SriLankan Airlines will begin a weekly freighter service to Karachi, Pakistan, in a bid to help local exporters. An airline statement said the freighter, an Antonov ANI2 with capacity of 13 tonnes, will carry consignments of betel leaves to
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          Lock icon Amphibious passenger planes
          103 34 Xinhua [MOSCOW] The Aircraft Building Association in Russia's Far East city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur will start serial production of Be-103 amphibious planes in May 2002, Russian media reported on Friday. It took seven years to develop the airliner, the first civil aircraft in the association's history. Forward samples
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