The Business Times, 16 December 2002

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    16 1 MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85* THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internal 1 h:ip://business-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002
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    67 1 STOCK MAKKET INDICES Week Change ST! 1*7.48 .+1.84 S5MSCI FITURE_167.10 -*90 KLSECOMP ***** +1188 NIKKEI 8516.07 447.19 HANG SENG 9728.43 -24S.32 SET INDEX ***** -8l89 JAKARTA COMP_***** 4M MANILA 1030.18 -L57 TAIPEI WPI 4588.14 -150.84 SEOUL COMP 708.13 -9.96 SHENZHEN B ***** +023 AUST ALL ORD_2>4120 -4950 DOW
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    64 1 FOREX RATES US$ SI I'SS (SS per l!S$) 1.758 £(US$/S$ per 1.581 1780 EURO(US$/S$/E). 1.021 1794 YEN 122.8 69.70 RM 3.800 1162 HK$ 7.799 4.436 BAHT 43.30 24.63 RIT1AH H,875 5,049 PUME SITES SINGAPORE* 5i5 KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONO KONG 5 000 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 1500 TOKYO 1.375 SEOUL
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    Lock icon ST Telemedia bags Indosat with $1 bid
    590 1  -  S'pore group beats Telekom Malaysia with 50% premium for 42% stake From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia yesterday beat rival contender Telekom Malaysia to clinch a 42 per cent stake in Indonesia's second-largest telecommunications operator PT Indonesian Satellite Corp (Indosat), making
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    Lock icon Outsider Nakahara tipped to succeed Hayami in March
    657 1  -  New BOJ chief may usher in radical policy changes Fron Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is expected to name a new governor of the Bank of Japan next month to succeed Masaru Hayami, whose five-year term ends in
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    Lock icon LTA considering leasing Keppel Bay Tower for new HQ: sources
    517 1  -  BTIsVmiUL'/J By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The recently-completed Keppel Bay Tower near the World Trade Centre could well be the new headquarters for the Land Transport Authority (LTA), say sources. LTA, which was in the limelight a few months ago when
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    Lock icon Oei tells NatSteel why it can pay dividend of $1.55 a share
    918 1  -  He also proposes deferring his dividend to deal with Nat Steel's hanking concerns By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel major shareholder Oei Hong Leong last night silenced any doubters who thought he would have by now run
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      Lock icon IT industry tops S'pore M&A activity in H2
      410 2  -  Manufacturing sector edged oat after Indosat deal By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] ST Telemedia's victory in the bid for PT Indosat has catapulted the information technology sector into the lead in Singapore's mergers and acquisitions deals for the second half of 2002. According
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      Lock icon HDB eases rule for courting couples
      303 2 They won't have to pay $5,000 when applying for flat; staggered downpayment plan extended too [SINGAPORE] Starting today, courting couples no longer need to pay a registration deposit of $5,000 when applying for an HDB flat. The Housing Development Board also said it was
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      Lock icon S'pore's expected 2003 pay hikes among the best
      553 2  -  EYE Only China and India are expected to do better among the 17 nations polled By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singapore employees are expected to enjoy some of the highest pay increases net of inflation next year among rich countries polled by
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      306 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 13 VALUf CLOSE BTO&OS -467.00 -156.00 IT CAM -*****.00 -60.00 ■T *****.00 -47.00 355.95 -2.67 SSCMttwBtt 121.51 -0.08 1209.81 -16.74 SGEwrttesPro* 325.61 -2.51 MSaSfacapof* 168.26 -1.83 SMSCI Futures 167.10 -2.40 Slocks Volume Chart SemiCond 26c *****3.000 Semrtech 5c 63.797:000 Oatacraft 10c *****,000 SingTel 15c 48.M0!000 PaofScCerturylOc
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      Lock icon Noble Group has good numbers but suffers from poor coverage
      276 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By R Sivanithy HOW many companies listed here can boast interim turnover of more than US$l billion and a return on equity of 20 per cent? How many such firms are there whose shares are not covered
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      Lock icon Prospect of year-end rally not good
      845 4 STOCKS WHAT are the chances of a year-end rally to lift some of the gloom from the local stock market? Round about this time, traders start to wonder whether the "Capricorn effect" will make its presence felt, that inexplicable push during the final weeks
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      Lock icon Most Asian units rally on global wave of US$ selling
      641 4 AFP [HONG KONG] Most regional currencies rose against the greenback last year on speculation that the new economic team in Washington would readjust US monetary policy and amid a global wave of US dollar selling. Japanese yen: The yen raUied
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      107 4 ♦DRAGON Land will hold Its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Wednesday at 10.30 am, 31 Tannery Lane, #08-01 Dragon Land Building. ♦HUP Seng Huat will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) on Dec 19 at 2.30pm, 365 A Jalan Besar. ♦COSCO Investment (Singapore) will hold its EGM on
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2866 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Friday's prices were not available due to a tec Mcd problem. Prices Mow are as at Dec 12. 1 T T i m t 71' Commmnbmk Asset Mot AJylSlALdQUHHHiiil com Global Finance k3e* Fd 0.719/ ABN Am Asset Mgt (Vpore) Com Global Lifestyle Index Fd 0 84V
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Will Genting CEO bet right too?
      653 5  -  HOCK eddie toh INVESTORS did not lose any sleep when Malaysia's sole casino owner Lim Goh Tong stepped down to make way for his second son last month. In fact, share prices of Genting Berhad and Resorts World Berhad have been inching up following
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      Lock icon Centrepoint clears off 80% of land stock
      824 5  -  BTIJ'miUWJ CEO says company can sell some 1,000 mostly lower-end homes next year By Vince Chong CENTREPOINT Properties has used up some 80 per cent of its land stock in recent sales, but chief executive Jeffrey Heng believes that in the current economic
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      Lock icon Investment sales of property down 20%
      725 6  -  BTiamilL-UHJ Fall to $4.42b in line with weak market; CBRE puts 2003 sales at $4-5b By Kalpana Rashiwala investment sales ot property so far this year has hit about $4.42 billion, onefifth below last year's $5.46 billion, latest figures from property consultant CB Richard
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      Lock icon New govt scheme to promote harmony
      221 6  -  $500,000 available to non-govt and non-profit bodies Bl Siow Li Sen THE government is launching a scheme to encourage non-government and nonprofit organisations to promote community bonding and social harmony. Called the Community Harmony Grants scheme, it will be introduced by the Ministry of
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      Lock icon Cab bookings peak from 10 pm-midnight
      149 6  -  MAILISETn Priscilla Chan Head, Corporate Affairs, City Cab Pte Ltd I REFER to the letter "Cab drivers' midnight conspiracy" by Cheng Shing Chow (Mailbag, Dec 11). The availability of taxis is closely tied to demand and supply. Our statistics show that 10 pm to
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      Lock icon Tenaga may bid for Aussie power firm Loy Yang
      356 7 KUALA LUMPUR The Victoria utility operates a 2,000 MW power plant and coal mine Bloomberg TENAGA Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's largest power producer, said it may bid for Loy Yang Power, Australia's largest privately owned electricity company. "We are looking at the
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        Lock icon Ibra nets 47.2t rupiah revenue
        116 7 Xinhua [JAKARTA] The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said it had collected 47.2 trUlion rupiah (559.3 billion) in revenue as of early December from its sales of assets, exceeding the full-year target. The Jakarta Post reported on Saturday. Ibra chairman Syafruddin Temmenggung confirmed the figures
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        Lock icon BJP wins elections in Gujarat
        101 7 AFP [AHMEDABAD, India] India's ruling BJP yesterday won in state assembly elections in the state of Gujarat where more than 1,000 people mostly Muslims died in sectarian violence earlier this year. Despite opinion and exit polls which had predicted a photo finish between the BJP
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        Lock icon Bashir turns deal ear to questioning
        112 7 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir is refusing to be interrogated after finally being hauled into the country's police headquarters following almost two months' detention in hospitals, his lawyer said on Saturday. Muhammad Assegaf confirmed Bashir was transferred from Jakarta police hospital
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        Lock icon Field survey for 3-country highway
        77 7 OANA/Xinhua [YANGON] A field survey of a highway network linking Myanmar, India and Thailand will start next February, according to a decision of a trilateral meeting here of the three countries, the Myanmar Times reported yesterday. The meeting also agreed to add another transport link,
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        Lock icon Maids in HK protest wage cuts
        61 7 Reuters [HONG KONG] Over 1,000 foreign maids took to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday, protesting against proposals to cut their wages to help the territory ride out an economic downturn. Various local political parties have said the HK53,670 (SsB2s) minimum monthly wage of
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      Lock icon Guangdong to overtake Taiwan in trade volume
      164 7 U BEIJING AFP CHINA'S booming southern province of Guangdong is poised to overtake Taiwan in terms of foreign trade volume, state press said on Saturday. The China News Service reported Guangdong's exports would surpass US$lOO biUion in the first 11 months of the
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      Lock icon Indonesia-themed mutual funds jump to the top in Nov
      250 7 HONGKONG Reuters MUTUAL funds investing in Indonesia reversed their fortunes and emerged as Asia's best performers in November, after sinking to the bottom a month earlier, latest data show. Indonesia-themed mutual funds delivered 7.6 per cent month-on-month return to investors in
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      Lock icon China racks up record bond sales of US$106b
      396 7 BEIJING Funds used mainly for projects that help economy grow Bloomberg CHINA'S government sold a record US$lO6 billion of bonds this year to pay for roads, bridges and other projects that fuelled the fastest growth of any major economy. Bond sales to
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      Lock icon Dealing with the threat of China's rapid growth
      605 8  -  Singapore among nations that ran meet challenge: Stanchart report Loh Hui Yin (SINGAPORE) South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand look well placed to handle the economic threat from China. Others such as Singapore, Hong Kong, India and Taiwan are in a lighter situation
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      Lock icon Sky's the limit for S'pore Inc in China
      745 9  -  Recent civil aviation pact offers S'pore a gateway to countless investment opportunities in the Chinese airline industry, says Lob Hoi Yin Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE companies have ventured into all manner of business in China from small-sized investments like F&B to big
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      Lock icon PSA to extend use of IT platform in Dalian
      444 9  -  Its Portnet system will be used to link ports and logistics facilities By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] An IT platform developed by PSA Corp for internal use has proven so effective that it will be used to link other ports and
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    Lock icon Oil up on Venezuela crisis, Opec cut
    957 10 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP (LONDON] Oil prices swung higher again last week as a strike crippled Venezuelan exports and the Opec oil cartel agreed to curb output, while the shadow of Iraq loomed large over the market. A weaker US dollar drove gold
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      Lock icon University of Michigan shares a confidence – for a fee
      361 11 University of Michigan shares a confidence for a fee CHICAGO Bloomberg FOR U554,650 a year, the University of Michigan will tip you to a number that moves stock and bond markets. That's what the university charges J P Morgan Chase Co, ÜBS AG and 100 other firms to listen to
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        Lock icon Thus to bid for Cable & Wireless?
        88 11 Thus to bid for Cable Wireless? Bloomberg [LONDON] Cable Wireless pic may get a £1.5 billion (554.2 billion) break-up bid from Scottish Internet service provider Thus pic and private-equity firms, the Observer said. Thus wants to buy Cable Wireless's former Mercury telephone network in the UK, the report said. The
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        Lock icon Dow Chemical fires CEO Parker
        75 11 Bloomberg [MIDLAND, Michigan] Dow Chemical Co fired CEO Michael D Parker and replaced him with chairman William S Stavropoulos after earnings slid at the largest US chemical maker. Dow said it ousted Mr Parker after two years as CEO because of "disappointing financial performance". Quarterly
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        Lock icon New York braces for transport strike
        84 11 AFP [NEW YORK] Millions of New York commuters were girding themselves yesterday for a transport strike that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars and plunge the city into chaos. Contractual negotiations between the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
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        Lock icon Demonstrations against Hugo Chavez
        66 11 AFP ILARACAS] Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Caracas on Saturday to demand that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez quit, and show support for a 13-day-old general strike that paralysed the oil sector. The crowd massed along two km of a four-lane highway
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        Lock icon Ship's cargo of luxury cars written off
        113 11 AFP [DUNKIRK, France] Nearly 3,000 new luxury cars worth between 25 million euros (5544.7 million) and 31 million euros that went down aboard the Norwegian ship Tricolor in the English Channel are probably unrecoverable, their owners said yesterday. "I think we must consider
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      Lock icon Coca-Cola to stop earnings forecasts
      420 11 m ATLANTA It follows the lead of its largest shareholder, Warren Bnffett Bloomberg COCA-COLA Co. the world's largest soft-drink maker, will stop making earnings forecasts after this quarter, following the lead of its largest shareholder, billionaire Warren Buffet! Focusing on profit targets is a distraction
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      Lock icon Tokyo shouldn't interfere in forex markets: Takenaka
      357 11 TOKYO Reuters, Bloomberg JAPANESE Economics Minister Heizo Takenaka said yesterday the government should not intervene in the foreign exchange markets to weaken the yen as part of its measures to boost the flagging economy. Speaking on a Japanese television programme, Mr Takenaka said
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      Lock icon Iraqi opposition plans post-Saddam set-up
      442 12  -  The London meeting indicates US, UK and allies are set to oast current regime From Neil Behrmann in London AN Iraqi opposition meeting in London indicates that the US, UK and allies are determined to oust President Saddam Hussein. The meeting takes place at a
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      Lock icon Tribune's 2 papers win appeal for Internet libel suit
      373 12 RICHMOND, Virginia Bloomberg US newspapers scored a legal victory when an appeals court limited the locations where they may be sued for libel over stories posted on the Internet. Two Connecticut newspapers, Tribune Co's Hartford Courant and New Haven Advocate, a
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      Lock icon Argentina defaults on World Bank debt
      214 12 BUENOS AIRES AFP ARGENTINIAN President Eduardo Duhalde on Saturday made good on his threat to withhold multi lateral loan repayments without an IMF bail-out as Argentina missed a World Bank deadline. "It's a difficult situation," Mr Duhalde said on local radio, as Argentina defaulted
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      Lock icon Japan's gloom is only on paper, say some analysts
      328 13 TOKYO Firms are booming, investment is np and living standards better AFP BEHIND the daily headlines that scream doom, gloom and crisis, Japan is actually doing quite well. Many firms are booming, investment abroad has soared and living standards are better
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      Lock icon It's lift-off for Buildfolio
      777 14  -  BTiamiUWJ Former finance minister Richard Hu predicts 'a great future' for it but the software startup is determined to stay prudent and focused, its principals tell Kenneth James Kenneth James mAPPING a rich vein of opportunity in mobile wireless technology. Sinea- 1 pore-founded Silicon Valley startup
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      473 14  -  Latest Techtel Demand Index showed significant drop in Q3 2002 From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley SPOOKED by a possible US war in the Middle East, US companies are putting off plans to buy new IT equipment, according to the latest data
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      782 15  -  INFOTECH The Republic may want to focus on integrating arteting to boost efficiencies and cut waste for businesses worldwide lee han shih The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent. QUESTION: What do nine out of the 10 richest individuals in the US
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        63 15 SEARCH engine Google has launched four new country-specific domains, including Singapore (at www.google.com.sg). The other three are Finland, Greece and the United Arab Emirates. The company said it now offers search tools in 86 interface languages and a beta tool that enables users to translate text
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        66 15 IBM Singapore has appointed four Singapore-based ISVs (independent software vendors) to IBM's Alliance Lite, aimed at SMEs. The ISVs are: Peridot Health Systems Pte Ltd (focus on healthcare), KOO Prime Pte Ltd (focus on life sciences), WhiteStone Technology (focus on call centres), and Litespeed Education Pte
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        73 15 ABACUS International has formed three regional operations groups to maintain performance standards across its markets. The group heads will report to Abacus' president and CEO, Don Birch: Patrick Lai will be vice-president and head regional operations in North Asia; Kenneth Low will be vice-president and head
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        61 15 ABACUS International has unveiled its latest version of FareX, a net fares management and distribution solution. "It is currently used by 71 airlines sales locations, and 20 wholesalers across the Asia-Pacific," Abacus said. "FareX provides a fully integrated Cares solution that is connected to a suite
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        59 15 CITIBANK has added 42 US merchants to its Citibank Privileges programme at www.citibank.com.sg. The portal offers a one-stop-shop for Citibank card holders. "Singapore was an ideal market to launch Citibank privileges because our research showed that 75 per cent of regular Internet users here had tried online
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        63 15 LINKSYS (Asia), which provides wireless and broadband networking solutions, has appointed Digiland International as its key distributor in the Asia-Pacific region. The two companies signed a US$10 million distribution agreement covering 10 countries in the region. Under the deal, Digiland will integrate and distribute Linksys' networking products
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        36 15  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam US-BASED Agere Systems Inc has appointed John Docherty as vice-president of its front-end operations, based in Singapore. Mr Docherty was previously senior vice-president of manufacturing operations at Chartered Semiconductor.
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      233 15 LAT-WP (EL SEGUNDO, California] Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) on Friday announced plans to acquire DynCorp in a US$677 million deal aimed at expanding its ability to benefit from the US federal government's fight against terrorism. In acquiring DynCorp, a private company that provides information and
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      580 16  -  The price of a single customer can be offset by the myriad services bought and treasured raghav sahgal The writer is CSG Systems' managing director for the Asia-Pacific. IN the current economic gloom, Arpu (average revenue per user) is giving way to
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      459 16 Raling follows complaint of illegal subsidies by the S Korean govt Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Imports from Hynix Semiconductor Inc and other South Korean chipmakers threaten to hurt Micron Technology Inc, the US International Trade Commission said in a ruling that may lead to
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      182 16 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] The worldwide semicon industry inched up slightly in 2002 on sales of memory chips following a nearly one-third drop in revenue in 2001, according to preliminary statistics from Dataquest, a unit of Gartner Inc. Global revenue for chips, the brains
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        81 16 FUJI Xerox Singapore has launched two high-speed digital copiers (Document Centres) DC 490 and 405 targeted at large corpora tes and government agencies. "These systems can be modularly upgraded to networked multi-function (MF) systems that print scan and copy," the company said. "They come with
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        72 16 US-BASED Sybase Inc has announced a set of free online resources to help companies achieve "information liquidity, or the efficient transformation of enterprise data into economic value," Sybase said. "The website is in partnership with and available on Forbes.com and features an interactive Sybase Information Liquidity
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        63 16 US-BASED Veritas Software Corp is now shipping Veritas Storage Reporter, a storage resource management tool that provides a more detailed view into enterprise storage usage. "This product gives IT managers more control over storage management and its associated costs, including the ability to 'charge back* individual departments
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        110 16  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam PIONEER Electronics Asia launched its new home theatre system the HTZIOOODVD. "This is the world's first all-in-one system that includes a universal DVD player compatible with DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and multi-channel Super Audio CD (SACD)," Pioneer said. "It can also play DVD-R/RW discs
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      445 17  -  It has a 43% market share in the wireless space, and a 41% share in the fixed-line telco services segment By Serena Ng CHINA was the biggest revenue earner in both fixed telecom services and wireless services in the Asia-Pacific outside of Japan in
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      276 17 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Yahoo Inc, for which subscription services are a key to the future, will end 2002 with more subscribers than it expected and is on track for industrydefying ad sales growth in 2003, its CEO said. Terry Semel told investors at
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      442 17  -  Wireless hot spots a boon for business people on the move By Bob Keefe NYT [ENCINITAS, California] It's 3:3opm on a Monday and printing company supplier Bill Volk is hard at work, emailing customers, checking print-proofs on his company's website, taking*time occasionally
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      505 17  -  Some pouters on bringing the right set home By Robert S Anthony The writer is a syndicated computer columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg [NEW YORK] You've no doubt moved way beyond black-and-white TV sets with knobs, dials and tinnysounding speakers.
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      591 18  -  Its Digital Desktop Initiative has realised annual savings of up to USs2om, reports Tang Weng Pal Tang Weng Fai CITIBANK'S efforts at internal efficiency in the Asia-Pacific has shaved as much as 5-6 per cent off its cost base in the region, resulting in annual savings of
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      538 19  -  It fears banning older tankers from European waters will posh them into Asia, Australia By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] gloved by fears that older singlehulled tankers will shift from Europe to its waters, Australia has announced it will immediately begin inspecting
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      232 19 AP [MOGADISHU. Somalia] A disgruntled crew member of boat docked in a Somali port shot and killed the vessel's captain and three other crew members, all of whom were from neighbouring Kenya. The attacker, an Ethiopian, opened fire on the victims all four of
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      280 19 Reuters [MADRID] A submarine crew has patched one of the holes in the shattered hull of the sunken oil tanker Prestige off Spain to try to stop more fuel oil leaking from the vessel, the Spanish government said. Deputy Prime Minister Mariano
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      226 19 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States has proposed tightening up visa procedures for sailors and air crews, abolishing a fasttrack system which set less stringent requirements, the Federal Register said. "In light of the security concerns resulting from the events of Sept 11,
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        117 19 AFP [VILNIUS] A Panama-registered tanker, the Princess Pia, carrying 50,000 tons of fuel oil ran aground in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, the port's harbourmaster told AFP last Thursday. "When making a turn the ship went out of control for an unknown reason and ran
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        118 19 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's unlisted STX Shipbuilding Co Ltd has won overseas orders for five oil product tankers and four chemical product carriers for a combined US$25O million, the Yonhap news agency said yesterday. The Korean shipbuilder plans to deliver four 74,100-dwt oil tankers to
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      727 20  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes CAST your minds back almost three years to the immediate aftermath of the Erika sinking and the consequent oil pollution along the French coast. That incident, of course triggered a knee-jerk reaction among European politicians that had
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        545 28 Cabinet set to make a final decision soon on purchase of 60 planes AFP [NEW DELHI] The race between Boeing and Airbus to clinch a deal with state-run Indian Airlines and Air India for a total of 60 planes has heated up
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        278 28 Bloomberg [ARLINGTON, Virginia] US Airways Group Inc's pilots union approved an agreement aimed at cutting costs by US$lOO million, part of the carrier's plan to win a US loan guarantee and emerge from bankruptcy. The Airline Pilots Association's Master Executive
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        568 28 Reuters [SYDNEY] Whipping into shape loss making regional carrier Gulf Air, left reeling after a fatal crash and stung by global aviation turmoil, was never expected to be a quick task. Bolstered by hefty cash injections from its owners, the Gulf Air
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          68 28 AP [BANGKOK] Indian Airlines will start direct flights between Bangkok and thcßuddhist pilgrimage centre of Gaya in eastern India on Dec 18 to serve an increasing number of religious tourists in the region. An Airbus A 320 will fly every Saturday from Bangkok to Gaya
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          55 28 AFP [BRUSSELS] The European Commission has told Greek airline Olympic Airways to repay 194 million euros (***** million) to the Greek government in illegal state aid, transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio said on Wednesday. In Athens, a spokesman for the government said that Greece
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        280 28 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Vietnam Airlines, the country's national carrier, may start flights to Germany and Indonesia as the communist country widens investment and communications links with the rest of the world. "We are now conducting a very serious study," said Duong Tri
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        302 28 AFP [BEIJING] Members of a new Chinese air police force will start work in the first half of next year in a bid to make local flights safer against terrorism and other attacks, state media said on Thursday. The China
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