The Business Times, 22 July 2003

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (PHJ2MK3/2003 I Internet: http://business-times.asial com.sg SINGAPORE TUESDAY, JULY 22. 2003 85C
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  • 560 1  -  Even when STI hit all-time high in 2000, less than half made money By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] It's not what the experts will tell you, but on the strength of current evidence, most Singaporeans seem better off leaving their money
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  • 419 1  -  200 m units traded despite curbs, hat share price plunges By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Interra Resources, which has been the subject of massive speculative activity since it was listed last week on Sesdaq, yesterday collapsed 13 per cent after
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  • 72 1 □«l 1,870.79 (-10.17) «T INDEX FUTURES 1*875.00 (-1.00) SMBSCI FUTURES 104.00 (-0.90) Monday Change K LSE COM P 719.66 >3.14 NIKKEI 225 Closed HANG SENtl _10.102.86 47.98 SET INDEX 487.44 -5.60 JAKARTA COMP-520.91 -4.59 MANILA COMP _l.300.87 +15.88 TAIPEI WPI 5,219.30 -68.08 SEOUL COMP 693.50 5.85 SHENZHEN B 230.19
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  • 78 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ ISS (SS per l.'SS) 1.758 «t(l 'SS/SS per S) 1587 1790 ETRO(TS$/S$/E). 1.126 1.981 YEN 118.5 6740 RM 3.800 1161 HK$ 7.799 4.4:16 BAHT 41.70 23.72 Rl'PIAH 8315 4.729 RENMINBI 8.299 4.720 INDIAN RUPEE 4418 25.19 AS 1546 0.879 N'ZS 1.748 0.994 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE*
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  • 760 1  -  Their assets grow while global wealth dives US$L9t By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] The world's billionaires and millionaires lost US$l.9 trillion (553.3 trillion) in wealth in 2002, but Asia's wealthy bucked the slide with a 5.3 per cent growth in assets to US$l.39 trillion. Where
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    • 901 2  -  angela tan IT'S been more than two years since Singapore saw its five local banks become three. Now, with most of the integration work almost completed, coupled with the attractive bank valuations for potential acquirers, market whispers are
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 93 2 AT a global forum organised by JP Morgan private bank for clients in London last year, it asked parents to respond "true" or "false" to two statements: "1 communicate my estate plans to my children", and "I help my children with their career planning." The parents unanimously
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      • 107 2 BAKER McKenzie.Wong Leow said Paul Elliot has rejoined the firm heading its banking and finance unit and major projects practice. Mr Elliot was previously with the firm in 1999-2000. Before that, he was a partner in the Hong Kong office of Baker McKenzie for
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    • 436 2  -  Andree Halim granted options to bny 55.4% stake in QAFfor $9&2 m By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] Minority shareholders of Singaporelisted food group QAF may be looking at a general offer for their shares at a price of 50 cents a share at
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    • 605 2 LATEST US DATA OJ% rise in the index suggests economy picking np in the second half Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] A key US economic forecasting gauge rose in June for the third consecutive month, suggesting the economy should pick up in
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 250 3  -  By Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE Airlines has given USbased Citigroup Inc and DBS Bank the mandate to arrange up to $1 billion of medium-term bonds for the airline. An SIA spokesman said that the timing and size of the first issue of
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    • 686 3  -  Retrenchment conies on heels of deal with unions on pay cuts, leave By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Airlines is axing 26 pilots and 156 cabin crew the first time in its 56-year history that it has axed pilots. The move comes just weeks after the
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    • 518 3  -  HK franchise seen as a core subsidiary of DBS Group By' Wong Wei Kong EVEN as it marked the formal completion of the consolidation of its Hong Kong operations, DBS Group Holdings has received the thumbs-up from international credit rating agencies Standard
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 66 3 SIM Lian Group Ltd said its wholly owned subsidiary, Sim Uan Construction Co (Pie) Lid, hat been awarded a $74.7 million contract by the Housing 4 Development Board ft** the building and civil engineering works at Geylang Redevelopment Contract 26. The contract is expected to
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      • 87 3 FUJITSU Asia will develop a Branch Teller Solution for mainboard-listed Hong Leong Finance (HLF) at an estimated cost of $3 million. The project is put of HLF*s corporate strategy to reach customers in a more efficient way. Fujitsu Asia will provide HLF with complete branch
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      • 62 3 WEE Cho Yaw's UOB Radanasin Bank has reported a slight increase in non-performing loans (NPLs), which stood at 1.38 billion baht(SssB million) or 2.75 per cent of its total tending portfolio at the end of June. At the end of March, it was
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    • 293 4  -  It's giving up to 80% off for investments of at least $100,000 By Genevieve Cua ABN Amro yesterday launched a "great Singapore sale" of unit trusts, offering a tiered discount of as much as 80 per cent for investments of at least $100,000.
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    • 513 4  -  PwC says these may have led to an understatement of firm's FYO2 loss By Daniel Buenas SESDAQ-LISTED electronics manufacturing services company Startech Electronics has reported possible "material irregularities" in the affairs of its whollyowned subsidiary, Startech Manufacturing Pte Ltd. In an announcement released late
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    • 324 4  - Osim in the pink of health in first half Sars or no Sars By Daniel Buenas OSIM International which markets and distributes healthy-lifestyle products posted a 64 per cent increase in net profit to $10.8 miUion from $6.6 mUlion last year for its half-year ended June 30. Turnover also rose
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    • 334 4  -  Jnrong Shipyard to design and build 2 container ships for Taiwan line By Beth Jinks IN A coup for Singapore's shipbuilding industry, SembCorp Marine's Jurong Shipyard has clinched a SllO-million deal to design and build two container ships for Taiwan's Wan Hai Lines. The
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    • 325 4  -  By' Tay Shi'an MAINBOARD-LISTED ornamental fish service provider Qian Hu has been awarded the International Headquarters status by the Economic Development Board (EDB). This allows the company to enjoy a concessionary tax rate of 10 per cent on its qualifying income for a period
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    • 448 3 Seminar on Corporate Reporting Update Do you know.... Since 1 January 2003, there have been major changes to the legislations and accounting standards governing corporate accounting in Singapore. The Statement of Accounting Standards (SAS) have now been replaced by Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) and Singapore companies are required by law
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    • 93 4 >*■ &'.i .i v v «-;.>•'•'• 'V MA* ItOSIM INTERNATIONAL LTD Results Announcement For First Half Ended 30 June 2003 $■§1 (these figures have not been audited) 90 Jun*2oo3 30 June 2002 change Turnover $133.5 m $104.8 m +27% Operating profit $13.4 m $8.5 m. +58% Operating margin 10.0% 8.1%
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      293 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jul 21 VALUE CLOSE grow 272.00 -463.00 WOW -*****.00 -187.00 «rm«rm -46io9.oo +28.00 <l«Mlw 423.50 -2.28 »r|i«ii1iil 151.21 1.91 WMInfti 1336.68 -12.09 Mf|rfhifti> 394.55 -2.19 SKQMm 194.00 -0.90 Interna 5c 219,464,000 PCO 20c 104.726.000 Reed Grp 5c 41,127,000 HorizonEduc 5c 36.402,000 L&Mlc 30,960,000 Japan Asia 5c 30,001,000
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    • 270 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT Bi Ven Sreenivasan HAVING surged about 20 per cent from its lows, the market is entering a new phase where broad-based liquidi-ty-driven surges could start giving vyay to more selective stock pickings. This is where fundamentals, especially
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    • 801 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy OPTIMISTS would point out that despite the Straits Times Index having risen 30 per cent in three months, demand still exists for local blue chips as evidenced by the tight trading range shown by the index for most of yesterday's session, before late
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    • 554 6 But signs of rebound in US economy should strengthen greenback in longer term AFP [SINGAPORE] The US dollar eased against the yen yesterday after a survey showed US consumer sentiment was weaker than expected but signs of a rebound in the US economy should
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 514 7  -  The German firm will save 43m euros over seven years under the deal By Raju Chellam GERMANY-BASED Infineon Technologies AG, the world's sixth largest semiconductor company, has signed what could be a mul-ti-million dollar deal to outsource its support operations run on software
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    • 244 7  -  By Daniel Buenas SINGAPORE'S foreign reserves crossed the $150 billion mark in June, according to preliminary statistics released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The foreign reserves rose 7.5 per cent to $152.59 billion in June 2003, from $141.98 billion in June 2002. The bulk
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    • 257 7 DOUGLAS Foo, a young entrepreneur who has bagged several business awards and is known for his Sakae Sushi chain, is taking his food and beverage chain public. Apex-Pal, which operates restaurants, cafes and kiosks, yesterday lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority
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    • 111 7 WORRIED about not finding a place to park at Holland Village? The nightmare is over as a car valet service, which started on July 16, is available from 6pm to lam. The service charges $5 a car for the evening. Usually, one of the
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    • 634 8  -  But developers don't expect sales of existing projects to take nuyor hit By Kalpana Rashiwala THIS year's Hungry Ghost Month, starting next Tuesday (July 29th), is expected to be a quiet period for developer launches not so much because of superstition but
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    • 328 8  -  By Andrea Tan THE Majestic Hotel, which used to house the grand old Majestic Restaurant in Chinatown, will be put up for auction soon. Also up for grabs is the quaint Mount Emily Hotel in the Mount Sinai area. BT understands that
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  • FOCUS property
    • 822 9  -  Listing of Cheung Kong trust a boost to S'pore but there may be other implications, says Kilpuna Rashlwala Kalpana Rashiwala CHEUNG Kong's proposed listing of its Fortune Reit on the Singapore bourse is a feather in the cap for the nascent Reits
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    • 414 9 But property consultant says decline should taper off by HI next year Reuters [HONG KONG] Prime office rents in Hong Kong's Central business district are poised to fall another 20 per cent in the next 12 months but should stabilise next year
      Reuters; AFP  -  414 words
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 634 10  -  mSSSISSjjMnSm OPINION shada islam FRENCH President Jacques Chirac's call on Bastille Day for a temporary softening of the eurozone stability pact has set the scene for another revolution although this time around, if s currencies, rather than heads, that look set to fall Meeting in
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    • 129 10 There is no place in China where you could stop traffic or stop ordinary business activity the way people did there. It shows that we don't really enjoy human rights.' a 24-year-oldfrom Guangzhou, on the meaning of the protests in Hong Kong. 'Big Brother presents rather ignorant
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    • 633 10 EDITORIAL BEIJING has given its unequivocal support to its hand-picked Hong Kong Chief Executive, Tung Chee-hwa, to serve out the remaining four years of his second five-year term. The embattled Mr Tung has also affirmed that he wants to see through his term, vowing to ride
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    • 1207 10  -  Macau's first Las Vegas-style casino will open by next March. Bnt reigning gambling king Stanley Ho is unfazed By William M Bloomberg AT 81, Asian casino billionaire Stanley Ho makes few concessions to age. The father of 17 children the youngest of them
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    • 317 10 MAIU.TTH The Management Corporation People's Park Complex, Singapore WE refer to the letter "Rise in People's Park Complex fee" by W K Wong (Mailbag, July 2). The letter contains many misleading statements that need clarification. At the annual general meeting on June 28, the various
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    • 150 10  -  Tan Chui Leng (Mrs) Deputy Director, Investment Schemes Central Provident Fund Board WE refer to the letter "Poor returns from funds" wherein Leong Sze Hian (BT, July 17) asked how investors have fared on a cumulative basis under the CPF Investment Scheme-Ordinary
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 519 11  -  FDI is falling and capital is fleeing to China which has upstaged Taiwan in manufacturing From] Macahe Keliher in Taipei WITH foreign investment decreasing rapidly and domestic capital fleeing to China, Taiwan's economy is at a turning point at which it needs to remake itself
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    • 438 11 BANGKOK Lower funding costs boost earnings but loans powth is weak Bloomberg BANGKOK Bank Pel, Thailand's largest lender, and rival Kasikornbank Pel said second-quarter profit surged on a decline in funding costs and gains on bond holdings. Net income at Bangkok
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    • 253 11 JAKARTA Transaction could be worth around US$25O-USs3oom Reuters INDONESIA'S second-larg-est phone firm, PT Indosat, said yesterday it expects to strike a deal to sell a fixedline operator in Central Java province to an investor from Hong Kong by the
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    • 655 12 HONGKONG ClRtel Intlhas asked to be repaid 37&2 m euro loan to 36 mobile phone joint venture Bloomberg HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd, Asia's biggest investor in European high-speed mo-bile-phone services, is seeking a ruling to prevent its Italian partner from recalling a 373.2
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    • 538 12  -  Two top officials are attending Asem meetings in the region this week From Shada Islam in Brussels THE European Union (EU) is sending two of its top political and economic affairs officials to Asia this week in a bid to inject new momentum
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    • 331 12 HONG KONG Reuters TRADING in shares of two Hong Kong telecommunications equipment makers was suspended yesterday as the territory's graft-busting agency investigated allegations of share price rigging, a source familiar with the probe said. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said in
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    • 514 12 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA may face new calls to let its currency rise when 25 trade ministers from Europe and Asia meet in its eastern port city of Dalian this week. But domestic economic priorities mean it's unlikely to budge, analysts say. With
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    • NOTE Book
      • 98 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian hanking group Commerce Asset-Holding yesterday said it received central bank approval to start talks over the sale of its entire 30 per cent stake in an Islamic banking unit The potential buyer of Commerce's stake in Bank Muamalat Malaysia is Bukhary
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      • 75 12 AFP [BEIJING] The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country's largest lender, has uncovered five major cases of irregularities, including corruption and loan fraud, thei7s* Century Business Herald newspaper said yesterday. Each case involved more than five million yuan (*****,700) and was discovered
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      • 63 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian motor group DRB-Hicomßhd is close to getting a franchise to distribute General Motors Corp's Chevrolet in Malaysia, the Malaysian Business Times reported yesterday. The newspaper, quoting unnamed industry insiders, said DRB would bring in four new Chevrolet models to mark the
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      • 61 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Phone company PCCW Ltd's main operating unit has agreed to prepay HK$5 billion (Ssl.l billion) in bank debt—its third such early repayment pledge tills month, HSBC said on Sunday. The prepayment of the syndicated loan due in 2008 follows a share
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      • 81 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] PC shipments in Asia for China's biggest computer maker Legend Group grew 17 per cent in the second quarter, according to data released yesterday. Legend, which sells the vast majority of its computers in China, shipped PCs in Asia during
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      • 88 12 AFP [NEW DELHI] India has made "impressive progress" in increasing incomes and living standards but needs economic reforms including "serious fiscal adjustment" to stay on the growth path, the World Bank said. Its first India development policy review, India: sustaining reforms, reducing poverty, was posted
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    • 204 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF GREAT LAKES DREDGE DOCK COMPANY PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LtOLHOATKX) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act. Cap. 50 that the Final Meeting of Members of
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    • 274 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF WHATS MUSIC INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) Extracts of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 21st day of luly 2003. SPECIAL RESOLUTION "That the Company he wound
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    • 347 12 MHttH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Win<4ng Up No. 83 of 2003/ V In ttw Matter of the Comptntet Act, Chapter SO And InthalMNrof SAS CML A BULDMG CONSTRUCTION (IMS) PTE LTD (Ragstraton No *****4167K) NOTICE OF WINDIC UP OHPeH M THE MATTER OF SAS CML A RULDMG
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  • WORLD news
    • 632 13 JOHANNESBURG Critics say it's so broad a label for non-rich markets that it's nsdass Reuters WHAT do South Africa, Lithuania, Mexico and China have in common? Not much, really. Yet all four are lumped into an economic category known as emerging markets one
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    • 297 13 SEOUL Reuters A THREE-COUNTRY study on a proposed project to pipe natural gas from Siberia's giant Kovykta gas field to South Korea and China has put the cost of the plan at US$ll billion. South Korea's Finance Ministry gave the estimate
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    • 425 14 AFP [WASHINGTON] Social conditions in the US have not improved since 1960, putting the world's only superpower on a par with Poland and Slovenia in the latest edition of an index that measures development in 163 countries. That conclusion was drawn
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    • 306 14 LONDON Reuters BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is facing the biggest political crisis of his six-year rule, pledged to cooperate fully as an inquiry was launched yesterday into the suicide of a scientist sucked into a vicious row over Britain's reasons for waging
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    • 259 14 NEW YORK Reuters AMAZON.COM executives are working with several large book publishers to develop an expansive online archive that would let users search the texts of tens of thousands of books, The New York Times reported yesterday. The plan, being negotiated by Amazon
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    • COMPANY results
      • 111 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] 3M Co, the maker of Scotch-tape, fibre-optic cable and thousands of other products, said second-quarter profit rose 33 per cent because of lower costs and higher sales. It increased its full-year forecast Net income rose to US$6l9 million, or
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      • 123 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merck Co, the No 2 US drugmaker, said quarterly profit rose 6.6 per cent as the US dollar weakened but lowered sales estimates for its top-selling cholesterol medicine Zocor. Net income increased to US$l.B7 billion, or 83 cents a share, from
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      • 84 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Southwest Airlines Co, the world's largest low-cost carrier, said second-quarter profit more than doubled because of US government aid to help with security costs and as more travellers sought out its bargain fares. Net income rose to US$246 million, or 30
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      • 67 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Lexmark International, the second biggest US maker of computer printers, said second-quarter net income rose 14 per cent as sales of higher-profit printer supplies increased. It said third-quarter profit will miss forecasts. Net income grew to US$lOl.7 million, or 77
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      • 82 14 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Drugmaker Novartis AG said second-quarter profit rose 2.3 per cent amid higher sales of its hypertension and leukaemia drugs. Net income rose to US$l.32 billion from US$l.29 billion a year earlier. That's in line with the US$l3l billion analysts' forecast. Sales rose 19
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      • 110 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Eurotunnel pic said its first-half loss narrowed because of an exceptional gain from buying back debt at a discount. The company said it won't meet a goal of making all interest payments in cash this year. The net loss shrank to £17 million (5547.3
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    • 572 15 NEW YORK It earned USs6B9m from investments in Q4 despite the economic downturn Reuters MICROSOFT Corp is sometimes said to have a licence to print money. But the company might find it tougher to deploy its cash hoard of US$49 billion. Releasing
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    • 840 16  -  How can Singapore go about supporting successful entrepreneurship? US guru Thomas Emerson has some answers. He also offers useful tips to budding entrepreneurs. Dantol Bnenas reports Daniel Buenas NOBEL Laureate George Bernard Shaw once said: "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man insists
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    • 616 16 THE decision to become an entrepreneur is a bold step, but the devil is not in the leap, but in the landing. There are many uncertainties in becoming an entrepreneur, and the unknown is often daunting enough to keep many at bay. Entrepreneurship guru Thomas
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    • 529 16 ij J the Singapore Elite Jm KS^ I I SINGAPORE 1000 J. a Singapore sme 500 Ranking Awards Recognizing Singapore's Largest Corporations Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) based on annual audited financial Ranking Period: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Closing Date: 30 September 2003 To qualify for ranking,
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 264 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index fell 2 points to 2234, the Baltic Capesize Index fell 14 points to 2893, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 1 point to 2292 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 43 points to *****. Tianronghai (built 2000) *****0dwt delivery Mailiao 10/20 August trip via
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    • 597 17  -  Bates are imw Hearing the peak last seen in late 2000 By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Reflecting the ongoing recovery in the container shipping industry across the major trade lanes, Neptune Orient Lines said its average freight rates in June surged 29 per cent
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    • 188 17 Bloomberg [BEIJING] AP MollerMaersk A/S said it agreed with Cosco Pacific, the port arm of China's largest shipping company, and P&O Ports to develop a US$B77 million container terminal, which will be China's largest, in the eastern city of Qingdao. The venture agreement was
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    • 194 17 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hutchison Port Holdings, the port operating arm of the world's biggest port company Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, bought a 51 per cent stake in LC Terminal Portuaria de Contenedores SA de CV, its third investment in a Mexican port, the Hong Kongbased
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    • 322 17  -  Tng and barge hit on July 10 and crew dropped off in latest in string of attacks By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Armed pirates have hijacked another Singapore-flagged tug and barge in Indonesian waters, in the latest in an alarming spike in violent attacks in
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 203 18 AP [ATHENS, Greece] Olympic Airways pilots agreed to reduce their work force as part of plans seeking to save Greece's ailing national carrier, officials said. After four months of talks with the government, the pilots' union agreed late last Wednesday to reduce the number
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      • 291 18 AP [FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida] A charter pilot resigned after a videotape surfaced apparently showing him sleeping during a flight from the Bahamas while a co-pilot flew the plane. The man was the captain on a Walker's International flight from Walker's Cay
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      • 61 18 [SINSHEIM, Germany] Two heavy duty cranes lift the main section offormer Air France supersonic jet Concorde F-BVFBfrom the low loader on its arrival at its final destination, the technics museum in Sinsheim, southwestern Germany, early on Sunday. After 27 years ofservice, one of Air France's few
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      • 619 24 Disruption raises fears airline's drive to cut costs fanning workplace unrest Bloomberg Reuters [LONDON] A wildcat strike hit British Airways' Heathrow Airport operations causing delays and the airline's shares to stumble yesterday. Europe's largest airline said passengers at the London airport encountered
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      • 253 24 Bloomberg [DUBAI] British Airways, Europe's largest airline, is among 30 carriers requesting to fly to Baghdad as the US-led authority prepares to open the airport for commercial service in a bid to boost the economy. Bill Dixon, British Airway's manager for Iraq
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      • 128 24 [SINGAPORE] Air ticketing and reservation company, Abacus International recently unveiled a new branding after 15 years in the business, to convey "a strong sense of leadership, energy and the essence of partnership". Reflecting the new positioning is a new logo (right), which Abacus president and
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      • 335 24 Increase in Ebitda to As376m from As3l6mayear ago Reuters [SYDNEY! Sydney Airport, the busiest in Australia, fought off sliding international passenger numbers to post a 19 per cent rise in earnings yesterday for 2002/03, one of the gloomi-est-ever years for global aviation. Earnings before interest,
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      • 134 24 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] European airlines will post losses of as much as US$2.4 billion in 2003, their fifth consecutive annual loss, as the Iraq war, the spread of a deadly pneumonia and a slowing economy deter people from flying, an industry group said. European airlines
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      • 268 24 AFP [PARIS] Eurotunnel, which operates the tunnel beneath the sea between Britain and France, posted yesterday a sharp reduction in its firsthalf net loss owing to exceptional gains although its underlying loss was little changed. However, it warned that because of the international
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      • 813 23 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices Tor a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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