The Business Times, 5 November 2003

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES M(TA(F)O244Oa/2003 i t roo t h v business-times.asiai com.sg SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 2003 86#
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    Lock icon Companies more upbeat in Q3: BT-NUS poll
    762 1  -  BT exclusive Better sales and orders, plus more optimism point to recovery underway By Daniel Buenas [SINGAPORE] Business sentiments have soared in the past quarter with more firms reporting an increase in sales, profits and business orders, coupled with a growing sense of
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    71 1 mm sn UIfTMJI (+32.70) □«T MKX futures 1,7984)0 (+25.00) HWneinmiiKt Mtn in (+2.70) Tuesday Change KLSE COUP 8K99 +190 NIKKEI 226 *****37 +***** HANG SENG _12.4M.72 >6191 SET INDEX 665.06 +JJ« JAKARTA COMP 626.49 +953 MANILA COUP .1,***** +20.68 TAIPEI WFI 6,108.99 +21.54 SEOUL COMP 796.06 +4.19 SHENZHEN B
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    76 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ USS (S$ per US$) 1.745 £(l'S$/S$ per 1.675 1923 ElJRO(US$/S$/E). 1.145 1.999 YEN 110.4 6310 RM 3.800 2.178 HKS 7.767 4.450 BAHT 39.92 22.87 RUP1AH 8524 4384 RENMINBI 8198 4.755 INDIAN RUPEE 4514 25.98 AS 1.433 0.821 NZ$ 1.645 0.942 PIHMC RATES SINGAPORE* 535 MALAYSIA
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    Lock icon 'Death futures' investments set to pick up in Asia
    568 1  -  BT exclusive Annualised rate of return can exceed 10% By Genevieve Cua 15UMUATUK&J investments in "death futures" may gather force in Asia, with at least one Asia-based institution negotiating to finance the purchase of the instrument, called life settlements. Life settlements
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    Lock icon SGX volume soars to 4-year high in Oct
    610 1  -  Trades valued at $25.5b, compared to $8.4b a year ago By Kenneth Lim (SINGAPORE] The local stock market was awash with liquidity last month as traded volume soared to a four-year high, even though the past .fortnight saw soaked traders take a
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      27 1 M I PRIVATE BANKING AS: [he fining is good. but getting tougher Sorfejrihowi CPFcuts not helping firms, Pg2 11(11 8 "887 81 T *****4 EXECUTIVE MONEY Pg6
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      274 1 Unlock the value in| your |overseas property -nW >-■ f .«^^H^Hn9r Current historicaly low interest rates have created a unique scenario. Some lending rales are at 45year lows and yet residential property values in jurisdctions such as the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA, have grown, in many This
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Let a thousand ideas flow
        94 2 REPRESSED ideas are like bottled water, according to the people at the Feedback Unit who surveyed small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) on the impact of the Economic Review Committee's recommendations. At a recant media briefing, small bottles of mineral water labelled "Don't bottle up
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        Lock icon From Mozart to IPOs
        79 2 WITH hotels in the downtown area back in form because of bookings from convention participants and the upcoming sound of company dinner-and-dance functions, initial public offering candidates are finding it hard to find a function room for their events. To give an idea of what has
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        Lock icon Less is more
        67 2 REED Exhibitions Singapore president Ed Ng, whose company is organising the coming International Design Forum, told this story to explain how design helps people: James fell in love with Betty, so he asked a goldsmith for a ring with the inscription, "From James, to Betty". The goldsmith
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      Lock icon S'pore leads Asia in e-govt readiness
      412 2  -  Republic's success due to government's past investment in telecoms and HR, says UN report From Ravi Kanth in Geneva SINGAPORE is ranked as the top Asian country in global e-goverament readiness and continues to surge ahead in spreading Webbased public services, according to a
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      Lock icon Firms don't see much impact from CPF cuts
      578 2  -  Survey indicates tax, utilities, rent cuts matter more By Daniel Buenas [SINGAPORE] Businesses here feel that the recent cuts in employer's CPF contribution are not adding significantly to their bottom line. Instead, they see cuts in GST, corporate tax, utilities and rental
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      Lock icon Temasek partner ICB is as 'diam' as founder Daim
      477 2  -  A source says he plans to build global network of banks From Eddie Toh in Wnntn I.nvnmir INTERNATIONAL Commercial Bank Group (ICB), which has partnered Temasek Holdings to bid for an Indonesian bank, has been keeping as low a profile as
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Kudos to Sias for starting a transparency exercise
      629 4  -  HOCK lock siew wong wei kong SO was it much ado over nothing? While the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) may not have got all the answers it was seeking regarding events during the Nat Steel takeover, one thing is certain:
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      Lock icon PDC shares dive another 28% in 3rd straight decline
      986 4  -  See Hup Senglinked stock has plunged by a third since its 20-cent peak last Thursday By Serena Ng AS See Hup Seng's shares remained suspended for a fourth day yesterday, shares of another listed group, PDC Corp which has the same
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      Lock icon Raffles City Shanghai locks in attractive rents
      384 5  -  Building delay means office and mall hit market amid strong demand By Loh Hui Yin DELAYS to the US*35O-mil-lion Raffles City Shanghai, an office and shopping mall owned by a Singapore consortium, has turned out to be a blessing after all. Its completion
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      Lock icon SingPost Q2 earnings dip 9%
      437 5  -  Profit dragged down by $1.8m net finance cost By Chen Huifen FINANCE cost resulting from a post-IPO capital restructuring continues to weigh on Singapore Post, with the company yesterday reporting a 9.5 per cent year-on-year fall in net profit for the second quarter ended Sept
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      Lock icon SembLog 2003 profit set to top $90m
      468 5  -  Its Q3 earnings grew 15% to $23.6m driven by supply chain management arm By Beth Jinks SEMBCORP Logistics expects fullyear profit to surpass $90 million after its third-quarter net earnings rose 15 per cent to $23.6 million on a 9 per cent jump
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      Lock icon OUE profit surges 30% as demand recovers
      280 5  -  By Siow Li Sen HOTEL group Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) yesterday reported a 30.4 per cent surge in profit to $10.5 million for the three months ended Sept 30, fuelled by post-Sars pent-up demand. OUE said revenue grew 8.3 per cent, but pent-up
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      Lock icon United Fiber wins $88m job to build HDB flats
      337 7  -  Chairman says building remains one of pulp company's pillars By Andrea Tan UNITED Fiber System Limited which recently went into the forestry business in Indonesia has won its largest construction contract since Changing its name from Poh Lian Holdings over a
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        34 7 ifilTlTn fhrlunn FIT n'Tni riTTrimmrril flint If tinn obtained a court order to bold a meeting for the "purpose of proposing to its creditor* a scheme of arrangement" under the company's restructuring plan.
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        45 7 CHINA-BASED medical equipment maker Sunray Holding) makes its debut on the main board today alter Ita initial public offering of 75 mUlkm shares at tt cents apiece cloeed 15.9 times subscribed. The public tranche of about 7.7 million shares was subscribed 14&5 times.
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        Lock icon SPC set up Thai subsidiary
        65 7 SINGAPORE Petroleum Company Limited (SPC) said it has set up a new subsidiary. Singapore Petroleum (Thailand) Company Limited. SP lhailand was incorporated in Thailand with a paid-up capital of 3 million baht (SH3LQ80) aa a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Petroleum Venture Pte Ltd, which,
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        Lock icon BBR proposes 100m share placement
        51 7 SE8DAQ-LISTEDBBR Holdings, which oftors structural engineering services, has proposed a private placement of up to 100 million new ordinary shares (par value of one cent) at tour oents a share. The proposed placement repteeents up to &fil per cent c€ the company's current issued share
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      Lock icon Offer of 42¢ a share for CK Tang based on its performance
      258 7  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala CK Tang's board and chairman Tang Wee Sung said yesterday that his scheme to privatise the company at 42 cents a share announced last week will be proposed to minority shareholders. Yesterday's announcement to the
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      Lock icon Life settlements not for individuals
      1247 6  -  US-based Living Benefits Financial Services tells Genevieve Cua that only institutions have the sophistication to cushion against any loss Genevieve Cua INVESTMENTS in life insurance policies given up by the elderly sometimes dubbed "death futures" are a sweet proposition for institutions. But they should not
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      Lock icon Firms probed in US appear here
      651 6 A NUMBER of US-based providers of life settlements, which have been investigated on charges of fraud or mis-selling in the US, are popping up in Singapore. Life settlements are essentially life insurance policies which have been sold by the original owners. The insured parties
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      127 6 THE ORIGINAL POSTGRADUATE AND MBA FAIRS 2003 Ovei 50 universities from the UK. USA Austialia, Canada and Singapore MASTERS PHD DIPLOMA LAW NOVEMBER 8 9, 2003 Suntec Singapore international Convention Exhibition Centre, Concourse Level 3 Open 12 00 20.00 MEET REPRESENTATIVES FROM: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Postgraduate/Masters Level Management Programmes Offered
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      626 8  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN sdf SINGAPORE Post's first half 2004 net profit of $47 A million (-11 per cent year-on-year) was largely in line with our expectations, coming in at 49 per cent of our foil-year FYO4 estimate of $87.7 million. IHO4 operating profit declined 4 per cent
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      Lock icon Both Dow and STI are close to near-term peaks
      388 8  -  CHART POINT LIM SAY BOON for OCBC Investment Research Pte Ltd BEWARE both the US and Singapore markets appear to be approaching near-term peaks. The Dow Jones has come within a few decent days' action of "10k resistance". And the Straits
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      Lock icon Yen surges with improving sentiment
      604 8 Bloomberg [LONDON] THE yen rose against the dollar for the first day in five and gained versus the euro in London after a survey showed business confidence in Japan improved, boosting stocks and fuelling optimism that the country's economy is expanding. The Nikkei 225 Stock
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      Lock icon Upbeat news lifts STI to 19-mth high
      568 8  -  BT comment STOCKS Ven Sreenivasan THREE days of strong gains led by blue chips have helped the Straits Times Index regain all the ground it lost during the previous seven days of weakness and volatility. Buoyed by upbeat economic news and earnings optimism,
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Wj* String's parent opt stake
        108 8 THE controlling shareholder of Hong Kong-based toy maker Wah Shing International bought 1.35 million shares or a 0.5 per cent stake in the open market at 15 to 16 cents per share on Monday. South China Industries (BVI), in which Wah Shing directors Robert Ng,
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        Lock icon Wee Cho Yaw taps UOB stores
        96 8 UNITED Oversees Bank chairman and CEO Wee Cho Yaw bought 200,000 shares in the bank at $13.60 apiece on Monday, raising his deemed interest slightly to 13.34 per cent or 209.6 million shares. He also owns a direct stake of 1.04 per cent On
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        Lock icon FkleHty reduces stake hi PaUo aft
        92 8  -  Compiled by SERENA NG US ftind manager Fidelity Investments has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of networking and communication infrastructure group Datacraft Asia, following the disposal of 22 million shares on Oct 30 at US$1.24 apiece. This sale of a 0.48 per cent
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon $6m view from Sentosa island coming soon
      614 9  -  Viewing tower built by German engineering firm to be ready by Jan By Kalpana Rashiwala MELCHERS Project Management, the German engineering company spearheading the development of the $200 million Singapore Flyer giant ferris wheel, is leading the development of another observation towertype attraction
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      Lock icon S'pore not seeing a jobless recovery: Citi
      340 9  -  EYE on the economy unemployment By Chuang Peck Ming THE jump in unemployment amid signs of the economy bouncing back in the July-September period does not signal a jobless recovery, according to Citigroup in its latest report on Singapore. "The normal cyclical dynamics
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      Lock icon Ascendas in Hangzhou industrial park venture
      192 9 PROPERTY group Ascendas has clinched a deal to develop a 10,000 sq metre project in the business and commercial area of the new Hangzhou Modern Tele-In-dustrial Park (MTiP). The group, which has built up a profile as a business space solutions provider, said yesterday
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      Lock icon Seagate awarded Int'l HQ status
      406 10  -  It plans to invest another $300m in Singapore over the next 5 years By Amit Roy Choudhury SEAGATE Technology, which plans to invest some $300 million in Singapore over the next five years, was yesterday granted International Headquarters (IHQ) status by the Economic Development Board.
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      Lock icon Biomedical grant scheme for scientists
      244 10 EDB's $6m plan to push entrepreneurship will support research projects YET another government grant scheme has been created to push local entrepreneurship and innovation this time the $6 million Biomedical Sciences Proof-of-Concept scheme, or POC. "The POC scheme will help scientists at the local universities,
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  • REGIONAL news
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        Lock icon China to allow more capital outflows
        96 11 Reuters [BEIJING] China yesterday said it would ease restrictions on investing abroad, in a move that appeared to be aimed at relieving upward pressure on the yuan and deflecting persistent US calls for a revaluation. "On the capital account, we will allow more capital
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        Lock icon Investment banks oppose HK plan
        102 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley are among 14 investment banks objecting to proposals by Hong Kong regulators to hold them responsible for incomplete or inaccurate disclosure about company's they help to list, the city's stock exchange on its website. The clients,
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        Lock icon Foreign firms seek HK tax incentives
        64 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong government should give incentives to attract companies to establish regional headquarters in Hong Kong, h survey yesterday showed. The survey of more than 270 executives conducted by accounting body CPA Australia showed 71 per cent supported the idea
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        Lock icon HK may allow yuan credit cards
        79 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong is considering allowing mainland Chinese visitors from Guangdong province to use yuan-denominated credit cards in the territory as part of a pilot scheme, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. The move would be a step towards setting up
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        Lock icon India sends the most students to US
        132 11 AFP [WASHINGTON] India nudged out China and South Korea as the leading source of foreign students in the US over the past year, a new report said on Monday. The steep rises in foreign students coming to the US slowed to just one
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        Lock icon APP's Indent milts report losses
        89 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Indah Kiat Pulp Paper, an Indonesian unit of Asia Pulp 8c Paper Co, said losses widened in the first nine months of this year as production costs rose. PT Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia, another unit, said losses narrowed. Indah Kiat had a
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        Lock icon Toyota may get nod for Guangzhou JV
        59 11 Reuters [GUANGZHOU] Toyota Motor Co is likely to get approval soon from the Chinese government to set up a joint venture in Guangzhou that could eventually make up to 300,000 cars a year, Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua said yesterday. "I hear that it
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      Lock icon Sime Darby confirms Bakun delay
      333 11 KUALA LUMPUR But GEO maintains works will finish on time as kinks are being ironed out Reuters MALAYSIA'S diversified Sime Darby Bhd confirmed yesterday that works on the US$2.4 billion Bakun dam was behind schedule. But Sime Group chief executive Mohamed Nik Yaacob told reporters
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      Lock icon M'sian govt to discuss railway project issues
      353 11 KUALA LUMPUR Sidelining of Indian film may impact diplomatic ties THE Malaysian Cabinet is expected to discuss in detail today the North-South dou-ble-tracking rail project, which many believe could affect business and diplomatic ties with India, the Malaysian Business Times reported. According to
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      Lock icon Telekom Malaysia to launch RM1.5b bond
      219 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters AFTER a delay of more than a month, Telekom Malaysia Bhd will begin marketing next week the first RMI.S billion (Ss69o million) of a planned RM4 billion bond programme, sources said yesterday. State-controlled Telekom, which has a near monopoly over fixed-line
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      Lock icon Chairman of indebted China firm goes missing
      467 13 SHANGHAI Mysterious tycoon leaves behind liabilities of more than US$100m Reuters ONE of China's most powerful businessmen and the chairman of a Shanghailisted company has gone missing, his company said yesterday, leaving behind liabilities of more than US$lOO million. The disappearance of 45-year-old
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      Lock icon Tracking down China's elusive rich
      661 13 It's not an easy job as many tycoons prefer to lie low, says the compiler of millionaires' list AP "W" "T" E got another one!' M A I Rupert Hoogewerf 1/1/ punches the air and W W slaps his mobile W phone shut. The former
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      Lock icon PICC shares expected to soar on HK debut
      630 15  -  Big IPO oversubscription pouts to bullish sentiment about China-related shares, say analysts From Jeff Wagner in Hong Kong PICC Property Casualty shares are expected to rise very sharply on their debut tomorrow after a massively oversubscribed IPO that provided further evidence of
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      Lock icon Ex-Shin Corp exec joins Air Asia venture
      347 15 BANGKOK A FORMER employee of a subsidiary of Thailand's Shin Corp has emerged as an official "signatory director" in Air Asia Aviation Co, which will be offering low-cost flights between Thailand and Malaysia beginning next month, according to The Nation newspaper in Thailand.
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon US singing a different tune on China now
      780 12  -  THE bottom line OPINION frank ching MORE than 30 years ago, when the US-China relationship was first forged, the rationale of the relationship rested on geopolitics. Trade was an afterthought, a not terribly significant adjunct In fact, when Richard Nixon first visited
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      88 12 'The enemy in Iraq believes America will run, that's why they're willing to kill innocent civilians, relief workers, coalition troops. America will never run.' -George W Bush the US president, one day after the deadliest attack against US forces since the fall of Baghdad. 'More and more
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      Lock icon Japan heads for the polls
      649 12 EDITORIAL WITH just four days to go before Japan's parliamentary elections, polls are indicating a strong showing by the incumbent LDP. This is even though public support for Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appears to be waning. Nevertheless, some political
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      Lock icon World trade: back to the North vs South split?
      1519 12  -  The G-22 countries could transform the WTO into a forum for the politically energised South to launch attacks against the North and especially on the US From Leon Hadar in Washington THE current deadlock over the Doha global trade round and
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      Lock icon This simply can't go on
      595 12  -  COMMENTARY Washington seems to think that they can postpone the day of reckoning forever By Paul Krugman NYT ACADEMIC economists often cite Stein's Law, a principle enunciated by the late Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Nixon administration. The law
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      477 16 LONDON Appointment marks turnaround for rebellions scion of News Corp boss AFP. Reuters, NYT JAMES Murdoch's appointment as chief executive of British satellite TV group BSkyß cements a remarkable turnaround for the 30-year-old, who has gone from bleached-haired rebel of his father's
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      254 16 Bloomberg THE biggest US pension fund voted against a Microsoft Corp proposal that would let the company pay workers with stock instead of options. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers) also opposed the makeup of the board's audit committee. It withheld votes for
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      337 17 NEW YORK He earned 5 times amount paid to his boss in past 6 years Bloomberg LAWRENCE Lasser, Putnam Investments' former CEO, may be owed more than US$3l.7 million after his ouster amid fraud charges against the company he ran for 18 years. Mr
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      100 17 BOSTON Reuters AS the investigation of improper mutual fund trading gathers steam, prosecutors and regulators are turning their attention to the insurance sector and asking companies to explain their internal controls. The SEC on Monday said it sent letters to insurance companies last week to
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      332 19 NEW YORK Bloomberg THE bonus drought on Wall Street is over. Merrill Lynch Co, JP Morgan Chase Co and other international securities firms will increase bonuses this year after two years of cutting them, executives at those and other
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        95 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] A federal judge on Monday dismissed two lawsuits charging 10 top investment banks with violating antitrust laws when they underwrote initial public offerings of hot technology stocks. The plaintiffs contended that the banks either demanded kickbacks, or required that investors buy
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      285 20 CBYPTIC CROSSWORD 10 Numbers found in steering HI "MB" bßi ~"hJ 11 Resources placed on board PM J j I I I 13 Poor editing over news lead16 Nation's expert on resistance |H 18 Estate making good sand- wiches (7) I I I I I I I I I i
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      499 21  -  It will not ramp up production despite plans to enter the booming Chinese market officially next year, Samuel Ee discovers Samuel Ee Ferrari win not ramp up production of its sleek sports cars despite plans to enter the booming China market officially in 2004. Instead, the
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      494 21  -  By Samuel Ee FERRARI spends 30 per cent of its annual 1.2 billion euro (552.4 billion) turnover on research and development and this huge investment has made it possible to incorporate revolutionary technology in its upcoming coupe model, the 612 Scaglietti. The 612
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      1389 22  -  The private banking business in Asia has been growing rapidly, but VIKRAM KHANNA looks at the challenges ahead VIKRAM KHANNA NOT many activities in Singapore have thrived during the lowgrowth years since 2000, but one of them is private banking. Even during the worst of
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      607 22  -  By Vikram Khanna WILL Singapore replace Switzerland as the world's top haven for private hanking? Not likely—not yet, anyway. But if s possible that in the coming years, a good chunk of the US$2.2 trillion of private money managed by banks in Switzerland (as at
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      413 22 HHI«H Q: Is it true that Private Banking is changing? A Yes. Client needs are evolving as information becomes globally available. At some institutions. Private Banking still consists of a personal banker selling mutual funds. The Private Bankers at The Citigroup Private Bank act as global trusted advisors to many
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      236 23 Reuters The Baltic Dry Index rose 8 points to 4558, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 4 points to 6669, the RahV Panamar fry! at fell 6 points to 4484 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 75 points to *****. Gargantua (built 1963) *****5 dwt delivery Qingdao24/28 Nov trip
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      507 23  -  Vessel's bridge is left unmanned for one hour near Singapore Straits By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] An oil tanker nearing the busy Singapore Straits sailed unmanned for nearly an hour early on Sunday after armed pirates tied up the crew, heightening fears that unchecked
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      409 23  -  It christens its biggest container ship newbuild By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] SembCorp Marine's Jurong Shipyard christened its biggest ever container ship newbuild yesterday, the 2,500 TEU Thomas Mann, the first of six similar mid-sized liners on order which look set to carve a new Singapore
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      395 23 Reuters [GIBRALTAR] Spain reopened its border with the British colony of Gibraltar on Monday after sealing it for the first time in nearly two decades after a cruise ship carrying tourists with a stomach infection docked there. The border was reopened two
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      90 23 AFP [TOKYO] One person was killed and four people injured by an explosion on a ship under construction in western Japan yesterday, police said. The blast occurred at 8:30 am on the 499-ton chemical tanker Enshu-maru, moored in the harbour of Nomi town, 700
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      752 24  -  STRAIT TALK By David Hughes IT is not much fun being a shipping industry representative these days. The industry is being bombarded by ill-thought-out legislation while the public perception of shipping, at least in the West where politicians are most prone to intervene, remains dire. Last
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        445 31 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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        575 32 Nonmetal composites to be used to build half of proposed 7E7 jet Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co on Monday said it would use lightweight, nonmetal materials to build half of its proposed new 7E7 jetliner, slashing the use of aluminum to cut fuel
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        220 32 AP [BURBANK, California] Airport commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to rename the airfield here "Bob Hope Airport." The latest name change for Bur bank-Glendale-Pasa-dena Airport the fifth in its 73-year history could happen as early as Dec 17, pending approval by the
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        393 32 Domestic passenger traffic about to outpace int'l traffic NYT [NEW YORK] In a striking illustration of the growing strength of low-fare carriers, domestic passenger traffic at Kennedy International Airport in New York, long considered the gateway to the world, is about to outpace
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