The Business Times, 13 December 2003

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    11 1 MUA(P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend SINGAPORE DECEMBER 13-14, 2003
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    Lock icon Ang Kong Hua to step down as NatSteel CEO
    897 1  -  Chief operating officer Oo Soon Hee takes over on Jan 1 By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Less than a year after hotelier Ong Beng Seng's 98 Holdings won its hard-fought battle for control of Nat Steel, the steel miller's long-time president and
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    Lock icon Amanresorts is back with a vengeance
    869 1  -  EXCLUSIVE Sri Lanka, Bhutan among sites for 15 more resorts By Andrea Tan (SINGAPORE] Watch out Banyan Tree. The ultra-lux-urious Amanresorts is planning to "give the world a lot of new exciting places to holiday". Pray tell, where exactly? Aman's co-founder and Schroder Capital
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      Lock icon Former WorldCom president dies
      97 1 AP. Reuters [WASHINGTON] John Sidgmore (right), the World Com executive who helped reveal the accounting troubles that led to the biggest bankruptcy filing in US history, died on Thursday at 52, from complications associated with acute pancreatitis. He was named president of World Com in April
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      Lock icon US trade deficit grew in October
      84 1 Bloomberg (WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit widened in October on record imports, led by demand for consumer goods, motor vehicles and business equipment. The US$4l.B billion excess in goods and services imports over US exports followed a US$4l.3 billion gap in September, the Commerce
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      Lock icon Report of old Fed meeting sparks Wall Street fervour
      557 2 Investors interpret it to mean no rate hikes for a long time LAT-WP NYT [ATLANTA] In an unexpected twist, the Federal Reserve Board got much of the credit on Thursday for pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a close above
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      Lock icon Japan, Asean launch action plan to boost integration
      575 2  -  ASEAN SUMMIT Koizumi pledges that Japan will be Asean's most important economic partner From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN and Asean yesterday signed the Tokyo Declaration committing themselves to a mutual "action plan" that Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said would involve
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      Lock icon Summit raises Japan-Asean relations to new level: PM Goh
      387 2  -  Prime Minister calls on Asean member nations to help each other develop From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong emerged "very satisfied" from the Tokyo summit which he considered a "great success", a Singapore official said last night.
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      Lock icon US consumer sentiment dips as job worries mount
      546 2 LATEST US DATA December figures could be 'payback' for November jump: analyst Bloomberg, Reuters [WASHINGTON] US consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell this month after two months of gains, as the economy created fewer jobs than forecast in November, a sign Americans may still
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      Lock icon Arrogant Singaporeans finish last in China
      750 2  -  Saturday soapbox More humility, less calculation, will smooth the way for business loh hui yin THERE was general laughter and significantly nods of agreement when a former Chinese diplomat told Singaporeans to discard their arrogance or ao qi. Chen Baoliu, who served as China's
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  • the raffles conversation
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      Lock icon BUILDING ON TRUST
      1666 3  -  The decision to develop a huge Shanghai site in 1996 based on a 4-page contract was a calculated risk for HK tycoon Vincent Lo. But it paid off when the Xintiandi entertainment hub became the talk of the town. LOH HUI YIN finds out how long-standing friendships
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      Lock icon Moving in on the Chinese market
      636 3 SELL to the domestic market if you are investing in China because there's lots of pent-up demand there, said Vincent Lo, a 20-year veteran of the market of 1.2-billion people. So the Hong Kong tycoon, putting his money where his mouth is, has invested
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      72 3 The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles •m International Hotels and I B Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in I Jk I I the Raffles International logo is JL M A AV/l) an apt symbol. Not only has INTERNATIONAL wa er s, the basc of
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      Lock icon Watch out for burst of buying later
      541 4  -  market review r sivanithy THERE were few surprises this week as the local stock market lived up to prior expectations by posting a mixed performance amid thin trading and sporadic interest in a handful of small caps. The message was basically the same
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      76 4 Dsn 1,727.73 (+7.54) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,730.00 (+16.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 212.2 (+1.10) Friday Change KLSECOMP ***** 1.66 NIKKEI 225 _1U.169.66 *94.52 HANG SENG _12.5M.42 +39.84 SET INDEX ***** +045 JAKARTA COM P 656 74 +3.42 MANILA COMP .1.***** +23.72 TAIPEI WP1 5.858.32 873 SEOUL OOHP M6W 1495 SHENZHEN B
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      82 4 FOREX RATES us$ s$ I'SS (S$ per l'S$) 1712 V(l SS/SS per I 749 29% E( R(»|I SS/SS/K) I 225 ***** YEN 107.9 W.OO KM 3.SIHI 2.219 HKS 7.7KJ 4.534 BAHT JMISIM KIPIAH MSi 4 9-v. RKNMINBI S.299 4*47 INDIAN RI'PKE 45.5.1 26.59 AS 1.149 0.788 NZS 1.54.1 0.901
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      Lock icon SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS
      867 4 Svbsantial Ivy Ho of Met SMA*EM<XDI*G t Tram Shareholder Se* Sham Per Mori Altar Stock Data Director Con 000 Shr S ("BOO) fBOO) MTQCorp 11-Dec 03 Kuah Kok Kim Buy 5 0 40 0 0 0 5 0.0 Guthrie GTS 10 Dec 03 Putra Masagung *Buy 250
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      Lock icon SIA adds over 100 flights to meet demand
      315 4  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Airlines has added over a hundred flights to its popular routes to meet strong year-end demand. The extra capacity to cater to the traditionally higher demand over the Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year period has been
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      Lock icon Doing without experts
      1139 4  -  corporate analysis The need for expert opinion discourages IPO aspirants from providing profit forecasts, says SERENA NG SERENA NG EXCUSE me, are you an expert? The question has acquired special significance for initial public offering aspirants and their issue managers over the past 18 months, since Singapore's
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      216 4 C«f> Bufcl Hw Sunnght AGM Cmtnal Room. Level 3 31-Oet 10 J0am Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. 392 Havelock Road Design EGM B Sungei Kadut Crescent 30 Dec 10 00am Studio S pore *****2 Health AGM Char Yong Auditorium BO Dec 10 00am Mgt Sth Floor. 363 Balestier Road
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        Lock icon Datacraft cautiously upbeat
        76 4 DATACKAFT Asia yesterday confirmed media reports it expects to break even in the current financial year. The company said the guidance is based on "tentative signs of a modest pick-up" in demand in the fourth quar ter of FYZOtfl, internal rationalisation efforts and a satisfactory sequential im
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        Lock icon Fall in Astra's Nov sales
        76 4 PT Astra International. Indonesia's largest automaker and an associate company of Cycle Carriage, sold 23 per cent fewer vehicles In November than a year ago, in part because of a Muslim holiday that month. Astra's sales, including exports, fell to 11.242 units in November, the
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        Lock icon Hotel Plaza's unit settles claim
        85 4 HOTEL Plaza's subsidiary' Premium Properiies Sdn Bhd has settled an arbi trat ion claim of KM25 million plus interest by Dermajaya Properties Sdn Bhd. Hotel Plaza, a subsidiary of United Overseas Land, did not have to advance any of its own funds towards the settlement
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        Lock icon K Ptas profit warning
        54 4 LESS THAN five months after its list ing, K Flas Holdings has issued a profit warning for the year ended Dec 31.2003 The company said it expects profit for 2003 to be lower than last year's due. among other things, to lower margins, the Iraq war
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      Lock icon Haw Par sees emergence of new substantial owner
      468 5  -  Eyes on how US investment adviser will affect game plan of Haw Par stakeholders By Joyce Koh HAW Par Corporation has seen the emergence of US investment adviser Arnold and S Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC (Asbai) as another substantial shareholder. Asbai's entry came
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      Lock icon DBS in talks to buy stake in Military Bank: Thai minister
      273 5 Reuters [BANGKOK] State-run Thai Military Bank is negotiating a stake sale to potential strategic partners, including Singapore's DBS Group, and a deal is likely to be done next month, a minister said yesterday. Finance Minister Suchart Jaovisidha, asked if
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      Lock icon SGX to woo options traders with $16m trading engine
      465 5  -  By Kenneth Lim THE Singapore Exchange hopes to finaUy attract international" eq&ity options traders with a new $16 million trading engine that integrates its securities and derivatives functions. The new engine, called SGX Quest (short for Quotation and Execution System for
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      Lock icon Hyflux rules out share placement now
      439 5  -  It signs $165m loan deal for desalination project By Chen Huifen PLEASED with the strong support from four leading banks for its $200 million seawater desalination plant project, Hyflux's Olivia Lum said yesterday that such a backing will sharpen the group's competitive edge as
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    623 5 Transaction date: Dec 12 AH-snes Short 1-3»rc long »3y DtTBRBAMK CURRENCY RATES Against S$ Against US$ Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bd Offer Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer SS IXS to 100 S&fSS to one unit of foreign currency: unit» of foreign AuMian dollar I1.2680 1.2896 0.7408
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  • money personal finance
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      588 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN DBS Dm 12 dosing: $14.70 AFTER weeks of speculation over possible acquisitions stretching from India to Thailand, DBS has officially announced that it is entering into a joint venture with Shin Corporation to set up a consumer finance company in Thailand. The joint venture will
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        Lock icon Raffles LaSalle CEO raises holding
        73 6 THE chairman and CEO of fashion and design education group Raffles La Salle. Chew Hua Seng, yesterday bought 200,000 shares from the open market at around 80.25 cents apiece. This purchase raised his direct shareholding to 45.05 per cent, or 112.2 million shares, from U37
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        Lock icon Harvey Norman adds to its Pertama stake
        103 6 THE controlling shareholder of consumer electronic products retailer Pertama Holdings, Harvey Norman Singapore Pte Ltd, bought a total of 405,000 shares from the open market on two occasions this week. Harvey Norman acquired 98,000 shares on Wednesday at an average price of 29.04
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        Lock icon GP Industries' parent buys 234,000 shares
        69 6 THE parent of Singapore-listed GP Industries. Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Limited, bought 234.000 shares in the electronics equipment firm on Thursday at an average price of 89.9 cents per share. This open market purchase raised Gold Peak's direct stake to 85.2 per cent, or
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        Lock icon TPV executive director sells more shares
        109 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG PEN Tseng-Kwan. an executive director of monitor maker TPV Technology, on Thursday sold another 100.000 shares, or a 0.03 per cent stake, in the open market at an average of HKM.27 (SS0.94) per share. The shares were held by JCP
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      Lock icon No such thing as a free financial plan
      886 6  -  Financial adviser Arun Abey tells GENEVIEVE CUA that many people here still have unrealistic expectations of investment as quick-return schemes GENEVIEVE CUA IF you were burnt by equity markets in the Asian financial crisis, and yet again when the technology bubble burst,
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      Lock icon Get best returns with sensible risks
      609 6 ipac co-founder Arun Abey, who has an adviser for his personal wealth, talks about his investment style ARUN Abey, one of five co-founders of Financial advisory group ipac securities, is a wealthy individual himself with a net worth in the millions of dollars, ipac
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      Lock icon Dealing with death of a joint account holder
      879 6  -  What you should do with your joint fixed deposit accounts, housing loans and credit cards By Taila Krishnakumar WHEN DBS learned of the death of one of its joint account customers earlier this month, the bank suggested that either account holder could
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  • money personal investment
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      Lock icon Do homework before refinancing loans
      844 7  -  By Genevieve Cua IF YOU have been servicing a home loan that you refinanced a year ago, you're likely to be into the second year with a substantially higher interest rate of well over 2 per cent. Should you refinance, despite a one or 1.5
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      Lock icon Calendar investing
      1094 7  -  show me the money Historical evidence seems to favour buying in October and selling in July, while avoiding investing during July, August and September teh hooi ling THE new year is coming, and along with it new hope. It is a good time to take stock of what
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      Lock icon Timing the market
      120 7 Source: Compiled by BT Comparison of returns based on calendar timing and buy-and-hold strategies SH UOB Sesdaq index SAP 500 Nasdaq Initial capital as at Oct 1,1991 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 Strategy 1: Buy on Oct 1 every year, and sell on Jul 1 every year Funds
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    5 7 Transaction date: Dec 12
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      Lock icon Exports seen staying on uptrend in November
      385 8  -  eye on the economy trade Strong demand in US driving shipments in key electronics sector analysts By Chuang Peck Ming KEY non-oil domestic exports, which kicked off Q4 with a strong showing in October, is staying the course even when the growth figure
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      Lock icon PSA on course to achieve record volume
      362 8  -  With 16.4m TEUs in first 11 months, full-year new peak almost a certainty By Beth Jinks PSA Corporation will handle a record-breaking 18 million TEUs in Singapore this year, if December's throughput meets the terminal operator's monthly average. November's throughput figures show that
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      Lock icon Work on last stages of Circle Line to start in '04
      364 8  -  By Samuel Ee TENDERS for Stages 4 and 5 of the Circle Line (CCL) will be called early next year and awarded by the third quarter, with construction expected to begin then. The Land Transport Authority yesterday said the
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      Lock icon Schroder happy with hospitals and hospitality
      721 8  -  EXCLUSIVE Steady, long-term investing is the way to go, says chairman By Andrea Tan HOSPITALS and hospitality that's the investment philosophy of Schroder Capital Partners Asia (SCPL). "We like to look after people when they're well and look after people when they're sick," said
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      Lock icon Win-win situation needed for business clusters to succeed
      450 8  -  By Kenneth Lim BUSINESSES generally welcome the new scheme by International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore) urging local companies expanding overseas to band together, but say the strategy' will succeed only if it is a win-win situation for all participating members. .Called International
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      Lock icon HDB buyers to pay 2% in cash from next year
      247 8 FROM Jan 1, Housing and Development Board flat buyers who plan to get a mortgage loan from banks will have to pay 2 per cent of the purchase price in cash. The cash downpayment will be phased in over five
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  • news region
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      Lock icon Syed Mokhtar faces new aluminium smelter rival
      549 9  -  Unidentified group planning to build plant in Perak with similar capacity to tycoon's Sarawak smelter From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TYCOON Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary has another headache coming on top of the expected shelving of his mega contract to build the North-South
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      Lock icon MPHB bets on new revamp
      355 9  -  Group's lottery and gaming operator arms set to merge From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MULTI-PURPOSE Holdings Bhd (MPHB) has proposed to consolidate the earnings of its gaming arm Magnum in another major restructuring although the group has been transformed since former finance minister Daim
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        Lock icon China's CPI jumps 3% in yr through Nov
        97 9 Reuters [BEIJING] China consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in six years during the 12 months through November, driven by surges in grain and vegetable prices, while manufactured goods fell further. The consumer price index (CPI) jumped 3 per cent in
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        Lock icon Bangkok Bank to sell 28b baht of shares
        58 9 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Bangkok Bank pel, Thailand's largest lender, is selling 28 billion baht (Ssl.2 billion) of new shares, betting the nation's economic rebound will entice investors to an offering delayed by four years. The bank will sell as many as 533 million
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        Lock icon Tenaga places out YTL Power shares
        82 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Tenaga Nasional Bhd said yesterday it is selling its entire YTL Power stake to raise at least RM339 million (*****.7 million) as part of plans to dispose minor stakes in power plants. The country's biggest power firm has been looking
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        Lock icon Malaysia sees 'comfortable growth' in Q4
        60 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's economy may post "comfortable growth" in the fourth quarter after a 5.1 per cent expansion in the third quarter from a year earlier, a newspaper said yesterday, quoting Second Finance Minister Jamaludin Jarjis. The Star said Q4 growth could at
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        Lock icon Thailand monitors bullish property sector
        71 9 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's central bank has asked commercial banks and finance companies to report quarterly loans extended to the bullish property sector. A Bank of Thailand circular to financial institutions this week said banks and mortgage finance firms were required to report major loans and
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        Lock icon Trading of Philippine Exchange shares
        58 9 Bloomberg [MANILA] Shares in the Philippine Stock Exchange Inc will start trading on Monday, as the company becomes the fifth stock exchange to go public in Asia. Based on the exchange's 1 billion peso (5530.8 million) valuation of itself, the 9.2 million shares will begin
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      Lock icon BNI sees net profit more than doubling in 2004
      213 9 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's scandal-hit lender BNI could see net profit hurt by provisions this year more than double in 2004 amid high loan expansion and plans to further unload lower yielding government bond holdings, a top bank executive said yesterday. PT
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      Lock icon Ibra hopes to close 20% BII sale by Dec 19
      184 9 Reuters [JAKARTA! The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) expects to close the sale of a 20 per cent stake in Indonesia's sixth largest bank. Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), by Dec 19, Ibra's chief said yesterday. "The closing for the 20
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      Lock icon Google to start R&D centre in Bangalore: exec
      235 9 AFP [WASHINGTON) Internet search king Google plans to open an engineering research and development centre in Bangalore, India, in March, its first such centre abroad, a Google executive said in an interview published yesterday in The Wall Street Journal. "We just want
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      Lock icon Yuan value seen having small impact on US
      502 10 Appreciation would not greatly affect US deficit, jobs: Greenspan AP, Reuters [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said a rise in the value of China's currency against the dollar probably would have little impact on America's soaring trade deficit or the loss
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      Lock icon Not time for yuan changes: World Bank
      254 10 Reuters [WASHINGTON] A senior World Bank official said on Thursday now is not the right time for China to make big changes to its currency regime and said it is not totally fair for the United States to blame China for loss of
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      Lock icon China Life's red hot IPO raises HK$23.5b
      497 10 World's biggest offer this year was 25 times subscribed Reuters [HONG KONG] China Life Insurance raised HK523.5 billion (555.17 billion), near the top end of expectations, amid frenzied demand for the world's largest IPO this year, a source close to the deal said
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      Lock icon Father of red chips makes comeback
      610 10 China Life IPO marks return of rainmaker Francis Leung who helped many China companies list in HK Reuters CITIGROUP investment banker Francis Leung, known from his 19% and 1997 glory days as the "father of red chips", has made a comeback of sorts as
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon Business confidence hits six-year high in Japan
      408 11 But better than expected tankan also shows firms are cautious about a sustained recovery Reuters. Bloomberg [TOKYO] Big Japanese firms feel more confident about business conditions than at any time in the past six years, thanks to robust exports, but are cautious about
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      Lock icon Microsoft workers to get US$382m
      303 11 Company has scheme for staff to turn in worthless stock options AP [SEATTLE] A Microsoft Corp programme allowing workers to turn in their largely worthless stock options will result in payouts of US$3B2 million over the next three years, the company said. The 18,500 workers
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      Lock icon Sidgmore, the man who took Internet to the common man, is dead
      457 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] John Sidgmore, who pioneered commercial Internet access in the late 1980s and later took the helm of MCI after 'the company's US$ll billion ac.countkig scandal emerged, died -on Thursday of cancer. N#r* Sidgmore, 52, became
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      Lock icon Serena Williams signs endorsement deal with Nike
      236 11 Bloomberg AFP [NEW YORK] Former topranked tennis player Serena Williams has signed a multi-year endorsement contract with Nike Inc. the world's largest maker of athletic shoes. Financial terms weren't disclosed. ESPN reported earlier this week that the contract was worth as much as
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      Lock icon Rugby star Jonny Wilkinson hits jackpot
      109 11 AFP [LONDON] England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson is set to earn £2 million (Ss6 million) in a new four-year deal with sports goods maker Adidas. The fly-half who dropped the winning goal 25 seconds from the end of last month's fined against Australia,
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      Lock icon Bertelsmann, Sony to merge music units
      504 12 50-50 joint venture, called Sony BMG, would be world's second-largest record label Reuters, AP [BERLIN] German media company Bertelsmann and entertainment conglomerate Sony of Japan have agreed on a merger of their music units in the latest move to consolidate an industry grappling with
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      Lock icon Flaw in Microsoft's Web browser
      305 12 LAT—WP [NEW YORK] Avoiding online fraud just got harder, as a newly exploited error in the most popular Web browser removes an important safeguard. The flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer allows hackers to change the address that appears at the address bar of the Web
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      Lock icon Harvard endowment staff raking it in
      332 12 Alumni unhappy managers may be paid up to US$40m AP. Bloomberg (BOSTON] Two men who help manage Harvard University's endowment are reportedly poised to make as much as US$4O million each this year. Some alumni think that's too much even for superior investment results.
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      Lock icon London bankers rein in the urge to party
      452 12 Reuters (LONDON] Christmas parties aren't what they used to be, at least for investment banks. This year's celebrations will be a pale shadow of the lavish affairs of the 1990s bull market, when champagne flowed in the City of London's financial district
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  • style motoring
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      Lock icon A new Legacy
      886 13  -  The Subaru flagship may resemble its predecessor on the outside but its core is a different matter entirely, says SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE TO say a tsunami of good design hit the Subaru Legacy and rearranged a few things wouldn't exactly be indulging in hyperbole. The new
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      Lock icon Jeep thrill
      1092 13  -  SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE has few problems keeping his seat as he traverses the highlands of Chiang Mai in a luxury SUV OFFROAD driving often conjures up images of a bone-shaking ride along rocky, rugged trails. Deluxe offroading, however, still provides a picture of those worn, dusty trails
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  • sports
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      Lock icon Defensive steel helps Arsenal's revival in Europe
      917 14  -  frankly speaking vince chong LIFE was for me as beautiful as it could get back in 1999, after having seen some of the best Arsenal forwards "live" in London. In the four matches that I caught split equally between Highbury, home of the
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      888 15  -  IRFAN QURESHI looks at some medical issues that may explain why you can't lose weight IRFAN QURESHI DEEPAVALI, Hari Raya, Christmas, New Year what with Chinese New Year just around the corner, 'tis truly the season to be jolly and to feast! And, inevitably, to gain those
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      302 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 2 e,n 9 hardened a summons 1 p I p I R I 5 8 1 to effect re- 3 Saw a number over a period VH """Mb" J||h~JIb"" 5 Fire bar is an old piece of 4 Nurseryman's guarded fore--10 Something special encoun- g Dating somebody
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      596 16  -  The women's movement has taken to white diamonds, coloured stones and interchangeable straps. CHEAH UI-HOON gets an eyeful CHEAH UI-HOON the season to be not just talking about ornaments on the Christmas tree. There's no time like this festive season filled with cocktail HI parties and dinner
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        115 16 'Tis the season for gift wrapping. And if you're hopeless about coordinating wrappers, tissues and ribbons, let Butter Wrap's prepacked gift wrapping set show you the way. The wrappers are from America and come in full or half sizes with matching tissue and ribbons in a plastic box
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        78 16 The Evian family of collectible raindrop bottles is back. This festive season, the mineral water company launches its fifth edition, called Winterstar the Evian Edition 2004. The new design charms with its wintry blue colour and pretty snowflake patterns and evokes a fairy tale feel. Now, who would
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        109 16  -  Compiled by CORINNE KERK Still on gifts. Bronnley, a London based, traditional perfumer and soapmaker since 1833, has arrived in Singapore. Unlike the alkali-saturated soaps of today, it claims to use naturally occurring moisturisers such as coconut, vegetable fat and almond oil as its base ingredients. The
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