The Business Times, 22 June 2004

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    12 1 h THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2004 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg
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    Lock icon Terrorism could cost East Asia 3% in growth over 5 years: study
    510 1  -  BT exclusive Australian report sees economic impact lasting np to 10 years or more By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Failure to combat terrorism will have the greatest impact on the developing economies of Asean, East Asia and China with
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    Lock icon Hotel Royal chairman likes things the way they are
    828 1  -  BT exclusive Reports by Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Hotel Royal sits on prime land along Newton Road lined with posh condominiums, but its executive chairman Lee Chin Chuan says the hotel will not be bulldozed to make way for condos. Neither will
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    75 1 STI 1,787.15 (-4.47) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,789.00 (-1.00) SIMSCI 217.93 (-0.78) SIMSCI FUTURES 218.40 (-0.20) Monday Change KLSE COMP 825.56 +3.63 NIKKEI 225 11.600.16 +218.08 HANG SENG 11.845.59 -936 SET INDEX MM +7.32 JAKARTA COMP...._689.62 -3.10 MANILA COMP 1.540.52 +7.77 TAIPEI WP1 5.556.54 -1175 SEOI'LCOMP 749.30 +7.57 SHENZHEN B
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    75 1 FOREX RATES US* 8$ L'SS (SS per ISS) 1.722 SS/SS per X) 1.834 3.157 EL'RO(l'S$/SS/E). 1.210 2.083 YEN 108.7 63.10 RM 3.800 2.207 HKS 7.799 4.530 BAHT 40.93 23.77 R1PIAH 9.402 5.461 RENMINBI 8.277 4.807 INDIAN Rl'PEE.._ 45.90 2666 AS 1.452 0.843 m 1595 ..0.926 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5i5
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    Lock icon Still waiting for UOB's offer
    457 1 [SINGAPORE] Lee Chin Chuan, one of the two independent directors who resisted Wee Cho Yaw's offer to privatise Far Eastern Bank (FEB) 10 years ago, says he is waiting for a better offer from United Overseas Bank. Asked what he plans to do with his
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    Lock icon DBS to open in Shenzhen and Shanghai
    658 1  -  By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank is moving into the huge retail banking market in China with plans to offer personal wealth management services to Chinese consumers next year. For a start, the Singapore bank will open a branch in Shenzhen in
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      Lock icon Indon parliament blocks Temasek bid for bank stake
      403 2  -  Paper says Temasek asked to drop Permata bid By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holding's bid to buy a stake in a third Indonesian bank has been blocked by the country's parliament, according to an Indonesian newspaper report. Bisnis Indonesia, the country's
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      Lock icon Flexi-wage works in favour of workers, too
      510 2  -  Pay of unionised staff up 2.9% in 2003: NTUC survey By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The labour movement's latest wage survey should allay worker suspicions about wage reform in particular, that it's an "undercover" move to cut pay. Two findings of the National
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      Lock icon Arroyo's win fails to excite market
      570 2  -  From Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo's victory in the country's national election failed to lift stock market sentiment yesterday with trading continuing to remain lethargic. Weighed down by lingering concern over the opposition's destabilisation threats, investors stayed cautious as the bellwether
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      Lock icon Bursa-SGX tie-up expected to benefit both parties
      503 3  -  Rocky relationship seen initially but liquidity looks set to rise in long run By Joyce Koh LIKE old friends reuniting after a major fall-out, the proposed tie-up between the stock exchanges of Singapore and Malaysia is expected to be rocky at first, but
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      Lock icon JASG eyes IPO after failed backdoor listing
      260 3  -  By Joyce Koh AFTER its attempts at a backdoor listing through Singapore-listed Japan Asia Ltd (JAL) were twice scuttled, regional financial services firm Japan Asia Securities Group (JASG) has decided it will seek an initial public offering instead. Hong Kong-headquartered JASG counts tycoon
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      Lock icon These are tough days for equity analysts
      663 3  -  HOCK lock siew joyce koh THE job of a research analyst is unenviable these days. From clocking long hours to possessing the requisite technical skills, analysts must also learn to tread delicately through the many regulatory requirements here. Of course, there are things
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      Lock icon Bonvests divests Starbucks for $ 13.4m
      497 4  - Bonvests divests Starbucks for 13.4m It sells loss-making franchise back to the international coffee chain By Kenneth Lim DIVERSIFIED group Bonvests Holdings has sold its loss-making Starbucks Coffee franchise business back to the international coffee chain for $13.38 million cash. "The sale will enable the group to focus more on
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      Lock icon Pick-up in domestic M&A activity
      420 4  -  By Teh Shi Ning THE number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals, in Singapore has leapt 81 per cent so far this year from HI 2003 the region's highest jump. Despite the sharp rise in volume, however, the total value of M&A deals here has
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      Lock icon NeoCorp Int'l has $82m in orders
      353 4  -  Removal of unit from BCA register will have little effect, it says By Vince Chong CONSTRUCTION group NeoCorp International said yesterday it had about $82 million in orders lined up at April 30 and that its current-year performance will not be affected substantially by
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      Lock icon Citiraya co-founder sells entire stake
      191 4 FORMER Citiraya Industries executive director Raymond Ng Ah Hua has sold all his shares in the company he helped found, just months after he quit the electronic component recycler now run by his brother, Ng Teck Lee. A statement by Citiraya yesterday showed that Mr
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      Lock icon JK Yarning in Taiwan alliance
      211 4  -  By Kenneth Lim LIGHTING equipment specialist JK Yarning International said it is exploring a strategic alliance with Tai-wan-listed Phihong Technology Co, which became its second largest shareholder after a series of share purchases this year. Phihong Technology's subsidiary Phihong International Corp emerged as a substantial
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      Lock icon A-Reit figures distorted by incorrect calculations
      319 4  -  MAIL bag Tan Ser Ping Chief Executive Officer Ascendas-MGM Funds Management Manager of A-Reit WE refer to the report on Ascendas Reit by GK Goh Research in the "Brokers Take" column of June 18. We would like to point out the following errors in
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      Lock icon CSMC still keen to list despite scrapping of IPO
      577 5  -  China chipmaker unable to agree on final offer price with Citigroup By Jean Chua CSMC Technologies Corp said yesterday it still plans to seek a listing, after an offer price has been agreed on. The Wuxi-based chipmaker, which had planned to
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      236 5 NOL cargo volumes up 18% in May SINGAPORE'S largest shipping line Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) continued its stellar performance with an 18 per cent year-on-year increase in its cargo volume for last month. This is the fourth consecutive month of double-digit growth this year for NOL. Its latest report,
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      Lock icon CMT bullish about Plaza Singapura
      739 5  -  Mall will boost distribution yield nbs5-9% above earlier forecast By Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITAMALL Trust (CMT) says the purchase of Plaza Singapura shopping centre will boost its annualised distribution yield this year and next year about 5 to 9 per cent beyond its earlier forecast. CMT,
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    3989 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS KftffirniSflHHHHH Dividend Pf04(5GD) 0J95/ Fidelity El* HY 9.341/ Global Fixed Income 9.732/10.034 SIS High GrXInll Plus 7 USD)Fd 0.9528/ Pnnapal Select Global Eqty 8.8672/9.334 Franklin Templeton F Global Bal/8 1.4/ Greatet Chma Equity 1.236/1.302 Fusion Glob Growth Trends 0.652/0 6863 S 8 SelEqty Dividend Pf 04 (USD)
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      501 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN Beyonics Technology June 21 dosing: 42 cents BEYONICS reported Q3 04 results that were below our expectations. But we expect the group to put up a better performance in 2005 as it achieves further synergies, cost savings and economies of scale from its acquisitions.
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      Lock icon A good opportunity to accumulate HTL shares
      294 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan A MAJOR divestment of any company's shares usually puts pressure on the stock price. But leather sofa-maker HTL International has joined the list of exceptions. Earlier this month, Morgan Stanley Private Equity (MSPE) converted about 7.8 million
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      Lock icon Market in doldrums amid lack of interest
      491 6  -  BT comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE market needs an infusion of fresh funds to help it break out of a rut. That seemed to be the consensus yesterday as the Singapore bourse struggled through yet another lacklustre session. But judging by the uninspiring
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      Lock icon US$ hit by record Q1 US trade deficit
      590 6  -  Ten soars to highest level in almost two months, greenback falls below key reversal point BT comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar was again out of favour in Asian trading yesterday, hurt by news of a record first quarter US current
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      354 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM Ace Dynamics CEO buys more shares ACE Dynamics chief executive Steven Tham continued his buying spree of the diversified group last Friday, picking up 746,000 shares on the open market at 21.7 cents each. Mr Tham had bought another 760,000 shares the day
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      403 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jun 21 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -407.00 -263.00 BTCADt -*****.00 -85.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -41.00 All-SG Equities 478.12 -1.70 SG Equities Elect 159.78 -0.52 SG Equities Fin 1490.58 -7.13 SG Equities Prop 402.20 +1.30 SIMSCt 217.93 -0.78 SiMSCI Futures 218.40 -0.20 Stocks Volume Stocks Cents Slocks
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      Lock icon Aussino on a growth curve
      839 7  -  The retailer's growing sales and store network make the stock worth another look, says ANGELA TAN ANGELA TAN AUSSINO Group, maker of bedlinen and apparel, has come a long way since it opened its first Aussino standalone store here in April 2002. Today, the retailer
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      Lock icon Small caps emerge relatively better off
      402 7  -  By Kenneth Lim IN a lacklustre week for the overall market, our portfolio of small market capitalisation stocks managed to emerge with relatively fewer scars. The weak sentiment that sent the ST Index down 26.9 points week-on-week or 1.5 per cent to 1,787.15 yesterday
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      Lock icon Construction sector pins hopes on HDB's Pinnacle
      511 8  -  Good public response points to an early tender for the $300m project, says VINCE CHONG VINCE CHONG THE beleaguered construction industry is eagerly awaiting the tender for the Housing and Development Board's high-profile Pinnacle@Duxton project, estimated to be worth about $300 million. This
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      Lock icon Soccer, school holidays hit property sales
      443 8  -  By Vince Chong LATE-NIGHT football and overseas trips during the June school holidays have conspired to dampen property sales over the past week. Most developers, too, have held back project releases as they wait for families to return and soccer fans to resume regular
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      Lock icon Marina Basin reservoir will have multiple uses
      487 9  -  $300m project will be source of water supply, help flood control, and offer water sports By Tang Weng Fai THE freshwater reservoir formed by the damming up of Marina Basin expected to cost $250 million to $300 million will be operational by 2009
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      Lock icon S'pore chip consumption lags region
      275 9  -  EYE on the economy electronics By Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE looks set to be the regional odd man out in the worldwide semiconductor boom, according to research house Gartner. Singapore's semiconductor market will clock a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of just 4.7 per cent
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      Lock icon Int'l SOS offers a 'second opinion'
      338 9  -  New medical service is aimed at corporate clients By Carolyn Quek GLOBAL medical and emergency assistance provider, International SOS, is out to woo corporate and insurance clients with its new SOS Medical Second Opinion Service. This service is a revamp of a previous offering
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      Lock icon ACCA, Malay chamber to hold Islamic banking forum
      266 9 AN Islamic banking and finance forum will be held this Saturday, the first such event to be held on such a scale in Singapore. The forum, jointly organised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts (ACCA) and the Singapore Malay Chamber of
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      Lock icon May inflation seen hitting three-year high
      138 9 Reuters SINGAPORE'S annual inflation rate could hit a three-year high in May on a rise in energy costs, economic strength and the distorting price impact of last year's Sars outbreak, a Reuters poll showed yesterday. The consumer price index (CPI) is expected to have
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Don't hold Asem hostage over Yangon
      773 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION shada islam THE European Union's (EU) decision to cancel two upcoming meetings with leading Asian countries because of differences over Myanmar's participation in the talks could turn out to be a fatal blow for the Asian-Europe Meeting (Asem), the forum
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      46 10 'It's certainly nice to be able to drop by No 10 and have tea with Tony Blair, with Cherie laying out the scones.' -Peter Preston former editor of The Guardian, on why there is an intense battle for ownership of London's Telegraph newspaper.
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      Lock icon Good signs in Indonesia
      599 10 EDITORIAL INDONESIA'S upcoming direct presidential elections could prove to be a boon not just for the country's democratic process but more importantly for its sluggish economy. As the country's five presidential candidates traverse the vast archipelago canvassing for votes, pressing flesh and wooing the media, they
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      Lock icon Fostering a regime based on disclosure
      998 10  -  Outgoing SGX regulatory head prefers a soft approach built on educating market players rather than coercion By RSivanithy FOR more than three years, Alan Shaw has been the man in the regulatory hot seat. If you're a stockbroker, you would know exactly which seat
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      Lock icon Affinity Fraud 101
      1090 10  -  COMMENTARY By Michael Lewis Bloomberg TEN days ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article about a man named Gregory Earls, who used his role as a prominent fund-raiser for Harvard University to persuade investors to give him money, much of which he stole, the rest he
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        Lock icon Apple loses China trademark appeal
        70 11 AFP [BEIJING] American computer giant Apple has lost a court appeal against a decision that rejected its application to have its trademark logo extended to cover clothing and other items in China, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The verdict by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate
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        Lock icon India's May exports rise 29%
        94 11 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's exports rose 29 per cent in May as automobile companies such as Maruti Udyog sold more cars overseas and steel companies stepped up sales to China. Exports in May were US$5.B billion, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said. Imports rose
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        Lock icon Hitachi GST to build China plant
        87 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, the hard disk drive venture between Hitachi Ltd and IBM Corp, yesterday unveiled plans to build a US$5OO million plant in China. HGST is the world's second-largest hard disk drive maker by revenue after Seagate Technology HDD
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        Lock icon China Exim bank to issue US$1b bond
        65 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] The Export-Import Bank of China plans to issue US$l billion in the global bond market, its first dollar debt issue since 1999. Market sources yesterday said the bank had mandated Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and HSBC Holdings to sell the 10-year
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        Lock icon HK posts smallest deflation in 3 years
        89 11 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hong Kong s consumer prices fell 0.9 per cent last month, the least in almost three years, as rising household spending and booming tourism enabled stores, hotels and restaurants to slash discounts. The decline from a year earlier followed a slide
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        Lock icon China's diesel imports up 67% in May
        122 11 Reuters [birM uAFUKEJ China s oil imports stayed at a brisk pace in May as diesel buying hit the highest since 1999 to combat a worsening power shortage, which was set to keep oil demand firm despite government measures to tame economic growth.
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      Lock icon Business booming at Thai private hospitals
      405 11 BANGKOK Health insurers also benefit from govt's efforts to make Bangkok Asia's medical hub THAILAND'S aim to make the country a regional hub for medical care, plus greater health awareness, have resulted in Thai private hospitals and health-insur-ance firms seeing increased business from both
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      Lock icon Tenaga seen venturing into ICT business
      352 11 KUALA LUMPUR Paper says it may sign a deal with Asiaspace to offer broadband services MALAYSIAN energy company Tenaga Nasional is expected to venture into the information and communications technology (ICT) business by making use of its extensive fibre optic network, Malaysian Business Times
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      Lock icon Abdullah calls for formation of an Asian monetary fund
      309 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi called for the setting up of a new Asian fund separate from the International Monetary Fund, saying it will help boost regional development. "If we can have all the countries supporting the
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      Lock icon KCRC move rattles HK property market
      427 12 HONG KONG Analysts say the impending release of new flats will affect sentiment THE volatile Hong Kong property market received another blow following the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation's (KCRC) announcement on Sunday that it will put five big housing projects with more than 13,600 flats
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      Lock icon Yahoo launches Chinese portal
      153 12 BEIJING AP YAHOO yesterday launched a Chinese-lan-guage search portal, following Google's lead in manoeuvring for a stronger foothold in one of the world's biggest Internet markets. The introduction of Yahoo's new web site, http://www.Yisou.Com, follows Google's acquisition last week of a minority stake in Baidu.Com, China's
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      Lock icon HK Jockey Club seeks tax reforms
      372 12 HONG KONG It warns of revenue fall after a 9% drop this year THE Hong Kong Jockey Club has warned the government that failure to reform the way horse racing is taxed will result in a further drop in revenue next season, South China
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      Lock icon Taiwan hires former CSFB banker to head regulator
      224 13 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan said it hired Jaw Sheng Kong, who upset China by arranging meetings with US officials in 2001 as a banker with Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), as chairman of the newly formed Financial Supervisory Commission. Mr Kong, 48, is
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      Lock icon Taiwan companies' China investment triples in May
      443 13 TAIPEI Their investment rose to US$2.8b in the first five months of this year Bloomberg DESPITE recent crossstraits tension, Taiwanese companies' investment in China tripled in May from a year ago as companies such as AU Optronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co expanded
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      Lock icon China draws up plan to deal with blackouts
      302 13 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S power regulator has submitted an emergency plan to the cabinet to prepare to tackle the most serious electricity shortages since the 1980s, state media reported yesterday. The weekly Economic Observer said the plan aims to respond to large-scale blackouts
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    1070 14 Transaction date.Jun 21 DITERBAMK CROSS RATES AS C$ Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ruplah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr HT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.939 5.701 0.569 5.372 31.620 64.762 0.749 7.968 2.618 1.099 39.929 38.689 1.186 4.410 0.859 ***** 28.191 0.376 0.689 Canada
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      Lock icon Wachovia to buy SouthTrust Corp for US$14.3b
      468 14 NEW YORK Purchase of Alabama bank will expand Wachovia's footprint in the fast-growing US South NYT Bloomberg WACHOVIA Corp will buy South Trust Corp of Alabama for US$l4.3 billion, a deal that would bolster the fourth-largest US bank's position in nine southern states.
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      Lock icon Aussie bank NAB names new chairman
      189 14 SYDNEY Reuters NATIONAL Australia Bank Ltd, recovering from a damaging board row, yesterday said it has appointed one of the country's most respected executives as its future chairman. Australia's largest bank said Wesfarmers Ltd chief executive Michael Chaney would join the board in December
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      Lock icon KDDI in US$2b deal with Kyocera, Carlyle
      268 14 TOKYO Reuters US fund Carlyle Group and Japan's Kyocera Corp will buy a mobile operator from KDDI Corp for US$2 billion in the biggest leveraged buyout in Japan so far this year. Washington-based Carlyle, which has more than US$lB billion under management, and
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      433 15 NEW YORK Citigroup to halve stake in Japan's third-biggest brokerage GENERAL Electric plans to bring together all its consumer finance businesses under a single global brand in preparation for an aggressive expansion into retail banking, the Financial Times said yesterday. GE Money, as
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      191 15 NEW YORK Bloomberg GOOGLE Inc, which runs the world's most-used Web search engine, said investors who wish to buy shares in the company's U552.72 billion initial public offering must purchase a minimum of five. It said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing
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      478 15 SINGAPORE Asia should re-examine policy of accumulating large forex reserves Reuters ASIA remains vulnerable to a leap in oil prices and governments should cushion the shock by letting their exchange rates rise, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday. The Manila-based lender
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      219 15 PARIS Reuters JEAN-MARIE Messier, the former chairman and chief executive of French media-to-telecoms group Vivendi Universal, was taken into custody as part of a probe into suspected stock manipulation, French judicial sources said yesterday. Prosecutors are investigating whether French stock market rules were violated when
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      302 17 Purchase would help Bacardi enter premium vodka market Reuters [MIAMI] Privately-held Bacardi Ltd said on Sunday it had reached an agreement to buy the Grey Goose premium vodka business, a fast-growing brand that would make Bacardi a serious player in the vodka
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      1005 18  -  Expanding abroad, combining resources and diversifying into non-traditional sectors ensure that the industry does not stagnate. IE Singapore's Andrew Khaw talks to TEH SHI NING about the challenges facing the industry TEH SHI NING WHEN precision engineering companies move up the value chain, out into
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      976 18  -  Company founder Vikas Goel offers some tips for companies venturing overseas. UMA SHANKARI reports UMA SHANKARI EFFICIENCY. That's what hard disk drive (HDD) distributor and computer manufacturer eSys Distribution is able to offer customers as it continues to expand abroad. "What differentiates
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      100 18 2004 Year of Intel-nationalisation gg I International Enterprise Singapore (IE H| Singapore) has designated 2004 as the "Year of Intemationalisation" to mark the start of a H decade of internationalisation, characterised by |H three strategic thrusts: catalyse private sector- H led internationalisation, maximise connectivity with growth markets and promote Singapore
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      562 19  - ISPS bill for industry US$1.5b a year But the costs could be offset by gains in efficiency and reduction in theft, fraud: report By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The global shipping community will foot a bill of more than US$l.5 billion annually on top of a US$2.6 billion initial cost as
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      553 19 KL assures Adm Fargo of help to fight terrorism, but rejects joint patrol AFP [PUTRAJAYA] Malaysia and the United States mended fences yesterday after an angry dispute over protecting international shipping against terrorist attacks in the vital Malacca Straits. The visiting commander of
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      174 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] Greenpeace, the environmental activist group, has boarded a vessel it claims is transporting US genetically modified crops and is preventing it from docking in the UK, the coastguard says. Four Greenpeace campaigners approached the ship, named Etoile, by boat and
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      312 19 SGX '000 Jun21 S$ W- Vol CH Offshore 0.36 unch 193 Chuan Hup .0.51 0.01 400 Cosco Investment 0.74 unch 2072 CWT Distribution 0.47 -0.01 10 Ezra Hldgs .0.96 -0.02 21 Freight Links 0.09 unch 640 GB Holdings 084 0.01 36 Java Holdings 0.79 -0.01 524 K1 Venture
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      243 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] Oil tanker rates for shipping crude from the Middle East may rise next quarter as Opec boosts output to temper near-record prices, increasing demand for vessels owned by companies such as Teekay Shipping and Frontline. "There are lots of positive signs
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      283 19 Reuters [TOKYO] Powerful typhoon Dianmu, which killed three people as it lashed western Japan yesterday, has forced at least nine oil refineries to halt crude oil unloading and product shipment by sea. Japan's biggest refiner, Nippon Oil Corp, said it had stopped
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        Lock icon KDB no more seeking single buyer for Daewoo
        632 20 State-owned lender may sell shares as global depository receipts or to private equity funds Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korea Development Bank scrapped plans to find a single buyer for its controlling US$736 million stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-larg-est ship
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        Lock icon Stolt- Nielsen unit revamp to focus on Rotterdam
        241 20 StoltNielsen unit revamp to focus on Rotterdam [LONDON] Stolt-Nielsen's wholly owned parcel tanker business, Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd (SNTG), is being restructured with more functions being centralised at Rotterdam. Otto Fritzner, SNTG's newly appointed chief executive, said: "The enhancements we are announcing will increase the efficiency of our operations and
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      106 20 PAGE Gemartrans 4 PACC Cont 5 Austral AL 5 Hamburg Sud 3 Pan Ocean 5 Bank Line 4 Hangli 4 Rkkmers 5 BSA 4 Heung-A 3 SCI 4 B'tangMas .5 IRISL 5 Seaward 4 CMA CGM 3 Kyowa 5 Senlim 3 COSCO 3 KMTC 3 Senator 4
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        550 25 Carbon 180 Ma* 986.7 0.3 14.3 0.04 46 0.02 i un «7 Density Water Residue AshAluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 JJ 1 rZT u 380 Ave 987.6 0.2 13.7 0.04 27 0.02 Eiim 380 Ma* 991.9 0.6 17.7 0.07 49 0.07 K6/W3
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        110 25 Jun 22 HK: Tuen Ng Festival. Taiwan: Dragon Boat Festival. Jull Canada: Canada Day. HK: HK Spe Adminis. Jul 4 USA: Independence Day. Jul 14 France: National Day. Jul 15 Brunei: HM The Sultan's Birthd. Jul 15 SKorea: Constitution Day. Jul 19 Japan: Marine Day. Malaysia: Agung Birthday.
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        745 25 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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        488 26 Daily flights via HK to pat pressure on BA and Qantas Reuters [HONG KONG] Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways is to begin flying from London to Sydney via Hong Kong on Dec 7, intensifying competition with British Airways and its Australian partner Qantas.
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        93 26 [LONDON] Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson carrying Nigerian girl Virginia, who in March became the first child to be born on one of his airline'sflights. The girl arrived mid-air on a London-bound flight from Lagos even though her mother Abimbola Eduwa had been told by doctors that her second
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        206 26 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) will launch a code share agreement from Aug 1 for flights between Singapore and Japan. The agreement covers ANA's seven weekly flights to Singapore and SlA's 42 weekly flights to Tokyo and other
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        139 26 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Asiana Airlines Inc, South Korea's second-largest carrier, said it filled more seats with paying passengers last month from a year earlier after Sars abated and an economic recovery helped lift travel demand. The Seoul-based carrier filled 70.8 per cent of its
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        276 26 Passenger plane lands at wrong airport air force base AP [ST. PAUL, Minnesota] A Northwest Airlines flight that was headed to Rapid City, South Dakota, landed a few kilometers off course at Ellsworth Air Force Base, and passengers had to wait in the plane for more than three hours while
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        126 26 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Dragon Airlines said yesterday it flew fewer passengers in May than April as less people travelled to China during the week-long holiday to mark Labour Day. Dragonair said it flew 328,675 passengers in May, 13.9 per cent fewer than
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        64 26 [SEOUL] South Korean special police officers walk with sniffer dogs along a high-speed bullet train during a security patrol at the Seoul Railway Station yesterday. Security has been tightened after Seoul said it will go ahead with its plan to send troops to Iraq despite the abduction ofa
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        211 26 Reuters [NEW YORK] United Airlines' parent plans to reduce its request for federal aid and seek some US$5OO million in new equity to try to reverse a US government denial of a US$l.6 billion loan guarantee, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
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        347 26 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airline System and All Nippon Airways, the country's two biggest carriers, together cancelled at least 133 domestic flights yesterday to avoid flying into Typhoon Dianmu, which has reached Japan's southern islands. Japan Airlines cancelled 63 domestic flights as at 12.45 pm,
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      495 23 k UK CONTINENT SERVICE Loading for KEELUNG RTM/ATW/BMNAJK/NAN ANTONIS RTM/ATW/BMNAJK/NAN STARLY RTM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN Loads Singapore, EVW. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Loading for PAN VOYAGER DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PAN BRIGHT ADN/HDD/JOH/AQA PLAMER DBI/ABU/DO H/BRN/DMM/KWT AMARYLLIS DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT GOLDEN SUN ADN/HDD/JDH/AQA •Loads Singapore, EVW Malaysia, Indonesia USA SERVICE Loading for SIFNOS BAY CAM/NOL/NFK/SAV/TPC TAUROA POINT VCW/LAX/MZL
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      123 25 |regional weather— 24 5 FOR 7AM 22 Jun 2004 Issued by Meteorological Service Division.NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols showers Fu circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds p a j n One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day -One full fleche represents 10 knots ix
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