The Business Times, 11 October 2004

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Monday, October 11,2004 SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg MITA (P) 023/03/2004
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    Lock icon Global Crossing to axe 600 staff under revamp
    635 1  -  Move resulting in US$41-47m yearly savings will be backed by US$300m re-cap plan By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] ST Telemedia's 61.5 per cent owned US unit Global Crossing has announced job cuts for about 600 full-time employees or 15 per cent of its
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    128 1 MARKETS Week Chge ST1 J004.30 +23.16 KLSECOMP 861.08 .+7.15 NIKKEI 225 *****.35 ....+364.18 HANG SENG *****.46 ....+121.43 SET INDEX .676.15—+14.92 JAKARTA COMP 855.72 ......+19.82 MANILA COMP ....1836.47 ......+49.22 TAIPEI TAIEX 6102.16....+156.81 SEOUL COMP 881.38 +35.37 SHENZHEN B .251.25. +7.31 AUSTALLORD 3696.00-...+27.00 DOW JONES *****.20 -137.45 NASDAQ 1919.97 -22.23
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    45 1 TOP STORIES ...PG 2-3 COMPANIES PG 4,7,8 MARKETS PG 6 SINGAPORE PG 9 VIEWS PG 12-13 DINING OUT PG 14 M'SIA/INPON.. PG 16 CHINA/INDIA ...PG 17 WORLD PG 18 ECONOMY PG 24 AVIATION PG 25 SHIPPING PG 26 STOCKS PG 32-33 BizlT PG 34-38
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    Lock icon Pearl of the Orient tries to regain its shine
    676 1  -  Penang plans projects to make it more attractive to investors, tourists By EDDIE TOH in Penang PENANG dubbed the "Pearl of the Orient" is undergoing major changes to help regain its fading lustre and reclaim its position as one of South-east
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      137 1 mm dining BBS? Hotel grills update their menus. PGI4 BT ONLINE To subscribe to The Business Times, call 6388 3838. You will also get free access to BT Online. 8 II t J§« BlancpajN MANUFACTURE DE HAUTE HORLOGERIE Francis Ford Coppola. V '\j~ Director --z-*, f/m+> Exclusively at: I Jra#
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      12 1 4 if* <\ YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM Raising start-up capital for your business PGIS
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      65 1 HOW TO GET AHEAD IN BUSINESS Check out BTs Global Entrepolis Singapore 2004 supplement pg 19-22 I^^^bsk' 9BHBmK£.'; i n^H3r!£l nHHBS9H^ a V*li I M WO W^&tm:* How can Singapore firms, and Singapore itself, benefit from the global outsourcing phenomenon? Top corporate leaders have their say. PG 12,13 Commentary Your
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      12 1 UPS™ES P iNT The mall is getting a jwllk 7-storey extension PG3
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Little fanfare as earnings season comes to Wall St
      728 2  -  WALL STREET INSIGHT Investors direct attention to spiralling oil prices and job creation By ANDREW MARKS in New York THE current focus in America on oil, the uneven economic recovery and the presidential elections make corporate profit reports second page news.
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      Lock icon OCBC first with new Islamic service
      606 2  -  New facility allows automatic deduction of tithes By JOYCE KOH A TASK that used to take up to an hour for Muslims can now be done automatically through a first-of-a-kind service offered by OCBC Bank, which is determined to stay at the forefront of
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      431 2 Young ATM maker takes on the big boys in China SESDAQ-ASPIRANT Automated Touchstone Machines is pitting itself against bigger multinational companies in the booming ATM market in China. The company believes it has a strategy to carve a niche in the Chinese banking scene burgeoning demand for cash
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      Lock icon S'pore price indices to rise: analysts
      463 2  -  By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Singapore's import, export, domestic products and domestic supply price indices continued to rise in August their fourth consecutive month of increase and economists expect the uptrend to go on for several months. "I think prices are going to continue to
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      Lock icon At last, the extended Centrepoint is coming
      624 3  -  BT exclusive $56m seven-storey extension work will begin in sunken plaza in six months By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] After repeated delays over the past decade, Centrepoint Properties is finally going ahead with developing an extension to its namesake mall on Orchard Road. The
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Young ATM company takes on the big boys
      662 4  -  Sesdaq-aspirant intends to make its mark on the growing China market, reports JOYCE KOH JOYCE KOH IT is an endeavour of David-Goliath proportions. The latest Sesdaq-as-pirant is a young Chinese company producing ATM machines that is pitting itself against bigger multinational companies
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      Lock icon China waste disposal firm to list on SGX
      381 4  -  By JEAN CHUA ZHONGHUI Holdings, a Shaanxi-based provider of domestic waste management technology, is raising funds in Singapore to put itself in a good position to benefit from China's new emphasis on environmental protection. Set up in 2001, Zhonghui designs, supplies and
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      Lock icon Safe deposit fiasco: DBS' reputation on the line
      566 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By SIOW LISEN THE chairman of DBS Bank (Hong Kong), Frank Wong, had his vacation rudely interrupted by the bank's safe deposit box fiasco last week. Forced to rush back to do damage control, Mr Wong apologised for the
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      Lock icon Buyers bide their time, sellers out in market
      1227 7  -  INSIDE MARKETS Purchases fell to 21, from 38, while sales rose to 21, from 15, reports ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI BUYING by directors and substantial shareholders fell while sales rose last week on the Singapore Exchange. A total of 16 companies recorded
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      Lock icon A handful of stocks rocks the boat
      1166 8  -  KENNETH LIM Reporter THE hypothesis that a butterfly flapping its wings could start a storm halfwa; around the world was particularly apt last week, when drastic changes in a handful of counters distorted the gains and losses of their portfolios. In a generally
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      Lock icon Asia debt, equity issues up 22%
      383 8  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA TOTAL issuance of debt, equity and equity-related securities in Asia (ex-Japan and Australia) in the first nine months of this year rose to nearly US$l9O billion, up 22 per cent from the same period last year, according to Thomson Financial. While
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      101 4 Swiss Private Banking since 1841 1 MERiTUS MANDARIN SINGAPORE T v A Tale of 2 Cities Delicious Dishes from Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh 1 31 October 2004 Tuck into authentic dishes like Baked Stuffed Fish in Fresh Turmeric Leaves, Bubur Kacang Merak and more! Buffet Lunch (12.00 noon to 4.45
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon How different is the market this time?
      669 6  -  STOCKS It has not recoupled yet but investors should not ignore fundamentals R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent LAST week's column discussed the possibility that after decoupling from Wall Street for most of August and September, the Straits Times Index might soon find itself closely
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      419 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Oct 8 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 27.00 +11.qq BT CADI -*****.00 -3.QQ BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +2.00 All-SG Equities 522.73 -0.28 SG Equities Elect 159.45 -1.35 SG Equities Fin 1614.44 -2.80 SG Equities Prop 484.10 -1.90 SIMSCI -0.26 SiMSCI Futures 241.60 +0.80 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME SPH
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      7 6 Compiled by Thomson Financial I/B/E/S
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      Lock icon Asian units flat ahead of US data
      348 6 CURRENCIES AFP [HONG KONG] Asia-Pacific currencies were mostly flat last week, led by the Japanese yen, as markets awaited key US data released late on Friday. But the yen and other currencies in the region including the Australian dollar are expected firm this
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      Lock icon WEEK AHEAD
      84 6 Investor events to watch out for New listing of Alantac Tech Oct 11 Aspial's dividend payment, Oct 15 JETS Tech's dividend payment, Oct 15 TPV Tech's dividend payment, Oct 15 New Toyo's dividend payment, Oct 18 Dairy Farm's dividend payment, Oct 20 Elec Eltek's dividend payment, Oct 20
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      79 6 Legend: (TE) Tax Exempt; (N) Net Of Tax; (TA) Tax Not Applicable: (F) Final; (I) Interim; (S) Special, (b) First and Final (c) Second and Final; (n) Fully franked; (v) Special Tax Exempt (One Tier), (w) Interim Tax Exempt (One Tier), (x) Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (y)
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      356 7 Seeking Area franchisees In Singapore A our upcoming u fefbtef V Jjjf 5 i'A y-t _,4., 1(^ citigroupj >, our view, the chief reason behind strong nViuato hank earnings profitability is the ftKt that the Private Bank is able to priValc DallK leverage Cltlgroup's vast Infrastructure.-" Glun Mwn; UW In
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      668 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MANDARIN GARDENS INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Company Registration No. *****2506G NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at Meeting Room, 4tn Floor, 80 Raffles Place (JOB Plaza 1
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      644 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF UNAXIS IT PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at Hotel Seedamm Plaza 8808 Pfafflkon/sz Switzerland on the 1 st day of October 2004, the
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      688 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF EMGEE LAND PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Company Registration No. *****2508H NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at Meeting Room, 4tn Floor, 80 Raffles Place UOB Ptaza 1 Singapore
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      689 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.SO ((Section 290(2)(b|l AND IN THE MATTER Of GEISUNGER METALWARE PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Pandon Crescent #05-01 Singapore *****4 on the 4th day of October 2004, the
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      1236 8 MMI HOLDINGS LIMITED (Co. Rog. No. *****2772R) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of MMI Holding* limited ("the Company") will be held at U Meridien Singapore, 100 Orchard Road, Singapore *****0, on 26 October 2004 at
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore is a good place to network: Japanese firm
      479 9  -  It will take part in the Global Entrepolis Singapore to boost its profile and build contacts By CHEN HUIFEN TO Japanese firm Calibration Testing International (CTI), Singapore is not only an ideal location for R&D but is also a good place
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      Lock icon Third centre for eyesight specialist NeuroVision
      475 9  -  By CHEN HUIFEN EYESIGHT treatment specialist NeuroVision is opening its third centre in Singapore in four months, driven by the rising demand for its services. The company opened its first commercial centre at the Singapore National Eye Centre in June and a second outlet
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      Lock icon Know what your dog really feels
      439 9  -  By DANIEL BUENAS DOG lovers here can now have heart-to-heart conversations with their pets well almost. Local start-up Ping Enterprise has been granted sole distributorship rights by Japanese toy giant Takara Co to sell and market the Bowlingual a device that can supposedly tell
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon RIDING THE OUTSOURCING WAVE
      3627 12 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC How can Singapore and Singapore the global outsoutting FIRST there was offshore pipdurtion, starting in thel96os; which revolutionised mindsets: the outsourcing of services, including IT services and business process outsourcing. Outsourcing Is already a multi-billion dollar business, growing at high double- digit rates.
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      72 12 BT CEOs e-Club Members of the BT CEOs e Club are Singapore's top •corporate leaders whom BT editors would like to interact with man atmosphere of informality and trust. This 'Hub' is a virtual one, with interaction mainly via p mail. Each week, we wilt invite comments from these top
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      23 13 r HAVE YOUR SAY What do you think of the opinions expressed in these pages? Share your views by writing to l btietterOsph.com.sg
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  • DINING OUT
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      1623 14 Hotel grills update their menus for a memorable dining experience HOTEL fine dining restaurants formal, traditional and more often than not known for its grilled steaks or fine French cuisine have since gone past their sell-by date as most modern hotels have swopped formal for smart casual. If
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      173 14 I I INTRODUCING THE MOTO RAZR V 3. An essence of advanced technology and superlative design, the Moto Razr V 3 is an elitist, rich in functions, performance excellence and design innovation. Erotically smooth and ultra-thin, the Moto Razr V 3 is a fusion of style and technology, where redefining
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Finding the funds to start up
      757 15  -  Perhaps the two most important elements in getting your own business up and going are your money-making ideas and the funding required to put these into action. By NANDE KHIN Since we can't help you very much with the first (if we had moneyspinning
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      Lock icon Share your views on what's relevant to you and stand a chance to win a Nomad MuVo!
      286 15 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in his maiden National Day Rally speech, championed the empowerment of youths. "Give them a say in their lives to make them feel they can make a difference,"
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      Lock icon Looking at accountancy from a different angle
      511 15  -  CAMPUS LIFE SMU's star photographer chats with KELVIN SAM KELVIN SAM JJ M IT all started with a second-hand Canon EOS, a gift from an uncle to a nephew. Unlike other accountancy students, 23-year-old Jeremy Nguee would rather be surrounded by pictures than
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      187 15 crEi bank The Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme. Have your say
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Warmer M'sia-S'pore ties may boost market
      614 16  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT Many stocks could revive if closer diplomatic ties translate to the economic front EDDIE TOH KL Correspondent INVESTORS did not pay much attention to the warming of bilateral ties between Malaysia and Singapore last week. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index eased 0.02
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      Lock icon Indofood to issue bonds worth 1.75t rupiah
      311 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, the world's biggest maker of instant noodles, may sell as much as 1.75 trillion rupiah (*****.9 million) of bonds to buy back dollar-denomi-nated Eurobonds before they come due in 2007. "We plan to refinance the debt with
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      Lock icon M'sia to probe US report with Badawi's name
      475 16 His name was listed as being part of a UN oil scam in Iraq AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia promised yesterday an inquiry into a US report which said a man with the same name as Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was involved
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      Lock icon Korean firm seeks to build Indon power unit
      174 16 AFP [JAKARTA] South Korea's state-owned Korea Electric Power Corp (Kepco) is considering investing in the construction of a US$35O million steam power plant in Indonesia, a top official said yesterday. Eddie Widiono, the president of Indonesia's state electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Mergers expected to sweep Indian banking sector
      537 17 Consolidation could start within public sector, say bankers Reuters [NEW YORK] India's banking industry expects a wave of consolidation perhaps with mergers as soon as this quarter as banks emphasise technology and customer service to increase scale and profit, bankers from the country
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      Lock icon A manufacturing renewal
      705 17 LG's plans for a US$43m cellphone factory shows India's growing appeal Bloomberg THE decision by LG Electronics to set up a US$43 million cellular phone factory near Mumbai is hardly the kind of news that creates ripples in financial markets. The amount the South Korean electronics maker
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      Lock icon 3.9b yuan deal to build the tallest building
      322 17 AP [SHANGHAI] A pair of Chinese companies have been awarded bids worth 3.9 billion yuan (*****.4 million) to build what China is touting as the world's tallest skyscraper in Shanghai, a newspaper said yesterday. The roof of the planned 101-storey Shanghai World
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      317 17 Organized by Main Sponsor (A 8 DBS SICCI DBS Singapore Indian Entrepreneur Awards 2004 The Indian business community in Singapore has always taken great pride of its entrepreneurial spirit and drive to seek out new opportunities. The 'SICCI DBS Indian Entrepreneurs Awards 2004', envisaged and brought to fruition by the
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Australian markets seen boosted by Howard victory
      535 18 Ruling coalition also looks set to win majority in the upper house Senate Reuters AFP Bloomberg [SYDNEY] There will be a collective sigh of relief in Australia's financial markets today as Prime Minister John Howard's coalition government was swept back to power in
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      Lock icon US group to push News Corp for board changes
      363 18 Improved corporate governance is its main priority Reuters [MELBOURNE] Rupert Murdoch's News Corp can expect pressure from big US investors for board changes even after it amended its constitution to win shareholder support for a plan to shift its domicile from
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      Lock icon Oracle may lower US$7.7b hostile bid for PeopleSoft
      405 18 Bloomberg [SAN FRANSISCO] Oracle Corp chief executive Larry Ellison said he has considered lowering his company's US$7.7 billion hostile offer for People Soft Inc because of a shrinking market for business software. "There have been discussions about changing the price, but there
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Two bidders may team up for Daiei
        89 18 [TOKYO] Two groups of investors that have expressed interest in reviving Daiei Inc may team up to try to bail out Japan's debt-laden retailer, the Asahi Shimbun said yesterday. The report comes after Japan's turnaround body set a Tuesday deadline for Daiei to
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        56 18 NYT [NEW YORK] Thomson Corp said on Friday it had agreed to sell its trade publication group, home to American Banker and The Bond Buyer, to Investcorp for US$35O million in cash. The sale of the group, known as Thomson Media, completes the company's four-year
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        80 18 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan and Thailand have agreed to leave out rice from a planned bilateral free trade agreement, a breakthrough that could see i deal agreed by the end of the year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday. Thailand had pushed for the removal of
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  • GLOBAL ENTREPOUS @ SINGAPORE 2004
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      Lock icon THE ENTERPRISE EXCHANGE
      155 19 Suntec Level 4, Hall 403 40 October 12-14,2004 Selected highlights at the GES Business matching portal A website for delegates to match interests and make appointments to meet Ybu can also locate each other through the radk) frequency identity tags you are wearing. HOTDatt Seven-minute rourxkobin meetings
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      Lock icon OUTWIT, OUTPLAY, OUTLAST
      741 19  -  Ready to get right into the fray? Don't leave home without reading CHEN HUIFEN's tips on surviving Global Entrepolis Singapore CHEN HUIFEN's SO the annual Global Entrepolis Singapore is here again, after a successful inaugural run last year. The mega event is expected to draw more than
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      Lock icon Lead by innovation
      1166 21  -  SEAN CHIN SIONG THE temptation to jump onto a high-growth strategy is irresistible. But fast growth does not necessarily ensure that it will also be consistent and sustainable. Companies are rolling under the effects of globalisation. They now operate in a continuously competitive economic environment where margins
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      Lock icon Arose by any other name...
      981 22  -  GREG BYRNE looks at two aspects of brand identity that start-ups need to create brand name and brand logo GREG BYRME IF you seek competitive advantage through a differentiation strategy by performing activities differently or taking a different path from your rivals then branding is
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      316 22 What exactly is a mission statement? Here are some questions to help you define one: IWhy are you in this business? What do you want for yourself, your family and your customers? Think about the spark that ignited your decision to start the business. What will keep it
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      329 20 ENTERPRISE EXCHANGE It all happens here Commemorating SEEDS Ceremony 2004 7 the Ist LEAP YEAR or vivian balakrishnan Community tk Gusst of Honour! (Acting Minister for Community FntrpnrpnpiirQhin MR HENG CHEE HOW Development, Youth and Sports timcpiciicuiaiiip (Minister of State for Trade Industry) Senior Minister of State Q£S Making Ministry
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      436 23 I.*"" r*sr 0 Global Entrepolis Singapore J"?':.' >> THE ENTERPRISE, INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE j Jpf,^ v. The Enterprise, Innovation and Technology Exchange 11 -15 October 2004 r j Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre www.globalentrepolis.com Into its second year, Global Entrepolis Singapore (GES) 2004 promises to be bigger, more
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      525 24 But some analysts warn of a dot.com era in commodities Reuters [LONDON] China's industrial revolution and prospects for huge Indian growth have fuelled what some analysts see as a long-term metals boom which investors ignore at their peril. Bulls are likening the price rises
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      366 24 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, which account for almost half of Opec's oil output, said they're committed to boosting capacity to meet soaring demand that has driven prices to a record. "Regardless of wherever there is a problem,
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      572 25 Latest round of hikes may dampen air travel demand, observers warn AP [PARIS] Airlines the world over are raising fares in response to the latest oil price hike, which threatens to choke off a gradual recovery in air travel and deepen
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      200 25 AFP [AUCKLAND] A drunk passenger picked the wrong flight on which to cause trouble when fellow travellers on his Singapore Airlines plane to New Zealand included members of a British police sports team, the Sunday News reported. When the troublemaker became aggressive and
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      397 25 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), AI: Air India (AK), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), BI: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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      367 25 AFP [MONTREAL] The UN agency that oversees civil aviation safety is set to begin publishing previously confidential reports on countries that are lax in adopting its safety norms. To date, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has been reluctant to publicise such
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      199 25 AFP [LONDON] London's main Heathrow airport, the busiest international airport in the world, is "as safe as ever" despite a worker falling ill with legionnaires' disease, airport officials said on Saturday. A 26-year-old man working on a construction project off limits to the travelling public
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        46 25 Xinhua [BEIJING] Two Chinese airlines have ordered 26 Airbus aircraft. Air China ordered six A3l9s, which are scheduled for delivery in 2005. China Eastern Airlines and Airbus also signed a contract for the purchase of 20 A 330-300 aircraft. —Xinhua
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        39 25 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Central Japan's strongest typhoon in a decade, Ma-on, disrupted air and rail operations on Saturday. Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways together cancelled 319 flights, affecting about 65,000 travellers, the Yomiuri newspaper said.
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      1238 25 /9jfe NOEL GIFTS INTERNATIONAL LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Noel Gifts International Ltd (the Company*) will be held at The Boardroom, 50 Kallang Avenue, #04-01 Noel Corporate Building, Singapore *****5 on Wednesday, 27 October 2004 at 10.00 a.m.
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      379 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] Persian Gulf oil tanker rates to Europe rose to the highest in more than three decades as oil producers pumped faster, prompting companies to scour the market for ships to take on November cargoes. Rates to Asia soared to a four-year
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      697 26  -  Buoyant freight rates, oil prices, robust Asian exports cited By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] A combination of buoyant freight and cargo rates, high oil prices and robust Asian export growth has sent shares of shipping and offshore and marine stocks surging by between 30 and 50
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      278 26 [SINGAPORE] Singapore is offering an annual fellowship for a graduate diploma course in maritime and port management to a Chilean student under a new maritime co-operation pact signed with the Latin American state. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) signed a
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      181 26 (SINGAPORE] An Indonesian wooden craft caught fire and sank early yesterday morning in Singapore waters off the Bedok Jetty. There was no report of any injury to the crew or oil pollution as a result of the incident, according to the Maritime and Port
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      284 26 Source: Money line Telerate SGX '000 Oct 8 5$ W- Vol CH Offshore .0.44 0.01 ***** ChuanHup .0.68 0.01 ***** Cosco Investment 1.10 unch ***** CWT Distribution .0.55 unch 555 EzraHldgs 1.22 0.09 2121 Freight Links 0.10 -0.01 55 Grand Banks Yacht 0.84 0.02 57 Java Holdings 1.05
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES
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    3985 32 STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS IMwm <m O— aim* SMcfc <m am Chug* Allqreen 50c 0.30 VOM -0020 NQL 121 3 080 -0 060 Bit tntl US30c 0.46 0.990 t-0 005 OCBC 10.65 ***** -0 100 CapitaLand 122 1-810 Pathway H 25c 067 1 430 <0.020 pan SemiCood 26c
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    3155 33 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES to total curr Id St In US* &r %r %<b %r dy *y Oct» IndM Oi»t<9> Puny Q>ng» Chi— .Q«oq« Change World Index Preliminary 604.7 -03 34 -04 1-8 0.1 23 «EAfEPwftnln»y 744.4 -03 63 03 3J 0.7 49 Europe Preliminary 1017.7 -0-3
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    898 33 COMMODITIES: WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP [LONDON] World commodity markets rode a wave of speculative buying last week, with oil reaching new record highs, copper flirting with a 15-year peak and gold scaling a six-month summit. "Despite the price levels of many commodities setting fresh multi-year
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  • BizIT
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      790 34  -  By the end of 2010, almost every other phone in a business will be an Internet Protocol phone, according to a Frost Sullivan study. AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SINGAPOREAN companies buying new telephone equipment are increasingly choosing phones capable of using the Internet, according
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      363 34  -  GLOBAL ENTREPOLIS SINGAPORE By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY IMAGINE turning your camera phone into a video camera with a simple download that costs just $5. This innovative offering is one of several on display at the Global Entrepolis Singapore (GES) megashow,
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      760 35  -  <we say> Every individual security lapse diminishes the overall security of an organisation RAJU CHELLAM Senior Correspondent IN an online world wrought with spam and spyware, and with viruses and worms, the only thing that keeps your data safe from the virtual wolves is your password.
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      930 35  -  <you say> NICK HAWKINS AS the Internet evolves and becomes more sophisticated, so do the scams and crimes that are committed online. During the past six months, one particular type of online security crime has seen incredible growth the online fraud scam. These scams
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        83 35 LOCAL 3G-related research has received a boost following the completion of a successful collaboration effort between leading semiconductor maker STMicroelectronics (ST) and A*Star's Institute for Infocomm Research (12R). ST has set up a centre of excellence in Singapore, and will hire 14 research scientists and
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        48 35 ORIENT Networks, an independent Pan-Asian network service provider, has appointed Enrico Nora as its vice-president, finance. Mr Nora will be based in Singapore. The new appointment is a part of Orient Networks' efforts to realign its business direction in the Asian network services market
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        52 35 ENTERASYS Networks, which provides enterprise customers with network infrastructure products, has appointed Kip Cole as vice-president of channel sales for South Asia. Mr Cole reports to Attley Ng. president of Asia-Pacific. Mr Cole will be based in Singapore. Previous to this appointment Mr Cole was with
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        57 35 AN Indian IT forum. The Rise and Continued Rise of Tech Outsourcing, will be held today at Suntec City Convention Centre from 1.30pm to 5.30pm. Part of Global Entrepolis Singapore 2004, it is being jointly organised by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre and the India
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        117 35 MESSAGELABS. a leading provider of managed email security services to businesses, has identified a new method through which spammers are attempting to take control of PCs for distributing further spam. The company's anti-spam service has intercepted a number of emails containing a 1 "click here to remove" link
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        80 35  -  Compiled by AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY NEC Corporation has won Frost Sullivan's Market Engineering Award for Leadership for the overall Asia Pacific Enterprise Telephony Market for the third consecutive year. It emerged as the overall leader in the Asia Pacific enterprise telephony market, with a market revenue
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      546 36  -  BT exclusive Asia, from China to S'pore to India, is a great market for Dell but product and segment emphases may vary, its chief Kevin Rollins tells KENNETH JAMES KENNETH JAMES DELL CEO Kevin Rollins has slammed news reports that the PC leader had
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      756 36  -  &lt;cool stuff&gt; Sim Lim Square is both a tech paradise and shopping nightmare rolled into one. Checking out Hardware Zone before making the trip would be a smart move, says RAJU CHELLAM RAJU CHELLAM WOULD you like a 128 megabyte thumb drive from ScanDisk
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      511 36  -  By RAJU CHELLAM THEY'RE young, ambitious, highly educated and geeky. They run a website that gets 32 million page views a month and was rated the top IT media website in Singapore in August by Hitwise. And the startup they founded now employs 45 people.
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        90 36 CREATIVE has announced its first Sound Blaster Audigy sound card to plug into a notebook's PCMCIA slot, thus giving notebooks high-quality sound found on desktop PCs. The PCMCIA Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook enables users to listen to audio tracks on a notebook in 5.1 and
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        93 36 Iomega has introduced two new Iomega Super DVD 16x recorders which support the the new 8.5 gigabyte double-layer (DL) recording standard. The Super DVD QuikTouch Video Burner 16x Dual-For-mat USB 2.0 drive combines a DVD recorder with a video capture card and is priced at $579. For general
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        101 36 Samsung Electronics has introduced its latest multi-functional personal entertainment display the SyncMaster 730MP. Equipped with both monitor and TV functions. the 17-inch 730MP also provides a built-in FM radio, a 5-in-l flash card reader, two USB ports and high quality multimedia speakers with Dolby Virtual Surround Sound
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        90 36 Macromedia has announced the availability of Macromedia Captivate. which allows anyone to easily record onscreen activity and create software demonstrations and interactive simulations. Simulations provide an interactive learning experience that requires user input Content created using Captivate can include audio, animation and scored interaction. The Windowscompatible product
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        82 36 Network Appliance has introduced the NetCache 6.0 software which further enhances its Internet access and security solution. Net Cache 6.0 software helps guard against security threats, expands support for in-dustry-leading security partners, minimises virus and hacking risks, and accelerates and improves management of customers' Web and application information.
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        114 36  -  Compiled by AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Pioneer Electronics has also unveiled its latest range of DVD recorders (DVR) the DVR-320-S, DVR-720H-S and DVR-520H-S. The DVR-320-S is a straight forward model and does not have a built-in hard disk drive (HDD). The DVR--720H-S comes with 160 gigabyte hard disk built
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  • VISION FOR INNOVATION
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      1163 38  -  Staying ahead of competition requires not just innovation but also successful marketing of products and services created, industry observers tell UMA SHANKARI UMA SHANKARI FOR Singapore to stay one of the world's top places to do business, local companies have to be leaders in product development and
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      830 38  -  By CAROLYN QUEK WHEN it comes to developing products, muvee Technologies, a winner in the previous National Infocomm Awards, is always exploring places "where nobody else is looking". "One thing that we always consciously do is to look at places where people are not looking
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      45 38 Vision for Innovation is a four-weekly series brought to you by Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF). It celebrates the spirit of innovation at work and examines how companies in Singapore embrace innovation for economic value and impact.
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      88 38 The National Infocomm Awards is the highest industry accolade for Infocomm innovation in Singapore. The award is jointly organised by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF). The NIA provides a platform for recognising innovative products and services from infocomm companies in Singapore.
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