The Business Times, 13 June 2005

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg MICA (P) 089/03/2005 Monday, June 13,2005
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    Lock icon PSA in US$925m HK ports deal
    586 1  -  Cash deal will yield S$1.2 billion gain for Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa group By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] PSA International has made a billiondollar foray into the heart of Hong Kong's container handling empire at Kwai Chung, taking stakes in two of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's
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    Lock icon How Temasek's SGX portfolio performed
    1067 1  -  Returns vary from 28% for one year to 3.6% for 10 years By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Some investors follow market movers and high-profile investors like Oei Hong Leong and Koh Boon Hwee. Others turn to chartists and brokers' reports for directions. But how would an
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon If China revalues, Asia must take cue
      837 2  -  Asia is part of an increasingly integrating production chain in concert with China, and it must follow China's lead in the area of currency policy VIKRAM KHANNA Associate Editor OVER the weekend, a chorus from the group of eight industrial countries meeting in
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      Lock icon G-8 calls for action to spur global growth
      740 2  -  US$55b of poor nations' debts cancelled; yuan issue omitted from statement By NEIL BEHRMANN in London FINANCE ministers of The Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations believe that "vigorous action" is required to keep the global economy growing and to counter high
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      Lock icon Pharmaceuticals, healthcare a draw for Temasek
      384 2  -  By ALEXANDRA HO [SINGAPORE] Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings continues to mop up assets in the region, with many deals showing a bias towards the pharmaceutical/ healthcare industry. UOB Kay Hian analyst Lawrence Lye gives a clear reason why the sector is attractive. "Every
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      503 2 MCL Land buys half of Landmarks unit MCL Land, the property arm of Jardine Cycle and Carriage, has agreed to buy a 50 per cent less one share stake in Malaysia's Landmarks Land Properties (LLP) for RM77.9 million (5534.2 million). LLP, which is a unit of listed landmarks,
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      Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
      64 2 MARKETS Week Chge STI .2220.43 +27.76 KLSE COMP 890.02 +24.14 NIKKEI 225 *****.23 +4.18 HANG SENG *****.76 ....+116.31 SET INDEX .679.98 +3.28 JAKARTA COMP ...1096.93 +4.43 MANILA COMP ....1937.18 -85.31 TAIPEI TAIEX 6192.35 +84.40 SEOUL COMP 990.79 +14.70 SHENZHEN B .228.50 +16.88 AUSTALLORD 4180.00 +30.80 DOW JONES *****.63
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon MCL Land to buy half of Landmarks unit for RM78m
      423 4  -  Malaysian firm owns tracts of land in Bandar Wangsa Maju in KL By NANDE KHIN MCL Land, the listed property arm of Jardine Cycle Carriage, is buying 50 per cent, less one ordinary share, in Malaysia's Landmarks Land Properties (LLP)
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      Lock icon Creative lags Apple in MP3 battle
      423 4 AFP AFTER boldly stating he intended to rival Apple's Steve Jobs as the world's leading maker of portable music players, Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo is now facing his toughest challenge, analysts say. The Singaporean, whose sound cards transformed the home computer into
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      Lock icon SIA to continue pushing for Australia-US access
      359 4 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), Asia's most profitable carrier, will continue to push for access to the AustraliaUS route, a spokesman said, responding to Australia's deferral of a decision on opening the Pacific route to competition. "We will continue to press the Australian government
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      Lock icon Curbing syndicate manipulation on SGX
      464 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By LIZA LIN Malaysia is taking steps to crack down on syndicate manipulation on its Second Board, where two weeks ago the index came close to a seven-year-low. In an unprecedented move and one which few people would have predicted Malaysian Prime
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      Lock icon Police arrest dozens protesting PTCL sale
      171 4 Reuters [ISLAMABAD] Police arrested scores of Pakistan Telecommunication Ltd (PTCL) workers who called a strike to protest government plans to sell a stake in the telecoms giant, trade union leaders said yesterday. The industrial strife comes less than a week before bidding opens for
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      Lock icon Flextech banks on consumer demand
      463 5  -  It sees business growth despite weak industry outlook By ROLAND LIM THE outlook for the semiconductor industry this year may be muted but Flextech Holdings chief executive Alex Onn is betting on the growing demand for consumer electronics to fuel the company's growth. "Despite it
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      Lock icon Integra2000 warns of lower H1 profits due to project delays
      220 5  -  By NANDE KHIN PAYROLL technology firm Integra2ooo has warned of lower profits for the six months ending June 30. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange on Saturday. Integra2ooo cited "delays in the completion of several major projects in the
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      279 4 Korea is in a position of strength to transform its technological expertise and leading-edge innovations into viable businesses worldwide. In two powerful exhibitions here in Singapore and Korea participants with the potential to invest will explore new markets, discover breakthrough technologies and more. So if you are looking for investment
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      164 4 \l* j|J gyV r Global Corporate Services Company Formation Foreign Direct Investment Virtual Offices Since 1975 OCRA Worldwide has been providing offshore incorporation and administration sokibons for Astan and International businesses. We have been at the forefront of corporate and financial trends in China and lead the field in foreign
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Research does have impact on stock performance
      717 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent RESEARCH analysts have an unenviable job. Like journalists, they have to keep abreast of what's happening, and at times even try to be ahead of events. If they get it right, they receive little gratitude since results are
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      Lock icon WEEK AHEAD
      65 6 APB Breweries's dividend payment, Jun 13 Unifood's dividend payment, Jun 14 F&N's dividend payment, Jun 15 Food Junction's dividend payment, Jun 15 Low Keng Huat's dividend payment, Jun 17 Ossia Intl's dividend payment, Junl7 Tan Chong Intl's dividend payment, Jun 17 Chip Eng Seng's dividend payment, Jun 20
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      Lock icon Yen falls against US$, Aussie may struggle
      683 6 CURRENCIES AFP [HONG KONG] Theyen fell back against the dollar in the middle of last week after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan suggested there would be no pause in the US central bank's rate-boosting cycle. The Australian dollar was meanwhile expected to
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      Lock icon Metal prices dull, but oil gains
      864 6 COMMODITIES: WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP [LONDON] The prices of metals dropped last week as the dollar firmed, while oil extended gains and coffee fell from five-year points. The Comrao&tfes Research Bureau's 17 commodities*' fell to 303.02 points on Friday, from 306.13 week. Gold: Gold prices
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      434 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jun 10 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 505.00 4158.00 BTCAPI -*****.00 +150.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +51.00 All-SG Equities 567.79 +4.00 SG Equities Elect 142.22 +1.33 SG Equities Fin 1635.36 +16.45 SG Equities Prop 549.39 +7.29 SIMSCI 262.24 +2.07 SiMSCi Futures 261.60 +0.30 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME Accord
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      Lock icon Bullish insiders snapping up shares
      1051 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS But watch Suntec Reit as Li Ka-shing who does not usually raise cash via market sales, slashes his stake, says ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI BUYERS were more active than sellers for the week ended June 10 with 27 firms recording 57 acquisitions versus
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon FRUITS OF LABOUR
      1563 9 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC "What key factors will determine the level and pattern of wages in your organisation and/or your industry this year? Do you think these factors will justify higher wage rises than last year's, particularly at the lower end?" THE only key factors that matter to
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      80 9 BTCEOse-Ctub Members of the BT CEOs e-dub are Singapore's top corporate leaders whom BTeditors would like to intfifact with in an atmosphere ofinfbrmafityand trust This'dub'is a virtual one>with interaction mainly via e-mail. Each week, we wi invite comments from these top executives on various economic and corporate issues. Their views
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Loopholes found in global insurance sector
      645 10  -  Inter-govt body report says industry is vulnerable to money laundering By LISA TAN THE Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-gov-ernmental body that develops and promotes antimoney laundering and antiterrorist funding policies, has found loopholes in the global insurance sector that leave the industry
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      Lock icon EVENTS LISTING
      230 10 DATE/ TIME EVENT VENUE 14-16 June CommunicAsia2005 Sum- Raffles City Conven9am mit tion Centre 14-17 June CommunicAsia2005/Enter- Singapore Expo, 1 Ex10.30am priselT2005 Exhibition po Drive 15 June ISEAS Seminar on Food Se- ISEAS Seminar Room I, 10am curity and Food Sovereign- 30 Heng Mui Keng ty: The Struggle
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Perennial favourites
      2138 11 With new restaurants hogging the dining scene, how do older restaurants stay in business? We look at some restaurants over 10 years old that are still going strong, and find out that theirwinning formula is good food plus the X-factor. Shima Goodwood Park Hotel. Tel: 6734-6281 AFTER 25
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      846 11 Enjoy Exquisite Chinese Cuisine with Your Most Desirable Dining Partner Ah Hoi's Kitchen, Traders Hotel: 10% off on a la carte lunch menu. Hung Kang Restaurant 10% off a la carte menu upon presentation Shang Palace, Shangri-la Hotel: 2 x $20 return visit dining To 6031 4373 of UOB/Hung Kang
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      16 11 DINING OUT A sponsored series on fine dining experiences brought to you by UOB Credit Card
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  • MAKING BUSINESS SENSE
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      Lock icon Inspiring employees to love their work
      1052 12  -  Royal Plaza's efforts to enhance its employees' work-life balance have paid off, reports CHLOE CHOY Some companies have been slow to implement their work-life programmes because of the mistaken notion that such programmes cost a lot, are troublesome to implement and, worst of all,
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      Lock icon Where work-life isn't just an HR matter
      573 12  -  By MINDY TAN ASK people what they think of banking and chances are, seven out of ten will say "numbers". Asked to give other examples, one might even encounter "finance" and "long working hours". While certain facets of the industry do demand that
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      Lock icon The Wow! Fund
      232 12 WORK-LIFE programmes help companies retain good staff and be more competitive. Hence, a $10 million Work-Life Works! (WoW!) Fund was set up on August 22, 2004. The WoW! Fund serves as an incentive for employers to offer more work-life programmes, in particular, flexible work arrangements. It will
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      Lock icon Involvement of staff is key to successs
      556 12  -  By CHLOE CHOY WITH 95 employees working at its plant on Jurong Island, Eastman Chemical Singapore Pte Ltd understands that an organisation is a shell without its people. This explains why the company, which produces polyester plastic for packaging material, has not only
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM .
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      Lock icon Citibanks fast track
      660 13  -  MINDY TAN takes a look at the bank's longstanding Management Associate Programme MINDY TAN Illustration: Ben Cruz EARLIER this year, we explored what it means for Singapore to be a A banking and financial hub, and looked at what fresh graduates m could expect from the banking
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      Lock icon Social entrepreneurs
      740 13  -  CAMPUS LIFE 5 SMU students tackle community service by putting schoolwork into practice, reports KELVIN SAM KELVIN SAM JANICE Yeo, Han Pingping, Jace Chong, Alvin Chia and Diana Chong are all active student volunteers. What makes them different from other student volunteers is their membership in SIFE, Students
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      250 13 Be smart with your finances FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon FDI in China down 0.8% in first 5 months
      695 14 First drop since Sept 2000 mainly due to cooling of WTO fervour Bloomberg [BEIJING] Foreign direct investment in China fell 0.8 per cent in the first five months of the year, the first drop in cumulative investment since September 2000, as
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      Lock icon Fears in N America over China: survey
      308 14 AP [WASHINGTON] China's growing political power and influence on the world economy has many people in North America concerned, polling suggests. Substantial numbers of people in Canada and the United States worry that China's emergence is a threat to world peace and worry
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      Lock icon US studies EU-China textile pact
      573 14 Reuters, AP [WASHINGTON] The Bush administration is studying a new textile trade pact between the European Union (EU) and China to see if it could serve as a model for a similar deal between Washington and Beijing, a spokesman for the US Commerce Department said
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      Lock icon No boost for US bourses from Greenspan's remarks
      481 14 NYT [NEW YORK] Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said last week that the US economy was on a "reasonably firm footing" and argued that even a decline in housing prices would not have a substantial impact on the economy.
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      283 14 This month, chew on Scumptious sandwiches stuffed with exotic and innovative fillings like Beef Ran dang, Otak Otak, Tandoori Chicken and Chicken Satay.Each order comes with French fries, garden salad and a soup of the day plus a dessert of choice. This promotions is available in June and weekday lunch
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon It's time for listed firms to bulk up
      647 15  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT PAULINE NG KL Correspondent THE brouhaha over the slew of limit down trades on the Malaysian stock market took a further dimension last week when Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi stepped in and asked the central bank to "advise" Hong
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      Lock icon Proton struggles with image amid more competition
      525 15 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's national carmaker Proton is blaming a flood of low-cost foreign imports for cutting its market share, but critics say the real problems are its "cheap" image and poor track record. Proton's arch defender Mahathir Mohamad, the former premier who
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      Lock icon China's 1st state share reform gets mixed response from shareholders
      310 15 Four companies picked as test cases Reuters [SHANGHAI] Public shareholders of a company picked as a test case in China's renewed attempt to sell more than US$2OO billion in untraded govern-ment-held stock did not back the plan, while shareholders in
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      Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
      3162 15 Transaction date: Jun 10 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT Online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONGKONG £22SS==i£ 5S Esprit Holdings 54.50 -0.25 3149 Aeon Credit 4.90 unch 12 Extrawel! Pharm 0.19 undj 700 Aeon Stores .8.80 0.20 12 FE
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      Lock icon India stocks likely to continue to boom
      460 15 This due to earnings growth, interest rates, consumption Reuters [NEW DELHI] Indian stocks are likely to boom for at least another year because of strong earnings growth, historically low interest rates and rising domestic consumption in Asia's fourth-largest economy, a fund manager said.
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      Lock icon Cherie Blair's trip to KL in July a private event: No 10
      246 15 AFP [LONDON] Cherie Blair, the lawyer wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, will travel to Malaysia in July to deliver a law lecture and attend a charity event, Downing Street said late on Saturday. Her trip follows
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon But where are the Tokyo bulls?
      716 16  -  Legacy of distrust of financial markets sees shareholders continuing sell-off By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo CORPORATE Japan has just declared all-time-record profits, with company earnings rising for an eleventh consecutive quarter during the first three months of 2005. With profitability boosted by cost restructuring,
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      Lock icon Ebbers pleads for lenient sentencing
      312 16 NYT [NEW YORK] Bernard J Ebbers, the former chief executive of World Com, pleaded for leniency on Friday from the judge who will sentence him for his conviction in March of orchestrating the largest securities fraud in the nation's history. Lawyers for Ebbers, who will
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Donald Tsang set to win HK leadership
        82 16 AP [HONG KONG] The front-runner in Hong Kong's leadership race appeared to be cruising to an early victory yesterday as rival candidates struggled to collect enough nominations to get their names listed on the final ballot. Since Hong Kong doesn't have full democracy,
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        Lock icon Russia aims to join WTO in 2006
        87 16 Reuters [LONDON] Russia is pushing to complete World Trade Organization (WTO) membership requirements by the end of this year and hopes to formally join in 2006, but not at any cost, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Saturday. A senior WTO official said
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        Lock icon Infosys may return cash to shareholders
        109 16 Reuters [BANGALORE] Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's second-biggest software exporter, may consider returning part of its cash pile to shareholders but there is no clear proposal for that yet, company officials said on Saturday. "We will look at returning some of our cash to shareholders,"
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        Lock icon Philippine govt to auction bank stake
        89 16 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine government plans to auction a 67 per cent stake in Philippine National Bank in August for at least 11 billion pesos (*****.8 million), about one-fourth higher than the stake's market value yesterday. The government set a minimum price of 43
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      Lock icon Nymex, Dubai to build energy futures bourse
      444 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] The New York Mercantile Exchange, the world's largest physical commodities exchange, has joined with Dubai, the prosperous United Arab Emirates city, to build the first energy futures exchange in the Middle East. Partnership documents were signed on Friday at the
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      Lock icon New Coke Zero to vie for consumer dollar
      276 16 Cox News Service [ATLANTA] Coca-Cola's next big product Coke Zero, a no-calorie drink that is rolling out now should win enough buyers to secure a slice of the US market. But even a successful launch is unlikely to help reverse a slump
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      Lock icon Telstra CEO to spend first weeks on job in meetings
      183 16 AP tSYDNEY] The newly appointed chief executive of Australia's largest telecommunications company, Telstra Corp, said on Saturday that he plans to spend his first weeks on the job meeting with company leaders and industry regulators. Solomon "Sol" Trujillo, former CEO
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      Lock icon Harrah's gets go-ahead to buy Caesars
      273 16 Reuters (LOS ANGELES! The Nevada Gaming Commission has cleared Harrah's Kntertainment Inc's planned acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Inc. paving the way for the US$6.7B billion deal to close today, Harrah's said on Friday. Harrah's agreed to buy rival Caesars last July, in a deal
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley team quits for Wachovia
      242 16 NYT [NEW YORK] A team of senior Morgan Stanley sales and trading executives resigned on Friday to join Wachovia in the latest sign of discontent in the firm's troubled equities division. The three managing directors and six others, put together, marketed and traded equity
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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  • COMMUNICASIA 2005
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      Lock icon New world of possibilities
      966 17  -  Advances in digital broadcasting are set to turn Singapore into Asia's major broadcast centre, says LIM CHIN SIANG LIM CHIN SIANG WATCH the next FA and Uefa Cup finals live, in glorious, crystal-clear colour, on your PDA or mobile phone. Or keep an eye on your
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      Lock icon Evolution towards next-gen networks
      680 18  -  Service providers will invest more than US$39b in softswitch technology by 2006 and will realise US$85b in new revenue as a result, says TEYEW SIN SIEW TEYEW SIN SIEW THE telecoms industry is evolving from the legacy circuitswitched networks to NGNs, or next-generation networks, which are
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      Lock icon Shows to focus on thought leadership
      527 18  -  By FRANCIS CHIN THOUGHT leadership in technology trends and developments is the key focus in the CommunicAsia, Enand BroadCastAsia trade shows and conferences this week. At the CommunicAsia 2005 Summit, three areas have been identified where leadership opportunities abound. They are mobile content, 3G
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      Lock icon The challenge of making wireless totally secure
      693 18  -  By ANTONY CHAPMAN THE popularity of the wireless LAN (WLAN) has sparked a conflict between network users and administrators. Users demand seamless wireless access across the organisation, as it empowers them to be more productive and better able to respond to issues in
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      459 20 AFP [MOSCOW] Leading Russian aircraft manufacturers will turn out in force at the Paris Air Show this week to push plans to build and sell a new line of mid-range passenger jets that Russia hopes will revive its flagging civil aviation industry. "Now is a
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      318 21 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US airlines have successfully lobbied regulators to let them charge more money to accommodate passengers holding tickets on rival carriers that fail. The Transportation Department said on Friday it would allow airlines to double the fee, to US$5O
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      467 21  -  Bulk of crane orders are from Mexico and Panama By NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] Port equipment engineering company Portek International Ltd has clinched new contracts worth a total of $23.6 million, thanks largely to high oil prices and Mexican ports seeing a steady increase
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      159 21 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian International Shipping Corp (MISC) says it will not sell its container fleet, denying earlier reports that it would, the Star newspaper said, citing president and chief executive Shamsul Azhar Abbas. The company needs to stay in the container business to
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES
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  • SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL
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      589 29  -  The Arts Festival shows how percussion is attracting the young, writes APARNA RODDAM APARNA RODDAM B ROADWAY'S Stomp set the trend for a new explorative form of percussion that in particular seems to have fired the imagination of Singaporean youth. The Drumming Explosion series showcased
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      Lock icon One part Hamlet, nine parts Mid-East political satire
      501 29  -  By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN 1F you go into The Al-Ham-let Summit expecting Shakespeare, you might be a tad disappointed, like some in the audience on opening night, because half the characters of the original play are not there; neither is "To be or
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      540 29  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON TO watch Living Dance Studio's Report on Giving Birth is to experience the emotional intensity of bearing life, and the effort of bringing a child into the world. It's quintessentially from a female's perspective, but as choreographer Wen Hui notes,
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  • BizIT
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      460 30  -  BT exclusive By end-2009, average revenue per 3G user will be more than double that of 2G users By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SINGAPORE may have 80,000 3G mobile phone users by the end of this year. Also, the average spending per month
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      151 30 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software maker, started public testing of a new graphics program designed to compete with Adobe Systems' Photoshop and Illustrator products. The Microsoft program, code-named Acrylic, can be used for digital painting, illustration and graphic design, the company said
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      689 30  -  Survey finds high affinity for softcopy but low awareness of security hazards By GEOFFREY PEREIRA IS SENSITIVE information about your company going out together with the electronic documents that your employees send out? Yes, says a recent survey by a document security company called
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        128 30 SAMSUNG Electronics Co Ltd has released the SGH-Z5OO (right), the smallest 3G phone in the world. Weighing just 95g, the clamshell SGH-Z5OO features two cameras of which one is a megapixel camera. It is also capable of MP3 playback, has Bluetooth and IrDA wireless connectivity, and
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        127 30 MICROSOFT Corp is offering discounted software via two new promotions: One is targeted at SMEs and offers one desktop product licence free with every five they buy, and five client access licences free with every server product licence. Members of four SME associations the Singapore Chinese Chamber
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        67 30 SYMANTEC Corp has released its Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition for home users. It integrates real-time anti-spyware protection and also protects the PC from viruses, hackers, worms and spam. It works on Windows XP and Windows 2000 Pro and costs $139.20 from www.symantecstore.com. Current users of
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        62 30 MCAFEE Inc has announced its virus protection solution for Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Netware-based operating systems. McAfee LinuxShield costs US$23.01 per node for 11 to 25 nodes. And McAfee NetShield for Netware is available as part of McAfee's anti-virus product suites, including Active
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        76 30 PIONEER Corp has launched five new home theatre systems: the HTZ131 DVD costs $469, the HTZ333DVD costs $549, the HTZ434DVD costs $699, the HTZS3SDVD costs $799, and the HTZ232DVD, for which pricing is not available. The first three models feature Pioneer's Multi-channel Acoustic Calibration System which lets
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        69 30 EPSON Corp has released the EMP-7950 (above), the newest in its 3LCD series of multimedia projectors. It offers 4000 lumens' brightness, a contrast ratio of 700:1, and has WiFi 802.11 b/g wireless connectivity to eliminate cable clutter. It is bundled with Epson's EMP Monitor software, which allows
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        67 30  -  Compiled by ROLAND LIM NASDAQ-LISTED Maplnfo Corp has announced Maplnfo Professional 8.0, a location analysis tool that enables companies to analyse the relationships between the location of their assets, customers and competitors. A retailer, for example, can visualise and analyse his customer data to determine which
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      516 31  -  Singapore's first business podcast will be syndicated globally at the iX2005 conference By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY APPLE Computer started the trend, and it is now ready to catch on, much like the way the iPod caught the imagination of the public. The new tech
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      319 31 Reuters [LONDON] Mobile phone giant Vodafone Group is selling airtime to the Extreme Sports Channel in Britain's first Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) deal with a TV channel. The Extreme Group, which was set up by 33-year-old surfer A 1
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      270 31 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Oracle Corp agreed to buy closely held Times Ten Inc to add software that speeds up searches for information in databases, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's fourth acquisition this year. Terms weren't disclosed in a statement. Times Ten has clients
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        57 31 UNITED Overseas Bank has won the Informatica Innovation Award in the data warehousing category. This is the first time UOB has won the award. Organised by Informatica Corp, the award was to recognise UOB's innovative use of Informatica's platform to integrate data from 26 different systems
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        91 31 APPLE Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak will participate in a panel discussion on "Web 2.0: How XML and RSS are transforming your Internet experience" on Friday at the SMU School of Accountancy Auditorium at Stamford Road. Other panelists include Mike Hawley, director of special projects at MIT
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        73 31 CARNEGIE Mellon University's professor David Farber, touted as the "Grandfather of the Internet" will give a free lecture on "The technical and societal implications of networking: A personal perspective" on June 22 at the SMU School of Accountancy Auditorium at Stamford Road. The lecture is
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        42 31 PROGRESS Software Corp has appointed Nicholas Tang as managing director of Asia, based in Singapore. Mr Tang was previously general manager for the Greater China region at webMethods. Before that, he was with IBM Corp in South-east Asia.
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        64 31  -  Compiled by ROLAND LIM SOFTWARE AG has launched a new workshop aimed at promoting the development of Web services applications. The five-day Certified Web Services Professional (CWSP) Workshop will be conducted at the company's XML Academy, and prepares trainees for the Web Services Level 2 Certification
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      181 31 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] IBM Corp has revealed technical specifications for a chip used in Sony Corp's Play tation 3 game console to promote use by other industries. The source code for the Cell chip developed with Sony and Toshiba was released last week
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      354 32  -  By ROLAND LIM GROWING adoption of broadband and wider acceptance of the Internet will see companies in the AsiaPacific region plonk more money on online ads this year, according to Nielsen/Netßatings, an Internet» audience measurement service provider. More companies are now treating
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      769 32  -  Key drivers of semicon growth in '05 are cellphones, PCs, digital TV sets and digital cameras, says the Semiconductor Industry Association. RAJU CHELLAM reports RAJU CHELLAM STRONG growth in key markets in the Asia-Pa-cific region outside of Japan will help the global semiconductor
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      236 32  -  By RAJU CHELLAM SEMICONDUCTOR chips used in consumer devices like MP3 players, cellphones and digital cameras will more than double between 2004 and 2009, soaring from just over US$l4 billion last year to almost US$3O billion by end-2009, according to a new IDC Corp
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      381 32 But disputes may be prelude to new licence agreement Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] The relationship between computer memory designer Rambus Inc and one of its largest customers, Samsung Electronics, turned sour last week as the companies traded federal lawsuits over patents for computer memory chips.
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      147 32 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Global semiconductor shipments may increase this fiscal year on rising sales of PCs and mobile phones, according to brokerage Nomura Securities, which raised its forecast for the industry. Nomura now expects chip shipments worldwide to rise by 2.4 per cent in the year
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      1323 30 Q WOORI BANK (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA) NON-CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT DECEMBER 31,2004 (US$l W1043.80) Non-Consolidated Balance Sheet Independent Auditors' Report As of December 31,2004 and 2003 To the Board of Directors and shareholders of Woori Bank Co., Ltd: Korean Won 2004 2003 VVe have audited the
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