The Business Times, 8 July 2006
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Title Section19 2006-07-08 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 099/03/2006 July 8-9. 2006 online at http://business-times.asui 1 (om scj19 words
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Article, Illustration961 2006-07-08 1 CHUANG PECK MING - But almost everywhere else on the job ladder, men still earn more than women, MOM poll shows By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Men and women earn about the same at the top of the corporate world, a survey by the Ministry of Manpower961 words
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501 2006-07-08 1 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY [SINGAPORE] In the biggest investment yet in a Singapore wafer facility, Soitec of France s&fs it is to spend U*****.6 million to set up a new production plant in Singapore. Soitec makes silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and other engineered,501 words
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Article134 2006-07-08 1 sn 2,445.13 (-2.94) ST INDEX FUTURES 244&00 (-3.00) siMsa ***** (+0.16) SIMSa FUTURES ***** (-1.30) MARKETS Friday Chang* KLSECOMP 925.56 +5.56 NIKKEI 225 15J07.61 -13.79 HANG SENG 16.459.78 >18.79 SET INDEX 686.11 -2.85 JAKARTA COMP 1.347.91 +7.88 MANILA COMP 2.258.03 +30.18 SEOUL COMP 1,273.93 +9.97 SHENZHEN B 292.91134 words
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Advertisement54 2006-07-08 1 Fhbulous^ *ite' BT ROUNDTABLE Reality check for Indian market PAGE 7 ■The long road to Berlin. Senior legal counsel Michael Khoo I on the France-Italy confrontation page 2 WUKLU Italy, adidas are tops in Raffles Place poll page 2 fI ID IAAC France is hungrier page 14 "Klinsmann: football's poster54 words
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Advertisement33 2006-07-08 1 Melinda Gates |j^g£ I3!!H!SmSISOSI Cartes Ghosn, the charismatic chief executive of Nissan Motor, talks about his strategy for Japan's second biggest carmaker. In the Raffles Conversation, PAGE 3 II 111 8 '*****1 *****433 words
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Advertisement6 2006-07-08 1 CORPORATE ANALYSIS Drat blame the CAD6 words
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TOP STORIES
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Article, Illustration690 2006-07-08 2 CHEN HUIFEN - Move is part of drive to create economic growth through R&D By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] A billion dollar five-year plan to set up international research centres in Singapore was announced yesterday, as part of a national drive to develop new economic growth engines690 words
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Article, Illustration426 2006-07-08 2 Source: The Glo Bottled Water King People aS around the world need to quench their thkstAndvvhHemanyladaocesstoanysouiteof dean wafec there are others who indulge indlptingj! I plenty of the botMrerietie&Vfewontali^ battled water on a dot m ANSWERS: A. United States ft. United Arab Emirates C Mexico D. ItalySource: The Glo - 426 words
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Article417 2006-07-08 2 When CAD spells hope for better future JUST because a company is under investigation by the Commercial Affairs Department does not mean it's "The End". In fact, the CAD's involvement may well mark the beginning of the company's road to recovery. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 4 Vantage rejects Mediaßing's417 words
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589 2006-07-08 2 Reuters [JAKARTA] Bank Indonesia, the nation's central bank, plans to prevent investors from owning stakes in more than one commercial lender, a move that may affect investments held by Khazanah Nasional and Temasek Holdings. Companies that own stakes in more than one bankReuters - 589 words
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Article667 2006-07-08 2 MICHAEL KHOO - COMMENTARY By MICHAEL KHOO THE Road to Berlin 2006 is littered with bruised egos, embarrassed pundits and luck, often with the assistance of poor or dubious refereeing. Who would have dreamt of an all-blues Final Les Bleus versus the Azzurris? Perhaps nobody, if the667 words
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344 2006-07-08 2 MIKE CHUA - WORLD CUP 2006 By MIKE CHUA (SINGAPORE] A straw poll of 100 people by BT in the central business district showed that 57 per cent reckon Italy will win the World Cup, while 43 per cent go for France. The difference344 words
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RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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Article, Illustration2223 2006-07-08 3 ANTHONY ROWLEY - Charismatic Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn talks to ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo about his management philosophy, business strategy and his vision of the car industry ANTHONY ROWLEY MY Raffles Conversation with Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Japan's Sfecond largest car maker, Nissan Motor, took place justREUTERS - 2,223 words
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Advertisement101 2006-07-08 3 Ivwl Raffles Beijing Hotel g^H CHINA t£ <£- returns Beijing's grandest hotel attracts high-society acclaim as the glamorous centre for the city's luminaries. For more information, please visit www.beijing.raffles.com 2006 33 East Chang An Avenue Beijing *****4 People's Republic of China 100 years later, it is once again the centre101 words
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Advertisement61 2006-07-08 3 Raffle? Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles Hotels and Resorts logo is an apt symbol. Not only has water stored at the base of this palm provided sustenance, the leaves rest in61 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article, Illustration1118 2006-07-08 4 MICHELLE QUAH - CORPORATE ANALYSIS An investigation, while it uncovers negative issues, isn't always a bad thing for the company, says MICHELLE QUAH MICHELLE QUAH Announcing that your company is being investigated by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) is tantamount to sounding the death knell forJACQUELLE - 1,118 words
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Article5505 2006-07-08 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ACMGI Amer Income BT USD 137/ ACMGI Amer Income A USD 8.3V ACMGI Amer Income B USD «3V Vf* nntJ AONQAnwrlnemAEim U« ACMGI Amer Income B EUR iSl IS ACMGI Emp Income Opp AT SGO 151 S 52RE= ACMGI Ei*op Income Opp BT SGO IS gggg »g5,505 words
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Article, Illustration603 2006-07-08 5 ROLAND LIM - MediaRing urges Pacific Internet shareholders to question rejection By ROLAND LIM VANTAGE Corporation, the single largest shareholder of Pacific Internet (PacNet), yesterday snubbed MediaRing's revised offer to acquire PacNet at US$9.5O per share. Vantage director and chief executive James Tan said in a statement603 words
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320 2006-07-08 5 JEAN CHUA - By JEAN CHUA JUICE maker New Lakeside Holdings says it expects to report a loss for the first half 0f2006, no thanks to a shortage of apples from which its mam product is made. The China-based company said after the market closed yesterday320 words
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237 2006-07-08 5 WEE LI-EN - By WEE LI-EN HEINZ Grossmann, who became chairman and chief executive officer of electronic motor maker Linde-teves-Jacoberg (LJ) in March, has resigned from both positions and as a director. Mr Grossmann, whose resignation took effect yesterday, will pursue his personal interests, LJ said237 words
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265 2006-07-08 5 SEMBCORP Marine has acquired the remaining 50 per cent equity stake in Jurong Marine Services (JMS) for $1.66 million, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. The vendor of the half stake is SembCorp Logistics (SembLog). "The consideration is based on the valuation265 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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65 2006-07-08 5 GREEN Dot Capital, a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, will become one of Zagro Asia's top Ave shareholders. Zagro said yesterday that, subject to approval by the Singapore Exchange, it will be issuing 5.8 million new shares to convert Green Dot's $2.25 million65 words
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37 2006-07-08 5 INDERBETHAL Singh is stepping down as chief executive officer and group managing director of Thakral Corporation with effect from Oct 7. Thakral said he will remain as a non-executive director.37 words
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48 2006-07-08 5 CK TANG yesterday appointed John Lim Kok Min as its lead independent director. He is also replaced by Betty Au as the chairman of the nominating committee. Yesterday, Tang Wee Sung also stepped down as a member of the company's remuneration committee.-48 words
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26 2006-07-08 5 INFORMATICS Holdings Ltd has proposed to change its name to Informatics Education Ltd. It will be holding an, extraordinary general meeting.26 words
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80 2006-07-08 5 RECENTLY-LISTED Oriental Century Ltd yesterday reported a 36.2 per cent jump in net earnings to 32.5 million yuan (556.5 million) on sales of 60.5 million yuan for the year ended Dec 31, 2005. The company attributed the strong performance to increased student80 words
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133 2006-07-08 5 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering's land systems arm, ST Kinetics, has acquired the remaining shares of Silvatech Systems Corp (SSC) and Silvatech Global Systems (SGS). The Silvatech companies' core technology, Infinitely Variable Transmission (IVT), helps heavy vehicles improve fuel efficiency and emissions, compared to133 words
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Article, Illustration574 2006-07-08 5 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IF EVER anyone needed to be convinced of the need for someone to introduce a China stock index, then all they would have needed to do is look at yesterday's session the Straits Times Index hardly budged throughout574 words
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Advertisement929 2006-07-08 5 SUPERIOR FASTENING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Registration No. *****) (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTtCC It HEREBY GIVEN that a Spaciai Ganarai Maating of tha aharaholdars of Suparior Fattening Technology Limited (the "Company") will be held at Canning Room. Level 2, Grand Pleze Park royal, 10 Colemen Street, Singapore929 words
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PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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Article, Illustration855 2006-07-08 6 MATTHEW PHAN - Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN Jurong Technologies July t close: $1.02 DBS WICKERS RESEARCH, July 7 WE believe investor had adopted too pessimistic a view on JTL and value has emerged for investors to consider accumulating, given that JTL is trading well below its historic and peers average, Earlier,Source: Bloomberg - 855 words
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Article, Illustration1278 2006-07-08 6 TEH HOOI LING - SHOW ME THE MONEY Mandatory reporting is essential as companies tend to postpone release of bad news TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent I PARTICIPATED in a Reuters Knowledge Roundtable Series recently and the topic was the pros and cons of quarterly reporting. I gleaned someREUTERS - 1,278 words
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BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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Article, Illustration3620 2006-07-08 7 OVERVIEW THE Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India is one of the oldest in Asia. It has been the darling of international investors for the past few years, and BSE Sensitive Index, or Sensex, has passed one milestone after another, so much so that many3,620 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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310 2006-07-08 8 WEE LI-EN - BY WEE LI-EN DENTISTS are facing a new professional drill under proposed amendments to the Dentists Act. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Dental Council plan to amend the Act to ensure that it is relevant to current practice and new developments in the310 words
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Article, Illustration437 2006-07-08 8 GENEVIEVE CUA - By GENEVIEVE CUA LAW FIRM Tan Peng Chin is expanding in the area of legal advice for the asset and wealth management business, where demand for advice far exceeds the supply of lawyers. The firm, which started in the sector about four years ago,ARTHUR LEE - 437 words
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Article, Illustration475 2006-07-08 8 CHEN HUIFEN - S'pore-MIT facility is first of several such centres to be established here By CHEN HUIFEN THE Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been roped in to help set up Singapore's first international research centre, under a larger framewprk by the National Research475 words
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411 2006-07-08 8 DONALD URQUHART - By DONALD URQUHART AN industry/union collaboration aimed at helping Sin-gapore-based shipowners and managers meet the critical shortage of skilled seafarers and attract young Singaporeans to seafaring careers was launched yesterday. The Singapore Maritime Training Fund (SMTF) is aimed at complementing ongoing efforts by411 words
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Article, Illustration240 2006-07-08 8 TODAY'S graduates will be living the prime of their life in a vibrant and prosperous Asia, said Temasek Holdings executive director Ho Ching yesterday. Speaking at the graduation of Singapore Management University's class of 2006, Ms Ho cited an OECD study that projected240 words
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Advertisement1773 2006-07-08 8 PARKWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****0320R) (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) Notice to holders of the 5575,000,000 2.45 Per Cent. Notes Due 2007 (the "Note*") of PARKWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED (the "Company") Reference Is made to the Company's notice to the holders of the Notes (the "Noteholder*") published in1,773 words
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Advertisement22 2006-07-08 8 Holding an auction? Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sg to book your auction notice in our newspapers now. MATS NOTICES 122 words
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MALAYSIA
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447 2006-07-08 9 JEAN CHUA - S'pore says it's not in talks with KL; Johor wants link to end at JB By JEAN CHUA MALAYSIA said yesterday a mooted high-speed rail link to connect Kuala Lumpur and Singapore would require the cooperation and approval of its neighbour. Deputy447 words
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BRIEFLY ASIA
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77 2006-07-08 9 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hong Kong's HK5164.6 billion (5532.9 billion) pension programme generated an average annualised return of 7 per cent for participants since it started in 2001, the city's Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority said yesterday. For 2005, that is the year through MarchBloomberg - 77 words
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134 2006-07-08 9 Reuters »weii uy ujj^uu [BEIJING] China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest and on track to hit US$l trillion this year, may have grown by at least US$2O billion in June, a Bank of China analyst said in a report yesterday. Dong Dezhi estimatedReuters - 134 words
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120 2006-07-08 9 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] France is to sign a peace pact with South-east Asian nations at a regional meeting later this month, making it the first European nation to do so, a report said yesterday. Malaysia said in April that the Association ofAFP - 120 words
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98 2006-07-08 9 Reuters we wjhw»lVl [NEW DELHI] The office of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh denied yesterday he was about to resign after rumours he may quit following a decision not to go ahead with selling stakes in state-run firms. "These rumours are baseless and there isReuters - 98 words
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89 2006-07-08 9 Reuters [TAIPEI] UMC, the world's second-largest contract maker of microchips, said yesterday its June sales had risen by a third from a year earlier amid growing demand for new consumer devices. United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) garnered sales of NT$B.B billion (Ss43oReuters - 89 words
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89 2006-07-08 9 AFP [DILI] East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao is expected to name an interim prime minister today, in a move that could finally end weeks of uncertainty in the impoverished nation. The move follows the resignation of Mari Alkatiri last month after heAFP - 89 words
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Article, Illustration347 2006-07-08 9 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's industrial production rose in May at the fastest pace in three months as manufacturers such as Unisem (M) Bhd made more electronics to meet overseas demand. Production at factories, utilities and mines increased 5.5 per cent from aBloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 347 words
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GREATER CHINA
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462 2006-07-08 10 Tank farm due for completion but no word on building emergency stocks Reuters [BEIJING] China should strengthen and accelerate the build-up of its oil reserves, the country's top economic planner said in remarks published yesterday, but he gave no new clues as toReuters - 462 words
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277 2006-07-08 10 Reuters [MOSCOW] China's Sinopec Group paid US$3.5 billion to buy an oilfield from BP pic's Russian vehicle TNKBP, in a joint acquisition with Russian oil giant Rosneft, sources familiar with the deal said yesterday. Sinopec Group, state parent of publicly-traded Sinopec Corp, sealedReuters - 277 words
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Article7991 2006-07-08 10 Transaction date: Jul 7 SMI* Td Last Vol Day LtQ—ti GrtMv Mir 6rTW MM MCa W# Ijw C* Cf> Ml W- fmo HWI t—r hwr 5*r Cw WE 4 1 5716 1st Software 5c 15 -0.5 50 2.5 23 2.5 3 111 13.5 6 3148 STelecomUS2c...... 7 -637,991 words
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311 2006-07-08 10 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's government yesterday proposed wide-ranging laws to crack down on unwanted spam e-mails, with fines of up to HK$l million (*****,930) for offenders. The Unsolicited Electronic Messages Bill to be debated by legislators later this year proposes a system thatAFP - 311 words
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179 2006-07-08 10 Bloomberg 9 [HONG KONG] China Southern Airlines Co, the nation's largest carrier, said it agreed to buy 50 aircraft from Airbus SAS valued at US$3.3 billion to boost its capacity. The A 320 series planes will be delivered between 2009 and 2010,Bloomberg - 179 words
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INDIA
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672 2006-07-08 11 Official says firm is eyeing 5% holding in the Russian company ahead of latter's IPO Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] OU Natural Gas Corp, India's largest oil explorer, may pay as much as US$3 billion for a stake in Russia's OAO Rosneft as it competesBloomberg - 672 words
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Article6175 2006-07-08 11 Transaction Date: Jul 7 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE China Sun HK25c 57,149.000 DBSGrp 59.704.140 UniFibef 10c 39.7SS.000 China Sun HK2SC 49.993.70S ChtnaMllk HK50c 39.753.000 SGXIc 44JSSJ86 Landwind 1c 33.280.000 ChinaMilk HKSOc 42.556.730 MediaRino 10c 29.071.000 (JOB 33.228.060 GMG Gtobal 5c 24.222.000 SingTel 15c 26.893.805 China Petro 4c 23.69S.0006,175 words
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ASIA-PACIFIC
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577 2006-07-08 12 One price measure may show deflation has ended for the first time in 9 years Bloomberg Reuters [TOKYO] Japan raised its annual growth forecast to 2.1 per cent and said that for the first time in nine years, a measure of prices may showBloomberg; Reuters - 577 words
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Article2308 2006-07-08 12 WOl General Corp .0.63 -0.01 70 II W- (HO Genting 33.80 -0.10 145 George Kent .0.51 -0.01 38 AAMReatty 1.50 unch 72 GHLSystems .034 0.01 1467 A*** —JUS 0.01 56 GlobetronicsTech .0.32 until 282 ACmAsmes 1.02 0.02 47 GtofnacBhd 131 0.02 11 Advance Synergy .......031 0.01 317 Gold2,308 words
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Article, Illustration536 2006-07-08 12 ANTHONY ROWLEY - By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) may merge with the Korea Exchange (KRX) at some time in the future, TSE president Taizo Nishimuro said yesterday after the two exchanges signed a memorandum of understanding to allow cross-list-ing of shares onAFP - 536 words
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369 2006-07-08 12 Reuters [TOKYO] Toshiba and SanDisk of the US plan to jointly spend about 600 billion yen (SsB.2 billion) to build a new flash memory plant in Japan to better compete with market leader Samsung Electronics, Japanese newspapers reported yesterday. TheReuters - 369 words
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247 2006-07-08 12 AFP [LONDON] European aircraft maker Airbus, which faces delays to production of the A3BO super-jumbo, may also be forced to delay the launch of its longhaul A3sojet, London's Times newspaper said yesterday. The new setback was because Christian Streiff, expected to be confirmed'asAFP - 247 words
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446 2006-07-08 12 Shares dive after analysts slash targets AP [SAN JOSE, California] EBay Inc faced a double blow as it announced a key executive's plans to leave and an analyst said Google's new online payment service represents a bigger threat than expectedAP - 446 words
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358 2006-07-08 12 LATEST US DATA Reuters [WASHINGTON] US employers added a fewer-than-expected 121,000 workers to their payrolls last month, but the jobless rate stayed at a five-year low and hourly earnings rose, a government report showed yesterday. The Labor Department's employment report was a modest improvementReuters - 358 words
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WORLD
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534 2006-07-08 13 Ruling favours cigarette makers but smokers can file personal cases AP [LOS ANGELES] The Florida Supreme Court lifted a cloud over the tobacco industry on Thursday when it refused to reinstate a crushing U*****.8 billion class action verdict that had been overturned byAP - 534 words
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Article, Illustration627 2006-07-08 13 PEOPLE In the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation partnership, Mrs Gates is clearly a strong and equal partner NYT [NEW YORK] WARREN E Buffett said he was making a bet "on a couple of outstanding minds" when he recently donated US$3l billion to the Bill andNYT; AFP - 627 words
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507 2006-07-08 13 NYT [FRANKFURT] Worried about inflation amid strong economic growth, the European Central Bank (ECB) signalled on Thursday that it would raise interest rates in early August, stepping up its pace of tightening credit. Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the bank, vowed thatNYT - 507 words
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Article, Illustration329 2006-07-08 13 Bloomberg Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] HewlettPackard Co, the world's largest printer maker, is starting a four-year programme to'cut its real estate costs by combining operations in several hundred locations to fewer sites. The company hasn't yet determined which offices to close or howBloomberg; Reuters; BLOOMBERG - 329 words
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WORLD CUP 2006
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Article1956 2006-07-08 14 MICHELLE QUAH - By MICHELLE QUAH IT'S a curious phenomenon. Oncepassionate and strident football fans have grown hushed, even indifferent and that's before the starting whistle of the 2006 World Cup final has even been blown. You've probably noticed it too: the audibly fervent fans in the earlier1,956 words
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570 2006-07-08 14 PN BALJI - Klinsmann football's brave new poster boy for globalisation By PN BALJI STRIP World Cup 2006 of the emotion, the passion, the jingoism, the hype, and the Mafia-type tentacles of Sepp Blatter and what one sees is a dark, damp and dreary vacuum of emptiness. An emptiness that reveals the world's570 words
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MOTORING
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Article, Illustration737 2006-07-08 15 SAMUEL EE - The Toyota Mark X and the Lexus IS250 share a similar platform and the same engine but the Toyota costs much less. So is it a Lexus for less money? SAMUEL EE finds out SAMUEL EE IT IS steadily cruising up the sales charts but this737 words
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Article, Illustration652 2006-07-08 15 CY CHEW - By CY CHEW LIKE the looks of a sportUtility vehicle but don't want to pilot a large, cumbersome four-wheel-drive (4WD)? Want a commanding driving position and large wheels to turn you on? Good news the allnew Daihatsu Terios picks up where the652 words
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Article, Illustration398 2006-07-08 15 SAMUEL EE - By SAMUEL EE THE Chery QQ may have the dubious distinction of being the cheapest car in Singapore, but fortunately, it doesn't look it. The QQ is the first China-made car to arrive here. Launched last weekend, deliveries to the 50 or so398 words
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Article, Illustration406 2006-07-08 15 SAMUEL EE - By SAMUEL EE THE eighth-generation Honda Civic returns to the 1,600 cc compact car market this weekend. Replacing the Civic 1.8 VTi, the new Civic 1.6 VTi is equipped with an i-VTEC engine which promises the sporty performance of a conventional 1.8-litre unit but406 words
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GOLF
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Article, Illustration901 2006-07-08 16 JUSTINE MOSS - Golf is as much a test of nerves as it is of skill. JUSTINE MOSS reports JUSTINE MOSS EM VERY golfer, whether amateur or professional has, at one time or another, experig enced the agony of missing a short putt, chunking an easy chip or made an ill-timedAP; FILE PHOTO - 901 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous329 2006-07-08 16 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS out to be a murderer (3,6,6) 6 Decisive contests? Go away, 1 fa™ ticket spivs! (s*) o a T a t l'f u 7 Gun company includes some 9 Love only halfevident in false thing for dressing wounds (9) m 8 Overawed politician ensnared fffh French by329 words
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WELLNESS
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Article, Illustration830 2006-07-08 17 CHEAH UI-HOON - Mind Champs is a learning programme that helps develop new 'brain software', says CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON IF, AS the TV milk commercial goes, your child can grow like a champion, David Chiem goes one step further to say that your child830 words
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Article, Illustration692 2006-07-08 17 AS a young person, David Chiem was already curious about what made people do what they did and how their mindset made them who they are. "For example, in the early 80s, there was a bit of racism in Australia. What was it692 words
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SHOPPING
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Article, Illustration2007 2006-07-08 18 CHEAH UI-HOON, KIIRA GUSTAFSON - Singapore may not have made it as a fashion hub yet, but it doesn't mean that all's quiet on the fashion front as several Singaporean designers continue to make an impact on the industry. CHEAH UI-HOON and KIIRA GUSTAFSON look at who's making the cut CHEAH2,007 words
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PERSONAL SPACE
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Article, Illustration1052 2006-07-08 19 GEOFFREY EU - GEOFFREY EU explores the living philosophy of child educator and nature-lover Julia Gabriel GEOFFREY EU Connecting with people, family and nature as an educator and communicator, Julia Gabriel spends much of her time making purposeful connections with people, so it is perhaps only appropriate1,052 words
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Article, Illustration1825 2006-07-08 20 MELISSA LWEE - Nightspots in Singapore are known more for their drinks and atmosphere than good food. However, whilst one can hardly expect gourmet delights at our local party spots, some pretty decent snacks can be found. MELISSA LWEE goes in search of the top 8 places where1,825 words
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