The Business Times, 2 September 2006
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Title Section25 2006-09-02 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES m W th ANNIVERSARY SINGAPORE 85 cents JT A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBUCATION MICA (P) 099/03/2006 September 2-3, 2006 online at http://business-ttmes.asial.corn.sg25 words
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725 2006-09-02 1 S JAYASANKARAN - Budget also springs tax surprise, slicing 2 percentage points from the corporate rate over 2 years By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday unveiled one of Malaysia's most expansionary budgets ever seen by some as a populist gesture aimed at725 words
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Article224 2006-09-02 1 Pro-business and investment initiatives Corporate tax rate reduced to 27% for assessment year 2007 and to 26% the year after 10-year income tax exemption for venture capital companies that invest at least 50% of their investment funds in seed capital Non-corporate investors and local entities levied a withholding224 words
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Article, Illustration501 2006-09-02 1 VEN SREENIVASAN - Bookings up for exec jets, security being tightened for IMF/World Bank meetings By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Singapore's two commercial airports are set for a rush of private jets in the lead-up to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings.501 words
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Article, Illustration327 2006-09-02 1 CONRAD TAN - Free rides for 16,000 foreign guests from airport to hotels By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] Welcome to Singapore! Right this way, please your limousine's waiting. If you're a foreign delegate arriving for the IMF/World Bank meetings, you can expect to be whisked straight from the327 words
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Advertisement13 2006-09-02 1 SINGAPORE 85 ceni £n < Billionaire Buffett gets married inimitable style 8 MarhtiDl9WtiilMWo\Nr w®^pnß3^^pP^S13 words
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TOP STORIES
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583 2006-09-02 2 Reuters [BERLIN] German Chancellor Angela Merkel has unseated US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the world's most powerful woman, according to a new ranking by Forbes magazine. "Despite her short time in office, Merkel has been dazzling world leaders, including TonyReuters - 583 words
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Article, Illustration990 2006-09-02 2 Just two witnesses at the 15-minute ceremony and later dinner at casual seafood restaurant NYT IT did not move markets, and Berkshire Hathaway shares barely budged, but the marriage of Warren Buffett, the Nebraska billionaire, to his longtime companion Astrid MenksNYT; PHOTOS: AP - 990 words
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432 2006-09-02 2 S JAYASANKARAN - Govt seen banking on Ninth Plan, strong palm oil prices, tourism By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has optimistically pegged next year's growth at 6 per cent despite signs of slowing global growth and consumer spending. According to the432 words
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Article519 2006-09-02 2 Informatics founder Wong Tai fined $240,000 INFORMATICS founder Wong Tai was fined $240,000 yesterday in court after pleading guilty to two charges under the Securities and Futures Act. Wong and former Informatics chief executive Ong Beng Kheng were charged in November last year in relation to the company519 words
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Advertisement10 2006-09-02 2 J Tuckihop iHfcX with Marilyn Lee 10am 2pm Mon jjJßrwT10 words
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RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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Article, Illustration2526 2006-09-02 3 ANNA TEO - Jim Clifton has been chief executive of the Gallup Organisation for 18 years. He tells ANNA TEO how the company has evolved since its founding 70 years ago ANNA TEO THE name Jim Clifton may not quite ring a bell, at least perhaps not in Singapore, butYEN MENG JIIN - 2,526 words
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Advertisement61 2006-09-02 3 Raffles^ 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, Illustration566 2006-09-02 4 WEE LI-EN - He and ex-CEO were charged over firm's overstating of its profit By WEE LI-EN INFORMATICS founder and former chairman Wong Tai was fined $240,000 yesterday in court after pleading guilty to two charges under the Securities and Futures Act. Wong and Ong Beng Kheng,FILE PHOTO - 566 words
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Article, Illustration501 2006-09-02 4 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS. R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE stock market's performance for the week turned out to be a minor triumph for the bulls, with prices rising in line with a recovery on Wall Street despite US consumer confidence dropping to a ninemonth low501 words
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529 2006-09-02 4 CONRAD TAN - S'pore firm plans to buy remaining 50.65% stake By CONRAD TAN NEW Toyo International Holdings, which makes laminated paper products, has launched a RM46.14 million (5519.73 million) bid to buy the remaining 50.65 per cent stake in Malaysian printing firm Tien Wah Press529 words
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382 2006-09-02 4 MATTHEW PHAN - By MATTHEW PHAN AT an analyst briefing yesterday, China-based water treatment specialist BioTreat Technology blamed "extremely strange weather" for its unexpectedly poor FY2006 results released on Tuesday evening. Bio-Treat had reported a 42 per cent drop in net profits to less than half of382 words
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511 2006-09-02 5 CONRAD RAJ - 43-storey exclusive devt will have gross floor area of over 660,000 sq ft By CONRAD RAJ MEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings is planning to build a 43-storey upmarket condominium on its Thomson Road freehold site, just across from the Polo Club. It511 words
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202 2006-09-02 5 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has sealed a deal to become a member of the Vietnam Bank Card (VNBC) network, making the Singapore bank the first foreign bank to be part of the country's domestic card network. UOB said yesterday that the VNBC network, which202 words
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Article, Illustration1028 2006-09-02 5 SIOW LI SEN - CORPORATE ANALYSIS Moves threatening to block its projects are nothing new to SGX, writes SIOW LI SEN SIOW LI SEN THE reports coming out of China, with one titled "Chinese sue over S'pore futures plan", looked ominous. but for the Singapore Exchange (SGX), it wasBLOOMBERG - 1,028 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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Article49 2006-09-02 5 AQUA-TERRA Supply said it has entered into a termination agreement to formally end its investment in Runva Holdings Pte Ltd. Based on the effective termination date, of Aug 31, Sesdaq-listed Aqua-Terra will recognise a net loss of $665,524 in the second half of this year.49 words
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43 2006-09-02 5 ZHONGGUO Powerplus Industries, a Chinese maker of chainsaws and leaf blowers, said its controlling shareholders have terminated preliminary talks with a foreign private equity firm that could have led to the takeover of the Singapore-listed company.43 words
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52 2006-09-02 5 BAN Joo Company Limited yesterday said it has reason to believe that one of its former employees has misappropriated about $1,323 million of the company's funds. "A police report was made on Aug 24,2006," the company said. "The police are still investigating the matter,"52 words
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430 2006-09-02 5 MATTHEW PHAN - Confidential e-mail said to have been obtained, passed on to lawyers By MATTHEW PHAN THE chief executive of listed ArianeCorp, Kea Kah Kim, has been accused of contempt of court by his elder brother, Kea Meng Kwang. In papers filed with the courts, the430 words
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Article251 2006-09-02 5 BOMBAY-LISTED drug maker Strides Arcolab has bought over Drug Houses of Australia (Asia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Haw Par Healthcare. The $19.7 million transaction is expected to be completed within this financial year. Set up in 1969, DHA is one of Singapore's largest manufacturers251 words
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199 2006-09-02 5 LESLIE YEE - By LESLIE YEE integra2ooo will convene an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) at which all the resolutions proposed by shareholder Christopher Chong will be tabled. The company's board of directors said even though it viewed the special notice sent by Mr Chong and the199 words
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Article, Illustration120 2006-09-02 5 SINGAPORE Airlines Limited yesterday said Euleen Goh, former chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, has joined its board of directors. She assumed office as an independent, non-exec-utive director of the national carrier yesterday. She headed Stanchart, from 2001 until March this120 words
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123 2006-09-02 5 AFP SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said yesterday it and South African Airways (SAA) have signed a code share agreement to boost travel between their countries. SIA said in a statement that its customers can now fly on SAA flights between Johannesburg and CapeAFP - 123 words
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PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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Article, Illustration994 2006-09-02 6 UMA SHANKARI - Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Singapore Banks DBS, Sept 1 dose: $18.10 (JOB, Sept 1 dose: $15.80 OCBC, Sept 1 dose: $6.45 GOLDMAN SACHS, Aug 31 WE remain constructive on the Singapore banks, underpinned by their defensive qualities of resilient earnings, supportive capital management policies and macro environment, andSource: Bloomberg - 994 words
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Article890 2006-09-02 6 For week beginning Aug 28 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Subuntul tin No 0< Price SHAIUHOIDINC Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Far Mora Attar Stock Data Director Cowv '000 Shr COOP) C000) Magnecomp 31-Aug-06 Douglas Barnett *Buy 134 na ***** 17.36 ***** 17.42 Magnecomp 31-Aug-06 Thai Focused Equity Fd890 words
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Article, Illustration726 2006-09-02 6 Barring a global slowdown, the Topix may breach 1,600 on the upside in near term AFTER the turmoil of recent months, July was relatively quiet, although the benchmark Topix index man-' aged its largest one-day move in over four years on the 20th of theBLOOMBERG - 726 words
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BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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Article, Illustration4044 2006-09-02 7 OVERVIEW OIL markets have been extremely volatile of late. Prices at one stage threatened to breach an unprecedented US$BO a barrel, only to dip back below US$7O again this week. Such pendulum swings have brought the spectre of US$lOO oil back into play again. If that happens,4,044 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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458 2006-09-02 8 VEN SREENIVASAN - Plans are afoot to build a budget terminal within walking distance By VEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE-BASED budget carrier Jetstar Asia will be the first international airline to touch down at Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi Airport when it opens on Sept 15. Airports of458 words
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289 2006-09-02 8 MICHELLE QUAH - By MICHELLE QUAH THE oversight of local charities saw a host of changes yesterday beginning with the office of the Commissioner of Charities (COC) moving from the Finance Ministry to the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). The COC also became a full-time289 words
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Article, Illustration130 2006-09-02 8 LIGHTS were ablaze yesterday at the Padang for the opening of the Singapore Biennale 2006. American artist Jenny Holzer impressed the audience with her large scale text projections using the City Hall as her canvas. Architect Usman Haque's offering was equally breathtaking. AptlyARTHUR LEE - 130 words
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278 2006-09-02 8 LESLIE YEE - By LESLIE YEE SINGAPORE and Indonesia have agreed on measures to improve the investment climate in Batam, Bintan and Karimun in Indonesia. Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang and Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Boediono, have278 words
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300 2006-09-02 8 CHEW XIANG - By CHEW XIANG CLINICAL research will be the next big thing in Singapore healthcare, Minister of Health Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday. Speaking to reporters at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (GMS), he said: "Each time there is a300 words
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433 2006-09-02 8 JEAN CHUA - By JEAN CHUA THE Economic Development Board (EDB) will get a new chief from Oct 1 as Lim Siong Guan, chairman of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) and permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance, takes over the433 words
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Article232 2006-09-02 8 THE Straits Times made an appeal yesterday for the Chinese authorities to show clemency to its reporter Ching Cheong, who after 16 months in detention was jailed for five years this week for spying for Taiwan. A court in Beijing also fined Ching 300,000232 words
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Advertisement291 2006-09-02 8 notices IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF TRI INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (Co. Rag. No.: *****1146W) I Incorporated in Singapore) (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of TRI INVESTMENTS PTE LTD convened and held at 5 Shenton291 words
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FACES GOING PLACES
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Article, Illustration2272 2006-09-02 9 RUCHIKA TULSHYAN, MIKE CHUA - Entrepreneurship comes naturally to these young businessmen in their fields, as RUCHIKA TULSHYAN and MIKE CHUA find out RUCHIKA TULSHYAN, MIKE CHUA VINCENT Q 31 Strategic director and founder, Flesh Imp Design VINCENT Q seeks to represent the voice of the urban youth in Singapore ThisYEN MENG JIIN - 2,272 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration435 2006-09-02 10 CEO describes a couple of ventures in petrochemicals business as interesting [KUALA LUMfUR] Petroleum and chemicals giant BP wants to invest further to expand in Malaysia, particularly in the petrochemical sector, The Star reported yesterday. "There are one or two interesting ventures in the petrochemical435 words
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Article5462 2006-09-02 10 Transaction date: Sep 1 52-Wk Td Last Vol Day Last Quota D*v GfYtd Mot MCap wTTLSdo Company rooo) wgh Low ■ayor SoOor CV Hf g „j I 3148 1 I 2 5 <i ji 2I7 34.5 22 5834 A-Sonic 23.5 +0 5 25 23.5 23 235 26 *95,462 words
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377 2006-09-02 10 Xinhua News Service [JAKARTA] PT Proton Edar Indonesia, a subsidiary of Malaysian auto firm Proton, will sell its US$24 million automotive plant in West Java, following a change in the Malaysian government's policy on car import tariffs, a report said yesterday. Safium, presidentXinhua; News Service - 377 words
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BRIEFLY ASIA
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106 2006-09-02 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks hit a six-year high yesterday as Cheung Kong and other property shares augmented their gains this week after tame US inflation data boosted hopes that the Federal Reserve would not need to raise interest rates anyReuters - 106 words
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105 2006-09-02 10 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's lending rates do not reflect the cost of capital because the market mechanism lacks maturity, People's Bank of China's Vice-Governor Xiang Junbo said yesterday, in a speech that signals the government's push to further develop the financial markets. The misalignmentBloomberg - 105 words
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96 2006-09-02 10 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India on Thursday named its outgoing Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran as special envoy for negotiations with the United States over a controversial civilian nuclear cooperation deal that is yet to be approved by US Congress. Mr Saran, a career diplomatReuters - 96 words
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122 2006-09-02 10 [PETALING JAYA] Property developer Talam Corp Bhd was suspended from trading on Bursa Malaysia yesterday "until further notice" due to a winding up petition served on a wholly owned subsidiary, Lestari Puchong Sdn Bhd, the Star newspaper's website reported yesterday. Talam said it would122 words
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INDONESIA
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171 2006-09-02 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] ConocoPhillips, the third-largest US oil company, may sell its stake in a field off East Java, an official from state oil regulator BPMigas said. Northeast Java sea is "no longer a focus area for ConocoPhillips", Achmad Luthfi, deputy of planning at BPMigas,Bloomberg - 171 words
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454 2006-09-02 11 CPI up 14.9% as effects of fuel price rise fade, food costs stabilise Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's annual inflation rate fell in August as the effect of last year's big fuel price rise faded and food costs stabilised, government data showed yesterday,Reuters - 454 words
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Article6064 2006-09-02 11 Transaction Date: Sep 1 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE AdvanceSCT 36.681.000 SIA 46.938.900 Bio-Treat 36.510.000 SingTel 42.993.38S Thai Beverage 34.313.000 OBSGrp 40.837.S80 PacificCentury 27.369.000 Bio-Treat 29.817.170 AEM-Evertech 22.323,000 Capitaland 25.240.244 Gen Intl 21.910.000 Keppel Corp 22.563.700 China Milk 19.141.000 UOB 19.536.128 Xpress 17.949.000 China Milk 18.760.790 Svnear 17.826.000 CapitaComm6,064 words
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GREATER CHINA
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547 2006-09-02 12 JANE MOIR - As low-paid workers protest, business bodies fear legislation By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong A RECENT spate of protests by low-paid workers in Hong Kong is underscoring an increasingly thorny issue for the government as the economy is expanding: the city's yawning wage gapWhile547 words
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Article, Illustration331 2006-09-02 12 [HONG KONG] The head of casino group Las Vegas Sands Corp has announced plans for a new billion-dol-lar island leisure complex in southern China near the gambling haven of Macau,' a report said yesterday. The proposed 360,000-square-metre business and residential complex, which willREUTERS - 331 words
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293 2006-09-02 12 Beijing extends measures to ICBC to support its record US$21b IPO Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the nation's largest lender, will receive preferential tax treatment as part of government support for its record US$2l billion initial public offering (IPO). TheBloomberg - 293 words
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Advertisement174 2006-09-02 12 SHE PREDICTS MARKETING TRENDS 0?"= Singapore 2006 WITH AN UNCANNY 95% ACCURACY. 1 FORTUNE MAGAZINE CALL HER THE NOSTRADAMUS OF MARKETING. NEW YORK TIMES PROCLAIM HER AS THE TREND ORACLE. GLOBAL BRAND forum 6 7 NOVEMBER li illil THE RITZ-CARLTON, MILLENIA SINGAPORE This November, the forum on Brands returns for174 words
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INDIA
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Article, Illustration457 2006-09-02 13 PRIYANKA BHARDWAJ - Valued at US$11b a year, India's wedding industry is humongous By PRIYANKA BHARDWAJ in New Delhi IF INDIANS like to splurge on an occasion, it has to be a wedding. Forbes magazine has dubbed the wedding party that Indian-born steel tycoonFILE PHOTO - 457 words
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333 2006-09-02 13 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Indian billionaire Kushal Pal Singh's real estate company, DLF Universal Ltd, pulled a planned US$2 billion initial public offering (IPO) after tumbling markets and valuation concerns delayed the sale. The New Delhi-based developer will withdraw share sale documents filed with IndianBloomberg - 333 words
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Article5636 2006-09-02 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AB Amer Income BT USD 8 59/ AS Amer Income A USD 8 S8> AS Amer Income B USO 8.58/ AJNAmrtl Asset Mgt (S pore) AB Amer Income A EUR 669/ Star Eirope Eqtyl 0.972/ AB Amer Income B EUR 6.68 Star Europe Bond .98 ABEurop Income5,636 words
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ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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436 2006-09-02 14 LATEST US DATA AP. Reuters, AFP [WASHINGTON] US construction spending fell by a much greater-than-expec-ted 1.2 per cent in July, the biggest drop in almost five years, a government report that added evidence of a cooling housing market showed yesterday. Construction spending fellAP.; Reuters,; AFP - 436 words
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Article2318 2006-09-02 14 VOL General Corp .0.57 -0.01 7 Sepl KM *1- C000) Gentinq .24.80 0.20 1046 George Kent .0.49 0.02 62 A&M Realty 1.44 unch 0 GHL Systems .0.24 0.01 1302 Abrk 0.32 unch 10 GlobetronicsTech .0.29 0.01 163 ACP Industries .0.88 0.03 174 GlomacBhd 1.08 0.01 480 Advance Synergy2,318 words
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567 2006-09-02 14 Accord on basing new formula for quotas on size of a country's economy Reuters. AFP [TOKYO] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is giving more voting power to China and three other emerging economies, managing director Rodrigo Rato said, but he pressed Beijing toReuters.; AFP - 567 words
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Article, Illustration467 2006-09-02 14 AP. AFP [HIROSHIMA] Shinzo Abe, the nationalist front-runner in the contest to be Japan's next prime minister, announced his candidacy yesterday, promising to defend the country's interests and maintain the security alliance with the United States. Mr Abe, currently chiefAP.; AFP - 467 words
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181 2006-09-02 14 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Asia's economies are vulnerable to easing US and global growth and high oil prices, International Monetary Fund managing director Rodrigo de Rato said in a Washington media briefing broadcast via Internet in Asia. "For Asia, with growth remaining strong, some rebalancingBloomberg - 181 words
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MOTORING
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Article, Illustration739 2006-09-02 15 WILLIAM WHEY - The big Volvo a 'boring' car? No more. WILLIAM WHEY finds the reincarnated S80 oozing oomph WILLIAM WHEY FOR some time now, the largest Volvo sedan in our local market has been associated with prudent accountants, staid civil servants and a couple of other morePHOTOS BY WILLIAM WHEY - 739 words
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Article, Illustration383 2006-09-02 15 CY CHEW - By CY CHEW ONE service which Volvo offers to its owners in Europe but is not yet available in Singapore or other Asian countries is Volvo On Call. Launched four years ago in Sweden, this service was recently expanded to six other European countries and383 words
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Article, Illustration417 2006-09-02 15 SAMUEL EE - Small hatchbacks are making more sense now that pump prices have the power to induce cardiac arrest. But are they able to transcend basic transportation needs to fulfil deeper, more emotional automotive desires? Two models do it in two different ways By SAMUEL EE THE thing about417 words
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Article, Illustration459 2006-09-02 15 R AMIR - By R AMIR THE Made-in-Malaysia car isn't quite in the same league as a Japanese car yet or even a South Korean one. But the latest compact model may be getting close. The Perodua Myvi, jointly developed with the Daihatsu Sirion and Toyota Passo, shares459 words
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GOLF
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Article, Illustration1368 2006-09-02 16 JUSTINE MOSS - Strong sponsors are crucial to staging a world-class S'pore Open, says JUSTINE MOSS JUSTINE MOSS THE staging of a professional golf tournament requires a lot of money in anyone's currency. Aside from the logistical costs, of which there are numerous, the prize moneyAP; AFP - 1,368 words
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WELLNESS
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Article, Illustration850 2006-09-02 17 CHEAH UI-HOON - Forget botox, stay youthful with your own blood, mites CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON IT was bound to happen at some point life imitating art. Or fiction. In this case, it's how a revolutionary an-ti-ageing treatment in aesthetic surgery is imitating the mythical vampire's method of staying immortally850 words
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Article404 2006-09-02 17 LAT-WP CALIFORNIA researchers report that sunscreens are beneficial, but the lotion itself can actually generate compounds that damage the skin if they are not reapplied often enough to maintain a constant protective sun shield. When skin is exposed to sunlight, ultraviolet radiation is absorbed naturallyLAT-WP - 404 words
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Article, Illustration760 2006-09-02 17 CHEAH UI-HOON - By CHEAH UI-HOON WATCH that snoring, because it might do more than keep your spouse awake like increasing your risk of hypertension., It's not something one thinks about interrupted sleep causing high blood pressure but it happens, says ear, nose, throat consultant surgeon760 words
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Miscellaneous199 2006-09-02 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD m^n ara^es L L— J_ DOWN 10 Girl with something to tell? YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 1 Jimmy Carter, say, as a fellow W?" cle in that med,cal Across: 1 finishing school, 9 Overon the level (9) 7°° um< u ta\ a P- 10 Impetus, 11 Inside out, 12 2199 words
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SHOPPING
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Article, Illustration1062 2006-09-02 18 CORINNE KERK - And given an updated look. CORINNE KERK checks out a home furnishing store selling stylishly vintage merchandise CORINNE KERK THE old framing shop cluttered with wooden frames and its next door neighbour, the traditional barber shop complete with a revolving barber pole, and the barber himself dozing1,062 words
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Article, Illustration780 2006-09-02 18 CORINNE KERK - New kids on the block at Cathay By CORINNE KERK THE new Cathay mall at Handy Road, whose cinemas opened to much fanfare in March, is slowly but surely welcoming new retailers these days. This should come as a relief to some tenants who moved in earlier and found hoardings,PHOTOS BY JOHN HENG - 780 words
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PERSONAL SPACE
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Article, Illustration1278 2006-09-02 19 PARVATHI NAYAR - PARVATHI NAYAR visits a home that is filled with well-loved items scoured from all over the world by this nomadic family PARVATHI NAYAR IN their fun. funky apartment in the Orchard area, you will not find chandeliers, crystal/cut glass/antique furniture or the kind of art boughtPHOTOS BY YEN MENG JIIN - 1,278 words
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THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend
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Article, Illustration1057 2006-09-02 20 CHEAH UI-HOON - Customers these days seem more than willing to fork out 3-figure sums for elaborate and unique 3D cakes. CHEAH UI-HOON checks out some creations that really take the cake CHEAH UI-HOON THERE'S nothing like an elaborate and beautifully crafted three-dimensional cake being unveiled at the rightARTHUR LEE - 1,057 words
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Article, Illustration724 2006-09-02 20 KAR-MEN CHENG - KAR-MEN CHENG finds out you never know what you are going to get during the mooncake festival KAR-MEN CHENG AS it is with every mooncake festival, purveyors of this seasonal confection bend over backwards to fill precious snowskins with intriguing fillings. First up is Hai724 words
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Article, Illustration412 2006-09-02 20 WHILE online shopping hasn't taken off in a big way in Singapore, it looks like Singaporeans are very comfortable with ordering their cakes online. "More than half of our orders are made online by our customers. They browse through our website and pick the412 words
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