The Business Times, 24 March 2007

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    25 1 THE BUISNESS TIMES weekend SINGAPORE 85 cents A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) *****2/2006 March 24-25, 2007 online at http: business-times asia 1 .com.sg
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    Lock icon STAR CHEFS COOK FOR A CAUSE
    426 1  -  By GEOFFREY EU [SINGAPORE] There was a high-pow-ered meeting of the culinary minds earlier this week at a private dinner hosted by businessman Oei Hong Leong and Mrs Oei, featuring cuisine by celebrity chefs Tetsuya Wakuda and Singaporeborn Justin Quek, who both flew into
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    Lock icon MAS seeks safeguards for Reit holders
    827 1  -  It also proposes clearer and more flexible guidelines; licensing framework By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE! In another move to make Singapore a major hub for Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits), the Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday issued a consultation paper on Reits, barely 18 months
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Tall Ships race may set sail in S'pore
      827 2  -  UK training body also keen to bring event to region By VINCENT WEE [SINGAPORE] The sight of old fashioned sailing ships set against the quayside has captivated our imaginations from time immemorial. It conjures up images of adventure as well as history.
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      Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
      133 2 ST! 3,205.82 (-13.69) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,206.00 (-14.00) siMsa 395.17 (-1.84) SIMSa FUTURES 394.60 (-3.90) MARKETS Friday Change KLCOMP 1.235.65 +13.93 NIKKEI 225 17.480.61 +61.41 HANG SENG 19,692.64 +2.39 SET INDEX 677.79 +2.95 JAKARTA COMP 1.805.96 -3.10 MANILA COMP 3,170.05 -8.27 SEOUL COMP 1.447J8 -1.15 SHENZHENS 507.42 -136
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      Lock icon Japan could extend 'soft power' influence in region
      593 2  -  Plans for S'pore to be gateway for cultural products By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo JUST selling cars and electronic gizmos to the world is no longer enough for Japan, which now wants to export less tangible products. And the country's cultural exporters
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      56 2 IN the HouseHunt 2007 table of possible launches in the next six months (BT Property Supplement 2007), Chip Eng Leong's condo project on West Coast Walk was indicated as 99-year leasehold. Knight Frank, which prepared the table, has clarified that the project is, in fact, freehold. Also, it has
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      Lock icon Qantas takeover bid hits snag
      637 2 Bid consortium says it is considering a 'range of alternatives' The fate of the bid rests with ÜBS Global Asset Management which has privately criticised the offer as too low, according to local media reports. The Australian Financial Review said yesterday that ÜBS owned about
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      502 2 Proposed changes to Reit regime hailed CHANGES to the regime governing real estate investment trusts (Reits) in Singapore are more to prevent problems in a maturing Reit market than an attempt to correct current bad practices, said market players yesterday. They added that this is partly in response
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Making sure they're lovin' it
      2414 3 McDonald's president Ralph Alvarez reveals to ANNA TEO the fastfood giant's strategy that keeps its customers coming back IT'S hardly the epic extremes of Morgan Spurlock, but Ralph Alvarez probably figures his answer needs some explaining, even for the president and chief operating officer of
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon OCBC to subscribe to Bank NISP's rights issue
      187 4 Reuters OVERS EA-Chinese Banking Corp said yesterday it would subscribe to the rights issue of PT Bank NISP Tbk to maintain its 72 per cent shareholding in the Indonesian lender. "We intend to subscribe to the rights issue to maintain our existing
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    • Article
      Lock icon Proposed changes to Reit regime hailed
      959 4  -  MAS invites feedback on 'enhancements' suggested by it By UMA SHANKARI MARKET players BT spoke to said that the changes to the regime governing real estate investment trusts (Reits) here proposed by Singapore's central bank are more to prevent problems in a maturing Reit
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      Lock icon Beng Kuang to build or buy Indon yard
      348 4 Plan is to get it operational by 2008 Reuters MARINE services firm Beng Kuang Marine plans to build or acquire a yard in Indonesia this year in order to expand its vessel conversion and offshore engineering business, an executive said. "Whether we
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      Lock icon Engaging shareholders
      797 6  -  CEO Richard Elman tells JANICE HENG Noble treats all its shareholders equally JANICE HENG Extending invitations to all its 5,000 shareholders to a luncheon at the luxurious Fullerton Hotel, attended by the entire board, is a gesture that says it all: Noble Group a Hong Kong-based, Singapore-listed commodities
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      6826 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM flora tan) Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqly'** 1.054/ Slar Europe Bond 1193/ StaiEiropeM 123/ Star Asian Tiger Eg* 1311/ Stai Asa Bond 1318/ SB Asia Balanced 1105/ Star Global Technology Fund'* 0-211/ Mi* SIM 0988/ Sor Asia BondlUSOl 0864/ Ob Mi* SI USD 1168/ Asa Bond
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      Lock icon Next stop, water?
      302 6  -  By JANICE HENG SINCE the year began. Noble has gone into the cotton marketing and supply chain business, entered a fertiliser joint venture, and expanded its polymer business previously limited to Europe with the establishment of a polymers business unit. The group still seems open to opportunities
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      Lock icon COMPANY BRIEFS
      244 7 Reuters Isetan (Singapore) exec director resigns NOBUHIRO Chiba has resigned as executive director of Isetan (Singapore) with effect from next Monday. He is returning to Japan for another assignment. Synear Food unveils share placement SYNEAR Food Holdings is placing out up to 17 5 million shares, comprising 125
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      Lock icon Capita Land sells Temasek Tower for $1.04b
      479 7  -  It will reap $427m gain from sale to Macquarie group fund manager By SIOW LI SEN CAPITALAND has sold Temasek Tower for $1,039 billion to fund manager MGP Raffle Pte Ltd, of the Macquarie Global Property Advisors Group (MGPA), in one of the
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      Lock icon London listing pros set up shops in Asia
      548 7  -  By TEH HOOI LING PROFESSIONALS who help companies list on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) are setting up offices in this part of the world to meet the growing demand from listing aspirants from Asia. International law firm Watson,
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      Lock icon US interest rates, local property set the pace
      507 7  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent EXTERNALLY, it was all about Wall Street, the Fed and interest rates. Domestically, it was all about property. In both cases, there were seemingly positive announcements to trade on the Fed changed its language in its latest
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      1265 4 :*at^ NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg BUY IT SELL IT- FIND IT NUCLEUS ELECTRONICS NUCLEUS ELECTRONICS LTD (Incorporated In The Republic Of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****2443R NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 12th annual general meeting of the Company will be held at
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      29 6 Allianz Global Investors one of the world's largest asset managers with more Allianz than US$l.2 trillion assets under management as at 31 December 2006. Global investors company no *****7169Z
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      19 7 LOONG HUA ARTS CRAFTS PTE LTD 290 Orchard Road #05-27 Paragon Singapore *****9 Tel: 6736 3339 Fax: 6281 0403
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      2161 7 ""TED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Thirty-Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Thursday, 12 April 2007 at 11.00 am at The Lecture Theatre, Level 3, Gleneagles Hospital, 6A Napter Road. Singapore *****0 for the purpose of transacting the following
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      1044 8  -  Compled by CONRAD TAN Mapletree Logistics Trust March 23 dose: $1.30 QMB RESEARCH, March 23 BIGGEST acquisition to date: MLT has acquired five logistics facilities in Japan from Itochu Corp for 27.8 billion yen (*****.8 million). Four of the properties are located in the Greater Tokyo area and
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      1089 8 For week beginning Mar 19 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS SabwatM Bey No of Ma SHAREHOLDING Tram Stor«»oHw< Set Shim Per Before Aftar Stock Pate Director Com 1M Shr S COM) Q00) Sing Hldgs 23 Mar-07 Sunarko Hldgs Sell 300 na ***** 7.04 ***** 6.91 Seksun Corp 22
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      Lock icon There is a life cycle for stocks too
      1251 8  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent HERE'S a happy situation most investors would love to find themselves in. You discover a stock. It is only a tiny company, but the fundamentals are very good. It has put in place
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Feb inflation quickens on festive purchases, floods in M'sia
      304 9 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S inflation accelerated in February as Chinese New Year celebrations and floods in neighbouring Malaysia pushed up food prices. The consumer price index rose 0.6 per cent from a year earlier, after gaining 0.3 per cent in January, the Department
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      Lock icon Record $40b revenue for infocomm sector in 2006
      307 9  -  By ROLAND LIM SINGAPORE'S infocomm sector is expected to have raked in record revenue of $40 billion in 2006, up 8 per cent from $37 billion in 2005. Revealing this last night in a speech at the Singapore Computer Society's (SCS) IT
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      Lock icon Most firms not ready for a future of more older workers
      637 9  -  MANPOWER ISSUES Poll also shows discrimination against older people in hiring By ANNA TEO EMPLOYERS here are not prepared for a future with more older workers, say Singapore opinion leaders who took part in an international survey on ageing.
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      Lock icon Micro-market office rents past 1996 highs in Q1
      523 9  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA OFFICE rents in five micromarkets in the first quarter of this year surpassed their 1996 highs, says Colliers International. And if they continue to rise, Singapore's competitiveness could be eroded. "While not widespread, an increasing number of firms are
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      Lock icon Three local community networks launched to help needy
      268 9  -  By JANICE HENG COMMUNITY development councils (CDCs) play a critical role in Singapore's "many helping hands" approach to social assistance, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday at the launch of three local community networks in Central Singapore CDC. The CDCs "bring
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      Lock icon Walking the extra mile for charity
      236 9  -  By ARTHUR LEE YESTERDAY at 7am, HSBC chief executive officer Guy Harvey-Samuel led off a team of 20 HSBC senior managers and management associates on a 101 km walk around Singapore to raise funds for the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund and the
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      Lock icon Shell, Exxon move ahead with petrochem projects
      536 9  -  By RONNIE LIM THE rapidly growing demand for chemicals in Asia, especially China, is spurring new multibillion-dollar petrochemical expansions in Singapore. Shell yesterday said it has just begun construction proper of its estimated US$3 billion petrochemicals project here. Meanwhile. Shell's rival oil major,
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Malaysian stocks whip up investor interest
      488 10  -  Buzz to pick up even more following govt incentives By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN equities have attracted more interest in the past six months as they outperformed most regional stocks. And moves this week by the government to further liberalise the economy
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      8057 10 Transaction date: Mar 23 52-Wk Id UM Vol Day LastQvote Dtv GrYM Nat MCap M0i Law Code Qwpooy S»l« +j- (*000) Hlg)i low If Sdtef Cw Pit 3.5 1 5716 1st Software 2 susp 11 115 6 3148 gTikcom 9.5 unch 90 9.5 9.5 9 9.5 47 1.7
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      Lock icon Govt defends exemptions to race policies
      297 10 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government yesterday defended. politicallysensitive exemptions from economic policies favouring the majority ethnic Malays after making exceptions to attract foreign investment. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said the government needed a new approach to bring in foreign investment to a
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      Lock icon Malaysia, EU sign aviation pact
      175 10 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia and the European Union (EU) have signed an aviation pact which will allow all airlines from any country in the 27-nation bloc to fly to the South-east Asian nation, state media said yesterday. Under the agreement, at least 200 European airlines,
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Indosat 2006 net profit down 13%
      528 11 It is hit by fierce competition, high churn rate, prepaid cards Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's second largest telecoms firm, PT Indosat Tbk, reported yesterday a sharper-than-expected 13 per cent fall in 2006 net profit as the firm's mobile base failed to keep pace with industry
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      Lock icon SGX
      6306 11 Transaction Date: Mar 23 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE Sihuan 159.348.000 Sihuan 100.172.490 Genlnti 53.878.000 UOB 64.517.870 Dgloog 38.794.000 SIA 53.731.300 Ban Joo 34.476.000 OBSGrp 53.623.786 •StafCruises 33.708.000 SingTel 48.108.940 SunVk 31.341.000 Genlnti 44.431.235 JuronqTech 30.476.000 CapitaLand 39.973.620 Thai Beverage 24.205,000 OCBC Bk 34.954.430 Yonqnam 21,989.000 CitvDev 31.336.600 StiaitsAsia
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Graft in China banks could go on for decades, says A-G
      658 12 But 'Iron Face' Li is undeterred and set to do his job Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's financial watchdog, Auditor-General Li Jinhua, has a mixed message for the foreign investors who've spent US$74 billion on shares in his country's banks since
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      Lock icon Hong Kong putting together competition law
      559 12  -  Long-awaited move follows change in sentiment after public consultation By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong HONG Kong is drafting a competition law to curb unfair practices, but it may take some time for anti-mo-nopoly measures to pack a punch in a city notorious for
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      Lock icon Yuan may be made convertible in Tianjin
      500 12 China's first Reit worth at least US$20b will be approved for sale in city by May: official Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's central bank may allow the yuan to be converted into hard currency within the boundaries of Tianjin city as early as next month,
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      Lock icon CHILD'S PLAY
      74 12 [BEIJING] Young models presenting the Meidi Children fashion collection during the 10th China Fashion Week here yesterday. The event is an opportunity for China to highlight its growing influence in the competitive fashion business. With almost 30 catwalk shows, one forum, five design contests and a contest for
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      Lock icon China's state-share reform set to pass tough test
      326 12 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Some US$7B billion worth of shares could be dumped on China's markets this year. It sounds scary, but it's actually a good thing. China's state agencies have the green light to sell this chunk of shares, equal to one-sixth of
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Spotlight falls on Indian writers at Paris book fair
      441 13 AFP [PARIS] With Indian writers reaping awards and topping best-seller lists worldwide, this year's Paris book fair is putting the spotlight on the country's literary output. "Indian authors are based everywhere, express themselves everywhere, publish everywhere, and the entire world is
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      Lock icon Reliance mulls plant with US' Rohm and Haas
      211 13 [NEW DELHI] Indian petrochemicals giant Reliance and US-based Rohm and Haas, the world's biggest acrylic paint ingredient maker, said on Thursday they may build a "world-scale" chemical plant in India. Reliance Industries Ltd and Rohm and Haas Co have signed a memorandum
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      Lock icon Dated banking system slows growth
      880 13 State and local banks unable to compete with foreign banks NYT [NEW DELHI] Hundreds of bank branches can be found in India's capital, nestled behind metal grates in concrete buildings and tucked down alleyways off busy thoroughfares. Many of the offices are jockeying for attention
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      Lock icon India aims to attract 240b rupees for three chip plants
      287 13 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India aims to attract investments of as much as 240 billion rupees (SsB.3 billion) in semiconductor and other electronics factories in three years, after a policy offering incentives to manufacturers came into effect on Thursday. Plasma-display facilities
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      Lock icon Mittal to pay US$5b for Brazil shares
      315 13 It argued the price should be based on Ebitda Bloomberg [RIO DE JANEIRO] The board of Brazil's securities regulator has ordered Arcelor Mittal to pay about US$5.O5 billion for minority stakes in its Brazilian unit, 49 per cent more than the steel maker
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      Lock icon Citigroup buys 19.9% of Anand Rathi Securities
      166 13 Reuters [MUMBAI] Citigroup has bought nearly a fifth of Anand Rathi Securities, an official at the Indian brokerage said yesterday, in another foreign foray into the country's growing financial services business. "We have sold 19.9 per cent stake to Citigroup Venture Capital," the
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2508 13 VOl iter a m w- cooo) AIM Realty 168 -0.02 243 AbricBhd .0.33 -0.02 99 Acp Industries 1.82 -0.01 262 Advance Synergy 0.39 -0.02 9528 Advemi Bhd 0.85 0.03 161 A* Multi Hldgs .0.35 -0.01 79 Aftin Holdings 2.34 -0.01 2828 Ahmad ZakiResou 2 56 0.03 253 A*
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Carlyle raising US$15b buyout fund: sources
      263 14 Reuters •firOKYO] The Carlyle Group js raising a US$l5 billion t?S leveraged buyout fund fts the boom in private equity investing shows no .Signs of abating, sources ■said yesterday. The new fund would be Nearly double the size of Garlyle's last fund, Carlyle Partners
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      Lock icon Citigroup looking into a bid for ABN Amro: report
      675 14 HSBC, Santander and Royal Bank of Scotland also seen as potential bidders Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Some executives within Citigroup are pushing for the US banking giant to make a bid for ABN Amro, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Citigroup is studying
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      Lock icon Unexpected rise in February home sales
      380 14 LATEST US DATA AP. AFP [WASHINGTON] Sales of existing homes unexpectedly rose in February by the largest amount in nearly three years, but analysts expressed fears that the recovery for the battered housing industry will be slowed by spreading troubles in mortgage lending. The
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      Lock icon FSA outlines plan to fine the rich more
      362 14 Bloom berg (LONDON] Britain's market regulator is planning "controversial" new rules to increase the level of fines it hands out to rich wrongdoers, its head enforcer Margaret Cole said in a speech. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said earlier this year that,
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      Lock icon Thai coup chief says he doesn't want to be the next PM
      305 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai army chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup last year, said yesterday he had no desire to be prime minister after a general election promised by year's end. "I
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      Lock icon Iran nabs 15 UK naval personnel in Gulf waters
      654 14 Bloomberg. Reuters [LONDON] Iran seized 15 British naval personnel who were conducting "routine boarding operations" in Iraqi waters, the UK Ministry of Defence said yesterday. Crude oil rose after the ministry issued its statement. Some analysts and traders have expressed concern
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      Lock icon Bumpy ride ahead for Motorola CEO
      528 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Motorola chief executive officer Ed Zander, once heralded as a turnaround artist for reviving the mobile phone maker, may be falling out of favour. On Thursday, Mr Zander forecast a loss for this quarter and the first sales decline in four
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon Drive with class
      744 15  -  Bentley has always combined quiet luxury with sporty performance and its updated flagship sedan still subscribes to the same formula, except that there is now even more of the latter, writes SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE FOR a refreshed model with renewed verve and vigour, the Bentley Arnage
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      Lock icon Want something distinctly different? Go for the Mulliner
      611 15  -  By SAMUEL EE SO you've just bought a mil-lion-dollar car but you're a little concerned that it might still not be exclusive enough. Don't worry. You can make it distinctly different with Mulliner. As the flagship model of the Bentley range, the
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      Lock icon Classy coupe packed with power
      334 15  -  By SAMUEL EE STILL have some of that fat bonus from last year left over? A great way to spend it would be on the new Mer-cedes-Benz CLSOO. The first in a line of CL-Class models. this big coupe with a V 8 engine will
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Left or right, power matters
      823 16  -  Unlike in tennis, left-handed players hold no special advantage in golf as it all finally comes down to strength, says JUSTINE MOSS JUSTINE MOSS Left-handed people have always been a minority, accounting for about 11 to 15 per cent of the world population. They haven't
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  • WELLNESS
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      Lock icon Women feel down when men can't get it up
      947 17  -  A man's erectile dysfunction is not just his problem alone,MELISSA HENG finds out MELISSA HENG WHEN women say "Not tonight, dear, I've a headache," it could well be a reflection on their partners, and not them. When men can't get it
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      Lock icon Herbal cure for hair loss sufferers?
      748 17  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON BLAME it on the genes, and why not? If there's yet another beauty condition that we grapple with, it's to do with hair loss, and that, we're told, is mostly due to hormones. But hope could be on the way as
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      Lock icon When bed rest does more harm than good
      630 17 NYT JEAN Irion was 37 when she found out that she was carrying triplets. At 21 weeks, Dr Irion, a professor of physical therapy, began having contractions. Immediately, her obstetrician put her on restricted activity, or what Dr Irion calls "house arrest",
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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      306 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 5 Presents that in softer silk 1 Note about ill-bred puritans djng frjghtfu y! (8 .7) 5 Heroin trip causing a flurry (8) Manage to get past draw? (8) 9 A neutral area for the old 7 ho| V carmval folks? (6,4) drinking cocktail (5) 10 New equipment
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  • SHOPPING
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