The Business Times, 3 April 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES W|A(P)O36/12/IW9 850 SINGAPORE Internet nttp: business-times.asia 1 coin sq MONDAY. APRIL 3. 2000
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    60 1 WWIIUM— Wm* Chugc ST! 2,***** 4S.fl SMSC1 FUTURES .***** AM BTSE1 773.95 +6.60 KLSEOOMP 974J8 +4.11 HANG SENG 17.466£4 -***** SET INDEX. 460.32. -184 .JAKARTA OOMP *****. +U1 MANILA OOMP- 1.681.72. +6.61 TAIPEI WPI 10,066.41.+667.79 SEOUL OOMP. 880.94 -28 JO CLSA CHINA B 863.08 +39.87 AUSTAULORD 3,***** -114.10
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    72 1 FOBEX BATES uss ss USS 1.711 £(USS/S$per£) LMS_1741 EURO(US$/SS/E) 8.867 L846 DM IMS 8041 YEN 1«U 1.632 KM IBM 0.462 HKS 7.788 *221 BART 97 J8 ***** RUF1AH 7,818 tm* •Sttommdts FUMBIATOS SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7JS JAKARTA 40.09 BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 11.00 BCMHDNG A» TAIPEI 8.07 SYDNEY 7.96
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    Lock icon HSBC makes 11b euro bid for sixth-largest French bank
    650 1  -  Credit Commercial's board will recommend offer to shareholders; HSBC assured of 58% control By* Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] HSBC Holdings pic has made an 11 billion euro (SslB.l billion) bid for Credit Commercial de France (CCF), in a move to expand its
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    Lock icon US CEOs beat shareholders in get-rich game
    1244 1 Tlieir total pay soars 21% but return on equity is only 4.7% Bloomberg [SAN DIEGO] Maybe you sensed CEO pay in the United States was soaring. Well the numbers are in, and they will blow you away. Total pay the combined value of
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    Lock icon Will the geek inherit the earth?
    699 1  -  Techies must learn to speak more intelligibly, says CATBBUMB OHO CATHERINE ONG TOWARDS the end of his speech at the Star Hub's launch party last Friday, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew looked up from tiae text and quipped: 1 don't understand half the words
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      121 1 ZMSfIMB Top storlM SGX market cap down by $36b In Q1„ Plus full list of mkt cap ranking. Will OCBC beat OUB in Internet badkbid?P|M Microsoft antitrust talks collapse. Pg 17 Pvopto JTC'S deputy CEO Chong Siak UH Ching. PJ Noxt BizJT Ariba has arrived. BUT Pg 2 New kind
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      6 1 ChAMoloM to USs6b deal, Pg 17
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      Lock icon Focused on taking JTC into a new era
      1678 2  -  PBOPLE And that*s not.all deputy CEO Chong Siak Ching has set her sights on; she also has big plans for Arcasia Land, as its chairman By] Lilian Ang [SINGAPORE] IN the male-dominated boardroom of Jurong Town Corporation (JTC), Chong Siak Ching lends
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      Lock icon Philippines is tops in Asia in expats' survey on quality of life
      443 2 Singapore, rated second, considered a less inn' place to live than many other places in Asia AFP [SINGAPORE] Despite its chronic economic and political problems, the Philippines offers the best overall quality of life for expatriates in Asia,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Will OCBC pip OUB to the post in Internet bank bid?
      425 4  -  Observers wonder if being first would yield any clear advantage By I Siow Li Sen SURPRISE, surprise! OCBC Bank is also racing to set up an Internet bank, and although it may not pip Overseas Union Bank (OUB) to
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      Lock icon SGX market cap down nearly 20% from Jan 3 peak
      893 4  -  Blue chips take a beating as dotcom-crazy investors chase tech plays in Q1 By' Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market's capitalisation has sunk by almost 20 per cent from its Jan 3 peak as investors ignored heavyweights and blue chips
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      Lock icon Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks (Mar 31, 2000)
      315 4 MKATM NUMBER MDOLEPMCES COUPON WTBEST OFMVSOF (EXCUJONG GROSS MATURITY YEAR RAISE) RATI AMOUNT PAYlkBff ACCRUE) ACCRUE) REDEMPTION (%PA) OM) DATES KTHCST MEREST) YBDfUPA) 15/04/2000 N*****QS 1998 31/8 7QOOQ 15/4 15/10 168 100.00 106 i 01/07/2000 N*****1H 1998 3V4 1500.00 1/7 1/1 90
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      Lock icon Deadline for Ipco's China toll road deal extended
      222 4 INFRASTRUCTURE contractor Ipco International's deadline to acquire a British Virgin Islands-registered firm with interests in toll road operations in China has been extended by another five weeks. The mainboard-listed company said over the weekend that the deadline for its purchase of the
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      Lock icon Analysts upbeat on electronics stocks
      692 7  -  They see a good mixture of Old Economy and New Economy e-stocks taking the limelight in the year ahead By, Jennifer Lien NEW Economy electronics stocks will share the limelight with Old Economy e-stocks on the Singapore Exchange this year, even as the curtain comes
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      Lock icon Value of Vertex stake in US firm soars 30 times
      349 7  -  l-'i exclusive US$3Jm& investment in More Com now worth USsllom From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong VERTEX Management, the venture capital arm of Singapore Technologies Group, has made a whopping return of over 90 times on a US investment it
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      Lock icon People's Insurance changes name to Hartford S'pore
      270 7  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng THE People's Insurance Company, a joint venture between listed Hwa Hong Corporation and a US partner, has changed its name to The Hartford Insurance Company (Singapore). The change, according to its officials, will give a stronger professional and American
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      Lock icon Ranking of Singapore companies by market capitalisation
      2091 8 RANK CONMNV MKTCAP %Q« PMCE %CHS PC MAR 31 FB 29 WW liMltlDO FROM RATIO "oo "oo am m m»m 1 1 SingTel *****.2 -12.0 2.44 -12.9 19.0 2 2 DBS Grp *****.6 6.1 22.60 6.1 23.3 3 4 C Semiconductor *****.8 10.3
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      74 4 (This announcement appears as a matter of record only) Acer* {4 ACER COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) PROPOSED REORGANISATION OF THE SHARE CAPITAL OF ACER COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL LTD. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PRIVATISATION OF ACER COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL LTD. PURSUANTTO A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT UNDER SECTION
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      74 4 Pull ranking of companies by market capitalisation, Pg 8 GS LION CITY HOTEL JHU Comfort Convenience Affordable J SPECIAL PROMOTION Stagk/Do«Mt Occupancy ggggs42l Fyfl day rate Day uae rate 12pm-7pm Night me rate 7pm I m 'Subject to 10% service charge. Govcrmmemt Tmx inclusive of GST. 3*w*kMZ* ISmkfa*<lmillhorl lOmstkmMX), Wait
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Market won't do much till interim reporting season
      584 6  -  -l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy LAST week's column focused attention on the lack of resilience in the local market institutional presence was said to be minimal at best while retail participation was described as virtually non-exis-tent. The events of the last
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      Lock icon SingTel covered warrant offers high gearing
      208 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy JUST look at the chart accompanying this column, and it'll be clear that Singapore Telecom has had a pretty dismal past few months. Its closing price of $2.44 last Friday is the lowest in a long time and with
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      Lock icon NOL resistance seen at $1.60
      241 6  -  HOT STOCK By< Wong Wei Kong SHARES of national liner Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) fell again last Friday, with the stock finishing among the session's most active counters. NOL shares closed down 4 cents or 2.58 per cent at $1.51. The stock opened at $1.50
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      98 6 ♦DILEEPNair resigned as director and audit committee member of General Securities Investments on March 31. ♦ARMSTRONG Industrial Corp said Anthony Ang Meng Huat has resigned as group general manager/executive director with effect from March 31. He will however remain on the board as a non-executive director and audit
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      Lock icon Upbeat Japanese outlook may give the yen a boost
      511 6 THE yen should be propelled forward this week by an upbeat survey from Japanese businesses. Other Asian currencies may lose out on jitters over the downfall of a major US hedge fund. The Tankan poll of Japanese companies, due today, is
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      389 6 •Mar 29 Source: JM S on 8*ocfc» Vokjtm MadaNng IOC 108,743.000 NOL 82,290,000 QoMron20c— *****,000 CS5c 71,148,000 Vkktn Capital 28c 87,808,000 Fatfach US10c 81.808,000 SingTal 15c 67,908,000 IPCC0(pn5c 56,194,000 lonicaP$1.00 48,561,000 Kyoaha HK50c 48,458,000 9**m > PacMoCankxy 392,527.701 DBSQrp 188,820,871 SIA— 186,083,487 aT«i1Sc *****3.880 128,902,567 NOL 127,499,871 SPH *****1,920 MedtaHralOc
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      Lock icon Foolish to base economy on taste, fashion and trend
      574 10  -  Chan Wing Kee I HAVE been following your news about the "New Economy". I wonder if this so-called New Economy has been studied in depth. Can ideas replace traditional goods and services as the prime mover of the economy? I think
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      Lock icon Growth in money supply slows
      319 10  -  I Aon the economy money supply By\ Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE'S money supply both harrow and broad money grew at a slower tempo in February, according to latest figures from the Monetary Authority. On a year-over-year basis, the growth of narrow money, Ml (cash in
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      480 10 Singapore International Film Festival: synopses of films being screened today Flowers From Another World/Florae Da Otro Mundo, R(A), Spain A story about mistrust and racism, Flowers takes place in an isolated Caspian village which is undergoing social disintegration due to the lack of available single women. A story
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      Lock icon Kmart to initiate US$100m online exchange
      605 11 AMSTERDAM Royal Ahold and 9 other retailers have joined the alliance which rivals the one led by France's Carrefonr Bloomberg KMART Corp, Royal Ahold NV and nine other leading retailers with US$3OO billion (*****.4 billion) in sales agreed to create an online exchange to
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      Lock icon EBay unit gets subpoena for info in auction probe
      420 11 WASHINGTON Share* tumble 16% on the iewi as the (farm warns of the fall-eat if charfM are pressed Reuters ONLINE auction giant eßay Inc said its brick-and-mortar auction unit Butterfleld Butterfleld, baa received a grand jury subpoena from the US Justice
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      Lock icon Net-related IPOs cool as Nasdaq falls
      693 13 NEW YORK 150 companies that have filed to sell shares could be stranded: analysts Bloomberg A 12 PER CENT drop in the Nasdaq Composite Index in the past two weeks and a slew of new share sales are taking the froth out of the
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        Lock icon Excite Europe considers £2b float
        94 13 Reuters [LONDON] Excite Europe, the Internet search engine, has said it is considering a £2 billion (555.5 billion) stock market flotation, the Observer newspaper reported yesterday. Excite Europe is a subsidiary of the US search engine ExcitezHome, partially owned by AT&T and Cox Communications. Its
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        Lock icon Big Quake over LAN party
        48 13 AFP [ERFURT, Germany] Some 800 computer freaks gathered here over the weekend for eastern Germany's biggest LAN (Local Area Network) party, named "The Big Quake". The enthusiasts link their PC's—brought from home—to networks to play single or in teams against each other. —AFP
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        Lock icon US likely to extend ban on Net taxes
        72 13 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Congress this year will likely extend a ban on new Internet taxes through 2006, while delaying action on more contentious sales tax proposals developed by an Internet tax study panel, officials said. The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce formally concluded
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        Lock icon Amazon, eBay in safe-product accord
        62 13 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Friday it reached agreement with Internet auction sites eßay Inc. and Amazon.com Inc to make it easier for customers to identify dangerous products sold online. Links to a special page warning of the dangers of
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      Lock icon Internet CallCentre opens corporate HQ in Singapore
      333 13  -  It leverages off features in existing browser software By Jane Cheong THE (iCall), which claims to be the world's first Internet call centre providing global, 24-hour response to Web users, opened its corporate HQ here last week. With franchises in 23 cities, iCall
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      Lock icon British ISP to pay libelled physicist
      602 13 LONDON Lawyers fear settlement will curtail people's ability to speak freely in cyberspace NYT A BRITISH Internet service provider (ISP) has agreed to pay a substantial sum to a physicist who says he was libelled in messages posted on electronic bulletin boards carried by
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      111 12 South-East Asia's leading network of localised portals. fy intlMHB 0* "Catcha.com is now one of the largest "Catcha.com consists of a group of Internet companies in the region" websites that is a merger of three Business Times, 1 November 1999 major regional search engine portals" "South-East Asia's largest and fastest
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      233 13 E- commerce 200 D Singapore HSBC would like to thank all of our clients who brought their eyeballs to the E-commerce 2000 seminar at the Westin Stamford Westin Plaza, Singapore on 31 March, 2000. And a special thanks to all of the speakers who contributed to its success: The Big
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Foreign owners of pulp producer plan to sue Jakarta
      301 14 JAKARTA AFP THE foreign shareholders of listed pulp and rayon producer PT Inti Indorayon Utama (IIU) plan to sue the Indonesian government over the forced closure of a plant in North Sumatra, according to a report. Lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis said
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      Lock icon Malaysia's real interest rates could turn negative
      706 14  -  l i comment KL STOCKS Threat to savings and Inflation may mean It's time to re-peg nndervfilniMl eddie toh MALAYSIA'S capital controls have shielded the country well in the last 18 months. The Malaysian central bank last week lauded the regime enacted in
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      Lock icon SIA defends tourism pact in Philippine newspaper ads
      299 14 Agreement mutually beneficial and similar to those with other countries, says airline MANILA AFP SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) took out advertisements in key Philippine newspapers yesterday to clarify a tourism promotion pact it had signed with Manila which has been attacked as irregular
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      Lock icon Thai auctioneers doing brisk business
      422 14 AP [BANGKOK] Auctions have become a way of life in Thailand, perhaps proving that recession as much as necessity can be the mother of invention. Computers and condominiums, rare paintings and fast cars are among the items going under the hammer as Thais try to
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        Lock icon Malaysia's Nikko eyes Microsoft deal
        66 15 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Nikko Electronics Bhd is rumoured to be the front-runner for a videogame contract from US software giant Microsoft Corp, a weekly business magazine said yesterday. The Edge said Nikko Electronics was expected to manufacture the X-Box, a videogame console expected to
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        Lock icon MUI to spend RM100m on IT
        63 15 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian property development and leisure group Malayan United Industries (MUI) will invest RMIOO million (Ss4s million) in Internet start-up and growth technology companies, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Star said MUI would set up an information technology (IT) venture unit
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        Lock icon China tax to plug S$7.9b pension hole
        59 15 AFP [BEIJING] China will implement a social security tax to plug a 38 billion yuan (5|7.9 billion) pension gap owed by enterprises. The new tax, which has sparked a debate among government ministries, is needed as existing mechanisms could not provide enough funds
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        Lock icon HK nabs 5 for airline newspaper theft
        76 15 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong's corruption watchdog said yesterday it had arrested five Cathay Pacific Airways employees for stealing and reselling foreign newspapers from incoming flights. The retail value of the papers sold to local newspaper stalls was estimated at HK$BOO,OOO (*****,000) a year, the
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        Lock icon Overseas Filipinos sent home US$6.79b
        61 15 Reuters (MANILA] The Philippines' more than five million workers overseas remitted home U556.79 billion (Ssl 1.7 billion) last year, 38 per cent more than the previous year's U554,925 billion, the central bank said yesterday. Bank documents showed the US remained the top source, accounting for
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      Lock icon China delays IPOs for industrial groups on lack of investor interest
      389 15 mHONGKONG FT CHINA has postponed the international listings of two state-owned industrial companies in the wake of waning jnvestor appetite, according to sources in Beijing. The news follows the disappointing performance of PetroChina's global offering, priced on Thursday at
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      Lock icon HK unveils financial market reform plan to boost competitiveness
      365 15 HONGKONG Proposed measures include stronger powers for the market watchdog, cutting red tape Bloomberg THE Hongkong government unveiled a reform plan for the city's securities and futures market, including stronger powers for the market watchdog, as it overhauls market regulations to
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      Lock icon Philippine stocks losing favour with foreign funds
      535 15  -  Market hostage to bad corporate and political news Promt Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINES stocks face uncertain times as foreign funds have turned fidgety over rumours of a coup amidst President Joseph Estrada's plunging popularity ratings. Week-on-week, the bellwether 33-share Phisix index closed
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      Lock icon Estrada raps talk of imminent coup, asks for support
      303 15 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine President Joseph Estrada said yesterday that people spreading rumours that he would be ousted in a weekend coup should seek psychiatric help, and appealed to Filipinos to continue supporting him. "We have full control of everything," Mr Estrada
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      Lock icon Chen denies sending US emissary
      221 15 TAIPEI Report that scientist wis asked to visit Beijing'groundless' AFP TAIWAN'S president-elect Chen Shui-bian yesterday denied a report that he had asked respected US scientist Jeremy Stone to visit Beijing to help thaw frosty ties. The report by The Washington Post was "groundless", he said.
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US$53.6b pumped into stock funds in February
      529 16 Record inflow mainly went to hottest growth and technology sectors LAT-WP AMERICANS pumped a recordshattering U5553.6 billion (Ss92 billion) of net new money into stock mutual funds in February. And many investors may now be wondering if they got in just in time
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      Lock icon Ruling due as Microsoft antitrust talks break down
      855 17 REDMOND, Washington That would set the stage for sanctions, but appeals conld keep the case stack in the courts Bloomberg NYT EFFORTS to settle the government's landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp collapsed on Saturday after a judge in Chicago appointed to
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      Lock icon Obuchi in hospital due to fatigue
      291 17 TOKYO AP Reuters JAPANESE Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was hospitalised yesterday after complaining of fatigue. Mr Obuchi was undergoing tests, and details of his condition were not immediately known. Mr Obuchi, 62, was not taken to the hospital in an ambulance and was conscious
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        Lock icon Goldman's Q1 fees triple to US$807m
        120 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group Inc's fees from arranging US stock and bond sales tripled in the first quarter, leading a 76 per cent gain in investment bank commissions. Securities firms' fees rose to a record US$4.B billion (SsB.2 billion) from US$2.7 billion
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        Lock icon BBC expected to unveil 1,000 job cuts
        53 17 AFP [LONDON] BBC general director Greg Dyke is expected to announce today a I,ooojob-cut as part of major restructuring of the British public television network, the British press reported on Saturday. Most of the jobs cut would be in management, the media magazine
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        Lock icon Schwab's Chinese financial Web site
        60 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Charles Schwab Corp, the No 1 US discount broker, has joined forces with Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones Co Inc to offer financial news in Chinese, the companies said on Friday. Everything from analysts' stock recommendations to company profiles and earnings
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        37 17 Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] Ericsson AB chairman and chief executive Lars Ramqvist said president Kurt Hellstroem will succeed him as CEO of the world's third-largest maker of cellular phones in January next year.
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      309 17 Reuters TIGER Management LLC, the giant hedge fund company which is shutting down on Friday, declined to comment on market talk linking its closure to a plunge in palladium, in which the fund once had a huge investment. "Tiger doesn't comment on its positions
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      703 17 LONDON US'No 2 bank may announce agreement to buy UK merchant bank as soon as this week Bloomberg CHASE Manhattan Corp may agree to buy Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd, one of the last British-owned merchant banks, for
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      589 18 COMMODITY Weeklyßmmdup AFP [LONDON) Oil prices fell slightly following a keenlyawaited meeting of leading producer nations who agreed to modestly increase their output, but sought to ensure against a sharp price decline. From black gold to gold, the
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      276 19 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG stocks could stage a modest technical rebound this week after Nasdaq's recovery on Friday, but high flying technology shares may cool in the second quarter as investors seek value and cash flow, analysts said. A trading holiday tomorrow is likely to
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      880 19 Psrinw -114J0 THE share markets will be bracing for major tests this week with four key economic data releases and a Reserve Bank Board meeting. Building approval figures are due today, employment figures Thursday and housing finance on Friday. And Craig James, chief economist at Colonial State
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      494 19 NEW YORK But it's still steaming ahead for the first quarter, at 12% hi^ier AFP THE Nasdaq electronic index took a hammering this week, losing 390 points or 7.87 per cent although it is still forging ahead for the first quarter 2000, at
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      423 19 TOKYO AFP BULLISH sentiment is set to dominate the Tokyo market in the week ahead as investors are becoming more confident of a recovery in the Japanese economy, brokers said. Encouraging factors should include the Bank of Japan's key Tankan survey of
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      331 19 LONDON AFP THE London stock market ended the week lower as the Old Economy/New Economy debate continued, with hightechs falling sharply and investors again turning their attention to traditional blue chips. The FT-SEIOO finished the week at 6,540.2 points 195.6 points,
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      351 20 AFP H Composite hdax +4JI BLUE chips are expected to lead Malaysian stocks higher in the coming week and the outlook seems generally favourable for the next few months, analysts said on Friday. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index closed on Friday at
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      594 21 SOI Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup [SINGAPORE] Key data from the US and Japan and monetary policy meetings in the UK and Australia will be the prime focus for the main currency markets during the coming week. Japan's tankan report is first up this morning. Markets
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      268 27 Contribued by Simpson Spence Young TANKERS continue to provide the talking point with indications that clients of Georgiopoulos have tied up the three Chevron suezmax tankers John Young/ J Dennis Bonney and Bruce Smart. Speculation is that the deal is not yet definite and that the price is
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      720 27  -  January throughput up 11% from same month last year to L 3 million TEUs By* Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp is seeing a "mini-boom" of dou-ble-digit growth in container traffic in the first quarter of this year. PSA chairman Yeo Ning Hong described
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      800 27  -  UMBR SCENE By] David Hughes LINER shipping executives gathered together at last week's SingaPort conference spent a lot of time considering the implications of the so-called dot.com revolution on the industry. There appeared something of a consensus on three things. The Internet will
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      359 27  -  By. Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Shanghaibased China Shipping (Group) Co is to start direct calls at Port Klang following the signing of a terminal service agreement with port operator Klang Multi Terminal (KMT). China Shipping president Li Kelin and the West Port operator
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        282 28  -  Deal with Shanghai Port Authority sealed after two years of negotiations Reports by David Hughes in London HONGKONG-BASED Hutchison Port Holdings has signed a joint venture deal with the Shanghai Port Authority for a 30 per cent share and the right to manage Shanghai's
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        275 28 THE International Maritime Organisation would like to see maritime safety become* stronger political issue. "Everyone has a responsibility for safety, but not everyone has an equal responsibility," said IMO secretary general William O'Neil, addressing a luncheon meeting of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association. Speaking
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        172 28 SERIOUS structural problems may have been behind the sinking of the panamax bulk carrier Leader LlO days ago with the loss of 18 crew. The 69,120 dwt ship broke in two and sank 590 km northeast of Bermuda after taking on water through one
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          114 28 LAST year's weak liner market hit German container shipping group Hamburg Sud hard and the company reported unspecified losses despite net turnover rising 17 per cent to US$2 billion (553.4 billion). "Overcapacity, a sharp decline in demand, a fall in rates and exploding bunker costs caused
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          85 28 THE Latvian government is facing a third foiled attempt to privatise state-run Latvian Shipping Co (Lasco) after the sole bid received for a 44 per cent share in the firm fell through after the bidder failed to put up the money and documentation needed. Two earlier
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          138 28 SING APORE-based liquid bulk operator Osprey Maritime is gearing itself up for financial restructuring after it reported a net loss before exceptional items of US$ll.2 million last year. It has re-appraised the value of its 28-ship fleet in light of long-term cogunitted revenues and improvements in the
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          46 28 MARSHALL Islands shipping register administrator International Registries Inc has boosted its Asian division with two appointments to its Hongkong office. Peter Wong joins from Deutsche Bank's Ship Finance Asia department, where he was head, and William McCuskey becomes business development manager.
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          58 28 A US$BO,OOO reward has been put up for information leading to the whereabouts of the missing Taiwanese ship Hualien No 1. A special alert has also been issued by the IMB regarding the vessel and its 21-man crew. The ship was carrying a cargo of river
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          55 28 THE International Maritime Organisation has asked the Philippines government to improve its application to Join the IMO STCW "white list". The organisation la concerned that the Philippines does not seem to have a single body overseeing STCW compliance, with state maritime authority Marina overlapping in certification
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        196 41 AprS Taiwan: Women Children's Day. A»r 4 Hongkong: Ching Ming Festival. Indonesia: Hari Raya Nyepi. Taiwan: Ching Ming Festival. Aprs Korea: Arbor Day. AprS Indonesia: Muslim New Year. Malaysia: First Day of Muslim Calender. AprS Philippines: Day of Valour. Apr 20 New Zealand: Market Holiday, Stock Exchange Closes
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        764 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, (bows price ranges in US dollar* instead of tingle prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        507 42 Japanese carrier has ordered 8 of the jets, which has the same capability as the 747-400 but with only two engines Reuters [TOKYO] Japan Airlines (JAL) became the first customer for Boeing Co's latest product, announcing an order for eight of the
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        323 42 It will help bear part of USsl2bcost of developing Airbus snpeijnmbo Bloomberg [TOULOUSE, France] Airbus Industrie, which wants to raise part of the US$l2 billion (5520.4 billion) development costs of the A3XX superjumbo from other companies, has won its first potential Asian partner, Taiwan's
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        Lock icon Future supersonic jets may be powered by coal
        485 42 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Streaking through the skies in streamlined splendour, future supersonic jets' may zip from New York to Tokyo in a couple of hours thanks to high-velocity engines powered by coal. Coal? You bet, scientists say. The grimy staple of Victorian
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        307 42 Delays in approval for fifth terminal at Heathrow the canse Reuters [LONDON] Britain's Civil Aviation Authority said that delays in planning permission for a fifth terminal at Heathrow airport have held up investment at the three main London airports run by BAA
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      132 41 Jl FOR 7AM 3 APR 2000 —&*fcv aoN LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Sei^ce^fn^^*^ K Thunderstorm A Showers S^\ Rain emperature Wind direction and speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather U CX3 Hazv 1 Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds
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      173 42 Arising from a recent review, the under-mentioned Lines operating in the Far East/South Asia trade wish to announce that the Emergency Bunker Surcharge will be increased to USD7S per 20' and USDISO per 40' with effect from 15 April 2000. The EBS is applicable for all shipments to South Asia
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      250 43 Ariba has -A One of the hottest business-to-business e-commerce enablers, US-based Ariba wants to spread out in the Asia-Pacific region using Singapore as its regional HQ, as Ml TOH HAN SHIH finds out I -<*> <f~- WAV# I ■PPITO'I \^|#f:".f' i:f4 M®kJJSlll£ fv- >*J*? ,>' I < A^^fffßjf ?M I
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      44 43 Top stories Anderson S'pore sets up centre to court dot-coms Page 2 Renovate with a click, thanks to net2property.com Pagf4 World's smallest server from Celestix Page 11 Mercurix takes wing with DRM technology, Pag#l2 Commentary Will logistics help or hinder Asian e-commerce? Pag* 4
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      Lock icon Ariba casts its net wide in Asia
      783 44  -  California company finds partners in S'pore GLCs, Asian private companies and MNCs, and aims to set up at least 2 e-commerce exchanges here I-11 exclusive Reports by Toh Han Shih Mountain View, Califor-nia-based Ariba Inc, one of the hottest US e-commerce firms, has
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      392 44 Ariba's teduMlogy altars 14 different e-cemmerce models WITH 828 e-commerce, companies can do business with each other over the Internet in many different ways. For instance, Ariba's technology allows 14 different «ays *>r companies t$ traA with each other online. For one, a company
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      Lock icon Anderson S'pore sets up centre to court dot-coms
      583 44  -  I-ii exclusive Consultancy offers Net start-ups access to its arsenal of software, services and contacts By Kenneth James LEADING consulting firm Andersen Consulting has set up a Dot-Cora Launch Centre in Singapore as part of a global initiative to woo start-ups that
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      Lock icon Renovate with a click
      407 46  -  exclusive net2property.com gives end-users some sort of bargaining power, says co-founder Eric Woo By] Marissa Chew A NEW Web site launching soon will cut down the time that home-owners spend getting quotes for their renovation projects and give them more bargaining power with contractors. Called net2property.com,
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      Lock icon Taiwan's Yam.com shares content with China academy
      261 46 Reuters Taiwan portal websigned an LlßjWtHent on Saturday to ex- tfcange Internet content with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, gaining a valuable ally in its drive to enter the mainland market Yam (www.yam.com.tw) also planned to build a network of retail outlets in
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      Lock icon Will logistics help or hinder Asian e-commerce?
      697 46  -  Ensuring that supply and delivery of goods keeps pace with exploding demand will be key. And governments must do their part as well Asrrrrgau kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor DR U YEE HSUN, director of the Manufacturing Information Technology division
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      Lock icon Education revolution clicks into place
      597 46  -  By, Jodi Wilgorea NYT [WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina] During his economics seminar the other day, Sean Leary, a freshman at Wake Forest University, scanned stock prices, browsed basketball updates from ESPN, checked his e-mail, and perused pictures of "beautiful girls" on www.acewallpapers.com in search of a
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      Lock icon Etraco's B2B link with developing countries IT TAKES
      432 47  -  It is trying to help bridge the digital divide between the developed and the developing world Ui* exclusive By' Toh Han Shih IF PEOPLE think e-commerce is only for developed countries with a good technology infrastructure, at least one company—Etraco thinks otherwise.
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      Lock icon Govt initiatives to boost intellectual property
      306 47  -  Sum of $10m will be invested in NSTB's manpower upgrading programmes initially By, Jane Cheong AS PART of the Technopreneurship 21 initiative launched last year, the National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) is planning to spearhead the following four new measures to boost Singapore's
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      Lock icon SCS Foresight set up
      77 47 SINGAPORE Computer Systems Ltd (SCS) has set up SCS Foresight Pte Ltd, to specialise in strategy and process innovation. "We want to move upstream from technology implementation into more high vahae-added services," said Stephen Yeo, chairman of SCSToresight and president and CEO of SCS. "We can
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      Lock icon 3Com, Gateway tie-up for SMEs
      47 47 3COM CORP and Gateway Inc have tied up to deliver network-ready PC and server solutions to help SMEs (small and medium enterprises) seamlessly network their IT systems. Gateway will bundle 3Com's OfflceConnect hubs and switches with its servers, desktop PCs and notebooks.
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      71 47 MAYBANK Singapore said it is the first finanriai institution in Asia to deploy ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) technology over a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to improve its hanking operations and enhance customer service. The deal was signed last week with Star Hub, and the ADSL
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      68 47 HOMEGROWN eLinux Pte Ltd (formerly Webworks Pte Ltd) has tied up with US-based Linuxcare Inc to set up the Singapore Linux Education Centre—the first in the region. eLinux will provide Linux skills certification for IT professionals and network engineers. "eLinux is committed to growing the
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      42 47 MICROSOFT Singapore has appointed Danny Ong as its product manager (desktop operating system), responsible for sales and marketing erf all desktop OS, including Win2ooo Professional. He Joined the company in July 1997 as distributor and retail accounts manager.
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      Lock icon NetTasking.com appointments
      28 47 NETTASKING.COM, that provides network management services, has appointed Russell Yan as chief operating officer, Jonathan Leung as chief marking officer; and Wilfred Wong as vice-president (technology).
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      Lock icon E-commerce seminars
      86 47 ENTERPRISE Promotion Centres (EPC) has announced the following seminars, to be held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront: A one-day seminar on "Strategic e-commerce for CEOs" on April 10 and June 5; a two-day seminar on "E-commerce for managers: how to create, implement and manage an e-commerce business" from
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      31 47 JKYL International Pte Ltd will hold a two-day seminar on "E-commerce law: issues and legal concepts" from May 24, at the Grand Hyatt. For details, fax *****20.
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      33 47  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam A TWO-DAY "Biz2Biz Conference" and exposition will be held here from June 15, with Ariba as the main sponsor. For details, e-mail irtfo@startupevents.com.
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      Lock icon A new kind of battle for FedEx
      672 48  -  The Internet has changed the need to customise core applications to Asia Jennifer uen reports from Memphis, Tennessee JENNIFER LIEN TILL now, Federal Express' Asian technology-develop-ment teams have taken core technologies developed at its US technology centres and use them to build services
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      Lock icon Co-branded Websites from 3 firms
      180 48  -  By, Aaron Lye MEDIACORP Interactive, which is a subsidiary of the Media Corp of Singapore and operates the group's inline content, has tied up with two other Internet content providers Surfingßananas.com and TheGreenßook.com to jointly develop co-branded Web sites. Surfingßananas.com is Singapore's leading auction and
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      Lock icon IBM among four running for US Navy contract
      451 48  -  By' Tony Capaccio Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] General Dynamics Corp and software giants Electronic Data Systems Corp, IBM Corp, and Computer Sciences Corp survived the first elimination round for a Navy information technology contract worth as much as US$lO billion (Ssl7 billion), the largest
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      Lock icon Recruiting through its showpiece tech centre
      616 48 FEDERAL Express' sprawling World Tech Center outside Memphis is a showpiece, and deliberately so. There are interlocking walkways linking different buildings, with slots designed to allow the breeze to flow through. The campus' buildings wrap around a careful-ly-landscaped man-made lake, spotted with picnic tables.
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      Lock icon Investing in its own start-ups
      357 48 ONE way FedEx keeps tabs on the latest-available technology is through investing in start-ups on its own. The company has made "large returns" on a "modest-ly-steed" technology investment fund, although the fund has been dormant for about two months now, and it is not clear
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      Lock icon Putting B2B hype in perspective
      567 50  -  The billions being talked about Is plain exaggeration and 828 sites are not going to be as easy as they are made oat to be david ong The writer is CEO, SEC-Multimedia/ W2 Inc THERE is a great deal of hype these days on 828
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      175 50 Bloomberg [HOPKINTON, Massachusetts] EMC Corp, the No 1 maker of data-storage systems for corporate computers, said it will announce today an alliance with Oracle Corp and Cisco Systems Inc for Internet computing. The venture extends an alliance EMC made in October with
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        56 50  -  OoapAe4 Raju Chellam NEC Singapore Pte Ltd has appointed IT Resources Pte Ltd as its distributor for NEC's foil range of Windows-based server systems in Singapore. US-based Linksys, that provides networking hardware for SMEs, has appointed IT Resources Group as its regional distributor for
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        76 50 MAXTOR Corp has announced two new additions to its 5,400 RPM Diamond Max hard drives—DiamondMax 60 and Diamond Max VL3O. The forma-comes with a four-disk design that provides up to 60 GB of storage; the latter offers up to 30 GB capacity. Both products come with Maxtor's
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        60 50 BIG Blue has announced the IBM Linux Start-up Bundle for developers, including large businesses and independent application developers, with prices starting at about $10,000. The Bundle includes the Netflnity Servo*, IBM Universal Database, IBM Websphere Application Server and technical support. The IBM Application Developer's Kit is
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        73 50 PSION pic has launched the Psion Series 7, a new handheld computer that comes with Psion's first large fall-colour screen, a 133 MHz processor, bigger keyboard, improved communications, and aPC card slot Encased in leather, it costs $1,888 and comes bundled with a Psion Gold
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        100 50 DIRECT-SELLER Gateway Inc said it is adding Intel's new BSO MHz Pentium m processor to its Performance Series of desktops. The system runs on Intel P3 processors that range from 550-850 MHz, and on the Celeron from 466-500 MHz. It is targeted at advanced home users and
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        89 50 CREATIVE Technology said its Nomad n portable digital audio player has begun shipping to select retail and e-tail outlets in Asia. It offers MP3 support with re-programmable firmware to support ftiture digital audio formats, software extensions and standards. It comes with USB support, FM tuner, voice
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      Lock icon Pinnz to triple Net telephony revenue
      444 51  -  exclusive It makes phone equipment which let users make voice calls and send faxes over the Net Byi Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN Internet telephony solutions provider Pinnz Pte Ltd expects revenue to triple to $30 million this year and plans to double the size of
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      230 51  -  sttarfirexom targets tograsUSs6min its first year By. Jane Cheong HOMEGROWN sttarfire.com, set up with an initial investment of US$3 million (Sss.l million) to help companies make their move into e-busi-ness, said it is an Internet start-up with a difference. "We are not
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      171 51  -  By- Aaron Lye US-BASED start-up ID Star Communications Inc at www.idstar.com last week opened its Singapore branch office and announced Star Wallet Network, a new service aimed at making online transactions easier. Star Wallet is a secure solution for e-commerce and online shopping transactions, and
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      379 51 Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] Executives of Computer Associates Inc, the world's fourth largest software company, will hand over more than US$263 million (***** million) in stock awarded under a company compensation plan to settle shareholder lawsuits over the awards, company officials said. The Islandia, New
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      387 53  -  S'pore firm debuts Aries, a network server that runs on Linux and supports 20 users -ii exclusive Byi Andrew Wee Homegrown Celestix Networks Pte Ltd has debuted what it calls the world's smallest network server, and plans to sell 20,000 units this year. Called Aries,
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      93 53 THE Aifet JErver is about the lize of aioaf weighs MliW in LCD display, two nrtWGrtf controllers, two It runs on the Linux operating iyitein, but supports Windows. Macintosh, Linux and Unix cBents.lt will retail for abotit $2,oBB*When commercialAH#s combines features fbunjff Ih tyflttfook
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      357 53  -  Its Asian Web site has 2,000 audio and video segments By] Elizabeth Su HEALTHANSWERS Asia (HAA) will set up a product development centre in Singapore by the second quarter of this year, and will grow its staff strength from 45 to 100
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      175 53 ABOUT 25,000 visitors are expected to attend Comdex Asia at Singapore Informatics 2000 when it opens on Wednesday. Dubbed "the largest exposition of its kind in South-east Asia", the three-day event will be held at Suntec City and feature 223 exhibitors from 18 countries including
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      371 53 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Consumer-oriented Internet companies such as E-Stamp Corp and Drugstore.com Inc were among the stock market's worst performers in the first quarter as investors shifted their attention to businesses that make the nuts and bolts for computer networks. E-Stamp and toy
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      246 53  -  By Koh Huiting EPSON Singapore has launched its "digital home studio concept" with three new printers that can deliver photo-lab print quality through digital technology. Present at the launch last week was renowned Singapore photographer Russel Wong to show how even ordinary home users
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        580 54  -  exclusive The company plans to invest $25 million within the next two years to establish itself, as ambrhwwhb finds out ANDREW WEE START-UP Mercurix Pte Ltd which will be launched tomorrow plans to introduce digital rights management (DRM) technology, which could revolutionise digital commerce. A subsidiary of
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        228 54  -  IMFa Bmmm EfhfßMW target ISPs, ASP s, Web-tasters and portals By Raju Chellam SINGAPORE-BASED Internet and application service providers (ISPs and ASPs) and Web-hosters and portals can now acquire a range of hardware and software from Big Blue, with interest-free financing
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          69 54 INTERAUCT!, Singapore's online auction asrrice provider, now enables WAP (Wirdess Application Protocol) mobile phone uaera to pteoatheirMda on auctions at www.lnfraucLconug. MobitoOM (Asia) subscribers can visit tbe site via the **Mi Fan" category of Mi World, Mi's WAPpoctaL Aftar May, WAPuaersof other operators can aooaat
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          59 54 HOME-GROWN IT Resources Pte Ltd has announced its new 828 Web site at wwtoJ'l AnourofuoiMlto (Ar S6GUTB purchasing, jpfcm p online support and services 24 hovrsaday. "Woneau onliire returns and back-end technical air vfcsee/*aeld ITR managing director Bobby 81m. "We are alao Investing In oar channel
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