The Business Times, 5 April 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES mita Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 corn sg.- SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5, 2000 85*
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    79 1 FOBEX BATES USI SI USS 1.718 Z(U6S/SSperZ) UK 1744 EUKO(USSri5S/E) _»JK L949 DM 1949 UK YEN Ml 1.634 RM U99 ittl HKS 7.787 1221 BAHT 17 JO 0.045 KUPIAH 7,796 0.022* St lo 100 units •St* Min«*» FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA
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    Lock icon US court finds Microsoft guilty of violating anti-trust laws
    905 1 Stage now set for remedies to be made by software giant LAT [WASHINGTON] In a sweeping repudiation of Microsoft Corp that sent technology stocks on Wall Street reeling, a federal judge has ruled that the software giant violated federal anti-trust laws
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    Lock icon Stay clear of tech stocks: analysts
    620 1  -  They think bottom may not be insist yet despite hefty corrections By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stay away from technology stocks until the clouds over the Nasdaq stock market in the US clear. That is the advice brokers, analysts and other market experts are giving
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    Lock icon Nasdaq loses all of this year's gain
    91 1 [NEW YORK] The Nasdaq Composite extended Monday's plunge yesterday morning, wiping out all of this year's gain as investors again fled its relatively expensive tech companies. At 11.30 am EST the index was standing at 4,071.04 points, down 152.64, adding to a 7.6
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    Lock icon Pay gap between foreign expats in Asia and senior local execs closing
    883 1  -  idexclusive By, Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Asian executives have emerged as international managers in their own right, a survey has found. But for many an Asian expatriate, the initial "ecstasy of expatriation" invariably turns into what's described as "the
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      87 1 DfSZDE Ntw column Introducing today a new weekly column, People. N##t P««« Monoy Matters Regional currencies set for range-trading. Top stories Japanese PM Obuchi's Cabinet resigned en-masse yesterday to allow appointment of new prime minister. MM* Ant* ■ran H I pHBHu UK's Premier League 'soccerTV battle kicks off. Pjp 99
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      18 1 Commentary: Consumers stand to benefit, Pg 24 Bottom Mimic Microsoft's best move is to buy time, Pg 14
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        61 2 THE tax man is dangling several carrots to get taxpayers to file their tax returns electronically. By using the "E-file" Internet filing, you stand a chance of winning Apple IBooks laptops, handheld computers and other high-tech gizmos. There could be a rise in electronic returns, judging by the number
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        Lock icon Info check-up
        115 2 YOU wonder what kind of information the public is getting when they call up companies and institutions. One reporter called up a non-profit institute, which holds courses and administers exams for the financial sector, to find out more about an exam they hold annually. On inquiring about the
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        125 2 CANT afford Viagra? Well, Malaysia may soon launch a cheaper alternative. AFP quotes a Malaysian health ministry official as saying his ministry would soon release the results of its study on the effectiveness of a traditional local aphrodisiac. The ministry's parliamentary secretary, S Anpalagan, told Parliament yesterday that
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      Lock icon Cabinet resigns to pave way for Obuchi successor
      634 2  -  Move ta appoint new PM today suggests early polls; Yoshiro Mori is likely choice Frown Anthony Rowley in Tokyo MOVING with what some regarded as unseemly haste, Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's Cabinet resigned en-masse yesterday in order to allow a new
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      Lock icon Lots of hard work, very little time for play
      458 2  -  PBOPLE y Whei Anthony Chan Hean Tat, group managing director, Chan Brothers Holdings. -By Corinne Kerk AOM43 CAaim to Fumi Mr Chan's company tea household name in Singapore's travel services industry. The company recently tied up with other travel service providers
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      Lock icon Tax ruling sends Indian shares reeling
      559 2 Investing through Mauritius just for tax advantages will no longer be tolerated Bloomberg Reuters [MUMBIA] India's stock market suffered its biggest plunge in three years as the government ordered 20 foreign fund mangers to pay back taxes and said it would no longer tolerate
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      185 2 Editorial: Japan after Obuchi, Pg 14 F T M S De montfort ILn UNIVERSITY training tomorrow s m |||f professionals today. One of the ten largest business schools and research groups in UK > Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Among only 19 universities in UK to achieve
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  • MARKETS watch
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      Lock icon 7.6% wiped off Nasdaq index
      932 4 Dow Jones unaffected, goes up by 2.7 per cent powered by Old Economy stocks like General Electric whose market value goes up to U*****.5 billion NYT IT wasn't just Microsoft. The Nasdaq composite index endured one of its worst days ever on Monday, as technology
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      Lock icon Nasdaq fall shakes Asian bourses
      641 4 [SINGAPORE] Once mesmerised high-tech investors beat a further retreat yesterday, as a record drop on the US Nasdaq sent South Korea and Bombay markets tumbling. Markets in Hongkong, Taiwan and Indonesia were shielded as they were shut for various one-day holidays. Japanese tech heavyweights like
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      Lock icon Indian funds concerned over fall
      587 4 [MUMBAI] Indian mutual funds are concerned the tumble in software stocks, such as Infosys Technologies Ltd, may prompt investors to hold back new money. The S&P CNX Software Index of 14 Indian software stocks fell 8.2 per cent on Monday, extending its 12.3 per cent
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      467 6 9Mm Voter* GES InM Lid 20c 23,325,000 NOL 13^52,000 SingTel 15c 12.112.000 UanB«ng5c 10.437.000 MadtaHnglOc 10.368.000 Vtekere Capital 25c 6.757.000 IPCCofpn5c 6,057.000 iPC020c s.aoe.ooo Fastech US 10c 5,731,000 CityOevQSCW*****3 5,030,000 Stocks PaciteCentuiy 84,019,550 SIA 72.300,300 QES Intl Ltd 20c 62,244,820 SPH 48,379.038 DBSGip 42,433,265 SingTel 15c 27,873,225 Chart Semiconductor 26c
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      Lock icon Property stocks help market cushion Nasdaq blow
      583 6  -  -It comment STOCKS r.sivanithy FOR a while, it had looked like the local market yesterday might have followed the trading pattern in the US the night before, as New Economy stocks took a drubbing while banks and a few other Old Economy counters
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      Lock icon PCRD wrt – interesting but not for the faint-hearted
      203 6  - PCRD wrt interesting but not for the faint-hearted WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy A FEW days ago, we featured the Merrill Lynch covered call on Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD). In it, we concluded that the warrant was probably overpriced, especially since expiry is in nine months' time and there
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      Lock icon Further weakness in store for GES?
      226 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of GES International skidded on heavy volumes yesterday, with the stock finishing as the session's most actively traded issue. GES shares closed down 33 cents or 11.4 per cent at $2.57, near the day low of $2.54
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      137 6 KEPPEL Tat Lee Finance will be holding its AGM on April 12 at 10am, at 28 Church Street, #14-01; Capital Square. HAI Sun Hup will be holding its EGM on April 19 at 11am, at 200 Cantonment Road, #0£M)1, Southpoint GRPLtd's rights issue on the basis of two
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Market, more than MAS, will dictate change for banks
      778 7  -  Technology and competition are seen forcing the pace of development Byi Siow Li Sen BANKERS say that any change in banks' capital requirements will have quite an immediate impact on interest rates and the Singapore dollar. Over the longer term, they
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      Lock icon SGX beckons new listings, particularly foreign ones
      612 7  -  28 new applications received this year, foor or five of which are Internet-related By Jennifer Lien THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is "open for business" it wants more local and foreign entrepreneurs, especially those in the high-tech business, to list here, SGX's senior vice-president
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      Lock icon Lafe IPO comes under close scrutiny
      375 8  -  Some say 'subscribe' but ethers say its strengths outweighed by risks By. Jennifer Lien ITS "subscribe" or "stag" for tape drive headmaker Lafe Technology's initial public offering, analysts said yesterday, with its strengths outweighed by certain risks in the tape drive market. Proponents of
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      Lock icon Ban Joo's IPO 5.8 times subscribed
      203 8 (SINGAPORE] The retail tranche of Ban Joo and Company's initial public offering has been 5.8 times subscribed. The textile trader, which offered the public a total of 70 million shares at 14.5 cents apiece, said in a statement yesterday that it received applications for
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      Lock icon Sharksfin chain Thai Village gets nod for IPO on Sesdaq
      268 8  -  By Marissa Chew INVESTORS with a taste for sharksfin soup can dip their figurative spoons in Thai Village Holdings' initial public offering. The company, which runs the Thai Village Sharksfin Restaurant chain, yesterday said it had received in-principle approval to
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      Lock icon OUB's charging into unchartered territory
      902 8  -  |TCT siow li sen OVERSEAS Union Bank's just announced e-banking venture has left many shareholders scratching their heads. OUB is banking on cyberspace, that much is clear. But for Old Economy investors struggling to understand what OUB's venture means to the bottom line, it's very
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      Lock icon French financial service giant CDC to step up Asia presence
      425 9  -  It's zooming in on infrastructure projects and venture capital investments By Ven Sreenivasan THE CDC group, one of Europe's biggest financial service providers, aims to build up its Asian presence with a host of capital market activities in the region,
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      Lock icon CMG launches 2nd New Economy fund
      268 9 IN the midst of a volatile market for New Economy stocks, CMG First State Investments yesterday launched a second New Economy fund, CMG Internet Communications Fund. "This new fund will provide our customers with what we believe is one of the best possible products
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      Lock icon Funds holdings of Asian shares dip
      316 9 Total fell to USsll6b at end-March, down USs4£b from Feb Reuters GLOBAL fUnd holdings of Asian stocks stood US$4.B billion (SsB.2 billion) lower at the end of March with total investments of U*****.97 billion compared with U*****.78 billion at the end of February, data
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      Lock icon SIA is still ranked tops in S'pore
      164 9 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has retained its position as the top company in Singapore, according to the Far Eastern Economic Review in its Review 200 survey of leading firms in Asia for 1999. A strong brand, top-flight reputation and sound financials again helped SIA
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      Lock icon SIA still possible buyer of AirNZ stake: Brierley
      305 9 Talks to sell a stake in airline may resume in a month Bloomberg [AUCKLAND] Brierley Investments Ltd, which owns 47 per cent of Air New Zealand Ltd, said it may resume talks to sell a stake in the airline in a month,
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      Lock icon New chairman for SNP
      176 9 GOVERNMENT printer SNP will appoint Tay Siew Choon as its new chairman after the company's annual general meeting on April 28. SNP announced yesterday that its current executive chairman, Richard Hale, will be stepping down at the AGM but will remain on the board of directors.
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      Lock icon Astra acquisition: CCL plans $500m note issue
      232 9 CYCLE Carriage Ltd (CCL) is planning to issue up to $500 million of two-year variable rate notes to help finance its acquisition of a major stake in Indonesian automotive giant Astra. CCL will sign a financing agreement on Friday with Standard Chartered Bank,
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      205 8 Where do you want to go today?* Microsoft-, j Consider it done. The bizconnect e-pak is what you need to get your business online. II Tit A I Unbelievable Isn't It? I I llv I For just $9800 (usual estimated retail price $*****), you can start doing business on the
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      178 9 university aAa The Stern School of Business at NEW V I I T) K T fly YORK UNIVERSITY has the privilege il I j T of announcing an intensive course Leonard n. stern School of Business V about the latest advances in Finance: The competition is always getting more difficult.
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      85 10 I the STAR ALLIANCE NETWORK is proud to present its newes Now Singapore Airlines customers can enjoy the star treatment of the Star Alliance network, the world's largest airline network. Serving more than 810 destinations in over 130 countries on 14 premiun the widest choice of connecting flight schedules, you
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      80 11 K IS PROUD TO PRESENT ITS NEWEST STAR, SINGAPORE AIRLINES. f est airline network. Serving more than 810 destinations in over 130 countries on 14 premium Star partner airlines*, the Star Alliance network offers you a world of seamless travel. Besides eludes: one time check-in, more airlines to earn and
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon One-stop building plan approval at JTC
      213 12 AS part of its Customer Service 21 initiative to cut red tape and improve productivity, the Jurong Town Corporation has made it possible for lessees to get their building plans approved under one roof, instead of going to three different government agencies. JTC yesterday
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      Lock icon Singaporeans must embrace spirit of innovation: PM Goh
      431 12  -  By Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S 18-year-old productivity movement took on a new shape yesterday, as it was relaunched by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong as the productivity and innovation movement. The change of name, said Mr Goh, signals that Singapore will give top-most
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      Lock icon 971 properties under rent control as at Jan
      182 12 THE rent control legislation will be repealed next April, but as at the end of January, there were still 971 properties under rent control. These properties are in Chinatown, Kampong Glam, Little India, the Beach Road/Arab Street area, Balestier Road, Geylang and
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      Lock icon Private home launches see slow take-up as buyers wait and see
      597 12  -  -II exclusive Analysts say prices may be hitting resistance after last year's 33% surge By Kalpana Rashiwala MOST recent private home launches have seen slow take-up, with experts blaming this on a host of reasons that ranges from the
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      Lock icon Even IT workers hit by economic crisis
      432 12  -  Average gross pay dmn7%lutjmr, industry poll shows By Eugene Low INFORMATION technology professionals were not left unscathed by the economic downturn, with the majority having to take pay cuts last year. On average, their gross pay fell 7 per cent in 1999, says
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      Lock icon UE suites come with broadband wireless link
      246 12  -  Jane Cheong UNITED Engineers' Park Avenue Suites are set to be the first service apartments in Singapore to provide tenants with broadband wireless connectivity. With the wireless local area network (LAN) solution deployed by Lucent Technologies, guests will be able to surf the
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      Lock icon Oil gains pump up wholesale prices
      278 12  -  P=U =1 on the economy wholesale prices By\ Marissa Chew WHOLESALE prices in Singapore continued to rise, buoyed by oil prices which have been floating upwards over the past year. Figures from the Department of Statistics showed that the Singapore manufactured products price index
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      Lock icon Survey finds firms not keen on medical co-payment scheme
      314 12 Half ef companies surveyed recruiting via the Internet LOCAL companies are not keen to introduce medical copayment by employees, despite the government's encouragement of such a scheme, a survey has found. Human resource consultancy Watson Wyatt found that just 30 per
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      Lock icon Joseph Grimberg joins Catcha.com board
      218 12 INTERNET portal Catcha.com has appointed former judicial commissioner Joseph Grimberg to its board of directors. Mr Grimberg, who began his legal career with Drew Napier where he was senior partner from 1967 to 1987, served as judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court from 1987 to
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      Lock icon 20,000 sign up for new mobile phone connections
      237 13 SINGAPORE'S three mobile phone operators signed up nearly 20,000 new subscribers during last weekend's telecoms Big Bang launch. New entrant Star Hub Pte Ltd, which drummed up the heaviest promotion drive with six "Star stations" along Orchard Road, is believed to have
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      Lock icon IDA: other steps mill protect consumers
      304 13  -  wTTsimbag Dulcie Chan Manager (Corporate Communication) Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore WE refer to Lau Wee Hong's letter, entitled "IDA should have deposits from licensees to protect consumers" (BT, April 1). Anttel was not licensed by IDA to provide callback services in Singapore. Prior
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      Lock icon MOVIE BITES
      478 13  -  Synopses of Singapore International Film Festival movies being screened today CompHtdby Aaron Lye Moloch R( A) AMcsandra Sokurov (Russk/Qermarty) Qrand Prince, UA Beach Road, 7pm, 103 mlns Tickets: Available Moloch examines a day In the Iff® of Adolf Hitler and his mistress, Eva Braun, at the Fuhrer's alpine
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      Lock icon SingTel warns if s no pushover in an IDD price war
      523 13  -  Rates constantly reviewed: president; don't take advantage of us, says COO By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecom is further reviewing its International Direct Dial (IDD) rates in response to the price war being waged by other carriers, particularly Star
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      105 13 HOW much is a driving holiday in Malaysia worth to you? Here's your chance to find out just how realistic your figure is at Auction Asia One. The Singapore Press Hold-ings-owned portal is putting Hertz car rental deals for the Good Friday and
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      Lock icon Microsoft's best move is to buy time
      640 14  -  I bottom line OPINION michael lewis Michael Lewis, the author of' Liar's Poker'and The New New Thing', is a columnist for Bloomberg News. His opinions are not necessarily those of Bloomberg News Bloomberg ONCE again, Microsoft Corp has failed to settle the lawsuit
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      182 14 'He feeds us rhetoric to fill our minds, but our stomachs are empty.' Graffiti fai Caracas protesting against President Hugo Chavez's leadership. This is going to open a Pandora's box for them. When people watch these ads, they're going to say: What? What are genetic foods? Why
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      Lock icon Japan after Obuchi
      644 14 EDITORIAL PRIME Minister Keizo Obuchi has been struck down by serious illness just when Japan needs a prolonged period of political and economic stability, in order for recovery and reform to take root It is now certain that Mr Obuchi's political career has reached an untimely end,
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      Lock icon World Bank plans to further American agenda
      1162 14  -  Under its proposed Global Development Network, all inpots will go through its secretariat in the US Byi Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent WE LIVE in a "networked" society and it was only a matter of time before economic development went
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      873 14 Crtmfautf attractions EXPERTS on organised crime see trends that are deeply disturbing for Thailand and our region. Western and Caribbean nations are slowly squeezing money launderers out, and they are moving to Asia. And a new version of the old crime of slave trading is taking
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      Lock icon Banking on knowledge of Net consumers
      1396 15  -  FAST ~j DoliarDEX's forte is knowing how the Internet will transform financial services By Carol Eng CAPITALISING on the insecurity and unwieldiness of financial giants is the big premise online financial supermarket dollarDEX.com was founded on. Its chief executive Richard Lai said most of
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      Lock icon Netscape to unveil Net browser upgrade – finally
      576 17 Netscape to unveil Net browser upgrade finally NEW YORK Open-based Netscape 6 works on devices snch as hand-held computers Reuters, Bloomberg NETSCAPE, makers of the Web-browsing software at the heart of the US government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp, is set to unveil today a much-delayed upgrade that marks the
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      Lock icon Tips for Dell to grow in China
      56 17 [BElJlNG]Michael Dell (left), president of Dell Computer, talking to Zhang Fan, a Qinghua University student, after his speech on "Dell and the Internet" in Qinghua on Monday, in Beijing. Mr Zhang presented Mr Dell with a booklet designed by himself on how Dell
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      Lock icon World Online chief apologises over pre-IPO share sale
      456 17 ROTTERDAM Bloomberg NINA Brink, chairwoman of World Online International NV, apologised to investors for not disclosing she had sold most of her stock in the company before it went public. Shares in the Internet service provider fell 14.9 per cent to 20
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      Lock icon Food for thought from IBM
      37 17 c f}} p sitting in a spoonful of cereal andfruit in a !F f p uCOd at its factory in Vermont. New 18 e pKUd to 1)0081 computing speed and performance AP
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      Lock icon IBM machine to aid design of fuel-efficient engines
      258 17 ARMONK, New York Bloomberg AN International Business Machines Corp supercomputer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will simulate an engine's combustion as part of an effort to design more fuel-efficient cars. The machine, when installed in December, will be one of the most
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      Lock icon Microsoft in US$40m advertising blitz for MSN
      399 17 SEATTLE Bid to narrow gup with online leaders AOL and Yahoo LAT-WP MICROSOFT Corp has unveiled its largest-ever marketing campaign for its MSN online network, hoping to narrow the wide gulf between it and online leaders America Online and Yahoo. In the next
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      Lock icon NTT DoCoMo plans 1t yen bond sale
      394 17 TOKYO Bloomberg NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's biggest company by market value, said it applied to sell up to 1 trillion yen (5116.35 billion) in bonds within the next two years, one of the biggest shelf registrations yet in Japan. The money is likely
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Telekom Malaysia launches RM20m fibre optic network
      434 18 KUALA LUMPUR Infrastructure aimed at luring back local firms based abroad; Telekom to adopt new licence soon Reuters, Bernama STATE-OWNED Telekom Malaysia Bhd yesterday launched the country's first high bandwidth telecommunications exchange for Internet service providers (ISP). It sees the move helping it
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      353 18  -  SINGAPORE Demonstrators say industrial park will pollute water By\ Eugene Low DESPITE facing protests from environmentalists, Jurong Town Corporation International (JTCI) is pressing ahead with its construction of an industrial park in eastern Thailand. Around 500 angry Thai villagers massed outside the
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      65 18 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN conglomerate Hong Leong Industries Bhd said yesterday it has sold a 1.17 per cent stake in Camerlin Group Bhd for between 7.40 and 8.45 ringgit per Camerlin share. Camerlin, which owns a 22 per cent stake in
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      482 19 JAKARTA It plans 2-week overseas promotion; sale could raise USs4oom, say analysts Bloomberg INDONESIA'S government, aiming to maintain the momentum it gained by selling the nation's leading carmaker, said it would sell shares in PT Bank Central Asia once the
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      479 19 Mtf nkrm to he implemented by April 8, ahe*4«f the Paris Ctab cre4far» meet—April 12 ;v*£ v 4 JAKARTA Reuters PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid told his top economic advisers yesterday he was committed to Inrioneata tmptementiDg a »et of delayed key reforms by the new
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      245 19 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA should consider employing foreign judges in a bid to settle unresolved cases and to revamp the country's corrupt legal system, Attorney-General Marzuki Darusman said yesterday. "I think the government should consider importing judges. Maybe they are needed here," Mr
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      525 20 BANGKOK It banks on govt injecting some 25b baht and private investors 15b baht AP THAI Military Bank announced plans yesterday to raise 40 billion baht (Ssl.B billion) under a government scheme to help institutions crushed by bad debt The plan,
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      287 20 BANGKOK AP PRIME Minister Chuan Leekpai is considering a reshuffle within the next week to plug the hole in his Cabinet left by the resignation of his powerful interior minister, a government spokesman said yesterday. Akapol Sorasuchart told a press conference after
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      80 20 MANILA AFP PHILIPPINE diversified giant Ayala Corp is to set up an information technology (IT) park costing SO billion pesos (552.06 billion) in the central city of Cebu, a senior government official said yesterday. The official said Cebu Property Ventures
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      529 21  -  Clinton fails to win support from majority of Democrats, seeks Republicans' help By] Leon Hadar in Washingoton THE White House and its supporters on Capitol Hill and in the business community have intensified their lobbying efforts aimed at winning congressional backing
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      188 21 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN Defence Minister Tang Fei has won approval from the Kuomintang (KMT) to be premier in the new op-position-led government but he will be suspended from party activities, a report here said yesterday. "The party, based on national interests, has
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      303 22 KARACHI Economic and global interests driving US policy, says spokesman Reuters PAKISTAN said yesterday its long-time ally, the United States, now seemed to be leaning more towards India in the two rival South Asian neighbours' dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
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      400 22 KARACHI AFP PAKISTAN'S decision to allow foreign investors to freely remit funds outside the country will significantly improve the investment climate, analysts say. The State Bank of Pakistan last Thursday lifted all restrictions on remittances by foreign institutions, waiving a rule under which they
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      561 22 BOMBAY Fear of investors holding back new money Bloomberg INDIAN mutual funds are concerned the tumble in software stocks, such as Infosys Technologies Ltd, may prompt investors to hold back new money. The S&P CNX Software Index of 14 Indian software stocks fell 8.2
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      731 24  -  as the breakup of the Rockefeller empire and AT AT in the last century shows By] Ernest Holsendolph NYT WHAT we learned through most of the last century was that virtually all attempts to destroy the monopolistic hold of big companies had several outcomes, all
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      373 24 NYT [ATLANTA] "MICROSOFT sure has not been acting like a company waiting for the axe of anti-trust to fall on its head or has it?" writes Dan Turner in the online magazine Feed (www.feedmag.com). Mr Turner compiled a laundry list of deals the
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      453 25 WASHINGTON Total net inflows are expected to hit USs2oom, op 33% from last year Bloomberg PRIVATE investment is pouring back into developing countries now that most emerging market economies have recovered from recessions two years ago, a group representing the world's largest
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      501 25 WASHINGTON 7% projected ii S«rthKtrm,fc2ia Taiwan, 6% m HK, in Singapore Reuters ASIAN economies will record strong growth this year and next after a dismal showing during the crisis of 1997-99, according to International Monetary Fund data obtained by Reuters on Monday.
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      463 26 LONDON The tender is expected to bring £2b windfall to the top 20 English clnbs Reuters THE battle for one of the world's hottest broadcast deals kicked off on Monday when England's top 20 soccer clubs set
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      656 26 NEW YORK His USsloom portfolio became u asset-kiting scheme, SEC charged Bloomberg AN investment adviser, who managed a portfolio worth more than US$lOO million (Ssl7l million), was on Monday charged with stealing at least US$6 million from a roster of clients
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      563 26 Tokyo Revamp to be unveiled on April 20 in bid to reduce debts Bloomberg SOGO Co, a financially troubled department store operator, will unveil a restructuring plan on April 20 that may include plans to close stores. The Nihon Keizai newspaper reported yesterday
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      431 26 NEW YORK Fall larger than expected, suggesting some response to Fed tightening AP. Bloomberg A KEY gauge of future US economic activity fell 0.3 per cent in February, the biggest monthly drop in more than four years, suggesting that rising interest rates
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      204 26 LONDON AFX-Asia LONDON Clearing House Ltd and Paris bourse's Clearnet SA said they are to collaborate to create a consolidated European clearing house to meet the requirements of global market participants. The venture will complement the consolidation occurring between Europe's exchanges and
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        110 26 Reuters [NEW YORK] In a meeting with Wall Street analysts yesterday, soft drink king Coca-Cola was expected to lower expectations for its soft drink growth, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition. The company was expected to make a small downward revision to
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        64 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] Chase Manhattan Corp, the second biggest US bank, has formed a Joint venture with London-based Investia to start a mutual ftind "supermarket" ft* European banks, insurers and brokerages. New York-based Chase said Funds Hub will allow financial intermediaries such as banks to
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        94 26 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the No 2 US futures market, said March trading rose 14 per cent as surging activity in its equity-index derivatives more than offset a decline in currencies. Trading on the CMEroee to 22.37 million futures and options
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        99 26 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's postal savings system saw a net outflow 0f920 billion yen (Ssls billion) in the fiscal year ended March 31, the first net outflow since 1960, government figures showed. Timed deposits lost their lustre because of low interest rates, and the prolonged economic slump
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      264 27  -  SQX Derivatives Tradlng/teporfe MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stockmarket lost ground again yesterday. Trading was light as caution reigned, given the fragile sentiment and extreme volatUity seen in the US markets of late. Technology issues were spurned, mirroring the
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      164 27 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand, the world's top rubber producer, said yesterday that it would sign a pact to undertake "Opec-like" cooperation with Malaysia and Indonesia in the rubber trade later this month. Deputy Agriculture Minister Arkom Engchuan told Reuters the three countries, whose production
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      232 27 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil lost more ground yesterday as evidence began to emerge of larger flows of crude following the decision of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to open its taps wider and feed thirsty markets. Benchmark Brent
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      323 27 Reuters THE US dollar firmed against the yen yesterday amid political uncertainty in Japan and trimmed early losses against the euro as the initial impact of Monday's sell-off in US technology stocks faded. The US dollar was underpinned against the yen as ailing Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
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      1344 28 Attitudes towards emigration are changing as India's entrepreneurs return after finding success in the US NYT DURING the past generation, tens of thousands of Indian engineers left home for America and many got rich some fabulously rich in the high technology boom. Along the way, they became
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      1961 30 TOKYO AFP □ffiUMSK -132JM TOKYO share prices dipped 0.6 per cent yesterday with investors depressed by a record slump in the technology-heavy US Nasdaq Composite, dealers said. The political crisis in Japan surrounding the stricken Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was less of a concern, they said.
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      359 31 AFX-Asia IJflMnpMßtelnißi -4.78 SHARE prices closed lower as investors turned cautious and locked in profits in the absence of fresh positive leads, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 4.78 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 960.63, while the Second Board Index
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      766 32 AFP QSETbfax -7J4 THE Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed down 7.04 points, or 1.8 per cent, at 392.70, while the select SET SO finished down 0.56 of a point at 28.26. Decliners led advancers 132 to S3, with 64 stocks unchanged, on volume of 1.73 million lots
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      277 32 AFP U Composite Index -&.TI PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday in reaction to the sharp fall in the Nasdaq Composite Index, an analyst said. The Composite Index fell 5.79 points to close at 1,682.53 points. Volume turnover was 3.64 billion shares worth 1.09 billion pesos.
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      266 32 AFP QnSE-40 *68.74 NEW Zealand shares gained 2.8 per cent yesterday spurred by the sale of Fletcher Paper to Norway's Norske Skog, dealers said. The NZSE--40 Capital Index gained 58.74 points to 2,155.84. Total market turnover was a sturdy 93.9 million shares worth NZ5220.08 million. —AFP tm < m
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      534 32 AFP QAnOrtlMriM -H7 THE benchmark All Ordinaries Index was 19.7 points down at 3,163.5. The new Standard and Poors/Australian Stock Exchange 200 Index, expected to become the new benchmark, was 14.2 points lower at 3,176.8. The All Industrials Index finished 45.5 points lower at 5,588.6 while the All Resources
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      313 35 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 5 Determined to raise money (3,2) 1 Starts displays (4.3) 6 Jogger grabbing a rest (9) 5 Score, not being handicapped 7 The setting of this lever might be (7) altered (7) 9 A fifties item adapted to be up to 8 Weight-Hfters a fellow maintains date
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      910 36  -  I-li comment CURRENCIES Conflicting forces at work indicate near-term break-out unlikely larry wee IT has been another actionpacked fortnight for major stock markets, with no sign that things are going to let up any time soon. And for regional currencies, conflicting forces suggest range-trading over
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      665 36 US rate hikes ahead may push up S$ rates but domestic bonds unlikely to fall much AFTER a rocky ride last month, global bond markets are expected to trade mainly sideways this month. Investor sentiment will be sidelined as they gauge how much higher US
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      408 36 This article is contributed by the UOB Research Division. It is not an invitation to invest. BTand its contributors will not be held liable in any way Gear up for 10% p.a.* interest rates Pair your Singapore Dollar with the Japanese Yen and mailt your Ml money work harder. a
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      141 37 Bridge News, Reuters ALL the Baltic Indices posted gains despite few fresh fixtures being reported, especially for grain business. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose nine points to 1,668, the Baltic Panamax Index gained five points to 1,562, the Baltic Handy Index also firmed five to 1,162 and
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      268 37 in in *f4 m CWT Distribution 1.00 unch 27 Chuan Hup 039 -0.01 696 Cosco mmtnmit 0.20 -0.01 120 OCT "I Hal Sun Hup 0.73 uncti 52 IMC MM—p UK 5.60 uncti 0 JayaHoidtags ai8 unch 156 KSSrSZZZl" an 22S Ktpp* Marin* 1.43 -0.03 139 KappolToia 2.06 -026
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      476 37  -  Location of a special economic zone is near PSA-ran terminal From] Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi PSA Corporation and Japan's Sumitomo Corp are among those likely to benefit from an Indian government move to set up special economic zones (SEZs). Nanguneri
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      445 37  -  Byl Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Australia's Sydney Harbour will be alive with cruise ships as 11 of them are transformed into floating hotels during the upcoming Olympic Games. During the September Olympics, the cruise ships cum hotels will be berthed at various locations in
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      262 37 Bernama [MELBOURNE] Asia's top cruise operator Star Cruises is reported to be closing down an Australian subsidiary of its recently acquired Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) and taking the award-winning cruiser Norwegian Star from Australia to richer Asian waters. According to The Australian
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      566 37  -  STRAIT TALK Byi George Joseph TIHE Quality Shipping Seminar 2000 held in Singapore last week was considered a success in many ways. Although it is unsafe to try and pin down the success, or lack of it, of gatherings like this, one
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        730 38 Florida baseball team owner's proposal to tax cruise passengers travelling through Miami port riles industry Reuters [MIAMI] Apian to build a US$4OO million (Ss6B6 million) bayfront ball park for the Florida Marlins is pitting the team's millionaire owner against Miami's powerful cruise industry and its
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      291 38 PACE ECl 4 AM. 3 ECU Line 6 Accord 8 ESJ Lines 13 Ahrenkie* M 6 Aooenslv® s EoomSun 8 AsiaOCL 13 Ff1Unk$ M Austral 8 flrwt M Gemartrans 6 8'tangMas 8 Gwhw 13 8SA 7 CioM 13 8TL M M Balaji Shpg 5 H Su H
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      19590 45 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartiaar VtiM Voyag# Talaphona ETA ETA Advartlaar VhmI Voyaga TaMphooa SiN Dait'n Sam# Nairn Numb* Numhar SIN Dut'n Nam* Nam* Numb* Numb* If/04 12/05 MCPL JITRA BHUM V4M 45******00 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 COtO D'lvojr# 20/04 M/04 Hanjin JITRA BHUM 45 *****35 a/04 17/05
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        619 51 Vessel Voy Mo Berth Arrival Departure JM|M M JK 04/04/1:45 04/04/2:00 6 U»r«$ *****3 J12 04/04/8:20 04/04/1740 C Proqrws 04-AM JOT 04/04/8:35 04/04/K40 M*« n JK 04/04/8:55 05/04/2WX) HM« star 6J02 04/04/9:40 04/04/23-00 M Fl«Mw TH-006 JOT 04/04/lt20 06/04/15.00 8t JiM 11 ***** JOI 04/04/12:40 04/04/2359 »VCI««iS 26
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        1647 51 RECEJVWC OF EXPOKT FCI COHTAINCBS AND IXL CARGO Booking/Manet Bstts SWp Voy Wo Ett/BtT Nrioi Tnm To Fr— AAAM4UM an iKM U M/nOO 04AM MM a* Ioute am in** m masoo mam ovm OA/WOO 04/W» (WW U 04/TT00 OVOtM OVOM a 04/7700 OVOtM ovwoo 1 Mno ovuoc 4
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        190 51 AprS Korea: Arbor Day. AprS Indonesia: Muslim New Year. Malaysia: First Day of Muslim Calender. Apr* Philippines: Day of Valour. Apr M New Zealand: Market Holiday, Stock Exchange Closes at Noon. Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Apr 21 Denmark: Good Friday. France: Good Friday. Germany: Good Friday.
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        750 51 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar tot Prices shown are based on sverageslaed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        320 51 Cartoa MO Mai 99L2 0.7 6.9 0.10 90 0.06 IM 30 Dwoltv Mar mm Aid jumbMm MkMi NaakswE2S 3 0 S 0 2 =■2 1 380 AM 987.3 0J 09 0.06 38 0.03 tJE 380 Mai WW 0.8 17.9 0.09 87 0.07 ■Mr> %W »MW 11/11
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        229 52 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air Co, which racked up a series of safety problems in the last three years, yesterday said it hired a foreign safety expert as managing vice-president of safety and security at the nation's largest carrier. George Snyder, 46, worked six years
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        359 52 Reuters [LONDON] The British government is worried that the country's car industry will shed thousands more jobs as concern mounts over the strength of the pound on manufacturing, the Independent reported yesterday. Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers was
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        189 52 Tourism venture of German carrier and KaratadtQuelle to make the offer Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's secondbiggest airline and KarstadtQuelle AG, Germany's biggest department store op- erator, said their tourism joint venture plans to make an offer for Thomson Travel Group pic.
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        549 52 In return, a British carrier will be permitted to start a new US service Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US and UK reached an agreement clearing the way for US Airways Group Inc to offer direct service between Pittsburgh and London and
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        454 52 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese carmakers' sales of cars and trucks in the US rose in March as buoyant US consumer spending, backed by a strong economy, kept factories busy, creating a sharp contrast to weak auto demand at home. Suzuki Motor Corp, an affiliate of General
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      85 38 A SANKYU (S) PTE LTD 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS H— Ma— AAM CM— Portm IKVMY THUg ft t lft! Yfttfl vtssa voy etp sw eta no eta ko» etatoh etahgo eta osa MEDttKHUNG V.2iM7 09
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      531 38 Linn services represented by Members of the Registry of iMiiTic* Msmosn of In® Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Logistics S pore National Shipping Assoc. Association Q ULY UNE MALE Ivissa I VOY lEU flu Ett P. HAWS SPOtt MAll Empress Lily VO3OO 04/04 06/04 13/04 Princess lily VO3OO 19/04 26/04 28/04
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      1323 39 (2) HANJIN SHIPPING iji> s HhWrtlj. -Hm *****30 NANJW SMPfMG (S) PTI LIB !/*m am KOUK *****35-737 SAIB *****74 731 OOCUMM: *****71 774 OfQUUKMS *****50-751 NAM UK *****55 RU TTTTtM (IM IHKtWOM TO NW USA A CANADA USA ~TcaSASAS vv/voir i*h*u/wt 5 nw DO r~POi Toi I~TS m on m
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      703 40 ■IAI MAC-NELS S'PORE M SIA (TTTaTj C*fler MN CONTVI LINES, MC eoupanq: (07)3*3733 UVvJ wmlazw*** P®*ANG: (04) 2834U3 BANGKOK: (WZ) 23M3C7 SURABAYA: (31)*****11 P- KEIAWG: (03) *****77 JKT (21)*****46 KUCHHQ (032) *****1-3 MANILA ISTANBUL MV "FRANCONIA" V. 15N MV "DSR AMERICA" V.0953 ETA SIN: 7-4-2000 ETA SIN: 20-4-2000 COLOMBO VAIPAHAHO/IOUIOIIE
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      628 40 EXPRESS CONTAMER FEEDER FOR N.SHRM (CPS MUUMO. MUMMICOUMM ALSO ACCEPTORS TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN 1.C.0. POMTS VWMI STORE N. SMEW COLOMBO P.KLANG CAPE CANAVERAL V I*l* M APR U APR 23 APR a«l TULSIOAS V.123 11 APR 25 APR MAPR H MAT CAPE CREUS V.IMW 23 APR 12 MAT
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      852 42 A ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD ML* L- TEL: 2212CT, PAX *****19, TELEX RS ***** ACLPL KM ROOKJNOS PUAM CAUi *****33 SALfS A MARKITINO I *****31-33 OPERATIONS: 2212MW *****00 CR NO. IWMMOOOOE —rnrnrn-iMimm* uuuuKtA'ommimm WW wr I BN HOC VfM> VOY UH JKT MOTARATNA(PAT/l£H[ RNA2O9 li/4 7/4 Fri UAOF€ IUTCIi
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      124 51 Hp 11 JE ..I LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore Thunderstorm Rain Temperature anc j speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather Hazv Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds I Sli 9 ht *1 2m -One half fleche represents 5
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