The Business Times, 19 October 2000

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES (fIS/12/1999 850 SINGA PORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2000
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  • 78 1 m you* i+io.ii) wmn-m U 737J0 (+9.12) CT INDEX FUTUBES 1337.00 (+22.00) W% SKMSCI fVTVIES U 238L30 (+3.30) STOCK HABKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE OOMP 772.03 +M3 NIKKEI 226 14.***** -447.74 HANG SENG 14,4KB -414.91 SET INDEX 288.18 +8J3 JAKARTA COMP 416.96 -0.49 MANILA OOMP W6M7 4108 TAIPEI
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  • 72 1 FOOTBATES us» ss U8$ 1.717 £(068/3$ per 1.449 IMl BCSOfUSS/SS/E) 0.864 L603 DM 1286 L»1 YEN 108.0 6 IW KM UN 1161 HKS 7.718 4.439 BART 4U8 24.80 RUPIAH _&896 6,063 FUME KATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 29.00 RANGKOK .9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY
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  • 549 1  -  But analysts see trading pattern to mean end of correction is near From Catherine Ong in New York THE Dow Jones industrial index fell below 10,000 for the first time since March while the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite index posted triple-digit losses within the first
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  • 862 1  -  Possibility of flawed post-close routine and manipulation By, R Sivanithy, Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange yesterday surprised the market by saying that the last-minute 30 per cent price surge in the shares of Singapore Telecom last Friday was
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  • 746 1  -  By Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Minority shareholders of DBS Land yesterday approved the property developer's merger with Pidemco Land, but not before investors assembled at the meetings to cast their votes quizzed management about the deal. At the court meeting to approve the
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    • 39 1 prone Top Stories Lend Lease Corp to set Singapore's first reed estate investment trust (Reit). Noxt Pago Lend Lease in the midst of re-inventing itself. Bjroc Suitm, PgM Global economic gtowth: Hard landing or soft landing? Mmxt Pagm ■1
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    • 141 1 I ignore political k correctness y N m mi U r Policies must be pragmatic not dogmatic. I learned to ignore political correctness and to reject conventional wisdom when it did not accord with reality or my own experience. For example, in the 1960s and 70s. it was politically correct
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    • 53 1 Nikkei plunges to 19-month low, Pg 5 I Singapore keen on I the green car I m watchmaking tradition Boutique. 435 02-36. 63/737 64 31. Dickson shops: The Promenade. Onlrepoini. Cortina shops: Lucky Raffles Paragon City, Lucky The Hour For more Chopard Asia Pte Boulevard. *****7. Tel. 63/333 (>BOl. Fax
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      669 2  -  GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH S'pore, M'sia most vulnerable to slowdown in US electronics orders By Paul Thompson [SINGAPORE] The sharp downturn in the growth of new US electronics orders will lead to a slowdown in Asia's exports next year, with Singapore and Malaysia the most vulnerable to its effects,
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      659 2  -  Current oil shock will also trigger worldwide recession: Morgan man By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Global economic growth has peaked and the US economy faces the prospect of a hard landing in the face of weak corporate earnings and rising geopolitical risks, according to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's chief
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    • 791 2  -  BTIsUJIIUUUJ It is part of the firm's long-term investment strategy in Asia By, Anna Too [SINGAPORE] Australia's Lend Lease Corporation is looking to set up, in perhaps 12 to 18 months, what will likely be Singapore's first real estate investment trust
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 563 4  -  Shares retreat as talk of earlier results appears unfounded By David Boey THE results of the US Army's multi-billion US dollar Interim Armored Vehicle tender which ST Engineering is battling for are not expected until the end of this month, a
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    • 303 4  -  It expects to return to the black after Techplas purchase By David Boey URACO Holdings failed to break out of its losing streak in the year to July 31 but itpared losses to $4.5 million, from $26 million the previous
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    • 363 4  -  By Andrea Tan SHANGRI-LA Hotel said yesterday it may be delisted following a proposal by parent Shangri-La Asia to simplify the group's structure and also in view of thin trading of its shares. Shangri-La Hotel shares were chased up 37 per cent,
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    • 646 4  - Books, roti prata, carrot cake take your pick By Kalpana Rashiwala DBS Land might as well have set up a bookstand at yesterday's extraordinary general meeting, what with all the references to various publications cited by its directors. Chairman Hsuan Owyang referred twice to his own book From Wall Street
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    • 658 4  -  lee han shih MHHHE dog. Watson, the dog," ■Sherlock Holmes told his companion in a famous case. "But the dog did nothing in the night time," protested the long-suffering doctor. "That was the curious incident," the great detective answered. When a dog that Is supposed
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    • 378 5  -  Motor stocks splattering as sector loses favour with investors By Christopher Tan MOTOR-BASED stock Cycle Carriage has rolled downhill to a 12month low, hitting a psychological resistance of $3.00 before ending yesterday at $3.02. But the Mercedes-Benz-linked counter is not the only motor stock
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    • 561 5  -  Planned govt sale of more NTT shares also depresses investor sentiment From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO shares prices plunged to a 19-month low yesterday, driven down mainly by fears that hightech and other stocks in the US
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    • 321 5  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE investors will soon be able to buy into Singapore equities index funds. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday said it intends to sign a memorandum of understanding with State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to develop Singapore's
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    • 398 5  -  From Macabe Keliher in Ta ipei TAIWAN stocks plummeted 4.7 per cent yesterday, led by electronics shares on fears that a US economic slowdown and stock sell-off would hit Taiwanese electronics companies hard. The Taiwan electronics share index fell 6.2 per cent yesterday, dragging the
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    • 590 8  -  It is not defeatist to hand back capital to shareholders, says ING regional banking research director By Paul Thompson LOCAL banks such as DBS Group should not shy away from handing back capital to shareholders, says Andrew Leeming, a director of research at ING
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    • 352 8  -  From Al Labita in Manila A CONSORTIUM led by Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) has raised US$l.4 billion (552.46 billion) to help fund its planned US$2 billion, 17,000km long submarine cable system linking nine Asian countries, an official said yesterday. C2C (City-to-City) Pte Ltd chief
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    • 371 8  -  By Tang Weng Fai INFORMATICS Holdings has formed a joint venture with Japan-based SPJC and local company Portal Arts to set up and operate a chain of IT training schools in Japan. The training will be in-structor-led and Web-based, depending on
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    • 121 8 MILLENNIUM Securities will give cash back to clients through a rewards programme to mark its first anniversary. Clients who execute bro-ker-assisted orders will be given one Smarts for every $1 they pay in brokerage. They will also get a bonus of 70 Smarts for
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    • 148 8 KEPPEL T&T, through its wholly owned telecoms engineering arm Keppel Communications, yesterday announced a new joint venture to service the global broadband network design and project delivery market. The 60-40 joint venture company, to be named ECHO Broadband (Singapore), will be majority-held by Keppel Communications,
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 572 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy ON the eve of the anniversary of Black Monday, a steep overnight correction on a nervous Wall Street was surprisingly shrugged off by thelocal market yesterday but only as far as Old Economy blue chips like the banks were concerned.
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    • 182 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy FOR those who have followed the fortunes of the Malaysian market, the fact that most of the warrants there are now out-of-the-money would not have escaped unnoticed. The result is that even with life span extensions,
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    • 233 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of ST Assembly Test Services has floundered during the past few months and could weaken further if third-quarter results disappoint. The counter fell four cents to close at $2.75 yesterday on volume of 5.75 million. It has
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    • 130 6 ♦TOTAL Automation has appointed Foo Soon Soo as an additional company secretary with effect from Oct 10. Ms Foo would act jointly and severally with the existing secretary, Chua Sok Keow, die company added. ♦MULTI-CHEM has announced a bonus issue of 110,000,000 new ordinary shares of $0.05 each
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    • 339 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee ANOTHER Wall Street tumble hurt ex-port-dependent Asian bourses and currencies yesterday, with Taiwan taking the biggest hit. But major alternatives to the greenback benefited modestly. Analysts continued to focus on the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index's 9.3 per cent
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    • 482 6 9>ocha Volume PadlcCenturylOc 21,452,000 STEngg 10c 14,953,000 SingTeM5c 13,827,000 Nat Bsc 10c 12,724,000 Seeto*n5c 10,370,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 9,163,000 Omni Ind 10c 8,216,000 NOL 8,145,000 ST AaeemWy 25c 6,749,000 EartamAaia 4,615,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 61.403.600 STEngg 10c 40,079,980 SmgTai 15c 38,291.350 Nat Bee 10c 37,030,520 DBSOrp 32,343,048 PacificC«ntury10c 30,357,030 DatacraA
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  • LIFE sciences
    • 452 9  -  Research, clinical trials to focns on Hepatitis B vaccines Reports hi Eugene Low [BERLIN] Mologen, a Berlinbased biotechnology company founded less than three years ago, plans to invest more than a million euros (Ssl.s million) to set up in Singapore
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    • 325 9 [MUNICH] Its first revenue stream is only expected to come in 12 to 18 months' time, but Munich-based Ingenium Pharmaceuticals is obviously already quite the darling of investors. The company, which has been operational since April last year, completed Europe's largest-ever private
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    • 355 9  -  Strong endorsement of S'pore's attractiveness; Philip Yeo By Andrea Tan PFIZER Inc, the world's largest pharmaceutical group, said yesterday it will invest $600 million in a new plant in Tuas Pharma Park, giving Singapore's life sciences industry a considerable boost. The amount is
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 852 10  -  Times of tnrmoil throw up leaders who demand blood, sweat and tears By Chuang Peck Ming PROPERITY and the consumer society have led to a new kind of leader emerging from the political process, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said
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    • 364 10 THE world's biggest media specialist company officially opened its regional headquarters in Singapore yesterday to capitalise on projected strong advertising growth coming from the economic turnaround. Initiative Media's (IM) managing director for Singapore and regional head Guy Beach told BT in an
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    • 528 11  -  Mt Sinai property rhangpg hanHg for less than original reserve price BTia'miuwj By Kalpana Rashiwala IN the first major collective sale since Cairnhill Court in February, a company linked to OUB Centre Ltd has inked a deal with Marbella Court's majority owners to buy
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    • 309 11  -  By, Andrea Tan THE auction by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for six small land parcels for terrace houses at Chuan Green attracted a whopping 268 bids yesterday. The parcels, which can yield 32 terrace houses, were sold at between $211 and $287
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    • 463 11  -  By Chuang Peck Ming PEOPLE don't quit their workplace, they quit their managers. Although it should be obvious, it's often overlooked, American management guru Robert Gandossy said yesterday. But it helps to remember it in the battle to attract and retain talent.
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    • 277 11  -  By Audrey Tan THE job market in Singapore continued to tighten in September, as the volume of recruitment advertisements in the newspapers rose 39 per cent from a year ago. September's increase in newspaper job ads is the 19th in a row since the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 693 12  -  THEHHH rTTTrTTTiftT^B OPINION shada islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT EUROPEAN Union leaders, in Seoul this week for the third Asia Europe Meeting (Asem), will speak with one voice on key trade, development and security issues. But look carefully: behind
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    • 114 12 The market feels pretty ugly. It is earnings driven, and there is no readily definable moment when the market sees through the valley and sees the economy growing on the other side. Cash seems pretty good to a lot of people right now.' Bill Schneider head of
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    • 674 12 EDITORIAL WHATEVER the eventual fate of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit undertaking, no one expects it to restore the status quo ante or form the basis of any lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Given the low expectations it is doubtful whether the
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    • 849 12  -  Globalisation's promise that mntnal dependence will prevent conflict and inspire cooperation is jnst that a promise By] Robert Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group THE violence in Israel and the West Bank however it turns out has provided a sobering tutorial in
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    • 720 12  -  COMMENTARY By Caroline Baum The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own Bloomberg WITHOUT the hallowed hightechnology sector defined as computers, communications equipment and semiconductors manufacturing in the US is dead in the water. Has been for the
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    • 171 12 Presidential antics THE president discreetly meeting a convicted felon former president Suharto's youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, who has been jailed for 18 months for corruption is highly irregular, even if a year under the Abdurrahman Wahid presidency has taught Indonesians to expect not only
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  • MALAYSI news
    • 555 13  -  Govt will consider removing veto power if it discourages foreign investment, says Ling From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA may give up its crucial golden share, which has veto power, in Malaysia Airlines (MAS) in a bid to bring in a foreign
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    • 512 13  -  By Ven Sreenivasan MALAYSIA'S "technology bourse" or Mesdaq is looking at ways to attract more hightech companies, including reviewing some of its listing requirements. Khairil Anuar Abdullah, executive chairman of Mesdaq, who was in town for a conference, yesterday said: "Hopefully, some of
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    • 294 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN mobile phone operator DiGi Telecommunications moved yesterday to take advantage of recent industry deregulation, announcing it would cut outstation call charges by up to 86 per cent. It was also offering variable monthly access fees of between
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    • 217 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYAN Banking Bhd, Malaysia's biggest lender, and four other banks had their credit ratings raised by Moody's Investors Service, reflecting the country's improved sovereign risk. Maybank, Public Bank Bhd, HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd and Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd were raised
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    • 227 13 KUALA LUMPUR Toll road concessionaires will have to bear full cost AFX-Asia THE Malaysian government will no longer bear the cost of compensation for land acquisitions involving highway projects, The Star quoted Works Minister Samy Vellu as saying. "The government will not
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 842 15  -  Jakarta vows to continue decentralisation, anti-poverty plans From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AN international group of donors yesterday pledged a total of US$4.B billion (558.42 billion) to support the Indonesian Budget in the 2001 fiscal year, and to help the government implement "key
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    • 170 15 Reuters [JAKARTA] Former Indonesian military chief Wiranto, linked to mass violence in East Timor last year, plans to record a pop album and give proceeds to the victims of bloodshed in his troubled country. Gen Wiranto's debut album, For You. My Indonesia, consists of
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    • 260 15 BANGKOK Analysts doubt R&tch&bnri's performance will have knock-on effect on other stocks AFP AN initial public offering of 175 million shares in Thai state power firm Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding pic sold out in 17 minutes yesterday, the company said.
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    • 796 16 MANILA Philippines looks to foreign and local banks after the Fund's objection to raising deficit target Bloomberg THE Philippines withdrew plans to borrow US$3l4 million (*****.6 million) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the latter refused to allow the government to
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    • 399 16 MANILA AP, Bloomberg PHILIPPINE opposition groups filed an impeachment complaint yesterday against President Joseph Estrada, launching what could be a months-long attempt to remove him from office for allegedly receiving illegal gambling money. However, opposition lawmakers acknowledged they still have insufficient support in the administration-controlled Congress
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    • 522 17 They collude in sauna meetings to manipulate stocks to boost their portfolios: magazine FT, Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's fledgling fund management industry has been shocked by charges of systematic market manipulation and profiteering. A leaked Shanghai Stock Exchange report, published in a financial
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    • 194 17 HONGKONG AP SHARES in Internet group Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd dropped 8.6 per cent yesterday, continuing their slide over worries about the company's debts and criticisms of its business plan. CyberWorks, run by tycoon Richard Li, closed at HK56.35 less than a quarter of the price
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    • 307 17  -  We need to grow 'fatter' first, says Shanghai bourse president From Quak Hiang Whai in Shanghai THE Shanghai Stock Exchange, which is to merge with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, is not ready for any international merger, the bourse chief told Deputy Prime
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  • e-NEWS
    • 573 18 NEW YORK It cites parts shortages for popular models of large computers, currency woes NYT UNABLE to get enough microchips to make everything it could have sold, International Business Machines (IBM) reported on Tuesday that it had squeezed out the profits Wall Street had expected for
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    • 606 18 SAN FRANCISCO CFO: We forecast a phenomenal Q3 and ended np having a pretty normal one Reuters INTEL Corp gave investors an early Christmas present on Tuesday as the world's largest chip maker reported third quarter profits that rose 52 per cent
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    • 255 18 DULLES, Virginia Bloomberg SHARES of America Online Inc, the biggest Internet service, fell 17 per cent on concern that advertising sales will slow. Time Warner Inc, which AOL has agreed to buy, fell 12 per cent. AOL shares fell US$9.Ol to U5543.60
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    • 482 19 SAN FRANCISCO Sand-held device for easy Web browsing, taste-mailing Reuters HOME networking giant 3Com Corp, whose hand-held Palm device brought computing power out of the home office and onto the road, on Tuesday launched a close cousin a small table-top Web-browsing appliance named
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    • 254 19 WASHINGTON AFP SOME 41.5 per cent of US households now have Internet access, a jump of 58 per cent from the level in late 1998, according to a US Commerce Department report. The report said that in August 2000, 51 per
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    • 642 19  -  TECHNOLOGY As businesses recast their IT strategies, they shouldn't lose focus of a fundamental decision kenneth james THE gyrations of the mighty Dow shouldn't drown out what's been happening in technology- stocks. It could provide useful clues for businesses that want to move ahead
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  • WORLD news
    • 714 20 OMAHA, Nebraska Son Howard will be chairman- Simpain to be director of investments Bloomberg WARREN Buffet, the billionaire American investor, will name three people to succeed him as head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, Though Mr
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    • 492 20 LONDON Bloomberg Reuters ENGLISH Premier League soccer clubs are heading for a row over the distribution of £1.6 billion (Ss4 billion) in television rights revenue, the Financial Times reported, citing Coventry City chairman Brian Richardson. The split over how media money is
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    • 418 20 NEW YORK Changes include 'quiet period'from 15th of last month of quarter till results Reuters IN one of the clearest signs of the shift in the way that US companies communicate with analysts and investors, Hewlett-Packard Co notified analysts on
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      • 84 22 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Carp's third quarter profit fell 19 per cent, pulled lower by US$25 million (5543.8 million) of losses In Its portfolio of Investments In start-up companies. Chase, which plans to buy rival J P Morgan Co next year for US$26.B billion,
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      • 75 22 Reuters [NEW YORK] J P Morgan Co yesterday said its third quarter profits rose 16 per cent. Strong foreign currency trading revenues and gains from trading equities derivatives fuelled the gain, as the company enjoyed increased client demand and improved trading reeults in
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      • 81 22 AP [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Co's third quarter earnings declined 7 per cent to US$BBB million (551.66 billion), a drop the company blamed on costs from the recall of 6.6 million Firestone tyres. Ford did not give an estimate for the cost of
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      • 82 22 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Construction starts on new US homes and apartments eked out a small gain in September, a Commerce Department report showed yesterday, adding to signs the nation's housing sector has been chilled by higher Interest rates. Housing starts rose 0.3 per cent to
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      • 88 22 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp yesterday said it will sell two plants and outsource production of high-end consumer products to US custom electronics maker Solectron Corp. The two plants, one located in Japan's Miyagi prefecture and the other in Taiwan, make
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    • 661 22 WASHINGTON Oil rises farther on unexpected dip in US inventories, Mid-East tension Reuters, Bloomberg HIGHER energy costs pushed up US consumer prices In September, the government said yesterday In a report set to renew inflation worries in already-jittery financial markets. The Labor Department's report
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    • 522 22  -  Seoul braces for protests against globalisation From Yang Razali Kassim in Seoul ASIAN and European leaders meeting here this week for their third summit since 1996 plan to link the two continents through information technology-, especially e-com-merce. An IT framework called "e-Asem", has been proposed,
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    • 338 22 SEOUL Bloomberg, AFP SOUTH Korea will provide one trillion won (SJI.S billion) to cash-strapped investment trust companies and other measures aimed at stemming a slide in the benchmark Kospi index, which has almost halved in value this year. The Kospi rose as
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    • 230 22 AFP [LONDON] British singer George Michael was revealed yesterday as the buyer who paid £1.45 million (553.7 million) at an auction for the piano on which John Lennon composed his legendary Imagine. A spokeswoman for Michael said he wanted to keep the Steinway piano, which
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  • CAMPAIGN 2000
    • 786 24  -  Political pundits say he won the last debate, but will the victory translate into crucial votes? Leon Hadar reports from Washington Leon Hadar AS AMERICANS prepare to choose their new president In less than three weeks, the two leading presidential candidates tried to use
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 272 25  -  SGZ Derivatives TrttflingReport ST miac/MSGI SHore index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore SINGAPORE stocks reversed the early falls and ended higher yesterday. The switching from technology stocks to traditional stocks such as banks helped keep the index in positive territory. Investors continued to
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    • 241 25  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore LOWER US markets, high oil prices and the weak euro sent the Taiwan stock market crashing more than 4 per cent yesterday, its lowest in 54 months. Technology stocks led the fall. Nasdaq and Dow Jones were
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    • 191 25 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's rubber prices eased yesterday after buyers retreated while watching the progress of the sale of the International Natural Rubber Organisation's (Inro) stockpiled rubber, traders said. "The market is deserted because of Inro. Prospective buyers are sidelined because they can easily
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    • 324 25 Reuters London THE euro won some reprieve and stayed away from last month's record lows against the dollar yesterday, benefiting from renewed weakness in US stocks and persistent wariness of possible central bank intervention. The single currency was also given a helping hand by a tentative Middle-East peace
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2874 26 HOMOKOMG AFP □Hag Seng -414-91 HONGKONG share prices feU 2.8 per cent yesterday led by high-tech and telecom stocks, with sentiment depressed further by overnight WaU Street faHs, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 414.91 points to close at 14,458.52
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      981 26 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index +QSI CHINA'S hard currency B shares staged a mild rebound yesterday that was bolstered by a similar rise in domestic A shares. The Shanghai B share index rose 2 per cent to 59.41, although turnover contracted to US$3.4l million from U554.77 million on Tuesday.
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    • 367 26 AFP QWP Index -270J3 TAIWAN share prices plunged 4.7 per cent to a four-and-a-half-year low yesterday on massive selling of technology shares triggered by Wall Street's overnight losses, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index lost 270.13 points to 5,432.23, on turnover of NTJ56.31 billion. The close
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    • 2037 26 TOKYO AFP 018kka225 -417.74 SHARES in Tokyo closed at a 19-month low yesterday as investors dumped stocks following a tumble on Wall Street the previous day, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index lost 467.74 points to close at 14,872.48, the lowest fmish since
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 9012 27 INDUSTRIALS Consumer proMs 2000 Last Vol Day Net Cat Hlqti Low Company Solo 'OOP High Low P/t $m4l 420 310 A,momoto 332 ie.2 134.6 158 46 Anqkasa 54 5 -O S It 55 S4 SO 4 670 290 Aodto Food Hlg 426 4 3 426 424 9.3 170.4 3825 2700
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    • 421 27 AFP Q Composite Index +4L83 MALAYSIAN share prices ended 0.9 per cent higher yesterday after local funds bought blue chips stocks, reversing losses earlier in the day, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 6.83 points to finish at 772.03, off
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  • SGX clob & regional stocks
    • 2901 28 BONDS A WARRANTS ocus m «nt> mm! lirnn Last Dry LMtOMto tourt Can tu> Mk Mtfei M* Us Cimiii Sato «v- 0001 Njk Las i«r« Mtor Mo (MM tot* Ma tmhml UR 51.5 3.5 s Acmi W*****4 4.5 4 5 5 41.0 1 300 295 17.11 9 38 2.5 s
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      749 28 AFP P SET lata +&23 THAI share prices closed 3.2 per cent higher yesterday on blue-chip bargain-hunting and gains ahead of third quarter results due later this week, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index rose 8.23 points to close at 268.18 and the SET 50
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    • 251 28 AFP C 3 Composite Index -8.08 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 0.6 per cent yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index down 8.08 points to 1,263.67. Volume rose to 534 million shares worth 503 million pesos from 270 million shares worth 568 million pesos on Tuesday. —AFP «tn» Nw
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      680 28 AFP P Composite Index -0.49 INDONESIAN share prices closed down 0.1 per cent yesterday on late profit-taking in selected blue chip stocks, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index was down 0.49 points at 416.95 on volume of 693.2 million shares valued at 408.1 billion rupiah. Declining stocks
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    • 261 28 AFP QNXSE-40 +1480 NEW Zealand stocks rose 0.8 per cent yesterday after gains by market leader Telecom Corp, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 14.80 points higher at 1,917.86 points on a solid turnover of NZ5167.3 million.— AFP Oct n cooo) Advantage MOS 1.75 -0.04 69 AlrNZA 1.69
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    • 549 28 AFP PAnOrtnariM -35* AUSTRALIAN shares fell 1.1 per cent yesterday following the negative lead from Wall Street and weighed down by market leader News Corp, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index closed down 35.6 points at 3,180.40 while the SP/ASX 200 index finished down 37.5 points or 1.2 per
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    • 309 28 AFP Composite Index +L 32 SOUTH Korean shares rose 0.3 per cent yesterday with the index up 1.32 at 514.17. Volume was 396.1 million worth 2.3 trillion won. —AFP Daawoo Tttacom 1660 40 Dangbu ln» 1870 IS DaouTacti 5240 240 Dong Kook Staai 2270 20 Gd Morning Sac 2540
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  • MOTORING page
    • 462 30 BTiamiuwj Plan to penetrate loans market with various packages VOLKSWAGEN Financial Services, an arm of the German vehicle maker, has tied up with local partners to penetrate the vehicle loans market hepe. In a multi-million dollar deal to be announced soon with Group
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    • 846 30  -  MOTORING The 'check valve' device Is no longer the tngtmmont it meant Christopher tan THE latest plunge in big-car COE price is readily held up by the man in the street as another example of a nasty flaw in the system. That the permit
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    • 167 30 GERMAN tuning house Oettinger has unveiled a monstrous 380-horsepower Volkswagen Passat believed to be the most powerful car based on a production VW. The Passat BiTurbo (right) is fitted with the V 6 engine and drive train found in the
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    • 407 30  -  Authorities ask Toyota distributor to bring in a Prius soon for a closer look All reports by CHRISTOPHER TAN THE government has asked Toyota distributor Borneo Motors to bring in the Prius a car that runs on both petrol and electricity "as soon as
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 99 30 FORD has frozen plans to set up a local representative office to house its luxury brands under one roof. The original script called for Ford's Premier Automotive Group or PAG comprising Volvo, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Land Rover to share a "headquarters" here. The
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      • 101 30 RAFFLES HOTEL has bought two BMW L 7 limousines (above) to chauffeur its guests around. In the same burgundy shade as the trademark London Cabs they replace, the L7s arrived just in time for the hotel's 113 th anniversary celebrations. The L 7,
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      • 97 30 DAIMLERCHRYSLER has finally completed its purchase of a 34 per cent equity stake in Mitsubishi Motors for 202.4 billion yen (553.3 billion). According to Bloomberg, DaimlerChrysler paid 405 yen a share for the stake in Japan's No 4 vehicle maker. The Tokyo-based company also said it had
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      • 94 30 FORD Motor Co is voluntarily recalling more than 351,000 of its popular Focus cars to correct one or more safety problems involving interior trim panels, brake assemblies and cruise-control cables. The company said there have been no reports of accidents because of the problems, which
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      • 68 30 AUDI distributor Premium Automobiles has sold five TT Roadsters since launching it late last month. There is only one of the topless two-seater sports car left in the first shipment. Prices are at $233,999 for the 1.8-litre turbo and $260,999 for the 1.8
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      • 106 30 VOLVO car sales are at an all-time high here. According to distributor SM Motors, sales for the year to Oct 16 stand at 1,003 units. This is 72 per cent up on 1999's sales and the best figure the brand has achieved since
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      • 95 30 USED CAR portal juzclickcar.com.sg, a unit of ST Kinetics, has ventured into Malaysia. A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Pusat Pemeriksaan Kenderaan Berkomputer Sdn Bhd (Puspakom)—a vehicle inspection company owned by DRB-Hicom—to allow the portal access to a market of more than three
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      • 68 30  -  Compiled bs Christopher Tan ANOTHER Audi A 4 customer has won an upgrade in a campaign run by distributor Premium Automobiles. James Lim, an architect who bought a 1.6-litre A 4, drove away a 1.8-litre version instead. Two other buyers have won the
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    • 588 31  -  Prancing Horse fans will be out in force this Sunday By Geoffrey Eu WHEN Michael Schumacher clinched the Formula One drivers' championship Ferrari's first since 1979 by winning the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka in dramatic fashion two weekends ago, he unleashed
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    • 297 31 EVERY Formula One circuit has its own distinctive personality: Monza and the magic of Ferrari, Monaco and its millionaires, Spa has the spirit of Grand Prix greats like Fangio and Clark, Indianapolis and its immense crowd. And Malaysia? One man
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    • 55 31 Need some free advice? Your problem is our problem. The Motoring Page has started an advice column, with the help of the Automobile Association of Singapore. Send us your queries on anything related to motoring and we'll try our best to help. You can fax to BT Motoring at 733-5271,
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 842 32 TVF:¥7ST> ■—Central 9-00 Tonight With Gurmit. 7.00 Fikir-Fikir. L3O Gateway Asia (r) ono AMKiHcr o n. ra i «ioc 30 News 5 Tonight. 7JO Tirai: Ikatan Suci. 2.00 Headline Graphics. 10 00 Easier: Bad Dog. 8-00 Berita. 2.02 to 6.00 am Real-time Fi--IAAA um»™u wo 10 30 Once And Again.
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    • 261 32 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 7 About to include work, make 1 Not one s first husband on progress on loot in long narrow board? (6,4) shed (4-4) 6ln favour of fellow university lec- 8 They might transfer you to the turer shortly (4) other side (8) 10 Going back to video,
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  • BY DESIGN
    • 1301 34  -  The new JIT factory in Changi South looks nothing like a factory. It's curvy, it's loud and it resembles a space ship. viviEir ho finds out more VIVIEN NG NEWS alert: A UFO has landed in Changi South and sightings of humanoids walking around in white
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  • COVER STORY
    • 493 35  -  Bu Anna Teo BOVIS Lend Lease, which has designed and built some 300 industrial facilities here in about three decades, now has some US$l billion (551.75 billion) of projects under way in Singapore mainly in Tuas, Jurong and Changi, and notably in the pharmaceutical sector. One
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    • 512 35 DEVELOPER/OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNITS NO. OF PRICE TENURE i M ■II (sq ft) LAUNCHED UNITS SOLD ($psf) Queens Allgreen Prop 3 Stirling Rd 914-2,723 536 312 760 99-yr River Place FEO 3 Havelock Rd 678-3,229 509 404 950 99-yr Caribbean at Keppel Bay Keppel
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 296 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose three points to 1,727, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained four points to 1,588, the Baltic Handy Index (BHD fell two points to 1,154, the Baltic Handymax Index dropped 12 points to 10,169 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up
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    • 294 37 sex 'ooo Oct* 8 M CWT Distribution —0.58 unch 0 Chuan Hup 0.36 unch 600 Cosco Investment—0.16 Xjneh 10 Freight Links 0.14 unch 137 G8 Ho/Oings 0.51 unch 0 Hji Sun Hup 0.33 unch 37 IMC HoKNnqs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jeya Hokflngs 0.15 unch 43 KeppeiCorp 3.38 0.06
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    • 476 37  -  Republic most maintain competitiveness as distribution hub By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Singapore must latch on to the next frontier in transport and logistics supply chain management to maintain its competitiveness as a distribution hub, Minister without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng said
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    • 258 37 AP [MIAMI] Carnival Cruise Line has been subpoenaed by a US Federal grand jury to provide documents about environmental practices on its ships. The subpoena suggests that the Miami-based cruise giant, which operates six lines, could be the target of a continuing pollution investigation
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    • 720 37  -  MEWEUHiDS By David Hughes WORLD shipbuilding is set to see high levels of activity and continued low prices for the next 15 years, according to the latest report from UKbased Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC). Although there are likely to be small short-term gains
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    • 166 37  -  MEPTUXE DORADO SAGA By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Greek captain of detained Singa-pore-flagged vessel Neptune Dorado was released from a San Francisco prison on US$5OO,OOO (*****.000) bail on Tuesday. The beleagured tanker's operator Polembros Shipping Ltd of Greece posted a letter of credit for the
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    • 225 37 Bids will be invited before construction of port is completed Reuters [MUSCAT] Oman is planning to invite bids for the privatisation of Sohar port in the north of the Gulf Arab state before the construction of the port is completed, a Transport Ministry official said.
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    • NEPTUNE Dorado saga
      • 762 38 This is the full text of the statement by Maritime Port Authority of Singapore on the detention of 'Neptnne Dorado' THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) as administrator of the Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) has given shipowner Elmhirst Pte
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      • 565 38 Lloyd** HugUter classification manager, Peter Koller, in London: "There have been a number of recent adverse press reports on the condition of the LR classed tanker Neptune Dorado. LR is treating this situation seriously and has investigated the case carefully. Of the original deficiencies reported
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    • 22533 44 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advtrtlsar Vassal Voyaga Talapftona ETA ETA Advartisar Vassai Voyage Talaphona SIN Dast'n Nmm Nam Number Number SIN OmTh Nam* Nam* Mumt» Numiw 06/11 30/11 MSC Agy MSC SOPHIE 0044R 65 *****50 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvolrc o?/n 27/n ChoYang cy atlas 0150
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      • 738 49 Vess«l Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Fareast tip 56 "-"Z 18/10/1:10 19/KV600 Kisogawa 037C J14 18/10/6 40 19/10/1:00 Bt Bt Jaya nooo J01 18/10/9:10 18/10/20:00 Bt Satria ***** J01 18/10/8:15 18/10/23:00 Bt Satria M IWOO J01 18/10/8:20 18/10/2300 Rachmanuel 1 13/00 J03 18/10/6:50 19/10/830 Hippy Ranger 17 J14
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      • 2037 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofctngy Balance Rstls Ship Voy Wo Etb/Btr Period From To From ACHIEVER 3t2 It/2000 2A I7/TO0 a/0a5t a/OtOO a n/now a/oast a/otoo 3 a/0700 H/TK9 a/MOO 4 a/1200 ll/MH a/1700 ta ««KT ok 20/3*0 a nnm ww mm a n/noo
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      • 123 49 Oct 23 Thailand: King Chulalongkorn Day. Oct 25 Brunei: Israk Mikraj. Indonesia: Ascension Day of Prophet Muhammad. Oct 26 Malaysia: Deepavali. Not 1 Philippines: All Saint's Day. Nov 3 Japan: Culture Day. Nov 4 Sweden: All Saint's Day. Nor II Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nov 23
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      • 785 49 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 market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 480 50 Partnership outlook, higher fuel prices clouding Dutch carrier's fntnre Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV shares fell 5.2 per cent to their lowest level in almost four years as hopes faded that Europe's fourth-biggest airline will find a suitable
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      • 233 50 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's flag carrier Thai Airways International (THAI) is planning to stert direct flights from Bangkok to the Cambodian town of Siem Reap, home of the ancient Angkor temples, a report said yesterday. THAI will operate the new route through
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      • 54 50 [BIRMINGHAM] The new Morgan Aero Bgets a last minute wipe down on the press day of The Motor Show at Birmingham The car launched this spring has a 4.4 litre engine and for those with the spare £54,000 (*****,000) to spend there is also a
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      • 313 50 AFP [DUSSELDORF Germany] Airlines Lufthansa and Air China, which only recently announced a code-sharing agreement, have fallen out over their long-standing aircraft maintenance joint venture, Ameco, the business daily Handelsblatt reported yesterday. Without revealing its sources, the newspaper said that the two
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      • 40 50 [LONDON] Rescue workers examine the wreckage of a high speed passenger train that crashed near Hatfield. The train travelling between London and Leeds derailed 48 km outside London killing five people and leaving 80 injured. REUTERS
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      • 683 50 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air Co expects to post an operating profit in the three months to September, reversing a loss in the previous quarter, as seasonal gains in tourist traffic offset rising fuel costs for the country's biggest airline. The company expects a profit
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      • 292 50 Reuters [LONDON] British Airways said that it planned to introduce random alcohol and drug testing, after allegations that 14 of its staff broke airline rules over alcohol consumption before flights. BA said it would start the random testing early next year,
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