The Business Times, 11 April 2002

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 SINGAPORE Internet: http:7business times.asial com.sg/ THURSDAY. APRIL 11, 2002
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  • 74 1 Bfl was (-38.91) IT-SB WM4 (-14.10) n ixbbx nmnzs 1,***** (-48.00) nmEKanmjsEs mm S4JO (-6.50) SPOCK SAIKETIMD1GBS Wednesday Change KLSECOMP ***** -150 NIKKEI 226 —*****58 ♦104.09 HANG SENG _1M43.14 -9056 SETINDEX 372.67 +1.81 JAKARTA C0MP.583J1 +1181 MANILA COMP .1,410.04 -11.26 TAIPEI WP1 6,***** -10.64 SEOUL COMP 866.03 -32.64
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  • 70 1 FOUZKATBI US$ SI USS (S$ per USS) 1.834 £(TJS$/SS per 1.438 2.638 EURO(USS/S$/E). 9.882 1J17 DM 1216 1_208 YEN 1305 7L10 RM 3.800 1972 HKS 7.800 4162 BAHT 43,45 23.69 RUPUH 9.590 5,228 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* __6 56 KUALA LUMPUR «40 BONO KONO g 125 JAKARTA „»90 TAIPEI. 8726
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  • 578 1  -  OOMMBNTAKT Byl Anna Teo THE latest flash GDP estimate raises more questions than they answer, one economist half-lamented yesterday. It was a surprising remark, given that such timely indicators should be welcomed by anyone tracking the economy. But sometimes, when trying to interpret
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  • 612 1  -  Ql flash estimates below expectations of 2% decline Byi Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The Singapore economy has lost some of its recovery momentum, judging from the first quarter's 2.6 per cent GDP contraction. While this figure was the best showing in nine months, it was slightly
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  • 847 1  -  Deal reached on SCVs leases of Sing Tel optic fibres BTiq'JjllUH/J By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The merger between Star Hub and Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) is one step closer to reality following the removal of a major obstacle involving the lease
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  • 761 1  -  From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur ENCOURAGED by the coup by Johor's port, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport CKLIA) will soon dangle carrots at airlines using Singapore's Changi Airport as part of its blitz to turn KLIA into a major aviation hub in
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    • 105 1 UNHIDE BUT Kenneth Ji/nu.' Winning mindshare in Web services. Pg 18 Top Stories Riled fund managers in HK threaten to move operations, funds to S'pore. Mmxt Pmgm FJPn, "^1 Who will be the head honcho of the new Ernst? NmxtPmg* Funds inflow into S'pore stocks ebbing. Pg 3 Astra hits
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    • 8 1 Steep fall seen for March exports, Pg 6
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    • 168 1 i j m Ik*' v W J Give X developers bigger role, cut HDB's: Edmund Cheng Serviced offices turned into outplacement cent ft.s Revolt*. Pg 16 Economic Review Committee sub-committee's recommendations mm Will you pay less tax? MM Will your CPF limit for housing change? Detaito In The New Paper
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    • 11 1 PSA will not be drawn into price war, Shipping Times Pgl
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 87 2 THINK you can hammer a golf ball further than John Daly or Tiger Woods? Then head on down to the new Ping TiSl Driver Longest Drive Competition at the Orchid Country Club next Tuesday, April 16. Registration begins at 12 pm, followed by the preliminary rounds starting
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      • 71 2 THE property market remains as competitive as ever. Louis Yeap Realty Pte Ltd is offering monetary rewards to those who refer friends that eventually buy a property through the property agent. In a pamphlet received by several reporters in BT, the company declared that the reward is straightforward
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    • 84 2 OUR report yesterday, "Investor access to bid and offer details from July," said that under plans announced by the Singapore Exchange, investors would be able to identify counterparties when the deals are done. The exchange has clarified that such counterparty information will not be available to investors. Only the
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    • 585 2  -  They're being turned off by perceived moves to tax offshore funds From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong UPSET by what they see as the Hong Kong government's plan to tax offshore fUnds, fund managers in Hong Kong have threatened to move their
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    • 504 2  -  Tax specialist wins vote to be the new managing partner Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Just a week earlier, Fang Ai Lian was the radiant bride-to-be in the proposed marriage between her firm Ernst Young and troubled Arthur Andersen Singapore. Then came the surprise
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    • 228 2 BERLIN Chrysler to show profit this year but group delays earnings goals beyond 2002, irking investors Reuters, Bloomberg [BERLIN] Auto giant DaimlerChrysler offered investors an olive branch yesterday with upbeat news about its loss-making US Chrysler arm, but angered some shareholders by repeating a
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 521 3  -  Liquidity crunch comes after inflow hit a peak in mid-March By Ven Sreenivasan IF you had suspected that the market is facing a liquidity crunch, you are right. Comparison of liquidity flows and the Straits Times Index's performance shows that funds inflow into Singapore
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 73 3 PARKWAY Holdings has received acceptances for about 90.22 per cent of Parkway Laboratory Services' ordinary shares as at the close of its cash offer yesterday. With acceptances of more than 90 per cent, Parkway Holdings is now entitled, and it intends to, exercise its
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      • 61 3 ME IB AN Group said ifs in talks with a European domestic appliance manufacturer to produce its line of white goods at the group's Johor subsidiary, Meiban Plastics Sdn Bhd. As these discussions are in the planning stage, the group said it cannot ascertain, at the
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      • 54 3 LLAN Beng Group said Deenn Engineering Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary, has secured a project to build a military camp for $45.8 million months. Another unit, Lian Beng Construction (1988) Pte Ltd, has won a contract for a condominium project at West Coast
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    • 401 3  -  Debt-laden firm maygetUSs4somif it sells 51% stake in a venture to Toyota By I Christopher Tan ASTRA International's share price soared past the 3,000-ru-piah mark to hit a two-year high yesterday on repeat reports that the company was in talks with
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    • 404 3  -  It's targeting a GP member network of 190 by year's end Byi Andrea Tan HEALTHCARE operator Parkway Holdings is looking to expand its general practitioner (GP) member network from 160 to 190 by year-end, according to its latest report. "Our ongoing concern is to
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    • 379 5  -  It recently lipped its stake in another firm offering such mobile solutions too By Serena Ng SINGAPORE Technologies Electronics has bought a 30 per cent stake in Mobile Solutions and Payment Services Pte Ltd (MSPS) for $1.5 million cash from Green Dot
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    • 219 5  -  Byi Angela Tan MOBILE phone operator Mobile One Asia, or Ml, has appointed ABN Amro as lead arranger and underwriter for its syndicated fixed rate five-year term loan facility of $250 million, the two companies said in a statement yesterday. The facility will
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    • 314 5 Bloomberg [HONG KONGJ Billionaire Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa said it may bid for Asia Global Crossing, a cash-strapped operator of undersea communications cables that's seeking investors to stay in business. "We are studying it," group managing director Canning Fok said in an interview.
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    • 823 5  -  _HQCKfffffPWWi r sivanithy EVERY day, TV stations devote a part of their news programmes to a stock market report. Often, a guest from the broking industry is invited to give his or her views. You know the drill the guest is featured against a backdrop
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
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    • 267 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Van Sreenivasan IT'S indeed remarkable how market perceptions of a company can change so dramatically overnight. ST Engineering, once the darling of many analysts, has found itself in an unenviable position of being faced with a
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    • 780 4  -  ■■■JLdIHLUBUHSULUI STOCKS r. sivanithy THAT the stock market is no place for the timid was made patently obvious yesterday as prices of Singapore stocks melted against a worsening backdrop of rising Middle East violence, US profit warnings and domestic concerns that the
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    • 656 4 Greenback also faces renewed worries over corporate earnings AFP [TOKYO] The dollar fell against the yen yesterday, hit by escalating violence in the Middle East, with investors awaiting the outcome of a peace mission by US Secretary of State Colin Powell, dealers
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  • 2505 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS OtiSond S'pore A/S 1.20V C/tiBond Spor* BSi 1231 Qti Money Sing Dollar Class 8 1039* AM Amro Aaset Mgt (S'pore) Oti Pan-Europe Equity Fund 1.0V Star Europe Eqtyf* 0.78W CibSelect Asia Tilt Balanced 131 Star Europe Bd 0.95V CitiSetert Asia Tilt Growth 1JS/ Star Europe Bai 0.87/
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 307 6  -  By Teh Hooi Ling IDEAglobal.com expects Singapore's non-oil domestic exports and industrial production index for March to show steep double-digit declines. "We do not expect the economy to show a convincing turnaround in year-on-year terms until Q3 and that will be driven largely by
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    • 251 6 CONNECT, share and support. That's the message the newly-formed Women's Business Connection (WBC) wants to spread to professional and business women leaders in Singapore. At its launch yesterday, WBC president Jannie Tay lamented the dominance of the "old boy's club" in the present business
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    • 645 6  -  Weak sentiment, Qing Ming, expected tax changes keep players sidelined Byi Andrea Tan ITS going to be quiet on the property front this month. Feeble sentiment, the Qing Ming festival and upcoming tax changes will keep players on the sidelines, consultants and analysts say. "Most
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    • 387 6  -  Prices Mt ready, but analysts say developer is confident By Vince Chong CENTRE POINT Properties will be releasing its eagerly anticipated Marine Parade project in the middle of next month, just a year after it bid and won the site in a government land
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    • 418 7  -  One in two makes use of e-government; Republic also tops poll for public trust in electronic govt. Byl Anna Teo ONE in two Singaporeans use online government services. That's one of the highest levels of usage in the world, second only
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    • NEWSRoundup
      • 68 7 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday offered for tender the Lengkong Empat reserve list she, following a successful application for release two weeks ago. The reserve price, and minimum bid price, put in by an unnamed developer for the 31,602 9q ft plot is |8
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      • 93 7 THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday that it has placed Tower A of Jakarta CBD project Purl Imperium Apartments, in an international en-bloc sale tender. CB Richard Em« is the sole marketing agent for the vacant 182-unit project, which is expected
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    • 262 7  -  STpore companies spending more than in HK, survey finds Byi Chua Hui Min BOLSTERED by the Singapore government's enthusiasm, the e-learning market here shows greater potential than that in Hong Kong, a recent survey found. Despite the larger Hong Kong economy, current demand
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 735 8  -  ■*****1Eu3 OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group ITS time to eat crow. I have relentlessly suggested that the aftermath of the *****' economic boom would be grim We had binged; indigestion was inevitable. The recession would be stubborn, the recovery grudging.
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    • 86 8 'She must have been the greatest living advertisement for gin.' British writer, on the drinking habits of the Queen Mother, who died last week at the age of 101. 'If a central banker is veiy much liked, maybe he is not functioning well.' -■uanHayuri Bank of Japan's
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    • 608 8 EDITORIAL THE offer of discounted stockbroking is wide; ly seen as yet another nail in the coffin of the broking industry. But the fears are greatly overblown. After seeing their incomes progressively slashed by half over the past two years, dealers and remisiers are
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    • 1547 8 Former CPF chairman Ngiam Tong Dow gave a farewell interview last year to the Central Provident Fund Board's in-house newsletter, CPF Ambassador. We reproduce here the text of the interview. CPF Ambassador How would you assess the CPF Board's achievements thus far? Mr NgiMK
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 438 9 Mew head's immediate task is tt torn things around: analysts KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg STANDARD Chartered Pic is offering its entire 1,800 staff in Malaysia severance packages, bank officials said, as the UK-based lender's local unit reported a loss. Standard Chartered last year posted a
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    • 160 9 AFX [MANILA] The Philippine Stock Exchange's board of governors will allow brokers the option of extending their trading hours offsite from 2 to 4 pro daily to capture investors from the European and Asian markets, PSE chairwoman Vivian Yuchengco said. The
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    • 154 9 KUALA LUMPUR AFX THE Securities Commission said it has disbursed a grant of RM250.000 (SI120.600) to a new watchdog group for minority shareholders, Badan Pengawas, to assist the setup cost of the body. In a statement, the SC said this is in line
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    • 226 9 BANGKOK Reuters TROUBLED Thai banks wUI report better earnings for the first quarter of 2002 later this month, as wider spreads and lower provisioning for bad loans boost their bottom lines, analysts and fund managers said. "Overaft, Thai banks win show improved
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    • 487 9 Mmi rwM tii|n Tajodin's ability to repay debts KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S Naluri Bhd may scale back plans to return RMB29 million (Ss4oo million) of cash to investors, a source close to the deal yesterday said, a move that could hit top shareholder
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    • NOTEBook
      • 48 9 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] The government has no plans to •ignifkamtly revise its 2002 GDP growth estimate of 3£ per cent amid positive signs of economic recovery, a Bcrnama news agency report quoted National Boonocnic Action Council (NEAC) executive director Mustspa Mohamad as saying.—A/7
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      • 38 9 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Bangkok Bank Pel, Citigroup Inc and other banks operating in ItaOand will be allowed to iam credit cards to individuals earning less than US$345 a month, the central bank satt.—Bloomberg
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      • 25 9 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine National Bank (PNB) said yesterday it has elected Lorenso Tan as its nsw president snd chief executive officer.—Reuters
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      • 32 9 AFX [WASHINGTON] International Monetary Fund directors said thePhfflpptaßs has weaHmed the global economic crisis but now must haft a long decline in tax revenue. —AFX
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      • 34 9 Reuters [MANILA] The PhiUppines has come up with a way to cure those Monday blues—make it a holiday. The government plans to shift mid-wesk public holidays to Mondays to weekend.-RaJ!,
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    • 636 10 HONGKONG But would-be buyers are still hesitant, fearing farther price fell Reuters FREE Mercedes, sleek mo-bile-phones and hefty cash rebates? Hong Kong property developers are pulling out the stops to lure buyers before interest rates rise. The increasingly sweet incentives are fanning
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    • ASIANotes
      • 108 10 Reuters [BEIJING] China on Tuesday launched a USIBOO million publishing conglomerate that state media caQed the "mother ship" in a government bid to regnxq) the guarded and ailing sector to fend off foreign houase in the WTO era. But industry sources doubted the new and highly
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      • 75 10 Reuters [BELJING] China said yesterday its industrial output roees brisk 10J per cent year on year in the first quarter 0f9002, confirming an economic rebound from the worst quarterly growth in two years. Analysts say the improved figures are a sign of accelerating exports growth
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      • 45 10 Dow Jones Newswires [BEIJING] China and Thailand ■growl on Tuesday to zone In northern Thailand, the China Doify reported. The *o* wffl be bum to the northern Thai city of Chiang Hal Than vat no timetable or dollar value fbrtheprctfect—DowJormNtwswirts
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      • 47 10 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's exports Ml lost than expected in March ae a U8 economic rsbound lifted demand for computer chipe and mobile phones, while shipped more components to China. Overseas sales Ml 2J per cent flrotn a year earlier to USHUbillloiL-Bloomberg
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      • 66 10 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Star Group Ltd, the Asian satamte*ro*k»aanf unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp turned to its first quarterly operating profit since it started esrvice in Iflgl, when it was owned by Hong Kong's Mdmrd Li. Star posted an operating profit of US$2.4
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    • 205 10 TOKYO It will be the first Japanese car maker to me Chinese steel sheet: report Reuters TOYOTA Motor Corp plans to buy some Chinese parts to make cars in its operations in China as a way to cut costs and will become the first Japanese
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    • 312 10  -  US Secretary of Commerce leading execs of 15 top firms From] Leon Hadar in Washington THE United States will send a business development mission to China later this month, the first govern-ment-sponsored trip aimed at promoting US business interests in China since
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  • WORLD news
    • 498 12 Firm to place mare emphasis on analysts' stock picking prowess NEW YORK NYT, Reuters MERRILL Lynch executives and its lawyers rushed on Tuesday to defend the firm and its reputation against conflict of interest accusations from New York Attor-ney-General Eliot Spitzer. While Merrill
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    • 473 12 WASHINGTON Reuters CORPORATE America should not be forced to expense stock options until other ways are tried to make the executive pay perk less prone to abuse, the top US securities regulator said on Tuesday. Staying neutral on a problem some
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    • 478 13 AFX, Bloomberg, Ratters [PARIS] TV US economic recovery will remain on track if oil prices stay within Opec's targeted price range, said US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. "If the Saudis and the rest of the oil-producing community are together in maintaining their
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    • 488 13  -  This makes it likely BOJ will resist further monetary easing From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Japanese government yesterday upgraded its official assessment of the state of the economy for the second month in a row, making it likely that the Bank of Japan's Policy
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    • 537 14 ENRON SAGA Lead auditor on Enron account admits he destroyed Enron records LAT-WP, Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] An internal debate at Andersen over whether to file for bankruptcy took on greater urgency following Tuesday's plea agreement by the lead auditor on the Enron account to
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    • 284 14 AFX [LONDON] Former Xerox chairman Paul Allaire and former chief financial officer Barry Romeril have been informed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it may file civil charges against them, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. Mr Allaire and
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    • 217 14 NEW YORK Reuters TROUBLED telecoms company Global Crossing on Tuesday said in a court filing it would take a US$B billion goodwill writedown for the fourth quarter to reflect the drop in value of some assets. The bankrupt firm also warned of
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 73 14 AFX [LOS ANGELES) Microsoft Corp win almost certainly make some large acquisitions over the next few years as its antitrust case oomes to an end, according to research firm Gartner. It said Microsoft has built up a cash reserve of US$3B billion, and may
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      • 57 14 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Shares of Cisco Systems tumbled more than 8 per cent on Tuesday amid concern the company might report disappointing fiscal third quarter earnings. Speculation of a Cisco earnings shortfall helped spread general queasiness about the tech sector a day after IBM Corp
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      • 57 14 AFX [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Computer is expected Wednesday to post second quarter profits of 10 cents a share, down from 11 cents last year, according to consensus estimates o(17 brokers polled by Thomson Financial/First CalL Sales are forecast to come to at
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      • 57 14 Reuters [TORONTO] Telecoms equipment mwkpr Nortel Networks Corp warned on Tuesday that first quarter revenue will come to lower than expected due to sagging demand, the latest sign the beleaguered sector is for from recovery. Nortel forecast first quarter revenues around US$24 bilbon, down
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      • 54 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Lloyd's of London, the thrss centuries old insurance market posted aloasof £8.1 fcHttpa(9|ftJ billion) for last year after terrorist attackson the US and a fleet of Air Lanka planes led to record claims. The insurance market predicted the Sept 11 assault alone would cost
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    • 363 15 NEW YORK Initial figures indicate they are at their highest levels in over a year Dow Jones Newswires SUNNIER days ahead or not, retail investors decided spring was the right time to return to stocks. At least that has been the evidence gathered
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    • 245 15 Bloomberg [SEOUL] General Motors Corp has cut its planned bid for Daewoo Motor Co assets by a third to US$l.74 biUion as marathon talks with creditors for the South Korean car maker enter their final stage, the companies said. The accord now
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    • 178 15 CHVPTIC CROSSWORD 28 Allies ban USA's renegotia(l2) beif>9 01,1 1 reaCh 8 Put m°oey on being follow- YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION DOWN 1 a tiLhf V t» 9 H 3St Acro««: 1 Ragtrade, 5 Clover. 9 «o 14 m, 9** rt descnbe paper- Friction 10 Rascal 12 Remri aste'sissߣ 3 The lower
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    • 660 16  -  By Vince Chong SERVICED offices are being turned into career counselling and outplacement centres these days as more employees are being affected by restructuring activities brought on by the recession. At least two of the bigger serviced office operators in Singapore have
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    • 606 16  -  GARDENER'S irrei Even the most recalcitrant plants will yield blossoms patience is all it takes By Thien SOME days, I wish I were a plant. Wifey, you see, has turned over a new leaf, and has made an incredible U-turn from "nagging" plants to "stroking" them, thanks
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    • 1157 16  -  He says HDB draws so mnch talent, it's hard for developers to expand abroad By\ Kalpana Rashiwala IT is high time that the government allows private developers to play a bigger role in providing the island's housing needs, says Wing Tai
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    • 329 17  -  iTegno will cost about $449 when it debuts commercially next month;it can logon to the Net in 3 seconds By Chen Huifen [SINGAPORE] Notebook computer users can look forward to a new way of connecting to the Internet, using a new GPRS (General Packet
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    • 201 17 [SINGAPORE] Microsoft Singapore and the IDA (Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore) will launch in August a commu-nity-based Web services pilot that involves 10,000 people. The two-year partnership will see both parties work closely to create a Community. Net sg portal that will link communities through
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    • 236 17 He says settlement of anti-trust case will not stop this Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp's proposed settlement of the US government's four-year-old anti-trust case will not stop it from dominating Internet services, a Sun Microsystems' executive testified. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's chief strategy officer,
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    • 269 17 USs2sb writedown for declining investments, acquisitions Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Verizon Communications Inc, the largest US local phone company, had its Ql profit wiped out by US$2.5 billion in costs for declining investments and acquisitions. The shares fell to an 18-month low. The company reduced the
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    • 173 17 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The latest version of 3D computeraided design (CAD) software freeCAD was launched yesterday, offering advanced motion simulation capabilities for free download via the Internet from www.askoh.com. The Version 5.0 software, which runs on Windows, Mac, Li- nux and most Unix platforms, is targeted
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    • 248 17 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Microsoft Corp may be failing behind on its fiscal-year shipment targets for the Xbox, according to two Wall Street analysts. One of the analysts, Chris Whitmore of Deutsche Banc Alex Brown, said that part of the problem came from weaker
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    • 234 17 LATWP [WASHINGTON] Media giant AOL Time Warner removed Barry Schuler as head of its Internet division on Tuesday and temporarily gave the job back to Bob Pittman, who will attempt to revitalise the unit while also serving as chief operating officer
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    • 227 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Bureau of Investigation needs more money to update computer technology and improve security, former director William Webster told lawmakers in testimony about his investigation of the Robert Philip Hanssen spy scandal. "Internal security has often been a low
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    • 158 17 Reuters [CHICAGO] Dell Computer plans to enter the market for digital projectors, the No 1 PC maker's founder and CEO said on Tuesday. The Texas-based company needs to find opportunities as technology changes, as it did with its switching business, Michael Dell said at an
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    • 468 18  -  Motorola's team worked 9 months to develop the world's first Bluetooth chip for mobile devices, says UO SEE GHYE LEO KEE CHYE US giant Motorola is ready with a new, Singa-pore-designed and developed microprocessor which is the world's first to integrate the Bluetooth feature without the
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    • 268 19 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose five points to 1,091, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained 12 points to 1,028, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD firmed 39 points to 7,617, while the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was unchanged at 1,394. HHE-CHASTER: ♦Nord-Kraft (built 2000) 171,990 dwtdely Rotterdam
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    • 494 19  -  Indonesia wants to develop 3 ports to lessen reliance on Singapore By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Adding to the regional port competition, Indonesia has announced plans to turn three existing ports on Batam island into transhipment hubs in a bid to "lessen the dependence on Singapore".
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    • 120 19 [SINGAPORE] Mitsubishi has signed a milestone contract with e-logistics company GT Nexus for a private network to collaborate and and integrate logistics operations across all its businesses. The deal will customise GT Nexus Planning and GT Nexus Execution application suites to standardise the Mitsubishi's global ocean
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    • 585 19 Projected annual cost savings of USs2sm, now increases by $15m Dow Jones Newswires [NEW ORLEANS] The merger of offshore drilling companies Global Marine and Santa Fe International, which formed GlobalSantaFe Corp (GSF) late last year, is "going reaUy well", and may reap higher-than-expected
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      • 1071 20 Panama Canal is undergoing its biggest expansion since the 80km waterway was completed in 1914 AP [MIRAFLORES LOCKS, Panama] CREEPING between the jungle and crowds of eager tourists, the oil tanker slides along a ribbon of murky water in the Panama Canal. Taut chains running from
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      • 324 28 That estimate based on Air NZ holding on to loss-making Ansett Dow Jones [WELLINGTON] The government yesterday dismissed reports Air New Zealand needs a further NZ$67O million, on top of the NZ51,035 billion already committed, to shore up its balance sheet. Hundreds
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      • 151 28 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Boeing Co said its Hawker de Havilland Ltd unit in Australia will be part of the team developing the Sonic Cruiser plane, which will fly at close to the speed of sound. Chicago-based Boeing said Hawker de Havilland will join a team
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      • 62 28 [SAN ANTONIO] Richard Osborn, a Tampa International Airport policeman, and his dog Renza check a fuselage as they go through bomb detection training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Renza, a two-year-old Belgian Malinois, is learning to locate various explosives. She will go
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      • 392 28 Some A3oos'engine thrust reverters to be deactivated Reuters [WASHINGTON] US regulators on Tuesday ordered airlines flying older-model Airbus A3oos to immediately deactivate engine thrust reversers during flight to avoid any unintended deployment. The emergency directive by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) covers A3OO
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      • 298 28 Plan to bid for contract to snpply bomb detection machines to US airports Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Boeing Co and Siemens AG's US unit plan to make a joint bid on a contract worth as much as US$4 billion to provide 426 US airports with machines
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      • 212 28 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) will offer 50 per cent discounts on domestic flights to foreign travellers during the World Cup soccer tournament, the carriers said. Asia's two biggest airlines said they will cut domestic airfares to a flat
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      • 283 28 Pact signed with China Southwest, Shanghai Airlines Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's secondlargest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), has reached agreement on a comprehensive alliance with China Southwest Airlines and Shanghai Airlines. Details have not been finalised, but the area of cooperation could include
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