The Business Times, 22 May 2002

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA CP\ 01 MCMOCfO 85C SINGAPORE internet: http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2002
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    71 1 SR 1,73M8 (+5.91) PiIfODBFOniB U 1,728u0Q (+5.00) PlnraFimiiEß U 2ICJ9 (+0.60) 3T0C1HA1KET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE CX)MP 78L72 -184 NIKKEI 225 _1U01.1« -6*18 HANO SENG—11,***** -***** SET INDEX ***** +4.62 JAKARTA COMP JtiiM -1.66 MANILA OOMP .U28.7# -1612 TAIPEI WPl 5,***** -1IL6I SEOULCOMP ***** -2812 SHENZHEN B 224.02
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    68 1 FOBEX BATES ust ss US$ (SS per USS) L793 £{US$/S$ per 1469 1616 EUROfUSS/SS/E). 0521 1.660 DM 1216 1.236 YEN 126.6 70.10 RM 3.800 HI® HK$ 7.799 4.360 BAHT 4167 2180 RUPIAH 9,038 5,040 PUKE KATES SINGAPORE* 6.26 KUALA LUMPUR #.40 HONO KONO 6.126 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 1726 TOKYO
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    Lock icon 5-yr bank liberalisation timeframe not cast in stone: MAS
    666 1  -  -idexclusive Possibility of more Qualifying Full Banks, faster banking liberalisation Byl Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore has hinted that a five-year plan to liberalise the banking sector could be accelerated and more Qualifying Full Banks (QFBs) admitted. In
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    Lock icon Flextronics launches $653 m offer for NBL
    626 1  -  Nat Steel, Ockham Holdings give undertaking to accept offer By David Boey [SlNGAPOßE] Flextronics International Ltd, the world's second largest maker of electronic components for brand-name companies, yesterday launched an offer to take over Nat Steel Broadway Ltd at $3.23 cash per share
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    Lock icon Merrill coughs up US$100m to settle false stock advice charges
    478 1 Firm apologises bnt is not forced to admit wrongdoing AFP Bloomberg Reuters [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch yesterday agreed to pay a total of US$lOO million in fines to help settle charges that it was telling clients to buy stocks it
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      72 1 mauiH Top Storiu Credit card payments for property being studied: MAS. Maxt Paga Dr Richard Hu tipped to head Temasek's Mapietree Investments. Maxt Paga Decision on mobile charges by 04. Pg7 Telekom seeks friendly merger with TRI mobile. Pg 13 China stocks surge on new IPO rule. Pg 16 Dr
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      50 1 Don t miss BTs 28-page Banking Supplement Free with today's BT. And, for the online edition of the supplement go to http://business-times.astal.com.sg Whither Nat Steel without electronics?, Pg 3 Hyundai distributor IBfoftjMi under tax probe tow Motoring. Page 8 J LA MediShield: time NpM for a check-up Genevif.'ve Cua. 24
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      370 1 A financial report card, Banking Supplement Page Two Care to give your overseas property loan a check-up? Interested in saving money on your overseas property loan? Since the start of 2001, the US dollar Federal Funds rate has been reduced an astonishing 11 times and has reached its lowest level
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      Lock icon Card payments for properly being studied
      362 2  -  MAS concerned multiple cards, credit lines may reduce cash needed Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is concerned that home buyers who have several credit cards or personal credit lines may make use of these for downpayment and substantially reduce
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Forgive and forget
        105 2 TANGLIN Club members seem to be a forgiving lot. Recently, they elected to office a member who was found by an inquiry committee to have tendered two votes in breach of the club's by-laws. The incident took place at a special meeting of the club to decide
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        Lock icon The theory of public speaking...
        72 2 ADDRESSING a conference on cash and treasury management, David Eldon, chairman of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, had this advice for would-be speakers: "There are four rules to making any speech, economic or otherwise. The Number One rule: have something to say. Rule Two: say
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        Lock icon ... and its resounding practice
        144 2 and its resounding practice TO drive home his message, Mr Eldon, the keynote speaker for the conference, made sure he stuck to his title, "The Sounds of Asia". His pronouncement of the title for his economic outlook speech was accompanied by background audio effects of tigers roaring, ships' foghorns blasting,
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      Lock icon Economist sees strong cyclical US recovery
      776 2  -  Risks housing bust, corporate cash crunch, capital flows drying op By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPOREJ The US econ omy is headed for a strong demand-driven cyclical recovery which will be accompanied by a 100 basis point rate hike this year, according to a leading Wall
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      Lock icon Global Crossing bidders seen seeking extension to merger talks deadline
      421 2 Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The leading contenders to buy US telecoms provider Global Crossing Ltd are expected to seek an extension to yesterday's merger agreement deadline after their US$75O million bid was rejected, the Wall Street Journal reported. Citing people
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      Lock icon Clarification
      38 2 TOSHIBA Corp has clarified that its global revenue for the year ended March 2001 was US$4B billion, not US$4B trillion as stated in Monday's BizlT report, "Toshiba aiming for 30% share of S pore's Pocket PC market".
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      Lock icon Dr Hu to head Temasek's Mapletree Investments?
      294 2  -  Unit owns $3b of property hived off from PSA Corp By\ Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Former Finance Minister Richard Hu is tipped to join the board, probably as chairman, of Mapletree Investments, a Temasek Holdings unit that owns some $3 billion worth of real
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      Lock icon Global recovery not a sure bet yet: HSBC chief
      398 2  -  Rebost consumer demand may prove hard to sustain Byl Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] A sustained global economic recovery is far from certain, the chairman of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) warned yesterday. Giving the keynote address at the Euro Finance
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Chartered sees improved Q2 performance
      548 3  -  Revenue forecast to grow 40%, but it'll still end second quarter in the red By David Boey CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's third-largest maker of customised computer chips, said yesterday in an update that it expects to "significantly improve its sec-ond-quarter revenue and earnings outlook".
      Source: Bloomberg  -  548 words
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      Lock icon Flextronics drawn by NBL's China operations
      418 3  -  HATSTEEL BROADWAY TAKEOVER Synergies between their business models also a pins By David Boey TAKEOVER talks between Flextronics International and Nat Steel, parent of electronics contract manufacturer Nat Steel Broadway Ltd (NBL), started three months ago and were kept secret. But the market appeared
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      Lock icon Whither NatSteel without electronics?
      635 3  -  Z r A lock siew angela tan LESS than two years after it sold NatSteel Electronics to Nasdaq-listed Solectron, Nat Steel is on the verge of divesting its last crown jewel, 52 per cent-owned Nat Steel Broadway Ltd (NBL) to another US giant, Flextronics. Like Keppel
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      Lock icon HLA to place out shares for up to $28m
      305 4  -  It signs agreement to sell np to 30m new shares at 9&3 C per share By] Kalpana Rashiwala rv wEiA. L«ng oeng s lisiea Hong Leong Asia (HLA), which has interests in home appliances, diesel engine, and packaging manufacturing and distribution
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      Lock icon Datacraft has seen growth in customer orders since Jan: Cattell
      515 4 Dow Jones Newswires SINCE January this year, systems integrator Datacraft Asia Ltd has been witnessing some growth in customer orders, a top company official said. This is a trend which could be the start of improving fortunes for the company.
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      Lock icon SMRT profit seen halving to $57 million
      592 4 Higher costs and lower investment income cited Reuters SINGAPORE rail operator SMRT Corp is expected to see its 2001/02 earnings nearly halved from the previous year due to higher operating costs and lower investment income. Five analysts polled by Reuters expect SMRT to
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon MuM-Chem unit in deal with Nokia
        104 4 MULTI-CHEM Ltd announced that M Tech Products Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an authorised distributor agreement with Nokia Inc. Under the agreement, M Tech has been appointed an authorised distributor for Nokia for its Internet security products and products for
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        Lock icon Jade Tech interim net plummets
        90 4 JADE Technologies Singapore said for the half-year ended March 31, net profit fell 98 per cent to $0.1 million from $4.1 million. Turnover was $29.5 million, down 46 per cent. The drop was attributed to the adverse impact of the sudden global downturn in the
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        Lock icon MFS Tech gets $15m Philips order
        62 4 Mr a Technology announced that its subsidiary, MFS Singapore, has received orders amounting to $15 million from Philips Mobile Display Systems for the design and manufacture of flexible printed circuits and related assemblies for use in small-to-mid range colour LCD display modules. Barring any
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        Lock icon TMC Int'l to place out 10m new shares
        125 4 Reuters TMC International Holdings yesterday said it would place 10 million new shares to raise net proceeds of about $2 million to fund overseas investments, especially in China. TMC International said in a statement the placement would be made through UOB Kay
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        Lock icon M&C expects to better 2001 earnings
        109 4 Bloomberg MILLENNIUM Copthorne Hotels, the UK company that owns half of the Plaza in New York, said 2002 earnings will beat last year's even as revenue per room in Europe declined 3 per cent in the first 18 weeks of the year. The average
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      Lock icon Teledata finalises debt restructuring plan
      163 4 TELEDATA (Singapore) Ltd yesterday said it has finalist a debt restructuring agreement with its creditor banks and bondholders. Under the deal, each of the creditors shall from the date of the agreement to Sept 30,2002, refrain from demanding payment or taking any action to recover
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      Lock icon Aussie biomed firm Rockeby plans to list in S'pore
      301 4 Reuters AUSTRALIAN biopharmaceutical firm Rockeby Biomed Ltd aims to be among the first to list in Singapore as the city state moves to become a life sciences hub. The two-year old fungal research and diagnostic firm, founded with Australian technology and
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      285 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 21 VALUE CLOSE BTOMDS 162.00 -64.00 BTCMN -*****.00 -17.00 w 10-day MA -***** 00 -17.00 wm»*il 457.20 +1.62 SB rpJIn Pill 155.96 -0.40 WBpBwHi 1542.12 +9.61 M ft M 439.42 +0.30 ItlTIWappora 217.47 +087 SMTOWbw* 216.80 +0.60 Hwl» V+mm Nataert 50c 35.616.000 FCO 20c 24.579,000 Th*V.llflge5c
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      Lock icon US$ still fragile despite 2002 laws
      835 6  -  l-iicomment CURRENCIES Mantra is to sell it again on any decent corrective rally, but watch the key levels larry wee A MEASURE of how much sentiment towards the US dollar has deteriorated during the past week can be seen from the way that both
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      Lock icon Bid for NatSteel Broadway fails to inspire market
      722 6  -  l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A FEW months ago, news of a major electronics takeover would have ignited trading throughout the broad market, setting imaginations ablaze and bringing together all sorts of players traders, investors, speculators and hedge funds in a
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2851 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS CibSelect ASH Tilt Balanced 129/ CitiSetect Asia Tilt Growth 1 24/ CitiSelect Asia Titt Enh Grth 1.17/ AM Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) CitiSelect Global Growth 109/ Star Europe Eqty!" 0 78W CitiSelect Global Income 1.11/ Star Europe Bo 0 97* ®°'>al Healthcare Fund 0 94/ Star Europe
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Q1 wholesale trade index down 21%
      391 7  -  on the economy wholesale trade By\ Siow Li Sen THE domestic wholesale trade index fell for the fourth consecutive quarter, down 21.7 per cent in Q1 2002 from the corresponding period last year. But the decline moderated compared with the previous quarter. The index,
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      Lock icon Decision on mobile charges by Q4
      418 7  -  7ESTERDA7 IN PARLIAMENT System where only calling-p&rty-p&ys still being studied By Tang Weng Fai THE Ministry of Information. Communications and the Arts said yesterday it will study the impact of alternative charging schemes for mobile phone calls and make a decision by the fourth
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      Lock icon Hard drive maker MKS axes total of 1,600 staff
      377 7  -  Japanese firm still working oat compensation deals Byi Vince Chong HARD disk drive (HDD) maker Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries Singapore (MKS) will retrench just under half of its permanent work force following its parent firm's decision to focus on the production
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      Lock icon Shelford priced at $738 psf
      322 7  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND has priced its Shelford condo at $738 psf on average, net of discounts and absorption of mortgage interest cost until the project is completed. This is significantly lower than Tuan Sing's Adam Park project a stone's throw away, released late last
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      Lock icon Tuas Power to raise bond sale to $400 m
      164 7 Bloomberg TUAS Power Ltd, Singapore's third largest electricity producer, said it will increase the size of its bond sale to $400 million from $300 million to meet investor demand. "Demand for the bond issue has been very positive as investors are
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      77 7 ROLEX Rolex presents Diana Krall June 26th 2002 8.30pm Suntec Level 6 Live In Concert Reputed as the world's finest jazz singer pianist. Her latest world's best selling album "The Look Of Love" is out now Hotline: (65) 64 16 3652 E-mail: concerts@M2us.com www.M2us.com Ticket Outlets: Sembawang Music Centre Cineleisure
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  • BT motoring
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      Lock icon Hyundai distributor under car-value tax probe
      604 8  -  psli exclusive! Komoco files seized in drawn-out probe but no one called in for questioning yet AM reports by CHRISTOPHER TAN THE Customs Excise Department (CED) is investigating Hyundai distributor Komoco for suspicion of underdeclaration of vehicle values a tax-evasion offence punishable by jail,
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      Lock icon Komoco's car stocks at a high of 7 months
      311 8 KOMOCO'S vehicle inventory has ballooned to about 2,500 units or more than seven months' stock, going by this year's sales. Most car companies hold about three months' stock. The bulk of the Hyundai cars are said to be stored at ports
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Lock icon Holiday cut in ERP charges
        102 8 v* 11 n reuucea iramc expected in the coming school holidays, the Land Transport Authority will cut electronic road-pricing (ERP) charges for June. From May 28, ERP rates will be 50 cents lower at several points. These are: Central Expressway (7.30-8 am); East Coast Parkway
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        Lock icon Eckrodit to head Mitsubishi Motors
        122 8 WHEN Mitsubishi Motors shareholders gather next month for their annual meeting, they will approve the r 1 viiiviiun ui §/i C3IUCIU Ul Rolf Eckrodt (right), the executive sent by DaimlerChrysler to revive the ailing Japanese carmaker. The Financial Times said he will replace Takashi Sonobe,
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        Lock icon GM to set op China joint venture
        100 8 GENERAL Motors plans to set up a joint venture with China's seventh largest vehicle maker by June, gaining a foothold in what it says is a potentially lucrative market for mini-vans and mini-trucks. Reuters reported that the US giant is in the final
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        Lock icon Ford recalls retired CFO
        129 8 ruKiJ Motor announced a shuffling of its management on Monday, which included bringing back a retired executive to be chief financial officer— his former job, reported AP. In his first news conference as financial officer, Allan Gilmour, 67, broke with Ford's criticism of the increase in
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        Lock icon Honda to integrate NEC unit
        95 8 HONDA Motor and NEC Corp have reached an agreement to integrate NEC's vehicle electronic control unit with that of the Honda group. Through this agreement, Honda aims to strengthen its vehicle control electronics operations in response to the increasingly advanced nature of vehicle electronic technologies.
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      • Article
        Lock icon 7-Eleven to sell cashcards
        57 8 NEED a cashcard for ERP (electronic road-pricing)? Now you can get one at any of 7-Eleven's 160 stores. This brings the number of cashcard distribution points in Singapore from 106 to 266. Users can also top up their card value at the stores or pay for
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        Lock icon Most Michelin staff accept shares
        104 8  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan OF the 170 Michelin employees in Singapore who were offered Michelin shares, 146 have accepted. The 85 per cent subscription rate ranked second highest, behind only Brazil. Singapore, Japan and Thailand were the three Asian countries which were involved in this
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      Lock icon Auto parts a new growth engine
      469 8 TWO years ago. automotiverelated sales accounted for only 7 per cent of precision engineering group Armstrong Industrial's business. But now the figure is close to 12 per cent of turnover a whopping 70 per cent increase. The company sees this growing to 15 per
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      93 8 New Beginnings Nominations for the 2002 eso.startup awards are now open. To be eligible, a company must: j t I be a privately-held enterprise be under 5 years old W £t (from date of incorporation) have a strong nexus f t° Singapore* have at least 1 year of yjß audited
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      13 8 For the latest open market value rates of passenger care, go to http://app.interneLgov.sg/scripts/lta/3_2_OMV.asp
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      Lock icon Exceeding expectations
      823 9  -  In just two years, BMW has emerged as sole challenger to Ferrari's stranglehold on the F1 cup. bebe HuarrzscH looks at how it's progressed from storming upstart to seasoned champ HEIKE HIENTZSCH The writer is a freelance journalist specialising in motorsports. She also prepares motorsports press releases for
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      Lock icon What people are saying about Ferrari's controvorsial team orders during the last race
      289 9 I have been a Ferrari fan for 47 years and usually a onetwo result would have me out in the streets dancing but frankly we all feel sick at this result Ferrari has betrayed us and all
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      Lock icon Brazilian Bernoldi relives his moment of glory
      777 9 His Monaco moment came when he kept Coolthard behind him for 41 laps Reuters [LONDON] Enrique Bernoldi remains unrepentant a year on from the race that got him noticed in Formula One. The young Brazilian stood out in Monaco last year when he
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    • PIT Stop
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        Lock icon Ffoe British F1 teams join forces
        119 9 FIVE British-based Formula One teams have joined forces in a company to represent their interests in the future running of the sport. Neil Johnson, head of Grand Prix Teams (GPT), said Williams, McLaren, Jordan, British American Racing and Arrows are involved. The company was
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        Lock icon da Matta in F1 test with Toyota
        133 9 D KA/.ILJ aiN uristiano da Matta, currently third in the US CART championship, had his first Formula One test with Toyota last Friday. "I am very impressed with this experience," da Matta said after 97 laps in the TFIO2 at the southern French
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        Lock icon Schumacher to keep Swiss home
        98 9 MiLnAfiL acnumacher will keep his family home in Switzerland despite failing in an attempt to build his dream ranch in the hamlet ofWolfhalden. Environmentalists put up stiff resistance to re-zoning some of the property on a wooded hilltop where the Schumacher family wanted to build
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        Lock icon Setc gets clean bill of health
        157 9 JAPAN'S Takuma Sato (above) was released from hospital after tests showed he suffered no injuries in a major crash at the Austrian Grand Prix. "Really I am totally okay," Sato was quoted as saying. "My legs and knees are a little sore but that's
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        Lock icon Irvine: Ferrari made wrong decision
        159 9 FERRARI was wrong to deprive Rubens BarricheUo of victory in the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix but Michael Schumacher should not be blamed, according to the world champion's former team mate Eddie Irvine. "Ferrari missed the big picture when it ordered Rubens BarricheUo to move
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        Lock icon Bookies to pay lor Barrichello win
        107 9 SNAI, Italy's largest sports betting agency, has said it will pay punters who bet that Rubens BarricheUo would win the Austrian Grand Prix. Brazilian BarricheUo led the race from the start but slowed under team orders aUowing Michael Schumacher, the world champion and leader
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        Lock icon Heidfeld collects coveted Porsche
        60 9 NICK Heidfeld of the Swiss Sauber Team fulfilled a childhood dream a few days before his 25th birthday on May 10. He collected his first Porsche—a 463-horsepower 911GT2. "When I read the first test reports about the GT2, it became clear that the GT2 was the
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        Lock icon Championship hopes dim: Montoya
        96 9  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan JUAN Pablo Montoya (left) does not think he can win the Formula One championship with his current car but believes that with new parts his Williams model can perform more like champion Ferrari. "At the moment with what we've got it will
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Dangerous to extend curbs on auditors
      822 10  -  ■BTTTq 1 bottom line OPINION david mason The writer was a partner in an international accounting firm in Singapore for 14 years. He is now a business consultant in the United Kingdom. He contributed this article to BT. THE accepted definition of an auditor
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      50 10 'Men are supposed to embody power. What could embody passivity more than modelling?' StoeDwnan advertising executive, on the use of male models The Taliban even banned kite-flying. What were they worried about? Someone might discover electricity?' jerry TV comedian, on the killjoy policies of the ex-Afghan rulers.
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      Lock icon Subcontinent on the brink of war
      647 10 EDITORIAL TENSE at the best of times, the situation on the border between India and Pakistan has now assumed dangerous, even alarming, proportions. This calls for urgent diplomacy to simmer things down not only on the part of the two nuclear-armed rival* themselves, but
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      Lock icon Credit derivatives and lawyers emerge winners
      1201 10  -  The US corporate debacle shows integration of credit derivatives into risk management systems and backroom support is key By Tan Chin Hwee The writer is an ex-fund manager currently on sabbatical in Yale EVEN before Shakespeare penned the admonishment "neither a borrower nor a
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      Lock icon Enemies of reform in Congress
      704 10  -  COMMENTARY Washington should follow the advice it likes giving Asia By Paul Kingman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT "I WOULD suggest to you that the single most important innovation shaping (America's) capital market was the idea of generally accepted
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      122 10 A New Dining, Experience For A Maharaja V at the refuibished MADRAS NEW VJOODLANDS 12 14 Upper Dickson Road With the opening of our newly upgraded premises, you can enjoy the fine art of Indian vegetarian dining in a royally exotic ambience Topping this exquisite experience is the touch of
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      Lock icon MAS clarifies position on card payments
      206 11  -  Vasuki Shastry Director (Corporate Communications) Planning, Policy and Communications Department Monetary Authority of Singapore I REFER to your article "MAS okays Amex card downpayment for homes plan" (BT, May 17). The article suggested that the Monetary Authority of Singapore had approved Amex's scheme to
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      Lock icon Investors will be wary of SingPost
      645 11  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to your article "Sing Post may be floated soon in one of Singapore's biggest IPOs" by Conrad Rstf (BT, May 14) and to the letter "Cautionary tale for Sing Post" by Paul Thompson (Mailbag, May 15). Mr Raj's article said:
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      Lock icon Govt land sales will stay main method
      452 11  -  Mary Ann Mendis (Ms) Ang Hwee Suan (Ms) WE REFER to the article "Why land sales won't be the same" by Lee Han Shih (BT, May 7). The article implied that the government was undermining the property market and the established system of
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  • FOCUS enterprise
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      1114 12  -  A promise to his mother spurs medical hall owner Cheng Pei Fong to not only continue the business, but also expand it locally and regionally, says adeldie chia ADELINE CHIA CHENG Pei Fong isn't your usual shopkeeper. Of course, he haggles expertly in Mandarin over the price
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      519 12 LUCK favours those who try, says Cheng Pei Fong, as he recounts how he clinched the deal with Sanjiu, better known by its trademark 999. On a trip to Beijing to re-estab-lish contact with suppliers, he chanced on a television programme one morning
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      338 13  -  It asks for four seats on TRI board, says a hostile takeover is nnlikely From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TELEKOM Malaysia has requested four seats on the board of Technology Resources Industries in its bid to seek a friendly merger of the
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      336 13  -  From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur TIME dot Com, viewed by many as the underdog in the race for one of three thirdgeneration spectrum licences up for grabs in Malaysia, stands a "very fair chance" in the government tender which closes
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      227 13 [SINGAPORE] The world has an obligation to assist East Timor as it tackles its immense economic and social problems, Professor S Jayakumar told the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Addressing the Public Meeting on East Timor at the Security Council, the Singapore
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      421 14 HONGKONG It cites weakening of their financial*, property glut's impact on earnings recovery Bloomberg CHEUNG Kong (Holdings) Ltd may face a ratings-cut and six other Hong Kong property developers had their credit ratings or outlooks cut by Standard Poor's on concern a real-estate glut
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      63 14 AP [HONG KONG] Unemployment in Hong Kong has risen to a record 7.1 percent, officials said yesterday in a report that warned the number of jobless could stay high in the near term. The unemployment rate for Feb-April compared with the previous record of
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      253 14 MANILA Mo threat of sanctions against former president AFP FORMER Philippine president Fidel Ramos has been asked to testify at a Senate inquiry into whether power contracts signed during his term caused overly high electricity rates, officials said yesterday. A letter from
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      135 14 MANILA Reuters THE Philippine capital and wide areas of the main island of Luzon were blacked out by a power cut yesterday, forcing the stock exchange to close early and leaving thousands of rail commuters stranded. Employees of the Supreme
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        78 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan Banking Bhd said Ismail Shahudin quit as director of Malaysia's biggest lender. Separately, Malaysia Mining Corp, which is controlled by Pennodalan Nasional, said Mr Ismail will assume the position of group chief executive from Aug 1. In March, Malaysia Mining said it
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        93 14 Bloomberg u ajvaktaj Indonesia raised its forecasts for economic growth and the currency, saying that a more stable political environment would encourage investment A draft Budget for 2008 predicted economic growth of 6 per cent, compared with a previous forecast of up to 5 per cent
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        110 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian banking group Commerce Asset Holding yesterday said it was "reasonably optimistic" about winning its bid for Indonesia's Bank Niaga. "We think we can bid fair price few the bank and I think we can bring great opportunity to improve the
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        56 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd, Malaysia's second biggest plantations group, said in a statement that four directors resigned, <iwi«wMng its head of finance and corporate services. No reasons were given for their resignations. The four are Mohd Abu Bakar Mohd Nor, Ghazali Awang, Siti
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      115 14 BANGKOK Reuters THE Thai Parliament yesterday dropped a proposal to set a maximum five percentage point spread for commercial bank interest rates, in a move likely to be welcomed by financial markets. A committee rejected the proposal by eight votes to six
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      426 16 SHANGHAI Bet is that speculation curbs will fuel baying of existing shares Bloomberg CHINESE stocks had their biggest rally in 16 weeks yesterday as domestic investors bet a new rule cracking down on speculation in initial public offerings would channel money into existing
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      294 16 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China said it's hard to be excited about enforcing market opening measures following its entry into the World Trade Organization after the US raised agricultural subsidies and levied tariffs on imported steel. "Psychologically, I feel the kind of protectionist measures taken
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      288 16 CHDTA FORAYS But they'd still have to nod from Bering Dow Jones Newswires Bloomberg [TAIPEI] The Ministry of Finance will consider allowing more local banks to open representative offices in China, said Finance Minister Lee Yung-san yesterday. However, just two out of the
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      Lock icon Motorola, Nokia top 10 China exporters
      168 16 Dow Jones Newswires [BEIJING] The China operations of telecommunications equipment makers Motorola and Nokia were among the country's 10 largest exporters last year, according to a list published yesterday in state-run media. Based on Customs statistics, Motorola (China) Electronics was China's fifthlargest exporter in
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        84 16 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's central bank is requiring domestic banks and foreign lenders operating on the mainland for the first time to disclose earnings to the public once a year. The Peoples Bank of China, in a statement on its website, said local banks, Sino-foreign
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        65 16 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's love affair with mobile phones shows no signs of abating, with official figures showing 86 per cent of the territory's 6.7 million population owning a handset. Figures from the Office of the Telecommunications Authority showed yesterday that the number
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        63 16 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine Stock Exchange completed a probe of Filinvest Land Inc, the nation's largest builder of affordable homes, for possible trading irregularities and will ask regulators to investigate ftirther. The exchange as early as this week will send results of its investigation to
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        58 16 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Citic Ka Wah Bank Ltd, Hong Kong's fourth-largest publicly traded bank, said it will complete its merger with the operations of HKCB Bank Holding Ltd by July. The lender, controlled by China's biggest investment company, bought the banking business of HKCB
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        53 16 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's petrochemical giant Formosa Plastics Group plans to invest NT$l5O billion (517.8 billion) in China to build a petrochemical zone, a report said yesterday. The 1,100 hectare zone in Ningbo, Jiangsu province would include a PVC venture worth US$43 million, the Economic
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        62 16 Bloomberg IttbiJLNtrj Lnina Putian Corp, the nation's biggest telecommunications equipment maker, plana to raise about US$l billion from an initial share sale later thin year, bankers involved in the sale said. The company hasn't decided how many shares to sell or if its shares will
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      522 17  -  China an economic threat, bat S-E Asia most find niche From l Anthony Rowley in Tokyo CHINA will eventually come to dominate regional and even global markets for many manufactured goods, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad suggested yesterday. He argued before a
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      358 17  -  The two sign MOU and launch study on potential benefits From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND and Australia have agreed to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) within three years to take their "natural partnership" to new heights, trade officials said.
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      272 17 MUMBAI Diplomat says two nuclear nations 'very close 9 to war Bloomberg AFP AP INDIAN shares tumbled as Indian and Pakistani troops traded heavy fire for a fifth day across the border, fuelling fears the nucleararmed neighbours are headed for war. India's
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      2019 18  -  His assertiveness over a broad front marks growing strength as well as vulnerability, says TAMO RAZALIKASSDK YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer is BT's regional annlvsis prlitnr ON THE eve of a symbolically significant visit to the United States. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad did the unthinkable. He shook
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      475 18 •I THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO (1) JEEVES AUTOMOTIVE SBMCES PTE LTD (2) AB LEASMG PTE LTD (In Mantes' Voluntary Uqudaton) At the respective Extraordinary General Meetng oI the above-named Companies deemed to be held on 17 May 2002 tt« totomng resolutions were cU > passed as
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      149 18 In the matter of M BOLD FRIENDS PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company, duly convened and held at 336 Smith Street #06-308 New Bridge Centre Singapore *****6 on 18th May 2002 at 8.30 a.m., the following SPECIAL RESOLUTION
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      548 19 SEC sues Ernst Young for alleged ethics lapse NEW YORK Firm accused of having 7-yr business partnership with client People Soft AP CONCERNED about the erosion of auditor indepen dence, securities regulators sued Ernst Young on Monday, accusing the firm of violating ethics rules by having a seven-year business partnership
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      335 19 HOUSTON Jurors watch video of him instructing audit managers AP JURORS in Arthur Andersen's obstruction trial watched a video on Monday in which audit team managers were told destroying documents before litigation is filed is "great" because "whatever
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      349 20 BRUSSELS Central bank may boost interest rates to fight European inflation which reached 2.4% in April Bloomberg Reuters EUROPEAN Central Bank president Wim Duisenberg yesterday said inflation is surpassing the bank's expectations, suggesting that the ECB may boost interest rates for the first time
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      301 20 TOKYO Members also said Japan should end borrowing binge Bloomberg JAPAN should cut personal income taxes and offer companies tax credits to help pull the economy out of recession, members of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's economic panel said yesterday. The government needs to lower tax
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      203 20 FRANKFURT Reuters THE global economy, led by the United States, bottomed out last winter but the US economy is also a source of key risks to the worldwide upswing, the Bundesbank said yesterday. The German central bank also said in its May monthly report
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        76 20 Gold fires to 27 month fixing high Reuters [LONDON] Gold vaulted to its highest fix in more than two years yesterday, as investors continued to turn their backs on US dollar assets and searched for protection in case tension in the Middle East or Indian subcontinent escalates. Gold was set
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        83 20 Bloomberg [PARIS] Vivendi Universal shares rose as much as 6 per cent in early European trading on speculation the world's second largest media company could be broken up and sold. The stock gained 1.9 euros to 33.85, valuing the company at 36.8
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        90 20 Bloomberg [wej w YUKK.J Citigroup Inc has set up a foreign exchange trading system with Instinet Group Inc. The new venture, to be called Instinet FX Cross, will make anonymous trades of large amounts of currencies at a preset price twice a day, the companies
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        53 20 Reuters lo u hNUb AIRES] Argentina's hopes of winning vital IMF aid faltered on Monday as its largest province of Buenos Aires back-tracked on vows to slash spending and the government takeover of three French-controlled banks fanned fears the financial system could be closer to
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      543 22 FRANKFURT New Swiss CEO takes over; over half of new exco are non-Germans NYT TEN years ago, it never would have occurred to anyone that a Swiss citizen could end up running a German powerhouse like Deutsche Bank. Today, the
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      798 23  -  Byi Genevieve Cua TO anticipate your need for healthcare coverage, surely a pillar in financial planning, you should step back and review the "pieces of cover" you already have, as Cornerstone Planners managing director Michael Lee says. You should also recognise, says i-Benefits director
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      981 23  -  markets By] Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Asia Insider. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai AFTER reaching a mid-week high of 1,747.32 points on May 15, the Straits Times Index closed lower at 1,724.57 points on Monday. This is down slightly
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      773 23 SINGAPORE ACADEMY TRAINING ARM OF THE INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS OF SINGAPORE J presents Taxation Workshop on Business Implications Arising from The Proposed Corporate I Tax Reforms (Budget 2002) Workshop Objective This workshop is designed to provide a broad analysis of the potential corporate tax costs or benefits to
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      1224 24  -  Misconceptions about insurance coverage could leave many saddled with large bills well beyond their ability to pay, reports oiamvmvn cua GENEVIEVE CUA HOW much medical insurance is enough? This is probably a question that comes up most frequently among those who seek advice on medical protection.
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      782 24  -  -J I comment YOUR MONEY HMediShield is to be groomed as a nationwide portable medical scheme, its shortcomings have to be addressed first genevieve cua HEALTH Minister Lim Hng Kiang's announcement in Parliament on Monday that major changes are afoot for Medisave and MediShield bears
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      631 25  -  -By Catherine Ong THAT'S the challenge for Singapore's financial industry today as the worst recession since Independence conspired with sluggish regional economies to drive down business. The outlook has not been so murky for years. Layoffs, rising loan defaults, a moribund capital market and foreign bank
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      2546 26  -  John Palmer, the former superintendent of financial institutions at Canada's Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore as deputy managing director on Feb 1. In his first media interview here, he and Teo Swee Lian, MAS head for planning, policy
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      335 53 [SINGAPORE] The Victorian State Government has shelved plans to build a third container terminal at Australia's busiest port, saying Melbourne "is not yet ready to accommodate a third stevedore operator". However, the port is set to gain a deeper draft
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      808 54  -  STRAIT TALK -By] David Hughes THE good news on piracy is that the hijacked tanker Han Wei was recovered last week. It was boarded by the Royal Thai Navy after investigations by the shipping crime agency International Maritime Bureau (1MB) had located
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        634 64 Carty moots mandatory arbitration if contract talks hit standstill Reuters [DALLAS] The head of the world's largest air carrier, American Airlines, said on Monday he wants a radical change in a decades-old labour law so that mandatory arbitration would take place
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        334 64 Talks could lead to Dragonair and Eva getting bigger market share Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong will resume air talks with Taiwan this week and both are optimistic of striking a deal to expand flight services on Asia's most popular route by
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        309 64 Finnish carrier expects demand to improve despite first quarter loss Reuters [HELSINKI] Finnish national carrier Finnair said yesterday it expected to make an operating profit in 2002 despite sliding to a first-quarter loss, due in part to weak business class demand as the sector slowdown continued.
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        200 64 AP [SEATTLE] A jury decided that aircraft builder Boeing Co and aerospace parts manufacturer Honeywell Inc are not liable for health problems suffered by 26 current and former Alaska Airlines flight attendants. The attendants alleged that faulty aircraft and parts designs allowed toxic fumes
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        293 64 Reuters [HOUSTON] Continental Airlines, the country's fifthlargest air carrier, said on Monday it will improve its coach-class food on transAtlantic flights, but plans to start charging international travellers who order liquor to help pay for the better meals. Houston-based Continental said it will
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        216 64 Bloomberg (SYDNEY] Qantas Airways filled more of its available seats with paying passengers in March as Australia's largest airline increased domestic capacity by more than two-filths. Sydney-based Qantas filled 82.7 per cent of its seats in March, up from 74.9 per cent in the
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        154 64 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, said it entered into a 40-year lease agreement for a site at Brisbane airport to expand its maintenance operations there. The new heavy maintenance facility, which will be built on the 110,000 square-metre site, will initially employ 380
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      19 53 Air Freight For more on the pick up in air cargo, read our Air Freight supplement on May 30
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