The Business Times, 5 July 2002

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) *****/2002 j imorr.et: http://business-times.asial.com.sg SINGAPORE FRIDAY. JULY 5, 2002 E5O
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  • 67 1 FOREX RATES uss ss US$ (S$ per USS) L770 X(US$/S$ per 2) 1124 ION EURO(USI/SS/E). 0J7I 1.728 DM 2214 1J&2 YEN .129.2 47.90 RM; 1800 1147 HKS 7JM 4407 BAHT 41JO 2148 RUPIAH 8j87t 1»1> PUME SATES SINGAPORE* Ul KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 BONO KONG Lift JAMTTA »D0 TAIPH— 8.826
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  • 666 1  -  Pelepas boss cites agility and high productivity as its strength By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has shrugged off PSA Corporation's package of measures to boost its competitiveness announced last week, saying the Johor port already offers container
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  • 583 1  -  New immigration policy targets professionals From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG KONG is adopting a new immigration policy to attract more mainland talent, in a move which experts say may help the territory compete better against Shanghai. The new policy was announced by
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  • 532 1  -  It now ties with Bering at 13th spot, says survey By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Singapore is now a relatively cheaper city for expatriate families, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (ElU)'s latest worldwide cost of living rankings. The survey also sees, for
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  • 625 1  -  It includes housing and healthcare elements By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Contrary to what many critics claim, Singapore's targeted Central Provident Fund contribution rate of 40 per cent is not as high as it seems, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has
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    • 576 2  -  i'-ti exclusive They are wary of having to compete with previous owners analysts Prom\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S massive US$l7 billion (Ss3o billion) loan sale programme is generating a lot of interest among domestic investors but foreign investors are by and
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    • 364 2  -  CHARTER It's buy with fftHntlidatitm, fixed-line rell eat, listing preparations By\ Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore's third telco, Star Hub, has too much on its plate right now to think about expanding overseas. "While we are no way going to go against the wishes of
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    • 403 2 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings' latest plans for companies under its wing will not reverse the declining business of investment banks like Morgan Stanley and ÜBS Warburg any time soon, analysts say. Temasek Holdings, the government's investment arm, said on Wednesday that it would retain majority
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    • 473 2  -  By Chua Hui Min [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings appears to have confirmed speculation It may want to exit its majori-ty-owned firms Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and ST Assembly Test Services (Stats), some analysts believe. Responding to reporters' questions on whether the government should get out
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    • 156 2 IN The Business Times of July 2, 2002, under the article "IDA won't appeal ruling in (388 m Sing Tel case", there appeared the following paragraph: "Lawyers declined to comment on the impact of such a big loss for Mr Singh and his firm, Drew Napier. 'Lawyers get it
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 166 2 THE fur is flying as rival telcos Ml and Star Hub each employ the services of Sparky the dog in their continuing battle to out-bark each other. Sparky, a three-year-old Jack Russell terrier, appeared in two advertisements in the Ramp newspaper yesterday—one singing the praises of Ml,
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      • 82 2 TECHNOLOGY is said to make people less personal, but that hasn't stopped the seemingly endless flow of new-tech novelty ideas. The Prisons Department said yesterday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Enterprise Challenge (the Prime Minister's Office) for a one-year pilot project that will enable jail
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      • 79 2 WHILE we're on the Net... the Singapore Exchange said yesterday it has fixed a website link that directed users to a porn site. Until Wednesday, people interested in Avaplas, a Singapore-based company that specialises in plastic injection mouldings, were directed instead to China Girl Wild World Web. The
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      • 52 2 in a recent bt Online poll, we asked if WorldCom's impact on the markets would be short-lived. This is how our readers voted. Yes, buying opportunities will emerge: 29% No, itH shake confidence further in the market: 30% Who can predict the market these
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 480 3  -  OMOtauKyuv set op spearhead regional drive By. David Boey ONE of Singapore's oldest road builders, OKP Holdings, has set up a technical management arm to help it pursue transport infrastructure projects in three regional countries. The consultancy arm, OKP Technical
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    • 388 3 Move aimed at curbing stock manipulation, say industry sources Dow Jones News wires THE Singapore Exchange has begun to push companies seeking to list their shares, to offer a larger percentage of shares to retail investors, a move aimed at limiting stock manipulation, industry
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    • 748 3  -  I!WJ lock siew kalpana rashiwala THE just-ended reporting season for listed retailers with March year-ends has once again put CK Tang under the spotlight. Whereas the likes of Isetan, Metro, Courts and Sincere Watch all managed to make money, CK Tang lost money again. The
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    • 599 4  -  Tycoon's Camerlin says unnamed party expressed interest in 22% stake By Serena Ng BIL International soared 7 per cent yesterday in frenzied trading of over 30 million shares as investors expect tycoon Quek Leng Chan to offload his stake
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    • 630 4  -  Attraction is dividend yield, diversification By\ Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND'S shopping centre trust whose initial public offer was relaunched this week yesterday received good support from Standard Poor's, which gave a "subscribe/buy" recommendation. The rating agency has al- so forecast a 12-month price target
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    • 503 4  -  By\ Siow Li Sen NOW is the time to get into Asian stock markets, particularly South-east Asia's, as valuations are low, liquidity is high and domestic demand and investment are rising, said a fund manager. "Money is moving back into South-east Asia
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 117 4 Bloomberg WrWlfcnufiactuiing's shares rose 5.3 per cent to a recent peak of 48.5 cents yesterday on speculation the acquired. About 31.7 million shares were traded— more than seven times the six-month daily average of 4.2 million—making the stock the most actively traded on the
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      • 46 4 HERSING Corporation has entered into an agreement with Sanyo Asia to buy a property at Kallang Way for 16 million Hersing IntenHo use the property to provide self-storage services for third parties, an activity it believes wm generate satisfoctocy Income in thakngnm. H
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      • 57 4 MAnurALiuKiwb integration Technology wanned yesterday that it aipecta an interim FY2002 net loas despite a better revenue performance than In S second-half2ool. Soft market conditions and weak external demand for semiconductor back-ehd equipment are the main reasons for the projected interim loss, it said. The group
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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    • 269 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WAR&AMT By Ven Sreenivasan ABOUT two months ago, this column highlighted the stock of main board listed Eastern Asia Technology (Eastech). Eastech is the world's biggest ODM/OEM supplier of sound systems and audio-visual equipment. It makes speakers and home-the-atre
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    • 751 6  -  I ~-ii comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IF you're looking for a simple description of the stock market yesterday, how about this "Plain Vanilla, Reverse Robin Hood"? We'll get to the plain vanilla part later and start with the reverse Robin Hood bit. Yup, as you
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    • 847 6 Thin trading ahead of US Independence Day; cancans persist ever accounting scandals AFP. Reuters [TOKYO] The US dollar flaw against major currencies yesterday on shortcovering ahead of the US Independence Day holiday but the unit remained pressured by concerns over the impact of corporate accounting scandals, dealers
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 527 7  -  Better sentiment sees new projects and relaunches being offered Byi Vince Chong DEVELOPERS have been steadily pushing out new projects and relaunches in the past month, mainly on the back of Centrepoint Properties' successful Cote d'Azur launch, consultants say. At least
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    • 267 7 RAFFLES TOWN CLUB SUZI THE Raffles Town Club class action suit was heard in the judge's chambers yesterday, as the plaintiffs are seeking to widen the scope of their applications, defence counsel K Shanmugam told reporters. Mr Shanmugam, who represents the defendants RTC
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    • 220 7  -  the economy prices -Bl Eugene Low THE prices of locally manufactured commodities fell again in May, according to Department of Statistics data released yesterday. The Manufactured Products Price Index slipped 3.1 per cent year-on-year, steeper than April's 2.1 per cent fall. Excluding oil products,
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    • 314 7  -  exclusive By Kalpana Rashiwala TEMASEK Holdings is said to be looking at moving its offices from Temasek Tower in Shenton Way to the re-cently-completed Atrium@Orchard complex above the new Dhoby Ghaut interchange station, sources have told BT. The government investment holding company's leases on
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    • 190 7  -  By 1 Vince Chong BUSINESS park and industrial space provider Ascendas is set for a multi-million-dollar IT complex joint venture project in Madras, India. The JTC Corp subsidiary said yesterday it has inked a memorandum of understanding with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, to
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    • 155 7 THE Singapore Land Authority has appointed JTC Corporation its master tenant for Chip Bee Gardens, a mixed project across the road from bustling Holland Village. JTC, which took up its new role on Monday this week, said yesterday the 15hectare project will provide
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    • 175 7 BENTLEY FOR THOSE WHO KNOW, THE NAME SAYS IT ALL THE NEW BENTLEY ARNACE T. EXTREME POWER. EXCEPTIONAL LUXURY. HPPSH^I IT'S A BENTLEY. IT'S AN ARNACE. WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT THIS EXTRAORDINARY CAR? The result of a three-year project, the Arnage T is a refreshing take on
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 721 8  -  I bottom line OPINION g panicker The writer is a journalist with BT's Foreign Desk SUDDENLY, it seems, President George W Bush has decided to fight US corporate manipulators. An ostensibly outraged Mr Bush has ordered an inquiry into World Com, the telco that last
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    • 77 8 'Everyone told me I would get rich down south but I discovered all I'm doing here is suffering.' -Soogßufug a 20-year-old Chinese farm worker, who had drifted to southern China in search of work. 'Bush, Cheney and Harvey Pitt like to preach CEO responsibility, but when it
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    • 640 8 EDITORIAL Tnii new cnarter oflemasek Holdings, unveiled this week, spells out the official word on whether the Singapore government will get out of the private sector: It won't Proponents of the "government and business don't mix" school will surely be disappointed. They argue that governments do
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    • 1239 8  -  If a new law is passed soon, Japanese towns, cities and prefectures could gain independence from the strong grip of the Tokyo bureaucracy, with services getting a boost From* Anthony Rowley The writer isßT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo JAPAN has gone "zoning" mad.
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    • 515 8 THE only thing left to do for the white farmers in Zimbabwe now is probably to pack their bags and leave the country. With the ban on working that began on Tuesday, that is all they can do. They are losing their land, their houses, their animals, all the
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    • 443 9  -  Wendy Lim Director Regional Head of Marketing. Asia/Pactfic Citigroup Asset Management I AM writing to highlight the inaccuracies in your report "Only Citigroup fund exposed to US 'Toxic 4' (BT, July 2) and the biased negative coverage of Citigroup Asset Management. The
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    • 414 9  -  DA LOSS Ho Swee Huat Singapore THE $388 million loss by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) is one big expensive mistake ("IDA won't appeal ruling in $388 m Sing Tel case", BT, July 2). The IDA said: "This was an isolated mistake and not the result
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    • 1408 10 ASSETS LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY I In mlWoiß of euros it 31 December 2001 2000 In millions of euro,at3l post office banks 3.489 8140 I b^=r e,inS,rUmentS(note6) Total interbank ami money market items 271,574 *****1 Total Interbank and »*»oney market items 220,296 196,255 j Customer items (note 5): Customer items
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 491 11 KUALA LUMPUR Resolution of board tussle paves way for merger of TRI, Telekom units Dow Jones Newswtres Reuters MALAYSIA'S Technology Resources Industries Bhd yesterday said it has appointed Munir Abdul Majid as chairman of the firm. Mr Munir, 54, is a former
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    • 436 11 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has indicated that Defence Minister Najib Razak could be the new second-in-com-mand in the government after his deputy Abdullah Ahmad Badawi takes over next year. "Actually if I'm no longer prime minister, Pak
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    • 416 11 KUALA LUMPUR Move comes after cosmetics giant decides not to renew franchise Reuters JAPAN'S cosmetics giant Shiseido Co Ltd has been slapped with a lawsuit by its Malaysian distributor alter Shiseido decided not to renew the franchise, citing a fall in sales
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    • NOTE Book
      • 74 11 AFP [HONG KONG] The number of Hong Kong property deals roee 9.3 per cent in the first half 0f2002 compared with the same period last year, government figures showed yesterday. The Land Registry said it received 47,796 sale and purchase agreements in the
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      • 60 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia yesterday said it expected to complete negotiations later this year to resume several multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects, postponed since Asia's financial crisis. If the negotiations go ahead as planned the projects would come on top of some 14 other infrastructure schemes worth
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      • 82 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Global China Technology Group yesterday said it will ftilly take over the newspaper business of Sing Tao Holdings and sell Sing Tao's property assets to a third party for HKSI63A million (5537.1 million). Global China holds 74.5 per cent of
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      • 73 11 Dow Jones Newswires ItvUALA lumpur] Max is Communications will be listed on the main board on Monday, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said yesterday. The company sold 420 million shares to foreign and local institutional investors at RM4.85 each, and 252 million to retail
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    • 449 12 SHANGHAI Deal lb to prodnce gas and build 4,000 km pipeline from Xinjiang to the east Reuters, Bloomberg AFP MAJOR western oil companies Shell, ExxonMobil and others yesterday Anally signed a pact with PetroChina on a USS2O billion project to produce gas and
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    • 406 12 TAIPEI US, Europe, Japan electronic firms torn to island's manufacturers AFP CUT-THROAT competition among US, European and Japanese electronics firms has led to a surge in Taiwan's export orders in the three months to May with more manufacturers outsourcing operations to the island,
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    • 213 12 TAIPEI Bloomberg HEWLETT-PACKARD Co, which became the world's biggest personal-computer maker after buying Compaq Computer in May, said it will maintain its spending in Taiwan this year and place orders with the same local suppliers. Hewlett-Packard said it will negotiate better prices
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    • 220 12 HONGKONG Bloomberg HONG KONG will retain an independent committee that approves new stock exchange listings, abandoning a government proposal to scrap the body to simplify listing procedures. The decision follows criticism that Hong Kong Exchanges Clearing Ltd, the company that rims
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  • REGION world
    • 404 14 TOKYO He hints that central bank will continue to sell yen to curb its rise Bloomberg JAPAN'S central bank governor Masaru Hayami yesterday said there is no evidence of a recovery in the world's second-biggest economy, and kept investors on alert for
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    • 210 14 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S financial watchdog said yesterday it was looking into easing restrictions on share trading at bank branches to lure Japanese savers into the battered stock market. But ratings agency Standard and Poor's doubted the move would boost banks' earnings and warned it
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    • 273 14  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S factories are booking more orders, with capacity utilisation hitting more than 59 per cent in May. The Bank of Thailand, which released the figures, said most sectors posted higher utilisation, except construction materials and beverages. The improvement followed
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  • WORLD news
    • 375 17 WORLDCOM FALLOUT Court appoints official to keep an eye on documents and payments Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] World Com Inc goes on trial in March for alleged securities fraud and a seasoned lawyer was appointed on Wednesday to monitor the telecoms group to prevent
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    • 235 17 Bloomberg, Reuters [CLINTON, Mississippi] World Com Inc's former chief financial officer, Scott D Sullivan, fired last week after the firm disclosed US$3.9 billion in hidden expenses, sold U5545.4 million of World Com shares between 1995 and 2000, according to filings with the Securities and
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    • 220 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Justice Department may create a task force of prosecutors to speed up fraud investigations of companies that are accused of misleading investors, government officials said. •The Washington-based team would work with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which lacks
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    • 438 18 FRANKFURT Enrozone rate kept at 3J>% while UK leaves base rate at 40-year low of 4% Bloomberg THE European Central Bank and the Bank of England left borrowing costs unchanged for an eighth month to give the economy more time to
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    • 272 18 Bath carmakers aim to dear 2002 models before replacements arrive Bloomberg [DETROIT] In a sign that top US carmakers are concerned about demand as the US economic recovery slows, General Motors (GM) and Ford Motor have resurrected the zero per cent financing for vehicle
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    • 501 18 WASHINGTON LAT-WP THE White House on Wednesday changed President George Bush's account of his failure to file timely disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission about a 1990 stock trade, as Bush aides sought to distance the president from a wave
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    • 294 18 PARIS Modest global recovery on track as slump ends in Q1 Reuters, AFP A NINE-MONTH slump in world trade levelled out during the first quarter of the year, although it still remained low, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said yesterday. "Compared with
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      • 81 18 AP, AFP [PARIS] The newly appointed chairman of Vivendi Universal, Jean-Rene Fourtou, confirmed the ww>h<« giant was rocked by a "liquidity crisis" but vowed to restore confidence in a company whose shares lost three-fourths of their value this year. The group said it had 2.8
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      • 79 18 Reuters [LONDON] International settlement house Euroclear and its UK counterpart Crest yesterday said they will merge to form Europe's biggest settlement system for stocks and bonds to slash cross-border trading costs. Termed a merger of equals, the deal sees Euroclear effectively taking over its smaller
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      • 84 18 Dow Jones Newswires TP ALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard Co agreed to pay Compaq Computer Corp shareholders US$2B.6 million under the preliminary settlement of a class-action lawsuit. In the suit filed in 1996, shareholders claimed Compaq executives fail-* to disclose that their quarterly inventories of computers
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      • 47 18 Reuters [STOCKHOLM! Swedish telecoms equipment mwkor Ericsson surged yesterday, in a fourth day of strong gains on fresh rumours It would sell its stake in the Sony Ericsson mobile joint venture. But a company source said no sale was in the cards.—Reuters
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      • 77 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc plans to sell its stake in the Mexican telephone business it owns with World Com Inc, a person familiar with the matter said. The decision to seek a buyer for the 55 per cent of Avantel, acquired as part
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      • 71 18 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp said it offered to sell its 24 per cent stake in unprofitable UK cabte-TV operator Telewest Communications to Liberty Media Corp. The company and subsidiaries Microsoft UK Cable and Microsoft Cable Partnership Holdings offered to sell 636.1 million ordinary shares
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      • 59 18 Bloomberg [PARIS] Credit Agricole denied a report in French daily La Tribune that it's In talks about terms of a bid to take over smaller rival Credit Lyonnais. The banks are studying the possibility of a cash and share offer, the report said. Spokesmen for
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    • 662 19  -  Compiled by Aaron Lye PERFORMANCES Mat (Mar TIm Stan The Singapore Dance Theatre's popular outdoor dance event returns yet again with a selection of new works from the Singapore Young Choreographers Dance Platform, featuring the works of Joanne Lee and Khek Ah Hock. July 19-21 and July 2&28,
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    • 509 21  -  'YTiMama Tamkien'is layered with metaphors By Parvathi Nayar rriE road movie is a genre that, can be a riot. When there's the dual intent of being a teen coming-of-age film as well, there's extra mileage because lots of flesh, lots of sex, lots of raw
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    • 204 24  -  ooßomE kebk finds out how three coffeeshops have re-styled themselves to preserve the local breakfast of kaya toast, half-boiled eggs and a strong cuppa CORINNE KERK KIDS these days may grow up on cereals, jam and toast, or even hearty McDonald's breakfast complete with scrambled eggs, muffins,
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    • 262 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell two points to 1,002, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) dropped seven points to 1,010, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD shed three points to 7,539 and the Baltic Capes ize Index (BCD was up one point to 1,156. Cape Sun (built 1999)
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    • 485 25  -  Strong volumes from new Belgian acquisition boost its global operations by 157% By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation turned in another month of strong growth with its cargo volumes handled in Singapore rising 9.6 per cent over last June's. The
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      • 116 25 laiXMtrAruKisj salvage and towage giant Smit International has issued a profit warning for 2003 due to poorer than expected performances in its salvage and transport heavy lift divisions. While still expected to be profitable, the company no longer expects to match its 2001 profit of
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      • 76 25 [SINGAPORE] South Korea's Busan Port plana to boost its hub status by cstsblishlng an electronic information network to enable all its logistics activities to be accessed online. The system is planned to link Busan port information with a logistics network covering North East Asia. A
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      • 81 25 loufUAruK&j inaias Mumbai and Cochin ports have reportedly refused to act as a port of refuge for distressed tanker Arabian Victory. The dwt tanker Is sailing in ballast off Kochi and is believed to have been abandoned by its owner, leaving its crew without
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    • 230 25 Oana-Antara [BATAM] The Malaysian government is no longer insisting that Indonesian ferry boats calling at Malaysia's Johor Baru international harbour are covered by an International Maritime Organisation (IMO) certificate, local port official said. "Last year, the Malaysian government issued a regulation prohibiting Indonesian
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    • 264 25 [SINGAPORE] Negotiations between shipping lines and the dockworker union on the US West Coast will resume on Monday after both parties agreed to extend the expired labour contract over the July 4 long weekend. The extension keeps the no-strike clause
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    • 202 25 [SINGAPORE] The French Port of Le Havre has joined Singapore, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Canada in signing onto the US Customs Container Security Initiative (CSI). Both French and US customs signed an agreement to develop "operational cooperation in the control of cargoes" between Le Harve
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    • 743 26  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK -By 1 Selva Kumar THE Court of Appeal of New Zealand has reversed its High Court's decision last year that a reference to the Hague Rules package limitation in sterling pounds did not mean that the carrier's liability was to
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    • 86 26 AP [ISTANBUL] Greenpeace activists towing a rubber dinosaur during a protest in Istanbul's Bosporus strait, Turkey. Greenpeace activists float a rubber dinosaur, symbolising the world's outdated oil industry, in a warning of environmental hazards of possible oil spill in Istanbul's Bosporus strait. The protest comes
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      • 639 36  -  But airline official feels carriers rescued by their govts comprise unfair competition By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] One of Europe's leading airlines, Lufthansa, has welcomed the "fair competition from lowcost carriers" but feels frustrated by government bailouts of intercontinental rivals, describing it as as unsustainable
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      • 462 36 It has option to buy another 20 A 320& over next 10 years AFP [AUCKLAND] International carrier Air New Zealand yesterday announced it was acquiring 15 new European Airbus A 320 aircraft and purchase rights on a further 20, exercisable over the next
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      • 297 36 Dow Jones Newswires [WELLINGTON] Australia's Macquarie Bank could target New Zealand's Auckland International Airport (AIA) for a takeover after Macquarie Bank landed the rights to purchase Sydney Airport for A 55.6 billion (555.6 billion). First NZ Capital analyst Rob Bode said in a research note:
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      • 411 36 But Northwest, Continental, US Airways not matching increase Bloomberg [FORT WORTH, Texas] American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines raised leisure Cares by US$2O round trip in at least the fourth attempt since mid-April to boost ticket prices and help stem losses. Northwest
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