The Business Times, 27 November 2002

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  • 876 1  -  Retail tranche priced at $L 25; IPO well received as telco winds op roadshow By. Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Mobile One, Singapore's second-biggest cellular phone company, said it will offer 600.5 million vendor shares at its initial public offering, priced at $1.32 a
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  • 588 1  -  ETE OK THE ECONOMY Industrial output grows ILB* and suggests early gignsof export nptnrn Byi Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore may be less likely to slip into a double-dip recession after government numbers released yesterday show manufacturing output grew a bet-ter-than-expected 11.8 per cent year-on-year
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  • 632 1  -  Company on track to post US$l Om profit this year By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] Singapore companies which invested in the Suzhou Industrial Park will have to wait a little longer to recoup their money. The park is now aiming
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    • 109 1 Top storiM US 03 growth of 4% stronger than 6xpootdd* Next Page Biggest en bloc site estimated at $200 m will be launched tomorrow. Next Page Larry Wee: Wall Street to call the shots for greenback. Pg 8 Infocomm roadmap largely on track: IDA. Pgl 2 QBH HK govt legalises
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    • 30 1 TJBQ(&growth of 4% stronger than expected. Next Page CREDIT CARD DEFAULTS Will the govt have to step in? AUDREY TAN. Paqe 4 Another protected fund disappoints EXECUTIVE MONEY. Page 24
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    • 423 2 LATEST DATA Bnt economists now worry a winter lull will follow AP, Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US economy, stuck in low gear in the spring, lurched ahead at a brisk 4 per cent annual rate in the summer, a stronger performance than
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 102 2 OEI Hong Leong, who has assembled a stake of more than 23 per cent in takeover target Nat Steel, is now deemed to have an interest of 21.4 per cent in Nat Steel's listed associate, Intraco. In an announcement yesterday, Intraco said Mr Oei's interest
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      • 153 2 ONLY about 15 per cent of the variation in American CEO compensation packages can be explained by differences in company size. And get this: almost no clear pattern is to be found when attempts are made to relate variations to the performance of the companies that
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      • 83 2 IF you've been raving to those back home about the gastronomic delights you've enjoyed in Singapore, here's their chance to try it for themselves in the Big Apple. The Ambassador's Grill at the Millenium Plaza Hotel on 44th Street is hosting a Singapore Food Festival.
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    • 440 2  -  956-year leasehold plot is biggest site offered so far, bat not most expensive By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The biggest en bloc site ever offered here Parkview Condominium at West Coast Park will be launched tomorrow. And the price? An estimated
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    • 418 2 Hikes suggest market may be turning around AP. Reuters, Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Intel Corp plans to raise the price of its chips by as much as 40 per cent, in a sign demand may be growing for flash memory
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    • 187 3 Joint Global Coordinators, Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers: ABN'AMRO ROTHSCHILD \\ciPl')Lir® r Coordinator of the Public Offer: UOB ASIA UMIT€O The Prospectus relating to the Ml IPO I* available tor collection from any Ml Shop, Ml Cuatomer Service Centre or branch of the UOB Group during business hours from
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 382 4  -  Sources expect potential purchase to beat previous deal worth $460 m By: Kalpana Rashiwala THE Ascott yesterday confirmed it is in talks to buy the Citadines serviced apartment chain in Europe comprising 46 properties with more than 5,000 units, mostly in France.
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    • 291 4 Bloomberg PT Astra International shares tumbled after creditors could not vote on the rescheduling of US$BOO million of debt because not enough people attended a Singapore meeting. "We did not get sufficient lenders to get a quorum today," said John Slack, finance
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    • 437 4  -  Its offer is 9 times subscribed; trading starts today By I Serena Ng THE route to a listing under the new prospectus regime went relatively smoothly for TR Networks, the first company to complete its initial public offering under the new rules,
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    • 733 4  -  .hockII.UI-MIM audrey tan IF Hong Kong's experience is anything to go by, banks are willing to take on a huge number of credit card defaults before they start reining in the big spenders. So why is the Singapore government starting
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    • 277 4  -  MAILREEfI Hui Choon Kit General Manager Special Projects Corporate Communications Fraser and Neave Limited WE refer to the Hock Lock Siew column "The Rejuvenation of F&N" (BT, Nov 26). We take issue with the comment "The Titanic is turning", which was attributed to DBS Vickers
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    • 1288 4 Singapore Press W Holdings (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighteenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Auditorium, 1000 Toa Payoh North, News Centre, 1* Storey, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 on Friday, December 13,
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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    • 792 8  -  Aimi.mmm.il CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar yesterday challenged its highest levels in a month against its European counterparts, riding a wave of renewed optimism in Wall Street over the past week. The euro and sterling pound, for example, never quite recovered
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    • 777 8  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy IT would be fair to say the local stock market hit a "soft patch" yesterday a description used recently by US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan in his assessment of the US economy. However, unlike an economic assessment, which is by definition
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 113 9 THE Singapore Exchange yesterday reminded investors who have opted for migration of their Clob shares under Scheme B that they must have a Malaysian Central Depository System (CDS) account for the migration to be successful. The exchange said many investors have left their CDS numbers
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      • 116 9 INVESTORS that use CPF funds to buy Reits will enjoy tax exemption on income from their holdings if such income is returned to their CPF accounts. Ascendas-MGM Funds Management Limited, the manager of the Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust or A-Reit, yesterday said the finance ministry
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      • 45 9 JP Morgan, Salomon Smith Barney and DBS Bank have exercised their over-allotment option to buy up to 40.9 million shares of A-Reit at the issue price of 88 cents. The option was valid within 30 days of trading commencement
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      • 27 9 REED Group Holdings Limited said Choong Hui Yeeng has resigned as a director and chairman and member of the audit committee of the board.
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    • 439 9  -  Penalty for inadvertent non-declaration to hit profit: Isetan By\ Kalpana Rashiwala RETAILER Isetan Singapore yesterday warned that the taxman has slapped a $910,600 penalty on the company, a development which is likely to eat considerably into its current year earnings. The penalty by the
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    • 165 9 Bloomberg HOUR Glass, Singapore's biggest publicly traded watch and jewellery retailer by sales, said profit in the first half of its fiscal year fell a third as profit margins narrowed. Profit in the six months ended Sept 30 fell to $2.2 million
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    • 412 10  -  This is to better manage firm's growth and comply with new corporate governance code Serena Ng INTER-ROLLER Engineering, which provides airports with baggage handling systems, yesterday re-organised its top management in view of expected growth in new markets and to enable it to better comply with the
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    • 343 10  -  Purchase will bring USsl&Bm of contracts and boost earnings By Vince Chong SESDAQ-LISTED interior fit-out firm City Axis Holdings said yesterday it has acquired three Trammel] Crow Savills (TCS) Firms in Hong Kong, Japan and Korea through its 51 per cent owned Hong
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    • 953 11 Keppel beats SembCorp to be analysts' pick for now Keppel shares are up 4®% while the SembCorp stock is down 38% Bloomberg KEPPEL Corp and SembCorp Industries Ltd compete against each other in businesses from shiprepair to engineering and utilities. When it comes to the stock market, Keppel is clearly
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    • 427 11 Initial contribution of $20m in broader corporate citizen role SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) is planning to set up a charity foundation. with an initial contribution of $20 million, as part of its broadening corporate social responsibility to help build a learning
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 609 12  -  Steady progress towards high-speed connectivity heralds By\ Kenneth James THE latest edition of Singapore's infocomm technology (IT) roadmap shows that the vision of pervasive high-speed connectivity in the near future remains largely on track. Further ahead, though, the technology landscape could change in surprising
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    • 336 12  -  Advanced system expected to be deployed here by 2005 By' Tang Weng Fai THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) yesterday released results of a sixmonth trial of an advanced wireless networking system which is expected to be commercially deployed here by 2005. The $600,000
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    • 465 12  -  IBIBUUT nt rtttiuan By Eugene Low THE government's proposed revamp of the upper secondary and junior college (JC) education system should be extended to primary and secondary levels, MPs said in Parliament yesterday. Several raised concerns that the changes, announced in Parliament
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    • PARLIAMENT Briefs
      • 93 12 CAPS on Medisave withdrawals and MediShieki claims will ease next year to the extent that they can ftxlly cover the bills for most subsidised patients who are undergoing coronary angioplasty procedures with stent implants, Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang said. The move, generally, is to allow
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      • 155 12 THE number of maids you can have in your home may soon be capped. Ng Eng Hen, the Minister of State for Manpower, said the government will consider limiting the number of domestic maids a family can employ, in an attempt to curb the rising
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      • 83 12 WORRYING that tattooing procedures carry the risk of transmitting blood-borne diseases like Aids? Well, none of the reported cases involving Human Immuno-Deflciency Virus (HIV) since 1985 has acquired the infection from tattooing procedures in Singapore, according to Health Minister Mm Hng Kiang. So it is
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      • 114 12  -  By\ Chuang Peck Ming GET hitched that's the reply Lim Hng Kiang, who is also Second Finance Minister, offered when asked why single women do not get to enjoy tax rebates on maid levies. In his prepared statement, Mr Lim said that the foreign
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    • 434 12  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala THE Singapore Confederation of Industries said yesterday it would prefer that the 2-percentage point increase in the Goods and Services Tax be imposed in stages instead of at one go if there has to be an increase any time
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    • 274 12  -  Indicative prices said to be $550 psf or $18.6 m in total Byi Andrea Tan EIGHT parcels of freehold shophouses, totalling 29 units, will be launched for sale today. The 29 shophouses are spread across various locations such as Joo Chiat,
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    • 276 12 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPAMES ACT, CHAPTER SO AND M THE MATTER OF ELECTROWATT-EKONO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (M MEMBERS* VOLUNTARY UQUK)AT)ON) NOTICE OF MEMBERS VOLUNTARY UQUCATION Notice is hereby given that at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of the abovenamed company held on 21 November 2002 it was
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 409 13 KUALA LUMPUR It is to return RM954m of assets in dividends and shares Bloomberg EDARAN Otomobil Nasional Bhd said it will return as much as RM954 million (***** million) of assets in dividends and shares to its shareholders as part of a business reorganisation. Malaysia's largest
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    • NOTE Book
      • 142 13 AP, AFP {KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has arrested three members of a terrorist suicide bomb squad involved in a thwarted plot to attack Western embassies in Singapore, officials said yesterday. The trio are among flour members of an Islamic extremist militant group linked to al-Qaeda
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      • 117 13 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR) A faction of Malaysia's key Chinese party is staging what it calls "the biggest dinner in the country's political history" in a show of might after months of uneasy truce between opposing camps. The dinner planned today f0r26,000 people in south-west
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      • 70 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's restaurant receipts fell by 5 per cent to HK$l&3 billion (Ss3 billion) in the third quarter 0f2002 from a year ago, government figures showed yesterday. Chinese restaurants registered the biggest drop in business, with receipts felling 9.1 per
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    • 449 13  -  UEM won't role ont taking its troubled associate private From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur GOVERNMENT-OWNED United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) is set to inject RM4OO million (SslB6 million) into Renong Bhd, but UEM would not rule out the possibility of taking its troubled associate
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    • 218 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he was still in charge of the finance ministry despite the recent appointment of a second finance minister. Dr Mahathir, who has pledged to step down in October 2003, said the
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    • 346 13  -  BTIiVMIIUI'/J Chan Chin Henng sells entire stake in Quantum Aspects From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN businessman Chan Chin Cheung has given up his plan for making a comeback at Multi-Purpose Holdings Berhad (MPHB), which was investigated by the government last year. "I
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    • 354 16 TOKYO Part of efforts to streamline global operations, fight low-cost rivals Reuters JAPAN'S Sony Corp said yesterday it would close an 11-year-old plant in Indonesia that makes stereos and lay off 1,000 workers, as it streamlines global manufacturing operations and battles
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    • 203 16 TOKYO Bloomberg Bridgestone Corp, Asia's largest tyremaker, will invest about 17 billion yen (*****.3 million) to build a new plant in Thailand. The factory, to be located in Chonburi about 50 miles east of Bangkok, will produce radial'tyres for trucks and buses from the
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    • 344 16  -  Economy likely to meet govt's 4-5% full-year forecast From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur ECONOMISTS yesterday said they expect Malaysia to post third-quarter economic growth of 5.5 per cent on average, ahead of the official release of the data by Bank
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 62 16 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's exports rose more than expected in October. Overseas shipments from Hong Kong rose 12.9 per cent from a year earlier to HK1150.5 billion (5534.1 billion), the fifth monthly gain, the government announced. That exceeds September's 10 per cent gowth
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      • 102 16 AFP [HONGKONG] A son of the founder of one ofHong Kong's leading banks has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for multi-million-dollar bank fratkU tt was reported yesterday. Rogerio Lam Sou-Amg, son of the late founder of Hang Seng Bank, Lam Btng-yim,
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      • 55 16 AFP [HONG KONG] Workers putting op Clii K—Hijlits on the Bank of China (BOC) Tower in the central business district of Hong Kong on Monday. BOC plans to close additional branches after closing 20 outlets this year in a bid to boost profit, according to deputy
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      • 85 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India plans to introduce legislation next year that will allow companies greater freedom to fire workers, as it attempts to bars more foreign investment a minister said yesterday. "There can be opposition to this, but we have to see the national interest,"
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      • 61 16 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Chinese industrial companies' profit rose in the first 10 months of the year, helped by smging overseas demand, figures show. Profit rose 1&3 per cent from the same period last year to 437.4 billion yuan (59&6 billion), the National Bureau of Statistics
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      • 68 16 Reuters [BEIJING] State-owned Bank of China said yeetaiday an audit aflts Hong Konc-baaed investment baakbif arm was routine. "Bank of China, as the sole k > shareholder of Bank of China International, has bean ■ending people frequently to condocton-theqpot inspections ofBOCI, which is normal," the
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    • 44 18 SSmi v pwiMfay, ]uMfln| It is bet to faring in button* of doilvs etmw tax revenue to help cover tts Win* Budget deficit po«d papar did not My boo moch tt apicvM to ran nuran soccer wuiug nor AFP
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    • 176 18 TAIPEI Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Commercial Bank of China chairman Lin Tzong-yeong said he does not want to become Taiwan's finance minister after newspapers said he was the frontrunner to replace Lee Yung-san. "I don't want to change my job," Mr Lin told reporters. The
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    • 348 18 I iAIDr LBBKiLBATIOi It rales eat merger with peer Shenzhen in fereeeable future [LONDON] The Shanghai Stock Exchange ruled out on Monday a merger with domestic peer Shenzhen in the forseeable future, saying it looked instead to use the opening up of the market
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    • 165 18 Reuters [HONG KONG] Foreign investors have little interest in China's plan to allow outsiders to trade domestic A shares, with governance standards, high valuations and accounting practices cited as major concerns, according to a ÜBS Warburg survey. The US investment bank said 23
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    • 267 18 BEIJING USs6ob work aims to channel water from south to north AFP WORK on an estimated US|6O-billion project aimed at diverting water from China's south to parched regions in the north is expected to start by the end of the year, state
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 734 14  -  ggQIE^HHH msnnsjjMBj^ OPINION frank ching The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator THE constitution of China's Communist party, revised at the recently convened 16th party congress, elevates President Jjang Zemin to virtually the same level as party founder Mao Zedong and the
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    • 52 14 There's a lot of blood on the hands of South African people. You could almost describe South Africa as a nation of fugitives.' -BkkDeSfctgs a family friend for 20 years of James Kilgore, a former member af the anti-government Symbionese Liberation Jmern W* *fk§itimfor Xymrs, after he
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    • 689 14 EDITORIAL IT will be a welcome Christmas present for most Singaporeans if the government does decide to defer or phase out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike. Amid what seems like an unending spate of bad news. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong gave a glimmer
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    • 865 14  -  As a politician with a local ag»niia j he has bwo —>H> to offer solutions to contradictions in global capital markets By] Matthew Lynn The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg IT is unlikely that Sandy
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    • 805 14  -  COMMENT ART Its investment climate is poised to grow even worse By' William Pesek Jr The writer tsacolumnisOor Bloomberg Newt. The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg HAPPY days have returned to Hong Kong. At least that's what the city's government would have you believe
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  • WORLD news
    • 525 19 WASHINGTON But world's poorest countries will have to compete for a share of resources Reuters US President George W Bush is creating a new government agency to dole out billions of dollars in foreign aid, forcing the world's poorest countries
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    • 314 19 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US states are facing the direst flscal straits since World War n, as a slumping stock market and slow economic growth reduce tax revenue and drain reserve funds, according to a report issued yesterday. The National Governors Association and the National
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    • 274 19 MADRID Bloomberg SANTANDER Central Hispano SA's, Spain's largest bank, boosted its capital by selling stakes in rivals as European banks and insurers are forced to raise money after the longest stock market decline since World War II eroded their reserves. The Spanish bank eased
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 52 19 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Germany's inflrxmrtni ffn climate index fell for the sirth month in a row In November as corporate gloom about future prospects overshadowed an improvement in current business. The Ifo economic institute said yesterday the headline West Herman business rfimate tnAwf ffaf] t" 87.3
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      • 97 19 AP [CANBERRA] The government has postponed plans to sell its remaining stake in Telstra because it would not raise enough money, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. "I wouldn't sell it right at the moment even if I had parliamentary authority, because the share price
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      • 59 19 Bloomberg [WAUKESHA, Wisconsin] General Electric Co, the biggest maker of medical-Imaging equipment, agreed to buy closely held Millbrook Corp to expand its medical information-management business into doctor's offices. Toms weren't disclosed. Millbrook's record-keeping software is used by more than 9,500 doctors processing 2 million
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      • 69 19 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hynix Semiconductor Inc's lenders may reorganise 44> trillion won (557.2 billion) of debt In their third bailout ofthechipmaker in two years, the biggest creditor said. Lenders may swap Lt trillion won of debt for new shares and delay payment on 3 trillion
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      • 69 19 Reuters [LONDON] British business investment in the third quarter 0f2002 fell at the fastest annual rate since records began in 1968, seasonally adjusted oflldai data showed yesterday. The Office for National Statistics said business investment stood at £2&8 billion (5569.8 billion) in the third
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      • 74 19 Reuters [TRENTON, New Jersey] New Jersey officials said on Monday the state will file suit against four companies they accused of fudging their books and other misdeeds that allegedly resulted in US$l5O million In losses for the state's pension system. The firms involved are
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      • 66 19 Reuters [LONDON] A union representing firefighters and security guards employed by airports firm BAA Pic said yesterday It recommended members vote against a revised wage proposal, in a dispute that could cripple the airpbrts. Workers vital to the safe running of the airports
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    • 542 20 The problems, linked to the depressed stock market, are aHHing tA feira irf financial rrjgjg Prom Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S leading life assurance companies yesterday reported sharp declines in their solvency margins, owing mainly to the poor state of the
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    • 411 20 LAT-WP Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Federal authorities on Monday unveiled charges against three men in what they said was the largest identity fraud case in US history. Consumers from across the United States some 30,000 victims have been identified so far had
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    • 336 21 WASHINGTON Finns to disclose all guarantees in financial reports LAT-WP COMPANIES must disclose in their financial statements guarantees issued to their executives and business customers under new requirements approved on Monday by the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The new guidelines require companies to
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    • 709 22  -  Japanese firm's production experts are often consulted From! Christopher Tan in Jerez, Spain WHAT do Porsche and Toyota have in common? More than you think. The Stuttgartbased manufacturer of sports cars the world' most profitable vehicle company works closely with production experts
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    • 290 22 Reuters VOLKSWAGEN said on Monday that it planned to start production of its small Gol car for the Chinese market in February next year, ending speculation about which car the firm would introduce there. At the same time, chief executive Bernd Pischetsrieder
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 122 22 TOYOTA Motor will lease its hydrogen-baaed fuelcell passenger vehicles to the Tokyo government from Dec 2, Bloomberg reported. The world's largest carmaker by market value will lease the fUekail hybrid vehicles, or FCHVs, under 30-month leasee for 12 million yen (5517,318) a month.
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      • 63 22 MITSUBISHI Motors, DaimlerChrysler Ag and Detroit Diesel will develop a diesel engine designed to meet stricter emissions standards in the US, Europe and Japan, for introduction in 2007. Bloomberg reported that the three would also set up an organisation to focus on standardising parts and emissions technology. Mitsubishi Motor is
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      • 64 22 FUJI Heavy Industries, 21 per cent owned by General Motors, is considering using its partner's assembly plant in China to make Subaru cars, Bloomberg quoted president Kyoji Takenaka as having said. "We are doing feasibility studies with GM," Mr Takenaka said. "There are possibilities for us in China other than
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      • 72 22 HYUNDAI Motor and IBM Corp are teaming up in a venture to provide an array of telematics services to vehicles made by the South Korean automaker, according to AP. Telematics refers to wireless communications products designed into vehicles. A few years ago, telematics consisted mainly
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      • 105 22  - Compiled by Christopher Tan AUTOCAR, the oldest motoring magazine in the world, has presented Ferrari chairman Lnca Montezemolo with its prestigious Man of die Year award, Xinhua reported. Mr Montezemok), 56, is only the second Italian to receive the London weekly's annual award. He was the unanimous choice of the
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    • 773 23  -  Changes within a fund management firm such as lay-off and reorganisation could impact portfolios, says Genevieve Cna Genevieve Cua INVESTING ill a bear market, when fund managers are under pressure themselves to cut costs, may be more treacherous than you think. How exactly
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    • 802 23  -  INSIDCI..kIJ I J^U Oei's aggressive buying of Nat Steel lifts buy volume By\ Robert Halili HEAVY buying by directors and substantial shareholders of Nat Steel Ltd, Haw Par Corp and ST Engineering helped boost the buy volume in the past five trading days to
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    • 767 24  -  By Genevieve Cua DO INVESTORS know what they are going into when they invest in a guaranteed or capital-secured fund? Not quite, suggests a survey of investors in Hong Kong, where guaranteed funds have also taken the market by storm. The study
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    • 687 26  -  Inspired. Colourful. Romantic. Joyous. Elegant. These are just some of the words to describe the jewellery collections that we've seen this year. With jewellers creating exciting new designs targetted at different segments of the market, consumers have been truly spoilt for choice. There is always
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    • 479 28  -  Jewellers' ode to nature comes in the shape of flowers and other creatures of the earth. corimme kerk looks at what's on display CORINNE KERK TRENDS in jewellery design may come and go, but nature has always been a source of inspirtition for jewellers around the world. After
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      597 30  -  There are many ways to deck your hand as cheah ui-hoon discovers from the myriad bejewelled watches for ladies CHEAH UI-HOON JEWELLERY and horology have long been intertwined when it comes to ladies' watches. Today, the treasure chest of bejewelled timepieces is simply bulging at all sides
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      461 31  -  Think jewellery and men come to mind as jewellers offer more diverse and masculine pieces, corinne kerk sneaks a peek CORINNE KERK MEN. How do we love them? With precious metals and gems, of course. Now that men are becoming more savvy about wearing jewellery, a wider selection
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    • 952 32  -  Expect flamboyant designs and coloured gems to be trendsetters next year. corinne kerk takes a look CORINNE KERK THESE may be uncertain times, but hey, life goes on. And as if in defiance of the variability of life, the coming months are likely to see a new
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    • 1253 34  -  corinne kerk finds out all you need to know before buying the queen of gems CORINNE KERK WHILE diamonds may be the king of gems, pearls are the queen of gems and gem of queens. That both royalty and ordinary folk have always had a fascination and
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    • 510 35  -  corimne kerk looks at ways to declare your love CORINNE KERK MARRIAGE is a beautiful thing. And before you even walk down that aisle, the fun starts with the selection of your wedding ring. Then, of course, there are the lovely wedding jewellery sets
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    • 279 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose 10 points to 1,469, the Baltic Pan am ax Index (BPI) gained 14 points to 1,450, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed 41 points to 9,855 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up 11 points to 1,861. TUUrCHAKTUIL Saldanha (built
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    • 757 37  -  East Coast port has also gained from West Coast shutdown By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Port of New York/New Jersey (PONYNJ) is benefiting from "long term" shifts of strings from Asia, on top of temporary volumes gained during the US
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    • 225 37 AFP |TOKYO] A fully-laden Ba-hamas-registered car freighter stranded on rocks off an outlying Japanese island caught fire yesterday and was leaking fuel. The 56,835-ton Hual Europe caught fire around 5.30 am as it lay 150 metres off Izu-Oshima island, roughly 100
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    • 340 37  -  It now wants the 7 foreign vessels to pay 315 billion rnpiah fine each By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The long-running saga over alleged illegal sand dredging in the Riau islands has taken yet another twist with the Indonesian government now threatening to
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      • 325 46 AP [SEOUL] The co-pilot of a Chinese passenger plane that crashed in South Korea warned the pilot to pull the plane up before it slammed into a mountain in rain and fog. South Korean officials said on Monday. Investigators
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      • 410 46 It says contracts are being farmed out to the cheapest bidders Reuters [SYDNEY] On the eve of the peak summer tourist season, a union warned yesterday that security at Australian airports is inadequate as contracts are being farmed out to the cheapest bidders. "The high
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      • 313 46 Overriding public interest sparked the requirement, authorities say Bloomberg (WASHINGTON) AMR Corp's American Airlines and its eight largest US rivals will have to disclose the reasons for flight delays beginning in June, making it easier for consumers to assign blame. The rule, published
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      • 251 46 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Shares of Hainan Airlines, whose largest shareholder is US financier George Soros, rose 4.1 per cent even after 150.6 million existing shares were allowed to start trading on the Shanghai stock exchange. The stock, which only local investors can buy,
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