The Business Times, 5 July 2004

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/03/2004 85c SINGAPORE Internet: hc p./,cu3in:os-times.asial.com.sg MONDAY, JULY 5, 2004
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  • 872 1  -  Signs of profit slowdown ahead even as companies are set to report strong Q2 earnings From Andrew Marks in New York ALL indications are pointing to US companies reporting robust second quarter earnings in the coming weeks. But even as Wall Street basks
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  • 962 1  -  BT exclusive INTERVIEW WITH CEO-DESIGNATE Airline building up fleet and network to capitalise on huge hinterland By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Cathay Pacific Airways is building up its fleet and network, and is poised to capitalise on the huge China market that is opening up
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  • 506 1 M 'sian authorities' initial response is positive, it says [SINGAPORE] Bursa Malaysia has held talks with the Malaysian authorities on how to facilitate cross trading of securities between Singapore and Malaysia under the current exchange control environment, The Star newspaper
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  • 63 1 Week Change STI 1839.33.. +33.79 KLSECOMP MM .+6.45 NIKKEI 225 *****.49 -58.91 HANG SENG *****.13 +34.61 SET INDEX 647.57 +3.57 JAKARTA COMP ..745.03 +24.80 MANILA COMP ...1590.64 +11.13 TAIPEI TAIEX 5746.70 -55.85 SEOUL COMP 755.42 -23.61 SHENZHEN B .257.15 +14.34 Al'ST ALL ORD .3531.40 +8.40 DOW JONES *****.83 -89.01
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  • 74 1 FOREX RATES U8$ S$ I'SS (SS per CSS) 1.716 £(USS/SS per 1.819 3.121 El'RO(ISS/SS/E). 1216 2.087 YEN 109.0 63.50 RM 3.800 2215 HKS 7.800 4.546 BAHT 40.72 23.73 Rl'PlAH 9,165 5.341 RENMINBI 8277 4.824 IN'PIAN RUPEE.._ 45.92 26.76 AS 1.419 0.827 NZS 1.565 0.912 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25 MALAYSIA
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    • 718 2  -  Voters looking to a strong leader who can address local concerns From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta FOR the first time in the country's political history, some 150 million Indonesians go to the polls today to directly elect their president and vice-president and which
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    • 983 2 Some see economy slowing but others say it's merely a break LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] Employers in the US have sent a shiver through the financial markets by adding only 112,000 jobs in June, less than half of what had been expected and too few
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    • 999 2  -  Anthony Rowley examines the reasons why the market is not responding to the economy's upturn Anthony Rowley SOLVING the "Mystery of the Missing Indicator" was not among the recorded achievements of Sherlock Homes. But if the great detective were alive today he
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 447 3  -  New factor in CVC bid as airline terminates service of CFO By Kenneth Lim SINGAPORE-LISTED A-Sonic Aerospace has reminded shareholders that it will not take a 32 per cent stake in Captive Vision Capital (CVC) if the investment firm fails to gain control
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    • 445 3  -  By Chen Huifen HOT on the heels of a US$l2 million commitment for a new plant in Shanghai, mainboard-listed Sunningdale Precision Industries said it has concluded an acquisition for the entire stake of a plastics manufacturing firm in Indonesia. The acquisition, which cost
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    • 697 3  -  HOCK lock siew r sivanithy TO most people, the idea of artificially supporting a stock price is wrong and shouldn't be allowed. In technical jargon, such a practice might be seen as "creating a false market" aimed at presenting a fictitious picture to the public
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    • 949 4  -  UOB Kay Hian still expects STI to top 2,000; Phillip sees a fall to 1,340, then a rally, even to 1,990 By Kenneth Lim andNandeKhin THERE is still room on the upside for the Singapore stock market, but the climb looks to be a
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    • 686 4  -  MAILbag Penelope Phoon Head of ACCA Singapore I REFER to "Most STI firms have high disclosure standards" (BT, June 30). The demand for more specific information on directors' remuneration amounts and policies can be expected as shareholders, employees and other stakeholders of a company
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    • 358 4  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I SHARE the reservations expressed by Denis Distant in his response to the report "Link up with other Asian bourses" (BT, June 25). Mr Distant does not believe the proposed SGXBursa Malaysia trading link will turn out to be the unequalled
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    • 1039 5  -  INSIDE MARKETS But sentiment among directors and substantial shareholders remains positive, with 77 acquisitions worth $34.7m, reports ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI THE sharp rebound in the Straits Times Index since May resulted in a noticeable drop in the purchase activity by directors and substantial shareholders
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 536 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy The A pause here for an apology is per- stocks as the preferred asset class because there was the prospect of growth to look forward to and with growth, comes earnings. Friday's sell-off on Wall Street and the
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    • 633 6 AFP [HONG KONG] Many Asian currencies gained against the US dollar in the past week, but stronger business confidence failed to give an enduring boost to the Japanese yen. Japanese yen: The yen edged down against the US dollar last week
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    • 102 6 Events investors can watch out for Naw listing of Quangzhao Ind Forast, July 5 Jardna CAC's divldand paymant, July 5 Ossla Intl's divldand paymant, July 5 CapttaMall Trust, EQM, July 8 Global Actlva, AQM, July 8 Koon HMgs' divldand paymant, July 9 Datacraft, EQM, July 9 QB HMgs,
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    • 276 7  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By R Sivanithy NOW that the Singapore Exchange and Bursa Malaysia are to join hands in a crosstrading alliance, it's possible that interest in Malaysian stocks among Singapore players will start to pick up. It's also likely that having been
      Source: Bloomberg  -  276 words
    • 1105 7  -  BT portfolio STOCKS teh hooi ling THERE are signs that the smallcapitalisation stocks are springing back to life. All of our portfolios, made up of mostly non-blue chips, advanced last week. But the most surprising stock last week was Informatics. On Wednesday, the
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  • 1759 6 The stock recommendation is the average of all the recom- Number FORECAST Median mendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There RECOMMENDATION of EPS PE t££ is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not COMPANY This Week/Last Week Estimates (S) (times) (S) every stock is followed
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 583 8  -  They should first be given the chance to work in growth ventures, says don By Chen Huifen IT is a well-known fact that women tend to figure less prominently in successful growth entrepreneurship even in Singapore. Philip Anderson, professor of entrepreneurship at Insead
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    • 625 8  -  Price tag of $45.5m is in contrast to the $67m asked in January 2000 By Kalpana Rashiwala THE collective sale of Newton Heights, launched last week, is the latest example of a property resurfacing in the en bloc market at a price
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    • 260 8 SINGAPORE transport minister Yeo Cheow Tong said contractors fixing the collapsed portion of Nicoll Highway expect to reopen the key thoroughfare by the end of this year as targeted. "This is within the six- to ninemonth period that we have indicated earlier on,"
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    • 1148 8 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices reversed initial losses to bolt higher last week as worries about low inventories in the United States reappeared and relief over the handover of power in Iraq proved shortlived. Gold and other precious metals lost
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  • 1017 8 FINANCE COMMODITIES 1 Weekended: Jul 2 PRIME LEADING BATES BANKS Dexia Banque Intl A ABN Amro Bank NV 5.25 Luxembourg 6 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Deutsche Bank AG 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 DBS Bank 4.25 ANZ Banking Group 6 Dresdner Bank AG 5.5 American Express Bank 5 DnB
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 195 9  -  BT comment KL STOCKS eddie toh THE stockbroking in- 30odd firms. The answer is still unclear as the If the plan materialises by itally better than cross-border Internet broking as alised Malaysian exchanges is the rem- them as well. They simply cannot sit
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    • 567 9 JOHOR BARU S'pore firms invested RM11b in Johor from 1980 to 2003 JOHOR remains the most preferred choice in Malaysia for Singapore investors, thanks to its close proximity to the city-state, The Star said in a report on Friday. From 1980 to
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    • NOTEBook
      • 84 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's stock exchange has picked Union Bank of Switzerland to manage a foreign sale of shares from its initial public offering, the Malaysian Business Times said on Saturday. It was not immediately known if the Swiss investment bank would be working
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      • 83 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd said on Friday a consortium it leads has been awarded a RMI3O million (5558.6 million) contract to build a hydraulic steel structure for the Bakun dam project. The other members of the consortium are South Korean steel
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      • 75 9 Bloomberg [MANILA] Angelo Reyes, chief of the Philippines' anti-kidnapping task force and former secretary of defence, was named as interior and local government secretary, said Ignacio Bunye, spokesman for President Gloria Arroyo. Ms Arroyo appointed Mr Reyes after Jose Lina tendered his resignation to spend more
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      • 69 9 AFP [CANBERRA] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and eight cabinet ministers were due to arrive in Australia later yesterday to officially sign a free trade agreement between Bangkok and Canberra. Dr Thaksin will be formally greeted by Prime Minister John Howard at Parliament today, ahead
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      • 72 9 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will meet US President George Bush and the leaders of Britain and France this month, officials said yesterday. He is expected to meet Mr Bush at the White House on July 18, before travelling to Europe
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    • 163 9 KOTA TINGGI Bernama TALKS on the proposed bridge to replace the Johor Causeway is most likely to be held after the power transition in Singapore, said Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar yesterday. He said the power transition in the republic was expected to have major
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    • 360 9 KUALA LUMPUR Report says GIC bought 5% stake over period of time THE emergence of Government of Singapore Investment Corp Pte Ltd (GIC) as a substantial shareholder in Gamuda Bhd is viewed as a vote of confidence in the company, The Star
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    • 210 9 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's loan sharks are winning big on the Euro 2004 tournament, as many people who lost soccer bets have borrowed heavily from illegal moneylenders to settle their debts, a news report said yesterday. Gambling on European soccer is illegal
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    • 209 9 PORT KLANG THE Malaysian government is spending about RM2.O billion (*****.8 million) to develop the Port Klang Free Zone into a regional distribution hub and trade and logistics centre, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said. The project is expected to be
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    • 358 9 ASEAN AUTO INDUSTRY It will aim to prepare industry for more open trade under Afta [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is to release soon details of its new automotive policy to facilitate the country's attempt to further liberalise trade in the sector, the Malaysian Business
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    • 288 9 BANGKOK Reuters NISSAN Motor Co announced on Friday an ambitious US$244 million expansion plan for Thailand for the next five years aimed at reversing its declining market share in the country. Nissan, Japan's secondlargest auto maker by volume, said it aimed
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 423 10  -  OUTSOURCING Bank says offshore centres make fewer errors than UK staff From Neil Behrmann in London HSBC has infuriated Unifi, the UK finance union, by claiming that offshore Indian and Malaysian offices make fewer mistakes than British staff. Research by
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    • 331 10 NEW YORK It'll add 1,500 jobs to total workforce in next 18 months Reuters BEARINGPOINT Inc, one of the world's largest business consulting and computer services companies, said on Friday it has opened a second software development centre in China and will add
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    • 517 10  -  Deccan Air is expanding as five others are planned From Yogi Aggarwal in Bombay INDIA'S skies may soon be crowded with new low-fare airlines taking on the more established players. The first is Deccan Air, which began a limited service last
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    • 544 10  -  From Daniel Buenas in Seattle THE rise of low cost carriers in Asia and an acceleration of point-to-point travel will lead to higher aircraft sales in Asia, a senior executive of American aerospace giant The Boeing Company has said. Alan Mulally, president and
      BLOOMBERG  -  544 words
    • 323 10 NEW DELHI Bloomberg INDIA'S Finance Minister P Chidambaram vowed to cut the budget deficit starting in the current fiscal year, seeking to ease investor concerns that commitments to relieve poverty may push up government borrowing. Rules on cutting the deficit in the Fiscal
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    • 386 10 HONG KONG Company investing in two other projects as well Bloomberg GALAXY Resort Casino opened the First of three hotel casinos in Macau yesterday, competing with outfits backed by gambling tycoons Stanley Ho and Sheldon Adelson. Galaxy increased the size of its investment in
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • WORLD news
    • 725 11 MOSCOW Oil giant may be forced to suspend ops as Kremlin increases pressure LAT-WP THIS time last year, Yukos Oil Co was the dynamic success story of Russian capitalism, a growth engine pumping more crude than Libya as it raced past
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    • 392 11 NEW YORK It ropes in outsider to monitor probe of firm on whose board its chief sat THE Securities and Exchange Commission took the highly-unusual step on Friday of explaining how it was conducting the investigation of a company, on whose board William
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    • 337 11 LOS ANGELES Bloomberg WALT Disney Co will pay chairman George Mitchell a retainer of US$5OO,OOO in stock after the former US senator was elevated in March from chairman to presiding director. Mr Mitchell's payments of deferred stock units will be made in
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    • 258 11 Bloomberg Reuters [MOSCOW] Halting production by Yukos Oil Co, Russia's biggest oil exporter, will slow delivery of Russian oil to a world market. Oil prices have soared 28 per cent in a year, to U5535.90 a barrel in London. New York prices surged US$3
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    • 429 11 NEW YORK NYT THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has told several cable and telephone carriers that they have until mid-July to hand over information about how they calculate the number of subscribers for their services, the companies said. The SEC sent letters
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    • 698 12 NEW YORK He paid over US$500,000 in New York taxes alone last year NYT HOW rich is mayor Michael R Bloomberg? So rich that he paid his household help more than U*****,000 last year, according to the heavily edited tax returns
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    • 359 12 SEOUL THE main creditors of LG Card are baulking at another infusion of capital after bailing it out earlier this year. South Korea's biggest credit card issuer has asked for US$l.3 billion in additional financial support from creditors in an effort to
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    • 704 12 BAGHDAD It's keeping a low profile now but has big growth plans AFP IRAQ has launched a new sto.ck exchange, without fanfare. Staffed almost entirely by women, it aims to become the leading bourse in the Middle East. Trading on the first
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  • BizIT
    • 430 13  -  BT exclusive Volume boost from purchase will help it survive current wave of industry consolidation By Tang Weng Fai HOMEGROWN e-commerce firm Sesami Pte Ltd has bought out JTC Corp's majority-owned subsidiary Abecha Pte Ltd in a bid to grow its business-to-business (B2B) procurement volume
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    • 410 13 Analysts trim forecasts as it misses critical sales season AFP [NEW YORK] Apple Computer said it will delay the introduction of its new iMac until September, missing the important back-to-school shopping season. "We planned to have our next-generation iMac ready by the
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    • ITTAKES
      • 63 14 ADOBE Systems has launched an educational anti-piracy campaign to help customers manage software licenses better. The software major will strengthen its industry partnerships and hopes to boost pursue short- and long-term revenue opportunities in the process. It has appointed Conway Goh as its software compliance manager
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      • 76 14 ONLINE travel company ZUJI has launched a "lowest airfare SMS alert" service for local mobile subscribers. With more than 50 destinations to choose from, travellers can send an SMS to ZUJI stating their chosen destination. They will then receive an SMS reply with the
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      • 75 14 APPLE has launched what it says is the largest high resolution display ever created. The 30-inch professional-quality Apple Cinema HD display, available in August at $6,288, has a wide-format active-matrix LCD with 2560-by-1600 pixel resolution. The company also unveiled its $2,488 20-inch and $3,788 23-inch models,
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      • 79 14 APPLE has also launched its second generation of asset management, software distribution and help desk support software, the Remote Desktop 2. It is said to have more than 50 features including IT and desktop management tools such as real-time screen sharing, installing operating system and
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      • 60 14 NETWORK Associates Inc has released its McAfee Entercept 5.0 and McAfee IntruShleld 2.1, which it says delivers the Industry's first integration of firewalls in both products, and integrated host and network IPS event management. McAfee IntruShield also claims to guard against both clear-text and encrypted attacks.
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      • 81 14  -  Compiled by Gea Swee Jean THE Samsung DigitAll Hope social programme, aimed at bridging the digital divide in South-east Asia and Australia, is into its second year. Samsung Electronics plans to invest a total of US$1.05 million by this year, in addition to the US$600,000
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    • 707 14  -  IT comment INFOTECH IDA'S Weave programme to promote Web services is making good progress, but it can do more to address the sceptics kenneth james There was good news and more at last week's Web services update seminar. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's
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    • 464 14  -  By Gea Swee Jean ENTERTAINMENT is the way to go, judging by the two mobile phones just launched by Motorola Inc. Its new offerings on the mobile phone scene include the E398, which comes with stereo speakers for playing music out loud, and the VBO,
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    • 658 16 BT exclusive It hopes to gain from rapid growth in Asia-Pacific region, reports Amit Roy Chondhury POLYCOM, the world leader in video and voice conferencing, is rapidly ramping up its presence in Singapore in order to take advantage of the explosive growth in the
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    • 374 16 Move follows theft of passwords from users of IE browser Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software maker, said it will remove a feature of its Windows operating system because hackers have used it to steal information from personal computers. Hackers
      Bloomberg  -  374 words
    • 436 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc, the world's largest bank, agreed to buy New Yorkbased Lava Trading Inc, which runs a computerised system that helps traders find the best buy and sell prices for stocks across different markets. The value of the deal wasn't disclosed. Lava
      Bloomberg  -  436 words
    • 394 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Intel Corp's third-quarter sales growth may be reduced by lower-than-expected demand for personal computer parts and problems with its new Grantsdale chipset, said two analysts who cut their revenue forecasts. Deutsche Bank analyst Ben Lynch cut his growth
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    • 420 16 Small 2% rise in May chip sales raises concerns cycle may have peaked Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Concerns about a slowdown in the semiconductor industry intensified on Friday as analysts greeted a report that industry sales rose slightly last month with renewed worries that
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    • 429 15 Canon THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET NOTICED. ONE WAY IS TO USE ITALICS. OR YOU COULD TRY TO BOLD YOUR WORDS. YOU COULD EVEN TYPE OUT THE WHOLE SENTENCE USING CAPITAL LETTERS. SOME PEOPLE USE THE UNDERLINE FUNCTION. OTHERS USE A DIFFERENT FONT ALTOGETHER. OR YOU COULD SIMPLY INCREASE
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 254 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young REPORT: TANKER prices have firmed further with Dry Bulk prices being established at lower levels. TANKERS: OMI have taken centre stage during the week with a report that they have purchased 12 ships from Athenian Sea Carriers. This is 4 Suezmaxes (2x2003/2x2oo4)and 8
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    • 289 17 SGX '000 Jul 2 SS +1- Vol CH Offshore 0.37 -0.01 448 ChuanHup .0.52 unch 271 Cosco Investment 0.78 0.01 1443 CWT Distribution 0.49 unch 0 Ezra Hldgs 1.00 -0.01 5 Freight Links 0.11 -0.01 1022 GB Holdings 0.88 unch 10 Java Holdings 0.83 0.01 558 K1 Venture
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    • 469 17  -  Less than 6% of vessels calling at US ports denied entry or detained By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Fears of over-zealous ISPS Code enforcement at US ports largely subsided as the tally from the first two days of the new global security
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    • 189 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] The Baltic Exchange, London's 260-year-old shipping association, plans to introduce assessments based on the price of selling ships for demolition in China and India during the fourth quarter. The weekly assessments will be based on the price shipowners get when they sell for demolition two
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    • 177 17 Reuters [HAMBURG] A tanker that capsized carrying 960 tonnes of sulphuric acid raising pollution fears in the German port of Hamburg was righted without major leakage on Saturday, authorities said. "All of Hamburg can be happy now, the danger has passed," said Hamburg
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    • 308 17  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The first phase of PSA International's US$2OO million joint venture Incheon Container Terminal (ICT) opened with its first vessel call over the weekend. The Wan Hai 211 belonging to Wan Hai Lines called on Saturday at the greenfield terminal located
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    • 414 17 Record freight rates make tanker operation lucrative Bloomberg [LONDON] Shipowners sold fewer vessels to shipbreaking yards during the first half of this year as recordhigh freight rates prompted operators to keep vessels in service. Shipowners scrapped 279 ships totalling two million deadweight tons
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    • 822 18  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes AFTER a nail-bit-ing finish, most of the shipping industry met last Thursday's compliance deadline for the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). In the week or so leading up to the crucial date
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    • 180 18 PAGE Alianca 3 AAL 5 Avant 5 Bank Line 4 B'tang Mas 3 BSA 4 BTL 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 4 Confer 5 Crocodile Line ....4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 5 ECL 3 Eng Lee 5 Eukor 2 Foong Sun 4 Frt
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    • 13078 22 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Number Number 14/07 13/08 CMACGM APL JAKARTA 007E 65-*****800 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvolre 17/07 18/08 CMA CGM CMA CGM PUGET NX037E 65-*****800
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      • 392 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL COSMICMASTER 90 J15 A/SIDE 05/07 2100 HAZEL ACE 104 11 A/SIDE 05/07 0000 MMM BELINDA 0410 J8 A/SIDE 05/07 1200 SEA ANGEL V005 J10/11 A/SIDE 05/07 1800 SNOW FALCON V7 J14/15 A/SIDE 05/07 1200 UNIPLUS 0412 19 A/SIDE 05/07
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      • 1738 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX MAGNOLIA 079S 079S 1 07/07/2004-02:00 07/07/2004-20:00 ACX RAFFLES 092N 092N 1 06/07/2004 16:01 06/07/2004-23:00 ACX SWAN 1Q3N 103N 1 05/07/2004-00:30 05/07/2004-07:00 B02 AL YAMAMAH S420W S420W 1 05/07/2004 12:00
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      • 120 25 Jul 14 France: National Day. Jul 15 Brunei: Sultan's Birthd. Jul 15 SKorea: Constitution Day. Jull9 Japan: Marine Day. Malaysia: Ag Birthday. Jul 21 Belgium: Bel Nat Day. Aug 1 Switzerland: Nat Day. Aug 9 Singapore: Nat Day. Aug 12 Thailand: Queen's Birthdy. Aug 15 France: Assump Day.
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      • 828 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 619 25 Carbon 180 Max 976.5 0.3 14.3 0.03 24 0.01 Jul 1 Density Water Residue AshAluminium Sediment Ho above E25 0 0 0 0 0 380 A*e 988.7 02 14.3 0.04 24 0.02 E..00 380 Max 1008.3 0.5 17.9 0.06 49 0.04 KG/M'3 v/v m/m M/M ppm
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 638 26 Airline will order 30 Bombardier planes through 2007 instead of 45 Bloomberg BOMBARDIER Inc, the world's third-biggest aircraft maker, may have an order from Air Canada that is one-third smaller than initially agreed upon, Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Cameron Jeffreys said
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      • 444 26 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] The Dutch cabinet agreed on Friday to move forward with the longawaited flotation of the group which operates Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest, in a move which should allow future growth. The Dutch government, which owns 75.8 per cent of
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      • LOGBook
        • 100 26 AP [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International has approval from Bangladesh to manage the international airport in that country's port city of Chittagong for 10 years, the carrier announced. Thailand's flag carrier said it is "in the process of concluding contract negotiations" with the Civil Aviation
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        • 120 26 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Corp (JAL), Asia's largest carrier, said it will offer electronic passes for passengers to all 10 of the destinations it flies to in China to enhance customers' convenience and save costs. Customers will be able to use electronic ticketing from
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        • 110 26 Reuters [DUBLIN] Senior management at Irish state airline Aer Lingus asked the government on Friday for permission to seek financial backing for a buyout. In a letter to the Transport Ministry, a three-man team comprising chief executive Willie Walsh along with his chief financial officer
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      • 381 26 AP [MILAN] Alitalia, which has been on the edge of bankruptcy since the start of the year, said on Thursday that its cash had dwindled to US$l5O million and that it needed a govern-ment-guaranteed loan by the end of September to ensure that
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      • 210 26 Announcement to be made within next 3 months: minister Bernama [KUCHING] Malaysia's federal government is expected to name the contractor who will be given the job to carry out the Kuching International Airport extension project soon. The announcement would be made within the
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      • 280 26 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's transport ministry has given the green light for a second airport on the resort island of Samui aimed at coping with surging tourist arrivals, according to a report yesterday. Promoting the popular island as a world-class tourist destination would
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      • 318 26 Reuters e [AMSTERDAM] Armed sky marshals will begin operat--1 ing on some flights of Dutch e carriers KLM and Martif nair for a six-month test period starting on Friday after pilots' worries were overcome, the pilots union and > KLM said. "For
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    • 27 17 Air Canada's Bombardier order to be cut: analyst BACK PAGE 1. rwrnnzga SHMhih LINER SCENE With ISPS achieved, it's now time to count the costs PAGE 2
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    • 881 18 I TO USA/CANADA I EXPORT 1 1 OTHER DESTINATIONS I I VESSEL IVOY PKG ITO!LONGBEACH 1 DALLAS HOUSTON MEMPHIS CHICAGO NEWYOWK II TO AUSTRALIA (AUSTRALIA ASIA EXPRESS) OOCLNINGBO 02E28 06/07 07/07 23/07 29/07 30/07 28/07 28/07 31/07 VtSSEL Vof "TTASIN" PKG HI I BNE SYD I MEL ADL~ OOQ HAMBURG
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    • 1085 19 MOL Combines a range of shipping modes »o ensure timely, reliable services covering major ports in North America, Europe, Japan, Asia, Africa Oceania. Also occtpf hrtro-Ajia Cargoes to: lUSAN KWANGYANG SHANGHAI YANTIAN XIAMEN QMGDAO BELAWAN JAKARTA SURABAYA i KAOHSIUHG BANGKOK LAEJW CHAIAHC HOCHIWHH PAStR GUDAWG WHANG PORT HUANG For Schedules,
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    • 1031 20 lA||A# WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN website: http://www.2wglobol.tom VtSStl vor RAMP HtIGHT j SIN LBC MAO HOU« MIA S*V BAI ORE NT( HEW MOB TAUSMAN AF4I4 320T0« 6.4 M .1 18/07 17/ M 19/08 26/08 27/08 01/09 30/08 03/09 23/08 TARONGA AF4IS 320 Tons 6.25 M I 31/07 25/08 03/09 10/09 11/09 IS/09
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    • 62 20 VOY ETA ETA ETA EU^H VESSEL NO PKL SIN MALE _CBoH MMALoiyTsfAR 549 29/06 06,DTM MmoiVECARRiER 748 08/07 11/07 21/07 ~2^D7"M MMnCESSULY 0504 10/07 12/07 21/07 MMAUWESTAR 550 18/07 21/07 3107 "K/MM MMPiyECARRiER 749 12/08 15/08 25/08 ~31/S"M SCHEDULED SAILINGS TO H COLOMBO I Singapore: S«oward Shipping Agencies Pie Ltd
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    • 995 21 VESSEL VQY SIN PKI KARACHI PXB BAB DMM BIK KHOHRAMSHAHR IRAN SATTARI PCL 8037 11/07 12/07 19/07 22/07 23/07 28/07 30/07 03/08 IRAN KORDESTAN PCL 8038 19/07 20/07 27/07 30/07 31/07 08/08 10/08 14/08 IRANSHAHRYAR PCL 8039 25/07 26/07 02/08 05/08 06/08 13/08 15/08 19/08 IRAN SATTARI PCL 8040 04/08
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    • 122 25 ssssssssssxßßgssss^iJLiitsggg^'"* B REGIONAL WEATHER 26^S 5 FOR 7AM 5 Jul 2004 Issued by Meteorological Service Division.NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols showers Fu circle w ,ine indicates calm or light and variable winds p a j n One halt tleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day -One tull tleche represents 10
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