The Business Times, 29 July 2004

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    15 1 MITA (P) 023/03/2004 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Interne;: h-tn. ,'uusiness-times.asial.com.sg THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2004
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  • Article
    Lock icon Personal credit lines first to be hit by interbank rate uptrend
    507 1  -  BT exclusive DBS, ABN Amro and Citibank among those who have raised personal credit rates By Taila Krishnaknmar [SINGAPORE] Personal credit, a market worth billions of dollars, now costs more as banks raise their rates for the first time
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    Lock icon Accounting firms step up graduate hires
    601 1  -  BT exclusive They are recruiting up to 50% more on expectations of a surge in M&A work By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Big Four accounting giants are back in the hiring market with a vengeance, taking in up to 50 per cent more
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    Lock icon EIU sees 2004 global growth at a 20-year peak of 5%
    448 1  -  It also raises growth forecast for global trade to 8.6% By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] World trade will grow 8.6 per cent this year as the global economy expands at its fastest pace in more than 20 years, according to
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    Lock icon PM Goh: I'll be No 2 but not DPM in new Cabinet
    669 1  -  One of the DPMs should act for new PM when he's away By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Outgoing Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong made it clear that while protocol-wise he would probably be the No 2 in the new
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    77 1 Dsn 1,875.25 (+6.17) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,880.00 (+30.00) SIMSCI 227.52 (+0.78) SIMSCI FUTURES 228.00 (+0.50) Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 8.18.64 +2.49 NIKKEI 225 11.204.37 -172.83 HANG SENG *****27 +18.95 SET INDEX 634.73 +1.52 JAKARTA COMP 76(1.20 +0.92 MANILA COMP _1.583.41 +22.51 TAIPEI WPI 5,383.57 -15.04 SEOILCOMP 744.42 +5.91 SHENZHEN
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    75 1 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ ISS (SS per I'SS) 1.723 S(1'SS/SS per V) 1.823 3.141 ElRO(i:SS/SS/E). 1208 2.08I YEN 111.0 64.40 RM 3.800 2.205 HKS 7.800 4.527 BAHT 41.41 24.03 Rl'PlAH 9,105 5.284 RENMINBI 8.277 4.804 INDIAN Rl'PEE 46.37 26.91 AS 1.427 0.828 NZS 1.588 0.922 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25
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      Lock icon Has Japan's recovery peaked?
      676 2  -  Weaker than expected retail numbers support this view From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo REPORTS yesterday of a sharper-than-expected drop in Japanese retail sales for June strengthened the view among some analysts that economic recovery may have passed its peak. Sales were down 2.9 per cent last
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      Lock icon Big Four eager to tap SMU's pioneer accounting grads
      447 2  -  They are also hiring non-accounting graduates By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Big Four accounting firms are looking forward to tapping Singapore Management University's maiden crop of accountancy graduates to provide the diversity they say is needed to meet increasingly complex
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      Lock icon WTO trade talks creeping towards agreement: BG Yeo
      447 2  -  Difficult issues remain, though mood more positive By Ravi Kanth in Geneva SINGAPORE'S Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo yesterday said global trade liberalisation talks are still on a "knife's edge" but "inching forward painfully" towards an agreement. The 147 members of
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      Lock icon Orders for durable goods up 0.7% after 2 months of declines
      428 2 LATEST US DATA AP, Reuters [WASHINGTON] After falling for two months, orders to US factories for big-ticket durable goods rose 0.7 per cent in June, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. The gain in orders for durable goods, items expected
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      195 2 I Global Business I Process Outsourcing 2004 V INSIGHTS INTO INDIA Outsourcing: Connecting the dots to the pot of gold Will Singapore and the rest of Asia ride the wave to tap the BPO benefits or flounder in the depths? r~~ Hoar from industry loaders: V, >, and Managing Country
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon KepLand mulls reit to divest assets
      684 4  -  It may dispose of $1.55b investment portfolio mainly of office assets; posts 18% jump in Q2 net By Andrea Tan KEPPEL Land, which said in January it was "still not the right time" for an office property trust, is relooking that as a mode
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      Lock icon Small S'pore firms must merge to get noticed
      601 4  -  HOCK lock siew ven sreenivasan IMPROVING economic fundamentals and a recovery in sentiment has helped the Singapore stock market find its feet again. Although the bourse is looking a little tired at the moment, a rising tide of liquidity that swept in
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      Lock icon SIA forecast to make $202m profit in Q1
      556 4 But rising oil prices, competition from budget airlines set to slow earnings Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd, the world's second-largest carrier by market value, is set to return to profit in its first quarter, but earnings will slow on rising oil prices and
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      Lock icon Oculus likely to review its China business strategy
      504 5  -  It terms the tax issue a distraction and says it won't hit company's revamp efforts By Joyce Koh A HITCH over tax matters in China could deter Oculus Ltd from making more aggressive inroads into the market and push the colour lenses
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Esmart warns of first-half loss
        77 5 ESMART Holdings has issued a profit warning ahead of its results for the half year ended June 30. The company said its exit from the highly competitive DVD business has caused a year-on-year fall in interim revenue and profit. Esmart also said it experienced production
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        Lock icon Shining in property lease-back deal
        87 5 SESDAQ-LISTED contractor Shining Corporation is selling its Builders Centre at Changi South for $18 million in a sale and lease-back deal. The book value of the property is $17.3 million. With its subsidiary Builders Centre, the company has entered into a put and call option
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        Lock icon Goodwood Park's Q3 profit surges
        87 5 GOODWOOD Park Hotel has posted net profit of $220.5 million for the third quarter ended June 30, sharply higher than its $10.2 million profit in the same period a year ago. Revenue rose 35 per cent to $30.1 million. Goodwood's operating profit from investment activities
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        Lock icon GKE profit slumps 65% in FY04
        60 5 GKE International, which issued a profit warning in March, has posted a 65 per cent year-on-year decline in earnings to $762,000 for the full year ended May 31. Turnover for the metal logistics provider also dropped 12 per cent to $18.6 million. GKE declared
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      Lock icon Stats Q2 profit fails to meet expectations
      378 5  -  It posts US$4.6m earnings, sees flat revenue in Q3 By Tang Weng Fai ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) saw its shares punished yesterday as it missed analysts' estimates for a second time in six months, raking in net income of US$4.6 million for
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    4424 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Commenbanfc Asset Mot Com Global Finance Index fa 0.936/ Com Global Lifestyle Index Fd 0.974/ ABN Amro Asset Mgt port) Com Global Health mdex fd 0.853/ Star Europe Eqty!* 0.719/ Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0.472/ Star Europe Bond 1 261 C om Global Wotec Index Fd!"
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      704 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN FuYuCovp My 28 dosing: 93 cents FU Yu's Q204 results beat expectations. Management's guidance towards an even stronger performance in the coming months contrasts with the rather gloomy sentiment prevailing in the technology sector. This largely reflects its ability to grow its customer base
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      Lock icon Rosy H2 forecast for NOL after sparkling Q2 results
      282 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan NEPTUNE Orient Lines's (NOL) latest quarterly results go some way towards dispelling the notion that its recovery last year was just a one-year wonder. On Tuesday, the shipping giant reported second-quarter net profit of US$lB6
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      Lock icon Still a lot of scepticism despite index's gains
      555 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy Despite the gains posted by the Straits Times Index (STI) in the past few days and the solid earnings released by such companies as Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), you'd be hardpressed to find a broker who is
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      Lock icon Solid US numbers boost greenback
      615 6  -  BT comment How will more strong reports from US impact Sing dollar? CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar's comeback accelerated another very impressive notch after a stron-ger-than-expected July consumer confidence reading on Tuesday night boosted by the belief that more of such good numbers are
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon GP Ind director exercises options
        58 6 ANDREW Chuang Siu Leung, an executive director of electronics group GP Industries Limited, acquired 130,000 shares through an exercise of options yesterday at 41 US cents apiece. The purchase raised his stake in the company from 0.008 per cent to 0.036 per cent. GP Industries
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        Lock icon Lifebrandz director increases stake
        64 6 LIFEBRANDZ non-executive director Thomas Carlton Thompson the third, saw his deemed stake in the health and beauty products brand management company rise from 6.08 per cent to 6.26 per cent, or 38.3 million shares, on Tuesday following an open-market purchase of 1.1 million shares at 15.4
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        Lock icon Prudential sells 1.7m Techcomp shares
        123 6 PRUDENTIAL Asset Management's shareholdings in newly listed Techcomp Holdings have been jumping up and down over the past two weeks and continue to do so. In its latest move, the fund manager sold 1.7 million shares on the open market on Tuesday after buying some
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        Lock icon Capital Group raises SingPost holding
        69 6 US mutual fund manager the Capital Group Companies' deemed interest in Singapore Post rose to 7.03 per cent from 6.24 per cent Wednesday last week after 15.1 million shares were bought on the open market at undisclosed prices. These purchases were effected through a series
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        Lock icon GP Batteries director pares stake
        56 6  -  Compiled by TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR,JOYCE KOH GP Batteries International executive vice-chair-man Richard Ku cut his direct stake in the company to 0.091 per cent from 0.12 per cent by selling 32,000 shares at $3.32 per share in the open market on Tuesday. The counter dropped two
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      419 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jul 28 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -462.00 +208.00 BTCADI -*****.00 +20.00 BTlMayMA -*****.00 -46.00 M-SG Equities _491.85_ +1.42 SG Equities Elect 154.36 +0.91 SG Equities Fin 1557.41 +2.72 SG Equities Prop 446.10 -1.28 SMMX 227.52 +0.78 SiMSCI Futures 228.00 +0.50 Stocks Volume GuangzhaoiFB 5c 31,822,000 NOL 25,620,000
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      Lock icon Cosco riding high on China growth wave
      1024 8  -  Strong results and a sound expansion strategy make it a brokers' favourite, says JOYCE KOH JOYCE KOH IT'S hard to find a decent growth stock these days and especially a China play that doesn't appear over-hyped or unsustainable. But shipping giant Cosco Corp
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      Lock icon Making waves
      29 8 Results summary Turnover ($m) 22.3 24.4 23.8 24.7 27.6 Net proltt ($m) 5.1 7.0 9.1 19.4 PBT margin 32.1 51.7 51.7 785 Source: Bloomberg, DBS Victors Securities
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      1221 8 IHl3'»l'»FJlLand Keppel Land Limited Co Reg No: *****0001G (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2004 The Directors of Keppel Land Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the half year ended 30 June 2004: Second Second Half
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Guangzhao Industrial more than doubles profit in 2003
      350 9  -  It had roaring sales of its poplar trees; plans to sell poplar timber next year By Daniel Buenas RECENTLY listed Guangzhao Industrial Forest Biotechnology Group has posted a 142 per cent rise in pro-forma net profit to 94.6 million renminbi (5519.7 million)
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      Lock icon SBI E2-Capital's HI profit more than doubles to $4.3m
      429 9 SBI E2-Capital Holdings, one of the most active corporate finance firms in Singapore in terms of taking companies public, yesterday reported a 176 per cent jump in net profit to $4.3 million for the six months ended June 30, from $1.6
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon SLA interim land use tender draws wildly differing bids
      875 10  -  A total of 13 bidders vied to manage 24 state sites on interim basis By Kalpana Rashiwala mis Singapore L,ana Authority's pilot tender seeking an agent to manage 24 vacant state sites on an interim basis attracted 13 bids that varied
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      Lock icon High Court gives nod for Synergy plan to settle debts
      338 10  -  By Daniel Buenas THE Singapore High Court yesterday approved the Scheme of Arrangement (SOA) settlement package that was lodged last month for troubled governmentlinked contractor Synergy Construction, even as three of its existing projects have been terminated by their owners.
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Merged banks move out of John Hancock Tower
      438 11  -  Three floors of CBD office block up for sale by Calyon and John Hancock By Andrea Tan AT least three floors at John Hancock Tower in Raffles Quay are up for sale as financial institutions merge and move out. Other floors are
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      Lock icon Changi Airport to handle 21% more people in 2004
      194 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Singapore's Changi Airport, South-east Asia's second-busiest, will handle 21 per cent more passengers this year as travel demand across Asia increases, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said. The number of passengers may reach 30 million, up from 24.7 million
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      Lock icon Tread with caution in China logistics sector
      241 11 SINGAPORE companies must have credibility, target the right customers, tighten costs and build Chinese links to successfully enter China's retail logistics industry, said Ignatius Lim, consulting director at Global Business Insights (GBI). He was speaking to logistics companies' executives at a seminar yesterday
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      Lock icon Print ads to go head to head in Ink Awards
      306 11  -  SPH sponsors first local contest for best in print ads By Christopher Hwang SINGAPORE Press Holdings is sponsoring the first local awards to recognise the best in print advertisements and raise awareness of creativity in the advertising industry. The Ink
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      Lock icon New book seeks to advise SMEs on financing
      234 11 SINGAPORE companies looking to expand overseas need to take advantage of as many financing sources as possible to stay competitive, but not many know how. A new book written by those who do know aims to change that. Launched yesterday, the book
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      Lock icon GDP seen growing 7.6% this year
      523 11 EYE ON THE ECONOMY Reuters SINGAPORE'S economy is set to expand by 7.6 per cent in 2004, a full percentage point faster than analysts expected just two months ago and underpinned by exports of microchips and drugs, a Reuters poll shows. That tops the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Trade ties that bind
      585 12 EDITORIAL LIKE a giant jig-saw puzzle, Singapore has slowly but surely put in place a network of bilateral trade agreements with its major economic partners the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Singapore is also working on similar pacts with other emerging economies, such as
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      42 12 The public perceive Yudhoyono as more capable, firm and intelligent. These personality traits will likely be the main considerations for voters in choosing the president.' The Indonesian Survey Institute which questioned 1,200 respondents, on the main contenders for the Indonesian presidential election
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      Lock icon New era in S'pore-M'sia ties
      1793 12  -  The new leadership is one that Singapore can work with and this is a good time for both sides to increase cooperation Reports by Quak Hiang Whai REPRESENTATIVES from the foreign media and think tanks visiting under the Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia
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      Lock icon Stepping out of Dr Mahathir's shadow
      436 12 IS the unassuming and softspoken Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi his own man? After all, he has taken over from a charismatic leader who put Malaysia on the global map in the past 22 years with his outspoken views on world affairs including controversial
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      200 12 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 24 Wrestling, whole ring needed iTH"" 26 A home *T| ——PI—PP—W—W— gave skirt (4) 29 Grasp where one should of delegates going round YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION keep dry at the match (10) lake (10) Across: 1 Redresser, 9 ExamDOWN 11 ,ncisors lass m '9 ht use for ine, 10
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Investment bank ECM Libra hires Khairy
      546 13 NEW BLOOD PM Abdullah's son-in-law to help win more business, challenge CIMB Bloomberg, Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] ECM Libra Bhd, Malaysia's fourthlargest investment bank by market share, hired the son-in-law of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to help challenge CIMB Bhd and win more business
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      Lock icon Thai oil land bridge more costly than shipping: study
      286 13 BANGKOK Tougher to tap foreign investment for project, it says THE Thai government will find it more difficult to tap foreign investment for its proposed strategic land bridge in the south after a study suggested that oil transportation on the route
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      Lock icon Tenaga CEO aims to cut costs, recover unpaid bills
      315 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's biggest power producer, will keep cutting costs and chasing unpaid bills to boost profitability, its new chief executive officer said. "I'm a debt collector now," Che Khalib Mohamad Noh said after announcing third-quarter results.
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      Lock icon HK housing rents finally on the recovery path
      557 14 HONG KONG They lag rise in home prices, and signal economy, jobs are on the mend Reuters HONG Kong housing rents have finally turned the corner and are picking up, a clear indication that the economy's recovery is well under way, analysts
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      Lock icon HK home prices may rise 20% next year
      129 14 HONG KONG Bloomberg HONG KONG home prices may rise a fifth next year as an economic rebound and a recovery in the property market fuels sales, according to projections by Cheung Kong Holdings, Hong Kong's second-biggest developer by market value. "Even before
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      Lock icon CNOOC to build 16b yuan refinery in south China
      261 14 BEIJING AFP CHINESE energy giant CNOOC Group is to build a 12 million ton-per-year oil refinery in southern China with investment totalling 16 biUion yuan (553.3 billion), the company confirmed yesterday. "The project has been approved by the State Council (China's
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    1135 14 Transaction date: Jul 28 mmumujimimwinimnimmmi mm mmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmnhm INTERBANK CROSS RATES A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Ytn Won RM HZ$ P»K Rs Peso 5$ Band Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.935 5.801 0.580 5.467 32.501 63.817 0.778 8.181 2.663 1.113 40.898 39.240 1.208 4.407
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    1628 14 8IC0M FUTURES Jul 28 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 <s cents/kg) Ctose Volume Opt« Month Hlqli Low Sett (tonnes) Interest W aiio SepM 214.25 Oct 04 2*25 "o* 04 SHII Dec 04 2W.75 Jan/Mar 05 211.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) /1 Vote T i P^ Month High low
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Oil at 21-year high as Yukos told to stop sales
      514 15 LONDON Move likely to hasten collapse of Russian oil giant Reuters, Bloomberg OIL prices rose to fresh 21year highs yesterday after bailiffs ordered beleaguered Russian oil giant Yukos to stop sales a move likely to hasten its collapse. The news
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Wall St firms settle bond pricing case
        79 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and two other Wall Street brokerage firms will pay a total of US$2O million to settle allegations they treated corporate bond investors unfairly, the Wall Street Journal said yesterday. The four firms, which include
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        Lock icon Time Warner's Q2 profit falls
        63 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Time Warner Inc, the world's largest media company, said second-quarter net income fell 27 per cent from a year earlier, when it had gains from a legal settlement and asset sales. The company's revenue rose on higher sales at its cable-television channels
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        Lock icon Aussie stock exchange's profit up 52%
        76 15 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian stocK axcnange l.ici s second-half profit rose 52 per cent, boosted by a surge in initial public offerings and an increase in trading volume. Net income for the six months ended June 30 increased to A 540.2 million (5548.2 million) from
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      286 19 Its Sempron chips will be comparable with Intel's Celeron Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Advanced Micro Devices is introducing a new brand name for chips used in inexpensive personal computers, as it tries to gain market share from arch-rival Intel Corp. Sempron, as AMD's
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      398 21 Reuters [COPENHAGEN] Danish shipping group A P MollerMaersk rejected claims made by one of its engineers that he was acting on an unwritten company rule after he was charged by US authorities with destroying documents on oil waste. The
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      212 21 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan may host later this year an international sea and air exercise to practise stopping suspected shipments of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a major Japanese newspaper said. The Asahi Shimbun daily said the exercise would be part of the
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      270 21 [LONDON] Alaskan prosecutors have filed charges against environmental campaign group Greenpeace, the master of one of its vessels and the local ship's agent alleging violations of two of the US state's environmental laws. The master and agent could be fined up to
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      771 22  -  NEWBUILDS By David Hughes IT so happens that none of the contracts listed this week is with Chinese yards. As has been the case for the past two decades or more, the scene appears dominated by Japan and South Korea. Of course,
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        831 27 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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        354 28 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian authorities conceded a mid-air bomb scare on a United Airlines plane may have resulted from a misunderstanding yesterday but denied the pilot overreacted by making an emergency return to Sydney. US flight 840 turned back 90 minutes into its
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        502 28 Thai flag carrier sees airport business adding 13% to profit in 10 years Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Thai Airways International Pel, which earns 80 per cent of its revenue flying to destinations outside Thailand, said its business of running airports can contribute at least 13 per cent
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          126 28 Xinhua [HONG KONG] Hong Kong airline Dragonair announced that it has decided to include Frankfurt in Germany and London Stansted as major points in its freighter network beginning today. Chief executive officer of Dragonair Stanley Hui said the two points will provide Dragonair with even deeper
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          87 28 Reuters [NEW YORK] AirTran Holdings Inc, parent of low-cost carrier AirTran Airways, said its quarterly net profit plunged, hurt by high fuel prices and a competitive environment. Still, Orlando, Florida-based AirTran, which has its main hub in Atlanta, beat Wall Street estimates by a penny and
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          83 28 AP [LONDON] Budget airline bmibaby said it plans to open a new base at Birmingham International Airport and introduce services on nine European routes. The airline said it would begin services from the airport in central England in January to destinations in Spain, the
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          67 28 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Qantas Airways, Australia's biggest airline, will add two extra weekly flights between Melbourne and Los Angeles. The first extra service will begin in November and the second in February, Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti said in a statement. The extra flights
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          74 28 Reuters [HANOI] Hong Kong s CR Airways will kick off an air service tomorrow that will link the territory with Vietnam's tourist hub Danang, after Vietnam's Pacific Airlines quit the routes in early July, state media reported. CR Airways will be the sole carrier to
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        238 28 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russia's Economy Ministry recommended yesterday that the government sell its 51 per cent stake in national flag carrier Aeroflot next year, Interfax news agency reported. Citing a draft privatisation plan for 2005, Interfax also said the ministry had recommended
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        183 28 AFP [OSLO] A four-year-old boy caused chaos at a Norwegian airport when he crawled on a luggage conveyor belt and rode it like it was a merry-go-round. Ingvild Aakervik was checking in at the Vigra airport near the western town of Aalesund
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        341 28 Reuters [GENEVA] Global air passenger traffic rose over 20 per cent in the first half of this year as travel recovered from the effects of an economic downturn and the Sars virus in Asia, an airline industry group said yesterday.
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        219 28 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state-owned domestic carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines plans to offer a 30-49 per cent stake in the company to foreign investors to improve its competitiveness, the Bisnis Indonesia daily reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted Merpati president Hotasi Nababan as saying it may sell its
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