The Business Times, 16 November 2005

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://taJsiness-times.asial.com.sg MICA (P) 089/03/2005 Wednesday, November 16,2005
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  • Article
    Lock icon SGX firms on track to meet 2005 profit target
    776 1  -  Nine-month earnings of 189 companies up 18.6% By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] With thirdquarter results generally in line with market expectations, 2005 earnings look to be mostly in the bag for Singapore companies. As of last night, 189 companies with December
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    134 1 ST! 2,***** (-13.66) ST INDEX FUTURES 2.242.00 (-13.00) siMsa 264.82 (-1.97) SIMSa FUTURES ***** (-2.10) MARKETS Tuesday Change KISECOMP ***** -1J6 NIKKEI 225 14,091.77 -24.27 HANG SENG 14,627.41 -2,06 SET INDEX 681.58 -1H JAKARTA COMP 1,022.08 +4.34 MANILA COMP 2,063.74 -831 SEOUL COMP 1,253.86 -3.77 SHENZHEN B 192.08
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    Lock icon 7 Marina IR bidders buy RFP; 2 yet to do so
    630 1  -  Over 800 pages of documents plus CD-ROMs spell out key conditions By ALEXANDRA HO [SINGAPORE] A rush-hour downpour did not deter eager bidders from getting their hands on the longawaited Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Marina Bay Integrated
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    Lock icon Who's who in the bidding
    222 1 Capita Land and MGM Mirage Concept Cirque du Soleii for entertainment, PaceWildenstein Gallery for art; interested in floating company on stock exchange Architect and investment not finalised Guocoland Concept Facilities for sports, gourmet cooking, natural history, museum Architect WoHa Architects investment not finalised Genting International
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Malaysian tycoon enters fray on side of Southern Bank boss
      513 2  -  Khoo Kay Peng's vehicle buys 4.03% of bank's parent Killinghall By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur RECLUSIVE Malaysian tycoon Khoo Kay Peng has come to the aid of embattled Southern Bank boss Tan Teong Hean. On Monday, Mr Khoo's MUI
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      Lock icon Clarification
      75 2 THE proposed acquisition by First Pacific Company of a stake in Del Monte Pacific, reported in BT on Nov 11 under the headline "Salim's HK unit buys 40% of Del Monte", is conditional upon several conditions. As such, the mandatory conditional offer in compliance with the Singapore takeover code
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      516 2 S'pore keen to make mark in entertainment media THE Asia-Pacific will remain the fastest-growing region for entertainment and media over the next five years and Singapore wants to be part of that growth. Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, said that Singapore aspires to
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      Lock icon S'pore keen to make mark in regional entertainment, media
      516 3  -  It should be an important node in booming AsiaPacific: Boon Yang By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific will remain the fastestgrowing region for entertainment and media over the next five years and Singapore wants to be part of that growth. "Singapore aspires
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      Lock icon Temasek co-sponsors Russian fund
      299 3  -  By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings' risk appetite shows no sign of waning as it makes its third investment in Russia. The investment company said yesterday it has teamed up with Russian investment bank Troika Dialog to co-sponsor a new mid-cap private equity fund focusing
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      Lock icon Music file-sharers in S'pore face legal action
      561 3 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] The music industry's top lobby group is launching new legal action against the sharing of files over the Internet. The International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said 2,100 legal cases are being pursued, extending the action to five new countries.
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      Lock icon Qantas fires another salvo at SIA
      654 3  -  It says SIA moves on Sydney-LA leg a 'strategic attack' on Qantas route By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Opening the SydneyLos Angeles route to Singapore Airlines will not boost Australian tourism and is merely a move by SIA to attack Qantas, the Australian airline's chief
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Keep SGX competitive as a hub for listing
      777 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By LESLIE YEE LISTING costs may not be a key factor in companies choosing whether and where to list. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) may be right that its recently announced fee hikes bring it in line with exchanges in
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      Lock icon Vantage CEO and chairman quit
      538 5  -  Talk of party linked to Kea's successful general offer naming new team By CONRAD RAJ IN a surprise turn of events, the main shareholder of Vantage Corporation, Kea Kah Kim, has quit as chief executive officer and Startech Electronics chairman James Tan Meng Dong has
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      Lock icon Lew Syn Pau sells shares in Broadway
      582 6  -  500,000 shares in deemed stake sold in 5 transactions last week By MICHELLE QUAH FORMER Member of Parliament Lew Syn Pau has sold off half-a-million shares in listed Broadway Industrial Group, the same company over which he was charged with breaching the Companies
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      Lock icon 2 IPOs managed by Westcomb launched
      473 6  -  ISDN offers 39.7m shares, HLN Tech 23m shares By MICHELLE QUAH TWO more initial public offerings (IPOs) managed by Westcomb Capital Pte Ltd were launched yesterday just days after the IPO issue manager was barred by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) from submitting new IPO
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      Lock icon Macquarie fund plans $676m IPO on SGX
      567 7  -  INTERNATIONALISATION OF SGX Miref has forecast annualised dividend yield of 8.4-9.6% By LESLIE YEE MACQUARIE International Real Estate Fund (Miref) is aiming to raise $676 million or up to $776.5 million if an over-allotment option is exercised in full from an initial public
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      Lock icon Genting Int'l IPO price range at 16-24 US cents: source
      233 7 Reuters MALAYSIAN gaming company Genting International, which plans to list in Singapore, may offer to sell its shares at between 16 to 24 US cents each, said a fund manager who attended the company's pre-marketing presentation. Genting International, part of
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      Lock icon Keppel O&M order book hits $8b mark
      327 7  -  Keppel Singmarine bags $23 m order from Gulfmark for six vessels By CONRAD RAJ THE latest order for Keppel Offshore Marine means that the Keppel Corporation subsidiary currently has $8 billion worth of work in hand. The group, the world's biggest rig builder,
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      Lock icon SGX to sign MOU with Zhejiang provincial govt
      371 7  -  By TEH HOOI LING THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday announced that it will ink an agreement with China's Zhejiang province to pave the way for easier listings of Zhejiang enterprises on the Singapore bourse. This is SGX's first formal cooperation with Chinese
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      Lock icon Soaring oil prices lift SPC, Pearl Energy
      2312 8  -  SPC's Q3 profit surges 68%, Pearl Energy earnings hit record US$7.5m By RONNIE LIM IT has been a sizzling third quarter for oil stocks like Singapore Petroleum Company and Pearl Energy, spiced up by record oil prices due to supply worries and hurricanes.
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      Lock icon Haw Par Leisure in US$12m Chengdu aquarium venture
      256 8 HAW Par Leisure, which runs Singapore's Underwater World attraction, yesterday entered into a joint venture agreement with Chengdu Amusement Park to build an aquarium on its land. The planned Chengdu Amusement Park Oceanarium, which will take two years to construct, will require
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      Lock icon Fresh new look for Sats' corporate image
      515 8  -  It gets new logo, makes commitment to remain No 1 By VEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats), the biggest ground services operator at Changi Airport, yesterday launched its new brand image, consisting of a new corporate logo and brand promise to remain
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Handsome US$ targets of 125 yen and par for euro
      918 10  -  CURRENCIES That might translate into the likes of a S$1.75 euro and S$1.41-1.45 per 100 yen LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent ALL too suddenly, as is too often the case, everything seems to conspire in favour of the US dollar, allowing
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      Lock icon Westcomb's Choo picks up 20.000 more shares
      435 10  -  TRADES TO WATCH Compiled by MICHELLE QUAH WfcSTCOMB Financial Group's CEO Chpo Chee Kong has bought shares in the listed company for the second day running, in the wake of news its issue manager unit. Wdstcomb Capital, has been barred from submitting new
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      421 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 15 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -47.00 -96.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -119.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -5.00 All-SG Equities 572.05 -3.40 SG Equities Elect 119.04 +0.73 SG Equities Fin 1665.57 -8.43 SG Equities Prop 691.16 -6.55 SIMSCI 264.82 -1.97 SiMSCI Futures 265.30 -2.10 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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      Lock icon BROKERS'TAKE
      288 10  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI City Developments Nov 15 dose: 558.55 CIMB-GK RESEARCH. Nov 1S THE group's results were below market and our expectations. 3Q05 net profit declined 30 per cent year-on-year, mainly due to taxes which were 10-fold higher than last year. Pretax profit rose 10 per cent year-on-year
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      Lock icon Region-US markets decoupling
      391 10  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent AT one stage, it appeared as if stocks in this region including those in the Straits Times Index were functioning as a sort of advance indicator of how Wall Street might perform later the same day. So, if the Hang Seng Index
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      Lock icon ST Index's 2,200 level should hold
      306 10  -  CHART POINT By YEO KEE YAN, chartist at Kelive Research THE benchmark Straits Times Index tried but failed to punch above the 2,268 level during the past week. With a lack of follow-through gains, the index slipped 40 points off the 2,272 level during
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Informatics' e-learning plan unveiled
      305 11  -  Group is ready to switch to electronic mode if a flu pandemic erupts By CHEN HUIFEN NOT even a pandemic of bird flu will be allowed to disrupt work at Informatics Holdings. The education provider yesterday announced plans to switch to an electronic learning platform in
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Move to delist Wah Shing
        109 11 IN a move to take Wah Shing International Holdings private, South China Industries (BVI) Limited has offered to buy the remaining 37.66 per cent stake it does not already own at 18 cents a share. A joint statement yesterday on the proposal to seek a
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        Lock icon Semb Kimtrans wins $43m 5-year contract
        52 11 Reuters SEMBAWANG Kimtrans has won a five-year contract three years fixed term plus two years option worth $43.3 million to supply and operate seven barges for Banpu, Thailand's largest coal miner. Kimtrans said the barges would be used to transport coal along rivers in
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        Lock icon SembCorp JV to build logistics terminal
        67 11 KATOEN Natie SembCorp (KNS) —a 51:49 joint venture between Belgium's Katoen Natie and Singapore's SembCorp Logistics will have a second chemical logistics terminal on Jurong Island, costing $19.87 million. It will have a built-up area of 30,000 sq m and is expected to be
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        Lock icon SIA's load factor tops 70% in Oct
        148 11 INCREASING global trade and travel demand helped Singapore Airlines fill more seats and cargo space last month, the highest in 16 months. The airline filled an average 70.3 per cent of its combined passenger and cargo capacity in October, compared with 68.3 per
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Banks lead demand for CBD office space
      445 12  -  JLL figures show rentals for prime office space in Q3 was up 6.2% qoq By ARTHUR SIM BANKS and other financial institutions are the clients mainly responsible for a healthy take-up of offices in Singapore's central business district, says the head of research
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      Lock icon Xilinx to erect US$40m building in Changi
      360 12  -  Building will be completed in mid-2007 By ROLAND LIM JUST 18 months after it established its Asia-Pacific headquarters here, "fabless" semiconductor vendor Xilinx yesterday announced a US$4O million investment in Singapore to build a new building with 20,000 sq m of space at
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      Lock icon Business expertise to boost media needed
      252 12  -  By UMA SHANKARI SINGAPORE needs a good business structure in place to support its media industry if it wants to be a media hub, said an international advisory panel put together by the Media Development Authority (MDA). Yesterday, the panel came up with a
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      Lock icon China firm to use S'pore as games test-bed
      364 12  -  By MATTHEW PHAN CHINA online gaming firm Sea Sky Net Joy is using Singapore as a base from which to spearhead its international expansion. "Singapore is a leading business hub in Asia, and a bridge to South-east Asia, China and Europe. She
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      Lock icon Prime lending rate looks set to go up soon
      501 13  -  Deposit rates have been rising and 3-month interbank rate has hit 3% By SIOW LI SEN ADJUSTMENT of the prime lending rate is looking more and more likely given the sustained rise of the key 3month interbank rate and increases in
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      Lock icon Vehicles drive Sept retail sales up 10.8%
      223 13 THE drive to the shops is carrying relentlessly on. Singapore's overall retail sales index rose 10.8 per cent year-on-year in September, according to figures released yesterday by the Department of Statistics. Total sales in the month were estimated at $2.34 billion although most
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      Lock icon S'pore, Korea sign deal on design tie-ups
      181 13 THE national design organisations of Singapore and Korea yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at promoting exchange in matters of design between the public and private sectors of both countries. The agreement was signed by Edmund Cheng, chairman of Design Singapore Council,
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Materials science network taking shape
        67 13 A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering and the International Center for Materials Research, linked with the University of California. Santa Barbara, are looking to form a materials science network to promote collaboration by materials science labs in Asia. This will pave the way for
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        Lock icon Chee Hean visiting China this week
        61 13 DEFENCE MinisterTeo Chee Hean is on a visit to China from Nov 15 to 20, during which he is expected to meet Chinese leaders including National People's Congress chairman Wu Bangguo, National Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan and State Councillor Chen Zhili in Beijing. Mr
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        Lock icon NUS students win int'l design award
        57 13 TWO students from the National University of Singapore's School of Design and Environment have become the first Asians to win the Design Lab Award at the International Electrolux Design I.ab 2005 competition. Their winning entry, "Airwash", is a waterless washing unit that cleans clothes
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      Lock icon Insurance sector has a robust 03, thanks to CPF
      375 13  -  By CONRAD TAN THE life insurance industry here is picking up steam after a lacklustre first half, boosted by the privatisation of one of the Central Provident Fund's (CPF) insurance plans. At a press briefing yesterday, Life Insurance Association (LIA) president
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Capital outflows from M'sia no cause for worry: minister
      459 14  -  Economists say Malaysia can well accommodate the fund movements By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop has indicated that the recent increase in capital outflows had been anticipated and is not a matter for concern.
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      Lock icon US October producer prices rise 0.7%; core falls 0.3%
      462 14 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US producer prices rose last month as costs increased for natural gas and heating oil. Excluding energy and food, wholesale prices declined by the most in more than two years, reflecting cheaper cars, computers and clothes.
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      Lock icon Japan Inc shops abroad to appease feisty investors
      535 14 Reuters IHONG KONG] Japanese firms are back on the acquisition trail, partly to deter potential predators at home and also to placate increasingly feisty shareholders demanding ever greater returns. This time around, Japan Inc's shopping list looks very different from its 1980s
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      191 14 Global Third Party Logistics Study I 'n' 22 November 2005 1000 1300 hrs Grand Hyatt Singapore perspectives of third party logistics provider (3PL) customers ill U IML North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It will provide valuable insights on the emerging trends and issues among key user markets
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Indon govt may take over Cepu
      369 15 It will do so if Exxon and Pertamina don't resolve oil field row by year-end Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia threatened yesterday to take over the US$2 billion Cepu oil block unless Exxon Mobil Corp and state oil firm Pertamina resolve a row by the year-end
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      Lock icon Newmont civil suit dismissed
      437 15 Reuters tJAKARTA] An Indonesian court has tossed out a US$l33 million civil suit against a unit of the world's largest gold miner, Newmont Mining Corp, saying yesterday it does not have jurisdiction to hear the case. The Environment Ministry lodged the case earlier this year against
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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        Lock icon Legal outsourcing has potential for India
        77 15 [HOUSTON] India has huge potential in legal outsourcing, with the number of jobs in the field increasing to 79,000 by 1 2015, the Press Trust of India quoted a study by American research firm Forrester as saying. The study estimated that jobs in the
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        Lock icon Scrap LNG pipeline to Java plan: study
        86 15 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia, the world's largest liquefied natural gas seller, shouldn't deepen export cuts on the fuel to channel the gas to the domestic market because the move will reduce foreign currency earnings, a government-sponsored team said after a study. The government should
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        Lock icon US firms in M'sia cut sales growth forecast
        88 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] A group representing Intel, Motorola and other US electronics makers in Malaysia cut its forecast for 2005 sales growth to 4 per cent as rising oil prices, Hurricane Katrina and bird flu hurt consumer confidence. Exports by 18 US
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        Lock icon Telefonica can double China Netcom stake
        66 15 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Netcom Group Corp (Hong Kong) Ltd, the nation's second-largest fixed-line phone operator, will allow Spain's Telefonica SA to buy an additional 4.9 per cent stake, an investment worth about US$5OO million. Telefonica, Spain's largest phone company, can double its stake
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        Lock icon Telstra's HK unit to take over rival
        74 15 Reuters [SYDNEY/HONG KONG] Australia's Telstra Corp Ltd, said yesterday it has signed a preliminary deal for its Hong Kong mobile operation to take over rival New World Mobile Holdings Ltd, which would create the city's largest cellular operator. The combined group would leapfrog
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        Lock icon China insurers up stock investments
        81 15 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China Life Insurance Co, PICC Property Casualty Co and other Chinese insurers increased their investments in the stock market by 43 per cent in the year ending Sept 30, according to official data. Chinese insurers invested 106 billion yuan (5522.3 billion) in yuan-denominated
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        Lock icon PetroChina in major natural gas find
        52 15 Reuters [BEIJING] Oil major PetroChina has made a major natural gas discovery near China's top oilfield Daqing in north-eastern Heilongjiang province, the Beijing News reported yesterday. Preliminary exploration showed proven gas reserves in the Qingshen gas field were 100 billion cubic metres, the newspaper
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      Lock icon Khazanah's Parkson stake to cost US$69m
      354 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] Malaysia's state investment arm has agreed to pay up to US$6B.7 million to buy a 9.9 per cent stake in IPO hopeful Parkson Retail Group Ltd, according to a pre-sale document obtained by Reuters. Parkson, which runs 39 department stores across
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Bank of China to sell shares early next year
      426 16 No decision yet on location for listing, says bank official Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Bank of China, the nation's secondlargest lender, plans to sell shares publicly in the first quarter of next year, following China Construction Bank Corp as the second of the
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      Lock icon Firms may introduce stock incentives
      288 16 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China's public companies should be allowed to offer stock incentives as part of efforts to bolster corporate profitability and governance, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said in a draft rule published yesterday. Companies would be able to use as much as 10 per
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      120 16 AP [HONG KONG] China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec Group) plans to partner its domestic rival China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) to acquire drilling rights to an oilfield in Sudan for about US$6OO million, Dow Jones Newswires reported yesterday, citing an individual who did
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      189 16 Reuters [HONG KONG] A Chinese dealer working in London for China's State Reserves Bureau (SRB) may have traded without SRB authority in taking a short position on London Metal Exchange (LME) copper, a senior Chinese official has told Reuters. With copper prices at record
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      327 16 [BEIJING] China's central bank has quietly kick-started the development of a substantial domestic bond market, allowing companies to get around longstanding restrictions on corporate debt by issuing short-term bills, according to a report in the Financial Times. More than 30 companies have issued
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon UK retail giant Tesco plans possible entry into India
      410 17 Move could follow chief executive's first trip in coming weeks, says report [LONDON/BANGALORE] UK's Tesco pic is planning a possible entry into India, one of the world's largest consumer markets, says a report in the Financial Times. The move by UK's
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      235 17 4 [NEW DELHI] Tata Motors is planning to enter the Chinese market and is looking at the option of setting up an assembly unit in the country, the Business Standard reported yesterday. Tata Motors managing director Ravi Kant said this on Monday at the
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      273 17 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's prime minister is expected to reshuffle his Cabinet soon, the first shake-up since winning power in mid--2004, but is unlikely to change key economic portfolios in one of the world's most robust economies. A series of scandals, job moves and
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      294 17 [LONDON] India's largest outsourcing group has decided against listing in Britain, shunning efforts by the London Stock Exchange, according to a report in The Times of London. The paper said Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a US$l6 billion software and services group that
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      688 18  -  It aims to further develop regional markets, but not all back the idea From ANTHONY ROWLEY in Hong Kong THE launch of a third Asian Bond Fund (ABF) is under consideration by the region's central banks to give fresh impetus to the development
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      726 18  -  Round-the-World Yacht Race. Leg 2, Race 3, Day 21 BY KEITH FLORY HAVING been allocated this week to share my thoughts, feelings and comments on the ongoing progress of Uniquely Singapore I did initially start to worry about what I would actually write about What would the "real"
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      329 18 AFP. Bloomberg [BANGKOK] A court yesterday ordered the partial privatisation of Thailand's largest utility to be suspended in a move that analysts called an unprecedented setback in the government's bid to attract foreign investors. Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) shares had been
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      263 18 Reuters, Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Telstra Corp, Australia's dominant telephone company, will slash as many as 12,000 jobs over the next five years as it embarks on a major restructuring to cut costs and lift revenue. The job cuts involving a fifth of its workforce
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  • WORLD
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      501 19  -  HEDGE FUNDS FSA of UK warns managers, banks to shape up or face 'pincer movement' By NEIL BEHRMANN in London US and European regulators are intensifying their cooperation in investigating an epidemic of major financial frauds, particularly those involving hedge funds. In the past year,
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      273 19 The year's large frauds and suits Refco USS44Om in loans allegedly hidden from its August listing prospectus. Former CEO Phfilf) Bennet indicted on securities fraud, wire fraud. He denies allegations Phoenix Kapitaidienst German prosecutors probing alleged falsification of the existence of 700 m euros. Bayou Management- Fraud of
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      479 19 NYT [NEW YORK] Thomas H Lee Partners, the private equity firm that owns more than half of Refco, the collapsed futures and commodities brokerage firm, sued former Refco executives on Monday, seeking to recover at least US$245 million. The lawsuit was filed in US
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      400 20 It wants to expand network even as other airlines step up presence in India Reuters [BANGALORE] British Airways, which launched its first direct flights to India's high-tech hub of Bangalore last month, said on Monday that it would boost the number of
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      360 20 China Eastern flew 71 more travellers in Oct Week-long National Day holiday helps boost figures Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Eastern Airlines Corp, the nation's third-largest carrier, carried 71 per cent more passengers in October than a year earlier, helped by increased travel during the week-long National Day holiday. Passenger numbers
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      297 20 AP [BRUSSELS] The European Commission' is expected this week to propose giving the EU's air safety agency more powers to impose safety rules on all airlines European and non-Euro-pean serving the continent, officials said on Monday. EU Transportation Commissioner Jacques Barrot
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      107 20 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd, Australia's second-biggest airline, started a loyalty programme offering passengers overseas flights with Emirates and Virgin Atlantic Airways. The programme, which also includes Virgin Blue-branded credit cards, is part of the discount carrier's strategy to win market share from larger
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      518 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Airbus SAS, which has a 4 per cent share of Japan's passenger plane market, said it's confident of winning orders for its A3BO plane from Japan Airlines Corp, All Nippon Airways Co and the country's other carriers. The Toulouse, Francebased
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      284 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Boeing Co launched its biggest airliner yesterday, announcing orders worth US$5 billion for a stretched and upgraded version of its 8747 from freight carriers Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines. Archrival Airbus plans to deliver its mammoth A3BO doubledecker
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      236 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD promissory notes Slinking out with suspi- BE 9K I 13 Anniversaries of ice matches? 17 Room with old bag (7) They may show the way back mH in a saloon (9,6) for long shots when be--26 Mother may question pat- Lmt-—jJ— -LJ—UmJ— 27 Iraq initially will bash artificial
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  • SHIPPING
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      703 21 Fall by as much as 7.5% due largely to hike in supply from bigger global fleet Bloomberg [LONDON] Shipping rates for oil, bulk commodities and containers carrying manufactured goods may fall by as much as 7.5 per cent annually
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      277 21 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Shares of Samsung Heavy Industries Co, the world's third largest shipyard, rose to a one-month high after the company posted its second quarterly profit as it built vessels with higher margins. Samsung Heavy shares gained 0.7 per cent
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      804 21  -  STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES THEY say timing is everything in the newbuilding and sale and purchase markets. And Greek shipowners are renowned for often getting their timing just right. It looks likely, according to mutual liability insurer North of England P&I club, that Greek owners
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      407 21 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Yusen KK, Japan's largest shipping line, raised its full-year profit forecast as profit more than doubled in the second quarter, helped by stronger demand for transporting marine freight. The company expects full-year profit of 92 billion yen (551.33 billion) compared
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      179 21 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's PD Ports pic reported a swing into first-half profit on Monday. It said that the outlook was favourable although it expects slower growth in the trading performance of port operations in the second half. The port
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      316 21 Reports suggest contract worth one billion euros AFP IPARIS] The French engineering group Alstom has won a contract to build two giant cruise liners for Italian line MSC, the Italian company said on Monday. MSC said that it signed the contract with the
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      525 22 EDITORIAL MORE users are doing their banking online; nothing unexpected in that. What is encouraging, however, is the finding that a growing number of older users are signing on to cyber-banking, and enjoying the experience by all accounts. This augurs well for the connected society that
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      770 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING THE visit by US President George W Bush to Beijing this week, the third such visit of his presidency, is likely to focus on economic issues. The president will seek to reduce China's trade surplus estimated
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      1207 22  -  Washington's failure to forge a constructive Sino-American partnership could prove costly LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent AS US President George W Bush prepares to leave on his Asia trip, which will include a visit to China, it's important to restate the obvious: Washington, under
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      1116 23  -  Firms that aspire to greatness must know how to reconcile company and Asian values to those of their customers JOE BALADI I HAVE deliberately reserved the last two instalments of this branding series for two very important subjects: one that Asian CEOs never get tired of
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      1210 23  -  By ANDREW KRAMER NYT A FEW years ago, Russia's finance officials could only dream of the problem Russia's Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin described recently. Thanks to bountiful revenue from oil exports, the Kremlin is in a position to pay US$l5 billion in
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  • MOTORING
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      521 31  -  By SAMUEL EE TOYOTA'S soaring registrations have led Singapore's most popular brand to invest heavily in aftersales. facilities, which have also attracted an increasing number of older models. Over the past four years, Toyota's authorised distributor has spent about $10 million on after-sales facilities. Today, Borneo
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  • executive Money
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      1143 32  -  Since the non-profit Credit Counselling Singapore took off last year, it has counselled some 388 cases as at June, reports GENEVIEVE CUA GENEVIEVE CUA AGAINST the backdrop of banks aggressively courting customers with "easy" credit facilities, the spectre of a spiralling debt trap was recently
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      952 32  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA SO, you'd like to get an exposure to commodities. Here, at last, is a fund that can give you that with a capital guarantee as well. Barclays has launched its Global Commodities Dynamic Fund, its first foray into the retail funds market
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      345 32  -  By Chua Boon Lee Standard Poor's Associate, Fund Services THERE has been much debate over the durabffity of the out-performanoe by global emergvig markets In the next year.The MSG Emerging Markets index ended the month of October with a cumulative rise of 1124 per cent
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