The Business Times, 20 November 2006

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES wtm/x h ANNIVERSARY 36 Monday November 20,2006 online at .com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 099/03/2006 SlNGW»etostents
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Apec needs recovery plan against terror attacks: PM
    645 1  -  An attack on global supply chain will cripple trade and lead to massive losses, he warns By CHUANG PECK MING in Hanoi SINGAPORE has called on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders to back a move to put in place a quick recovery
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    131 1 MARKETS WMk Chge ST1 2813.18 +67XI KLCOMP 1040.79—+18.49 NIKKEI 225 *****.73 -20.70 HANG SENG *****.71 ....+291.57 SET INDEX 733.92 -6.50 JAKARTA COMP ...1672.11 +7.27 MANILA COMP ....2842.54 +3.16 TAIPEI TAIEX 7259.54 ......+8534 SEOUL COMP 1412.22 —+16.49 SHENZHEN B 355.45. +€34 AUSTALLORD 5391.50.—-17.70 DOW JONES *****.56 —+234.13 NASDAQ 2445.86
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    Lock icon Sunday banking gets overwhelming response
    786 1  -  By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] Sunday banking could turn out to be the next big thing. OCBC has launched fullservice Sunday banking at five of its branches the first bank here to offer the service on such a scale and so has Standard Chartered Bank
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon More M&As may keep US stock market bullish
      692 2  -  Recent spate of billion-dollar takeover bids sets Wall Street abuzz By ANDREW MARKS in New York AT A time when investors might be thinking of profittaking after three-plus months of a stockmarket rally, a tsunami of mergers acquisitions (M&As) is helping to
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      437 2 Privacy, data protection top concerns in survey COMPANIES here still need to do more to improve their information security posture in a globalised business environment, a new survey by Ernst Young shows. Identifying five priorities as being most critical to success, it said the one making the most
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      Lock icon Working together will be a boon for S'pore and Kuwait: MM Lee
      568 2  -  By JEAN CHUA in Kuwait SINGAPORE And Kuwait and the larger Arab world can work together and invest their reserves in assets that will pay off, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. At the same time, they
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      Lock icon Leaders reaffirm backing for Doha Round
      377 2  -  APEC SUMMIT By CHUANG PECK MING in Hanoi ASIA-PACIFIC leaders wrapped up two days of meetings here yesterday, promising to*push for freer global trade and to "spare no efforts" to get the stalled multilateral talks under the World Trade Organization (WTO) back on track.
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      Lock icon S'pore firms need to improve data security systems: survey
      722 4  -  But Republic is well-placed to be business continuity hub for region By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY [SINGAPORE] Singapore companies still need to do more to improve their information security systems and procedures in an increasingly globalised business environment, a new global survey
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon SATS in talks for JVs at 8 China airports
      500 6  -  Negotiations with Capital Airport group underway By YEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (SATS) is poised to significantly boost its footprint across China, thanks to its partnership with one of the country's leading airport operators. BT understands that SATS is already
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      Lock icon Will VivoCity, new KL stores drain CK Tang?
      704 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By KALPANA RASHIWALA CK TANG recently posted a net profit of just $232,000 for the first half ended Sept 30, 2006, down from net earnings of $1.63 million in the same period last year. The question on some industry-watchers'
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      Lock icon Li unaware of father's role in PCCW sale
      470 7 Says he learnt of involvement after SGX informed PCRD lawyers [HONG KONG] PCCW chairman Richard Li has said he had no prior knowledge of his father Li Ka-shing's involvement in the change in shareholding at PCCW in the initial stages and would
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      Lock icon CityDev's Tribeca preview off to a good start
      283 7  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA CITY Developments has sold about 60 of the 86 units it has released so far at its Tribeca condo opposite Zouk at Jiak Kim Street, a spokeswoman for CityDev said yesterday evening. CityDev began previewing the freehold development since
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      Lock icon Manhattan Resources warns of bigger losses in H2
      504 7  -  It expects results of Indon joint venture to be worse in H2 By LAUREL TEO COAL energy player Manhattan Resources has warned that its second-half results ending Dec 31 might show it sinking deeper into the red than its first-half net loss
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      284 6 UJS. Manufacturer Seeks Exclusive Distributor for SINGAPORE We are an industry leader in the environmental protection factory life extension industry, with some of the most advanced products in the world. We are looking for a highly talented and skilled business professional organization to become our exclusive stocking distributor for SINGAPORE
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      276 7 Q: Why do I need wealth management? A: Allow me to start by asking if your wealth legacy is built to last successive generations? If not, you need wealth management to ensure that future generations will inherit your legacy. Q: How will wealth management help me? A: At the outset,
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Mixed showing by portfolios
      1241 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent IN A week when the Straits Times Index scaled new records on four consecutive days, our portfolios turned in a rather mixed performance. While the continued re-rating of second-tier property counters lifted the portfolio made up of stocks with the lowest
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      Lock icon Sellers keep pace with buyers this month
      1455 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI THERE was a surge in the director and substantial shareholder activity last week with 67 trades worth $49 million done, based on filings on the Singapore Exchange from Nov 13 to 17. The figures were up from the
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      Lock icon Is the record-breaking ST Index stretched?
      723 9  -  STOCKS TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent WITH the Straits Times Index setting new records for four consecutive days last week, perhaps it is an opportune time to take stock of what's been happening in the market so far this year. According to data from
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      Lock icon Asian currencies retreat against dollar on US inflation data
      194 9 AFP [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended last week lower against the dollar after data showed US inflation was in check and Japan kept its super-low interest rates unchanged. Japanese yen: The yen eased last week as the Bank of Japan kept
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1865 9 Conwwa m Nojaf Forecast Mean ftft Consensus Nul taracart Mm W» recommendation esti- EPS K target price nriwwi—ilstlua rnU- EPS K laHiita Company name TMswk lastmth mates (cents) (ratio) price name TMs tact mth mates (cants) (ratfe) JS« 9) Advanced Holdings 2.00 2.00 2 5.85 5.56 1.14 0.3?
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      Lock icon Oil and base metals slump
      158 9 AFP [LONDON] Most commodity markets retreated last week, with oil and base metals suffering heavy losses. The base metals corrected sharply downwards following a record-breaking three-week run. New York crude slid to its lowest level since June 2005 on unseasonally mild US weather and persistent
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon IMPACT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SWING
      2978 10 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What does the swing in the US mid-term elections mean for America and the world? In particular, how could this affect international trade and business? SUDDEN shifts in US trade and foreign policy are unlikely. President George W Bush will continue to
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      181 11 Members of the BT CEOs e-Club are Singapore's top corporate leaders whom BT editors would like to interact with in an atmosphere of informality and trust This 'dub' is a virtual one, with interaction mainly via e-mail. Each week, we will invite comments from these top executives on various economic
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Arts House to raise funds for children
      236 12  -  Jewellery, artwork shows, charity concerts lined up for next month By WEE LI-EN THE Arts House will be raising funds for The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BT BAF) with jewellery and artwork exhibitions and two charity concerts. A Christmas promotion at iFOURUM
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      Lock icon S'pore Reits hold huge growth potential: UBS chief
      584 12  -  More cross-border, infrastructure asset listings also expected here By LESUE YEE THE tremendous growth potential for the real estate investment trust (Reit) sector here makes Singapore, along with the twin growth engines of China and India, the Asian markets which ÜBS Investment
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      Lock icon Safra to build new dub, upgrade facilities for $60m
      308 12 SAFRA will invest more than $60 million in adding' and improving facilities for its members. It will develop a new Safra Club in Jurong West for about $30 million, and redevelop its existing club in Toa Payoh at a cost of
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      Lock icon Citigroup Singapore does its bit for charity
      141 12 MORE than 1,500 Citigroup employees in Singapore contributed to charity on Saturday as part of the financial powerhouse's Global Community Day. The activities held in Singapore included fulfilling 1.000 Christmas wishes for underprivileged children, elderly and families, and folding more than 30,000 paper
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      Lock icon Eldercare capacity to be studied: Khaw
      219 12 THE government will be studying the need for more eldercare capacity in the next 5-10 years. CNA quoted Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan as saying that, apart from building new nursing homes, the more important aspect is manpower training to ensure thert will be
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Hearty cuisine in classy ambience
      1069 14 NEW RESTAURANT Rogues Bar and Bistro 146 Market Street. #01-42/45 Tel: 6557 0040 DESPITE being open for only a couple of weeks, Rogues is already packing them into its 5,000 sq ft space a bar and bistro in a glass-encased pod appended to the newly
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      182 14 HI Song |H yy India jjflBBtt W™WHnHIIHW ■ebhsbi VHHHH .K The opening of Caruda Padang Cuisine in Singapore marks a significant milestone in our 30-year history. Since opening our first restaurant in Medan in 1976, our brand name has become synonymous with authentic padang cuisine. The love for the cuisine
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon A relook at Investing 101
      1023 15 DANIEL BUENAS looks at the definitions of commonly used financial terms and instruments as he revisits the language of investing INVESTING is such a wide field it ranges from the basics of personal finance, to the complexities of the stock markets and investment products and
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      Lock icon Students get a feel of the real thing
      836 15 CAMPUS LIFE NTU-IIC sets up virtual investment fund; profit made will determine sponsorship funding THE Nanyang Technological University Investment Interactive Club (NTU-IIC) research department will set up a virtual investment fund and collaborate with corporate sponsors to allow NTU-llC's members to manage
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      206 15 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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      47 15 citibank i The Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Rise in interest rates needed to curb inflation
      469 16 GROUP OF 20 SUMMIT G-20 warns rising protectionism a threat to global prosperity Bloomberg. AP [WELLINGTON] Central banks will need to raise interest rates further to contain inflation even as global growth cools, policy makers from the world's 20 largest economies say.
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      Lock icon Japan rebuffs IMF forex role mooted by US
      228 16 —Bloomberg [MGLBOURNE] Japan has rebuffed a campaign by the US. to introduce a foreign exchange surveillance role for the International Monetary Fund. "It's not appropriate for the IMF to discuss levels of foreign exchange rates," Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi said at
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      Lock icon G-20 not keen to speed up IMF voting reforms
      306 16 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] The world's 20 largest economies resisted a push to fast-track a second stage of International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform, urging it give growing emerging nationsa bigger voice within the next two years. Australian Treasurer Peter Costello. said the
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      Lock icon Vietnam's progress hailed at Apec Summit
      396 16 AP [HANOI] Eager to tap Vietnam's burgeoning economy, international business leaders who gathered in Hanoi at the weekend heaped praises on the communist nation for its economic reforms and for opening itself up to global trade. "We see great growth potential in this market,"
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      56 16 a :y: •■Xw r jr-t > >. •> effiwJ Pi bfl J Ul' 1 Ijj IflßogaEa l|lpßji^ jyi|lii|||ippi£^ Just how big is the China market? If every person in China bought an extra pair of shoes, global rubber supplies would run out! •Sh J^mj For more insights into the China
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Abdullah clearly in charge after Umno meet
      829 17  -  Mukhriz Mahathir criticised after dismissing Abdullah's address By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur THE message that came across after all the sound and fury of the just concluded assembly of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) in Malaysia was simply this: Prime
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      Lock icon Paradoxes provide food for thought
      685 17  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT PAULINE NG KL Correspondent I S there a bigger paradox than Malay- sia? In early November when it launched its biggest growth initiative yet in the form of the South Johor Economic Region, which will require hundreds of billions in foreign investment if
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Brazil steelmaker makes rival bid for Corus
      483 18 Takeover battle looms as Tata mulls next move after rival's £5.3b offer AFP [NEW DELHI] Tata Steel is mulling over its next move after Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional announced a tentative bid for British steel giant Corus, setting the stage for a
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      Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
      2640 18 Transaction date: Nov 17 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT Online at http://business-times.asia 1 .corn.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONGKONG w Si' £2 Digital China .3.06 -0.04 3149 Aeon Credit .6.00 unch 20 Dream Intl 0.29 unch 450 Aeon Stores A45
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      Lock icon Ching Cheong petition 'dealt with': Tsang
      270 18 Reuters [HANOI] Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang said he has "dealt with" a petition from the wife of a journalist jailed in China but declined to say whether he brought it up with Chinese President Hu Jintao when the two njen met last Saturday.
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      Lock icon Ambani brothers move up list of India's rich
      540 18 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani and younger brother Anil rose to second and third places on Forbes Asia's richest Indians list after their split in 2005 made them wealthier by as much as US$2O.B billion. That still wasn't enough
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      Lock icon China and South Korea to explore free trade agreement
      221 18 Reuters [BEUING] China and South Korea have agreed to start an official feasibility study early next year into a possible free trade agreement (FTA), the Commerce Ministry reports. The agreement was reached in talks last Friday between Chinese Commerce Minister Bo
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      Lock icon EU to lodge wine trade complaint against India
      274 18 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Union will lodge a formal complaint against India with the World Trade Organization (WTO) this week over the taxes and duties the country levies on EU wine imports, the Financial Times reports on Saturday. "Their regime is not
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  • MIDDLE-EAST
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      Lock icon Saudi IPO boom expected next year: analyst
      493 19  -  At least 2 IPOs seen to launch every month, amounting up to 20b riyals By HABIB SHAIKH inJEDDAH MORE than 30 companies in Saudi Arabia are to go public next year with initial public offerings (IPOs), according to Basil M Ghalayini, founder and
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      Lock icon Slight oversupply in global oil market says UAE minister
      284 19 Reuters [ABU DHABI] The United Arab Emirates oil minister said that the world oil market was a bit oversupplied but refused to say if he believed Opec would cut output when the cartel's oil ministers meet next month. "The market is
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      Lock icon UAE will not diversify reserves into yen
      439 19 US$ may sink to half of country's foreign exchange reserves Reuters [FRANKFURT! The United Arab Emirates (UAE) does not see the Japanese yen as an attractive currency to diversify into from its mainly US dollar-denominated foreign exchange reserves, the country's central bank governor
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Australia raises A$15.5 billion in Telstra sale
      490 20 Institutions get half of shares applied for while retail investors get 95% Reuters [SYDNEY] The Australian government said yesterday that it had raised A 515.5 billion (5518.6 billion) nearly twice as much as planned selling shares to cede control of Telstra Corp Ltd,
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      Lock icon N Korean blast was probably a failed bomb: Blix
      391 20  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE weapon tested last month by North Korea was probably a "failed" nuclear device, but that might encourage Pyongyang to make a repeat test, Hans Blix, former head of the UN nuclear Monitoring, Verification and Inspection
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      Lock icon Lone Star chairman says Kookmin talks on hold
      269 20 Reuters [SEOUL] Lone Star's talks to sell Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) to Kookmin Bank are on hold and Lone Star will not invest any money in South Korea until a probe into the deal is over, the US fund's chairman said here
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      Lock icon Siemens fraud bigger than thought
      411 20 Embezzlement five times higher than estimate: reports AFP Reuters [BERLIN] A massive slush fund fraud robbed German engineering and electronics giant Siemens of some 100 million euros (*****.3 million), five times the original estimate, reports said on Saturday. The weeklies Der Spiegel and Focus said
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      Lock icon Alcohol ads ban seen cooling Thai party industry
      544 20 AFP [BANGKOK] The hip-pocket of Bangkok's entertainment industry, alongside its reputation as a hard-drinking party town, is taking another knock as the militaryinstalled government imposes further restrictions aimed at forcing Thais to cut back on drinking. Starting in two weeks, the government
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Euro halal storage centre to open next year
      238 21 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Port of Rotterdam expects its new warehouse in Netherlands, which would facilitate the storage and distribution of halal products, to be operational next year, Rotterdam City's vice-mayor, Roelf de Boer said. He said that the warehouse, currently under
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      Lock icon China Shipping eyes stake in Pelepas port
      428 21 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A Chinese shipping giant is eyeing a stake in two Malaysian ports, including top container port Tanjung Pelepas, which neighbours Singapore, a report said on Saturday. China Shipping Terminal Development Co Ltd, part of the world's sixth biggest shipper, China
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      Lock icon US Airways' bid a plus for industry
      389 21 AP [WASHINGTON] It is no mystery how the US airline industry has managed to lose US$35 billion in the past five years. Some of it had to do with union wages and benefit structures and pension obligations. But under stiff competitive pressure from
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      Lock icon China Merchants buys port, land from parent
      394 21 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Merchants Holdings (International) Co has entered into an agreement to buy HKSI.63 billion (*****.8 million) of port and land assets from its parent, the company said. China Merchants will acquire the 40 per cent it doesn't already own in
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      764 28  -  Smaller companies spent up to US$1.3b on IT last year By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY WITH Singapore-based small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) spending as much as US$l.3 billion on IT last year, global IT majors have been quick to develop an SMB strategy to tap
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        113 28 FROM Dec 28, subscribers to Star Hub's Max Online 4000 cable modem service will get a free bandwidth upgrade from 4Mbps to 6Mbps. Its Max Online 6500 subscribers will also get a free speed bump-up from 6.sMbps to 12Mbps. Star Hub is also running
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        97 28 SAMSUNG'S latest tri-band clamshell handset, the SGH-E5OO, is targeted at the ladies. Besides integrating the usual multimedia functions such as a 1.3-megapixel camera and a digital music player, the phonfc features an external LCD mirror and a "Mobile Beauty Box" application that allows the user
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        92 28 SONY has released the first of its Sony Vaio N-series notebooks, which feature a new clean and simple design. Powered by the Intel Core Duo Mobile platform, the Vaio VGN-NI7G features a dual-layer DVD burner, an 80 GB hard disk drive, and a 15.4-inch widescreen
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        107 28 LG has launched its A 1 and CI EXPRESS DUAL ultraportable notebooks, which weigh in at Ikg and I.3kg respectively. Both models feature a 10.6-inch widescreen, an Intel Core Duo processor and an NVIDIA Geforce Go 7300 graphics card. The CI is a Tablet PC with
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        101 28 SHARP has launched six new models in screen sizes 0f42,46 and 52 inches, as part of its Aquos range of LCD TVs. The TVs feature a high contrast ratio of 10,000:1 which help bring out the details in the image, and a response rate
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        115 28  -  Compiled by ROLAND LIM ADDING to the flood of MP3 players available, Sandisk has launched the Sansa c2OO, available in IGB or 2GB flavours. Equipped with a microSD card slot, the storage capacity of these players can be expanded to hold more digital music, which
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      384 29  -  With sales rising, head count to be raised in both Singapore and India By WINSTON CHAI BOLSTERED by rising product demand, BMC Software is gearing up to expand its operations across Asia, with Singapore and India earmarked for a manpower boost.
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      248 29 Reuters [BERKELEY, California! Yahoo Inc needs a dramatic organisational shake-up and cuts in its workforce of up to 20 per cent, said an internal memo written last month by senior vice-presi-dent Brad Garlinghouse. Mr Garlinghouse argues that Yahoo suffers from a lack
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      898 31  -  Main worry of local economies is loss of jobs to offshore locations: report By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY WITH the business process outsourcing (BPO) market in the Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) expected to reach US$7 billion by the end of this year, there are
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        93 31 JOHN Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer of networking giant Cisco Systems, will be speaking in Singapore on Dec 8 at the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's Distinguished Infocomm Speaker Series. As part of his address, Mr Chambers will be sharing his insights on how
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        65 31 CA has announced the appointment of Brenton Smith as area manager for its Asia South operations. He replaces Piti Pramotedham, who has left the company to join Deloitte ToucheTohmatsu. Mr Smith reports to CA's senior vice-president and general manager for the Asia-Pacific Japan region,
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        82 31 NEW York Stock Exchange-listed supply chain technology firm Intermec has relocated its global printer research and development centre from Sweden to Singapore. Part of Intermec's supply chain solutions include producing bar code printers and labels, such as those for radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. Located
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        60 31 ENTERPRISE software vendor Lawson Software has promoted Trygve Slette, who is currently managing director of its Singapore operations, to the position of country manager of its Singapore sales and services operations. He takes over from Shane Cumming who has relocated to Hong Kong and is
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        56 31 DATA recovery specialist CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc (CBL) has appointed Ferhana Omar Ashiblie to the position of acting general manager of its Singapore operations, CBL Data Recovery Technologies (S) Pte Ltd. Ms Ashiblie takes over from Samuel David who is now special projects manager
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        67 31  -  Compiled by ROLAND LIM BORLAND has promoted Michael King to vicepresident for its Asia-Pacific operations. The Borland veteran previously held multiple portfolios as vice-president of sales at Borland Japan, managing director of Asean as well as director of strategic alliances for Asia-Pacific operations. Before joining Borland,
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      184 31 AFP [PAßlS] Researchers have discovered a fundamental flaw in microprocessor technology that could allow hackers to obtain computer users' secret information, French daily Le Monde re•ported on Saturday. A team led by German cryptology expert JeanPierre Seifert has discovered that chips are now more
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      781 31  -  &lt;you say&gt; By BENJAMIN LOW AS INTERNET banking gains popular usage, new-age bank robbers are finding it lucrative to get their hands on the loot one account at a time. No getaway horse or car is needed, just a few well-written programs and keystrokes and
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      652 31 Reuters [TOKYO] Hardly any Japanese felt the earthquake in the distant north Pacific last week, but anyone watching television saw a tsunami warning almost instantly and thousands evacuated to higher ground within minutes. While the waves that later rolled ashore on the northernmost main
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      813 32  -  Sales of LCD TVs expected to account for US$6b in revenue, tripling last year's US$2b By ROLAND LIM WITH sales of its liquidcrystal display (LCD) televisions expected to triple this year, Korean electronics giant Samsung is optimistic that a continued
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      312 32  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY GERMAN software major SAP has announced the appointment of Geraldine Mcßride as president of its Asia-Pacific arm. Effective Jan 1, 2007, Ms Mcßride will assume the position from outgoing president and CEO for AsiaPacific, Hans-Peter Klaey. Mr Klaey, who took up
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      232 30 is an integral part of a Singaporean's life The Straits Times is read by people of all ages and walks of life because of its comprehensive news coverage and buffet of infotainment. It isn't a wonder why its daily readership increased by 30,000 to over 1,35 m readers. fl *M%M&f-
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