The Business Times, 10 May 2007

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Thursday, May 10,2007 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg
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    Lock icon S'pore world's second most competitive
    652 1  -  US maintains top spot but emerging nations quickly catching up in competitiveness: report By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong to become the world's second most competitive country, according to the latest World Competitiveness Yearbook report published by Swiss business school IMD. Of
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    132 1 STI 3,452.72 (+13.51) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,450.00 (+16.00) SIMSCI 425.40 (+1.37) SIMSCI FUTURES 420.50 (+1.60) MARKETS Wednesday Change KLCOMP 1,350.84 -3.83 NIKKEI 225 17,748.12 +91.28 HANG SENG 20,844.78 +138.43 SET INDEX 706.29 JAKARTA COMP 2,037.98 +15.19 MANILA COMP 3,345.98 +12.03 SEOUL COMP 1,593.42 +10.77 SHENZHEN B 713.53 +32.96
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    Lock icon Father of accused HK woman may have helped finance buys
    729 1 DOW JONES INSIDER TRADING AP Reuters [HONG KONG] A recent newspaper profile of Michael Leung said that when the Hong Kong businessman got excited about a stock, he would call a family meeting with his mother, children, son-in-law and even
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      32 1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Fixed deposits: Customers hit out at banks PAGE 21 LATEST ON US INTEREST RATES: Go to http://ww.busmesstimes.com.sg for the outcome of the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting
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      23 1 a PROPERTY CityDev chairman on residential rentals ♦jj ART AUCTION Spring sales in New York off to USs2Bom start PAGE 17 8 l^llllllll^
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon S'pore urged to take stock of move into life sciences
      699 2  -  Review whether new thrusts are easily copied By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Singapore needs to consider whether its recent moves into life sciences and other new fields will give it a real "creative advantage" over regional competitors in becoming an innovationdriven
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      Lock icon S'pore banks combined Q1 profits up 29%
      662 2  -  Bank chiefs optimistic for rest of year, cite strong economic growth By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] THE combined profits of the three Singapore banks rose 29 per cent in the first quarter to $1.65 billion excluding one-time gains, boosted by strong loans growth and
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      Lock icon Asean firms depend too much on bank loans: MAS MD
      558 4  -  Heng calls for better use of capital markets By MATTHEW PHAN [SINGAPORE] Asian businesses rely too much on financing by bank loan, even though the companies have been growing in size, complexity and competitiveness, Monetary Authority of Singapore managing director
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      476 2 SingTel plans tower shareholder payout SINGAPORE Telecommunications yesterday reported a 3.7 per cent fall in fourth-quarter underlying net profit amid sluggish markets at home and Australia. It proposed a total payout of $3.3 billion or 20.5 cents per share to shareholders, lower than last year's $4 billion distribution.
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      Lock icon SingTel plans lower payout
      892 4  -  Dividend of 20.5 cents per share as full-year underlying net up 8% to $3.6b By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications yesterday reported a 3.7 per cent fall in quarterly underlying net profits amid sluggish markets at home and Australia. It proposed a total payout of
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      Lock icon Get China on your resume if you want that promotion
      575 4 Reuters [HONG KONG] How many times have you been to China? The question now pops up in boardrooms, lounges and lecture halls around the globe and is increasingly being raised by businessmen, investors and Nobel laureate economists. Chinese ground-level access
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon A banking faux pas that could have been avoided
      689 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By SIOW LI SEN ON MONDAY, DBS moved oneup on its rivals by setting up Singapore's first Islamic Bank, and with prominent Gulf investors as partners to boot. It should be lauded for its vision, especially when it
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      Lock icon Banyan Tree builds on niche strength with big expansion
      394 7  -  By CHRISTINE SIM HOTEL, spa and resort developer and manager Banyan Tree Holdings announced yesterday that it will not pass up on what it sees as an opportunity to become a price-maker in the growing global small luxury hotel market. The
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      Lock icon STE bags $123m job for Turkey rail project
      336 7  -  Deal is group's first big rail contract in central Europe By MATTHEW PHAN SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) has won a contract worth about $123 million to develop turnkey integrated systems for a commuter rail project in Turkey, its first major rail
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      Lock icon Yongnam wins $60m Dubai Metro deal
      213 7 YONGNAM Holdings has won a contract for civil and structural steelworks from Obayashi Corporation worth about $60 million. The works are for some 11 over-ground stations as part of the US$l.6 billion Dubai Metro project Red Line. The Dubai Metro project will link Rashidiya
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      Lock icon Datacraft Q2 profit falls in absence of one-time gain
      441 9  -  Excluding insurance gain in Q2 2006, profit grew 48.3% to US$7.6m By LIN ZHAOWEI INFORMATION technology solutions and services company Datacraft Asia announced yesterday a fall in net profit in the second quarter ended March 31, despite revenue growing by 23.1
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      Lock icon COMPANY BRIEFS
      804 9 first-quarter net profit to $37.97 million, with total revenue rising 40.6 per centto $131 million. Fu Yu turns in $2.7m loss FU Yu Corporation has reported a loss of $2.7 million for the quarter ended March 31,2007, against a net profit of 17.8 million in the previous corresponding
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      Lock icon New units boost 4-fold rise in Asti Q1 revenue
      388 9  -  By OH BOON PING ASTI Holdings has more than quadrupled its firstquarter revenue to $137.8 million due to the consolidation of subsidiaries ASA Group and Fl/extech in its financial statements. Without their contributions, turnover would be about $27 million down from
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      Lock icon OCBC's core earnings jump 60% to $510m in first quarter
      552 6  -  By CONRAD TAN OCBC Bank's net profit more than doubled to $647 million in the first quarter, boosted by strong revenue growth, better interest margins and one-time gains. The 103 per cent earnings jump included a $90 million gain from
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      Lock icon AEM assisting CPIB in probe
      408 6  -  By ANGELA TAN MAINBOARD-LISTED AEM Holdings, formerly known as AEM-Evertech Holdings, is helping the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in an investigation. In a short statement to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday, it said that "the company is currently cooperating with investigation being conducted by
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      Lock icon Rowsley deal hinges on conditions
      687 7  -  These include ensuring Perfect Field's 100MW capacity runs by Oct By TEH HOOI LING PERFECT Field Investment Inc, a Jilin-based maker of solar energy products which Rowsley is acquiring in a reverse takeover, will have to ensure that its 100megawatt production capacity is running by
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon HK rebound helps STI avoid loss
      536 8  -  STOCKS Investors a little cautious in mixed trading ahead of US interest rates meeting R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent A REBOUND in Hong Kong and a firm opening for Europe yesterday ensured the Straits Times Index avoided a third consecutive day of weakness, in a
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      946 8 SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Down Undi Up Down Undi Up Down Undi Multi Ind 485 010 495 Manufacturing 82 66 66 14 11 22 77 88 Commerce 30 29 22 5 8 3 35 37 25 Tpt/5toriCowwns 22 15 8 2 1 0 24 16 8 Finance
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      940 8  -  Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN Yanlord Land May 9 dose: 552.75 CITIGROUP RESEARCH. May 8 INITIATE with "buy/low risk": Our 553.33 target price is based on Our forward 2008 net asset value (NAV). Our target price and 2007E dividend yield of 2 per cent imply a total return of
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      Lock icon Asian units defiant despite US$ bounce
      514 8  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE US dollar managed a degree of corrective bounce before the US central bank's latest thoughts on monetary policy due out later yesterday evening, but selected Asian favourite currencies re- mained stubbornly strong nonetheless. The Indonesian rupiah once again
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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      Lock icon On the fast track to becoming a trader
      1318 10  -  SMU has started a course to help jump-start a career in commodities trading, which is facing a shortage of skilled traders, reports VINCENT WEE VINCENT WEE THE rise of Singapore was based on trade. Yet despite being the world's 16th-largest trading nation,
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      Lock icon Praises from boss of international trading firm
      328 10 Interchem COO praises SMU's unique programme THE chief operating officer of chemicals trader Interchem, Roberto Dahlgren, is full of praise about the setting up of the SMU's International Trading Track. He believes that no other university anywhere offers such a curriculum, and he
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      Lock icon SMU undergrads see good prospects
      526 10 FOR the students who signed up for the newly launched international trading track at SMU, it was a leap of faith. One of those students, third-year business management undergraduate Joy Ng, says: "Like many students, my knowledge about trading is extremely limited. Compared to banking
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      85 10 —FOR THOSE AT THE PINNACLE OF THE GLOBAL f TRADING COMMUNITY SUMMIT The G oba Trader Summit 2007 (GTS 07) is an elite and exclusive conference for strategic idea generation and high-powered business 2007 networking with those at the pinnacle of international trading. Themed Sustaining Leadership in Global Trading, GTS
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Gas Bill to clear in May: sources
      479 11  -  By RONNIE LIM THE Energy Market Authority (EMA) will be empowered to open the national gas pipeline grid here for use by all parties once the recently introduced Gas (Amendment) Bill is ratified as the amended Gas Act later this month, sources said.
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      Lock icon Asean urged to open up services markets
      367 11  -  By CHARMIAN KOK MINISTER for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang yesterday called for Asean to continue opening up services industries. In the opening address of the second Asean services forum "Raising the competitiveness of Asean services industry" yesterday, Mr Lim said: "In
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      Lock icon KL, Singapore leaders to go on cruise to tackle new areas
      164 11 Reuters IKUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian and Singapore leaders will go on a cruise next week for talks on new areas of cooperation including cross-border investments and tourism, Malaysia's foreign minister said yesterday. The two countries have deep economic ties, but
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      Lock icon Maybank launches life insurance policy
      322 11  -  By TETTYANA JASLI MAYBANK has introduced a new insurance scheme in response to a recent report that the average working Singaporean is badly un-der-insured. The existing estimated cover of $118,000 is just 2.8 times the average annual income of $42,427. The Life Insurance Association recommends
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      Lock icon COEs head further north across the board
      238 11  -  By SAMUEL EE COE premiums continued to rise strongly across the board yesterday, leaving some motor traders puzzled. "Most of the authorised distributors are doing only OK business and their showrooms have been relatively quiet," said the manager of one popular Japanese dealership.
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      Lock icon Subhas Anandan leaves Harry Elias for KhattarWong
      370 11  -  High profile lawyer to lead criminal litigation team at KhattarWong By CHARMIAN KOK THE Harry Elias Partnership law firm yesterday said that veteran lawyer Subhas Anandan will be leaving the firm to join KhattarWong and Partners at the end of this month. Mr
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US retail pump prices seen going past US$3
      129 12 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Maintenance problems with ageing oil refineries and strong global gasoline demand should push gasoline prices for American motorists slightly above US$3 per gallon this summer, the US Energy Information Administration (ELA) projected on Tuesday. During the US summer driving season,
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      Lock icon US mfg growth seen outpacing services in 2007
      282 12 Purchasing, supply execs expect 5.6% mfg growth Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The US economy will grow in 2007, with the rate of growth in manufacturing outpacing that of the non-manufacturing sector, purchasing and supply management executives said on Tuesday. Manufacturing revenue is
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      Lock icon EU backs 'indirect supervision' of hedge funds
      495 12 Regulators should just monitor banks, brokerages that finance the funds Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] European Union finance ministers called for investors rather than regulators to oversee hedge funds, as Germany failed to budge the UK and other countries towards stricter controls on the investment vehicles.
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Mobile-8 eyes doubling in revenue this year
      386 13 President director also expects to raise market share from 3% to 5% Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian mobile phone operator, PT Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk, aims to more than double its revenue this year as it continues to expand its network and grab more customers, its
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      Lock icon TIMEdotCom soars on talk it's on DiGi.Com's radar
      256 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares in Malaysian telecommunications firm TlMEdotCom jumped 5 per cent yesterday on speculation that it could be in the takeover sights of the country's smallest mobile phone firm, DiGi.Com. Shares in TIMEdotCom's parent firm, Time Engineering Bhd, also rose.
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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        Lock icon Uttar Pradesh heads for hung assembly
        145 13 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh is headed for a hung legislature after a month-long vote, exit polls showed yesterday, with analysts fearing a period of uncertainty before an alliance is cobbled. The exit polls showed the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),
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        Lock icon GLCs to help bumi and non-bumi firms: Najib
        182 13 Bernama [BOSTON] Government-linked companies (GLCs) should give business to both bumiputera and non-bumiputera companies, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Razak said on Tuesday. "The government's policy is that we want to encourage GLCs to give work to both bumiputera and
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        Lock icon Hutchison completes sale to Vodafone
        113 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd, a mobile phone company controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, said it completed the sale of a 67 per cent stake in its Indian unit to Vodafone Group pic. The price was lowered by US$352 million from an earlier
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      Lock icon MUFG interested in buying another Indonesian bank
      275 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] The Indonesian arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is interested in buying another Indonesian bank after taking over PT Bank Nusantara Parahyangan Tbk, a newspaper reported yesterday. Bisnis Indonesia quoted a senior official at the Jakarta office of The Bank of
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Clinton deal lowers cost of Aids drugs
      256 14 Poor countries get 25% savings with new prices Reuters [NEW YORK] Former United States president Bill Clinton announced deals with two Indian generic drug companies on Tuesday to cut prices of Aids treatments for 66 developing countries, a move that could help nearly
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      Lock icon Carrefour eyes growing India market
      321 14 It is in talks to pick an Indian partner as it speeds up expansion overseas AFP Bloomberg [MlLAN] Carrefour SA, the world's second largest retailer, is in talks with three to four potential Indian partners as it expands outside France to capture growth stronger than
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      Lock icon News Corp in talks to launch Indian 'Sun' tabloid: report
      128 14 Reuters [MUMBAI] Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is in talks with India's Sun group, which operates the Sun TV Network Ltd, to launch a tabloid newspaper, the Business Standard reported yesterday, quoting unnamed sources. The English tabloid is likely to be
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      Lock icon Gold buying persists in Indian wedding season
      316 14 But in Japan, volatile price deters investors Reuters [SINGAPORE] Purchases related to the wedding season in India, the world's largest gold consumer, have dominated gold trading in Asia this week but a volatile price curbed the appetite of Japanese investors. A firm rupiah
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Storm erupts in HK over censored donor register
      601 15  -  Govt move to black out addresses flouts law: activist By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong A REGISTER of cash donations from Hong Kong's major tycoons for the chief executive election has become the focus of controversy after the government took steps to
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      Lock icon Chinese share prices up 1.6%, break psychological 4,000 mark
      272 15 AFP [SHANGHAI] Chinese share prices closed up 1.6 per cent yesterday, breaking through the psychologically important 4,000-mark for the first time ever, dealers said. They said the sustained Chinese advance is being driven by massive inflows of fresh funds as smaller
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      Lock icon HKEx earns HK$922m in eighth record quarter
      366 15 Reuters [HONG KONGI Hong Kong's stock exchange, Asia's largest listed bourse, beat expectations to notch its eighth straight record quarter, thanks to a surge in equity and derivatives trading. But analysts said turnover growth is set to slow as Shanghai makes a grab
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      Lock icon TSE plans tie-up with bourse for smaller firms
      589 15 Bid to lure foreign investors, stem loss of companies to regional bourses Bloomberg [TAIPEI] The Taiwan Stock Exchange plans to merge with the island's smaller bourse and futures market, creating a "one-stop service" in an attempt to draw overseas investors and stem
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  • MIDDLE EAST
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      Lock icon Abu Dhabi rules out destructive growth
      426 16 It drafts urban planning drive for city's sustainable development Bloomberg [AßU DHABI] Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will plan for the next several decades of development to avoid "cataclysmic growth", its urban planning chief said on Tuesday. The UAE's
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      Lock icon Major powers discuss sanctions against Iran
      370 16 Iran reiterated it would not give up nuclear programme Reuters [BERLIN] Major powers were scheduled to discuss yesterday imposing tougher UN sanctions against Iran unless it halts uranium enrichment work the West suspects is part of a secret programme to build nuclear weapons. US
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon HK banker and Dow Jones director David Li under scrutiny
      671 17 DOW JONES INSIDER TRADING He's subject of internal Dow probe; federal regulators to examine his role NYT [NEW YORK] Federal regulators are expected to examine the role of a Dow Jones director in the possible leak of confidential information to
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      Lock icon New York spring art sales off on US$280m start
      291 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] The spring art sales got off to an auspicious start on Tuesday when Sotheby's sold nearly US$2BO million worth of Impressionist and modern art, the second-best result in its history. Any doubt about the strength of the market
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      Lock icon Talk of impending bid from BHP lifts Rio Tinto shares
      534 17 Reuters [SYDNEY] Shares in mining group Rio Tinto surged yesterday on talk that bigger rival BHP Billiton was planning a bid which would create the world's fifth biggest company, although Rio denied it had been approached. Talk swept Australian markets
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      Lock icon Citigroup commits US$50b to environmental projects
      470 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc, the largest US bank, said on Tuesday it plans to commit US$5O billion to environmental projects over the next decade, the biggest commitment from Wall Street to address climate change. The amount includes nearly US$lO billion in activities that
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        134 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said third-quarter profit gained 6.2 per cent, on the box-office success of Night at The Museum and increased revenue from Fox News. Net income rose to US$B7l million, or 27 cents a share. Sales rose
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        108 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Romeo Kreinberg and J Pedro Reinhard, the executives fired by Dow Chemical for holding unauthorised merger talks, sued the company and chief executive officer Andrew Liverisfor US$675 million. Mr Kreinberg seeks US$6OO million for defamation and wrongful termination, while Mr
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        104 17 Marsh McLennon's Q1 gains slide 36% Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Marsh McLennan, the world's largest insurance broker, said first-quarter profit fell 36 per cent after its flagship unit lost US customers and the company reported lower gains from asset sales. Net income fell to US$26B million, or 47 cents a share.
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      234 17 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] The Walt Disney Co's use of the Winnie the Pooh character in movies, books and other media is worth some US$l5 billion, according to an analysis commissioned by Stephen Slesinger, the publishing company that licenses the rights. The Winnie
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      410 18 Result was weaker than expected, dragging down half-year earnings to 8.26b baht Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International reported a 32 per cent fall in its second quarter net profit yesterday, slightly more than forecast, due mainly to smaller foreign exchange
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      430 18 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China Southern Airlines Co, the nation's largest carrier, and other Chinese airlines narrowed their combined firstquarter loss with higher fuel surcharges and rising passenger numbers. The country's airlines had a combined loss of 820 million yuan (Ssl6l million) in the three
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      226 18 [SINGAPORE] Aviation experts from the international civil aviation community have gathered here for the second meeting of the Singapore Aviation Academy's (SAA) International Advisory Council (lAC), which is being held today and tomorrow. Chaired by Raymond Lim, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign
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      302 18 Flyington won't go ahead with earlier Boeing plane order Reuters [MUMBAI] Flyington Freighters will not go ahead with an order of freight planes from Boeing after it signed a previously announced US$l billion order for six A330-200F cargo aircraft from Boeing archrival
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      229 18 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines has rolled out its Interline Electronic Ticketing (eTicketing) with Malaysia Airlines, enabling it to issue eTickets to all the destinations it serves to passengers of both airlines. The e-ticketing partnership was formalised on Tuesday at Malaysia Airlines' headquarters in Subang by
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      324 19 Unnamed Liberian buyer will pay US$139m for each vessel Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world's third-largest shipyard, won an order to build the world's most expensive oil tankers, ships three times the size of the Statue of Liberty for US$l39 million
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      304 19 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Ivernia Inc, which supplied 3 per cent of the world's lead prior to having exports from the Australian port of Esperance suspended in March, will apply this month to ship the material from Australia's Fremantle port. The company is also continuing
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      113 19 Bloomberg [COPENHAGEN] AP Moeller-Maersk, the world's biggest shipping company, will add a route between China and Spain as it changes offerings amid more competition. Maersk will start the route on May 28 using seven ships, each with a capacity of 4,000 twenty-foot containers, it said yesterday.
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      237 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Yusen KK, Japan's largest shipping line, has signed a 40 billion yen (Ssso6 million), 20year contract with Cia Vale do Rio Doce to carry iron ore from Brazil to China as it seeks long-term deals to lock in higher
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      201 19 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has not asked countries using the busy Straits of Malacca to contribute to the cost of maintaining security in the waterway although Kuala Lumpur has to fork out a large sum of money for that purpose, Foreign Ministry
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      520 20 EDITORIAL IS Asia just too big for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to handle? Increasingly, it would seem so. The intense difficulty for one single institution in catering to all the region's needs became apparent during the ADB's latest annual meeting in
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      761 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group IT sometimes seems that almost everything Americans buy comes from China. This is, of course, a myth. In 2006, imports from China totalled US$2BB billion, about 16 per cent of all US imports
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      236 21  -  Puah Neo Peng Chiew THE Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE) has recently come out strongly against the reprehensible practice of local banks short-chang-ing their loyal fixed deposit (FD) customers by not offering the best rates when FDs are auto-renewed. CASE said at
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      1308 20  -  The Iraq War and soaring oil prices, among other things, are producing an electoral backlash LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent IN 1968 a young Republican Party strategist, Kevin Phillips, helped engineer the presidential election victory of his party's nominee, Richard Nixon. Indeed, that year's electoral
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      812 27  -  It will also set up its regional deal support centre in Singapore, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY IN A vote of confidence for Singapore, leading IT services company EDS has decided to set up its consolidated Asia headquarters, as well as its regional
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      206 27 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Yahoo! Inc. owner of the most-Visited US website, will close its online auctions site in the US after it failed to match the popularity of eßay Inc. The site will stop taking listings on June 3 and the last
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      467 28  -  It is well positioned for leadership in globally integrated economy, he says By ROLAND LIM SINGAPORE has managed to differentiate itself in the increasingly globalised economy and is well-placed to lead in it, according to the chief executive of technology behemoth IBM. Speaking to
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      656 28  -  By WINSTON CHAI in Shanghai COMPUTER giant HewlettPackard (HP) is hoping to take pole position in the notebook segment in the Far East with an onslaught of 13 new products for this year, including a massive 20.1-inch consumer laptop aptly named
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      693 28 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Acer Inc said that it would become the world's second-largest notebook computer maker this year, overtaking Dell Inc, on new models sold in the US. its fastest-growing market. "We are quite optimistic about the
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      493 28 Reuters [BOSTON] Red Hat Inc and IBM have formed a partnership to develop, sell and support Red Hat's Linux software for IBM's mainframe computers, people familiar with the arrangement said on Tuesday. The agreement, which the companies plan to announce
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      438 28 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp is set to launch new hardware for laptop computers that the world's biggest chipmaker hopes will keep it at the top of the fast-est-growing segment of the personal computer market. Intel's new product is not
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      463 29 Metropolitan Transportation Authority hopes to get top price for 10.5 ha site Reuters [NEW YORK] New York's mass transit agency on Tuesday said it will soon seek developers for a vast 10.5 ha Manhattan rail yard, hoping to get a top price
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      335 29 AP [NEW YORK] A US trade organisation for real estate agents is lowering its expectations for the housing market this year to reflect stricter lending standards and the decline in mortgage originations to borrowers with poor credit. The National Association
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      274 29 AFP [LONDON] Britain's capital beat the glamour of Monaco, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo to become the world's most expensive place to buy prime residential property, a survey showed on Tuesday. Prime residential property in the British capital costs on average £2,300 (556,900) per
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      365 30  -  Companies turning to business parks as CBD office space supply tightens By UMA SHANKARI PROPERTY group Soilbuild said yesterday its eight-sto-rey Eightrium Changi Business Park is ready for occupation, having been granted a temporary occupation permit (TOP) three months ahead of schedule. BT understands that
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      358 30 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Club Mediterranee SA, Europe's largest resort company, is seeking sites to build resorts in China, India. Cambodia and Laos in Asia, its fastestgrowing market, Caroline Puechoultres, regional chief executive, said. "We've doubled the market in South-east Asia since about two
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      836 31  -  CityDev chairman plans to keep some units in new residential projects By KALPANA RASHIWALA KWEK Leng Beng is so confident about the ongoing property bull market that he's considering retaining a portion in some new residential developments for rental income and capital appreciation. "We'll do
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