The Business Times, 8 October 2007

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mS* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Monday, October 8,2007
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    Lock icon MAS may let S$ continue gaining muscle
    711 1  -  LARRY WEE t could hit 1.44 to US$, provide inflation buffer [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is likely to leave unchanged its current policy for modest and gradual appreciation of the tradeweighted Singapore dollar when it issues its next semi-annual monetary
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    Lock icon From US$7.7b to US$16.5b in six months – it's hedge fund speed
    676 1  - From US$7.7b to US$16.5b in six months it's hedge fund speed CHUANG PECK MING Assets managed in Spore multiply as industry takes off in first half of 2007 [SINGAPORE] Even in the multi-digit universe of hedge funds, the numbers are nothing to sneeze at. Within just six months the first
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      50 1 ST Index 3,822.62 +116.39 KLCOMP 1,372.39 +36.09 NIKKEI 225 17,065.04 +279.35 HANG SENG 27,831.52 +689.05 SET INDEX 852.33 +6.83 JAKARTA COMP 2,500.58 +141.37 MANILA COMP 3,775.91 +203.01 SEOUL COMP 1,996.03 +49.55 SHENZHENB closed MUMBAI IND 17,7773.36+482.26 DOW 14,066.01 +170.38 NASDAQ 2,780.32 +78.82 5&P 500 1,557.59 +30.84 FTSE 6,595.80 +129.00
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.50 INDONESIA 15.483 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.75 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.08 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      Lock icon FOREX
      44 1 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.476 £(US: i/S: per 2.035 3.004 EURO(US: i/S: i/E) 1.411 2.084 YEN 116.50 78.90 RM 3.407 2.308 HK$ 7.757 5.254 BAHT 34.24 23.19 RUPIAH 9,105 6,167 RENMINBI 7.506 5.084 INDIAN RUPEE 39.48 26.74 A$ 1.123 0.761 NZ$ 1.321 0.895
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Indian firms dominate Asia-Pac leadership list
        61 2 INDIAN companies dominate in the 2007 rankings of companies in the Asia-Pacific region picked for leadership development, taking five of the top 10 positions. Singapore companies failed to make it to this year's rankings by global human resources services firm Hewitt Associates in partnership
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        Lock icon Don't act on Han's 'forecast', says F&N
        73 2 FRASER Neave has distanced itself from comments made by Han Cheng Fong, its former chief executive whose unexpected resignation on Friday shocked the market. A statement from the company yesterday referred to comments Dr Han gave to the media in which he spoke
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        Lock icon Bio-Treat ex-chairman denies selling his entire stake
        73 2 810-Treat Technology's former chairman, Wing Hak Man, has denied claims that he sold his entire stake to a third party. The waste management company said last Monday that Precious Wise Group had bought 262.5 million Bio-Treat shares at 87.4 cents apiece in an
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        Lock icon Exec chairman court case not affecting operations: Stratech
        69 2 TRANSPORT technology firm Stratech Systems Ltd has said that the court case over an alleged assault involving its executive chairman, David KM Chew, should have no effect on the day-to-day running of the company's business operations. It added that Mr Chew is
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        Lock icon Radiance is subject of general offer
        56 2 ELECTRONICS manufacturing services provider Radiance Electronics said yesterday that Sino Fortune Union Investment will make a mandatory unconditional cash offer for Radiance shares since it now owns 53.81 per cent of the company. Sino Fortune is an investment holding company incorporated in the British
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        Lock icon About 2,000 face a jobless X'mas in City of London
        78 2 THOUSANDS of London's financial professionals will lose their jobs over the next year as a result of the credit crunch, with many likely to face a jobless Christmas, analysts say. There will be 6,500 fewer professionals in the City of
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        Lock icon Astro soars on rumours it may be taken private
        73 2 SHARES of pay-television operator Astro All Asia Networks pic soared on Friday on speculation that the company may soon be taken private by its owner, tycoon T Ananda Krishnan, Malaysia's Business Times reported. The share price rose by 54 sen or
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        Lock icon Subversive Yue painting auctioned for US$4m
        58 2 A SUBVERSIVE painting by Chinese artist Yue Minjun fetched US$4 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong yesterday, anchoring a sale reflecting robust continued demand for Chinese contemporary art. Other notable results included a world record price for a massive "gunpowder" painting by
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      Lock icon Oil giants eye own cogen plants to lock in power
      635 2  -  RONNIE LIM Investments come with green touch, improve energy efficiency [SINGAPORE] Singapore's oil giants are increasingly looking to build their own cogeneration (cogen) plants to secure electricity and steam supplies for their expansion projects. Upcoming cogen projects here include a
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      Lock icon ABN defeat could be exactly what Barclays needed
      675 2  -  NEIL BEHRMANN With takeover shadow gone, shares can resume upward trudge BARCLAYS Bank may have failed in its bid for ABN Amro, but the defeat, ironically, could help rather than harm its shareholders that include China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings. Illustrating
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      Lock icon Indian firms dominate Asia-Pac leadership list
      522 3  -  CHUANG PECK MING 11 Singapore firms take part but none make it to Top 10 [SINGAPORE] Indian companies dominate in the 2007 rankings of companies in the Asia-Pacific region picked for leadership development, taking five of the top 10 positions. Singapore companies failed to
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      Lock icon Bulls back on street but may trip over Q3 earnings
      833 3  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Moderate profits and inflation data could dampen the cheerful sentiment BARELY a month ago, the credit crisis was threatening to bring about a global financial collapse, the US economy appeared headed on a sure road
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      132 2 sjIUBS Change of registered address of ÜBS: One Raffles Quay- 8 October 2007 We are pleased to inform you that ÜBS is expanding its presence in Singapore. From 8 October 2007, the new registered address of ÜBS and its group of companies as stated below will be at One Raffles
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      149 3 If you are facing any of the following: You need to keep your payroll absolutely confidential. Your payroll staff are bogged down, and are bored with the routine of rushing payroll every month, and there is limited room for staff development for payroll processing functions. You or your payroll staff
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Memstar, Ei-Nets take over as new penny leaders
      707 4  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS LAST week's column asked when penny stocks might start to play catch-up with the Straits Times Index, stating that it would only be a matter of time before this occurred. It took a few days, but the heavy volume
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      Lock icon Asian currencies mixed against the greenback
      495 4 -AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended the week mixed against the US dollar, with the yen falling but the Australian and New Zealand dollars are up, as traders look to solid US jobs data to influence the markets this week. Japanese yen: The
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      786 4 Payment (cts) Ex Books Pay date close date Allied Tech ASL Marine ASL Marine Ausgroup Aussino Grp Australand PG A AVJennings A Best World Intl BMT Boardroom CH Offshore CH Offshore China Fishery China Lifestyle Chosen Hldgs Chosen Hldgs CityDev CMH (Pacific) Dairy Farm# Dairy Farm Datapulse Tech
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      Lock icon Oil prices slide further from record heights
      327 4 ■AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] World oil prices fell further from historic highs amid news of rising crude reserves in the US, the biggest global energy consumer. Oil and other dollar-denominated commodities were buoyed by a weak US dollar, which makes them cheaper for buyers
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1769 4 Source: Reuters Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Company name Advanced Holdini 1.50 1.50 2 4.65 11.08 0.56 0.52 AEM Holdings 2.50 2.50 2 4.20 4.41 0.23 0.18 Allco Comm REIT 1.60 1.60 5.39
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 4 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      48 4 Oct5 VALUE CLOSE 932.00 +33.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 +110.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +93.00 All-SG Equities 1049.76 +10.79 SG Equities Elect 124.39 -0.73 SG Equities Fin 2669.16 +24.98 SG Equities Prop 1646.40 +7.87 SiMSCI 470.49 +4.86 SiMSCI Future 471.80 +4.50 PrimePartnersCI 301.36 -0.70
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      56 4 VOLUME Memstar 3,060,742,000 El-Nets 1,229,758,000 Sinostar 840,209,000 Lian Benq 347,676,000 Yonqnam 306,727,000 Sapphire 300,758,000 Gen Intl 293,582,000 Global Voice 219,435,000 Fuxinq 213,215,000 LC Dcv 206,547,000 VALUE(S) DBSGrp 1,291,353,191 SGX 989,976,951 Sinostar 662,396,185 UOB 557,923,144 Capita Land 554,312,713 Sing Tel 489,278,248 Cosco Corp 466,355,250 Yanqzijianq 466,226,590 OCBC Bk
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      Lock icon RISES
      103 4 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 1540 250.0 19.4 SGX Otmei jaNav 3000 200.0 7.1 SIA 200 1970 110.0 5.9 SembMar DBeCW/*****5 358 110.0 44.4 Sembawam 1250 100.0 8.7 Jardine C&C 1950 100.0 5.4 S I A 1960 100.0 5.4 BukitSemW*****3 840 95.0 12.8 iBS Gri 2250 90.0 4.2 SembMar 540
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      Lock icon FALLS
      106 4 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 1600 -50.0 -3.0 Venture Con GLD 10US$ 7270 -44.3 -0.4 Deloni IHW*****8 298 -44.0 -12.9 STXPOSGAeCW*****9 104 -42.0 -28.8 STXPOKW100 293 -41.0 -12.3 STXPOMBLeCW*****5 100 -35.0 -25.9 DBS MBLePW/*****8 21 -24.0 -53.3 STI3100SGAePW*****9
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      85 4 Where S$ stands Oct 5 CHNG CLOSE FROcti YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4745 0.43 1.5479 1.4728 Euro 2.0813 0.44 2.1254 1.9913 Pounds 3.0025 0.19 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.3145 -0.29 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.2653 0.43 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.10 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3064 0.43 4.5700 4.1730
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      Lock icon One-year top losers portfolio gains most
      1449 6  -  TEH HOOI LING SINGAPORE stocks chalked up their seventh week of gains last week, bringing the advance in the Straits Times Index to 22 per cent since Aug 17. During the same period, the UOB Sesdaq Index has put on 26 per cent. All
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      Lock icon Heavy selling by directors, bearish fund manager activity
      1543 6  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS THE buying fell while the sales by directors and substantial shareholders surged last week based on filings on the exchange in the first week of October. A total of 34 companies recorded 76 purchases versus 32 firms with
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Don't act on Han's 'forecast', says F&N
      373 5  -  SIOW LI SEN Company distances itself from outgoing CEO's remarks given to the media By FRASER Neave (F&N) has distanced itself from comments made by Han Cheng Fong, its former chief executive whose unexpected resignation on Friday shocked the market. A statement from
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      Lock icon Exec chairman court case not affecting operations: Stratech
      439 5  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY By TRANSPORT technology firm Stratech Systems Ltd has said that the court case regarding an alleged assault involving its executive chairman, David KM Chew, should have no effect on the day-to-day running of the company's business operations. It added
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bio-Treat ex-chairman denies selling his entire stake
      476 5  -  MICHELLE QUAH 810-TREAT Technology's former chairman Wing Hak Man has denied claims that he sold his entire stake to a third party, deepening the controversy surrounding the waste management company. Singapore-listed Bio-Treat said last Monday that Precious Wise Group had bought 262.5 million
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      Lock icon Doing what is best for all stockholders
      707 8 GEORGE JOSEPH looks at what contributed to Keppel's spectacular showing at this year's SIAS Investors' Choice Awards FOR Keppel Corporation, good corporate governance and transparency practices come naturally. Commercial benefits or awards are not what motivate this Singapore conglomerate to put in place
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      Lock icon Radiance is subject of general offer
      421 8  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY ELECTRONICS manufacturing services provider Radiance Electronics said yesterday that Sino Fortune Union Investment will make a mandatory unconditional cash offer for Radiance shares at 14 cents apiece since it now owns 53.81 per cent of the company. Sino Fortune is an
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Govt to build 550-bed Yishun hospital
      289 9  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Donation of $125 m to come from family of late banker Khoo Teck Puat THE Ministry of Health (MOH) is building a regional hospital in Yishun to better serve residents in the northern region of Singapore. Spanning over 3.4 hectares, the
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      Lock icon ST701 adds three more categories to portal
      333 9 Launch of cars, property, shops to reach out to specific markets USERS of the online classifieds portal ST7OI (www.st7ol.com) can now offer and browse for a wider range of products and services, with the addition of three more categories. The online marketplace run
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      Lock icon An evening of history, wine, food
      654 12  -  CONRAD RAJ About 70 people turned up for session with Wolfgang Blass FOR the oenophiles it was a blast imbibing the story of Australia's top selling wine, Wolf Blass, from none other than its creator, Wolfgang Blass. For the 70-odd people who turned up
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Keeping a few steps ahead
      3484 10 No room for complacency Goh Chong Theng General Manager Rabobank International Singapore Branch WELL-DEVELOPED transportation networks are vital to economic growth. Development-wise, Singapore currently enjoys a big lead over its neighbours partly because of our superior air and sea connectivity. These links facilitate the movement
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      Lock icon Leveraging on good location
      206 11  -  Lan Wood Managing Director LANXESS Pte Ltd SINGAPORE'S natural strategic advantage is its geographical location and it has proven adept at leveraging this 'gift. If anything, the giant shadows of China and India have offered an even greater opportunity for Singapore's hub position, rather than posing
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      413 11 For the complete list of views from CEOs, go to http://business-times.asial.com.sg Now you can read the year's best business books in just 15 minutes each! "the answer for the proseburdened executive...to what is becoming an increasingly irksome management problem: too much to read." The Wall Street Journal Soundview Executive Book
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Feast on fine fish and fowl – fantastique!
      1355 13  - Feast on fine fish and fowl fantastique! Jaime Ec Cheah Ui-Hoon RE-OPENING Les Amis #02-16 Shaw Centre. Tel: 6733-2225 ONE wonders whether, as the walls came down on the old Les Amis, its owners and management knew that, unintentionally or not, a spiritual awakening was taking place even as the
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon It's the mind map that counts
      857 14 Mind mapping is a creative memory tool for entrepreneurs as well as students, says inventor Tony Buzon. CRYSTAL NEO reports UNLESS you have that coveted photographic memory, exams can be dreadful. The scores of notes sitting at your desk can be an intimidating sight.
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      Lock icon Passionate about social change
      1041 14 CAMPUS LIFE Psychology major Bernise Ang tells CRYSTAL NEO what gets her going despite odds and obstacles BERNISE Ang knows that the road to social change is a long and tedious one. But for the 27-year-old, keeping her eye on that goal to make a difference
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 14 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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      46 14 citibank 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 About 2,000 face a jobless X'mas in City of London
      490 15 Reuters 6,500 financial professionals likely to be laid off over the next year: report [LONDON] Thousands of London's financial professionals will lose their jobs over the next year as a result of the credit crunch, with many likely to face
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      Lock icon US business chiefs less confident over 3Q: survey
      167 15 -Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Chief executives were more pessimistic over the US economy's prospects in the third quarter, according to a private survey. The Conference Board's index of CEO confidence fell to 44, a second straight decline and the lowest since the third quarter
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      Lock icon US budget deficit declines to US$161b
      412 15 -AP [WASHINGTON] The federal government registered a budget deficit of US$l6l billion for the just-completed fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated on Friday. The 2007 deficit figure represents considerable improvement over the US$24B billion deficit posted last year. It is even smaller
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Astro soars on rumours it may be taken private
      484 16 TV operator says it doesn't comment on rumours propagated in the market [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of pay-television operator Astro All Asia Networks pic soared on Friday on speculation that the company may soon be taken private by its owner, tycoon T
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      Lock icon VW nears closing deal with Proton: report
      270 16 -AFP" [KUALA LUMPUR] German auto giant Volkswagen is close to forming a pact with Proton with at least an initial 20 per cent stake in the loss-making Malaysian carmaker, a report said yesterday. The Edge business weekly newspaper said Volkswagen would either take
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      Lock icon At Synergy, bottom line – not politics – takes precedence
      638 16  - At Synergy, bottom line not politics takes precedence PAULINE NG MALAYSIA INSIGHT SYNERGY Drive is only a month or two away from emerging as the world's biggest oil palm plantations group. Encouragingly, it has selected a distinguished board of directors headed by former deputy prime minister Musa Hitam as its
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      Lock icon Russia turning into a money-spinning tourist market for Indonesia
      447 16  -  LAUREL TEO By in Jakarta THERE is a growing breed of tourists landing in Indonesia from much further up north the Russians. Last year, Indonesia recorded 34,116 arrivals from Russia. It expects the figure to rise 50 per cent this year,
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Up to 36% upside seen for HKEx
      423 16 Inflow of funds from China, developed markets expected to drive up counter further [HONG KONG] Two investment banks raised their target prices for market operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, indicating up to 36 per cent more upside on a stock that has
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      Lock icon China's clean-energy plan to hit gencos' profits
      833 16 Reuters ANALYSIS But windfall is seen for makers of equipment such as wind turbines [HONG KONG] China's ambitious plan to cut pollution by using more renewable energy has cast an economic cloud over its sprawling, coal-addicted power producers, but could be a profit
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      Lock icon Subversive Yue painting auctioned for USs4m
      392 16 Reuters HONG KONG] A subversive painting by Chinese artist Yue Minjun fetched US$4 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong yesterday, anchoring a sale reflecting robust continued demand for Chinese contemporary art. Other notable results included a world record price for a massive
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      Lock icon Deadly typhoon makes landfall in China, more than 1m flee
      312 16 [BEIJING] A strong typhoon hit the south-east Chinese coast yesterday, forcing the evacuation of more than one million people, after killing five in Taiwan as it lashed the island with heavy rain and high winds. Typhoon Krosa made landfall near
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon 'Made in India' rising to China challenge
      588 18 -AFP India may pip China as the global manufacturing hub within 5 years: study [NEW DELHI] "Made in India" could be the next big economic story with the country challenging China's position as the leading global manufacturing hub within five years, says a
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      Lock icon Three mobile firms may merge their tower units
      293 18 Reuters Bharti, Vodafone Essar and Idea mull over creating new entity [MUMBAI] Indian mobile services firms Bharti Airtel Ltd, Vodafone Essar Ltd and Idea Cellular Ltd may merge their tower units to form a separate company, the Business Line paper said on
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  • FOCUS: OIL
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      Lock icon Industry fights call for higher oil tax
      719 19 Reuters Alberta premier caught between increasing government tax and slowdown fears THE premier of Alberta, home of the largest oil reserves outside the Middle East, is facing bitter choices on how to tax the oil industry after a bombshell report he asked for
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      346 20 Reuters [PARIS] The chief executive officer of EADS, Louis Gallois, stood by the company's top executives amid a share trading scandal yesterday and said that the crisis had nothing to do with the health ofthe European aerospace company's business. EADS has been
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      222 20 [DUBAI] The government of the United Arab Emirates, struggling to contain inflation, warned businesses yesterday against increasing prices in the run-up to celebrations that mark the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The economy ministry, which says inflation hit a 19-year high
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      689 21  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Govt under strong pressure from rural voters to step up public spending THE plight of economically distressed regions in Japan is moving sharply up the scale of political priorities for recently elected prime minister Yasuo Fukuda and is threatening to
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      373 21 It appeared that Nova Scotia would employ different tactics to Durban 2010 and Beyond around the Cape Verde Islands, but a radical last minute course change by the crew of Nova Scotia indicated that they did not want to take the risk and decided to
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      433 22 -NYT It expects to lose up to 50 US cents a share on sub-prime fallout [NEW YORK] Since becoming chief executive of Merrill Lynch in 2002, E Stanley O'Neal has been credited with making the investment bank leaner and more disciplined. But analysts raised
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      1620 23 RADIANCE ELECTRONICS LIMITED Registration No. *****2428H (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) MANDATORY UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFER BY KIM ENG CAPITAL PTE. LTD. FOR AND ON BEHALF OF SINO FORTUNE UNION INVESTMENT LIMITED FOR RADIANCE ELECTRONICS LIMITED 1 Introduction The board of directors (the "Board") of Radiance Electronics Limited (the "Company")
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      652 24 -AFP Investments fuelled by huge oil-generated surpluses [DUBAI] Oil-rich Gulf countries have embarked on grandiose projects to build and expand their airports, capitalising on huge oil-gen-erated surpluses and an ideal geographic location. More than US$3B billion are being spent on brand-new airports or on
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      403 24 neAssoaaTsS^ octs BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5.75 Arab Bank PLC 5 5 I Banca Di Roma Singapore ..1,1" branch a 6 5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya ft r Argentana S.A 6 fnff.. Ba"k Bank
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      209 24 -AP [LOS ANGELES] The busiest port complex in the US could see its first decline in container traffic in four years because of the housing market slump and a loss of consumer confidence that is making retailers cautious about importing goods.
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      2738 24 Transaction date: Oct. 5 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK! Credit 7.50 Stores 19.32 Steel 32.80 Conch 66.85 ....7.20 Satellite 15.48 Pacific 70.00 iankOf E Asia 44.50 ieida Jade Bird 0.67
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      203 24 GUEST OF HONOUR Capt. Subhangshu Dutt, Chairman, Organizing Committee, Institute of Chartered Fees Start ffOfTl USD 450 Der DCTSOn Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Shipbrokers Singapore Branch and Chief Executive Officer, PST Management Pte Ltd Minister of State for Finance and Transport Capt. S. Pullat, Consultant, Aumni Shipping Consultants F°r more
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      439 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS I How much repair is need- n |2 [3 [4 |5 [6 |7 ed? Bill can answer that bT 9 About to travel by railway or g BBjo-^^ coach again (7) 10 Some swine are stingy? BB BB BJ BB BB BB Extremely so (7) Bl Bl
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      224 25 Allqreen 0.52 1.910 +0.030 Ascendasreit 0.84 2.590 +0.010 iComm 0.51 2.800 +0.020 Cai .and 4.91 8.400 +0.050 Cai litaMall 0.91 3.860 +0.120 Chart SemiCond 0.49 1.020 -0.010 Ci'Dev 2.84 16.500 -0.100 ComfortDelGro 1.24 1.970 +0.020 losco Coi 1.93 6.500 Creative Tech 0.14 6.150 -0.050 DBSGl 9.05
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      104 25 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 12 1 6 0 0 0 12 1 6 Manufacturing 151 55 33 27 20 10 178 75 43 Commerce 51 18 19 12 63 27 23 >r/Cc ims 25 12 26 14 Finance 29 31
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      127 25 TURNOVER ('000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE C000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 290,504 290,504 647,461 647,461 Manufacturing 5,209,750 1,142,184 6,351,934 4,915,055 287,217 5,202,272 Commerce 1,421,991 174,214 1,596,205 966,680 45,651 1,012, ,331 r/C( 669,482 21,466 690,948 2,022,872 19,745 2,042,617 Finance 357,667 333 358,000 3,553,935 73 3,554,008 Construction 1,489,192
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      8644 25 Week ended: Oct 5 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hil Week Last Quote Div GrYld |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr Net P/E MCap $mil Hi! Com| >an] 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF
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      62 25 Hii |h Low Code Comi >an' Sale COOO] Hii Low Bu; rer Seller C'vr P/E ,mil ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** ***** 6170 SPDP.S 3880 2675 6235 STI ETF 100 US119cd
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      2173 25 Hii Low Code Comi >an' Sale COOO) Hii Low Bui rer Seller C'vr P/E iSi 30 13 1181 AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 ABRHIdgs 31 24.5 8538 APStrategic 16.5 1.5 1501 Advanced System 70.5 9.5 1524 Alantac 22.5 8 7814 Albedo 46.5 26.5 5021 Apex-Pal 13.5 6.5 1154 ArianeCorp
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      249 25 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net 2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum
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      372 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Oct5 World Index Preliminary 1193.1 0.7 8.4 0.5 7.6 0.8 12.1 t EAFE Prel liminan 1181.0 0.6 6.6 0.4 8.2 0.7 12.1 Euro[ Preliminary 1603.0
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      128 26 As at 9am OctS of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.3060 1.3220 Can dollar 1.4740 1.4920 Euro 2.0790 2.1020 NZ dollar 1.1090 1.1330 jterlin mnd 2.9990 3.0330 US dollar 1.4710 1.4870 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Chi renminbi
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      164 26 Oct 5 *i Offer Bid Overnight 2 1/8 1-month 2 5/16 2-months 2 3/8 3-months 2 7/16 Overnight mode: 2 1/4 US$ Offer 2 2 3/16 2 1/4 2 5/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 5.05 5.13
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      21 26 OctS STI SIMSCI Oct 467 473.4 471.8 Taiwan Oct 374 375.7 371.7 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      20 26 OctS Bid Offer 1-month 1.4722 1.4736 2-months 1.4688 1.4703 3-months 1.4654 1.4669 6-months 1.4569 1.4585 Source: OCBC
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      278 26 Oct 5 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Nov 07 Dec 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 334.00 334.50 336.00 336.00 336.75 340.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      469 26 Oct 5 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ri Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.888 6.682 0.631 6.906 35.144 81.057 1.037 8.162 3.033 1.176 54.069 39.843 1.314 6.139 1.047 29.022 30.478 0.437 0.890 Canada 1.126 7.526
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      91 26 Oct 5 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi, Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****A 03.01.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 2.09 2.13 2.08 2.08 2.09 2.09 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F
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      139 26 Octs GOLD (USS/oz) Oct 04 Oct OS Hong Kong London 724.50 734.30 725.50 735.30 Oct 03 Oct OS 729.70 736.60 730.20 737.40 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Oct OS Buying Sellini Kilobar ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Sellini "37,463.91" ng Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1
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      102 26 OctS SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov07 940.50 954.25 954.50 937.50 Jan 08 960.00 972.25 972.00 955.50 Mar 08 971.25 984.25 985.00 967.00 May 08 976.00 989.00 989.00 971.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct07 38.50 38.55 38.59 38.38 Dec 07
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      77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS oct4 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 77.31 -0.44 WTI (Near Mth) 81.48 1.58 Dubai (1-Mth F) 72.32 -0.27 Tapis blend 82.8 -0.45 Minas 80.25 -0.45 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 76.25 90.05 -0.80 -0.35 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      75 26 OctS 1 mth 5.***** 2.***** 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 5.***** 2.***** 9 mths 5.***** 2.***** 12 mths 4.***** 2.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 2.***** 2 mths 2.***** 3 mths 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** SWAP Mid
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      63 26 OctS KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Oct07 2708 Nov 07 2640 Dec 07 2610 Jan 08 2603 Total o/p: ***** contracts 2662 2718 2652 2601 2657 2605 2570 2631 2570 2555 2612 2560 Turnover: *****
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      69 26 OctS Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2379.50 2369.80 3 months 2430.00 2423.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 8269.00 8210.00 8259.00 8200.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 3801.00 3 months 3690.00 3712.00 3610.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months
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      80 26 OctS (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 07 949 959 Mar 08 962 970 May 08 970 978 Jul 08 978 986 965/947 973/959 980/967 988/975 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov07 1914 1922 1915/1888 Jan 08 1807 1816 1815/1797 Mar 08 1787 1801 1802/1777 May 08 1797 1811
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      157 26 Oct 5 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$IUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3135 1.3153 0.8900 0.8905 Canadian dollar 1.4796 1.4811 1.0026 1.0028 Euro 2.0828 2.0849 1.4113 1.4116 NZ dollar 1.1167 1.1181 0.7567 0.7570 Sterlim 3.0028 3.0058 2.0347 2.0351 US
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      318 26 Oct 5 EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO7 MarO8 JunO8 SepO8 95.040 95.365 95.530 95.605 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 5241 5839 EUROYEN FUTURES DecO7 99.135 99.135 MarO8 99.095 99.105 JunO8 99.060 99.065 SepO8 98.990 99.000 DecO8 98.905 98.915 MarO9 98.825 98.835B JunO9 SepO9 99.130 99.095 99.060 98.990 98.905
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      4834 26 BONDS WARRANTS fel lode Comi Last Sale +orVol Conv Exer COOP) Ratio Price Prem Expiry Disc Gear- Mths ing Left 3779 ASL Marine Hldgs W*****1 111 2 12 2058 Advance Modules GrpW*****3 7 1 150 2036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 32 2 5166 2835 Allgreen RBeCW*****6 10 1 785 ArianeCorp
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      1030 30 Towards greater environmental protection The increasing use of IT in every facet of our lives is giving rise to serious environmental issues, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THE Information Technology revolution has, in less than a decade, dramatically changed the way companies do business. However, this
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      469 30  -  ONG BOON KIAT THERE are two sides to slashing electricity bills in data centres. The first is reducing electricity consumed by data centre equipment. The second is to do the same for systems that cool those equipment. Unfortunately, the inexorable increase in computing requirements for
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      250 30 j 'W/010/000/A Fujitsu's range of ETERNUS disk array storage system (SAN) offers ft :&&&&&wMI \m> y°u tne ultimate in scalability and business continuity, providing a :''V^7 ''$^$&sosfMßk B. solution for every need -beit a novice SAN user, SMEs or large a -I organizations. Besides offering one of the world's largest
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      Lock icon Firms choosing open source software for better security: IDC
      799 31  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Research agency says legacy systems major hurdle for wider adoption By RECENT survey shows that open source software is increasingly being preferred by many companies in the region because it is perceived to be more secure than proprietary
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      Lock icon Virtual storage promises universal appeal: VMware
      629 31  -  ONG BOON KIAT SERVER virtualisation, an esoteric technology that was once familiar only to mainframe system managers, could be on the cusp of übiquity. The tripling in the value of VMware's initial public offering (IPO) in the New York Stock Exchange is one telling
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      192 31 VIRTUALISATION is a technology that lets users create concurrently running, multiple copies of the operating environment in the same computer. For instance, a computer can have Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems running at the same time. Inside each environment, known as "virtual machine" or
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        75 31 FEFECOM leader Singapore Felecommunications and GRID Communications have released a nobile communications solution that ;he companies say is a world first. Jsing just one mobile handset and ane specialised SIM card, a user of ;his offering is able to access two letworks and three
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        130 31 THREE government organisations have come together in a move to improve the quality of healthcare in Singapore. The Ministry of Health the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and The Enterprise Challenge (TEC) under the Prime Minister's Office have launched a joint Healthcare
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        102 31 STARHUB has started trials for "Coufon", its new online advertising service. The service lets mobile subscribers download discount coupons and use them at selected merchants. Over 80,000 discount coupons from nine retail merchants including Courts, Maybelline, Ambrosia Cafe and Central Restaurant are now available for
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        90 31 HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) has released a new portfolio of services under its Data Center Transformation solutions umbrella. It includes HP Data Center Lifecycle Services (HP DCLS), a range of modular, standards- and process-based services and solutions that leverage on HP Services. DCLS provides tools for
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        64 31  -  ONG BOON KIAT BUSINESS Intelligence solutions and services vendor SAS has a new sales director for its Singapore operations (commercial), Stanley Chia. Formerly of Hyperion, SAP and IBM, Mr Chia joins SAS as the company goes into its 25th year of operations in Singapore.
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      769 32 New entity NEC Asia will oversee and implement Asia-Pac business aims of Japanese IT giant and generate new synergies, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY IN a major reshuffle of its Asia Pacific operations, Japanese IT major NEC Corporation has integrated two Singa-pore-headquartered regional subsidiaries
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        79 32 SAMSUNG Electronics' first LCD monitor to use Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology for backlighting headlines the Korean company's latest range of new flat panel LCD monitor offerings. The SyncMaster XL2O LED Backlight Unit (BLU) monitor, a 20-inch display that offers a wider-than-conventional colour range, is
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        105 32 BAMBOO Fun is a new pen-based digital input tablet from WACOM targeted at mainstream users. With support for Windows Vista, the tablet is compatible with the intelligent handwriting recognition features found in Vista and Mac OS. The painting application Corel Painter Essentials 3 is included with
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        99 32 WITH its sleek brushed stainless steel looks and a sliding keypad, the new Nokia 6500 slide 3G phone makes a sharp fashion statement. It also packs robust multimedia and connectivity features. Offered at a retail price of $688 (without operator plan), the phone features a 2.2-inch
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        103 32  -  ONG BOON KIAT AIMED at professionals and business users with heavy connectivity needs, the ASUS Ms3ow is a smart phone that supports push e-mail and can receive e-mail messages from the user's Office Outlook mail server. With its support for a variety of mail server systems,
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      136 32 -AFP [GENEVA]Telecoms and computer executives, legal officials and UN agencies on Friday warned that the world needs to take a global approach to tackling cybercrime and security issues on the Internet. International Telecommunications Union chief Hamadoun Toure said individual national or regional approaches to tackle
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      Lock icon Apple iPhone sales buoyed by hacker demand overseas
      492 32 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] One of every 10 iPhones may have been unlocked to run on unauthorised wireless networks, forcing Apple Inc to quash those efforts to avoid losing lucrative service fees for the handsets, according to Piper Jaffray Co. Overseas demand is
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