The Business Times, 28 February 2007

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  • 22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) *****2/2006 Wednesday, February 28,2007
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  • 704 1 Impossible for iTV to pay up, says company director By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAI officials yesterday said they would seize the assets of iTV if the television station subsidiary of Shin Corp does not pay 100 billion
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  • 844 1  -  Taiwan, Vietnam escape selldown as rumours swirl of Beijing imposing anti-speculation measures next week By TEH HOOI LING [SINGAPORE] Yesterday's near 9 per cent fall in Chinese stocks the biggest in 10 years sent regional markets, as well as those in Europe, reeling
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    • 43 1 CORPORATE RESULTS NOL: 2006 profit down 55% PAGE 4 I r mUfr v |JM| -0, mm X ■•w 11 M PETROL PRICES No more hidden fuel discounts PAGE 19 INTEGRATED RESORT Genting's casino licence hangs on suitability checks on new shareholders page 2
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    • 36 1 COMPANIES jg£Ll| AVIATION SHIPPING fcSk Isetan proposes whopping Tiger Airways ropes in Review Tbrres stand: $1.50 a share dividend CHWBwBj ex-Jetstar Asia exec Tbmrny Koh PAGE 3 ■W«3l PAGE 20 PAGE 21 Markets Digest, Page 2
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 520 2  -  INTEGRATED RESORT AT SENTOSA Award of licence and signing of development agreement are separate matters, says ministry By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] In a surprise move, the Singapore government yesterday said it will conduct suitability checks on Genting group's new shareholders, who include Macau casino
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    • 32 2 BT print subscribers get free access to the Business Times Online, To activate your account, log on to http: //business-times. asial .com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838.
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    • 371 2  -  New 25,000 sq ft outfit set to carry 70% of company's inventory by 2010 By ROLAND LIM [SINGAPORE] German memory chip maker Qimonda has opened its biggest global distribution centre in Singapore and plans to hire up to 20 per cent more people
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    • 619 3  -  Move to deal with unused tax credits fails to please some minorities By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Isetan (Singapore) yesterday proposed a whopping $1.50 special and final dividend in a bid to address the controversy over $61 million worth of unused tax credits. But
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    • 541 2 Isetan proposes cash payout of $1.50 a share ISETAN (Singapore) yesterday proposed a whopping $1.50 special and final dividend in a bid to address the controversy over $61 million worth of unused tax credits. But it has aborted a rights issue that was to come with the cash
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    • 130 2 sn 3,232.02 (-75.90) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,232,00 (-76.00) siMsa 395.85 (-835) SIMSa FUTURES 395.80 (-8.90) MARKETS Tuesday Change KLCOMP U37.08 -35.79 NIKKEI 225 18,119.92 -95.43 HANG SENG 20.147.87 -360.08 SET INDEX 683.95 -4.75 JAKARTA COMP 1.764.01 -19.94 MANILA COMP 3.331.29 -48.71 SEOULCOMP 1.454.60 -15.43 SHENZHEN 8 491.89 -46.59
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    • 607 3  -  Tange design yet to get official approval: sources By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] Tenants at Specialists' Shopping Centre and Hotel Phoenix are getting ready to move out around the middle of this year, but it remains to be seen how soon owner OCBC will start redeveloping
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 779 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By DONALD URQUHART LIKE many of its local competitors large and small, integrated marine group ASL Marine is riding high on the ongoing offshore wave. The group recently reported a 36 per cent jump in net profit to $16.8
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    • 634 4  -  Falling freight rates, rising fuel costs cited for 55% drop in 2006 profit By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Stung by falling freight rates and rising fuel costs, Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), operator of the world's eighth largest container line, said its 2006 profit fell
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    • 402 5  -  SGX, Ho Chi Minh City Securities Trading Centre ink MOU By WEE LI-EN SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) and Vietnam's stock exchange may form a trading link as more Vietnamese companies list here, Ho Chi Minh City Securities Trading Centre (HOSTC) chief executive
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    • 344 5  -  By JANICE HENG THAI Beverage, a brewer and distiller listed on the Singapore Exchange, yesterday reported a 3 per cent fall in earnings for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2006, to 10.1 billion baht (*****.6 million) from 10.3 billion baht the
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    • 251 5  -  By UMA SHANKARI By UMA SHANKARI MEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) said yesterday that directors and related parties have bought 10 apartments at its Sky@eleven condominium for a total of $24.9 million. The company said in a filing to the Singapore Exchange that
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    • 1902 4 ■JL> Tan Chong International Limited f TAPICHOHG (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) Y"t E NATIONAL (Stock Code: 693) FINAL RESULTS 6. Dividends The Board of Directors ("Board") wishes to announce the following For the year ended audited results of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2006. 31
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    • 355 5 The National University of Singapore la calling for pra-quallfication from potential private aactor partners to develop a new University Town uaing a Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement model. The PPP Partner will be required to design, build, finance A operate the 'University Town Warren' for 25-30 yeara. The proposed 'UniversityTownOWarren'
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • Article, Illustration
      859 6 SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD IMM SOQ TOTAL 0— Ot* JM* UP DOW Uwdl Muttilnd 3 12 2 0 1 0 3 13 2 Manufacturing 26 143 25 16 32 168 55 Commerce 7 54 22 3 12 5 10 66 27 Tpt/5tor/Comms 2 5 0 "t 1 2 3 Finance 1
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    • 844 6  -  CURRENCIES It'll be worrying if the US$ can't even hold its own against these low-yielders LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent T HERE were reasons aplenty to explain why the US dollar has resumed its slide since last Friday, but its losses will start to
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      585 6  -  Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN SembCorp Industries Guaitozhao IFB Feb 27 dose: $0.19 KIM ENG RESEARCH, Feb 27 FAIR-VALUE gains buttressed by healthy poplar growth: Guangzhao IFB (GIFB) posted a 25 per cent in? crease in FYO6 net profit to 74 million yuan ($14.6 million), which was largely attributed
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    • 551 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IF IT isn't Wall Street. India or Thailand, then it's some other hugely overbought market that corrects sharply and in so doing, sets off a chain reaction that hits all other markets. In yesterday's case it was China,
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 501 7  -  Group buys new cosmetics manufacturing facility in Zhuhai By TEH HOOI LING BEAUTY China yesterday announced a 23 per cent jump in its full-year net earnings to HK5134.7 million (5526.3 million) and at the same time said it is acquiring a new cosmetics manufacturing facility
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    • 437 7  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN KINGSMEN Creatives more than doubled its full-year earnings for FY2006, thanks to the buoyant event and exhibition activity in Singapore and region wide. The communications design and production group posted a 125 per cent jump to $4.94 million in
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    • 397 7  -  By TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY JET fuel supplier China Aviation Oil (CAO) appears to be bouncing back from its 2004 oil speculation debacle, posting full year profits of $369 million, which includes a $312 million debt waiver. The newly relisted company says it has been rebuilding
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    • 361 8  -  By DANIEL BUENAS HOTEL Properties Ltd (HPL) yesterday reported a more than 173 per cent increase in net profit to $99.5 million for its year ended Dec 31, 2006, boosted by a $55.7 million gain after adopting a new accounting standard. Without
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    • 308 4  -  By BENITA AW YEONG RUBBER producer GMG Global's net profit more than tripled to $43 million for the full year ended Dec 31, 2006. The profit attributable to shareholders, which compares with 2005's $11.8 million, came on the back of a 71 per
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    • 418 8  -  False, misleading statements made in IPO, company accounts falsified By MICHELLE QUAH AUSTON International Group was yesterday fined $90,000 for misleading investors in 2003, and its former CEO Ken Yeo was jailed for 15 months for making false and misleading statements and falsifying
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    • 336 8 UE profit jumps 54% to $35m ENGINEERING and construction group United Engineers (UE) said that net profit for the year ended Dec 31,2006, climbed 54 per cent to $34.8 million on the back of a 24 per cent rise in revenue to $614.1 million. The group declared a
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    • 290 8  -  By CHRISTINE SIM SINWA Ltd, a marine supply and logistics company, reported a 14.8 per cent rise in profit to $7.6 million for the full year of 2006, on the back of a 9.8 per cent revenue increase to $111.2 million. Earnings per share rose to
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    • 569 8  -  By SIOW LI SEN BABCOCK Brown Structured Finance Fund (BBSFF) yesterday announced its 2006 results and confirmed that the 9 per cent dividend yield projection and its strategy of acquisition and divestment were on track. On the fund's tepid share performance since
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    • 245 8 TOLL road operator China Merchants Holdings (Pacific) posted a 20 per cent increase in net profit to HK5229.2 million (5544.8 million) for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2006. The group attributed its better performance to increased vehicle ownership and the continued growth of the
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 308 10  -  By PAMELA CHEW SINGAPORE'S overall business receipts index (BRI) for services industries went up 4.4 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2006. the Department of Statistics said yesterday. The BRI is a measure of the overall activity in the
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    • 629 10  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT Some question whether move from direct to indirect taxes is too fast By CHUANG PECK MING THERE was no shortage of praise for the 2007 Budget yesterday when Parliament kicked off the marathon debate on the Budget but some
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    • 340 10 6.5m population in Concept Plan not a target says Mah SINGAPORE is not shooting for any target when it comes to population number or population growth. But it does aim for a "viable and self-sustaining population profile one which helps us grow a bigger economic pie and a
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    • 231 10 By WEE Ll-EN MAPLETREE Investments will develop logistics facilities worth $65 million in Malaysia aqd China which it intends to offer to Mapletree Logistics Trust, which it sponsors, the company said yesterday. When the facilities are completed and leased, they will be offered to
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    • 631 10 Cats Notices PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk NOTICE Of EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS The Board of Directors of PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") hereby invites all shareholders to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the "Meeting") which will be
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    • 496 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER SO) AND IN THE MATTER OF VEITEX PTE LTD (Co. Reg. No.: *****08S6K) (Incorporated in Singopore) (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) At on Extraordinary General Mooting of the Members of VEITEX PTE LTD convened and hold at 45 Kallang Pudding Road •0401 Alpha
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    • 1085 10 Cats Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) IN THE MATTER OF EVERETT MVBSTMENT PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Reg No. *****2404R HOTICC Of PWiAL MECTXfI NOTICE m HERESY OIVEN Vwt pursuant to Section 308 of Vie Companies Act, dip. 50, Vie Final Ms sin u
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 379 12  -  TOURISM Govt seeks to attract one million medical travellers by 2012 By TETTYANA JASLI HEALTHCARE in Singapore, which has one of the highest number of recognised hospitals outside of the United States, is set to become more competitively priced as more foreign health
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    • 172 12 A NEW airfare pricing system for travel agents was launched yesterday by Abacus International, which has spent $100 million developing it. Abacus says the system can halve the time taken in selling tickets. The new Smart Price software helps agents search for the best fares
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    • 95 12  -  By GEOFFREY PEREIRA MODELS posing Cove at the me$a tytpch of the Singapore <.... Fashion Festival from March M totfml 1 with main shows being held atNgeeAnn City's Civic Plaza. The event aims to bolster Singapore's standing as a fashion hub and is part of a tourism
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    • 215 12  -  By VINCENT WEE THE tourism sector saw its best January on record this year with visitor arrivals hitting 825,000 last month, a 7.4 per cent increase year-on-year and room revenue up 44.1 per cent to $138.2 million both record highs for January, the Singapore
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    • 160 12  -  By YEN MENG JIIN CECILIA Kwek (in red, far right), wife of Hong Leong Group executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng, gathered with volunteers from City City Sunshine Club to treat 60 residents of Henderson Senior Citizens' Home to a Chinese New Year lunch at The
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    • 338 12  -  10,781 sq m area likely to draw hotel, office developers By ARTHUR SIM THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has launched a site at Belilios Road/Klang I Iprfja by publUMetidor. Dosignai^i^ta^L which has a plot ratio of 33 and permissible gross floor
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    • 224 12 HDB launches flat sales by baHot UNDER the balloting exercise which started yesterday, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched the sale of 82 two-room flats, 145 three-room flats, 530 four-room flats and 278 five-room flats 869 of the flats are surplus homes available from the Selective
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 382 13 Inflows from S'pore fell 88% in January 2007: Thai media By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAILAND'S Board of Investment yesterday said that it expects investments from Singapore to stay strong, after media reports of a slump in January. "We cannot judge the trend for this
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    • 524 13 Reuters [BANGKOK] The factors that led to Asia's 1997-1998 economic crisis—inflated asset values, massive global liquidity and speculative pressure on Asian currencies—have re-emerged a decade on and could destabilise economies in East and South-east Asia again, a UN official said on Monday.
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    • 486 13 It now expects 4-4.5%, down from a previous prediction of 4-5% Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's finance ministry has cut the top end of its 2007 economic growth forecast amid restrained spending and investment following bombings and currency controls. The economy may expand between 4 per cent and
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • BRIEFLY ASIA
      • 66 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Morgan Stanley said it sold a 2.8 per cent stake in a developer in a China to a Singapore government investment vehicle. Morgan Stanley's real estate unit will hold 5 per cent of Shimao Property Holdings Ltd after the sale to
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      • 83 14 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's 1 securities brokerages are expected to earn over 65 billion yuan (S$ 12.8 billion) in trading commission this year on surging stock market turnover, more than double 2006 results, the Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. Expectations of i' soaring brokerage
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      • 82 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] RREEF, the world's biggest property fund, is stepping up its exposure to China, saying yesterday it was in talks to invest a combined US$lOO million in two residential projects. The real estate and infrastructure arm of Deutsche Bank is also looking at investment
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      • 78 14 Reuters [BEIJING] Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No 3 personal computer maker, has approved a preliminary plan to slash more than I,ooojobs to cut costs as price competition remains intense, a source close to the company said yesterday. The job cuts would fall
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    • 502 14  -  Central bank governor sees 300t rupiah in deposits by end 2007 By LAUREL TEO in Jakarta DEPOSITS in Bank Indonesia (BI) certificates could easily grow more than 25 per cent to 300 trillion rupiah (5550.7 billion) by the end of this year,
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    • 264 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Proton Holdings Bhd, the Malaysian car maker in talks to sell a stake to General Motors Corp (GM), reported a third straight quarterly loss as sales slumped to their lowest since at least 1999. The loss was
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    • 234 14 AP [KUALA LUMPURI The window for Malaysia to ink a free trade agreement with the United States is closing fast. Washington's top diplomat to the country said yesterday, and another opportunity like this may not come again for awhile. Trade talks
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    • 457 14  -  By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S state-owned Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is set to join the bidding war for financial services group RHB with a RM9 billion-plus (Ss4 billion) offer. RHB, whose 65 per cent listed subsidiary RHB Capital holds 70 per cent
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    • 158 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SEINO MERCHANTS SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG NO. *****1655E NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that a Final Meeting of the Member and Creditors
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 325 15 AFP [SHANGHAI] Chinese share prices tumbled 8.84 per cent yesterday for their biggest one day loss in 10 years, amid heavy institutional selling and concerns over the launch of index futures. dealers said. Jitters caused by an index that had hit an
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    • 513 15 It was attracted to Bounteous' large-scale, well-located sites Reuters [HONG KONG] Wal-Mart Stores Inc the world's biggest retailer struck a USsl billion deal to take over a Chinese rival by 2010, challenging Carrefour as the largest operator of super-centres in booming China. Bentonville, Arkansasbased
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    • 309 15 Reuters [HONG KONG/LONDON] Asia's first property derivatives trade was unveiled yesterday a Hong Kong deal between Dutch bank ABN Amro and Sun Hung Kai Financial and brokers predict markets will also sprout in Singapore and Australia. Advertised as the easiest way to
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  • India
    • 447 16 Bloomberg Inflation at 2-year high as consumer demand outstrips production [NEW DELHI] India needs to step up supply of farm products and manufactured goods to "tame" inflation stoked by record economic growth, a finance ministry report said before today's budget statement
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    • 283 16 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's ruling Congress party was defeated in polls in the states of Punjab and Uttarakhand yesterday, in elections reflecting wider voter anger about inflation and economic reforms. Though the results are not expected to destabilise the national coalition, which the
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  • MIDDLE EAST
    • 545 17 But they are still seeking negotiated solution to its nuclear plan Reuters [LONDON] World powers agreed on Monday to work on a new UN Security Council resolution to put pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme but remained committed to
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    • 409 17  -  By CLARENCE MICHAEL in Dubai CITIGOLD Corporation Ltd, which controls Australia's richest goldfield located in north Queensland, announced that it will list its shares on the Dubai International' Financial Exchange (DIFX). This is the second gold miner to list shares on the
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    • 226 17 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Aramex, the biggest courier service in the Middle East, may spend as much as USS2OO million on acquisitions as the company seeks to expand its network outside the Middle East, chief executive officer Fadi Ghandour said. "The coming two
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 559 18 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg AP Reuters [WASHINGTON] Confidence among US consumers unexpectedly rose to the highest in more than five years this month, lifted by rising wages and an expanding job market The Conference Board's index increased to 112.5 from 110.2 the prior month,
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    • 586 18 But bank's shares fall as it forecasts heavy spending on growing businesses Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered reported a 19 per cent rise in profit on Tuesday. The bank also said it will continue to look at acquisition opportunities though its priority will
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    • 402 18 Reuters WifWi'v. v. [BANGKOK] Thailand's mil-itary-appointed government approved changes to the law governing the Bank of Thailand (BOT) yesterday, which analysts said could trigger more currency intervention and hasten the lifting of capital controls. The changes, which still need parliamentary approval, would
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    • 414 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] A survey of US chief executive officers found that boards of directors do not spend enough time and resources on philanthropy. The survey by a group founded by actor Paul Newman said that giving should be tied
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    • 259 18 [NEW YORK] NYSE Group hind Duncan Niederauer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc as president and co-chief operating officer and moved Gerald Putnam to vice-chairman. Mr Niederauer, a 22-year Goldman veteran, will begin at the owner of the world's largest stock exchange on April
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    • 230 18 Reuters [LONDON] The British capital set out yesterday to become the greenest city in the world with a radical climate action plan to cut carbon emissions by 60 per cent within 20 years in the battle against global warming. The plan aims to slash carbon output
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  • MOTORING
    • 793 19  -  Petrol stations' price boards now post full discount By SAMUEL EE HIDDEN discounts at the pump have disappeared, thanks to a "bold move" by one of Singapore's four oil chains, and now what you see is what you get when you enter a petrol station.
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    • 627 19  -  Its VigilVanguard system collects data, video-records driver performance By SAMUEL EE COMFORT Driving Centre is using technology to grow its business internationally, and one expanding niche is a training programme for experienced drivers in industries such as petroleum and logistics. Called Vigil
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    • 213 20 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd said yesterday it has selected General Electric's GEnx engine for its fleet of up to 115 Boeing 787 aircraft. Qantas said it had made an initial order for 45 aircraft ship sets, valued at AS2 billion
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    • 808 20  -  He may play role cracking the Australian market with first overseas base there By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Tiger Airways has roped in a former senior executive of rival Jetstar Asia and is likely to use him to spearhead its new Australian venture. BT has
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    • 321 20 AP AFP [PARIS] European Aeronautic Defence Space Co (EADS) said its board has unanimously approved a long-awaited restructuring plan for its commercial aircraft subsidiary Airbus. The plan is designed to offset the negative impact of the weak dollar, extra industrial costs incurred by the
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    • 217 20 AP [NEW YORK] JetBlue cancelled 66 flights because of snow on Monday, testing the airline's pledge to compensate customers for more than 1,000 cancelled flights during the Valentine's Day storm two weeks earlier. However, the embattled carrier was not alone this time
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    • 207 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2 Go to bed, having lost direction in Italy (5) 16 The most popular songs Across: 1 Permissive, 6 Bold, 9 3 Doctor meant to go round a bo U t apartheid (3,6) Ring-finger, 10 Stow, 13 Plaited, 15 some accommodation (9) y-j s tarts t he game,
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  • SHIPPING
    • 715 21  -  STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES READING news reports over the past few days has been particularly depressing for anybody interested in the safety and welfare of seafarl ers and passengers. It was bad enough to hear that another Indonesian ferry had suffered
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    • 1064 21  -  Aussie compulsory pilotage move 'contravenes UN conventions' By GEORGE JOSEPH [SINGAPORE] Singapore's well-known diplomat and expert on the law of the seas Tommy Koh has roundly criticised Australia for limiting free transit of vessels in the Torres Strait by imposing a system of compulsory pilotage.
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    • 260 21 Reuters [OSLOI The world's biggest independent oil tanker group, Frontline, reported a drop in fourth-quarter operating profit yesterday, as expected by analysts, and said its market had remained weak so far in 2007. Operating profit fell to US$22O million in October-December from
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    • 559 21 AFP [BRUSSELS] European lawmakers yesterday considered a raft of maritime safety measures aimed at keeping dangerous vessels away from EU coastlines, following a recent series of shipping accidents. Yet despite the stark need for new laws highlighted by the environmental catastrophes
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 517 22 EDITORIAL THE Annual Economic Survey (2006/07) for India, released yesterday by the Indian government tells a remarkably upbeat, though not unblemished, story which also contains hints as to what might be forthcoming in the country's budget, to be announced today. The Indian economy has
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    • 977 22  -  Asset totals for ETFs jumped fivefold to US$422 billion in the half-decade through end 2006 By JOHN F WASIK Bloomberg THE market for exchange traded funds (ETFs) looks suspiciously like the "let's take it public" days of the dot-com mania at the
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    • 773 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING WITH the approach of the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government is making all kinds of preparations to host the Games and to welcome foreign visitors and athletes. It knows that the eyes of the world are increasingly turning
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    • 1666 23  -  The engine of Europe is now very much on the mend with a newfound sense of vitality that is still missing in Japan By STEPHEN ROACH FORthe past 15 years, many a pessimist has had a field day with the so-called race to the bottom between the
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    • 771 23  -  By MATTHEW SALTMARSH IHT a ■"P 1 AKE rest," the Roman I poet Ovid wrote about 20 5 centuries ago.''A field that has rested gives bountiful crop." Unfortunately, not enough of us employers or employees are heeding the advice, and the
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    • 303 23 LETTER TO THE EDITOR THIS refers to the article 'Petra in cocoa joint venture' (BT, Feb 24). On behalf of Petra Foods Ltd. I wish to clarify the following: In the second last paragraph of the article, Mr John Chuang was quoted as saying
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
    • 590 30  -  Invesco's chief economist John Greenwood tells GENEVIEVE CUA why he thinks investors should stick with equities and commercial real estate GENEVIEVE CUA THE start of the year saw a wide divergence in views on where economies and markets might be headed, but Invesco Asset
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    • 1421 31 Fee-hungry institutions are offering hedge-fund lookalikes to retail investors on the trail of sophisticated strategies, but do investors know what they're in for? J UST when mutual funds are about to peddle the closest thing to hedge funds to individuals, the returns of these
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    • 895 32  -  TAX ALERT PII BOON JIN ON Feb 15, Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam handed outhongbaosto both corporate Singapore and the man on the street. We like to think of this year's Budget as a "springboard Budget"—a blueprint that sets the tone to propel
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    • 1277 32 So-called frontier markets like Vietnam, Ukraine chalk up impressive gains Bloomberg [LONDON/NEW YORK] The smallest emerging markets are elbowing aside Brazil, Russia, India and China to become the world's best performers. An index of 22 so-called frontier countries rose 12 per
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