The Business Times, 11 September 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Ir.te-net: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    62 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Week Change STI ...2.135.05 -25.65 SHSCI FUTURES .275.00 -7.70 BT-SRI 826.91—.12.15 KLSE rOMP._..___—.739.81—.-27.21 NIKKEI 16.501.55. -238.23 HANG SENG 17,275.45.—-58.16 SET INDEX 297.07 -13.66 JAKARTA COMP. ***** —+0.51 M.ANILA COMP. 1.523.69 -5.96 TAIPEI WPI 7.367.99 -339.60 SEOUL COMP 653.68 -38.51 CLSA CHINA B 1.246.06 +68.13 Al'ST
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    75 1 FOREX SATES us$ ss US$ 1733 £(US$/S$ per 1435 1486 EURO(liSS/S$/E) 0.872 1.511 DM 2241 1.294 YEN 106-4 60.80 RM 3 800 2193 HKS 7 '99 4.501 BAHT 4150 23 95 Rl'PlAH 8,390 4^42 PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5-«0 KUALA LUMPUR 7.«7 JAKARTA MM BANOKOK MM MANILA ll.«0 HOMi KONG
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    Lock icon Opec agrees on 800,000 more bpd from Oct
    1020 1 Analysts: crude should fall but it'll be awhile before it hits US$2O-$25 range buyers seek AP Reuters [VIENNA] Opec members yesterday agreed to boost the group's official output of crude oil by 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), two oil ministers in the
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    Lock icon Goldman in talks to buy major market maker Spear, Leeds
    375 1 Analyst says firm worth USsBb; deal will make group the biggest specialist firm on NYSE, Amex NYT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] INVESTMENT banking firm Goldman Sachs Group is in talks to acquire Spear, Leeds Kellogg, the biggest maker of markets in
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    Lock icon Travel agents scramble to stave off shakeout
    1108 1  -  [liiexclusive Many embracing Net to stem fallout from SIA move By Marissa Chew (SINGAPORE] With Singapore Airlines set to blow the cover this week on how much additional charges travel agents pass on to customers, the industry is scrambling to re-invent itself to
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      130 1 ntsiPE Corporate Transparency Index Flextech takes top spot this week. Brierley's score is one of the highest yet recorded. Pg 7 BizlT I Compaq's US$l b Asia-Pac target for 2 years. CEO Michael Capellas (above) wants 30% growth. Asia-Pac chief Paul Chan sees potential in Q2 results. BizlT Pg 2
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      Lock icon World's third oil shock will be short-lived
      1133 2  -  I :j I comment ECONOMICS There's too much incentive for Opec to pump more but not yet vikram khanna THE output increase of 800,000 barrels per day announced yesterday by the world's oil cartel, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), is far
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      Lock icon Asia-Pac ink cartridge market seen ballooning
      641 2  -  l-lri exclusive IDC expects it to hit USs2b by 2004, np from USsB77m in '99 By\ Daniel Buenas (SINGAPORE) The market for ink cartridges used in inkjet or bubblejet printers will balloon to US$2 billion (Ss3s billion) by 2004, from just US$B77 million last
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon MediaRing expects profits soon with new strategy
      766 4  -  It's catting marketing costs and will derive more revenne from businesses By' Toh Han Shih LOCALLY-LISTED Internet phone company Mediaßing aims to be profitable within two years with a new strategy focusing on businesses, CEO Ng Ede Phang told BT last week. He
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      Lock icon This OngLine display was the torque of the town
      114 5 This was not a car show. In a bid to stand out from the other broking houses, Ong Company displayed a fiery red Ferrari 360 Modena at its booth at the SGX Investments Fair held in Suntec City from Sep 8-10.
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      Lock icon Budding investors get tips to start off right
      396 5  -  Team of experts from OCBC offers advice on how to make better investment decisions By Ling Su Ann THERE is no foolproof way of making money on the stock market, but there are ways to make better investment decisions: Understand the fundamentals
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      Lock icon S'pore stock market set for strong organic growth
      445 5  -  Corporate earnings growth seen at 17-21% this year; 15-19% in '01: Ongco By Ling Su Ann THE Singapore stock market is expected to experience strong organic growth next year as the economy moves to an upswing. This was the view of Gabriel
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      Lock icon Flextech the most transparent this week
      800 7  -  Brierley actually scored higher bat on fall-year results instead of interim By] Paul Thompson WHILE the top spot in this week's Corporate Transparency Index (CTI) went to Ses-daq-listed Flextech Holdings with a score of 61, one could not help but notice the 72 posted
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      356 7 ended June 30, 2000 (released last week) w COMPANY —EARNINGS (S$M) CHANGE —TURNOVER (SSM) CHANGE —EPS (CENTS) CHANGE DIVIDEND (CENTS) CHANGE 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 1 Allgreen Prop 40.081 45.496 -11.9 153.486 198.640 -22.7 3.80 5.20 -26.9 0.00 0.00 0.0 2 Deigro 36.242 28.398
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      Lock icon GRP turnover up 19%, losses widen to $6.8m
      203 7 INDUSTRIAL rubber supplier GRP, which announced its results over the weekend, sank further into the red, despite recording a 19 per cent rise in turnover to $27.7 million. For the year ended June 30, GRP's net losses widened to $6.8 million as
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      36 4 Call us at 730-5318 oi email us at btnews^sph.com.sg if vour company has decided on the lesuit announcement date and would like shareholders and investors to know. Summary of company results released last week, Page 7
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      435 6 Stpt6 Source: Al Sa oon Stocks Votunw IPCO 20c 77,458,000 Nytect 15c 41,289.000 TransviewlOc 30,335,000 GES Intl Ltd20c 26,113,000 DBS Land 24,784,000 Wing Tai 25c 22,607,000 ReedGrp5c 22,449,000 UXinlOc 21.814,000 SingTel 15c 21,410,000 Partway H 50c 21,294,000 9>ock» > DeSQrp 127,899,325 SIA 105.871,554 Chart Semiconductor 26c 96,894,696 Parkway H 50c
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      Lock icon Technicals predict 5-10% retracement of ST Index
      584 6  -  -I i comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan IT has been an excruciating week for market watchers. Excruciating because despite strong economic fundamentals, generally good corporate results and attractive valuations, the local bourse seems to be heading nowhere. There just seems to be no discernable
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      Lock icon Peso's journey south may accelerate this week
      535 6 MOST Asian currencies should remain listless this week. But the Philippine peso's journey south could accelerate. Just when political tensions are calming in Indonesia, the long-suffering rupiah could be set upon by other problems. Rising confidence in President Abdurrahman Wahid's new Cabinet and
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      Lock icon Noel wrt may attract punters with low price, long expiry
      198 6  -  WARRANT WATCH -Byy Ven Sreenivasan NOEL Gifts' warrant was one of the top percentage losers last Friday as it shed a cent or 22 per cent to 3.5 cents. A total of 49,000 units changed hands. Meanwhile, the underlying stock
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      Lock icon Flextech in consolidation phase
      235 6  -  HOT STOCK -By Serena Ng THE stock of electronics components distributor Flextech Holdings has been climbing over the past three trading sessions, boosted by its sparkling interim results. The counter dipped one cent on Friday to close at $1.30, on relatively subdued volume of 424,000. But
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      205 6 ♦The board of directors of International Press Soft Com Ltd said that the company has accepted the resignation of Juliana Lee Kim Lian, the Joint secretary of the company with effect from Aug 22 and has approved the appointment of Tan Min-Li in her stead with effect from
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      259 7 HOME NEEDS The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 90 120. CATS. I Buy It. Sell H. Find It. HHH^MR^Bi ft Sfl K jHHf > ,<y|. a.TiM* "?jJMßjjp\ t IS3 Iff v j(|*^ Mm H l jfli j®r' V BT <tT JW MBte '-M wi V H| |r jflrJ®T m j ,|Mi
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Hup Aik Huat banks on new pipes for telcos
      665 8  -  It invests $10m to make HDPE cable pipes, touted to replace PVC ones By Tay Hong Seng LOCAL trading and manufacturing group Hup Aik Huat Industries has invested $10 million to produce an improved type of cable pipe to meet the
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      Lock icon Terms of trade continue to worsen
      298 8  -  I Wi on the economy terms of trade Ity Marissa Chew SINGAPORE'S terms of trade continued to worsen in July as high oil prices bumped up the price of imports. Figures from the Department of Statistics showed that the import price index rose 11
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      Lock icon Comfort: using high-tech to go that extra mile
      974 10  -  The company, which saw a 124% profit jump, believes in looking after its taxi drivers, shareholders and passengers ity l David Boey THE Comfort Group ranks as one of those Old Economy firms whose business model has not changed much in its
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      66 8 it- I' I :^k jl i To many Singaporeans, Catherine Lims somewhat flamboyant style is immediately familiar. Overseas, however, it may be only her literary style that s as wel So now from the book fairs of Bologna, to writers week in New York she's assured of instant recognition wherever
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      Lock icon Issue different classes of website licences
      176 9  -  Michael Tay I REFER to the article "MAS spells out licensing rules for financial websites" (BT, Sep 7). Spelling out rules and guidelines is fine. In fact, it's been overdue. The Internet and financial information from the Net has been available for some time
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      Lock icon It's a liberalised market, so levy $100 a trade
      118 9  -  Yeo Boon Tee I REFER to the article "Broking firms may set up lobby group" (BT. Aug 31). The "liberalised" Singapore Exchange-MAS should have responded: "If you think you can survive with minimum $30 charges, go ahead." The SGX-MAS would be
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      Lock icon Stockbroking as a career: goldmine or landmine?
      379 9  -  Philips Kwek THE liberalisation of the financial industry is the right step for the future. But what good can come out of it if it leads to the demise of a functional sector of the industry? Stockbroking has been regarded by many as
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      Lock icon S'pore venture capitalists not daring enough
      223 9  -  John Trew I REFER to the article "A shot in the arm for venture capital" (BT, Sep 4). The fact that another player (Granite) has entered the arena does not address the real problem that Singapore's current venture capitalists (VCs) are almost universally risk-averse.
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      196 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletterQsph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in
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      15 9 TRAVEL GUIDE The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 573 587. Buy h. Sell k. FM it
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Time Engg to postpone TimedotCom IPO: report
      123 12 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S Time Engineering Bhd plans to postpone the listing of its telecommunications unit, TimedotCom, due to poor market conditions. The Edge business weekly said yesterday. Quoting unidentified sources. The Edge said the listing exercise, scheduled for October, may be delayed
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      Lock icon Tajuddin upset over loss of chairmanship
      658 12 KUALA LUMPUR He says he refused to rejoin Tenaga since the decision to change his role there was already made AFXAsia Bernama Reuters AHMAD Tajuddin Ali said he refused to renew his contract with Tenaga Nasional because of the government decision to strip him
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      Lock icon Silterra to raise RM1b in private share sale
      468 12 KUALA LUMPUR Chipm&ker hopes to gain more mnscle to take on foreign players Bloomberg SILTERRA Malaysia Sdn plans to raise RMI.OB billion (***** million) with the sale of shares to foreigners, giving the country's first chipmaker the muscle to compete in the
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      Lock icon Tesco moving deeper into Asia: report
      261 12  -  From! Neil Behrmann in London TESCO, Britain's largest supermarket group, is planning to make an acquisition in Asia, according to London's Sunday Telegraph. In a drive to become a leading food retailing chain in Asia, the company is considering making a bid for either
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      159 12 I YtM n u Q lone i j > l t ionot. u taiup tya ?r t Pirates in India give shot in the arm to German pharmaceutical giant. Under threat from the WTO, India has agreed to ban the I companies like Bayer, they are developing modified perhaps it's
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Japan's expanded currency swap scheme positive: IMF
      572 13 BANDAR SERIBEGAWAN Plan calls for swap network to inclnde Asean, Japan, China, Sonth Korea Reuters AFP AFX-Asia JAPAN'S drive to expand a US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) South-east Asian currency swap scheme to include major North Asian countries is a positive step, the deputy
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      Lock icon Manila plans to vet senior bank execs soon
      213 13 MANILA Move to improve management quality in banking industry Bloomberg THE Philippine central bank is planning to require banks to seek regulatory approval for the appointment of directors and senior officers as it seeks to improve the quality of corporate management in
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      Lock icon Suharto summoned, again, to court
      274 13 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN Attorney General Marzuki Darusman has sent a second summons to former president Suharto demanding he appear at the second session of his corruption trial, a report said yesterday. Mr Darusman was quoted by the Suara Pembaruan evening daily as saying his office
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      424 13 i Plaza Pantai offers approved 'Special Dispensation Cfvßffltf for Singaporeans to own tlje most modern and Sill 1 r! technologically advanced tnll ill! If| assures capital appreciation mpM j jjj Lll and high returns The first development with an In-Bußt LRT Station Location Fronting Federal Highway, midway between Kuala Lumpur
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  • EAST asia
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      Lock icon Fillip for HK property market
      730 14  -  I-I comment HK STOCKS Buyers seen Jumping off the fence, though price rise in doubt quak hiang whai FORGET the Legislative Council polls yesterday. This week, we explore something closer to Hongkongers* hearts: the property market. And we're getting some good news, both anecdotally and
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      Lock icon Officials downplay Three Gorges Dam fraud
      422 14 BEIJING Resettlement funds hit, bnt no major embezzlement of construction funds AFP CHINESE officials yesterday sought to downplay reports of embezzlement in the Three Gorges Dam project, saying they related to the resettlement of locals and not to the dam's construction. Lu Youmei, president
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      Lock icon No big surprises likely at HK polls
      649 15  -  An hour before polling closed, only of eligible Hongkongers had cast their votes From < Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong IN AN uneventful day, and almost unnoticed by foreign visitors to the territory, Hongkongers went to the polls yesterday to elect their second
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      Lock icon US tells China to stick to technology pact
      278 15 WASHINGTON Beijing had sought to delay tariff cuts Reuters US TRADE officials have rebuffed a request by China to delay tariff cuts on high-tech products, insisting that Beijing stand by last year's landmark trade accord. Ahead of a critical Senate vote on
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      Lock icon Taiwan seeks French help over frigate scam: report
      280 15 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S intelligence chief has quietly flown to Paris to seek assistance in an investigation into Taiwan's worst military scandal, it was reported yesterday. Wang Kuang-yu, head of the Investigation Bureau, left on Saturday to seek conference with his French counterpart
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      Lock icon China to allow up to 65% foreign stake in retailers
      303 15 SHANGHAI It is also considering lifting curbs on chain stores Reuters CHINA will allow foreign investors to hold a controlling stake of up to 65 per cent in some joint venture retailers, the official Shanghai Morning Post said yesterday. "China
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon CyberWorks bags licence for Asia-Europe cable access
      377 17 HONGKONG HK firm and partner spend USsl2om for space in cable which allows Net traffic to bypass US ronte Reuters HONGKONG telecoms firm Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd (PCCW) has won a licence to transmit high-speed information along the world's first major cable directly
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      Lock icon Alwaleed, Capital Research to invest in KirchPayTV
      359 17 MUNICH Prince to pay 346.6 m marks for 3.2 per cent stake Bloomberg PRINCE Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, and Capital Research Management Co, have agreed to buy stakes worth 796.6 million Deutschemarks (Ss6l6 million) in closely held
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      Lock icon US government says Napster violates copyright laws
      439 18 WASHINGTON MPAA, 19 other organisations also file their own briefs supporting plaintiffs AFP THE United States federal government has joined the fray in the Napster copyright case for the first time, arguing in a court brief that the music-swapping Internet service is violating
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      Lock icon UK to gain from Net use ahead of Europe: BOE chief
      357 18 VERSAILLES, France Britain has greater spending on computer infrastructure, will probably see higher productivity Bloomberg BRITAIN is likely to see higher productivity from greater use of the Internet sooner than continental Europe because of greater spending on computer infrastructure
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      Lock icon S Korea dotcoms heading for collapse after Nasdaq dive
      529 18 SEOUL AFP MANY dotcom firms in South Korea, Asia's leading Internet user, are on the verge of collapse as a venture capital bubble bursts and investors flee the market. Internet start-ups led a dramatic upsurge last year in the country's venture
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  • SOUTH asia
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      Lock icon Thyssen Krupp to pay 4b rupees for Raymond steel unit
      338 20 BOMBAY Purchase may help German group to expand in India, say analysts Bloomberg THYSSEN Krupp AG, the world's biggest maker of stainless steel, will pay 4.12 billion rupees (*****.4 million) in cash and stock to acquire the steel division of
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      Lock icon IMF official in Pakistan for crucial loan talks
      203 20 ISLAMABAD AFP THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) assistant director for the Middle East region arrived here Saturday for crucial talks on a bailout loan package for Pakistan, officials said. Sena Ekin will hold talks with Pakistani economic officials in the light of
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      354 20 BOMBAY Rise dne to better capital inflows, lower dollar demand Reuters INDIA'S foreign exchange reserves rose marginally capping an eight-week decline on the back of improved capital inflows and lower dollar demand for dollars, traders said on Saturday. Data from the Reserve
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      375 20 MADRAS Reuters TELECOMMUNICATION services across India were returning slowly to normal last Saturday after more than 200,000 workers ended a three-day-old strike. The two unions which spearheaded the strike, to seek written commitments over the future of employees after the proposed conversion of
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      956 21  -  Citigroup is taking on the character of its chairman and becoming a full-time acquisition apparatus Byi Gary Silverman FT SANDY Weill's love of the deal is becoming the way of Citigroup. The company is evolving into an opportunistic, if not hyperactive, deal-making
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        91 23 Reuters [LONDON] US-based Hewlett-Packard Co is in talks to buy global accountancy and consultancy Arm PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) management consultancy, The Sunday Times reported. The paper put a £14 billion (5534.8 billion) price tag on the deal. PwC has been seeking to sell
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        89 23 Reuters [NEW YORK] J P Morgan Co Inc said on Friday that its chief financial officer, Peter Hancock, had resigned and that chief administrative officer Thomas Ketchum had assumed Mr Hancock's duties effective immediately. J P Morgan said Mr Hancock's plans were not
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        103 23 Reuters [LONDON] The owners of First Quench, Britain's largest off-licence chain, said yesterday they were to sell the business for £225 million (*****.6 million) to Japanese investment bank Nomura's British operation. Privately-held Punch Taverns and British Pubs and leisure group Whitbread Pic, who
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        101 23 Reuters [CHICAGO] Shares of Quaker Oats and Kellogg Co climbed almost 8 per cent each on Friday, on renewed speculation that the two US cereal giants could be headed for a merger. "There are rumours about Kellogg getting together with Quaker. It wouldn't surprise
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      662 23 M WASHINGTON Reuters THE world economy, driven by a strong US performance and better news from Europe, will grow by 4.7 per cent this year with "no major clouds" ahead, the deputy head of the International Monetary
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      418 23 TOKYO Party research chief told to start discussing economic measures with govt AFP JAPANESE Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori yesterday ordered his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to start outlining new pump-priming measures to place the economy on the right track, a report
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      338 23 LONDON Talks between shareholders on; deal may be worth £700 m The Daily Telegraph THOMAS Cook, the famous name in holidays which owns brands such as Club 18-30, is poised to be bought by C&N Touristic, the German travel business,
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      488 24  -  This is despite European ministers' attempt to talk up the currency; bnt many feel the ECB will eventually act Front Neil Behrmann in London JAWBONING by European finance ministers over the weekend will fail to prevent further weakness of the euro, currency strategists
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      58 24 Reuters [MELBOURNE] An activist being ignored by a woman relaxing in a park during a rally in downtown Melbourne yesterday to protest against the World Economic Forum. Authorities are expecting a large number of protesters as hundreds of business leaders, policy makers and academics converge in Melbourne
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      555 24 LONDON They expect Deutsche Boerse shareholder vote to be postponed Reuters Daily Telegraph TOP London bankers say that the Anglo-German plans to merge and create a pan-Euro-pean bourse are dead and buried, and that the so-called iX proposal must be revamped if
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      353 24 FRANKFURT Regulators order it to raise its prices for household staples NYT COMPETITION regulators accused Wal-Mart Stores Inc last Friday of being too competitive, and ordered the giant retailer to raise its prices for household staples like milk, flour, butter, rice and cooking
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      940 25 It's hard now to not call the No 3 the best player in the world LATWP THIS is what happens when a player with so much talent adds an equal measure of resolve. This is what happens when Venus Williams decides she doesn't want
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      557 26 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON) Oil prices reached new 10-year highs last week ahead of a key meeting on output quotas of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna yesterday. Nervous markets pushed the price of oil higher
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      1902 26 SICOM FUTURES Sep8 RUBBER (futurej closing m at 5.30pm) RSS1COMTIACT (S cwtsAq) Close Vohwe Open Month Htyi Low Srtt (to«—s) Interest ocToo Nov 00 "5.25 DecOO Jan/Mar 001 "9-75 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US ctntsAn) Volume Open Month Hltf Low Srtt (tonnes) Interest Oct 00 63.75 2750 Nov 00 65.75 MOO
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      884 27 Q Sydney -145 DOMESTIC data releases, continuing high oil prices and a week Aussie dollar will influence the Australian market in the week ahead, dealers said. "It will be a matter of keeping eyes peeled on a variety of influences in the coming week," said Commonwealth Securities chief
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      258 27 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG shares are likely to break away from negative territory this week with the market's performance dependent on movements in the US markets, dealers said last Friday. The key Hang Seng Index lost 58.16 points, or 0.3 per cent,
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      599 27 NEW YORK Analysts warn investors to expect more selling AP WITH the Federal Reserve unlikely to seek another interest rate hike for at least a few months, investors might think the stock market and their portfolios are likely to be more secure
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      434 27 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo were expected to recover in the coming week as they bounced back on Friday from an eight-session losing streak, brokers said. The market had been volatile until Friday when the special quotation (SQ) was fixed for September
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      351 27 LONDON AFP LONDON shares endured a sluggish week despite a decision to keep interest rates on hold. Blue chips shed an average of almost 3 per cent and most sectors struggled to make headway except oil stocks, which cashed in on soaring
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      1902 27 Q Paris -110.30 A NERVOUS Paris bourse ended lower on Friday amid concern about a weak euro and soaring energy prices ahead of two important economic meetings. The CAC-40 Index ended down 1.9 per cent or 131.1 points at 6,703.36, dropping 110.30 points over the week. Q
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      459 28 AFP Q Composite Index -27.21 MALAYSIA'S stock market is expected to hold around current levels in the coming week following its slide over the past week, analysts said on Friday. "I don't foresee any drastic improvement," said Loges T Sampanther, institutional sales manager with Seagroatt
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      569 29 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup [TOKYO] Further euro weakness and related intervention risk will be a major focus in the week ahead, while a full data and event calender will likely make the market busy and quite possibly volatile. Initial focus will be on developments
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      7136 30 SGX MAINBOARD Week ended: Sep 8 Cr Gr M Wt mk LMt Vo) Wort L»«t Quota Otv Dtv YW Not C«» Avg High Low Company HH COOP) High Low Buyor Sottor C'vf P/t Smll Prtco MULTI-INDUSTRY ,63 101 mc Ac™ 50c 112 -1 137 114 m m 112 5 43
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      653 31 Where to wine, dine and entertain..:™" FunctiJflßbom4A*A available for: private parties company dinner and dance conference seminar and meeting. HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL LIMITED 22 Orchard Road/Cavenagh Road, Singapore *****7 Tel: 737 9944 Fax: 733 3175 We bring back the pleasures of charcoal barbecued food at only $29.00 a platter containing
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      79 33 Top stories Ariba to help make S'pore 828 hub Page 2 Talent shortage plagues e-com firms Page 8 Nomad Jukebox's jazzy, but heavy Page 10 I I V V-T J Carry a map in your palm Page 12 Commentaries Time to look at a single TMT Board? A single entity
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      Lock icon Billion-dollar growth target for Compaq Asia-Pac
      871 34  -  t-it exclusive! By] Kenneth James COMPAQ Computer president and CEO Michael Capellas has set a towering target for the computer giant's resurgent Asia-Pacific division: hit a growth rate of 30 per cent by 2001. It's a goal that translates into over US$l billion (551.73
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      650 34  -  -ii exclusive By'. Toh Han Shih IN the next six months, at least six 828 exchanges are expected to set up operations in Singapore. Prime among them is US-based e-com-merce software provider, Ariba Inc, which said it is helping Singapore become Asia's 828
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      675 36  -  I-l I comment INFOTECH A sing?* entity instead of the three IDA, SBA and NSTB will be more efficient and save money lee han shih The writer is a BT senior correspondent WHAT is in a name? A lot, if it is
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        Lock icon Hotels connect with Net2Room
        95 36 SINGAPORE-based Net2Room.com Pte Ltd will provide wired and wireless Internet connectivity to three luxury hotels managed by Pontiac Land Pte Ltd: Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Conrad International, and The Regent Singapore. "Guests staying at the hotels will be able to send and receive e-mail, surf the Net and
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        Lock icon Wheresoft Geocommerce gets funds
        60 36 HOMEGROWN software and content enabling firm Wheresoft Geocommerce Pte Ltd said it ha&got a $3 million investment led by OCBC, Wearnes Walden Management (OWW). The funding also includes a portion from a Holland-based pension funds group. Wheresoft offers interactive map subscription services for location advertising and
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        Lock icon NCS acquires 70% of Zisco
        36 36 NATIONAL Computer Systems said it has acquired 70 per cent of China-based Zisco (Zhong Sheng IT Co Ltd). The Shanghai-headquartered firm provides training and CRM (customer relationship management) products, NCS said.
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        Lock icon New MD at SAP S'pore
        48 36 SAP Asia has appointed Bob Armstrong as acting managing director of its Singapore operations. He takes over from Terence Chan, who has resigned to pursue other interests, the company said. Mr Armstrong was previously senior vice-president for training and development at SAP Asia-Pacific.
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        60 36 KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation Ltd has appointed Tan Tin Wee and Mr Goran Malm to its board of directors. Dr Tan, 38, is an associate professor at NUS and is credited with starting Sing Cert, SingAren, and the Multilingual Internet Names Consortium. Mr Malm, S3, is president
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        Lock icon Ixos director for north & east Asia
        38 36 Ixos director for north east Asia IXOS Software Asia has appointed Dominic Chua as regional director of Ixos' north and East Asia operations, based in Singapore. Mr Chua was previously business development and alliances manager with the company.
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        36 36 A SEMINAR on "Managing documents to up your service" will be held on Sept 19 at the Oriental Hotel It is organised by Canon Marketing Services Singapore. For details, e-mail canon@direct-l.com.
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        86 36 A TWO-DAY "E-services world conference" will be held from Sept 28 at Sun tec City. It is organised by Hewlett-Packard and Business Week and will be inaugurated by the Minister of State for Communications and IT, Lim Swee Say. "The conference-cum-solutions showcase will give delegates a
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        Lock icon Meet on a killer cyberbrand
        34 36 A CONFERENCE on "Creating a killer cyberbrand" will be held on Oct 3 at Hotel Intercontinental. It is organised by THC Conferences. For details, fax *****25 or e-mail rakesh@thcpress.com.
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        Lock icon Conference on portals
        67 36  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam A THREE-DAY symposium called "Portals World Asia 2000" will be held from Oct 31 at the Oriental Hotel. "This is the ultimate portal conference showcasing case studies from 12 leading portals in the Asia-Pacific," says organiser Terrapinn Pte Ltd. "It will also feature
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      Lock icon Key discount to go ASP way for online stocks trading
      383 38  -  3rd Frontier will manage the firms's IT infrastructure and manpower needs Toh Han Shih KEDISCOUNT.COM, the online trading division of Kim Eng Securities, may be the first Singapore company to adopt the ASP (application service provider) approach to offering online
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      Lock icon Worldwide holiday online sales to top US$19b
      324 38 AFP [WASHINGTON) Online sales for the Christmas holiday season are expected to reach US$l9.5 billion (5533.7 billion) worldwide, an 85 per cent jump from a year earlier, according to a market research survey. The study by Gartner Group released last week says the
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      Lock icon eGuide bullish about biz prospects
      435 39  -  The e-biz directory provider aims to do $30m by end-2001, from about S7m this year Tang Weng Fai Homegrown ebiz directory prov i d e r eGuide.com expects a dramatic increase in sales and profit in the next two years. The company, which started operating
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      Lock icon Chip-gear makers look to web for monitoring machines
      800 39  -  Web diagnostics is becoming a key tool to save time and money for companies By Cesca Antonelli Bloomberg [BURLINGTON, Vermont] Bill Ramus, who helps craft International Business Machines Corp's plans for semiconductor equipment development, has a vision. Mr Ramus dreams of manufacturing
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      Lock icon Talent shortage plagues e-com firms
      624 40  -  liii exclusive Top talent can draw salaries of about U*****,000 in the e-biz world, says an AT Kearney study liy Corinne Kerk A TALENT vacuum continues to exist in the e-commerce world as there is a shortage of experienced e-biz practitioners due to the newness
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      Lock icon Get helpdesk online with E-Support
      447 40  -  StarHnb's CliQFix lets users fix problems relating to e-mail, browser, network settings By Val Chua YOU buy a new software, but can't seem to get it to work on your old PC. Frustrated, you call up the helpdesk who keep you waiting. Finally, customer service
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      659 41  -  Statistics show 66% of businesses that experience a 10-day data loss go out of business boey chern yue The writer is manager (small and medium businesses), with the business customer sales organisation at HP Singapore (Sales) Pte Ltd YOUR data residing in a network
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      Lock icon Transmeta chip doubles battery life in notebooks, says Sony
      649 41  -  By Cesca Antonelli Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Sony Corp said batteries in its laptop computers running Transmeta Corp processors last about twice as long as those with Intel Corp chips, a sign that Transmeta's design can deliver on expectations. Sony chose
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      Lock icon Nomad Jukebox's jazzy, but heavy
      493 42  -  The $899 product from Creative Technology can hold 1,500 songs and lets you connect it to four speakers if you wish Hy> Chen Huifen The writer is with BTOnline SINCE Creative Technology launched its new Nomad Jukebox digital music player, it has generated a lot
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      Lock icon Putin pledges $61m for schools
      187 42 AFP [MOSCOW] Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged on Friday to release a billion roubles (Ss6l million) of state funds to equip Russian schools with computers. "Our schools across the country need only 40,000 computers. Even given Russia's many other problems, this is a manageable task,"
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      Lock icon Girl Scouts begin high-tech program
      320 42 AP [AUSTIN, Texas] For almost 90 years, Girl Scouts have been earning badges by breaking barriers. In the early days, it was camping. Today, it's computing. The Lone Star Council launched a high-tech curriculum on Thursday to teach girls math, science and technology, subjects often
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        Lock icon New servers from NEC
        89 42 NEC Singapore has launched its enhanced range of servers fuelled by the latest Intel Pentium in and P-in Xeon processors. Targeted at both SMEs and other companies, the NEC ExpresssBoo/100 offers processor speeds from 550 MHz to 1 GHz. There are six models in the series
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        71 42 SUN Microsystems is now ready with the updated version of its office productivity package, Star Office 5.2 Suite. It comes with a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, database engine, event planner, mail manager and other features. It works on Solaris, Linux and Windows. You can
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        Lock icon VoizMail 3.0 from MediaRing
        82 42 MEDIARING.COM LTD has launched VoizMail 3.0 for PC users that lets them send voice messages directly from their Outlook or Outlook Express e-mail program. It can be downloaded from www.mediaring.com and comes with streaming technology that launches the voice message immediately upon opening the e-mail by
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        Lock icon SCS to sell Precise solutions
        50 42 SINGAPORE Computer Systems (SCS) has signed up with Nasdaq-listed Precise Software Solutions to distribute its suite of products. The three key products are Precise/SQL (database performance management); Precise/Pulse! (monitor and alert system-wide performance); and Precise/Interpoint (optimise ERP j application performance). For details, go to www.scs.com.sg.
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        Lock icon Wireless LAN card Cram Compez
        71 42  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam COMPEX Systems Pte Ltd has introduced its WavePort-WLll, an 11 Mbps wireless LAN (local area network) card "which will completely remove the cabling headaches of LAN managers", said- It uses radio frequency to transmit data from one point to another up
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      65 43 This is SonVs prototype model of a new notebook computer Vaio GT which is equipped with a full-featured video camcorder on itssmallbody ally's computer trade show Vaio Expo in Tokyo on Friday. Sony expects to place it on the market early next year with the Dream
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      282 43  -  The network will provide high-speed data communications, voice and video in fixed and wireless services on an integrated platform Tay Hong Seng Locally-listed ipco International will invest US$lO million (SSI7 million) on an Internet Protocol communications network in Indonesia. The infrastructure will be built by
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      233 43  -  By\ Daniel Buenas LOCAL startup NEXbroadband Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Broadband Access Pte Ltd (BBA), last week tied up with Hewlett-Packard Singapore to provide subscription-based services targeted at SMEs (small and medium enterprises). NEXbroadband, which develops and provides e-services on the network
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      113 43  -  Wee Loke Jin Raymond THIS refers to the commentary, "We need an answer to PCCW" by Mock Pak Lum (BizlT, Aug 28, page 5). I do not think that the merger of Sing Tel and MediaCorp will bring anything exciting. Let the
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        89 44 THE Agls OPS Navigator can be used in PDAs, notebooks, palmtops and desktop computers. Its GPB software offers the following features: ♦Tracks your position in real-time using high-resolution colour maps. ♦Offers routing gwidsnoe, finds addresses and plans the shortest route. ♦links your address book to detailed maps.
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          62 44 NASDAQ-LISTED Asiacontent.com said it has tied up with Sing Tel Mobile to offer its mobile customers Singapore.CNET.com and sg.sports.com wireless content via SMS using numeric code info-on-demand. "Sing Tel Mobile's 1.15 million subscribers can retrieve real-time scores, breaking news and match tips by dialling specific numbers
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          83 44 HOMEGROWN Giantpot.com, an ASP for the food and hospitality industry, last week launched its e-procurement portal at www.giantpot.com and said more than 300 user companies will begin online trading on its network immediately. "Food items like fresh poultry, seafood, fruits and industry equipment can be traded online,"
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          39 44 MASTERCARD International and Trade Card Inc have tied up to develop and pilot a new online payment system for 828 purchases globally in multiple currencies. The pilot transactions phase will begin in Q4 this year.
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          53 44 ISRAEL-BASED Babylon.com Ltd, which offers freeware online, has introduced a new tool that lets individuals and companies share their knowledge of specific subjects online. The tool, Babylon Builder, is available for free download at www.babylon.com. It is compatible with Windows, and comes with Spanish. Italian and
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          80 44 NASDAQ-LISTED Engage Inc, an online marketing company owned by CMGI Inc, said it has acquired Space Asia Media Ltd, an independent Internet marketing network in Asia. "Space Asia Media represents 270 leading Asian web publishers and serves more than 140 million ad impressions per month,"
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          70 44  -  Compiled by 1 Raju Chellam NASDAQ-LISTED Broadvision Inc and equity investor H&Q Asia-Pacific have tied up to form a new company, tentatively called B-Mobile Corp, to deliver BSP (business service provider) solutions in 828 m-commerce to the global wireless market. Other partners in B-Mobile include
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      830 45  -  Oil demand boosts hikes in tanker freight rates, more orders for Korea yards By. Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Growing worldwide demand for oil and the subsequent shortage of oil vessels have led to a boom time for oil tanker companies. Oil in Asia crawled
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      260 45  -  From Evelyn Duffy in Perth WESTERN Australian high-speed ferry builder, Austal Ships has reported a net after-tax profit of A 529.9 million (Ss29 million) for the financial year to June 30,2000. Austal's chairman, John Rothwell described the result, which represented a 23.6
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      340 45  -  By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Another chapter in the Maersk Seal-and-PSA Corp saga unfolded late last week as a trade publication reported that Maersk Sealand's vessels "will be refused entry to Singapore from Oct 1", afler its decision to invest in Malaysia's Port of Tanjung
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        668 46  -  Selva Kumar AN investigation into a fire on a vessel that was berthed in the port of Melbourne has thrown up an issue quite unrelated to what caused the fire. Instead, the investigation revealed that there had been a further issue
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      23206 52 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Desfn Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIMM MMMMMMMMMMMMHHHI^^^^^^^* 18/09 12/10 Noras* VILLE 0*AQUARIUS Y39W 65-*****33 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D* I voire m/*> nscsa ville d
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        791 59 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine OU Ltd, shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        462 60 Increase of US$2O per round-trip ticket marks 4th rise this year to counter fuel prices Reuters [NEW YORK] The top six US airlines have added a new price hike on domestic fares amounting to US$2O (5534.60) per round-trip ticket the fourth
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        536 60 Bloomberg [PARIS] European airline shares fell as much as 4 per cent after crude oil prices rose to a 10-year high, raising concern that the air transport industry will struggle again to be profitable this year. Crude oil topped US$35 (Ss6l) a
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        144 60 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Authority for new air services between the United States and France was awarded last Thursday to AMR's American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and UAL's United Airlines. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) said American and Delta were granted seven weekly
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        308 60 Lazard India to help find Indian partner for bid: official Reuters [NEW DELHI] Air France and Delta Airlines will make a joint bid for a 26 per cent stake in state-run Air India, the head of investment bank Lazard India
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      47 56 SHIPPING •WAREHOUSING Baton: Singapore I .nading Daily Men to Sa (BATAMINDOI/T1I) Accepting Ijfi (ago Reefer Container ■lata*: Singapore 1 jading Man. Wed (in (BATAMINDO Q) Accepting KTX'onwenDonal/Pmject Heavy Lift C*go Tet: 227 0322 Fax: 222 9330 Shippfcq Wor.fco.swi Pto Ltd 7> UyH ■—d fy C—H«« *M-S1 <M»OM
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      998 57 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 km mm Rood, #04-01 to 03, SJafoporo 07M11 MAIN LWI/OUTWARD: 532 36U tHWUO (MO): 437 23M IMPORT STATUS (ON* 437 mmnmjm 437 MM Wobsito http://www.Miaio4oni.cow CR NO. **********0H BOOKINGS UNE: 535 6266 (Colio/Jes»i<o/M«i Chon/Jestynn/Dora/Yvowiw/Honim) nn2MCBE2EBH 8 SIGS/WEEKIY 3 SIGS/WHKIY VKsa VQY si I JAM 1
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      673 58 SIN MAA SIN I TK3ER BRIDGE 832N 11-12/09 16-19/09 23-2409 I TIGER METRO 833N 13-144)9 18-21/09 26-27/09 I TK3ER STAR 834N 16-17/09 22 25*09 29-30/09 I TIGER RHYTHM 836N 20-21/09 25-2709 03-04/10 I TIGER BRIDGE 836N 22 23/09 28-01/10 0506/10 I TIGER METRO 837N 26-2709 02-05/10 10-11/10 Ivessel^^^VO^^Sl^^CA^^SlN| TKJER CREEK
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      1079 58 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin#singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freighHinks.net s FOR BOOKING: *****51/3/6/60/61/62/67/63/69/79 PROJECT SHIPMENT A HEAVYUFT CARGO (CONVENTIONAL A RORO) Lawrence Lam *****71, H/P: *****977 IqwrenceCWoifaucoausg WAREHOUSING A LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: CLEMENT CHUA
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      123 59 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm A Showers R a j n Temperature wind direction and speed in knots a Weather Cloudy Day C><J Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols f < 2m O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds j—One half fleche
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