The Business Times, 12 September 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGA PORE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 85C
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    74 1 sn 241M1 (-15.44) BT-SKI 824.71 (-2.20) ST INDEX FUTURES 2412.00 (-14.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 273.70 (-1.30) STOCK MASKET INDICES Monday Change KLSE COMP 727.15 -1166 NIKKEI 225 16,***** 870.65 HANOSENO 17,007.98 -267.47 SET INDEX 290.34 -6.73 JAKARTA COMP —.***** -8.39 MANILA COMP 1,501.48 -2121 TAIPEI WPI 7,***** 32.79 SEOUL
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    76 1 FOBEX RATES US$ ss USS 1.737 £(US$/SS per 1.419 2.465 ElIROflJSS/SS/E) 1501 DM 2564 1.303 YEN 106.2 6150 RM 3.800 1188 HKS 7.799 4.490 BAHT 41.46 2187 RLPIAH a430 4,854 m SS to 100 units PMME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA J».W BANGKOK .9.30 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon StarHub to get $1.08b, SingTel $859m
    788 1  -  Both accept compensation; Star Hub to roll ont network to cover residential market By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The government will pay Star Hub $1,082 billion and Singapore Telecom $859 million in compensation for accelerating the full liberalisation of the telecoms sector by two
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    Lock icon Rising container volumes set to spark rise in freight rates
    955 1  -  P Jiexclusive Shipping lines looking forward to fatter margins By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Rising container volumes on the world's key trade routes are signalling a return to healthy margins for the world's major shipping lines but the trend spells bad
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    Lock icon Oil rebounds above US$33 despite Opec output hike
    475 1 Firmer prices reflect short-covering, dealers say Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices reversed early falls yesterday, with the benchmark Brent crude trading back above US$33 a barrel despite an agreement by Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to lift output by 3 per cent.
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      Lock icon HK's MRTC offers 20% stake at HK$8-9.39 apiece
      456 2  -  Public offer set to raise HKsB.69b to help finance govt expenditure Promi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hongkong governmentowned Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) will sell a 20 per cent stake in its public offer to raise about HK$B.69 billion (Ssl.9
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon A game of musical lifts
        100 2 A RECENT visit to the Ministry of National Development building proved to be an adventure. The task was simple enough meet a contact on the 12th floor during lunch. There were six working lifts. But to get to the correct level, you need to know
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        Lock icon Your views on co-op EC
        71 2 LAST week, BT Online ran a poll following news of NTUC's new housing initiative. The statement readers were asked to respond to was: NTUC is setting up a new co-operative to help members buy an exec condo and get a rebate on it. That sounds
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        Lock icon Poetic management?
        116 2 SHAKESPEARE is not only enjoying a revival in the movies, but also in management books. A recent issue called, unsurprisingly, Shakespeare on Management, has a press release that goes like this: "Got some dirty work to do with no stomach for it? Turn to Lady Macbeth. If you
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        55 2 Fail-safe torch almost ANYONE heard of the Pelican Super Sabre Lite torch, which is usable even at 600 metres under water? The torch is so good it comes with a lifetime guarantee with the following exceptions, according to the product promotion: "The above guarantee does not cover shark bite, bear
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      Lock icon IDA figures: Why no details?
      767 2 The issue is how the figures are arrived at, says Catherine ***** IMAGINE going to a restaurant and being handed a hefty bill without any breakdown of how much each dish cost. Most customers would object Yet, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) expects
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      Lock icon Ladyhill condo to sell for $1,800 psf
      356 2  -  nT^xcTusive SC Global aims to sell np to 20 of the project's 55 units at this Friday's preview W Marissa Chew ON Friday, some 50 guests will be sipping champagne and previewing The Ladyhill, SC Global's upmarket debut condominium project which it intends
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Interest income lifts Venture H1 profit by 7.5%
      546 4  -  Turnover surges to $595 m; group confident of $l-3b fall-year sales By: David Boey VENTURE Manufacturing yesterday reported a 7.5 per cent rise in interim earnings to $39.5 million, which was at the the lower end of analysts' estimates ranging from $39
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      419 4  -  fat] IA tidbits corinne kerk VENTURE Manufacturing may have reported only a small rise in earnings in its first-half results, but trust managing director Wong Ngit Liong to remain cool as if he had beaten analysts' forecasts by a mile. At a
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      Lock icon FJ back in the black but profit short of forecasts
      454 4  -  Retailer swings back from $18m loss to $4.7 m net profit f*y Andrea Tan LUXURY goods and fashion retailer FJ Benjamin Holdings swung back into the black with net profit of $4.7 million after two years of losses. The retailer
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      Lock icon MediaRing aims to grow revenue 9 times to $22.1m
      487 7  -  Turnover forecast for this year comes as it expects loss to widen to $38m from $25.9 m By' Toh Han Shih LOCALLY listed Internet voice company Mediaßing is growing its revenue while trying to stem its losses, chief executive Ng Ede
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      Lock icon Banks need to take hard look at existing control structures
      789 7  -  i*l3!Tlock siew siow li sen MUCH of the attention generated by the eWorldofSports (eWOS) issue has centred on United Overseas Bank's handling of the initial public offering (IPO). But the bigger and more fundamental question is how banks in general
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      Lock icon Gold Peak seeks to raise Clipsal slake to over 50%
      475 8  -  Move to stop any hostile takeover bid by French group Schneider: analysts By Serena Ng HONGKONG-BASED Gold Peak Industries (Holdings), the parent of locally listed GP Industries, said yesterday it was seeking shareholders' approval to possibly raise its indirect stake
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      Lock icon DBS Bank names new MD for information systems
      230 8 DBS Bank said yesterday that Steve Ingram, formerly chief information officer of USbased Excel Communications, has joined DBS as managing director for Business Information Systems. In the newly created role, Mr Ingram will focus on improving DBS's operating efficiency, employee productivity and
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      Lock icon SingTel intends to bid for 3G licence in Hongkong
      198 8  -  It may seek HE partners to develop its 3G mobile phone business there Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd intends to bid for a third generation mobile phone licence in Hongkong, executive vice-president for corporate business Lim Chuan Poh was quoted
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      Lock icon Multi-Chem plans bonus, and rights in connection with $23m loan
      314 8  -  Proceeds to be used to boy machinery, fond new activities By\ Siow Li Sen PRECISION drilling specialist Multi-Chem yesterday proposed a bonus and rights issue of 44 million warrants at five cents each to raise $23 million. The issue is
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      Lock icon Cheung Woh Metal heading for Sesdaq
      199 8 PRECISION components specialist Cheung Woh Metal Works said it has received in-principle approval to list on Sesdaq. The firm, which makes components for the global hard disk drive industry, caters to customers such as Fujitsu, IBM, Maxtor, Western Digital and Seagate. "Seven out of
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      Lock icon SPH signs 3-year deal for 42,000 tonnes of newsprint
      186 8 SINGAPORE Press Holdings has signed a contract to buy up to 42,000 tonnes of newsprint from supplier Pan Asia Paper. Pan Asia said yesterday the agreement is for three years and started in January this year. It is the largest the
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      Lock icon ST Assembly opens San Diego sales office
      188 9  -  Three sales and marketing staff at US offices promoted By David Boey ST ASSEMBLY Test Services Ltd yesterday announced three promotions and said the management changes would complement the effort of its new US sales office to "accelerate customer support". Mainboard listed Stats,
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      Lock icon KGI Sec One sells stake in HK unit to clear merger hurdle
      230 9 Bloomberg [BANGKOKI KGI Securities One pel, a Thai brokerage controlled by Taiwan's Koos Group, said it would sell its stake in a Hongkong affiliate to clear the way for a merger between the Hongkong firm and a Singapore
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      Lock icon Noble Group's interim gain up almost 4 times
      401 9  -  It made USsll.3m on USssBom sales as earnings and revenues rose in nearly all sectors Tay Hong Seng GLOBAL industrial raw materials supplier, main-board listed Noble Group reported a steep jump in net profit of almost four times to US$ll.3 million (Ssl9
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Opec's higher output move fails to lubricate market
      533 6  -  1 11 comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan NEWS of more oil about to flow into an increasingly jittery global market did little to boost sentiment on the local bourse yesterday. It remained languid, with trading volume falling to one of the lowest levels
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      Lock icon Better off with PCRD stock which is set for a rebound
      186 6  -  WARRANT WATCH liy Ven Sreenivasan PACIFIC Century Regional Developments' two covered warrants have taken a beating after news last week that the firm's Hongkong unit Pacific Century CyberWorks had failed to clinch two big edeals. The Merrill Lynch warrant
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      Lock icon SingLand may slip; support at $3.65
      244 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng SINGAPORE Land's stock looks likely to see further correction in the next few trading sessions after having steadily moved up during the past three months. Although the counter has climbed a long way from its year-low of $2.74 in
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      147 6 ♦♦AIR Ocean will hold its AGM on Sept 22 at 3 pm, Le Meridien Changi, Mahagony Room, Level 2,1 Netheravon Road (Changi Village). ♦PACIFIC Andes (Holdings) will hold its AGM on Sept 30 at 10 am, The Percival Room, Fort Canning Country Club, 11 Canning Road. ♦PACIFIC Carriers
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      Lock icon Euro plumbs new depths; regional's forced lower
      365 6  -  i comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE euro was pressed to new lows yet again in Asian trading yesterday, after a weekend meeting of European finance ministers failed to provide much more than the usual blunt warnings about the currency's latest rout. By the
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      527 6 Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 11.452.CXX) Federal Int20c 10,903,000 PacCent ML CW*****5 5,701,000 Vibropower 5c 5,237,000 Medi-Rad5c 4,662.000 IPCO 20c 4,300,000 MediaRing 10c 4,263,000 Wing Tai 25c 4,001,000 Leong Hin 20c 3,942,000 TT Int 15c 3,929.000 Stocks DBS Grp 50,645,868 PacificCentury 47,664,900 Chart Semiconductor 26c 39,073,550 SingTel 15c 31,800,810 SIA 22,188,705
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      486 6 PWCBWATerhouseQOPERS I As companies strive to enhance their shareholders' funds, there is a greater need to understand financial information, particularly balance sheets and profit and loss accounts. Decisions made without properly understanding the financial implications may lead to reduced profits (or even losses) and a reduction in shareholder value. This
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      22 8 SO PLEASURE BOATS/ SEA SPORTS Glide your eyes over here if you love a splashing good time. CATS.. The Straits Times Classified
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      14 9 Business Tools Just imagine life without them. CATS. Buy It. S«U h. Find It.
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      Lock icon US electronic parts orders up 6.9% in July
      299 12  -  the economy electronics Ry\ David Boey US orders for electronic components rose 6.9 per cent or US$l.33 billion (552.3 billion) year-on-year to US$2O.7 billion in July, according to preliminary figures released by the US Commerce Department. But on a seasonally adjusted basis,
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      Lock icon BG Lee: Asean risks losing investors to N-E Asia
      601 12  -  Int'l standards, governance key to regaining investor confidence, he says Yang Razali Kassim ASEAN is under threat of losing out to North-east Asia in the heated race for investor confidence. And the best way to restore faith in the region is
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      Lock icon SCS, OCBC in construction portal deal
      258 12  -  Vivien Ng TXI23, a joint venture between Singapore Computer Systems and Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corporation, signed yesterday an agreement to operate a business-to-business construction portal. The companies estimate the relatively untapped local market is worth up to $15 billion a year. TXI23 will hold 80
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      Lock icon Let the poor be heard, urges World Bank report
      518 12  -  It prescribes 'empowerment' for the poor to fight poverty By i Chuang Peck Ming THE latest once-in-a-decade World Bank report on poverty, to be released today, could kick up a storm. Its call to give the poor a direct say in
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      Lock icon Change via principled business leadership
      467 12 CRT believes business most take a lead in promoting a fair and free society AGAINST the backdrop of the just concluded UN Millennium Summit in New York and the ongoing World Economic Forum in Melbourne, some 40 business leaders from around the world met up
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      Lock icon Audit exemption not a universal practice
      561 13  -  Choong Chow Siong PhD Member of The Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (UK) and President, Nanyang University Alumni Academic Society Singapore I READ Anna Teo's "Abolishing audits, with some safeguards" (BT, Sep 5) with great interest. The auditing research committee of Nanyang University Alumni Academic
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      Lock icon Pat HDB price information on TCS teletext
      214 13  -  Henry Lim Li Shun I REFER to the article "Visit this website before you sell, buy a resale flat" (BT, Sept 1). The opening sentence seems to put property agents in a bad light. It suggests they may quote low prices to prospective
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      Lock icon Why do we need financial analysis?
      132 13  -  Chan Wing Kee VALUES of assets are built on past and projected future financial performance. Future financial performance is based on the risk models adopted in valuation. Risk models measure risk as probable deviations between expected returns and actual returns. Expectations swing with the
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      Lock icon Take neighbouring golf courses into account
      104 13  -  Fun Chee Heng I REFER to the article, "So much land for golf courses" (BT, Sept 5). In view of the improving relationship between Malaysia and Singapore, the number of golf courses in Malaysia, in particular Johor, should meet the golfing needs of Singapore
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon HDB can do more with its resale flat website
      683 14  -  l=i comment PROPERTY Service Is useful but data needs daily update; also consider a matching service lee han shih SOMETHING unusual happened on Aug 31. The Housing and Development Board launched an online service on resale flats. What's unusual is not
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      Lock icon Keppel's Caribbean is hottest weekend launch
      423 15  -  98 units in Ist batch, 69 in the second sold; 50 Rivervale Crest units taken np B& Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Keppel Corporation's Caribbean at Keppel Bay proved the hottest launch over the weekend, which saw selective buyers ignoring some projects in favour of others.
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      23 14 SO PLEASURE BOATS/ SEA SPORTS Glide your eyes over here if you love a splashing good time. •S CATS. The Straits Times Classified
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      1109 15 Noble group limited (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) Interim results announcement for the half-year period ended 30 June 2000 The ioard of Directors of Noble Group Limited present to you below the unaudited consolidated results for our operations during the first six months of 2000. These results show significant
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon WEF protests— public face of private malaise
      794 16  - WEF protests public face of private malaise bottom line OPINION tye kim khiat The writer is a BTcopy-editor ANTI-this and anti-that groups are rearing their ugly heads. They make no bones about their one-strand agendas, which on their own, pose little threat to law and order, but the fact that
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      83 16 The digital economy is completely dependent on the big central power plant.' Peter Haber and Mark Mill* co-authors of the Digital Power Report, explaining that high-technology itself is surprisingly energy-intensive and investors may be underestimating the importance of energy. 'She was always sort of desperately eager to
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      Lock icon Rizal's duty to Indonesia
      566 16 EDITORIAL JUST days after assuming his new post, Indonesia's chief Economics Minister Rizal Ramli sought to stamp his mark on the country's economic landscape. Dr Rizal, now one of the most powerful persons in the country, made known that his team meant business. He also made
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      Lock icon India's IT success can't make up for slow reform
      1022 16  -  Japanese PM's visit removed political hnrdle bnt lack of real economic reform is main hnrdle to foreign investment By] Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT JAPANESE Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's visit
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      Lock icon Euro might fare better if politicians just shut up
      846 16  -  COMMENTARY By\ David Ignatius LAT-WP WHEN it comes to economic policy, the best strategy in a crisis can sometimes be summed up in three words: Just shut up. That advice is anathema to politicians, who seem to believe that the public
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon MAS chief Tajudin to focus on cellular phone unit TRI
      453 17  -  Unit set for major turnaround although it's also saddled with huge debts From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN tycoon Tajudin Ramli, who is in the midst of selling his stake in Malaysian Airlines, is bullish about prospects for his
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      Lock icon Ex-Perwaja chief to be questioned in probe: report
      428 17 KUALA LUMPUR Anti-Corruption Agency has met Eric Chia twice THE Anti-Corruption Agency will summon former Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd chairman Eric Chia to assist investigations over massive losses incurred by the now insolvent steel company, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. ACA
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Tenaga falls 2.6% on Tajuddin rejection
        85 17 TENAGA Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's largest publicly traded stock, fell 30 sen, or 2.6 per cent, to RM11.30, after Ahmad Tajuddin Ali turned down an offer to return to run the company as president and chief executive officer on the same terms and condition as
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        Lock icon Time down on share sale delay report
        79 17 TIME Engineering Bhd fell 18 sen, or 6 per cent, to RM2.84 after The Edge weekly newspaper reported the company may delay its plan to sell shares in its Time dot Com unit. The paper said the firm may postpone the sale by
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        102 17 BERJAYA Group Bhd tumbled 6.5 sen, or 13 per cent, to 42.5 sen, its lowest in more than two years, after the diversified group called on shareholders to buy new shares to help it raise RM73O million to repay debts. The group, with interests
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        73 17 Compiled from Bloomberg PETRA Perdana Bhd, which provides engineering services to the oil and gas industry, fell 32 sen, or 6.2 per cent, to RM4.88 after it said it hasn't been awarded any of the RM44O million of contracts for which it's bidding. The
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      276 17 KUALA LUMPUR He will (Levote more attention to party matters AFP Bernama MALAYSIA'S veteran Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he would hand over some duties to his deputy to prepare for the leadership succession. Dr Mahathir, 74, said he
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      169 17 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) said yesterday it was looking at a possible bond funding to meets cash requirements, which include money for a new exhibition centre. "One of the options is the possibility of raising funds through the debt securities market,"
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      535 17  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market may have another casino play soon, but investors are unlikely to be in a hurry to head for the exit door of the Genting Highlands casino, according to
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      416 17 KUALA LUMPUR It plans to raise US$3OO-500m via yankee or euro bonds AFP AFX-Asia MALAYSIA'S national phone company Telekom Malaysia plans to raise either yankee or eurobonds by the end of this year to refinance existing debt, the Malaysian Business Times
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      458 19 SAN FRANCISCO Pall threatens to spread to other websites which depend on online ads AP A SLOWDOWN in online advertising is translating into a painful comedown for the Internet's glamour stock, Yahoo! Corp, and other popular websites that sell ads to pay
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      239 19 PARIS AFP SOFTWARE giant Microsoft Corp and telecoms leader Ericsson said yesterday their partnership to make Internet access through mobile phones available to consumers worldwide would be operational by the end of the year. The tie-up was officially launched yesterday after the
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      276 19 It also unveils new notebook with larger screen, keyboard ARMONK. New York Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp said it will begin selling supercomputing software to help big Internet companies manage burgeoning data demands better. The software had been used to let
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        65 19 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Palm Inc, the No 1 maker of electronic organisers, signed an agreement with Speech Works International that will let users access their calendars through any phone. Terms weren't disclosed. The service should be ready in the first quarter, the companies said. Palm
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        69 19 Reuters [SYDNEY] Internet software developer Sausage Software Ltd surprised with a AJ3.29 million (553.18 million) loss for 1999/00 reported yesterday, but said prospects for the year ahead were much brighter. Healthy revenues from its recently acquired SMS Consulting group were expected to flow through in
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        66 19 Reuters [TOKYO] NTT Communications, a unit of Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, yesterday said it has completed its US$5.5 billion (559.5 billion) purchase erf" US Internet service provider Verio Inc. On Aug 31, NTT Communications said it had completed its tender offer, giving the
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        43 19 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Australia's dominant telco Telstra Corp Ltd yesterday said it would bid with Ericsson Australia in the federal government's ASISO million (Ssl4s million) tender to provide untimed local calls and Internet services to remote areas. Reuters
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        56 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] One.Tel Ltd, Australia's No 3 telecommunications carrier, turned to a second-half loss of AJ238.4 million (*****.5 million) because of accounting costs associated with its planned listing in the UK. The loss for the six months to June 30 compares with a profit of
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      393 20 HONGKONG Other Asian ventures shaky as tech stock retreat casts donbts on value Bloomberg PACIFIC Century CyberWorks Ltd slid to its lowest in almost five months after GigaMedia Ltd pulled out of a joint venture, hindering the expansion plans of Asia's No
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      82 20 SINGAPORE Reuters SHARES of Pacific Century Regional Development Ltd (PCRD) slumped by $1.40 or 6.3 per cent in yesterday's trading on the back of declines by its Hong Kong-based Internet and telecom subsidiary Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW). PCRD shares hit a two-month low of $20.60 in
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      229 20 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday his government would study the possibility of easing a de-cades-old ban on technology experts from arch-rival China working on the island. Mr Chen, who has pledged to turn Taiwan into a technol-ogy-based Silicon
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      599 20 mLOS ANGELES NYT THE announcement last week that Shockwave.com, one of the most frequently visited entertainment sites on the World Wide Web, was laying off 15 per cent of its staff and shifting its emphasis toward more interactive diversions, was bad enough. But coming
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      511 22 MANILA Urban Bank funds allegedly used to buy 2.8b pesos of doubtful receivables from unit Bloomberg THE Philippine central bank filed criminal complaints against 10 top officials of shuttered Urban Bank Inc and affiliate Urbancorp Investments Inc as it steps jup
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      183 22 JAKARTA Reuters THE Indonesian attorneygeneral said yesterday detained central bank governor Sjahril Sabirin's corruption trial over a politicallycharged bank scandal would go ahead within a month. "Sjahril Sabirin will be tried within the coming three or four weeks," Marzuki Darusman told reporters. Sjahril, who
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      383 22 JAKARTA Bloomberg BANK Rakyat Indonesia, a state-owned lender, is in danger of collapsing under a proposed sale of the bank's corporate loans, the finance minister said. Prijadi Praptosuhardjo said a proposal for the bank to sell 6.2 trillion rupiah (SSI.3 billion) of
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      217 22 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIA will reduce its export duty on crude palm oil as early as today to help producers, said Trade Minister Luhut Panjaitan. President Abdurrahman Wahid's economic advisers decided to lower the crude palm oil export tax to
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        108 22 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Internal New Zealand politics yesterday threatened to derail a planned free trade deal with Singapore, with Prime Minister Helen Clark (right) unable to guarantee majority support in Parliament for the pact. Ms Clark's Labour Party supports the planned Closer Economic Partnership
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        106 22 Reuters [BANGKOK] Shares In waste management firm General Environmental Conservation Pic almost sold out on the first day of subscriptions for Thailand's first Initial public offering in over three years, lead manager SG Asia said yesterday. "On the first day, the
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        83 22 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India collected more tax in August as the country's citizens paid almost half as much more in taxes than they had during the same month a year ago, said the Ministry of Finance. Tax revenue rose 15.5 per cent to 1203
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        108 22 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] China will finish preparing the framework for a second board market by the end of October, with the market to begin operations by year's end, Shenzhen Stock Exchange official Wu Yonghe said, according to yesterday's Shanghai Daily. According to the
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        83 22 AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd may consider joint investments in India with News Corp, the Business Standard reported yesterday, quoting James Packer, Consolidated's CEO. Mr Packer said India could see an alliance between the two groups in the near ftiture, although it will
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        79 22 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Equitable PCI Bank said it is in an advanced stage of negotiations with HSBC Holdings Pic over the sale of one of its thrift bank units, withtoth parties working out the terms of the deal "Although boffiparties 1 are hopeful of
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        100 22 Bloomberg [MANILA] First Philippine Holdings Inc and a unit of Britain's BG Group will invest a combined 5.5 billion pesos (*****.2 million) in a holding company they Jointly own to help finance a second power plant. First Holdings and BG Consolidated Holdings (Philippines) Inc
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      305 22 I MANILA Hostage crisis rekindled as gunmen flee towards Philippine islands Bloomberg GUNMEN said to be from the Philippines kidnapped three Malaysians from a diving resort, rekindling a hostage crisis that seemed close to ending when Muslim rebels released their last European hostage last
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      661 24  -  Turnout of only 43.5% of 3.06 m registered voters; dissatisfaction with govt, politicians blamed From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Democratic Party headed by Martin Lee won the most seats in Hongkong's legislature elections on Sunday, but the pro-democracy camp
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      479 24 NEWDELHI Study findings could help rework the way economic growth is evaluated Bloomberg INDIAN men gossip and quarrel more than women and spend longer washing, grooming, exercising and relaxing, a government study conducted to gauge productivity shows. The first study of its kind
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      243 24 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA'S industrial production last month maintained July's record pace of 12.8 per cent growth, driven by increased demand for machinery and other heavy industrial goods. Output totalled 201.2 billion yuan (5541.9 billion) in August. The result was in line with
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      698 25 BATTLE OF THE BOURSES US exchange's change of heart could be another body blow to iX merger The Daily Telegraph AP Reuters [LONDON) Nasdaq, the US high-tech exchange, is understood to be considering switching sides in the battle for control of the London
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      Lock icon OM posts official LSE bid; vote on iX postponed
      505 25 STOCKHOLM Reuters AFP SWEDISH share market operator and technology provider OM Gruppen AB posted its official US$l.2 billion (Ss2.l billion) bid for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) yesterday, prompting intense speculation that a rival offer would come in from other players.
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      72 25 [LONGBRIDGE] British model Twiggy poses on a British Mini Classic car yesterday as it enters its last phase ofproduction at Long bridge. The car has become a symbol of the '60s in Great Britain. The last Mini Classic will roll off the production
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      160 25 mLONDON Bloomberg GLAXO Wellcome pic and SmithKline Beecham pic, which plan to merge into the world's No 2 drugmaker, have delayed the union a second time as US anti-trust regulators scrutinise their quitsmoking products. The UK companies now plan to complete their US$7O billion (*****.1 billion)
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      425 25 BASEL Bloomberg THE Bank for International Settlements will restrict ownership of its shares to central banks and spend 1.2 billion Swiss francs (Ssl.2 billion) to buy out private shareholders. The BIS will pay private shareholders, who hold 13.74 per cent
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      534 25 NEW YORK Reuters NYT HEWLETT-Packard Co said yesterday it is in negotiations to acquire the consulting unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers in a possible cash-and-stock deal valued at US$l7 billion (5529.41 billion) to US$lB billi° n If completed, the purchase would be the
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      312 25 LONDON Reuters HONGKONG conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa sold part of its stake in UK mobile phone operator Vodafone yesterday, sending the latter's shares sharply lower as the news hit the market. Hutchison offered a US$2.5 billion (554.3 billion) threeyear bond exchangeable into
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      268 25 NEW YORK Reuters US investment bank Goldman Sachs said yesterday it would buy share dealer Spear, Leeds Kellogg for about US$6.5 billion (5511.3 billion) in an effort to beef up its business of buying and selling stocks. The acquisition is Goldman's largest since it
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      509 27 TOKYO It plans to rebuild US unit from the bottom in the wake of tyre-safety scandal Bloomberg BRIDGESTONE Corp's top executive yesterday said he may replace management at the US unit in an effort to "rebuild the company from the bottom". This was
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      486 27 TOKYO AFP Reuters DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG may launch a full takeover of crisisstruck Mitsubishi Motors Corp (MMC) after renegotiating its partnership with the Japanese automaker, a report said yesterday. "If that is feasible under the current agreement, then it is the right thing to
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      720 27 It increases demand for capital, boosts aggregate demand, putting pressure on inflation FT HOW much substance is there to the US productivity boom? This question is right at the heart of attempts to explain the strength and the dogged resilience of
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      547 27 TOKYO Ten gets modest boost, fall in stocks cushioned; focus on govt stimulus package Reuters JAPAN'S economy expanded at a robust 4.2 per cent annual pace in the three months to June, logging a second quarter of convincing
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      340 27 LONDON Reuters ELISABETH Murdoch, the daughter of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, yesterday joined the board of British magazine publisher Future Network pic, her first post since quitting her father's satellite TV company BSkyß. Future Network said 32-year-old Miss Murdoch had been appointed to
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      298 29  -  SGX Derivatives Trading/iVyorfe ST Index/MSCI S'pore Index Chan Yet San SINGAPORE stocks fell yesterday on Nasdaq's 2.9 per cent slump last Friday. The Straits Times Index lost 0.72 per cent to 2,119.61 points. Within the index, 57 counters advanced while 281 declined and
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      232 29  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Chan Yet San THE Taiwan stock market closed lower yesterday following Nasdaq's fall on Friday and rising margin calls. The MSCI Taiwan Index fell by 1.48 points or 0.46 per cent. It touched a high of 323.95 and low of
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      188 29 COMMODITY REPORT Reuters AP [ZURICH] The Swiss National Bank sold 7.59 tons of gold in its latest 10-day reporting period, bringing the total sold so far to around 101.6 tons, according to figures released yesterday. The central bank said its gold reserves feU by
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      317 29 Reuters London THE euro dived to record lows against the US dollar, yen and Swiss franc yesterday as the market tested the European authorities' resolve to defend the beleaguered currency. Pressure on the single currency intensified in the absence of central bank action to follow up on a
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      2849 30 HONGKONG Reuters Q Hang Seng -267.47 HONGKONG stocks were yesterday dragged lower in thin trade by telecom heavyweights as investors became increasingly nervous about the strength of Pacific Century CyberWorks' stock and a planned share placement by China Mobile. The prospect of more
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      1018 30 Reuters Q Shenzhen Blndex -Ll2 CHINA'S hard currency B shares ended mixed yesterday after slow trade as most investors stayed on the sidelines to await clear signs of a near-term trend. The Shenzhen B Share Index fell 0.93 per cent or 1.12 points to 119.88. Turnover was little changed
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      397 30 AFP □WP Index -32.79 TAIWAN share prices fell 0.4 per cent yesterday to a hit a year low in lacklustre trading ahead of a holiday. The Weighted Price Index dropped 32.79 points to 7,335.20, following a 0.8 per cent decline in the previous session. "There was not enough volume
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      2046 30 TOKYO AFP CI Nikkei 225 -370.66 SHARE prices in Tokyo slipped 2.2 per cent yesterday as investors dumped high-technology issues following a plunge in the US Nasdaq Composite. Investors largely ignored a one per cent gain in Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) in
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      452 31 AFP Q Composite Index -12.66 MALAYSIAN shares ended 1.7 per cent lower yesterday with the market continuing its decline from last week in the absence of fresh leads, dealers said. The Composite Index fell 12.66 points to 727.15. The Second Board Index was down
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      740 32 AFP CI SET Index -6.73 THAI shares shed 2.3 per cent yesterday following Wall Street's fall on Friday, with telecom and financial stocks bearing the brunt of the selling. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed 6.73 points lower at 290.34. Decliners led advancers 140 to 33, with
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      942 36 The 13-time Grand Slam winner hands US Open title to young Russian in 6-4,6-3,6-3 defeat LATWP PETE Sampras looked to his right, then up at the umpire's chair, then at the net on Sunday afternoon. Marat Safin had just plucked one of his 124 mph serves
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      167 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose seven points to 1,696, the Baltic Panamax Index rose nine points to 1,637, the Baltic Handy v Index fell one point to 1,162 and the Baltic Capesize Index rose 14 points to 2,300 on Friday. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Pacific Navigator 1997 165,782 dwt
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      482 37  -  Joseph Tan Jude Benny Anne Choo wants lawyers to get first-hand marine experience By, Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] One of Singapore's largest specialist shipping firms, Joseph Tan Jude Benny Anne Choo, has devised an innovative training programme to arm its lawyers with first-hand
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      274 37 Reuters [NASSAU, The Bahamas] Oil and petroleum shipping company Teekay Shipping Corp said it has adopted a shareholder rights agreement designed to protect shareholders from coercive takeover tactics even though it is not aware of any effort to gain control of the company. The
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      367 37 Captain afraid illegal immigrants might have hidden in sealed container LAT [WASHINGTON] Federal officials found no signs of stowaways on a cargo ship diverted to an Alaskan port after its captain became alarmed that one or more people might be trapped
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      508 37  -  From P T Bangsberg in Manila CHINA'S eastern Port of Lianyungang, terminus of the Eurasian Continental Bridge rail route to Rotterdam, is to create a two-way navigational channel allowing ships of 70,000 deadweight tons to transit in all weather conditions. Lianyungang has annual
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        745 38  -  DOCKYARD I By David Hughes THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has submitted proposals to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) aimed at achieving a compromise on the controversial single-hull tanker phase-out issue. ICS's proposals on how IMO's International Convention for
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          59 38 THE Panamanian government and canal governing body have held a ceremony at which some 320 children from schools within the canal watershed planted hundreds of native tree saplings along the Galliard, or Culebra, Cut. The reforestation was one of several commemorative events to celebrate the
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          94 38 UK shipbuilder Harland and Wolff (H&W) faces an uncertain future following Global Marine's continued refusal to pay U5534.6 million (Ss6o million) that the yard is claiming in outstanding work, as well as a lack of firm orders. The unsettled bill relates to overruns on the cost of
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          69 38 HONGKONG-based port and terminal operator Hutchison Whampoa has reported US$4 billion in net profits for the first six months of the year, more than three times its figure for 1999. Disposal of non-port assets contributed to 82 per cent of the total. Hongkong International Terminals saw growth of
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        771 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma fine Oil 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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        185 50 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong-based Cathay Pacific Airways said it carried a new monthly record of 1,085,533 passengers in July, surpassing its previous record high of 1,030,456 set in April. The airline said in a statement that the first seven months the airline carried 6.84 million
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        419 50 Their current jet fnel contracts helping to shield them from higher fnel bills Bloomberg AP [BANGKOK] United Parcel Service Inc and FedEx Corp, the world's two largest delivery companies, said they both have no plans to raise freight rates for now
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        188 50 [SYDNEY] Pilots using Sydney's international airport have been warned to be wary of bogus radio transmissions on control tower frequencies, a pilots' union official said last Friday. Airservices Australia issued a Notice to Airmen, urging they report any
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        169 50 Reuters [BANGKOK] The air express industry in South-east Asia is expected to grow by 10 to 20 per cent in 2000 due to a pick-up in economic growth, the US-Asean Business Council said yesterday. Ernest Bower, president of the organisation, told
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        133 50 [JAKARTA] Sixteen people were killed and dozens were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Indonesia's Central Java province, police said yesterday. The collision happened in the village of Ketanggan in Batang district on the northern
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        259 50 German post office operator to annonnce major purchase on Sept 29: report Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Post AG is poised to announce a major international acquisition, as consolidation in the global freight sector continues. The weekly Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday the German post
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        235 50 Bloomberg [ROME] Alitalia SpA said it and Japan Airlines Co extended an agreement to sell seats on each other's flights, as the Italian carrier seeks to bring more passengers on to its most popular routes and reduces less profitable flights. The agreement, which begins on
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        185 50 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG said it expects to decide by next April whether to favour the planned Airbus A3XX or Boeing 747 X superjumbo aircraft for its passenger and cargo operations. The German aviation group was in talks with
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        83 50 AP [DENVER] An airliner bound from Las Vegas to Chicago made an emergency landing last Saturday after the pilot reported a problem with one of the plane's wings. No injuries were reported. National Airlines Flight 661, a Boeing 757, landed at about 1 pm local time
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