The Business Times, 29 January 2001

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 028/12/2000 SINGAPORE Internet: http.//business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2001 85C
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  • 63 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Week Change ST1 1,905.89 -1.00 SIMSC! FUTURES 242.10 -3.10 BT-SR1 784.98 -0.46 KLSFCOMR 715.06 +20.56 NIKKEI 225 13.696.06. -284.06 HANG SENG 16,044.21....+110.66 SET INDEX. .332.13.......+15.27 JAKARTA COMP. 416.79 +5.23 MANILA COMP. 1,708.18.....+255.25 TAIPEI WPI CLOSED... SEOUL COMP.. 591.73 -28.05 CLSA CHINA B CLOSED AIJST ALL
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  • 72 1 POfiEX RATES l'S$ s$ Wfi$perUS$) 1.746 1.461 1551 ??JRDftJS$/S$/E) 0.926 1.616 DM 1113 1110 YEN 1165 66.80 RM i 3.800 1177 KK8 7.800 4.468 BAHT 4182 2453 RUPIAH 9,437 5,406 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY 8.50
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  • 718 1  -  BTM'MHUIV4 Local, foreign firms report poorer sales, profits, new orders, business prospects By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Local and foreign companies have reported much weaker performances in the final quarter of 2000 compared with a year ago, lending further evidence to the
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  • 485 1  -  Draft would have required futures brokers to treble or quadruple their current capital By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange has gone back to the drawing board after futures brokers complained that its draft risk-based capital-adequacy framework would treble or quadruple their
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  • 626 1  -  MPs probing alleged Ons Dnr scandals to present report today From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S security forces are bracing for massive demonstrations pitching tens of thousands of supporters of the embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid against an equally large contingent of his opponents
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    • 85 1 DfSTOE Top Stories SingTel's Mercurix aims to lead in digital rights management. Pg 3 Mediaßing, Asia One underpinned by cash. Pg 5 Asian dotcoms should target region's consumers. Pg 6 The new growth areas: nanotechnology and genomics. Pg 11 Interview with Supachai Panitchpakdi, the next directorgeneral of the WTO. Pg
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    • 20 1 Staying ahead of the economic curve, Next Page German software giant SAP to launch three new ventures I H iH»J
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    • 277 1 make your winning move in overseas property finance It has never been easier to secure financing or refinancing for a residential property in Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or U.S.A. Our new loan packages incorporating low, low interest rates will not only help you save money but are also
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    • 10 1 Indon MPs think Abdurrahman involved in scandals: reports, Pg 8
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    • 769 2  -  BT-CBRD indices have identified key turning points 1-2 quarters ahead By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] It's a common enough refrain: the GDP numbers may be sparkling, showing doubledigit growth and all, but large segments of business are struggling. Businesses who seem to find little
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    • 683 2  -  ECONOMICS What Greenspan says Is sometimes more Important than what he really thinks vikram khanna THERE'S no entry in most old dictionaries for the word "jawboning". It refers to the practice, common among central bankers and other important economic policymakers, of saying things (or pointedly
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    • 217 2 [SINGAPORE] Chinese pair Wang Cong and Lu Yi Fei, both 24, have extended their gains after the second week of the Valentine's Day Doubles Stock Challenge sponsored by Chanßrothers.com. Despite the shortened trading week due to the Chinese New Year holidays, the pair have
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    • 108 2 Ranking: Week 2 (Runs from Jan 15 to Feb 9,2001) TEAM GAiN 1. MrWfflgCong&lteLuYIFei 292,219 2. HrBrtwLjfAMsJMnnielOMM 273,303 3. Mr Tan Ting Ting Mrlfey Chee Wsh 299,851 4k MsVbngYfcw Chtang At MrThtan SooChoi 182,967 5. Mr EoXbng m tMrtto W-Ngfr) 87,029 6. MrLMUanHongtlteKhooSlaMrKhang 38,830 7. MrThumNumfoiltMiThum JtaXki
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    • 605 2 The ELSE must get them to treat their minority shareholders better, says Eddie Toh THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has been empowered under its revamped listing requirements unveiled last week to send company directors back to school, but it may have sprung open Pandora's box
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  • SINGAPORE comapanies
    • 1418 3  -  It ftims to pnt S'pore on the global map as a leader in digital rights management By Teh Hooi Ling TWO intrapreneurs at Singapore Telecommunications, Jeffery Tan and Philip Wu, are out to put Singapore on the global map as a leader in digital rights
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    • 805 5  -  The two companies have enough cash to see them to better times, even at a high burn rate By Paul Thompson WITH sentiment in the dotcom sector at an all-time low and many dotcoms teetering on the brink of a cash void, companies with a
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    • 489 5 Investors expected to tread carefully ahead of Fed's mid-week meetufi pressure also seen for local tech stocks Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks are seen mired in uncertainty this week as investors hug the sidelines ahead of the US Federal Reserve's mid-week meeting on interest rates. Pressure
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 664 4  -  cn 8 CO r.sivanithy ONE of the most striking things about the movements in equity markets particularly Nasdaq over the past 12 months is the extremely high volatility on a day-to-day basis. In the past, daily movements of 1-2 per
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    • 205 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy CONVENTIONAL market wisdom has it that if a stock is down by 50 per cent or more from its 52-week high and manages to form some sort of base there, then the worst could be over. In
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    • 236 4  -  HOT STOCK b</ Serena Ng THE stock of disk-drive component maker MMI Holdings has performed well in recent trading sessions but a brief correction could be in store. The counter last Friday finished one cent higher at $0,355, on an active volume of 4.7
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    • 142 4 Poh Lian Holdings Ltd (PLH) announced that Semenyih Memorial Park Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PLH, has changed its name to Eternal Dragon Sdn Bhd with effect from Dec 14,2000. ♦Strike Engineering Ltd will hold its EGM on Feb 8 at 10.00 am at 22 Tagore Lane. ♦Natsteel
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    • 582 4 AFP [HONGKONG] Most currencies in the Asia-Pacific region weakened against the dollar in a week that, however, saw the yen bouncing back on the strength of exporters' technical buying. Japanese yen: The yen bounced back against the dollar toward the end of the week's
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      402 4 J* 17,2001 Source: JM S Stocks Volume El-Nets 1c 66,080,000 PacificCenturylOc 63,342,000 Asia Food&Prop 53,714,000 MediaRing 10c 38,333,000 Vickers Capital 25c 37,933,000 ST Assembly 25c 23,513,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 21,517,000 PCI 25c 18,725,000 Ionics P$1.00 14,854,000 STEngg 10c 14,657,000 Stocks DBSGrp 144,247,064 Chart Semiconductor 26c 120,538,504 VentureMfg25c 72,921,478 UOB 64,498,453
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    • 245 5 Deutsche Bank AG acting through Its London branch To: All holders of Call Warrants 2000-2001 issued by Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch relating to the ordinary shares of Overseas Union Bank Limited Dear Sir Madam, EXPIRY OF WARRANTS 2000-2001 The rights comprised in the Call Warrants 2000-2001
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 450 6  -  Country has to distinguish itself from regional economies in investors' eyes By Ling Su Ann THE economy will slow this year largely because of external problems affecting the country, but Singapore can overcome these difficulties by differentiating itself from its neighbours in the
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    • 1455 6  -  Asian dotcoms should target region's consumers and build on a solid idea, says CHRISTOPHER LAI BUSINESS nmBH CHRISTOPHER LAI MANY entrepreneurs harbour dreams of dabbling in the Internet, building a brand to a scale that allows them to list their company and then sell it
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 780 7 BANGKOK Investors are ignoring doubts about plan to buy over their bad loans AFP THAILAND'S beleaguered banks posted healthier earnings results this month, and are now leading a stock market rally on the strength of the next government's promise to introduce an
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      • 115 7 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The Philippine government has withdrawn plans to sell a 27 per cent stake in San Miguel Corp, according to a presidential palace statement quoting Finance Secretary Alberto Romulo. The decision cancelled an order by the government of former president Joseph Estrada
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      • 82 7 AP [DAVOS, Switzerland] Senior Indonesian Economics Minister Rizal Ramli said on Friday he hopes for agreement soon with the International Monetary Fund that would unblock a US$5 billion (SsB.7 billion) bailout. "I expect some kind of agreement with the IMF," said Mr Ramli, who is
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      • 109 7 Reuters [BOMBAY] India's ICICI Infotech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of financial services firm ICICI, is buying Nasdaq-listed Command Systems for US$4O million (5569.7 million) in cash, ICICI said on Saturday. ICICI Infotech said in a statement it will pay US$5 per share, a 60 per
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      • 101 7 AFX-Asia [MANILA] President Gloria Arroyo has ordered aides to avoid the use of luxury cars and said any such vehicles in government hands will be auctioned off, Finance Secretary Alberto Romulo said in a statement. Ms Arroyo wants to set a policy of leadership
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    • 427 7 ■BANGKOK Paper had reported PM-elect would seek new loan terms AP THAILAND'S new government does not plan to renegotiate repayment terms of a US$l7.2 billion (Ss3o billion) credit package from the International Monetary Fund, a spokesman said Saturday. The Nation, an Englishlanguage daily, reported
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    • 279 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S growth will slow down this year as the US economy falters and corporate restructuring stalls, according to a poll of 11 regional economists published yesterday. Ten of the 11, who were questioned by The Edge business weekly,
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    • 278 7 KUALA LUMPUR AP PERUSAHAAN Otomobil Nasional, or Proton, the Malaysian car maker, said Friday it had "reached an impasse" with its German distributor, a news agency reported. The dispute arose when the distributor, Proton Automobile Deutschland GmbH, opposed planned price increases for the cars, which
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    • 576 8 JAKARTA 26 of the 28 members polled think the President may be implicated in the two srAnJalg AFP, Reuters VOTING by a special commission of the Indonesian Lower House probing two financial scandals showed that the members believe President Abdurrahman Wahid may
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    • 168 8 MANILA AFP IMMIGRATION officials have been told to keep a close watch on Philippine international airports for fleeing cronies and mistresses of deposed leader Joseph Estrada, a report said yesterday. The order was issued by newly appointed immigration commissioner Andrea Domingo amid
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    • 737 8  -  BTM.n.ii'.ma HK STOCKS It also shows that Singapore investors are not fighting «hy ftfgg J mainland flhina quak hiang whai TO borrow a phase from China's President Jiang Ze-min, some people would think it "simple and sometimes naive". But in the wake of Singapore
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    • 968 8 Companies have a variety of clever accounting methods to massage their books, analysts warn IHT [HONGKONG] AS a major regional economy and world-class financial centre, it hardly seems surprising that Hongkong's listed companies submit some of the most impeccably displayed earnings statements in Asia.
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    • 660 9 BOMBAY Boards of UTI Bank, Global Trnst Bank recommend ratio of 9 UTI to 4 6TB shares Reuters THE boards of UTI Bank and Global Trust Bank (GTB) on Saturday approved the shareswap ratio for their pending merger, creating India's largest private-sector bank
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    • 308 9 m BOMBAY Reuters INDIA'S foreign exchange reserves rose to a record high in dollar terms by mid-month, the central bank reported, reflecting a huge inflow of foreign money to buy Indian stocks. By the close of trading last week, foreign investors had brought over nine
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    • 372 9 AHMEDABAD International rescue teams begin to arrive but fresh tremors trigger panic AFP, Reuters INTERNATIONAL relief teams began arriving in western India yesterday as hopes dimmed for the thousands still trapped 48 hours after a massive earthquake left 15,000 feared dead. Rescue teams from Turkey,
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    • 189 9 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIAN telecoms firm Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd (HFCL) announced on Saturday a higher-than-expected 382 per cent jump in third-quarter profit, reflecting a big increase in investment and other non-operating income. The telecom equipment and services company, which also
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  • AUSTRALIAN open
    • 891 10  -  His victory over Clement confirms his place as one of the great tennis players By Paul Tait Reuters [MELBOURNE] Defending champion Andre Agassi lifted his third Australian Open title yesterday, ruthlessly brushing aside Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to confirm his place among the
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    • 472 10 AFP [MELBOURNE] For Jennifer Capriati it was a dream come true. For Martina Hingis it was a nightmare that might come back to haunt her in the years ahead. The women's singles at the 2001 Australian Open will go down in history as the year that
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    • 218 10 AFP HE might be 30 and have seven Grand Slams but Andre Agassi believes his best tennis is still ahead of him. After demolishing Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-4,6-2,6-2 to win his third Australian Open crown yesterday he warned fellow players. "For me
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  • WORLD economic forum
    • 814 11 Coming soon: cancer cures designer babies Marriage of biology and microelectronics will create enormous new wealth, dwarfing Net era Reuters [DAVOS] The marriage of biology and microelectronics that may cure diseases and create designer babies will create trillions of dollars of new wealth. Scientists at the World Economic Forum here
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    • 537 11 Reuters [DAVOS] United Nations sec-retary-general Kofi Annan warned world business leaders yesterday to make their companies better global citizens or else face a destructive backlash against globalisation. Many firms had made good progress on upholding human rights and labour standards and protecting
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    • 635 11 Reuters [DAVOS] Global business and finance leaders gathered at the Davos World Economic Forum summit are pinning their hopes on aggressive interest rate cuts in the United States to save the world from recession. But they hold out little
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    • 574 11  -  By D Ravi Kanth in Davos THE next director general of the World Trade Organization yesterday said a group of countries now attending the Davos meeting have reached an understanding to prepare a position paper by July this year in preparation for
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  • WORLD news
    • 738 12  -  Grouping's expected growth of 2.5-3% set to outpace US for the first time in a decade From Shada Islam in Brussels AS America's faltering economy sends jitters across the globe, a newly-confi-dent European Union (EU) appears ready to give
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    • 601 12 WASHINGTON Growing pessimism may set stage for another interest rate cnt when FOMC meets this week Bloomberg A FURTHER decline in consumer optimism about the health of the economy will set the stage for Federal Reserve policymakers to cut interest rates this week, economists
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    • 307 12 SAN FRANCISCO Industry's fall-year growth slashed to 10% from 20% AFX ANALYSTS at ABN Amro slashed their full-year growth estimate for the semiconductor industry to 10 per cent from 20 per cent based on recent earnings conference calls and input from European and
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    • 377 12 NEW YORK LAT THE New York Stock Exchange will make history today when it converts all of its stocks to decimal pricing ending two centuries of pricing in fractions. The move, to be mirrored simultaneously by the American Stock Exchange, follows a five-month test during which
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    • 182 12 DAVOS Reuters MICROSOFT boss Bill Gates on Saturday pledged US$lOO million (*****.3 million) to help develop a vaccine for Aids which scientists believe should be ready within 10 years. The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation— the software billionaire's charity said it was providing the
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    • 407 12 LONDON AFP A POLITICAL storm surrounding the granting of favours to Indian-born billionaire brothers intensified Sunday, with press allegations dragging Prime Minister Tony Blair personally into the affair. Britain's most prominent Asian MP, Keith Vaz, was made a minister shortly after
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  • COMMODITIES & futures
    • 581 13 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON] Palladium soared to fresh high points close to US$l,lOO an ounce last week despite a shipment from Russia arriving in Japan and analysts' predictions that the precious metal may have peaked. GOLD: lame. An ounce
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      1357 13 SDfQAPORE QOVERMMEMT SEC U KITIES INDICATIVE PRICES AMP YIELDS Week ended Jan 26 Met ftrtc* Tf Hatftty Cadt TTM BM OMtr Ttnn C—y— Maturity till YTM MM Offtr 2 YR 2.375 15-Mar-01 N*****0W 3.66% 2.44% 99.78 99.98 5YR 3.500 01-Fcb-04 N*****0H 3.46* 3.33% 100.30 100.50 2 YR 1.875 01-Apr-01 N*****0Z
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    • 1872 13 S1C0M FUTURES Jan 26 RUBBER (futures ctostag as at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cents/kg) Close VoiWM Open Month Wgh Low Sett (towns) iotinst Feb 01 K&OO Mar 01 107-25 1950 Apr 01 110.50 400 May 01 113.00 400 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) VolMN Opt* Month Htyh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest
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  • MARKET outlook
    • 657 14 NEW YORK Old Economy stalwarts drag Dow down; tech stocks show resilience Reuters US blue-chip stocks slipped last Friday amid new worries about the slowing economy, while bonds got whacked by a flood of corporate debt issuance. In contrast, technology stocks
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    • 437 14 LONDON The US is still the driving force behind global markets AFP THE London stock market forged into positive territory for the second consecutive week with all eyes glued on events unfolding in the US engine of economic growth. The
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    • 287 14 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE stocks are set to remain under pressure this week with investors likely to shrug off government measures aimed at breathing new life into the faltering market, brokers said. "Market players are expected to try the Nikkei's downside support as
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    • 882 14 AFP Sydney +13.7 THE Australian share market ended last week 0.4 per cent higher, with concerns over a slowing economy being offset by speculation of an impending interest rate cut, brokers said. The central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia, is scheduled to meet on Feb 6 to
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    • 1878 14 Reuters Paris *7M9 FRENCH stocks ended lower as diving technology shares overwhelmed defensive retail and food sector gains and investors remained wary ahead of a key US Federal Reserve decision this week on interest rates. The blue-chip CAC-40 Index ended down 9.06 or 0.15 per cent at
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 418 15 AFP *2(156 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian stocks are likely to rise this week as purchases of stocks related to Time dot Com gathers momentum, dealers said. An institutional dealer with a local brokerage forecast a trading range of 730 to 750 points for the key
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    • 9174 15 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 2001 Last Vol WMk Net Cap High Low Company Sal* 'OOP High Low P/E >mll 310 300 Ajinomoto 310 2 310 310 1X0 125.6 40 30 Angkasa 38 2.5 122 40 35 ,5$'2 326 286 Apollo Food Hlg 326 10 1 326 326 7.1 130.4 350 308
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  • STOCKS sgx
    • 7563 17 SGX MAXNBOARD Week ended: Jan 26 Cr Cr M Wt S2-Wk Last Vol WMk Last Ouota Olv Dh VM IM Cap Avf High Low Company Salt COOP) High Low Buyer Seller H C'»f H P/E SmH Price MULTI-INDUSTRY 158 64 m c Acma50c 65.5 -2 148 68.5 65.5
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    • 2669 16 BROKERS* RECOBflWENDATIOHS Compiled by Primark-I/B/E/S International Iru COMPANY NA1K EPStaAPE/taaal recomBwnctotk)i» bu> COMPANY NAME THE WEEK LAST WEEK EPS (f) Ft (VMS) iiwitdHlkifliot pltctdon 1 l65pdHliwliwtwwjrtlDpwdwiiwwn^ ommendatlon. mnrfiT SbbsUbSMSM ftflt fta iftfi 13J_ nctrUMMcNUA I WW VWiMol KionlTlfM flniPCH Ljtf StronoBuv SlranaBuv 23.08 3.3 COMPANY NAME TWSWEEK LAST WEEK BigSfSr
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    • 591 16 SOX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßcmndup ALAN Greenspan, in his testimony before the Senate on Thursday, gave a surprisingly ringing endorsement of tax cuts and warned of the peril of running a growing surplus being equal to running a large deficit, as it could crowd out
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  • NewAsiaBizWoman
    • 1282 18  -  Luscious, fresh and fragrant foods have acquired a glamour of their own as star ingredients in cosmetics, writes &UTH la ferla RUTH LA FERLA NYT NOT long ago, my 11-year-old, who has as much use for perfume as he does for ticks, caught a whiff
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    • 134 20 UPWITH^^M r wm generation business It started with e-mails. Then websites. Then people began selling books and airline tickets over the internet. Until its potential became clearer. And companies started using e-business to run their customer relationship programs, their supply chains and all manner of internal processes. Sure some start-ups
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    • 188 21 SAP's next Iflp Back-end revamp needed fg, to meet new trade times The Germany-based software giant will launch three new initiatives here and wants to gross a billion euros 4 from the region this year, its Asia-Pacific chief Les Hayman tells amduw wb& pi» Beans Fa^yaims nertyear Hj When intercepting
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    • 62 21 TOP STORIES Gintic's new SCM soon its Back-end revamp needed to meet new trade times f%G i V'- l" ''v-^.i v Beans Factory aims to gross USsBm nextyear w V.' Boom time for i 2 Tech ni COMMENTARIES 1 t*jf i» > j --r! v,v I V>- 1 Im n.«
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      845 22  -  BiEama Reports by Andrew Wee GERMANY-based software giant SAP AG plans to launch three new initiatives in Singapore this year and substantially boost its Internet and e-biz offerings. It will base the regional HQ of three new companies on enabling emarketplaces, on providing e-biz solutions, and on e-learning here,
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    • 369 22 SINGAPORE continues to be a key market for SAP AG, and the Asia-Pacific region could see a 50 per cent revenue jump rate this year. For its last financial year ended Dec 2000, SAP Asia Pacific revenues grew 52 per cent to 769 million euros, accounting for
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    • 657 22  -  Bnt the precise impact of the price fells on the bottomline remains a hey question By James Mackenzie Reuters [FRANKFURT] Slumping prices for DRAM memory chips used in personal computers are expected to hit earnings at Infineon Technologies AG when the
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    • 185 22 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's Fujitsu Ltd said on FViday it expected operating profit at its semiconductor operations to fall 10 to 15 billion yen (Sslso million to ***** million) short of a prior forecast for the business year to March, due to slumping sales. The
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      • 761 23 Gintic's SCM model will let firms optimise their manufacturing for all the supply chains they are on, its director tells DAVID MOK SINGAPORE'S Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology will launch a new SCM (supply chain management) model and applications tool set that will overcome
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      • 257 23  -  By Raja Chellam COMPANIES now are increasingly looking for ways to measure, predict, and optimise business performance. This has fuelled demand for analytic application solutions, especially in areas such as SCM, CRM, ERP and e-lo-gistics. The market for such specialised analytic application solutions is expected
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    • 478 24  -  By Tang Weng Fai WHEN Singapore goes to next day (T+l) securities trade settlement by 2004 from the present three day (T+3) turnaround time, it would involve major changes in the back-end processes to support this move. "This kind of change cannot
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    • 580 24  -  TM.I.X'.FJ'.H INFOTECH What Implications would electronic eavesdropping have on fflnppnm? lee han shih The writer isaßT Senior Correspondent. IN his latest sci-fi novel, Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson describes how a bunch of computer geeks "eavesdrop" on a friend typing on a laptop in the next room
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    • 162 24 Reuters [BEIJING] Aiming to challenge Microsoft Corp and Netscape in China, conglomerate Pacific Century CyberWorks has teamed with a Chinese government think tank to create a bilingual Web browser, a state newspaper has said. Hong Kong-based PCCW and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have
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    • 461 24  -  By Elizabeth Su HOMEGROWN Earthwise Ecovision Inc Pte Ltd (e2) aims to capture 4-5 per cent of the local laser cartridge market in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region by mid--2002. The home-grown laser cartridge "remanufacturer" promises customers up to 40 per cent cost savings
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    • 236 24 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp has said Siemens AG agreed to buy computer software, hardware and services as part of a 1 billion-euro (551.61 billion) effort to increase its use of electronic networks. The world's No 1 computer maker said it
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    • 696 25  -  Management service providers offer IT Infrastructure management over a network for a fee sam lin The writer is CEO, Net Tasking Inc. A NEW breed of service-providers, called MSPs (management service providers) is now emerging to manage the network infrastructure of enterprises. The
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    • 905 25  -  By James Rowley Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp came so close to settling the government's landmark antitrust case last year that chairman Bill Gates signed a version of a proposed consent decree a month before talks failed, according to new book about the case.
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    • 308 25 Bloomberg WASHINGTON Basketball star Michael Jordan said he will be a spokesman for Palm Inc's Palm Pilot, joining model Claudia Schiffer as celebrities who endorse the handheld computer organisers. Palm Inc, the No. 1 maker of electronic organisers, "is not ready to announce
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    • 680 25  -  By Daniel Sorid Reuters [NEW YORK] Dick Aurelio's ion-spitting machines look nothing like laptop computers, but investors, bracing for a crash landing in the technology sector, are treating them alike. Aurelio is the chief executive of Gloucester, Massachus-setts-based Varian Semiconductor Equipment Inc, the market
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    • 497 26  -  For the current financial year, it expects to gross USs4.sm in revenue, including about USs2.6m from its Singapore operations By Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN e-commerce software developer Beans Factory Pte Ltd Is changing its business model and could see its technology being deployed
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    • 415 26 NYT [DAYTON, Ohio] If you ran across the Intel Play Computer Sound Morpher before Christmas and put off buying the toy because of its U5549.99 price tag, you may be in luck. The sound-distorting toy is being offered for U5511.99 on the website
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      • 72 26 TACHYON Semiconductor (Singapore) and the Institute erf"Microelectronics (IME) will develop fester and more powerful chips by stacking and bonding multiple wafers into one. The new chip can store up to IGB within the same space as a 256 MB RAM chip. "This 3D approach
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      • 40 26 US-BASED iTracs Corp (formerly Cablesoft Inc), an IT infrastructure management solutions provider, has appointed Solomon David as head erf its R&D operations in Singapore. Mr David was previously a senior executive with CSA Automated Pte Ltd.
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      • 36 26 A SEMINAR on "Managing your e-business—in good times and bad" will be held on Feb 13 at the Westin Stamford Hotel. It is organised by eAngelz.com. For details, fax *****06, or e-mail landy@eangelz.com.
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      • 34 26 Biz Tech Forum AN exposition titled "Sharper edge access: Business and technology forum" will be held on Feb 15 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. It is organised by Lucent Technologies. For details, fax *****62.
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      • 56 26 A TWO-DAY "Asia-Pacific IT Forum 2001: e-Asia/Pacific —challenges and opportunities" seminar will be held from Feb 20 at Suntec City. It is organised by International Data Corp and sponsored by Accenture, Software AG, Hitachi Data Systems, Compaq, Sun, SGI, ABN Amro Bank, Intershop, Computer Associates, and
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      • 68 26 AN interactive multimedia and online technologies exhibition will be held for five days from March 7 at Suntec City. It is organised by the Infocomm Development Authority with the Reed Exhibition Companies. Called "e-Festival Asia 2001", it will be the anchor event for e-Celebrations Singapore, a five-week
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      • 42 26 A THREE-DAY exposition titled "Customer contact world —CRM and call centres" will be held from March 14 at Suntec City. It is organised by Terrapinn together with lead sponsors Aspect, Nortel Networks, Oracle, and Kana. For details, visit www.ccworld.net.com.
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      • 42 26  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam A three-day exposition titled "ASP World Asia 2001" will be held from March 14 at Suntec City. It is organised by Terrapin, and sponsored by IBM, IDA and Webvisions. For details, check out www.aspworldnet.com.
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    • 705 27 Online tools have made it easier for a younger generation of hackers to bring down major sites Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] DESPITE a series of costly attacks that have shut down some of the Internet's bestknown sites over the past year, experts say it
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    • 437 27 Concern over cost of services fails to halt bidding scramble FT [NEW YORK] US mobile telecommunications companies are set to pay a record U5516.86 billion (5529.2 billion) for new wireless licences following a scramble for spectrum in the country's first big auction since
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    • 255 27 AFP [WASHINGTON] The European Union has expressed concern over reports that US regulatory authorities have been urged to block Deutsche Telekom's acquisition of the US communications firm Voice Stream, EU sources said on Friday. In a document delivered to the State Department, the
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    • 603 27 AOL Time Warner locating its hq in New York boosts morale of battered new media industry NYT [NEW YORK] AOL Time Warner's decision to locate its corporate headquarters in New York seemed to have had little more impact than a few
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    • 347 27 Reuters [WASHINGTON] In another sign of Washington's growing role in the debate over music on the Internet, the online music service MP3.com has produced a guide to the 107 th Congress. "We thought an introduction to the new Congress by an
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    • 198 27 Bloomberg [SAN DIEGO] Qualcomm Inc may skip the initial public offering of its mobile-phone chip business and proceed straight to spinning off the unit if the IPO market doesn't rebound, chief financial officer Anthony Thornley said. "The effective deadline for the IPO is
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    • 459 27 AFP [TOKYO] Under its youthful president, Japan's first bank to operate wholly online has set itself ambitious targets in a bid to seize market share from the dinosaurs of the financial industry. Japan Net Bank, which started operations only in
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    • DOT com
      • 905 28  -  In Asia, sales surged 250% last year and the supply chain software provider is targeting for a 200% sales growth in the region this year From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley OTHER high-tech firms may be having the jitters about 2001, but not supply-chain software
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        • 90 28 ABOUT 20 pa* cent of online shoppers here bought products ova* the Internet last year, compared to just 6 per cent in 1999, according to a survey by Optimum Media Direction (OMD). The top three purchases were books and magazines, entertainment and computer products. About
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        • 58 28 MAINBO ARD-LISTED iSoftel Ltd said it plans to expand into China's telecom sector by buying Beijing Linkhead Information Technologies Ltd. Linkhead was set up in 1994 and develops solutions for converged voice and data service providers in China. iSoftel develops integrated solutions combining voice switching
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        • 78 28 CSA Automated Pte Ltd and US-bawd iTracs Corp (formerly Ctidasoft Inc) have tied up to launch the iTracs product tainted at large enterprises in Singapore. The solution —Including hardware and software—provides real-time remote infrastructure tracking, reporting, and asset control to ensure reliable voice and data services both
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        • 45 28 MUSIC.COM Asia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Muoic.com Inc, has tied up with online portal and directory, Catcha.com. Under the deal, Music.com Asia wiß be featured on all Catcha.oom websites as the preferred music website. For details, check out www.miaic.com and www.oatcha.ami.
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        • 75 28 MUSIC portal SoundbuzzPte Ltd has tied up with Trivnet Ltd, a payment technology infrastructure provider, to offer Soundbuzz customers in the Asia-Pacific region multiple billing channels for their online purchases of digital music. "We're thrilled to be the first digital music distributor in the
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        • 47 28 UTKJuL, a reservations ana marKeang service ai regasus Solutions Inc, said it will provide online hotel booking cnpebllities for the websites of 17 ANA Hotels International properties—including Singapore—via its Netßooker Link Internet booking engine. ANA Hotels has a network of ae hotels worldwide.
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        • 51 28 COMPAQ Computer Asia-Pacific last week launched "Live Chat", sc interactive text chat service that lets Compaq customers aooess online interactive support from its Ragkmal Customer Contact Centre in Singapore. Available at mwtoxempaq.com.sg/support, the troubleshooting service is free for Compaq customers and is part of its Services<§ClickSpeed e-support
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        • 69 28 MORE US companies are now turnip to HSitofhosdng HTVICT tO faiqptonmt and munngo thfthr websites. As a result, the revenues of U&baaed HSPs reached nearly US$4 billion <Bs7 billion) last year, up more than 100 per cent over 1999, according to International Data Corp. IDC
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        • 52 28  -  Oonpiled by Raju Chellam IN last week's Dot Com feature, "Big buzz at Buzz City" (BizlT.Jan 22. PgB), we staled under "Milestones" that in October 1999,BuzzCity bought Malaysia's Skali and MTV Asia Online. The company has clarified that should be Buzz City "partners with Malaysia's Skali and MTV
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    • 276 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE slow start to the year continues and again there has been little in the way of mainstream tonnage being sold. Vessels sold for farther trading BULKCAKMBK& ♦Sea Brave: 65,418 tdw bit 84Mangalia2Mai reported sold region U554,500,000 to Chinese buyers. ♦Maria K: 36,233
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    • 294 29 JW26 tt CWT Distribution 0.47 0.01 17 ChuanHup 0J7 unch 692 Cosco Invostmont 0.15 unch 0 Frolght Links 0.10 unch 126 GB HoKHng* 0.44 unch 0 IMC BoMtogs-HK 5.60 unch 0 J«y* Holdings 0.14 unch 123 Koppol Corp 3.16 -0.06 116 Koppol FELS 1.01 unch 86 Koppol Marine
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    • 484 29  -  S'pore-registered oil tanker opts to undergo repairs at Dnbai instead By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] In what is believed to be a bid to avoid being kicked out of the Singapore flag registry, the Greek operators of sub-standard oil tanker Neptune Dorado, have informed the
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    • 445 29  -  Issuing agencies should be more vigilant: Intl Maritime Bureau From P T Bangsberg in Manila THE International Maritime Bureau issued a warning to ship operators about thousands of unqualified crew and masters working illegally with false papers, and called for tighter security by
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    • 630 29  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes OPEC attempts to push up oil prices to last year's levels combined with a substantial orderbook for large tankers have prompted some downbeat predictions for the tanker trades. However, it is clear that higher rates have had
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    • 303 29  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Takeover talks between Keppel Corporation's offshore rig building division, Keppel Fels, and Dutch offshore repair and conversion shipyard, Verolme Botlek, have failed after nearly three months of discussions. According to a brief statement from Keppel: "Keppel Fels has ceased
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    • PORTShots
      • 67 29 Reuters [NEWPORT NEWS, Vii*inia} Military ship and submarine builder Newport Newß Shipbuilding Inc said it US Navy contract valued at about US$3.B billion In design carrier, CVN 77. The carrier is scheduled tor delivery in mm mil m m Wife ei the first fraMtHnw
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      • 109 29 [LONDON] CP Bhipe subsidiary container operators TMMIAm, Lytww*^^"— fi«it«itwrHw>i> haw a now fkitf/MoytonMediterranean service with a weekly, fixed day operation. Five 2,100-2,400TEU ships will work the Gulf-Mediterranean Premier service, as TMM, whose existing route is being replaced, calls it, or Mediterranean Sprint, as Lykes, ft*
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    • AIRCRAFT demand
      • 895 30  -  Will the landing be hard for Airbus Industrie and Boeing Co if the economic slowdown in the US translates into a downturn in demand for new commercial aircraft? NOAH p 11 finds outs NOAH BARKIN Reuters [PARIS] WHAT goes up must
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    • 303 30 PACE Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 AsiaOCL tl Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 BalajiShpg 5 Bangladesh 11 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 China Shpg 5
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    • 20507 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES thebusinesstimes Page8 EXPORT MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 200 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SJN Pirn Name Now Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 05/02 16/03 Setramar VILLE DE VENUS 36IW 65-*****33 07/02 17/03 COSCO EMPRESS DRAGON 0105W 65-*****00 07/02 22/03 ZIM/Seth ZIM PUSANI 15W 65-3230X2
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      • 452 41 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Nego Lombok 016/01 'jol 28/01/415 09/02/9:00 C Progress 28/01 JK> 28/01/8:50 28/01/17:00 Gornozavodsk 155 J16 28/01/16:00 29/01/20^)0 Stargeiraner 301 J08 28/01/2030 31/01/1030 p ancaWo V001 J14 29/01/730 29/01/2030 Bt Kariindah O1-Jan-O1 J01 29/01/930 29/01/030 Winstar 2 012S01 J03 29/01/930 29/01/2130 Greatexpress 301
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      • 1971 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship VoyMo Etb/Btr Ptriod From To Frew ACI FALCON OKW 30/13:00 IA 27/1700 28/0659 28/0900 20 77/1700 28/0659 28/0900 J 21/0700 20/189 20/1400 70/800 20/1499 71/1700 ACIHIOISCUS 040A 30/0:00 2A 77/1700 28/0659 ?J/090C 21 77/T700 78/0659 28/0900 1
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      • 172 41 Feb 8 Mexico: Anniversary of the Constitution. Feb* New Zealand: Waitangi Day. Fab 8 Thailand: Makha Bucha Day. New Zealand: Waitangi Day. Feb 11 Japan: National Foundation Day. Feb 1A United States: Presidents Day. Feb 23 Brinei: National Day. Marl South Korea: Independence Movement Day. Mare Brunei: Hari
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      • 795 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine 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 individual
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      • 541 41 ISO MM 987.5 03 15.9 0.06 65 0 03 jMl25 Density Water Residue Asti Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 1 0 0 0 «N/N 380 Ave 985.9 0J 132 0.06 27 0.01 MM %v/v *hjh m* 2ZZ 380 30 07 0.09 54 0.04 wwi
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      • 492 42 Approval of acquisition will result in creation of super US airline AFP [WASHINGTON] A US bankruptcy judge has approved a financing package designed to facilitate the acquisition of troubled Trans World Airlines (TWA) by American Airlines bringing closer to
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      • 524 42 Move to another plant will cut costs by USslb annually Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing will move its narrowbody jet assembly line in Renton, Washington, 50 km north to its widebody plant in Everett, to slash costs by US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) a year,
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      • 189 42 AP [BRUSSELS] The Association of European Airlines (AEA) said its 29 member air carriers flew 201 million passengers around the world in 2000, an overall increase of 7.9 per cent. Traffic on North Atlantic routes posted an 8.1 per cent rise. The AEA said
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      • 357 42 Financial Times [BRUSSELS] Philippe Bruggisser, chief executive of SAirGroup, parent of Swissair, resigned yesterday after the Swiss aviation group warned it was not prepared to pump more money into Sabena, Belgium's loss-making flag carrier. Mr Bruggisser's departure follows concerns that his
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      • 586 42 Neither airline can survive alone as Europe's airline industry consolidates, analysts say Bloomberg [ROME] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV may resume a partnership with Alitalia SpA after British Airways pic dropped talks to buy the Dutch company, people familiar with the situation said.
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    • 1452 33 I VESSEL VQY KHH HKG I SIN I PKL DXB BAB PMM UK IRAN TEHRAN PCL-192 30/01 31/01 03/02 04/02 11/02 12/02 14/02 16/02 IRAN TABATABAEI PCL-193 06/02 07/02 10/02 11/02 20/02 21/02 23/02 25/02 IRAN KERMAN PCL-194 13/02 14/02 17/02 IS/02 25/02 26/02 21/02 02/03 IRAN I SEAMAN PCL-195
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