The Business Times, 28 January 2002

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    19 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 65c SINGAPORE r Mn'-i fitu: ni t r.//business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    70 1 STOCK KAKKET INDICES Week Ournfe STI 1,730.88 +89.06 SLMSCI FUTURE_J19.00 +1L80 BT-SRI 706.89 +2644 KLSECOMP SMJ6 -4J6 NIKKEI 10,***** -149.18 HANG SENG —19,***** -200.00 SET INDEX S3&99 +1L47 JAKARTA COMP _46i46 +26.06 MANILA LS7.1I -'-71.17 TAIPEI WPT 6£60.64 +427.84 SEOUL COXP 774J8 +66J1 SHENZHEN B ***** .-9.00 AU8TALL
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    69 1 FOREX BATES US$ SI USS (SS per USS) L8» £(l'SS/SS per 1.423 2.61? EURO{l"SS/S& E). 0.878 1.614 DM 1227 L212 YEN 1»1 7160 RJf 1800 2067 HKS 7.799 4142 BAHT 44.19 24.01 RUP1AH 10,466 6,692 rams KATES SINGAPORE* 516 KOALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONG 5.116 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 1726
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    Lock icon Banks in fearless blitz for new card business
    583 1  -  l-iiexclusivel Moves taken despite soaring rollover sums and card defaults Reports byi Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Banks are continuing to aggressively court new credit card customers. This is despite Singapore's worst recession in 30 years which has seen a sharp rise in
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    Lock icon Reprieve for clients as credit caps are adjusted
    554 1 iiexclusive [SINGAPORE] Tens of thousands of credit card holders with combined credit limits exceeding the legal cap are about to have their credit limits adjusted following last year's bank takeovers. But where action is needed, OCBC Bank and United Overseas Bank, which
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    Lock icon Will Creative strike gold with Extigy audio card?
    886 1  -  By\ Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Back in the black again, Creative Technology is looking to its latest product to open up a whole new and potentially very lucrative market on top of its established domain in desktop PC audio. The Sound Blaster Extigy,
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    Lock icon M'sia plan seen as less of threat to Spore airport
    541 1  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S ambitious plans to become a major distribution and transportation hub will hurt Singapore's airport less than its sea port, according to industry executives on both sides of the Causeway. "Their proposed airfreight volume
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      220 1 onapE BizlT SAP seeks to double Asia share. P* 19 Why S'pore should stick to semiconductors. Rg 14 Top Stories US earnings reports leave investors confused. Mmxt Pa g0 Number of S'pore dealers, remisiers shrinks to '99 levels. 3 BT Comment Is S'pore market ready for next big move? Fg
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      10 1 Johor ohooe not to review water rates: S'pore, Next Page
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      Lock icon Why Asia must tolerate a yen decline
      678 2  -  vikram khanna major currencies but an inevitable result of aggressive monetary easing and prolonged economic weakness. It's something that had to happen. And it could be the key to Japan's recovery. In the last decade, Japan has had periods of yen weakness before.
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      Lock icon Johor chose not to review water rates: S'pore
      578 2  -  MF A spokesman dismisses claims that S'pore is profiteering from water agreements W Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The price of water in the two water agreements between Singapore and Johor were subject to review in 1986 and 1967 25 years after they
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      Lock icon Divergent US earnings cloud investors' horizon
      872 2  -  Bnt Fed rate meet set to pat earnings in back seat From Andrew Marks in New York INVESTORS are confused by the signals from US corporations, at the half way point of the current US earnings season. More than half of the companies in
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      13 2 The yon factor, Page 8 US date may spring positive surprises, Pg 11
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Number of dealers, remisiers shrinks to '99 levels
      569 3  -  }-%i exclusive! Bear market cnts pool of dealers by 14% and remisiers by 4% By] David Boey MORE stock brokers called it quits in 2001, according to the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Figures released by the SGX last week show that the number
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      Lock icon CSFB sees good upside for property stocks
      522 3  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling THE recovery in the property sector has been stronger than anticipated, and not all the good news is in the prices of property counters, said Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). So there is still reasonably attractive upside for property
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      102 3 Sincc 1975 our worldwide over 275 multi-disciplined professionals I including lawyers chartered, accountants B j i I chartered secretaries and bankers have W A J provided confidential and cost effective company formation in all the major low WL flB tax areas including tula urnJHMMPB Incorporation Fees from USSSOO The world's
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      283 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES J«n2S VALUE CLOSE mmm >123.00 +224.00 mam -*****.00 ♦242.00 ■TIM*!* -*****.00 -12.00 IWMpBw 454.99 ♦15.83 MBpBwBK 155.94 +7.60 1482.46 ♦50.96 473.93 ♦17.28 217.01 +9.35 —ghhii 219.00 +10.70 Datacraft 10c 95,789,000 IPC020C 87.399,000 ChlnaAvOM 5c 83,273,000 GES IntJ Ltd 20c 82.449,000 People# Food HGK 50c 78,744,000 Beyontes 10c
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      Lock icon Technical indicators point to further upside for Osim
      260 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan WHILE speculative China plays have taken centrestage, some secondliners have also been riding higher on solid fundamentals. One of them is healthcare and lifestyle products specialist Osim International. The stock, which rose 6.5 cents to 60
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      Lock icon Is market ready for next big move?
      769 4  -  lyjcommenl STOCKS r. sivanithy WHEN it comes to making caUs on the stock market, one thing is certain it's virtuaUy impossible to predict significant turning points in advance. For instance, when the Nasdaq peaked at 5,000 two years ago or when the old
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      Lock icon Asian currencies decline as yen hits 3-year lows
      664 4 AFP [HONG KONG] Asian currencies followed the yen down last week as the Japanese currency, with no end in sight to Japan's economic crisis, plumbed three-year lows against the US dollar. Japanese yen: The yen slid perUously close to the symbolic level
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      138 4 ♦INNO-PACIFIC has proposed a capital reduction exercise to reduce the par value of each ordinary share in the capital of the company from $0.20 to 10.01 and to reduce the share premium account of the company from $40.9 million to $22.3 million. YONGNAM Holdings has named the members
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2615 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS CMBond S'pore A/$ liOV ooaond s'port a/t 1225/ CM Money Sing Dollar Claa B 1036V AIM Amro AaMt M* (S'pore) CM Pan-E trope Equity Fund 1.07/ St* Europe Eqtyl* 0J0* CMSelect Mi Tilt talrad 1J* Star Europe M 0.97V CMSelect A»e Tilt Growth 1X* Star Europe Bai
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Fewer MNCs plan job cuts in Q1
      616 5  -  the economy jobs TUP survey shows companies in Asia optimistic about economic recovery By Teh Hooi Ling THE economic downturn appears to be on its last legs as optimism is returning to multinational companies in Asia, going by their human capital plans for
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      Lock icon Transfer pricing vital for global firms: tax expert
      541 5  -  By] Eugene Low SINGAPORE companies aiming to reap the full benefits from their global expansion should also put in place an active transfer-pricing management system, says an international tax expert. Transfer pricing which involves the price at which transactions take place between
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      Lock icon Swiss forum aims to rope in more Asian participants
      393 5  -  By Serena Ng WITH the shift of the World Economic Forum from Davos in Switzerland to New York this year after three decades, another Swiss forum sees this as an opportunity to shine, and aims to attract more participants from Asia
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      Lock icon Far East's share of home market shrinks to 11.6%
      349 5  -  By. Andrea Tan FOR Far East Organization, 2001 was a bad year. It sold just over 800 private homes the lowest number in eight years and its hospitality and corporate leasing properties largely underperformed their budgets. But this year is likely
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      Lock icon Visa spending recovers from Sept 11 blow
      407 5  -  I exclusive 5% Asia Pacific growth for week ended Dec 9 follows two months of dips Byi Angela Tan VISA Asia Pacific recorded its first positive year-on-year growth in international transactions since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US as regional economies
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      98 5 The festive Feast you Don't UM To fc! u« January iv vwvnfv) BBQ Suckling Pig for below set menu ordered I Happy Cold Combination Four Treasures Supreme Soup Steamed Sea Bass Hong Kong Style Vs. Fragrant Yam Ring Hong Kong Kai Lan with White Clams k Butter Prawns Fried Rice
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      117 5 Marketing LmmMms in Asia Mr Walter VMra (marketing guru) He Is one of the most Interesting and engaging speakers on Marketing from Asia who keeps his audience spellbound" by Philip Kotler Over 40 years of marketing and consulting expenence to 14 countries in US, Europe and Asia Author of 10
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      Lock icon Wrong to compare HDB flats with condos
      260 6  -  Lu Kee Hong Singapore I REFER to the report "Why $450,000 HDB price is fair: agents" by Andrea Tan and the column "When public housing goes upmarket" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Jan 22). Are we comparing durians and oranges? Market value is
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      Lock icon Lower interest rate a factor in HDB price
      133 6  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to your article "Why $450,000 HDB price is fair: agents" by Andrea Tan (BT, Jan 22). One possible reason why HDB flats may command a premium is the lower housing loan rate of 2.6 per cent,
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      Lock icon Appoint SIA directors by merit, not sex
      323 6  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your article "SIA needs a woman on board" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Jan 19). There is much I could agree with in Mr Lee's comments, but I find it difficult to agree that "not having women
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      Lock icon PSA's overseas projects will pay oft
      578 6  -  Sebastian Chong Singapore I READ the letter "How PSA should fight' competition" by Victor Teo Swee Meng (Mailbag, Jan 25) with some bewilderment. In his "wake-up call", Mr Teo said that "PSA can restructure its ports to provide different service levels at different prices
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      616 6 LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES The following share certificates have been reported lost, destroyed oi mislaid:HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED Certificate No. Name No. of Shares *****79 Lam Wai Fong 1 x 600 PRIMA LIMITED *****60 Teh Heng Sam 1 x 1000 *****75 -do- 1 x 333 *****75 -do- 1 x 333 NOTICE
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      139 6 DYNASTY PACIFIC HOMES (LAKESIDE) PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 308 OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 50 THAT A FMAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY WILL BE HELD ON THE 25 TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2002 AT 10.30 A.M. AT 5 JALAN BESAR, *05-01,
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      642 6 -I IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF P 4 B LAND PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore I (In Member*' Voluntary liquidation I At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the Mem ben olPtl LAND PTE LTD convened and held at 1 Claymore Drive
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      84 6 lAIA If. n rr» w© w&tcofnQ mners. E-mail us at bttetterGsph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Tunes, Times House, 390Kim Seng Roed, Singapore*****s. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify It came from you. Pleaae use temperate language, and
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      122 6 Would an MBA open new possibilities in your future? Attend the MBA Fair and learn about graduate programs in management at universities in eleven countries. Admission is free No advance registration is required. MBA Fair Saturday, February 2, 14:00-17:00 Singapore Marriott. 320 Orchard Road The following universities will be represented:
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      1280 7 KiirwiwMa Global Reach Local Touch http://www.aslatravel.com ASIATRAVEL.COM HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Second Annual General Meeting of ASIATRAVEL.COM HOLDINGS LTD ("the Company") will be held at The Elizabeth Hotel, 24 Mount Elizabeth, Room Windsor I 11,
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      Lock icon GIC's investment in 2 Thai listed developers soars
      437 7  -  |:fl exclusive! Investment pays off with shares surging as property sector recovers From 1 Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation's investment in two Thai listed homebuilders is soaring, in step with a pickup in demand for new homes.
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      Lock icon Utama gets a week to finalise deal with RHB
      166 7 KUALA LUMPUR Dow Jones Newswires MALAYSIAN authorities have given Bank Utama Bhd another week ending Friday to finalise its merger talks with RHB Bank, business weekly the Edge reported yesterday. It quoted unnamed sources as saying the finance ministry and the
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      Lock icon M'sia to cut 50% of Indon workers
      450 7 KUALA LUMPUR Reduction to 450,000 to prevent recurrence of recent riots: official AFP MALAYSIA plans to reduce by half the number of registered Indonesian workers here to prevent a repeat of recent riots, officials said yesterday. Secretary-General of the Home (Interior) Ministry, Aseh
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      Lock icon Man linked to Gus Dur scandal spent his bribe
      277 7 JAKARTA AFP A MAN at the centre of a bribery claim involving ex-Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid and the son of former dictator Suharto has spent part of the money on gold and his house, local media reported on Saturday. Dodi Sumadi,
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        Lock icon 2,400 N'sia jobs lost so far this year
        125 7 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] More than 2,400 workers have been retrenched in Malaysia within the first 19 days of the new year, reports said yesterday. Human Resources Minister Fong Chan Onn said 2,482 workers were laid off by 104 companies within the first
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        Lock icon TRI's Q4 loss widens to RMB92m
        93 7 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Technology Resources Industries Bhd, Malaysia's largest publicly traded mobile phone company, said its loss widened in the fourth quarter as it set aside money as provision for an investment in Tanzania. TRI lost RM91.8 million (5544.3 million), or 12.2 sen a
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        Lock icon Thaksin's party votes to absorb NAP
        126 7 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday tightened his grip on power when his ruling party agreed to absorb a junior coalition partner to boost its parliamentary majority. In a vote seen as a formality, senior members of Dr Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai
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      Lock icon Little to gain, much to lose if yuan's devalued
      634 8 THE TEN FACTOR Analysts say yen fall won't pnsh China to devalue Anil trigger Asian currency turmoil Reuters [SHANGHAI] Even as the Japanese yen threatens to pass another milestone in its relentless decline, many analysts remain confident that it won't push
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      Lock icon Asia's asset markets break yen shackles
      670 8 Reuters [HONG KONG] Asian asset markets have put their turbulent relationship with the yen behind them and are cruising ahead taking little notice of the crumbling Japanese currency. Flexible exchange rates, flush liquidity, current account surpluses, low interest rates and a pick-up in regional
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      Lock icon Commodities get boost from Greenspan
      882 8 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP (LONDON] World commodity markets got a boost last week after US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said the US engine of economic growth was finally turning a corner. His remarks in particular spurred oil and base metals prices, which have suffered badly
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      Lock icon HK needs better corporate governance
      722 9  -  I-l i comment HK STOCKS China's regulators require quarterly reporting for listed firms, whereas BE Is only Just considering It audrey tan IMAGINE this: China's companies fare better than Hong Kong ones in terms of corporate governance, being more transparent and quick to disclose price-sensitive
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      Lock icon HK job seekers flock to China job fair
      310 9 Reuters [HONG KONGJ Thousands of Hong Kong job seekers showed up on Saturday at a recruitment fair held by mainland Chinese companies against the backdrop of a dire job market at home. Hong Kong's unemployment rate climbed to 6.1 per cent during
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      Lock icon Bank of China officials stole 6b yuan: report
      480 9 BEIJING Claim follows govt probe which found money laundering, inappropriate loans Bloomberg BANK of China officials in Guangdong province embezzled 6 bUlion yuan (Ssl.3 bUlion) over 10 years in the biggest case of financial fraud in at least half a century, the
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    Lock icon FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    1255 8 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Jan 25 HMOAPORE QOTERMMEMT SKUUIUTIBSIMPICATITB FEICB8 AW) YIELDS Mm MM Hfewm mw*t ttm k mm Twcww miIiiWi c»m ttm m oww 2 YR 2.875 15-A»H>2 N*****0H 130* 0.832% 100.33 100.43 7YR 5.125 15-*ov-04 R*****0C 2.39% 2.35% 107.35 107.45 5YR 3.250 15H4*y-02 N*****0X 1.21% 0J70% 100.60 100.70
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    1856 9 SICOM FUTURES Jan 25 RU8KX Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (Scants/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tomes) Interest -Feb 02 109.75 Mir 02 IW.OO Apr 02 m.25 May 02 m.75 PSS 3 (UScurts/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 02 1 1 59!00 650 Mar
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      Lock icon Japan faces mounting pressure to tackle woes
      1004 10  -  Overseas investors getting impatient with govt's lack of urgency in handling recession and deflation: analysts From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN is coming under intense international pressure to avert a deflationary spiral and a financial crisis as ominous signs appear of a sell-off
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      Lock icon Manila tycoons clash over number of Seoul flights
      409 10  -  From Al Labita in Manila TAIPANS Lucio Tan and John Gokongwei are the "best of friends", but fierce business rivalry has soured their endearing ties over the years. Flag carriers the two tycoons own are poised to sue each other over the
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    Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
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      Lock icon US data may spring positive surprises
      450 11 WASHINGTON Indicators due this week to show first signs of recovery in six months, analysts say AFX A LARGE amount of US indicators to be released this week will show the first signs of economic recovery in six months, analysts said. "With the data
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      Lock icon McCartney, Jagger to come together for Queen
      344 11 LONDON Reuters FORMER Beatle Paul McCartney and Rolling Stone Mick Jagger will perform together to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. The paper said they will create one of the world's greatest supergroups with former Genesis drummer Phil Collins
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      Lock icon The exec who queried firm's accounting
      580 12 BMHONSAGA Clifford Baxter was alleged to have made millions of dollars from the sale of Enron stock Reuters [NEW YORK] J Clifford Bax ter, the former Enron Corp vice-chairman who was found dead on Friday, had raised questions about the energy trading company's controversial
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      Lock icon Judge orders Enron to stop destroying records
      469 12 NEW YORK Bloomberg, Reuters A FEDERAL bankruptcy judge issued an order yesterday barring Enron Corp from destroying any more documents, including emails and other records. The order by US bankruptcy judge Arthur Gonzalez requires Enron and its employees to "preserve, and refrain from
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      Lock icon SEC publishes bogus release to teach public
      269 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE US Securities and Exchange Commission, the main regulator of the securities markets, published a bogus press release touting a fictitious company's initial public offering to show the investing public how easy it is to get scammed. In a statement distributed
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      Lock icon Coutts to launch Asian hedge fund product in Singapore
      404 12  -  The fund will invest in 10-15 trusts and will be sold in Q2 From] Neil Behrman in London COUTTS, banker to the Queen of England, is launching an Asian hedge fund of funds which it intends to sell in Singapore, among
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      Lock icon Equitable Life may win client backing for rescue plan
      401 12 LONDON Bloomberg EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society, the world's oldest mutual insurer, probably will win backing for a rescue designed to save it from collapse, customer groups said. The result of a vote on the plan, which may net the insurer £250
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      Lock icon Windfall awaits Goldman, banks in Tyco breakup
      389 12 NEWYORK Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc, Merrill Lynch Co, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and other Wall Street firms earned hefty fees since 1993 advising TVco International Ltd on US$64 billion of acquisitions. Now they may make as much as US$5OO million helping the
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon NTL plans recapitalisation paper
        87 12 AFP [LONDON] Anglo-US cable firm NTL will announce this week plans for the biggest recapitalisation In British corporate history when it admits that it cannot service its huge debts, the Sunday Times reported. The move would fuel concerns over the uncertain future facing NTL, the US-based
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        Lock icon US loans in Argentina worth US$23b
        83 12 Reuters [ZURICH] US banks had the largest volume of loans and debt securities outstanding to borrowers in Argentina at the end of September, based on new data released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). In its latest quarterly report, data collected by the
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        88 12 Reuters [NEW YORK] Instinet Group, which runs an electronic stock trading network, last Friday said it laid off 150 employees, or about 7 per cent of its staff, as it looks for ways to cut costs amid intense competition for share orders. This is the
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        83 12 AFP [ROCHESTER, New York] US President George W Bush is experiencing a modest but steady slippage in his sky-high popularity as the economy emerges as the top issue for Americans, according to the latest issue of The Harris Poll. The president's approval ratings soared to record
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      243 12 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 17 Win over opponent, succeed —hh 27 Port the French keep right in- side (2. 5) 28 Dioptre adjusted to see olivine (7) dral, as a rule (7) marsh bird on its head? (4) DOWN I 3 Pairsharing copy of the Tele- YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 1 Jazz fan stripped
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      847 13  -  -ii exclusive The Germany-based software giant would like the region to contribute 25% to global annual revenues in the next few years, Les Hayman, SAP's president and CEO for the Asia-Pacific, tells TAMO WGMOFAI TANG WENG FAI Germany-based sap ag, a leading provider of
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      Lock icon SAP shows strong results, sees good prospects ahead
      646 14  -  The software giant says that 2002 will be a challenging year. Nevertheless, it expects revenues to grow about 15% and operating margins to rise by a point over last year to 21% By\ Paul Chan IF Mercedes Benz represents the most prestigious
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      Lock icon SAP to combine markets, portals units
      131 14 Dow Jones [FRANKFURT] German software company SAP AG has announced its intention to merge its units SAP Markets Inc and SAP Portals Inc. Shai Agassi, current CEO of SAP Portals, will become CEO of the combined company, while the current CEO of SAP Markets,
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    • IT TAKES
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        Lock icon Intentia in Sumitomo Bakelite deal
        82 14 INTENTLA Singapore has tied up with Sumitomo Bakelite Singapore (SBS), which makes epoxy molding compounds for semiconductor assembly. The initial deal is worth $1.5 million and will span a year. SBS will use Intentia's Movex Next Gen Collaborative solution to manage business processes more efficiently.
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        50 14 A TOTAL 0f347 nominations have been received for the first National Infocomm Awards, which closed on Dec 15. Of these, 229 were received for the "most innovative infocomm product/service" category, and 118 for the "most innovative use of infocomm technology". The winners will be announced in April.
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        66 14 SINGAPORE-BASED Hardware Zone Pte Ltd last week announced 45 annual Hardware Zone Awards. Among the winners: Epson EPL-5800L (mono laser printer); Minolta Magic Color 2200 (colour laser printer); Canon SlOO and S6OO (low and mid-range inkjet printer); Sony Clie N76OC/G (Palm-based handheld); HP Jornada 565 (Pocket PC based
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        32 14 US-BASED Avaya Inc has appointed Scott Smith as its new multinational companies region director for Avaya Asia-Pacific. Mr Smith was previously MNC sales director of Avaya's Greater China region.
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        57 14 NASDAQ-LISTED Interwoven Inc has appointed Derek Hunter as director of alliances for the Asia-Pacific; Danny Goh as director of sales for South Asia; and Lynette Seah as finance director for the Asia-Pacific. Mr Hunter was previously with Ariba; Mr Goh was with Commerce One; and Ms
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        Lock icon New FileNet regional head
        27 14 NASDAQ-LISTED File Net Corp has appointed Hugh Sutherland as vice-president for its Asia-Pacific operations. Mr Sutherland was previously vice-president for Asia-Pacific with Access36o.
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        35 14 A SEMINAR on "IT outsourcing: redefining business in challenging times" will be held tomorrow at the Fullerton Hotel. It is organised by IDA and the ASP/IDC Alliance Chapter. For details, e-mail arozario@asp-alliance.org.sg.
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        Lock icon Mission critical apps seminar
        39 14 A SEMINAR on "Securely access mission critical applications on server-based computing" will be held on Thursday at Suntec City. It is organised by i-Sprint Innovations, Citrix and IBM. For details, fax *****00, or e-mail info@i-sprint.com.
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        38 14 A NETWORKING breakfast, "IHT visionaries leaders series" will be held on Thursday at the Marriott Hotel. SGX CEO will be the guest speaker. It is organised by eAngelz. For details, fax *****06, or e-mail iht@eangelz.com.
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        Lock icon Secure application switching seminar
        39 14  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam A SEMINAR on "Secure intelligent application switching" will be held onFeb 5 at the Marina Mandarin Hotel. It is organised by Radware Ltd. For details, e-mail seminar (a,rad ware. com. sg.
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      Lock icon S'pore should still stick to semiconductors
      547 14  -  It Is Important to look beyond the boom and bust cycles, and focus on the market drivers loh kin wah The writer is president and managing director, Infineon Technologies Asia-Pacific THERE is a lot of discussion these days about the disruptive impact that new
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      558 14  -  RLX has what may be the world's cheapest server. All it needs now are customers By Daniel Fisher Copyright 2001 Forbes Global Inc WHEN Gary Stimac visited a little outfit in Dallas, Texas, called RocketLogix in October 2000, he was transfixed. Engineers there had created a server
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      Lock icon IBM to deliver Storage Tank by year-end
      510 14  -  The much-touted data-storage software was to have been ready in H2 2001 By Paul Horvitz Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] IBM Corp will deliver its most touted data-storage software by this year-end, about a year later than planned. IBM's Storage Tank software, designed to
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      Lock icon Outsourcing boom expected in Singapore soon
      375 14  -  Republic likely to seeinfocomm outsourcing hit USslb by 2004: research firm By Chen Huifen THE market for outsourcing infocomm services in Singapore may be flat right now, but it is likely to hit US$l billion by 2004, says research firm Strategic Intelligence. About U5577.5
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      Lock icon Asian IT sector recovery unlikely before mid-2002
      633 15  -  Overall outlook still patchy despite signs of rebound from US-induced slowdown, say analysts By. Bernice Han AFP [SINGAPORE] Recovery is still some time away for Asia's information technology (IT) sector even as regional economies display signs of a rebound from the US-induced slowdown,
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      Lock icon Compaq raises earnings and revenues outlook
      448 15  -  Bat analysts are questioning the value of the new forecasts By Caroline Humer Reuters [NEW YORK] Compaq Computer Corp said it expected shareholders and regulators to back its controversial plan to merge with Hewlett-Packard Co and raised Compaq's 2002 earnings and revenues outlook above
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      Lock icon HP says 65% of staff back Compaq merger
      299 15 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Internal polls show a majority of Hewlett-Packard Co employees support plans to buy Compaq Computer Corp, HP said last week, although a leading critic of the merger said an independent survey was needed. In a filing, HP said 65
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        53 15 SONY Singapore has unveiled itsClie handheld PEG-T6ISC/G— calling it the world's slimmest handheld. It costs $699, runs on Palm's OS 4.1, weighs 138 grams, and comes with 16 MB internal RAM, 4MB Flash memory and a backlight TFT (320 by 320 pixel resolution) colour display. For
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        Lock icon Three digital projectors from LG
        71 15 SINGAPORE-BASED Econ AV Concepts is ready with three digital projectors from South Korea's LG Electronics: the LP-XG22 costs $5,999, weighs 3.4kg, offers XGA resolution and 1,600 lumens; the LP-XGM costs $6,999 and comes with similar features but offers 2,000 lumens; and the RL-JA10 costs $8,496,
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        Lock icon Toshiba's thinnest ultra-portables
        68 15 TOSHIBA Singapore has introduced what It claims is the world's thinnest notebook Poctegeaooo.lt weighs just over a kg and is lees than 15mm thick with a ftill size keyboard. It costs runs on an imei Pentium in 750 MHz processor, and comes with 256 MB RAM, 20
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        Lock icon Fastest CD-RW from Iomega
        38 15 IOMEGA Corp has unveiled its fastest Internal CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) drive. The 32x10x40 internal CD-RW costs $285 and allows "users to backup 650 MB in less than four minutes," Iomega said. For details, tax *****25.
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        Lock icon Spy cam detector from Applica
        56 15  -  Compiled by Leo Kee Chye SINGAPOREbased Applies Information Network has introduced a lipstick size device that detects wireless devices like spy cameras, listening bugs and mobile phones. Called Pro Hunter SH-005, it costs $75, weighs 26 grams and detects signals ranging from 50 MHz to
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        Lock icon Future Techno Design sees bright future ahead
        812 16  -  From just $14m in revenues last year, this Singapore-based SME aims to gross $300 m in sales in the next five years, the company's CEO P Bala tells eloabbth su ELIZABETH SU Singapore-based Future Technology is planning for $300 million in gross revenues
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        Lock icon AT&T to invest US$300m in new switching technology
        337 16  -  By < Chua Hui Min US TELECOM giant AT&T Corp is investing more than US$3OO million by 2003 to upgrade its global network, including its Singapore hub. The new technology multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) reduces switching time by working out a data
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          Lock icon New HP Concept PC II cooming
          77 16 HEWLETT-PACKARD last week showed the HP Concept PC n. It will debut later this year and will have two separate units—display and computing. The "display" unit will have a sleek 18-inch LCD monitor, a webcamera, a speaker, USB connectivity, a CD-RW, a Bluetooth module,
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          Lock icon Borland JBuilder 6 Personal ready
          50 16 NASDAQ-LISTED Borland Software Corp has introduced JBuilder 6 Personal, a program for users to learn Java programming and to develop Java apps. It can be downloaded free at www.borland.com/jbuilder/personcd. The commercial version—Jßuilder 6 Enterprise—can be downloaded for a 30-day evaluation period. For details, visit www.borkmd.com/jbuUder.
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          Lock icon NCS, Speedera Networks deal
          61 16 NATIONAL Computer Systems (NCS) has tied up with US-based Speedera Networks Inc, a content delivery services provider, to offer NCS' customers services to enhance website performance and availability. Speedera's key advantage lies in its deployment of a global edge delivery network in more than 25 countries
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          Lock icon FreeMarkets,ST Engg tie-up
          50 16 NASDAQ-LISTED Free Markets Inc, which provides e-sourcing software and service solutions, has tied up with Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. Under the deal, ST Engg will use Free Markets' Quick Source to save money and streamline its procurement process by structuring and executing online negotiations, the company said.
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          Lock icon Virtual Economy to sell IT/2
          63 16 SINGAPORE-BASED Virtual Economy, which provides solutions fin* the banking and flnanriai industries, said it will distribute Denmark-based SimCorp's IT/2 treasury management system in the Asia-Pacific region. IT/2 can handle currency and money market instruments, securities and a number of derivatives. It offers decision support, cash
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          Lock icon CS Lucas, Nordic Financial tie-up
          79 16 SINGAPORE'S CS Lucas Associates Pte Ltd has tied up with Sweden's financial technology provider Nordic Financial Systems (NFS) to offer a range of Web-enabled solutions to customers in Europe and the Asia-Pacific. "In Asia, we will work closely with NFS to share with our clients
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          Lock icon Oracle Partner Network launched
          46 16 ORACLE CORP has announced the Oracle Partner Network (OPN), a dedicated Web services portal to help Oracle's partners—solution integrators, hardware vendors, ASPs, system integrators and independent software vendors— move their businesses online and collaborate better with each other. For details, visit http://partner.oracle.com.
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          Lock icon App infrastructure mart up in US
          64 16  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam THE US market for application infrastructure providers (AIPs) will jump to U559.37 billion by 2005, from about US$l.ll billion in 2000, according to a study by IDC (International Data Corp). The top five AIPs in the US in marketshare currently
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      10 13 SAP shows strong results, sees good prospects ahead, Pg 14
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      297 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young MANY factors remain unchanged from last year, there are still a substantial number of vessels to be delivered from the yards, and whilst down by almost SO per cent on last year, there is still going to be a net increase in the
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      634 17  -  ■exclusive Search of S'pore-ch&rtered vessel in Arabian Sea warranted By Donald Urquhart L&iiNijAruKJ!ij xne ua wavy has defended its storming of a Singapore-chartered ship in early December injuring two crew members, saying intelligence indicated a "potentially hostile encounter". Responding to Shipping
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      Lock icon S'pore set to remain world's busiest port in tonnage terms
      292 17 Republic handled 5J> per cent more tonnage last year Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore handled 5.5 per cent more shipping tonnage last year compared to 2000, a record that will help the Republic keep its status as the world's
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      Lock icon S'pore-chartered tanker nearly causes collision off France
      173 17 AFP [BREST, France] A Singaporean tanker carrying 30,000 tonnes of fuel nearly caused a catastrophe at sea when it steamed the wrong way up a maritime "corridor" off the French Atlantic coast, barely missing two cargo ships heading the other way, French maritime
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      Lock icon Norway blacklists two Philippine training centres
      357 17  -  Move threatens relations between the two countries From, Alec Almazan in Manila A DECISION by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate to blacklist two Philippine training centres is threatening to strain relations between the maritime authorities of the two countries. The controversy stems from an advisory
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      Lock icon MPA has yet to receive US Customs proposals
      139 17  -  Lee Seng Kong for Director-General Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore We refer to the report "MPA backs US call to x-ray transhipments" (Shipping Times, Jan 22). The headline to your article gives the impression that MPA has studied the US call
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      616 18  -  DOCKYARD By] David Hughes NORWEGIAN classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) regularly issues "Casualty Information" sheets. These highly informative notes are primarily intended to warn ship operators and the industry in general of particular hazards or problems highlighted by an incident
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        221 27 February 1 Malaysia: Federal Territory Day February New Zealand: Waitangi Day February U Japan: National Foundation Day Taiwan: Chinese New Year Eve Vietnam: Chinese New Year Eve February 12 Brunei: Chinese New Year China: Chinese New Year Hong Kong: Chinese New Year Indonesia: Chinese New Year Malaysia: Chinese
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        790 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rlne 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 averagesired stem. Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        544 28 They accuse US authorities of imposing unrealistic conditions AFP [WASHINGTON] British Airways and American Airlines effectively abandoned alliance plans on Friday, accusing the US authorities of imposing unnecessary and unrealistic conditions. "We will not do this deal at this price," they said in
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        576 28 Minimum vertical cruising distance between planes to be halved Reuters [PARIS] Europe's crowded airspace will now be denser as the minimum vertical cruising distance between planes has been halved under a reform supporters say will mean safer flying and fewer delays. Commercial airspace
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          100 28 Bloomberg m r {SEATTLE} Alaska Air Group Inc, the parent of Alaska Airlines, said its fourth-quarter loss grew due to the recession and after the Sept 11 terrorist hijackings. The loss widened to U5536.4 million, or US$l.37 a share, from US$2B.9 million, or US$l.O9. in
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          98 28 AFP IMANAMAj uuii Air said it will resume from February four flights to the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, which lies close to the Afghan border, seeing a return to normal life. The airline suspended flights for "commercial reasons" the week after the Sept
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        271 28 Competition heats up on HE routes Reuters (HONG KONGJ Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said it would give away 10,000 return air tickets, the latest in a string of promotions launched by airlines on Hong Kong routes in the industry's doldrums. Cathay, the
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        257 28 Crisis the worst for civil aviation industry in more than 50 years AFP [GENEVA] The Sept 11 attacks in the United States plunged the global civil aviation industry into its worst crisis in more than 50 years, costing the sector some 400,000 jobs,
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        203 28 AP [TAIPEI] Three China Airlines (CAL) pilots were grounded yesterday after they took off in the wrong direction during a Friday flight from Anchorage to Taipei, a media report said. The CAL flight carrying about 250 passengers and crew mistakenly accelerated down a taxi
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