The Business Times, 4 March 2002

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (P) 010/03/2002 86*. SINGAPORE internet nt:jj;/ business-times.asial com sg MONDAY. MARCH 4. 2002
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  • Article
    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
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    Lock icon Foreign banks up ante with new ad blitz
    835 1  -  u exclusive Stanchart, HSBC load fresh ammo as battle for consumers rages on By< Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] As local banks enter the final stages of their merger integration, foreign banks led by the Qualifying Full Banks (QFBs) are pressing further ahead
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Dr Cheong to retire next year after 29 years with SIA
    466 1  -  Market sees Bey Soo Khiang, executive VP (technical), as possible successor By] Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] After nearly three decades with one of the world's leading carriers, Singapore Airlines chief executive Cheong Choon Kong confirmed he's retiring next year
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    Lock icon Women professionals in finance form industry group
    903 1  -  S'pore affiliate of New York body now has 50 members By Anna Teo ISINGAPORE] A group of professionals fi-om the finance sector have come together to form the Financial Women's Association (FWA) of Singapore. And, despite its name, it won't close its doors
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      89 1 INSIDE} BizlT Microsoft pulling out the stops in .Net push. Pg 14 Paul Chan Why online stock trading is not taking off here. Pg 19 jfe Top Stories LA white knight to make bid for Global Crossing. Pg 3 Thai property (eases for foreigners doubled. Pg 9 IBM to add
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      Lock icon Monetary innovations in the age of the Net
      906 2  -  g comment ECONOMICS Complementary currencies which perform a social function that official ones do not are gaining currency nrnh- parnc tho rroHitc vikram khanna FACED with a serious problem of ageing that makes the public funding of healthcare prohibitively expensive some two
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      Lock icon Rusnak deals moved markets: report
      205 2 OmlmU witkOtikuk, Stagßptre mrtk aware aftniM is mtf-2001, ays paper Dow Jones Newswires f DUBLIN] Allfirst Financial Inc currency trader John Rusnak was making such big trades in the last year that he was moving currency markets worldwide, the Irish Times said on Saturday. It
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      Lock icon Silicon Valley expects slow, steady recovery
      1021 2  -  Companies are optimistic but most expect better results only in H2 From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley SILICON Valley may have seen the worst of the technology downturn, but a recovery may take longer to materialise. Several indicators, like the Jobs and real estate
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      205 2 "ST School of Business Management %jL PhD in Business Management Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) MBA in General Management a MBA in Strategic Marketing I w s^, MBA in Financial Management 1 Entrepreneurship MBA Rj| International MBA Vyf MBA University of Master of Science (Marketing) South Ai iQtralia Master of
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon LA white knight Gores to make bid for Global Crossing: report
      575 3 Bid could come this week; said to offer more value for creditors than Hatchison/ST plan LATWP [LOS ANGELES] A Los Angeles investment company that specialises in buying distressed technology companies is making a bid to land the biggest bust
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      Lock icon Major creditor objects to rescue plan
      278 3 AP [LOS ANGELES] One of the major creditors lining up to salvage some of its investment in Global Crossing is trying to stop the US$75O million buyout proposal put forward by the firm. Fleet National Bank, a subsidiary of Fleetßoston Financial Corp, said the
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    • CORPORATE Results
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        Lock icon Medi-Rad profit up 20% to $2m
        131 3 HEALTHCARE provider Medi-Rad Associates net profit for the year ended Dec 31 was up 30 per cent to $2 million. Revenue rose 19 per cent to $18.5 million due mainly to the contribution from new clinics and services. Depreciation costs increased 40 per cent
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        Lock icon Network Food net dips 65% to $1.4m
        96 3 NETWORK Foods International reported a 65 per cent plunge in profit to $1.4 million for last year. Turnover fell 7 per cent to $49 million. The profit drop was worsened by a deduction of $774,000 for minority interests, against a booking of $175,000
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      Lock icon Seksun plans to float its China unit
      660 3  -  Move could be Ist listing of a S'pore-owned company in China By Loh Hui Yin METAL components manufacturer Seksun Corporation plans to offer the shares of its Chinese business, in what could be the first public listing of a Singaporeowned company on a
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      158 3 Andersen HP*.- Wortuhe*Co»w«g» Mi* Urn* Overview of the requirements of the Singapore Wednesday 27 March 2002 Code of Corporate Governance in relation to the 9.00 am Registration Nominating Committee and the Remuneration 9.30 am to 12noon Committee of the Board of Directors RoJes and responsibilities of the Nominating Y 9
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      292 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Marl VALUE CLOSE IMMt -173.00 +205.00 ■TCai -*****.00 4-147.00 !Tl»4gH -*****.00 .17.00 453.11 ♦1.99 WruJiiiHnI 152.39 40.96 nt*Mm Hi 1478.65 +1.79 MfpJhlhip 406.52 +1.23 —215.58 40.34 —Bhtwi' 216.90 +2.20 »"C0 20c 187.982.000 SingTel 15c 57,277,000 Bryonies 10c 49,929,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 46.002.000 Myflu*5c 39,761.000 SembCorp Ind 25c
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      Lock icon Chuan Hup's technicals point to further upside
      273 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan LAST week, this column featured several small and mid-cap stocks with strong fundamentals, good cashflows, attractive growth prospects and generous dividends. We highlight one more such stock, marine-based Chuan Hup Holdings. Last week, the company reported net
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      Lock icon Things to ponder before leaping
      766 4  -  l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IT'S well-known that government officials tend to be conservative when it comes to appraising the economy. Put it down to a civil service mindset or institutionalised prudence but these bureaucrats are fully aware of the impact their statements can
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      Lock icon Good news from Japan props up Asian units
      666 4 AFP [HONG KONG] Asian currencies were buoyed by good news from Japan last week as the government finally unveiled long-awaited measures to boost the stock market and curb deflation. The yen's rise had a knock-on effect for several currencies. Japanese yen: The
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      151 4 ♦DBS Group Holdings will go ex-dividend (final dividend of 16 cents) on May 3. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is May 8. Date payable is May 20. ♦LEE Metal Group will hold its EGM on March 8, at 3pm, No 7 Tuas Avenue 16, Jurong
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    2297 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS GbJapan 081/ CitiBond Spore A/$ 1J0V CrtiBond Sport B/S MM Mgt (fpm| Cit] Money Sang Dollar Class I 1.03W Star Europe Eqty!* 0.772/ OU Pan-Europe Equity Fund 1.» Star Europe Bd a957/ CitiSelect Asia Tilt Balanced 12V Star Europe Bal 0.85» OtiSelect Asia Tilt Growth \22l Star
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Bank loans growth slows to 1.5% in Jan
      249 5  -  on the economy loans By. Ling Su Ann SINGAPORE bank lending grew a slower 1.5 per cent in January this year, compared with 3.3 per cent in December last year, as loans to all segments either continued to contract or show weaker
      Surce: MAS  -  249 words
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      Lock icon Aussie beef firm targets Asian investors, tourists
      505 5  -  AAC sees big market for beef, investment and ontback tours By, Adeline Chia AUSTRALIAN Agricultural Company (AAC), one of the country's largest cattle producers, was in town recently on a double investment mission. Besides seeking to raise the company's profile among Singapore and
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      Lock icon Bye Lira, hello Euro
      58 5 It was a special night for two currencies last Saturday. A Goodbye Lira, Welcome Euro cocktail party was organised by the Italian Embassy at the IndoChine Waterfront. Among the highlights was a display of the new Euro currency notes and coins for guests keen to know
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      Lock icon Johor to give KL report on S'pore reclamation
      279 5 [JOHOR BAHRU] The Johor government will submit a detailed report to the federal government today on Singapore's land reclamation in waters bordering Johor. "The report covers land reclamation on the west and east Johor and the plans already announced by Singapore, including
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      590 5 FOOD/ENTERTAINMENT The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 5 36. [W| Buy h. Sell it. Find h. higher interest potential low risk short term, moneyplus adds up. I Series Serjes ~0 8 There are two things you can do with your hard-earned money. Spend it. Or invest it. If you're going to
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Show HDB's land costs more clearly
      441 6  -  William Lim Siew Wai Singapore I REFER to your article "Why the govt should consider option of closing down HDB" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Feb 26). I agree with Mr Lee that there are many good reasons why the government should radically review
      BT, Feb 26  -  441 words
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      Lock icon A waste to closedown HDB totally
      110 6  -  Gregory Chin Singapore I REFER to your article "Why the govt should consider option of closing down HDB" (BT, Feb 26). I disagree. The expertise and structure of the HDB did not grow overnight. It would be a waste to totally close it down.
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      Lock icon HDB still relevant in S'pore's future
      230 6  -  James Goh Singapore I REFER to your article "Why the govt should consider option of closing down HDB" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Feb 26). In a period of declining private property prices, the role of HDB diminishes. Recent prices in the lower end
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      Lock icon Income CEO clarifies BT report
      255 6  -  Tan Kin Lian Chief executive officer NTUC Income I REFER to the report "Insurers weigh impact of property redefinition" (BT, March 2). It quoted sources saying that I expressed concern that under the new definition for property, NTUC Income's exposure may balloon to 45 per
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      Lock icon Dovechem, tell us what's happening
      297 6  -  Goh Teng Kiat Singapore LAST November, Stolthaven made a partial offer to acquire every fourth Dovechem Terminal Holdings share it did not own. In the circular to Dovechem's shareholders, Stolthaven stated that Ng Joo Soon, chairman and the largest shareholder of Dovechem, had indicated his
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      Lock icon Global action needed to align audit issues
      322 6  -  John Miller Head of Singapore and New Market (Asean) Development, ACCA I REFER to your article "US proposal won't go far, some Singapore accountants say" by Siow Li Sen (BT, Feb 27). We agree with the comments expressed by Fang Ai Lian, managing
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      Lock icon Buybacks should come with choices
      209 6  -  Denis Distant Singapore THERE has been a spate of share buybacks in recent years by SGX-listed Singapore companies. In some cases, there is no change in the individual shareholdings. But some companies prefer to reduce each shareholding usually by 10 per cent, notwithstanding all holders
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      Lock icon ABCs of Singapore life now
      691 6  -  Irwan bin Jamil Singapore I REFER to your article "A new class of Singaporeans" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Feb 19). In a swift twist of events, you realise that you are on the brink of financial annihilation with piling debts, mortgages and looming bankruptcies.
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      Lock icon Restructuring of M'sia Inc still intact
      697 7  -  ■li comment KL STOCKS Despite the TRI episode, EL will continue to torn ailing companies around eddie toh THE Malaysian stock market gave up most of its gains briefly last month on jitters that all was not well on the corporate restructuring front. The
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      Lock icon Telekom Malaysia likely to buy control of TRI: report
      293 7 KUALA LUMPUR This would raise its share of the cellular market to 40% Reuters TELEKOM Malay sia is likely to make a bid fior control of cellular phone company Technology Resources Industries (TRI) soon, a business weekly said. The country's biggest
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      Lock icon Malaysian police arrest 2,000 illegals in Sabah
      191 7 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA, fearing it will be swamped by people fleeing poverty and v iolence in neighbouring countries, arrested nearly 2,OKX) iUegal immigrants in eastern Sabah state, police said yesterday. Security authorities detained some 1,915 people in Sabah, which has Malaysia's biggest
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      Lock icon Sime Darby to issue up to RM2b in bonds: report
      227 7 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN conglomerate Sime Darby is planning to issue up to two biUion ringgit (***** mUlion) in bonds to refinance existing debt and acquire assets, a business weekly said yesterday. "It could be anywhere from one biUion to
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      Lock icon AMMB gives 5,200 staff in finance unit option to quit
      347 7 KUALA LUMPUR Move comes after merger with MBf Finance Bloomberg AMMB Holdings, Malaysia's fifth biggest lender, gave about 5,200 employees in its finance unit the option to quit to help cut costs following the unit's takeover of the country's biggest
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      Lock icon 5 mining firms in Indonesia to end operations
      220 8 BALIKPAPAN OanaAntara FIVE big mining companies in Indonesia are preparing to end their operations, an energy and mineral resource ministry official said here on Friday. "They plan to end their operations in connection with the expiry of their contracts and consideration that
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      Lock icon Indonesia faces break-up, Megawati warns
      186 8 JAKARTA AP INDONESIAN President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday warned that violence and separatist movements could lead to the break up of the vast island nation. "Our national integrity is facing serious threats," Ms Megawati told a crowd of some 15,000 members of her Indonesian Democratic Party
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        Lock icon Bx-Indon minister Ariwibowo dies
        91 8 AFP [JAKARTA] Former Indonesian trade and industry minister Tunky Ariwibowo died from lung at a hospital in Singapore yesterday at the age of 65, a radio report said yesterday. The private ElShinta radio quoted Ariwibowo's brother-in-law Joko M ulyan to as saying the lung disease had
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        Lock icon Small bombs explode under buses
        50 8 AFP [BANGKOK] Two small explosive devices were detonated under two empty tourist buses in the southern Thai town of Hat Yai late Saturday, but no casualties were reported, police said yesterday. One of the buses had been carrying Malaysian visitors; the other, Thai tourists. —AFP
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        Lock icon Tight security at Thai by-elections
        52 8 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai voters went to the polls yesterday amid tight security in 14 constituencies where results from the troubled January 2001 elections were thrown out over corruption allegations. Elaborate precautions have been rolled out to avert the violence and vote-rigging that tainted the 2001
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      Lock icon Thai property leases for foreigners doubled
      411 8  -  100-year leases aimed at boosting property market; S'pore investors stand to gain From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND is doubling the time foreigners can hold leases on land and commercial property, from 50 to 100 years, in order to boost the property market through
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      Lock icon Metro Pacific suffers 23b peso net loss
      432 8  -  It's hit hard by poor property sales, bad investment From Al Labita in Manila PLUNGING property sales and failed investment in shipping exacted a heavy toll last year on the finances of Hong Kong-based First Pacific group's listed Philippine subsidiary. In a statement
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      Lock icon Manila aims to change S&P's mind over negative outlook
      229 8 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines is hoping to convince credit rating agency Standard and Poor's to change its negative view of the country. Finance officials of President Gloria Arroyo's administration and local business leaders will be meeting a team from S&P that
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      Lock icon China to tackle growth, job creation issues
      608 9 BEIJING Policy reform crucial as nation struggles to toe WTO lines Reuters CHINESE lawmakers meeting this week will grapple with delivering economic growth in the nation's first year as a World Trade Organisation member as wrenching reforms threaten to throw millions out of
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Gujarat state edging back to normal
        156 9 AFP [AHMEDABAD] Indik sent additional troops to Gujarat state yesterday to help mop up remaining pockets of sectarian violence after days of fearsome Hindu-Muslim bloodletting left nearly 500 dead. There were no immediate reports of any overnight unrest in the state following the massacre
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        Lock icon India's Parliament speaker dead
        63 9 Xinhua [NEW DELHI] Speaker of India's Lok Sabha, or Lower House of the Parliament, G M C Balayogi, died in a helicopter crash In south India's Andhra Pradesh state yesterday where he was attending some local functions, the Press Trust of India reported. It said the
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        Lock icon Tung Chee-hwa heads for Beijing
        52 9 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's newly re-elected Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa will fly to Beijing today for a meeting with mainland leaders, a government spokesman said on Saturday. The four-day visit is expected to see Mr Tung officially appointed the territory's chief for a second
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        Lock icon Taiwan bid to downsize government
        55 9 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's government has agreed to slash nearly one-third of its cabinet units in the island's most dramatic ever official efforts to enhance efficiency, the United Daily News reported yesterday The number of cabinet units would be scaled back to between 20 and 23
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      Lock icon China revokes licences of five accounting firms
      247 9 SHANGHAI Move against poor practices represents its effort to clean up stock markets Reuters CHINA revoked the licences of five accounting firms for poor practices, as part of Beijing's efforts to clean up its stock markets, state media said on Saturday. China's Finance
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      991 7 SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANCY ACADEMY TRAINING ARM OF THE INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS OF SINGAPORE presents Financial Modeling Spreadsheet Skills Sm how Financial Modeling can ba used for financial analysis and valuation purposes, and to illustrate the impact of Value Drivers on Enterprise Value, and on the company's ability to generate
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Sato Kogyo failure is Japan's biggest
      569 10 TOKYO Reuters, Bloomberg, AFX JAPAN yesterday reported its biggest corporate failure so far this year. Mid-sized builder Sato Kogyo Co Ltd filed for court protection from creditors with 590 billion yen (SsB.l billion) in group debt The 140-year-old firm was Japan's ninth publicly traded
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      Lock icon US expects to reveal good figures this week
      450 10 WASHINGTON Factory slump ending, employment report expected to show more hiring AFX Reuters ECONOMISTS are preparing for further good news this week after reports showed that the US recovery gained steam as the factory slump is ending. Economic reports last Friday showed
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      Lock icon DoCoMo makes debut on New York, London markets
      264 10 NEW YORK Reuters NTT DoCoMo Inc on Friday debuted on the New York and London stock markets, as Japan's top mobile phone operator prepares to launch advanced mobile services worldwide. The stock rose to U5553.86 on the Big Board, from its open
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Sprint to raise US$1.5b
        51 10 Bloomberg [WESTWOOD, Kansas] Sprint Corp will raise US$l.5 billion to ease investor concerns that it would have its credit ratings lowered and face a cash crunch. Citibank and Deutsche Bank agreed to a nine-month US$l billion loan backed by its directory publishing operation, a spokesman said.
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        Lock icon No bonus for Texas Inst top brass
        72 10 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Texas Instruments didn't give chairman and chief executive TTiomas Engibous and other top executives bonuses In 2001, a regulatory filing said. Mr Engibous got U*****,700 In salary last year, up 5 per cent from U*****,200 the prior year, along with US$6l,OOO
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        Lock icon German regulator probes Infineon
        56 10 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Germany's stock market regulator has launched an Investigation Into Infineon Technologies over allegations of insider dealing and the timing of a profit warning last June, officials said. Infineon denied it released its profit warning too late and said it had investigated insider dealing allegations
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      Lock icon Oil climbs above US$22 a barrel
      880 10 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices perked up to above US$22 a barrel for the first time in two months in London last week, as dwindling US stocks and strong rhetoric towards Iraq gave dealers pause. Hopes that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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      Lock icon CSFB prepares staff for more job cuts
      458 13 NEW YORK It's expected to cnt about 20% of its banking jobs to stem salary costs Bloomberg CREDIT Suisse First Boston's new head of investment banking told senior staff members to prepare for another round of job cuts, people familiar with the situation
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      Lock icon FleetBoston lost US$521m in Argentina
      116 13 BOSTON Bloomberg FLEETBOSTON Financial Corp lost US$52l million doing business in Argentina last year compared with earning USsl2o' million there in 2000, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The seventh-biggest US bank said it may "adjust its strategy" in the country.
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    Lock icon FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    996 10 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Mar 1 **»Btfcrilß>ijr;Sut 1 -3yo. Long >3yn SPfQAPOREOOVBRIfimtT SECURITIES DTPICATITBPMCBS AMP YIELDS Wet Flics TtfC—p— *«t«rtty Ml YTJI m Mm Uitartty C—» TTM M Qfftr 2 YR 2.875 15-Apr-02 N*****0H 1.56% 0.699% 100.15 100.25 7 YR 5.125 15-Ho*-04 N*****0E 2.10% 2.06% 107.90 100.00 5YR 3250 15-IUy-02
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  • ACCOUNTING under scrutiny
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      Lock icon UK insurers may face new scrutiny
      282 11 LONDON Bloomberg UK insurers including CGNU Pic and Prudential Pic may face increased scrutiny into the way they run some retirement funds under proposals being mulled by Britain's financial markets regulator. The Financial Services Authority said it may introduce committees to assess the way
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      Lock icon IBM to explain finances in annual report
      454 11 ARMONK, New York Move comes after shares fall as its accounts come nnder scrutiny Bloomberg Reuters INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp will give investors a "road map" to explain the data in its 2001 annual report, as the largest seller of computer services and
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      Lock icon Andersen to pay US$217m to settle suit
      406 11 NEW YORK It's the 2nd-largest payont by one of the Big 5 firm* Reuters BELEAGUERED accounting firm Andersen agreed on Friday to pay US$2l7 million to a bankrupt fund-rais-ing group to settle accounting malpractice charges, the second-largest payout by one of the "Big
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      1629 12  -  The iong-tenn costs of the US government's protection of the steel industry dwarfs even Enron's losses, says Leon Hadar in Washington Leon Hadar According to many American lawmakers and journalists, the collapse of the energy conglomerate Enron has helped uncover a web of political
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      154 13 CRVFTIC CROSSWORD town 13 Stncfry for the turds'? Not this j Across 1 nterest Balsam 9 2 Hard work one gets upset a complaint (11) Pinnacle, 10 Spread 12 Reiagreat deal about (4) 15 The populace protests (5) tons, 13 Aider, 14 Tart 16 In--3 French master responsible 16 Farm
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      Lock icon Microsoft pulling out the stops in .Net push
      713 14  -  ii exclusive Steady investment is paying off with 'amazing" take-up by developers, the company's South Asia chief Sanjay Mirchandani tells rennets james KENNETH JAMES Driven by its "bet the company" .Net strategy, Microsoft Corp has been investing steadily in Singapore and the
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      188 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp has taken "anti-competitive actions" to block Palm Inc from developing handheld devices that can work with computers running the Windows OS (operating system), a Palm executive wants to tell a federal judge. Michael Mace, "chief competitive officer" at the No
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      Lock icon Iomega plans to triple Asian contribution in five years
      757 15  -  The company will increase disk capacity, license drive technology, and focus on the SME market to boost sales from the region, reports chua hot rn CHUA HUI MIN US-BASED lomega Corp, best known for its portable Zip drives, said it aims
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      441 15  -  Market for such services expected to cross USs&3b by 2006 By Raju Chellam IN the global market for service providers, there's a new niche that's ready to blossom even as another niche runs into problems. The new niche is BSPs or business service
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      603 16  -  One way to realise the dream of mobile commerce Is to be more customer aware robert chew The writer leads Accenture's Communications and High- Tech (CHT) practice in Singapore and the Wireless Wave for CHT Asia. DESPITE being hyped about for the last
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      324 16  -  By i Stephanie Holmes Reuters [VATICAN CITY] The Vatican warned last week of the dangers of cyberspace spirituality, saying the Internet should not be used as a religious supermarket. The buy-and-sell ethics of the Internet have spilled over into matters of faith, the
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        107 16 HE WLlfri'l-PACKARD Singapore and Ngee A"" Polytechnic's School of Information and Communications Technology have signed a |3 million deal to set up an XML Garage Programme and Showroom at the polytechnic. HP will provide the hardware, software, mentoring and skills transfer of leading-edge
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        60 16 NASDAQ-LISTED Borland Software Corp tied up with Temaaek Polytechnic to booet Java application development capability for the polytechnic's students The Temaaek IT School will get the lateet edition of the JBuilder Enterprise for evaluation and onsite training. "The school will also be provided with 12
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        Lock icon WorldPay in MSN S'pore deal
        103 16 UK-BASED WoridPay, which offers multi-currency payment processing, has tied up with Microsoft's MSN division to enable new WoridPay customers to market their wares to MSN users. The agreement will initially focus on Singapore. WoridPay— www.worldfiay.com—will be linked to the MSN Singapore homepage. It will let
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        76 16 THE IT Standards Committee (ITSC) invites the industry players to Join its latest initiative to enable product interoperability and competitiveness. Called ITSC PlugFest Towards Interop, it will provide a platform for testing homegrown products for interoperability with other products according to local and international standards.
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        82 16 IBM has opened its Software Institute in Singapore, its first software technology lab in South-east Asia, to support local ISVs (independent software vendors) for end-toend e-biz infrastructure. The Institute will help IBM partners test and apply their new Web Sphere-based applications, and provide support, training
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        Lock icon DBB Bank chooses Front Arena
        102 16 FRONT Capital Systems, a unit of US-based SunGard, said its Front Arena soil ware platform has been chosen by DBS Bank to support its credit trading activity covering credit derivatives and credit basket trading. "DBS Bank will be the first to market with Front Arena
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        Lock icon EMC's new regional head
        41 16 INFORMATION storage giant EMC Corp has appointed Gary Jackson as vice-president of EMC Asia-Pacific. Mr Jackson was previously vice-president of Cisco Systems' Asia operations. He replaces Steve Querner, who is moving to EMC's headquarters in the US.
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        Lock icon Government in the digital age
        37 16  -  OnnpflUfcyl Raju Chellam A TWO-DAY seminar cm 'Government in the digital age* will be held from March 20 at the Carlton HoteL It is organised by Conference World. For details, flu *****61.
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      310 17 Price of benchmark 128 MB DRAM chip up 84% since January Bloomberg [MUNICH] Infineon Technologies AG is selling computer memory chips for an average of more than US$4 a chip after "incredibly strong demand" In the last two months, said CEO
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      171 17 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] United Microelectronics Corp declined to comment on a newspaper report which said that new orders at the No 2 maker of computer chips for other companies would raise capacity use to 80 per cent in Ql. The company will re- ceive
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      252 17 Reuters [SEOUL] A main creditor of South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor said the twisted deal to sell core assets of the Korean chipmaker to US Micron Technology was likely to be decid ed by the end of March. Hynix and its creditors are in
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      136 17 Xinhua [BEIJING] IBM and Great Wall Technology Ltd signed a groundbreaking agreement on Thursday, which will make Great Wall Technology the first Chinese company to manufacture and sell computer hard disk drives to the worldwide market. According to the deal, Great Wall
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      165 17 Bloomberg [PALO ALTO. California] Hewlett-Packard Co said director Walter Hewlett's move to replace CEO Carly Fiorina in a dispute over the planned purchase of Compaq Computer "lacks integrity and reflects desperation". Walter Hewlett's plan to recruit former HP CEO Lew
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      Lock icon NTT DoCoMo sees 6m 3G subscribers by 2004
      308 17 It hopes to achieve 90% coverage of the Japanese market by April next year AFX [LONDON] Japan's NTT Docomo Inc remains confident it will achieve its target of six million subscribers by 2004 for its 3G wireless service despite the initial slow
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      Lock icon Worsening odds for Softbank's broadband gamble
      289 17 Reuters (TOKYO] Japan's Softbank Corp is trying to transform itself into a high-speed Internet access provider from an investor in Web startups, but its high-stakes strategy is faltering, analysts said. Founder and president Masayoshi Son has staked Softbank's future on making sure its five-month-old
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      Lock icon Internet broking needs mare rational exuberance
      727 18  -  i comment INFOTECH Despite ttae ability of Internet trading engines to handle up to 100 times more trades than a broker, many Investors refase to adopt this technology paul chan The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent ONLINE stock trading in Singapore is not
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      Lock icon HP to make GPRS handhelds for global markets in S'pore
      431 18  -  Product will be available only in GPRS-ready countries when it debuts in Jane By\ Leo Kee Chye US GIANT Hewlett-Packard will commercially debut its new, GPRS-enabled handheld computer that it designed and developed in Singapore, in June. The company said
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        Lock icon Sony's new Vaio notebooks
        88 18 SONY Singapore has launched two new notebooks under its Vato brand: PCG-FX9SO. This costs $2*299, runs on a Mobile Celeron 900 MHx processor, weighs 2JI kg, and with 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard disk, 14.1-inch TFT XGA (1,034 by 768 pixel) display and an internal
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        Lock icon HP's Pavilions and Omnibook...
        109 18 HEWLETT-PACKARD Singapore h** introduced three home desktops under its Pavilion brand, and one notebook under its Omnibook brand. The desktops come with 40 GB hard disk. 2S6 MB RAM and a CD-ROM drive. The details: 720 d: This Pavilion model costs and rant on an Intel
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        Lock icon ...and music website for Pocket PC's
        61 18 HP has launched a musk website targeted at users of HP Jbrnadas or Pocket PCs. The site's content is reformatted to fit the small screen sizes. Users can download music releases, entertainment news, photos and lyrics. The website is created by SoundBuzz Pte Ltd,
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        Lock icon Storage appliances from Awix
        43 18 SINGAPORE-BASED Awiz Technologies Pte Ltd has launchedaPOPnetserverfemily of network attached storage appliances. It offers storage, remote office, backup and data-protection ftir businesses and workgroups. Prices start at $1,460. For details, fix *****842. v jl s t s --v, t.wr
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        52 18 US-BASED ViewSonic Corp has introduced two XOA digital projectors: PJ1065 (right): This projector c05t599,499, otters 2,7oolumens' brightness, weighs 6.4 kg and comes with a wireless remote control with moose. PJ3SO: This ultra-portable Is targeted at mobile executives, costs 16,700, offers 1400 lumens* brightness and weighs I.skg-For details,
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        Lock icon New version of Photoshop
        62 18  -  Co«pfl«dby Leo Kee Chye US-BASED Adobe Systems Inc has unveiled the newest version of its Photoshop Image editing software. The version 7.0 offers new features like File Browser which "quickly locates and organises images" and Healing Brush that "removes dust and blemishes on images". For details,
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      293 19 Simpson Spence Young GREEK buyers have continued to dominate the sales market, especially the dry bulk sector, with purchases of handy/handymax and panamax bulkers. The interest from Greece shows no sign of abating and with a limited supply of fresh sales candidates coming to the market, it is
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      Lock icon PSA set to take stake in merged Belgian port firm
      516 19  -  Merger of 2 Belgian terminal operators in which PSA will take 80% stake now completed By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The merger of Belgium's two terminal operating giants is reported to have been completed last week, clearing the way for Singapore's
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      Lock icon NY port authority gives nod to US$4.5b budget
      450 19 Plan to spend USs2b in new capital projects Reuters [NEW YORK] The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved a US$4.5 billion 2002 budget, reaffirming its financial resiliency and determination to rebuild facilities destroyed in the Sept 11 disaster at
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      Lock icon K Line adds to West Japan service
      183 19 [SINGAPORE] Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line) has added a fourth loop to its changed West Japan Kansai service which connects with South-east Asian ports. Three 1,000 TEU capacity container vessels two belonging to K Line, the other TSK Lines will rotate through
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      86 19 Reuters [ATHENS] A fire broke out on Saturday in the engine room of an empty Panama flagged cargo ship sailing in the eastern Aegean, forcing the 22 crew to abandon ship, the Greek Merchant Marine Ministry said. The ministry said coastguard helicopters and vessels picked up
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      Lock icon Cutting capacity while waiting for rates to rise
      671 20  -  LOVER SCENE By David Hughes DESPITE possible signs of a fledgling recovery in the world economy, liner groups have continued to cut capacity on almost all of the world's major routes. The New World Alliance (TNWA), which consists of APL, Hyundai Merchant
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        200 29 March IB Malaysia: Islamic New Year (Awal Muharram) Brunei: Islamic New Year (Awal Muharram) Indonesia: Islamic New Year (Awal Muharram) March 21 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day March 29 Singapore: Good Friday Australia: Good Friday Canada: Good Friday France: Good Friday Germany: Good Friday Hong Kong: Good Friday Indonesia:
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        797 29 THIS report compiled by Cockett Ma line Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        Lock icon HK,US finish air talks
        208 30 AP [HONG KONG] The United States and Hong Kong ended another round of talks on opening Hong Kong airport to more foreign competition, but both sides remained tight-lipped about the negotiations. A joint statement on Friday merely said that the two sides had good and friendly
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        447 30 AFP [BASEL, Switzerland] Swiss-based airline Crossair, due to form the basis of Switzerland's soon-to-be-launched airline "Swiss", rejected claims Friday by Swissair group that it had violated the rights to the brand Swissair. Crossair, a regional airline and former Swissair unit, expressed "the most complete
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        451 30 No need for govt, competition watchdog to check industry, he adds Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways chief executive Geoff Dixon said competition between Australian airlines remains strong and air fares will stay competitive following the collapse of its biggest rival, An sett Holdings. There is
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        242 30 Bloomberg [FAIRFIELD, Connecticut] General Electric Co, the biggest maker of jet engines and lessor of aircraft, said it has given airlines US$4.l billion in secured financing since Sept li. Airlines were forced to pare fleets as sales fell last
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        304 30 Number of scheduled flights is back to 90%-95% of ye&r-ago levels Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Air traffic to Las Vegas, where nearly half of all visitors arrive by plane, has bounced back steadily since a post-Sept 11 plunge, with a number of airlines even
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        Lock icon CNAC gambles on Macau becoming Vegas of the Orient
        527 30 It reckons gambler traffic can offset loss if Taiwan, China have direct air lining Reuters [HONG KONG] China National Aviation Co Ltd (CNAC) said it is betting on booming traffic flows to gambling haven Macau to offset any loss in business
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