The Business Times, 10 November 2003

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  • 16 1 MIT A (P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Inteiittr :,7ousiness-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2003
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  • 769 1  -  BT exclusive $150m luxury devt will have under 100 hotel rooms, villas in upscale area By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The Kwee family's Pontiac Land Group is teaming up with Thai property development company City Realty to develop a $150 million luxury
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  • 62 1 Week Change STI 1769.09 +45.38 KLSEl'OMP 806.78 10.34 NIKKEI 225 *****.98 >69:19 HANU SENG *****.17 +2507 SET INDEX 671.00 +31.% JAKARTA COMP ...626 74 +1 19 MANILACOMP J413.ll +1404 TAIPEI WPI 6056.83 +11.71 SEOCLCOMP 804.U5 +21.69 SHENZHEN B ***** +1323 AI STALI.ORD .3265.50 1690 DOW.IONES 98((979 +8.67 NASDAQ 1970.74
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  • 82 1 FOREX RATES US* SS CSS |SS prrl'SS) 1741 V|1SS/SS per X) 1.667 2M KI WHI SS/SS/K) I 142 IJ*» YEN 110.1 6331 KM 21X1 HKS 7769 4.46:1 BAHT -19.91 22.92 Kl 'PI All 8.491 4,877 KKNMINKI 8.299 4 767 INDIAN RI'PKK 45.28 2601 AS 1.413 0.812 NZS 1626 0.934
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  • 802 1  -  By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The US economy is about to enter a bull cycle that is as strong as the one in 1993-1994, said renowned economist Gail Fosler. She said some in the financial community still think the strong growth
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  • 776 1  -  They cite tie-up with Daim, change of KL leadership From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur WHILE Temasek Holdings has been busy shopping for banks in Indonesia, analysts said the Singapore investment agency is not expected to remain idle in Malaysia. The agency's partnership with
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    • 183 2  -  BT comment ECONOMICS Dr Zeti's proposed easy money policies look set to foal another asset-price take-off in M'sia vikram khanna lp lp io ji no longer needs high savings rates, because it no longer needs to invest heavily in infrastructure as in the *****.
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    • 609 2  -  Result may boost resistance in LDP to Koizumi's reforms: analysts From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party and his three-party coalition government both appeared last night to be headed for lower majorities in Japan's Lower House
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    • 667 2  -  Strong jobs report, good earnings fail to move market From Andrew Marks in New York A WAVE of positive news swept US financial markets last week, but neither an unexpectedly strong jobs report nor good earnings from tech giant Cisco Systems
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  • Innovation Singapore
    • 1112 3  -  CHUANG PECK MING looks at what makes the Singapore Institute of Management different from other educational and training institutions CHUANG PECK MING IT has attained ISO certification, gained excellence awards and produced scores of students with firstclass honours degrees. But when the Singapore Institute of
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    • 835 3 THE Singapore Institute of Management was one answer to the shortage of managers that threatened to stop Singapore's early industrialisation in its tracks. The shortage and the problem it posed to Singapore's industrialisation drive was noted by then deputy prime
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    • 223 3 1964 Singapore Institute of Management started 1965 SlM's first residential advanced management programme (Harvard Faculty) 1973 Launches Diploma in Management Studies 1961 Launches The Job of the Chief Executive seminar series Launches first Mandarin diploma programme (Diploma in Business Stucfies) 1962 First SIM Annual Management Lecture 1964 Sets
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    • 85 3 Organisations committed to the SQC constantly redefine their business to better serve customers. And adopt a total approach that seeks to sustain business success. jiipp*'" Over 1,000 organisations are implementing the SQC. About 400 organisations with some y 300,000 staff have achieved the standard. They have been recognised for their
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 935 4  -  HOCK lock siew siow li sen UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has kept mum on why it withdrew from the bid for Bank Internasional Indonesia last month. Some of the bank's supporters think UOB made the right decision. They assumed that during
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    • 541 4  -  Bank's underlying profits could rise 15% to $361.8m: ING analyst By Siow Li Sen OCBC Bank, the smallest of the three local banks, is expected to post strong thirdquarter earnings, boosted by the sale of non-core assets, when it announces its
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    • 362 4  -  By Tang Weng Fai LISTED automotive products distributor YHI International Ltd yesterday said its sister company, Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Company Ltd (HYTC), planned to double its current tire production capacity to 1.4 million units by next year. HYTC is a joint
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    • 890 5  -  INSIDE MARKETS Heavy buying by directors and substantial shareholders may signal further gains in the market, says ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI THE market regained nearly all of the losses of the past three weeks, with the Straits Times Index ending 2.6 per cent higher
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    • 448 5  -  Investors'risk appetite growing but protected funds draw more money By Genevieve Cua WHILE many banks are still intent on selling the latest capital-secured fund, online fund distributors report strong growth in sales of open-ended higher-risk unit trusts, in particular Asia funds. Brisk sales at portals
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    • 364 5  -  By Siow Li Sen WEATHER derivatives are pretty exotic, and one would have thought the average bank customer has little to do with them. Yet early this year, ABN Amro Bank sold Dutch retail clients a weath-er-linked savings account. If summer turned out cold, clients
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 103 6  -  BT comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan lok; k;iki k; res from approaching, fund managers have little incentive to be aggressively buying into stocks at the moment. The name of the game is profit preservation. So expect more volatility in the weeks ahead as a combination rotational
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    • 565 6 AFP [HONG KONG] The yen closed the week down slightly on Friday, anticipating the release of strong employment figures from the US and ahead of the Japanese general election, while currencies in the rest of the Asia Pacific remained relatively stable. Japanese yen: The
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    • 98 6 Events investors can watch out for Australand's dividend paywent, Nov 10 Khong avail's divldand pay- Mot, Nov 10 Raffias LasaNa's divtdand pay■snt, Nov 11 Pevcfcaai's dMiwd paymsnt Nov 12 SOX's divtdand payaiaat, Nov 12 nut, Nov 12 Cllpaal's divldand paymant, Nov 14 Cftpaal, EQM, Not) 10 Inchsai HMgs
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    • 264 8  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock to watch today is Neptune Orient Lines as the company prepares to unveil its third quarter earnings to end-September. Including exceptional gain of some US$l2O million from the sale of American Eagle Tanker, profit for the
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    • 1016 8  -  BT portfolio STOCKS toh hooi ling THE strong buying of blue-chip stocks did not trickle down to the remaining market, leading to all our portfolios lagging behind the Straits Times Index. The 10 per cent gains each in NOL and People's Food helped lift
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  • 418 6 Compiled by Thomson Financial I/B/E/S OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 7 VALUE CLOSE BTOMB -563.00 +327.00 IT CMM -*****.00 +14.00 BT 10-day—A -*****.00 -56.00 mUEpin 478.80 +0.84 SQEjaKlwEhct 175.48 +2.96 SCEj«IB—Fhi 1509.45 -10.16 453-61 +3.85 ■BCItlfpnri 218.09 +0.39 SMSCt Futures 218.60 +0.60 Slocks VoImw Sunray HK15c 171,365,000 KXD Digital
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 403 9  -  EYE on the economy employment But 1.6% increase in real wages is among lowest in Asia-Pac: Mercer By Chuang Peck Ming WITH the economy likely to be in better shape in 2004, employees in Singapore can expect a bigger raise in
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    • 127 9  -  By Arthur Lee Charity was the biggest winner at yesterday's Singapore Gold Cup raceday at the Singapore Turf Club. Twenty-one charities across a wide spectrum which included the arts, and social services serving the disabled, underprivileged and elderly shared over a million dollars in donation money.
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    • 244 9 ALMOST two decades after its last major overhaul, the People's Action Party (PAP) yesterday refreshed its core values in a continuing effort to stay relevant to Singaporeans, at an event attended by about 1,400 party faithfuls. It was a closed-door affair but
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    • 330 9 THE appointment of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as Malaysia's fifth prime minister gives Singapore confidence, even though there are fundamental differences between the two countries, according to Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. "We have known him for many years," said Mr Lee, who
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    • 151 9 Bernama (JOHOR BARU] Singapore has emerged as the biggest foreign investor in Johor, accounting for 48 per cent of all foreign investment in the state between January and August this year. The Republic was followed by Japan, making up 22 per cent of Johor's
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    • 254 9 You should attend if you are in these professions: Endorsed by Vehicle manufacturing industry (manufacturer, supplier) ££3 Production of vehicle spare parts and accessories Supported by Production of garage equipment and tooling British High Commission, Malaysia Petrol companies and stations Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce 8c Dealer network Tourism Mala ia
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 686 10  - Will new M'sian PM tackle the scared cows BT comment KL STOCKS eddie toh NEW Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has started to take a different tack, but will he really change his predecessor's long-standing policies? True to form, Mr Abdullah has been less controversial and confrontational in his
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    • 378 10 BANGKOK New system soon to track abnormal trading in real time A MASSIVE surge in "day trading" where stock market players put no money up front, but only settle any losses at the end of the session is placing the
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    • 212 10 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S industrial production expanded in September at its fastest pace in four months, suggesting manufacturers such as AKN Technology Bhd made more computer chips and other goods in anticipation of rising demand. Production at factories, mines and power utilities
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    • 303 10  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur DBS Bank's stock broking arm in Malaysia may see a change in its ownership structure due to one of its shareholders' financial revamp. Antah the third largest shareholder of Penangbased Hwang-DBS Securities is set to undergo a restructuring
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    • 612 11 HONGKONG His C$650m bid beat that of NY investment firm Cerberus Bloomberg VICTOR Li, son of Asia's richest businessman, beat New York investment firm Cerberus Capital Management LP in his Cs6so million (SsB4s million) bid for Air Canada, an investment
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    • NOTE Book
      • 107 11 AP [MANILA] The Philippine government came under fire yesterday for a security breach that let a former aviation official and a navy officer briefly seize the control tower at Manila's international airport. Legislators and businessmen said the incident the previous week has embarrassed the country
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      • 102 11 AFP [MANILA] Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is struggling to forge a last minute compromise ahead of today's landmark bid by lawmakers to impeach the Chief Justice, Hilario Da vide, that would deepen a constitutional crisis. Nearly a third of the House of Representatives wants Mr
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      • 105 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Protest mounted in Malaysia against the United States yesterday for a safety warning to Americans in the country, with one senior minister calling the advisory an unfair warning. Najib Razak said the US State Department was wrong to issue the
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      • 118 11 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampao has resolved its dispute with Dutch telecoms firm KPN Mobile over their new 3G joint venture Hutchison 3G UK Holdings (H3G UK), the firm said. Hutchison signed a deal with KPN in which the Dutch operator agreed to
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      • 139 11 AFP [HONG KONG] Some 50 patients who recovered from Sars in Hong Kong are suffering from bone degeneration possibly caused by the drugs used to treat the potentially fatal virus, the Hospital Authority (HA) said yesterday. HA Chairman Leung Che-hung said the authority had
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    • 285 11 Imagine even Bill Gates wouldn't make it in China BEIJING China urged to relax roles on hiring of foreigners AFP CHINA'S stringent requirements on companies' hiring of foreigners are being criticised by some human resources experts who urge the government to make it easier to tap badly-needed talent, state media
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    • 257 11 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has named five new ministers and changed seven others, including Commerce Minister Adisai Bodharamik, who was moved to education and replaced by his deputy. It was Dr Thaksin's seventh reshuffle since taking office in 2001. New Commerce Minister Wattana
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    • 387 11 IN THE MATTER OE THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF TALTARNIPTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act Chapter 50. that the Final Meeting of Members of the abovenamed Company will be
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    • 1026 11 Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Raffles Town Club. Dunearn I. No. 1. Plymouth Avenue. Singapore *****3 on Friday, November 28. 2003 at 10a.m. for the following purposes: AS ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive and
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  • WORLD news
    • 421 12 NEW YORK Most of investors polled would poll out if their mutual funds were probed NYT THE investigations into an-ti-investor practices at mutual funds are starting to register with fund shareholders. In the week that ended Nov 5, investors in Putnam funds pulled
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    • 323 12 NEW YORK TIME Warner is going ahead with plans to merge its recorded music operations with EMI as the long-awaited consolidation of the global music business gathers speed. Executives at Time Warner still favour a deal with EMI, The Financial
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    • 93 12 AFP [LONDON] British banking group Barclays has held "exploratory talks" with three US banks with a view to buy a retail bank in the north-east of the United States, The Independent on Sunday reported. John Varley, Barclays' finance director and chief executive elect,
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    • 775 12 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices clawed back some lost ground during the week as worries about levels of crude oil and heating fuel stocks resurfaced with cold weather looming in the US. Gold: Gold prices retreated after brushing seven-year highs the previous
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    • 594 13 WASHINGTON Jobs not returning to same sectors; employers relying more on higher productivity, outsourcing NYT TWO weeks ago, US Treasury Secretary John Snow ventured a prediction that struck many economists as dangerously brash: rapid economic growth in the United States could
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  • 746 12 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Nov 7 SIMOAPORE OOTERMMEMT SECURITIES DTOICATIYE PRICES AW) YIELDS tow Cww Matrtty Latnt YkM tot Cwm MatwHr Latwt YhM NS*****H 3.5 01 FEB 2004 B 100.59/A 100.64 0.871/0.652 NX*****H 5.625 01 JUL 2008 B H2.07/A 112.12 2.831/2.82 NS*****T 3J75 15 MAY 2004 B 101.25/A 101.3 0.929/0.833
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 310 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Pacts between witches and social workers (9) 6 Setback for graduate's g 9 Green veg not quite cooked hh MB ■■Ty 10 Tooth-like projection, found in hollow, to make a note on ___Hfl_JHL_ 11 Energy user is about to pub- fesh again (7) A more frightening sign
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  • ISLAMIC financing
    • 1239 14 It has proven useful in Waqf rejuvenation. Musharakah Bonds would increase the range of financial instruments available in the market here, meeting different needs THERE are more than 200 Waqf properties in Singapore with a current value of more than $250 million. Waqf is
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  • 1603 14 SICOM FUTURES Now 7 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Moat* High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 03 237.25 Jan 04 237.75 Feb 04 237.75 Mar 04 238.25 RSS 3 (US ceots/kq) Volume Open Monti High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 03 137.00 134.50 134.50
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 329 15 SsTf SiTF Visiting Speakers Program iSkqp Break Rules, Set Rules, Rule your Business Evolution of the enterprise software, platform and architecture Are you a traditional, hierarchy-based company, or are you a modern company which thinks outside the box asking questions like what do we have and where do we want
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  • BizIT
    • IT TAKES
      • 55 15 NATIONAL Computer Systems Pte Ltd, an IT and communications engineering company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sing Tel, has changed its name to NCS Pte Ltd with effect from Nov 1. NCS also said it is the first Singapore company to achieve CMMI (Capability Maturity Model
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      • 23 15 Adobe Systems is holding an Adobe Creative Suite roadshow on Wednesday, 8.30am-4pm, at the Raffles City Convention Centre. For details, visit: www.asia.adobe.com/events.
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      • Article, Illustration
        101 15 CANON Singapore has Introduced a new direct photo printer, the i86S. The printer has a dedicated "CD-R printing unit" that allows one to print directly onto printable CD-Rs or DVDs. An optional Auto DuDlex printing unit allows printing on both sides of the paper automatically without manually flipping
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      • 53 15 TELEDATA is organising a security training course from the Computer Security Institute (CSI) of the US which will deal with subjects such as enterprise vulnerabilities and e-liabilities. The course has three segments with the first segment starting this Wednesday. The last segment ends on Nov 21. For
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      • Article, Illustration
        74 15 Singapore Telecommunications has announced the availability of a customised mobile phone, the Nokia 6600. The phone is specially tailored to enable easier access to Sing Tel IDEAS, its suite of mobile data services and content. The Nokia 6600 comes pre-installed with WAP, MMS (Multimedia Messaging) and video
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      • 64 15 THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has appointed Santosh K Mishra as executive director of A*STAR's Bioinformatics Institute. Dr Mishra has more than 15 years of experience in computational biology. He received his doctorate in Biophysics from the State University of New York at
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      • 97 15 APPLE has unveiled its new generation G4 ißooks, featuring PowerPC G4 processors, with the 12-inch display model starting at $2,088 and the 14-inch display model at just $2,488. The ißook line offers advanced connectivity with AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth, and all models include 256M8 of
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      • 54 15 CHECK Point Software Technologies has announced a new series of Safe(a) Office appliances that address the Internet security requirements of small businesses with three to 75 concurrent network users. Check Point Safe@Office is available in four configurations and is available at prices starting from US$299. For
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      • 86 15  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury IBA Health, an Australian software company, has installed a new pharmacy operation system at Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC). The solution, ibapharmacy system, serves both out-patient and day surgery pharmacy departments. According to IBA, the software brings together the management and
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    • 352 15 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Personal computer shipments will come in higher than expected in the fourth quarter as the hot market for consumer and small-business PCs carries over from the September quarter and gains fresh momentum from holiday sales, Gartner Inc said on Friday.
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    • 218 15 Xinhua [BEIJING] The world's largest Chinese digital library, a database containing over 12 million documents or 25 per cent of China's public information resources, opened on Saturday. The digital library aims to make it possible for users to share 80 per cent of China's
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    • 602 15  -  Giant aims to carve a niche in consumer electronics not dependent on any technology provider By Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE will play an important part in Philips Electronics' continuing attempt to carve out a role for itself in consumer electronics that's
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    • 570 15  -  S'pore firm's technology will be used to deliver broadband content in Japan, Korea By Amit Roy Choudhury HOMEGROWN software company E-Book Systems, well-known on the Web for its Digital Flip documentviewing technology, took a giant step forward last Friday when it penned a
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    • 173 15 Xinhua [QINGDAO, Shandong] Sales of computers in China reached 17 million in the first nine months, nearly twice the 9.17 million sold in 2002, according to industry statistics. Chinese urban people will soon have more computers than televisions, which were considered a
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    • 659 16  -  BT exclusive US giant aims to garner more local and regional deals to boost revenues, Raju Chellam has the details Raju Chellam US infotech giant Sun Microsystems Inc, which is currently in a bit of ill health, wants to shine in the healthcare sector and is
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    • 337 16 THE stars are not shining quite as brightly for Sun Microsystems these days. The Santa Clara, California-based giant has recently been hit by a series of "sun bursts" including its recent US$l billion restatement of past results. Sun shone brightest during the dotcom boom when
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    • 301 17  -  Contributed by Contributed by Simpson, Spence Young THERE is no sign of any let up in the very firm dry bulk market and whilst there are various sales reported at strong price levels, there has been a large undercurrent of rumours and counter rumours regarding possible transactions, which
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    • 522 17  -  Recent slew of measures, roles imposing heavy burden on maritime industry By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Asian shipowners have expressed their "deep concern" over the slew of security rules and regulations that continue to confront the industry and "strongly urged" governments to consult shipowner's
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    • 503 17 AFP [SOUTHAMPTON, England] The British luxury cruise ship Aurora returned to its home port last week after a nightmare cruise during which hundreds of passengers became ill from a severe stomach virus and were caught in a diplomatic spat between Madrid and London. Only
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    • 129 17 Bloomberg (TOKYO) Sumitomo Heavy Industries, a Japanese shipbuilding and heavy machinery maker, said First-half profit surged to 4.59 billion yen (5572.5 million). Group net income in the six months ended Sept 30 compared with 413 million yen, or 0.70 yen a share, a year earlier, according
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    • 239 17  -  US warns of planned attacks against commercial interests By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Ships and ports in the Middle East and North Africa have been highlighted as potential terrorist targets by the US State Department, based on the latest "credible information", "Terrorist actions may include
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    • 238 17  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Shanghai's massive deep-water port under construction at Yangshan may be granted free port status, if lobbying by local authorities succeeds. The Shanghai government is studying the possibility of applying free port policies to the site, which is designed to have
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    • 786 18  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes JUST how big could container ships become? The answer could be 18,000 TEU (twenty foot equivalent units) or Malacca-max.. German classification society Germanische Lloyd (GL) projects that such a ship would be 400 metres long, 60 metres wide
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      • 129 25 Nov 28 Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa. Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa. DecS Thailand: King's Birthday. Dm 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Deo 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dec 25 Singapore: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas Day. Korea: Christmas Day. Hongkong: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Brazil: Christmas Day. Brunei:
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      • 838 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine 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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      • 264 26 Move to expand fleet to cost carrier up to US$516m Bloomberg (HONG KONG] Hainan Airlines. whose biggest shareholder is US financier George Soros, will buy eight Boeing 7375, worth as much US$5l6 million, as the regional carrier seeks to expand. The purchase
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      • 460 26 Discount carrier expects to capture lip to 30% of NZ domestic market by then Reuters [WELLINGTON] British entrepreneur Richard Branson says he expects his discount Australian airline Virgin Blue to turn a profit within two to three years from its
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      • 210 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] easy Jet, Europe's largest low-cost carrier, said its October passenger count rose 18 per cent after the airline added routes across Europe. The carrier flew 1.92 million people last month compared with 1.63 million in October 2002. The load factor, or proportion of
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      • 337 26 Terrorists may hijack cargo planes to attack US power plants,dams Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] United Parcel Service Inc, the world's largest packagedelivery company, has stepped up vigilance after the US government warned that al-Qaeda terrorists may be plotting to hijack and crash cargo
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      • 541 26 NEWS analysis It plans to upgrade local and foreign fleets to meet rising passenger demand Reuters [LONDON] Russia's biggest airline Aeroflot is banking on bold expansion and a batch of foreign planes to stay ahead of a surging pack of rivals
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