The Business Times, 24 December 2003

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85* SINGAP ORE n .to no ntp://business-times.asial .com.sg WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2003
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    Lock icon Stock brokers don't expect a bumper trading year in 2004
    1122 1  -  New trading roles expected to dampen business in next few months By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] As far as Singapore's stockbroking industry is concerned, the local stockmarket's bull run in the second half of this year was long overdue. But while
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    Lock icon Schering-Plough's S'pore investment poised to hit $1.6b
    526 1  -  S'pore playing growing role in company's strategy By Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Global pharmaceutical giant ScheringPlough opened its latest US$23O million bulk chemical plant here yesterday, an investment that comes with plans to sink a further US$22O million into a plant extension that
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    Lock icon Della Lee pays the most for Sentosa bungalow plot
    538 1  -  She paid $3.5m or $456 psf for seafront parcel By Kalpaaa Eashiwala [SINGAPORE] Guess who has paid the highest price for a bungalow parcel on Sentosa Cove? It was none other than Delia Suantio Lee of the Lee Foundation, sources told
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    70 1 sn 1,720.92 (-1.57) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,718.00 (-10.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 209.80 (+1.30) Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 777IKI NIKKEI 225 chwed HA.Mi SENG *****51 -67.4K SET INDEX 718.47 Ml 14 JAKARTA COMP B7930 »491 MANILA COMP .1.*****1 «CR TAIPEI WPI MiH »M SEOUL COMP 801.88 iWi SHENZHEN B ***** +U2 AI'ST
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    79 1 FOREX RATES US* SS i ss (ss prr rssi i .;<* X|rSS/SSp«-X)_ 1.765 sou KI RO(l SS/SS/K). 1242 2.121 VKN 107.4 6250 R M .1.800 tm HKS 7.7m 4545 BAHT 63 23.20 ■VUI 8.502 4377 RKNMINBI 8.299 4859 INDIAN RITKK 4560 2669 AS 1359 0796 NZS 1556 0911 PRIME
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      38 1 INSIDE COMPANIES New Heshe CEO has bold plans Pg3 PEOPLE Murdoch's empire is in orbit Pgii PROPERTY Slide in office rentals slows further in Q4 Pg7 MOTORING New Year wishes from Singapore's motoring industry Pgie 11 8"*****1 *****4*
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      72 1 Santa's on to you Jaime Ee has a stolen photocopy of his list of who's been good or bad this past financial year. In The Business Times TOMORROW Steve Chia Robin Saunders Ramesh Sheth T Celebration/ Sale J fv <«L I* y, I .blcl ll I < kI.H < 5
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      Lock icon Budget airlines set to boost online bookings
      797 2  -  BT exclusive Priceline exec says such carriers will need to distribute online to save costs By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Using the Internet for travel bookings still needs to be encouraged in Asia, and budget carriers will be a big boost in that direction,
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      Lock icon Thai banks open to mergers as govt seeks cabinet nod
      602 2 Thailand only needs 3-4 banks, says finance minister Reuters [BANGKOK] Two of Thailand's biggest commercial banks said yesterday they were open to possible mergers with other rivals after the government said it would seek cabinet approval to encourage bank mergers.
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Become one with the universe
        157 2 FOR those still searching for the perfect holiday gift, how's this for an out-of-this world idea: Space burials. Celestis Inc, a Houston-based firm that in 1997 arranged the launch of 1960s pop icon Timothy Leary's remains, is planning an April send-off in Russia for as
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        Lock icon Short-term gains
        147 2 WOMEN who get involved in serial relationships after their marriage or long-term partnership break down often slump into depression, but, strangely, men fare better, according to a study published on Monday. Men and women who are in a long-term relationship are happier than singles, although men do better
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      Lock icon Nasdaq says report of merger talks untrue
      536 2 WSJ article had said Nasdaq chief approached Big Board 3 weeks ago Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The Nasdaq Stock Market said a report in the Wall Street Journal that its chief executive officer had approached the New York Stock Exchange about a merger is
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      Lock icon Clarification
      51 2 IN Monday's article "Asian hedge funds surge 75% this year", BT quoted sources as saying that potential investors into hedge funds next year include Singapore's investment agency Temasek Holdings and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. Temasek Holdings has clarified that it had begun investing in hedge funds this
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon New Heshe CEO has bold plans
      836 3  -  BT exclusive Ex-triathlete aims to grow company's F&B business while divesting loss-making assets By Joyce Koh TAY Swee Sze, the new chief executive of Heshe, is giving himself a year to turn around the loss-mak-ing garment company. But he hopes to do it in
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      Lock icon SGX considers changes to suit biotech firms
      523 3  -  It may tweak listing manual; no time frame given By Kenneth Lim THE Singapore Exchange says it may make revisions to the listing manual to better accommodate biotechnology start-ups. "The biotech industry is a relatively nascent one and the challenges of achieving commercialisation
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      Lock icon A-Reit to buy Changi building for $45.6m
      389 4  -  Logistics centre has net yield of 8.6% and will add to earnings from Day 1 By Daniel Buenas MAINBOARD-LISTED Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) has signed a deal to buy the Changi International Logistics Centre for $45.6 million. The building, on Loyang
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      Lock icon Companies should shake off herd instinct
      763 4  -  HOCK lock siew teh hooi ling ABT study to ascertain the value created or destroyed by Singapore listed companies showed that only about half of corporate Singapore created value for shareholders. Of the 275 companies which were listed on Jan 2, 1998 and are
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      Lock icon APP denied chance to buy back own debt
      786 4 Creditors reject plan tor company to buy back US$880m of this debt Bloomberg ASIA Pulp &tfeer Co 1 to let Asia's biggest defaulter buy rack US$BBO million of its debt, Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency deputy chairman Mohammad Syahrial said. Last week, the
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      Lock icon Digital toys a big boost for S'pore tech companies
      661 5 Robust demand for gadgets help drive sales for makers of disk drive parts Reuters THERE'S a newly popular stocking stuffer around this Christmas gadgets equipped with tiny hard disk drives and it's boosting the share prices of some of Singapore's tech
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      Lock icon ST Telemedia pledges 42% Indosat stake
      193 5 Shares are collateral for $480m loan tied to stake purchase Bloomberg SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia Pte, a govern-ment-owned investor in phone companies, said it pledged its 42 per cent stake in PT Indonesian Satellite Corp (Indosat) as collateral for a $480 million loan that is
      Bloomberg  -  193 words
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      Lock icon S'pore recovery will have legs
      406 5  -  Key events to fuel stock market re-rating, says Citigroup Smith Barney By Joyce Koh THE economic recovery that begun this year should extend into next year, and there are several key events that will have a special bearing on the Singapore stock market. Changes to
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      16 4 cn o A section which otters news and views, reviews nd previews from the world of
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      623 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG FuYu Manufacturing ■fc TO -1 ftA > MC dOSNIg. W.D CvflCS PLASTICS maker Fu Yu plans to list two of its Malaysian operations—Classic Advantage (Senai operations) and Fu Hao Manufacturing (Penang operations) on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The company
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      Lock icon Climb towards 1,800 on the cards for STI soon
      461 6  -  CHART POINT By LIM SAY BOON, K AJITH Tfor OCBC Investment Research Pte Ltd ALL things considered, 2003 has been a good year for bulls. On fundamentals, this will be remembered as the year the geopolitical overhang on Iraq was lifted,
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      Lock icon A look at the probable currency action in 2004
      929 6  -  BT comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE main big picture currency themes carried over unchanged into this Christmas week of thin trading and, as we move into 2004, we detect a gnawing fear that any US dollar pullbacks could remain fairly shallow,
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      Lock icon Almost as boring as last year
      559 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy USING a standard template for the daily market report is now beginning to look like a decidedly attractive option, given how featureless trading is at this time of year. In yesterday's session, for example, such were the levels of
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Haw Par shareholder raises stake
        164 6 US investment advisory group Arnhold and S Bleichroeder Advisers LLC (Asbai), on Dec 17 raised its shareholding in Haw Par Corporation after buying 32,000 shares at around $4.44 apiece. The open market purchase raised its deemed shareholding in the healthcare and leisure group to nearly
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        Lock icon Creative Master director pares holding
        90 6 ONE of replica car maker Creative Master Bermu da's independent directors. Danny Lo Kan Yu, sold 100,000 shares on Dec 22 at 41 cents apiece. This open market sale reduced Mr Lo's direct shareholding in Creative Master to 50,000 shares. The company was listed on
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        Lock icon Aberdeen again cuts Robinson stake
        116 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG FUND manager Aberdeen Asset Management continues to sell down its stake in retailer Robinson and Company. It sold 7,000 shares on Dec 22 at about $7.36 per share, reducing its shareholding to 10.87 per cent or 9.34 million shares. Aberdeen, which
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      399 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 23 VALUE CLOSE BT06/DS 264.00 -109.00 BTCAM -*****.00 -41.00 BT10-4ay MA -*****.00 -27.00 AM-SG Equities 462.95 +0.17 S6 Equities Elect 173.50 +0.55 SG Equities Fin 1442.41 -1.06 SG Equities Prop 423.92 -0.62 MSCI Singapore 210.72 40.12 SiMSCf Futures 209.80 +1.30 Hwto Wi LanuoVis2c 23,329.000 BeautyCfwia MK10
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Slide in office rentals slows further in Q4
      764 7  -  JLL sees rents stabilising, even firming, next year By Kalpana Rashiwala THE drop in office rents continued to become smaller in Q4, leading Jones Lang LaSalle to forecast that they will stabilise further or even begin to firm next year. But with
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      Lock icon More expensive food pushes CPI up 0.6% in Nov
      358 7  -  EYE on the economy consumer price index By Chen Huifen THE Singapore Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.6 per cent in November over the same month last year, giving way to a mild inflation. Prices of food, which took the greatest
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      Lock icon Consumers contradict retailers in survey
      359 7  -  ACNielsen findings show conservative consumer sentiment By Chen Huifen DESPITE a recovering economy, Singaporeans are still a conservative lot going by this year's Christmas spending, said market research firm ACNielsen. In a telephone survey of 1,000 respondents, 48 per cent of them said they will
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      Lock icon Slip in Nov manufacturing growth expected
      297 7 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S manufacturing probably shrank in November from the previous month as electronics makers such as Creative Technology and Venture Corp completed their overseas orders for the year, economists said. Manufacturing, which accounts for a quarter of the economy, probably shrank 3.2 per cent
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Smart China move can swing Taiwan people
      787 8  -  THE bottom line OPINION frank ching WITH the Taiwan presidential election less than three months away, the behaviour of the incumbent, President Chen Shuibian, and that of the opposition Kuomintang candidate, Lien Chan, shows just how much things have changed in the last
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      68 8 'Saddam doesn't have anything to do with fundamentals earnings, interest rates or anything else.' -Richard Drake a fund manager, after US stocks rose on optimism related to the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein 'Sabotage is the challenge facing the Iraqi oil industry.' Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum
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      Lock icon The re-rating of India
      649 8 EDITORIAL LAST week, India's centra] bank, the Reserve Bank of India, announced that the country's gold and foreign exchange reserves had crossed the US$100 billion mark This Is but one indicator of the boom underway In Asia's third largest economy, which now deserves a close relook.
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      Lock icon Clouds lilt over future uncertainties in the US
      997 8  -  If past is any guide, few American upswings peter out in their first years and that suggests at least 4% annual US real growth for next year By Paul A Samuelson Tribune Media Services International TWO Christmas gifts came early to President
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      Lock icon Why Ballmer's idea on US jobs won't work
      898 8  -  COMMENTARY By Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg STEVE Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft Corp, has an idea on how to stop the US from losing computer software jobs to India: Produce more engineers. "People focus oftentimes on the labour rate differential. But the thing
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  • REGIONAL news
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        Lock icon IMF puts HK growth at 5% next year
        128 9 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's economic growth may accelerate to as much as 5 per cent next year, helped by surging tourist arrivals from China, a free trade agreement signed with the mainland and rising domestic consumer demand, the International Monetary Fund
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        Lock icon Golden Hope names new CEO
        143 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Golden Hope Plantations Bhd on Monday named a new chief executive to replace Abdul Wahab Maskan who will head rival palm oil producer Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd. Golden Hope said in a statement that group director Sabri Ahmad, 56, would succeed Mr
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        Lock icon Thai corporate profit seen rising 52%
        119 9 Reuters [BANGKOK] Listed Thai firms are expected to make a combined net profit of3oo billion baht (5512.9 billion) in 2003, up 52 per cent from last year, and the trend is set to continue due to a strong economy, the Thai bourse said on
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        Lock icon China to open op aviation sector
        119 9 AFP [BEIJING] China will open its aviation sector further to private investors, allowing them to set up new firms or take stakes in existing entities, state press said yesterday. The Civil Aviation Administration of China will soon issue rules governing investment in the industry
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      Lock icon China, Russia may team up for subway systems in Asia
      282 9 SHANGHAI AFP CHINA and Russia have joined forces to develop subway systems in India, Iran and various Central and South-east Asian countries, where potential deals could be worth billions of dollars, state press reported yesterday. China's Citic International, an arm
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      Lock icon Tenaga to pare debt by 6% in FY04
      531 9 KUALA LUMPUR It plans to raise about RM4b from asset sales to bring debt level to RM29b Bloomberg TENAGA Nasional, Malaysia's biggest electricity company, will reduce its debt by about 6 per cent to RM29 billion (Ssl3 billion) in the fiscal year
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      Lock icon Value of Asia-Pacific share sales leaps 63% in 2003
      388 9 HONG KONG Reuters THE value of funds raised through sale of equities in Asia Pacific jumped 63 per cent in 2003, boosted by roaring stock markets and the sale of new shares in the fourth quarter, preliminary data released by Dealogic
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      Lock icon China's budding auto financing market beckons
      717 9 Reuters [SHANGHAI/DETROIT] SNAPPILY dressed Shanghai businessman Xiu cruises the car market for a deal and, like most of his compatriots in the world's fastest-growing major car market, he plans to pay in cash. "Yes, most people still use cash. But if you get a
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      Lock icon Indian economy set to move into the fast lane
      442 10 NEW DELHI Country's fast-growing services sector expected to drive expansion in future AFP A GOOD monsoon has put the Indian economy on track to move up a gear into the developing world's fast lane alongside China with growth of 7 per
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      Lock icon Fujian Zijin shines with 73% gain on debut in Hong Kong
      278 10 HONG KONG AP. Bloomberg CHINA'S gold miner Fujian Zijin Mining Industry (FZ) finished with a 73 per cent gain on the first trading day at Hong Kong's stock exchange yesterday, mirroring recent roaring debuts here of other mainland companies.
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      Lock icon China may scrap blanket ban on banks trading stock
      260 10 SHANGHAI New rules will allow some leeway for banks; report Reuters CHINA'S Parliament is debating a small but significant amendment to laws that could lift an eight-year-old ban on banks trading stock and setting up investment trusts, state newspapers said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Hutchison to repay debt till 2005 alter bond sale
      355 10 HONG KONG Prepaid debt good for bond prospects, says analyst Bloomberg HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd. which last month sold Asia's biggest bond, said it has raised enough to cover debt payments till the end of 2005 and doesn't plan another sale of
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    1544 10 SICOM FUTURES Dec 23 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 04 217.00 Feb 04 218.25 Mar 04 219.50 Apr/Jun 04 222.50 RSS 3 (US ceats/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 04 1 1
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  • MURDOCH'S new fronties
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      Lock icon Media empire in orbit
      1183 11  -  With DirecTV in his stable, Rupert Murdoch becomes the first media tycoon with satellite, cable and broadcast assets in the US. Sallie Hofmeister looks at how his rivals are coping Sallie Hofmeister LAT-WP FOR two decades, Rupert Murdoch has been building up his empire by tearing
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      264 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Relaxed about need to accept 3 Eavesdropper puts up with LJ h mB" BB 5 initially, and curl 4 Speaking lines!'actors might 9 9 The sortofgear that is gender 6 Covering article in duplicate mJ Lw 10 Inclined to go fishing by day 7 I?II fade out
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Canadian bank to pay US$80m fine in Enron case
      642 12 NEW YORK CIBC will also stop structured finance business for 3 years as part of deal NYT ONE of the largest banks in North America agreed on Monday to abandon almost an entire line of business for at least three years
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      Lock icon Court rejects petition against SK Corp
      489 12 SEOUL Sovereign's bid to stop share sale dismissed AFP THE Seoul District Court yesterday turned down a petition by Sovereign Asset Management to stop the country's largest oil refinery from selling shares to friendly shareholders. The court's ruling dealt a blow to Sovereign, which
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      Lock icon Euro-US$ stability linked to Asia currency devts: Lamy
      294 12 AFP, Bloomberg [PARIS] Dollar-pegged Asian currencies, in particular the Chinese yuan, are partially behind current instability in the euro-dollar exchange rate, European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said here yesterday. Mr Lamy, interviewed by radio station RTL, also said that lowering eurozone
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      Lock icon New Motorola chief may need to shed some businesses
      382 12 Reuters [CHICAGO] When Edward Zander takes the reins as chairman of Motorola Inc next month, he must find a way to spur growth and compete with the cell-phone maker's more nimble overseas rivals, analysts said. That might mean selling businesses, such
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      Lock icon Now, Parmalat can't account for 9b euros in funds
      531 13 ROME Company could declare bankruptcy today as it seeks to stay in operation Reuters Bloomberg, PARMALAT Finanziaria, Italy's biggest food company, is unable to document about 9 billion euros (Ssl9 billion) of funds in its accounts, said people familiar with the
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      Lock icon Robust 8.2% surge for US GDP in Q3
      422 13 LATEST US INDICATORS Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US economy grew at its fastest rate in nearly 20 years in the third quarter, boosted by robust consumer spending that carried on into the closing months of the year, reports showed yesterday. The Commerce
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon No bidders for LG Card
        88 13 AFP [SEOUL] The key local creditor of LG Card yesterday put off a limited auction to sell the ailing card unit of South Korea's second largest conglomerate due to a lack of interest. Eight local lenders had been invited to bid exclusively for the country's
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        Lock icon Economy, Saddam boost Bush
        84 13 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Signs of an improving economy and the capture of Saddam Hussein gave US President George Bush a boost heading into the 2004 election campaign, according to an ABC News/ Washington Post poll released on Monday. Mr Bush's approval rating stands at 59 per cent,
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        Lock icon US targets suspected Al Qaeda links
        88 13 AFP [WASHINGTON] The United States has moved to freeze the assets of two freshly minted European offshoots of Islamic groups suspected of raising money for the A 1 Qaeda terror network and asked for international sanctions against one of their managers. Monday's joint action
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        79 13 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea had spent 161.2 trillion won (***** billion) in public funds as of November since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis to bail out financial institutions, the finance ministry said yesterday. The government has issued bonds primarily to fund the bailouts and
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      319 13 DETROIT Reuters THE US rules that govern fuel economy may be in for the most sweeping changes in nearly 30 years as regulators on Monday proposed closing loopholes to force automakers to raise the gas mileage on sport utility vehicles and
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      433 13 PASO ROBLES, California About 40 people hurt as temblor lasted 20-30 secs LAT-WP A DEADLY magnitude 6.5 earthquake shuddered through California's Central Coast on Monday morning, crumpling a historic building here and killing at least two people. The 20-30-second temblor the strongest
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      571 14 NEW YORK They are the best investment for most people, say financial planners AP THE still-spreading scandal over shady dealings in the mutual funds industry isn't likely to hurt their overall popularity with individual investors. But it could lead to some of the
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      337 14 NEW YORK The execs are suspected of possible trading violations; internal inquiry is continuing Bloomberg FRANKLIN Resources Inc, the biggest publicly traded US mutual fund company, suspended three employees for possible trading violations. It further said it received subpoenas from federal prosecutors about
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      1175 15  -  Falling water table levels may hit availability of grain worldwide, says Lester Brown, leading to rising food prices Lester Brown Washington Post WHILE Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and President Bush discussed Taiwan, currency rates and North Korea during Mr Wen's recent visit, a more important
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      883 15  -  By Jason Szep EVERY two years, Indonesia loses about four million hectares of forest, an area roughly the size of Switzerland, to rapacious logging. Skies in northern China glow orange in sandstorms that cross the Pacific and lay dust on western US. In Hong Kong,
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      711 16  -  As 2003 draws to a close, Samuel Ee asks some of the people in Singapore's motoring industry what they wish for in the coming year Samuel Ee 'In 2004, Shell will remain committed to giving better fuel prices and value to all motorists. We hope that external forces
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      269 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 20 points to 4741, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 55 points to 6862, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 3 points to 4462 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 29 points to *****. TOfE-CHARTER: Pacific Confidence newbuilding *****0 dwt delivery ex yard Imabari
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      289 17 SCX '000 D« 23 St Vol CH Offshore 034 -0.01 161 Chuan Hup 0.46 unch 304 Cosco IrivestiTwnt 0.58 i«h 1800 CWT Distribution 0.55 unch 0 Ezra H Idas .0.84 -0.01 170 Freight Units —....0.11 unch 845 GB rtoWings .0.70 unch 0 JayaHokJ.ngs 0.75 -0.01 641 K1 Venture
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      697 17  -  Security measures in place; shipping traffic remains normal: MPA By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singapore's security agencies are closely monitoring local port operations in the wake of heightened terrorism warnings from the United States, but shipping traffic remains unaffected so far.
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        117 17 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Competition regulators at the European Commission approved a German government scheme to support loans for shipyards that pegs cost to risk, the Commission announced. The new scheme, proposed by the north German states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Pomerania, guarantees
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        116 17 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Defence Maritime Services (DMS) has signed a A 5553 million (*****.25 million) contract to supply patrol boats to protect the Australian coast. Defence Minister Robert Hill said. DMS will build and support the fleet of 12 Armidale class boats, which are bigger
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        111 17 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co said it has secured orders worth US$39O million to build seven vessels for four international buyers. They consist of two bulk carriers from Louis Dreyfus Armateurs of France, two car-carriers from Leif Hoegh of Norway,
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      326 17  -  By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] China Navigation Co Ltd, the deep-sea ship owning and liner trades operating arm of John Swire Sons, is acquiring from German ship owner and builder Oldendorff its liner business, Indotrans Services. The sale of Indotrans to the London-based Swire company
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      172 17 [SINGAPORE] The Grand Alliance will withdraw its seasonal transpacific Far East Express (FEX) service by end January as the slack winter season continues, following the suspension of its Asia-US East Coast service last month. Hapag Lloyd, NYK, OOCL and P&O Nedlloyd said the temporary
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      63 17 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian shipbuilder Austal said it had signed contracts for a As3oo million (***** million) deal to build 12 navy boats for the Australian government. Austal and its two British partners were named preferred tenderer for the deal, worth a total of A 5533 million,
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      988 18  -  STRAIT TALK A ship of any significant size, say over 500 gt, ought to have at least two certificated deck officers in addition to the master. For any ship above 1,500 gt, three should remain the minimum. By David Hughes I
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        167 25 Dec 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: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. France: Christmas Day. Germany: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas Day. Italy: Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas
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        787 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 average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        423 26 Airbus overtakes Boeing as the world's biggest planemaker Bloomberg [TOULOUSE, France] Airbus SAS delivered its 300 th aircraft for 2003 and plans "a few more" deliveries before Dec 31, meaning the company will beat its target for the year and overtake Boeing Co
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        181 26 Carrier to get 9 B777-200ER jets AFP [SEOUL] South Korean national flag carrier Korean Air said it had finalised a US$l.5 billion deal to buy nine planes from US aircraft giant Boeing Co. Boeing is to deliver the nine 777-200ER aircraft beginning June 2005
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        557 26 Pentagon requested to resume regular round-the-clock air patrols by F-16 jets LATWP [NEW YORK] City officials are so concerned terrorists will use jetliners as weapons again that they're talking to the Pentagon about resuming regular air patrols over New York, NYPD
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        122 26 [SINGAPORE] It's Santa time again at Changi airport, as airline ground staff try to spread some festive cheer amidst the hassle and tension of the year's busiest period for air travel. Air France is one airline which has not missed the opportunity to let
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        152 26 Reuters [TORONTO] Air Canada said that its board reconfirmed its selection of Hong Kong-based businessman Victor Li's Trinity Time Investments as its equity plan sponsor. Air Canada, the country's No 1 airline an the world's No 11, which is restructuring under the Companies' Creditors
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        176 26 Reuters [HANOI] Vietnam plans to turn a former American military base in central Vietnam into an international airport in hopes of boosting tourism to its white-sand beaches, officials said. They said that work was under way to add passenger reception facilities to
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        427 26 Passenger loads hit record 73.9% in Q1 to December 2003 Reuters [BANGKOK] National carrier Thai Airways International said its 2003/04 financial year will be better than the year before, with passenger loads at a record high after fears of Sars receded. Chairman Thanong
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        406 26 AIRUNE COOES M AmencanArmsiAAL).Af to France (AfR) AL to toda (AtC). AY Ftonar Oy (FW). AZ AtotaArms(AZA) BA Brtsti Arwrys Putte LU Co (SAW), 8G Bmar BangtMesn Arms /BSC), ft Hoy* Brun* Arms Stti Bhd (RBA) BO Bourat) Arms (SOU). BR EVA Arwtys Corpn (EVA). CA
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