The Business Times, 23 June 2006

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://buslness-times.asia 1 .com.sg MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Friday, June 23,2006 miii iiiiMMHii ii
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon MediaRing hikes PacNet offer to US$9.50 a share
    619 1  -  Offer values Internet company at around US$l26m; shareholders' acceptance extended to July 10 By ROLAND LIM [SINGAPORE] Mediaßing yesterday sweetened its takeover offer for Nasdaqlisted Pacific Internet by raising the price 15 per cent from US$B.25 to US$9.5O a share. As part
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    137 1 STI 2,359.55 (+29.95) ST INDEX FUTURES 2.360.00 (+30.00) SIMSCI 281.54 (+3.60) SIMSCI FUTURES 281.70 (+3.90) MARKETS Thursday Change KLSE COMP 900.47 +5.81 NIKKEI 225 15,135.69 +491.43 HANG SENG 15,826.70 +167.34 SET INDEX 659-32 +9.58 JAKARTA COMP 1,303.45 j+IPi 16 MANILA COMP 2,097.39 +39.62 SEOUL COMP 1,238.83 +11.64 SHENZHEN
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  • Article
    Lock icon Shin says it's not liable for brunt of ITV fines
    390 1 By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAILAND'S Shin Corp yesterday said that if its television unit ITV were found liable to pay fines, Shin's exposure would not be more than what it had put into ITV in paid-up capital. ITV, 53
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      50 1 WORLD CUP 2006 Another premature exit X* lor French? PAGE 15 mm m tomorrow THEBUSMESSTMB 1 f weekend 8 BT ONLINE BT print subscribers get free access to the Business Times Online. To activate your account, log on to http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838.
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      8 1 COMPANIES Key to Creative Tech's rebound PAGE 8
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      147 1 CFO INTERVIEW SP Chemicals' Wira Tjendana on investor relations The ultimate I 1. I--. .1 I 11 it... K\.( id .-III!' t. ft, ,i .!< fM i' I .U- nt, ift m I I tli.i. tin ,1 ml,. n l,v il li "•<■ <■• il. I'.H- I tl. ""."it'' 1
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      29 1 ACCS Nokia exec pleads guilty to accepting bribes PAGE 4 C|l HBHkL IIRP MM Stylists to a the stars ;•>:' Singapore's high-end hair salons: it—jnd what doesn't ,v M. s
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon PCRD shareholders may be in for a windfall
      742 2  -  Talk is that PCCW could make HK$7 a share payout to garner support By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Long-suffer-ing minorities of Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) may be in for a big payout going by speculation that its Hong Kong associate PCCW
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      401 2 Decision on LNG imports expected soon SINGAPORE is expected to decide soon possibly by the end of the month whether to proceed with a plan to import liquefied natural gas to fuel power stations. All signs indicate a yes. TOP STORIES, PAGE 3 Nokia exec fined for taking
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      Lock icon Harder now for Vantage to resist MediaRing
      640 3  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By ANGELA TAN MEDIARING, led by executive director Koh Boon Hwee, yesterday raised its unsolicited takeover offer for Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet by 15 per cent, from US$B.25 a share to US$9.5O a share in cash. The new offer is 19
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      Lock icon Decision on LNG imports expected soon
      675 3  -  Indications point to yes, final review being conducted By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Singapore is expected to decide soon possibly by the end of the month whether or not to proceed with its plan to import liquefled natural gas (LNG) to fuel power stations. All
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Nokia exec convicted of graft in ACCS scandal
      583 4  -  He took bribes from ACCS to help it further its interests with his company By MICHELLE QUAH A SENIOR Nokia executive yesterday faced seven counts of corruption for accepting bribes including trips to KTV lounges, an expensive watch and a Thai holiday
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      Lock icon Temasek close to US$3.25b bond sale?
      233 4 Reuters SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings may raise up to U553.25 billion from an international bond as early as August, banking sources said yesterday. Investment banks are currently pitching for the deal in what would be Temasek's second international debt sale since it embarked
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      42 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LEGEND: All prices are indicative; v Broadly Diversified; Narowly Focused; Lower Risk; Low to Medium Risk: Medium to High Risk; Higher Risk; open-ended; Before subdivision of units; After subdivision of units; SP after stock split; N.A- Non Dealing Day
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      Lock icon Enviro-Hub plans $15m copper smelting and refining plant
      185 4 ENVIRO-HUB Holdings, formerly known as Leong Hin Holdings, has unveiled plans for a $15 million copper smelting and refining plant at its Gul Way premises. The plant, for the smelting and refining of the metal from electronic wastes, will be set up
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      Lock icon Stamford Tyres net up 80.8%
      565 7  -  Company plans 2.5-cent dividend as sales grow, margins improve By TEH HOOI LING STAMFORD Tyres yesterday reported an 80.8 per cent surge in net earnings to a record $15.6 million for the year ended April 30, 2006, thanks to improvements on all fronts. As a
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      Lock icon RHL gets SGX waiver on trading of shares
      297 7 UNTIL the completion of a clean exit which Raffles Holdings Ltd (RHL) is planning for shareholders, trading of shares in the company will not be suspended upon completion of the sale of Raffles City despite the transaction leaving the group with no
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      Lock icon STATS ChipPAC, CR Logic enter joint venture
      359 7  -  Deal will involve assembly and testing in Wuxi By CRYSTAL NEO STATS ChipPAC has entered into an agreement with China Resources Logic (CR Logic) for a strategic joint venture to assemble and test selected products in Wuxi. Under the deal, CR Logic's indirect
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      Lock icon Yanlord Land closes flat in S'pore debut
      263 7  -  By KRITI SINGH SHARES in China-based property developer Yanlord Land Group, which started trading yesterday amid volatile global market conditions, closed at their issue price of $1.08. The mainboard stock, which was issued at the lower end of an indicated price range of
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      Lock icon Differentiation the key for Creative
      428 8  -  Successful incorporation of sound standards can lead to rebound By OH BOON PING THE key to Creative Technology's rebound may lie in differentiating its products through strong sound quality. Indeed, ABN Amro analyst Paul Lian told BT yesterday that "there could be surprises if Creative
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      Lock icon OCBC may add over 4 branches in M'sia
      486 8 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), the smallest of Singapore's three lenders, may add more than four branches this year in Malaysia as it seeks to expand and tap growth in rural parts of the country, its sec-ond-biggest market. OCBC received
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Great Wall Airlines takes off in Shanghai
        78 8 A CEREMONY was held in Shanghai yesterday for the launch of Great Wall Airlines, a joint venture between China Great Wall Industry Corporation, Singapore Airlines Cargo and Dahlia Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. The air cargo carrier, which will operate
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        Lock icon Teledata on use of placement proceeds
        41 8 FOLLOWING its recent share placement, Teledata said it had used up some $131,729 on expenses such as legal fees, financial advice and accounting. The placement, which was completed on June 14, yielded a net $590,190.
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        Lock icon Biosensors' new unit for France ops
        38 8 BIOSENSORS International has completed its internal restructuring exercise. It now has a new wholly owned subsidiary, Biosensors International (France), which will be responsible for marketing and sales of Biosensors' products in France.
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        Lock icon Federal turns part of KVC loan into shares
        61 8 FEDERAL International subsidiary Federal Hardware Engineering has exercised its option to convert part of a loan due from associate company KVC Co Ltd into 30,000 shares in KVC (UK) Ltd. Following this, Federal's shareholding in KVC UK will increase from 70 per
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      Lock icon SingTel plans to cut costs as margins get squeezed
      390 8 Bloomberg SINGTEL, South-east Asia's largest phone company, plans to cut costs as profit margins come under pressure in the industry. The company plans to outsource "la-bour-intensive non-core" services including the maintenance of call centres and payphones, Allen Lew, chief executive officer
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Wall St rally boosts local stocks
      533 6  -  STOCKS China plays including Hengxin, Bright World, China Essence and China Sun see heavy trading CONRAD TAN Reporter SINGAPORE investors got a taste of joy yesterday as the clouds cleared after a run of uncertainty due to inflation jitters and fears of a missile
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      Lock icon TRADES TO WATCH
      454 6 Deemed Interest; IP: Investment Purposes; SA: Share Allotment; ST: Share Transfer; B/R: Bonus/Rights issues; OE: Option Exercise; PL: Placement Shares; IT: Internal Transfer Compiled by BT OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jun 22 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 403.00 +550.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +216.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +40.00 All-SG
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      895 6  -  Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN Midsouth Holdings Jum 22 dose: 50.5 cents CIMB-GK RESEARCH, June 22 INITIATING coverage. As a market leader' in niche fibreglass reinforced plastics (FRP) products, Midsouth offers exposure to the fast growing FRP market in China. Higher oil prices, metal prices and government energy conservation
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      Lock icon Big current account deficit hits NZ$
      555 6  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE New Zealand dollar's fate as "2006's worst-per-forming OECD currency was reinforced yesterday after a record current account deficit for Q1 2006. In an otherwise quieter session for the US dollar in Asian currency trading, the stark contrast between
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  • THE CFO INTERVIEW
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      Lock icon Making it work in China
      1387 9  -  Careful planning and keeping costs low are key, SP Chemicals' chief financial officer Wira Tjendana tells SIOW LI SEN SIOW LI SEN EVERY time there is a share placement of a China stock, Wira Tjendana, chief financial officer of SP Chemicals, gets to hear about
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon China won't yield to pressure to revalue yuan
      548 10  -  It fears revaluation will lead to sudden spike in yuan and loss of jobs By CHUANG PECK MING CHINA will not yield to pressure from American trade protectionists to revalue the Chinese yuan against the US dollar and shift to a free-floating
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      Lock icon Golf with a difference to mark BT's 30 years
      238 10 AS MANY as 200 golfers will tee off at The Business Times 4Vi-Club Golf Challenge at the Tanah Merah Country Club Tampines Course today to mark the 30th anniversary of The Business Times. The event is organised by The Business Times'
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      Lock icon UBS in strategic Japan move
      475 10  -  By CONRAD RAJ JAPAN'S recovering economy is providing increasing business opportunities for investment banks like ÜBS Investment Bank. As a result, the Swissbased bank's Tokyo office is appointing Sutha Kandiah as joint head with Katsumi Fujikawa of equity capital markets. Mr Kandiah, who has been
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      Lock icon S'pore, Beijing sign MOU on trade and investment
      161 10 AFP SINGAPORE and fast-rising Beijing signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on bilateral trade and investment yesterday, Singapore's trade promotion agency said. It is the first time the Bering Investment Promotion Bureau (BIPB) has reached such an agreement with a foreign national
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      Lock icon KL, S'pore discuss travel document
      205 10 MALAYSIA and Singapore are in talks to help frequent visitors from Malaysia move towards using a Malaysian international passport. The Malaysian Restricted Passport (MRP) will not be accepted by Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) after the end of the month. Malaysia's Minister for Home
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Asia-Pac technology meet from Sunday
        65 10 SINGAPORE will be holding the 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference of Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology from Sunday to Wednesday. The conference, organised by Nanyang Technological University, will attract more than 400 delegates from around the world, to examine topics such as integration and miniaturisation of devices used
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        Lock icon George Yeo meets Pope's Special Envoy
        42 10 MINISTER for Foreign Affairs George Yeo met with Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Special Envoy of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI yesterday. The two agreed on the importance of promoting a message of moderation and inter-faith understanding.
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      Lock icon National Oxygen all ready to expand
      530 11  -  Construction of its third air-separation plant in S'pore begins Bv NOOR AISHA LIKE the gases that it deals with every day, National Oxygen (NOX) is naturally expanding, and South-east Asia is a key market for the Japanese-owned industrial gas producer. "Industrial gases, though invisible,
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Half-measures won't do to cool Chinese economy
      853 14 Govt needs to raise cost of money to stem demand, alter exchange rate Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The receding tide of global liquidity has left many emerging markets high and dry in the past month, but not China. The challenge facing the People's Bank of
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      Lock icon China seen raising bank equity caps soon: group
      337 14 Reuters [BEIJING] China could let foreign banks take larger stakes in most domestic lenders than allowed under current rules within months, business lobby group head and former US commerce secretary Donald Evans said yesterday. Judging from exchanges with senior Chinese government officials,
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      Lock icon Malaysia won't be rushed in FTA talks with US: paper
      289 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will not be rushed into a free-trade deal by the United States and will refuse to sign an agreement that sacrifices its interests, the trade minister was quoted as saying yesterday. Malaysia and the United States,
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      Lock icon China's yuan reform 'smooth': central bank
      400 14 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's reform of its foreign exchange system has been conducted "smoothly" and monetary policies have helped maintain the currency's stability, the People's Bank of China said. "The government's success in carrying out stable and healthy monetary policy has helped uphold stability in
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      Lock icon Currency, commodity markets signal Fed nearing rate pause
      685 14 Policy-makers are mindful of asset prices Reuters [NEW YORK] Currency and commodity markets suggest that the Federal Reserve probably is closer to the end of its tightening cycle than some banks and brokerages predict. In its fight against inflation, the US central
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  • WORLD CUP 2006
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      Lock icon All eyes on Korea to progress
      747 15  -  By MATTHEW PHAN tomorrow in our World Cup pdgoll With the World Cup moving into the knockout phases Singapore's former midfield maestro Leong Kbk Fann will give his take on the 16 teams left. Now vice-president and general manager of Ednovation Pte Ltd, he
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      Lock icon RED ARMY
      88 15 [SINGAPORE] Painting the town red they aren't. Rather, the staff of Standard Chartered Bank donned their reds to back their chief executive Lim Cheng Teck in the build-up to tonight's key match between South Korea and Switzerland. Cheng Teck is one of 32 senior executives taking part in
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      721 15 Organised by The Business Times and Philips, it brings together 32 executives who have teamed up to help raise funds for Food from the Heart. Each executive has been assigned a team. And for every match the team plays, the executive will donate $1,000. "France have yet to get up
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Heavy rush for Iris shares after trading curbs are lifted
      559 16  -  Firm returns to normal trade but investigations are continuing Reports by PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur BUYERS piled into the shares of Malaysian smartcard and e-passport maker Iris Corporation after trading restrictions were lifted yesterday. Some 100 million shares of
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Tougher to get onto Bursa main board
      426 16 MALAYSIA has toughened up the guidelines for companies seeking a listing on the main board of its stock exchange. Under new guidelines, domestic companies must have a market capitalisation of at least RMSOO million (Ss2l7 million) and an after-tax profit of RM3O million
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      Lock icon Keck Seng Bhd planning to set up Reit: paper
      332 16 [PASIR GUDANG, Malaysia] Asset-rich Keck Seng (M) Bhd plans to set up a real estate investment trust (Reit) in the next two to three years, says a report in The Starßiz. It quoted managing director Ho Kian Hock as saying that
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      Lock icon Tanjong shares up on Q1 profit of RMl27m
      417 16  -  By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur POWER, entertainment and gambling conglomerate Tanjong yesterday saw investors piling into its shares after it registered a firstquarter net profit of RMI27 million (5555.4 million), 47 per cent up from its preceding quarter. The results, announced
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      Lock icon Indonesia's Renaissance on track for US$2b loans
      367 16 [SINGAPORE] Indonesian bank Renaissance Capital has generated enough demand for its planned US$2.l billion loans needed to fund a coal mine acquisition from Bumi Resources, a source close to the matter said yesterday. The term loans, including a five-year US$l billion senior loan,
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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        Lock icon Bharti mulling over partners for retail venture
        64 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Bharti Group, which runs India's biggest mobile-phone operator, said it will take about three months before it selects a partner for its retail venture. Bharti is in talks with Tesco Pic, Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Carrefour SA for starting the
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        Lock icon ONGC setting up new petro complex in Mangalore
        74 16 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp will invest 49 billion rupees (Ssl .7 billion) to set up a new petrochemicals complex in the southern city of Mangalore, a company official said yesterday. The plant, to be built in four years,
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        Lock icon Sinopec in talks to build LNG terminal in Zhuhai
        87 16 Reuters [HONG KONG] Top Asian oil refiner Sinopec Corp said yesterday it is in early discussions to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai. Sinopec is vying with CNOOC Group, which is leading a
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        Lock icon China's steel industry says price talks breached rules
        85 16 Reuters [BEIJING] China's steel industry in its first reaction to a 19 per cent iron ore price rise sealed this week —said the talks breached rules and some pending issues regarding higher Brazilian ore prices should be resolved. "We regret some actions
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon China told to turn some forex reserves into gold
      239 17 Reuters [BEIJING] China should convert some of its foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, into gold to hedge against weakness in the dollar, an official and an economist at the central bank wrote in an article seen yesterday. "Converting part of
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      Lock icon BOC to set up private banking outlets in China
      447 17 Reuters AP [SHANGHAI] Bank of China (BOC), the nation's No 2 commercial lender, yesterday said it was working with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to set up private banking outlets in the country by year-end. "Royal Bank of Scotland is our
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      Lock icon Las Vegas Sands signs up 200 Macau retailers
      260 17 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Las Vegas Sands Corp, the US casino company controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, said 200 retailers agreed to open stores in its malls on the Cotai Strip in Macau, the only Chinese city where casinos are legal. The retailers will
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      Lock icon Hu ordered sacking of Beijing vice-mayor at secret meeting
      424 17 Real estate industry hit by graft scam involving official Reuters [BEIJING] Chinese President Hu Jintao ordered the sacking of a vice-mayor at a secret meeting to prevent political patrons from protecting him, a government source said yesterday, in a sign Mr
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      491 17 Limits on foreign investment in property planned to reduce speculation Bloomberg [BElJlNG] China plans to restrict purchases of real estate by foreign investors to reduce speculation and prevent a property bubble, a government official said. New rules defining what type of overseas investor can buy
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      546 18 Both parties turn to the courts to claim funds lodged for completing tie-up AFP [MUMBAI] The longawaited US$5OO million Jet Airways takeover of domestic rival Air Sahara collapsed yesterday amid a row over the price of India's largest airline merger, according to reports. A
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      463 18 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Posco, the world's No 4 steelmaker, is threatening to abandon its proposed US$l2 billion project in India unless it is granted exclusive access to iron ore mines, a company executive said. Posco is planning a 12 million tonne-a-year plant in
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      146 18 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's Cabinet yesterday approved the sale of 10 per cent equity each in Neyveli Lignite Corp and National Aluminium Corp (Nalco), the country's second-larg-est aluminium maker, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said. The government holds 93.56 per cent of Neyveli
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      237 18 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India has allowed non-state companies to import wheat and sugar, and banned exports of pulses, to stem an increase in prices of the commodities and curb inflation. Limited import of sugar has been permitted until September under the so-called "tariff rate
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      471 19 Commission finds it illegally hired small parties to run in April 2 elections AP Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The political party of Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was found yesterday to have violated the country's election law, which could lead to its dissolution and
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      553 19  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo EMBATTLED Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Toshihiko Fukui hung tough yesterday in the face of mounting pressure on him to resign over his controversial personal investments, saying again that he has no intention of quitting. But
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      440 19 Initial claims for jobless aid rise 11,000 last week Reuters AFP [WASHINGTON] The for-ward-looking index of leading economic indicators fell 0.6 per cent in May, further indication of a slowdown in the US economy, The Conference Board said yesterday. The decline was higher
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      247 19 AFP [SEOUL] The parent group of Asiana Airlines was selected yesterday as potential buyer for Daewoo Engineering and Construction in an auction that could change the face of South Korea's construction sector, officials said. Creditors picked a consortium led by Kumho Asiana Group
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      371 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley shares rose the most in more than a year after chairman and chief executive officer John Mack gave investors everything he said he would, at least in the latest quarter. Morgan Stanley had record revenue and
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      496 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] A top US securities industry regulator has raised concerns about global stock market mergers saying consolidation of world stock exchanges may make monitoring trading and listed companies more difficult, jeopardising investors. "With market globalisation promising such an abundance of benefits, what could
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      520 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Henry Paulson, the nominee for US Treasury secretary, will sell his Goldman Sachs stake under an agreement with the Office of Government Ethics, a White House aide said on Wednesday. Mr Paulson, chief executive of Goldman, owned its 3.23 million
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      517 20 Some European, US airlines asked to assist but they say they're not targets Reuters [LONDON] UK authorities have raided British Airways pic as part of a joint investigation with the US into an alleged cartel over passenger ticket pricing which saw
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      382 20 Reuters [HONG KONG] Air China Ltd will pay US$4l4 million to buy out a Hong Konglisted unit and expand its direct stake in Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, the latest twist to a multi-billion dollar merger that will shake up the sector. China's
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      327 20  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] In a move which takes the Jetstar group another step closer towards interlining, the Qantas-controlled group which includes Singaporebased Jetstar Asia and Valuair has signed up to a common Global Distribution System for ticket bookings. Starting yesterday, travel
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      268 20 Reuters [PARIS] The French government's financial arm, the Caisse des Depots Consignations (CDC), has expressed concerns over the recent share price collapse at Airbus parent EADS, a source close to the CDC said yesterday. The source added that the CDC was also considering taking
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      216 20 Bloomberg [DALLAS] United Airlines flight crews sued the Air Line Pilots Association for blocking non-union members from selling lucrative rights to company stock they received during the airline's recent bankruptcy. The suit on behalf of 200 pilots and flight engineers said United and
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      519 20 Move follows govt plan to close Don Muang in Sept By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAI Airways International has decided to scrap its plans for a low-cost airline after the Thai government decided to close the operations of its incumbent airport, Don
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      400 20 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), AI: Air India (AK), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), BI: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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      518 22 EDITORIAL AFTER the US central bank announced its 16th consecutive quarter per cent rate hike on May 10, there was a widespread view that short-term US interest rates could have finally reached a cyclical peak. But a lot has changed
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      1011 22  -  Some US economists now say expanding global trade does not require new agreements LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent MORE than four years after the launch of the Doha Round under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with its goal of continuing to remove trade
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      816 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE DAVID MASON IN the UK, June is traditionally the month when journalists find offbeat stories to fill their copy. However, being World Cup year, most of the newspapers are being hysterical about the England football team. It is so
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      1363 23  -  wouldn't be worth as much, Chinese graduates know and that's why they're hopping mad about a 'deception' By JOSEPH KAHN NYT SHENGDA College in central China has a diverse curriculum, foreign faculty members to teach English and a manicured campus, where weeping willows shade
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      156 23  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR John Gollifer Head, corporate communications and investor relations Singapore Exchange Limited WE refer to the letters, "S'pore companies need to speed up payout schedules" by GN Setty (BT, June 13) and "SGX should look into firms' tardy payouts" by
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      713 23  -  By SARITHA RAI International Herald Tribune FOR decades, dealing with India's Customs Department meant enduring interminable bureaucratic delays and the stench of corruption. It was an unpleasant but unavoidable cost of doing business. But as import and export volumes soar and the country stakes a claim as
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  • BOOKS
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      968 30  -  John Gribbin, who has just written his 100th book, talks to PARVATHI NAYAR about science, books, and the popular Schrodinger's Cat PARVATHI NAYAR JOHN Gribbin, popular writer of the seminal popular science book on quantum physics, In Search of Schrodinger's Cat (1984), has just written his 100 th
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      535 30 A fortnightly listing of the latest books available in S'pore NON-FICTION Freedom Next Time by John Pilger ($28.35) Pilger uncovers the secrets and lies that exist in our current economic system where millions are subjected to poverty. The Secrets Of Judas by James M Robinson ($35.70) Robinson takes
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      1312 30 POPULAR science books cover a variety of subjects from wha happens in cells deep within our body to the trajectory of stars in deep space. Such books have a strong following out there, and the reasons are varied. It could arise from a genuine interest in
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      584 32  -  The Road to Guantanamo is one of the worst indictments of how far the US has strayed from being the good guys on the international stage, says PARVATHI NAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR WITH the recent suicides at Guantanamo, the subject of The Road to Guantanamo is both a topical
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      311 32  -  DVD By PARVATHI NAYAR WRITER-DIRECTOR Thomas Bezucha tries to convince us without much success that bad behaviour and impoliteness are a rich vein to tap into for moments of great humour, in his Christinas family comedy The Family Stone. When Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney)
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      525 32  -  By NOOR AISHA, SWATI CHAUDHARY KRRISH, the latest offering by Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan, is believed to be the first Indian movie that details the life of a superhero. The title character, played by Roshan's son Hrithik, is given superpowers by an alien.
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      182 32 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD misery (4) complaint (14) DOWN 8 Question worker about side- YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 1 They are plain sounding long glance (6) Across: 1 Resistant, 6 Salvo, 9 champagne's (7) 13 Suave Edna O'Brien became Gaudier, 10 Attribute, 11 Impaled, 2 Pelt of domestic animals disorganised (10) 12 Citadel, 13
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  • ARTS/WINE
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      1067 33  -  Debates on which is the wine of Bordeaux 2005 are exercises in futility, says N K YONG as he tastes more First Growths of that vintage N K YONG First Chateau Margaux 2005 Black-purple red, opaque. Very closed on nose initially, opened up with airing to
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      564 33  -  S'PORE ARTS FESTIVAL By PARVATHI NAYAR FOLEY opera. Live radio play. Aural theatre. It's hard to pin a label on the work titled Phobia by Australian group Chamber Made Opera. Ostensibly, Phobia is about the creation of a soundtrack to an imaginary film, but in practice
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      373 33  -  MUSIC By AARON LYE FORT Canning Park looks set to once again play host to throngs of music buffs as the Womad world music festival returns to Singapore for the ninth year to celebrate the best of international bands, singers and a
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      398 33  -  By NOOR AISHA THIS weekend, come celebrate the closing of the Singapore Artsfest with K@osmos. an award-winning production by Spanish group Puja!. "It's going to be very spectacular; the audience is going to see something very abstract and poetic," says Sara Serrano, Pujal's inter-, national representative.
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  • executive lifestyle
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      572 34  -  off the cuff jaime ee SINGAPORE may, as the T-shirts say, be a fine city. But we are also a much maligned city, with many international surveys done to prove what unfriendly, discourteous, greedy and politically oppressed people we are. Is it any wonder then,
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      1285 34 CHEAH UI-HOON looks at the latest wave in the hair salon business where hairst ylists play up the celebrity angle to attract new clients IN the image-driven hair industry, it does appear that the more stars you see (and do), the better it is for business. And
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