The Business Times, 16 August 2003

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  • 11 1 MfTA (P)024/03/2003 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend SINGAPORE AUGUST 16-17. 2003
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  • 1478 1  -  They see PM Goh spelling out changes at his National Day Rally speech, which may include dropping wage cap for CPF payments further to $4,000 By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] When Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong goes on stage tomorrow to deliver his National
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  • 692 1  -  EXCLUSIVE Company planning IPO in Q2 next year with NYSE listing By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] As most big global companies consider shifting their regional headquarters closer to their largest customers in India, China or Japan, the world's second-largest satellite company, Intelsat, has
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  • 1368 1  -  saturdaysoapbox with dinesh sonan "W" F you can't evolve, big as you I are, or prosperous as you may I be, you die like the dinosaurs." _1_ Those are the stark terms in which Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has defined the
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    • 214 1 V RAFFLES P^^^B>4!ONVEIISIIIIIIN if' Robin Tbmlin's full If repertoire. MBE 3 1111 8 "*****1 *****4 newsbreak Cut costs now to regain edge: SM [SINGAPORE] Singapore must act immediately to cut costs in order to stay competitive, said Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew at the Tanjong Pagar Constituency's National Day Celebration
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    • 33 1 MOTORING beauties: fast and furious. PMSE 14 FOOD to a 12-month high. PAGE 4 v > b, >; v '.I Kttgp- 1 1 f-:•' f > 3ks J K fc—v. **th BLACKOUT REPORTS. Pn.i;os 2 11
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    • 542 2 Economy should be able to shrug it off or even get a small shot in the arm, but they will begin to worry if the outage continues into next week Reuters Bloomberg AP AFP [NEW YORK] The largest power blackout in North American history
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    • 707 2  -  He sees pickup when Bosh's tax cuts flow through to US consumers By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] Countries that block the dynamics of the global economy will pay dearly. If Singapore is to avoid such a costly lesson, it
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  • the raffles conversation
    • 2146 3  -  As vice-chairman, Asia at UBS, he coordinates the selling of the Swiss giant's financial services and products. As chairman of the board of the Singapore Repertory Theatre, he oversees the selling of arts productions and other such non-profit concerns. Robin Tomlin tells PARVATHI NAYAR how he interfaces
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    • 615 3 IT'S that whole story about frogs and hot water, says Mr Tomlin: "If you drop a frog into boiling water it dies, but if you gradually keep increasing the temperature without reaching boiling point, it can take a lot more than it thought
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  • news companies
    • 563 4  -  Rise spurred by turnaround in firm's results, bullish reports by 2 brokers By Serena Ng IT was sweet music for Creative Technology this week as shares in the soundcard maker rocketed up by more than a fifth in a five-day bullish run not
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    • 1102 4  -  corporate analysis Foreign lenders may now be forced to rein in undercutting strategies, says Siow Li Sen Siow Li Sen INVESTORS have been piling into the shares of DBS Bank, betting that the bank with the largest and low-est-cost deposits will get
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    • 655 4  -  market review r sivanithy THERE are remarkable parallels between this week and the one that ended on July 18, which was the last time the Straits Times Index threatened to break above the 1,600 level but failed to do so. First, that
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    • 68 4 □sn 1,594.32 (-4.65) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,892.00 (-9.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 196.50 (-0.80) Friday Changi* kl.SKCOMP 72H.5I 1 <15 NIKKKI ».m347 -MM HANG SENCi _10.***** »50.54 SET INDEX 5191»4 *021 JAKARTA (XtMP _5I1«5 .«52 MANILA OMP I24K05 IK25 TAIPEI WPI 5.4KX74 «5I «W SEWLCOMP rkiwd SHENZHEN B... 232 W *012
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    • 82 4 FOREX RATES US$ S$ I SS (SS per I S$) 1.748 £(I SS/SS per i|... W ±**1 Kl KO|l"SS/SS/Kj. I I* 1969 YEN 119.0 68.10 KM 3 *00 1174 HKS 7799 4.461 HAHT 4164 #82 Rl PI AH 8.538 4.883 MM 8.299 4.747 INDIAN HB 45.89 2624 AS 0869
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    • corporateroundup
      • 63 4 COMPONENTS distributor Serial System has returned to the black for the six months ended June, posting a net profit of $1.5 million against a net loss of $2.9 million in the same period a year ago. Turnover more than trebled to $157.9 million from $49.4
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      • 66 4 DREDGING and land reclamation firm Links Island Holdings yesterday posted a not loss of $2.9 million for the six months ended .June, versus a net profit of $398,000 in the year ago period. Turnover slumped 58 per cent to $2.4 million as the company
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      • 47 4 ELECTRONIC component manufacturer and distributor ASJ Holdings achieved net earnings of $3.7 million in the half-year ended June 30. a 5.1 per cent year-on-year increase, largely on the growth of its distribution business. Revenue rose 4.9 per cent to $24.5 million.
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      • 72 4 RESTAURATEUR Tung Lok Group narrowed net losses to $287,000 for the half year ended June 30 from $828,000 in the same period a year ago. This was despite a 12.2 per cent decline in turnover to $29.3 million. The company blamed the sales drop on the
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      • 81 4 SBS Transit's net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30 went into reverse gear, falling 85.t> per cent year on year to just $762,000 from $5.3 million. Net earning?, for the half year consequently fell 33.H per cent to $10.7 million. The bus and
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      • 41 4 MARINE group Chuan Hup Holdings reported a 13 per cent drop in net profit to $48.8 million for the financial year to June 2003 from a year ago. Turnover rose 4.5 per cent to $171.1 million.
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      • 37 4 MAINBOARD LISTED Mediaßing reduced net loss by 47 per cent for the half-year ended June 30 to $3.8 million from $7.2 million a year ago. Revenue grew 26 per cent to $20.9 million.
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      • 72 4 INFORMATION technology vendor IPC Corporation saw net earnings plunge B3.6 per cent year on year for the half year end ed June 30 to $740,000 from $4.5 million. This whs despite a modest 9.2 per cent in crease in revenue to $12.2 million from
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      • 36 4 SURFACE Mount Technology has signed a four-year loan agreement with a syndicate of 19 banks and financial institutions to raise HK$438 million (S$98.2 million) for a revolving credit and term loan facility.
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      • 80 4 SINGAPORE Airlines will offer a first and business-class only non stop flight to the United States early next year, said a Reuters report. Quoting industry sources, the report said the flight will be a first for Asia, although such luxury flights have been offered
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      • 63 4 CONSTRUCTION group Ipco International has entered a joint-venture agreement in India with Nieto Ltd. a subsidiary of Malaysian group Menang Amalgamated. Ipco said it will make a capital investment of $1 million, representing a 30 per cent equity stake in the joint venture, and
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      • 81 4 BROKING firm GK Goh said net earnings in the second quarter rose to $7.5 million from $1 million year on year as trading volumes increased significantly after the middle of May. Turnover for the half year fell 27 per cent, dragged by a weak first
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      • 81 4 FOLLOWING the lead of the three local banks. Hong Leong Finance yesterday raised the home loan rates for its HomeBliss package. The interest rate for the first year in that package is now 1.5 per cent, a slight increase from the previous rate
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    • 513 5  -  It has won a clutch of syndicated loan deals denominated in US$ this year From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THERE are several reasons why DBS Bank has been snapping up loan mandates in Malaysia despite being the only Singapore bank without a full licence
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    • 448 5  -  Fare promotions, pent-up demand cited; cargo loads still weak By Ven Sreenivasan TRAVELLERS are taking to the skies again judging by the sequential pickup in load factor for Singapore Airlines. July saw a passenger load factor of 78.6 per cent for the carrier, up
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    • 357 5  -  By Serena Ng HOMEGROWN communication design and exhibition services group Kingsmen Creatives Ltd, known in the industry for its strong brand name, is eyeing a Sesdaq listing as part of its plans to expand its network in the region. The company,
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    • 1600 5 CSA HOLDINGS LTD Unaudited First Quarter Financial Statement Group 3 month* ended 30.06.2003 30.06.2002 Revenue 114.284 125,392 Cost of sales (77.522) (87.634) Gross profit 36,762 37 758 Other operating income 251 262 Selling, general and administrative expenses (36.834) (37.029) Proftt from operations 179 991 Finance costs (305) (367) (Loss) Profit
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  • money personal finance
    • 1041 6  -  As Premium Currency Deposit gets more popular, TEH HOOI LING finds out the opportunities it offers TEH HOOI LING HERE'S the scenario. You have quite a bit of spare cash and you want to hold it in liquid form. But you also want a higher return
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    • 1008 6  -  genevieve cua AT A time when many in the funds management industry are painfully conscious of tripping over the strict rules on fund promotion, some advertisements for investment products are a glaring anomaly. For instance, Great Eastern Life's ad recently screamed: "Want to
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    • 766 6 p*T©tT| Lianhe Zaobao I Tertiary I I institution I I housed in Telok Blangah I I Community I I Club I I Rftflill I I I I I IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF QIN SHENG INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (INCORPORATED IN
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  • personal investment
    • 865 7  -  By Genevieve Cua JUST THINK: If you can only time your entry in and out of markets, not only would you have avoided the worst of the last three years' carnage, you would also have reaped the profits from bonds simply by
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    • 908 7  -  show me the money This helps investors determine if current profitability is sustainable and make sound assumptions when forecasting future performance teh hooi ling ONE of the most important steps in analysing companies is business strategy analysis the purpose of which is to identify key profit drivers
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    • 1017 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling WITH the revival of local bourse, punters are seeking out undervalued stocks that are ripe for re-rating. This has benefited the portfolio made up of stocks with the lowest price relative to their exported earnings next year. The lowest forward
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  • focus cpf
    • 965 8  -  RETIREMENT Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong is expected to announce a fine-tuning of Central Provident Fund rates in his annual National Day Rally address tomorrow. BT examines how this will affect your plans for the future With lower CPF contributions, there will be no margin for poor
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    • 445 8  -  HEALTHCARE But this may not have a big impact if cuts are temporary By Genevieve Cua A CUT in the CPF contribution rates if that occurs is expected to have a knockon effect on workers' healthcare, with correspondingly lower contributions to the Medisave account.
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    • 576 8  -  INVESTMENT Observers point to the vast amounts off untapped CPF funds By Wong Wei Kong CUTTING the Central Provident Fund contribution rate should not result in a significant drop in investments by CPF investors because there are still billions left untapped in the system.
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    • 1353 8  -  PROPERTY But property sentiment will take a hit, say analysts By Andrea Tan SENTIMENT in the property market is expected to take a hard knock on fears that Central Provident Fund contribution rates will be cut. But affordability is unlikely to be dented much, analysts
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  • news at home
    • 623 9  -  PARLIAMENT Govt will seek to strike a balance between individual interest and public good: minister By Kalpana Rashiwala PROVISIONS in the Land Acquisition Act that state the basis of compensation will be part of a continuing review of legislation carried out by the
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    • 127 9 VOLKSWAGEN'S new luxury SUV-cum-off-road vehicle, the Touareg, has arrived in Singapore. The car was launched yesterday at a cocktail party attended by some3ooinvited guests at Laguna National Golf Club. Jointly developed by VW and sports-car maker Porsche, the Touareg boasts state-of-the-art technology, including six-speed automatic dynamic-shift
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    • 134 9 VISITORS to Singapore will no longer have to complete health declaration cards, and human movement between and within hospitals will be relaxed from Monday. With the improvement in the severe acute respiratory syndrome situation worldwide, the Ministry of Health has been relaxing precautionary rules since late July,
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    • 484 9  -  Workforce Devt Agency will assist in retraining, job hunt By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) a new statutory board set to take off next month will go the extra mile to get the unemployed back
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    • 235 9 AN exhibition on famed Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki's works rims at the URA Centre from today to September 19. Prof Maki was honoured as the 1993 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the highest honour presented to a living architect whose built work "demonstrates a combination
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    • 316 9  -  By Kenneth Lim SINGAPORE'S efforts to attract international shipping operators to set up regional bases here came full circle yesterday as the first recipient of the Approved International Shipping Enterprises (AIS) scheme became the first company to renew its tax-exempt
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    • 366 9  -  retail sales By Kalpana Rashiwala THE official retail sales index jumped 9.6 per cent year on year in June, but the bulk of the increase came from motor vehicle sales, which surged 21.5 per cent. Excluding motor vehicles, the index at constant prices that
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  • news region
    • 248 10 Reuters AFP Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Police have tightened security around an Asia-Pacific meeting in southern Thailand following the arrest of Hambali, the suspected mastermind behind deadly bombings in the region, including last week's blast at the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta. Around 1,000
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    • 392 10 The WTO's Worid Trade Report 2003 sees this as one reason for the less dynamic performance of S'pore and HK in recent years [KUALA LUMPUR] The expansion in container traffic at ports in Malaysia and China is one reason
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    • 425 10 Syed Mokhtar talks about his survival after RM3b in shares and assets was reduced to RM600m in the 1997 crisis MALAYSIAN tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary the man behind PTP's success says he had to keep a low business profile in the last few years, as
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    • 283 10 Yen, Sing also allowed if trading partners agree AP [YANGON] Myanmar's military government, faced with a US ban on remittances to the country, has decreed that the euro and other currencies should be used in place of the US dollar
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    • 343 10 Focus on sustaining economy rather than expansion Reuters DEBT-LADEN Indonesia unveiled a conservative 2004 draft budget yesterday, forecasting an improving economy and shrinking deficit but lifting development spending to aid the country's impoverished masses. Analysts said the economic blueprint the first that will
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    • INBRIEF
      • 65 10 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's fifth broadcaster went on air yesterday, promising a stiffer fight for advertising in an industry seeing minimal revenue growth, analysts said. Channel 9, which targets young and urban English-speaking viewers, said it hoped to capture within a year 10 per cent
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      • 115 10 AFP [HONG KONG] Coca-Cola's Hong Kong franchise bottler has recalled a batch of cans erf its lemon-flavoured light soft drinks after particles were found in several cans of the beverage, the company said yesterday. Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong has arranged for a product exchange
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      • 99 10 AFP [SHANGHAI] Property prices continue to soar at a record-setting rate in Shanghai, despite recent government efforts to cool the overheating market, state press reported yesterday. In July, housing prices jumped by the fastest rate in eight years, setting a record high with the city's
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      • 65 10 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong said personal bankruptcy orders rose 39 per cent in the first seven months of the year as the jobless rate reached a record 8.6 per cent In July, the number of bankruptcy orders fell 24 per cent from June, the
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  • news world
    • 566 11 Beijing may let currency strengthen to avoid criticism at G-7 meeting, it says Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] China may allow its currency to strengthen to avoid criticism at a meeting of Group of Seven (G-7) finance ministers next month, said Jim O'Neill, head of economic research
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    • inbrief
      • 63 11 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday named a senior partner of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers as its chief accountant. Donald Nicolaisen, 59, was chosen for the post seen as crucial to efforts to restore integrity to an accounting industry damaged by scandals and
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      • 76 11 Bloomberg [PRINCETON] Texas Instruments Inc, whose microchips ran half of the mobile telephones sold last year, reaffirmed its forecast for higher third-quarter sales, saying demand is rising for chips used in wireless devices. Revenue will climb to U552.29 billion to U552.49 billion, senior vice-president
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      • 128 11 Xinhua [WASHINGTON] Only 36 per cent of Americans approve of the handling of the economy by President George W Bush, a poll released on Wednesday said. The CBS News poll found that six in 10 think the economy is in bad
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      • 110 11 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's biggest airline, will create three business units as part of a drive to cut costs by Asl billion (551.15 billion) and protect earnings from discount rivals. Each unit will have its own management team, budget and profit targets, Qantas
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      • 164 11 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Treasury should definitely consider bringing back the 30-year bond to take advantage of current low interest rates, a top International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday. In an interview, IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff said countries benefit from issuing
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    • 134 11 AFP [NEW YORK] Bankrupt telecoms group MCI, formerly World Com, may have avoided "hundreds of millions of dollars in state taxes" between 1999 and 2001 on the basis of advice from KPMG accountants, The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday. In a bid to minimise
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    • 591 11 US POWER FAILURE Several carriers cancel or divert flights after blackout struck major US cities and parts off Canada Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Airlines worldwide cancelled or diverted flights after the power outage struck a region from New York to Michigan and part of Canada, forcing travel
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    • 438 11 LATEST US DATA 0.5% jump in July factory output lifted by utilities [WASHINGTON] Rising energy prices, higher tuition and gains in lodging and housing costs pushed US inflation up moderately in July, the government said yesterday in a report that could ease
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    • 379 11 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US financial markets and the government agencies that oversee them passed the biggest test of Wall Street's backup systems since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, operating with minimal disruption after an electrical blackout struck New York City and the US North-east on
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    • 648 11 Executive share sales in US reveal a bearish mood in July Reuters [NEW YORK] Think it's time to buy stocks now the market has stabilised after its spring rally? Many corporate insiders don't. Executives sold about US$32 worth of their own companies' stock for
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    • 993 12 After cornering 60 per cent of the US$16 billion IT outsourcing market India is now poised to latch on to the next big thing: outsourcing of financial services Reuters [BANGALORE] THE office of Process Mind, around the comer from a granite temple to Hindu god Ganesha,
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  • style sports
    • 702 13 Considered the best player never to have won a major, he has a good chance now NYT [ROCHESTER, New York) PHIL Mickelson entered the PGA Championship attracting far less attention than usual. Rodney Pampling entered the PGA attracting almost no attention. That will not be
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    • 179 13 AP [NEW YORK) Roy Jones Jr couldn't get the big fights he really wanted, so he turned to Corrie Sanders instead. Jones will return to the ring on Nov 8 for the first time since winning the heavyweight title when he takes on Sanders, most likely
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    • 775 13  -  frankly speaking naveen verghese IN cricketing parlance, "sledging" is the deliberate verbal abuse of opponents with the intention of disturbing their concentration. It can vary from irritating and constant chatter to straightforward taunting and swearing. Though the current Australian cricket
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  • 12 13 Transaction date:Aug 15 for live prices, log on to wiruiasiaotiemarketsxxmi
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  • style motoring
    • 688 14  -  Two Italian beauties whizzed into town recently. SAMUEL EE managed to catch up with them to get the lowdown. SAMUEL EE SHE was hurt. They had accused her of going soft and threatened to turn their affections to the luscious new Lambo next door. Hell hath no
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    • 585 14 IT'S called the baby Lambo, but this exotic car is anything but small and cute. The new Lamborghini Gallardo may not be as big as the Vl2 Murcielago. But it still has a five-litre, 40-valve VlO aluminium engine with 500 hp. Permanent four-wheel-drive and 19-inch Pirelli P
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  • style health
    • 839 15  - Tips to ease wear tear Over-exercising or pushing yourself too hard often leads to injuries which require medical treatment, even surgery. SEAMUS PHAN looks at how you can prevent accidents and reduce pain naturally SEAMUS PHAN MK| NJURY is often seen as the rite of passage for sportspeople, but it
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    • 622 15  -  eatwell By John Yeo WHAT is 100 per cent natural, high in calcium and protein, low in fat, good for pregnant mothers and growing children? This might sound like a milk commercial, except that low fat milk is not 100 per cent natural.
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    • 392 15  -  Dr Lim Lian Arn, Dr Ng Wai Lin Q: I'm a male in my mid-30s and go to the gym about three times a week. I'm also careful with my diet, but my cholesterol has shot up from 190 to 230over the last year. I wonder if taking glucosamine
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    • 70 15  -  Compiled by Cheah Ui-Hoon FwkOWw ww hi from Maw, policy issues on health, income security and social support. Iteyaete Dr Victoria Velkofif, chief. Ageing Studies Branch, US Census Bureau Date A Um: Aug 23,1.3(M>pm Vmmn: Suntec Theatre, Level 3, Suntec City OvgaalMd by: The Tsao Foundation IttgWwUoK Closing date
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  • style shopping
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      681 16  -  CHEAH UI-HOON looks at how Alfred Dunhill's new concept store ties in with the brand's worldwide relaunch, and why red is the colour of choice CHEAH UI-HOON ALFRED Dunhill rolled out its Red Store concept two years ago, at its flagship in Bond Street, London. Now the
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    • instore
      • 88 16 The rich Peranakan Chinese community used to commission colourful enamelled porcelain, with the pieces typically sporting traditional auspicious Chinese motifs as well as distinctive, brilliant colours. Now you can buy a full range at the Museum Shop by Banyan Tree at the Asian Civilisations Museum (Armenian Street) which
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      • 55 16 Be serious but still retain some style: that's what you get with this elegant Bree brief case. Stern yet exuberant, the vegetabletanned cowhide leather promises to look even better with age. For the detail-conscious: it's made in Germany, spacious, and comes with small practical pockets. Price: $789.
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        42 16 A conversation piece, even for the not-so patriotic. That it comes with the thumbprint of Hella Jongerius, an accomplished sculptor, makes it all the more collectable. From Holland, the rare red-white porcelain vase costs $750 at Studio Haus, Millenia Walk.
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        85 16 Shades that do more than shield the sun, thanks to its ClimaCool feature: a dynamic ventilation technology. The specially engineered vents on the pad allow air to be directed In a way that doesn't obstruct vision, aids moisture and hinders fogging. This latest adidas pair also comes with
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