The Business Times, 13 December 1997

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c S I N.G A P 0 R E Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEEKEND EDITION, DECEMBER 13-14,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Talk of debt moratorium flips Indonesian markets
    1253 1  -  Suharto cancels trips, mpi&h hits historic low of 5,200 despite govt reassurances From S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIAN financial markets went into a state of panic and speculation grew of a debt moratorium after President Suharto cancelled scheduled visits to Solo in
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    Moody's warns of US$ 20b foreign debt default by Korea firms
    988 1  -  From* Jennifer Veale in Seoul MOODY'S Investors Service warned yesterday that South Korea could be heading for a debt moratorium if investor confidence isn't restored as Seoul's foreign exchange cri sis showed few signs of slack-, enlng despite pledges
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    Delay in reform package sends Tokyo stocks reeling
    439 1  -  PM pledges only to take every possible step'to avert crisis Fromi Anthony Rowley in Tokyo A WIDELY-ANTICIPATED package of measures to bolster Japan's financial institutions and reflate the economy failed to materialise yesterday, sending the Nikkei stock index sliding below the 16,000
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    Bleak Christmas for Asia's financial services workers
    479 1  -  WI Carr layoff latest casualty, thousands more may lose jobs Byi Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] This Christmas, a frost will blanket the trading rooms and back offices af Asia's financial services sector. As the region's worsening prospects force hundreds to be laid off, thousands
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • BULL'S EYE
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        BT Sentiment Index
        594 2 Tftoee polM for their view* on the Singapore Mocfcmarket outiook for ant week were: Alliance. Daiwa SacuntM, Deutsche-Morvaa GreafcU, fraaer Securities GK Goh. INC Barinc*. Kay Htan. Kim Km. MmmWIOW. Awtmo 4(Bny) Indosuez Wl Carr, Dec 11, $2.37 Compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) earnings of 25 per
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        Im My Opinion
        420 2  -  Georgia Perceval Maxwell JF Morgan Investment ii A SUBSTANTIAL ref\ versal in the forxX tunes of Asian economies and equity markets over the past year has seen a dramatic shift in focus amongst investors in this region. Clearly many of Asia's problems are due to corporates' over-gearing
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      Lock icon Making money the Robert Kiyosaki way
      894 2  -  According to the self-made millionaire, start by changing your attitude to wealth By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Wm~ ONEY is 11 /I MM ideas 1 m# make big 1 m# money. I V Ideas 1 V come V from words, and words from thoughts. Your
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      Rules of money the rich play by
      393 2  -  Title: Rich Dad, Poor Dodi What the rich teach their ldds about liny that the Author*: Robert T Klyoeakl with Sbaroa L Leohter Publisher: Teofa Press, USA Price: 5523.00 By] Raju Chellam "STUDY hard, get good grades, and find a secure job," could
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      Stocks still not cheap based on PER
      754 2  -  BTB OX THE REGION: BANGKOK By Harish Mehta THIS is a bad time to be in Thai stocks. Investment returns have been negative since March 1994 when the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index peaked. It has fallen some 1,200 points since then.
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      Unit trust performance ranking
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      PCS may set up its own power station to cut costs
      631 3  -  Govt encouraging cogeneration as way to improve efficiency, Reports by] Ronnie Lim THE $5 billion Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (PCS) yesterday said it was looking into setting up its own power station to boost its competitiveness, following the government's
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      Shell Chem to double capacity of new plant
      412 3 SHELL Chemicals plans to double the capacity of its new $1.3 billion Seraya downstream plant which opened just yesterday to make it a more competitive plant. Disclosing this yesterday, Evert Henkes, the chief executive officer-designate of Shell International Chemicals Ltd, said it
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      Calling Asean medics
      94 3 IN a move aimed at attracting Asean medical talent to Singapore, the Economic Development Board (EDB) yesterday announced that it is working with the National University of Singapore (NUS) to set up a postgraduate medical scholarship for doctors from such countries. Funded by the $20 million MobilEDB
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      Free Sing Tel calls to make up for blackout
      255 3 SINGAPORE Telecom is offering free phone calls for a day to make up for the mobile phone and paging blackout two weeks ago. From midnight tonight, charges for calls made with line-based phones to handphones or pagers will be waived until
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      Industrialists expect lower '98 growth but not 1.8%
      430 3  -  Businessmen say it'll not be easy to achieve 5% growth next year By 1 Teh Hooi Ling INDUSTRIALISTS expect Singapore's economic growth to slow down next year, but not to a low of 1.8 per cent as projected by stockbroker Vickers Ballas.
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      556 3 BOSE Newsletter Bose* provides sound for Hong Kong handover to China Thousands of VIPs were on hand at the stunning. Fireworks valued at $17,000,000 on eight barges with celebration of the handover of Hong Kong from lasers, lights, and a harbour parade of floats, all choreographed to Britain to China
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Continued fall of rupiah, won hit S'pore, KL stocks
      293 4  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Singapore and Malaysian stocks continued to be rocked yesterday by the plunges suffered in South Korea and Indonesia, with added pressure here coming from concerns over the future of the electronics sector as well as a slide
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      Lock icon Critics slam IMF as Korean markets reel
      261 4 Reuters IHT I [WASHINGTON] A slithering s currency and serious doubts 1 -about South Korea's financing t needs threw the spotlight on the International Monetary I Fund on Thursday, raising I concern about its recordt breaking rescue deal. Asian business and political leaders
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      Lock icon Rubin says no danger to US market if Japan sells T-bonds
      442 4 Likelihood of such a sale doubtful because of Treasuries'higher return: analysts Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said the US bond market would not be in any danger should the Japanese government sell some of its holdings of
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      Lock icon Peso tumbles to another all-time low
      479 4  -  Analysts blame the freefall on plunge of rupiah, Korean won From, Al Labita in Manila THE Philippine peso tumbled anew to an all-time low yesterday, sending share prices plunging across the board in a renewed bloodbath in the financial market. Its weighted average shrank
      Source: Bloomberg  -  479 words
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      Lock icon US tells Korea to accept IMF-imposed hardships
      368 4 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States on Thursday refused to be drawn further into South Korea's worsening monetary crisis, telling the Korean people to accept IMF-imposed hardships. Speaking as global stock markets declined on Asia's woes, US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin did not offer
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      Lock icon Bangkok ready to hike rates to defend baht
      386 4 Finance minister's comments come as baht tests new floor AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda yesterday said the government was ready to raise short-term interest rates to support the falling baht. His comments came as the Thai unit sank to its
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon China economy sound despite deflation: Beijing
      385 5 BEIJING Leadership admits rhalkigtw ahoaH in unemployment and financial system Bloomberg Reuters CHINA'S leaders declared that the economy is developing "soundly" despite deflation as they wrapped up an annual three-day economic conference, the official media said. And separately, the State Statistics Bureau said the
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      Lock icon M'sia also to blame for crisis: Anwar
      228 5 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim, parting ways with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said the country should look to itself for the cause of the problems in its financial markets. "We are facing problems, but it's not entirely the fault of
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      Lock icon The pull of ice
      42 5 [BEIJING] University students lacing up and stretching for one of the first skates of the season on a small lake on their campus yesterday in Beijing. Ice skating is a favourite winter past-time in the Chinese capital AFP
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      Asia crisis may end only after S Korea polls: Tsang
      419 5  -  HONGKONG Bat he warns of painfnl adjustments as countries restrnctnre By] Loh Hul Yin ASIAN financial markets can expect another couple of bumpy weeks until the South Korean presidential elections are over, Hongkong's Financial Secretary Donald Tsang said yesterday. "The
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      China launches first anti-dumping probe
      468 5  -  SINGAPORE It will investigate US, Canadian, S Korean newsprint exporters By\ Lu Ning TAKING a leaf out of the book of its Western trading partners, China on Thursday launched its first ever antidumping probe against US, Canadian and South Korean newsprint exporters, according to an
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon US has major problems with WTO financial pact
      489 6 GENEVA It's still not happy with quality of market access offers: sources Reuters THE United States has major problems over a projected World Trade Organization (WTO) pact to liberalise financial services with only hours to go before a deadline for its completion,
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      Lock icon US Nov producer prices fall 0.2%
      460 6 WASHINGTON Inflation dormant as economy heads for continued expansion Bloomberg PRICES paid to US factories, farmers and other producers unexpectedly dropped 0.2 per cent' in November, confirming inflation remains dormant as the economy heads for continued expansion. It was the year's eighth monthly decline
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      Lock icon Heathrow fire causes mass delays, damage at main terminal
      433 6 LONDON Reuters A BLAZE swept through the main terminal at London's Heathrow airport early yesterday, causing extensive damage and bringing chaos to the world's busiest international airport. Fire-fighters managed to control the blaze, which broke out at Terminal One, but smoke
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      SIA's SQ319 may be late
      78 6 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Airlines flight 5Q322 from Singapore landed at Heathrow airport at 0515 hours (London time) yesterday, the airline said in a statement yesterday. All passengers onboard have disembarked. SIA added that flight SQ32O which left for London earlier yesterday would "not be prevented from
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      Lock icon Indon economy needs transparency: Mar'ie
      207 6 NEW YORK Bloomberg INDONESIAN Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad called for greater transparency in his nation's economy and more economic disclosure from the government and private companies. "We should influence the market-driven economy so that its operations become more transparent and less distorting," he told an
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      Lock icon S Korea's majority party accused of trying to buy votes
      324 6 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's majority party admitted yesterday to trying to raise massive underground loans, triggering accusations it was seeking to buy votes in the Dec 18 presidential election. A Grand National Party (GNP) spokesman said the party had tried
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      Lock icon Row over euro management settled?
      258 6 LUXEMBOURG AFP EUROPEAN Union leaders appeared to have settled a row over the management of the single currency that has badly soured relations between Britain's new Labour government and France. Spanish Finance Minister Rodrigo Rato yesterday said the leaders had agreed on outline rules for
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Manila to get back Marcos' money
        84 6 AFP [LAUSANNE] The Swiss supreme court ordered yesterday that US$5OO million deposited in Swiss bank accounts by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos should be returned to the Philippines. The order overturned an earlier decision taken in February by the Zurich supreme court which had
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        Lock icon Yeltsin has a cold, that's all: Kremlin
        64 6 Reuters [MOSCOW] The Kremlin yesterday denied a report on a Moscow radio station quoting an unnamed top medical source as saying President Boris Yeltsin had a "severe spasm of the (blood) vessels in the brain" as well as a cold and that his
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        Lock icon Euro seen speeding up EU mergers
        72 6 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The prospect of a single currency is speeding up a wave of mergers across the European Union which is set to continue for a few more years, European Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert said. He estimated that about ISO mergers and takeovers
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        Lock icon Germany growth seen at 2.2% in '97
        46 6 Reuters [MUNICH] Germany's Ifo economic institute said yesterday that it expected accelerating export demand and moderate firming in the domestic economy to lead to economic growth of 2.2 per cent in 1997 and 2.6 per cent in 1998. Reuters
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        Lock icon Swlm central bank affirms role of gold
        71 6 AFP [ZURICH] The Swiss central bank stood by the role of gold in the monetary system and as a rampart against economic crisis, it said in a statement issued yesterday. The central bank sought to counter concern in the gold market that it
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Currency, brewery, property woes cut F&N's profit by 31%
      578 7  -  Triple blow hits company harder than market expected; forecast was 24% fall By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A triple whammy of the regional currency crisis, a slowdown in brewery business and a drop in property income has knocked beverage group Fraser and
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      Isetan surprises with interim net up 144%
      479 7  -  Bat fall year results to remain status quo at best, says firm By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Retailer Isetan Singapore has again surprised the market with a better-than-expected interim net profit, which jumped 144 per cent to $2.3 million for the six months ended
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      Index manipulation: Don't be too hasty with the M-word
      853 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy THE issue of stock index manipulation has been getting heightened attention in the press recently. In London, a steep 38point fall in the Footsie Index during the final minute of trading about two weeks ago on
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      Centrepoint Properties reports 41% profit plunge
      351 7  -  Directors warn of farther profit fall, project lannch delays By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Centrepoint Properties Ltd (CPL) yesterday reported a 41 per cent plunge in group net earnings to $74.5 million for the year ended Sept 30. And directors warned that profits will
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      STE enjoys good run despite market gloom
      285 7 [SINGAPORE) Singapore Technologies Engineering (STE) enjoyed a good run in its first week despite a depressed market it accounted for about one in every eight shares traded on the stock exchange here during the week. The counter, which takes in former main board
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Merrill Lynch lists key weaknesses of KL firms
        385 8  -  Appetite for risks boosted growth bat shortcomings set to weigh on them From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MANY companies in Malaysia have grown tremendously over the years through risktaking but they are weak in several key areas competitiveness in the international
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        UPP scraps joint venture
        149 8 SIGN OF THE TIMES [SINGAPORE] United Pulp Paper Company Ltd yesterday said a joint venture agreement with Austrian firm Mayr-Mel-nhof Karton AG has been mutually terminated by both parties. The project, established in November last year, involved looking at the feasibility of building a carton-board mill
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        Low take-up for SembCorp units rights, warrants
        121 8 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Resources Ltd's one-for-one rights and three-for-10 warrant issues have been undersubscribed. The company said that when the offers closed on Monday, acceptances and excess applications were received for 53.8 per cent of the shares and 53.2 per cent of the warrants
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        Lock icon Sime Darby to inject and lend RM 25Om to brokerage arm
        236 8 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd said yesterday it would inject 100 miUion Malaysian ringgit (5543.43 miUion) and lend a further Mslso million to its brokerage arm Sime Securities Sdn Bhd. Sime Darby also said the level
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        Lock icon Boom days are numbered
        65 8 [HONGKONG] A representative from Tai Cheung Properties, a unit of Tai Cheung Holdings, making a bid at a land auction in Hongkong on Thursday. The company bought the 2,293 sq m Tuen Mun site for HK$2B5 million (5560.7 million) in Hongkong's last land auction for this
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        Lock icon HK clearing house to cut stock settlement fee
        194 8 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co Ltd said it will reduce its stock settlement fee to 0.0025 per cent per trade from 0.004 per cent from Jan 1. Hong Kong Clearing said in a statement that the revised fee applies to
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        Lock icon Datacraft Asia plans shopping spree
        440 8 The telecom network systems firm's sales are in US dollars Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] For Datacraft Asia Ltd. Asia's currency crisis means it's time to go shopping for acquisitions. That's because the Singa-pore-based company, which sets up and maintains telecommunications network systems, generates sales in US dollars
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          Creative kit for S'pore ONE users
          96 8 [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology yesterday said it would sell its Video Blaster Broadband Internet Toolkit to users of Singapore ONE, the national broadband multimedia network, for a special price of $99. The usual price of the product, which includes a video capture board, colour analogue
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          Chevalier profit down 27%
          85 8 [SINGAPORE] Lift and escalator maker Chevalier Singapore Holdings said yesterday that its net profit tumbled 27 per cent to $1.52 million for the six months ended Sept 30. Operating turnover was $35.5 miUion. The group incurred a foreign exchange loss of $300,000 from the restatement of
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          Keppel opens another Philippine branch
          50 8 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Monte Bank, a member of Singapore's Keppel Group, yesterday opened its 34th branch in Legaspi ViUage, in the PhUippines' Makati City business hub. The bank said its plan to upgrade into a commercial bank in the middle of next year is on track.
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          Lock icon Arab-M'sian interim profit falls 29%
          125 8 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Arab-Malaysian Corporation Bhd yesterday posted a 29.5 per cent fall in pre-tax profit to 157.33 million Malaysian ringgit (5567.3 million) for the half-year ended Sept 30, from RM223.3 million In the previous corresponding period. Amcorp attributed the drop mainly to rising interest
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        IPC swaps stake in interactive unit for 2.4% of Nasdaq firm
        297 8  -  By Annette Pan [SINGAPORE] IPC Corp has sold its half-stake in an unprofitable associate to Nasdaqlisted Sea Change International in .return for a 2.41 per cent in Sea Change. The US company, which supplies digital video systems, will issue
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        Freight Links Express' interim profit soars 80%
        183 8 [SINGAPORE] Freight Links Express Holdings yesterday posted an 80 per cent increase in interim net earnings to $4 million. Turnover for the six months ended October rose 37.7 per cent to $121.4 million. The Sesdaq-listed logistics company's earnings per share grew to 1.07
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon US judge deals blow to Microsoft's dominance
        512 9 Software giant told to stop requiring computer makers to install its browser LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] Throwing a rare obstacle in the way of Microsoft Corp's march to computer software dominance, a US federal judge on Thursday ordered the company to stop requiring computer makers
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        Lock icon Two Japan traditions yield to deregulation
        358 9 Big Inkers step shewing market FT [TOKYO] Two of Tokyo's cosy financial traditions have crumbled under the approach of Japan's Big Bang deregulation, which will introduce greater competition. Nomura, Daiwa and Nikko Securities, the three biggest brokers, will no longer provide information showing their
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        Lock icon LSE set to stop wild swings on Dec 31
        307 9 Reuters [LONDON] The London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Thursday unveiled a package of measures designed to prevent wild share price swings in the thin market expected on New Year's Eve. Erratic share prices can be particularly damaging on the last day
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        Lock icon Software group SAP boosts jobs, shrugs off Asia worries
        345 9 Management sticks to 1997 forecast of a 50% increase in sales Reuters [FRANKFURT] German software group SAP AG, brushing off fears over Asian turmoil that have hit shares in rival Oracle Corp, said on Thursday it would add 4,000 to 5,000
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Japanese bank closes 2 securities arms in Europe
        477 10 London, Zurich units of Long-Term Credit Bank shut down in line with SBC tie-up Reuters [TOKYO] The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) said yesterday that it would shut down two securities arms in Europe as part of an overhaul of its
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        Lock icon DBS Sibor rate rises to 7% as S$ weakens
        176 10 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The Development Bank of Singapore's threemonth interbank offer rate rose to a six-week high of 7 per cent amid speculation the Singapore dollar will weaken against the US dollar. DBS' interbank, or Sibor, rate, which is used as a
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        Lock icon US$ to trade lower vs mark, SFr
        473 10 USB/m*rk: Activities were subdued for the first three days of this week, with the unit range-bound between 1.7811 and 1.7955. Subsequently, the unit plunged to a low of 1.7591 on Thursday before recovering marginally to trade around the 1.7640 level yesterday morning. Three
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        Lock icon US banks earn record US$ l4.8b in Q3
        486 10 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US banks earned a record US$l4.B billion (5124.1 billion) in the third quarter and are on track to break the U5552.4 biUion annual earnings record set last year, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said. Bank earnings rose 12.3 per cent in
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        Lock icon Citibank buys J P Morgan trust business
        112 10 Reuters [LONDON] Citibank said on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire the Global Trust and Agency Services business of J P Morgan. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 1998 and is subject to regulatory approval. The terms
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        Lock icon Euroyen looks well supported
        228 10 wimriii Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures looked well supported yesterday amid growing doubts about the viability of a proposal to issue 10 trillion yen (Ssl27 billion) in new bonds to support Japan's sagging financial system. "Where the hell are they going to raise 10 trillion
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        Market up on confidence in Taiwanese firms
        147 10  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Ric Trotta Floor Manager, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract rose slightly yesterday. The December contract gained 3.6 points to 339.9. The cash index finished at 8,398.3, for a gain of 127.7.
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        Lock icon Thai oil reserve cuts a blow for Asia
        236 10 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [SINGAPORE] Thailand's move to cut minimum oil stock requirements is adding pressure to the already beleaguered Asian market, industry sources said yesterday. OU prices are faUing worldwide and traders said the destocking by the Thai oU sector will add
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        271 10 Reuters London The US dollar was little changed in afternoon trade by comparison with its morning levels as operators took a "wait and see" attitude ahead of the Japanese government's economic stimulation plan due out next week. At 1245 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.7659 marks compared
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2204 11 LONDON I^Hlllllll Beta mo 31 Croup 505 MO AB Ports 301 -1 Abbey National 1026 -13 AMedDomecq 525.400 2.400 Amec 125 -4.400 Asda Group 173 unch BAT tad 544 5 BC PIC 285 3 BICC 163 2 BOC Group 975 25 BR Petroleum 813 -7.400 BTR 180
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1597 11 AFP □ffihka22s -I4SJ6 STOCKS closed lower yesterday, with the Nikkei Average closing below the 16,000 points on the South Korean won's slide and pessimism over a planned economic package. The 225-issue Nikkei Average fell 145.85 points to 15,904.30. The broader Topix Index shed 16.90 points to 1,196.84. Trading was
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1557 12 Bloomberg Q Hang Seng ♦1*4.44 STOCKS rose yesterday, snapping a three-day rout, as the ongoing regional financial turmoil prompted investors to seek out companies with steady earnings prospects. Banks and utilities paced the gains, contributing to almost half of the index's gain. "It's a rim for shelter," said an
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      686 12 Reuters Shenzhen Blndex -LB9 SHENZHEN'S B share market closed lower in dull trade yesterday, with sentiment still overshadowed by Thursday's sharp fall in the Hongkong market, analysts said. The B Index lost 1.89 points to 100.62 on turnover of HK111.5 million. An analyst said falls in Shenzhen's B market
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      355 12 AFP □wPlnda +127.69 SHARE prices finished 1.5 per cent higher yesterday, led by plastics and chemicals, in volatile trade as investors stepped in at the lows to pick up bargain stocks. "Bargain hunters swarmed to place buy orders soon after the index slumped 135 points at opening, helping the
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      250 12 Bloomberg □Wellington -3605 SHARES fell yesterday amid renewed concerns that Asia's financial woes will hurt company earnings. The benchmark NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 35.15 points to close at 2,330.92. Within the index, decliners outnumbered advancers 35 to four. Bloomberg we w mm AN2 Banking 11.00 "0-60 >050 Advantages
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      838 12 AFP P SET Index -3J2 STOCKS ended 0.8 per cent down at the close of a turbulent week yesterday which saw the bourse take a beating on the back of regional currency turmoil sparked by South Korea's financial woes. The bourse recovered from its initial fall of 1.8 per
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      423 12 AFP P Composite Index -2iM SHARE prices plunged 7.1 per cent to a 10-year low yesterday, dragged down by relentless pressure on the won and ceaseless financial market turmoil, dealers said. The Composite Index lost 26.69 points at 350.68, the lowest since April 29, 1987. Turnover was 43.4 million
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      597 12 AFP PAD Ordinaries -218 STOCKS slipped yesterday as resource stocks fell and weaker world markets weighed on investor sentiment. "Commodity prices around the world are still looking very weak and people are selling resources stocks continually they just can't find any level of support at this stage," a broker
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      682 12 AFP P Composite Index jjjj SHARE prices plunged 7.6 per cent yesterday amid concerns over President Suharto's health after an announcement that he had cancelled plans to attend a regional summit in Malaysia. "The market is still very volatile with concerns over President Suharto's health," said the dealer. The
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      285 12 AFP Q Manila -20.89 SHARE prices fell yesterday, taking the cue from Wall Street, neighbouring Asian markets and the skidding peso, which hit a new low. "The reaction of the other Asian markets was negative so we followed," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index shed 20.89 points to
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        537 13 AFXAsia Q Composite Index -1426 SHARE prices closed sharply lower yesterday on mounting regional concerns stretching from South Korea to Indonesia while the domestic situation itself is far from satisfactory, analysts and dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 14.26 points at 574.92 on
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        225 14  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy FRASER NEAVE's shares took a walloping this week, and so* did its warrants. This sad state of affairs came about because there were rumours that the beverage and property group was about to report poor earnings. Unfortunately, there
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        70 16  -  by Shiv Taneja MAGNUM CORP ckned one cent higher at SSL OB on a volume of just over two million spares yesterday, compared with its lOday traded average of jft million units. In mt days head, the share price um experience weakness despite the fact that aaify and
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        659 16  -  STOCK MARKET COMMBMTAKY Concerns over electronics sector, uncertainty about corporate earnings aid fears that Asia's collapse could have global consequences hit sentiment By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] There were really few surprises in store for stock market players after Wall Street's wobble on
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          89 16 THE regional crisis has not only made it harder to do business, but also more costly to play. The Singapore Island Country Club has just announced that monthly fees for ordinary members will go up from $100 to $110 starting next January. Social membership fee (no
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          103 16 THE completion of new, mega condominiums like Valley Park and TTie Anchorage has flooded the already soft rental market in the prime districts with new apartments. As a result, rental units in older condominiums are having a hard time finding takers. In one Holland Road condo
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          88 16 NEWS at Swiss Banking Corp's merger with Union Bank of Switzerland has led some wit to remark that given SBC's bearish predictions for the Singapore economy—its Hongkong office was the first house to slash Singapore's 1906 GDP forecast to 2 per cent in October—and ÜBS' more bullish stance
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          70 16 MORE on the merger of SBC and ÜBS Not long ago when ÜBS introduced Its new logo, it ran a media campaign—both In print and on television —which ended with the tag line, ÜBS: Here Today, Here Tomorrow.' r2s- A -f *4 Well, at a cocktail
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          131 16 IN a survey of shareholder returns published in yesterday's Asian Wall Street Journal, DBS Bank finds itself In the rather unflattering position of being the only local bank in a list of the bottom five Singapore companies measured by shareholder returns over a five-year period ended
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          89 16 IN case there was any doubt in anyone's mind, it is now official: Singapore is the No 1 place in Asia to do business, according to a new study by The Economist Intelligence Unit The study measures business operating costs including the price of utilities, tax rates and labour.
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          81 16 THE regional crisis is getting so bad that for some it is a chore to wike up in the morning. "I hate morning now," said a (former) big investor in the stock market "You dont know what it will bring." But there's consolation. He
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      1527 17  -  It takes more than the right intentions to raise money for charily. Considerable business expertise is needed to spearhead a successful campaign, m mumkob looks at how some companies here are helping to provide aid where it is most needed BEN MUNROE CHRISTMAS is traditionally a
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        115 17 THE CITY of angels is anything but. Los Angeles, the capital of self-Indul-gence, came out 48th out of 50 In a survey of charitable cities in the US, according to a recent wire report. So a remedial blitz goes like this: "I know you're into that touchy-feely
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        68 17 ONE exercise fanatic was pleased when a new gym opened a stone's throw from her flat. But when she went to sign up for it, there was this bit in fine print: Should the gym close down, it would find a replacement for members within
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        67 17 .SOME people need no persuasion to take early retirement, especially if they have millions stashed away in the bank account, like George Foreman. But the 49-year-old heavyweight boxer needs to be punched silly before he bows out Says he: "Someone's really got to give me a
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        1081 18  -  Anita Roddick, controversial founder of The Body Shop, is used to rattling corporate bigwigs with the causes she adopts. She was brought up, she tells jaime ee, by a mother who taught her to challenge everything and who sent her to church smelling of garlic
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        828 18  -  BOOKS V Great Myths Ofßtataaii By William Davis Kogan Page Lid an pigm atam Reviewed, by] Kevin Sulivan MANAGEMENT gurus are regularly wrong; business consultants are over-rated; schoolboys offer better stock tips than securities analysts; GNP figures are inadequate barometers of a nation's economy;
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        857 18  -  MEDICINE If organs can be transplanted, why not cells? By\ Daniel Green FT ORGAN transplants are both wonderful and horrible medicine. Thirty years ago, they were radical. Today, they are commonplace, saving thousands of lives every year. The trouble is that between 30
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        1032 19  -  Want to put the merry into your Christmas without lifting a finger? Check your bank account pick up the phone, and let jaxmh bb show you how JAIME EE THERE are 12 days left to Christmas. Doyou know where your greeting cards are? If you
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        498 19  -  GALLERY Adrienne Martin hopes to provide them with a suitable outlet for their creativity By Tan Su Yen LOOKING for an original Christmas gift? A recently opened home gallery may have just the thing for the giftweary. A Woman's Touch, a black-and-white colonial bungalow off Buona
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      658 20  -  CINEMA That, more or less, is the nature of things in Flnbber By I Susan Tsang FLUBBER is Walt Disney's remake of its 1961 hit The Absent-Minded Professor. However, with a screenplay by John Hughes, who scripted the Home Alone movies, you can forget about the warmth
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      736 20  -  CINEMA Subtlety is not a strong point in Devil's Advocate, bnt it's still a heck of a lot of fan watching a diabolical A 1 Pacino work his wiles on a witless Keann Reeves By\ Susan Tsang THERE are lots of jokes about lawyers
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      703 21  -  NIGHTSPOT By Ben Munroe FIRST he brought us Le Aussie, a Clarke Quay wine bar crammed with Australian varietals. Next he hit Boat Quay, opening Le Wine Cellar Singapore Town Club, specialising in South African and Chilean wine. Now Chen Yin Swee, the man behind Allied Wines
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      347 21  -  Compiled by M Yasotha DAMCB Tango Passion A performance with intricate and sensual dancing, set in the dance clubs of Buenos Aires. Choreographed by Hector Zaraspe. Dec 19-21, Bpm at Harbour Pavilion, World Trade Centre. Tickets: $75, $50, $35, $25 $15 available at all Sistic outlets. Hotline: 348-5555.
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        769 22  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR By N K Yoag FREDERIC Engerer, co-man-ager of Chateau Latour, presided recently at a tasting of 13 vintages of the Grand Vin and three vintages of the second wine, Les Forts de Latour, held in Shangri-La Hotel Serena Sutcliffe, senior director of Sotheby's Wine
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        856 22  -  What do two people do when they're just crazy about Italian food? For May Koh and her husband Koh Guan Poh, the answer was simple they decided to open their own trattoria ran so ran reports TAN SU YEN F YOU take away the cheese, ■B
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        755 22  -  RESTAURANT This restaurant above Central Mall's dneplez certainly makes an impression with its attentive and efficient service By< Corinne Kerk IF THERE'S any development suffering from bad times, it's Central Mall. Like an unpopular kid with zits, the building in Magazine Road is an isolated island,
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        257 22  -  WHAT'S NEW W Tan Su Yen TOO bad if things are not so hot in the rest of the economy. Singapore's newly acquired cafe culture is positively thriving. From teeny boppers to taitais, it's chic to know your macchiatos from your frappuccinos. To be
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      190 20 IN THE HtQH COURT Of THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE COMPANIES WINDING UP NO 21 Of 1997 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SCHULZ (S.EA) PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abo venamed Company, which waa
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