The Business Times, 28 July 1998

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business times.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY, JULY 28,1998
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  • 58 1 □^^.55) BT-SRI 460X3 (+1.71) BTCOMP 90&87 (-3.65) BTMGA 59L56 (+4.12) BHABXETIiOOOe Mixed STOCK MASEETT INDICES Monday Change KLSECOMP 406.04 -10J6 NIKKEI 16,***** -417,63 HANGSENO 7,***** ***** SET INDEX ..269J3 -6.61 JAKARTA COMP _482.98 +3.42 MANILA COMP lj661.1» 19.W TAIPEI WPI 7390.30.7 -1110 329.80 +138 •SiCRINAB 669.98 1161 AUSTALLORD
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  • 77 1 F0SEX1ATES uss s$ US$ 1.714 £{US$/S$ per 1.656 2.863 DM 1.782 0.967 YEN 1413 1J11* RM 1147 9.416 HK$ 7.748 0.222 3AOT 41.12 0.042 Rl'PlAH 13,700 0.013* St to 100 units PKDKE RATES SINGAPORE* 7.88 KUALA LUMPUR 11.50 JAKARTA 28.00 BANGKOK 14.75 MANILA .22.90 HONG KONG 10.25 TAIPEI AM
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  • 825 1  -  Anwar-Daim roadshow cancelled after M'sian credit ratings are slashed Prom Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government will have to dig deeper into its own coffers to inject capital into its cash-strapped banking sector, now that its plans to raise money
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  • 481 1  -  From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo FORMER Japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa yesterday emerged as the strongest candidate to take over the key job of finance minister in prime ministerdesignate Keizo Obuchi's new cabinet, which is expected to be named
    Source: Bloomberg  -  481 words
  • 949 1  -  Worst-case scenario is $50 a week for multiple CBD trips By I Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Come September, car owners who live in the east, work in Orchard Road, and take the Nicoll Highway route will incur $30 in ERP
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  • 749 1  -  But other bank stocks suffer on fears of bigger rival Byi Catherine Ong, Clarissa Tan and Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] The stock market yesterday gave the thumbs-up to news that DBS Bank would buy POSBank for $1.6 billion, but some bankers and analysts felt the
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  • Article, Illustration
    96 1 > CHRIS LOH [SINGAPORE] Hai Sun Hup Group chairman Ow Chio Kiat and former first lady Mrs Wee Kim Wee looking on as the bulk carrier HSH Sentosa slides into the sea off Jurong. Mrs Wee launched the 20,700dwt vessel with the traditional breaking of a champagne bottle
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  • 212 1 [SWAKOPMUND, Namibia] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that Malaysia will not shift its Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities in Singapore from Tanjong Pagar railway station to Woodlands. He said Malaysia felt there must be an international agreement approved
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    • 9 1 Downgrade may hurt ringgit, Pg 6 Editorial, Pg 12
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    • 71 1 Bankers see cut in home loan, deposit margins, Pg 4 Side effects of the POSBank sale, Pg 5 }f m w JPV m i Squares of light in white gold. Amethyst and citrine. Prices range from 552,920 at O z. 35 <£\ u X c SINGAPORE: MILLENIA WAI.K GROUND FLOOR
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 569 2  -  But contractual investment falls 42% and that's worrying, says embassy official By] Lu Ning BUCKING the general trend, Singapore direct investments in China surged by 65 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period
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    • 198 2 SINGAPORE'S second mobile phone operator Mobile One will invest $80 million to expand its GSM network for the fifth time to support more than 300,000 customers. This will bring Mi's total investment in the GSM network to more than $210 million. Ml yesterday said
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    • 332 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By. Audrey Tan ECONOMISTS have grown increasingly bearish on Singapore's 1998 growth prospects, with the consensus estimate now at 0.4 per cent, a monthly survey has found. This is below the government's estimate of 0.5-1.5 per cent, and a third
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    • 181 2 The Straits Times SINGAPORE must thoroughly re-examine its competitiveness and strategies and change policies, where necessary, to weather the regional economic crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. In a summary of his closed-door talk to union leaders at DBS auditorium, the
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    • 150 2 SINGAPORE was the sixth most popular meeting destination in the world last year, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said yesterday. The latest survey by Union des Association Internationales, a conventions industry research source, shows that Singapore also maintained its spot as Asia's
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    • 286 2  -  Orders starting to stabilise, says Peripheral Research By, Jennifer Lien GLOBAL demand for disk drives has started to stabilise and a recovery is expected to start this quarter, a market research firm said at a conference yesterday. "In terms of numbers, this last quarter
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    • 336 2  -  First group, with top outbound agents, to be launched in Aug By. Ang Wan May A GROUP of Singapore travel agents with a combined annual turnover of over $500 million is banding together to stem losses in the travel industry. With
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    • 377 4  -  REACTIONS TO DBS-POSBAMK MERGER Bat some reckon new giant will keep eye on bottomline, drop low-price strategy By I Siow Li Sen BANKERS mulling over the impact of DBS Bank's purchase of POSBank on the housing loan and deposits markets see
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    • 312 4  -  LiewHeng Santo replace Ho Meng Kit asEDB'sMD By i Conrad Raj HO Meng Kit, managing director of the Economic Development Board, will be returning to the Ministry of Trade Industry as deputy secretary as part of senior management changes in MTI and EDB.
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    • 421 4  -  Those in trouble may have other facilities like overdrafts By I Siow Li Sen BANKS say it is not their practice to require borrowers to top up housing loans for properties which have fallen in value. They say press reports on topping up being
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    • 356 4  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE'S biggest supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice reported a 12.2 per cent rise in group turnover to $845 million for the year ended March 31 despite tougher competition. But at the cooperative level, Fair Price reported a 24 per
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • 664 5  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN If Credit POSB borrowers worry about higher interest costs and start selling out, it could soon depress property further By Lee Han Shih A FULL one-fifth of Singapore's private housing mortgage holders woke up last Saturday to find they would soon
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    • 341 5  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR David Ong I REFER to Mr Lee Han Shih's article, "A policy in need of renovation", in BT's Property Column on July 21. I could not help but agree with the points raised by Mr Lee as I
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 443 6 Belt-tightening measures and budget cats on the way Reuters [MANILA] Philippine President Joseph Estrada, in his first State of the Nation address to Congress yesterday, said the country expects a growth in gross national product (GNP) of 2 to 3 per
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    • 752 6  -  Without foreign bonds, EL may have to rely on domestic capital: analysts From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur THE downgrade of Malaysia's sovereign debt rating to two notches above speculative grade by international rating agencies last week has raised concern
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    • 351 6 [SEOUL] South Korea's won yesterday closed sharply higher against the US dollar after hitting a year high on heavy dollar inflows from exports and corporate asset and stake sales, dealers said. The local currency finished at 1,209 a US dollar after
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    • 120 6 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Standard Poor's said it has lowered its long-term foreign currency counterparty rating for Malayan Banking Bhd to "BBB+" from "A The long-term local currency counterparty rating of "A and the short-term foreign and local currency counterparty ratings remain unchanged. In a similar
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    • 90 6 [TOKYO] A money dealer holding his head in his hands during a trading session at a Tokyo foreign exchange brokerage yesterday. The yen suffered a sharp fall to below 142 against the US dollar as market players awaited the posting of key cabinet positions. It faced
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    • 466 6 Aussie insurer sees HE peg to US$ breaking in a year Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] National Mutual Holdings Ltd turned to the swap market because it expects Hongkong's currency among the last in Asia tied to the US dollar to be devalued
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    • 438 6 Bank Indonesia signs MOU to provide support to 21 banks Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 21 commercial banks to kick off an export recovery programme. The central bank said in a statement that the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 431 8 ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM Members express grave concern withont naming India and Pakistan The Straits Times [MANILA] The recent nuclear tests in South Asia proved to be the most contentious issue at the Asean Regional Forum talks here yesterday, with India being put on the
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    • 334 8 JAKARTA Gathering ends peacefully; residents, market relieved AFP THOUSANDS of people yesterday held a peaceful rally at the home of opposition politician Megawati Sukarnoputri to mark her 1996 ouster from the leadership of the Indonesian Democracy Party (PDI). Tense Jakarta residents, and the stock market,
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    • 324 8 KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik has hit out at Singapore port authorities for using "all sorts of methods" to block cargo from coming to Malaysian ports, The Star newspaper reported. Labelling this attitude as "what is mine is mine, what
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    • 362 8 PHNOMPENH Early results reveal a tight race with no party in sight of two-thirds majority AFP WITH early Cambodian election figures showing a tight race between the three main parties, diplomats and analysts yesterday turned their attention to how a "no love lost"
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    • 184 8 SUBIC BAY AFP A POLITICAL enemy of Philippine President Joseph Estrada insisted yesterday day he was stiU in control of a northern free port, where scores of people were injured on Sunday after riot police moved in to oust him from his office. Richard
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    • 468 8  -  But controversial plan has long way to go, says source From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND is once again attempting to put the military and its budget under civilian command in a plan announced last week that has won wide backing.
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    • 1136 8 3j\ THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED 10 DES VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL HONG KONG CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1997 CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1997 1997 1996 1997 1996 HKs'ooo HKS'OOO HKS'OOO HKS'OOO ASSETS Interest income 9,395,705 7,494.171 Cash and short-term
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
    • 418 9 SHANGHAI Reforms and opening np of markets to foreigners only solution to economic difficulties, he says Reuters CHINA'S drive to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is unswayed by the Asian financial crisis, a top trade official said yesterday. "In spite
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    • 328 9 JIUJIANG Situation most critical in Jiangxi, Hnbei and Hunan AFP MILLIONS of officials, soldiers and civilians in China yesterday battled the worst flooding of the Yangtze river since 1954. Water levels were above record levels along more than half of the huge river, with the situation
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    • 159 9 SHANGHAI Reuters A COURT in Nanjing city has sentenced a banker to life imprisonment for embezzling 214.70 million yuan (5544.4 million) in a case that shook China's financial sector. A mid-level court in the eastern Chinese city also fined Agricultural Bank of China official, Wang
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    • 267 9 HONGKONG Projects have yet to receive central govt's approval Bloomberg CHINA'S Hainan provincial government plans to build an oil refinery and two petrochemical plants with investments of more than US$lO.B billion (5518.6 billion) on the island, according to the publication China Oil, Gas and
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    • 148 9 BEIJING AFP THE Chinese government said yesterday that China's growing military strength did not pose a threat to any foreign countries. "No factors prompting invasion of another country can emerge," the government said in a policy statement. "Even when China becomes strong and
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  • ASIA
    • 456 10 SEOUL Deals to be voluntary and supported by govt, but analysts foresee problems Bloomberg HYUNDAI Group and four other South Korean conglomerates that can muster 250 companies between them have agreed to accelerate moves to swap entire businesses to help revive a
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    • 208 10 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co announced plans yesterday to reopen its factories after a week-long closure, despite heightening tension as union workers vowed to strike. "We cannot continue to keep the factories closed as we have export orders for
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    • 337 10 SEOUL Economists say figure may still rise as economy shrinks further Bloomberg SOUTH Korea said fewer than 2,000 companies went bankrupt in June, the lowest since the country almost went broke last December. Corporate failures totalled 1,825, compared with 2,070 in May, the
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    • 391 10 WELLINGTON Sale of govt's 51.6% stake more than 4 times oversubscribed Reuters NEW Zealand's coalition government yesterday sold its 51.6 per cent stake in Auckland International Airport (ALA) in what Treasurer Winston Peters described as "popular capitalism in action". The sale, billed
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  • THE WORLD
    • 461 11 LONDON Peter Mandelson, the architect of Labour's election victory, is trade and industry secretary Reuters BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday sacked four ministers and promoted loyalists to key positions in the first reshuffle of his cabinet after 15 months in office.
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    • 277 11 WASHINGTON Reuters US business economists reported yesterday that growth in demand for their goods and services grew slightly in the second quarter and most expect the trend to continue for the rest of the year. But there was a significant weakening of
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    • 191 11 MOSCOW AFP PRIME Minister Sergei Kiriyenko said yesterday that Russia's new security chief Vladimir Putin had been handpicked to get to grips with the country's economic security concerns. Political analysts however suggested President Boris Yeltsin had installed a new Federal Security Service (FSB)
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 67 11 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russia's smouldering labour unrest sparked anew yesterday when coal miners in the Ural mountains joined comrades on the island of Sakhalin in protests against unpaid wages. More than 300 miners lay on the tracks of the Trans-Siberian railway near Chelyabinsk. Regional authorities say
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      • 56 11 Reuters [LONDON] The prospects for Britain's construction sector have worsened as rising interest rates have undermined consumer confidence, the National Council of Building Material Producers said. The BMP, which canvasses economists from building material producers, says private housing starts will fall over the next two
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      • 53 11 AFP [LONDON] The British government was scheduled to announce yesterday reforms to bring swift retribution to illegal immigrants. The measures are expected to Include new powers for officials to raid homes of suspects, investigate bogus marriages, and a speeding up of the refugee
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    • 294 11 BRUSSELS Leading telcos under scrutiny include BT, Deutsche Telekom Bloomberg AFP THE European Commission has decided to open an in-depth investigation into mobile phone call charges following complaints that users are being fleeced across the EU. Some of Europe's leading telephone companies,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 754 12  -  THE BOTTOM LDVE OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent. LEADING intellectuals on the American political right have been decrying in recent years the sense of "moral relativism" that they say, prevails in political, media and academic circles. They argue
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    • 121 12 The IMF is neither infallible nor perfect. But it is the single most important and effective instrument we have for dousing the fires of financial crisis in Asia and elsewhere.' Madeleine Albright US Secretary of State, to Asean leaders. In the last 20 years politics has become
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    • 606 12 EDITORIAL MALAYSIA'S National Economic Recovery Plan, released last week, is comprehensive in scope, pragmatic in intent and remarkably candid about the ills that plague the economy. The 190-page plan, which was produced by the recentlyformed National Economic Action Council chaired by Special Functions Minister Daim Zainuddin, acknowledges
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    • 1114 12  -  We could look back on 1998, like we do with pre-Depression 1928, with at least a tinge of nostalgia By Paul Samuelson The writer is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This commentary first appeared in The Los Angeles Times WATCHING global economic developments
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    • 831 12 Poser* remain over amnesty AS the government releases 50 more political prisoners, the freed activists will leave behind not only the rest of the convicts but also a question about why the authorities have applied unaccustomed criteria in granting clemency. The government's action, which falls under
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 857 14  -  His WWII epic, Saving Private Ryan, earns rave reviews from critics, filmgoers, says Bernard wxonraub BERNARD WEINRAUB NYT BY Sunday morning, Steven Spielberg was one of the few people left in the movie business who were unaware that Saving Private Ryan had earned the best reviews of
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    • 774 14 PROFILES Theronx charts the rise and bitter close of a long relationship with Naipanl NYT [LONDON] The 31-year friendship between the writers VS Naipaul and Paul Theroux began in an academic outpost in Uganda in 1966, when Theroux was 25 and Naipaul was 34.
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 437 15  -  It ends with 40% net gain on volume that is 129% of free float; SES investigating Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Shares of newly listed Mid-Continent Equipment leaped by almost 60 per cent yesterday in what traders described as a syndi-cate-driven speculative ramping exercise. The
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    • 382 15  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur POWER utility Tenaga Nasional and independent power producer (IPP) Malakoff have mutually terminated a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which was set to transform Tenaga into a major shareholder of Malakoff through the injection of stakes into two
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    • 771 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy WHY has the cash market for shares disappeared? More importantly, is there a need for the cash market to be revived? This segment of the market where stock transactions are settled the next
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    • 473 15  -  By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Marco Polo Developments (MPD) plans to replenish its landbank in Singapore next year by buying prime sites or by taking over a company with good property assets. In the meantime, the company has decided to delay
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    • 479 15  -  This follows its proposed alliance with British Telecom Hy Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications and a number of Asian telecom companies (telcos), which are members of global alliance World Partners, have found themselves being "dumped" following the proposed "marriage" of AT&T and British
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    • 129 15  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Tony Tan AIDEC Management Company Pte Ltd I REFER to BT's front page report yesterday headlined "MAS task force clearing the way for asset securitisation". As you may be aware, banks in Singapore are governed by the Banking Act and MAS
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 407 16  -  Gronp finds itself on slippery patch amid mounting tax and COE-related costs By< Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Transport operator Comfort Group is likely to face its toughest year as vehicle costs soar on the back of higher COE prevailing quota premium (PQP) and
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      • 152 16 [SINGAPORE] NTUC deputy secretary-general Lim Swee Say will become chairman of Comfort Group Ltd with effect from Aug 15, replacing Wan Soon Bee, who is retiring. A Comfort statement yesterday said that Dr Wan, who has headed Comfort since 1986, will not seek re-election
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      • 430 16  -  Move to serve retail customers, diversify its clientele base Frorn Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong HALF a year after paying close to US$9O million (Sslss million) for Yamaichi's stockbroking business in Hongkong, Core Pacific of Taiwan has been busy expanding the operations despite
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      • 322 16 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's ailing Kia Motors Corp unveiled the details of a debt repayment plan with its creditors yesterday which will reduce the group's burden by 6.57 trillion won (559.9 billion). But creditors of Kia and its truck-making affiliate
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      • 246 16 Rise expected to make up for fall in property income Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] 101 Corporation Bhd's plantation earnings are expected to surge next year due to higher crude palm oil prices. In the latest edition of its newsletter, Malaysian investment consultant Capital Dynamics
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      • 460 16  -  UK bank has better chance than Bank of Nova Scotia: sources From Harish Mehta in Bangkok BRITAIN'S Standard Chartered Bank and Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia are competing for a controlling stake in Thailand's third-smallest commercial bank, in a trend of Thai banks
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      • 424 16 Union fears more layoffs bnt company denies such plans AFP [HONGKONG] Leading blue chip Hongkong Telecommunications Ltd laid off some 270 staff yesterday, the latest in a string of redundancies announced here amid the economic downturn. The company said the job
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 59 16 [SINGAPORE] The Hai Sun Hup group yesterday said chairman Ow Chio Kiat had bought 45,000 Hai Sun Hup shares last Friday, representing 0.01 per cent of the group's issued share capital, at an average price of 39.35 cents per share. This brings Mr Ow's
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        • 84 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications yesterday said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Singapore Post Enterprise Pte Ltd (SPE) had formed a joint venture, Print and Mail Intercontinental (Asia) Pte Ltd. Print and Mail has a $3 million authorised capital and paid-up capital of $150,000. SPE has a 70
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        • 58 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines recently concluded an agreement with US-based Sansome Planes 11 LP to sell and lease back a Boeing 747-400 aircraft for five years. SIA said this was the sixth time it was selling and leasing back a Boeing 747-400 with San
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        • 25 16 [SINGAPORE] China Everbright Pacific Ltd yesterday announced the resignation of executive director and general manager Tong Xin with immediate effect.
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 393 17 Report comes in the wake of AT&T-BT tie-op which is likely to spar alliances Bloomberg [LONDON] Bell Atlantic and GTE have held talks about a possible merger, valued at as much as US$55 billion (Ss9s billion), that would cover one-third of
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      • 400 17  -  From, Neil Behrmann in London BRITISH Telecom shares yesterday surged 75 pence or 9 per cent to 901 pence, while on the New York Stock Exchange, AT&T Corp shares rose to 60v« following news of their deal. The London market raised the value
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      • 361 17 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co, Japan's largest international phone company, said it's considering joining a new alliance between AT&T and British Telecom. "The two companies have approached us to join the alliance," said a KDD spokeswoman. "And we are giving positive consideration to
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      • 308 17 FT [CHICAGO] The Chicago Board of Trade, the largest US futures exchange, is teaming up with the Moscow Stock Exchange to help form a derivatives market in Russia. The CBOT said there was no firm timetable, but the two organisations have signed a
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      • 290 17 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank, Europe's second-larg-est bank, said first-half profit rose 63 per cent, less than analysts' expectations, boosted by a special dividend at automaker Daimler-Benz. Profit rose to 2.43 billion deutschemarks (552.3 billion), or 4.56 marks per share, from 1.49 billion
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      • 465 18  -  Though he has been offered a position in Schroders London, he is keen to stay on in the region By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] After 29 years with UK merchant bank Schroders, 13 of which were spent in Singapore, Robert Tomlin, the firm's managing
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      • 375 18 Ase&n producers threaten to quit group over prices Reuters [SINGAPORE] Growing dissatisfaction over the International Natural Rubber Organisation among producing nations is showering Southeast Asia's wary rubber market with more uncertainties, traders said yesterday. "It's not new that Southeast Asian countries threaten to quit
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      • 289 18 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Colonial Ltd and St George Bank Ltd are the most likely takeover targets in Australia's finance industry, according to a report by the stockbroking arm of Macquarie Bank. The bank says Colonial's chances of being bought are rated as high
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      • 138 18 Bloomberg [LONDON] Coffee dropped as much as one per cent, reversing last week's gains, on forecasts for mild temperatures this week in coffee-growing regions of Brazil. While temperatures will probably fall in Brazilian coffee groves this week, they're not likely to
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      • 281 18 Shanghai Metal Exchange likely to merge with 2 others Bridge News [HONGKONG] China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the country's securities and futures watchdog, may announce the closure of the Shenzhen Mercantile Exchange (SME) this week, industry sources said yesterday. Meanwhile, the Shanghai Metal Exchange (SHME)
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      • 275 18 FT [LONDON] Rossiisky Kredit, one of Russia's largest industrial banks, is understood to have sold its 46 per cent stake in the giant Lebedinsky iron ore mine to a Russian steel producer, which could soon be listed in London. Oskol Electrometallurgical
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      • 165 18 SXMEX Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures firmed yesterday as Tokyo stocks fell sharply on pessimism about the prospects for real change under Japan's new leadership. But dealers said trade was slow, with many players opting to stay out
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      • 153 18  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Charlie Kuo Charlie Kuo, service dealer, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures finished lower on concerns about the political situation in Japan which led to a weaker yen and declines in major Asian equity markets. The July 98 contract
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      • 359 18 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg Reuters [LONDON] Crude oil rose after a report that the United Nations has not yet approved imports of spare parts Iraq needs to repair oil installations and lift production. The UN has still not approved any of the 78 sparepart
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      • 276 18 AFP London THE yen fell in Europe yesterday because dealers were anxious about uncertainty over the composition of the Japanese government following the appointment of Keizo Obuchi as prime minister. The yen fell to 142.29 to the US dollar in late trade from 140.85 on Friday when it
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    • 1877 19 SIOOMFPTOKBS Jul 27 RUBBER (futures dosing m it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cer.tsAq) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Aug 98 126.00 50 Sep 98 124.75 340 Oct 98 124.50 1450 Nov 98 125.25 1450 Dec 98 126.00 1450 Jen/Mer 99 128.50 t950 Apr/Jun 99 132.75
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    • 2410 19 LONDON iiMusxnsis MV Pt«. 31 Group 599.000 -1.000 AB Ports 330.000 1.000 AOO*v National 1064.000 -t6.000 Allied Domecq 579.000 unch Aiwc 159.000 *3.000 Asd* Group 211.000 -3.000 BAT Ind 688.000 17.000 BC PIC 396.000 5.000 BtCC 130.000 1.000 BOC Croup 808.000 -17.000 BR Petroleum 829.000 1.600 BTR
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    • 1646 19 Bloomberg Q Nikkei 225 -***** THE benchmark stock index fell to a onemonth low yesterday on expectations Japan's next premier and his likely appointee for finance minister won't be able to reverse the economic slump. Banks such as Sumitomo Bank Ltd and top exporters including Sony Corp paced the
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      1473 20 AFP Bloomberg |3 Hang Seng -***** STOCKS closed sharply lower yesterday to below 8,000 points on a big sell-off in Japan and fears over Tokyo's commitment to economic reform, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index ended down 273.03 points, at 7,984.43. But turnover was thin at just HK$3.6
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      618 20 Reuters nShenzhen Blndex -Ll5 SHENZHEN'S B Share Index slid to a new 1998 closing low yesterday for the third consecutive session, with falls in Hongkong stocks and weakness in the Japanese yen combining to hit confidence, analysts said. The B Index fell 1.15 points to 70.62 on turnover of
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    • 356 20 AFP □wpinta -12J0 TAIWAN share prices closed lower yesterday amid cautious sentiment as investors awaited for direction from US markets, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index dropped 12.10 points to 7,890.30. "Investors were cautious and were waiting for the performance on Wall Street tonight," said Peter Chang with Polaris
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    • 265 20 AFP n Wellington -8.72 NEW Zealand stocks fell 0.4 per cent yesterday on light turnover amid the absence of positive local leads and with Asian markets languishing at weak levels. The NZSE-40 Index was down 8.72 points to 2104.83 in turnover of NZ555.5 million. AMP was up 18 cents
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      774 20 AFP □set Into -&a THAI share prices fell yesterday on foreign led-selling across the board following declines on regional markets, analysts said. The SET broad-based Index fell 5.51 points to 269.93 points. "Most foreign investors are looking at the yen's movement," an analyst with a local brokerage said. The
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    • 409 20 AFP n Composite Index +L 36 SOUTH Korea's share prices closed yesterday higher on a technical rebound following recent steep falls and amid jitters over regional currency movements, dealers said. A weaker Japanese yen kept the main stock index down, as the rapid recovery of the local currency also
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    • 588 20 AFP CI All Ordinaries -30.2 AUSTRALIAN share prices closed down yesterday after being pulled down by losses in Tokyo and weak showings by several blue chips, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed down 30.2 points at 2,715.3. The All Industrials shed 51.8 points to 4,774.8 and the All
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      702 20 AFP n Composite Index *3.42 SHARE prices closed higher on the Jakarta Stock Exchange yesterday amid relief that the second anniversary of the ouster of an opposition leader went off peacefully, dealers said. "In general, the market was not so active but the sentiment is not so bad," a
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    • 318 20 AFP Q Manila -19.69 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 1.2 per cent lower yesterday on belief President Joseph Estrada's first state of the nation address later in the day would not contain concrete plans to revive the economy, analysts said. The Composite Index fell 19.69 points to 1,661.19. Total shares
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 406 21 AFP CI Composite Index -10.36 MALAYSIA'S key stock index closed lower yesterday, with sentiment hit by the decision to put on hold a plan to float a global bond issue after ratings downgrades by international agencies. "There are growing concerns that Malaysia
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      • 8551 21 INDUSTRIALS Container products ,9 ®8 Last Vol Day Nat Cap HM» lw C »■>■■» lata •poo fg> Law P/I $1 310 180 Ajinomoto 200 110 811 148 40.5 Angnasa 43 unch 4 43 42 1.0 63.4 290 123 Apollo Food Hlg 138 unch 1 138 138 4.8 55.2 388 190
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 179 22  -  WARRANT WATCH -By' Ven Sreenivasan THE warrant of leisure group Superbowl Holdings was the second biggest percentage gainer yesterday as it jumped 2.5 cents or 71.4 per cent to six cents. While the figure may seem impressive, it is worth noting that all this
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      • 3411 22 BONDS, LOANS k WARRANTS Mint. 1 98 r L ,t W#l D«y Last Quote Avg Ml,n Company Sato e«r- COOO> High Low Buyer Seller Price 23.5 9 m 3000 m AMDB cS.5%*****6 95 I 2 95 "95 95 "115 20 5 5 3160 "Acer ******1 US$ 5.5 5 6 95
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    • 2355 22 Transaction date Jul 27 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Cf Qr ,99a Vol Day Last Quote Mv 04v YM Not M Cop Ml» Low Stno Compony Soto COOP) High Low Buyy So«Iot C'vr H PX Smil 135 28 mi 5000 AISBSOc 38.5 -15 32 39.5 37 38 39 5.0 3J 2.7
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    • 6699 23 Transaction date: Jnl 37 Of Cf M Wt ,a Last Vol Day Last Ouot. Otv Olv YM Net Cap Avg Lo StNo Company Sal* COOP) High Low Buyer SeMer H Cvr P/C Jmil Price INDUSTRIALS 43 12 s '020 ACE Dynamics20c... 15 unch 56
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      • 217 24 Stocks volume Mid-ContlOc 20,320,000 ST Capital 25c 19,229,000 OCBC Foreign 5,615,000 *M Resources 5,329,000 DBS Foreign 4,975,000 DBS Land 3,770,000 OUB Foreign 3,231,000 •StarCruises 10 3,214,000 Goldtron 20c 3,154,000 HK Land USIOc 2,840,000 Stocks J DBS Foreign 49,953,850 OCBC Foreign 34,391,024 Mid-Cont 10c 14,798,415 City Dev 50c 13,388,197 UOB Foreign
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        60 24  -  -by Shiv Taneja RHB Capital closed six cents lower yesterday at 48.5 cents on a volume of 2.72 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 3.1 million shares. The counter is oversold, according to the daily RSI and Stochastics charts, However, for ttie medium term, investors
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      • 659 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Property stocks weaken amid concerns that the DBS-POSBank merger would cut off a source of cheap housing loans By Ven Sreenivasan SHARES drifted sidewards as investors looked past the DBS Bank-POS-Bank merger to the larger issue of whether Japanese
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 134 24 INTERNATIONAL companies listed in the United States must be a happy lot, judging by the many "new highs" that the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq exchanges have hit in the past six months. And this happiness extends to other areas of the US equities market
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        • 73 24 COULD the people at OCBC's credit card deparment please explain this one to us? A BT reporter recently moved house, and contacted the bank's Credit Card Centre about the change of address. She then received a letter from OCBC, sent to her new home: "We would appreciate
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        • 146 24 GUESS who said this: "I hope that the project will revitalise the Japanese economy and it will have a positive impact on employment in Japan." Japan's premier-designate Keizo Obuchi, maybe? Or perhaps US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright? Sorry, not even close. That gem of a
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        • 63 24 THE global chase for gamblers by casinos around the world has brought Caesars Palace—a favourite of high-rollers—to Singapore. But this time it's not for customers, but for an altogether different reason the Las Vegas casino has filed a su it here against a Singaporean for
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        • 150 24 IF you thought tliat the $2 million or $3 million that recent Toto draws have offered are huge, think what you can do with the money from winning tomorrow's US$25O million Powerball lottery game, the biggest jackpot in the US. The New York Times called it "a
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    • 493 24 BUSIHESS Notices To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 i IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SADKA BROTHERS (PTE) LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, that the final meeting of
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    • 313 25 Bridge News TRADING was sluggish with a few Panamaxes reported fixed and levels remaining weak generally, brokers said. The east has been busier but rates remained weak while US Gulf trading has been minimal. Capesize rates were tentatively described as marginally higher in the east. Futures ended the
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    • 279 25 ■nr a v« CWT Distribution-0.36 ChuanHup 0.40 *0.009 167 Cotco invostmont.. 0.50 Froloht Links 0.165 -0.005 74 GIHMHngt 0.19 -0.01 10 H«ISi»Hup 0.40 unch 24 HitocNZotM)—ass -0.005 18 IMC Holdings—MK 5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.40 unch 7 Shipyard 7.20 -O.OS 534 Corp 2.93 -0.10 1527 KoppolFELS 3.40 -0.10 122
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    • 432 25  -  12% jump in new orders booked in April and Hay totalling 1.5 m gt By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The major Japanese shipyards expect to turn out about 50 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) over the next two to three years. The shipbuilders
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    • 212 25  -  From, Alec Almasan in Manila ONLY nine out of the Philippines' 122 maritime schools have made It to the final list of schools which will be submitted to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as having compiled with the requirements of STCW (Standards
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    • 383 25  -  fty i George Joseph [SINGAPORE] In a show of confidence that the economic good weather will return, diversified shipping group Hal Sun Hup yesterday launched a 20,700 deadweight multipurpose dry cargo and container vessel, HSH Sentosa. Fully-owned by the local-ly-listed group, the vessel will
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    • 95 25 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd has urged banks not to extend credit to unprofitable enterprises so that loss-making manufacturers engaged In destructive price competition are squeezed out of the market, China Daily's Business Weekly reported. Mai Bollang, general manager of CIMC, told the
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    • 1055 26 DUTCH BARGE SECTOR The Netherlands' tradition-bound industry is being promoted as a 'green' alternative to Europe's clogged roads Reuters [ROTTERDAM] THE powerful and tradition-bound Dutch barge industry is being thrust into the modern world as the government seeks to make better use of Europe's inland waterways
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      • 1808 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boo*lng/B«t«nct Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From *ci 0141 21/2100 1A 27/1500 27/1651 27/7100 27/1500 27/1659 27/7*00 tt 27/1700 26/0459 26/0900 KM* M/0700 U 27/1500 27/1659 27/7900 27/1500 27/1659 27/1100 U 27/1700 21/0659 21/0900 2* 27/1700 21/0659
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      • 1015 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 643 40 Int'l cooperation allows sharing of risk, technology and know-how IHT [BRUSSELS] The world's aerospace and defence industry may be coalescing into mega-alliances, American and European. But behind this consolidation will lie a more complicated reality: a web of complex and interwoven deals among
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      • 72 40 [FLINT, Michigan) Striking United Auto Workers union members and supporters cheer as trucks return stamping dies to the Flint Metal Fabricating Plant. The dies were removed from the plant prior to the June 5 strike 0f3,400 UA Wplant workers, which led to the eventual layoff of some
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      • 266 40 FT [LONDON] Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) of Germany has ruled out seeking a stake In Casa, Spain's state-owned aerospace company, leaving the field open to British Aerospace to take part In the Spanish company's partial privatisation. The sale of part of Casa
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      • 481 40 Reuters [TOKYO] The severe slump in South-east Asia's car markets is likely to linger after dismal results for the first half of the year, analysts say, although fresh car financing schemes may offer some relief, albeit modest. Industry
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