The Business Times, 4 February 2000

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 035/12/1999 a. >. 85C SINGAPORE internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2000
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  • 64 1 2J4&33 (-22.07) BT-SBI *****5 (-8.77) riawu FORKS M ***** (-2.30) STOCK HASKET INDICES Thursday Change KL8E COMP ***** +14.81 NIKKEI 11,***** +***** HANO SENG 1 $#58.12 +178J0 SET INDEX 466.78 -4.84 JAKARTA COMP _614J1 +18.73 MANILA COMP —LM&ll +2117 TAIPEI WPI Closed SEOUL COMP 950.22 +6.63 CLSA CHINA
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  • 82 1 FOBEX BATES uss ss us$_ 1,694 £(US$/S$per£) 1602 1712 EUHOffBS/Sfc'E) 0.973. 1.648 2.0W 0.843 TEN—— l«.l liee* i 3 m 0.446 7.781 0218 37.64 0.045 lUPUff 7,646 0.022 ?v 'SttoUOunitt u-w W.UZZ 'St to 100 unit* FUME RATES SWtUPORE* 5.38 KUALA LUMPUR 7 67 JAKARTA ftoo BANGKOK i_ 950
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  • 575 1  -  SGX recognises Effective's proposal as comprehensive solution, it insists From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE war of words between the stock exchanges of Malaysia and Singapore has intensified. In a two-paragraph statement yesterday, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange maintained its claim
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  • 332 1  -  S'pore market re treats as fands switch to EL bourse By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] After a brief period of consolidation, the Malaysian market resumed its recovery yesterday, led by a stunning 6 per cent surge in the Second Board Index. Dealers
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  • 336 1 German firm will get 49.5% of the new telecoms company Reuters [DUESSELDORF, Germany] Mannesmann AG was set to agree yesterday to a friendly merger with Vodafone AirTouch Pic giving Mannesmann 49.5 per cent and ending a three-month battle for dominance of mobile communications in
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    • 96 1 DTSmE BT Comment No compelling reason to standardise par values for IPO shares. Pgs Top stories S'pore govt may consider strategic divestment of Sing Tel stake, says Yeo Cheow Tong. Next Page US and Euro interest rates up a quarter-point. Next Page ij^Hl Gus Dur warns generals against attempting coup.
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 73 2 LI XIN Industries this week informed the Singapore Exchange that it was featured in a trade magazine, Asian Plastics News, recently. It said the objective of the feature was to increase its profile. Guess the company just remembered that it is supposed to disseminate information as widely
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      • 103 2 THE latest offerings from some rather creative engineering students can be seen at the campus of the Singapore Polytechnic. But it's the press release announcing them that caught the eye. It said the exhibits include a device for the blind to wear round the neck to
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      • 128 2 OVERSEAS Union Bank (OUB) staff were last month given a surprise one month bonus in recognition of their loyalty and dedication. The bank, like most of the other local banks, only pays bonuses in May after its annual general meeting but it decided that with
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    • 571 2 He says he's keeping tabs on them; rupiah hits 4-month low Reuters, AFP, Bloomberg [THE HAGUE] As the rupiah plunged to a four-month low yesterday on investor jitters, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, on an official visit here, warned army generals back home against
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    • 585 2  -  SingTel-HKT merger should be seen as co-operation amid global competition By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] The Singapore government may reduce its stake in the telecommunications giant arising from the proposed merger between Singapore Telecom and Cable Wireless HKT if it is strategically
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    • 559 2  -  Spikes seen as trend towards higher global interest rates From Andrew Marks in New York In the space of twenty-four hours, both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB) raised their key borrowing rates by a quarter point, moves that
      AP  -  559 words
    • 145 2 Bloomberg THE Hong Kong Monetary Authority has raised the base lending rate, or the rate at which it lends to banks, by a quarter point to 7.25 per cent in line with the US Federal Reserve's quarter-point hike. Interest rates in Hongkong track
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    • 946 2 Last year's rate rises did not slay the Wall St bull, and now fear of the Fed seems to be waning NYT WHO'S afraid of the Federal Reserve? Not Wall Street, it would appear. There was a time when the Fed's rate actions were
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    • 208 2 Bloomberg The following is the full text of the Federal Reserve's statement: THE Federal Open Market Committee voted today (Wednesday) to raise its target for the federal fluids rate by 25 basis points to 5 3/4 per cent. In a related action, the Board of Governors approved
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 514 5  -  But revenue falls 12% as company moves focus away from hardware products to services By, Jennifer Lien SINGAPORE Computer Systems (SCS), formerly known as ST Computer, yesterday posted a better-than-expected net profit jump of 58 per cent to $16 million for the year
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    • 452 5  -  It's in talks to sell Parkway Parade; Aiifang S'pore unit taking 50% stake in PMC By Kalpana Rashiwala PARKWAY Holdings, which has drawn enough market interest this week to warrant a query from the Singapore Exchange, yesterday made three potentially price-sensitive announcements. The
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    • 826 5  -  r sivanithy RECENTLY, there have been suggestions that the Singapore Exchange (SGX) should require standard par values for initial public offer (IPO) shares. Specifically, the argument is that if minimum par values of 50 cents or $1 are imposed, the
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    • 445 7  -  Airline expected to decide within two months, says Virgin spokesman in report By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Airlines yesterday refused to comment on reports that it would decide within a couple of months on whether it was going to take a stake
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    • 299 7 FLIGHT cancellations as a result of millennium bug fears have dented Singapore Airlines's December passenger seat factor. But the cargo load factor continued to surge ahead, resulting in the overall load factor rising nearly one percentage point to 71.3 per cent over the
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    • 278 7  -  Ven Sreenivasan PUNTERS who shorted Horizon.com shares on its Jan 26 debut were caught wrong footed yesterday as the stock exchange initiated buy-ins against them at prices which were around 20 per cent above their sale prices. A total of 534,000 shares were bought in
      Source: Bloomberg  -  278 words
    • 339 7  -  By Jeanette Pang AN electronics manufacturing services provider, lonics EMS, has received the green light from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to list on its mainboard. The company's parent, lonics Circuits, is currently listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange. After Philippines-based
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    • 159 7 THAKRAL Group yesterday announced that it had acquired Queensland-based golf course-cum-residential project The Glades Robina for As 27 million (Ss29 million) from Korean construction group Dong Ah. The Glades is a 134-hectare project located west of Robina Town Centre, in south-east Queensland. The site
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    • 92 7 SINGAPORE Telecom has sold its 6.2 per cent stake in American Mobile Satellite Corp for an undisclosed sum. The sale is part of SingTel's plan to rationalise its investments, a company spokeswoman said yesterday without going into details. According to a Bloomberg report, Sing Tel
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    • 276 7 SEMBAWANG Kimtrans, a specialist in marine and mining logistics, rose by as much as 30 per cent on its debut yesterday. The mainboard-listed stock started the day on a promising note, hitting an early high of 26 cents, before spending the rest of the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 487 6 Stocks Volume SembKimtrans 10c 52,945,000 Eastgate 10c 35,610,000 Fastech US10c 33,002,000 Kingboard US10c 27,911,000 MuWChem 5c 26,074,000 SingTel 15c 25,709,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 25,639,000 MMI Hldgs 10c 17,101,000 MediaRing 10c 16,240,000 *TanChonglnt50c 15.333.000 Stocks SingTel 15c 71,244,873 DBS Grp 70,722,371 GES Intl Ltd 20c 56,008,940 Parkway H 50c 45,986,720
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    • 559 6  -  l I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy IT was clearly a case of buying in anticipation of news and selling after the announcement yesterday as investors pulled out of the local market following the 25 basis point rise in US interest rates.
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    • 190 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy AFTER a week or so of relative quiet, the Malaysian market has now sprung back to life. The Second Board, in particular, has gone ballistic, rising 6 per cent yesterday alone. It makes sense to look
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    • 258 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of healthcare concern Parkway Holdings surged again yesterday to a new 52-week high, closing at $4.38 for a gain of 32 cents or 7.9 per cent. The stock had opened at $4.10 and traded to as high as
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    • 197 6 ♦Haw Par Corporation has appointed Wee Ee Lim deputy president. He was previously group general manager and assistant to the president and chief executive officer, Dr Hong Hai. Mr Wee, 38, joined the group in 1986. In his current position, Mr Wee will assist the president and CEO
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    • 490 6  -  I l I comment S3ION3ddnO Likelihood of more hikes ahead deters greenback sellers larry wee THE US dollar consolidated most of its Asian gains yesterday following an expected 0.25 percentage point rate hike in US interest rates on Wednesday, with the Indonesian rupiah
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 564 8  -  Output rose 34% last year, while value-added jumped 61% Byl Eugene Low SINGAPORE'S life sciences cluster, which saw output growing a healthy 34 per cent to $9.4 billion last year, is expected to continue its doubledigit expansion in the coming years. The
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    • 257 8 DESPITE the economic recovery, sales of mandarin oranges have been slower this year, according to wholesalers and retailers. Distributors attribute this to the higher prices of the fruits, due to supply shortages and bad weather. But sales have risen since the last weekend and are
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    • 225 8  -  Marie Lam Singapore via Internet I WAS recently notified by my agent bank with whom I maintain my Central Provident Fund (CPF) investment account (I think all Singaporeans who have such an account have or will receive similar notices) that CPF
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    • 263 8  -  Lau Kim Ping Singapore via Internet I REFER to the report "Startup iProperty beating path to SGX" (BT, Jan 31). I am puzzled by the front page treatment given to a Web-based company that has almost zero revenue. Their wish to
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    • 235 8  -  Denis Distant Singapore via Internet I REFER to Catherine Ong's article "MAS lifts ban on SGX chairman sitting on listed firms' boards" (BT, Jan 24), and in particular the quote from an unnamed MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) spokesman that: "Furthermore,
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    • 346 8  -  Works oat to $333 psf potential gross floor area, with DC By] Kalpana Rashiwala CITY Developments has bagged the Tat Lee Court site in the West Coast area for $122 million. This works out to $333 psf of potential gross floor area, inclusive
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    • 275 8 SINGAPOREANS must change their mindsets and take more risks in their work to earn higher rewards, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said in his Chinese New Year message. "We have to be more entrepreneurial and less averse to risk, both as individuals
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    • 189 8 AFP THE Singapore government yesterday lifted a ban on the award-winning computer game Half-Life. However, the Films Appeal Committee (FAC) said in a statement that the gaming industry and computer game centres should recommend parental guidance for the game. The move comes about one
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    • 283 8  -  3 on the economy manufacturing By Audrey Tan THE headline growth figures of Singapore's manufacturing output may flatten somewhat, but the overall trend remains robust, says JP Morgan. The investment bank is unworried about the drop to just 7 per cent growth in industrial
      Source: JP Morgan  -  283 words
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 775 12  -  i!I4 I bottom line OPINION rajendra bajpai The writer is a New Delhi-based journalist who contributes to BT THE Indian government has shed yet another piece of socialist baggage in a bid to merge with the world's free economy although it
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    • 116 12 4 What has struck me since returning to New York is how all aspects of financial life are pervaded with the assumption all will always be well and any interruptions will be temporary and mild at worst' -Robert BoHa Wall Street banker and former US Treasury secretary.
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    • 605 12 EDITORIAL IT is easy to criticise the US Federal Reserve as being complacent for raising interest rates too slowly in the face of a red-hot economy. But a more considered evaluation suggests it may have precious little choice but to raise rates in small
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    • 945 12  - Technology the Swiss way of forging ahead Dry statistics mask the reason why Switzerland, despite slower growth, has overtaken the US economy By John Kay The writer is a director of consulting group London Economics FT GREETINGS from Davos. I am basking in the sun on the terrace of the
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    • 920 12 Wiranto should qntt THE misfortune, if one can call it that, that has befallen our former chief of the Indonesian Military and the current coordinating minister for political and security affairs, General Wiranto, together with his reactions to the matter and the consequences that the whole
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 340 13 WASHINGTON Country faces 'serious problems with corporate restructuring' Reuters MALAYSIA is recovering from a slump caused by the 1997-99 world financial crisis, but the rebound is slower than that of Asia's star performers and there are still problems ahead, the head of
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    • 424 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S vehicle sales rose 76 per cent last year to 288,547 units, as cheaper loans and the country's economic recovery prompted more spending by consumers. Auto sales could rise 21 per cent to 350,000 units in 2000, according to
      Bloomberg; REUTERS  -  424 words
    • 273 13 KUALA LUMPUR Property developer will also sell some assets to raise cash Bloomberg LAND General Bhd, the eighth-biggest publicly traded property developer in Malaysia, said it plans to reschedule two-thirds of its 787 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.6 million) debt. L&G, as the
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    • 322 13 JAKARTA It gets waiver from Jakarta Stock Exchange as its business prospects are still strong Bloomberg IN what will be the biggest initial public offering since the economic crisis, PT Bank Central Asia (BCA) Indonesia's biggest private bank before the 1997
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    • 373 13 JAKARTA Bloomberg THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) vowed to chase personal assets of the owners of banks that tapped US$l9 billion (5532.2 billion) of central bank aid, an official of the bank rescue agency said. Bank Indonesia lent about 70 per
      Bloomberg  -  373 words
    • MARKET moves
      • 137 13 SHARES of Malayan Cement Bhd rose by more than 12 per cent to RM1.37 yesterday, following news that French group Lafarge had launched a hostile £3.4 billion (559.2 billion) bid for its British parent, Blue Circle pic. The counter was the third most active,
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      • 173 13 LEISURE group Resorts World saw its shares move up 70 sen to RM14.60 yesterday, after the group's associate Star Cruises pic announced that it was teaming up with Carnival Corp of the US to take full control of Norway's cruise company NCL Holdings.
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      • 102 13  -  Compiled by Diana Oon Abdullah ELECTRONICS counters closed substantially higher yesterday, in line with the performance of Internet and electronics stocks in the regional stock markets. Electronics manufacturers took the first five spots on the top gainers' list yesterday, led by market favourite MPI, which closed
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    • 461 14 HONGKONG SEC said to be concerned over CNPC's planned use of proceeds FT CHINA'S biggest privatisation has been held up by extensive scrutiny by the US securities regulator, according to bankers arranging the deal. The delay in listing the main operating
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    • NOTE Book
      • 41 14 AFP [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka and India have salvaged a tottering trade pact by agreeing to implement a scaled down version from next month, exactly a year after it was due to go into effect. —AFP
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      • 53 14 AFP [HONGKONG] International rating agency Standard and Poor's said yesterday it had lowered the long-term corporate rating for Hongkong's infrastructure giant Hopewell Holdings Ltd to BB- from 88. It said the downgrade reflected the company's weak operating results and low internal liquidity. Hopewell's continuing capital expenditure
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      • 63 14 AFP Law LH&LHij i ne inajan government is considering steps to ease the repatriation of funds by foreign investors, the Economic Times reported yesterday. It quoted sources as saying an automatic system could be put in place, where foreign firms are merely required to signal
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      • 60 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand will repay the International Monetary Fund in September the first U551,625 billion (S$LB billion) tranche of loans it borrowed during the Thai financial crisis 0f1997 and 1996. Finance ministry officials told Reuters Thailand would have no problem meeting the schedule of
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      • 72 14 AFP [NEw DELHI] India's largest power firm said yesterday it was threatening to black out two entire states by the ok! of the month for not paying their electricity bills. HL Bajaj, executive director of the National Thermal Power Corp, told AFP he
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    • 354 14 BEIJING Reuters PORKY Pig won't be stuttering on Chinese televisions this year at least, not legally. Turner Broadcasting's TNT Cartoon Network has been barred from broadcasting into the highly restricted market. The Chinese authorities are not saying why, and Turner Broadcasting officials say
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    • 55 14 [BANGKOK] Three mannequins with computer screens in place of their heads standing at the booth ofa food product company at the Board of Investment Fair on the outskirts of Bangkok yesterday. The two-week fair, South-east Asia's largest industrial exhibition, will be officially opened by Thai Princess
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    • 261 14 LONDON FT PAKISTAN'S new military government is seeking an early end to the pricing and corruption dispute with the Hubco power project that has dogged its relations with international investors for nearly two years, Finance Minister Sahukat Aziz said on Wednesday.
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  • WORLD news
    • 454 15 WASHINGTON Rise led by 79.9% gain in aircraft orders, 6% increase in electronics Bloomberg ORDERS placed with US manufacturers rose more than expected in December, led by aircraft and electronics, capping the best year for factories since 1995, government figures showed yesterday.
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    • 229 15 SYDNEY Underweight local institutions add As6-4b to its value Reuters INVESTORS added another A 56.4 billion (556.9 billion) to the market value of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Ltd yesterday, with brokers citing buying in the global media group from underweight local institutions. News Corp
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    • 384 15 TOKYO It sets up online firm to sell music, software content for Play Station 2 console Bloomberg SONY Corp says its entertainment divisions are not for sale, countering speculation the maker of the best-sell-ing Play Station video game machine will merge its recorded-music business
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    • 46 15 [ST PETERSBURG, Russia] A hen yesterday standing in front ofpoultry farms workers protesting in St Petersburg. Some 100 representatives of farms surrounding the Russian city gathered yesterday to demand a decrease of the value added tax on poultry products and eggs. REUTERS
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 95 15 Bloomberg It* kainkj" uk 1 Shares m Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Germany*s No 3 carmaker, jumped as much as 7 per cent amid speculation that the Quandt family, who own 30 per cent of the company's preferred shares and 48.1 per cent of the
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      • 84 15 AFP l ruKYOJ Japanese steelmaker NKK Corp said yesterday it would cut 4,ooojobs, or 12 per cent of its group workforce, to 29,000 over the next three years to boost competitiveness. The major Japanese steelmaker said the cut in numbers will be made by
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      • 74 15 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Credit Suisse Group, the No 2 Swiss bank, said it hired Yitfi Suzuki to be its group chairman in Japan, where a unit lost its derivatives licence and still faces criminal charges over obstructing a government investigation. Mr Suzuki, 56, was previously a
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      • 82 15 Bloomberg [PARIS] Elf Aquitaine SA, a French oil company being bousht by rival Total Fina SA, said profit last year rose 37 per cent, exceeding analysts' expectations, as the price of crude oil doubled. Elf reported profit from operations of 1.68 billion euros (S$ 2.77 billion),
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      • 52 15 Job cuts at Ernst Young Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Ernst Young LLP, the world's third-largest accounting and consulting Arm, is eliminating 400 consulting jobs as the firm shifts its focus to electronic commerce. The firm is firing 5 per cent of its total consulting staff in North America, said spokesman Lawrence
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      • 74 15 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Telecom Co plans to start high-speed local Internet access to homes at a fixed rate as early as June, becoming the first major Japanese phone company besides Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp to offer the service. The nation's third-largest long-distance carrier will use a
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    • 245 16 LONDON Reuters BRITAIN'S Imperial Chemical Industries Pic yesterday posted full-year results at the top end of market forecasts and said it expected to deliver further growth in the coming year. ICI announced a 17 per cent rise in profits
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    • 425 16 LONDON Complacency greatest threat to global economy and financial markets Reuters FORMER US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said on Wednesday the belief the world had entered a new economic paradigm of uninterrupted prosperity risked unwarranted complacency among investors and policymakers. Speaking hours
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    • 272 16 NEW YORK Reuters WARNER-Lambert Co agreed to a sweetened US$B5 billion (Ssl44 billion) takeover offer from Pfizer Inc, but still needs the blessing of former merger partner American Home Products Corp before it can seal the deal, people familiar with the situation said on
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    • 299 16 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE US Federal Trade Commission voted to challenge BP Amoco Pic's US$34 billion (5557.6 billion) purchase of Atlantic Richfield Co, charging the buyout would strengthen BP Amoco's ability to command higher prices for Alaskan oil. The agency said the combination,
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    • 475 16 CANBERRA More rate rises seen this year which could snatch economic trump card from PM in polls Reuters INTEREST rate rises are never good news for politicians. But the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s decision to hike rates by an aggressive
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    • 54 16 [HOLLYWOOD] Actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Wednesday posingfor photographers as he arrives for the Hollywood premiere of his latest film, 'The Beach The film, which is based on a book by Alex Garland and also stars Tilda Swinton and Virginie Ledoyen, opens in the
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    • 456 16 I WASHINGTON Risk is not limited to software from any one company AP AMERICA'S top computer experts have warned Internet users about a serious new security threat that allows hackers to launch malicious programs on a victim's computer or capture information
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    • 875 16 JADE Jade Technologies Singapore Ltd TECHNOLOGIES Notice of Annual General Meeting To All Shareholders: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of JADE TECHNOLOGIES SINGAPORE LTD (the "Shareholders") will be held at 8 Tfech Park Crescent, Tuas Tech Park, Singapore *****4 on February 29, 2000
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 224 17  -  SG2C Derivatives TrtAhugßeport MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market ended lower yesterday after the US Federal Reserve raised the Fed Funds and discount rates by 25 basis points each. Profit-taking ahead of the long Chinese New Year weekend
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    • 236 17 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON) Global oil prices rose yesterday, boosted by comments from the United Arab Emirates and Mexico on current price levels and output curbs. Benchmark Brent crude for March delivery was 34 US cents higher at U5526.27 a
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    • 235 17 Bloomberg [SYDNEY) Australia, the world's biggest exporter of wool, said the value of its wool exports dropped 15 per cent in 1999 because of depressed world wool prices even though there was a one per cent increase in export volume. While sales to
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    • 319 17 Reuters London THE euro fell yesterday after the European Central Bank raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point as the rate rise was deemed insufficient to lure investors back to the beleaguered single currency. The ECB raised its refinancing rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 per
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    • 1926 17 SICOM FUTURES Feb 3 RUBBER (futures dosing «it 5.30fm) RSS1 C0NTRACT($ cents/kg) Close VoluiM Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 00 122.75 1200 Apr 00 126.75 300 May 00 129.25 300 Jun 00 131.75 300 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) VoIuim Open Month Hkjh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2730 18 HONGKONG Reuters AFP, Q Hang Seng +17&3 HONGKONG shares closed 1.1 per cent higher yesterday ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday, led by Internetlinked companies, with investors calmed by news that US interest rates rose by only the predicted quarter point. Yesterday was
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    • 1977 18 Tokyo shares hit 2 -year high TOKYO AFP P Nikkei 235 *207.51 SHARE prices in Tokyo hit a two-and-a-half-year high yesterday, backed by a falling yen, gains by Sony Corp and hopes of investment from new equity funds. Dealers said the headline Nikkei index could soon hit 20,000 points, marking
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    • 8830 19 INDUSTRIALS CofisiMMr products 2000 Lot Vol Day N«t Cap Law Company Sat* 000 High Low P/e $mll 372 310 Ajinomoto 352 unci) 3 354 352 22.3 142.7 119 91 Angkasa 105 3 63 106 101 154.8 400 290 Apollo Food Hlg 400 4 25 400 400 9.5 160.0 2975 2725
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    • 438 19 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index +14A1 MALAYSIAN shares closed sharply higher yesterday, boosted by last-minute buying ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday, dealers said. Buying was widespread but technology issues, selected blue chips and lower liners attracted particular attention, they added. The Kuala
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    • 3466 20 BOMDS A WARRANTS ta/ l,*r, latf taa»»M«4 t<| suM Caw liar Dm MM J 1 t'HI Ml rw« M# Law layar Wto Mn (Mtttl Ua Mi <%> iMftafl KM K>4 10.5 s 3160 A AcarW*****1USS 43 unch 29 43 43 43 43.5 33.1 I 156 73 267 17 80 14.5
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      785 20 AFP QSETlndei AM THAI stocks closed down yesterday but rebounded from early lows due to buying in selected telecommunications shares, dealers said. Traders said the market fell early in the day due to profit-taking in banks, chemicals and energy, and sell-offs by foreign investors. The Stock Exchange of Thailand
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    • 284 20 AFP n Composite Index +2117 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 1.1 per cent higher yesterday due to the upturn in overseas stock markets and bargain-hunting, an analyst said here. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 22.17 points to close at 1,998.13. —AFP m Nw roow MRCAIIIad 0.35 unch 20
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      690 20 AFP F1 Composite Index +10.73 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.8 per cent higher on a technical rebound yesterday, but jitters over the stand-off between President Abdurrahman Wahid and former military chief General Wiranto limited the rise, dealers said. They said the US Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday to raise
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    • 278 20 AFP PHBE-40 -24 NEW Zealand's share market plumbed a 13-month low yesterday as fears of global interest rate rises and higher local rates hit equities. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 24 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 2,011.39. Turnover was worth NZ$B7.6 million. AFP M*1 m (000) Advantage HDS
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    • 590 20 AFP yiADOrdinjtrieg jjj AUSTRALIAN stocks closed up 0.6 per cent yesterday after a day of volatile trade as strong gains in the media sector and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp offset losses in other blue chips, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index added 18.8 points to close at 3,135.10. The
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    • 307 20 AFP Composite Index +6.63 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday closed up 6.63 points at 950.22. Volume was 274.9 million shares worth 4.4 trillion won. AFP DMWOO Talocofll 10SS 65 Otnqbu Inj 4200 200 Dmv Tteh ***** unc»> Dong Kook staai 355S '35 Gd Morning S»c 6100 -150
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    • 117 23 A date with The start of a whole new property cycle, x£_ a more peaceful year in world pohtics, r/76 goiaen the fading out of some elderly leaders in Asia These are just some geomancers are making the Chinese New taw su yen finds out more -on els W 1
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    • 34 23 :m^m i^nEi Epicure Season's feas tings: our guide to the best takeaway Chinese New Year goodies EL 3 1 "Ti snmicß Natural born climbers: getting to grips with your aggressive, sun-seeking vines EL 3
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
    • VIEWPOINT
      • 746 24  -  OFFrrrrTTT.'i It's good to know that bureaucracy can bend the roles a little when the cause is worthy, and that it is takinga sympathetic approach towards the Noah's Ark dilemma jaime ee IF YOU were a petitioner, concerned observer or homeless
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      • STRAWS In The Wind
        • 36 24 SYMBOLISM goes a long way during the Chinese New Year festivities. One Chinese restaurant advertised its glutinous rice cake with sesame seeds with this tag-line: "Hope for yearly increment and promotion".
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        • 53 24 IF YOU'RE tired of ordinary bak kua or barbecued pork, here's a couple of alternatives. There's ostrich bak kua, touted as a healthier alternative. And if you like seafood, there's also a prawn bak kua, or to put it ethnically, hae kua. You be the judge of
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        • 62 24 PEOPLE will come up with all sorts of ways to sell their products. A liquor distributor is selling 30ml bottles of "kum" brandy for mixing withyw sheng raw fish for extra flavour. And pegs of sherry to mix into your sharksfin soup. Looks like there's going
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        • 49 24 THE DRAGON is a popular decorating theme for many shopping centres. Check out the one at Cineleisure, which features a marine theme with fish swimming and a dragon riding a submarine. Which prompted one wag to comment: "How's the dragon going to breathe fire underwater?"
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      • 1513 24 COVER STORY GO AHEAD and pop another bottle of champagne, savour another slice of abalone, win or lose a hundred bucks or two on the mahjong table tonight. There's every reason to celebrate for as reunion dinners go, it's a big night, if ever
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      • 835 24 WILL the Dragon usher in a wonderful year for you? Or do you have to hang in there for another year until you come into your own? Here's Tan Khoon Yong's view of how things will pan out this year for each sign in the
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    • EPICURE
      • 1072 25  -  tamsu TOrhas some very useful suggestions on how to have a fuss-free reunion dinner TAN SU YEN THERE 'S no place like home to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Dragon. But what if you don't feel up to whipping up the kiam
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    • PURSUITS
      • 804 25  -  GARDENING Vines are aggressive go-getters that will not hesitate to latch on to other plants if it takes them places By Thien THEY are such show-offs; exhibitionists, really, who let it all "hang out". No, I don't mean the shapely sun-worshippers like those Down Under at Surfers
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      • 763 25 BOOKS Hie Greenspan Effect Words That Move Hie World's Markets By David B Hied Ha and Jeffrey L Cruikshank MoGraw-Hill 274 pages, ***** Reviewed by dmanfPeokMtni ALAN Greenspan misses little when it comes to keeping tabs on the American economy. A friend once described
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    • ENTERTAINMENT
      • 691 26  -  CINEMA With its mixture of brains and brawn, touches of humour and avoidance of national stereotypes, Three Kings is definitely a Hollywood actioner with a difference By Susan Tsang THREE Kings is a rarity an actioner with a conscience, and a bit of a brain, which manages
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      • 515 26  -  CINEMA Things move so fast in 2000 AD that its cast gets lost amid all the mayhem By\ Parvathi Nayar RAINTREE Pictures' third film, 2000 AD, marks the local production company's first real step towards international collaboration with Hongkong's Media Asia films and a regional market. But
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        810 27 Angda's Ashes. Screen adaptation of the Frank McCourt novel which hit the bestseller lists and stayed there. A poignant y yet humorous account of growing up dirt-poor in Ireland, yet retaining the ability to be human. Alan Parker (The Commitments) directs Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle. Lido. y. Anna
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  • EXECUTIVE money
    • 1490 30  -  Your ticket to a fast and furious ride is in Malaysia, as liquidity pours into a market poised for earnings upgrades and an economy keyed up for strong growth. Add to that historically low deposit rates and you have powerful forces pumping both local retail and foreign funds.
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    • UNIT TRUSTS
      • 1452 28 Here's how unit trusts will be judged in the Investment Fond Awards THE annual Investment Fluid Awards is here again, when the best-performing Singapore-registered funds are singled out and honoured. The event is organised by Standard Chartered Bank, The Business Times and Reuters. The funds'
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      • 361 28 UWT TRUST/SECTOR (6 K0NTH8:3MMM6JANOO) CHANGE BPOiWlK CHANGE TtpflM 1 0C8C Sawn Irtfrtntfc EQ 146.96 MSCHnJi 37.30 2 Handareon QtatoayTach Qtafaaf 135.88 M6aQ<SK» 67.83 3 UOB UWfcd J«p EQ 9589 NHrt 225 SlDGfc Aw 27 37 4 CMS flat SMi ftog Mh /WiEQ 80.95 MSCOndh 37.30 5
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        820 29  -  YOUR MONEY If it's not clear where the market's headed, take a view and invest accordingly wong wei kong IT'S a relatively easy decision to buy when the stock market is going up and to sell when the market is going down but what if the market is
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      • 889 29  -  INSIDE!., Buying seen in Hwa Hong, Singapore Reinsurance, Want Want, Noble w Robert Halili The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research atPrimark ACTIVE buying by directors and shareholders during the week kept sentiment steady, with the index closing in positive territory for the
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      • 825 29 STOCKIffEEI Kingboard Copper Foil Kingboard Copper Foil (KCF), which produces copper foil for electronics products, has seen strong gains since its debut on the Singapore Exchange in mid-Decem-ber. IDGAglobal.com sees it rising further in coming months, on the back of increasing global demand for electronics products.
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      • 1319 29 P*po«H imount 1-ntth 3-mtti 6-mth Oepoett wnount 1-mth 3-wth 6-mth dbs Bank mmmmmmmm hsbc mmmmmmmmmmm AS A$ S10.000-A24.999 4 9400 5.1900 5 4500 25.000 74,999 4 3750 4 6250 ***** A25.000 A49 999 4 9600 5.2100 5 4700
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 290 31 sex ooo wi 9 *h m CWT Distribution 1.18 -0.02 n Chuan Hup 0J9 -0.01 3469 Cosco Invastmant—1.05 unch 35 Fraioht Links 0.27 uncti 362 CB Holdings 0.83 unch 15 Hal Sun Hup are -0.01 67 IMC Holdingi-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings U8 0.01 91 Jurono Shipyard
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    • 496 31  -  UK group aims to list new cruise company in London, New York From David Hughes in London UK-BASED shipping giant Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) is demerging its cruise business with the intention of listing the new cruise company in
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    • 779 31  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK m Selva Kumar A GREEK shipbroker has lost his action in the Singapore High Court against a Korean company which cancelled its contract with him to buy a Russian floating dock when it discovered that the broker
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    • ALASKA AIRLINES crash
      • 743 32  -  Black box contains tape of cockpit sounds such as conversations between crew members and air-traffic controllers By Linda Deutsch AP [PORT HUENEME, California] Searchers have recovered one of the "black box" recorders that could reveal further clues about what caused an Alaska Airlines jet to crash
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    • 21298 39 thebusinesstimes THEBU SINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessat Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Destn Nama Nam* Number Number WW 27/02 Evergreen PATSY N 485 65-392im To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvolre 27/02 Han).n patsy n 4» H/02 12/03
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      • 477 45 Vessel VoyNo Barth Departure Nft M Pi* DOM 3 1/00 J* 03/02/0:45 04/02/6:00 Marcopolo 22 Pn«166 J15 02/02/23:55 04/02/6:00 Orientqlory OOM J07 03/02/7:05 04/02/23:00 Gununq Sari 02/00 JM 03/02/7:55 04/02/S:00 Stun Furyu 01/00 J03 03/02/9:30 04/02/15:00 8t Pm THor2 ***** J01 03/02/11:00 03/02/2300 Marcopoto 6 04-00 JM 03/02/15:00
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      • 1967 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AMP LCI CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACHIEVER 704 6/20 00 U 03/1500 03/1659 01/1900 03/1500 03/1459 03/1900 a 03/1700 04/0*59 04/0900 21 03/1700 04/0*59 04/0900 04/0700 04/1159 04/1400 4 04/1200 04/1459 04/1700 ALTON* 13 4/15:00 U
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      • 204 45 Feb 6 New Zealand: Public Holiday, Waitangi Day. Germany: Epiphany Day. Sweden: Epiphany Day. Mar 16 Indonesia: Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Maris Taiwan: Market Holiday for Presidential Election. Apr 4 Hongkong: Ching Ming Festival. Apr 20 New Zealand: Market Holiday, Stock
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      • 802 45 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 mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 500 45 Cjrbon 180 Mai 990.8 0.7 19.0 0.08 78 0.06 Jaa 27 Dansttv Ritir Rtsidut Ask Aluminium Sedhnent Above E25 0 0 25 0 2S2 2*£ 380 Ave 987.0 OJ 14.5 0.06 34 0.02 JiU 380 MM 992.5 17 17.7 0.0? 72 0.05 IMW m/m MA* mi
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 408 46 Direct China Airlines flight the first by a Taiwan commercial carrier to Manila since air links were suspended four months ago Reuters [MANILA] A fully loaded China Airlines (CAL) plane landed in Manila yesterday, marking the first direct flight by a Taiwan commercial carrier to
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      • 257 46 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Airbus Industrie, the European planemaker and Boeing Co rival, said it has spent US$6OO million (551.02 billion) to develop a superjumbo jetliner and expects the total to rise to US$l billion by the middle of 2001. Airbus is counting
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      • 193 46 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] The Hongkong government said it signed an air services arrangement with China which will give room for airlines to increase links between the Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the mainland. The document was signed yesterday by Hongkong Economic Services Secretary Stephen
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      • 77 46 [DETROIT] General Motors president Richard Wagoner Jr, in the driver's seat of the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette, poses with GM vice-chairman Harry Pearce, left, and chairman Jack Smith at the carmaker's headquarters in Detroit. GM announced on Wednesday that Mr Wagoner will be the company's
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      • 215 46 Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co's No 2 union on Wednesday agreed to let a federal mediator try to settle a contract dispute after threatening a walkout by up to 22,500 engineers and technical workers it represents. Just hours before counting the votes on Boeing's second contract
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