The Business Times, 17 April 2000

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA.(P) 035/12/1899 i. 1 -/M >: 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    67 1 STOCK MAKKET INDICES \V*vk ('hang? STL_ 2,*****. +MJ5 SIMSCI FUTURES .288.90 +9.50 BT-SRI 804.52 +27.14 KLSE COMP 931.21 -18.64 NIKKEI .20,434.68... +181.87 HANG SENti 16.142.76. -798.92 SETINDEX. 414.45 1100 JAKARTA COMP 556.79 -14.03 M\N1LA COMP. 1,712.54. -25.95 TAIPEI WPI 8.866.80...-1.067.77 SEOll, COMP 800.89. -36 49 (USA CHINA B
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    85 1 FOREX BATES rs$ si US$ 1.711 £(1>S$/S$pcr£) 1.585 1713 EUR0(US$/S$/E) 0.954 1633 DM 2.950 0.835 YEN 105.9 1616 RM 3.800 0.450 HK$ 7.788 0.220 UAHT 37 J2 0.045 HI P1AH 7,630 0 022 •St to 100 units PRIME KATES SINGAPORE* 5 HO KUALA UMPUR „7fi7 JAKARTA 3900 BANGKOK 9.50
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    Lock icon Wall St carnage: worst may not be over
    902 1 High-tech, telecoms. shares most vulnerable; margin calls could lead to farther slide: analysts LAT-WP, Reuters, AFP [WASHINGTON] The sudden 35 per cent drop in the Nasdaq Composite Index and 12 per cent drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from the March
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    Lock icon After the great tech bust
    778 1  -  It's a reality check that Asia can learn from, says VIERAM KHAMNA VIKRAM KHANNA NOBODY can say they weren't warned. Of all stockmarket crashes in memory, the great Nasdaq technology bust of April 2000 which may still not have run its course —was probably the
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    Lock icon Murdoch diagnosed with low-grade prostate cancer
    498 1 Bloomberg, AFP [SYDNEY] News Corp said its chairman Rupert Murdoch has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will receive radiotherapy in a month. Mr Murdoch. 69, found out about the condition after having routine medical tests last week in Los Angeles. A company statement
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      101 1 INSIDE BizlT Andersen Consulting aims for 50% Asia growth. Pg 2 Traditional media's edge in Net world. Pg 5 Cut your CD on Xudio. Pg 0 Top stories Europe braces for Wall Street fallout. Noxt Pg Ipco stock up almost 4 times in 4 months on heavy volumes. Pg 4
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      25 1 Europe braces for Wall St fallout, Next Page Tech funds take big hit, Pg 10 Asian Net stocks set to follow Nasdaq slide, Pg 12
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      Lock icon Europe braces for Wall St fallout
      686 2  -  amgaa Shades of October 1987 phobia reflected in newspaper reports Rrotn Neil Behrmann in London LONDON and other European financial capitals fear that there could be a market collapse following the slide on Wall Street late on Friday. Illustrating the concerns, the business pages
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      Lock icon Goldilocks US economy will survive sellolf
      821 2  -  This stock slump wont turn Into a prolonged recession, says PAUL ERUGMAN PAUL KRUGMAN NYT INVESTORS buy because others are buying, sell because others are selling. When stock prices are rising, it's called "momentum investing"; when they are falling, it's called "panic." And panic,
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      Lock icon G7 brushes aside US market plunge
      616 2 Global economic outlook is brighter and fundamentals have strengthened, it says Reuters [WASHINGTON] Financial leaders from the world's richest nations on Saturday put on a brave face over the latest plunge in US stock markets as police arrested 600 demonstrators just blocks away from
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      10 2 IMF presses ahead with meetings as protests snowball, Pg 17
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      128 3 I South-East Asia's leading I network of localised portals. Catcha.com is now one of the largest "Catcha.com consists of a group of I Internet companies in the region" websites that is a merger of three I Business Times, 1 November 1999 major regional search engine portals" I The Straits Times,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Nasdaq-listed S'pore shares follow index's plunge
      458 4  -  PacNet, Chartered Semiconductor, Creative Technology among those hit By Kalpana Rashiwala SHARE prices of Singapore companies listed on Nasdaq like Creative Technology and Chartered Semiconductor were battered badly on Friday as the technologyheavy Nasdaq Composite Index slumped 9.7 per cent, its second-biggest fall in
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      Lock icon NTUC Income posts 52% jump in premium to record $1.24b
      489 4  -  To mark its 30th anniversary, the co-op is giving policyholders an extra bonus of $153 m Kalpana Rashiwala NTUC Income Co-operative has reported a 52 per cent jump in premium income for 1999, to a record $1.24 billion. Investment gains
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      Lock icon Ipco stock up almost 4 times in 4 months on heavy volumes
      307 4  -  Traders cite restructuring, talk of syndicate play Ny Eugene Low TALK of a play by syndicates and a previously announced corporate restructuring has pushed up the share price of infrastructure developer and contractor Ipco International by almost four
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      Lock icon ST Engg may rise after Q1 earnings grow 41%
      455 5 Ong Asia may also rise on its debnt today as its IPO is 13 times subscribed Bloomberg THE following is a list of companies whose shares may move in the Singapore market today. The Singapore Equity Preview includes news that broke
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      Lock icon Achieva gets mainboard listing okay
      97 5 Reuters ACHIEVA Pte Ltd, a distributor of electronic and information technology-related products in the Asia-Pacific, yesterday said it has received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd to list on its mainboard. Achieva's main business is in the distribution of electronic and IT-related
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon All eyes on Wall Street for market's direction this week
      620 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy IT'S hard to produce this column when the markets are quiet. And such was the case 2-3 weeks ago when prices drifted down, regardless of earnings figures and overseas conditions. This time around, things are much simpler, given
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      Lock icon Best to stay away from Pacific Century covered wrt
      198 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy PACIFIC Century was in the news last week when it struck a deal with Australia's Telstra. Having announced a merger with Hongkong TelecOm just before that, one wonders if Richard Li is overstretching himself and his
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      Lock icon Wing Tai may see rangebound trading
      229 6  -  HOT STOCK -By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of Wing Tai Holdings rose sharply last Friday and closed among the day's most actively traded issues. Wing Tai shares finished up 9 cents or 6.3 per cent at $1.51. The stock opened at $1.40, its day
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      126 6 ♦URACO Holdings has acquired 100,000 ordinary shares at par value of $1 each (representing 2.5 per cent of equity interest) from a minority shareholder of Uraco Electronics, a subsidiary of the company, for a consideration of $1. The net tangible assets of the subsidiary company is negative. ♦REPUBLIC
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      Lock icon Where Asian currencies are going this year and why
      557 6 SIGNS that Japan is pulling out of the doldrums should shore up the yen in the next few months. The outlook for other Asian currencies remains clouded. Market players polled by IDEAglobal.com expect foreign cash to pour into the Tokyo bourse
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      440 6 •Apr 12 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume AirOcean5c 138.582,000 LateTech US4c 66,669.000 JurongTech 10c 58,577,000 SingTel 15c 52,399,000 ST Engg 10c 47,798,000 Fastech US10C 47,201.000 MediaRing 10c 37,578,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 33,595,000 PadficCentury 33,189,000 NOL 32,307,000 Stock* PadficCentury 550,276,945 DBSGrp 205,412,867 UOB 136,653,353 SingTel 15c 130,214,934 OCBC 115,852,281 OUB
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      Lock icon Harold Tan heads JLL's research, consultancy in region
      206 7 FORMER Liang Court general manager Harold Tan is now regional research and consultancy boss at Jones Lang LaSalle. The 43-year-old also heads JLL's Real Estate Intelligence Service a subscriber service on research on the property market in eight gateway Asian cities, among
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      Lock icon Asian prosperity faces 2 potential problems: Goh
      453 7  -  Cross-strait ties and Korean sitnation most be handled with care, PM says bYorn Quak Hiang Whai in Shanghai ASIA has a great future economically in the next 10 years but that prosperity could be marred by two major potential political problems, Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Feb retail sales volume up 10.4%
      366 7  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala RETAIL sales volume rose 10.4 per cent in February against the same month a year ago, on the back of a 44.2 per cent surge in motor vehicle sales. However, February's year-on-year increase based on constant prices was lower than the
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      Lock icon Edwin Tay & Co becomes first local law firm with ISO stamp
      458 8  - Edwin Tay Co becomes first local law firm with ISO stamp 4-lawyer firm gets ISO 9002 certificate for its nnique operations module By Corinne Kerk FROM contract manufacturers to pan makers and fish breeders, they all seek ISO certification for its stamp of approval of a company's management system. And
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      Lock icon Easy to comment when looking back
      110 8  -  Tan Tah Choon Singapore I REFER to the article "SIA share buyback poorly executed" (BT, April 8) by R Sivanithy. With the benefit of hindsight, it is easy for Mr Sivanithy to comment about the poor judgment call by SIA. If sentiment in the
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      Lock icon The fact is there is no free market in taxi services
      235 8  -  Tony Lee Singapore I REFER to the comment made by the minister for communications and information technology on taxi companies and innovative pricing. While the minister is correct to say that ideally taxi companies should not meet to discuss
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      Lock icon Technology funds take a big hit with Nasdaq crash
      533 10 BOSTON Last year's biggest winners are the biggest losers Bloomberg FOR mutual funds that saw returns carried higher on the strength of technology stocks, last week's Nasdaq Composite Index plunge was painful. According to the Bloomberg index of 158 technology funds,
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      Lock icon Nasdaq's plunge seen choking off IPO market
      338 10 NEW YORK Some 14 firms have already scrapped their listing plans Bloomberg THE 34.2 per cent plunge in the Nasdaq Composite Index since March may choke off the market for initial public offers, if the pattern after 1998's stock slump is any guide.
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      Lock icon Higher Q3 earnings seen for AOL
      219 10 DULLES, Virginia Bloomberg AMERICA Online Inc, which is buying Time Warner, is expected to post higher fiscal third-quarter earnings tomorrow, boosted by more advertising and 1.5 million new subscribers to the No 1 Internet service. America Online earned about 9 cents a share in
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      Lock icon Divine tones down Nasdaq IPO plans as market turns cold
      383 12 LISLE, Illinois Bloomberg DIVINE inter Ventures Inc has former basketball star Michael Jordan, Microsoft Corp and Dell Computer Corp behind its US$l4O million (*****.4 million) initial public offering. What it lacks, aside from earnings and significant sales, is a receptive
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      Lock icon Asian Internet stocks look set to follow Nasdaq downwards
      635 12 TOKYO Friday's root heightens concern that these stocks are still overvalued Bloomberg ASIAN Internet-related stocks such as Japan's Softbank Corp and China Telecom (Hongkong) Ltd may fall this week as a 9.7 per cent rout on Friday in the US Nasdaq
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      Lock icon Deutsche Telekom sells T-Online shares at 27 euros
      389 12 BONN Sharp falls in Net stocks push IPO to lower end of 26-32-euro range Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Telekom AG priced shares of T-Online International AG, the second-largest Internet service, at 27 euros to raise 2.9 billion euros (554.7 billion), the low end of
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      Lock icon iSteelAsia.com expects HK$88m from IPO
      309 12 HONGKONG Offering cut to 100 m new shares, price slashed to HK$l.OB Reuters STEEL trading Internet portal iSteelAsia.com Ltd expects to raise HK$BB.4 million (5519.4 million) in an initial public offering, which it has cut in both size and price. "The money we are raising
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        Lock icon Amazon hires software firm Greyhound
        110 12 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Amazon.com Inc, the biggest Internet retailer, hired software maker Greyhound Technologies Inc to help it develop a system to better handle orders and distribute products. Closely held Greyhound provides software and services that help companies cut logistics and distribution costs by improving the
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        135 12 Bloomberg [SAN MATEO, California] E.piphany Inc, a maker of software that analyses data collected from Web sites, call centres and direct-mail campaigns, agreed to buy eClass Direct, which provides e-mail marketing services to companies, for U5535.6 million (5560.8 million) in stock. "eClass lets us expand on
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        Lock icon GlobalNetFinancial.com in UK alliance
        97 12 Bloomberg [BOCA RATON, Florida] GlobalNetFinancial.com Inc, a US provider of financial news and information through the Internet, agreed to buy UK-based Cyberwolf to build a dominant financial services Web site in Europe. The transaction, valued at £1.62 million (554.4 million), is expected to add to earnings,
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      Lock icon There is still value in M'sia bourse
      655 13  -  KL STOCKS Favourable economic and political climate will offset the short-term easing of the market eddie toh THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index breached the I,ooopoint barrier in February but it has since retreated, the bullish outlook for Malaysian equities notwithstanding. Last
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      Lock icon KL shares pause after breathless 2000 start
      506 13 Analysts trim KLCI's mid-year target to 950-1,000 Reuters [KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia's stock market has cooled after a red-hot start this year and now analysts are saying the key index may take longer than expected to reach their targets. Some had forecast the Kuala
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      Lock icon Bank Negara sees open banking sector in 10 years
      122 13 [KUALA LUMPURJ Bank Negara was targeting a 10year time frame for liberalisation and to enable local banks to meet the challenges of globalisation, Star newspaper reported on Saturday. If the bank felt that the local banks could stand on their own
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      Lock icon Gerry Harvey to open shop in Dili
      219 14  -  wrn'Miiuuuj From Steve Jacobs in Sydney AUSTRALIAN retailer Gerry Harvey is setting up his first Harvey Norman store in Asia in the East Timorese capital of Dili. Mr Harvey, the retail giant's chairman, told The Business Times that it would be a small
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      Lock icon China's economy beats expectations to grow 8.1% in Q1
      396 14 BEIJING Strong exports help but analysts say heavy govt spending retards reforms Reuters, Bloomberg CHINA said yesterday its economy got off to a better than expected start in the first quarter of this year, with gross domestic product (GDP) growing 8.1
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      Lock icon UK used dirty tricks to overthrow Sukarno: report
      182 14 ■LONDON AFP THE world's press was manipulated by British intelligence as part of a plot to overthrow Indonesia's president Sukarno in the *****, The Independent on Sunday newspaper reported here yesterday. The weekly said it had obtained a Foreign Office document which
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      Lock icon IMF to decide on Indon loan by June 5
      452 14 WASHINGTON Paris Club deal positive but reforms hold key, says official Reuters THE International Monetary Fund will decide by June 5 whether Indonesia has made enough progress in reforming its economy to win new IMF money and activate a deal to
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      Lock icon Yuan move may be sign from Beijing
      515 15 BEIJING Drop from peg to US$ may be early test for freer trade in the currency, say analysts Bloomberg DOCTORS looking at a chart of the Chinese yuan in the past two years would'have pronounced it dead. That is until Wednesday, when the
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      Lock icon Sinha expects GDP growth to touch 6% this year
      316 16 NEW YORK Finance minister sees strong showing from agricultural sector Reuters INDIAN Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Friday the government is maintaining a growth forecast of over 6 per cent for the current fiscal year, helped partly by strong showing
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      Lock icon Indian shares may mimic Nasdaq
      480 16 BOMBAY Reuters INDIAN shares are seen diving today on the tail of a plummeting US market, spurring volatility for the rest of the week, dealers and analysts said. "The market will fall 200 to 300 points on Monday. Most shares will open 8 per cent
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Nikkei 225 reshuffle may boost DoCoMo
      490 17 TOKYO Revised Nikkei will include 10 biggest companies on Topix except Softbank Bloomberg NTT DoCoMo Inc and 29 other companies will be added to the Nikkei 255 stock average next Monday and are likely to rise this week as fund managers who track the
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      Lock icon WTO rules in favour of the EU in music royalties case
      474 17  -  BTI^JHULUJ US told to pay for playing European composers' music in public places From, D Ravi Kanth in Geneva AMERICAN bars, shopping malls and restaurants which play European music will have to pay their composers royalties, the World Trade
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      Lock icon IMF presses ahead with meetings as protests snowball
      495 17 WASHINGTON More than 5,000 people block streets to stop delegates Reuters THE International Monetary Fund was yesterday pressing ahead with two top-level meetings even as police in full riot gear used batons and pepper spray against protesters ringing its Washington headquarters. "We
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      Lock icon Don't look for Fed bailouts: Greenspan
      531 18 WASHINGTON US central bank can't 'protect against all potential losses' Bloomberg FINANCIAL institutions shouldn't rely too heavily on risk-manage-ment tools to avoid losses and the US Federal Reserve isn't prepared to always bail out lenders when investors panic and markets collapse, Fed chairman Alan
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      490 18 NEW YORK Reuters THE brokers' group that owns the Nasdaq stock market said on Friday its member firms have voted resoundingly in favour of spinning off the Nasdaq, the No 2 US stock market. The National Association of Securities Dealers said 3,423
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      425 18 WASHINGTON AFX, Bloomberg THE strong economy continues to draw in imports, the US government is expected to report this week. "Import demand is booming," said Robert McGee, chief economist at Tokai Bank Ltd. The February trade deficit is expected to widen slightly to
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  • COMMODITIES & futures
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      576 20 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON) Coffee prices plunged to a seven-year low, as producer countries discussed how to boost a market sucked downwards by a supply surplus. Over the past year, prices have dropped by nearly 40 per cent. The Association of
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  • MARKET OUTLOOK
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      866 21 NEW YORK Almost half the losses came on Friday, when the Nasdaq fell 9.7% Bloomberg US company shareholders lost US$2.l trillion (553.6 trillion) last week as the Nasdaq and other stock markets plunged, fanning concern that a five-year rally may be ending.
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      877 21 Q Sydney -712 ANALYSTS expect as much as AS3O billion (Ss3l billion) could be wiped off the Australian share market today. A history-making fall on Wall Street and the revelation that News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch has cancer could drive the All Ordinaries down 120 points, multimillionaire
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      243 21 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE shares are likely to edge up in the week ahead as companies with a strong domestic presence feel the benefit of strengthening hopes for an economic recovery, brokers said. Tokyo shares "will be firm basically, unless New York stocks plunge",
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      Lock icon Footsie slumps on Dow fall
      325 21 LONDON AFP LONDON shares ended the week sharply lower, after following Wall Street downwards, with declines particularly marked on Friday after US data showed rising US inflation and re ignited fears of interest rate rises there. The FTSE-100 Index ended the week below the psychological
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      150 21 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG stocks may face continued selling pressure particularly hi-tech stocks in the week ahead as it remains at the mercy of the US market, dealers said. "The market is extremely oversold but we may see it falling further before any
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      1702 21 QPira -***** THE French CAC-40 blue-chip index ended sharply lower on Friday, mirroring a new slide on Wall Street where New Economy stocks took the brunt of the latest US inflation scare. The CAC-40 ended down 3.2 per cent at 6,065.71 points, losing 242.33 points over the
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      426 22 AFP Q Composite Index -18.64 THE Malaysian stock market is expected to drift lower in the coming week amid lack of retail interest after falling nearly 2 per cent last week, dealers said. "There is not enough retail interest in the bourse. Investors remain nervous,"
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      630 23 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyß<mndup THE focus will be on the Group of Seven (G-7) outcome over the weekend into the Easter holidays from April 21. The market reaction to statements or to the lack of statements on the euro and the yen
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      15 25 FOOD/ ENTERTAINMENT The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 5 36. Buy It. Sell It. Find It.
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  • INDIA entertainment
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      1057 26  -  Indian entertainment riding a wave of TV, Internet, computer animation technologies and an expanding international audience, says Arthur Andersen By Narayanan Madhavan Reuters [NEW DELHI] INDIA'S entertainment sector, boasting the world's largest film industry, has reason to make a song and dance about its
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      486 27 tomato*' Where to wine, dine and entertain.. jjflasSr gjgjj—- Savour the distinctive mix of flavours lar I and tastes of Singapore. I Feast on the exciting spread of Jr I local dishes we have for you such as Nasi Lemak, Tauhu Goreng, Tandoori Fish etc. V_A Do expect a change
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      138 27 AUSTRALIAN GOI^IET ADVENTURE l-30th April 2000 Savour Australian seafood with wines in our Australian gastronomic event at Pine Court Chinese Restaurant The Neptune Reservations: 831-6288/224-3203 Hi CHINESE lESTALRANT 1 .tlandarw Singaparr JL im 333 Orchard (toad, Singapore *****7 Td: 737 4411 Fax: 732 2361 *»uA luhcU H\g K<nrrioH- >*\ H\is
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      1277 27 ine Business Times, Monday, April 17, 2000 Page 27 TVfrlfrf CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Central 3,00 A Stroke Of Genius. Restless. Sunderland (2nd tx). IT I [2 I p I B I 16 [7 n 330 Away From Home. 5.35 That's My Line. 7.00 Xtreme Magazine: Not M I I I Mi
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      650 28 East is East is a moving story of life in a family with a Pakistani father and an English mother AP PILMING his semi-autobiographical tale about growing up in a working-class home with a Pakistani father and an English mother was "like walking into some
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      282 28 He was known for characters like the Gashlycramb Tinies NYT [NEW YORK] Edward Gorey, whose eerie black-and-white cross-hatched drawings of hapless children and Victorian ministers charmed and haunted readers, died on Saturday in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He was 75. Gorey, an artist and
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      146 28 W r ,W ,W I rr'-' ':r" >•' i<. I fc t i i wtfHf ■<&> I TIME TO CHANGE p 1* *> »> i AiPL mSßk^ii /i v%. M I Jp M TIME TO FLY ';j l| fc In the great excitement generated over dot com businesses it is
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      261 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young WITH the lack of modern tonnage available for sale, there has been interest for newbuilding re-sales as an alternative. However, there have been virtually no sales of mainstream second-hand tonnage coming to light during the course of the week. Vesseb sold for further
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      Lock icon MARITIME STOCKS
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      Lock icon Demand for Asian goods boosting container traffic
      633 29  -  Cargo moving from Asia to US in usually slack first quarter of the year np 16% By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Strong consumer and business demand for Asia's manufactured goods, and stronger intraAsian trade spurred on by rebounding Asian economies are continuing to fuel
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      Lock icon Not far off -12,000 TEU ships and mega hubs
      744 29  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes IT has been quite a week for the trans-Atlantic container trades as New World Alliance (NWA) lines acted with great speed to put together a co-operation deal with Maersk Seal and that has wrong-footed their competitors.
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      Lock icon Indonesian waters still hotspot for piracy
      337 29  -  Bnt attacks worldwide were down in first quarter of the year By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The waters off Indonesia were again the hotspot for pirate attacks in the first quarter of the year with 19 raids or attempted raids on shipping, the International Maritime
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      Lock icon Indian port workers threaten strike
      284 29 Indefinite strike from Hay 2 if wage demands are not met Reuters [NEW DELHI] Workers at 11 state-run Indian ports will strike indefinitely from May 2 if their demands over higher wages are not met, their union leader said. "We will start an indefinite strike
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        Lock icon Officer numbers still fall short of world demand
        319 30  -  Shortfall seen rising to 12%, or 46,000 officers, by 2010, but ratings in oversnpply Reports by David Hughes in London THERE is still a worldwide shortage of qualified officers of around 4 per cent, despite efforts to improve the situation, according to
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        Lock icon P&O buys out Shougang's stake in ABC
        280 30 CHINESE-based operator Shougang has had its 50 per cent stake in Associated Bulk Carriers (ABC) bought out by UK-based P&O, which now holds 100 per cent of the 22ship capesize firm. P&O plans to list ABC on the Oslo stock exchange later in
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        Lock icon Sale of Masa-Yards falls through
        169 30 THE sale of Finnish cruise shipbuilding specialist Kvaerner Masa-Yards has collapsed and Anglo-Norwegian conglomerate Kvaerner has decided to abandon its attempt to sell off the yard. The company had been negotiating with a consortium headed by the yard's CEO Martin Saarikangas and including US cruiselines
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      • PORT Shots
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          Lock icon Rival on exclusive offer to Frontline
          120 30 JOHN Frederiksen's tanker firm Frontline has been granted a 15-day exclusive period by the US Bankruptcy Court to consider taking control of struggling rival Golden Ocean. The court also issued an initial approval for the injection of US$5 million (SsB.s million) from Bermuda-registered Frontline
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          Lock icon Americana plans terminal
          112 30 THE US Gulf is to get its first deep-water container terminal following the signing of a deal between CP Ships' US-based subsidiary Americana Ships and Stevedoring Services of America. In conjunction with the Texas City administration, the two firms will design, develop, operate and finance a 121-ha
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          Lock icon UK agency looks abroad
          71 30 THE UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has appointed an Indian firm to carry out the initial stages of its Electronic Navigational Chart programme. DC Technologies won the tender to conduct data capture work for the UKHO as the chart producer gears up to offering a fUlly commercial
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          Lock icon Japan ship orders slump
          70 30 THE latest figures from the Japan Ship Centre show a 55.2 per cent slump in newbuilding orders at Japanese yards last month. Yards received only 12 orders, including 8 bulkers, totalling 404,150 gt. This figure is 496,000 gt lower than February's, itself down against January, and
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          Lock icon CP Ships buys CCAL
          74 30 UK-based CP Ships has bought Christensen Canadian Africa Line from Norwegian firm Thor Dahl Shipping. The deal, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, expected to be completed by the end of the month, includes CCAL's three multipurpose cargo ships, which operate between Montreal and South Africa.
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          Lock icon IOC hit with US$223m customs bill
          78 30 THE Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has been hit with a demand for US$223 million in customs dues from authorities at Kolkata port. The customs department alleges that lOC has avoided paying ship pre-detention demurrage charges for the past five years and has added a
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        Lock icon CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        Lock icon GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        196 43 Apr 20 New Zealand: Market Holiday, Stock Exchange Closes at Noon. Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Apr 21 Denmark: Good Friday. France: Good Friday. Germany: Good Friday. Thailand: Market Holiday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Philippines: Good Friday. Singapore: Good Friday.
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        Lock icon COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        788 43 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        Lock icon US govt panel recommends redesign of B737: report
        500 44 FAA had detected 30 failures, jams that could be catastrophic on takeoff and landing AFP [WASHINGTON] A US government panel is recommending the redesign of the Boeing 737, aviation's most popular aircraft, to prevent the rare but potentially catastrophic failure of the
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        Lock icon Cathay hopes for codeshare approval from US-HK talks
        211 44 Reuters [NEW YORK] Cathay Pacific Airways hopes this week's US-Hongkong air rights talks will approve its proposed code sharing arrangement with American Airlines, a Cathay Pacific spokesman said. "This will provide for seamless travel between Hongkong and the United States," said Gus
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      • LOG Book
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          Lock icon BAA's March traffic up 3.2%
          93 44 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic, the world's largest airport operator, said passenger traffic at its seven UK reports rose 3.2 per cent In March, more slowly than in earlier months, as the comparison was with a month that in 1999 included the Easter holiday. Hie number
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          Lock icon MAS ordered to cut some domestic fares
          65 44 AFX-Asia {KUALA LUMPUR} The government has ordered Malaysia Airlines System Bhd to cut fares between the peninsula and the eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak, Transport Ministry parliamentary secretary Donald Lim told parliament. Mr Lim said the aim is to encourage people from
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          Lock icon BA increases KL-London flights
          84 44 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] British Airways has added two more direct flights to London from Kuala Lumpur, increasing from its current four to six direct flights per week. The new schedule, which took effect on April 3, also saw the introduction of the jet 777 for the
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        Lock icon American Air expects decision on new China flights by Aug
        384 44 Bloomberg [BEIJING] AMR Corp's American Airlines, which is vying to operate direct flights to China, said it would probably know by August which carrier has won US government approval for the routes. The Department of Transportation has to decide within
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      11 44 Hie aircraft schedule has been dropped doe to pressure on space
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      167 45 H Andersen 50 per cent annual growth in Asia the ambitious target is part of a push to transform Andersen Consulting into a New Economy powerhouse, new CEO Joe Forehand tells kbmmetb jambs. Pg 2 Top stories rnmwiontflry Traditional media have an edge CA's business is now in Net world:
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      841 46  -  -ETIS3STTCTn Andersen Consulting chief Joe Forehand knows that the growth target he has set his partners in Asia is a stretch. But hey, thafs what transformation is all about V By Kenneth James FIVE months into the job, Andersen Consulting managing partner and CEO Joe W
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      367 46  -  eQufaVebsite •fiers a database of over 80,000 firms ay pore Tay Shi'an HOMEGROWN eGuide Singapore Pte Ltd last week launched its online business directory with its own search engine, and said its database ltets more than 80,000 companies in Singapore. i- The
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      251 46  -  Bl Elizabeth Su SINGAPORE Telecommunications has a new Web site, www.singtel.com, which cost Si million to set up. It presents a clean-cut look, offers more interactive features and provides a more distinctive look. The credit for that goes to Aretae Interactive Pte Ltd. "Our
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      183 46  -  Hu. Aaron Lye SITARA Networks Asia Pte Ltd, the Asia-Pacific arm of US-based Sitara Networks Inc, last week launched Sitara QoSWorks, calling it the world's first QoS (quality of service) appliance. It addresses network congestion and lets service providers deploy e-business applications on their
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      619 48  -  Asrrrrmii But It's already started on the road to its own creative destruction kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor IT suddenly crystallised for Steve Rickwood two years ago in Hongkong. There he was trying to convince an upwardly-mobile young man
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      452 48 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California) Intel Corp, the world's largest computer-chip maker, will report that first- quarter sales and earnings rose as it sold more higher-powered processors and continued to cut costs, analysts said. Intel's profit rose to 69 US cents a share,
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      492 48  -  By Val Chua The writer is with asiaone.com, SPH's English -language portal NEXT year, your cheque can be cleared within the same working day, thanks to a technology called cheque truncation a world's first for Singapore. With full cheque truncation, cheques are scanned
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        60 49 NOMINATIONS are invited for the second TAA (Technology Achievement Awards), to recognise Singapore-based companies which have exploited R&D to enhance their business. Up to 10 TAAs will be given out on Sept 1 this year. The awards are supported by the National Science Technology Board, Andersen Business
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        62 49 HOMEGROWN Asia Com One said it has tied up with developers of WAP- and SMS- based services for mobile phone users. The companies include Wapit Ltd and Akumiitti Ltd of Europe. Asia Com One offers Asia's mobile operators 200 global and local content-based WAP
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        45 49 I-DNS.NET International has tied up with LGA International, Vitnet Pte Ltd, and Makkal Solutions to help users register domain names in multiple languages, beginning with Chinese and Tamil. i*DNS currently supports 55 non-English languages, including Chinese, Tamil, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic.
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        44 49 THE Web Connection, a china.com company, has appointed Cort Isernhagen as general manager of Web Connection Media (WCM), based in Singapore. WCM provides online marketing solutions and consultancy. Mr Isernhagen was previously regional marketing director with International Data Corp Asia-Pacific.
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        27 49 WEB-HOSTING firm, Webvisions Pte Ltd, has appointed Michael Ong as vice-president of sales. He will develop and execute Webvisions' Pan-Asian sales strategy.
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        29 49 RSA Security Inc, that provides electronic design software and services solutions, said it has promoted Roberto Galbiati as its regional director for the Asia-Pacific.
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        36 49 DA Consulting Group Pte Ltd has appointed Ron Mathers as manager, e-business practice, for the Asia region. Previously, he was a consultant manager for Oasis Systems Consulting, an SAP implementation partner.
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        37 49 A FORUM on "Pre-imposed IPO issues for startups" will be held on Apr 19 at the Merchant Court Hotel. It is organised by landl Asia (Singapore). For details, e-mail laychintan@iandiasia. com.
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        54 49  -  Compiled bj Raju Chellam A CONFERENCE, titled "Enter the brave new world of e-commerce" will be held on Apr 20 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront. It is organised by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (Singapore), supported by Great Plains Software, and Ngee Ann, Nanyang, and Temasek Polytechnics.
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      600 49  -  Internet usage is growing faster in Asia than US and Europe, yet 80 per cent content resides in the US and Europe D..11U1. TV Cn.lL BTI-MAHimi By Toh Han Shih TRADITIONAL media companies have a distinct competitive edge in the Internet age,
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      559 49  -  SAYIhfl The rate at which new services are Introduced differentiates the winners from the also-rans paul rath The writer is general manager, EMC South Asia THE telecom industry is in a global race to add differential services to customers who expect instant connectivity
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      762 51  -  BTMMIim'M The largest CA-Wprld this year drew 30,000 IT professionals from 80 countries, and 500 journalists. Catherine okg reports from New Orleans CATHERINE ONG IT'S NOT everyday that customers pay to get themselves educated by suppliers of products and services. Yet for six years in
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      257 51  -  The Z-Station 1 is the world's first karaoke, Net-based product' By R. Sivanithy HOMEGROWN Cyberlnc Pte Ltd last week launched its ZStation 1 product, an MP3 player with wireless and karaoke functions. The nifty little gadget which weighs eight grams and fits into a
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      369 51 Bloomberg [ARMONK] International Business Machines Corp win tomorrow report that firstquarter earnings were little changed from a year earlier as clients delayed purchases because of Year 2000 concerns, analysts said. Analysts cut estimates in October after the world's biggest computer maker warned of
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      222 51  -  It offers more than 250 scenes that let Web visitors walk through Singapore By Aaron Lye PIXAROUND.COM PTE LTD, that offers panoramic Web solutions, last week launched Snap Singapore, calling it the world's first 360degree interactive online tour of a country. The company said it's
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      241 51 Catherine Ong COMPUTER Associates expects sales of its new e-busi-ness platform, Jasmineii, to be potentially bigger than its flagship product, the Unicenter TNG software for backend systems. At CA-World in New Orleans last week, top executives from America's third largest software house called Jasmineii as
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        803 52  -  BTtSU\l UWJ Take your pick from 800 songs in MP3 format in eight languages, amdhhw web reports ANDREW WEE YOU can choose your favourites songs from a digital music portal and order a cus-tom-made CD soon. This next-generation e-music service supposedly the first of its
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        349 52  -  Typical order sizes range between USslm and USssm for the eQAD solution By Elizabeth Su US-BASED ERP solutions provider QAD will launch its new e-business solution here in the next six months. Called eQ, the software took five years and US$5O million (SsBs million)
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          106 52 Al9-MEMBER committee was set up last week to promote the development and use of Tamil Intranet in Singapore and the region. Lim Swee Say, Minister of State for the Ministry of Communications and IT, launched the Tamil Internet Steering Committee (TISC) and said it will "spearhead
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          87 52 HOMEGROWN Viewlnternetoom Pte Ltd said it is offering in-room high-speed Net connectivity products —ViewTV and View Connect—to let hotel guests connect to the Net without having to lug a notebook computer along. ViewTV lets guests use a wireless keyboard connected through the TV
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          59 52 PORTAL Catcha.com has tied up with MediaCorp Interactive's Wool! Webvision to broadcast MediaCorp's collection erf programmes to Net users throughout South-east Asia. The service will be offered free. Catcha's other broadband partner—and one of its founding shareholders—is the Shaw Organisation. Access to the Web TV service
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          37 52 FREEMARKETS mc will provide Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) access to Free Markets' 828 eMarketplace. Through Free Markets, ST Engg will create online markets for goods and services that involve suppliers globally.
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          56 52 SHAREINVESTOR.COM PTE LTD has tied op with Philippines-based financial portal DFNN.com to tap the growing market for online transaction of stocks and shares there. Their joint venture will have an initial paid-up capital of five million pesos ($210,000), with DFNN.com holding 60 per cent of the
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          48 52  -  Raju Chellam MSN (Microsoft Network) Singapore has appointed 24/7 Media Asia, which offers Internet advertising and sates network in Asia, as its sole representative for online ads. 24/7 Media Singapore's clients will now be able to convey their marketing messages to a wider target audience.
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