The Business Times, 20 April 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    71 1 Dsn 2,058J1 (+51.74) BT-SRI ***** (+22.20) SmSCI FUTURES ***** (+3.20) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 896.30 +1540 NIKKEI 19,086.62 +117.10 HANG SENG lM27iO_+148.88 SET INDEX J9L22 +§.97 JAKARTA COMP 526.30 1.96 MANILA COMP 1,664 00 +15.87 TAIPEI WPI 9,104.40 202.63 SEOUL COMP 755.08 +7.78 CLSA CHINA
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    87 1 FOREX RATES L'SI S$ USS 1.700 £(US$/SSper£) 1579 1683 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0.947 1.609 DM 2.066 0.823 YEN 104 Ji 1.627 RM 3.800 0.447 HK$ 7.788 0118 BAHT 3757 004ft RUPIAH 7315 0.022 St to too units •St to too units PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 580 KIj'ALA U'MPTR 7 67 JAKAKTA .39.00
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    Lock icon S'pore e-biz seen hitting US$4.75b by 2004
    479 1  -  Bnt big obstacles are IT talent shortage and online security fears: IDC stndy By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] With Singapore companies and individuals fast connecting to the Internet, e-commerce here will mushroom to U554.75 billion (SsB.l billion) by 2004, up from under US$2OO million
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    Lock icon Would a Beemer from Africa be any different?
    602 1  -  lUexclusive Not with quality control. Bnt public perception is another matter altogether ////< Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Out of Africa that's where Singaporeans will be getting two of their best-loved branded cars. In fact, the bestselling range of one brand name started streaming
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    Lock icon Asian bourses pull ahead, but traders wary
    490 1  -  Thin trading in S'pore even as STI chalks np strong gain By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Asian stock markets continued to recover yesterday in step with another sharp overnight surge on Wall Street, but traders remained wary of more volatility ahead. In Singapore, the
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    Lock icon Dow slips in morning, Nasdaq steady
    60 1 Bloomberg, [NEW YORK] Wall Street blue chips fell yesterday morning after two straight days of rises Knocking sentiment were announcements by Intel and IBM that their second-quarter revenue would fall short of expectations. By 11.30 am, the Dow was down 25.44 points at 10,741.98.
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      88 1 INSIDE Top stories Profile: Tech incubator Star Investment Consulting. Next Page n Mustapa Mohamed tipped to take over as Bank Negara chief. Pg 15 Opening Changi Airport to foreign investors? Not impossible,says PM Goh Chok Tong. Pg 8 Option to take stake in Virgin's Australian airline still open: SIA. Pg
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      10 1 Diffidence in S'pore market, Pg 6 Market jitters: Pg 13
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Shooting from the hip
        96 2 IT'S refreshing to come across public relations people who tell it like it is. Raffles International director of investor relations Clarence Fu recently sent a letter to reporters announcing his appointment and that he was in the process of setting up a proactive investor relations programme
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        Lock icon Driving into the CED today?
        78 2 FOLLOWING our front-page report yesterday on the effort by landlords in the CBD (central business district) to wire up their buildings so as to provide their tenants with broadband communications access, some smart alecs have suggested that the CBD should be renamed CED, or the
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        88 2 APRIL 18. A subscriber got an e-mail from Netßesearch Asia, but with the timestamp reading April 19. Wow, the subscriber thought, the Internet is fast; it runs ahead of time. But things got a little clearer when he scanned to the bottom of the e-mail. "We have been
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        Lock icon Early morning Sun
        72 2 INFO tech journalists are used to press briefings no earlier than about 1 lam. Seems that dotcom entrepreneurs usually hit the sack in the wee hours of the morning and have trouble with early press conferences. So Sun Microsystem's 9.15 am press conference yesterday would seem to
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        Lock icon Just missed the young ones
        50 2 AT International Data Corp's annual Directions seminar yesterday, the keynote speaker offered this anecdote about the ground situation in Silicon Valley: Why are dotcom companies in the Valley now advertising to hire 13-year-olds to join as programmers? Because all the 12-year-olds have been taken already.
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        Lock icon No little green men here, folks
        145 2 BELIEVE it or not, the US Defence Department has denied that extraterrestrials participate in classified US military programmes. Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon was responding to reporters' questions about Monday's Internet posting of the first detailed satellite images of Area 51, the super-secret Air Force
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      Lock icon Hothousing startups in shophouses
      885 2  -  Star Investment Consulting and its Pasir Panjang landlord have big plans as incubators lir/Mtrt.s b» Jennifer Lien [SINGAPOREI A row of shophouses in sleepy Pasir Panjang Village is about to come to life with a New Economy buzz if a new incubator tenant and its landlord
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      Lock icon Happy solution for Breezeway
      705 2 Breezeway's GM recalls the day when Star came a-calling (SINGAPORE) Breezeway Development, which owns a stretch of 13 shophouses in Pasir Panjang Village, had toyed with the idea of taking equity in exchange for rental since the economic slump in 1997 and 1998. "It was a
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      Lock icon Palm versus Pocket PC: the fun begins
      611 2  -  ID comment TECHNOLOGY Singapore-designed pocket wonder shows off Microsoft's snazzy new software kenneth james THE US courts aren't the only place where Microsoft Corp has been taking a beating. In the burgeoning arena of hand-held computing, devices using Microsoft's Windows CE operating system
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Option to take stake in Virgin's Australian airline still open: SIA
      368 4 AFX-Asia, Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said yesterday it may still take a stake in Virgin Atlantic's proposed Australian airline, after the New Zealand government's approval of its application to own up to 25 per cent of Air New Zealand,
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      Lock icon F&N sets up e-commerce outfit Fannet to add fizz to business
      183 4 FRASER and Neave (F&N) has set up a "critical" e-com-merce vehicle called Fannet Online to support and grow its business. Using the Internet and communications technologies, the wholly-owned unit will focus initially on busi-ness-to-business (B2B) initiatives to beef up
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      Lock icon Michael Wong tipped for top GE Holdings post
      321 4  -  nil exclusive Howe Yoon Chong seeking retirement from the board ity i Siow Li Sen MICHAEL Wong Pakshong is tipped to become executive chairman of Great Eastern Holdings after incumbent Howe Yoon Chong steps down next week. Mr Howe, 77, said in
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      Lock icon CSM more upbeat on profit margins
      330 4  -  By Marissa Chew CHIP foundry Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing yesterday said it has revised upwards its gross profit margin targets by three percentage points for the year to 36-40 per cent on good performance in the past two quarters ending March. In a conference call
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      Lock icon DBS proposes swap to make non-voting shares redeemable
      158 4 DBS Group Holdings yesterday proposed to swap 94.9 million of its issued non-voting preference shares (NVS) for new non-voting redeemable preference shares (NVRS) on a one-for-one basis. DBS currently has 139.1 million NVS, 44.2 million of which are earmarked for conversion into
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      Lock icon Covered warrants: need to tell more
      888 4  -  ![•!•}!< lock siewl r sivanithy OVER the past two weeks, three new covered warrants were listed here calls by Merrill Lynch and Robert Fleming on Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) and a call by Credit Lyonnais on Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM). All three have
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      Lock icon Catcha.com gets SGX nod for mainboard listing
      341 5  -  First Internet search engine to list in Singapore By Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN Catcha.com Pte Ltd has received in-principle approval for a Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard listing and will be the first Internet search engine to list here. Catcha started out as a consolidation
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      Lock icon Parkway Lab closes 15% above IPO price
      261 5 PARKWAY Laboratory Services (PLS), which made its trading debut yesterday, closed at 39 cents 15 per cent above its offer price. The closing price compares with the fair value price of 40-47 cents expected by some analysts. Turnover was 40.9 million units, making
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      Lock icon Keppel TatLee confirms interest in Equitable
      630 7 It has completed dne diligence of the Philippine bank bnt no decision yet Bloomberg KEPPEL Tat Lee Bank said it is interested in buying part of Equitable PCI Bank, the Philippines' thirdlargest commercial lender. The Sin-gapore-based bank like competitor DBS Group Holdings is keen
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      Lock icon Raffles, OPH buy into Aztech broadband unit
      229 7  -  By Carol Eng ORCHARD Parade Holdings (OPH) and Raffles Holdings have bought into an Aztech Systems unit which will bring broadband connection to their properties. In separate statements yesterday, OPH said it invested $100,000 to acquire a 21.98 per cent stake in Net2Room.com,
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      Lock icon Pakara to place out shares to HK firm
      231 7 SESDAQ-LISTED Pakara Technology plans to place out 1.2 million new shares at 45 cents each to Silver Bay, a finance company incorporated in Hongkong. The company said the placement's net proceeds of about $530,000 will be used for working capital, including the
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        Lock icon KHZ builds vessels worth $30m
        93 7 SHIPYARD operator Keppel Hitachi Zosen is building four tugs and one crane barge under contracts worth over $30 million, the company said yesterday. Two of the tugboats are being built for River Wijis Pty Ltd, a joint venture company between the Wijsmuller Group of Holland
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        Lock icon Sunright reports flat interim profit
        42 7 SUNRIGHT'S net profit for the half year ended January was flat at about $1 million. Turnover rose 26 per cent to $75.5 million. The group attributed its poor profit showing to a slower-than-expected recovery in testing services.
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        Lock icon UOB in China venture capital tie-op
        52 7 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has set up a joint venture in Beijing with Beijing Centergate Technologies to invest in emerging technology firms. The tie-up is led by UOB Venture Management, and marks the start of a series of venture capital activities that UOB plans
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        Lock icon SIA unit delivers its first A321 aircraft
        39 7 SINGAPORE Aircraft Leasing Enterprise, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, said it has delivered an Airbus 321-200 aircraft to UK carrier Monarch Airlines. The aircraft is SALE'S first A 321 to be delivered.
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        Lock icon Nobel unit names exec directors
        66 7 RAWMART.COM Inc, Nobel Group's online trading exchange arm, has appointed Joseph Waring executive director of editorial content and Bruno Wase-Bailey executive director of global sales. Mr Waring has been a journalist for 14 years in the US and Asia. Mr Wase-Bailey has 12 years of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      488 6 Stocks Volume ParkwayLab 5c 40,813,000 STEngg 10c 11,760,000 SingTel 15c 10,170,000 AirOcean 5c 9,950,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 8,174,000 Fastech US10C 6,918,000 Vickers Capital 25c 6,070,000 MediaRing 10c 5,662,000 LafeTech US4c 5,197,000 JurongTech 10c 4,783,000 Stocks SIA 59.287,898 Chart Semiconductor 26c 49,479,924 PacificCentury 39,997,610 OCBC 34,551,260 DBSGrp 31,134,519 UOB K
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      Lock icon Market recovers farther, but investors stay hesitant
      585 6  -  I=ll comment STOCKS r.sivanithy AMAIN problem facing the local market at the moment is how to overcome the lack of confidence over Wall Street's apparent strength. The other is how to entice investors to return to a market that, so far, has shown
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      Lock icon DB's Nikkei covered wrt – attractive, but neglected
      199 6  - DB's Nikkei covered wrt attractive, but neglected WARRANT WATCH Euro hit by y R Sivanithy One of the most undervalued warrants in the local market is the Deutsche Bank covered warrant on the Nikkei 225 Index which was launched a few months ago at 56 cents each. Despite having very
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      Lock icon OCBC: $12 a near-term hurdle
      212 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of OCBC Bank has been steadily climbing back from its March lows. The counter ended 30 cents higher at $11.40 yesterday on a volume of just over three million units on cautious value hunting by investors. On the
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      132 6 ROTOL Singapore will be holding its EGM on May 3 at 10 am, at 95 South Bridge Rd, #07-28 Pidemco. ACMA has proposed subscription of 8.1 million new ordinary shares of $0.50 each in the capital of Acma Ltd at the price of $1.35 for each subscription share.
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      Lock icon US stock rebound hits euro; rupiah out of favour
      335 6  -  I-J I comment CUnHbNUItS larry wee TWO successive days of record point rebounds for the Nasdaq, so soon after a record move in the opposite direction last Friday, took their toll on the euro yesterday. Despite jawboning from senior European officials,
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Changi could have foreign investors
      488 8  -  Since plans exist for seaport to be opened to foreigners, it can be done for airport as well: PM Goh From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong OPEN Changi Airport to foreign investors? That's not an idea to be completely dismissed, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
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      Lock icon Textile industry a misunderstood one
      803 8  -  Survey shows It Is doing better than thought By Parvathi Nayar OFFSHORE manufacturing and the Internet are giving a boost to the local textile and garment industry despite official figures indicating that the business is slowing down, according to the first trade survey of its
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      Lock icon Building material prices unchanged
      280 8  -  H=i73ori the economy building material prices By\ Marissa Chew BUILDING materials prices were largely unchanged in the first three months of this year, statistics from the Building and Construction Authority show. Figures in the latest issue of its newsletter show that the prices for concrete, steel
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      Lock icon S&P affirms S'pore's top credit ratings
      228 8 US ratings agency Standard Poor's (S&P) yesterday affirmed its triple-A long-term local and foreign currency issuer credit ratings for Singapore, adding that the ratings outlook remains stable. S&P, which also affirmed its A-1-plus short-term ratings, said the ratings are supported by substantial net government
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Freedom of choice in taxi market
      451 9  -  Veni Pasupathi Senior Asst Director/Public Relations Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Singapore WE refer to Tony Lee's letter "The fact is there is no free market in taxi services" (BT, April 17). We would like to clarify some of the points made. Currently,
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      Lock icon M1 not a party to scheme
      73 9  -  Chua Swee Kiat Senior Manager Corporate Communications Mobile One (Asia) Pte Ltd Singapore I REFER to Wong Kam Wah's letter "Double compensation, can?" (BT, April 15), which stated that Ml would be receiving compensation from the government as a result of the earlier than
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      Lock icon Widen use of CPF minimum sum
      317 9  -  Tan Choon Kiat Singapore IN LINE with the increased emphasis on old-age planning and the liberalisation of the local financial services sector, I think it may be time for the CPF Board to widen the usage of its minimum sum scheme. The minimum sum
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      Lock icon Benefit of hindsight? No, it's case of foresight
      604 9  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I HAVE often written to disagree with R Sivanithy's articles and/or comments. I hope in defending him against Tan Tah Choon's attack ("Easy to comment when looking back", BT, April 17), I will be viewed as objective. Some time
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      Lock icon 3 tech blue chips surpass forecasts
      567 12 NEW YORK Intel 41 profit np 52% at USss3Jb; EMC's, 50% ap at USs332m; and IBM's, 3% np at USsl.s2b NYT THREE of the technology blue chips Intel, EMC and IBM on Tuesday reported earnings that exceeded Wall Street's expectations. The laggard of the
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      Lock icon AOL earnings in Q3 beat best estimates
      520 12 DULLES Profit soars to USs27lm on strong ad revenues Reuters AMERICA Online Inc, the world's largest Internet services provider, met Wall Street's most optimistic third-quarter earnings estimates on Tuesday as it posted strong growth in electronic commerce and advertising revenues and added 1.7
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      Lock icon IUOL, SNN in deal to offer Net phone services in China
      279 12 HONGKONG AFX-Asia INTERNET United Online (IUOL) has forged a strategic alliance with Sino National Network Ltd (SNN) of Hongkong and wiU provide equipment, technology and management support needed by the IP phone business, the official Xinhua news agency said
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      Lock icon Canadian police arrest teen for attacking popular Web sites in February
      384 12 WASHINGTON Reuters A 15-year-old Canadian who uses the online moniker Mafiaboy has been arrested in connection with the attacks that blocked access to such popular Web sites as Yahoo!, Amazon.com and eßay for hours in February, ABC News reported
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      Lock icon Net debutante
      62 12 [LONDON] Ananova, a green-haired, 28-year-old with a mid-Atlantic accent and somewhat odd expressions, is the world's first virtual newscaster. She made her debut on the Internet yesterday reading a bulletin about a plane crash in the Philippines. Her creator, Britain's Press Association news agency, says she has been
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        Lock icon Amazon pumps US$30m into wine site
        142 12 Reuters [SEATTLE] Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said on Tuesday it has invested US$3O million (Sssl million) in Wine Shopper.com, a Web site that hopes to uncork the power of the Internet to tap a US$lOO billion global wine market. The deal is the latest
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        Lock icon Star TV trays Sony stake in Channel V
        72 12 Reuters [HONGKONGJ News Corp's Star TV said yesterday it Has acquired Sony Pictures Entertainment's 12.5 per cent stake in Channel V Music Networks Limited Partnership for an undisclosed price. The deal boosts Star TVs interest in the pan-Asian music television broadcaster to
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        Lock icon Qualcomm Q2 profits jump 44 per cent
        84 12 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Mobile communications technology company Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday said its fiscal second-quarter net income rose 44 per cent, excluding acquisition-related charges, topping Wall Street expectations and sending its stock up sharply in after hours trading. San Diego-based Qualcomm posted net
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        Lock icon Microsoft forms Japan joint venture
        80 12 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] NTT DoCoMo Inc, Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd, Microsoft Corp and other companies will set up a joint venture in June to start account settlement services for e-commerce trading, a joint statement said. The joint venture will build and run an easy-to-use payment
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        Lock icon US online sales hit US$46b last year
        119 12 AFP [WASHINGTON] Online retail sales in the United States reached US$33.l billion (Sss6 billion) in 1999 and are expected to grow to US$6l billion in 2000, according to a survey of online merchants. The survey released on Monday by Shop.org, a trade association
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        Lock icon Shares of Double Click fall 14 per cent
        110 12 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Shares of Doubleclick Inc, the largest online advertising company, fell as much as 14 per cent after it said its first-quarter loss widened as expenses more than doubled. The company's shares fell 713/16 to 52 in late trading. Its
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  • MARKET jitters
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      Lock icon Optimistic profit forecasts boost equities
      489 13 Reuters [NEW YORK] The first-quar-ter earnings season is under way with a strong start, and forecasts for one of the best showings in years are helping to backfill the giant valuation crater left by last week's stockmarket blow-up. Overall, US equities have roared back this
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      Lock icon Don't time the market
      160 13 Investors who prefer to "time the market"buy and sell depending on when they think markets will rise and fall, generally lose out over their counterparts who stay fullyinvested through volatile markets, Fidelity Investments argues. This is because equity market returns tend to be concentrated in a
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      Lock icon US funds snap up bargains in Net firms
      274 13 Bloomberg [MENLO PARK, California] Investors like Chris Nawn went on a shopping spree this week, snapping up what they said were rare bargains in Internet companies. He manages a hedge fund owned by a venture capital firm. After the Nasdaq Composite Index's
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      Lock icon Targetting Asian money spinners
      684 13 Asian stocks with healthy PEG ratios good buys in present market: analysts Bloomberg [SEOUL] Investors are ready to buy Asian stocks battered in the sell-off of Internet-related companies on one condition that they already make money. Chipmakers such as Samsung Electronics Co and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
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      Lock icon Greed replaces fear in quick time
      528 13 Strong market rebounds this week bring major sell-off to early end NYT [ATLANTA] The lure of corporate profits and bargain-basement share prices apparently is bringing the worst stock market sell-off in more than a decade to an early conclusion. Whether it's over is still
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      1337 14  -  Previous requests have been refused on grounds that the bank shonld be more self-financing Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent WITH timing that seems almost provocative, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will push for a substantial increase in
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      845 14 Merging bourses FIVE years ago, a merger between Frankfurt and London stock exchanges with Frankfurt as the senior partner would have seemed absurd. Yet that is what now seems likely. Two questions arise: how did Frankfurt come out on top? What will this reversal of fortune
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      455 15  -  He is expected to ensure continuity in Malaysia's monetary policy Front, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE expected appointment of Mustapa Mohamed as the next governor of the Malaysian central bank will ensure continuity in the country's monetary policy, according
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      297 15 KUALA LUMPUR Shedding loss-making bus unit would cut its debt Bloomberg DIVERSIFIED Resources Bhd, which indirectly controls Malaysia's biggest automaker, may sell back its mon-ey-losing bus unit Intrakota Consolidated Bhd to the government to repay debt, company officials said yesterday. Diversified Resources, or
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      260 15 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA is to set up a special panel to check unauthorised access to secret documents and prevent leaks of sensitive information, reports said yesterday. The committee headed by the government's chief security officer would tackle the problem of
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      268 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg UNITED Engineers Malaysia Bhd (UEM), the nation's biggest construction group, agreed to tap International Business Machines Corp's expertise as it looks to develop Internet-related products. UEM's unit, Teras Teknologi Sdn, an information technology company, signed an agreement for a "technology
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      79 15 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia PENGURUSAN Danaharta Nasional Bhd plans to restructure problem loans totalling RM3O billion (5513.4 billion) by June, The Star reported. The agency has resolved RM17.6 billion worth of non-performing loans so far, the Star report quoted managing director Azman Yahya as
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        74 15 INVESTORS snapped up Time Engineering yesterday, lifting it by 24 sen to RM4.80. Some investors are comforted by the fact that Singapore Telecommunications will be forking out RM649.3 million (*****.3 million), or RM6 per share, for a 14.48 per cent stake in Time Engineering. Sing Tel is
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        69 15 TECHNOLOGY Resources Industries (TRI) rose 30 sen to RM4.86 on growing expectations that it will soon unveil its debt restructuring exercise. To remain a going concern, TRI, which is 24 per cent owned by Tajudin Ramli, will have to resolve its loan of RM2.3
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        63 15  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh COMMERCE Asset Holding rose 40 sen to RM 10.40 on rumours that a new shareholder will be paying a premium for a substantial stake in the second-largest Malaysian banking group. Renong Bhd and New Straits Times Press have been trying to sell
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      394 15  -  I=ll exclusive By' Teh Hooi Ling CONTRARY to market talk that Singapore Telecom is paying too high a price for its acquisition of a stake in Time Engineering because of collapsing share prices, Sing Tel officials yesterday claried that the purchase
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      650 17  -  Ad hoc judges to review cases, watchdog to oversee Ibra From! Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday flagged a more hands-on approach 1 in helping Indonesia recover from its worst economic crisis in three decades, saying that
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      288 17 MANILA Reuters THE Philippine justice department has summoned three individuals and five brokerages following a report by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) linking them to a share price scandal. The department ordered the respondents to appear at a
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      285 17 ■JAKARTA Probe into cases of the 132 execs not yet complete: govt AFP, Bloomberg INDONESIA'S finance ministry has extended by six months a travel ban on 131 executives of troubled banks despite an appeal by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency
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      268 17 JAKARTA Reuters INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund acting head Stanley Fischer is expected to come to Indonesia this weekend just before the start of a review by IMF officials to check whether the government has moved enough on reform to deserve a new loan. Indonesia's top economic
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      500 17 AFP A SON of former Indonesian president Suharto was grilled for five hours yesterday by state prosecutors in a probe into alleged corruption by his father. Bambang Trihatmodjo, a businessman and Mr Suharto's second son, was quizzed in connection with his former role
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      527 17 JAKARTA Solnna sedan to help company move up from 15% now Bloomberg PT Astra International. Indonesia's biggest carmaker, plans to expand its share of the domestic passenger car market to 22 per cent, from 15 per cent now, when its
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      142 17 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAILAND plans to close Bangkok International Airport in 2005 after its second airport is completed, an official said yesterday. The move would be a policy shift as the government had earlier said Don Muang airport would serve as a domestic hub once
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      71 17 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S Minahasa region has dropped a lawsuit that threatened to close a USoperated gold mine after striking a deal with the company. Newmont Minahasa Raya agreed to pay US$3 million against the US$B.l million the lawsuit demanded for overdue taxes and compensation, the Mines and
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      121 18 HONGKONG Reuters THE Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) said it is proposing to use the Internet as the primary posting venue for company announcements, replacing newspapers, citing time and cost savings advantages. Publishing company announcements on the stock exchange's Web site, rather
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      522 18  -  Rising spread between their share prices may jeopardise the deal: report From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong MEDIA tycoon Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp may step in and try to take over Cable Wireless HKT now that a steep drop in share prices has made Pacific Century
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      540 18 HONGKONG Purchase of 53.2% stake gives China's biggest lender retail presence in HE Bloomberg INDUSTRIAL and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is buying control of Union Bank of Hong Kong Ltd for HK$l.B billion (*****.5 miUion), giving China's biggest lender
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        74 18 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) has lowered its fund-raising target under its overseas listing plans to US$2.9 billion (554.9 billion) from US$6 billion, company secretary Zhang Hongnian was quoted by the Guangdong-Hong Kong Information Daily as saying. He added that the company had
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        72 18 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] The Securities and Futures Commission is set to investigate selected foreign brokerages on their alleged involvement in share manipulation, the Economic Daily News quoted SFC officials as saying. The SFC is undertaking the probe, given that foreign brokerages posted net sales in
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        64 18 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's imports surged in the first half of April, producing a trade deficit and signalling rising demand among Taiwan companies for imported equipment and raw materials as the economy accelerates. Imports from April 1 to April 15 rose 38 per cent from
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      375 18 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA'S plans to set up hightech second boards are aimed at promoting New Economy firms and improving the structure of the stock market, a senior regulator was quoted by state media yesterday as saying. "The New Economy has put
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      503 18 Fortunes change with revolutions. The cyber-comms revolution is no exception. Since What's even more exciting is the global trend towards the mergers and alliances of its introduction in 1994, the Internet has revolutionised the way we live, work and play. Internet, communications and media companies to offer multiple service access
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      388 21 BOMBAY Shares rise np to 8% after better than expected results Reuters SHARES of India's largest private sector firm. Reliance Industries Ltd, surged as much as 8 per cent yesterday, after the company announced better-than-expected annual earnings growth, dealers said. The company's shares closed at 315.2
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        77 21 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) said on Tuesday it would go ahead with its plans of listing its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) next month despite a sharp drop in US stock markets. "It will be
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        33 21 AFP [COLOMBO] Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who is currently undergoing medical treatment abroad, has named Plantations Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake to chair Cabinet meetings, her office said yesterday. —AFP
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        65 21 AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] Satyam Computer Services Ltd unit Satyam Infoway Ltd will sign an agreement with Loral Space Communications Inc to set up a three-metro global Internet gateway linking New Delhi, Madras and Calcutta, The Economic Times reported. Quoting sources, the report said Satyam
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      302 21 KABUL AP THE ruling Taleban shut down Kabul's money market yesterday to stop a freefall of the Afghan currency which has nosedived 30 per cent in three weeks. "I think the Afghani has become like toilet paper," said Mohammed Jabbar, a flour dealer
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      537 22 NEWARK, Delaware Success of electronic banking depends on customer confidence Reuters, Bloomberg DEREGULATION and advances in technology are leading to vast changes in the US financial landscape, but public confidence remains a key pillar of the system, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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      475 23 BERLIN Fierce competition in the US erodes Chrysler division's earnings, leaving the company with operating profit of 2.45b euros Reuters US-German car maker DaimlerChrysler AG yesterday reported a dip in first-quarter operating profit as fierce competition in the key North American market eroded earnings at
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      400 23 LONDON Bids top £21.6b, against expectations of just half a billion Bloomberg VODAFONE Air Touch pic, the world's largest mobilephone company, stayed in the lead for the bidding in a UK government auction of five wireless licences yesterday, as bids topped £21.6
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      602 24 WASHINGTON Exports picking up but not keeping pace with imports which rose 1.5% to USsll3b in Feb Bloomberg THE US trade deficit widened to a record in February as prices of imported oil soared and exports fell, the Commerce Department said
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      489 24 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, trust bank will have 87t yen assets Reuters [TOKYO] Another mega merger was announced yesterday in Japan's battered banking sector as the nation's biggest bank. Bank of TokyoMitsubishi Ltd (BTM), said it will unite with a leading trust bank to
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      245 24 LONDON Bloomberg BARCLAYS Global Investors, the world's biggest index fund manager, and Merrill Lynch Co, the biggest US brokerage, are competing to create a European market for funds that trade like stocks and mimic global indexes. New York-based Merrill introduced the first of the
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      410 24 FRANKFURT Reuters DRESDNER Bank AG is a takeover target of at least two foreign banks, newspaper Berliner Zeitung said yesterday, triggering an over 6 per cent increase in the troubled bank's share price. The newspaper said Germany's third-largest bank with a
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      320 24  -  From Neil Behrmann in lAmdon WANT to earn a fortune? Become a professional footballer. A survey of 600 British players by the Independent newspaper shows that the average British Premiership footballer makes four times as much as Prime Minister Tony
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        88 24 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp was today expected to report fiscal third-quarter earnings rose, while revenue grew less than forecast as personal-computer sales lagged. The company will report its earnings for the quarter ending March 31 rose to 41 cents a share from 35
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        72 24 Reuters [NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Corp, the third-biggest US bank holding company, said yesterday its first-quarter profits rose 16 per cent, driven by a surge in trading revenues and fees from advising on mergers, plus hefty gains on investments in start-up companies. It
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        53 24 Reuters [NEW YORK] Lucent Technologies Inc, the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker, said yesterday its second-quarter profits rose a better than-expected 41 per cent. Net income rose to US$754 million or 23 cents a share, compared with US$535 million or 17 cents a share a
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        64 24 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] Royal Philips Electronics NV, Europe's largest consumer-electronics maker, said first-quarter profit rose 61 per cent, driven by rising sales of mobile phones and semiconductors as well as falling costs. Profit from operations rose to 493 million euros from 306 million euros a year
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        81 24 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co said profit fell 23 per cent in the first quarter after a 40-day strike by engineers and technicians slashed jetliner deliveries to 75, about 50 fewer than planned. Profit from operations was US$359 million, or 41 cents a share, compared with
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      424 25 NEW YORK Exec says he was fired because he's gay and company thought he had Aids Bloom berg CITIGROUP Inc. the biggest US financial services firm, ostracised and then fired a gay vice-president after concluding that he suffered from Aids, the executive says in a
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      260 27  -  SGX Derivatives TnMngtteport MS& Taiwan fatures Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market bucked the trend of most Asian shares yesterday, ending sharply lower. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index closed 202.63 points or 2.2 per cent down at 9,104.4
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      198 27 ENERGY REPORTS Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices were narrowly firmer yesterday following a neutral report on petroleum inventory levels in the United States, the world's largest energy market. Benchmark North Sea Brent crude was 23 US cents stronger at U5523.28 a barrel while US light
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      303 27 Bloomberg {NEW YORK] Gasoline and heating oil rose after an industry report showed US refiners lost ground in efforts to bund up supplies for motorists and farmers. While imports of crude oil and refinery processing rates rose last week, US gasoline inventories fell
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      324 27 Reuters London THE US dollar was trapped in narrow ranges early yesterday, with traders waiting to see whether US stocks could extend a rebound which has already given the US currency a lift this week. Traders have bought US dollars, lifting it to within one per cent of
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      2867 28 HONGKONG AFP H Hang Seng +14&88 HONGKONG share prices rose one per cent in cautious trade yesterday, following another strong performance on Wall Street overnight, dealers said. "There is still a lot of selling pressure with the uncertainties ahead," said Alex
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      2061 28 TOKYO AFP QlCktaiaaS +117.10 SHARE prices in Tokyo rebounded 0.6 per cent yesterday after a four-session losing streak as investors finished adjusting to the key index's upcoming revamp, brokers said. With technology issues regaining favour, the Nikkei 225 Average rose 117.10 points to
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      986 28 Reuters H Shenzhen B Index +L 43 CHINA'S hard currency B shares ended higher yesterday and trade in Shanghai was sluggish, but white goods maker Tsann Kuen soared on the Shenzhen bourse. The Shenzhen B Share Index gained 1.43 points, or 1.58 per cent, to close at 92.14 as
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      378 28 AFP QWP lndex -***** TAIWAN share prices closed 2.2 per cent lower yesterday on profit-taking despite Wall Street's overnight gains, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 202.63 points to 9,104.40, following a 3.5 per cent rally in the previous session. After the market opened, the
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      411 29 AFP AFX-Asia d Ownpoate Index +15.40 MALAYSIAN shares closed up 1.7 per cent yesterday due to a strong rebound on Wall Street but trading remained cautious, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 15.40 points to close at 896.30. The
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      9020 29 industrials Cmsmw predicts 2000 Last Vol Day Nat Cap t— C W)H Mi •OOP Hit* L»» M $mtl 420 310 Ajlnomoto 358 J} J 145.1 158 91 Angkasa 101 2 49 104 101 148.9 670 290 Apollo Food Hlg 490 10 34 496 4M It? 196.0 3025 2700 BAT 50c
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      3255 30 BONDS WARRANTS Apr 19 ■t m« fiwi i+n IHM Laat M Bay MM A* MX Urn Urn Nk MM la Mm I I la* t» fWO im mm Mm Mm I mm Mto Mn (%l «nr*|l Lait 80 18 3184 AcmaWOK>724 19 unch 10 >9 19 19 193 20 41.0
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      309 30 AFP Q Composite Index +7.78 THE Composite Index closed up 7.78 points at 755.08, off a high of 781.55. Volume was 290.3 million shares worth 3.0 trillion won. —AFP imn *f A nam Sontf ———***** -390 BromToch —-1285 79 ContrM Bank __2199 30 ChtU Coown ***** -IOOO Dm Cu
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      773 30 AFX-Asia HSCTMat +5J7 BANGKOK share prices closed higher amid renewed interest in banks and speculation Thai Petrochemical Industry Pic creditors will vote for Effective Planner as the company's rehabilitation planner, dealers said. The SET Index closed up 5.97 points, or 1.55 per cent, at 391.22, ofF a high of
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      695 30 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index -LN JAKARTA share prices closed lower after a volatile session on concerns about the downgrade of the country's long-term foreign currency rating by Standard Poor's, the weaker rupiah and the slow pace of reform, particularly in the legal system, dealers said. Lippo group shares dominated
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      565 30 AFP QAnOrtiMriw +55i THE All Ordinaries Index picked up in afternoon trade to close 55.8 points or 1.9 per cent higher at 3,042.3 with News Corp, Telstra and banking stocks taking the lead. The SP/ASX2OO rose 58.9 points to 3,069.2, the All Industrials rose 106.0 to 5,369.4 and the
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      292 30 AFP Q Composite Index +1&87 PHILIPPINE share prices closed one per cent higher with most investors sidelined ahead of the Easter holidays. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 15.87 points to 1,664.00. Volume fell to 2.39 billion shares worth 1.43 billion pesos.—AFP »r» Nw rOOO) MRC ADM. 0.53
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      273 30 AFP HhBE-M +7J3 NEW Zealand stocks rose 0.4 per cent yesterday, shrugging ofT an official interest rate rise in the wake of another leap on Wall Street. The NZSE-40 Capital index yesterday closed up 7.93 points to 2,002.94 on solid turnover of NZ$108 million. —AFP «a row) AUventege HOS
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      780 31 thAi village HOLDINGS Ready For A New Dynamism 4 r— —120 Despite a slight decrease in turnover, due to the economy downturn, Established since 1991, Thai Village Group now operates a chain of specialty 31 profits before tax had increased from restaurants in Singapore and China. Well patronised for our
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    9124 32 SGXMAIMBOARD Transaction date: Apr 19 Or Or M Wt 52 W L*t Vol Day LaatOuot* Otv M* VM Net C*« Avg MM 1 Lew StNa Company Sat* COOP) HH» Low Buyer Setter C>r P/C $mM Prko MIHTHMDIISIRY m n 3 100 125 122 'IS 'i! 5 4J 2
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      408 33 Where to wine, dine and entertain../-? She'll stand to win 2 return air tickets with accommodation to Penang OR a weekend stay at the hotel's Orchid Club Floor! Plaza Ballroom (27 SC 28 April, 12.15pm) Entertainment by Singapore funnyman Moses Lim and Hong Kong's Samantha Sun. 539.50 per person Cafe
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      260 33 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 7 Cause of motorists' low-spirited-11n a helpless position on a drum? ness? (6,8) (4,1,6) 8 Matt perhaps could give an excit--9 This certainly isn't straight talking '°9 resu t (5,6) (8,6) 10 T yP® o* service to go backwards 11 Silence us between the rugby anc orwarc
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      Lock icon Changes afoot at CCL's Mercedes-Benz division
      334 34  -  All reports by Christopher Tan CYCLE Carriage managing director Cheah Kim Teck the man who steered Mercedes-Benz to the bestsellers list here is likely to be seconded to a new wholesale company set up by DaimlerChrysler. In addition, a team of about 30 Cycle
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      234 34 Month-long promotion comes with free insurance, lower instalment plan for Ist year MERCEDES-BENZ distributor Cycle Carriage has embarked on an aggressive promotion for the C-class, with the entry model effectively $16,000 cheaper than last month. In conjunction with a loan package with its finance arm UMF
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      771 34 The carmaker's buy-in has seen new business worth $450 million flow in Automotive financier UMF Singapore has chalked dramatic growth since DaimlerChrysler bought a substantial stake in it exactly a year ago. The sole non-finance-house-linked player in an industry dominated by the likes of DBS Finance.
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      1284 35 Average open market value (OMV) of cars registered in March. M00tL M cc AVE OMV($) MOOEL/MAKE CC AVE OMV® 1 «8 16,532 POUOMOCECeOGLX 1.988 ***** ALMROMEOA1452Q 1.970 21.476 HONDA CTTY4A 1490 ***** AL«RO»«)A15e2.0 1,970 24,106 HONDA CITY 4M 1403 ***** i^£2f2 A156 2 5 Z40B 28,667 HONDA
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        91 35 AUTO parts maker Delphi Automotive Systems has teamed up with hand-held computer maker Palm Inc to develop new multimedia products and services for motorists. At a press conference in New York on Tuesday, Delphi demonstrated a prototype Communiport Mobile Productivity Centre (MPC) that will
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        95 35 HONDA Motor plans to release "world-strategy" subcompact cars next year with engine displacements of 1,000-1,500 cc, according to AFX-Asia quoting a Nihon Keizai Shimbun report. Honda plans to use a single platform to develop three or four models, all of which are one size below
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        77 35 NISSAN distributor Tan Chong is having yet another carnival at its showrooms in Bukit Timah and Übi. To be held from tomorrow to May 1, the event will kick off with a funfair tomorrow at Bukit Timah, where actress Ann Kok will be present. So
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        52 35 TAXI operator Comfort has started an Audiotext service for commuters to look up various taxi-related information. Call 552-2020 for details on things like booking rates, surcharges, peak-hour charges, entrance fee to Sentosa, rates to Johor Baru, and Comfort's newly-introduced Handicare Cab Services. Or you can
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        63 35 LEADING parts maker Delphi Automotive Systems posted first-quarter earnings of US$322 million (***** million), up 13 per cent from the same time in 1999. Net income margin rose from 3.8 per cent to 4.1 per cent. Sales to non-GM customers (It was until recently part
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        79 35 STANDARD Poor's last week lowered the long-term corporate credit and debt ratings of Ford Motor and subsidiaries like Ford Holdings, Ford Motor Credit and Ford Capital. The ratings of the world's No 2 vehicle manufacturing group went from largely A+ to A. SAP's downgrade
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        69 35 NISSAN'S new Brougham VIP (above) has been voted Japanese New Car of the Year (1999-2000) by Automotive Researcher Journalist's Conference of Japan. The car features a decidedly angular design, a quick departure from Nissan's rounded theme so far. The version coming to Singapore (soon)
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        87 35  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan TRANSITLINK has printed 50,000 Mother's Day farecards which will go on sale today. They are available at the following train stations: Commonwealth, Lavender, Marsiling, Outram Park, Pasir Ris, Paya Lebar, Somerset, Toa Payoh and Yio Chu Kang. Meanwhile, SMRT is launching
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      764 36  -  finRrril COEs have plunged, but why are some prices up? Are traders having a round of fun and games at your expense? CHRISTOPHER TAN investigates CHRISTOPHER TAN IT was a scene right out of the Hello Kitty madness that gripped
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      369 36 AFTER deliberating for three months, Nissan distributor Tan Chong has responded to arch rival Borneo Motors' call for an audit of its sales figures. It launched a counterattack on the Toyota distributor a fortnight ago, starting with full-page advertisements in the press
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      372 36  -  Light commercial vehicles cheap family-car alternative All reports by Christopher Tan BUYERS seeking a cheap alternative to the family car are fuelling the red-hot demand for light commercial vehicle sales, according to motor traders. K L Lim of Daihatsu distributor Sin Tien Seng reckons this
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      114 37 Pay FIXED INTEREST RATE from date l"l Il"l re ease NOT date of letter of offer For housing loans without hidden conditions, call us —we have been financing homes since 1950 cuc v <2 -7rn/ ir- IffAlttSllkKKWPß^fl Ist Year-3.75/0 p.a. (fixed) 2nd Year 4.75% p.a. (fixed) 3rd to sth Year
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      2212 37 Property transactions for selected districts lodged between Mar 14 and Apr 17. WOJttT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/ PRICE PSF PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUKJ-W PRICE PSF STREET NAME TYPE OATE LAND AREA* STREET NAME TYPE OATE LANDAREA* (SOFT) (BUNG) (SS) (SOFT) (STOOO) (SS) District 02 Shaw Plaza-Twin
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        587 38  -  Granite can brighten the floors of homes with its wide range of colours, amdksatam finds out ANDREA TAN IF you think that granite flooring is dull and boring, think again. One will be floored by the myriads of colours of the natural stone from midnight black to
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        1277 39  - Property to have and hold? TAX KEWG BOCK argues that investing in a property fund can outweigh dubious joys of actually owning the real asset TAN KENG HOCK The writer is a director of Schroder Investment Management. The views expressed here are the writer's and do not necessarily reflect that
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        294 39 DEVELOPER/OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SITE TOTAL UNITS NO OF PFVCC TENURE IJMiB Miff EBB (#qft) LAUNCHED units sold (Sptf) River Place FEO 3 Havelock Rd 678-3,229 509 363 950 99-yr Faber Crest CDL 5 Faber Heights 1,012-2,099 360 119 590 99-yr Avalon Pidemco Land 10 Anderson Rd
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      1037 40  -  Only 39% of such sites whose tenders closed for a month or more have found buyers, compared to 56% in a BT study in Dec '99. EAIfAMA RASHIWALA reports KALPANA RASHIWALA Developers rushing to build up their landbanks last year are now exercising
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      624 40  -  Wing Tai's The Tomlinson is designed by I MPei's architectural firm and includes a triplex penthouse which may go for a cool $13m By Kalpana Rashiwala WING Tai is drawing talent from some of the world's most famous architects, interior designers and lighting specialists for its tiny
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      315 38 y it prime I I DEVELOPMENT fZ. W\ f SITE AT IDRAYCOTT/ k[ CLAYMORE '"ipv I AREA v <f FOR SALE I BY public tender I TENDER CLOSING DATE """""'"V- Tuesday, 16 May 2000 x >-" a 3 P m Location 11 &15 Draycott Drive Tenure Freehold Total Site Area
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      135 38 Next fortnight, By Design will look at mosaic tiles. FREEHOLD INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR SALE Address: 100 Lorong 23 Geytang Description: A 9-storey light industrial building Land area: Appro* 1,740.6 sqm (18,736 sq ft) Gross Floor Area: Approx 4,396.7 sqm (47, 326 sq ft) Remarks: 3 minutes' walk to Aijunied MRT
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      153 39 f (ffjj) [ones Lang w LASaile. QUELIN GARDENS Near Orchard Road With Hilltop Setting Plot ratio 2.8; up to 30-storey walk to bustling Orchard Quiet, exclusive hill top setting 'Eg r Outline Planning Permission granted t %m FOR SALE BY TENDER, CLOSING 26 APRIL 2000 WED AT 3 PM EASTERN
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      28 39 Classified First. jotr: Want a home with a sea view Or simply seeking a new nest? Make the right move: Check The Straits Times Classified First. Buyk.MlL FMIL
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      276 41 Bridge News, Reuters CAPESIZE conditions were broadly unchanged on the dry cargo freight market worldwide but rates for Atlantic panamaxes appreciated slowly. South America remained a stronger area than the US Gulf for panamaxes and handysize vessels. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed four points to 1,670, the
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      290 41 w *000 X CWT Distribution 0.93 -0.01 104 Chuen Hup 0J8 unch 1176 Cojco Investment—0.18 unch 75 FrefaM Unks 0.25 0.01 303 GS Holdings OAS unch 20 Mat Sun Hup 0.70 O.Ot 59 IMC Holdlngs-HK unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.16 -0.01 726 Keppel Corp 3.90 -0.02 882 Keppel
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      474 41  -  About 1.02 m passengers passed through S'pore Cruise Centre, down from 1.06 m in '98 By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) handled fewer passengers last year than the year before, according to statistics released by the
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      965 41  -  MEWBUILDS By David Hughes THERE has been a spate of orders for VLCCs (very large crude carriers) over the past fortnight with two South Korean yards, Daewoo and Samsung, benefiting from a total of five such contracts. The need for VLCC replacements is of
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      302 41 [SINGAPORE] The world's second-largest cruise operator, Royal Caribbean, will make a decision on where to set up its Asian hub within the next four to six months and may opt for more than one hub, said a company spokesperson. According to Royal
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      190 41 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian cruise operator Star Cruises pic has positioned a 100-passenger vessel in Dubai in efforts to cover West Asia, the company said in a statement. "The coverage of West Asia reinforces Star as the leading cruise line in Asia-Pacific after having
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        1091 42 But there are indications of a rediscovery of the value of close cooperation within the framework of conferences Pragmaticus, ITJ IN the 21st century, cooperation in worldwide regular liner services, supplemented by the multimodal components, mainly takes the form of alliances or consortia, or is
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      196 42 PAGE Delmas 4 ACL 6 "J* L* 0 8 AML 3 Oongnama 3 tt Accord 8 Eastrans 6 Appenslwp 5 ECl 4 Austral 8 ECU Line 6 BaiajiShpg 5 Evergreen 6 6SA 7 FoongSun 8 B'tanq Mas 8 G Link 4 CCW 7 Gemartrans 6 CMA 8
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      18158 49 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Number Number ■■■■■■■■■■nannnaaaBaaHHMM 27/04 07/05 Hanjin KAMA BHUM 495 45 *****35 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre 27/04 17/05 Austral cape keppcl mso
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        688 53 Vassal Voy No Barth Arrival Dapartura Bituikin 79 'jW 19/04/1:50 20/04/13.-00 Spc Cwkor *****6 J12 19/04/6:50 19/04/1940 ■limtx Jiyi Apr~01 J02 19/04/7 55 19/04/23:59 RulMt AJMdi Apr-01 J02 19/04/5:35 20/04/23:00 Unipkil 2007 J23 19/04/7:30 23/04/7:00 AuMi Sarayi n/oo J03 19/04/7:40 19/04/23:00 Anqqida 1 A«r-01 JU 19/04/8:25 19/04/23:59 Bt
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        1892 53 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCI CAR60 Boofcinq/IUUflct Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Pfkx) From To From acx mac not i un 22/hoo w> nmoo nn* w n/noo nmoo imm n/noo 2A nmoo 20/0*51 20/0100 21 H/1700 20/0*51 20/0*00 20/0700 20/1159 20/1400 4 20/1200 20/1451 20/T700 ASIA
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        198 53 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. United States: Good Friday. Apr 22 Hong Kong: Holy Saturday. Apr 23 Germany: Easter Sunday. Apr 24
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        767 53 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 baaed on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        424 53 Carton 180 Max 991.2 0.5 15.6 0.10 90 0.06 Aar 13 Daasttv Nittr InMai Ask AImMm Sadtaaaat Mo a8eM £25 3 0 S 0 2 0 380 Am 986.9 0.2 tl.7 0.07 36 0.03 tow 380 HA 991.4 0.9 17.9 0.09 72 0.06 M/Wl %1/t Hfr
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        664 54 Air Philippines plane slams into hills on resort island near southern city of Davao while preparing to land Reuters [DAVAO, Philippines] A Philippine airliner packed with holidaymakers crashed and burst into flames on a resort island near the southern city of
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        203 54 Reuters [LONDON] Rolls-Royce pic, the world's second-largest aircraft-engine maker, said it won an order worth as much as US$35O million (***** million) to supply as many as 12 British Midland planes with Trent 700 engines. Rolls-Royce is equipping a new fleet of A 330-200 aircraft,
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        514 54 Recent air crashes in Asia 2000 Apr 19s Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 crashes white on a flight from Manila to the southern Philippines city of Davao, killing all 126 passengers and crew. Sept 5: All 15 on board killed when an Avro operated by Necon Airlines on a domestic
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        252 54 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Ansett Australia, Australia's number two airline, said yesterday it expected no disruption to its flights over the long weekend, saying it would work around a threatened strike by Mobil plane refuelling workers. The airline also said it had averted further industrial action
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      707 42 Lines services represented by (i Members of the Registry of .isr.^.,. Members of the Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Logistics N <gsuJT Singapore Shipping Association Association ULY UNE MALE VISSCL VOY HA flu ETA P. KIAHG SPORE IMII Princess Uly VO3OO 23/04 25/04 03/05 Empress Lily VO4OO 10/05 12/05 20/05 Princess
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