The Business Times, 26 June 2000

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    14 1 MITA (P) 035/12/1999 850 o js SIN GAPORE Internet .com.sg/ MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2000
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    65 1 STOCK BASKET INDICES Vteek Change 8TI 2,«U1—+2111 SIMSCI FUTURES .289.20. +1» OTSRI *****—,+18.78 KLSECOMP. ***** -23.94 NIKKEI 16,963.21— -f644.il HANG SENG 16,738.18 4KM SET INDEX mSl .11.18 JAKAJTW COUP. SOS. 15—+ 19.11 MANILA COUP 1,542.97 -26J8 TAIPEI WPL 8,684.91 -8U7 SEOUL COUP 778J4.....+19J# OSA CHINA B 1,689.02 +187
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    72 1 FOSEX BATES U8t S$ UBS 1-7JS £(USI/S$ per LM4 2.606 EURO(US$/SS/E) 0536 1.621 DM MM 0.829 JIB 104.4 MM* 0.466 BRI_ 7.7* 0522 BAIfT_ *10 0.044 ■JPIAH M»—0*0* •StmMmltl PUB BATES SINGAPORE* a JO KUALA UJMFUR 7.67 JAKARTA MM BANGKOK_ 9M MANILA 1LOO HONGKONG 8.5# TAIPEI 7-84 SYDNEY 8.69
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    Lock icon Stakes in 11 ex-Salim firms to be put up for sale
    890 1  -  ilexclusive &2t rnpiah in equity stakes to be disposed of via open tender in Q3, says Ibra official From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) plans to offer investors equity stakes in some 11
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    Lock icon FULL OF BEANS
    809 1  -  While they dismiss juice bars as competition, coffee chain operators tell OOUMMB kerk their business is ripe for a shake-out CORINNE KERK [SINGAPORE] Yes, competition in the local specialty coffee market is piping hot, and some players will be muscled out soon. But no, this has little
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    Lock icon LDP coalition clings to power
    703 1  -  LDP reaches target of 229 seats, likely ensuring that PM Mori can stay in office From. Anthony Rowley m Tokyo JAPAN'S majority Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partners were able to cling to power yesterday in a general election to the Lower House
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      88 1 nigra BlziT Companies are being "deconstructed" by the Internet. BlziTPg 4 Will language derail our e-content? BIzlTPg 5 Top stories Fear and loathing in e-commerce. Next Page Private equity fund in LBO of Speedy-Tech. Pg 3 Banking on a necessity of life. Pg B HK homeowners protest against property slump.
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      109 1 L 7hat will happen to > I > have-nots as sgjj JK moves forward? CEOs tackle the issue in a Special BT-Whcrosoft Roundtable. gp. Welcome to j %W r-" *?-m <*-.* -_a tm, *t- tjf,;.,. Top ten globa' hot spoT Ami *•>• V >•> —S > 1 > f r
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      Lock icon Recovering, but not quite robust yet
      720 2  -  j I comment ECONOMICS nie worst Is over for the region's economies, but major problems remain and new risks have appeared vikram khanna WE'RE just a week away from the third anniversary of thebaht devaluation that triggered the Asian economic crisis. While the worst
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      Lock icon Fear and loathing in e-commerce
      796 2 Amm's tumble Mnlferiiv players; makes investors jittery NYT [ATLANTA] If Wall Street analysts don't think Amazon.com with one of the strongest brands on the Internet can make money, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the e-commerce landscape. That bleak scenario sent investors scurrying
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      Lock icon Sheikh Yamani foresees crash in oil price
      329 2 Former oil chief cites new discoveries, technologies AFP [LONDON] Oil prices will collapse in the medium term because of "huge" new discoveries of deposits, a Saudi sheikh who was oil minister for a generation warned in an interview published here yesterday. Sheikh Yamani,
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      98 2 Never divorce yourself from the Masses...." Chairman Mao >;; m A' -*r i l JB I J* Its a Bou.igeoise Bcinquet cif Proletariat Prices? Enjoy a sumptuous selection of Hunan fare such as Viceroy Chicken the Chcnrmans Fcivouiite Braised Garlic Poik and other hearty-dishes such as the Hunan-style Chilli Prawns.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Private equity fund in LBO of Speedy-Tech
      581 3  - Private equity fund in LBO of SpeedyTech exclusive Ad vent-Sea vi pnts together USssl.Bm deal, plans listing for electronics firm By David Boey THE brains behind the successful listing of several local electronics companies including contract manufacturer Venture Manufacturing are working on yet another. The fund managers with the low-profile
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      Lock icon Foreign trade will spur e-commerce in Asia: report
      562 4  -  B2C will grew slowly vis-a-vis 828, except in financial services, says Morgan Stanley By' Vikram Khanna BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS (B2B) e-commerce in Asia will be led by companies engaged in foreign trade and will for exceed business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce, says a new report by
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      Lock icon Apic raises $325m in bond issue
      424 4  -  Money will be used to buy Parkway Parade By' Teh Hooi Ling ASIA Pacific Investment Company (Apic) has successfully raised $325 million to finance the acquisition of Parkway Parade. OCBC Bank, the sole manager and underwriter of the company's bond issue, said the paper
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      Lock icon No more words but deadlines for S'pore banks
      683 5 Analysts say MAS directive spells end of'moral suasion' to restructure Reuters SINGAPORE'S attempts to coax local banks to restructure seem to have given way to hard-and-fast deadlines as the financial sector prepares to face stronger foreign competition, analysts say. "What is new
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      Lock icon Govt to sell $2.4b of bonds, setting benchmark
      226 5 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The Singapore government will sell 552.4 billion of debt this week in the first sale of 10-year bonds since it decided in May to boost the average size of individual sales. It marks the third time since 1996 that the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      205 6 Jun 21 Source: JM S Adroit 10c 108,394,000 AddvafTach 23c 89.079.000 nrwi5c *****300 Trafc 5C 52,148.000 STAaaamfaiy2Sc *****,000 CMatntHOc— *****,000 IPCCorpn5c— 38.389.000 IPC020C 34,813,000 HoraUH5o 34,384,000 FHTKHHga20c 32,174,000 —aha 9 ST Aaeambty 25c 848,817.188 DBS Qrp 186.491,371 OCBC 179^86,781 Chart Semiconductor 28c. 172,*****1 SPH 184,083,186 VenbJiaMfg25c *****6,315 PaoHoCarSury. *****8,272 UOB
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      Lock icon Investors seen sidelined as Fed meets on interest rates
      546 6  -  comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan A COMBINATION of interest rate jitters, the "double witching" expiry of options and index futures, high oil prices and profit warnings pumped up the volatility on Wall Street last week. And as usual, the turbulence there sent
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      Lock icon Good upside for UOL wrt in medium term
      202 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan THE warrant of United Overseas Land was the top percentage gainer last Friday. The instrument gained 3.5 cents or 30.4 per cent to 15 cents on 383,000 units traded. Meanwhile, the underlying stock jumped nine cents or
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      Lock icon Links Island looking toppish
      215 6  -  HOT STOCK -By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of Links Island Holdings continued to rise last Friday, with the stock hitting a new 52-week high. Links Island shares closed up four cents or 8.3 per cent at 52 cents. The stock had opened at a day low
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      143 6 ♦MPH will be trading ex-dividend (finstf dividend of iiSKSSSS" cum basis is on Septra. Date payable is on Sept 29. SIA will hold its AGM&EGM on July 15, at 10am, at The Westin Stamford Westin Plaza, 2 Stamford Road. ST Engineering Ltd will hold its EGM on July
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      Lock icon Asian currencies in shadow of Fed's rate-setting meeting
      542 6 ASIAN currency traders should take their cue from the US Federal Reserve's interest-rate setting meeting this week. This should cast a cloud over Asian currencies. Most traders expect the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to keep rates on hokl when it meets
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      Lock icon UOB Research sees full year growth at 6.5%
      339 7  -  I Aon the economy qctp By Teh Hooi Ling UOB Research expects the Singapore economy to slow down in the months ahead to register a full year growth of 6.5 per cent. "Despite its strong showing in the first quarter, when it
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      Lock icon Trading in global market could be like a relay race
      201 7  -  Mftl^rrrrw Narayana Narayana Singapore YOUR editorial on globalised mega-stock markets, "When stock trading follows the sun" (BT, June 14), makes for interesting reading, and some erf the misgivings you have expressed are more likely rather than less likely to crop
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      Lock icon Life sciences to grow into $12b industry
      744 7  -  $lb boost to attract devt investments, research in plan to traild 4th pillar of S'pore's economy By Eugene Low LIFE sciences, touted as the next big thing after the information technology revolution, is set to get much bigger in Singapore following the government's
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      Lock icon Banking on a necessity of life
      972 8  -  It started as a foray into a completely unrelated field. That diversification venture soon grew to become the main business of ATS Holdings, reports groans low EUGENE LOW THERE might be many differences between the textile and construction business, but that has not prevented
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      223 8 The new Infinity index funds, naturally their potential is infinite. Imagine, if you invested US$lO,OOO into the Standard Poor's 500 index in 1995, your investment would be worth over USs3o,ooo* today! This translates into a remarkable 25.3% return every year, for the past five years. The Infinity index funds aim
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      Lock icon Amazon.com takes a US$1.5b hit
      633 9 SEATTLE Valne of its stakes in 5 listed Net retailers falls from US$L93b peaktoUSs37om Bloomberg AMAZON.COM Inc has more to worry about than its own dwindling stock price. The value of its investments in five other publicly traded Internet retailers has dropped over US$l.5 billion
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      Lock icon EBay stock falls on cut in rating
      288 9 SAN JOSE, California Bloomberg SHARES of eßay Inc, the largest Internet auction site, fell 7.4 per cent after an analyst cut his rating and advised investors to exercise caution with the stock. EBay fell US$4 5/16 to US$53 7/8 on the Nasdaq market
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      52 9 [BEIJING] US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (left) chats with a Chinese Internet user at an Internet cafe in Beijing. Ms Albright marked warmer ties with China on Thursday, declaring that Beijing has focused on resolving tension over Taiwan and praising it for falling in line on arms
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      Lock icon MP3Board sued for copyright infringement
      340 9 NEW YORK MP3xom settled a similar suit two weeks ago Bloomberg MP3BOARD, the second most heavily trafficked Web site for downloading music, has been sued for copyright infringement by BMG Music, Sony Music Entertainment, and other major record labels. The suit, filed on Friday in
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      Lock icon Online retailers try to assure investors profits are near
      664 10 NEW YORK They are raising prices, firing workers, increasing ad and association fees NYT SHOPPERS browsing the Internet for watches last Christmas could find models of popular Tag Heuer watches for US$325 to US$l,OOO (*****-551,730), or roughly 35 per cent below
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      Lock icon Web registrar to auction Net addresses if bills unpaid
      437 10 WASHINGTON But critics say names should be returned to public dfitufrfifff LATWP INTERNET address king Network Solutions has notified thousands of owners of online domain names with delinquent registration bills that It would "auction" their Web addresses to the public unless
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      55 10 [SEOUL] A South Korean model shows off "The Lizzy which features a computer carried around the waist and comes with a keyboard and screen, during a Technology Fashion Show in Seoul last week. The Brave New Unwired World Fashion Show was held at the Conference and Exhibition Centre (COEX)from
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    • eBriefs
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        Lock icon Fujitsu Siemens closes Paris centre
        77 10 AFX MAffeMn Wl.I1' 1 alnalM rm it n tin [rAJUs] Fujitsu Smdmoi computers is closing down its research and development centre in Piaisir, near Paris, azincSBjobs. Shutting down the tocillty is part of its J effort to rationalise R&D operations, it said. Some workers may
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        Lock icon Deutsche Telekom on Presserve
        57 10 Reuters [FRANKPURT1 Deutsche Telekom on Saturday declined comment on a report that its T-Online subsidiary Is poised to announce a takeover afBritlsh Internet service provider Freeserve. "This is speculation and we win not comment," a yfnfc—wni said after German magazine Dtr Spkgtl reported T-Onllne was set
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        23 10 The Daily Telegraph venture capital Ann specialising in early stage Greaham Computing and Tescom. The Daily Telegraph
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        Lock icon C, China portal is e-venture
        40 10 Reuters [HONGKONG] Chinese trade portal chinaproductsxom said yesterday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Electropia Co Ltd, a consortium of South Korean chaebol, o^»^merates^cteyek)p^ Hyundai and Daewoo, It said In a statement— iteigsre
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon First M'sian scooter slated to roll out by end of next year
      451 11 I KUALA LUMPUR RK7Om to be spent on two-phase project to produce lOOcc and 125 cc models MALAYSIA'S first scooter, Cornel, is expected to roll out from its assembly plant in Masjid Tanah, Malacca, by the end of
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        Lock icon Nipah strikes Sarawak pig farms
        58 11 Bernama [SHBU] Seven pig forms in Sarawak have been sealed off after initial blood tests of some of the pigs show they contain the dreaded Nipah virus, Agriculture Minister Eflfendi Norwawt said yesterday. Some 4,000 pigs are reared on the forms, six of which are
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        Lock icon Tajudin ready to quit as business chief
        77 11 Bernama {KUALA LUMPUR] Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (DPMM) president Tajudin Ramli (right) said on Saturday he is prepared to ||eliiiQtiiflii!ifepootdtMto members' lackadaisical attitude. He said his presence in DPMM appeared not to have been meaningful as every piece of advice he gave
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        Lock icon Chase Perdana's debt revamp finalised
        47 11 Bernama {KUALA LUMPUR] Chase Perdanaßhd's debt restructuring scheme involving outstanding debt of RM27MI mfflimi (Sim.s million) has been finalised. The Co«T)orate Debt Restructuring Committee said the proposed plan involved rights issues with warrants, debt restructuring and an increase in authorised share capital—Bernama
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      Lock icon State govt Qatari firm to build RM1.5b resort in Kedah
      368 11 ALOR SETAR. Malaysia Kedah International Resort City will cover 506 ha Bernama THE Kedah state government has tied up with Qatari investors to undertake an integrated tourism project costing RMI.S billion (Ss6B3 million) in Tupah, about 60 km from Alor
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      Lock icon Too much being read into Singapore factor
      701 11  -  comment KL STOCKS Clob, Sing Tel, THS being made whipping boys eddie toh THE Malaysian bourse has been in the doldrums lately and some market players have pointed the finger at Singapore. Some even argue that events linked to Singapore have dampened the
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Buddhist amulet prices a good economic indicator: report
      494 12 BANGKOK Leading forecasting group says amulet sales trends provide valuable insights AFP THEORIES abound on the reasons for Thailand's 1997 economic crisis, and now a group of analysts says the meltdown could have been predicted by following trends in one unlikely commodity:
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      Lock icon Thai govt to consider ways to boost properly
      162 12 BANGKOK Reuters THE Thai cabinet is scheduled to consider tomorrow additional measures to boost the property sector, government sources said yesterday. Under the plan, mortgage holders can claim up to 50,000 baht (552,215) of their interest payments as a deduction when filing
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      Lock icon PLDT unit cuts call rates again to match rival
      260 12 MANILA Reuters SMART Communications Inc, the cellular phone unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), said on Saturday it had made a further cut to its international long distance rates, to 40 US cents per minute from 49 US cents.
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        Lock icon Violence rages on in Ambon
        113 12 AFP [JAKARTA] Sectarian clashes in the Indonesian city of Ambon raged for a fifth consecutive day yesterday, with at least 38 people killed according to the Muslim camp, as calls mounted for martial law to be imposed to end the bloodshed. M We have now
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        Lock icon Megawati kicks off Singapore visit
        65 12 AP {SINGAPORE] Indonesian Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri arrived to Singapore yesterday for a three-day official visit The vice-president is accompanied by Indonesian Minister for Cooperatives Zarkasih Nur. Today, Ms Mega wati's schsdule includes meetings with President SR Nathan, Prime Minister Got Chok Tong and Senior Minister
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  • ASIA news
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      Lock icon Privatisation in India runs into political wall
      447 14 NEW DELHI Key cabinet meeting fails to flag sale ef bine-chip state firms Reuters INDIA'S ambitious privatisation plans faced a familiar political roadblock last week and analysts saw little hope of any major sales in state-run firms this year. A key cabinet committee
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      Lock icon HK homeowners protest against fall in properly prices
      519 14 They want the grot to step sale of subsidised flats, lift 70% mortgage lending cap Reuters [HONGKONG] More than 2,000 disgruntled homeowners marched through Hongkong yesterday protesting at a plunge in property values and pleaded for government help to buoy prices. "Protect
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      Lock icon Comic-book king plans HK$200m Net venture
      340 14 HONGKONG Bernama RENOWNED Hongkong comic-book illustrator Tony Wong will invest HK)2OO million (5544.44 million) over three years to offer his works online to international readers. In an interview with Kyodo News, Mr Wong said his company Jade Dynasty Publications will set up Internet servers
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      Lock icon Businesses may leave as Taiwan shortens work week
      304 14 TAIPEI AFP RISING production costs stemming from higher labour spending due to a shorter working week may force more Taiwanese businesses to flee to China for survival, industrial leaders warned. Taiwan's petrochemical tycoon Wang Yung-tsai said the deteriorating investment environment had discouraged
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    • ASIANotes
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        Lock icon savings in China dip
        88 14 AFP (BEIJING] China's personal bank savings rates dipped in May following nearly a year of growth, the ststeowned China Daily reported yesterday. This is a pleasant surprise for the country's leaders who have been trying to booet private spending and Investment to prop economic growth. Bank
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        93 14 Reuters [SHANGHAI] A Chinese court baa given three people permission to sue Japanese computer maker Toshiba Corp Mr an aflegBd problem with its iaptope, the official Shanghai Morning Post newspaper reported an Saturday. More than 24)00 people are seeking compensation from Toshiba over laptops they allege
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        63 14 AFP white imports to inoneass rspidly aocopdl r>h in/1 rhniht'm BiiWtia«<( Vl||||l||l|| t TtniMrtwi w vXMfiU AA**V 9 iJaawwKpj frwiMy juaici uaj .11 Long Guoqiang, an economist with the Development Research Centre, as saying the high rate of increase in exports in the first halfwasfhxn a
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        92 15 Reuters [LONDON] Spanish telecom group Telefonica is understood to be part of a consortium of three firms mulling a cash counter-bid of some UBJO billion (5515.6 billion) for British musk group EMI, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. The paper said it looked
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        66 15 Bloomberg [GUETERSLOH, Germany] Bertelsmann, Germany's largest media firm, said sales for the year ending June rose 23 per cent and the company is seeking acquisitions to lUrthtu raise sales. The privately-held firm sakl sales climbed to 32 The H uw ill came from higher demand for
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        48 15 AP [LONDON] Hongkong actor Jackie Chan joking with Aortralian stager KylieMttnogw after they arrivad for the Indian International film awards at London's MStemiom Dome on Saturday. India's biggest film stars were honoured at their cinematic equivalent of the Oacars. —AP >. r. 1
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        88 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co plans to cut several hondrad jobs tirom its «,000-person tarokarace staff as its chie£ Stanley O'Neal moves to meet new profit fools. The first reductioos came oo Friday when flw brokerage reduced the number of regional districts to
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        62 15 AFP {TOKYO] The Japanese government is expected to waive pwtl tn irtUng miaifrw Sngri y frmyy nationalised bank, said the Nlhon Reizai Shimbun on Saturday. The Deposit Insurance Corp will waive 87 billion yen (511.6 billion) of loans by Shinsei Bank, formerly the
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      668 15 WASHINGTON Growth may roar back after a weak second quarter, warn economists Reuters INVESTORS are hailing signs of a US economic slowdown, hoping the Federal Reserve's interest-rate rises may be over. They could well be wrong. Economists warn that growth may roar back strongly
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      386 15 FRANKFURT flawimmTiil Kaiika that bid the highest rate will leans Bloomberg THE European Central Bank will cede a measure of control over monetary policy to commercial banks this week, when it begins loaning funds to those banks willing to pay the highest rate of
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      180 15 m CHICAGO Bloomberg MORE than half of the respondents in a human resource survey say their biggest challenge is to find and keep skilled workers. Also, 80 per cent of HR managers characterise the US labour shortage as "bad" but they "still manage to find
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      259 15 SYDNEY Reuters NRMA Insurance Group yesterday unveiled final details of its planned listing on the Australian Stock Exchange, setting its market capitalisation at up to A 54.07 billion (554.2 billion) and a listing on Aug 8. Launching the prospectus for the issue,
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      624 16 NEW YORK Poor returns and regulatory uncertainty sour appeal of markets such as UK, Australia Reuters THE brave new world of deregulating international power markets once looked appetising to US utilities like GPU Inc, prompting billions of dollars of acquisitions and investments in
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      66 16 [MEXICO CITY] People walk under posters of Mexican presidential candidate Vicente Fox, of the centre-right opposition National Action Party (PAN), in downtown Mexico City on Saturday. Thefinal popularity poll published in a newspaper ahead of Mexico's July 2 elections shows the two major candidates, ruling
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      571 16 MEXICO CITY NYT THE Mexican government is once again embroiled in a borrowing problem with Citibank, resurrecting memories of the Latin debt crisis two decades ago. But this time Mexico is not late in its payments. Rather, the bank says, Mexico
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      374 16 PARIS US gunning for 'strong statement' in support of new ronnd AFP TRADE ministers from almost 30 industrial countries will discuss prospects for further world trade liberalisation here this week, their first meeting since failing to launch a new trade round in
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      329 16 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S electronics giant Sony Corp will suffer a huge loss in the first quarter to June as it writes off cumulative advertising costs under the new US accounting standard, a report said yesterday. Sony will book 110 billion yen
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      559 17 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Crude prices bounced back after the kingpin Opec producers gathered in Vienna agreed to a modest increase in supply and dismissed the price-setting formula that had been drafted earlier this year. In London, the price of
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      728 18 NEW YORK Profit warnings ahead of Q2 results also likely to affect market sentiment Bloomberg INVESTORS may find US stock indices hovering near their current prices early this week, as they wait to hear from companies that expect to exceed or miss profit
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      279 18 LONDON AFP LONDON share prices fell amid nervous trading last week as investors awaited this week's interest rate decision from the US Federal Reserve and turned an eye towards next month's monetary policy meeting here. The FTSE 100 Index of leading shares ended the
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      279 18 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo will rise this week on the likelihood that the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partners will return to power after yesterday's election, analysts said. "The market consensus is that the coalition government will
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      296 18 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG stocks are expected to shuffle sideways ahead of a mid-week US Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates but could test the 16,500-point mark if the Fed leaves rates unchanged, analysts said. The debut of four companies, each vying for market
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      894 18 HSydwy +3M THE Australian market will focus on a meeting of the US Federal Reserve in the week ahead with added jitters expected as the financial year draws to a close and a new tax regime is put in place, brokers said. "Financial year-end and the US Federal
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      1407 18 Qp»™ *am PARIS stocks chugged higher in late trade on Friday to close one per cent higher, hut volume was thin aside from a handful of block trades as a lack of market trends and a US rate decision this week kept players on the sidelines. The
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      376 19 AFP Q Composite Index -21M MALAYSIA'S embattled stock market may be in for a better week ahead but any recovery will be short-lived, analysts said. The coming week may see some buying related to window-dressing by firms before book-closing at the end of the half-year,
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      567 20 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup THE US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting is always an important event, and this week's gathering on Tuesday and Wednesday is no exception. However, with the Fed's increased transparency, it is now often the case that all the action in
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      1295 24  -  Following the 2 Kims-summit, the prospects of N Korea joining the IMF, World Bank and ADB have become brighter Promt Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THIS month's historic summit meeting between North Korea and South Korea means the question of the North's admission into the IMF, World
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      404 25 Beijing urges intl community to crack down on organised criminal groups Reuters [BEIJING] China called for tighter immigration controls to clamp down on human traffickers after 58 Chinese illegal immigrants died in an airless tomato truck headed for Britain. "It is worth noticing
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      694 25  -  LDVSR SCENE Byl David Hughes Ensuring the security of containers is a perennial issue and one which has been thrown in the spotlight once again by recent incidents. The most tragic of these was the deaths of 58 Chinese men and
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      135 25 [SINGAPORE] Grand Alliance member Hap-ag-Lloyd has announced it is planning to shift two of its five Atlantic services from Bremer haven to Hamburg when the Grand Alliance is extended to the North Atlantic in August. For the Hamburg port this means a windfall of nearly
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      267 25 Bloomberg [MIAMI] Royal Caribbean Cruises, the No 2 cruise line, warned it would have lower profit for 2000, as increased competition spurred by more ships pushed prices lower. The cruise industry is adding ships this year, including two from Royal Caribbean, increasing competition
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      235 25 Bloomberg [LONDON] Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation (P&O) has postponed the sale of 60 to 69 per cent of its Associated Bulk Carriers shipping business on the Oslo Stock Exchange, saying its adviser was not satisfied that the market's performance would help the shares. The
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        510 26  -  Bulk carrier sinks off Cape Town after failing to find sheltered waters Reports by v -I David Hughes in London THE prospect of bunker oil pollution off the coast near Cape Town loomed late last week as the Pana-manian-flag, 143,731-dwt bulk carrier Treasure sank
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        432 26 MORE problems emerged last week for the embattled International Association of Classification Societies (lACS). Polish Register of Shipping (PRS) has lodged a written appeal against its expulsion, asking lACS to reinstate its associate member status. PRS claimed its expulsion was a miscarriage of
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        718 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranees in US dollars Instead of single prtoee tor a more comprehensive description at the market Prices shown are baaed on average sissd stem Market movements are cated. The Cockett Banker Price Index change and the
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        301 40 Bloomberg [PORT WORTH, Texas] AMR Corp's American Airlines may have to pay U*****,000 (Ssl.2 million) for making 113 flights with two jetliners that had the wrong circuit breakers, under a fine proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration. American maintenance workers at
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        230 40 Reuters [DUBAI] Emirates airline, the first company to order Airbus Industrie's new A3XX superjumbo plane, welcomed a decision allowing the European consortium to offer the aircraft for sale. "Emirates firmly believes there is an immediate need for larger aircraft let alone in five years' time," Sheikh
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        394 40 Host of the work will be done in a year, says chief executive Reuters [MELBOURNE] Air New Zealand chief executive Jim McCrae said yesterday integrating Ansett's business fully into Air New Zealand would take up to 18 months, but most of the work
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        202 40 Reuters [SYDNEY] British entrepreneur Richard Branson said yesterday he was confident his fledgling discount airline Virgin Australia would be operational by the start of the Sydney Olympics in September 2000. "Everything seems to be going according to plan to get us
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        190 40 AFP (GENEVA) China's Shenzhen International Airport has become the country's first to attain a full bill of health in a World Health Organisation (WHO) check-up, the organisation said. The airport in the southern town of Shenzhen met all the criteria of health
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        356 40 BQYPTAIR CRASH AP [LOS ANGELES] The families of Egypt Air Flight 990's crew sued the airplane's manufacturer and parts makers, claiming mechanical malfunctions and not a pilot's suicide doomed the airplane. Some aviation experts have suggested co-pilot Gameel El Batouty deliberately crashed the
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          49 40 Reuters pused through Hoagta»g s*fci»t|^^ period ending May 2900, the Airport Authority said* yesterday. The at Chck Kok it said in a statement The airport handled 181,000 tonnes of cargo in May, up 13.8 per cent versus the same month *■t in 1999.-Reuters 7T-7V
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          35 40 Reuters Vrng-tftrmnyrgn fright will introduce code sharing on freighter flights on transpacific routes, and cooperate on their freighter 1. < nl.lMll II H•* .»!> weir cargo servicexnsworKS, enecuve oepi i, oal saiu
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      59 41 Top stories Companies are being 'deconstructed' by the Internet, says Phil Evans Page 4 New Cocoon to help fund startups Page 13 Asia's e-boom not yet over Pagel6 Commentaries Will language derail our e-content? Page 5 Services are imperative in e-world Page 10 E-tailing can produce winners only if they
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        2115 42 Helping techno-have-nots in S'pore MslTi In a recent speech, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, defined the digital divide as "the gap between those who are Internet-sawy and those who are not". We could take that as a working definition and develop from there. Womg
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        197 42  -  Roundtable highlights edited by ANDREW WEE, KENNETH JAMES It's an irony of our times. New technologies are ushering in an era of unrivalled comfort and prosperity; the same technologies also threaten a new divide along digital lines, creating a society of technology haves and have-nots. It's
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        793 43 With Microsoft, you can expect to add any devices to the anytime, anywhere concept THE United States Marines Corps. America's elite, rapid reaction fighting force that always stands ready to be the first to enter into the line of fire, anytime, anywhere.
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        153 43 THE Business Internet is how Microsoft is talking about its existing and upcoming products and services with its business customers and partners. The idea is simple the Internet should be more than just hype. It should be a practical tool to connect a company's customers,
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        488 43 THERE is a new group at Microsoft that will do nothing but make sure that you gat the beet out of your handheld device. Their job? Making sure you get the richest moat useful applications that can be squeezed into the limited processing end memory
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        404 43 NEVER heard of embedded devices? Perhaps, but chances are, youVe seen end even used them. Embedded devices are the vast array of gadgets, appliances, instruments and equipment that contain a proceeding chip in them. We're talking about handheld computers, mobile phones and distal cameras.
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      2005 44  -  phfr? exclusive Companies are being 'deconstructed' by the Internet and their most profitable areas risk being 'blown to bits', as vkram kbaxka finds out VIKRAM KHANNA TO get an insight into the Internet's impact on a company, think of a photograph that is suddenly transformed into
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      Lock icon Outsourcing market to cross US$180b by 2004
      416 44  -  By\ Raju Chellam THE global market for IT outsourcing services will cross US$l77 billion (*****.2 billion) by 2004, from about US$ll6 billion in 1999, according to a new report from researcher International Data Corp (IDC). The US represents the biggest opportunity for outsourcers.
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      818 45  -  yiVi we see I flood content requires good language. And good language to not a strong point for most Singaporeans lee han shih The writer is a BT senior correspondent SINGAPORE may have billed itself as the most wired nation in Asia, but it could
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      Lock icon IBM's wired home strips user of power
      855 45  -  By Dwight Silverman NYT (AUSTIN, Texas] There are two trends in computing of which I have long been sceptical. The first is the so-called thin client, in which most of the computer power resides on a server instead of the desktop. The second
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      578 46  -  The company's Advanced Interactive TV set-top boxes let users surf the Net using their TV sets By Andrew Wee HO M E GROWN Multiwave In--11 o v a t i on s expects significant revenue contribution from its new Internet products and is
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      Lock icon MTV Music Generator lets you dance to own tunes
      616 46  -  By Gene Emery [PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island] I think I can speak for a lot of you out there when I say that we were born to be music superstars. We've got the beat. We've got the moves. We've got the times
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      690 48  -  Venture capital firms have to spend more money on startups, which are now listing at lower valuations Reports by 1 Toh Han Shih THE bursting of the Internet bubble since Nasdaq collapsed from a high of 5,000 points to 3,000 a couple of months
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      Lock icon Vertex still on the lookout for startups
      221 48 VERTEX, the venture capital arm of Singapore Technologies, is stepping up its investments in high-tech startups in Singapore and outside, unhindered by the correction in technology stocks around March/ April. For the first half of this year, Vertex invested $34 million in four
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      Lock icon L&H, KBC team up to launch Internet device
      480 49 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Belgian speech technology company Lernout and Hauspie (L&H) and banking group KBC Bancassurance said last week that they would set up a joint venture to launch a voice-operated hand-held Internet device. KBC will invest up to US$lOO million (Ssl72 million)
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        78 49 ffiEWLETT-PACKARD Company has opened 4|pi*PaetAc's first SAN (Storage Area Network) r Integration Centre In Singapore. It is thehrStHP SAN T caotre outside the US; a European one at Germany will be opened later this year. The Singapore centre will help users and HPS business partners
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        66 49 THE new SSMC (Systems-on-Silicon Manufacturing Company) wafer fob facility is ahead of schedule and ready for installing manufacturing equipment SSMC is a joint venture of Philips Semiconductors, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, and Economic Development Board Investments. "Our team has constructed a foB-scale, 90,000 wafers
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        Lock icon CommVerge to resell Redback solutions
        53 49 NASD AQ-LISTED Redback Networks Inc, a provider of advanced networkbag solutions, has appointed Hongkong-based CommVerge Solutions to resell Radback's Subscriber Management Systems and Smart Edge solutions in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. Radback's solutions enable carriers, cable operators and service providers to rapidly deploy broadband
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        Lock icon New GM for Sitara Asia-Pac operations
        39 49 US-BASED Sitara Networks Inc has appointed Ehud Weizman as vice-president and general manager for Sitara's Asia-Pacific operations, based in Singapore. He was previously director of sales for large enterprise operations with 3Com Asia-Pacific.
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        17 49 HEWLETT-PACKARD has appointed Foo Meel Fang as Sqvken Sooth apt Aria Ma Ftiowaa Asia-Pacific
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        47 49 MICROSOFT Singapore has appointed Phua Kia Chek as product manager for Microsoft Exchange and other knowledge management products; and Vincent Sim as site. Mr Phua was previously database marketing strategist for IBM Asean/South Asia; Mr Sim was previously with Asia-Pacific Breweries and American gumma Express.
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        31 49 Broadband narrowband forum A FORUM on "breaming media: broadband and narrowband" will be held on Thursday at the Merchant Court Hotel It is organised by iandi Asia—Singapore. For details, e-mail kwchiMan@tandiasla.com.
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        45 49 A CONFERENCE titled "Executive lifestyle in the e-world" will be held on July 7 at the Shangri-la Hotel. It is organised by the French Alumni, the French Business Association, and the France-Singapore Business Council. For details, fax *****78, or e-mail artou@fbafbc.com.sg.
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        43 49 A breakfast talk on "New rules of the networked economy" will be held on July 7 at the Sheraton Towers Hotel. It is organised by the Skills Development Centre Pte Ltd. For details, fax *****83, or e-mail btetay@sdc-asia.com
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        35 49  -  Raju Chellam A SEMINAR titled "Winning with Internet business and marketing strategies" will be held on Aug 31 at the Hotel Intercontinental. It is organised by JKYL International. For details, fox *****20.
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      557 49  -  There's still an excessive supply of funds and a relative scarcity of Internet stocks, reports tob bam sbib TOH HAN SHIH HOW did the Internet bubble form and burst? Some experts explained this phenomenon to BizlT and also warned that new Internet bubbles may arise
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      613 50  -  mv«* be p'n" J pradtr* Mill nmrnrfl iwn-Hmmw nirallalilHty nf thwlr IT wwlrnniiwitt pathy pathmanaban The writer is director (services), Compaq Computer Asia-Pacific IN today's business environment where competitors are just a mouse-click away, customer satisfaction is paramount. Organisations now focus their efforts towards improved,
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      Lock icon Oracle's US$500m VC fund now also for Asia
      290 50  -  Company looking at startups which can develop content for either B2C or 828 environment in the global market By' Tang Weng Fai AMERICAN giant Oracle Corp will extend its US$5OO million (*****.8 million) venture capital fund launched in January last year to
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      154 50 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Cisco Systems Inc, the No 1 maker of computer-networking equipment, said it has completed the acquisition of Arrow Point Communications Inc, an Internet switch maker, for about US$4.7 billion (SsBl billion) in stock. Cisco will exchange 2.1218 shares for
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      1175 51  -  kinsey E-tailing can produce winners only if they excel and innovate in both strategy and operations john livingstone mike sherman IS Internet retailing viable? In contrast to the giddy optimism ignited by the spectacular rise of Amazon.com, many now question the profitability of selling consumer
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      599 51  -  Byi Andrea Orr Reuters [PALO ALTO, California! Take the volumes of content available on the Internet, add the explosion in cellular phones, and it doesn't take a high-tech visionary to see the potential of a service that lets people call in to hear their
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      739 52 A BT Advertising Special First Asean start-up in IBM's e-incubator program targets six regional countries SHIP'nTRACK, the first start-up company to qualify for IBM's e-Incu-bator Program in Malaysia, benefits from IBM's expertise and technology, as well as seed funding and venture capital support
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      433 52 E-trading platforms are the new engines of economic growth SETTING up a global 828 e-mar-ketplace may be the dream of many companies, big or small Implementing an e-marketplace solution can transfcHm a company and reduce costs, increase competitiveness, and enhance relationships with customers and
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      721 52 E-business initiative streamlines process, value-adds supply chain BIG BLUE puts its money where its mouth is. An active advocate of electronic procurement, IBM has been implementing e-procurement strategies both internally, within an organisation that engages 270,000 employees in more than 160 countries, and externally
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      498 53  -  exclusive There are now 17 companies seeking funding at its Web site; 13 from S'pore By Andrew Wee ANEW pan-Asian startup that offers funds syndication and venture catalyst services for high-tech companies will be launched here tomorrow. Called Cocoon Asia at www.cocoonasia.com it was
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      177 53  -  By Koh Huiting STARHUB has launched /Power, a new service that features more than 60 WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) services, ranging from financial services to entertainment, making it the widest range of WAP applications in Singapore. Star Hub has tied up with content and application
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      481 54  -  ■:i I exclusive Banks, telcos early adopters; insurance, stock broking firms may be next By. Andrew Wee COMPETITION will force Singapore companies, especially those in the services sector to adopt CRM (customer relationship management) solutions, says a market analysis report by researcher Frost Sullivan.
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        86 54 NEC SINGAPORE last week launched four new Multisync colour monitors and a MultiSync Audio Base. The monitors are targeted at SMEs and come with features that offer high-res support, large viewable image, on-screen controls and plug-and-play compatibility. The Audio Base comes with a powerful speaker system
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        88 54 3M SINGAPORE has introduced two new personal multimedia projectors: the MP7630 weighs 2.3 kg, comes with 700 lumens' brightness at 800 by 800 pixel resolution, offers up to 250:1 contast ratio, and costs 16,100; an optional AV module costs $475. The MP7760 weighs 2.9 kg, comes
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        69 54 WRQ SOFTWARE, which provides host access solutions, has unveiled Apptrieve 3.5, the newest version of its application mining solution. It lets user organisations to quickly build e-business applications and integrate legacy information from mainframe, AS/400 systems, and VMS and Unix servers. The solution is targeted at
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        67 54 IMATION CORP*SnewUSB (Universal Serial Bus) floppy drive (above) for the Mac is now available. 'It is one of the lightest and smallest drives of its kind, and a stylish, portable companion ft* Apple's Macs," lmation said. It is compatible with both Mac and PC-formated 1.44
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        84 54  -  Raju Chellam COMPAQ COMPUTER ASIA has announced its new ProLiant DL3BO two-way server, as well as two new Task Smart C-Series servers to boost Web content delivery. "The DL36O is the first ultra-dense server optimised for high volume deployments," Compaq said. The Task Smart series are appliance
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      499 54  -  By Malcolm Johnson LATWP NEW computer technologies in the art of filmmaking are calling into question the old adage that seeing is believing. More and more, as we gaze at the marvels glowing in darkness on screens that are growing
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      370 55  -  Convenience is the keyword you can make calls over the Internet whether or not you own a computer 2k Joyce Koh US-BASED Net2Phone, a company which offers Internet-telephony services, last week announced its newest line of hardware solutions that will debut here next
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      327 55  -  Company wants to grtwAiia-Pac bnyfmwi from 14% to 26% in three years By Val Chua STORAGE giant Imation Corp will soon offer an integrated package—comprising hardware, software and storage media in a single solution for its data-storage prodacts. It will offer them in the next
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      475 55 Americans rule the Internet but not for long AP [NEW YORKJ Say "hello" to a World Wide Web that is truly that. From content to culture, the Internet born of American government need is rapidly losing its US flavour as more computer users connect from abroad. Some US-based search directories
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      322 55  -  Harket for IT training will cross US$2L5b by 2004; e-learning to grow 93% a year throng)! 2004 By] Raju Chellam THE market for IT training will cross US$2.5 billion (554.3 billion) in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) by 2004, from about US$9Bl last year,
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        803 56  -  There are still some viable Asian Internet companies but investors should be selective and not blindly invest in all Asian Net IPOs, Salomon Smith Barney's Pratik Gupta tells tobhansboh TOH HAN SHIH THE Internet bubble has deflated, but Asia's Internet industry is still worth investing
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        109 56 Top 10 male domains in April Given the football fever, the site most visited by male surfers in Singapore in April was 9oooemeLcom. Four out of five visitors to this site put up by ESPN Networks were male, according to NieteerV/Netßatings Audience Measurement Senrice. After ptay.lt was work. Almost
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          61 56 NETWORKOIL Inc, a global Internet marketplace far petroleum services and equipment sales, has opened its first International office in Singapore, wifh Michael Balladon as vice-president for the Asia-Pacific region. The exchange provides a secure, neutral forum for conducting e-transactions, including auctions, reverse auctions and for
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          47 56 HOMEGROWN WebXEL Consulting has launched what it claims is Singapore's first i-mode compatible Web site. The site includes i-mode information—a wireless service developed by NTT DoCoMo. Users are charged only fin-the amount of information they retrieve. For a test version, visit www. webx*Lcom.sg/i-mod*.
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          74 56 HOMEGROWN startup aslatutor.oom—at www.asiatutor.com—has launched its virtual classrocm to offer personalised tutoring "to students not josthan. but also in the region and around the world. "The company worked with US-based Netßias Inc which developed the virtual classroom with the University of Illinois. Students who sign on
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          57 56 ASPSTRKET.COM, a startup founded by homegrown SWsoft, has formally launched tg. a collaborative portal for application service providers, ASP-enahlers and buyers in the Asia-Pacific region. The new site is powered by technology from HP and Its laraoli coincides with the ASP World Aria 3000 oonfcrsnce that
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          41 56 CHANNTLN~EWSASIA.COM and CalenderONE.com have launched co-branded pages that feature a listing of events across the Asia-Pacific region on www.cJuirinelnexc3aski.com. The feature is targeted at travelling executives and includes information an local dining, arts, shopping and business events.
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          37 56  -  Compiled by' Raju Chellam uss4.3 billion last year, according toa rorwit tfndy by partly by the rtoe in online population worldwide, which will more than double in the next five years to 800 million
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      1576 55 econ A ECON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Orators of Econ InlemoMond LimMed wtohee to mat* to Mowing announcements: 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 MARCH 2000. The Group The Company 2000 1888 Change 2000 1999 Change STOOO 81*000 SfOOO SfOOO
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