The Business Times, 13 July 2000

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  • 1043 1  -  It will be SE Asia's largest listed property firm in terms of assets By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Pidemco Land and DBS Land yesterday announced that they will merge to create South-east Asia's largest listed property company. with combined assets of $18 billion and shareholder
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  • 889 1  -  |:is exclusive Panel studying feasibility of alternative fuel By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] An inter-min-isterial working committee is planning to introduce natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicles here. With oil prices going ballistic, this couldn't have come at a
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  • 546 1  -  -i He »y»,he has a wealth of development and construction experience spread over 30 years By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE]'"Without sounding too immodest, I would probably be the only CEO in a property or real estate firm with the most de- valopment and
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    • 77 1 name he Exec Suite Young architects size up the S'pore architectural scene. Back Page Top Stories Airlines portal won't spell our demise: travel agents. Next Page Keppel may take over BPs 30% stake in SRC. Pg 3 NTUC Income sitting on $2.2 m Goodpack gain. Pg 3 BT Comment i
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    • 31 1 More reports, Pg 4 GATX selling S 'pore storage terminals, Pg 8 Keppel may take over BP's 30% stake in SRC, Pg 3 Lower-sulphur fuels likely to be legislated. Pg 28
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 71 2 AN impeccable Grapevine source has offered this version of how the whole speculation over the imminent departure of DBS Bank boss John Olds started. Seems Mr Olds had to give up his rented house in posh Cornwall Gardens because it had been sold and
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      • 84 2 SEEMS that banks are increasingly looking beyond their banking halls when it comes to promoting their products and services. At lunchtime, around Raffles Place, promoters hired by banks can be seen competing with hawkers to catch the attention of passers-by. In
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      • 110 2 INTERESTED in wine but don't know much about the stuff? Lifestyle and furniture store Barang Barang at Great World City on Kim Seng Road is organising a wine appreciation workshop on July 15 and 16. For $20 a person, wine connoisseur and publisher Ch'ng
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    • 851 2  -  I ill exclusive They can still add value by catering to needs of various sectors iiy Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] Mergers. Acquisitions. Small players getting killed off. To some, that may well be the scenario in the travel industry, following recent
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    • 700 2  -  -il comment TECHNOLOGY Fnrglfft rlffr na< Twinglnn what a high-tech hero could do kenneth james AT an E-business conference in Hongkong a couple of weeks ago, participants picked up complimentary copies of Wired, Red Herring and Time as they entered the conference hall. Not
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 189 3 NEPTUNE Orient Lines has appointed Cheng Wai Keung as deputy chairman and expanded its board of directors. Chairman Lua Cheng Eng said yesterday that the appointments underline the "group's commitment to strengthening its fundamentals and ensuring it has the right balance of skills
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    • 422 3  -  If it does, it would be buying into an industry facing tough times, says analyst By Eugene Low KEPPEL Corp said yesterday that it was considering taking over BP Amoco's 30 per cent stake in Singapore Refining Company (SRC). "Keppel is
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    • 402 3  -  It buys 18.7 m shares at an average 54.84 cents each; says it is not a 'trading bny' By Ling Su Ann NTUC Income, which yesterday announced it bought 18.7 million Goodpack shares at an average of 54.84 cents apiece on Tuesday, is
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    • 344 3 ZAGRO Asia expects at least $10m worth of business to pass through its e-commerce portal, Agro Connect.com, by the end of this year, its chairman Poh Beng Swee said yesterday. The portal, which went online in April, is believed to
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    • 415 5  -  93% of companies say they can afford to restore CPF cnt in fall in three years By Audrey Tan A THIRD of companies here have adopted employee stock option schemes to reward and provide an incentive to staff, a survey found.
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 61 5 KEPPEL Hitachi Zosen has clinched a contract to build two cable laying and repair vessels for a total contract value of more than $130 million from CS Tycom Reliance, Inc, a subsidiary of American company Tyco Submarine Systems. The construction of the cable laying and repair
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      • 126 5 Reuters PACIFIC Century Regional Developments surged 10 per cent yesterday on the back of a rally by its Hongkong-listed subsidiary, Pacific Century CyberWorks and talk of a stock split, dealers said. PCRD, which is tightly held by tycoon Richard Li, rose to a high of
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      • 37 5 IPC Corp has requested suspension in the trading of its shares today pending an announcement. The company's shares closed up 1.5 cents at 25.5 cents on a volume of 7.5 million shares.
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      • 64 5 NATSTEEL yesterday said its wholly-owned subsidiary Eastern Wire Pte Ltd has paid A 52.36 million (552.3 million) for a 61.8 per cent stake in Best Bar Pty Ltd. The investment, it said, will make Best Bar a subsidiary of Nat Steel. Australian-based Best
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    • 336 5  -  Strong sales boost profit; better performance ahead By] David Boey STRONGER sales have boosted Fastech Synergy's interim net profit by 129 per cent to 124.35 million pesos (Ss4.B million), and the main-board-listed company expects its performance for the rest of the year to
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    • 382 5  -  By Kenneth Lee HOMEGROWN Tastyfood Holdings, a manufacturer and distributor of instant cereals and beverages, yesterday launched its initial public offering of 42 million shares at 23.5 cents each. The mainboard aspirant has set aside 4.2 million shares for the public
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  • PIDEMCO-DBSL merger
    • 337 4 TO better focus on its core serviced apartment business, the company that is to be formed with the merger of Somerset Holdings and The Ascott will be divesting its retail properties, residential developments, and commercial and leisure investments. Most of these non-core assets are
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    • 500 4  -  New entity will become Asia-Pac's largest service residence firm Ity Andrea Tan THE merger of The Ascott and Somerset Holdings will create the Asia-Pacific's largest service residence company with assets of some $2.7 billion and lift the combined company's prospects for overseas expansion. Somerset will
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    • 619 4  -  By Marissa Chew INITIAL reactions from analysts yesterday were mixed on the merger of DBS Land and Pidemco Land. Uncertainty over the management team, as well as over the size of the commercial assets of the merged entity, offset optimism about the sheer size of
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    • 718 4  -  ifrMH lock siew paul thompson SO, after much media speculation, Pidemco and DBS Land have agreed to formally press ahead with a merger. Like much corporate news these days, the announcement was predictable; there were no gasps of astonishment at yesterday's press briefing. The companies
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 192 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By' Ven Sreenivasan The warrant of diversified trading group Acma led the gainers yesterday as it jumped 4.5 cents or 24 per cent to 23.5 cents. Some 1.6 million units were traded. Meanwhile, the underlying stock gained nine
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    • 460 6 Stocks Volume Goodpacklc 78,036,000 MediaRing 10c 44,116,000 Achieva 5c 28,435,000 AddvaJTech 2.5c 26,357,000 AiiOcean5c 24,656,000 TT(nt 15c 22,695,000 GiantWTech HK10 20,859,000 GES Intt Lid 20c 20,078,000 CSC W*****7 17,936,000 Ionics P$1.00 16,780,000 Stocks Goodpacklc 51,607,203 PacificCentury 47,368,500 Chart Semiconductor 26c 45,511,964 DBSGrp 37,215,897 GES Intl Ltd 20c 37,138,560 DatacraftlOc 32,458,166
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    • 545 6  -  I-I I comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan Tl he Singapore market yesterday managed to hold on to gains made this week, but investors remained focused on recent issues and penny stocks. The Straits Times Index rose 6.29 points to 2,113.37 on the back of
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    • 262 6  -  HOTSTOCK By Ven Sreenivasan HORIZON.COM, once a favourite among punters, has started to stir again. The counter was the sixth biggest gainer on the bourse yesterday as it jumped 22 cents or 12 per cent to $2.09. A total of some 307,000 shares
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    • 133 6 ♦SINGAPORE Computer Systems announced the promotion of Fong Khai Yin to the position of executive vice president e-business. Mr Fong assumed this position on July 1. In his new portfolio, Mr Fong will continue to spearhead SCS' e-business strategy and efforts. These include going into IT-based businesses with
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    • 345 6  -  l-l L comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar raced past regional currencies in early trading yesterday led once again by the Indonesian rupiah and aided by a weaker Japanese yen but ended the day mixed. New greenback highs for this year
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    • 753 6 <£) JADASON ENTERPRISES LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 10 August 1990) Invitation in respect of 113,000,000 ordinary shares of $0.01 each comprising 100,000,000 New Shares and 13,000,000 Vendor Shares as follows:(1) 11,300,000 Offer Shares at $0.20 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and (2)
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    • 48 6 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINGS IN EIGHT. important All applications for units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read ttie prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as weilasnse 51 H'.StV-' y
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 384 8  -  irn exclusive Sale of $400 m facilities part of plan to focos on higher margin businesses By] Eugene Low US transport services and storage group GATX Corp is selling its bulk oil and chemicals storage terminal operations in Singapore valued at over $400
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    • 459 8  -  Focus en its relative stability and the low interest rates, says bank treasury head By Siow Li Sen INVESTORS should focus on the low domestic interest rates and the relative stability of the Singapore dollar against a trade-weighted basket of currencies, instead of
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    • 300 8 COMMUNITY hospitals and nursing homes, or voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs), will be organised around three regional hospitals in three zones as part of a 10-year framework to provide high-quality step-down health services for the elderly, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said yesterday. The hospitals are
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    • 45 8 In our July 10 report "Net trading can cut two ways", the number of companies that have been granted the approved cyber trader status by the Trade Development Board is three and not two as reported. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 349 8  -  By David Boey HOUSING speculators who accept fat cash incentives to resell their purchase options are running foul of the law, said the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday. It was responding to a BT report yesterday that some buyers who had snapped up
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    • 411 9  -  The age of incnmbency is dead, strategy master tells PS2I symposium By\ Kenneth Lee INCUMBENCY has never been worth as little as it is worth today, said Gary Hamel, a man The Economist calls "the world's reigning strategy guru". Speaking at the
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    • 274 9 PSA Corporation announced yesterday the establishment of a US$2 billion (553.5 billion) debt issuance programme and appointed eight dealers. The bond issue is part of the port operator's capital restructuring exercise leading up to its eventual initial public offering (IPO) and follows the recent assignment
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    • 375 9 SIEMENS Medical Instruments (SMI) yesterday officially opened a state-of-the-art plant in Singapore to manufacture the complete range of its hearing instruments, including a digital hearing aid which it says will be the world's first to come with artificial intelligence. The new facility, which will
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    • 197 9 WHEN the competition gets tough, size matters. Thus 14 real estate companies have gathered to form Property Network for Excellence (PropNex). "The competitive environment will only get tougher so combining resources for economies of scale will be the key to not
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    • 359 9  -  on the economy inflation joblessness By, Anna Teo IS there a link between inflation and unemployment? Not apparently or immediately, it would seem, but the data, when presented graphically, suggest a strong negative correlation. The link is particularly strong between the inflation rate (or year-on-year
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  • MAIL bag
    • 383 11  -  Ang Hao Yao WITH the recent punting on new stock issues or initial public offers (IPOs), speculators seem to be chasing up the stock prices on the day of listing. Some of these stocks may have already been aggressively priced for the IPO, thereby adding to
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    • 440 11  -  Jeffrey Ong I WOULD like to give my comments on the issue of scholarships. We need to look at the selection criteria. I believe the majority of these scholars come from wealthy families. They not only can foot the bill, but
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    • 148 11  -  Lim Hock Chai THE 11 "likely bond-breakers" who spoke out may have something to tell us. Maybe it is time for scholarship issuers to review their positions. Let's try thinking out of the box for a while. Perhaps they should examine the relevance of their
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    • 356 11  -  Kenneth Tan Corporate Communications Manager Fraser and Neave Ltd WE refer to Catherine Ong's report, "And now, the least transparent firms" (BT, July 12). According to Ms Ong's poll of 20 analysts and fund managers, Fraser and Neave (F&N) was regarded as one of
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    • 207 11  -  Foo Kim Leng (Ms) Senior Corporate Communications Manager Singapore Telecommunications Ltd WE refer to the article "Starhub launches new budget international calling service I-Call 018" by Teh Hooi Ling in The Business Times yesterday. The article quoted Henry Lim, Starhub's chief financial officer, as
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 760 12  -  riTrql bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent CONSUMER advocate Ralph Nader and conservative columnist Pat Buchanan have launched their races to the White House by bashing the pro-free trade policies advanced by the Democratic and Republican presidential
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    • 112 12 'Biotechnology companies are not in the business of giving away anything.' Dr V&l Giddings of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a trade group, on a joint call by six scientific agencies from the US and the Third World for increased development and use of biotechnology crops to solve
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    • 607 12 EDITORIAL THE hosting of an event like soccer's World Cup championship is big business these days, with major economic benefits going to the county that wins the right to be host There can be no other word than fiasco to describe the handling of the
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    • 1187 12 The following are extracts of Tuesday's speech by US Federal Reserve rhairmati Alan Greenspan to the National Governors' Association AN intriguing aspect of the recent wave of productivity acceleration is that US businesses and workers appear to have benefited more from the recent
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    • 894 12 Speight' s weapon THE almost total success of George Speight's hostage-tak-ing coup in Fiji is depressing news. But it is also a reminder <jf the problems of defining "justice" in ethnically divided societies and the futility of those purporting to represent "the international community" issuing pompous
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 430 13  -  Auditor doubts whether group will be able to continue as a going concern Pram\ Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur ARAB-MALAYSIAN Corporation (Amcorp) the ultimate parent of the Arab-Malaysian banking group last night provided a detailed explanation of its auditor's qualification of its results for
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    • MARKET moves
      • 80 13 AMMB Holdings, the parent of Arab-Malaysian Bank, eased 60 sen to RM13.80 despite the overall market rise yesterday due to growing concern that it would not succeed in merging with the Utama banking group. AMMB has denied press reports that talks with the Sarawak banking group had
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      • 65 13 Berjaya Sports Toto rose 20 sen to RM6.65 on continued bargain hunting activity after falling by almost 30 per cent in the past four weeks. Investors were earlier concerned that its loans to parent Berjaya Land may turn sour. Sentiment has since improved following Berjaya
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      • 68 13  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh Technology Resources Industries leaped 44 sen to RM4.98 yesterday on expectations that it would succeed in rescheduling US$375 million in euro bonds sometime this week. Major shareholder Tajudin Ramli is expected to pledge the future earnings of its mobile phone subsidiary
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    • 383 13  -  Next step will be to get shareholder approval Prom, Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur TWO years after seeking protection from its creditors, Time Engineering yesterday managed to get them to support its debt work out scheme to repay RM4.B billion (552.2
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    • 556 13 KUALA LUMPUR Six major banks also under review for possible upgrade Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S foreign currency debt rating was placed on review for possible upgrade by Moody's Investors Service, citing the nation's ability to weather external economic events like the Asian crisis of 1997-1998. The
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    • 156 13 HONGKONG Reuters INVESTORS used a sovereign upgrade review on Malaysia as the springboard to dive back into the Asian bond market yesterday, bidding credits higher across the board. "We saw some aggressive buying this morning from investors and the Street," Chris Lung, a
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  • SOUTH east asia
    • 440 14 JAKARTA They are supposed to discuss political tensions undermining the govt and economy Reuters INDONESIA'S President Abdurrahman Wahid was expected to meet his vice-president and other prominent local leaders yesterday to discuss political tensions undermining government and the economy. A government source
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    • 332 14 JAKARTA Money raised will be used to repay USs4lm in debt Bloomberg PT BIMANTARA Citra of In donesia, which is controlled by a son of former President Suharto, plans to sell some of its stakes in three of its subsidiaries to help repay
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    • 308 14 MANILA It's signing deal with Mer&lco unit that owns shopping mall Bloomberg ROCKWELL Land Corp, the property arm of Manila Electric Co (Meralco), will sign a pact with a company linked to Sogo Co of Japan to establish a department store in a
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    • 438 14 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAILAND, Indonesia and Malaysia, the world's top three rubber producers, have agreed to set a benchmark price for rubber exports and will coordinate supply to support prices, said Arkom Angchuan, Thailand's Deputy Minister for Agriculture. The countries will set an
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  • EAST asia
    • 304 15 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA has passed a law that will require labelling of genetically modified seeds, the country's first restriction of the technology, which has already run into opposition in Europe and Asia on food safety concerns. The law, passed on Saturday by
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    • 431 15 HONGKONG mrMA says study should be completed by year-end followed by talks with market players and govt Reuters THE Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said yesterday that it was sponsoring a study on taxing financial intermediation in Hongkong as there were anomalies in the way
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    • 230 15 This gives Joyce shareholders higher price Wheelock is paying for 51% stake Bloombirg [HONGKONG] Wheelock Co, a property and retail conglomerate, may offer to buy all shares in Joyce Boutique Holdings Ltd to give shareholders a crack at the higher price Wheelock
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    • 249 15 BEIJING USsl4£b initiative to be open to foreign participation Bloomberg PETROCHINA Co, China's largest oil producer, said a US$l4.5 billion (5525.2 billion) natural gas project in which foreign investors could take controlling stakes in key areas such as gas distribution for the first time could double
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    • 523 15 BRUSSELS This is even faster than the BJL% in Ql; trade is up 30% and tax revenue, 20%, in HI Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] China's economy grew 8.6 per cent in the first half of 2000 from a year earlier as it shook off the
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  • SOUTH asia
    • 350 16 BANGALORE Jane investment fornm attracts proposals from local and foreign firms AFP THE southern Indian state of Karnataka attracted 248 billion rupees (559.4 billion) of domestic and foreign investment during a month-long investment forum here, an official said on Tuesday. "The response has been
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    • 535 16 Quiz show tops ratings, draws millions of viewers AFP [NEW DELHI] Rupert Murdoch's Star TV network looks set to leapfrog its rivals in India and laugh all the way to the bank with a show that offers millions to its viewers and
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    • 322 16 BOMBAY Bloomberg SATYAM Computer Services, India's fourth biggest software exporter, said its firstquarter profit rose 95 per cent, helped by 21 new customers for e-commerce software. Profit in the three months ended June rose to 503.6 million rupees ($19.7 million) from 258
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  • eNews
    • 558 17 SAN FRANCISCO Solid rise in Jane quarter's revenue to USs27om quells fears over weak online ads NYT YAHOO announced better-than-expec-ted quarterly earnings and revenue on Tuesday, quelling investor concerns that consolidation and business failures among struggling dotcoms might hurt its revenue base Yahoo reported
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    • 141 17 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Power unit SP E-Services and Horizon.com have sealed a 65-35 joint venture agreement to develop and operate a town portal for the various townships in Singapore. Called can Town, revenue from the portal's first year of operations is projected to fall between $16 million
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    • 588 17  -  p:|l exclusive SINGAPORE LegalStndio.com's standard download costs $25 to $150 By' Teh Hooi Ling PREPARE your own will, or your divorce papers, without having to visit the lawyer's office. For companies, draft your own employment or non-disclosure agreements. That's what
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    • 805 18  -  DoCoMo, KPN bny 35% of its 3G venture for £2.1b, leaving it with a 55% stake From( Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong LI Ka-shing, Asia's consummate dealmaker, yesterday unveiled a series of strategic alliances with telecoms giants NTT DoCoMo and KPN Mobile in a
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    • E Briefs
      • 99 18 Bloomberg [BURNABY, British Columbia] PMC-Sierra Inc has agreed to buy Quantum Effect Devices Inc for about US$2.3 billion in stock, giving the chip designer semiconductors used in set-top boxes and Internet-related gear such as routers and switches. PMC-Sierra, which develops chips for communications and networking
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      • 58 18 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's Hitachi Ltd saidyesterday it would start offering a service with Nomura Research Institute enabling Japanese regional banks to sell investment trusts online. The service, to be launched in October, will allow regional banks to handle investment trust sales and redemptions online,
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      • 74 18 Reuters [LONDON] Vodafone AiiTouch pic, the world's biggest mobile phone company, said yesterday it had received regulatory approval from the European Commission to sell Britain's fastest-growing mobile phone operator Orange. The purchase of Orange by France Telecom has still to be approved by
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      • 68 18 Bloomberg [ROUND ROCK, Texas] Dell Computer Corp chairman and founder Michael Dell sold 6.25 million shares of the No 1 direct-seller ofpersonal compters last month, raising U*****.9 million (*****.3 million). Mr Dell sold the shares from June 19 to June 30 at between $48.86
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    • 385 18 NEW YORK Reuters DEUTSCHE Telekom's reported US$3O billion-plus (5552.2 billion) bid for Voice tream Wireless Corp could give the German firm its much-desired toehold in the US telecommunications arena but may just be a gambit to drive Sprint Corp to the bargaining
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    • 502 18 WASHINGTON System «f sending small amounts of cash by e-mail among fastest growing Net services AFP AN Internet startup firm is shaking up tjie world of financial services with an innovative system to send cash by e-mail. The system, launched last November by
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    • 743 19 NEW YORK Slack profits for banks as well; stock market slump among factors cited Reuters THE biggest US brokerages, led by Merrill Lynch Co Inc. are expected to report a slowdown in second-quarter profits next week because of the recent stock market slump and
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    • 292 19 NEW YORK Otherwise, they won't get to arrange acquisitions, raise capital for the carmaker Bloomberg FORD Motor Co has put its investment bankers on notice: Ante up US$25O million (***** million) of credit if they want to arrange acquisitions and raise capital
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      • 85 20 Bloomberg [HAMILTON, Bermuda] Global Crossing Ltd, builder of a worldwide phone and data network, agreed to sell its local phone operations to Citizens Communications Co for U553.65 billion (556.4 billion) in cash to pay debt and invest in its network. The all-cash transaction involves about
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      • 78 20 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Roche Holding, BASF and 11 others were threatened by the European Commission with fines for fixing the price of vitamins. The commission said it sent formal warnings to the companies, suspecting them of rigging the market for "vitamins A, C, D and B
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      • 58 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank and Toyo Trust Banking Co, which plan to merge by April 2002, said they aim to cut 20 per cent of their workers and close branches to cut costs. The three banks said they will cut a total
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    • 382 20 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S exports, once the main drivers of its economic recovery, were strongly outpaced by rising imports in May and officials said the shift reflects growing domestic demand in the world's second largest economy. The surplus in Japan's current account, its broadest measure of
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    • 779 20 ZURICH To avoid losing US brokerage's key staff, ÜBS is setting up USsB7sm pool Bloomberg ÜBS AG, Europe's third-largest bank, agreed to buy Paine Webber Group Inc for about US$l6 billion, giving the Swiss company control of the No 4
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    • 421 20 TOKYO Govt polls ping on proposed 198b yen bailout Bloomberg DEBT-LADEN Japanese department store Sogo Co filed for court protection after the government pulled the plug on a proposed 198 billion yen (553.2 billion) taxpayer-fund-ed bailout. The Tokyo District Court yesterday accepted Sogo's request
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    • 299 22  -  SGZ Derivatives TradingReports ST Index/MSCI S'pore Indm Chan Yet San THE Singapore stock market ended a little mixed yesterday on a rather active day. The Straits Times Index gained 6.29 points or 0.3 per cent to close at 2,113.37 points. Within the index,
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    • 241 22  -  MS& Taiwan Index Chan Yet San TAIWAN stocks closed lower yesterday following the decline on the Nasdaq overnight. The MSCI Taiwan Index fell 4.35 points or 1.2 per cent to settle at 359.56 points. The volume within the index was modest at 517.15
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    • 189 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices retreated slightly yesterday as dealers kept a close watch on discussions between Opec oil ministers over extra supplies. Saudi Oil Minister Ali alNaimi was meeting with Venezuelan counterpart Ali Rodriguez, current Opec president, in talks which could
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    • 324 22 Reuters London THE US dollar rose against major currencies yesterday on an improved outlook for the US economy and on merger news favouring the US currency. The greenback gained on the yen, euro and Swiss franc after Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said in the previous day that
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      1233 22 MTEEBAMK CROSS RATBS juU2 AS C$ >w6 Euro Ffr Dm HKS Ind h Ihipiah Yw Hon >M WZS P«k Is Peso S$ »Md Sfr »T$ BaM Pomt US$ Australia 0.874 4.901 0.622 4.083 1217 4.603 26.386 56.004 0.634 6.586 2.244 1.*****.878 ***** 1.029 4.018 0.966 18.227 ***** 0.390 0.590 Canada
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2854 23 HONGKONG AFP H Hang Seng +192.60 SHARE prices in Hongkong closed 1.1 per cent higher yesterday led by conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa which announced the sale of stakes in its British mobile unit. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 192.60 points to close
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    • 2022 23 TOKYO AFP □Hikka2as -1020 SHARE prices in Tokyo dipped 0.9 per cent yesterday as investors dumped expensive high-tech issues to square off positions in the absence of major incentives, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index fell 162.20 points to close at 17,342.10. The market
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      1016 23 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index +Q) CHINA'S hard currency B stocks clambered higher yesterday as companies' announcements of interim results picked up momentum* but brokers said the short-term upside remains limited. The Shanghai B Share Index rose 1.11 per cent, or 0.61 of a point, to 55.45 with turnover
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    • 359 23 AFP Qj VP Index -98^8 TAIWAN shares closed 1.2 per cent down yesterday as investors stepped to the sidelines amid weakness in market confidence, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index fell 98.88 points to 8,059.75 on turnover of NT554.89 billion, the thinnest volume this year. "Investors have no confidence
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    • 434 25 AFP |3 Composite Index +1333 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.6 per cent higher yesterday on institutional support in late trade, dealers said. The Composite Index rose 13.83 points to finish at 859.34. The Second Board Index was up 6.50 points at 232.44. A dealer
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    • 9151 25 INDUSTRIALS Conuimor protects 2000 Last Vol Day Net Cap High Low Company Solo 000 High Low P/E Jmll 420 310 A)inoffloto 360 19.7 145.9 158 62 Angkasa 84 3 122 85 80S 123.9 670 290 A potto rood HI<J 460 unch 2 460 460 (0.0 184.0 3350 2700 BAT 50c
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  • SGX clob & regional stocks
    • 2781 26 BOWDS A WARRANTS Jul 12 ■t mi M im 52-Bm* Lart M to Uiltolti H max Can tin Mk Mto M# laa Chwmt Mi ««r- M# Lai tor* toi Prtca MUM) Mn nw In H|f l«N 51.5 16.5 1 Acma W*****4 —215 4.5 1591 26 20 23.5 24 20 41.0
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    • 281 26 AFP Q Composite Index ♦2JW SOUTH Korea's Composite Index yesterday closed up 2.90 points at 839.80. Volume stood at 462.3 million shares worth 3.4 trillion won. AFP T Anam S«ml. J39S0 WO Br«ln Tacit. **0 -20 Cantral Ban* WTO -JO CnatfCanwn. 14*900 unrt Oaa Gu Bank 24*0 -90 Daasanq
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    • 264 26 AFP Q Composite Index -&51 PHILIPPINE shares fell 0.5 per cent yesterday with sentiment battered by the peso's sharp drop on Tuesday to a 30-month low. The Composite Index finished 8.51 points lower at 1.554.57. Volume was 1.04 billion shares worth 903 million pesos. AFP J1I2 fasa (000) MRCAIMd
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    • 269 26 AFP PWSMO *3140 NEW Zealand stocks closed up 1.7 per cent yesterday as mid-cap stocks performed well and off-shore selling eased, dealers said. The benchmark NZSE-40 Capital Index finished 36.40 points higher at 2141.76 on a turnover of NZ$lO3 million. —AFP mb m m»i Advantage HDS 2.8* 0.09 120
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    • 533 26 AFP QUor«iari« -3.70 AUSTRALIAN shares fell 0.1 per cent yesterday despite an early boost from overnight comments by US Federal chairman Alan Greenspan. The All Ordinaries Index reached a record intra-day high of 3,293.20 but failed to make it three record closes in as many days, ending 3.70 points
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      802 26 AFP D SET Index -L 7» THAI stocks ended 0.55 per cent down yesterday on selling of bank shares by retail investors amid worries about half-year results due to be announced next week. The benchmark SET Index finished down 1.79 points at 323.93 points, in very thin turnover of
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      693 26 AFP n Composite Index -L 63 INDONESIAN share prices closed a marginal 0.32 per cent lower yesterday in directionless trade as the rupiah weakened to a 21-month low, dealers said. Blue chips extended losses on profit-taking while foreign investors remained mostly sidelined, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite
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    • 65 27 I ImKE^SHWV Who is behind an Audemars Piguet watch? AVAILABLE AT: SINGAPORE: Regional Agent, Showroom a Service Centre: AUDEMARS PIGUET (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED. Cortina Watch Centre Pte Ltd 501 Orchard Road #03-10/11 Wheelock Place Singapore *****0 Tel: 238 6678 Fa*: 238 6676. Raffles City #01-36 Tel: *****85 Lucky Plara #01-32
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  • MOTORING page
    • 474 28 Alliances and acquisitions to fuel vehicle components giant's expansion THE world's biggest vehicle components maker Delphi Automotive Systems expects sales in the Asia-Pacific to double by 2005, according to a senior executive. Last year, sales in the region hit US$l.9 billion (553.3 billion),
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    • 453 28  -  Vehicle plant equipment specialist has major project with Sats here AD reports By Christopher Tan EISENMANN of Germany, a vehicle plant equipment specialist, has set up an Asian office here "to be closer to our customers". "We've been in Kuala Lumpur for eight
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    • 222 28 ABOUT a dozen people have plonked down deposits for the super-fast and super-expen-sive Porsche 911 Turbo. At $711,888 apiece, the bookings would translate into sales of $8.5 million for local Porsche agency, Stuttgart Auto. The first deliveries are expected to be in mid-August; and
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    • 279 28 Newer car engines demand near-zero sulphur content to work optimally CLEANER fuels are likely to be legislated to take full advantage of cleaner engines available today, industry sources reckon. Although there are several harmful components in petrol and diesel, the target pollutant is sulphur
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    • 332 28 BURN rate dotcomspeak for capital expenditure is the "most stupid term that's ever been invented", says IT expert, former NTU lecturer and cyber-entrepreneur Ng Kok Loon. Dr Ng, who is launching a Net-based cooperative targeted at car buyers this Saturday,
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 91 28 CALL it a reward if you like. Ulrich Bez, the man hired by Ford Motor to help in its acquisition of Daewoo, has been given the job of heading the American company's prestigious Aston Martin division. Mr Bez was formerly with Daewoo, and was
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      • 104 28 AUTOMOTIVE parts giant Delphi is developing a number of technologies to improve fuel efficiency. One of them is the cylinder deactivation system, which is expected to improve economy by 5-8 per cent. Similar to a system used in the new Mercedes-Benz S-class, it controls the
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      • 50 28 THE Audi A 2, an aluminium subcompact, will not be here this year after all. Apparently, the importer will only bring in the automatic version, which is not available as yet. The new schedule for the radically-stvled A 2 is early next year.
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      • 64 28 QAF Brunei, the royalty-linked automotive-based company, has undergone a major management change. A line of senior executives, including group financial controller Michael Kiew, are no longer with the company. A retiring deputy director of the country's finance ministry is taking over the helm. QAF Brunei
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      • 77 28  -  Compiled bj Christopher Tan TRAIN operator SMRT will launch scented MRT tickets this weekend. A set consists of four tickets in rose, tulip, gerbera and calla lily fragrances. Each set costs $27 and each ticket has a travel value of $5.50. Only
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    • 455 30  -  From Surinder Singh in Sydney HAI Sun Hup, the shipping and hotel conglomerate, has just completed the construction of six penthouses at its Stamford on Kent hotel and residential development in Sydney's CBD and is offering them for sale. The six penthouses each around
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    • 472 30  -  By 1 Marissa Chew HAVE competitions which are blind and open to all, says tne Singapore Institute of Architects which recently came up with a prize to recognise Excellence in Architectural Design Competitions. The first award went to the Land Transport Authority, which last Monday
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    • 1863 32  -  When WH Architects' Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell won the competition to design the SAM and National Stadium stations on the Marina rail system ten days ago, they received calls from fellow practitioners congratulating them on their win and also for putting young local architects in the
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 287 33 MX '000 mb a it CWT Mstr *ut km 0.85 0.03 311 Oman Hup 0.39 0.01 761 Cosco Invastmant 0-21 0.01 274 Freight Link* -.0.23 unch 257 G8 Holdings 0.67 0.02 14 HalSunHMP- .0.39 0.01 342 IMC Hotdlngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.19 0.01 723 Kappal Corp
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    • 648 33  -  Operating costs have escalated while freight rates have fallen dramatically Byl Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Concerns over rising operating costs and historically low freight rates have prompted an Asian feeder line grouping to consider implementing rate increases by the fourth quarter this
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    • 483 33  -  By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The doyen of Singapore's shipping community. the affable John Tan. has retired as a director of Ben Line Agencies after over four decades in the shipping business. "Just say 1 am stepping down after 45 years
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    • 803 34  -  NEWBUXLDS By David Hughes There have been fewer reports over the past fortnight of bulk carrier orders, perhaps a sign that owners are getting nervous about the backlog of newbuildings set to come into the market over the next 18 months or so. On the
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    • 16618 41 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartisar Vassal Voyaga Tataphona ETA ETA Advartisar Vassal Voyaga Talaphona SIN Dasfn NMta Nam* Numbar Numtoar SIN Dast'n Nam* Nama Numbar Numbar .va* i AIMl'B I PWi KSMMMm moms f I To BRISBANE (BNE) 205B Australia To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cota D'lvolra «/o;
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      • 749 45 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure SI Mint Baru 10/00 Jw 4 *j01 12/07/8:40 12/07/20:00 Akbar Putra Jtil-01 J02 12/07/6:05 12/07/23:15 Bt Fitriana ***** J01 12/07/8:30 12/07/23:00 Winstar 1 65SOO J03 12/07/9:20 13/07/6:30 Bayswaterttt M0171 J02 12/07/8:05 12/07/16:00 tl 23 132 J02 12/07/9:05 12/07/17:30 C Proqrws 12Jul J09
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      • 1974 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Bal»i>ce Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ALAMJAYA 2 14/300 It It/1500 I1/M59 Nw-00 2« n/1700 12/0*59 12/0900 21 n/1700 12/0459 12/0900 12/0700 12/1159 12/1400 4 12/1200 I2/M59 12/1700 MUWRT M (VMM II n/1500 11/1*59 Nw-00 2A
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      • 188 45 Jul 14 France: Bastille Day. Jul Iff Brunei: HM The Sultan's Birthday. Jul 17 Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day. Jul 20 Japan: Marine Day. Aa|9 Singapore: National Day. Aug 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. Aug Iff Germany: Assumption Day. Korea: Liberation Day. Anff 17 Indonesia: Independence Day. Aug
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      • 778 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are tndi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index
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      • 565 45 Carbon 180 Mai 990.8 0.S 18.9 0.08 78 0.04 Jul 6 Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above £25 0 0 3 0 0 0 ——380 Aw 966.2 0.2 13.0 0.06 47 0.02 t,"J, 380 Max 993.9 0.5 18.2 0.09 99 0.05 MAM %«ff tt/u
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 285 46 Reuters [COLOMBO] SriLankan Airlines, hit by a slowdown in passenger load following an upsurge in the island's ethnic war, will reassess the feasibility of completing its fleet update programme this year, its chief executive said on Tuesday. "After our peak summer season of June
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      • 223 46 AFP [PARIS] Agencies specialising in corporate identity makeovers, including Lon-don-based Wolff Olins, are pitching to work on a new look for Airbus, the European airliner consortium, industry sources said on Tuesday. A number of international design consultancies are presenting their ideas for relaunching
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      • 66 46 [MILAN] (From left) Walter Vollenweider, senior vice-president alliances, Qualiflyer Group, North Atlantic SAir Group, Vincenzo Soddu, managing director, Volare Group, Gino Zoccai, chairman, Volare Group and Alex Kaufmann, president adviser of the SAir Group, during a press conference on Tuesday after Italian airlines Volare Airline and Air
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      • 210 46 Passenger, cargo traffic rose in first half Bloomberg [GUANGZHOU] China Southern Airlines Co, China's largest carrier, expects 15 per cent more passenger traffic this year, increasing full-year profits, as the re gion's economic recovery generates more demand for cargo and travel. For the first half
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      • 127 46 AP [SEATTLE] Boeing Co said on Tuesday that its commercial jet deliveries are nearly back on schedule as it has all but recovered from the 40-day strike earlier this year by its engineering and technical workers. Boeing delivered 167 commercial jets in the second quarter ended
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      • 666 46 Decision to acquire ELM will depend entirely on shareholder value: Eddington Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pic's new chief executive, addressing shareholders for the first time since his April appointment, reiterated that the airline sees Europe as its backyard and central to the company's "alliance
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      • 428 46 Insurer is hoping BA will offer premium in any takeover of Dutch airline Bloomberg [LONDON! Axa SA boosted to 22.5 per cent from 15.3 per cent the stake in KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV it holds for clients, betting that British Airways pic will offer
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