The Business Times, 24 July 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, JULY 24, 2000
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    67 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Wfeek (hange ST1 2,128.70. +46.81 SIMSCI FITIIRES ...582.40 +6.60 BTSW .816.89. 12.92 KLSECOMP 831.08. -25.16 NIKKEI 16,811.49 -331.41 HANG SENG 17,920.86....+334.70 SET INDEX. 305.496 -9.92 JAKARTA COMP 508.79_ +4.68 MANILA COMP.. 1,479.46... -74.43 TAIPEI WPI— 8,167.37. -350.76 SEOCL OOMP. 783.06 44.89 CLSA CHINA B._ 1,099.40.......
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    76 1 FOBEX BATES US$ SI USS L746 £fl;S$/S$ per 1.513 2J42 EUBO(US$/SS/E) 0336 1.633 DM 1191 #.835 YEN 10fL& 1.609* RM 3.800 0.460 HKS 7.7*7 0.224 BAHT 4026 0.043 RUPUH 8,926 0.020* •ST Id 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 1100 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon Dotcoms with 'old' parentage still hiring
    793 1  -  Bui exclusive Nasdaq correction separates the men from the boys Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] Nasdaq may have suffered a correction and dotcoms some negative press, but the Net Economy is far from becoming a bad phrase to job candidates. In fact, headhunters say hirings in
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    Lock icon G-8 leaders pledge to restart new WTO talks by year's end
    848 1  -  Joint commnniqne also endorses initiatives to close digital divide Frorn Anthony Rowley in Tokyo LEADERS of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations made a bold attempt yesterday to get the global trade liberalisation process back on track after
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    Lock icon BT to launch index on corporate transparency
    916 1  -  By Paul Thompson [SINGAPORE] To help promote corporate transparency, 77ie Business Times will launch a new Corporate Transparency Index (CTI) that will assess the level of disclosure in financial results released by listed companies. The CTI will assess, from shareholders' standpoint, several aspects
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    476 1 WOMAD rolls around again bigger and better thanks to a growing local audience [SINGAPORE] WOMAD or the World of Music, Arts and Dance returns to Singapore on Sept 1-3 in a big way, thanks to a better economic environment and a growing local audience responsive
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      Lock icon It's Samak as Bangkok governor with 45% votes
      568 2  -  He beats Sndarat Keyuraph&n of Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party with charisma and populism FYtrm] Harish Mehta in Bangkok VETERAN Thai politician Samak Sundaravej swept to power as the governor of Bangkok, handsomely winning 45 per cent of votes cast. He delivered
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      Lock icon Wall St bulls are back but danger lurks
      741 2 The Fed is cutting money supply growth. Analysts say US stocks may be heading into deep waters Reuters [NEW YORK] IT'S happening aU over again. The bulls are running on Wall Street, just weeks after the stock market suffered a stunning fall.
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      776 2  -  I :j| comment ECONOMICS Single European cnrrency get to challenge greenback on many fronts vikram khanna WE live in a world that is largely US dollar dominated and denominated, but perhaps not for much longer. The euro looks well set to challenge the greenback on
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      190 2 10 th August 2000 Holiday Inn Park View 9.00 am 5.00pm Conductedby: ANDERS RAMSELL, SWEDEN FEES *****.00 per participant (Inclusive of lunch, 2 coffee breaks, training materials certificate of attendance) COURSE CONTENTS 1. What is Key Account Management? 7. Defensive Key Account Management 2. Lateral thinking in Key Account as
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      743 3  -  Potential influence exceeds the number of day traders because of their heavy trading, which the SEC estimates at 15% of Nasdaq's daily volume, David McManghton reports David McNaughton NYT [ATLANTA] DAY trading has not gone away. Almost two years after regulators began investigating the industry, and one year
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      181 3 JobsDB.com We really are Singapore's Asia Pacific's No. 1 interactive recruitment network Looking for staff, look no further! More than 20,000 multinational and local corporations recruit (a* JobsDB.com daily, A figure that we can prove! We provide the best candidates from acioss the region with the most promising career opportunities.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Bank shares look to interim results for further support
      953 4  -  CORPORATE RESULTS PREVIEW BANKS But brokers say downside would be limited as loans growth is up, rate fears have eased By Siow Li Sen LOCAL banks, which have made a good recovery in the stock market since their May lows, could
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      Lock icon Compass Point draws big names as major tenants
      595 4  -  They are department store Metro, supermarket Cold Storage, fnrnitiire dealer Courts and foodcoort operator Kopitiam Byl Kalpana Rashiwala CENTRE POINT Properties has selected Metro, Cold Storage, Courts and Kopitiam as its anchor or major tenants for Compass Point mall in Sengkang which
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      Lock icon All but one analyst see SMRT debuting at a premium
      974 7  -  11 watch Stock not expected to reap spectacular gains on its debut even though all news about SMRT is good By Christopher Tan FARE. That's the primary component of Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corp's revenue stream, and vital ingredient to
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      Lock icon North 22, Sybase tie up to develop, distribute software
      142 7 HONGKONG-BASED North 22 Technology Services Group has roped in US-based computer software developer Sybase Inc to jointly develop and distribute enterprise por tal software and related ser vices in Asia. The company said this was part of its plans to establish
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      Lock icon ei-Nets ropes in big wigs to help drive global push
      791 8  -  Cham Tao Soon, Hans Gntsch among the prominent names on the board By* Johnny Too HOMEGROWN ei-Nets.com, a designer, builder and operator of industry-specific e-business systems, has roped in Cham Tao Soon, Nanyang Technological University president, and Hans Gutsch, an
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      Lock icon Crown Cork plans to delist CMB Asia, will use company to expand in Asia
      280 8 US packaging firm Crown Cork Seal Co, which will be making a general offer for CarnaudMetalbox Asia Ltd for $3.23 cash per share, does not intend to retain the listing status of the latter. "It is
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      219 4 I p CT* A VJ|K£b I "SL I HL Hfe lifek Hki Ik '>•' fß&a Hk Hi 98. BMkn<WBrtfttmberg-The Gtmun Sonth-Wtst I Find out how at our Seminar, organized by the I Baden-Wurttemberg Agency for International I Economic Cooperation (GWZ), Germany I 2nd of August, The Topics: I at the
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      199 5 Some people never worry about a lounge being available for them. Are you one of them? 1 H m t v I Ii ri~ 1 I Ml 11 i J lin I —.fei r- ji- i 'W- ag&S v'"o**u Wouldn't it be nice if your status preceded you, no matter
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      413 6 *,Wy19 Source: JM S Stocks Volume TTInt15c 123,870,000 ITech4c 121,160,000 Goodpacklc 117,130,000 Jadasonlc 103,725,000 MediaRing 10c 88,937,000 North 22 US1c 83,074,000 AirOcean5c 77,741,000 IPC020C 72,983,000 Ezyhealth 5c 71,960,000 PNE Ind 10c 71,916,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 257,670,267 DBSGrp 157.112,295 SPH 132,677,276 PacificCentury 131,652,060 SIA 131,127,164 Nat Etec 10c 110,798,259 VentureMfg25c
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      Lock icon Mixed trading seen as players stay on the sidelines
      574 6  -  I comment STOCKS wong wei kong STOCKMARKET punters gazing at the crystal ball are still likely to see more mixed trading ahead, notwithstanding the market's gains last week. The Straits Times Index closed last Friday at 2,126.70, up 2.25 per cent
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      Lock icon Haw Par warrants offer good trading opportunity
      186 6  -  WARRANT WATCH -By' Wong Wei Kong HAW Par Corp warrants rose 5 cents or 5.15 per cent to a day high of $1.02 last Friday, after opening at the day low of 97 cents. Volume, however, was thin at just 73,000 units. Haw
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      Lock icon GES: technical indicators mixed
      243 6  -  HOT STOCK -By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of GES International closed higher last Friday, with the stock finishing also on the session's most active list. GES shares closed up 5 cents or 2.89 per cent at $1.78. The stock opened at $1.77 and hit a day
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      130 6 ♦THE board of directors of Advanced Systems Automation Ltd said its subsidiary, Advanpack Solutions Pte Ltd, has increased its issued and paid-up capital from $17.3 million to $23.3 million by a further issue of 6 million new ordinary shares of $1 each. Advanced Systems Automation Ltd has subscribed
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      Lock icon Currencies expected to fall on political concerns
      481 6 Political concerns will take centre stage in Indonesia and the Philippines this week. Today will see President Joseph Estrada giving his State of the Nation address in Manila. Traders are concerned that the occasion will be used by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
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      128 6 This announcement appears as a matter of record only July 2000 BtC BRC Asia Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 14 December 1938) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 143,200,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF $0,025 EACH COMPRISING 37,000,000 NEW SHARES AND 106,200,000 VENDOR SHARES AS FOLLOWS:(A) 14,320,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.25
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      121 7 4 DIAL > 44 [> 207 [> *****67 COUNTRY CODE AREA CODE TELEPHONE NUMBER (eg. UK) (eg. London) For quality business communications, IDD 008 is the only number you need. Star Hub's premium service gives you instant connection, excellent reliability and superb clarity. Unlike the other IDD operator, which charges
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      103 8 Corporation Ltd r INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING 492,000,000 existing Shares at 550.61 each (subject to an Over-allotment Option of up to 73,800,000 Shares as described in the Prospectus dated 17 July 2000) Applications for Shares may be made on printed Application Forms referred to and on the terms and conditions set
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      194 8 RESTAURANT BUSINESS I I OPPORTUNITY I I Two profitable well-established western I I restaurant (award wining) along Orchard I I Road looking for take over. Owner wanted I I to focus on core business. I I Very good prospect for franchising. Suitable I I for individual or company who want
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      Lock icon Inflation still soft, June CPI up 0.8%
      343 9  -  the economy prices By Serena Ng INFLATION continues to be soft, with the June consumer price index rising 0.8 per cent from a year earlier. This was slightly higher than May, when the CPI rose just 0.5 per cent as compared to May
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      Lock icon Rich rewards of franchising
      922 9  -  Informatics, which franchises its IT training schools internationally, saw net profit rise 17.7% a year in past 5 years By- Teh Hooi Ling Franchising can be an extremely rewarding proposition. Sceptics only have to look at the following numbers: Informatics Holdings, which franchises its information technology
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      Lock icon Khattar Wong in tie-up with world No 5 law firm
      585 10  -  They will strike a strategic alliance first before deciding on a fall partnership By Conrad Raj KHATTAR Wong Partners, one of Singapore's leading law firms, has formed a strategic alliance with the world's fifth-largest law firm, Eversheds. "By joining forces,
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      Lock icon For KHL, Net complements its print business
      1018 10  -  Firm plans turnover of $100 m by 2002, listing next year fty Ling Su Ann CONTRARY to what many may think, the advent of the Internet has not diminished the demand for the print media. One printing company that has actually benefited from
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      Lock icon Cross IT divide with multilingual content
      272 10 STpore can Up the non-English market: Swee Say SINGAPORE may be one of the most IT (Information Technology) intensive and Internet pervasive countries in the world but not every Singaporean is on the right side of the digital divide, Minister of State for Trade
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      Lock icon SGX should adopt a 10-bid order band
      218 10  -  M AILI «ET7I Ang Hao Yao Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter by Denis Distant, "Scrap the ruling on 'forced' bids, SGX" (BT, July 22). I too agree that the six-bid ruling is rather strict. In a volatile market, a stock
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      203 9 BUSINESS SERVICES/PRODUCTS The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 201 266. B«y It. Sd It. Find It. SIEMENS 5 < x > -t There is more to us than meets the eye. Though the 'how' is not always immediately apparent, the results are obvious. As a global knowledge-based company and systems integrator,
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      833 10 j= K. K KINOBOARO COPf« FOIL HOUNNQS UWTH) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of KINGBOARD COPPER FOIL HOLDINGS LIMITED will be held at Windows East Room, 20* Floor, Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, 190 Orchard Boulevard, Singapore *****6 on Tuesday, 8 August 2000 at 10:00 a.m. to
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      Lock icon Online music hits sour note with recording industry
      589 11 ATLANTA Industry resists digital downloading by filing lawsuits to prevent pirating of its mnsic online NYT DIGITAL music is one of the Internet's final frontiers but not for long. Many industry watchers say music lovers will be able to buy music online
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      Lock icon US e-spending in June up US$600m over May
      362 11 NEW YORK July-Dec period may be m&ke-or-break time for e-t&ilers Reuters FATHER'S Day and graduation boosted US online sales for the month of June, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation and Forrester Research Inc. Sales of small appliances, tools
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        Lock icon IBM to expand Linux operations
        48 11 AFX [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp said it will invest "more than" US$2OO million (***** million) over the next four years to expand its European Linux operations. It plans to open development centres in France, the UK, Germany, Poland and Hungary. —AFX
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        Lock icon NEC wins Russian satellite deal
        81 11 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese computer giant NEC Corp has won a US$lOO million (Ssl74 million) contract with the Russian government to supply three broadcasting satellites, a report said yesterday. Teaming up with leading trading house Sumitomo Corp, NEC will provide a Russian state-run telecommunications firm with
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        Lock icon Palm plans to offer cheaper model
        87 11 AP [SANTA CLARA, California] Palm Inc next month plans to release a new, lower-priced model of its popular hand-held electronic organisers, hoping to grab back some of the business taken by Handspring's popular Visor line. It declined comment on reports that it plans to
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      Lock icon Tuning in to the future
      54 11 [TOKYO] KIMONO-CLAD Yukie Takano trying out Internet surfing at the opening of the Exhibition of Dream Technologies for the 21st Century in Tokyo last Friday. The show, which will run for 17 days, provides a glimpse into future technologies in the information and communications and
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      Lock icon ING to launch Internet banking in US
      304 11 LONDON FT ING, the Dutch financial services group, is to launch an Internet bank in the US, backed by a chain of coffee shops to give it a physical presence. ING Direct will open for business in the late summer in the Philadelphia
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      34 12 ttfl vySS^^^l ..':t 1 i... Agilent Technologies Innovating the HP Way Agilent Technologies is a new company comprised of the former Hewlett-Packard test and measurement, chemical analysis, semiconductor components and medical products businesses, www.agilent.com
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      Lock icon BN seen fixing Maybank merger snag
      529 13 laterveatien ii inevitable a* the banking secter%Jan deadline for oonselidatieKi draws near, says rnnj^i: [KUALA LUMPUR] The Maybank Phileo Allied Bank merger snag is likely to draw Bank Negara's intervention to ensure that the January deadline for the sector's consolidation is met, the New
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      Lock icon MPHB stake sale seen going ahead soon: report
      232 13 KUALA LUMPUR Main interest centres on the firm's unit Magnnm Reuters A DEAL for a 32 per cent stake in Malaysian gaming and finance firm Multi-pur-pose Holdings Bhd (MPHB), which has hung fire for 14 months, is expected to be tied up
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      Lock icon Jakarta nod for last of big bank bailouts
      570 14 JAKARTA BRI, BTN, Bank Bali to be recapitalised, probably with government bonds Reuters INDONESIA has largely completed formal approval of one of the world's costliest banking sector bailouts, around 650 trillion rupiah (*****.8 billion) some 90 per cent of gross domestic product.
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      Lock icon Stan Ho in HK$600m Macau project: report
      246 14 HONGKONG AP MACAU'S casino magnate and a top gambling tour operator have teamed up to propose an "entertainment wharf' that would include an artificial volcano spewing man-made lava, a Hongkong newspaper reported yesterday. Stanley Ho, who has controlled Macau's lucrative casino trade since
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      Lock icon Asean to reinvent itself in bid to boost trade strength
      663 14  -  Asean-Plns 3 will link North-east and South-east Asia From Harish Mehta in Bangkok WITH most Asean states still not having fully recovered from the regional economic crisis, the grouping is reinventing itself by developing closer economic links with Japan, South
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      Lock icon Taiwan to ease curbs on high-tech investments in China
      272 14 TAIPEI AFP THE Taiwanese authorities plan to relax restrictions on mainland-bound investments by domestic high technology companies, an approach Economic Minister Lin Hsin-yi said was a must to comply with global trends, it was reported yesterday. Mr Lin told a gathering
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      Lock icon KL bourse faces hurdles
      680 14  -  =1 i comment KL STOCKS Protracted reforms of key sectors may cap upside eddie toh THE Malaysian stock market seems to have recovered decisively although several hurdles lie ahead. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index has clawed back from its recent low of about 780
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        Lock icon China FDI drops 7.5% in 1st half
        71 14 AFP [BEIJING] Foreign direct investment in China dropped 7.5 per cent in the first half of the year compared with the same period last year, the China Business Weekly said yesterday. Actual FDI in the first six months of2ooo totalled US$l7.2 billion (Ss3o
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        Lock icon Protests to greet Estrada's speech
        61 14 AFP [MANILA] Thousands of leftists, unionists and students will protest while transport workers will strike when President Joseph Estrada delivers his annual state of the nation address today. The Movement for National Democracy yesterday said an allied transport group would mount a strike to paralyse
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        62 14 Reuters [SURABAYA] Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday said some members of the UN Security Council wanted international troops deployed to end religious slaughter in the spice islands. But he said he had rebuffed what amounts to the strongest pressure yet on Indonesia to allow peacekeepers
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      1407 14 CLAREMONT HEIGHTS LTD (Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands) CONDITIONAL VOLUNTARY CASH OFFER FOR CARNAUDMETALBOX ASIA LIMITED (Incorporated m the H«put*c at Stngtfion) Introduction On behalf of the Board of Directors of Claremont Heights Ltd ("CHL" or "Offeror"), The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd ("DBS Bank") wishes to announce that
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        Lock icon New oil find in Nigeria
        74 15 AFP [LAGOS] Anglo-Dutch oil giants Royal Dutch/ Shell have made a new oil discovery estimated at up to 100 million barrels in southern Nigeria, the company said today. The discovery was made in the Soku North area of Rivers State, Shell's Nigerian subsidiary Shell Petroleum
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        Lock icon Honeywell to buy back 40m shares
        51 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Honeywell International on Friday said it would buy back up to 40 million of its common shares, or 5 per cent of the total outstanding, worth about US$l.5 billion (552.6 billion) at recent market prices. The shares are undervalued, Honeywell said.
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        Lock icon USX-US Steel Q2 profit doubles
        68 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] USX-US Steel Group, the largest US steel maker, said mi Friday its second quarter earnings more than doubled as it shipped more steel and average selling prices rose. Its earnings in the quarter, excluding some one-time items, rose to US$66 million (*****.8
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        Lock icon British arms exports down by 50%
        79 15 AFP [LONDON] Hie value of British arms exports fell by 50 per cent to £960 million (552.6 billion) last year as sales to Saudi Arabia and Asia slowed, the government said on Friday. A Foreign Office spokesman said that the decline ramp as weapons
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        Lock icon Kia Motors expected to post profits
        56 15 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's Kia Motors Corp, which only three years ago collapsed under massive debts, is expected to post a hefty first half profit in August because its mini-vans are so popular, analysts said. Kia's net profit would reach about 170 billion won
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      Lock icon Fashionably baggy
      81 15 [BERLIN] Two models late on Saturday taking to the catwalk wearing items from a most unusual fashion presentation held in Berlin. The male model's outfit (main picture) is fashioned'from normal high street shop plastic shopping bagsfilled with pieces of polystyrene. The woman's 'dress'(right) is made from bags that
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      Lock icon Members vote to demutualise SFE
      99 15 ■SYDNEY Reuters MEMBERS of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE), the largest Asian-Pacific derivatives exchange, voted overwhelmingly to demutualise and list the 40-year-old mutual valued between Asl3o million (*****.9 million) and AslsB million. "Demutualisation will allow the SFE to adopt a broader market access policy, improve
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      Lock icon Venture capital caught in vicious cycle
      541 15 WASHINGTON Problems are sore to arise when greed overrides good investment sense LAT-WP WHEN too much money is chasing too few profitable investment opportunities, bad things are bound to happen. And that vicious cycle may be developing now in the high-stakes world of venture
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      Lock icon Data expected to show US growth slowed in Q2
      582 15 WASHINGTON Employment cost index tipped to show that inflation pressures are easing AFX-Asia DATA to be released in the coming week will show US growth slowing and inflation pressures easing somewhat in the second-quarter, after strong tallies in the previous period,
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      Lock icon US bond market is ripe for the picking, experts say
      211 15 NEW YORK Reuters AT a time when the US economy remains strong, credit rating agencies are sounding the alarm over rising corporate default rates. This has made investors more wary of junk bonds issued by companies with credit ratings lower
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      Lock icon HypoVereinsbank in deal to buy Bank Austria
      507 15 MUNICH It will pay 7.8b euros in stock to create Europe's fourth largest bank Bloomberg 3 HYPOVEREINSBANK AG, Germany's second biggest bank, on Saturday agreed to buy Bank Austria for 7.8 billion euros (5512.7 billion) in stock to expand in Eastern Europe, where
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      Lock icon US warns banks over weak internal controls
      173 16 WASHINGTON AFX Asia THE US has warned banks that weak internal controls may lead to serious problems, including significant operational losses. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued an advisory letter warning that "it is increasingly important that bank managers
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      Lock icon N Korean isolation may end soon
      587 16  -  Pyongyang figures prominently in the 6-8 summit discussions tY<rm, Anthony Rowley in Okinawa FLUSH with the success of his recent meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong 11, and the "positive" reception which he claimed this had received at the Group of Eight (G-8)
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      571 17 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON! Oil prices slipped amid confusion as to whether or not Opec producers would pump more oil to soothe overheating world markets. The week began on a blue note for oil traders as the incumbent Opec chief,
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      652 18 NKW YORK Jury still out over whether Fed will raise rates despite Greenspan's comments AFP, Reuters IN a mediocre week in which Wall Street avoided serious damage only by encouraging comments from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, the Nasdaq dropped 152.33 points,
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      287 18 LONDON AFP THE London market fell slightly amid thin summer time trading and predictions from some analysts that another interest rate rise might be on the cards. The FTSE 100 Index of leading shares fell by 97 points, or 1.5 per cent,
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      326 18 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo are likely to struggle to top the 17,000-point level in the week ahead as investors fret over interim corporate results, brokers said. "Investors want to try to lift the index above 17,000, but they will be
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      264 18 HONGKONG AFP THE Hongkong stock market could break through strong resistance at 18,000 points and reach 18,200 in the week ahead, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 334.70 points, or 1.9 per cent, over the week to close at 17,920.86 on Friday,
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      871 18 El Sydney +26.7 THE Australian share market is expected to fall back from its record levels in the week ahead, as investors in the United States and Australia reassess Alan Greenspan's testimony, brokers said. "Wall Street may have got a touch carried away by what Greenspan said after
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      439 19 AFP Q Composite Index -25J6 MALAYSIAN stocks are expected to remain largely unchanged in the coming week in a stagnant market, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index closed on Friday at 831.08, down 4.22 points on the day, and down 25.16
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      605 20 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup [TOKYO] While the summerholiday lethargy is pickingup, the week ahead offers a few events that should still attract reasonable attention. In the US, the second leg of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony on monetary policy before the House
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      1129 22  -  No comDelline reasons left for Washington to maintain its huge commitments in the Middle East From. Leon Hadar in Washington THE Arab-Israeli conflict is now in the process of being "de-internationalised", transformed from a major regional conflict with enormous global ramifications for the US
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      940 23 I he Business Times, Monday, July 24, 2000 ■ii .■»i flmtnU Baby Talk. 3.00 Those Were The Days. LOO Business Tonight. I'l7 ill i 4.00 Hang Time (Sitcom). 415 Because You Love Me. L3O The Probe Team. 9.00 AM Kids Central: 430 Rollerjam. 5.10 Love At Last. 2.00 to 6.00
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      308 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 4 A page, however, has plenty (7) 1 Chap has one boat refurbished 6 J**™?,* 5^ ncrt n v 9 ue 30(1 in Canada (8) 5 Elderly alumnus returned from 7 forme MP tn real the wine-shoo (6) distress (8) 9 Mark came back in time to
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      578 24  -  An evening which began stiffly ended with a delicious swing at last Friday's SSO concert, writes P 7 YAM P Y VAN THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra's ambitious Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle, which will span three months, began last Friday with the Piano Concerto No 1
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      207 24 AFP [LONDON] To patients with open wounds, having live maggots placed on your body might not seem the most attractive treatment around. But it could be the most effective, claim doctors in north-western England who have been testing out their theory on brave
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      56 25 Top stories A 1 Shugarf s back with ASI Page 2 Big e-demand from overseas Asians Page 6 Cyber-bludging costs biz a bomb Page 7 Photonics to the fore Page 12 Commentaries The Info Age and social breakdown. Patrick Daniel reflects on Francis Fukuyama's talk last week Page 4 Employee
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      859 26  -  FiiexcTusIve Asia is strategic to Quantum, given its huge manufacturing investments here Reports by Raju Chellam US storage giant Quantum Corp is betting big on Asia now. It has just centralised all its customised configuration work for its hard disk drives (HDDs) globally
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      Lock icon A strong Asian presence
      183 26 QUANTUM Asia-Pacific Ltd, located in Singapore, is the regional HQ and logistics centre for the US$4.7 billion (SsB.2 billion) Quantum Corp. Set up in 1989, Quantum Asia-Pacific makes and markets a range of digital storage products. It tied up with Japan-based Matsu-shita-Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd in
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      Lock icon Al Shugart's back with ASI
      634 26  -  p:id exclusive It manages a few ventore capital fands and provides PR for fast-growing companies By Andrew Wee ALAN Shugart is back with a vengeance. The former cofounder Seagate Technology, the world's biggest computer disk-drive maker, is back, bigger and bolder than ever. "Life is
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      Lock icon Shugart's Blue Sky Research here
      104 26 BLUE Sky Research (BSR) will set up a centre of excellence here, starting with eight people. The privately-owned company specialises in the design, manufacture and marketing of photonics or electro-optical components used in data storage and telecom applications. Common applications include laser-diodes found in CDROM
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      Lock icon IBM to launch business line of fast computers
      152 28 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp. on Monday will unveil a commercial version of the world's fastest supercomputer in a challenge to Sun Microsystems Inc. The new machine is powered by as many as 8,192 processors with copper wiring, which
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      864 28  -  1=11 comment INFOTECH The theme of Francis Fukuyama's talk last week was that In the age of IT, old rales break down, but can new heights of achievement result from this destruction? patrick daniel The writer is BT's Editor. EVER since Francis Fukuyama shot
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        Lock icon Brokat, Temasek Poly setup e-biz lab
        77 28 TEMASEK Polytechnic has tied up with Brokat Asia to set up an e-commerce learning lab at the poly. The $1 million facility will consist of workstations and servers running Brokat's Twister software. It will be used for learning and implementation of Internet transaction applications
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        Lock icon Compaq, iSoftel in telephony deal
        61 28 COMPAQ Computer Asia and iSoftel Ltd have tied up to develop integrated telephony solutions for telecommunications service providers using Compaq's hardware and iSoftel's telephony solutions. Compaq said it may acquire up to 5 per cent of iSoftel's equity. iSoftel can tap into Compaq's resources and
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        Lock icon Aztech's Net2Room gets $2.8m funding
        52 28 SESDAQ-LISTED Aztech Systems' joint venture company in the hospitality industry, Net2Room.com, has got a total of |2.8 million from Japan Asia Investment Co Ltd and Sharp International Holding Ltd. Net2Room uses both Aztech's Internet and networking solutions to provide broadband connectivity and applications to the
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        Lock icon Mentor Graphics' business director
        42 28 MENTOR Graphics Asia Pte Ltd has appointed Tan Huan Peow as business director for the company's Pacific Rim South, based in Singapore. Mr Tan was previously business development director for the Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore.
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        Lock icon Forum on adding value to IT biz
        42 28 A FORUM entitled "How to Add Value to an IT Business or IT Community" will be held on Thursday at the Merchant Court Hotel. It is organised by iandi Asia— Singapore. For details, e-mail laychintan@iandiasia.com.
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        Lock icon Talk on building XML-enabled apps
        38 28 A SEMINAR on "Building XML-enabled Applications" will be held on Aug 2 at Hotel Intercontinental. The event is organised by Software AG and Elixir Technology. For details, fax to 336-3587, or e-mail E-CO@softwareag.com.
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        Lock icon Life and death of a dotcom explored
        41 28 A SEMINAR on "Life and Exit of a Dotcom: Practical Legal and Business Issues" will be held on Aug 4 at Hotel Intercontinental. It is organised by Butterworths Asia. For details, fax tp 336-9662.
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        39 28 A CONFERENCE on "Banking Finance 2000: Delivering solutions through IT" will be held on Aug 17 at the Marina Mandarin hotel. It is organised by THC conferences. For details, fax to 337-4425 or e-mail chris@thcpress.com.
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        Lock icon EPC's e-biz seminars next month
        71 28 ENTERPRISE Promotion Centres will organise the following seminars at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. For details, fax to 278-7518, or e-mail learning@epc.com.sg. "Strategic E-commerce for CEOs" on Aug 28 Two-day seminar on "E-commerce for Managers: How to Create, Implement and Manage an E-commerce Business" from
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        50 28  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam SINGAPORE'S National Science and Technology Board and Thomson Financial's Venture Economics Group will jointly organise Tech Venture Asia 2000 investment forum, from Sep 13-15. The guest-of-honour will be Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo. For details, e-mail techventure.2ooo@tfh.com.hk.
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      Lock icon Big e-demand from overseas Asians
      469 30  -  PTT exclusive E-commerce by overseas Chinese and Indians will jump 10-fold by 2004: study By' Toh Han Shih OVERSEAS Asian communities form an important Internet marie e t according to a new study by Salomon Smith Barney (SSB). Among overseas Asians, Chinese form the most
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      Lock icon Microsoft Dell fading as market bellwethers
      183 30 .IWW''IP' AP tent the undispated heavyweight it once m and the broader market no longer reacts to ita ups and downs they way it once did. that is threatening to breakup the company. But broader economic forces are also at work. "While it's true
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      Lock icon Cyber-bludging costs biz a bomb
      393 31  -  An hour of surfing during office hours costs Australia As3l2m in lost productivity From Surinder Singh in Sydney ORPORATE Australia M is set to lose A 522.5 bilU 1 lion (Ss23 billion) this year from the so-called "cyber-bludging", acH cording to Internet reI search firm
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      Lock icon Online ad rates set to fall
      429 31  -  New forms of marketing on the Net will do a better job of targeting customers By' Tang Weng Fai INTERNET ad rates will fall 30-40 per cent next year and new forms of e-marketing will emerge. Current rates for banner ads range from US$3O-US$6O
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      Lock icon Employee stress can cost profits
      846 32  -  Technology does not always alleviate stress. Companies need strategies to assist their employees manage stress michael loh The writer is the director of e-transformation practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. The views expressed here are his own. FOOD Lion Inc is one of the fastest-growing grocery chains in
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      268 32  -  In Singapore, it hopes to sell 200-300 tickets a day at about US$45O each By] Daniel Buenas GERMAN-BASED Tiss GmbH last week launched its Asian subsidiary, Tiss.com Asia Pte Ltd, and its new etravel website at www.tiss.com.sg. Targeting a tech-savvy audience in the 25-40 age
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      Lock icon Computer test for nuke devices
      237 32 AFP [WASHINGTON] Three leading US nuclear weapons laboratories have found a way to conduct three-dimensional computer tests of key components of thermonuclear devices, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. The breakthrough could take a key argument away from nuclear test ban opponents by removing the
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      Lock icon Stratech planning online medical database system
      227 33 [SINGAPORE] Homegrown Stratech Systems Ltd, which plans to announce its initial public offering soon, is now developing a web-based online medical benefits and claims information system. Called Smart Care, it will be targeted at insurance companies, healthcare providers, and the corporate sector, and will
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      Lock icon Trading places on the Net
      765 33  -  PTT exclusive Electronic hubs for goods trading is set to become the next big thing in 828 e-commerce By Toh Han Shih Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce exchanges is a new phenomenon that will become big in the next few years and will grow to account for
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      Lock icon Senior VP Wellman resigns from Cisco
      240 33 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California! Cisco Systems Inc said last Friday its senior vice-president, Selby Wellman, who helped the company beat International Business Machines Corp in the computer-networking equipment market, is leaving. Cisco, the No 1 maker of networking gear, said Mr Wellman, 58, is
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      Lock icon Microsoft's lead in operating systems to continue
      350 34  -  Linux will continue to make inroads into the market but not enough; Mac still has long way to go, says IDC By Raju Chellam DESPITE the enthusiasm for Linux, Microsoft will maintain its lead in the client operating environment (COE) market, according to
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        Lock icon Aztech's new DSL rooter coming
        71 34 LISTED Aztech Systems Ltd's DSL Turboßouter 9100R, targeted at SMEs and small businesses, will make its debut next month, and bring digital subscriber line (DSL) speeds to desktops. The US$399 (Ss7oo) external modem comes with a four-port 10/100 Mbps switch, supports transmission at up to
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        Lock icon Norton Net security for home users
        67 34 SYMANTEC CORP has launched Norton Internet Security 2000 version 2.0 in standard and Family editions, calling it "the industry's first ftilly integrated personal Internet security suites designed for consumers". It gives Windows users protection against hackers and privacy intrusions, as well as parental control
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        Lock icon Novell's Business suite for SMEs
        81 34 NOVELL INC has announced Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 that "enables small businesses to take advantage of the same tools that help many Fortune 500 companies manage and grow their business", Novell said. The Suite comes with IBM Web Sphere, Network Associates' Virus Scan and
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        Lock icon New solution from Attachmate
        58 34 US-BASED Attachmate Corp has announced its e-Vantage Enterprise Access Objects version 2.2. This "Siebel 99 approved" product lets corporate users access information seamlessly from legacy systems such as mainframes, midrange systems and AS/400 hosts, in real time. The solution supports all major network protocols and costs
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        65 34  -  uompueo oy Raju Chellam DESIGN firm Autodesk Inc has unveiled a suite of solutions targeted at the communications, utilities, government and land development industries. The solutions are based on the new AutoCAD ***** Internet design platform and include Map 2000 i, Land Development Desktop Release 2i, Civil
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      Lock icon AOL to use RealNetworks software on its network
      543 34  -  The pact is a boon to AOL, which wants to become a leading broadband player By] Reshma Kapadia Reuters [NEW YORK] Internet giant America Online Inc said on Thursday it will deploy RealNetworks Inc's software throughout its network, marking AOL's largest deal
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      Lock icon UUDirect Flex launched for SMEs
      463 35  -  It offers SMEs a flexible pricing plan based on traffic samples taken off bandwidth used every five minutes By' Tang Weng Fai UUNET SINGAPORE, the commercial ISP arm of World Com Inc last week announced a new pricing plan for Net access targeted at SMEs.
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      Lock icon Japan's big chipmakers plot record investment
      454 35  -  Move comes amid shortage of chips for cell phones By Yuka Obayashi Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's top semiconductor makers are planning record investment to boost output capacity this year, amid a shortage of chips for cell phones and expected strong growth driven by an information
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      Lock icon Big Blue's new DB2 debut
      165 35  -  Product targeted at SMEs and large enterprises, especially those going into e-biz By] Daniel Buenas US GIANT IBM Corp last week launched its DB2 Universal Database Version 7, claiming it is "the only database to fully integrate e-business, business intelligence and content management capabilities at
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        663 36  -  The global photonics market is worth about US$9O billion, and Singapore should capture a slice of that, as DAinEL BUEMAS found out at a recent forum DANIEL BUENAS WITH increasing advances in optical technologies globally, Singapore should be able to tap into the opportunities generated by
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        Lock icon DoubleClick bullish about online ads
        404 36  -  Its S'pore operations now offer 12m impressions a month for 16 websites By 1 Tang Weng Fai US-BASED Double Click Inc hopes to garner up to 10 per cent of all online ads globally by 2005, and expects to turn a profit in the next
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          Lock icon An e-assistance from Intellical
          58 36 INTEL! JC ALL Pte Ltd, part of the local Iverson group, said it has created Asia's first eAssistant, an online shopping assistance service that provides personalised assistance to Internet shoppers via text chat, VoIP, e-mail, call-hack, and form-sharing. Hie core technology comes from Avaya, the networking
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          51 36 US-BASED Xpedite Inc has launched Messageßeach, an outsourced e-mail service for companies that need large scale distribution. It is available here through Xpedite's subsidiary, Premiere Information Systems Pte Ltd. The solution comes with features such as message tracking, encryption, personalisation, and automated administration. For details, go to
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          53 36 YAHOO! Singapore has added Yahoo! Singapore Mobile —at hap:/ mobile.yahoo.com.sg—to its network of Web properties to help mobile users manage their wireless and mobile communication needs from one location. Currently, it supports devices based on Palm Computing's platform and offers access to news, downloads and tutorials
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          67 36 DEUTSCHE Bank has launched db-eTrustCard. a hardware-baaed security solution and the first Identrus-based smart card for business applications worldwide. The smartcard contains a private key which Is used to create a digital signature and a digital certificate of Identrus to ensure secure 828 e-transactions. Identrus was formed
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      276 37 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THERE is no let-up in buyers' pursuit of modern tanker tonnage from Aframaxes to VLCCs. Rumours abound in respect of significantly high offers being made to owners to try and persuade them to consider tonnage and whilst there is only one sale of
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      540 37  -  Measure among others approved by IMO in wake of Erika incident By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A new mandatory ship-reporting system for the English Channel is among the measures approved by the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) safety sub-committee in the wake of the Erika
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      672 37  -  LINER SCENE By] David Hughes THESE days there seems to be a new liner shipping Internet portal popping up almost every week. At first glance, it looked like there was another press release announcing a handy way for shippers to
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      373 37  -  Member lines nsing Jakarta port as hub for service to northern Europe From P T Bangsberg in Manila THE Grand Alliance of shipping lines launched its first direct rails to Indonesia at Jakarta International Container Terminal in the Port of Tanjung Priok,
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      220 37 Reuters (SHANGHAI] Hongkong listed port developer Hutchison Whampoa plans to set up a joint venture with China's N ingbo Port Co to be listed on the Hongkong stock exchange, a Ningbo Port official said. Hutchison planned to invest cash to account for 49 per
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        321 38  -  Reports David Hughes in London THE eastbound trans-Pacific box trade became the first one-way route to see its vessel capacity pass the 10 million TEU mark this month, according to World Liner Supply. a new quarterly report from shipping database ComPair Data. Ocean
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        298 38 GEORGE Chao and Belgium's CMB group have succeeded in winning shareholder support for their plan to buy out and privatise Hongkong's Wah Kwong shipping firm. Shareholders representing just over 94 per cent of the company's holdings agreed to a US$54 million (Ss94 million)
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        132 38 CANADA-BASED tanker giant Teekay Shipping has seen second quarter profits soar to U5546.74 million (5581.5 million), from U*****,000 last year, on the back of skyrocketing rates for modern aframaxes, which have seen average voyage earnings double, and a rise in fleet size following last
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          96 38 UK-BASED First International is set to buy German capesize bulk operator Krupp Seeschiffahrt from its parent firm Thyssen-Krupp for an undisclosed fee, subject to due diligence and ship checks. Krupp operates 20 ships totalling nearly 4 million dwt, including six owned vessels of over 240,000 dwt
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          77 38 SPAIN has completed the merger of its two state-run shipbuilders, Bazan and Astilleros Espanoles (AESA). AESA has been struggling for some time and its takeover by Bazan has been heralded as a possible lifesaver for the yard's workers. Bazan, whose name the new unit will bear, is
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          68 38 US-BASED American Ships subsidiary Lykes Lines has split its North America-South Africa liner service into two loops, one for the US East Coast and another for the Gulf. The company says the rejigged service greatly improves transit times and frequency on the route, which carries box
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          110 38 CHINESE shipping giant Cosco is the target of a new campaign by union alliance the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF). The ITF alleges that Cosco uses its seafarers to carry out cargo loading and unloading work which would normally be the job of dockers. Describing the
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          79 38 UK-BASED liner firm Contship Containerizes has changed its agency partner in Thailand from Universal Transportation to CSA Maritime, which was recently set up by Contship's UTL team leader Somchai Kasemsomporn after he left the firm. "We have had a good relationship with UTL and with Mr
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          51 38 OSLO-LISTED tanker firm Frontline has raised its stake in troubled Golden Ocean to 38 per cent of the UK firm's bond issue thanks to a US$5 million share-swap deal. Frontline is involved in a bidding war with Greek-based Bentley Investments for control of debt-crippled Golden
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        182 51 An| 9 Singapore: National Day. Aug 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. Aug IB Germany: Assumption Day. Korea: Liberation Day. Aug 17 Indonesia: Independence Day. Aug 27 Philippines: National Heroes Day. Aug 28 United Kingdom: Summer Bank Holiday. Ang 31 Malaysia: National Day. Sep 12 Korea: Harvest Festival
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        753 51 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        555 52 Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines will absorb the other carriers AP [BEIJING] China announced a vast reorganisation of domestic airlines, merging seven carriers into the three largest to reduce the overlap of routes and half-empty planes that have
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        205 52 Reuters [LONDON] Boeing Co will this week reveal sales of at least 30 long-range 777 X aircraft worth US$5 billion (SsB.7 billion) or more, a source familiar with the contracts said. The unusually large order will show the new Boeing plane closing much
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        345 52 Reuters [LONDON] A cross-party group of British MPs called on the government to prove that its plans to modernise London's crumbling underground rail system through a public-private partnership (PPP) were the best way forward. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has
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        68 52 AP [PARIS] Two trains of the Meteor line at the National Library Francois Mitterrand station in Paris. The high speed, fully automated line shuttles commuters from south-east Paris to the centre of town. The Paris metro celebrated its 100 th birthday last week
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        366 52 Financial Times [NEW DELHI] The pilots of state-owned Air-India will bid for a controlling stake in the ailing national airline, due for privatisation this year, to prevent it passing into foreign hands, the Indian Pilots' Guild said yesterday. "We are in the process
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        301 52 Reuters [NEW DELHI] British Airways said that it had won the right to three more flights per week between India and Britain, drawing an immediate protest from its arch rival compatriot Virgin Atlantic. British Airways South Asia manager Alan Briggs said
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      216 52 SBQ SVBRAEMAR-Ql INCA»ON We are seeking extra Chartering and Post Fixture personnel to expand our successful gas and chemical ship broking team here in Singapore, The ideal candidates should have the following attributes: Shipping Background 3 Personality 3 Good spoken and written English 3 Computer Literate CJ Ability to work
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