The Business Times, 31 July 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85* SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg/ MONDAY, JULY 31, 2000
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    60 1 gro» mahet nimcBB ffeek STI 2.839.(0. SIMSCI FUTURES- .170 JO -11.80 BTSM 782.56.—-2414 KLSE COM? .798.88 .11.98 NIKKEI 15,888.57—-***** HANG SENG 17,*****—-***** SET INDEX. 291.68 -14.88 JAKAKTACOMP 498J8. -8.98 MANILA COUP 1437.98 -4138 TAIPEI WPL .8,143.93 -23.44 SEOUL COMP. 89S.8S -98.41 CLSA CHINA B +2918 AUST ALL OR
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    73 1 F01EX BATES US* ss us» i.?a £(USS>S$ per 1£U 1619 EUROflBS/S$/E) 0929 1.609 DM II* lltt YEN 168J LM1 RM 18W tm HKS 7.798 4.601 BART 4L33 ttM RUP1AH 8333 0.919* 'Stlßieeuntti poDiiia SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 758 JAKARTA 40.00 BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 11.60 HONGKONG 858 TAIPEI 8J7 SYDNEY
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    Lock icon Business sentiment worsens as sales, profits dip in Q2
    537 1  -  Iip exclusive But latest quarterly survey shows rise in new orders index to 25, from 20 in Q1 By Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore companies fared worse in the second quarter than the first, as sales and profits dipped. The latest quarterly
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    Lock icon Surprising S'pore economy
    712 1  -  comment ECONOMICS vikram khanna ON Friday, economists from the Nanyang Technological University upped their full-year forecast for the Singapore economy from 7.5 per cent to 8.4 per cent. We'll probably see other economists following suit. And don't be surprised if the forecast revision cycle becomes the norm
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    Lock icon Brunei council proposes senior minister post
    470 1  -  l it exclusive It is part of radical measures to revamp the economy By' Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] A major economic blueprint for Brunei has recommended the appointment of a senior minister, Singapore-style, to help the sultanate go through a crucial crossroads in its
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      175 1 PfSIPE BizlT Building stronger eßridge from S'pore. Pg2 IDA aims to quadruple e-enabled SMEs. Pg 2 Top stories Danny Tan of eWOS: Lean, hungry and thirsting for more. Afext Pag# ■K Keppel t Fels' Choo Chiau B«ngon B9Pj CiiaHenges D of ■■f emerging markets. eL_Jp»» Japan's top financial regulator quits
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      144 1 All you need to know about corporate results Guess which company is top of BT s rnHTT] Any questions for Hftien Yang, jPw Corporate Transparency Index list. John Olds or other CEOs? OfHJ CLUE: It's not ST Engineering, SGX's 3M uwin ukis or uimr vcv«r ■n^pp most transparent company. q
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      Lock icon US stock prices fall despite strong corporate profits
      682 2 Uncertainty about the economy and the Fed's next rate move could have led investors to take profit (NEW YORK] Nearly 90 per cent of the companies reporting earnings in the past week met or exceeded expectations. Yet, across the board, stocks took
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      Lock icon Lean, hungry and thirsting for more
      985 2  -  ■TTT exclusive Danny Tan of soon-to-be-listed eWOS shares his enthusiasm for his worlyvith Corinne Kerk Corinne Kerk FIVE months ago, Danny Tan was burning witk excitement, fllterminecr to explain how eWor-, IdofSports.corn's (eWOS) click-and-mor-tar business model wasn't just another lame attempt at e-retail-ing. Flashback
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      Lock icon Companies upbeat about growth prospects
      396 2  -  But smaller firms are less optimistic than bigger ones Audrey Tan (SINGAPORE] Companies are upbeat about Singapore's economic growth prospects this year, though small firms are less optimistic than bigger ones. The latest BT-CBRD survey found most companies expect growth at the upper end of
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      189 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 Basic
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      8 2 IPO pizzazz returns amid Nasdaq sell-off, Pg 18
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  • TRADE awards
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      Lock icon Going for global markets
      775 3  -  Exhorting the importance of quality staff, Keppel Fels' Choo Chiau Beng (left) discusses the challenges of emerging markets with Kenneth Lee Kenneth Lee ANY company entering unfamiliar but potentially-rewarding markets overseas must have quality executives who can tackle problems and seize the opportunities that present themselves.
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      11 3 II 6 September 2000 I I Organised by: DBS, TDB I
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Chartered leads transparency index ranking
      1424 4  -  Scores are for corporate results which have been released up to now By Paul Thompson CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM), which is listed on both the Singapore Exchange and Nasdaq, topped The Business Times' Corporate Transparency Index (CTI) rankings for corporate results that have been released
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      Lock icon OCBC, UOB to release results on Friday
      296 4 THREE banks will release their interim results this week, closely behind DBS Group's results last Thursday. Keppel Tat Lee Bank will post its results on Thursday, while both OCBC Bank and United Overseas Bank will release theirs on Friday. Last year, OCBC and
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      Lock icon SingTel's new service offers cheaper int'l calls
      311 7  -  The VOl9 service uses Internet technology and gives savings of np to 79% on IDD rates worldwide; callers can use usual IDD phones By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecom has again cut international call charges, using Internet technology. From tomorrow you can call
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T buys 10% of Israeli smart card firm
      333 7  -  It will be Asian distributor of First Access products Ling Su Ann KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation has taken a 10 per cent stake in First Access, an Israeli-based wireless smart card company, giving it the Asian distributorship rights. The acquisition was made
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      Lock icon Company results ended June 30. 2000
      462 7 COMPANY —EARNINGS (SSM) CHANGE —TURNOVER (SSM) CHANGE —EPS (CENTS) CHANGE 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 SingTel 559.7 493.8 1 3.3 1227.5 1196.4 2.6 3.62 3.24 11.7 INTERIM COMPANY EARNINGS (SSM) CHANGE TURNOVER (SSM) CHANGE —EPS (CENTS)— CHANGE DIVIDEND (CENTS) CHANGE 2000 1999 2000
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      125 4 This announcement appears as a matter of record only July 2000 osim) OSIM INTERNATIONAL LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 27 August 1983) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 58,000,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.05 EACH ("INVITATION SHARES") COMPRISING 38,000,000 NEW SHARES AND 20,000,000 VENDOR SHARES AS FOLLOWS:(A) 5,800,000 OFFER SHARES
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      52 5 We've got attitude. Citibankers have an attitude. Why? Nearly a century of experience in Singapore has taught us that banking is not only about integrity and trust, its also about putting our customers first and delivering quality service. A service attitude. We've got it and our customers deserve it. A
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      418 6 'July 26 Source: JM Sasoon Stocks Volume SMRTIOc 155,921.000 Ionics P$1.00 133,913,000 (Tech 4c 90,649,000 IPC020C 81,636,000 TT Int 15c 65,557,000 Goodpack 1c 54.791,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 52,942.000 North 22 US1c 48,280,000 HorigLaiH 5c 44,456,000 Jadassnlc 44,428,000 > Chart Semiconductor 26c 288.408,697 ParificCentury 160,237,910 ST Assembly 25c 144,908,811 DBSGrp 133,410,409 VentureMfg25c
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      Lock icon Trading patterns suggest year-end rally for stocks
      494 6  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan WORRIES over regional currencies, political stability, company results, the direction of the US economy and interest rates have kept the Singapore stock market in a holding pattern around 2,000-2,100 for most of the past two months. Despite strong cash positions
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      Lock icon Hai Sun Hup warrant: numbers are in its favour
      193 6  -  WARRANT WATCH -By' Ven Sreenivasan The Hai Sun Hup warrant edged up half a cent to 11 cents last Friday on hefty volume of 385,000. This was despite the underlying stock sliding half a cent to 37 cents on 198,000 shares.
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      Lock icon L&M not done with bearish cycle yet
      251 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of construction and geo-engi-neering specialist L&M Group Investments has started making an appearance on the actives list. Last Friday, the shares slipped half a cent to 70.5 cents on a volume of some 7.1 million units
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      187 6 ♦CSE Systems Engineering Ltd said it has agreed to form a 50-50 joint venture with pFission Investment Pte Ltd. The two partners, pFission and CSE, will provide the funding of up to $8 million equally. CSE will fund this investment by internal resources. ♦Vicom Ltd will be trading
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      Lock icon Sing $ should rise, outlook for other currencies cloudy
      511 6 Sing should rise, outlook for other currencies cloudy THE Singapore dollar should perk up this week, thanks to the Lion City's central bank. But the outlook for other regional units remains cloudy. Singapore's tight-lipped central bank the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has granted the local dollar a reprieve. The
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      216 6 Next-Gen Carrier Solutions /SOFTEL LTD (incorporated with limited liability in the Republic of Singapore) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF GLOBAL OFFERING OF 56,000,000 ORDINARY SHARES (the "OFFER SHARES") OF 550.05 EACH COMPRISING 6,000,000 VENDOR SHARES AND 50,000,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES AS FOLLOWS:(1) AN INTERNATIONAL OFFERING OF 44,800,000 ORDINARY SHARES; AND (2)
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      49 6 I YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINGS IN EICHT. important All applications for units in eigiu must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fan as wellasnse >2il H'.SB-'-f K
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      Lock icon Q2 office, factory vacancies shrink
      352 8  -  P=H=1 on the economy office vacancy Marissa Chew REFLECTING the continued growth in the economy and entrance of new firms in the technology sector, vacancy rates for private office and factory space shrank in the second quarter. Statistics from the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed that
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      Lock icon Blazing new trails for growth
      1070 8  -  SA (UIC) Tour plans expansion in China and use of the Net to sell products, reports chew MARISSA CHEW SINGAPORE'S SinoAmerica (UIC) Tours Corporation has embarked on an expansion in China and has turned to the Internet for new oppor tunities as the domestic market
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      Lock icon Developers rush to avoid paying higher DC rates
      504 9  -  They secure PP in Q2, ensuring they escape the 27% hike imposed on March 1 By Kalpana Rashiwala A HOST of developers bagged provisional permission (PP) in the second quarter, in an apparent move to ensure that they pay pre-March 1 development
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      Lock icon Prospective buyers busy house-hunting over weekend
      397 9  -  Rush comes before Hnngry Ghosts Month starts today By Kalpana Rashiwala PROSPECTIVE home buyers were busy house-hunting over the weekend, ahead of today's start of the Hungry Ghosts Month, property agents said. Fortune Jade, a freehold apartment development in Katong, enjoyed brisk sales with
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      Lock icon Owners offer Sea Breeze Apartments for en bloc sale
      269 9 Freehold apts at Marine Parade/Joo Chiat junction may fetch $56-s63m THE owners of Sea Breeze Apartments in Marine Parade have broken the lull in collective sale launches, teaming up to sell their freehold apartments with an expected price tag of $56-$63
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      Lock icon Outram, Telok Blangah blocks up for en-bloc redevelopment
      171 9 FIVE HDB blocks at Outram Hill and Telok Blangah Heights are going for the selective en-bloc redevelopment scheme (Sers). This exercise involves 346 sold flats. It brings to 39 the number of sites under the scheme since it was implemented in August
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      Lock icon Life sciences infrastructure needed to attract foreign talent
      407 9 DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan reckons it will take at least two or three years before Singapore can build a viable enough infrastructure for life sciences to attract foreign talent. In an interview with Channel News Asia last Friday, Dr Tan said
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      Lock icon Forget buybacks,just give shareholders excess cash
      436 9  -  MAILPEffI Narayana Narayana CONRAD Raj's comments in the Hock Lock Siew column, "Cash-rich companies should look beyond share buybacks" (BT, July 22), finally throws a spotlight on what he correctly describes as the "in thing". Buybacks, aided by legislation, have finally arrived on the
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      Lock icon Shortfall or surplus at age 50?
      188 9  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to Citibank's Financial Needs Analysis (BT, July 14 and 30) and DJ Margaret Lim's "Retirement Planning Game Plan" (BT Online, July 24), which concludes there will be a shortfall of $400,000 for retirement at age 50. Based on the
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      133 8 HOME NEEDS The Straits Times Classified. [oCrsJ Classifications 90 120. Buy h. Sdl K. Find H. 'V. fi <••*.••• rn.'-r .jTtfjMUW.A 't-fef-u r, Us 'iM £>*!*» fT •s 'I IB H 4 4 u Get a rush out of rush hour. < 4' -<■ Jgaajf t I i i i
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      111 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btietterQsph. com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore*****s. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind
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      66 9 Results of tender for S: t taxable book-entry Government Bond 2000 due 1 Feb 2005 1 to be issued on 1 Aug 2000 Tenor approx. 5 years Amount Offered Allotted 551,300,000,000 Amount Applied 552,433,657,000 Interest/Coupon Rate 4.000% p.a. Average Yield Price on Allotment 3.84% p.a. and 100.655% Cut-off Yield and
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      Lock icon Virgin denies interest in Malaysia Airlines stake
      415 10  -  Such a deal would be in conflict with its SIA relationship, says official From Neil Behrmann, Eddie Toh MALAYSIA Airlines may have attracted a lot of interest from potential bidders recently, but Virgin Atlantic, the UK carrier controlled by flamboyant businessman Richard Branson
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      676 10 KUALA LUMPUR I have not done anything stupid, he says in an interview AP Bernama AFP PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad, denying using his power to help his sons build their business empires, said they need not necessarily
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      Lock icon Govt to hold talks to discuss M'sian Budget
      183 10 KUALA LUMPUR Sessions will be held with unionists, manufacturers, consumer gronps, NGOs Reuters THE Malaysian government will begin a round of talks this week with several groupings, including manufacturers and consumers, to discuss the 2001 Budget which is scheduled to be presented
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      Lock icon Prime Utilities in talks with Mexico's Cemex
      134 10 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA water treatment firm Prime Utilities Bhd said it was in discussions with one of the world's biggest cement makers, Mexico's Cemex, to take a joint stake in a Malaysian cement company. Prime Utilities in January was offered a 55
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      Lock icon Indon puppetmasters meet to decide who pulls the strings
      922 11  -  Critical meeting will bring together leaders of the 4 main political parties From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta WITH political tensions on knife's edge, Indonesia's top five leaders will attempt to heal the deep rifts between their various political parties by travelling
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      Lock icon Harrods opens in KL airport
      110 11 [SEPANG, Malaysia) Shoppers visiting the Harrods of Knightshridge shop opened by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. Garment manufacturer Amtek Holdings Bhd plans to open another Harrods store at the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) by
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      Lock icon Philippines moves to curb money laundering
      314 11 MANILA Measures include penalties on banks that fail to report dubious transactions Reuters THE Philippine central bank, seeking to curb money laundering, plans to impose penalties on banks which fail to report suspicious transactions, an official said yesterday. "A suspicious transaction involves an unusually
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      Lock icon Imelda terminated bounty hunters deal, says associate
      226 11 MANILA AFP AN associate of Imelda Marcos on Saturday said the former Philippine first lady had terminated a deal with a gang of bounty hunters to recover billions in alleged stolen wealth. Lawyer Rafael Ramos, however, confirmed that Chinese businesswoman Chuk Oi-fong had
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      Lock icon Further market falls will hurt S-E Asia's recovery, says ADB
      609 11 MANILA Bat there is nothing to indicate the start of another crisis AFP SOUTH-EAST Asia's recovery from its worst financial crisis ever may be scuttled if regional stocks and currencies stumble further from their recent lows amid rising interest rates,
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      Lock icon Freeport asked to review output, divest shares: report
      326 11 JAKARTA Govt team says this after scrutinising its operations Reuters AN Indonesian government team has recommended that gold and copper giant PT Freeport Indonesia review its output and divest more shares to Indonesians, the leading Kompas newspaper reported on Saturday. The team,
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      454 13 TAIPEI Provisional easing of restrictions expected to be finalised in late August AFP TAIWAN has provisionally agreed to ease controls on investment in mainland China, given that both sides are poised to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it was reported yesterday. For the
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      Lock icon More hurdles in China's path to WTO membership
      508 13  -  It is being nndnly pressured to meet its trade commitments, say sources From D Ravi Kanth in Geneva AS China completed another round of gruelling negotiations for its entry into the World Trade Organization here last week, Beijing is being unduly subjected
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      Lock icon Sound figures but direction still unclear
      760 13  -  I :j comment HK STOCKS Should Investors trust the rosy data or take their load from Wall St? quak hiang whai THE Hongkong bourse has reached a crossroads. If we buy shares because we reckon the value of the stock is going up, do
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      97 13 Looking Forward to Tomorrow A New Name A Fresh Focus Nomura/JAFCO Investment (Asia) Ltd is proud to announce our new name, JAFCO INVESTMENT (ASIA PACIFIC) LTD, "Willi <|a in conjunction with the celebration of our 10th anniversary. We remain committed to building the businesses of dynamic companies that are creating
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      Lock icon Hongkong companies take knife to dotcom operations
      1002 15  -  Dives in Nasdaq, GEM lead to cutbacks, increased caution among venture capitalists From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong WITH the dotcom euphoria fast fading and Internet stocks taking a pounding overseas, Hongkong companies are becoming highly selective when venturing into New Economy-related business.
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      Lock icon Napster attack may backfire on recording industry
      553 15 SAN FRANCISCO Appeals court stays closure order, users flock to website Reuters THE decision to take on songswap giant Napster Inc could end up backfiring on the recording industry by stoking the already frenzied pace of trading music on the Internet, industry experts
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      Lock icon Japan's top financial regulator quits
      566 16 TOKYO Kuze accepted money from the private sector; scandal could harm the Mori govt Reuters JAPAN'S top financial regulator, Kimitaka Kuze, resigned yesterday in a scandal over accepting fees and benefits. The scandal could even harm Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, with opposition parties vowing to
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      Lock icon Aizawa is no stranger to job of new chief financial reformer
      220 16 AFP [TOKYO) Hideyuki Aizawa, who was appointed Japan's chief financial reformer yesterday, is a former finance ministry bureaucrat who may need little coaching for his new job. He served as state minister and director-general of the Economic Planning Agency
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      Lock icon Germany's Metro, US' Wal-Mart mull alliance: paper
      224 16 FRANKFURT Retailers would trade stakes in firms and avoid the other's business specialty, says Welt am Sonntag Reuters GERMANY'S Metro and US rival WalMart Stores are considering an alliance in which the two retailers would exchange stakes in firms and avoid the other's
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      Lock icon Bush roars into Kentucky to woo the state's voters
      449 17 LOUISVILLE Audiences fired up with talk of tax cuts; meanwhile, Cheney takes on Clinton NYT GEORGE W Bush swung through another battleground state on Saturday, proclaiming that the days of Republican losses were over. "We haven't won Kentucky lately," he thundered,
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      Lock icon BHP has A$3b cash for acquisitions
      144 17 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIAN resource giant BHP Co Ltd has As 3 billion (553.06 billion) in cash to spend on acquisitions, chief executive Paul Anderson said yesterday. The company was targeting organic growth but was always on the lookout for new opportunities, he added. "We
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      96 17 To have and to hold AFP [LOS ANGELES] Brad Pitt tied the knot late Saturday with television actress Jennifer Aniston at a private ceremony, media here reported About 200 guests attended the Malibu wedding, held in the garden of a television executive's Pacific Ocean retreat. The cost of the wedding
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      Lock icon Telekom chief mulls another big buy
      301 17 FRANKFURT It would cut German govt stake and ease US approval for YoiceStream purchase Reuters DUETSCHE Telekom chief Ron Sommer is mulling buying another large telecoms firm in part as a means to lower the government's stake in the German group and ease US
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      251 17 NEW YORK Reuters ANOTHER would-be saviour is abandoning Iridium LLC in bankruptcy court, raising the possibility again that a US$5 billion (SSB.7 billion) satellite system for mobile phones will be reduced to ashes in the Earth's atmosphere. Castle Harlan Inc, the New York
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      610 18 New issues are riding on investors'hopes of catching on to the next big trend Reuters THE initial public offering market has regained the pizzazz that made it famous during its heyday last year at least for now. While the technology-rich Nasdaq composite index bled
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      826 18 A poll has shown US investors know little about the stock market Reuters HOW much do investors really know about this great stock market? Not much. Some who invest their hard-earned dollars believe that Caterpillar Inc is a pet company and Halliburton Co is
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      326 18 WASHINGTON US has bought back USsl7.sb of debt so far this year Reuters THE board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants staff to take a closer look at the global impact of large US debt buybacks and at what it
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      543 21 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup [LONDON] Oil prices slipped below the US$27 mark in London and US$2B in New York as stock levels rose and in the absence of concrete news from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). The more moderate mood was
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      696 22 NEW YORK Nasdaq slides 10-5%, Dow down 2J% over weak results, overheating economy Reuters AFP STOCKS on Wall Street were wh ipsa wed last week by concerns over corporate profits and an overheating US economy. The composite index of the screen-based Nasdaq market
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      262 22 LONDON Reuters BRITAIN'S FTSE 100 dipped to its lowest close in four weeks on Friday, weighed down by telecoms stocks after US economic data revived fears of interest rate hikes and sent Wall Street lower. The benchmark index closed down 16.4 points
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      476 22 TOKYO Reuters AFP JAPANESE stocks are expected to extend sharp declines this week with already shaky investor sentiment further hurt by Friday's steep fall on the US Nasdaq market. Dealers said they expected trade on the benchmark Nikkei Average to be slow as
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      260 22 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG stocks are set to head lower this week after indicators showing unexpectedly strong US economic growth stoked fears of possible interest rate rises. Analysts said the start of Germany's third generation (3G) phone licence auction and financial results
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      875 22 kl Sydney -7L2 THE Australian market will be underpinned in the week ahead by expected strength in company profit results, brokers said. "Earnings season is nigh," said Colonial State Bank's Craig James. "Particular scrutiny will be applied to results in the tech sector but overall profits are
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      443 23 AFP Q Composite Index -3L99 MALAYSIAN stocks are expected to have a downward bias in the week ahead with continuing selling pressure on bluechip stocks, dealers said. "Investor sentiment is weak. Selling pressure on blue chips remains," an institutional dealer with a local brokerage
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      588 24 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup AFP [HONGKONG] Asian currencies ended the week generally lower, with the yen losing ground to the greenback as investors were worried over the future of Japan's economic recovery. The South Korean won and Taiwan dollar dropped as foreign investors dumped shares in
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      1253 26  -  The audience at the SSO's gala concert last Friday wanted an encore from superstar pianist Andrei Gavrilov. They were rewarded with 14 instead, p t van looks back on a truly unforgettable evening P Y VAN RUSSIAN pianist Andrei Gavrilov and Finnish conductor Okko
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      1008 27 The Business Times, Monday, July 31,2000 f .i H n—tr«l Baby Talk. 5J0 Love At Last. 12J0 AM Asian Documenta I i'l )i*? T M 4.00 Hang Time (Sitcom). ries. 9.00 AM Kids Central: 4jo Rollerjam. fcrto LOo Headlines. aisy i, ow 5 30 Music Walk. 3.00 PM TV Innovations.
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      1467 28 Rumours about the ingredients contained in the energy drink are fuelling worldwide demand for it Bloomberg [FUSCHL AM SEE, Austria] Red Bull GmbH chief executive Dietrich Mateschitz smiles when he hears his energy drink is made from bulls' testicles and is a
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      211 29 Top stories IDA aims to quadruple e-enabled SMEs Page 2 Go north, says TDB Page 4 or HP SEA's first half sales up 34% to USs4s7m, says new MD Chia Wee Boon Paged Optical networking the next big bet Page 12 Commentaries First tech roadmap takes us half the way.
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      Lock icon Networking firm Cabletron prepares to divide and conquer
      683 30  -  It will split into four operating nnits and sell stakes of 20% in each By Kate Berry NYT ARE four spinoffs better than one whole company? That is the puzzle facing holders of Cabletron Systems. Once a highflier in computer networking, Cabletron
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      753 30  -  I-II exclusive The group has invested USssom in its Singapore operations over the last decade By Larry Wee US-BASED Bridge Group, one of the world's leading providers of financial information services, plans to more than double revenues from its Singapore-head-quartered eßridge business unit
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      817 30  -  By Michael Lovell Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Companies from Agilent Technologies and International Business Machines to Ericsson are losing sales because a parts shortage is preventing them from making computers and communications gear. Agilent, which sells everything from ultrasound devices to phonenetwork
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      Lock icon IDA aims to quadruple e-enabled SMEs
      327 30  -  Studies have shown SMEs can save 30-50% of their business costs by using ASP services By Tang Weng Fai THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) wants to "quadruple the number of SMEs (small and medi-um-sized enterprises) with e-commerce capabilities from 8,000 currently, to
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      Lock icon First tech roadmap takes us half the way
      769 31  -  I-1 i comment INFOTECH Significant effort, but It still needs to fill some Important gaps for a fuller picture kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor Sometimes the first "take" of a rich graphic or picture downloaded from the Internet is
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        89 31 MEDIUM-sized enterprises (MSEs) in Singapore are not geared up to safeguard their IT resources, according to a new survey by Cisco (Commercial and Industrial Security Corp). Of the 402 MSEs surveyed, only 4 per cent used applications to protect their IT resources; only 1 per cent
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        30 31 GERMANY-based Software AG has appointed Clive Tilbrook as managing director of Software AG Singapore. Mr Tilbrook was previously product marketing director for Software AG Asia-Pacific.
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        37 31 INFORMIX Corp has appointed Leong Kok Fann as country manager for Singapore, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines. Prior to this, Mr Leong has worked with several companies, including Compaq, Apple Computer, and HP.
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        Lock icon S'pore partner for Aspect Comm
        38 31 NASDAQ-listed Aspect Communications Corp, that provides customer relationship portals, has appointed Asian Computer Services Pte Ltd as its first business partner in Singapore, to market and support Aspect's suite of e-CRM solutions here.
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        Lock icon JOS launched in S'pore
        87 31 THE IT businesses of Jardine Matheson, previously managed under the JOS Technology Group banner, were relaunched last week as Jardone One Solution (JOS). In recent months, JOS has made several acquisitions in South-east Asia, including the IT distribution arms of CSA in Singapore and Malaysia; and
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        Lock icon Apollo Hotels go broadband
        54 31 AUSTRALIA-based inter-touch Pty Ltd said it has won a contract to equip all hotels of the Apollo Group in Singapore and Sydney with Ethernet-based high-speed Internet access. Under the deal, inter-touch will invest US$6OO,OOO to install broadband access in over 1,200 rooms, including at Novotel Apollo
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        34 31 A forum on "Intelligent IT markets fat butterfly exchanges" will be held on Thursday at the Merchant Court Hotel. It is organised by iandi Asia Singapore. For details, e-mail laychintanQiandiasia.com.
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        49 31  - Life exit of a dotcom Compiled by Raju Chellam A SEMINAR on "Life and exit of a dotcom: practical legal and business issues" will be held on FYiday at Hotel Intercontinental. It is organised by Butterworths Professional Conferences and Commerce Net Singapore. For details, fax *****62, or e-mail siewjin.goh@butterworths.com.sg.
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      121 31 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese computer giant NEC Corp will double its microchip output in China to meet brisk demand from mobile telephone companies, a report said last week. NEC, the world's second largest microchip maker after Intel Corp. will invest 37 billion yen (SssB6
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      Lock icon A tale of 2 cities: Hongkong tops S'pore
      360 32  -  In business-to-consumer performance, Hongkong-based websites report less traffic but more buyers, compared to Singapore By Tang Weng Fai IN THE B2C (business-to-consumer) e-commerce race in Asia between the two leading "horses" Singapore and Hongkong it seems Hongkong is quite ahead in the
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      310 32  -  By Eric Auchard Reuters [LAS VEGAS) The largest-ev-er convention of computer hackers opened here on Friday with top-ranking US military officials offering to hire the elite of the cybervandal world and put them to work defending against foreign government attacks. "I invite
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      Lock icon Go north, says TDB
      432 32  -  S'pore companies should tap the huge potential in China, Taiwan, Hongkong and South Korea in infocomm areas By Andrew Wee SINGAPORE companies should look to North Asian markets to expand their operations and scope, according to advice from the Singapore Trade Development Board. A senior TDB
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      370 33  -  S'pore website to be used as a showcase to expand to other countries in Asia By Johnny Yeo HOMEGROWN startup Virtual Map (S) Pte Ltd, which last year launched streetdirectory.com an online Singapore street directory said it is now developing online maps for WAP (Wireless
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      Lock icon India 'needs 1m FT kiosks in next 5 years'
      197 33 AFP [NEW DELHI] India needs to set up one million IT kiosks in the next five years and introduce information technology courses in 60,000 schools to carry forward the computer revolution, an expert panel told the government on Saturday. A top-level
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      Lock icon Contract mfg market to cross US$16b in Singapore by 2006
      435 33  -  Uii exclusive The South-east Asia region will see the market jump from USsls.9b last year to USsll3.sb by 2006, growing at 32.4% a year Andrew Wee SINGAPO.E-8 market for contract manufacturing is in for a bull run and should touch
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      610 36  -  Off-loading data traffic at the telco's Central Office and co-locating their modems at the telco Is one way adrian low The writer is area sales manager, Redback Networks THE massive increase in the Internet and in dial traffic in Asia has created
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      472 36  -  John Trew COO Lavaßread e-commerce Solutions, Singapore via Internet THIS refers to the article "828 or not to be?" by Brad Gambill and Karsten Schween (BizlT, July 17). The conclusions are hopeful and I believe correct, but with qualifications. While the authors
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      245 36 The Telegraph [LONDON] The e-snooping legislation which received Royal Assent last week is already out of date because the technology is advancing too fast and the law cannot be enforced, say computer experts. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act allows
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      Lock icon Sonera to put itself on sale for US$35b: source
      371 36 Bloomberg [HELSINKI] Sonera Oyj, Finland's largest phone company, is auctioning itself with a price tag of at least US$35 billion (5560.6 billion), a person familiar with the situation said on Friday. Sonera and its advisers, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Lehman
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      198 36  -  Daniel Buenas NETWORKING giant Cisco Systems Inc of the US and Singapore-based e-biz solution provider Aretae Interactive last week launched "Internet Powered Property" a package of products and services to help build Net-ready homes. Aimed at developers, property management companies, mechanical and engineering consultants,
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      250 36  -  Elizabeth Su US-BASED Symantec Corp has launched Symantec Enterprise Security, an Internet security solution for large enterprises. It also includes the "digital immune system", Symantec's technology for automatic detection and cure of security threats. The solutions available here for about $16,000 to
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      208 36 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The market for flat-panel displays will almost double in 2002 on an expected surge in sales of computer appliances, said market researcher Technical Insights. The researcher predicts the market for screens to balloon to U5527.2 billion (5547.1 billion) in
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      709 37  -  New MD Chia vows to sustain the spirited surge and also nurture HP's "shining soul" By Kenneth James CALL him Soul Man. HewlettPackard's new MD for South-east Asia, Chia Wee Boon, aims to to take the computer giant's regional operations to
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      Lock icon PacNet tries out LMDS solution in Singapore
      401 37  -  The service uses a high-frequency microwave signal that shoots ont at 155 Mbps, compared to a standard modem's 56 kbps By Tang Weng Fai NASDAQ-listed Pacific Internet has completed testing wireless broadband networking using LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service) technology and said it
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      Lock icon i-Sprint aims to net $4m by year-end
      453 38  -  Four-month-old startup helps clients set up e-marketplaces where buyers and sellers meet online to trade with each other, reports amdrewwee ANDREW WEE Homegrown i-sprint Innovations, which was founded just four months ago, expects to gross $4 million in revenue by this year-end, from
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        74 38 PSION PLC (Asia-Pacific) has launched the Psion 56K Travel Modem with GSM for hand-held devices, including Win CE, Palm and Handspring models. Psion said it is "the world's first infra-red modem with GSM data solution", and lets users surf the web, send and receive e-mail,
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        109 38 SUNDERLAND Technologies Pte Ltd has Introduced Smart Clip, the first in its series of PDA (personal digital assistant) companion hardware clip-on devices for the Palm family of hand-held computers. The 80-gram device can be used for e-transactions, identification, etc, and will debut in the next two
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        66 38 SONY Singapore has introduced the SDM-N5O LCD monitor, a 15-inch active matrix display device with 1,024 by 768 pixel resolution, 900:1 contrast ratio, and 90 degree vertical tilt. The 3kg device comes with a 0.75 kg Media Box that houses the power supply and connectors. "It
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        67 38 EPSON Singapore has introduced its Photo PC 3000Z digital camera targeted at photo enthusiasts and advanced business users. It offers an enhanced battery life (four times more than PhotoPC 800), a new movie-sound clip feature, .f#TfUe compatibility, and one-button file transfer feature. It comes with 1.8-inch
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        Lock icon Samsung unveils Home Theater DVD
        43 38 SAMSUNG Asia Pte Ltd has unveiled the DVD-A5OO, its new Home Theater System DVD player. It comes with Dolby Digital and DTS Decoder, offers surround sound, has a built-in 200W amplifier, and costs $799. For details, fax *****00.
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        96 38  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam US-BASED SGI Inc said it has enhanced the performance of its 02 visual workstation line and cut prices by up to 27 per cent on some systems. A new processor and expanded cache and system memory enable the systems to deliver up
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      Lock icon Integrating the healthcare sector
      412 39  -  Solutions include a drug-ordering module and a speech recognition product By Daniel Buenas Homegrown startup Synapseworld Pte Ltd, which provides 828 solutions for the healthcare industry, has introduced a suite of products designed to integrate different sectors of the healthcare industry. The solutions include a drug-order-ing
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        733 40  -  The deregulation of telecommunications in many countries, and a greater need for high bandwidth will fuel the boom for such products, reports tohhamshih TOH HAN SHIH NOW that the market is disenchanted with many dotcom stocks, optical networking looks like the next favourite. It
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      347 41  -  It develops system with NTU as part of R&D collaboration By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) on Friday unveiled the results of its latest research collaboration with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) the Electronic Enforcement System (EES) for Regional
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      152 41 Reuters [MEXICO CITY] Mexican shipping company Transportation Maritima Mexicana (TMM) said recently it has appointed Hesco Agencies Ltd as its new shipping agent in Japan in a move to strengthen operations with the Asian region. As of Aug 10, Hesco will replace Nippon Maritime
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      228 41 Bernama [PETALING JAYA] The Port Klang Authority (PKA) on Thursday officially signed a joint venture agreement with Tidewater Marine Services Co of Iran for the setting up of a distribution centre in Iran. Following the agreement, a joint venture company
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        516 55 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure K Cmcnt2 10/200 J22 30/07/4:35 31/07/23:00 WOO Jin 47 J05 30/07/7*5 31/07/600 Gutswn An 400 J15 30/07/12:00 31/07/12:00 St Must*j ***** J01 30/07/12:30 30/07/2300 Arttrs »,v*f 3 JOB 30/07/0:45 31/07/1500 Marcopolo 48 Prw058 J15 30/07/T700 3V07/6J0 Rss 1 145 J12 31/07/700 02/08/15:00
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        779 55 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 indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        323 56 Poor result follows profitability in '99; hikes in plane fuel prices to blame AP [BEIJING] Buffeted by rising fuel costs, China's airline industry has sunk back into the red this year after swinging into profitability in 1999, the government said
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        316 56 CONCORDE CRASH [LONDON] Lawyers acting for the victims of the Concorde air crash in Paris will begin today the biggest compensation battle in aviation accident history when they seek up to £3 million (557.9 million) per victim. The Sunday Telegraph can reveal
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        237 56 Bloomberg [TAOYUAN COUNTY, Taiwan] Taiwan's main international airport, which in recent years has greeted visitors with a threadbare, cramped passenger terminal, has opened a long-awaited new terminal that will double the airport's capacity. The facility at northern Taiwan's Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport
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        215 56 AFP [GENEVA] The number of passengers carried by airlines around the world has increased by 7 per cent over the last year, with Europe and the Asia-Pacific region recording the biggest hikes, an industry association, the Ge-neva-based Airports Council International (ACI), said on
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        160 56 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International, which has seen its shares drop 31 per cent so far this year, will by September appoint a new president whose first task will be to complete the national airline's long-delayed share sale. Asia's sixth-largest carrier plans to raise
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