The Business Times, 13 November 2000

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    20 1 MITA (P) 035/12/1999 850 s i it s a p o m m Internet- h'ip://ousiness-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 2000
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    55 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Wtek dune STL- .1.S66J* -75J» SDISCI FUTURES ..25&J0 -12.30 BTSRI T91M -26.77 KLSECONE 7S&44-—.-7.86 mXEi 225 —*44,988.54....+1M.76 8WBK3B——ifeSHS 204.7:5 SET INDEX.- .288.2S..—+5Jt JAKARTA COSIP.—426.97.—+17.14 MANILA COMP 1,488.96—+***** 1*0® WPl... 6,988.74.-...+411.44 S SEOULCOMP .566.18.—+4.77 CLSA CHINA B. 1.196.61—+22.46 AUST ALL ORD -15.70 DOW JONES 18.082J6 -215.00
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    70 1 FOREX BATES us$ s$ UBS L7» £(l!S$/S$per£) i486 EURO(US$/S$/E) 187# litt DM 1248 L284 YEN \m 615© RM im 1186 HKS 7.7» 4.486 BAHT 4166 26J2 RUP1AH 0,232. W10 PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK MANILA 11-0© HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY 8.5© TOKYO 2.56
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    Lock icon All bets are off for year-end rally on Wall St
    733 1  -  ■TKielection Elector&l deadlock means that political risk has entered into the equation From> Catherine Ong in New York WALL Street doesn't like it one bit. From the time William M Daley, Vice-President A 1 Gore's campaign manager, opened his mouth,
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    Lock icon Women investors take four of top 10 spots
    285 1 [SINGAPORE] The men are still ahead in the Citibank Stock Challenge, but women turned in a strong performance, taking four of the top 10 positions after Week 2 of the online investment game. The top woman investor, Koh Swee Fung, turned in
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    Lock icon Online advertising trends drive shake-out among dotcoms
    935 1  -  P^iiexclusive From* Catherine Ong in New York A SERIES of layoffs, mergers and cutbacks by Internet firms in the United States and Asia is marking the end of rip-roaring growth for online advertising, and the slowdown has only just begun, according to industry
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      99 1 ntsroe BT Comment Malaysians are rooting for Bush. Pg 10 Can Apec leaders repeat their 1993 feat and rescue the WTO? Pg 14 Top Stories Shin Corp postpones listing on Nasdaq. Mtxt Pmgm German banker sees euro recovery in a year. Hmxt Page Resignation of senior VP Ho Yew Mun
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      22 1 Mot* reports ■US market be the main worry factor this week, Pg6 i Florida orders hand recount of many votes, Pg 17
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      Lock icon Thailand's Shin Corp to postpone Nasdaq listing
      490 2  -  zji exclusive Unfavourable market conditions force company to wait, says Shin exec From) Harish Mehta in Bangkok BAD market conditions have forced Thailand's largest telecom conglomerate, Shin Corporation, to postpone plans to list on the Nasdaq. It had earlier hoped to be the
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      Lock icon Banker sees euro recovery in a year
      527 2  -  He sees narrowing of growth differentials between US, Europe By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] THE euro will recover to between 90 US cents and one US dollar in a year's time, even if continued US election uncertainties have made the euro's nearterm trajectory difficult
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      Lock icon Weak demand for commercial property hits Danaharta
      601 2  -  From) Diana Oon Abdullah tn Kuala Lumpur ONE year into the sale of foreclosed property assets, Malaysia's asset management company Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional is making heavy weather as take-up has been slow, being hampered by the weak demand for com* mercial and industrial
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Ho's resignation sparks talk of SGX merger rifts
      571 4  -  Securities staff said to be unhappy to play second fiddle to derivatives staff By Ven Sreenivasan THE resignation of the head of the Singapore Exchange's securities division the latest in a spate of departures has set tongues wagging in the financial industry.
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      Lock icon SingTel in joint No 2 spot in transparency index
      336 4  -  Its score of 76 puts it on par with ST Engg and jnst behind Chartered By] Paul Thompson SINGAPORE Telecom, the largest and most profitable company on the local bourse, scored 76 points out of a possible 100 on BTs Corporate
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      Lock icon Building a big business brick by brick
      896 5  -  Federal Hardware set to spread its wings after a slow, steady growth By Teh Hooi Ling FEDERAL Hardware Engineering Company's story is typical of many rags-to-riches, small-to-sizeable enterprises. From its humble beginnings at a 100 sq ft rented office space at Koon Seng
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      584 4 PNCB/VtfERHOUs£(gOPERS 0 Letters of Credit are important financing instruments in impoitfexport transactions. A badly opened letter of credit exposes the company to risks, financial toss, higher cost and bank charges, delays in arrival of goods and more. Similarly, for the beneficiary of a badly opened letter of credit, payment for
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      348 6 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume PCI 25c 180,411,000 Omni bid 10c 144,723.000 PacificCentu»y10c 128,426,000 0(JBDBeCW*****3 106,123,000 OAF Ud 40c 83,968,000 GES Ind LM 20c 68,387,000 Medtafflrtg 10c 61,753,000 IPC020c 60,561,000 GufTech W*****7 50.772,000 OUB CL eCW*****5 47.807,000 Stocks Omni Ind 10c 533,616,486 Chart Semiconductor 26c 320,924,201 PQ 25c *****7,770 OUB
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      Lock icon US market will be the main worry factor this week
      587 6  -  i if comment STOCKS r.sivanithy THERE'S a branch of stock market wisdom that says every investor is really a bear at heart and that it's variations in the degree of bearishness that determine if markets are bullish at any point
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      Lock icon Political woes likely to drag clown peso and baht
      546 6 MOST Asian currencies should face stormy weather this week, dragged down by political woes. The Philippine peso should run out of steam as political tensions escalate. Embattled President Joseph Estrada is determined to cling on to power despite mounting pressure for
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      Lock icon MMI warrant may be a good buy if you can get it
      204 6  -  WARRANT WATCH ■By R Sivanithy ELECTRONIC or technology stocks are still very much in vogue, despite Nasdaq's selldown recently. The reason is that punters are hoping for more takeovers or mergers like the one announced by Nat Steel
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      Lock icon More downside seen for UOB
      254 6  -  HOT STOCK By\ Serena Ng THE stock of United Overseas Bank has languished in recent trading sessions due to negative sentiment after its investment banking unit was charged by the Commercial Affairs Department, and could see further downside. The counter finished 10 cents lower at
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      156 6 ♦The directors of Somerset Holdings Ltd said that Kee Teck Koon has stepped down from the position of managing director and chief executive officer with effect from Nov 6,2000. Mr Kee will remain as a director of Somerset Mr Kee will also assume the position of managing director
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Contractors registry system to be reviewed
      303 7  -  Companies to be encouraged to upgrade; more flexibility intended By Marissa Chew THE government will be reviewing its contractors registry system to encourage construction companies to upgrade as well as to build in more flexibility into the system, says Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National
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      Lock icon With a little help from my friends
      135 7 WHILE their brethren swam away, these rubber duckies got trapped by the banks of the Singapore River during The Straits Times Million Dollar Duck Race yesterday. Thank goodness for the help of the official canoeist and the thoughtful little girl. The race broke
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      Lock icon Go online with this caring and sharing community
      854 8  -  You're never too old, or too 'out of it' to enjoy the benefits of being part of a virtual self-help community. COSnmBKERK meets the founders of Joyears, a website set up with the express intention of helping more people get on the
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      Lock icon S'pore emerges ahead of HK as best business hub
      371 8  -  I =1 on the economy competitiveness By l Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE pipped Hongkong to win the title for best business hub in Asia this year, according to a survey by Political Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). But it is likely to
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      523 8 v SECOND CHANCE PROPERTIES LTD NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BOOKS CLOSURE DATES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Level 2, Coleman Room, Hotel Grand Plaza Parkroyal, 10 Coleman Street, Singapore *****9 on the sth day of December 2000
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Hidden cost of 'safe' savings
      339 9  -  Dennis Ng Singapore, via Internet A LOT of people still have the bulk of their savings with banks, either in S$ savings and/or fixed deposit accounts. Why? "Because it's safe" may be the most common answer for most people. But is it really "safe"? No,
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      Lock icon Public indifference puts govt in tough situation
      154 9  -  K Ravindran Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter, "Singaporeans, change your mindset and grow up" (Mailbag, Nov 10). I fully agree with the views expressed by Vincent Tan Chee Kan. Uninterrupted prosperity for almost 30 years has made Singaporeans think very
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      139 9  -  Anthony Nathan Singapore I REFER to the letter "Goal is value-added service" (BT, Mailbag, Nov 3). It seems ironic the agency that has rigorously adhered to Institute of Estate Agents (lEA) guidelines for so long is being censured for implementing an innovative scheme that deviates from
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      Lock icon How will ERA resolve dual agency issue?
      360 9  -  Carole Nicole Chia Singapore I REFER to the new scheme implemented by ERA that reduces buyers' commission, and I'd like to highlight an undesirable consequence. The customer has to buy and sell through ERA to qualify for the discounted fee. So a dual
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      Lock icon Fair disclosure rule is long overdue
      87 9  -  Robert Alexander Stone Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "SGX studying new US fair disclosure rule" by R Sivanithy (BT, Nov 7). This is something that's long overdue. With Internet access now available to all investors, there is no excuse for companies
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      157 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btietterO sph.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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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon AMMB 2nd-qtr profit down 28%
      393 10 KUALA LUMPUR This stems from slower trading which crimps its broking income Bloomberg AMMB Holdings Bhd, one of only 10 banking groups that will survive after govern-ment-imposed mergers this year, said second-quarter earnings fell 28 per cent as slower trading crimped broking income. Net income
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      Lock icon Honda in venture to make cars in Malaysia
      353 10 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters JAPAN'S Honda Motor Co Ltd has formed a venture with two Malaysian car companies to manufacture and distribute Honda cars in Malaysia, its Malaysian partners said. The Malaysian plant will be Honda's second manufacturing base in South-east Asia after
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      Lock icon Malaysians are rooting for Bush
      594 10  -  :i I comment KL STOCKS Americans' presidential choice may altar complexion of US-Malaysia bilateral ties eddie toh Malaysia may cross swords with the United States occasionally, but the outcome of the US presidential race is not expected to have much impact on Malaysia. The victory
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      249 10 Financial Planning if you an currently a practitioner in life insurance and investment products and services with at least two to five years' experience a supervisor/manager who desires to re-enter the track of being a top-notch producer able to work independently and/or interdependent within a producers' group planning or already
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      Lock icon New deadline for Indon bankers to pay up
      641 12 TYCOON CRACKDOWN They have till Wednesday to cover shortfall in collapse of banks and pat np guarantees for any fntnre shortfalls Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia has given some of the country's best known businessmen until Wednesday to hand over more assets to cover
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      Lock icon Ibra to look into Chandra Asri debt deal
      235 12 Review will determine if restructuring is needed to get the best terms for the govt Reuters [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government has ordered a review of a debt restructuring deal with the giant petrochemical company PT Chandra Asri. The powerful Financial Sector Policy
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      Lock icon Indon instability seen hitting oil flows to Asia
      242 12 SINGAPORE AFX-Asia INCREASING instability in Indonesia could disrupt the oil supply balance in Asia and disturb oil flows to Singapore and the Straits of Malacca, Energy Asia said. It said events in Indonesia, including a recent diplomatic row with the US, deserve
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      Lock icon House likely to vote today to impeach Estrada
      717 13 MANILA Barring procedural delays, it is expected to send the case to Senate for trial Reuters FORMER actor Joseph Estrada appears almost certain to become the first Philippine president to be impeached when Congress opens debates today on charges that he took
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      Lock icon Lawmakers ask Abdurrahman to quit
      273 13 ■JAKARTA MPs from various parties say he can't solve problems AP, AFP LAWMAKERS called on beleaguered President Abdurrahman Wahid to resign saying he was no longer capable of fixing Indonesia's ailing economy or stemming separatist and sectarian violence. About 200 of Indonesia's 500 legislators from
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      Lock icon China to set up 10 private banks after WTO entry
      569 14 SHANGHAI The move is aimed to prepare the sector to compete with foreign banks, says report Reuters CHINA is expected to approve the establishment of 10 private commercial banks in a move aimed at preparing the sector for foreign competition
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      Lock icon No financial crisis next year, say Taiwanese officials
      270 14 TAIPEI Reuters SENIOR finance officials in Taiwan have dismissed a report by The Economist that the island could suffer financial crisis early next year, citing its strong exports and huge foreign exchange reserves, local newspapers said yesterday. Taipei's Commercial Times newspaper quoted
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      Lock icon Can Apec leaders repeat their 1993 feat and rescue the WTO?
      1001 14  -  -II comment APEC Role of regional FT As, consensus on new WTO ronnd will test leaders yang razaii kassim [BRUNEI] IN 1993, Asia-Pacific leaders responded to a call by President Clinton and huddled in Seattle for their first-ever summit.
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      Lock icon Steel giant heads for China's largest listing
      364 14 BEIJING B&osh&n'sEPOis expected to raise at least 7b yuan: report AFP CHINA'S steel giant Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd will soon go public in the largest listing ever on the country's securities market, state media reported on Saturday. The listing is expected
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      303 14 Share Buy Backs Seminar Credit Control Seminar Corporate Fraud in Asia Seminar (Repurchase Schemes) Xhe Road to Debt Recovery Seminar Managing the Unmanaged Risk 1.30pm to 5.30pm, Thursday, 9.00 am to 5.00pm, 9.00 am to 5.00pm, 23rd November 2000, Wednesday 22nd November 2000 Monday 27-Tbesday 28 November2ooo Inter-Continental Hotel, Singapore
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Bill seen as threat to press freedom
      914 15  -  ■sMH?!Tfrom tokyo anthony rowley JAPAN enjoys a good reputation for freedom of the press—domestic and foreign—compared with some other countries in Asia. There are self-imposed "taboos" which the domestic press observes —such as in coverage of minority ethnic groups and of Yakuza (organised
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      Lock icon Greenspan a maestro in subtle manoeuvring, reveals book
      736 16 WASHINGTON Book by Washington Post journalist shows how Fed chief worked to strengthen his power and influence LATWP FEDERAL Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan consolidated power and influence over the economy through shrewd manoeuvering that undercut potential rivals and bound the Republican appointee
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      Lock icon Investors look for change in Fed's view of inflation risk
      621 16 NEW YORK Fed move to neutral will be positive for equities: observers. Bloomberg WHILE everyone awaits the presidential election results, some investors are looking to the outcome of another possible vote on Wednesday that could stem last week's 12 per
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      Lock icon Florida orders hand recount of many votes
      698 17 US ELECTION Sample tally shows Gore could gain; hearing this morning on Bnsh's suit to stop manual recount AP, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Election officials in a Florida county yesterday ordered a laborious hand recount of hundreds of thousands of votes in the presidential election
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      Lock icon Official who designed tricky ballot remorseful
      237 17 Reuters [MIAMI] The woman at the centre of the US presidential election storm is a conscientious elections official who may have unwittingly made a serious mistake with the ballot paper that triggered the voting controversy. Theresa LePore, the Palm Beach County elections supervisor, is
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      Lock icon BritTel mulling over opposite moves on AT&T and Cegetel
      426 17 LONDON Stronger alliance with US giant, selling of stake in French company under consideration AFP, Reuters BRITISH Telecom is looking to step up partial merger talks with AT T and also to sell its stake in the French telecoms company Cegetel,
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      Lock icon Barclays, Lloyds may make bids
      336 17 LONDON Bloomberg BARCLAYS Pic, Britain's third-largest bank, and Lloyds TSB Group Pic are considering offers for Abbey National Pic, the country's sec-ond-largest mortgage lender, newspapers reported. Barclays has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc to prepare a £15 billion (Ss37 billion) proposal, the Observer reported, an
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  • COMMODITIES & futures
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      Lock icon Oil prices firm as US crude stocks fall while coffee takes a tumble
      576 19 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices rose by over a dollar a barrel last week in response to official data showing a fall in US crude stock levels, while coffee tumbled. North Sea crude oil bounced back
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      880 20 Q Sydney -15.7 CONFLICTING economic indicators offer little insight into likely market direction over the coming week despite perceptions the Australian economy may be slowing, which have prompted a series of profit warnings here, brokers said on Friday. With the effects of the undecided US presidential election
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      287 20 HONGKONG AFP ANY direction in the Hongkong share market this week will be stymied by the delayed outcome of the US presidential election, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 204.73 points, or 1.3 per cent, over the week to close
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      601 20 BOCA RATON, Florida Investors may lose confidence under the uncertain environment AP THE uncertainty surrounding the US presidential election buffeted the stock market last week, and the volatility is likely to continue until the impasse is resolved. But that's just the short term;
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      421 20 TOKYO Reuters CAUTION will rule the Japanese stock market this week as jittery investors await earnings results from big name manufacturers such as Toyota Motor Corp and the outcome of the US presidential election. Dealers expect any losses to be cushioned by bargainhunting
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      386 20 LONDON AFP THE London market remained firmly rooted to the spot last week as investors remained cautious with no finish line yet in sight in the race for the White House. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,400.2 points, down 42 p{oints or 0.7 per
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      1468 20 dPMfc -26L43 FRENCH technology and media shares tumbled on Friday as fresh earnings jitters conspired with doubt over who will be the next US president to rattle investors nerves. The blue-chip CAC-40 Index ended down 2 per cent or 123.66 points lower at 6,147.49 points its lowest
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      378 21 AFP Q Composite Index -7.88 MALAYSIA'S stock market is expected to remain lacklustre as it awaits the result of the tumultuous US presidential election, analysts said on Friday. "It's going to be absolutely quiet until the new US president is announced. No player
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      582 22 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup [SINGAPORE] Contrary to even the wildest expectations a week ago, the US presidential election cliffhanger will continue to be the major focus for at least the week ahead. In terms of currency impact, the longer the increasingly bitter and divisive
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      180 27 The growing gloom about dotcom doom has drafted its first victim: online ads. These are down sharply the Asia-Pacific, asBT'steam W W A W WAV W of reporters k A A "if J1 T A T finds out from A A A J Singapore, Hongkong and Malaysia On Page 2
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      59 27 Top stories Mercator to double revenues from Asia Pacific, on Page 3 27 S'pore companies to exhibit at Comdex Page 4 Online hotel bookings still not in vogue. On Page 10 The Internet according to Reuters, on Page 14 Commentaries Turn to research to curb cash burn, on Page 5
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      607 28  -  Online adspend made up just 0.5% of total spending on all advertising in the Asia-Pacific last year, and will form just 3% of total adspend by 2004 By] Raju Chellam JUST six months ago, most analysts and dotcoms across Asia were bullish about the boom in
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      471 28  -  Radio ads a popular medium to create brand recognition From'. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur RISING costs and dwindling resources have pushed some dotcoms in Malaysia to find cheaper advertising alternatives or shelve ads altogether as they focus on staying afloat. While there
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      760 28  -  As cash dries np and budgets shrink, Singapore dotcoms are now more careful with ad dollars By] Paul Thomson SINGAPORE dotcoms are pruning advertising expenditure to curb alarming burn rates the rate at which they are consuming cash, according to data supplied by research firm
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      Lock icon 30-50% drop in adspend in HK
      503 28  -  Recent failures have not helped; bnt online ads will rise From. Audrey Tan in Hongkong COLOURFUL ads for the latest dotcoms once plastered billboards, newspapers and bus-backs in Hongkong, but these days such ads are few and far between as cashstrapped tech firms slash
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      227 28 In Singapore, September's adspend of $431,400 is less than a third of May's peak of some $1.521 m. The market is occupied by too many small players, each spending heavily on ads in a bid to outdo their rivals in the race to get recognised.' I hum las
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      544 29  -  The region is expected to contribute Ussm this year and USsl4m next year to global revenues By' Val Chua US-BASED, Nasdaq-listed Mercator Software Inc, that provides ebiz integration solutions, plans to double its revenues from the Asia-Pacific region this year and next.
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      575 29 Reuters [TAIPEI] Behind a slick consumer exterior of online karaoke, music videos and web-based mahjong games, Taiwan broadband media company GigaMedia is quietly moving into the business-to-business (B2B) market. As the online arm of the family-run Koo's Group, Giga is set to knit the sprawling
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      Lock icon 27 S'pore companies to exhibit at Comdex
      311 30  -  The Las Vegas expo will see 20 companies at the Singapore Pavilion, and seven others with independent stalls By Raju Chellam A TOTAL of 27 Singapore companies will be exhibiting their wares at the fiveday Comdex Fall 2000 exposition in Las Vegas that
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      749 30 NYT [NEW YORK] E-commerce is already hohum this Christmas, and shopping malls are still perceived by many as parking traps. But there is something new as the retailing season comes to its peak: the era of mobile shopping, or m-commerce, is making its debut.
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      Lock icon Comdex show re-invents for the new era
      318 30  -  From] David Welcher in Las Vegas THE annual fall IT ritual Comdex Fall 2000 begins in Las Vegas, Nevada today, with more than 2,300 exhibitors that is set to attract 225,000 visitors from around the globe. Numerous host countries will-showcase their IT industry
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      478 30 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] America Online Inc. the world's largest Internet provider, and computer maker Gateway Inc will start selling next month a scaled-down computer that lets customers go online instantly from anywhere in their house. The Gateway Connected Touch Pad, equipped with America Online's Instant AOL
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      Lock icon Tarn to research to curb cash burn
      559 31  -  111 comment INFOTECH Dotcoms worried about high burn rates should do some research to see what works and what doesn't online paul thompson The writer is a BT Correspondent AS DOTCOMS consume cash like water, it is feared many will bite the dust
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      63 31 [BANGALORE] Some 600 school students surfing the Internet at an indoor stadium in the southern Indian city of Bangalore last week. Organisers put up 300 personal computers and provided free Net access to the students to promote the Internet. India currently has about 1.7 million Internet
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      233 31 AP [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Victor Grinich, who formed Fairchild Semiconductor and helped start the computer revolution, has died of prostate cancer. He was 75. Grinich and his colleagues were dubbed the "traitorous eight" by William Shockley, co-inventor of the transistor, after they left Shockley Semiconductor in 1957
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      Lock icon Cybercop startup to protect Net leased lines
      537 31  -  Homegrown e-Copjiet aims to get at least 10% marketshare in S'pore and Hongkong in Internet leased line security sevices c By Elisabeth Su HOMEGROWN Net security surveillance provider e-Cop.net (Network for Electronic Crimes and Online Protection) aims to get at least 10 per
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      Lock icon Look to supply chain to cut costs
      337 32  -  You can cut the costs of processing a transaction by a factor of five or six, says expert By Tang Weng Fai THE cost of buying all those low-value nuts and bolts could add up to big savings in the unlikeliest of places
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      Lock icon ING tests a mouse that can read thumbprints
      358 32 The bank hopes the device will help more people gign on to Internet banking Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] For the chronically forgetful, irreparably disorganised and perpetually paranoid, ING Direct has an alternative to passwords to access its Internet bank: A computer mouse that
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      Lock icon Why e-procurement can beef up bottomline
      613 33  -  As competition between companies intensifies, every little edge helps; with e-procurement, savings translate into direct profits martin feuerhahn The writer is managing director, Purchasing Net Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd THERE'S a new game in town electronically procuring corporate supplies using the Internet. And companies that
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        42 33 ASIATRAVELMART.COM, a Malaysia-based online travel marketplace, has launched Travel Mart, a bimonthly print magazine aimed at informing and promoting travel products and services on its website. The magazine retails at $17.50. For online subscriptions, go to asiatravelmart.com.
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        Lock icon Toll-free support by Seagate
        43 33 SEAGATE Technology has launched a toll-free customer support phone service for the Asia-Pacific region, at 800-*****50. This service is available in Singapore from 3am to 3pm daily, including weekends and puhlic holidays, and provides English-language technical and pre-sales support
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        Lock icon Minimalist online hotel-booking
        57 33 AROUNDASIA.COM, an online hotel-bookings site, has launched its no-frills webpage which has no additional pictures, videos or logos. It hopes to attract users by being simple and fast to download, especially to those with no broadband access. The site now has more than 100 hotels from around
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        Lock icon Solomon's ASP Partners programmes
        56 33 SOLOMON Software, a business management systems provider, said it will launch its ASP Partners programmes in Singapore by the end of the year. Under these schemes, approved Solomon partners can provide ASP services, Internet services or data centre infrastructure to other partners, giving them more options
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        Lock icon Paraworld now in Singapore
        38 33 PARAWORLD AG, a Germany-based developer of interactive 3D multi-user applications fin* use on the Internet and broadband networks, has opened its regional office in Singapore, headed by Aroon Tan, CEO, for the Asia-Pacific region.
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        39 33 AVAYA, the former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies, has appointed Peter Murray (above, left) as marketing director for the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Murray was previously general manager of marketing and solutions for Avaya South Pacific.
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        Lock icon Compaq's new vice-president
        34 33 COMPAQ Computer has appointed Andrew Low (above, right) as its vice-president of professional services for the Asia-Pacific and China. Mr Low was previously general manager of Hewlett-Packard Consulting in the Asia-Pacific.
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        36 33 ICON Medialab Asia, a Singapore-based e-biz and Internet professional services provider, has appointed Goran Malm (right) as its president and CEO. Mr Malm was previously president of Dell Computer Asia-Pacific.
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        37 33 A FORUM on "Disruptive impact of ASPs in Asia-Pacific" will be held on Thursday at the Merchant Court Hotel. It is organised by landl Asia (Singapore). For details, fax *****56 or e-mail laychintan@iandiasia.com.
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        37 33 A SEMINAR on "Web-based financial consolidation and group reporting" will be held on Nov 17 at Suntec Tower Five. It is organised by Great Plains Software. For details, fax *****02, or e-mail skam@greatplains.com.
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        35 33  -  Compiled by Siew Yaw Hoong A FIVE-DAY seminar on "E-commerce strategy certificate" will be held from Dec 4 at the Marriott Hotel. It is organised by the ECommerce Institute. For details fax *****38.
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      Lock icon ShareInvestor revamps revenue model
      641 34  -  Its new Gold membership will charge subscribers for select information services By\ Serena Ng HO M E grown financial portal Sharelnv e s tor.com Pte Ltd has revamped its revenue model in a bid to stay viable in an environment where the future of dotcoms is
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      527 34 Reuters [HONGKONG] Three brokerages in Hongkong shut down some of their Internet trading gateways on their debut on Friday due to slow order execution and the low volume of Internet trades being done. Core-Pacific Yamaichi International Ltd and East Asia Securities Co
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      Lock icon Online hotel bookings not in vogue yet
      519 36  -  For Singaporeans online bookings rank third most preferred method of room reservations, after travel agents and telephones or faxes: study By, Jane Cheong SEVEN out of 10 Singaporeans are aware of the existence of online reservations for hotel accommodation, but only 20.8 per
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        74 36 ERICSSON will launch what it claims is the world's first mobile Internet device the R3BO handphone—this week. The dual band mobile phone is WAP-enabled and!; has a buih-in e-mail application. It also doublee up as a personal digital assistant and users can synchronise data with a
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        Lock icon Dell's new business desktops
        79 36 DELL Computer has** unveiled its business desktop PC OptiPtex <3X150. Prices start at $2,025 for a 866 MHz Pentm IH system, which comes with 64 MB RAM, 10 GB hard disk, integrated 10/100 networking, Intel 3D graphics and audio, flinch monitor and CD-ROM drive. For the
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        57 36 DELL Computer has launched its Inspiron 8000 aeries notebook PCs. Prices start at $4,588 for a 600 MHz P-m system, which weighs 3.26 kg and comes with 64 MB RAM, 10 GB hard disk, 8 MB 4X AGP video, 14.1-inch display, 56k modem, and DVD
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        95 36 Symantec Corp has released the latest versions of Norton Internet Security 2001 and Norton Personal Firewall 2001, which support the Windows Me (Millennium Edition). The Internet Security 2001 includes Norton Personal Firewall 2001, Norton Antivirus 2001, and Norton Privacy Control (which prevents personal data from
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        Lock icon Barcode scanners from Intermec
        82 36  -  Compiled Iqr Siew Yaw Hoong US-based Intermec Technologies Corp has launched two barcode scanners —MaxiScan 2210 and 2220 —which are targeted at the retail sector. Both are fast, compact and come with an adjustable depth of field to avoid errors, said Intermec. The 2210 is a
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      887 37 Goal is to cut in half over the next decade the 600,000 repetitive stress injuries that result in lost work time each year in the US Washington Post [WASHINGTON] THE Clinton administration is expected to issue a final rule today requiring virtually all the
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      Lock icon Nextel ends talks with wireless rivals
      267 37 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Nextel Communications Inc, the No. 5 US wireless-service provider, has ended talks with rivals about a combination and is confident it can succeed by itself, chief executive Timothy Donahue said. Nextel talked with a number of wireless companies in the past year,
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      42 37 [KUALA LUMPUR] A TMnet worker surfs the Internet as she waits for customers at a shopping mall yesterday. TMnet, the second largest Internet Service Provider in the country, was formed to spearhead all Internet-related services in Telekom Malaysia Berhad. AP
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      Lock icon One year on, HK GEM board leaves investors cold
      681 38 Many licking their wounds after 64% drop in index Reuters HONGKONG'S technology-driv-en Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), touted as greater China's answer to the Nasdaq when it was launched a year ago, has left many investors licking wounds after a 64 per
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      Lock icon Dot-com shakeout in Silicon Alley
      302 38 NYT NEW YORK The dot-com shakeout continued to reverberate through New York's Silicon Alley last week as several companies announced sharp revenue losses, and one said it would soon lay off more than 200 employees. That company, 24/7 Media, an online advertising and technology company,
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      633 38 Friday's stock plunge cats USsl4b from its market value Bloomberg [ROUND ROCK, Texas] Dell Computer Corp shares fell 19 per cent, their worst one-day drop since May 1993, after the No. 1 US person-al-computer maker said sales growth will slow to about 20
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      Lock icon The battle for high-tech cyber-branding
      452 39  -  A new book on creating brand power in the age of technology offers interesting case studies By\ Raju Chellam GIVEN that everybody's a dog on the Internet, those with stronger brands stand out from those without. Thus, a book that shows just how important brands
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      Lock icon Prophet of a techno faith rich in profits
      1175 39  -  'Listen to the technology', preaches George Gilder, and faithful investors find it pays By Edward Rothstein NYT IT is best to begin with a confession. I am a Gilderite. Each month, along with some 65,000 stock traders, technophiles, computer scientists and optical
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      69 39 Oh yes, George Gilder also picks stocks, which is one reason subscribers pay US$295 a year for his densely packed homilies. resonate with his "paradigm" and anoints them "telecosmic".,, Minutes after being posted at his Internet site (www.gildertech.com), the companies' stock prices rise vertiginously (until, days later,
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        983 40  -  l-jg exclusive The CEO of Reuters Information tells Larry Wee how it is planning to get IT to serve it rather than become its victim Larry Wee THE Internet Age has gone past the dotcom mania and is now entering a new phase, and leading information-provid-er
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          Lock icon Sun to invest US$100m in wireless
          94 40 SUN Microsystems will invest US$lOO million (Ssl73 million) in wireless technology firms, and set up a Wireless Excellence Centre in Stockholm next year. Sun said it will partner with about SO wireless solutions providers to ensure rapid delivery of new services. For details, go
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          Lock icon Get StarOffice source code now
          58 40 SUN Microsystems has made available its Star Office source code, together with its XML (extensible markup language) file formats and APIs (application programming interfaces) specifications. The Star Office suite offers tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, web publishing, database applications, etc; and runs on
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          Lock icon Domain names in Asian languages
          72 40 SEARCH portal Lycos Asia has tied up with Denmark-based domain name registrar, Speednames, to launch a multilingual domain name registration service across the Asia-Pacific. The service is now available in Chinese, Japanese and Korean in seven countries, including Singapore. This lets businesses and individuals register
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          Lock icon IP phone by InnoMedia,Davnet
          65 40 HOMEGROWN InnoMedia Pte Ltd, which offers IP \> IHephony solutions, has tied up with Australia's Da vast Ltd to develop the Davnet IP VideoPhone, an IP-based desktop video conferencing phone for corporate customers. It will be designed and developed by InnoMedia, and will be distributed to
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      272 41 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE market has remained active, especially for dry bulk tonnage. Vessels sold for rartner trading buuoaiubmi ♦Magellan Maru: 171,931 tdw bit 86 HI reported sold region U5514,700,000 to clients ofPolembroe. ♦Saikyo: 149,000tdw bit 93 China Sb reports are that a percentage of the
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      488 41  -  Deal with Verolme Botlek will mean a key foothold in the European shiprepair and offshore market By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Keppel Corporation's offshore rig building division, Keppel Fels, is in takeover talks with Dutch offshore repair and conversion shipyard, Verolme Botlek, it
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      259 41 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has given a RM5.4 billion (552.5 billion) project to Germany's Thyssen AG to build six navy patrol ships, a move that will help the nation resume its ambitious fleet development programme. The six offshore patrol vessels are the first
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      606 41  -  LDIER SCENE By David Hughes hmhß HERE is much that is very in a newly pubH report on the container port market by UKHI based Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC). The study, "The Global Containerport market to 2015", very much paints the same
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      151 41 ibvou sow SDnmra Bloomberg [PARIS] A probe by an underwater robot confirmed there are two holes in the hull of the levoli Sun, a tanker containing toxic chemicals that sank on Oct 30 off the French coast, maritime officials said. The unmanned vehicle reached
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      170 41 Reuters [LONDON] Cargill has announced a sea-change in shipping strategy, following the sale of its last four remaining Panamax bulk-carriers, and from now on will charter in ships for all its cargo requirements. "The widespread trend towards consolidation and size within the ship owning segment implies
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      332 41 GROUNDING AT GREAT BARRIER REEF AP [BRISBANE] The first officer of a Malaysian ship which ran aground on Australia's fragile Great Barrier Reef pleaded guilty to charges of navigating negligently. Mashkoor Hussain Khan of Pakistan appeared in Cairns Magistrate's Court on Friday and
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        424 42  -  Move to get shipowners to have financial guarantees to protect crews Reports by'. David Hughes in London A JOINT working group from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) has put forward a set of draft proposals that would see flag
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        220 42 THE world's biggest VLCC operator Frontline has reported record third quarter profits of US$97 million (*****.8 million), almost double that of the second quarter of the year, as it rides the ongoing tanker rate boom. Its 30 VLCCs averaged U5552,000 per day in
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          100 42 THE Argentine port of Rosario has launched a fresh tender for terminal operators following the collapse of its arrangement with Philippines-based ICTSI. Port authority Enapro has slashed the rent required in the concession by half in a bid to attract the interest of other operators. "We want
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          108 42 MEMBERS of the so-called "Shippers' Tripartite" have sent a joint letter to the OECD asking the organisation to continue to look into the reform of maritime regulations, particularly with regard to liner conferences and their pricing and co-operation policies. In the letter, the body recommends that
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          139 42 NORWEGIAN bulk cargo carrier Bergesen has seen its turnover rise 16.1 per cent and its operating profit more than triple in the third quarto- of the year. The group saw US$5O.5 million (5587,4 million) operating profit on income of U*****.5 million. However, heavy exchange rate
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          88 42 JORMA Olavi Eloranta has been chosen to replace Martin Saarikangas as head of Finnish shipbuilder Kvaemer Masa-Yards. Mr Eloranta is currently CEO of defence contractor Patria Industries, but will quit his post in the new year to take over at the shipyard. Kvaerner group
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          65 42 THE Shipping Corporation of India has posted second quarter up 150 per cent from operational income was up 19 per cent. The 119-ship Indian carrier has also managed to reclaim some of its dues fTom the Indian Oil Corporation. Managing director Prabhat Kumar Srivastava said the company
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        790 53 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a mora comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. Hie Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        307 54 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co won an order from Atlas Air Inc for four of its 747-400 freighters, though Atlas said it's still considering whether to buy Airbus Industrie's planned A3XX "superjumbo" jetliners as well. The order is valued at about US$75O million
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        233 54 Bloomberg [MILAN] Alitalia SpA will buy six Boeing 777 aircraft instead of five bigger and more expensive 747 jumbo jets it ordered earlier, Boeing Co said. The state-controlled Italian airline will buy six *****0ER planes, seating 305 to 400 passengers and
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        594 54 CHDCA AIR SHOW Sales in thi* segment over the next 20 years forecast to be worth US$2Bl billion Reuters [ZHUHAI, China] The global airliner market has pent-up demand for a small wide-body airliner seating about 250 passengers, according to European civil aircraft maker
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        367 54 He teams up with finance firm Kotak Mahindra, British Airways and Qantas Reuters [NEW DELHI] London-based steel magnate Laxmi Niwas Mittal has tendered a surprise bid in the privatisation of national flag carrier Air India, The Economic Times newspaper reported. Mr Mittal,
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        128 54 Reuters [PARIS] French carrier Air France reported a 19 per cent rise in second quarter revenues and said its load factor crept up 0.4 percentage points to 79.0 in October. Traffic grew by 5.5 per cent last month in revenue-passenger-kilometre (RPK) terms, while growth
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        278 54 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic, the world's largest airport operator, said UK passenger traffic rose 3.4 per cent last month from October 1999. That was lower than expected because of bad weather late in the month. The number of passengers moving through
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      40 50 New Advertisers/Services/Agencies Econ Line I 2 x Fixed Day Sailings per Week between S'pore ft Bangkok, Laem Chabang See Page tl FREMANTLE COCOS CHRISTMAS ISLAND WESTERN AUSTRALIA Turn to Page 7 Daily i >I*l^lll ASSETS SHIPOWNERS ft MANAGERS PTE LTD
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      47 50 SINGAPORE PTE LTD I 19 McCalKim Street #03-01/02 Natwwt Centre Singapore *****5 Fax (65) *****66 Email p—HIH ecuHne net Website: ecuUne.net EAST MALAYSIA Kuching/Kota Kinabalu/Muara/Sibu Tawau/Bintulu/Labuan/Sandakan Call: 220 3373 KYOWA LINE Guam/Saipan/ Micronesia Ports/Majuro j t t t Agents: V-Grow Shipping Pte Ltd Turn to page 7
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      786 52 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD SI Panjuni Road, 3rd Laval, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesinOsingnet.com.sg uicrciti* I. .t.J. Ati in 11 WBD9VIB* WWW.II iTilfoK S.OCT I FOR i> WAREHOUSING LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: CLEMENT CHUA 9688 5404, VINCENT SEE 9678 5760, SUNNY YEOW
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      44 52 REGULAR DIRECT CONTARNER A RREAKRUuTI SERVICE TO PORT LO4RR A PUHRAW EXPORT VOY SM PTL DRN ALS EXPRESS 08WB 27/11 08/12 13/12 TBN 08AW 13/12 27/12 02/01 ACCSTWG TO JOHANNESBURG AfMts: Id Fa Onli«A|Miß 4201U1/142 *****03 Mwr» OanOn Skeen Amky S4i Ohd Q3SOOar OSOHOOTO
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      120 53 jOlk i t legend- Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore Thunderstorm p!!* 10 Temperature °C Wind direction and speed in knots Ram Weather U Cloudy Day E** 3 Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols Slight, < 1.2 m O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds half
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