The Business Times, 14 November 2000

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  • 875 1  -  Nationwide VC fending posts steeper fall, from USsl9.Bb to USsl7.6b From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley VENTURE capital investment in Silicon Valley did not grow for the first time in seven quarters, but the total flind flows into technology firms here
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  • 376 1  -  Possible violations of securities act in last-minnte trade By Teh Hooi Ling, Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) is investigating the surge in Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) share price on Oct 13 for possible violations of the Securities Industry
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  • 154 1 HP's lower-th&n-expected profit fuels fears of fading profits THE tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell below the 3,000 level for the first time in about a year as Hewlett-Packard joined a lengthy list of technology companies that missed forecasts, feeding fears of fading profits. At 11.00
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  • 454 1  -  H»nk aim 0p70%0f FCCs Robinson Centre By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank is in talks to lease all 276,000 sq ft in Unity Tower 2 coming up along Shenton Way from Singapore Land and its former chairman, SP Tao, sources say.
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    • 219 1 in hide Top Stories Takeover rumours drive up CCL shares by up to 7%. Pg 4 HP profit well short of expectations. Pg 16 BT Comment Singapore faces a tourism quandary, says Lee Han Shih. Pg 10 The US election system: not perfect, but not bad either. Pg 12 New
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    • 18 1 Other Parliament reports House passes changes in public offer rules, Pg 7 Accounting corporations now allowed, Pg 7
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    • 18 1 HP profit disappoints, Pg 16 i v. I ii motion to impeach Estrada 4^^-' Report. Nr-y\ P-vyr —-i
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 98 2 THE blinds in the new DBS treasury centre are usually pulled down which is a pity because the view from the 33rd floor centre is great. Seems despite the millions of dollars and high-tech wizardry that went into the place, it's a low-tech decision to keep the blinds
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      • 139 2 A UNITED Overseas Bank customer recently received a letter from the bank telling her that because of a $1.50 monthly charge on her savings account, it was overdrawn. UOB, like other banks, imposes a monthly charge on savings accounts that fall below a minimum
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      • 247 2 A MAN in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced his altitude and saw a man below. "Excuse me, but can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't know where I am," he said.
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      • 90 2 IT may not make it into the Guinness Book of Records, but Pan Pacific Singapore tops the world as the hotel with the most digital subscriber lines. The hotel, which has been in the forefront of providing computer access for guests, implemented wireless communications in all its 23
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    • 619 2  -  Swift approval leaves Estrada to lace Senate trial From* Al Labita in Manila INVESTOR concern rippled through the financial markets as the Philippine Congress yesterday endorsed the impeachment of President Joseph Estrada and sent the case to the Senate where he will
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    • 543 2  -  Each country aims to be a regional hub for the other By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Mexico and Singapore yesterday issued a joint declaration committing themselves to a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA). The declaration, which was signed by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
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  • MARKETS jitters
    • 657 3  -  Fears of slowing US demand and uncertainty about results of US presidential election take their toll From Audrey Tan in Hongkong NORTH Asian markets yesterday mimicked Nasdaq's tumble on Friday, as nervous investors sold both technology and Old Economy stocks on fears of slowing
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    • 454 3  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] South-east Asian markets hit the skids as investor sentiment, already weakened by deadlocked US presidential elections and volatility on Wall Street, was further dampened by negative domestic political and economic factors. In Singapore, the benchmark Straits Times
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 464 4  -  Market talk, triggered by another bnlk purchase of shares, is that Jardine will mount a general offer soon By < Christopher Tan RIFE speculation of a takeover sent thinly-traded Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) shares up by as much as 22
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    • 271 4 OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC Bank) has appointed two more foreign directors, expanding its board to 10. They are Nasruddin bin Bahari, 63, chairman of wholly owned subsidiary OCBC Bank (Malaysia), and Janice Ballace, 51, the first president of Singapore Management University. The move appears
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    • 342 4  -  They will have to pay SGX-ITS a monthly fee of $30,000 and $3 a transaction By Serena Ng SINGAPORE Exchange Information Technology Solutions (SGX-ITS) yesterday launched a new online trading system caned Vision Broker ID-ASP, or VB3. Developed with Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and
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    • 934 4  -  [ISfrMK locksiew paul thompson AS the corporate governance bandwagon gains speed, the topic that is sure to ignite the most public interest is the issue of directors' remuneration. In Singapore, the annual accounts reveal pitiftilly little on the subject of directors' pay. Is
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 124 5 AFX-Asia ASIA Food Properties said it through wholly-owned unit Premier Foods International, will be investing a further US$2 million (553.5 million) in Shining Gold Foodstuffs (Ningbo) Co of China. Shining Gold, wholly-owned by Premier Foods, operates a palm and vegetable oil refinery in
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      • 67 5 AFX-Asia BOUSTEAD Singapore said its unit, Boustead Information Technology, has agreed to take a 40 per cent stake in WEBFoundry Pty Ltd for A 5600,000 (*****,000). Boustead Information also agreed to provide a loan of A 5550,000 to WEBFoundry for working capital requirements. Boustead Information
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      • 73 5 KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation's subsidiary Netrust has appointed Foo Jong Ai as chief executive officer. Mr Foo was most recently director of information infrastructure development at the Infocomm Development Authority and has also served as chairman of 1-Net Singapore, the infrastructure provider for the Singapore ONE network.
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      • 79 5 CITY e-Solutions, formerly known as CDL Hotels International, said it has appointed Scott Anderson as president for its US-based hospitality solutions provider Service World Network Inc (Swan). Mr Anderson was previously executive vice-president for internet travel division at Cendant Internet Group. He was also managing
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      • 74 5 SGX Sesdaq-listed Nucleus Electronics yesterday reported an 80 per cent Jump in net earnings for the first nine months of the year to H2 million. Turnover was up a third to $38.2 million. These amounts already exceed the company's performance for the whole of last
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      • 71 5 CSA Holdings said its subsidiary Computer Systems Advisers (M) Bhd, through a subsidiary, has signed a deal to buy a 0.6551 ha plot of land in Daerah Sepang, Selangor Darul Ehsan for RM3.01 million (Ssl .38 million). The purchase would be funded internally.
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    • 268 5  -  TyCom places order for four vessels for the installation and maintenance of undersea fibre-optic cables By Donald Urquhart KEPPEL Hitachi Zosen has clinched a $280 million contract to build four cable-laying and repair vessels for Bermuda-based TyCom. TyCom exercised an option for the
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    • 153 5 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Star Cruises pic's planned listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange may be delayed, The Edge newspaper reported, citing a company spokesman. The spokesman said the delay is due to certain clarifications and disclosure sought by the exchange. "We
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    • 166 5 Reuters [HONGKONG] A HK$2.4 billion (*****.7 million) term loan facility has been launched for Treasure Trove Ltd, a special purpose vehicle owned by conglomerate China International Trust and Investment Corp (Citic) Hong Kong (Holdings) and Citic Pacific, the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS)
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 569 6  -  -li comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore market started the week on a nervous note amid concern about the impact of the deadlocked US presidential election on Wall Street stocks. Sentiment was particularly weighed down by the weakness of the tech-heavy
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    • 180 6  -  WABRAMT WATCH By' Ven Sreenivasan THE Acma warrant was one of the leading percentage losers yesterday as it slipped another cent to four cents or 20 per cent on a volume of 45,000 units. Meanwhile, the underlying stock fell four cents to 81 cents on
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    • 242 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng PRINTED circuit board maker Gul Technologies has been the subject of takeover talk recently and it shares have performed strongly. They eased four cents to close at $1.15 yesterday on volume of 5.7 million. But the technical indicators
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    • 84 6 ♦THE executive director of Chew Eu Hock Holdings V (CEH)and Chew EuHock Construction Co (CEHCC), Tan EngSiang, has been appointed managing director of CEHCC in place erf Chew Ei Hock with effect for Nov 1. CEHCC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CEH. ♦SEKSUN Precision Engineering has changed its
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    • 337 6  -  comment CURRENCIES larry wee ASIAN currencies started off the week on a muggy and indecisive note, depressed by the latest in a string of sharp Nasdaq falls last Friday, and compounded by political uncertainties not only in the US but also in
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    • 390 6 Stocks Volume AddvaTTech 2.5c 27,686,000 PCI 25c 21,392,000 PacificCenturylOc 14,062,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 13,214,000 OUBDB0CWO1O123 11,718,000 OmnilndlOc 11,500,000 GMG Global 5c 11.235,000 MedtaRing 10c 10,712,000 AdroiMOc 9,579,000 IPCQ20C 7.891,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 94,336,092 NatEleclOc 39,906,100 Omni Ind 10c 38,304,660 PCI 25c 29,935,860 VentureM»g25c 29,666,530 DBSGrp 18,923,354 PacificCenturylOc 17,837,670 OUB
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    • 365 6 I 1 1 1 FEATURING ADDRESSES BY: W Barry DHI«r« Chairman CEO, USA Networks, Inc Manuel Pangilinan, President CEO, The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Yatiman Yusof, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Minister of Information and The Arts MSI R— A n llaimw cRvkHMUon upwnny INNEI 2. O O O 15 November
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  • PARLIAMENT news
    • 576 7  -  Bill also takes further steps towards a disclosure-based regulatory regime Reports byl Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE has made major changes to its regulations covering the public offer of shares, following Parliament's passing of the Companies (Amendment) Bill. For offers to sophisticated investors, for
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    • 408 7 Accounting firms previously had unlimited liability THE days are finally over when public accounting firms in Singapore can take only the form of a sole proprietorship or partnership, with unlimited liability. Parliament yesterday passed the Accountants (Amendment) Bill that offer accountants the third alternative they have
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    • IN Brief
      • 177 7 HOLDERS of public entertainment licences will come under a demerit point system, not unlike that used for drivers, when changes to the Public Entertainments Act take effect Parliament yesterday endorsed the system, which wiU encourage licensees to exercise opjMiaHpHni, whm itpamflrf thftanwnrimerits to the Act yesterday. "Under
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      • 129 7 PARLIAMENT has given residential properties used for businesses under the Technopreueur Home-Office Scheme the green light to also qualify for estate duty exemption. The Estate Duty (Amendment) Bill passed yesterday wiU support efforts made under the scheme to encourage innovation, creativity and enterprise. It will
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      • 123 7 THE law on oaths and declarations has been simplified, brought up-to-date and given a more local flavour, thanks to the passing of the Oaths and Declarations Bill yesterday. The move consolidated three archaic Acts the Oaths Act, the Oaths ofOffice and Allegiance Act, and the Statutory
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 220 8  -  P=* 3 on the economy jobs By Teh Hooi Ling HIRING activity seems to have slowed, going by the volume of job advertisements in the newspapers. The volume of recruitment ads in October rose a mere 7 per cent year-on-year, compared with
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    • 572 8  -  Start-ups in Phase ZJto facility will have automatic access to $60m scheme By' Vincent Chong JURONG Town Corporation (JTC) yesterday announced a technology tie-up with software giant Microsoft Corporation in an incubator programme to nurture start-up companies. The incubator facility, named Phase Z.Ro Technopreneur
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    • 262 8  -  By] Kelvin Ng PIDEMCO Land's e-business arm, pFission, has teamed up with City Developments (CDL), Keppel Land's KeplandeHub and Singapore Land's Interpex to start an office services portal. The four companies will invest up to $5 million and will own equal stakes
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    • 383 8  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling MOBILEONE is rolling out a GSM 1800 network and hopes to transfer its CDMA users to the new network by end of next year. Ml has to shut down its $140 million CDMA network as it has
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    • 209 8 GOVERNMENT legal officers from the Asean countries came together in Singapore yesterday as part of a plan to promote understanding and appreciation of one another's legal systems. They took part in a seminar at City Hall Chambers that was opened by Minister of State for
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  • MAIL bag
    • 241 9  -  Ang Hwee Suan (Ms) Head, Public Relations For Chief Executive Officer Chief Planner Urban Redevelopment Authority I REFER to the letters "Enough facilities for non-golfers", "Not that many golfers in S'pore" and "Forget extra golf courses; have more public parks" (Mailbag, Nov 4) and "Golf
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    • 323 9  -  Vincent Tan Chee Kian I REFER to the letter "Use the Net for property sale" by George Ow Soon Beng (Mailbag, Nov 10). Has it occurred to anyone how would one feel if everyone in your company proposes cutting your pay? How would anyone
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    • 382 9  -  Ease Soh Singapore, via Internet I WAS an agent and sold my parents' house six months ago. Like most sellers, I thought that no agent was required as 1 knew all the procedures and that an agent's work was just to advertise and conduct
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  • FOCUS property
    • 346 10  -  By\ Kalpana Rashiwala IN what is probably Knight Frank executive director Francis Lim's swan song on the collective sale scene, the firm announced yesterday it has sealed two deals. Bee Hwa Court in Oxley Road has been sold to listed construction group Hor
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    • 643 10  -  (comment PROPERTY Is bigger really necessarily better when It comes to the Republic's floundering theme parks? lee han shih SINGAPORE'S leisure and entertainment industry seems to believe in the "Godzilla principle", namely that size matters. And when a project is in danger of failing, a
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  • e-NEWS
    • 645 11 ZURICH It will probe for possible illegal agreements between operators colluding to withdraw from yesterday's auction AFP Bloomberg Reuters SWITZERLAND postponed an auction for four mobile phone licences at the last minute yesterday, signalling it would investigate whether bidders had withdrawn in
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    • 396 11 NEW YORK NYT IN a decision that could set the stage for how courts respond to accusations of fraud in online auctions, a state judge in San Francisco ruled last week that eßay could not be held liable for bootleg
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    • 601 11 LAS VEGAS He on veils clipboard-shaped tablet PC at Comdex AP LATWP STEERING clear of present battles, Microsoft founder Bill Gates opened the Comdex technology show with his traditional glimpse of the future, which this time included a clipboard-shaped computer and a new era
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    • 278 11 HONGKONG Bloomberg TOM.COM Ltd, the Internet venture whose shares have lost more than half their value since they began trading in March, will cut operating costs by half this year as it seeks to break even by 2002. "We will have
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    • 324 11 TAIPEI It'aplamiagtebiqr 20% «f KG Tetocun tulip to 60b yen FT Bloomberg DOCOMO, Japan's leading mobile phone operator, is poised to take a 20 per cent stake in KG Telecom, Taiwan's fourth largest operator, for up to 60 billion yen (Ss96B million). KG Telecom declined to
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    • 385 11 MARINA DEL REY, California Internet naming agency meets to approve expansion of Web names AP TO relieve overcrowding in dotcom addresses, the international organisation in charge of Internet names could select several new suffixes by week's end. The move would represent the first
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    • 338 11  -  By D Ravi Kanth in Geneva SINGAPORE'S Subordinate Courts, now in the forefront of online mediation and virtual e-commerce dispute resolution, has urged leading international arbitrators to evolve an "efficient,effective, flexible dispute mechanism" to tackle disputes arising from Internet-driven global commerce. Audrey Lim,
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 831 12  -  STTT^r bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent US GOVERNMENT-FUNDED "democracy watchdogs" are always ready to be dispatched to places like Panama and Venezuela, to help monitor elections in these countries and ensure that they are conducted
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    • 75 12 'If America believes that this is a viable system, so be it I did not expect that so many stupid mistakes were possible.' Jmnber Inasaridze from the former Soviet state of Georgia, in the US to observe the democratic process. This just proved that the Electoral College
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    • 621 12 EDITORIAL ATOP official of Thailand's election commission, Sawat Chotepanich, issued this stem warning last week, ahead of the general election on Jan 6: "We will schedule a fresh vote again and again, until election cheats are thrown out of the race." The independent election
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    • 1141 12 An inflation target of 2% may allow enough room for both wage flexibility and low interest rates The Economist ALL central bankers agree that price stability should be the primary goal of monetary policy. But what exactly does "price stability" mean? This question was debated
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    • 749 12  -  COMMENTARY It feels almost like a protest vote; they were lacklustre, so we were lukewarm By] Maureen Dowd NYT [WASHINGTON] Sure, we were ambivalent about these guys when we voted. But now we've had a chance to watch them in a state-of-the-art crucible. And
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 667 13 IMDON RESTRUCTURING It will decide in 2 weeks whether to hold an IPO or make a private placement Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) will decide in two weeks whether to hold an initial sale of PT Indomarco Prismatama
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    • 202 13 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S powerful Financial Sector Policy Committee yesterday said it had agreed to restructure U*****.5 million (*****.4 million) in debts of controversial carmaker PT Timor Putra Nasional (TPN). Timor Putra, Indonesia's fledgling national car project, was once controlled by former president Suharto's youngest son
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    • 165 13 KUALA LUMPUR PERUSAHAAN Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton) wili consider a foreign partnership if the alliance makes commercial sense and provides value to the company and Malaysia, the Malaysian Business Times reported, quoting Proton's chief executive officer Mahaleel Ariff. "We work with the Italians, the
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    • 464 13 KUALALUMPUR It will focus on developing its businesses in W Europe, Japan Bloomberg BRITISH Telecommunications Pic said it will evaluate its investments in Asia before deciding to sell stakes in companies such as Maxis Communications Bhd, Malaysia's secondlargest cellular company. The
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    • 268 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S second largest banking group, Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd, yesterday posted a big jump in ninemonth profit, saying the momentum of growth was expected to prevail in the full year. Net profit for the nine months to Sept 30,2000, soared to
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    • 241 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] Thousands of angry protesters demanding President Abdurrahman Wahid's resignation messed up part of Indonesia's Parliament yesterday. Wearing white headbands, the demonstrators smashed lamps and chairs in the lobby of the parliamentary complex. Outnumbered police stood by and the violence only stopped when protest
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    • 490 14 I MANILA Public transport likely to be crippled in 42 cities, say organisers Reuters THE Philippine army was placed on red alert to prevent violence during a general strike today to demand the resignation of President Joseph Estrada, officials said. Opposition groups, the
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    • 915 14  -  comment APEC Soinft flqvftliTrtfic pngh for early WTO nwnd; Apec hag to defend lto relevance yang razali kassim [BRUNEI] APEC ministers who had expected their press conference to be a tame affair got more than they bargained for. They found themselves having to defend the grouping
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    • 482 14 ASIA-PACIFIC CEOs, meeting in Brunei for the Apec summit, have given their qualified support for the growing interest in establishing regional and sub-regional free trade areas (FTAs). In a special report to the Apec leaders who will gather here this week, the CEOs
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    • 518 14 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines, the land where the world's most virulent computer virus was born, is fast turning into the land of cyber-protest as a campaign to compel President Joseph Estrada to resign spreads. A dozen or 90 websites have sprouted in the last month supporting
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    • 334 14 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAI Petrochemical Industry pel (TPI), the country's largest delinquent debtor, may be liquidated for less than 50 cents on a dollar if the creditors do not give a final vote on its US$3.B billion (556.6 billion) debt revamp
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    • 445 14  -  Bnt Luard Asia has not yet decided if it will sell its stake From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong LAZARD Asia, which is the controlling shareholder of Sing Tao Holdings, has held talks with independent parties on a possible sale of its stake
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    • 255 15 SHENZHEN Bloomberg SHENZHEN Stock Exchange will stop adding new stocks to the 486 already trading on its bourse, ahead of the government's proposal to transfer all its stocks to the Shanghai exchange. The Shenzhen municipal government—which stands to lose 720 million yuan (Sslso million) in
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    • 370 15 HONGKONG Report says it's got USs3J>b refinancing for USs4.7b needed Bloomberg AFX-Asia PACIFIC Century CyberWorks Ltd shares fell as much as 6.4 per cent as the company continued negotiations with banks over raising a US$4.7 billion (SsB.2 billion) loan to help repay a
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    • 524 15 SHANGHAI Agricultural Bank gets central bank nod to carry ont trial Reuters THE Agricultural Bank of China plans to start accepting shares as collateral for personal loans to boost its consumer credit business, the bank's head of retail banking said yesterday. Gao Honghua,
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    • 11 13 British Telecom starts sell-off with £460 m Swiss deal, Pg 16
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    • 239 13 Initial Public Offerings Seminar Corporate Fraud In Asia Seminar (Essential Components for Successful Listing) Managing the Unmanaged Risk 9.00 am to 5.30 pm, 9.00 am to 5.00pm, Tuesday, 28th November 2000, 27-28 November 2000 Inter-Continental Hotel, Singapore Hotel Inter-Continental Singapore PriceWaterhouse Coopers (CFIB) across multiple junsaicuons. As seen c c
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  • WORLD news
    • 561 16 NEW YORK It also ends talks to buy consulting business of Price waterhouseCoopers Reuters COMPUTER and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co yesterday reported fourth-quarter earnings far short of Wall Street expectations and said it had terminated talks to buy the consulting business of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Palo
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    • 756 16 US ELECTION Bush lawsuit likely to reach Supreme Court within a week NYT AP [WASHINGTON] The US election saga took a fresh legal turn yesterday as VicePresident A 1 Gore's advisers denounced as "arbitrary and unreasonable" a decision by Florida's Republican
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    • 456 16 profile He's known for his tough negotiating style, quick mastery of conqrieytsrams [TALLAHASSEE, Florida} In his pivotal role as the man who would save the presidency for Republican George W Bush, James Baker has, in a sense, come full circle. For years, he was the
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    • 482 16 LONDON Jan output cut possible to prevent price collapse Bloomberg Reuters CRUDE oil was little changed yesterday after Opec as expected agreed to leave output targets in place and ministers signalled production may be cut as early as January to prevent a
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    • 385 16 LONDON Reuters FT BRITISH Telecom Pic yesterday said it was selling its stake in Swiss joint venture Sunrise for £460 million (Ssl.l billioh), kicking off its plan to slice £10 billion off its huge debt burden. It announced the sale of the
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    • 198 16 LOS ANGELES Bloomberg CB Richard Ellis Services Inc, the largest US commercial property broker, has received a buyout offer for about US$74O million (SS3O3 million) in stock and debt from an investor group led by Blum Capital Partners. The group offered U5515.50 a
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    • 441 18 TOKYO Tie-up will create Japan's biggest chemical group, world's 6th largest Reuters SUMITOMO Chemical Co Ltd and Mitsui Chemicals Inc are in talks that could result in a merger in a year, the companies said. A merger will create Japan's biggest chemical group
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    • 146 18 NEW YORK Reuters INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp said yesterday that it has agreed to buy extra ceramic substrate packaging for its chips from an outside supplier, to alleviate shortages of the microelectronics part that have hindered sales of certain computers. IBM has
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    • 487 18 TOKYO It faces cost of recall scandal and shoring up pension reserves Reuters JAPANESE carmaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp delivered a fresh round of bad news to investors yesterday, doubling its net loss forecast for this business year as it faces the cost of a recall
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    • 336 18 TOKYO Overseas investments boost current account surplus Reuters JAPAN'S current account surplus widened for a second consecutive month in September, pushed up by returns from overseas investments, while high oil prices reined in the ti ade surplus, official data yesterday showed. The Ministry of Finance
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    • 50 18 AP [SEOUL] A worker shouting a slogan in a rally to oppose the government's restructuring plan in downtown Seoul. A recent announcement by creditor banks identifying 52 businesses, primarily construction companies, to be liquidated instigated the current round of layoffs and failures. The headband reads "Job Security".—AP AP
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    • 431 18 SEOUL Reuters Bloomberg AFXAsia SOUTH Korea could accept demands from a US consortium to help move along its planned investment in troubled Hyundai Group units. Financial Supervisory Commission chairman Lee Keunyoung said yesterday. "We could review demands from AIG if that helps stabilise nervous
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    • 465 19 NEW YORK SEC abandons proposal for splitting off consultancy arms FT THE Securities and Exchange Commission will announce new rules for reforming the accountancy industry tomorrow, making significant concessions to objections raised by the largest firms. In particular, the US regulator will back down
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    • 533 19 LONDON Reuters WHEN lamenting the City of London's lack of local talent in the macho world of investment banking, people often reach for the Wimbledon tennis analogy "played in London but dominated by foreigners". Over the past decade, revered London merchant banks
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    • 394 19 LONDON Firms focus on balance sheets after spending big amounts on 36 licences FT THE value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the telecommunications industry has fallen sharply this year as huge expenditure on third generation mobile licences forces companies to
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    • 473 19 TOKYO Problems in previous tests raised concerns about Jan 4 launch Reuters THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) said yesterday the latest test of its Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, fast becoming the next headache akin to the millennium bug, found no major problems
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    • 1198 20  -  Forget traditional theories. There's a new understanding of how businesses create value, consultant and author Barry Libert tells kbmmbth james KENNETH JAMES HE wasn't the first to notice businesses and markets don't behave the way they are "supposed" to. But Boston business consultant Barry Libert went a
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 287 22  -  SGX Derivatives Tmdin&Report ST Index/MSClS'pore Index Lau Chee Keong THE Singapore stock market tumbled more than 2 per cent yesterday following Nasdaq's 5.4 per cent fall last Friday. Technology stocks again led the market lower as earnings worries continued to weigh on the sector. The
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    • 228 22  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong THE MSCI Taiwan Index yesterday crashed following a sell-off in US markets last Friday. The ongoing local political crisis and the election uncertainty in the US continued to weigh on the Taiwan stock market The MSCI Taiwan index tumbled
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    • 196 22 Reuters [SINGAPORE] All eyes in the South-east Asian rubber market are on China, the only major buyer left, while the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) has resumed sales of its remaining stocks, traders said yesterday. "The key lies in China," said a
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    • 335 22 Reuters London THE euro pared gains yesterday, shedding half a cent against the US dollar amid profit-taking, but wariness of renewed central bank intervention and the US electoral stalemate limited its retreat Concern that central banks may act was rife after the European Central Bank (ECB) intervened to
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2689 23 HONGKONG AFP PHangSeag -***** HONGKONG share prices yesterday plunged 3.7 per cent on the back of Wall Street's falls at the end of last week and on weakness in regional stock markets. Dealers said the tone would remain negative until the
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      966 23 Reuters PSheazhaiß Index -OSI CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed lower yesterday on a technical correction triggered by falls on Asian markets, including Hongkong. The Shanghai B index fell 2.42 per cent to 73.289 as turnover rose to U5526.37 million from U5523.99 million on Friday. The Shenzhen B index
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    • 345 23 AFP □VP Index -295.22 TAIWANESE share prices plummeted 4.8 per cent yesterday in near-panic selling following Wall Street's plunge over the weekend and a report warning of a financial crisis in Taiwan, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 295.22 points to 5,793.52, on turnover of
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    • 1970 23 TOKYO AFP QMUuiiBB -323J0 SHARE prices in Tokyo declined 2.2 per cent yesterday as domestic political turmoil unnerved investors already worried by slides on Wall Street, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index lost 323.90 points to close at 14,664.64. The Topix Index of
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 240 24 AFP AFX-Asia POwnposite Index -***** MALAYSIAN shares closed 2 per cent lower yesterday amid falls in other regional markets foUowing Friday's Wall Street losses, dealers said. With no other leads in the market, sentiment continues to be undermined by the uncertain outcome
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      726 25 AFP D SET Intel jj THE Thai stock market fell 2.1 per cent yesterday, in line with weakness across the region after Wall Street's tumble on Friday, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index lost 6.05 points to finish at 287.18, while the SET 50 was
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    • 209 25 AFP Q Composite Index -3XOI PHILIPPINE stock prices closed 2.2 per cent lower yesterday with the benchmark Composite Index falling 33.01 points to close at 1,455.94. Turnover fell to 322.17 million shares worth 686.34 million pesos from 369.8 million shares valued at 857.7 million pesos on Friday.—AFP HarU N«
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      637 25 AFP QOwipoatebiez -X3l INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday in line with weaker regional markets and Wall Street's fall on Friday, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 3.31 points at 423.66 with 300 million shares worth 311.486 billion rupiah changing hands. A
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    • 249 25 AFP Phbmo -IMP THE New Zealand share market closed down 0.85 per cent yesterday on light turnover of NZ$44 million on worries over earnings falls at home and abroad. The NZSE-40 capital index fell 16.90 to 1,971.45 with Telecom down 15 NZ cents to NZss.7o.— AFP ■wo H *f-
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    • 497 25 AFP QAH Ordinaries -10 AUSTRALIAN share prices fell 0.31 per cent yesterday with banking and resources stocks coming under selling pressure. The benchmark All Ordinaries index dropped 10 points to 3,240.8, while the SP/ASX2OO fell 10.1 points to close at 3,290.8 The All Industrials closed 14.6 weaker at 5,644.5,
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    • 308 25 AFP Q Composite Index -2<L24 SOUTH Korean shares fell 4.6 per cent yesterday with the index down 26.24 at 538.94. Volume was 271.2 million shares worth 1.4 trillion won. —AFP H»U *h Anam Semi 5200 -400 Brain Tech 625 10 Central Bank 170 unch CheH Comm ***** -5000 Da*
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    • 1146 30  -  Three sisters who run Lim's Arts Living in Holland Village and other businesses tell oobdiiib kerk about the joys and trials of working in a family business CORINNE KERK ANYONE who has worked for a family business will tell you It can be
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 292 31 Reuters GRAIN and mineral chartering ended the week quietly on the dry cargo freight market, which also saw all the Baltic indices post losses, traders said. Tradigrain fixed 18,000 tonnes maize up river, Argentina/Tunisia November 20/30 at approximately US$29, while Dreyfus booked 12,000 tonnes wheat Texas/Cartagena, Colombia November
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    • 272 31 m.u a CWT Distribution 0.60 -0.03 20 Chuan Hup 0.40 -0.01 2850 Cosco invastmant—ait unch 0 Fralght Links 0J5 well 16 Holdings 0.53 unch 0 KM Sun Hup 0.38 "0.01 1060 IMC Hotdtaqr-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.17 unch 136 KappalCorp 3.46 -0.12 467 Kappal FELS 1.16
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    • 263 31  -  By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] As the spectre of maritime piracy in Asian waters reaches an all time high, officials from 15 countries are meeting in Kuala Lumpur for two days from today to find ways of combatting the problem. The "Experts meeting
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    • 63 31 [LAGOS] A tanker capsized after an explosion at the Lagos Apapa Port. An unspecified number of sailors are believed to have been trapped beneath the water. The number of people missing was not known, but 10people were said to have been rescued by fishermen. Workmen were
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    • 399 31  -  UK likely to press for stricter rules for older bnlkers From'. David Hughes in London THE findings of the re-opened investigation into the 1980 loss of the 169,044 dwt double hull combination carrier has cleared the crew, all of whom died in the sinking,
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    • 755 31  -  Higher rates used to offset rising bnnker oil prices, operating costs By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Another round of rate hikes and surcharges has been annouced by the world's container shipping carriers eager to tap the strong container trade in order
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    • 358 31 OROUNDDTO AT OUT BIBBIHB BEEF Damage to coral reef expected to be minimal AP [BRISBANE] Marine officials used explosives to blast away parts of the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to free a stranded ship. Queensland state Transport Minister Steve Bredhauer
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    • SHIPPING news
      • 492 32  -  In a maritime incident, especially where human error is involved, a navigation simulator will be able to give us important information, writes CAPT OOP ALA EMSHMAX CAPT GOPALA KRISHNAN The writer is senior lecturer at the Singapore Polytechnic's Singapore Maritime Academy MOST if not
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      • PORT Shots
        • 118 32 Reuters [LONDON] British shipbuilder and repairer Cammell Laird has signed a contract to build two cruise ships, the Financial Times reported. The FT said the deal was thought to be worth up to £344 million (SIB6O million) and was conditional on government subsidy
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        • 167 32 [LONDON] The British Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to operate six civilian-manned ro-ro ferries on a 25-year contract to a consortium which will build four of the ships at the German Flensburg Shipyard. The other two vessels, which are expected to be
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      • 136 41 Nor 28 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Mot 90 Philippines: Bonifacio Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Dae 3 Japan: Culture Day. Dm 5 Thailand: H.M. The King's Birthday. Dm 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. DM 28 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. DM 20 USA: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Canada:
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      • 784 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranees in US dollars instead of single prices ft* a more comprehensive deecription of the market Prioee shown are baaed on sveragesized stem Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 340 42 Orders for 747-400 have been slew this year, with just 11 so far AP [SEATTLE] The Boeing Co scored a hattrick of sorts in its commercial airplane division, with Virgin Airlines spurning rival Airbus Industrie's proposed A3XX in favour of
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      • 42 42 [ZHUHAI] Visitors look at a light plane at the Third China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition held in Zhuhai. More than 300,000 people from 27 countries and regions visited the exhibition from Nov 6 to Sunday. AP
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      • 186 42 Express firm offering USs9oom-USslb for American Freightways: report Reuters [NEW YORK] FedEx Corp, the world's largest air express package shipper, is in advanced talks to acquire trucking company American Freightways Corp for US$9OO million (551.57 billion) to US$l billion in cash and stock,
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      • 161 42 Xinhua [NAIROBI] A new cargo airline, a joint venture between Kenya Airways, the local Marinari Cargo, and the Dutch Airline KLM, will soon be set up in Kenya's capital Nairobi, the East African weekly said yester. According to the memorandum
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      • 99 42 [FRANKFURT] Frankfurt Airport achieved a new record for air cargo volumes when in July it chalked up a total of 136,282 tonnes of freight shipped. This is the highest figure it has achieved for a month. It was 14.4 per cent more than the previous
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      • LOG Book
        • 89 42 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's largest air carrier China Airlines (CAL) revised upwards its pre-tax profit target this year by 33.8 per cent to NT13.01 billion (***** million), a company statement said yesterday. Its operating revenues forecast was also raised to NT172.48 billion from an earlier
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        • 162 42 Reuters [MACAU] Direct flights between Taiwan and China could cut passenger movements at Macau airport by up to 40 per cent, the chairman of the Macau International Airport Company said in an interview published yesterday. Joao Sousa Moreira told local newspapers passenger movements
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        • 68 42 AFX-Asia (SHANGHAI] Hainan Airlines Co Ltd has received approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China to open an airport for feeder planes in Hunan's Changsha city, according to a Xinhua News Agency report published in the China Daily's Internet edition. The airport
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      • 233 42 FT [ATHENS] Eads, the international defence consortium building the Euroflghter, and a French-Greek consortium led by Dassault Aviation were to submit improved offers yesterday for a stake in Greece's only aerospace manufacturer. The controversial strategic sale is linked to
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