The Business Times, 19 March 2001

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2001 85c
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    65 1 STOCK MAMET INDICES Week Change ST1 1,772.10. -126.22 SIMSCI F1TURES.._.225.10. -18.90 BTSRI 7.15.04 -51.87 KLSE COMP 672.01 -23.25 NIKKEI *****.98 -394.92 HANO SENG 13.522.04 -672.31 SET INDEX 193.00. -14.00 JAKARTA COMP. 380.52. -33.59 MANILA COMP—1.498.32.... -90.07 TAIPEI WPI 5,783.93...+ 103.50 SEOUL COMP 538.67 -27.09 CLSA CHINA B 2.305.26...+211.59
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    80 1 rOREX BATES irss ss LISS (SS per USS) 1.775 £(l!SS/SS per 1.438 1549 El'RO(USS/S$/E) 0899 1593 DM 1177 1128 YEN 1215 69.10 RM 3.800 1143 HKS 7.799 4199 BAHT 43.97 2180 RUP1AH 10,315 8318 S$ to 100 Baits PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* JSuM KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50
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    Lock icon BOJ set to act to prevent Tokyo banking crisis
    959 1  -  Ground-breaking measures expected, going beyond jnst a rate cnt Fromi Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE policy-making body of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) meets today amid widespread speculation that it will approve ground-breaking measures to prevent a new banking system crisis
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    Lock icon Investors look to the Fed after Bow's rout
    1016 1 But analysts donbt even a 3rd rate cut will spar recovery From Andrew Mark* in New York AFTER one of the worst weeks in recent memory for US stocks, culminating in Friday's disastrous performance across nearly all equity sectors, investors are hoping
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    Lock icon Angela Low sparkles in stock challenge
    317 1 [SINGAPORE] After seven trading days, Angela Low, 30, leads the Lady's "1-Carat" Stock Challenge with an impressive net gain of $73,000 or 7.3 per cent on her initial capital of $1 million despite last week's collapse in stock prices. The benchmark Straits Times Index
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    Lock icon Japan fears may tip the balance for Greenspan
    809 1  -  COMMENTARY The precedents for a preemptive strike by the Fed are certainly there, says larky wee LARRY WEE THE fact that the US Federal Reserve Bank will cut US interest rates again tomorrow is a foregone conclusion there'll be hell to pay
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      202 1 DngPE Top Stories Serial files CAD report against former CEO. Pgs ST Kinetics shows its mettle at arms show. Pg 5 Oculus chief sets his sights on the region and beyond. Pg 5 BT Comment A Time dot Com puzzle. Pg 8 **********04 To thank our 300,000 mobile customers, the
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      62 1 Oil prices another worry for the Fed, Pg2 Dire outlook for US tech stocks, Pg 4 Will Fed rate cut spark recovery? Pg 6 S*pore IT companies look to India for market, talent Pg t Is broadband really ready for primetime? Pg 4 Telcos promise to cut capital spending, debt
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      18 1 Call 388 3838 to subscribe The Straits Times Project Eyeball Berita Harian Business Times Lianhe Zaobao Tamil Murasu
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  • MARKET chill
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      Lock icon Oil prices another worry for the Fed
      658 2  -  The impact of the output cut by Opec is an issue the Fed needs to consider in its policies, says lob bdi Tnr LOH HUI YIN THE last thing US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan needs is another issue to grapple with when
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      Lock icon Euro pounded to below 90 US cents
      509 2 Greenback could benefit farther if Fed cats rates by half point or more AFP [LONDON] Investors pounded the euro to its lowest level of the year last week, abandoning old hopes that the currency would quickly reach parity with the US dollar. The
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      Lock icon US jobless claims data in the spotlight
      496 2 Slower jobs growth expected; but jobless rate still low by historical standards AFX-Asia [WASHINGTON] US economic indicators to be released this week will be overshadowed by tomorrow's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), but economists said Thursday's jobless claims data could
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      Lock icon 2001 outlook for US tech stocks dire
      782 4  -  Some say the contagion will spread to Europe and Asia, others say it will stay in the US By\ Eric Auchard Reuters [NEW YORK] The outlook for computer, media and communications firms looks dire through the rest of2001, and, like an electronic foot-and-mouth
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      Lock icon Investors yank US$6.7b out of US stock funds
      564 4 They are likely to poll out more in March: Trim Tabs Reuters [NEW YORK] Each month for the past 2'i years, since the Russian financial crisis scared investors to the sidelines, more money has streamed into US stock funds than has spilled
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      16 2 Output cut heightens fears of slowdown, Pg 17 One Enterprise Reporting Platform. One Information Delivery Solution.
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      66 2 Small Business in Singapore 29 March $400 Strategic Business Planning 30 March $450 Entrepreneurship Dynamics 6& 7 April $850 A series of comprehensive seminars, providing you with ail the details you need to succeed in business. Learn why most businesses fail and what you can do to avoid it. I
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      340 4 SINGRPORE fontrinebleru m INSEAD, the reputed international business school and ranked by Business Week as the best outside the US, has a fully functional campus with accommodation facilities in Singapore conducting MBA and Executive Education programmes. For more than 15 years, INSEAD has organised various programmes in Singapore, Hong Kong,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Serial files CAD report against Eddie Chng
      354 5  -  It accuses ousted CEO of non-disclosure, also files CID report under computer misuse By Andrea Tan THE on-going Serial System saga has now involved the white collar crime buster. The IT solutions provider on Saturday filed reports with the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)
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      Lock icon Oculus chief sets his sights on the region and beyond
      772 5  -  Siew Ghee Meng has turned a family-ran business into a global niche player By Liew Hanging WHILE many may be bewildered by Siew Chee Meng's decision to turn from a high-octane career of venture capitalism to an ostensibly mundane career
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      Lock icon ST Kinetics shows its mettle at arms show
      701 5  -  11 exclusive It takes wraps off number of new weapon systems From David Boey in Abu Dhabi SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering's land systems arm, ST Kinetics, yesterday made an impactful start at the International Defence Exhibition 2001 (Idex) the world's largest arms show
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      Lock icon Correction
      51 5 IN Saturday's report on Lion Teck Chiang's six-month earnings to December 2000, we wrongly gave the group's loss per share as 31 cents. It should have been 0.31 cent. Also, earnings per share in the previous six months was 0.47 cent, not 47 cents. We are sorry for the
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      Lock icon KepLand taking 24.9% stake in Dragon Land
      286 5 LISTED Keppel Land is taking a 24.9 per cent stake in Dragon Land as part of a larger plan to expand its operations in the China market. The two parties announced the US$l5 million (5526.6 million) deal yesterday. Essentially, Keppel Land will subscribe
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      8 5 The corporate transparency index column is held over
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      288 5 3 Arthur Andersen (r, |~pT) 1 f |"pPj Arthur Andersen will conduct a Fraud and Integrity Risks -t'flffiECfc tqQj''" knowledge session highlighting risks associated with Corporate Governance, E-fraud, Ethics and Money Laundering. Objectives Who should attend To provide an overview of Fraud Integrity Risks; CEOs, Directors, Senior Managers, Finance/ To
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      466 6 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 106,633,000 People's Food HGK 50c 91,647,000 PacificCenturylOc 75,064,000 Frontline 5c 61,898,000 Lankom US2c 59,123,000 Omni Ind 10c 52,505,000 GES Intl Lid 20c 51,869,000 Integra 5c 51,471,000 Benefun HK1 Oc 41,234,000 PCI 25c 37,975,000 Stocks DBS Grp 382,405,302 SingTel 15c 265,746,067 OCBC 173.655,029 VentureMfg25c
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      Lock icon Will the Fed's rate cut spark market's recovery?
      689 6  -  l-ll comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WHAT'S ailing equity markets now is the overwhelming pessimistic sentiment the US economy is screeching to a halt, Japan threatens to sink and corporate earnings growth may be next to nothing in 2002. Making things worse is
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      Lock icon Crumbling yen leads most regional currencies down
      553 6 AFP [HONGKONG] The downturn in the yen's fortunes continued relatively unabated last week as the Japanese government admitted its beleaguered economy was now in a deflationary state. With the exception of Singapore, other Asian markets also suffered at the hands of a strengthening
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      Lock icon Downward momentum for SingTel
      248 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) has been floundering in recent weeks on poor market sentiment and worries about its bid for Australian telco Optus. The counter last Friday ended flat at $2.41, on an active volume of 16.7 million.
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      106 6 JURONG Technologies Industrial Corporation Ltd will hold its AGM on March 28,2001 at 9.00 am, 18 Tuas West Avenue. ♦RAFFLES Holdings Ltd will hold its EGM on March 28,2001, at 10.30 am, The Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Raffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road. ♦KEPPEL Capital Holdings Ltd will hold its
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      Lock icon DB covered put on Optus: high risk, cheap way to short stock
      206 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy LAST Saturday we featured a Deutsche Bank covered call warrant on Australian telecoms firm Cable Wireless Optus, the subject of a takeover bid by Singapore Telecom. The instrument should should gain value if
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      114 6 mum uvvv# WIVfT THEE TEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 15 August 2000) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING 8,600,000 New Shares comprising:(a) 600,000 Offer Shares at $0.28 each; and (b) 8,000,000 Placement Shares at $0.28 each Application for Offer Shares may be made on printed Application Forms or
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      Lock icon Building materials index in tight range
      214 7  -  1 O I i.i n the economy building materials By Andrea Tan PRICES of building materials were range bound last year due to the fall in construction output. Data from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) published in the Monthly Digest of Statistics showed
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      Lock icon New chairman for SilkAir Families Assoc
      140 7  -  David Beevers I REFER to your article, "Govt, SIA get flak for accepting report on Silk Air crash" (BT, March 9). I would like to advise that the article is incorrect concerning my role in The Silk Air Families Association. The Silk Air Families
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      Lock icon Go beyond grades in selection of law students
      182 7  -  Dr (Mrs) Lee Leng Chee Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Lawyer shortage, so Aussie, NZ law degrees to be recognised" by Conrad Raj (BT, March 10). It's time the Law faculty in Singapore focuses on potential and creativity when
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      Lock icon Restructuring: consider losses also
      162 7  -  Chew Keng Seng (Kenneth) FCA Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Tax savings for corporate entities" by Chung Siew Moon and Wu Soo Mee (BT, March 14). A number of issues have not been considered in weighing the benefits of converting a sole proprietorship
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      Lock icon PM leads business team to E Europe
      529 7  -  Trip to Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic aimed at expanding business ties By Chuang Peck Ming PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong arrives this morning in the Polish capital of Warsaw, the first leg of an official visit that will also take him to Hungary
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      Lock icon APP debt standstill puts Indonesian govt in tight spot
      680 8 JAKARTA Guarantee to 811 could make govt liable for the firm's vast debts: analyst Reuters THE recent debt standstill by troubled Asia Pulp Paper (APP) has forced the Indonesian government into a corner over a leading local bank that has large
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      Lock icon Chase Perdana's ex-chief charged
      188 8 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S market regulator, the Securities Commission, has charged a former executive chairman of Chase Perdana Bhd with securities fraud, newspapers reported on Saturday. Mohan Swami, who is now the company's adviser, was also charged on Friday with providing false information to the Securities
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      Lock icon Textbook Mahathir
      98 8 Bernama [KOTA BARU] Instititions of higher learning in the country have been urged to introduce a course on the thoughts of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. His political secretary, Datuk Duski Ahmad, said yesterday that if the instititions could rely on Islamic thinkers of the past as a source
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        Lock icon Malaysia to extend retirement age
        58 8 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's 850,000 civil servants will have their working lives extended by one year as people in general are healthier and living longer. The government has decided to extend the mandatory retirement age from 55 to 56 on a trial basis and may
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        Lock icon 14 killed in Aceh clashes
        74 8 AFP [BANDA ACEH] At least 14 people were killed in a series of clashes between government forces and separatist rebels in Indonesia's restive province of Aceh, police and residents said yesterday. Three suspected members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) were shot dead by police
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        Lock icon Bangkok's Planet Hollywood bankrupt
        66 8 AFP [BANGKOK] The Bangkok outlet of US restaurant chain Planet Hollywood has closed with the loss of around 100 jobs. "We have been closed since yesterday because our company is bankrupt," Supachart Chanasongkram, manager of the restaurant, told AFP. He refused to reveal how much money
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        Lock icon Let Megawati run the govt: speaker
        57 8 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] President Abdurrahman Wahid should take up a purely ceremonial role as head of state and leave his vice-president to run the government. Speaker Akbar Tandjung has said. Separate roles for Mr Abdurrahman and his deputy, Megawati Sukarnoputri, could prove a way out
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        Lock icon Swiss freeze Marcos family's bank funds
        66 8 AFP [MANILA] The family of the late deposed Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos still has US$5O million (SsB9 million) in Swiss banks, an official of a government watchdog said on Saturday. Danilo Daniel, director of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, said the money was
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        Lock icon Curbs on FEER not due to criticisms: KL
        71 8 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's powerful Home Ministry denied it withheld approval of two issues of a Hongkongbased news magazine because it was critical of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Bernama said Saturday. Deputy Home Minister Zainal Abidin Zin said approval for sale of
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      Lock icon Unfinished building sites in Bangkok a hazard: report
      369 8 ÜBANGKOK Legacy of 1997 crisis now attracts dust, pollution and crime AFP THAILAND'S most visible legacy of the 1997 economic crisis, the hundreds of crumbling high-rise projects abandoned by property developers, have become a health hazard, a report said. As well as
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      Lock icon SET plans new products to boost investment
      403 8 CHA-AM, Thailand Reuters THE Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will introduce a new instrument for foreign investors in the second quarter of this year and index options in the third quarter in a bid to boost trading volumes, bourse officials said. Non-voting depositary
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      714 8  -  l I comment KL STOCKS Pa.na.ha.rta. ami EPF faiMng a liali-wit' An their loans, but what about SWAP? eddie toh CRITICS have been vocal about the heavy involvement of the Malaysian government in the controversial initial public offering of Time dot Com. The IPO was a
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      Lock icon HK films moving jobs to mainland
      771 9 HIRE AMD FXRE HE workers, skilled and low skilled, fear this trend puts their jobs at risk AFP [HONGKONG] WORKERS in Hongkong have been left stunned by the announcement of plans to bring in mainland workers and transfer jobs into China, moves which have
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      Lock icon Taipei to allow mainland Chinese to buy property
      189 9 TAIPEI Bloomberg TAIWAN plans to allow mainland Chinese to buy real estate on the island for the first time to boost the sagging Taiwanese property market. Taiwan will allow mainland Chinese individuals, using offshore accounts, and companies with no more than 20
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      Lock icon Fund managers step up hiring in N Asia
      481 9 Reuters (HONGKONG] The bears may be mauling global equity markets, but some money managers in North Asia are hiring staff to pre pare for the further opening up of mutual fund industries in Taiwan. South Korea and. ultimately, China. ABN Amro Asset
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      803 8 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP SO AND IN THE MATTER OF (I) 808. MARKETING PTE LTD (II) MECASIA TRADING PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At the Extroordinory General Meetings of the obovenomed Componies deemed to
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      38 9 |iT@in H Lianhe Zaobao B I Out-of-the-box I I -thinking I I for small retailers I 1 Four successful 1 I businessmen tell you 1 I and the why I I I I I :> 1 iiJlin-fRT 1 a«n
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      63 9 Triple Performance with Oracle 9* Application Server. Our high-speed cache will run your web site 3 times faster. For details and a free Web Performance Kit, visit www.oracle.com/triple Copyright ©2001 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved Oracle is a registered trademark and Software Powers the Internet is a trademark or registered
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      2290 10 HII UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES II I I INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2000 The Group The Bank Notes 2000 1999 2000 1999 P B nfc rooo S'ooo rooo $000 1999 2000 1999 SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES ASSETS roo 00
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      2276 11 111 l UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES II I I INCORPORATED IN THE RCPtMtX Of SINGAPORE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 DECEMBER 2000 6 Fm and commission income The Group The Banfc MOO 1999 2000 1999 rooo $000 rooo $000 Stockbroking 38.720 70,459 Fund management N.Mt 56.410
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      2031 12 HII UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES II I I 1 INCo Ar(D MFUMK Of SIMAfOM 27 Trad* bUte end idvinm to custom*™ <cont'd) The movements in provision* are as follows: j 1999 I JS* °rr Specific Interest-in- General piOwMwia Total provisions suspense provisions Total j n»o™» r r
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      2862 13 INI UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES I¥| J t INCOftPOtATEO IN TMt «tPU»IK Of SIHGAPOM 37 Cmli and cash equivalents The Group 2000 1999 rooo $000 Cash and balances with central banks i 714 603 Placements and balances with banks and agents 022 -I Singapore Government treasury bills
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      Lock icon Bush meets Mori and Qian this week
      1169 14  -  East Asian encounters pose economic and strategic challenges to the new White House From Leon Hadar in Washington US President George W Bush meets this week with political leaders from East Asia's two political and economic giants, Japan and China, providing him an
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      195 14 HONGKONG New TIT forged signature of deceased subscriber, rival PCCW claims Bloomberg CYBERWORKS PACIFIC Century CyberWorks Ltd, Hongkong's dominant fixed-line phone operator, complained that rival New T&T Ltd forged a dead man's signature to win over one of its customers, the South China Morning Post reported. CyberWorks
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      Lock icon BHP, Billiton look set for US$29b merger
      438 17  -  ItH create world's largest mining corporation with USs2ob annual sales From] Neil Behrmann in London AUSTRALIA'S BHP Ltd and Billiton pic are expected to announce a US$29 billion (5551.3 billion) merger that will create the largest mining corporation in the world. If the
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      Lock icon AmEx's Golub gets US$25m pay in 2000
      182 17 NEW YORK Reuters AMERICAN Express Co chairman Harvey Golub received a U5525.4 million (Ss4s million) pay package last year, as it posted record profits but its share price remained essentially flat. Mr Golub, who handed over his chief executive title to CEO-in-waiting Ken
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      Lock icon Opec output cut heightens fears of slowdown
      661 17 VIENNA A global slowdown could further cot oil demand: analysts AFP THE Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) oil cartel slashed its production this weekend for the second time this year, sparking disappointment from the United States amid increasing concern of a
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      Lock icon Body of Mediobanca founder stolen from grave
      217 17 ROME Reuters ITALIAN businessmen and politicians were united in horror yesterday by the discovery that the body of the country's most famed banker has been snatched from its grave. The smashed tomb of Enrico Cuccia, legendary founder of Mediobanca, a bank as influential
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      Lock icon Price of gold sliding towards 20-year low
      571 19 LONDON Gold industry meeting in Rome will seek to revive the precious metal's fortunes Bloomberg AS economies slow, Japan's stock market sinks to a 16-year low and its US counterpart tumbles, the price of gold is sliding toward a two-decade low. A drop
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      1442 14 I NOTICES To advertise call toll-tree 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 41 Subsidiaries Icont'd) Percentage of paid-up capital ha(d by Country of Businass Coat of Bank'* ""nwation carried in Tha Bank Subsidiaries investment 2000 1 999 2000 1999 2000 1999 rooo sow Graoita trading/quarrying GH Carriers Private Limited (in
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      993 15 HII INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 111 l ,NCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) «WW BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2000 Th.Gr.KW Th. Bank N0,., 2000 J999 ,999_ N MOO iiiT M SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES ,o S 000 00 00 ASSETS 00 00 000 S 000
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      1356 15 AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED We have audited the financial statements of Industrial Commercial Bank Limited and the consolidated financial statements of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2000 These financial statements are the responsibility of the Bank's directors. Our responsibility is
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      653 15 dollars at the rates of exchange ruling on the transaction dates. All exchange differences are taken up in the income statements For the purpose of consolidation of foreign subsidiaries, the balance sheets and results are translated into Singapore dollars at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. All
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      997 16 UN INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES II I I INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 DECEMBER 2000 11 Directors' fees and other remuneration (cont'd) (c) During the financial year, professional fees of $283,000 (1999: $233,000) for the Group (nil for the Bank)
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      925 16 20 Deposits of and amounts owing to non-bank customers, banks and agents, subsidiaries and fellow subsidiaries The Group The Bank 2000 1999 2000 1999 sooo rooo sooo rooo Analysed by remaining maturity: Within 1 year 3.092.504 2,971,258 3.092.666 2.977.846 Over 1 year but within 3 years 4,779 4.504 4.779 4,504
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      930 16 29 Investment securities The Group The Bank 2000 1999 2000 1999 rooo $000 sooo $000 Quoted investments, at cost: 75 75 75 75 Provision for diminution in value (note 331 (g) (g| 69 75 69 75^ Unquoted investments, at cost: Equities 1.257 1,257 1.257 1.257 Funds 2.887 1,389 2.887 1.389
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      1560 17 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 Global Treasury The Group's Global Treasury segment extends a wide range of treasury capabilities in foreign exchange and derivatives, money market activities and banknotes services. Property Development The Group's Property Development segment comprises the development of Unity Towers (previously
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      843 18 JUL FAR EASTERN BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES II I I INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2000 The Group The Bank Notes 2000 1999 2000 1999 UP B fc —»000 —M —r™ —*555- No 2000 —m. $000 000 $'000 $000 SHARE CAPfTAL AND
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      1042 18 AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF FAR EASTERN BANK LIMITED We have audited the financial statements of Far Eastern Bank Limited and the consolidated financial statements of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2000. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Bank's directors. Our responsibility Is
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      544 18 2 Significant accounting policies (continued) (0 Foreign currencies Foreign currency assets and liabilities are translated to Singapore dollars at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Foreign currency transactions during the year are converted to Singapore dollars at the rates of exchange ruling on the transaction dates
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      2126 19 Notices NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2000 12 Taxation (a) The taxation charge to the income statements comprises the following: The Group The Bank 2000 1999 2000 1999 $000 $'000 Fooo" $000 On the profit of the financial year: Current taxation 3,931 3.293
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      633 20 AFP [LONDON] World commodity prices were shaken last week by global market tremors, as investors turned jittery amid fears that an economic downturn would hamper demand for the building blocks of growth. From oil to base metals, gold and silver to soft commodities such as coffee and grains,
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      262 21 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S benchmark index will be influenced this week by the expected US interest rate cuts to be announced by the US Federal Reserve, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 672.31 points, or 4.7 per cent, last
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      862 21 P Sydney -79.8 AUSTRALIAN shares face an uncertain environment this week after the recent turbulence which has driven investors to the sidelines, brokers said. Investors will be reluctant to leave whatever sanctuaries they could find given the average 2.5 per cent wiped off the major local indices
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      431 21 NEW YORK Amid signs of a downward spiral, many are looking to the Fed for rescue AFP THE bears came back to Wall Street with force last week, tearing apart the major stock indices and feeding on a deepening cycle of negative news
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      1965 21 Q Paris -264J2 PARIS shares fell as technology stocks reacted to more bad news in the sector and a rise in American consumer confidence dampened hopes the US Federal Reserve will chop interest rates. The blue chip CAC-40 Index fell 1.41 per cent to 5,104.77 points, its
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      455 21 LONDON Fed rate cuts are badly needed to core the moribund bourse AFP A SICKLY London stock market slumped 6 per cent last week, its worst performance for more than a year, and only a dose of medicine in the form of deep
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      310 21 TOKYO AFP BATTERED Tokyo share prices are likely to stabilise this week on an expected return to zero interest rates by the Bank of Japan and a recovery for banking issues, dealers said. Today's central bank board meeting will determine how
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      454 22 AFP QOraipositelndex -2125 THE Malaysian bourse is expected to continue its descent after falling 3.3 per cent last week, analysts said. "The market has been on a downtrend since March last year and it has so far been unable to break out from this
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      612 23 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyß&undup ONE important relationship in US economic data is the close correlation in growth rates for corporate profits and gross investment The relationship is important in periods such as now, when growth in corporate profits is dropping sharply, as this often signals
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      487 25 Where to wine, dine and H|^ r Sumptuous Tljai fiuffef From 11 to 25 March 2001, let the fiery dishes prepared by renowned Chiang Mai Chefs perk up your appetite. Buffet Lunch $22.80 (Adult) $12.80 (Child) Buffet Dinner $27.80 (Adult) $16.80 (Child) Pncn quoted trr subject to 10% sennet ctmrfe.
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      551 26 Men do base their perceptions of women based on bust sizes NYT [ATLANTA} SIZE does matter. A researcher at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando has found that women with breasts much smaller or larger than a C-cup are viewed by men
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      187 26 projecteyeball. No respecter of gender, creed or culture this v whot was previously known Wars as ;.*"The Dark how far dark side from your smiling veneer? J^ e E y eball Forum contributors say that man B or woman, anyone can be bitchy although men prefer not to embrace their
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      92 27 TOP STORIES BulM outlook for Indies IT, any aubgta rya Pwple «ndprooe«<a»' kgio CRM strategy Syßtm Union talBA J ft KB COMMENTARIES Broadband abow and toil ■*4 Mfiaiii HpwtOflßtfhe ASP model to mark ■KB WkkUnlM ITi; jE|l| ,1 H 9 I 11 nfl 1 1 Jm fl 1 I nfl
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      1072 28  -  137 exclusive Indian IT firms reported revenue growth of 17% compared to their US counterparts seeing 16% declines over the last quarter Reports from Tang Weng Fai in Chennai dr Bangalore SINGAPORE companies no longer see India as a source of skilled talent, but
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      419 28 This will be SNS'main training and development centre until a permanent 10,000 sq ft facility is ready by May 2002 SINGAPORE Network Services Pte Ltd (SNS) last week opened its first overseas software development and training centre in Bangalore's International Technical Park Ltd (ITPL).
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      630 28  -  FiT exclusive Last year, about 340,000 professionals were employed by the Indian software industry. A software engineer is paid abont 20% of what his US counterpart gets Andrew Wee DESPITE falling confidence in technology plays following Nasdaq's slide, market analysts seem optimistic about the
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      539 28 HERE'S a glimpse of three key Indian companies that play in the space of systems consulting and implementation: WIPROCORP Founded in 1947, it began life selling vegetable oil and soaps. Today it is a 12,000-strong firm with US$610 million (S$1.06 billion) revenues. Up to
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        758 29  -  Money can buy you the technology, but the ultimate advantage will still be with the people you have in your company, as DAVID MOK finds out DAVID MOK AFTER the dust has settled on CRM (customer relationship management) technologies, the key differentiator
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        334 29  -  It says India, Australia, China set to dominate regional market by 2005 By\ Raju Chellam THE rapid expansion in the demand for call centres in India and China will see the Asia-Pacific market for call centres cross US$4 billion (Ss7 billion) by 2005 from
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      894 30  -  liicomment INFOTECH A show of hands underlines a telling ambivalence between interest and commitment. Is broadband ready far primp"™*? kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor. BEFORE he began his presentation. International Data Corp's (IDC) senior analyst Simon Chew asked the audience for a show
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      Lock icon HP to invest US$68m in Asia-Pac region
      262 30  -  By Chua Hui Min HEWLETT-PACKARD Far East will invest US$5O million (5588.5 million) in the Asia-Pa-cific region over the next nine months to implement its FSAM (Federated Storage Area Management) strategy. The company said it will also invest US$lB million in the Asia-Pacific
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      849 30  -  Europe is behind the US in building specialised networks to house and manage data, one of the hottest tech sectors By Peter Henderson Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Computer storage vendors, which so far have only been singed by the US economic slowdown, say they
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        Lock icon Avnet opens design centre here
        66 31 ELECTRONICS component distributor, Avnet Asia Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of US-based Avnet Inc, has opened its Avnet Radio Frequency Design Services Lab in Singapore. The $1 million, 1,600 sq ft centre in Ang Mo Kio is the company's first such in Asia. The centre will
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        67 31 GETRONICS Solutions (S) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Holland-based Getronics NV, has opened its first customer solutions centre in Asia to offer "proof-of-concept" testing, enterprise solutions simulation and demonstration, and training. The $250,000 facility will feature Getronics' e-business, CRM and knowledge management solutions, as well as security,
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        33 31 US-BASED CRM software provider, Frontßange Solutions, opened its Asian HQ in Singapore last week, headed by Michael Lam, managing director. The office will cover Asean, India and Hongkong.
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        Lock icon Nanyang Poly to use IntelliSuite
        45 31 US-BASED IntelliSense Corp said Nanyang Polytechnic will use its IntelliSuite computer-aided design software for training programmes in micro-electro-mechanical systems. IntelliSense's other "partners" in Singapore include the Nanyang Technological University and the National University of Singapore. For details, go to www.lntelliSense.com.
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        Lock icon Telescience, Expand Networks in tie-up
        52 31 US-BASED Expand Networks Inc said Telescience, a unit of Singapore Computer Systems, will distribute Expand's Enterprise Caching products to Telescience's international clients. Enterprise Caching is a network optimisation solution which extends the principles of web caching to an enterprise system. For details, go to www.telescience.com.sg
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        38 31 A three-day Singapore Linux Conference and Linux World 2001 will be held from March 21 at Suntec City. It is organised by the Linux Users' Group (Singapore) and IDG World Expo. For details e-mail harish@lugs.org.sg.
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        34 31 A SEMINAR on "Business intelligence without limits" will be held on March 27 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. It is organised by Informix Asia-Pacific. For details, fax *****21 or e-mail cheryl.lee@informix.com.
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        30 31 AN IT industry networking event, sponsored by Wing Tai iAdvantage, will be held on March 27 at the Red Cafe. For details, go to www.eangelz.com or e-mail rsvp@eangelz.com.
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        45 31 A SEMINAR on "Manage your Internet, intranet and extranet sites and content with ease" will be held on March 29 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. It is organised by PWR Powerlan (S) Pte Ltd. For details, fax *****29 or e-mail stephanie.tan@powerlan-asia.com.
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        Lock icon SW soft spins off consulting team
        47 31 SINGAPORE-BASED SWsoft Pte Ltd said it is spinning off its consulting team to form SWsoft Consulting Division, headed by Carlo Poropat, general manager. SWsoft Consulting will target companies with annual revenues of $10 million to $350 million. For details, see www.swc.com.sg.
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        45 31 ASIA Pathways, an outsourced management consultancy with HQ in Singapore, has launched a consulting practice to offer Singapore-based technology companies business development, sales and distribution assistance. The office is headed by Hillman Lentz, president and CEO. For details, go to www.asiapathways.com.
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        Lock icon Aztech in Malaysia
        46 31 SINGAPORE-BASED Aztech Systems Ltd said it will supply its Ethernet SDSL Turbo Router 330E to "a local ISP in Malaysia." The product is targeted at the business market segment, with upstream and downstream transmission rates of 2.3 Mbps. For details, check out www.aztech.com.sg.
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        42 31 THE Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team (Sing Cert) can now be reached at *****11. Sing Cert provides assistance to companies and the public on the management of computer incidents such as hacking and virus attacks. For details, visit www.singcert.org.sg.
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        Lock icon New VP at Ariba
        29 31 NASDAQ-LISTED Ariba Inc has appointed Lawrence Wee as vice-president and managing director for the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Wee was previously with IBM Global Services Asia-Pacific.
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        29 31 US-BASED digital domain name registrar, Speednames Inc, has appointed Lye Chan Loy as regional director for Asia-Pacific. Mr Lye was previously with IBM's Mindspan Solutions Group.
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        Lock icon Qala names new executive
        31 31 QALA Pte Ltd, a telecom service provider, has appointed Jim Hennessey as regional vice-president for network implementation and product. Mr Hennessey was previously from Qwest Communications Inc.
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        31 31  -  Compiled by Chua Hui Min VIGNETTE Asia Pte Ltd has appointed Vincent Ho as managing director for Asean. Mr Ho was previously director of e-marketplaces at Vignette.
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      Lock icon Boom in workstation sales here
      598 31  -  Dataquest report says India experienced a phenomenal growth of 227 per cent By\ Raju Chellam STRONG demand from education, engineering and financial sectors led to Singapore recording among the highest growth rates in workstation sales in the AsiaPacific region last year, according to a new
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      Lock icon IT outsourcing gaining ground
      614 32  -  Cost savings, improved service, ability to focus on core business and access to outside expertise main drivers, says The Conference Board By Raju Chellam w— THE market for IT outsourcing in the US alone crossed US$345 billion (Ss6o3 billion) last year, growing at more than 300
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      373 32  -  Lineup includes four new projectors and two presentation peripherals By Raju Chellam JAPAN-BASED Canon Corp last week launched a range of projectors and presentation solutions targeted at corporate users. In Singapore, the products are available from Canon Marketing (Singapore) Pte Ltd. The four new
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      303 34 AP [WASHINGTON] A computer program that will let a viewer figuratively turn the pages of a rare book or manuscript by touching a screen made its US debut Friday at the National Institutes of Health. It showed Elizabeth Blackwell's 262-year-old Curious Herbal, a catalogue
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      693 34  -  There's a need to revamp the ASP from being a social contract to a business one, because the concept of offering services on rent Is not new sunil tewari The writer is business development director with Finesse Alliance International An asp (Application
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      Lock icon Comm Works to push Asia-Pac sales from S'pore
      556 34  -  It will use 3Com's Integration Centre here to stock the bnilding blocks for its solutions Byi Chen Huifen US-BASED 3Com Corp, that provides network solutions, last week announced the spinoff of its Carrier Networks Business into a new entity called Comm Works
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      Lock icon Dotcom's private messages posted on Net
      619 34  -  Sent using the ICQ instant messaging system, it raises concerns of privacy By Charles Piller, Karen Alexander, Abigail Goldman LAT {LOS ANGELES] A digital nightmare came true for a Southern California dotcom when thousands of its confidential messages were posted on the Internet, renewing
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      Lock icon Microsoft may miss targets because of poor PC sales
      342 34  -  By, Jim Finkle Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp may have trouble meeting sales and profit targets for the first six months of 2001, after PC makers said their business outlook has worsened, investors said. Microsoft, which gets about two-thirds of its
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      1531 35  -  Assailed by investors, they promise to cut capital spending and bring down debt levels Front Catherine Ong in Sew lork IT'S not the best of times to be a chief executive of a telecommunications company. Once at the helm of a booming industry
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      429 36  -  InMotion's handwriting device will debut in May and will be made here by Natsteel Electronics By Chen Huifen Handwriting lovers, take note. Just two weeks ago, IBM introduced its ThinkPad TransNote that lets you write in long hand on normal paper placed on
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        Lock icon Iomega's new Life Works
        46 36 lOMEGA Corp has launched its Life Works Photo Album software for printing photos, images and organising slide-shows. The product, which comes on a Zip 100 MB disk and includes a blank Zip 100 MB disk, costs $59. For details, go to www.iomegadirect.com.
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        Lock icon McAfee Internet anti-virus
        58 36 MCAFEE, a Network Associates Inc business, has introduced the McAfee Web Shield e5O anti-virus appliance for SMEs. The Web Shield eSO combines hardware with McAfee's anti-virus software to scan SMTP gateways, is fire wall-independent, and can be plugged into most existing networks of up to 2,000 users.
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        41 36 PALM Inc has launched the Palm 105 handheld computer, which comes with 8 MB RAM and Internet connection software, which may be used for web access with compatible mobile phones. The product costs $349. For details, visit www.polm.com.
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        Lock icon IBM revises ThinkPad prices
        40 36 IBM Singapore said it has revised the prices for its ThinkPad TransNote to $5399 —from $5,999 —for a system with Win 96; and to $5,599 —from $8,599 —for one with Win2ooo. For details, go to www.pc.ibm.com/thinkpad.
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        Lock icon Power Mac G4 unveiled
        76 36  -  Compiled by Chua Hui Min APPLE Computer has introduced a new configuration of its Power Mac G4 desktop computer. The product runs on a 733 MHz processor and comes with 256 MB RAM, 60 GB hard disk, 32 MB video RAM, CD-RW drive, two Fire Wire
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      Lock icon IBM may be selling less mainframe software
      151 36 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp may be selling less software for its mainframe computers, indicating a possible risk to earnings in future quarters, a Merrill Lynch Co analyst said. Chief information officers at large financial services companies "have started to
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      Lock icon Suppliers of cellular phone parts hit hard
      792 37  -  Leading phone makers are cutting costs amid slowdown By\ Philip Lagerkranser Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] ALLGON AB of Sweden, Singapore-based PCI Ltd. and other suppliers of parts to cellular phone makers are struggling to make money as Nokia Oyj, Ericsson AB and rivals face slowing
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      Lock icon ABN Amro, KPN end web-banking venture
      577 37  -  By< Jennifer M Freedman Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro Holding NV and Royal KPN NV, the Netherlands' No 1 telephone company, have calle<J off a venture to sell financial services via the Internet, damaging the biggest Dutch bank's European Web strategy and causing shares in
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      Lock icon Yahoo builds defence against hostile bid
      259 37 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Yahoo! Inc. owner of the most-used Web site for Internet searches, would give shareholders the right to buy new shares at half price if it ever used its anti-takeover defence. Yahoo's plan, which would take effect if someone bought 15
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      Lock icon MSN Messenger most popular: report
      203 37 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp said its program for sending short Internet messages beat out AOL Time Warner Inc's competing product as the most popular, according to a February study. The report by Jupiter Media Metrix Inc measured unique users during February in 12 countries
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        630 38  -  exclusive Its new e-services business unit aims to contribute up to 50% of group revenues in two years, reports ELIZABETH SU ELIZABETH SU UK-BASED Systems Union Group, that provides financial, order fulfilment and e-biz solutions, last week set up its first ebusiness consulting unit
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        Lock icon 30 S'pore companies going to CeBIT fair
        539 38  -  By 1 Serena Ng MORE than 30 Singapore companies will go to Hannover later this week to exhibit their products at CeBIT 2001, billed as the world's largest IT and trade fair, to be held for seven days from March 22. Of the
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          73 38 IN January, Singapore surfers logged on between 10 to 12 times and spent up to seven hours a month surfing, with each session lasting 30 to 35 minutes, according to research from Nielsen/Netßatings. Other findings: websites that offer multiple activities (chat, shopping, searches, etc) and various categories
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          Lock icon More S'pore users online
          102 38 UP to 47.4 per cent of Singapore households are connected to the Internet, ahead of Taiwan's 40 per cent, South Korea's 37.3 per cent, Hongkong's 26.2 per cent, and China's 17.9 per cent, according to a Jan 2001 survey by Net Value research. Other findings: more
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          Lock icon Storage on demand from NCS
          47 38 NATIONAL Computer Systems Pte Ltd has launched StorageCentrix, a storage on-demand service that is part of NCS' data centre service, Digital Centrix. The service uses EMC's storage solutions, and is priced from $55 per gigabyte per month. For details, go to www.ncs.com.sg.
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          Lock icon TX123 to use AmEx package
          40 38 TXI23, a digital marketplace operator and e-commerce infrastructure provider, has tied up with American Express International to incorporate the American Express Corporate Purchasing Solution into TXl23's e-procurement package. For details, go to www.txl23.com or www.americanexpress.com.
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          Lock icon Cybersource ties up with Trustmarque
          62 38 SINGAPORE-BASED Cybersource Pte Ltd has tied up with Trustmarque Singapore Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of UK-based Trustmarque International, to integrate Trustmarque's Risk Guardian service into Cybersource's e-payment solutions. The service will debut later this month. Users need to pay a one-time set-up fee, as well
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          Lock icon Net2Room's new suite
          36 38 HOMEGROWN Net2Room.com Pte Ltd has launched a new suite of applications for conference and event organisers. The applications include web casting, uploading minutes of meetings, and virtual chatrooms. For details, go to www.net2room.com.
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          Lock icon Mixed feelings about Nasdaq
          71 38 ABOUT 35 per cent of decision makers expect the US stock market to keep falling; another 35 per cent think Nasdaq will stabilise; and 19 per cent think it will go up, according to an ACNielsen online survey conducted at Internet World Singapore. Other findings: 89
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          Lock icon WAPMe on AirGateway
          49 38 AIRGATEWAY Pte Ltd said it will distribute mobile services from Germany's WAPMe Systems AG to regional telcos. Air Gateway said the service will debut by end ApriL It plans to gross US$2 million (553.5 million) in sales revenue by December 2001. For details, go to www.airgateway.com.
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      115 39  -  ♦Contributed by i Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THERE are signs of more activity in the dry bulk sector with a number of vessels under inspection. However it remains to be seen if buyers and sellers will be able to bridge their price differences. Vessels sold for farther
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      609 39  -  LA overtakes Long Beach as busiest US port, chalking np 27.4% over '99 By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The four main US container ports recorded significant growth in throughput volumes during 2000, with California experiencing an ongoing boom. The three biggest
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      322 39  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] THE legendary Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean cruiser may make Singapore a regular port on new transpacific voyages. Owner company Cunard's Asia-Pacific vice-president Jackie Foggitt made the an- nouncement on Wednesday night while the ship was briefly docked
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        232 40 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian dockers prevented two cargo ships, one British and one Korean, from unloading at the weekend because of fears of foot-and-mouth contamination, officials said yesterday. Quarantine officials said waterside workers had refused to unload second-hand earth moving machinery from the
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        853 40  -  IJMER SCENE ~By\ David Hughes Robert woods, chief executive officer of massive Anglo-Dutch container shipping line P&O Nedlloyd (PONL) is a very polite man. Last week during a presentation in London on the company's 2000 results he extremely politely, but very effectively dealt with renewed
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      308 40 PAGE Alirenfctel 12 Appenship 5 Asm OCL II Assets S Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTl 12 Balaji Shpg 5 Bangladesh II Batamindo II CCNI 7 CM*CGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 Central t« 6 Chahaya 12 ClM Yang S China
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        800 51 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        608 52 Planem&ker's sales seenhitifßnsh reduces Ex-lm Bank's USsB6sm operating budget Reuters [SEATTLE] For Boeing Co, the world's largest planemaker, a recent White House proposal to cut a key federal export assistance programme could not have come at a less opportune time. Already facing
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        164 52 AFP (MONTREAL) The number of fatalities stemming from commercial airline accidents rose to 1.046 in 2000, up substantially from 1999 when just 628 people died, according to data released on Wednesday. Excluding accidents caused by unlawful interference, 18 accidents involving aircraft exceeding 2.25
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        231 52 Bloomberg [ZURICH] SAirGroup, the owner of Swissair, said it hired Nestle SA's Mario Corti as chairman and chief executive to implement a new strategy to turn around its unprofitable airlines unit. Current Chairman Eric Honegger will resign next month, a year ahead
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        63 52 Officials watching a Japanese bullet train car being loaded onto a cargo ship during a departing ceremony at the Hakata port, Japan, on Friday. The car of first generation of bullet train will be displayed at the National Railway Museum in York, northern England from July
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