The Business Times, 4 April 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2001 85C
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    80 1 sn 1,644J1 (-4.79) BT-SBI 672L50 (-1.82) ST INDEX jtutukES USLOO (+5.00) SUSO FDTDBES 210.00 (+0.10) STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 633.17 -17.57 NIKKEI 225 13,124.47 +186.61 HANG SENG *****12 -143.08 SET INDEX 285.57 AM JAKARTA COMP 372,65 -2.38 MANILA COMP 1,***** +1311 TAIPEI WPI 5,446.84 -160J1 SEOUL
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    80 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ US$ (S$ per ISS) 1.812 £(IJS$/SS per 1.421 2.574 EURO{US$/S$/E) 0.886 1.604 DM 2309 1319 YEN 125.7 69.40 RM 3.800 2.098 HKS 7.799 4.305 BAHT 4530 24.95 RUPIAH 10,439 5,762 *SS to 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK 9.50
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    Lock icon Fund managers markedly bullish on stocks
    738 1  -  Whether managed products will yield better returns remains to be seen By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Hang on to your seats. A new "Fearless Forecast" survey of fund managers has found them to be markedly upbeat about prospects for major markets by the year-end, even
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    Lock icon Market players see higher US$ by year-end
    708 1  -  US$ falls in Asian trading partly dne to profit-taking By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] A confluence of factors pushed the US dollar lower yesterday, but a BT poll of market players found a majority have set sharply higher year-end targets for the greenback as
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    Lock icon CAD looking into complaints from RTC members
    562 1  -  m* Liew Hanqing, Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) yesterday said it is looking into the complaints of numerous Raffles Town Club members who claim they have been misled by the club. Singapore's white-collar crime buster confirmed it was "looking into
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    Lock icon All eyes on 'definitive' package to revive Japan
    694 1  -  From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo A PACKAGE of financial measures due to be announced today by the Japanese government could mean the beginning of the end of the 10-year-long saga of banking system bad debt that has weighed down the economy, and
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    Lock icon Dow down 224 at noon EST
    57 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Stocks fell in mid-morning trading yesterday, battered by waves of selling amid a parade of companies confessing to disappointing earnings. At noon EST, the Dow was down 223.80 points at 9,554.13, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 90.58 to 1,692.39. The S&P
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      92 1 New Asia Biz Woman MMM Natasha Kwan appointed MD of Microsoft Singapore BT Comment Motoring: Radical routes to lower car prices. Pg 13 Technology: Shortening the odds on the Great Global Gamble. Pg 14 Top Stories US Feb factory orders down to lowest level in 16 months. Pg 18 Sing
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      12 1 Peter Um didn't try to hide assets from wife: counsel, Pg 7
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      Lock icon SingTel denies all-cash offer for Optus
      751 2  -  All-cash speculation helps lift Sing Tel shares to $1.84 from record $1.74 low By Conrad Raj [SlNGAPOßE] Singapore Telecorp yesterday dashed the hopes of those looking for an all-cash alternative in its bid for Australia's Cable Wireless Optus (CWO). Rumours of an all-cash announcement
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      Lock icon Thaksin assures market as baht hits 3-yr low of 45.30
      434 2  -  CURRENCY JITTERS From Harish Mehta in Bangkok AS the Thai baht plumbed three-year lows yesterday, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra came out to assure the market, saying that he did not think the baht would fall to 47 to the US
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      Lock icon Dr M: No need to change 2½ -year ringgit-US$ peg
      176 2 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he saw no need to alter the ringgit's exchange rate peg of 3.8 to the US dollar. Dr Mahathir was replying to reporters' questions about a report in the daily
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Telling it like it is
        189 2 A NEW lexicon of stockmarket-related meanings has sprung up as idle stockbrokers try to exercise their bored minds in the midst of the bear market. Here are a few samples: Momentum Investing: The fine art of buying high and selling low. Value Investing: The art
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        Lock icon Reflecting economic might
        89 2 TIMES must be trying. Salomon Smith Barney's Don Hanna devoted part of his latest weekly outlook to the just-ended Rugby Sevens. You know, that roll-in-the-mud game in which grown men butt one another to the cheers of financial-sector groupies and others. Seems the United States yes, there
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Analysts cut profit forecasts for developers
      555 3  -  Listed developers could sink into red if market weakens farther, they say By Andrea Tan PUTTING on a brave face is a game property developers cannot play any more, analysts say. After FY2OOO earnings came in below or at the lower end of expectations,
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      Lock icon Eastgate to raise $10m through TLF
      238 3 CD-ROM maker Eastgate Technology yesterday said it intends to issue 50 million bonus shares and raise about $10 million through a transferable loan facility (TLF). Eastgate also intends to make a rights issue of 75 million warrants in conjunction with the TLF. The funds
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      Lock icon KepCap rises further 4.3% on talk of OCBC bid
      365 3  -  By Siow Li Sen KEPPEL Capital shares rose again yesterday, gaining 10 cents or 4.35 per cent to $2.40, spurred by renewed talk that the smallest of the five local banks would be bought by OCBC Bank. Both OCBC Bank and
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      Lock icon SIA Feb load factor falls to 69.8%
      89 3 AFX-Asia SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd (SIA) said the overall load factor fell to 69.8 per cent in February from 70.3 per cent a year earlier. The passenger seat factor fell to 72.8 per cent in February from 74.6 per cent a year earlier, while
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      Lock icon SingNet ups the ante on quick Internet access
      329 5  -  It says latest plans offer S'pore's lowest entry rates By Andrew Wee INTERNET service provider Sing Net yesterday turned up the heat for its competitors by launching new plans which it claims offer Singapore's lowest entry rates for high-speed Net access. In
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      Lock icon Asiatravel.com's 23m-share IPO taken up
      396 5  -  Placement-only Sesdaq offer made at 20 cents a share By Rachel Ong INTERNET-BASED hotel and travel reservation company Asiatravel.com yesterday launched its initial public offer of 23.5 million shares at 20 cents apiece for a Sesdaq listing. The entire offer is on a placement basis,
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      Lock icon Unidux gets approval for Sesdaq listing
      310 5 UNIDUX Electronics (Unidux) has received in-princi-ple approval to list on Sesdaq. The company has ajipoTitted KeppelTatLee Bank Ltd as the lead manger for the proposed initial public offering. Independent corporate finance house e2-Capital Pte Ltd is the co-manager. Unidux is primarily involved in the
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      Lock icon Will Thaksin's bold privatisation plans bear fruit?
      690 5  -  MOCKjfSBEEBTI loh hui yin THERE'S a sense of deja vu about Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's plans to privatise and list Thai state enterprises in an attempt to try and yank the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) out of the abyss. Thai governments over
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Technology stocks slide in tandem with Nasdaq
      641 4  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy IT MAY have been a new month and new day, but the story in the local stock market yesterday was the same as it has been all year poor demand and frayed nerves caused by unstable overseas markets. Also in
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      Lock icon 2 more covered calls on Optus
      179 4  -  WAKKAMT WATCH Bu\ R Sivanithy BESIDES Deutsche Bank's put and call on Cable Wireless Optus (CWO) which have already been featured here, the Australian Stock Exchange has other covered warrants on CWO that may interest the local punter. One is the BNP Paribas covered
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      Lock icon OUB: limited downside seen for now
      234 4  -  HOTSTOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE shares of Overseas Union Bank (OUB), on a sharp slide since the beginning of last month, managed to edge five cents higher to close at $6.20 yesterday. Nevertheless, this is still the thirdlowest close for the stock since June
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      Lock icon S$ up on talk of MAS intervention
      482 4 Biggest fall in more than a year may have prompted MAS to step in: traders Bloomberg THE Singapore dollar rose on speculation the central bank took action to stem a decline that brought the currency to levels not seen since the Asian financial
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      334 4 Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 53,794,000 PacificCenturylOc 42,260,000 Goldtron 5c 15,299,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 9,300,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 8,505,000 PCI 25c 8,388,000 Vickers Capital 25c 8,120,000 Integra 5c 5,964,000 Omni Ind 10c 5,522,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 4,959,000 Stocks SingTel 15c 98,569,670 DBS Grp 44,691,760 Chart Semiconductor 26c 37,924,970 Datacraft 10c 34,495,729
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2644 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss):Apr 4 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.732 0.769 Global Technology Fd!** 0.587 0.617 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.741 0.779 American Opport Fd 0.820 0.862 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.021 1.073 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.153 1.211 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Govt to revise growth forecast next week
      591 6  -  SINGAPORE ECONOMY Revision will come on Tuesday with flash estimates for Q1 By Anna Teo THE government will announce its revised economic growth forecast for the year next Tuesday when it releases its GDP flash estimates for the first quarter. In its latest
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      Lock icon SG Sec sees V-recovery for US
      405 6  -  Bnt mark Japan, warns its global chief economist By Anna Teo ENOUGH from the bears and doomsayers. Insisting that "there are some good news out there", SG Securities' global chief economist yesterday painted quite a different picture of US near-term outlook: a V-shaped recovery
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      Lock icon March PMI shows continuing slide
      511 6  -  ryr By Eugene Low SINGAPORE'S manufacturing economy contracted for the second consecutive month in March, with the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) continuing its recent slide. On a brighter note, however, the index also indicates that a turnaround for the manufacturing sector could be on the
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      Lock icon Case asks govt to probe phone risks
      269 6 AP AFTER receiving numerous complaints from people living near mobile phone base stations, Singapore's consumer watchdog group has asked the government to look into the health effects of the stations. People complained of nausea and headaches after cellphone base station antennae were installed
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      Lock icon Quantum, Maxtor merger sees 41 Asia-Pac staff axed
      418 6  -  By Adeline Chuah US-BASED Quantum Hard Disk Drive (HDD) completed its merger with Maxtor Corporation yesterday. As a result, 41 staff from the Asia-Pa-cific region has been retrenched, including 21 from the Singapore regional headquarters. To date, the new entity, Maxtor Corporation
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      Lock icon S'pore economy could expand 6.3% this year
      349 6  -  UN panel also says region's growth hinges on Japan's recovery By Eugene Low THE Singapore economy is expected to expand 6.3 per cent this year, according to a report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap).
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      Lock icon 4 Johor golf clubs to stop dealing through brokers
      577 6  -  Move is meant to support the price of their memberships By ven Sreenivasan IN a move which will affect some 15,000 Singapore-based golfers, four major Johorebased golf clubs have stopped accepting club membership transfers through membership brokers. The surprise move comes
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      Lock icon LTA plans $500m S$ bonds
      485 7  -  BT«s»:€Hi.k-n'fa Bankers see better response this time; global equities slump a favourable factor By Loh Hui Yin THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) is planning a Singapore dollar-denominated bond issue in the next few weeks, which is expected to fare better than last year's undersubscribed offering.
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      Lock icon Don't exaggerate goings-on in our company: Creative
      205 7  -  MAlLireffl Wynne Leong Corporate Communications Creative Technology Ltd WE refer to the article "Chartered, Creative may see more job cuts" (BT, April 2). We wish to express our disappointment at this BT article, in which the main aim of the journalist appears to
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      Lock icon Peter Lim didn't try to hide assets from wife: counsel
      474 7  -  Issue takes centre stage in cross-examination By Ling Su Ann FORMER remisier king Peter Lim's divorce proceedings took centre stage in the Raffles Town Club (RTC) court battle yesterday, with his lawyer arguing he was not trying to hide assets
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      Lock icon StarHub in US$20m cable link tie-up
      412 7  -  Joint venture will bnild facilities, provide services to telecoms carriers, ISPs here Teh Hooi Ling STARHUB, Singapore's second integrated infocom service provider, yesterday said it had formed a US$2O million (5536.4 million) joint venture with submarine cable firm Asia Global Crossing (AGC) to provide
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      271 7 The First Hotel To Offer Free Calls To The USA mmrnrnrnm X I v/ 1 k I The Pan Pacific Singapore was the first hotel to offer broadband Internet access in all guestrooms and meeting rooms. We are also the first to offer our corporate guests complimentary Mercedes-Benz limousine transfers
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon A stronger EU in the making — by default
      741 8  - A stronger EU in the making by default OPINION I.f.UM.'.ITfTM shada islam The writer is BT's Brussels correspondent BUILDING a good transatlantic partnership may still be the official goal of the 15 European Union governments. But make no mistake: the EU-US relationship under President George W Bush is not going
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      90 8 'It's increasing the way cancer cells increase and, like cancer, it has moved to another part of the body the banks. But make no mistake: its roots are in corporate Japan.' Toshimi Watanabe an MP, on Japan's bad business loans and the problem this poses for the
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      Lock icon A dangerous confrontation
      645 8 EDITORIAL IT is most unfortunate that the already uneasy relationship between the new Bush administration and the Chinese government is set to get a lot worse over the US spy plane incident The entire East Asian region stands to lose if the situation builds up to a
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      Lock icon Deregulating utilities without tears
      1264 8  -  Three central issues most be addressed pricing; supply versus demand; and a long-term social planning approach versus short-term profit gains By Eric Teo The writer is a corporate consultant. He contributed this article to BT. AS the world globalised and as technology revolutionised the economy, not
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      Lock icon Backsliding on the environment
      510 8  -  COMMENTARY Bnsh is wrecking all the gains made in global warming negotiations By Tom Teepen The writer is a columnist for Cox Newspapers, based in Atlanta NYT THE Bush administration's decision not to sweat global warming has flabbergasted US allies, rattled a coalition of religious leaders
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon KL extends bumiputra policy by 10 years
      748 9  -  NATIONAL VISION POLICY Dr M unveils plans to boost the economic lot of Indians, defends policies From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has extended the affirmative action bumiputra policy by another 10 years to 2010, and unveiled
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      Lock icon M'sia aims to be resilient, competitive: Dr M
      626 9  -  From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamed yesterday spelt out Malaysia's National Vision Policy (NVP), which aims to build a "resilient and competitive nation" to survive increasing globalisation and the further reduction of trade barriers in the next
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      Lock icon Labuan Net exchange to see 1st listing this month
      250 9 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters, Bloomberg AN Internet-based exchange at Malaysia's offshore financial centre of Labuan will see its first listing this month, Labuan regulators said yesterday. "It will be an equity listing," Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (Lofsa) chairman and central Bank
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Thaksin charged with hiding funds
      632 10  -  THAKSIN TRIAL Graft nnit said he transferred stock to nominees, filed false declarations From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S graft buster accused Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of intentionally hiding millions of baht when he was a deputy prime minister, on the first day of an
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      Lock icon Thai officials must declare lovers' assets
      141 10 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand is planning to make its politicians and bureaucrats come clean on their love lives, by extending anti-corruption laws to cover wealth given to their mistresses. Interior Minister Purachai Piumsombun told reporters yesterday that many Thai officials hid their assets by putting
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      Lock icon Tax breaks for home buyers in bid to revive market
      274 10 ■BANGKOK Reuters THE Thai government yesterday announced a multi-bil-lion-baht package aimed at reviving the ailing Thai property sector which has been stagnant since the mid-*****. Deputy Finance Minister Suchart Chaovisit said the cabinet of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gave the
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      Lock icon Estrada facing arrest after court rejects appeal
      166 10 AFP [MANILA] Philippines' Supreme Court yesterday threw out former president Joseph Estrada's appeal against his removal from office, clearing the way for him to be indicted for corruption. The 13 Supreme Court justices voted unanimously to uphold a ruling they made last month
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      Lock icon Jakarta says forestry targets are unrealistic
      335 10 JAKARTA Minister concedes commitments to donor group not met AFP INDONESIA has admitted failure in meeting forestry protection commitments to its key donor group, the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), weeks before a CGI meeting in Jakarta. "It's our own fault. How could we
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      Lock icon IMF team for Jakarta after bank law review
      159 10 JAKARTA Reuters THE IMF said yesterday it would send its long-awaited team to review Indonesia's economic reform programme after a panel completes, possibly by the end of this week, work on proposed central bank law changes. "It will be after the panel
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      Lock icon Indonesian economy headed for sharp fall
      728 10  -  Budget deficit could soar 20-30t rupiah above govt forecast From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S fragile economy appears to be heading for a sharp fall this year as the ongoing political tussle in the country is undoing all the gains of last year. High-level
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      Lock icon Ginanjar sues AG for 'wrongful detention'
      334 10 JAKARTA He had 'never received or rejected' arrest warrant AFP A FORMER Indonesian economics minister yesterday sued the attorney-general's office for "wrongful detention" over a multimillion-dol-lar corruption case linked to a son of deposed president Suharto. In the lawsuit, filed at the South Jakarta
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        Lock icon Anwar's mother dies of heart attack
        38 10 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] The mother of Malaysia's jailed former deputy premier, Anwar Ibrahim, died of a heart attack yesterday shortly after he was rushed under armed guard to her hospital bedside. —AP
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        Lock icon Philippine Feb exports dip 3%
        56 10 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine merchandise exports for February eased 3.3 per cent from a year ago to US$2.Bl billion (Sss.l billion), as the country began to feel the brunt of slower growth in the United States, its key trading partner, economists said yesterday. Exports stood at
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        Lock icon Indon minister sacks 27 officials
        59 10 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Minister Baharuddin Lopa said he had sacked 27 ministry officials in the past month, including 12 judges, in an attempt to clean out the country's corrupt legal system. The newly installed minister also said that he also planned
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        Lock icon Jakarta to sell 16.2t rupiah of loans
        53 10 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia said yesterday it would sell 16.2 trillion rupiah (Ss2.B billion) worth of corporate loans under the control of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency to ease pressure on the state Budget. The government said the scheme will be done through an
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        Lock icon Thailand, Japan close to sealing deal
        70 10 Reuters [BANGKOK] Japan and Thailand yesterday moved close to concluding a currency swap deal that would form part of a cooperative arrangement for South-east Asian countries to fend off future attacks on their currencies. Japan's top financial diplomat Haruhiko Kuroda and Thai Finance Minister
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        Lock icon DAP chief calls for probe
        65 10 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian opposition leader yesterday repeated calls for an inquiry into alleged stock market manipulation to shore up the bourse over the past three months. Lim Kit Siang, chairman of the Democratic Action Party, said the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index
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      Lock icon HSBC to pay higher rate for large deposits
      878 11  -  Bnt it will charge HK$4O for monthly balances that fall below HK$5,OOO From Audrey Tan in Hongkong HONGKONG banking giant HSBC yesterday said that it would start to pay higher interest on savings accounts with larger balances from May, and start charging
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      Lock icon India mulls more powers for securities board
      521 11 BOMBAY Move comes amid probe into alleged stock manipulation AFX, Reuters AMIDST ongoing investigations into alleged stock price manipulation in Indian stock markets, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said he is considering changes that would increase the regulatory powers of the Securities Exchange Board
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      Lock icon HK$41m tax bill for HK's top earner
      213 11 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong's top earner was hit with a whopping HK$4l million (559.56 million) salary tax bill for the 1999-2000 tax year, the Inland Revenue department said on Monday. Local papers said the top earner for fiscal 2000/2001 was Canning Fok, managing director
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  • BT motoring
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      1158 12  -  Projects worth some $200 m over the next 3 years will tackle traffic bottlenecks, reports Christopher ta* CHRISTOPHER TAN NOT too long ago, driving from Paya Lebar to Queenstown on the Brad-dell-Adam-Queens way trunk route used to take half an hour during offpeak periods. In the morning rush,
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      Lock icon GM confident e-commerce will prevail despite flaws
      575 12  -  E-GM posts USslb sales in 2000; plans ops in 45 countries By Christopher Tan GENERAL Motors' on-line unit e-GM posted sales of more than US$l billion (551.82 billion) in 2000 its first year of operation. The youngest unit in the GM family is
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        Lock icon Nissan: Singapore's top seller in Q1
        80 12 NISSAN has emerged the top seller here in the first quarter. Distributor Tan Chong International also chalked record sales in March, with 2,853 Nissan vehicles registered. Its previous record 0f2,063 units was achieved in August last year. For the first quarter, 5,551 Nissan vehicles
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        Lock icon Delphi revamp won't affect region much
        68 12 PARTS maker Delphi's massive restructuring will have minimal impact in the Asia-Pacific region, where it is profitable and growth prospects remain good. The company has said it would continue to invest in the region. Delphi's recently-announced revamp includes nine plant sales, closures or consolidations
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        Lock icon Bidding for SDK plate numbers begins
        78 12 BIDDING for car plate numbers in the SDK series has started, and will close on Saturday at 12.30pm. Bids start from $1,000 and are in multiples of $1. They should be made on forms obtained from the Land Transport Authority's Sin Ming Drive office.
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        Lock icon Saab 9-3: Europe's top convertible
        111 12 IN EUROPE, every third buyer of a convertible in the premium segment chooses a Saab 9-3. In the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands and Belgium, Saab's share of the premium soft-top market is more than 50 per cent. Last year, Saab sold 18,741 convertibles —14 per
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        73 12 DID you know there are more than 100 million cellular phone users in the US alone? And more than half of the time billed to those phones is for calls made from cars or trucks? Inspired by this, General Motors will soon offer built-in
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        40 12  -  Compiled bji Christopher Tan THE Automobile Association of Singapore has bought about 30 credit-card reader machines for its Vehicle Recovery Services Department to facilitate payments making it the first in the industry to go wireless.
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      642 13  -  MOTORING Lower upfront taxes, change the quota system to one by ballot, revise usage-based taxes and thus iron out some inequities christopher tan TWO WEEKS ago, this column raised the idea that parallel importing may be the wave of the future for the car
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      398 13  -  It will support marketing and sales operations in S-E Asia and Taiwan By Christopher Tan TOYOTA Motor Corp has increased its corporate presence here, with the setting up of Toyota Motor Asia Pacific (TMAP) this week. While it is too early to say
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      1227 13 Source: LTA Average open market value (OMV) of cars registered in February. MODEL/MAKE CC AVE 0MV(S) ALFA ROMEO A1461.6T5 1,596 17.390 ALFA ROMEO A156 2.0 1,970 ***** ALFiA ROMEO A156 2.5 2,492 28,096 AUOA31.6A3DR 1,596 22.700 1,595 21,813 AllOI A41.6A40R 1,595 25,743 AUDI A418MOR 1,781 30.033 AUDI
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      681 14  -  TECHNOLOGY It's an encouraging sign that 'show me the margin' Is a bey theme at a 3G global conference kenneth james IT'S a question that has to be causing nightmares among some members of the 3G camp: what if they throw a multibillion-dollar party and nobody
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      349 14 Analysts see C&W as desperate to cash out with sale of bonds Bloomberg PACIFIC Century CyberWorks Ltd shares slid to a 23month low yesterday after Cable Wireless pic said it would sell its entire stake in the company through a sale of exchangeable bonds. Hongkong's
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      328 14 HONGKONG It makes 3.23b yuan as capital spending falls short of budget Bloomberg CHINA Unicom Ltd, the Hongkong arm of China's sec-ond-largest mobile phone company, said profit last year rose almost fourfold, more than expected, as the cost of equipment fell and its
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      188 14 Bloomberg [MARINA DEL REY, California] VeriSign Inc, which manages dotcom Web addresses, won approval from an international Internet oversight group to run the database of all dotcom names through 2007, the group said. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), extended VeriSign's
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      579 15 AOL Time Warner, Bertelsmann, EMI tie np with Real Networks Reuters [NEW YORK] Three of the world's largest record labels have formed a joint venture with Internet media software company Real Networks Inc to build a subscription infrastructure that can eventually be licensed
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      239 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Rock legend Prince plans to premiere a new song on Napster on Friday, becoming one of the best-known artistes to embrace the controversial Internet song-swapping service as a means of promotion. Prince, whose hits include When Doves
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      310 15 JOB CUTS Firm to axe one-third of workforce Bloomberg [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Ariba Inc, a maker of Internet-commerce software, said fiscal second-quarter profit and sales lagged estimates because customers reduced spending. The company also said it will eliminate 700 jobs and cancelled plans
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      225 15 LONDON It will outsource the work to a company in Czech Republic Reuters US No 1 PC maker Compaq Computer Corp is shedding 700 jobs at its Erskine computer assembly plant in Scotland and will outsource the work to a Taiwanese-owned company
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      178 15 DALLAS Bloomberg ALCATEL SA, Europe's fourth-biggest phone equipment maker, said it will eliminate about 1,100 jobs, or 5 per cent of its US workforce, to reduce costs. The decision affects about 800 full-time workers, Alcatel said in a statement distributed by Business
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      649 16 NEW YORK Value of takeovers falls to USs427b, or 40% of US$l J trillion in Ql of 2000 Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc sank to sixth in advising on global mergers, the former partnership's lowest quarterly rank in at
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      362 16 32.7 m added; all states gained for Ist time in 20th centnry NYT [WASHINGTON] The US population increased by more people in the 1990s than any other 10-year period in US history, surpassing the growth between 1950 and 1960 at the
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      295 16 ATHENS Reuters HARD-hit emerging stock markets offer cheap valuations and an excellent upside potential for brave bargain hunters, emerging markets guru Mark Mobius told an Economist conference on Monday. "Percentages are on your side if you're a bargain hunter. After a tremendous decline the
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      633 18 BRUSSELS Downward revision comes as industrial confidence falls more than expected AP, Bloomberg THE European Union (EU) said yesterday it would revise its growth figures for Europe downward to below 3 per cent, conceding that the continent is not as insulated as
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      656 18 US must halt all surveillance flights near China, he adds Reuters [SANYA, China] President Jiang Zemin said yesterday that the United States should accept full responsibility for the collision of a Chinese fighter and a US spy plane and halt all surveillance flights near China's
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      306 18 WASHINGTON Bloomberg NEW orders at US manufacturers dropped in February to the lowest level in 16 months, led by reduced bookings for industrial equipment such as computers, construction machinery and communications gear, government figures showed. The 0.4 per cent decline in
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      444 18 CHICAGO It says it may seek protection from bankruptcy Reuters MOBILE satellite telephone company Globalstar LP said on Monday it recorded a net loss of US$3.B billion (556.9 billion) in 2000 and it could seek bankruptcy protection if it cannot execute a restructuring plan. The
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      255 18 LONDON Reuters SALES of new international bonds surged to record levels during the first quarter of 2001 with borrowers issuing bonds in larger sizes than ever before. Figures released by industry tracker Capital DATA yesterday showed the total volume of international
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      552 18 STURGIS, S Dakota Reuters WHEN employees cannot concentrate on work because of their credit card debt, employers may be smart to start worrying, too. With credit card debt and bankruptcies soaring, there is a thunderstorm of financial misery drenching millions of American
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      391 19 Cats are aimed at ensuring competitiveness FT [NEW YORK] DuPont said on Monday that it would be shedding 4,000 jobs and that its profits would be cut by at least 16 per cent this year as a result. The
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      467 19 NEW YORK It has to cut debt by 43% to keep current credit ratings Bloomberg AT&T Corp, whose debt soared 81 per cent to US$65 billion (SsllB billion) last year, said its credit ratings may be downgraded again by Standard Poor's Corp and Moody's
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      359 19 U NEW YORK Bloomberg AMERICAN Express Co's first-quarter earnings unexpectedly fell because of widening losses from junk-bond holdings. Shares of the fourth-largest credit and charge-card company dropped about 4 per cent on Monday. Earnings for the three months ended March 31 declined about 18
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      282 19 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean listed business firms suffered an average 41 per cent fall in net profit last year because of falling stock prices and the Hyundai Group's crisis, the Korea Stock Exchange (KSE) said yesterday. A survey of 513
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      244 20  -  SOX Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSGIS'pore Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market fell yesterday, led by comput-er-related stocks on renewed concern that slumping US growth would dampen demand for Singapore goods. The benchmark Straits Times Index shed 4.79 points
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      228 20 MSCI Taiwan Index THE Taiwan stock market dived sharply on Nasdaq's overnight plunge and concerns over mounting US-Chi-na tension. The MSCI Taiwan stock index shed 7.34 points, or 2.92 per cent to finish at 244.17 points. Turnover for Taiwan stock index decreased to 604.42
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      210 20 Reuters London THE yen recovered one per cent from recent 2-1/2 year lows against the US dollar and added over half a per cent against the euro yesterday after Japan voiced concern about its currency's rapid decline. Senior finance ministry official Zembei Mizoguchi said too rapid a fall
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      1903 20 S1C0M FUTURES Aprs RUBBER (futures dosing as at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTUS cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 01 103.50 103.50 104.00 50 400 Jun 01 105.00 105.00 105.50 50 800 Jul 01 106.00 250 Aug 01 106.50 250 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open
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      2870 21 HONGKONG AFP Hang Seng -143.08 HONGKONG share prices dropped 1.1 per cent yesterday on selective selling following falls on Wall Street, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 143.08 points to close at 12,584.22 on turnover of HK$7 billion. Dealers said
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      1081 21 AFP Shenzhen B Index -1L42 CHINA'S Shenzhen B Share Index yesterday fell for the first time in three days, dropping 11.42 points, or 3.37 per cent, to 327.26. Shanghai B shares rose 0.5 per cent to their third consecutive all-time high as investors looked for stocks with asset restructuring
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      376 21 AFP WP Index -160.91 TAIWAN share prices closed 2.9 per cent lower yesterday on institutional selling ahead of corporate results for March and the first quarter, analysts said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 160.91 points to 5,446.84, on turnover of NT569.89 billion. "Institutional investors slashed holdings
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      2072 21 TOS7O AFP H Nikkei 225 +18&61 TOKYO stocks rose 1.4 per cent yesterday as the weaker yen boosted exportoriented shares while investors remained hopeful about government efforts to help the ailing economy, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's 225-is-sue Nikkei Average closed up
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      9257 22 MOUSTMALS ConswMf pro^Mtti 2001 Last Vol Day Nat Cap Hmi Low Company Sala 'OOP High Lew P/E Smil 340 300 A inomoto 300 9.0 121.6 45 25 Anqkasa 25.5 -2 56 27 25 37.6 342 286 Apollo Food Hlq 300 unci) 3 300 300 6.5 120.0 356 300 Asia File
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      415 22 AFP Composite Index -17.57 MALAYSIAN shares closed 2.7 per cent lower yesterday as investors cashed in following gains in key blue chip stocks the previous day, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index lost 17.57 points to finish at 633.17. The Second
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      729 23 AFP □SET Index -4JM THAI stocks dipped 1.6 per cent, with investors concerned over the constitutional court hearing against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra which opened yesterday, brokers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 4.54 points to 285.57 while the SET 50 Index slipped 0.30-point to
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      286 23 AFP Q Composite Index +13-21 PHILIPPINE share prices ended 0.9 per cent higher yesterday on selective bargainhunting. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 13.21 points to close at 1,452.26. Volume turnover rose to 361.61 million shares worth 292.18 million pesos. AFP Apr 3 P»so (000) Abacus Construction 0.56
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      737 23 AFP CI Composite Index -138 INDONESIAN share prices shed 0.6 per cent yesterday following declines on Wall Street, brokers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 2.38 points at 372.65 on volume of 766.7 million shares valued at 289.76 billion rupiah. A lack of fresh leads compounded
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      257 23 AFP NZSE-40 ♦1625 NEW Zealand shares rose 0.8 per cent yesterday following buying of major index stocks, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 16.25 points at 2,069.43 on turnover of NZ5114.4 million. Telecom finished strongly, up 11 cents at NZss.9B.— AFP Apr 3 MS (000) Advantage HDS
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      554 23 AFP |y§ All Ordinaries -22 THE Australian share market closed virtually flat yesterday while the country's central bankers met to decide whether to cut official interest rates, brokers said. With their decision set to be announced today, the All Ordinaries Index closed 2.2 points lower at 3,138.9 while the
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      300 23 AFP PCcmpoatelndex -1L94 SOUTH Korean share prices fell 2.3 per cent yesterday. The Composite Index closed down 11.94 points at 503.26. Apr 3 Won Anam Semi 4190 -390 Brain T ech _..545 -10 Central Bank 170 uncn Cheti Comm ***** -1200 DaeGuBanH 1500 130 DaesanqCorp 1120 -40 Daewoo Corp
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      307 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 4 No longer in the thing—it's way 1 Was mature but a little coarse, out (4) as one discovers (8) 6 Jack, a painter, climbing a 5 See setback occupies hard man mountain (6) (6) 7 Got a bit done somehow (8) 9 Concerned with current affairs
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      288 26  -  Natasha Kwan, 38, is the first woman to take over as the software giant's country head in Singapore By Raju Chellam SOFTWARE giant Microsoft Corp has named Natasha Kwan as managing director of Microsoft Singapore, making her the first woman to head the company here, although
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      250 27 Slow |l|fllH and HHHH steady The only fund sectors with positive Dont look now returns over the first quarter are bond funds, China funds and country funds hke w Taiwan and the Philippines last year's 1 Z/vX worst performers. In all, unit trust lfP 1 0 08 Jf 8 96
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      61 27 INSIDE STOCK IDEAS Starting today, a weekly sampling of the best contributions from our partners at asiaonemarkets. On EM6 EARNINGS BEFORE WHAT? EBITDA is a mouthful, but It's the best measure of a company's performance that we have. Comment, on EM4 AN INVESTOR'S BEST FRIEND Every dog has Its day,
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        1742 28  - Slow steady Global balanced funds were a haven for investors in the first quarter, as equity funds took a beating. But the good news is, losses are shrinking. oenevxete cua reports GENEVIEVE CUA MOST unit trust investors were still sitting on losses in absolute terms in the first quarter until
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        593 28  -  compfledby SERENA NG Markets still look volatile in the short term. I think economic data from both the US and Singapore is not going to tell a positive story. It's a global phenomenon, this economic slowdown. At first people were looking for an economic recovery in the second
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        1755 29  -  Prudential's Pruparent plan provides for filial piety and a pressing need to provide long term medical care for the aged. ong reports RACHEL ONG IF all the world's a stage, and all of us merely players with our own exits and entrances, then the last scene would be
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        670 30  -  YOUR MONEY EBITDA is a mouthftil, bat It's the best measure of a company's performance that we have, for the moment r. sivanithy WHAT'S the best measure of a company's operating performance? To most people, net earnings would suffice and indeed, this is what is most widely
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        1673 30  -  INSIDEH.M MM Sing Tel launches buyback after Optus Stolthaven mops np Dovechem shares By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Score Lab Asia Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore News Desk SHORT-COVERING and firstquarter window-dressing by some funds
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        1447 31  -  Think of a rout on stocks as you would a sale on socks. In a bear market, shares are marked down and you can buy them cheaply. And that's how you can turn a mauled market into an advantage, says JAMES K GLASSMAN JAMES K GLASSMAN
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        551 32  -  Valuations of top technology stocks are no longer excessive By Lim Chung Chun The writer is a licensed investment advisor and executive chairman of Fundsupermart.com Pte Ltd WHAT do valuations of the top technology stocks around the world look like after
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        535 32 Divestment off non-bank assets will unlock value for shareholders THE Straits Times Index (STI) has fallen almost 35 per cent from the post-Asian Crisis peak of nearly 2,600. It is now on a historic PE multiple of only 16 due to a clouded horizon.
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      289 33 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell eight points to 1,430, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost 13 points to 1,520, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD dropped five points to 9,458 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down nine points to 1,718. TIME-CHABTERr Kitsa ********** dwt 13L/B
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      511 33  -  Two-berth terminal in Yokohama may accommodate 10,000 TEU ships Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Maersk Sealand opened Japan's largest terminal in Tokyo Bay on Monday, clearing the waters to potentially accommodate ships up to a massive 10,000 TEUs (20-ft equivalent units). The new Yokohama twoberth terminal
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      177 33 [SEOUL] Evergreen Marine Corp, the world's second-larg-est container shipping company, will share container space with Hyundai Merchant Marine Co and two other companies to offer more services on trans-Pacific routes, Hyundai said in a statement. The exchange marks the first time
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      361 33 Hiey survive over a month at sea in hold of vessel AP [LOS ANGELES] After a stowaway fell from a cargo container and broke his ankle at the nearby Port of Long Beach, 22 others were discovered on Monday night.
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      173 33 AP [MANILA] At least 16 passengers were missing early yesterday after a ferry sank in rough waters in the central Philippines, the coast guard said. One man from a ship that responded to the sinking of Sea Gold, a large outrigger, was killed
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      274 33 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand ports operator Ports of Auckland said that it is looking at up to eight options to encourage shippers to send more export containers through its facilities, but had made no decision on whether to build an inland port in
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      85 33 [BALTIC SEA] The Finnish tanker Tervi lying at sea off the Danish coast next to the stricken tanker Baltic Carrier (foreground) as it pumps the remaining 30,000 tons of oil out of the rammed tanker. The manoeuvre to safely remove the remaining oil
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      254 33 Reuters [PHNOM PENH] The volume of trade passing through Cambodia's main port at Sihanoukville dropped 5 per cent year-on-year during the first quarter due to a slowdown in foreign investment, a senior port official said yesterday. Doing business in Cambodia is costly
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        710 34 Concern over Europe's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has prompted airlines to take measures so as to lessen the impact on summer bookings Reuters [NEW YORK] Airlines serving transatlantic routes are moving to soothe passenger jitters over Europe's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease amid travel industry
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        190 45 Apr# 03/1200 OVMH 03/1700 Hongkong: Ching Ming Festival. Apr* Thailand: Chakri Memorial Day. Apr# Philippines: Day of Valour. Apr 13 United Kingdom: Good Friday. Singapore: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Australia: Good Friday. Hongkong: Good Friday. Philippines: Good Friday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good
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        774 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        313 46 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Flight attendants at United Airlines counted ballots on Monday in a vote that was expected to authorise a strike against the world's top carrier. An estimated 23,000 members of the Association of Flight Attendants were eligible to vote in
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        524 46  -  Star alliance considering £50m investment in London's Heathrow By. Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A lack of infrastructure and over-regulation is causing major inefficiencies in the airline industry, said Star Alliance chief executive officers (CEO) attending an alliance board meeting in London last week. The gathering
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        332 46 Reuters [TAIPEI] Aerospace giant Boeing Co said it saw a larger appetite in the fast-growing Asia Pacific region for its newly-proposed high-speed airliners that it plans will fly 15-20 per cent faster than any current jets. "It'll be a bigger potential
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        305 46 New Athens airport, which opened last week, beset with operational probelms Bloomberg [ATHENS] Olympic Airways, Greece's loss-making state airline, said it will cancel 10 daily domestic and international flights until Easter after turmoil at Athens' new airport disrupted service. Flight delays and cancellations
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        215 46 Reuters [WELLINGTON] National carrier Air New Zealand yesterday reported a net benefit after tax of around NZ$BO million (5557.6 million) from the sale of its interests in two reservation systems Sabre Pacific and Southern Cross Galileo. The stakes
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        421 46 It gets licence to import Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft Reuters [NEW DELHI] A new airline, Visa Air, is preparing to begin providing domestic service within India as soon as next month, a senior government official told Reuters. Visa Air has obtained a
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        127 46 AP [SEATTLE] All Nippon Airways (ANA), one of Japan's largest airlines, has ordered nine Boeing 767-300 extended-range jets an order worth more than US$l billion (SSI.B billion) at list prices, the aerospace company announced. All Nippon Airways, which operates the largest 767 fleet
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      28 33 V Foot-and-mouth disease: Airlines try to calm passenger jitters Pg2 Star Alliance CEOs: Weak infrastructure, over-regulation to blame for some of the inefficiencies of airline industry Back Pg
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      83 34 A SANKYU (S) PTE LTD "XK 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hong Kono > All Ohinm Porta lEVEWY TMUR %UH VHHLI VESSEL VOY ETDSIN ETATYO ETA KOI EttYOK EIIMGO ETAOSA HOUSTON V.***** 08 APR 16 APR
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      692 34 lines services represented by P Members of the Registry of Members of the HISS 9?) Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Logistics Singapore Shipping Association Association ULY UNI MAU vessel Tvoy TroT [15 eta P. KLANG SPORE MAU Princess Lily VO3Ol 08/04 09/04 16/04 Empress Lily VO4Ol 22/04 23/04 30/04 Princess Lily
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      994 44 nac FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD I 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logistkentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg JAKARTA mv.sinar sunda vim GOTHENBURG mv. not lone VS4OW ETA SW; 06/04/2001 Ett SW: 06/04/2001 AUCKLAND mv. no neduoyd imETON VI2H NEW DELHI/DUBAI mv.«k>unviii4 ETA SW:
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      140 45 /A' ffigL FOR 7AM 4 APR 2001 —E4 V LEGEND:' Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm A Showers >A\ R a j n Temperature C ,-Y Wind direction and speed in knots A Weather w Cloudy Day t! azy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols i sii hi < 1
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