The Business Times, 19 July 2001

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ S I N G A P fcj R&SE THURSDAY, JULY 19,15C1 85c
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    80 1 □sn 1,627.82 (-10.96) BT-SRI 622.49 (-2.33) ST INDEX FUTURES unaoo (-15.00) SmSO FUTURES 19-LBO (-2.20) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 647.72 +10.32 NIKKEI 225 11,***** -235.99 HANG SENG 12,427.19 -68.06 SET INDEX 315.16 -0.05 JAKARTA COMP 453.30 +6.85 MANILA COMP __l.393.18 +9.17 TAIPEI WPI 4,219.89 -152.10
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    81 1 FOREX RATES is$ s$ USS (SS per USS) 1.832 £(l'SS/SS per 1.403 1569 EURO(lSS/SS/E) 0.859 1574 DM 2175 1142 YEN 1251 68.40 RM 3.800 1075 HKS 7.800 4158 BAHT 45.78 24.99 RUPIAH 11,310 6,175 m S$ to 100 unite PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LIMPTR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK
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    Lock icon Local banks' big fear:ATM access by foreign banks
    1054 1  -  I ='il exclusive MAS will monitor consolidation before further move: B6 Lee Byy Vikram Khanna, Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] The "greatest concern" of Singapore's local banks is the liberalisation of their automated teller machines (ATM) network to allow access by foreign banks, Deputy
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    Lock icon Listing rules to stay despite tech bust
    365 1  -  Easier roles for firms to raise funds, not investors to grow nest eggs: BG Lee By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] The sharp fall in the share prices of listed dotcoms and other startups has not prompted a rethink on the liberalised rules on the
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    Lock icon DBS eyeing Commerce Asset stake?
    480 1  -  Analysts say it might be keen on two 12% blocks in the market From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market is abuzz with talk that Singapore's DBS Bank is eyeing a substantial stake in Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd (CAHB), the listed parent of
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    Lock icon Greenspan: US slowdown may need another rate cut
    467 1 Fed sees economy growing 1.25-2% this year AP Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan cautioned yesterday that the year-long slowdown in the US economy has not ended and may require another interest-rate reduction to revive sluggish growth. "The period of sub-par
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      50 1 INSIDE Top Stories Mid-Continent trial: Accused was against release of new shares. Pg 3 iK Tan Chin Tuan buys Grange Court for $23m. Pg 7 BT Comment Neil Behrmann: Big bets by hedge funds worry regulators. Pg 3 8 Paragon Raffles Hotel Arcade Suntec City Mall Isetan Scotts Takashimaya D.S.
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      42 1 Inside view of S'pore financial sector Exclusive interview with MAS chairman Lee Hsien Loong Conversations with heads of local hanks In the MAS 30th anniversary supplement Cast net wider to grow financial sector MAS on why deposit insurance is needed, Next Page
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      16 1 All eyes on DBS'next move, Pg 4 OUB may surprise with stronger HI results, Pg 4
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      62 1 BT COMMENT Troubled tech sector still the economy's hope Kenneth James, Next Page EYE ON THE ECONOMY 1 Asia to rebound on back of year-end US upturn: SG economist Next Page Cat E COE open bid figure just $5 lower than closed bidding Page 7 EXECUTIVE SUITE Contractors double up
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      Lock icon Cast net wider to grow financial sector
      408 2  -  INTERVIEW WITH BO LEE Demand for financial services from immediate neighbours down for now By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] With the economies of its immediate neighbours going through a downturn, Singapore must look beyond in order to grow its financial sector, according to Deputy
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      Lock icon MAS on why deposit insurance is needed
      624 2  -  Local depositors need protection as more banks come in By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is studying the need for a deposit insurance scheme to protect local depositors as more foreign banks gain greater access and market share in
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      Lock icon Asia to rebound on back of year-end US upturn: SG
      657 2  -  I =11 =J on the economy Reports byi Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Here's one forecaster who says the prevailing gloom and doom about the economy is overdone. SG Securities, ever upbeat, sees the Asian economies rebounding on the back of an
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      Lock icon Asia has to adjust to China emergence; spinoffs great
      256 2 But it could also force painfnl shake-out: SG [SINGAPORE] China will emerge as a major economic growth engine, but that's not where the story ends, says SG Securities* regional chief economist, Manu Bhaskaran. "Now everyone's beginning to 'get it' that you
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      Lock icon Troubled tech sector is still the economy's hope
      605 2  -  I :i I comment TECHNOLOGY S'pore conld Join global economy top rnngs kenneth james Grimmer and grimmer. The latest trade figures seem to show that near-term prospects for the Singapore economy are even worse than anticipated. And worst hit, to nobody's surprise,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Accused against releasing more shares: witness
      681 3  -  MID-CONTINENT TRIAL Issue manager arranged meeting after being told by stock exchange of bnying-in difficulties Reports by Serena Ng OCBC Bank had arranged a meeting on July 31,1998 to discuss the possible release of new Mid-Continent shares to the market to meet buying demand,
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      Lock icon Investors aware of cornering possibility: counsel
      392 3 INVESTORS in the market were aware of the possibility that Mid-Continent's stock was cornered in trading back in 1998 as they would have read about media reports published a few days after Mid-Con's stock started trading, senior counsel Davinder Singh said yesterday. Mr Singh
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      Lock icon Hedge funds: big bets worry regulators
      589 3  -  ■TOWiS lock siew neil behrmann THE Monetary Authority of Singapore and Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission have opened the door for local investment in hedge funds. The authorities said they will regulate the funds but there is still confusion about the risks attached
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      Lock icon DBS Thai Danu posts 73m baht H1 profit
      362 4  -  Better results due to higher net interest income, lower costs From Harish Mehta in Bangkok DBS Thai Danu Bank yesterday reported a tiny net profit of 73 million baht (552.9 million) for the first half of this year, after a net loss
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      Lock icon All eyes on DBS' next move
      411 4  -  R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Tomorrow will be a white-knuckle day for shareholders of Overseas Union Bank for that's the deadline for DBS Group to issue an offer document for OUB, and with it a possible move to up its offer. Already, the value of its
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      Lock icon OUB may surprise with stronger H1 results
      265 4 TAKEOVER target Overseas Union Bank (OUB) could surprise on the upside with its half-year results even though its core banking operation is expected to be lacklustre due to weak loan growth and rising costs. The fourth largest bank in Singapore plans to release
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      Lock icon GRP gets members' request to replace 2 directors
      263 4  -  Byi Andrea Tan HOSE fittings maker GRP Ltd is the latest to be entwined in a boardroom struggle. It said yesterday it iias received notice from certain members of the company to remove two of its directors, making it the third such
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Magnecomp expects interim loss
        49 4 Bloomberg MAGNECOMP International Ltd, which makes computer disk drive components, said it will report a loss for the half year ended in June because of lower-than-expected demand for personal computers. The company said it will also lose money in the second half of the year.—Bloomberg
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        Lock icon China's JK Yaming gets SGX listing nod
        82 4 CHINA-BASED electrical lighting maker JK Yarning yesterday said it has received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange for a listing on the mainboard. It hopes to raise about $13 million and expects to list within the next month. The company said it is
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        Lock icon Starteoh IPO priced at 32 cents
        97 4 STARTECH Electronics yesterday launched its initial public offer (IPO) to raise about $3.3 million. Proceeds will be used to buy surface mounting technology machines, repay bank loans and for working capital. The company will make its debut on the SGX-Sesdaq at the end of
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        Lock icon Magazine names OGBC best S'pore bank
        80 4 OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation Ltd has been named "Best Domestic Commercial Bank in Singapore" in Finance Asia's fourth annual country awards. FinanceAsia —a magazine focused on capital markets and general finance—published the results of its latest rankings in its July issue and on its website.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Thin volume a consolation as market falls further
      621 6  -  l-l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy SINGAPORE stocks suffered another day in the doghouse yesterday on continued worries over the rapidly-deteriorat-ing economic outlook and expectations of worsening corporate earnings. Stock market traders were also hesitant to commit too many of their resources
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      Lock icon Ipco wrt: premium far too high
      188 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy ONE of the local market's favourite punting stocks is Ipco, which two years ago was ramped up to as high as $4. The infrastructure counter has since fallen on pretty hard times and although a spike-up earlier this year
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      Lock icon GES clings to 70-cent support level
      231 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE share of computer maker GES International has been sliding in recent days amid negative news about the global PC sector. The stock fell 4.5 cents to 70 cents yesterday. A total of 5.3 million units changed hands, compared
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      Lock icon Weak data hits US$; hedge funds trim S$ positions
      531 6  -  I=ll comment CURRENCIES Greenback's downside may be limited to a test of 551.8250-551.8280 at best larry wee WEAK US production numbers left the US dollar on the defensive yesterday, especially after computer giant Intel announced a sharp fall in Q2 profits
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      334 6 Stocks Volume FuYuMfglOc 21,180,000 PNE Ind 10c 14,856,000 InnoPac 20c 10,121,000 Rextechl5c 9,709,000 Tianjin Zhong 9,089,000 SingTel 15c 8,420,000 NOL 7,549,000 Fischer 15c 6,721,000 Willas-Array HK20c 5,948,000 TPV USlc 5,626,000 Stocks > OUB 28,613,000 Datacraft 10c 21,646,471 Chart Semiconductor 26c 20,569,040 UOB 14,914,300 SIA 14,880,390 SingTel 15c 14,691,915 DBS Grp
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2954 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: China Opportunities Fd 0.943 0.991 Global MNCFd 0.706 0.742 Global Technology Fd!" 0.586 0.617 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.720 0.757 American Opport Fd 0.816 0.858 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 0.977 1.027 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.162 1.221 Asian Fixed Income
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Tan Chin Tuan buys Grange Court for $23.4m
      362 7  -  psil exclusive He and his family said to be moving there from their Cairnhill bungalow By Kalpana Rashiwala FORMER OCBC chairman Tan Chin Tuan and his family have bought Grange Court for $23.4 million and plan to occupy the seven apartments and
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      Lock icon Offices, shops above Clarke Quay MRT
      358 7  -  Far East to spend over $500 m on project; work to start next year By Kalpana Rashiwala FAR East Organization is planning to build offices, retail space and "small office and home office" units on its plot above the Clarke Quay MRT Station which
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      Lock icon CityDev launches Changi Rise at $475 psf
      373 7 city Developments Limited yesterday released its 99-year leasehold 598-unit Simei condominium, Changi Rise, at a net average price of $475 per square foot. Over at Bishan, NTUC Choice Homes (NCH) and construction group Chip Eng Seng will release this weekend the 384unit Bishan
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      Lock icon Final submissions in 5 weeks for judgment
      674 7  -  SILKAIR CRASH Plaintiff drops suit in US against Boeing as mechanical failure ruled out as cause By B Beth Jinks, Donald Urquhart LAWYERS yesterday wrapped up witness testimony in the Silk Air flight MI 185 crash case, and will present their final submissions
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      Lock icon Bilateral FTAs, Afta not at odds: Jayakumar
      275 7  -  By] Lynn Lee MINISTER O! Law and Foreign Affairs S Jayakumar yesterday said that Afta, or the Asean Free Trade Area, is an important project that Singapore is committed to, and the country's bilateral free trade agreements with other countries are not contradictory
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      Lock icon SMRT expects north-east line to boost its fare revenue
      429 7  -  It foresees more transfers to points on its system, thns increasing overall ridership Byi Christopher Tan ALTHOUGH the MRT north-east line will be operated by rival SBS, SMRT Corp expects the 20km line to add to its fare revenue when it
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      Lock icon Cat E COE open bidding figure just $5 lower than closed bidding
      298 7  -  Byi Christopher Tan INDIVIDUAL bidders hoping for a COE windfall appear to have given up trying for one in the open-bidding exercise. Results for the second such tender saw Cat E COE settling at $27,445 in the open
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Anti-Keynesian with other people's money
      753 8  -  PITT^ 1 bottom line OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT IT wasn't true when Richard Nixon said it but it is true today: We are ail Keynesians now at least when we look at our own economy.
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      158 8 'I increasingly saw my role as the tail to his kite and the more I felt overshadowed, the more it became a reality.' Katharine Graham Washington Post publisher, who died on Tuesday, on her tempestuous husband whose suicide at age 48propelled her into her job. 'Which one
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      619 8 EDITORIAL LAST week, Merrill Lynch broke new ground when it became the first investment bank or stockbroker to slap an outright ban on its "sell side" analysts owning stock in companies they cover. The move was in response to growing criticism from the public that research analysts
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      Lock icon Economy still sub-par, says Greenspan
      2282 8 We reproduce here extracts from the semi-annual report on monetary policy presented yesterday by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan before the House Financial Services Committee MONETARY policy this year has confronted an economy that slowed sharply late last year and has remained weak this year,
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Khazanah eyeing Renong-UEM: sources
      482 9  -  Govt won't bail out D&im protege H&lim Saad, says official Froml Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government may use its investment arm Khazanah Nasional to take over the Renong-United Engineers Malaysia group in its bid to clean up a major corporate mess that has
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      Lock icon Sime Darby ups offer for Palmco to RM4.60 a share
      243 9  -  Move comes two days after lOl's counter bid From\ Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur CONGLOMERATE Sime Darby has raised its offer price for palm oil processor Palmco in a swift response to property and plantation group lOl's own takeover
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      Lock icon Affin, Axa win nod to bid for EON-CMG
      314 9 KUALA LUMPUR Central bank gives go-ahead for purchase talks Bloomberg AFFIN Holdings Bhd and Axa Asia Pacific Holdings said they won regulatory approval to begin talks to buy EONCMG Life Assurance from Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).
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      Lock icon Malaysian EPF assets total RM186b at end-June
      109 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian state-run pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund, had assets totalling RM185.74 billion (5589.5 billion) at the end of June, Deputy Finance Minister Chan Kong Choy said yesterday. Investments by EPF, one of Malaysia's largest fund managers, stood at RM182.32
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      Lock icon MAS gets nod to lift domestic fares: report
      331 9 KUALA LUMPUR Dow Jones Newswires, MBT MALAYSIAN Airline System (MAS) has been given government approval to raise domestic air fares by an average of 51.8 per cent with immediate effect, The Star newspaper reported in its online edition yesterday. However, fares between
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      Lock icon China projects: S'pore prefers private sector lead
      560 10  -  This is govt inclination after Snzhon project experience: Cheow Tong From Audrey Tan in Guangzhou THE Singapore government would rather let the private sector take the lead in exploring investment projects in China, after its experience with the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), Minister
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        Lock icon Coke's Manila unit set to win Cosmos
        108 10 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine unit of Coca-Cola Co has won a bidding war for Cosmos Bottling Corp, the soft drinks unit of conglomerate RFM Corp, sources said yesterday. They said Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, a joint venture between Coke and San Miguel Corp, has
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        Lock icon CyberWorks scraps bond sale plan
        90 10 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Pacific Century CyberWorks scrapped plans to sell 30-year bonds after a surge in Argentina's bond yields made it more expensive to borrow, investors said. The company began marketing at least US$2.5 billion of 10-year and 30-year bonds last week. Since then, yields
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        Lock icon Olympics will spur reforms: China
        106 10 FT [BEIJING] China predicted on Tuesday that hosting the Olympic Games in 2008 would spur economic reform, create a more stable society and boost economic growth by between 0.3 and 0.4 of a percentage point in each of the next seven years. The forecast came
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      Lock icon Megawati rules out any compromise with Gus Dur
      459 10  -  Impeachment session only way to resolve the crisis, she says From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta IN the clearest sign yet that Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri is ready to assume the top office in the country, the head of the Indonesian Democratic PartyStruggle
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      Lock icon ADB warns of capital flight from East Asia
      296 10 MANILA AFP THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned of the ominous prospect of a capital flight from East Asia which may worsen the region's economic downturn. The Manila-based bank's unit monitoring the economic recovery of the region from its worst financial
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon STI July hit by Nasdaq futures' fall
      265 10  -  ST Index/MSCX iTpare Index C K Lau Refco Singapore THE overnight gain in US markets failed to lift Singapore stocks as they slipped deeper into the red yesterday. The benchmark Straits Times Index fell 10.96 points, or 0.67 per cent, to close at
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      Lock icon Futures hit record low as stocks dive
      241 10  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks yesterday made its biggest decline in eight months led by United Microelectronics Corp. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index fell 7.73 points, or 3.78 per cent, to close at 196.83 with the turnover at 619.21
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      Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
      217 10 Reuters The euro leapt to two-month highs against the yen and matched three-week peaks against the US dollar yesterday, led by speedy gains by the Swiss franc across the board. The yen was the biggest loser, falling even against a backtracking greenback, after a downgrade in the ratings
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      887 12  -  Katharine Graham transformed Washington Post into a major force in US journalism, writes Catherine oho CATHERINE ONG [NEW YORK] KATHARINE Graham, publisher of the Washington Post and arguably the most powerful woman in America, died on Tuesday morning after sustaining a head injury from
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      326 12 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 3 Calm when picked up (9) |2 J p J 4 5 6 1 Manage to hear a few words of 4 A tipjor securing something to 9 Hear a competitor's coming (7) 5 Benefits of conflict among Com- q 10 Author otherwise in good health munists
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      436 13 Hf P w m 1 pfe^ A A A A A A M"1 M A j| v i l^-^t sg I 1 I Hf f J Like it or not, e-business is here to stay. But where does your business K>, I -w. I I stand? How sound is your
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US June CPI up 0.2%, worse than expected
      414 14 WASHINGTON Core CPI rose 0.3%, following 0.1% increase in May Bloomberg US CONSUMER prices rose more than expected in June as costs increased for services such as medical care and air travel, government figures showed. Consumer prices rose 0.2 per cent after
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      Lock icon Microsoft not to include Java in Windows XP
      225 14 SEATTLE AP MICROSOFT Corp will not include the Java programming language in its new Windows XP operating system, the software giant said on Tuesday. Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla said the company decided not to include the language so it would not violate
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      Lock icon British Telecom cuts debt by 37%
      475 14 Company has made good progress in a short while: analysts Bloomberg [NOTTINGHAM, England] British Telecom, whose credit rating was cut to three degrees above junk status in May, cut net debt by 37 per cent to £17.5 billion (5544.8 billion) by the end of
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      Lock icon Amex to cut 5,000 jobs; sees 76% fall in Q2 profit
      355 15 BARMIMaS WRAP Reuters [NEW YORK] American Express Co said yesterday that it will slash up to 5,000 jobs, or 5.6 per cent of its staff, and take up to US$l.2 billion in charges, the latest large financial services firm
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      Lock icon Investment losses deal big blow to JP Morgan Chase
      318 15 NEW YORK Reuters JP MORGAN Chase Co Inc, the No 2 US bank holding company, said yesterday that its second-quarter profits fell 61 per cent, dragged down by investment losses in a stock market slump. The New York-based bank also announced
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      Lock icon Intel Q2 profit slides on price cuts, low demand
      520 15 [SANTA CLARA, California] But company says chip orders will start to rebonnd as PC sales pick np in the second half Bloomberg INTEL Corp, the biggest chipmaker, said on Tuesday second quarter profit fell and sales dropped 24 per cent as
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      Lock icon AOL Time Warner posts rise in Q2 cash earnings
      252 15 NEW YORK Reuters AOL Time Warner yesterday said its earnings, excluding a range of costs, rose in the second quarter as strong growth in its Internet and cable TV units offset the slowdown in advertising, but revenues grew more slowly than
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        64 15 Bloomberg [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer Inc said fiscal third quarter profit fell 70 per cent, and sales this quarter may be less than expected. Net income in the quarter ended June 30 fell to US$6l million, or 17 cents a share, from US$2OO million, or
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        76 15 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, had a second quarter loss as the world's second largest carrier sold fewer high-fare tickets to corporate customers and paid higher labour costs. The loss was US$292 million, or US$5.5O a share, compared with
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        66 15 Reuters [FORT WORTH, Texas] AMR Corp's American Airlines, the world's largest airline, yesterday reported a second quarter loss of US$lO5 million before special items as flagging business travel and high fuel costs eroded results. American Airlines said the loss was equal to 68 cents
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        73 15 Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co yesterday said second quarter profits excluding extraordinary items rose 27 per cent on growth in its commercial jet unit. Boeing said it would take in revenues of US$5B billion in 2001, up from a previous estimate of US$57 billion.
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        59 15 AFX [ATLANTA] Coca-Cola Co has reported second quarter earnings per share of 45 cents, 2 cents above the Thomson Financial/First Call estimate, and up sharply from 37 cents a year earlier. Second quarter revenues fell to U555.29 billion from US$5.4B billion, although net
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        55 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Instant photography firm Polaroid Corp reported a second quarter net loss of U*****.9 million, or U552.36 cents a share, compared with a profit of U5526.6 million, or 59 cents a share, a year ago. The Wall Street consensus estimate was a
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      240 14 Where to wine, dine and entertain../""?'< sa For lunch, you can enjoy our ever popular Japanese culinary flavour while for dinner, you can tuck in to a sumptuous selection of Japanese, Asian and Western dishes, from sashimi to shark's fin soup to drunken chicken to even roast beef sirloin. Lunch:
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      411 17  -  llove to lighten would-be operators' burden amid telecom market downturn From Quak Hiang Whai in Hong Kong *THE Hong Kong government yesterday Released details on the bidding rules for its third-generation mobile phone licences which include a minimum re<eerve price of 5
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      325 18 I- Confirmed Speakers and Special Delegates Steve Forbes, President. CEO and Editor-in-Chief. Forbes The Hon Caspar W Weinberger. Chairman. Forbes Christopher Forbes. Vice-Chairman. Forbes Rich Karlgaard Publisher. Forbes Magazine Lawrence Minard Editor. Forbes Global Lee Kuan Yew. Senior Minister. Republic of Singapore •BG Lee Hsien Loong. Deputy Prime Minister. Republic
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      526 19  -  A JLL report shows host cities get to revitalise their run-down urban areas, says akdrea tan ANDREA TAN BEIJING'S urban landscape is set for more than a makeover now that the city will host the Olympics Games 2008. Like its predecessors Sydney, Atlanta, Barcelona and
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      581 19 DEVELOPER/OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNITS NO. OF PRICE TENURE (sq ft) LAUNCHED UNITS SOLD (Spsf) Pare Regency Wah Khiaw Devt 5 Pasir Panjang Rd 1,335-1,690 20 18 630 FH Abode at Devonshire TTHDevt 9 Devonshire Rd 1,012-2,756 26 4 1,288 FH Holt Residences Centrepoint Prop
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      98 19  -  MAiLrm John Tan Chor Yong Singapore I REFER to the letter "BCA studying condo share values" by Tan Hoon Wee (BT, Jul 11) in reply to my letter (June 28). I am disappointed that although this issue was brought up about two
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      273 19 Open Applications for Industrial Land July 2001 JTC Corporation is offering 12 plots of industrial land at 7 locations for development. They range from 4,400 sqm to 14,665 sqm. Bigger sites can be sub-divided into smaller plots of at least 5,000 sqm. each. If you are looking for the ideal
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      885 20  -  The firms are lured by higher margins in development, says vnrcE chono VINCE CHONG PROPERTY development isn't just the domain of developers anymore. With the construction industry facing a slowdown, more contractors are moving into development themselves. Estimated contract values for construction will shrink to
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      248 20  -  By' Vince Chong FRESH from winning an Architectural Heritage Award, owners Wing Tai Holdings capped off restoration works to The House of Tan Yeok Nee by installing a jade sculpture by first-generation Singapore artist Chong Fah Cheong last Friday. Wing Tai paid $80,000 for the
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      490 21  -  Drop in American trade at major Port Pang terminal offset by rise in intra-Asian traffic By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Northport container terminal experienced a 35 per cent jump in transhipment traffic and double digit year-on-year overall handling growth during the first half
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      233 21 [SINGAPORE] The Singa-pore-registered container vessel, Pacific Eagle, that collided with a Philippineflagged cargo vessel on Tuesday did not have mechanical difficulties at the time of the incident, according to its owners. Pacific Eagle Lines (PEL) said in a press
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      91 21 [LONDON] MAN B&W has agreed to a three-year supply chain deal with ShipServ. "We have selected ShipServ as our e-busi-ness provider. We see them as the most serious neutral player in the maritime market. This agreement means that all ebusiness to and from MAN B&W Diesel Service,
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      335 21  -  Move will provide better Asian access to Sooth/Central America, Caribbean By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] APL, the container shipping arm of Singa-pore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), said yesterday it has established a whollyowned subsidiary in Panama. APL de Panama, SA will operate offices in the
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      200 21 [SINGAPORE] The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is unlikely to insist on the compulsory recovery of expensive "black box" recorders from sunken ships even after it makes the devices mandatory in newbuilds. The IMO Safety of Navigation sub-committee last week agreed on draft guidelines for
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      102 21 AFX [HONG KONG] Hutchison Whampoa is in talks to increase investment in Xiamen's container port, the South China Morning Post quoted Xiamen deputy mayor Chen Conghui as saying. "Hutchison Whampoa is in talks with us to bid for the development rights and ownership
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        681 22 Maersk Logistics expects lots of business opportunities in China staging the Games in 2008 and its entry to WTO next year Dow Jones [SHANGHAI] Wild cheers erupted in one of Shanghai's swanky pubs last Friday when the International Olympic Committee awarded
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          93 22 Dow Jones [TAIPEI] The ban on direct transport links between the mainland and Taiwan could be lifted if foreign shipping firms demand it after Taiwan's entry to the World Trade Organization, Economic Daily News reports. The daily quotes unidentified sources as saying that Taiwan would be
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          54 22 [SINGAPORE] Japan's K-Line and Taipei's Wan Hai Lines have agreed on a slot exchange from this month. The arrangement allows K-Line to exchange space between its India/Far East Express Service between Singapore, Colombo and Nhava Sheva, and Wan Hai Lines' three services JST,
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          73 22 [SINGAPORE] US-based terminal operator CSX World Terminals is reportedly eyeing investment opportunities in southern Chinese ports including Tianjin and Xiamen. The company, which operates berth three at Hong Kong's Kwai Chung, said it planned to grow its terminal business "aggressively". CSX already provides stevedoring, warehousing
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          72 22 [LONDON] Liner group India Pakistan Bangladesh Ceylon Conferences will reduce its bunker adjustment factor surcharge from Aug 1. FCL cargo will drop to US$5O per TEU, LCL cargo remains unchanged at US$5 w/m and breakbulk rises 14 per cent. Meanwhile, since Sunday Europe/Mediterranean Trade Agreement lines have
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        271 29 Reuters [LONDON] Regulatory scrutiny of Britain's embattled rail network operator Railtrack Group pic would increase, the Office of the Rail Regulator said in a report published on its operational plan for 2001/04. "The regulator's proposed programme for the next year is one of
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        514 29 CATHAY Poors' INDUSTRIAL ACTION Cathay expects to operate 138 flights with just five cancellations AFP [HONG KONG] Pilots of Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday voted to continue their work-to-rule action indefinitely after a closed door meeting. Some 244 members of Hong Kong Aircrew
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        231 29 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (Sats) announced yesterday it is in negotiations with a member of the Indian-based Tata group of companies to form a joint venture catering company in India, In a statement, Sats said it was negotiating with
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        306 29 Near-term outlook weak as S'pore's non-oil exports fall AFX [SINGAPORE] Deutsche Bank Asia Equity Research said it has lowered its year to March passenger and cargo volumes forecast for Singapore Airlines (SIA) on the back of the weakness in nonoil domestic exports. It
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        203 29 [SINGAPORE] A Singapore Airlines flight from Auckland to Singapore was diverted to northern Australia on Tuesday night after a 75-year-old man from New Zealand died on board. An SIA statement said the man collapsed in his seat on board a Boeing 747-400 flight, which
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        598 30  -  The Singapore Logistics Association is introducing two diplomas which will help advance the skills of those who supervise and perform the hands-on tasks in the industry, bsibjdibs reports BETH JINKS [SINGAPORE] Training those working on the ground is the best way to
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        510 30  -  TDB is helping third party logistics providers to network overseas, jump onto the e-commerce wagon and develop their manpower By, June Lim [SINGAPORE] The Trade Development Board (TDB) has developed a multi-prong approach to promote the growth of Singapore-based third party logistics providers (3PLs).
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