The Business Times, 25 July 2001

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: hup://h'jsiness-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. 2001 85C
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  • 78 1 sn M 3&86 (+3.46) BT-SKI CZLS3 (-1.43) ST INDEX FUTUBES 1,63&00 (+14.00) 9MSCI FUTUBES isaio (+1.30) STOCK MAKKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP ***** -0.74 NIKKEI 225 *****15 +273 62 HANG SENG 12,214.10 -22.35 SET INDEX 308.87 -471 JAKARTA COMP —457.92 -12J1 MANILA COMP _1,369.02 -Ml TAIPEI WPI
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  • 79 1 FOREX RATES us* s$ ISS (SS per USS) L819 perlt) 1.417 i576 EURO(l*SS/SS/E) 0.870 1.582 DM 2.250 1.237 YEN 12« 68.40 RM 3.800 2.090 HKS 7.800 4289 BAHT 45.74 25.15 RLTIAH 9.800 5,389 •S$ to too unite PEME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LTMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA -39.00 BANGKOK A50 MANILA
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  • 441 1  -  US June chip equipment orders against shipments improves to 0.54 By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Figures just released by an influential industry association show the gloom may be lifting from the US computer chip-making sector, even if analysts are still hesitant to pronounce
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  • 1019 1  -  Sentiment is dangerously positive in face of bearish conditions, they say Prom Andrew Marks in New York THROUGHOUT the US stock market's relentless decline over the past 15 months, investors have remained remarkably bullish, despite huge losses suffered by those
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  • 617 1  -  Package expected to ease burden, since it's hard to revive external demand By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] The government's offbudget measures, which will be announced in Parliament today, are likely to focus on saving jobs and worker training. The package is expected to include
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  • 377 1  -  New Economy poses major problem for many SMEs, it says By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] The Feedback Unit has recommended that a bank for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) be set up to help improve small businesses' access to financing. The unit's
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 144 1 PfSTOE Top stories Flow of CPF Special Account savings into investments slows. Next Page Sing Tel extends Optus offer period by a month. Pg 3 v < Keppel Corp shareholders vote for OCBC's KCH bid. Pg 5 US direct investments jump USs3.lb. Pg 6 Hock Lock Siew Good service redefined.
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    • 61 1 Megawati likely to jk,, n_i.- M _Jtx Greenspan: pick independent 3XIOIICG P3yS Olf TOT j a Monetary professionals for 11PW ItIHoVI policy still economic portfolios lICwV lIIIIUII plColUClll works v JW 4 Next Page PaB6 si a e MOTOR! HC Performance Motors plans foray into Phuket HIH||9H ■HIHb I S^abl
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    • 858 2  -  Indon president will need to form close working relationship with new VP, who will be picked today Froiri Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S newly-appointed president, Megawati Sukarnoputri, will most likely pick independent professionals for key economic portfolios to convince the international community and financial markets
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    • 592 2  -  May, June account for only 20% of $2.6b invested in Ist half By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The amount of CPF Special Account savings flowing to investments has slowed down after a robust showing in the first four months. Latest CPF figures show
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 57 2 CITIBANK'S contribution to the local economy is rather impressive, though probably not as well known as its attention-grabbing advertisements. Well, for the record, Citibank has Singapore's third-largest telecommunications bill, is one of the biggest tenants of commercial buildings (210 properties) and uses 26,000 hotel rooms
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      • 177 2 SEEMS that Frankfurt is still struggling with its image of being "difficult" for foreigners, an image that is a big drawback to its efforts to become a major financial centre. While the high salaries and jobs are attractive enough, it seems the wives and children are complaining, according
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 372 2 KPMGSeminarSeries Banking Laws and Regulations Thursday, 2 August 2001,9.00 am to 5.00pm Orchard Hotel Singapore What Compliance with banking laws and regulations should be a priority for all bank CEOs. With recent changes to various regulations, banks should ensure that their personnel understand the implications arising from these changes. It
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    • 17 2 Patience, reticence pay off for Megawati, Pg 10 Indonesia's impact on the region hardly over, Pg 18
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 368 3  -  Second extension to Sept 3 comes as it awaits Aussie review board approval By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications is extending, for a second time, the offer period for its takeover bid for Cable Wireless Optus as it has yet to receive
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    • 359 3  -  By Conrad Raj THE Singapore Exchange has in a rare move rejected an application by a listed company to make an acquisition. Ho Wah Genting International said yesterday that the exchange had rejected the listing of its new shares to be issued in
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    • 179 3 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Creditors of the collapsed Australian telco One.Tel including Singapore Telecom takeover target Cable Wireless Optus may get back between a fifth and a half of what they are owed, after they voted yesterday to wind up the company. But other shareholders including
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    • 587 5  -  With 43% in the bag, OCBC only needs 8% to clinch takeover By Conrad Raj KEPPEL Corporation (KepCorp) shareholders yesterday voted to accept OCBC Bank's latest offer to buy its stake in its financial arm, Keppel Capital Holdings (KCH). Following the vote,
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 66 5 SEMBCORP Marine has reported a 6.6 per cent drop in net profit to $39.2 million on turnover of $373.4 million for the six months ended June. Earnings per share slipped to 2.8 cents from 3 cents previously. Net tangible assets per share rose to
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      • 71 5 HOTELIER Khoo Teck Puat's Central Properties yesterday reported flat interim net profit of $15 million on revenue of $20.1 million. Earnings per share for the six months ended June were unchanged at 50 cents. Net tangible assets per share rose to $9.04 from $8.77. Turnover
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      • 78 5 FISH farmer Qian Hu Corp's interim net profit fell 10.3 per cent to $1.6 million despite a 16.7 per cent rise in turnover to $19.9 million. Earnings per share declined to 1.92 cents from 2.53 cents previously. Net tangible assets per share rose
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      • 55 5 STARTECH Electronics said the 11.7 million placement shares of its initial public offer have been fUlly subscribed. It offered 13 million new shares at 32 cents each. Of the 11.7 million placement shares, 1.3 million are reserved shares. Applications for the public offer tranche of
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    • 610 5  -  HOCKlffiPWEW r sivanithy WHEN defining customer service in the banking and finance business, is it enough to point to quantitative performance improvements such as more ATM machines and shorter queues? Or should finance professionals go further in their quest to win over consumers? Undeniably, advances in quantitative
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    • 493 5  -  Price weakening may have implications on its decision whether or not to raise OUB bid By I Siow Li Sen THE shares of DBS Group Holdings fell sharply yesterday following Monday's release of disappointing interim results with further weakening of the share
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      559 4 Theoretical values before Dec 31,'98 Stocks Volume FuYuMfglOc 17,280,000 Flextech 15c 12,311,000 SingTel 15c 11,807,000 Goldtron 5c 10,863,000 L&M 50c 7,712,000 Kian Ann 20c 7,403,000 Tianjin Zhong 5,611,000 People's Food HGK 50c 5,234,000 WahShing HKlc 5,122,000 Fischer 15c 5,055,000 Stock* OUB 40,344,200 DBSGrp 39,729,100 SingTel 15c 21,001,240 Datacraft 10c 20,032,215
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    • 591 4  -  I '-l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE local stock market finally showed signs of shaking off its recent paralysis yesterday. A rebound in Japan, expectations that the government would announce off-Budget measures in Parliament today, and late short-covering helped the Straits
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    • 617 4  -  CURRENCIES Bnt short-term Indon euphoria saw rupiah continuing to rebonnd larry wee THE US dollar emerged largely intact after important supports were challenged over the last week, but short-term euphoria associated with Indonesia's leadership change opens up a possible spike towards better levels of
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  • 2683 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS cmg fsgioiooGr f«j/** i.oso i.ios CMG First SGlo Bat Fd/& 0.660 0.695 CMG First State AP Gr Fd!** 0.640 0.675 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd I r nltS nSn CMG F S Internet Com Fd 0.360 0.380 Aberdeen Select Portfolio: CMG First SR China Fd!** 0.640 0.675
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 250 6/7  -  Melissa Sim THERE was a significant decline in demand for manpower in June, going by the volume of job advertisements in newspapers. The volume of recruitment ads was 45 per cent lower than in June 2000, following a similar year-on-year dip in May. According
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    • 550 6/7  -  Rise last year brought cumulative figure in Singapore to USs23.3b Chuang Peck Ming TOTAL US direct investments in Singapore jumped US$3.l billion last year, thanks to strong earnings by American multinational corporations here. The sum including investments in non-manufactur-ing sectors was one of the largest
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    • 143 6/7 THE Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) will for the first time honour one outstanding local retailer as its Retail Executive of the Year at the second annual SRA Awards Scholarships in October. The award will be presented to "an exemplary leader who is success-oriented", said SRA Awards
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    • 495 6/7  -  Relief for month of August will be reviewed and could be extended Rachel Ong THE National Trades Union Congress family of co-opera-tives yesterday announced a $6.4 million National Day package to help tide workers over the economic downturn. The package is for
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    • 428 6/7  -  Kalpana Rashiwala JONES Lang LaSalle, which has just bagged the job of marketing the HDB Centre in Bukit Merah, says the property will appeal to potential users such as tertiary institutions keen on setting up campuses, given its massive 758,855 sq ft of
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    • 257 6/7  -  Liew Hanging A NEWLY opened Logistics Institute will join forces with major logistics companies in the region to offer its students operational experience while they pursue graduate studies. The Logistics Institute Asia-Pacific (TLI-AP) at the National University of Singapore has forged alliances with several
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    • 229 6/7 STARHUB'S IDD 008 customers no longer have to pay for overseas calls that last 12 seconds or less. But if calls last more than 12 seconds, customers will be charged for the full duration. The no-charge scheme, which started yesterday, will come in handy
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    • 652 6/7  -  Players aware of settlement issues but underestimate risk values: survey Hy Larry Wee A SURVEY has found that top foreign exchange players in Singapore are generally aware of the issues and risks associated with the settlement of forex transactions, but there is much
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    • 447 6/7  -  Wen Yixiang Singapore I REFER to your Hock Lock Siew column, "Allow 'cooling off period for fund launches" by Genevieve Cua (BT, July 21). While the "cooling off period does offer some kind of recourse to investors who have invested in something
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    • 488 6/7  -  They sell 60% of their stake in listed Australian sports retailer Rebel /•Yom Surinder Singh in Sydney SINGAPORE'S Goh brothers, who are behind the Ossia group and the World of Sports chain, have agreed to sell 60 per cent of their stake
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    • 180 6/7  -  Denis Distant Singapore MICHAEL Fam chaired SlA's annual general meeting on July 14 for the last time as he stepped down as a director, after 29 years on the airline's board. The attendance at that meeting, I reckon, was the biggest at any SIA shareholders'
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    • 295 6/7  -  Sherman Tan Managing Director, A.'business (iroup. DBS Hank I THANK Ms Alison Cousland for her letter. "Why set a Net cap. DBS" (Mailbag. July 23). Her view is timely, as we have been monitoring customers' online usage of the interbank fund transfer service
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    • 191 6/7  -  Lee Pei Sze Singapore 1 REFER to your article "Govt to open routes only ifSBS, Tibs can't cope" by Christopher Tan (BT, .Inly 12). I live in Sengkang and have to rely on public buses. I have tolerated the services offered in
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 769 8  -  THEHH| KESSuIQiiS OPINION audrey tan The writer is BT's correspondent in Hong Kong APPLE Daily, long known for its antagonism towards Beijing, declared in its headline last Saturday: "We have won!" Other Hong Kong papers were more circumspect but the same note of
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    • 83 8 We've gone from dotcoms to palm readers.' Steve Schefsky who owns property in what was once called Multimedia Gulch in San Francisco, after letting to a psychic after the previous tenant, an Internet company, left. If the Bush administration does not support the protocol, how would it
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    • 672 8 EDITORIAL THE Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Genoa last weekend could —and certainly should —mark a turning point in the history of these events. These talks have ceased to function as a mechanism for real dialogue among world leaders. Thus the threatened global recession
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    • 1427 8  -  MAS should insist on assurances as to charges, rates and service from the proposed bidders as conditions for approval By Wan Kwong Weng The writer is a lawyer with Baker McKenzie, Wong Leow. The views expressed here are entirely his own and do
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    • 791 8  -  COMMENTARY The Bnshies have yet to give solid reasons for their missile defence shield By Thomas L Friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT I SURE welcome the news that the Bush team will open missile talks with Russia, because it might
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    • 2638 9 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighteenth Annual General Meeting of INFORMATICS HOLDINGS LTD will be held at Hotel Phoenix, Sunflower Room, Basement Level, 277 Orchard Road, Singapore *****8 on Friday, 17 August 2001 at 10.00 a.m. to transact the following business:ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive the audited financial statements
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    • 824 9 CENTRAL PROPERTIES LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (Incorporated in Singapore) PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT I UNAUPITEP RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENPEP 30 JUNE 20Q1 1. Unaudited Profit and Loss Accounts The Group The Company 2001 2000 Change 2001 2000 Change Ss'ooo Ss'ooo Ss'ooo Ss'ooo Revenue Investment income 13,388 11,529 +16.1
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  • FOCUS indonesia
    • 1279 10 Megawati Sukarnoputri is living proof that slow and steady wins the race. Biding her time, she allowed the Indonesian groundswell to sweep her into the nation's highest office. NYT WHEN she was still something of a neophyte six years ago, Megawati Sukarnoputri spoke with
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  • BIZ woman
    • 455 11  -  UMTON WEEKS pays tribute to Eudora Welty, one of America's finest Southern writers, who died on Monday LINTON WEEKS LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] EUDORA Welty died on Monday. She was one of the finest Southern writers of the 20th century. She could be as obscure as William
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    • 713 11 BUKIT SEMBAWANG ESTATES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 65 Chulia Street. #50-00. OCBC Centre. Singapore *****3, on Friday. 17 August 2001 at 12 noon for the
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 199 11 CBTPTIC CROSSWORD 6No end of such a hint? (3,3) 5 Elements of bureaucracy ■HZjIIKZJHZZ]||||K 9 Handbook not supplied auto- switched and slowly reduced [9J J j j i j 10 Draw in garment (8) 6 Point about extremely unusual 12 Sham RAF officer pockets re- 8 Novelist playing some cricket
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  • BT motoring
    • 474 13  -  BTiaimmwj BMW agent aims to set up dealership on resort island, seen as a stepping stone into Thailand, reports CHRISTOPHER TAN CHRISTOPHER TAN BMW agent Performance Motors is looking to set up a dealership on the Thai resort island of Phuket a move that
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    • 384 13  -  Parallel imports account for 540 of 2,446 registered By Christopher Tan PARALLEL importers garnered a whopping 22 per cent of the Mercedes-Benz car market here in the first half the biggest slice of the pie since the market was liberalised in the
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    • 426 13  -  It will roll out 11 new models between now and 2008 Reports by Kannan Chandran in Trollkattariy Sweden THE Saab 9-5 may have undergone conservative changes but its Swedish maker has big plans for a dramatic makeover to expand from the current two-model range.
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    • 237 13 SURPRISINGLY, for a car that looks pretty much like its predecessor, 1,265 changes were actually made to the Saab 9-5 facelift. Of these, the major ones were the introduction of a bi-xenon lighting system offering 60 per cent better illumination; a new five-speed automatic gearbox
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 93 13 MG ROVER Group has supplied four MG ZS cars to the UK's Central Motorway Police Group, which will use the sporty cars to deter speedsters on local motorways. The MGs, which will carry police badges, will be parked on key patrol access slips and
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      • 69 13 VOLKSWAGEN has launched its "eGeneration", Internet-linked Golf in Germany. The car is equipped with a HP Jornada 548 personal digital assistant (PDA) housed in a specially-designed holder that is linked to a Nokia 6210 mobile phone with hands-free set. The PDA's large touch screen can also
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      • 214 13 MOTOR and fuel industry executives had originally envisaged mass production of fuel cell vehicles within the next three to four years, but doubts are now emerging that they will be available before the second half of the decade, according to a Financial Times report. "The timelines
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      • 91 13  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan FIVE London Cabs adorned with the FPDSavills logo were recently launched with a staff cocktail function at the Senso Restaurant in Club Street. Sporting the slogan "Solutions —not just property", the cabs are part of a marketing drive following the
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  • FORMULA ONE
    • 464 14 Source: McLaren IF there is something else about Formula One that's as fascinating as the speed of the cars and the skill of the drivers, it'd have to be the mind-boggling facts and figures that reside in the background of each race. Here are some
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    • 463 14  -  The Sports Coupe is the closest you can get to a Mercedes-McLaren for under $150,000. CHRISTOPHER TAN reports on its quiet debut CHRISTOPHER TAN rOST motorists here would have missed the weekend launch of the Mercedes-Benz Sports Coupe the marque's I first liftback model in
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  • e-NEWS
    • 461 15 NEW YORK Low call rates lead to profit falls for fonr quarters in a row Bloomberg AT&T CORP. the biggest US long-distance phone and cable TV company, said second quarter profit from continuing operations plummeted 91 per cent after some calling prices fell as
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    • 213 15 ISLANDIA, New York Bloomberg COMPUTER Associates International, which is involved in a proxy battle with billionaire Sam Wyly, reported a fiscal first quarter loss after it changed the way it books sales. The developer of software for mainframe computers, wireless devices and Web commerce had
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    • 244 15 SEATTLE AP AMAZON.COM's secondquarter net loss narrowed, beating Wall Street's expectations, as the online retailer announced a partnership with America Online and said it remained on track to record "pro forma" operating profitability by the fourth quarter. But the company warned that its
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    • 353 15 19-21 September 2001 Exnlore fcn r IVI v Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre New Frontiers •y -i at 11 i J- I It t Asia Pacific S Asia 2001 Bio Medical Sciences in the Post Genomic Era Challenges and Opportunities Premier RinMPflml for Poster Sessions l/l Vlilvm VUI V?
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  • FINANCE
    • 266 16  -  ST Index/MSdSTpore Index C K Lau Refco Singapore HOPES the government will unveil generous off-Budget measures today helped the share market reverse its early losses and end in positive territory yesterday. The Straits Times Index gained 3.46 points or 0.21 per cent to close at
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    • 227 16  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks slid on concerns companies' earnings would fall. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index fell 5.2 points or 2.69 per cent yesterday to close at 188.22 points. Turnover amounted to 550.87 million with 8 counters rising, 51 falling
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    • 221 16 London Reuters The dollar eased a quarter per cent against the yen and the euro yesterday, paring the previous day's sharp gains, as caution set in ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony before the Senate. The US currency leapt more than one yen on Monday its
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    • Article, Illustration
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 528 16  -  Dr M says if a criminal act is uncovered, action will be taken Frorr, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur AS a probe gets under way, the Malaysian government indicated yesterday that action will be taken if any criminal act is uncovered in its controversial
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    • 268 16 KUALA LUMPUR IN a surprise development, Malaysia Mining Corporation (MMC) has called off the deal to acquire a majority stake in the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor. On behalf of MMC, ArabMalaysian Merchant Bank said yesterday certain conditions are not likely to
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    • 527 16  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE bid by the investment arm of the Malaysian government for United Engineers Malaysia remained intact despite the hefty jump in UEM's share price yesterday. UEM rose 60 sen to RM4.16 when it was requoted yesterday
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    • 777 18  -  ASEAN Painful reverberations will still be felt in the days to come yang razali kassim WAS IT sheer coincidence or was it perfect timing? If Indonesia's elite were planning to grab global attention for the dramatic change in leadership over the past
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    • 430 19 BEIJING Aim is to curb capital flight that conld undermine yuan's stability: official Reuters CHINA will tighten controls over foreign exchange dealings to curb capital flight that could undermine the stability of its currency, the Financial News reported yesterday. The authorities would "study,
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    • 200 19 TAIPEI Bloomberg THE Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, a private think-tank, cut its economic growth forecast for this year by more than half because exports are falling and record unemployment means people are spending less. Taiwan's economy wUI grow 2.1 per cent this year, the
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    • 348 19  -  Stocks hit 9-month low and peso slumps tos3£stoUSs From, Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE markets yesterday headed precipitously south as President Gloria Arroyo's state-of-the-nation address on Monday failed to lift sentiments and rally support for her wide-ranging economic reform measures. Foreign funds, sceptical
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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      • 87 21 Bloomberg [ZURICH] ABB Ltd will slash 12,000 jobs, or 8 per cent of the No 1 electrical engineering company's workforce, to cut costs after first half profit fell 76 per cent. Net income fell to US$266 million from a restated US$l.O9 billion in
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      • 80 21 AP [ATLANTA] Bell South Corp reported a 17 per cent drop in second quarter income, citing a feeble US economy and continued heavy spending on its high-speed Internet and Latin American wireless businesses. The results were below Wall Street's already-lowered forecasts. The company said
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      • 88 21 AFP [STOCKHOLM] Swedish truckmaker Volvo yesterday reported a 25 per cent pre-tax profit fall in the second quarter and took a broadly gloomy view of prospects. Volvo said it had made a profit after financial items of 1.8 billion kronor (*****.5 million) for the second
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      • 69 21 Bloomberg [CANTON, Massachusetts] Reebok International's second quarter profit rose 33 per cent as the company reduced costs and sold more Reebok clothes and shoes in the US. Net income rose to US$l4.l million, or 24 cents a share, from US$lO.7 million, or 19 cents, a
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      • 75 21 Reuters [OAK BROOK, Illinois] McDonald's Corp yesterday reported that second quarter earnings fell, as expected, as a strong US dollar and lingering concerns over mad cow disease continued to weigh on profits. Net income in the second quarter fell to U*****.9 million, or 34 cents
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    • 371 21 NEWYORK Bloomberg AMERICAN Express Co, the No 1 corporate credit card issuer, said second quarter profit fell even without its US$B26 million junk-bond loss, as companies tightened travel and entertainment spending amid a slowing economy. The company, which last week said pershare
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    • 513 22 WASHINGTON He reiterates Fed is ready to cut rates again if rebound doesn't come quickly Bloomberg, Reuters, AFX FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday changes in monetary policy are still able to boost the economy, even as the US economy
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      • 32 22 Reuters [LONDON] Argentina, Turkey and Brazil are the emerging countries which run the biggest risk of defaulting on their debts, the Economist Intelligence Unit said yesterday. Reuters
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      • 31 22 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] Royal Philips Electronics said it has no plans to cut 25,000j0b5, denying reports that it was likely to slash more jobs than announced. Bloomberg
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      • 35 22 AFP [SEOUL] President Lee Kye Ahn of South Korea's largest automaker, Hyundai Motor Co, yesterday handed in his resignation to pave the way for corporate restructuring, Yonhap news agency said. —AFP
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    • 367 23 SEOUL They were charged with falsifying accounts, diverting company's ftwds AFP FORMER executives of South Korea's collapsed Daewoo business group were yesterday handed prison sentences of up to seven years for falsifying accounts and diverting company funds. Kang Byung-Ho, the exhead of
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    • 288 23 TOKYO Japan holds key to US prosperity, Asia growth, says Powell Reuters US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday offered Washington's support for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's economic reform plans, saying Japan's economy held the the key to American prosperity and Asian growth. "Our
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    • 223 23 NYT [WASHINGTON] Amid concerns that its computers were vulnerable to a type of virus known as the "Code Red" worm, the Pentagon shut down parts of its public website on Monday to allow technicians to install protective software, the Pentagon said. A Pentagon spokeswoman, Catherine
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    • 1132 26  -  li:wii]=< markets 90% of leading firms that sold shares in July reported sales by insiders within same firm By Robert Halili The writer is the managing director of Asia Insider Limited. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai in Singapore THE worse-than-expected 16.9 per cent drop
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    • 256 27  -  Liu I Chun Singapore I REFER to the letter "DBS is fully upfront about Up" by Mr Patrick Tan of DBSAM and Ms Meredith Peabody of DBS Bank. (BT, July 20) I am one potential customer who gave 'Up' a miss after working out
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    • 1026 28  -  YOUR MONEY Protected funds are quite different from those with iron-clad guarantees and judging from what the experts say, Dl 7 Investing is definitely an option genevieve cua THERE are guaranteed funds and then there are guaranteed funds. Following a column last week on unit trusts
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 279 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell 10 points to 1,138, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost nine points to 1,198, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) dropped 37 points to 8,369 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down 17 points to 1,285. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Cape Race (built 2001)
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    • 301 29 sex *000 JelM CWT Distribution 0.S1 0.02 30 Chuan Hup .0.33 0.01 893 Cosco Investment—0.22 -0.01 140 Freight Links 0.08 uneh 128 GB Holdings _..0.51 unch 0 IMC Hoidings-HK —5.60 uncti 0 Jaya Holdings 0.16 0.01 105 Keppel Corp 3.60 -0.02 1888 Keppel FELS 1.09 0.01 778 Keppel
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    • 804 29  -  Two shipping lines seen widely as complementary By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has dismissed rumours that it is looking to buy container liner company P&O Nedlloyd, saying it is nothing more than an "old rumour dusted off'.
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    • 873 29  -  STRAIT TALE By Seafarer BEFORE too long, owners of ships registered in Liberia will be at the receiving end of a concerted International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) campaign to persuade them to switch to another flag. Liberia has long been an
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      • 69 29 [SINGAPORE! Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will buy slots from Hyundai Merchant Marine's Middle East Service to facilitate its return to the Far East and Middle East trade routes, which it operated until 1996. The alliance partners have not commented on the number of
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      • 72 29 (SINGAPORE] The government-owned Shipping Corporation of India has reported a 490 per cent jump in first quarter (April to June) profit over the same period in 2000, to 1.12 billion rupees (5542.56 million) compared to 190 million rupees. Operating income hit 7.92 billion rupees compared
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      • 49 29 [SINGAPORE] China's Cosco Container Lines and Malaysia's MISC have signed deals with Cargo Smart supply chain visibility portal to enable shippers to access transit information online. The two major lines followed Hongkong's OOCL, which already uses the real-time tracking, booking and schedule service.
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      • 66 29 [SINGAPORE] The Port of Le Havre has bumped up its rail link to Strasbourg which used the nodal point of Villeneuve-St Georges, into a direct shuttle offering three return voyages each week. The service will help importers and exporters in the Alsace region save
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    • 286 29  -  Vessels will be deployed either in trans-Pacific or Europe-Far East service By P T Bangsberg THE parent of Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) ordered two more ships with capacities 0f7,400 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) from South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries
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      • 389 30  -  Commission gearing up to push for a new European Maritime Safety Agency Reports from David Hughes in London IN a move explained by European Commission vice-presi-dent Loyola de Palacio in terms of expanding EU control over shipping, 11 EU member states have been
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      • 364 30 PANAMA has apparently accepted a tanker onto its register despite serious unresolved ISM-related problems. The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency detained an early 1970'5-built, 43,444 gt tanker, the Thebro, loaded with petrol for poor emergency preparedness shortly after its flag state, Cyprus, withdrew
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      • 269 30 Law firms, insurance brokers suffered drop in earnings last year THE UK's international maritime services sector, other than shipowning and managing, brought in £909 million (552.32 billion) in net revenue in 2000, slightly down on 1999's £930 million and just under the estimated revenue
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      • 173 30  -  Ken Ruiz Sheffield, UK via Internet I REFER to your article "IMO to prepare guidelines for vessels in distress" (Shipping Times, July 17). The guidelines, seem to be a good idea. I can understand why the vessel was not immediately welcome in Gibraltar, given
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      • 2006 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy Ho Etb/Btr Ptrtod From To From AC! HIBISCUS 0548 24/23 00 W 23/1500 23/1659 23/1900 2A 21/1700 24/0659 24/0900 21 23/1700 24/0659 24/0900 AU SEAGULL 088 26/23:59 23/1500 23/1659 23/1900 2A 23/1700 24/0659 24/0900 2t 23/1700
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      • 186 39 August 1 Switzerland: National Day August 0 Singapore: National Day South Africa: National Women's Day August 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday August IS South Korea: Liberation Day Switzerland: Assumption Day Spain: Assumption Day Belgium: Assumption Day France: Assumption Day Italy: Assumption Day August 17 Indonesia: Independence Day
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      • 782 39 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 market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 553 40 Two Sri Lankan Air Airbus aircraft destroyed, 3 more damaged; SIA cancels flights AP [COLOMBO] A Tamil rebel attack on Colombo's international airport yesterday has dealt a severe blow to the national carrier, with more than one-third of its fleet damaged.
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      • 589 40 Bloomberg [LONDON] London Transport commissioner Bob Kiley is seeking a court ruling to block the UK government's plan to share operation of the London subway, known as the Tube, with companies. The hearing before a judge at London's High Court
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      • 342 40 Options for Qantas Holidays include partial flotation Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd, which last week opted to keep its catering unit, said it still may spin off its wholesale travel business to cut costs. "We are considering options for Qantas Holidays,
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      • 396 40 It will also help carrier to nse Internet to improve customer service Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp (IBM) won a seven-year, US$9OB million contract to manage Air Canada's computer systems and help the airline use the Internet
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      • 406 40 AP [LONDON] British Airways will resume flights of its Concorde supersonic jet in September, and Air France will follow a month later, a coalition of French and British transport officials said. The group met in London on Monday for the eighth time since
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