The Business Times, 9 August 2001

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2001 86C
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    Lock icon Fist fight breaks out at car showroom auction
    382 1  -  FfiexcTusTve Fracas follows claims that bids were accepted after tender closed By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The property market may be tepid but an auction for 11 Kampong Übi car showrooms got bidders really hot under the collar yesterday a brawl broke out.
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    Lock icon Tears flow at OUB's landmark EGM
    718 1  -  TAKEOVER OF ODB Chairman, CEO break down in emotion-charged EGM as shareholders pay tribute Reports by Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] What was to have been a busi-ness-like extraordinary general meeting yesterday at Overseas Union Bank (OUB) turned into three hours of high emotion unprecedented in
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    Lock icon UOB likely to garner enough to delist OUB
    715 1 92.7% «f OUB shareholders back OUFs acceptance of UOB offer [SINGAPORE] Going by the voting results at yesterday's emotionally-charged extraordinary general meeting of Overseas Union Bank (OUB) shareholders, United Overseas Bank (UOB) could get more than 90 per cent acceptances for its
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    Lock icon Q2 GDP shrinks 0.9% against flash estimate of -0.8%
    555 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong had a realistic yet reassuring National Day message for Singaporeans, despite his disclosure that the economy shrank in the second quarter by a little more than first thought down 0.9 per
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      62 1 mMSnUE Exte Suite Return of freehold properties. Back Pmge Top Stories SMRT clinches deal to run Circle Line. Mmxt Page SGX's Links Island formula stirs strong feelings. Pg 5 DBS puts $10m in deposit machines. PgS Alan Greenspan's assets worth as much as USs9.6m. Pg 14 Megawati orders police to
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      90 1 r > L *H fS o Mr Lee Hee Seng broke down, trembling with emotion as he wiped away tears. Seeing him cry, Mr Peter Seah broke down. A hush fell on the room, broken by sniffling among shareholders and OUB employees. i 4* i L MORE REPORTS personal but
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      18 1 We are one big family.,. We cannot I afford to sit still, and watch the world go by.
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      Lock icon Megawati set to sacrifice Laksamana, Kwik
      1221 2  -  exclusive] Bndiono likely to be economic minister, Bambang Sudibyo finance minister From 1 Yang Razali Kassim in Jakarta IF the speculations pan out, President Megawati Sukarnoputri's Cabinet will see the sidelining of two of her own key economic thinkers as old stalwarts from the
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      Lock icon SMRT clinches deal to run Circle Line
      466 2  -  By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] After prolonged deliberations that set back a press conference by nearly three hours, the Land Transport Authority announced yesterday that it had awarded the operatorship of the Circle Line to SMRT. The decision will boost the network of
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      Lock icon Ex-Danaharta officials set to take control of MRCB: report
      501 2  -  Analysts see Mahathir backing for the two young execs From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TWO former debt-busters are set to take over management control of politically well-con-nected Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad, according to a report yesterday. The Asian Wall Street
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      Lock icon Defamation was personal: OUB chairman
      570 2  -  But Goldman's pet shot at directors is resolved, Lee says By I Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Bank (OUB) chairman Lee Hee Seng said yesterday the defamatory statements made in a takeover document prepared by Goldman Sachs for DBS Group were personal but the matter
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      Lock icon Quotes from OUB's EGM
      262 2 in stark contrast to the criticism showered on DBS at its EGMon Monday "As an employee I just want to say this—and I think if s a unanimous sentiment of all my colleagues—that going forward, no matter what is going to happen to us as Individuals
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Reg FD is OK
        101 2 A RECENT study on Regulation FD (fair disclosure) suggests the controversial new measure has not caused added market volatility. Business school academics at Purdue University and the University of California point out stock prices have moved less after earnings announcements than they did before Reg FD
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        Lock icon Delisting of KepFels welcomed
        36 2 ON Tuesday, BT ran an on-line poll saying; Speculation is rife that Keppel will delist Keppel Fels. This will please shareholders. This is what readers thought Yes—s6%; N0—27%; I don't know —17%
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      522 3 rage 3 6T? Singaporean; forefather arrived here the I I Til days, back in the 1880s. Through the years, my A. AAA family's fortunes have ebbed and flowed, just like the tides of our shores. I am a true son of the soil. My past, present and future lie here.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      318 4 Parkway H 25c 20,223,000 JK Yarning 20c 18,878,000 Golden Agri USIOc 13,494,000 GokJtron5c 12,965,000 North 22 USlc 12,903,000 Kep FELS Energy 50c 12,817,000 Autron 10,507,000 CapitaLand 9,979,000 K1 Ventures 10c 9,471,000 SingTel 15c 8,933,000 Slock. OUB 56,158,510 Chart Semiconductor 26c 42,259,041 UOB 40,703,600 DBSGrp 34,206,220 CaprtaLand 20,677,356 Kep PELS Ener»
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      Lock icon Tech profit worries dash slim hopes of National Day rally
      606 4  -  l-l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IT was heavy going in the local stock market yesterday as whatever feeble hopes there were of a National Day rally quickly evaporated when the Straits Times Index sank from the start and showed
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      Lock icon Antah warrant looks doomed
      160 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy REGULAR readers of this column will be aware that many Malaysian warrants have had their lifespans extended by Ave to 10 years. Not all, however, have enjoyed such a lengthy extension. Today's feature is a former Clob International favourite, Antah Holdings,
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      Lock icon Chartered falls, but charts upbeat
      220 4  -  HOT STOCK By\ Serena Ng THE Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing stock has been volatile over the past two weeks on the uncertain outlook for the global semiconductor industry. It slipped 6 cents yesterday to end at $4.84, on a volume of 8.75 million. It rallied last
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      Lock icon US productivity figures fail to lift greenback
      484 4  -  I-ii comment CURRENCIES German growth worries hit euro; Asian units gain across the beard on yen leads larry wee DESPITE reassuring US productivity numbers overnight, the greenback failed to gain much mileage yesterday because of more gloomy news on the technology front. The
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2883 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS *bir<iin Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: China Opportunities Fd!** 0.905 0.952 Global MNCFd 0.695 0.731 Global Technology Fd!" 0.578 0.607 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.712 0.749 American Opport Fd 0.786 0.826 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 0.986 1.036 Japan EqtyFd!** 1.119 1.176 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SGX's Links Island formula stirs strong feelings
      592 5  -  Sellers on Aug 14-16 peeved at nullified sales By Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore Exchange's formula for resolving the Links Island debacle has stirred strong feelings in the market. Last week, SGX announced a fairsettlement price of $1.21 for all outstanding trades in Links
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      Lock icon Ousted Inno-Pac directors seeking legal advice
      515 5  -  Dedstai by EGM chairman on v«te of one minority shareholder queried: sources By\ Serena Ng INNO-PACIFIC Holdings' ousted top management is said to be seeking legal advice on the vote count during the firm's extraordinary general meeting. Details were not immediately available yesterday, but
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      Lock icon Indonesian QAF to buy Australia's Bunge Meat
      290 5  -  Byl Serena Ng INDONESIA-linked food product maker QAF said yesterday it would buy Australia's Bunge Meat Group of companies for either Asls7 million (*****.3 million) cash or Aslo million above the net tangible assets of the firm, whichever was lesser. It said its
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      Lock icon OCBC reminder on KCH wrts
      99 5 OCBC Bank yesterday reminded warrantholders of Keppel Capital Holdings who have not accepted its offer at $1.28 per listed warrants to do so by returning their acceptance forms by Aug 17. OCBC has so far received acceptances for about 91 per cent of KCH shares
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      Lock icon Little-known new white knight for VDH
      258 5  -  By Serena Ng BARELY three months after L&M Group's proposed takeover of Van der Horst was called off, a new company called Fargro Pte Ltd has emerged as the white knight for the Indonesian-linked engineering company. In a brief announcement last night, VDH said
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      Lock icon Curious Chemical Industries cash call
      624 5  -  lock siewj ven sreenivasan THE timing and the odd features of Chemical Industries' cash call has raised some eyebrows in the market. In May, the ma inboard company announced plans for a rights-cum-bonus issue. The loss-making company plans to issue between 40 and 52 million
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      Lock icon Hospital sale likely to cure Parkway's heart problems
      374 5  -  Bleeding will stop once University College London buys over failing concern By. Andrea Tan PARKWAY Holdings shareholders can finally heave a sigh of relief. The health-care group should stop bleeding after news yesterday that it has sold its "nightmare" London Heart Hospital.
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      Lock icon OUB warrants can be converted early
      160 5  -  By] R Sivanithy DEUTSCHE Bank said yesterday that holders of its cov-ered-call warrants on Overseas Union Bank can convert them any time from Aug 13 instead of upon expiry only. The conversion to an ••American-style" call from "European-style" was prompted by takeover bids for
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      1014 5 DEUTSCHE BANK AG acting through its London branch ANNOUNCEMENT Notice of modifications to the provisions of European Style Call Warrants ("Warrants") relating to the shares of Overseas Union Bank Limited r0UB") In view of the recent takeover bids of OUB by DBS Group Holdings Limited and United Overseas Bank Limited
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon New orders at US electronics firms drop 32% in June
      292 6  -  r=tt=lon the economy electronics By David Boey NEW orders reported by US electronics firms slumped 31.8 per cent year-on-year to US$4.3B billion in June. Despite the hefty fall, some economists regard steady month-on-month advances in new orders from April to
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      Lock icon You don't have to turn to a lawyer for a will anymore
      210 6 Trust One draws np wills from $280, via 200 franchisees LAWYERS will no longer be the only people to turn to when you want a will drawn up. Trust One, a will-writing business launched yesterday by IPP Financial
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      Lock icon DBS puts $10m in deposit machines
      511 6  -  |:il exclusive 160 machines to be in place by year-end to **Ita r_ftgh anil update passbooks By i Chua Hui Min DBS Bank is spending more than $10 million to set up 160 cash deposit machines islandwide by the end of this year. The
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      Lock icon Top awards for Alan Choe, Lee Seng Wee
      332 6  -  Distinguished Service Order highest public service award for both By Chuang Peck Ming TWO key personalities from the corporate world Alan Choe and Lee Seng Wee head this year's National Day Awards list. Mr Choe, former chairman of Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC),
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      Lock icon Bayer withdraws cholesterol drug Lipobay worldwide
      199 6 It causes muscular weakness when used with gemfibrozil drags THE cholesterol-lowering drug, Lipobay, has been withdrawn with immediate effect throughout the world, its manufacturer Bayer said yesterday. The decision to withdraw the drug stems from the side-effects that arise when Lipobay is used with
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      Lock icon 3 projects to be released at the weekend
      345 6  -  PROPERTY FOCUS Two in Bukit Timah area, the third is in Potong Pasir By Andrea Tan WHILE other developers are winding down for the Hungry Ghost month, three smallish developers are doing just the opposite. They are releasing their residential projects this
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      Lock icon Redas launches Design and Build contract
      223 6 Costing $20 a copy, the contract is expected to save the industry time, money THE Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas) has come up with a Design and Build contract it says will save the industry time and money. Up to now, developers
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      Lock icon Pre-trial conference for IDA-SingTel suit set for Aug 24
      375 6 Pre-trial conference for IDASingTel suit set for Aug 24 Trial dates yet to be fixed, say lawyers for the 2 parties LAWYERS for the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore and Singapore Telecommunications will meet on Aug 24 for a pre-trial conference over IDA'S multi-million dollar lawsuit against Sing Tel. IDA
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      54 6 fiT»7l Lianhe Zaobao I I S'pore, HK, I I and Guangzhou I I joining forces I I to create I I anewPudongl I in the Chinese I I coastal city? I I mmm I I I I r-#i#ai3K?| SPECIAL INTERESTS The Straits Times Classified. cats. Classifications 52 86. Buy k.
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      Lock icon Why different deals far option and share holders?
      395 7  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your article "OUB execs poised for $60m windfall from share options" by Alvin Tay (BT, Aug 2). Mr Tay's article that OUB option holders will be able to "cash in" on their unexpired options with "expiry
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      Lock icon Staff turnover not a good indicator of public R&D performance
      255 7  -  Chen Guan Yow Singapore I REFER to your article "Philip Yeo to institutes: Feed R&D staff to industry" by Eugene Low (BT, Aug 6). Staff turnover is not really a good indicator of public research and development (R&D) performance. Research
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      Lock icon Paradox and irony in a self-help culture
      276 7  -  Jackson Chua Thiam Teck Singapore I REFER to your article "Are self-help books really helpful?" by Jaime Ee (BT, Aug 3). I enjoyed your columnist's humorous dig at the "Self-Help" culture that is commercialised in tapes, books, seminars, weekend retreats etc. They are
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      Lock icon Standardise brokers'benefits
      158 7  -  Nikki Koh Singapore I REFER to the letter "No real IFAs here" by Leong Sze Hian (Mailbag, Aug 4). I completely agree that there are no true Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) in Singapore. Even the so-called independent brokers are influenced by the different commissions on products from different
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      Lock icon Remarks were directed at IMA's role in S'pore
      198 7  -  Zhang Lion Hui I REFER to the article "Molecular Agrobiology institute defends its relevance" (BT, Aug 4). While I was happy and honoured to be interviewed on July 31 by Eugene Low in respect of the Institute of Molecular Agrobiology (IMA) and
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      14 7 A* t eG off 1 wf+b "B I Every Friday in The Business Times
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      142 7 We welcome tetters. E-mail us at btleitter9sph.com. sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. Weneed yourfuHname, address and telephone number, so we can verify H came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind libel laws.
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      Lock icon Filmmaker returns to rape scene
      1260 8  -  Award-winning Allison Anders delves again into her raw past in a new film, writes WEDVRAUB BERNARD WEINRAUB [HOLLYWOOD] ALLISON Anders was raped in Cape Canaveral, Florida by three boys when she was 12, an event that this prize-winning independent filmmaker said proved catastrophic for the
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon Futures inch down in thin volumes
      310 8  -  BrUa^lDClS>ntata CK Lau Refco Singapore SINGAPORE stocks closed lower yesterday following an investment downgrade on the global semiconductor industry by analysts and persistent earnings worries. A negative comment from the Chartered Semiconductor CEO on the chip industry dented the sentiment further. The benchmark Straits
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      Lock icon Cash market rebound boosts futures
      240 8  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks gained yesterday after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said chip demand would rise. At the close, the MSCI Taiwan Stock Index was up 5.59 points, or 2.71 per cent, at 211.91, with the turnover at 672.18 million.
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      228 8 Reuters The yen rose by half a per cent against a broadly weaker euro yesterday with dealers citing a technical adjustment in generally thin markets and ongoing pessimism over the euro zone's growth outlook. The euro had earlier been the biggest mover, falling by as much as a
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Megawati orders police to step up search for Tommy
      371 9 JAKARTA Search of five Suharto homes, theme park home, mosque draws blank Reuters. AFX-Asia, AFP INDONESIAN President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday ordered police to step up efforts to catch the fugitive son of former dictator Suharto after linking him to a series
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      Lock icon Politics first, policies later
      889 9  -  COMMENTARY Indonesia's Cabinet line-up is due to be unveiled this morning. But only time will tell if the delay was a wise deliberation, says james castle in Jakarta JAMES CASTLE INDONESIAN President Megawati Soekarnoputri's delay in forming a Cabinet the line-up will be announced this morning,
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    • LATE Briefs
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        Lock icon Halim Saad cashes out of Metacorp
        157 9 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian tycoon Halim Saad has sold his 13.61 per cent stake in Metacorp to MTD Capital at RM3 apiece. As a result of the purchase, MTD has revised its general offer price to RMS per share from its earlier offer of RM2.50.
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        Lock icon Ericsson mulls stake in Malaysia's TRI
        72 9 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Telecoms equipment supplier Ericsson may take a stake in Malaysian mobile operator Technology Resources Industries Bhd, even though the move would go against the group's general policy, Ericsson said yesterday. Ericsson Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian arm of the Sweden-based company, said
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        Lock icon Death sentence sought for soldiers
        57 9 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian prosecutors yesterday sought the death sentence for two soldiers accused of last September's bombing of the Jakarta Stock Exchange building which killed 10 people and injured 46. Chief prosecutor Suyitno told South Jakarta district court it had been proven that the two
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      Lock icon Regulators probe irregularities at Chinese blue chip
      426 10 SHANGHAI Cue is another blow for troubled stock markets Reuters REGULATORS are probing earnings irregularities at a Shenzhen-listed biochemical firm long viewed as a model blue chip, in a new scandal highlighting the murky transparency and corruption in China's corporate world. The case
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon China to hit forex smuggling harder
        90 10 Reuters [BEIJING] China will step up a crackdown on foreign exchange smuggling as part of a drive to curb capital flight, the Financial News reported yesterday. Authorities would "punish those trying to take foreign currency out of the country illegally", the newspaper quoted a
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        Lock icon Taiwanese exports fall 28% in July
        67 10 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's exports declined for a fifth month in July as sales of computers, semiconductors and mobile phones fell—a sign that the island's economic growth may not rebound in the third quarter. Overseas shipments fell 28.4 per cent from a year earlier to
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        Lock icon Taiwan conditionally okays CSR bid
        80 10 Reuters [TAIPEI] State-owned Taiwan Sugar Corp said yesterday that the economics ministry reversed an earlier decision and approved in principle a Asl billion (Ss92o million) bid for Australian CSR Ltd's sugar unit. But the sugar J monopoly expressed concern that the Cabinet, which has the
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        Lock icon Li is HK youngsters' top role model
        70 10 AFP [HONG KONG] Billionaire tycoon Li Ka-shing is the most popular role model for young people in Hong Kong, a survey showed yesterday. Mr Li, 72, was followed by Microsoft's Bill Gates and Anson Chan, former Hong Kong chief secretary for administration. The
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      Lock icon Sinopec IPO shares make sluggish China debut
      163 10 SHANGHAI Reuters THE much-anticipated debut of Sinopec Corp shares in China's biggest initial public offering yesterday ran smack into the quagmire of poor sentiment that has sucked domestic markets down. Sinopec 'A' shares ended the day at 4.36, up 3.32 per cent, foiling
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      Lock icon Cathay's interim profit down a worse-than-expected 39%
      638 10  -  Airline warns that H2 will continue to be difficult From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong SLOWER economic growth in Asia and the US hit Cathay Pacific Airways' profit for the first half, leading the airline to report a 39 per cent drop in
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      Lock icon DBS sees promising signs'in Megawati's leadership
      241 10 AFP, Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank said yesterday it sees "some promising signs" in the leadership of new Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri. In an upbeat initial assessment of Ms Megawati's first two weeks in office. South-east Asia's largest bank said she may speak softly but
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      Lock icon M'sian lawyer offers to help govt take over UEM
      349 10  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian woman who emerged as a late contender for the frozen Clob shares two years ago has resurfaced with an offer to help the government wrest control of United Engineers Malaysia from Halim Saad.
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  • e News
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      Lock icon Cisco earnings plummet lasting global slump seen
      568 11 SAN JOSE, California Q4 net plunges to USs7m from USs796m; flat to 5% dip in profit expected for cnrrent quarter LATWP CISCO Systems Inc, saying the worldwide tech slump may not end until next year, yesterday reported net earnings of US$7 million (5512.5
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      Lock icon US$2b damage as Code Red II adds to woes
      509 11 SAN FRANCISCO Fear of final cost topping the USsB.7b flamagp inflirtnH hy last year's Love Bug Reuters THE Code Red n computer virus, proving even more malicious and resilient than its predecessor, has wormed its way deeper into the World Wide
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      Lock icon Tom.com cuts H1 net loss by 24% to HK$148 million
      300 11  -  From, Audrey Tan in Hong Kong LI Ka-shing's Internet company, Tom.com, said yesterday that it made a smaller net loss of HK$l4B million (Ss34 million) for the six months ended June, and expects to break even in Ebitda terms next
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      Lock icon Venture capitalists return to e-commerce
      230 11 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] A handful of venture capital firms this week returned to a onceheady area of investment that has fallen more sharply out of favour than any other in the current downturn: e-com-merce. Two Internet start ups announcing new funding rounds this week have
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        Lock icon Microsoft wants Supreme Court review
        131 11 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that it had asked the US Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that the company abused its monopoly in personal computer operating systems. In a separate filing, Microsoft also asked a federal appeals court to delay
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        Lock icon Toshiba to close microchip plant
        102 11 AFP [TOKYO] Dismal demand for phones and computers has forced Toshiba Corp to shut a micmrhip plant ami aincfi chip production by seven million units a month, Japan's number two semiconductor maker said yesterday. "Microchips were for mobiles and personal computers and with the recent
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        137 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] Sprint Corp, the Number Hires United States long-distance telephone company, on Tuesday said it expects to raise US$2 billion (SsB.6 billion) from the offering of 190 million shares and equity units of wireless unit Sprint PCS Group, thenatkm'sfourth4aiVßat wireless service company.
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        93 11 Bloomberg [TOKYO] NTT DoCoMo Inc and Coca-Cola (Japan) Ltd will begin trials next month of a service linking mobile phones to vending machines. The trials will run from Sept 3to Dec 31, the companies said in a release. The service will be called "Cmode",
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      607 12 LONDON Predicting inflation will also slow, it hints at yet another interest rate cat Bloomberg, Reuters THE Bank of England (BOE) lowered its forecast for economic growth this year and said inflation will slow, suggesting policy makers may reduce interest rates a fifth time
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      346 12 RIYADH Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a self-pro-claimed "buy and hold" investor, dumped McDonald's Corp, Coca-Cola Co and Gillette Co in recent months. The three companies were not on a list of current holdings provided by Prince Alwaleed's office, though they appeared on a
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      407 12 TOKYO Bank seeks to improve ties after trading mistake Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc chairman Henry Paulson visited Japan for talks with senior officials, as the bank seeks to improve relations with the government alter a recent punishment for a trading
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      326 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US wholesale sales fell more than four times as fast as inventories in June as businesses struggled to bring down stockpiles amid waning demand. The 0.9 per cent drop in sales by distributors and jobbers followed a 0.5
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      200 12 LONDON AFP BRITAIN'S advertising watchdog yesterday censured French fashion and cosmetics giant Christian Dior for failing to prove claims it made about a "spectacular" antiageing cream. In a statement, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said claims that Dior's No Age Essential cream could provide
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      515 14 TOKYO Approach wrong in downturn, says its US chief economist Dow Jones Newswires THE time has come for the US to scrap its strong-dollar policy, William Dudley, chief US economist at Goldman Sachs, said in an article on the Financial Times website yesterday.
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      673 14 NEW YORK Investment banks' lack of consensus shows no one can foretell picknp Bloomberg MERRILL Lynch says buy semiconductor stocks. Lehman Brothers says to avoid Intel, the biggest chipmaker. Salomon Smith Barney says chip orders are improving, and Credit Suisse First Boston
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      344 14 Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Last year was the worst in a decade for the stock market, but not for Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, thanks to his conservative investments. The central bank chiefs financial-disclosure report for last year showed his financial assets
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      400 14 CINCINNATI Bloomberg, NYT PROCTER Gamble Co, the largest US household-prod-ucts maker, had a US$32O million quarterly loss, its first in eight years, because of costs to shut unprofitable businesses and fire workers. The loss of 23 cents in the fourth quarter ended June 30
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      721 14 Consulting firms in the US aren't taking in interns amid moves to trim staff strength Reuters [NEW YORK] NATTILY attired business school graduates toting pedigree sheepskins and seeking lucrative consulting jobs next year could be getting all dressed up with no place to go.
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      782 15  -  UVJ design The versatile product, famous for making long-lasting kitchen counters, has found its way into furniture and even stereo speakers, says goh lemg GOH HWEE LENG The writer is a free-lance journalist FANCY a blood red kitchen counter top, or a sleek purpletinged black
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      412 15  -  By Marissa Chew AS with so many people and institutions i* Singapore, familiar homegrown sofa retailer Lorenzo is upgrading itself with the launch of a more sophisticated line of its signature leather sofas. Known for their affordable, if frumpy, leather couches, the brand is reaching
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      218 15  -  rTnT^bag Goh Ka Yeng Singapore I REFER to your article "A $20b deadweight" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Jul 31). Mr Lee argues that unless developers start selling their stock of housing units, they may not survive. He suggests lower pricing as the key to unlock
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      503 16  -  It has so far found buyers for four of the six units at Manhattan Mandnwa By I Kalpana Rashiwala DEVELOPER Ban Hin Leong (BHL) is offloading its six remaining apartments at Manhattan Mansions along Grange Road. The privately-owned upmarket developer has so far
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      921 16  -  amdbea tax sees these almost forgotten properties making a comeback ANDREA TAN FREEHOLD project launches almost a forgotten affair in the current property market will be making a comeback after the Hungry Ghost Month. While 99-year leasehold projects were the staple in the first half
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      345 16  -  By' Vince Chong PROPERTY and hotel developer Fragrance Group will boost its Geylang hotel portfolio with their fourth project, which will be ready by the end of the year. The development, currently a partially completed eight-storey, 129room freehold boarding house along Lorong 14 which
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      217 16 A LONDON mansion, known modestly as 18 and 19 Kensington Palace Gardens, is up for sale at a hefty price of £85 million (Ss2l4 million). This makes it the most expensive house ever put on the market in Britain. Prior to this the
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      405 17  -  Company officially opens $38m regional headquarters at Chang Sonth By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] United Parcel Service (UPS) the world's largest express package delivery company is aiming for a 10 per cent growth in volume and a IS per cent rise in revenue
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      348 17  -  Slower growth, more capacity make for tonghyeanNOL By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Tumbling freight rates have "bottomed out" after falling for nearly nine months, but this will still mean lower results across the board for the container line industry, according to NOL president and chief
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      278 17  -  Spill the biggest since 1989's Exxon Valdez disaster By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] A widespread cleanup has begun following a 35,000 gallon diesel spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, after a fishing vessel sank on Saturday. The 180-foot Windy Bay lost its ftiel after it
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        840 18  -  MEWBUILPS By\ David Hughes FTER the surge of LNG (liquefied natural gas) carorders a couHB IHiple of weeks ago, it is a case of back to the familiar pattern of large tankers, container ships and products tankers this week. In quite a few
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          90 18 [SINGAPORE] Shipping lines which call at China's Xiamen and Fuzhou ports will reportedly levy a fixed terminal handling charge on containers. Labelled the origin receiving charge, lines will begin to collect US$44 per TEU, US$66 per FEU and US$B4 per 45-foot container on Sept 1
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          112 18 Reuters [OSLO] Norwegian shipping firm Star Reefers said this week it had agreed with Japan's NYK to create a new joint pool and marketing company owned SO per cent each. The new company will be called NYK Star Reefers Ltd and will control a
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          94 18 [SINGAPORE] A feasibility study has begun into plans to buikl a Hong Kong port railway line. The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp reportedly chose Maunsell Consultants Asia to look into the viability of the HK$7 billion (Ssl .58 billion) project, which includes plans to build
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          97 18 [SINGAPORE] A surge in container volumes has left Durban's container terminal (above) struggling to cope. Delays of up to 72 hours have been experienced by ships calling at the port in South Africa over the past few weeks, blamed cm a combination of aged equipment,
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          90 18 [SINGAPORE] A cargo ship suspected of being used to smuggle oil out of Iraq sank in the Gulf after being boarded by the US Navy on Sunday. The Honduran-registered 2,507 dwt Georgios reportedly «»nk about 60 miles east of Kuwait while carrying 1396 tons of
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        726 25 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 baaed on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        183 26 German carrier will stop flying to Rio de Janeiro in winter AFP [FRANKFURT] The German airline Lufthansa said it would reduce the number of long-haul flights to "counteract the sharp downturn in the world economy and its impact on intercontinental air
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        716 26 Moscow air show opens next week with industry a pale shadow of its former self Reuters [MOSCOW] A subdued Russian aviation industry opens Moscow's fifth international air show next week with the sector struggling for existence a decade after the collapse of the Soviet
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        142 26 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it had invited tenders for the possible purchase of up to 34 aircraft. KLM said in a statement on Tuesday it planned to replace its Boeing 747-300s and was considering purchasing the Airbus A 330
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          94 26 Reuters [HONG KONG) Hong Kong Dragon Airline* (Dragonair) said yesterday it would boost its all-cargo services, adding two flights per week to Europe and the Middle East and one flight per week to Shanghai. Dragonair said in a statement that from Sept 8, following the
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          119 26 Reuters [ARLINGTON, Virginia] US Airways Group Inc said it has no plans to consider a US$l.B billion acquisition proposal from Global Airlines Corp, adding it does not find the offer credible. Global earlier on Monday said it offered to buy the No 6
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          105 26 AFX [KATHMANDU] Nepal's flag carrier has terminated a lease deal with China Southwest Airlines after a parliamentary committee said the contract was signed against the interest of Royal Nepal Airlines Corp (RNAC), a company source said. RNAC had to end the lease with China Southwest
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        96 26 [SHANNON, Ireland] The newly modified British Airways Concorde arriving at Shannon Airport, in the Republic of Ireland, for flight crew refresher training. The flight from London's Heathrow airport followed two successful verification flights out into the Atlantic by the same plane last month. Tuesday's trip is part
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        Lock icon Sabena board approves restructure plan
        312 26 Belgian airline to use smaller aircraft, sell assets, cat jobs: reports Reuters [BRUSSELS] Sabena's board of directors has endorsed a restructuring plan that would have the struggling Belgian airline use smaller planes, sell assets, and cut up to 2,000 jobs, according to local news reports.
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