The Business Times, 14 September 2001

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2001 85C
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  • 971 1  -  Bnt treasuries, futures and commodities resume trading Fromi Catherine Ong in New York US stock exchanges remained closed yesterday as Wall Street struggled to find its feet and rescue workers laboured to find survivors under the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center buildings. New
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  • 1254 1  -  From* Catherine Ong in New York CHRIS Coppage went into "Ground Zero" and he was overwhelmed. "It looks like hell," he said, staring blankly into the distance. Ground Zero is used by the media here to refer to the centre of Tuesday's
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  • 581 1  -  Sing Tel, UOB rebound helps shore up Singapore index By, R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] An uneasy calm descended on Asian stocks yesterday, as signs of stability emerged in Hong Kong and Japan. But despite the relatively encouraging session, analysts and dealers fear the
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    • 107 1 INSIDE Top Stories SIA to pump NZslsom into Air NZ. Pg 14 Sing Tel gets Japan telecoms licence. Pg 14 Indon parliament okays sale of 51% of BCA. Pg 18 UOL poised to sell mall at Tiong Bahru Plaza to GRA at over $190 m: sources. Pg 17 Europe's GDP
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    • 76 1 MORE REPORTS High-tech suppliers feel the pinch. Pg 6 Score's manufacturing slump may deepen: Pg 6 Big challenge for Kwek Leng Beng, Pg 7 When the stuff of sci-fi turns to grim reality, Pg 12 Jaime Ee: We feel your pain, US. Exec Lifestyle EL 2 Other reports: Pgs 2-12,
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    • 11 1 Stock glide seen offering buying opportunities, Pg2 Regional markets, Pg 9
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  • TERRORIST attack on America
    • 634 2  -  But although shares are at '99 low, few investors are biting just yet By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] It sounds cold and callous, but this week's carnage in the US has created the best stockmarket buying opportunities since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Few, however,
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    • 538 2  -  By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] Buildings within a radius of 100 metres of the crumbled 110-storey twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York may have been structurally damaged by the impact of the collapse, consulting engineers in Singapore say.
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    • 542 2  -  It Ukes a $274 m hit from Air NX, suffers cancelled US flights ify Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines, already battling the global economic slowdown, has been hit by a double whammy the terrorist attacks in the US and its involvement with
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    • 991 4 Nato says the attacks amount to assault ou the alliance itself; Afghanistan prepares for a US strike [WASHINGTON] Ahead of likely military action, President George W Bush began to build a global coalition of US allies to retaliate against terrorist attacks that killed thousands of
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    • 788 4 Probe focuses on Osama; hijackers received US flight school training NYT, AP, Reuters [WASHINGTON] An international probe into the shadowy Middle Eastern figures behind this week's terror strikes on the United States gathered pace yesterday as US authorities identified as many as
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    • 284 4  -  FYorn Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAI police were making conflicting statements on the alleged presence of some members of Osama bin Laden's terrorist group in Thailand. One top official said they had arrived here, but another official denied it. A Supreme Command official
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    • 1289 4  -  JOHN gee traces early US policy miscalculations in supporting Osama, prime suspect in Tuesday's carnage JOHN GEE US GOVERNMENT officials were wise not to rush out statements identifying those responsible for the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. No doubt they recall what happened following
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    • 483 5  -  EC Commissioner L&my's lecture, forums and meetings called off By 1 Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] A public lecture by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and another by European Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy are only two of the more high-profile events in Singapore that have
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    • SINGAPOREBriefs
      • 66 5 DELIVERY of all postal items including Speed post items to the United States is likely to be delayed due to the closure of air and sea ports in the country in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Singapore Post said yesterday that all postings to
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      • 51 5 THE president of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, Maarof Salleh, yesterday condemned Tuesday's terrorist attacks, saying there is no excuse for the actions and that they went against basic human principles. The Muslim leader added that Islam does not condone such acts of violence and
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      • 88 5 SINGAPOREANS with Internet access rushed in record numbers to local and US news sites following Tuesday terrorist attacks in the US. "Singaporean at-home audiences (logging on) to key US news sites cnn.com and msnbc.com were 953 and 273 per cent higher respectively in
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    • 545 5  -  Hit Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The remaining two missing Singaporeans in New York have been found and are safe, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said yesterday. The two. who were unaccounted for on Wednesday, were earlier believed to have been in
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    • 742 6  -  'If you're operating a real just-in-time global business, you're likely to start grinding to a halt if the supply chain disappears for 48 hours.' Time-sensitive shipments of electronics parts from Asia hit by ban on commercial flights in US From, Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE
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    • 541 6  -  US market worth USslb a day, all int'l airlines expected to be hit By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Airlines around the world stand to lose up to US$lO billion in immediate revenues this week alone as a result of the terrorist attacks in the US
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    • 591 6  -  Economists say loss of US consumer confidence may have big impact By\ Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Tuesday's terrorist attacks could severely dampen US consumer confidence dragging sluggish electronics demand down even more and deepening the manufacturing slump In Singapore, economists say. Consumer spending is one of
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    • 362 7  -  Building sustains 'unqu&ntified damage' Byi Conrad Raj THE Hong Leong group's Millenium Hilton in New York City, nearly 200 metres from what was once the World Trade Center, has been closed after sustaining "unquantified damage" in the terrorist attacks on the twin towers of the
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    • 340 7  -  Increased traffic was mainly to New York By' Teh Hooi Ling THE boom in telecommunications traffic to New York following the terrorist outrage is unlikely to last and the effect on SingTel's bottomline is unlikely to be significant, analysts say. "International
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    • 663 7  -  \locksiew lee han shih IF BUYING the Regal chain's US hotels in 1999 was the high point for developer-turned-hotelier Kwek Leng Beng, then the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on Tuesday must be his low point. Mr Kwek, whose purchase
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    • 581 7  -  Uncertain flights, terrorism fears prompt cancellations By. Andrea Tan TWOway tourism traffic between Singapore and the US are at risk in the wake of the terrorist attack on the US this week, travel agents say. Agents contacted by BT yesterday reported that their their phone
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    • 612 8  -  Rcomment larry wee IF the US government declares war in the coming days, can the US dollar still be the best refuge, even if it's arguably more fragile today than it has ever been in the last 10 years?
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    • 700 8  -  Managers looking to sell down stock holdings when US market re-opens By< Genevieve Cua FUND managers' view of global markets and the US market in particular has taken a sharp turn for the worse following the shocking carnage in the US. Many managers
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    • Briefs
      • 120 8 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The Pentagon announced yesterday a preliminary toll of 126 people unaccounted for in the terrorist attack on Pentagon, not including the 64 passengers and crew of the jetliner that crashed into the military headquarters. Foreign governments and companies fear hundreds of their
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      • 85 8 Reuters [SHANKSVILLE, Pennsylvania] Federal investigators said yesterday they could not rule out the possibility that a United Airlines jetliner that crashed in rural western Pennsylvania during this week's terrorist attacks was shot down. "We have not ruled out that," FBI agent Bill Crowley
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      • 37 8 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Congressional leaders agreed to a US$2O billion emergency relief package in the wake of the deadliest terror attack on US soil, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said. Reuters
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      • 77 8 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank announced a currency swap line of credit worth US$5O billion to European commercial banks that have run low on the US currency since the terrorist attacks. The line of credit will be available
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    • 554 9  -  Ratings agency Fitch cnts its long-term sovereign rating for Malaysia From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur AS expected, the Malaysian stock market tumbled yesterday following the lifting of the one-day suspension in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States. Prices
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    • 462 9  -  But gains seen as temporary till US markets reopen From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S financial markets remained relatively unaffected yesterday following the terrorist attack in the United States on Tuesday. The benchmark Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) gained 2.7 points to close at 432.6 points
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    • 429 9  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S battered stock market plunged 6.7 per cent yesterday on fears its tourism and exports generally will suffer if the US retaliates against Middle Eastern terrorists and countries that harbour them. The plunge of the Thai market,
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    • 328 9  -  From. Al Labita in Manila THE Philippine financial market will turn awry should the US retaliate against those behind the bloody attacks on Tuesday in New York and Washington, analysts said yesterday. "We will be in limbo," ATR Kim Eng Securities research
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    • 470 9 TAIPEI Hang Seng edges up on hopes of US rate cut; Chinese stocks slide Bloomberg, Reuters, Kyodo TAIWAN'S key stock index tumbled more than 6% to end at a new low when trading resumed yesterday, reacting to the devastating terrorist attacks in
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    • 585 9  -  Analysts fear hasty retaliation by Washington over terrorist attacks conld hit markets again From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO financial markets stabilised yesterday after Wednesday's near-panic reaction to the terrorist assault on the US but analysts warned that markets in Japan and elsewhere
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 843 12  -  Plll=l 1 bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THERE is a scene in the science fiction film, Independence Day, released by Hollywood in the *****, in which a moving object crashes into the World Trade Center
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    • 70 12 Thai Rak Thai is running the country like a game show.' Abhist Vqjajiva deputy leader of Democrat Party, accusing Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ofgiving false hopes with populist policies. The biggest shortage at state agencies is capability, which has rarely been mentioned.' Pluun Chi Lu chairwoman
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    • 696 12 EDITORIAL TUESDAY'S horrendous terrorist attacks on two US cities have deep implications for the global oil market as well as the world economy. The prices of the widely traded Brent crude shot up 6 per cent in knee-jerk reaction as futures traders covered their short positions
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    • 1568 12  -  Tuesday's disaster and dismal fundamentals are a lethal mix for the US consumer. Bnt American resilience will triumph in due course Ry\ Stephen Roach The writer is an economist with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co HOW can anyone make sense of tragedy? I know I can't.
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    • 886 12  -  COMMENTARY Byl Caroline Baum The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own. AFTER the shock and horror, disbelief and anger subside; after the death and destruction are assessed and assimilated; and once US financial markets reopen for business, America
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 478 14  -  Its stake will rise to 35% while Brierley's will go up to 37% By] Beth Jinks SINGAPORE Airlines will inject NZ$l5O million into Air New Zealand and boost its quarter-stake to about 35 per cent, it announced yesterday as the ailing carrier revealed
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    • 391 14  -  It will become a carrier's carrier, offering bandwidth capacity to other telcos By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications said yesterday it would start supplying bandwidth capacity on a wholesale basis in Japan after being awarded a telecoms licence there. Sing Tel said its submarine cable
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    • 235 14  -  By Ling Su Ann KIM Eng Holdings, which has mounted a $153 million takeover of rival broker Ong Asia, said yesterday it has acquired more than 90 per cent of Ong Asia shares and the counter will be suspended
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    • 428 15  -  Court to decide soon whether Quah's action will void Inno-Pac's EGM outcome By\ Serena Ng LAWYERS for Inno-Paciflc Holdings' minority shareholder Quah Su-Ling yesterday conceded in court that a proxy form she solicited from a particular shareholder for the company's extraordinary general
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 163 15 Bloomberg ASIA Pulp Paper Co, Asia's biggest defaulter this year, will allow independent management to help run its sales, marketing and procurement operations, enhancing creditors' control over the company's cash. The move follows a meeting with creditors in Shanghai yesterday as Asia Pulp works to reschedule
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      • 52 15 Reuters PENGUIN Boat said first-half2ool net profit was down 97 per cent to about $40,000 from $1.11 million previously. Turnover rose to $31.27 million from $25.04 million. Penguin, a shipping company, expects its performance for the second half year to be better than the first
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      • 76 15 Reuters LIANG Huat Aluminium has sunk into the red, with a net loss of $3.1 million against a net profit of $1.39 million previously. Turnover fell to $39.39 million from $53.59 million. Liang Huat, a manufacturer of aluminium and glass and property developer,
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    • 244 15 Gains dne to better results from food and beverage division FOOD and property group Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd (YHS) has posted a net profit of $2.5 million in the first half of 2001 from a loss of $1.8 million previously. The
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    • 40 15 In yesterday's Company Briefs column, we reported incorrectly that Kian Ann Engineering's financial results were for first half 2001. Kian Ann's results were, in fact, for the full year ended June 30, 2001. We are sorry for the error.
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  • FINANCE
    • 317 14  -  ST Index/MSCI STpore Index C K Lau Refco Singapore SINGAPORE stocks extended its losses for the second day in a row yesterday as investors feared a US retaliation to Tuesday's terrorist attacks may further deteriorate US consumer confidence. The key Straits Times Index shed 11.78
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    • 257 14  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN'S key TWSE stock index ended below the 4,000 mark for the first time in almost eight years, at 3,952.49, down 224.44 point, as trade resumed yesterday after a oneday suspension. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index dived
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    • 233 14 Reuters London THE US dollar was steady in sparse trade yesterday, unable to extend the previous day's recovery as uncertainty remained over the fallout from this week's devastating attacks on the United States. The greenback hovered around U550.9070 to the euro and just below 1.66 Swiss francs in
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 448 17  -  P=H =1 on the economy jobs By\ Ling Su Ann SERVICES jobs grew in the second quarter, softening the blow of increasing cutbacks in manufacturing and construction, but unemployment is expected to rise further in the months ahead, the Ministry of Manpower
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    • 157 17 AMERICAN Express said yesterday that its regional head of personal financial services, Shailesh Kotwal, will take on the additional role of vice-president and regional marketing head of consumer cards for Asia-Pacific which includes Australia. Mr Kotwal's new appointment is in line with the
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    • 223 17 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority said yesterday it has extended the tender closing dates for four sites two commercial and two residential from next week to Oct 3. URA said in statement that this will "allow more time for the
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    • 459 17  -  But terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Center may pnt damper on deal By] Kalpana Rashiwala UNITED Overseas Land is poised to sell Tiong Bahru Plaza mall to an entity linked to GRA Singapore for just over
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    • 358 17  -  Tougher challenges but govt can cope, say most S'poreans By Ling Su Ann SINGAPOREANS think the economic challenges facing the nation will get tougher, but most are confident the government is capable of steering it through the downturn, a poll by the Feedback Unit
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    • 210 17  -  By I Chua Hui Min INFOCOMM Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, said yesterday it made a "significant" contribution to the US$9.2 million raised recently by US e-marketing company Hello Asia. Neither party would specify the amount of
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 695 18  -  But divestment to be done in 2 stages under a compromise From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S House of Representatives (DPR) finally approved the sale of a 51 per cent stake in Bank Central Asia (BCA) late Tuesday but decided to
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    • 187 18 HONGKONG Reuters HONG KONG-based Citic Ka Wah Bank said yesterday that it was in talks to buy Hongkong Chinese Bank, raising the possibility of further consolidation in the territory's crowded banking sector. Hongkong Chinese Bank's parent HKCB Bank Holding Co
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    • LATEBriefs
      • 86 18 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Standard Chartered Pic may delay a share sale in Hong Kong after a terrorist attack on the US this week prompted global firms to delay the sale of up to US$2O billion of securities. A bank spokeswoman said it's too early to
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      • 75 18 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand will go ahead with the sale of more Thai Airways shares in November despite their dive to a record low this week after terror attacks in the US. Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said this yesterday after talks that the
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      • 44 18 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state oil and gas company Pertamina said yesterday it was seeking foreign partners for projects worth up to US$7 billion to build domestic facilities over five years. The projects would develop existing fields and expand refinery capacity.—Reuters
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    • 461 19 E3G Italia will borrow lb euros more under ail ungaaranteed tranche at 235 bps over Enribor Bloomberg [LONDON] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, has agreed to guarantee 2.2 billion euros (553.5 billion) of loans for building a mobile
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  • WORLD news
    • 589 20 BRUSSELS Forecasts to be revised; ECB keeps benchmark lending rate at 4.25% EUROPE'S economy grew by a mere 0.1 per cent in the second quarter, the European Union's statistical agency reported yesterday, adding that forecasts for the rest of this year and
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    • 177 20 WASHINGTON Bloomberg MICROSOFT asked the US Supreme Court to require a new trial in its antitrust case, saying a judge's discussions with reporters infected the entire case. It is seeking to overturn a ruling that it illegally defended its Windows PC operating system monopoly. It
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    • 388 20 TOKYO Reforms should go on despite attacks on US: minister Reuters JAPAN'S economic outlook, more uncertain than ever after the terror attacks in the US, darkened again yesterday with news that the current account surplus shrank for the eighth straight month in July.
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    • 340 20 STOCKHOLM But company sticks with positive cash goal for the year Reuters SWEDISH felecoms equipment maker Ericsson, which returned to positive cash flow in the second quarter, is reportedly in the red again, but upholds its positive cash goal for the whole year.
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      • 68 20 Bloomberg [PARIS] Axa SA, the world's biggest insurer, said first-half profit rose 12 per cent, helped by gains in UK and Asian life-insurance income. Net income at the Paris-based company increased to 1.22 billion euros (551.92 billion), or 0.69 euro a share, from
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      • 79 20 Reuters [PARIS] The world's biggest luxury group LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SA reported weaker first half profits yesterday and cropped its full-year outlook in the wake of the deadly terror attacks in the United States. The group reported a 14.9 per cent
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      • 71 20 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Macquarie Bank Ltd sold shares to professional investors at As3s a share, raising Assoo million (***** million) to expand its infrastructure, property and other investment funds. Macquarie had to lower the price from a minimum of A 536.90 a share after financial markets
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      • 92 20 Bloomberg [MADRID] Enel SpA has agreed to buy Spain's fifth-largest power producer from Endesa SA for 2.15 billion euros (553.39 billion), marking the first expansion by Italy's dominant power company into another European market. Rome-based Enel, whose offer beat rivals including Electrabel SA,
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      • 804 22  -  OFFHTTgr.-l Despite being miles away, people are reeling from the shock of the terrorist attacks. But it's comforting to see how the tragedy has nnited people to fight evil jaime ee I ENCOUNTERED my first Krispy Kreme doughnut at New York's World Trade Center. The
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      • 2178 22 COVER STORY YOU could call it a double take at dbl O first, the long queues of clubbers outside the nightspot, and second, the packed and partying bodies under flashing pink disco balls inside. Sure, Singapore's night scene is well-established; but the kicker is that it wasn't the
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      • 1177 23  -  True-blue Penangite CHEAH UI-HOON takes you to the real stalls patronised by the locals CHEAH UI-HOON PENANG is well-known to all in Singapore as the food paradise of Malaysia. But darned if it isn't the most tourist-unfriendly place when it comes to getting around.
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      • 531 23  -  Pen&ng's E&O Hotel reopens after a 5-year renovation By Cheah Ui-Hoon THE Eastern Oriental Hotel (E&O), established by the Sarkies brothers in 1885 who later also built the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, should have been the flagship of Penang's restoration movement which started some 15 years ago. Instead,
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    • 1044 24  -  ...if we don't take care of employees well. CBBABUi-BOOH looks at Danielle Pratt's radical approach to health at the workplace CHEAH UI-HOON Employee health and well-being to most it's just about taking the stairs every morning and getting free apples and pears during National Health Week.
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      1546 25  -  By: Susan Tsang WE'RE firmly in the autumn season, with no new blockbusters to look forward to. Sneaking this weekend are serviceable comedies, What's the Worst That Could Happen and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The dramas are weaker. Dancing at the Blue Iguana is an indie
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    • 580 25  -  Despite some low-brow tactics, 'The Animal' is surprisingly restrained and sufficiently fanny in parts to make it watchable enough Hyi Geoffrey Eu Movie-goers have been subject to such a profusion of uninspired fare of late that they could be forgiven for concluding that Hollywood
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    • 291 25 AFX [LONDON] Film makers are reassessing current and future projects that deal with the topic of violent terrorism in the wake of Tuesday's attacks, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition. AOL Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros postponed indefinitely the scheduled
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    • 792 26  -  Its new worldwide store concept is set to win new, younger clients By Corinne Kerk LUXURY high prices ostentation Chanel? Mais non, not if the French couture house can help it. Along with a revamp of its boutiques around the world, Chanel, like other established brands, is
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    • 432 26  -  Byi Corinne Kerk LATE last year, Yves Saint Laurent created a commotion not because customers were beating down their door trying to get hold of their perfume. Opium, but because the product advertisement was considered too risque. The ad had curvaceous model Sophie Dahl lying
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    • 166 26 IFRANCHISING2OOI Thr Jurf h*rmt*tatui ItMwDon *nd nntrrrmr tor frtnchntng, ttrmjnf Mid tmmi Uppartvntn* 19-21 September 2001 Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre (Suntec) 150 Business Opportunities! Asia's most international franchise event brings you over 150 top-notch franchises from 18 countries. With a huge selection of brand names from a wide range
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  • BT GOLF
    • 200 27 THE inaugural BMW Asian Open in Taiwan from Nov 22-25 will launch the 2001/2002 European Tour and signed the arrival of the big time in Asian golf. The US$l.5 million event at Taipei's Westin Resort Ta Shee, is jointly sanctioned by the European and Asian PGAs.
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    • 677 27  - BMW GOLF Being associated with events like golf and Formula One creates for BMW a sense of dynamism /fy Geoffrey Eu PELIX Herrnberger is not a man to compromise when it comes to turning out well-engineered cars. In his unwavering pursuit of providing sheer driving pleasure for his company's clients,
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    • 526 27  -  Aug showing breaks 17-month slide in prices; but outlook remains poor \By' Ven Sreenivasan JUST when everyone thought s that membership prices for golf clubs were headed for the "never-never" zone, the i benchmark price index for the membership market sprang a surprise last
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    • 722 28  -  CORINNE KERK oobddie here finds out how Paris Gourmand plans to take on the competition UR intention," declares Gerald Melieres. Les HH Gourmandises' audacious owner, and a man not known to mince his words, "is to replace Delifrance. It's quite clear." And so, serious
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    • 990 28  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR By N K Yong DEJA vu! Some three years ago, I wrote "How to continue enjoying your wine in an economic downturn". A sufficiently long interval to repeat the subject, but too short an interval for a repeat recession. First the market. Three
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    • 745 28  -  By\ Samuel Ee SO you've quaffed that last glass of Cheval Blanc, poured that last drop of Petrus what other liquid mountains are left to climb, what other trophy Chateaus to drag home triumphantly to your custom-made chiller? Well, if you believe the folks at
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    • 62 28 CO-KXWOtRS GOH SOO KMIM AND AWTHONV THtN Jffl SINGAPORE DANCE THEATRE KB ARTISTIC DIRECTOR COH SOO KHIM sensuous physicality in 26-29 Sept 2001 Victoria Theatre, Bpm Tickets $42, $36, $30, $24, $18 on sale at all SISTXC outlets. Call SISTIC hotline 9348 5555 or visit www.sistic.com.so Major Or**: OHkW Radto
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    • 138 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose 10 points to 918, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained seven points to 963, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD dropped 25 points to 7,689 and the Baltic Capes ize Index (BCI) was up 25 points to 934. TTME-CnARTEB: ♦Maddalena D'Amato (built
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    • 279 29 sex 'mo »g *n CWT Distribution 0.60 O.OS 181 Oman Hup 030 -0.01 650 Cosco Investment—0.18 -0.01 542 Freight Links 0.06 unch 277 G8 Holdings 0.48 unch 0 IMC HoMngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jay a Holdings 0.15 -0.01 878 Keppel Corp 2.92 -0.01 1020 KappelFELS 1.52 unch 833
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    • 562 29  -  Purchase of major stake in Belgian ports to be finalised within two months -liexclusive By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's pending purchase of up to 80 per cent of 22 Belgium ports will be the focus of an official visit to Singapore
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    • 600 29  -  TERRORIST ATTACK OX Lines forced to delay, cancel schedules as passengers can't fly By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The closure of US airspace in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington is threatening to at least temporarily sink
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    • SHIPPING news
      • 779 30  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar AN English court has ruled that the time charterer of a supply vessel for oil rig operations must compensate its owner even though the work for which the vessel was engaged had not started
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      • 84 30 [SINGAPORE] The Panama Canal (right) has been hit hard by the world slowdown, with cargo volumes, transits and revenues from tolls all falling below budget this year. A canal company newsletter said tolls over the past 11 months were down USs2.6million to U*****.3 million, with 706
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      • PORTShots
        • 54 30 [SINGAPORE] Port KLang container terminal operator Westport is reportedly ready to invest 200 billion rupiah (Ss3B million) in a container terminal development at Belawan Port, North Sumatra. Holding company director Eko Wardoyo was quoted as saying paperwork for the deal had been forwarded to
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        • 88 30 [SINGAPORE] Pakistan has reportedly invited contractors to bid for a US$l2O million renovation and expansion of the ageing Karachi port to help attract main line callers. The first phase dredging of the port's 11.5 km navigation channel and berths 4-9 to 13.5 m an estimated
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        • 51 30 [SINGAPORE] The Philippines has banned private ports and warehouses from importing erotoriog rice amirt discoveries the dietary staple was being hoarded and smuggled. More than US$2 million worth of rice sacks was found recently in danger of rotting at the Bulk Handling Inc
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      • 690 39 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JwMf Pert Spc Capricor 94 J12 13/09/5:30 13/09/19 00 Bt Jayaraya3 ***** J01 13/09/8-05 13/09/2000 •Mnstar 8 090S01 *3 13/09/7:15 13/09/2200 M1221 J02 13/09/725 13/09/1600 Golden In *001 J0« 13/09/9:15 13/09/1600 Kan Heng HA0121 J04 13/09/8:25 13/09/*00 Bt KandiHyj ***** JOI 13/09/12:25
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      • 1949 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO BooMnf/Batanc* Rstts Ship Voy No Etfe/Btr Ptrtod From To Fro* ACHIEVER 407 13/2100 B/H I2/M» DK-00 2A 12/1700 13/0454 13/0900 20 I2/T700 U/0454 13/0)00 ta fUJCM 1200 MAUO OA BMW tic-00 2* 12/1700 own DAM 20 12/1700 13/0tst amn (MM
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      • 197 39 September IS Japan: Respect for the Aged Day Septaeriter M Mexico: Independence Day Septemfcie 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day September 34 South Africa: Heritage Day September 28 Taiwan: Teacher's Day September 30 Hongkong: Mid-Autumn Festival October 1 China: Labour Day Hongkong: National Day Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival Oclabu 3
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      • 740 39 THIS report, compiled by Cocken Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description at the mar ket Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 634 40 TERRORIST ATTACK ON AMERICA Terrorist attacks will cause even greater financial losses for airlines this year NYT [ATLANTA] The grim question facing the airline industry now is whether the immediate costs of this week's terrorism-induced shutdown will be compounded by
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      • 55 40 [TORONTO] Tactical Police officers patrol Terminal 3at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Canadian airports were ordered to stay closed Wednesday afternoon, as Transport Canada said it needed more time to assess whether it was safe to allow flights in and out of the country following deadly US
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      • 334 40 Bloomberg [SYDNEY! Melbourne Airport, Brisbane Airport and other Australian airports may have their credit ratings cut by Moody's Investors Service because of a potential loss of revenue if Ansett Holdings is sold to rivals. Australia's second-largest airline, owned by Air New Zealand Ltd, is
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      • 60 40 [NEWARK AIRPORT] Smoke continues to billow from the remains of the World Trade Center as Continental Express planes sit at the closed Newark New Jersey Airport in the wake of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. One of the hijacked planes departed from
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      • 248 40 Bloomberg (OTTAWA] Airport authorities have warned that it will be days before air travel returns to normal, and when it does travellers will face new security measures that are likely to create delays. US-bound flights that were diverted to Canada on Tuesday after
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      • 97 40 [REECES CORNERS] Trucks are stopped 27 kilometres from the United States border on Highway 402 at Reeces Corners, Canada, as traffic heading into the US slowed to a trickle because of heightened security checks at all boarder crossings, a day after the worst terrorist attack in
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