The Business Times, 18 October 2001

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 •ntc-rn http.//business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2001 85C
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  • 80 1 □sn 1,***** (+13.42) BT-SBI ***** (+4.03) ST INDEX FDTUKES 1,***** (+22.00) SKHK9 FUTURES 17&00 (+2.90) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Chaise KLSECOMP 62 li8 +473 NIKKEI 225 10,766.45 +117.63 HANG SENG 10J60J1 +112J2 SET INDEX 287.83 +441 JAKASTACOMP ***** +148 MANILA COMP 1,***** +7.1® TAIPEI WPI 3317.13 +2127 SEOUL
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  • 74 1 FOREX KATES USS S3 USS (SS per USS) 1.818 £(USS/SS per 1.447 1630 EUHO(USS/SS/E) QJ06 1.646 DM 2.161 1.189 YEN 121.6 66.90 RM 1800 1090 HKS 7.800 4290 BAHT 44.7J 2160 RUPIAH 10,008 M04 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* J 5.25 KUALA UWPUR 6.40 JAKARTA .38.00 HONGKONG 550 TAIPEI .......6.92 TOKYO
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  • 823 1 Bnt Fed chief did not discuss prospects for interest rate cnts in his testimony to Congress Bloomberg, Reuters [WASHINGTON] The outlook for the US economy in the next few months remains difficult to forecast, because recovery from the Sept 11 attacks has been
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  • 716 1  -  Economist says Sept fall will pnt economy on course for 3% fall-year contraction By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Fears receded a notch yesterday that the Sept 11 terrorist attacks will hit Singapore's exports exceedingly hard. Trade Development Board (TDB) figures showed yesterday that Singapore's non-oil
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  • 797 1  -  Elected MPs to increase by one to 84; nine single-seat wards, 14 GRCs By AnnaTeo [SINGAPORE] With the publication yesterday of new electoral boundaries, Singaporeans could be going to the polls as early as Nov 3. Under the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee's report
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    • 72 1 DBBPE Commentaries Kenneth James: The continuing ballad of Big Blue. Pg 18 Quak Hiang What: Guoco's on the prowl but it's time to pounce. Pg 4 Top Stories Bhakti Investama CEO, Hari Tanoesoedibjo, turns his attention to media, teiecomms. Next Page HK proposes launch of yuan listings. Next Page Apec
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    • 25 1 Eye on the economy; Current recession could last longer: MAS, Pg 7 Wm Sjhw Hotel chains in ll PRICE r WAR E*e(• ntivo Suite, 16
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    • 70 1 Did IT really boost US productivity? Pg 14 Extract* of Greenspan testimony, Pg 8 AND The LL.C 2000. watch-specialists worldwide. SINGAPORE: Chopard Boutique. 435 Orchard Tel. 65/737 shops: The Promenade. Centrepoint. Suntec Cortina shops: Lucky Paraxon shops: Ngee City. Lucky Plaza. Suntec Airport. The Hour Singapore Chanp Airport, T2. For
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    • 698 2  -  BTIsVmiMWJ Inrinn businessman thinking big after bnying top TV station stakes From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta HAVING managed to acquire substantial stakes in two of Indonesia's largest private television stations, Hari Tanoesoedibjo is now planning to build a media and telecommunications empire
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    • 649 2  -  Bering unlikely to agree as it would compromise capital controls From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong THE Hong Kong government is said to have proposed launching yuan-denominated shares on the local bourses, as part of its plan to Beijing to allow mainlanders to
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    • 163 2 [SINGAPORE] The Securities Industry Council did not make a statement on its deliberations in the DBS-Goldman Sachs fiasco yesterday, but one is expected soon. SIC the securities market watchdog that enforces the Singapore Code on Takeovers and Mergers met to look at possible
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 145 2 GOLFERS who want to help those less fortunate have just one more day to sign up for the TMCC-Mercedes Benz Charity event, which takes place this Saturday and Sunday at Tan ah Merah Country Club's Garden and Tampines courses. The participation fee is $300 a head, with
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      • 103 2 WARREN Buffett, the world's most savvy investor and second-richest man, acquired eight businesses for his company Berkshire Hathaway last year. How did he come across them? Did he use investment bankers like most others? No, Mr Buffett's way is simpler. In his chairman's statement, he says:
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    • 114 2 THE New Singapore Shares will be given to qualifying citizens who are aged 21 years and above as at Sept 30,2001, not Nov 1, 2001 as incorrectly stated in our report yesterday. As at Oct 15, 1.98 million citizens have met all qualifying conditions and they will
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 531 3  -  Revisions come following Tuesday's profit warning By Teh Hooi Ling MANY analysts yesterday downgraded their current-year earnings forecasts for Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), but maintained their investment recommendations. The downward revision came after SPH executive chairman Lim Kim San warned on Tuesday that FY2002 profit
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    • 429 3  -  But they can't agree on extent of the economic recovery By Ling Su Ann MOST fund managers polled by Merrill Lynch after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the US believe the global economy and corporate profits will still rebound. But opinion differs widely on
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    • 585 4  -  Aimstoeqn&l. general insurance income by end-2002 By Genevieve Cua BRITISH insurer CGU aims to lift its premium income from life insurance in Asia to about £250 million (***** million) by the end of next year, making it equal to the
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    • 262 4  -  MAIL PETTI M Bhaskar Singapore ON Oct 11, Chemical Industries announced that it was postponing its controversial rights and bonus issue because of "the present volatile market conditions due to the commencement of military action by the United States of America in Afghanistan earlier this
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    • 848 4  -  HOCK IWffISTjW quak hiang whai GUOCO Group, Quek Leng Chan's flagship, has just unveiled a staggering increase in fullyear profit up more than 30 times. The group, which controls Singapore's First Capital Corporation, earned a massive HK521.26 billion (Sss billion) in
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    • 409 5  -  Stoltha ven will pay 75 cents per share By Serena Ng THE major shareholder of Dovechem Terminals Holdings has made a long-awaited voluntary partial offer for one of every four Dovechem shares it does not already own at 75 cents each. Stolthaven Asia Pacific a Netherlands-incorporated
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    • 245 5 SERIAL Systems chairman Derek Goh has won a dispute with a neighbour over a fence line. Mr Goh bought a 20,000 sq ft property in Holland Road for about $8 million two years back to build his dream home. Prior to building, his
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 93 5 Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines (SLA) said yesterday it is suspending flights to three destinations at the end of this month due to adverse economic conditions facing the aviation industry. They are Kota Kinabalu and Kuching in Malaysia as well as Macau, which are all currently served
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      • 68 5 CSE Systems Engineering announced that it has secured a $9.8 million contract to upgrade the front counter financial receipting system for the Housing Development Board (HDB). The project involves replacing the hardware and software of the receipting system and upgrading of the present HDB
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      • 77 5 DATACRAFT Asia has secured a US$l.5 million contract to design and implement a high performance, scalable infrastructure that will enable Hutchison Global Center to offer new, sophisticated managed services in Hong Kong. Backed by Hutchison Whampoa and Asia Global Crossing, Hutchison Global Center is a
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      • 64 5 SHINING Corporation Ltd said its subsidiary Shining Construction Pte Ltd recently secured another project worth about $34 million from UOL Development Pte Ltd, which is part of United Overseas Land. The project involves building eight blocks of flats with a total 160 units in Bedok,
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      • 46 5 HSBC said yesterday it has completed its first live trades on the BondslnAsia trading platform, marking the start of legally binding online trades in all three BondslnAsia markets in Hong Kong, Singapore and the G3 currencies (US dollar, yen and euro).
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    • 306 4 I Gain access to the CREDIT RATINGS of I MORE THAN 6000 I of Singapore's corporations and SMEs I I before you make your next move. I I In today's economic climate, I I YOUR CREDIT DECISION IS THE MOST CRITICAL MOVE. I I Businesses today need to posses the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      318 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Oct 17 VALUE CLOSE »TOM» 632.00 +306.00 TCMM -*****.00 +220.00 ■TlO-OyllA -*****.00 +63.00 DW50I»4>» 466.51 +5.55 0C9C90 463.70 >4.73 /mjnj+Mm 381.69 +4.94 «G Mdlfai Dtt 106.52 ->-3.67 SCE««IH»Fhi 1216.39 +3.38 S6 Prop 357.58 +9.83 ma Tlfr nn 176.78 +1.56 mma Future* 178.00 +2.90 Stock* Volume FuYuMlfclOc 25,236.000
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    • 281 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANTS By Ven Sreenivasan CURRENT market conditions are not ideal for picking warrants. Nevertheless, some have held up better than others. And some of these are still trading at attractive prices, are long-dated and boast good gearings. One of them is
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    • 695 6  -  STOCKS STI at its best since Sept 12 as market shrugs oft export tall and takes the cue from Europe and Wall St futures ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market enjoyed a sharp uptick towards the close of trading yesterday, as buyers piled in
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    • 550 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee WALL Street and the US dollar held up commendably well yesterday despite dismal industrial production and capacity utilisation numbers released overnight. But the Singapore dollar finished unchanged despite a weaker Japanese yen and euro. Most importantly, the Swiss franc which
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  • 3387 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Ab«rd»«n Asset Mgt Alia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American Opport Fd 0.713 0.750 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.127 1.162 China Opportunities Fd!** 0.852 0.895 Com Euro EqtyFd!** 0.903 0.949 Global MNCFd 0.627 0.660 Global Technology Fd!** 0.472 0.496 Indonesia EquityTd!** 0.590 0.621 Japan EqtyFd!** 1.034 1 086
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 502 7  -  Ontlook seems more uncertain than in late 1985 or mid-1998 By Eugene Low THE current recession will probably be more protracted than the ones in 1985 and 1998, according to a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) report. In its quarterly bulletin released yesterday, MAS
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    • 617 7  -  Fears of anti-terror drive dominating talks dispelled From Loh Hui Yin in Shanghai ANY fears that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's (Apec) economic agenda would be given over to anti-terrorist discussions were dispelled when the ministers strongly endorsed the launch of a new round of
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    • 501 7  -  By Yang Razali Kassim THE guessing game is on. Journalists are scrambling to find out. Trade officials are just as eager to know. Will they or won't they shift the venue of the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting from Qatar to
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    • 276 7 EXCEPT in one category, COE premiums in the latest open-bidding exercise are for the first time convincingly lower than those in the closed tender. Traders believe this may be the first sign of an imminent cutback in consumer spending. The 1,600 cc
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 832 8  -  THMH KSBB OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group THESE are times of shattered illusions. The attacks of Sept 11 destroyed America's sense of invulnerability, and now the mythology of the New Economy is receding before the reality of declining jobs and
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    • 78 8 Terrorism is with us. New groups will come who regard terrorism as useful in drawing attention to their causes. I don't think rooting it out for all time is a very practical objective.' former head of Britain's MIS, speaking about the military action in Afghanistan. 'Whether I
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    • 658 8 EDITORIAL THE Bank of Japan is about to be forced to set a formal inflation target —if not exactly at gunpoint then by the threatened or actual passage of legislation compelling the central bank to accept a government-mandated target It is about time. Japan's
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    • 919 8 We reproduce here extracts of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's speech yesterday to the Joint Economic Committee of the US House of Representatives DESPITE the tragic events of Sept 11, the foundations of our free society remain sound, and I am confident that
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    • 580 8  -  By Caroline Baum The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own. Bloomberg WAR is hell, the saying goes. It's also expensive as hell. National security has become fashionable once again following the Sept 11 terrorist
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    • 83 8 BHARAT EXPORT CORPORATION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RECOGNIZED EXPORT HOUSE We also arrange and looking forward for, L/Cs, Standby L/Cs, Project Finance, issuance discounting Bank Guarantee, ECB finance and other financial transaction, facilities. We are Recognized Government Export House in the field of Agro Product mainly Rice and Spice. We invite
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  • AMERICA strikes
    • 589 9  -  White House Budget chief sees risk of runaway spending, erosion of surpluses From Catherine Ong in New York THE US federal Budget may go into deficit next year for the first time since 1997 if lawmakers do not put a brake on a flurry of
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    • Political front
      • 104 9 AP. Reuters [JERUSALEM] Israel's ultranationalist tourism minister, Rehavam Zeevi, was shot and killed outside his Jerusalem hotel room yesterday. A radical PLO faction said it dispatched the gunmen to avenge-the killing of their leader by Israel. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's government said in a statement
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      • 83 9 AFP, Reuters [TEHERAN] US infantry landed from helicopters yesterday near Kandahar in south-western Afghanistan, stronghold of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, Iranian state radio said. US forces hit frontline Taliban positions for the first time in the 11-day-old
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      • 73 9 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Twenty-nine of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's staff members tested positive for exposure to anthrax, congressional leaders said yesterday as they moved to shut down much of the US Capitol temporarily. Anthrax has also been discovered in Governor George Pataki's Manhattan
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      • 98 9 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore said yesterday it was ready for any cases of anthrax after two scares this week as the post office stepped up monitoring of suspicious letters that may carry the potentially lethal bacteria. "The security and medical services are on the alert and are
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    • 343 9  -  From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley ONLINE shopping sales in the US have been gradually moving up since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, and are on track to rise some 10 per cent this coming Christmas season, say analysts. Latest data from
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 498 10  -  Gerbang Perd&na has started reclaiming land on the Malaysian side although rail tnnnel project is in limbo From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN firm Gerbang Perdana is continuing with the preparation of the groundwork to build a bridge to replace the Causeway although
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    • 476 10  -  KL govt going through Effective Capital's books PM FYom Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has confirmed that it is conducting an audit of the vehicle used by Akbar Khan to free up the frozen Malaysian shares previously traded on
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    • 404 10 PETALING JAYA FORMER domestic trade and consumer affairs minister Megat Junid Megat Ayob is tipped to take over troubled sewerage services company Indah Water Konsortium (IWK), The Sun reported yesterday. It said that Puas Emas Sdn Bhd, a 40:30:30 venture between UK-based
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    • NOTE Book
      • 63 10 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's inflation is forecast at between 1.8 and 2.0 per cent this year and holding at the same level in 2002, a government minister said yesterday. Deputy Domestic Trade Minister S Subramaniam said the hike in transportation costs following the Sept 11
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      • 125 10 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby yesterday said it would hold a news conference today to "clarify its position" on its takeover bid for oleochemicals maker Palmco. Analysts expect Sime to announce whether it would hold, sell or sell in part its stake
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      • 63 10 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia yesterday said it was considering offering shares in state-owned PT Telkom to try to settle a dispute between the domestic phone giant and one of its partners in a fixed-line project "Yes, it is an idea and it is being
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      • 82 10 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian state firms owed the government 61.9 trillion rupiah (Ssll.l billion) as of early October, a finance ministry official said yesterday. Darmin Nasution, director-general for financial institutions, was quoted by Antara news agency as telling Parliament that the firms owed 56.6
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    • 384 12  -  Doubtful loans for 9 months to Sept rise by 70m baht dne to hike in provisions From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE smallest commercial bank in Thailand, UOB Radanasin Bank, yesterday reported a third-quarter net loss 0f257 million baht (5510.4 million), as
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    • 139 12 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine regulators filed administrative charges against businessman Dante Tan and 23 other individuals and brokerages in connection with the nation's biggest stock-rigging scandal. The charges, filed by a unit of the Securities and Exchange Commission, carry a fine of up to 50,000
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    • 100 12 TAIPEI AFP TAIWANESE investment in China jumped nearly two-fold in September as more local businesses see the mainland market as a safe haven from the global economic slump, officials said yesterday. The Investment Commission said China-bound investment from Taiwan leapt 177 per cent
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    • 543 12 SHANGHAI Bnt credit ratings outlook will remain steady despite Sept 11 attacks: Moody's AFX, AFP THE World Bank has cut its GDP growth forecasts for East Asian developing economies for 2001 and 2002 in the wake of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks
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    • 64 12 [BANGKOK] More than 200 government leaders and representativesfrom United Nations agencies, civil society organisations and the private sector, as well as young people, are meeting at the Second World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children to develop an action plan to combat the exploitation of children.
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    • 311 12 HONGKONG Confidence in S'pore, Australia, Japan falls sharply: PERC Reuters BUSINESS executives are increasingly uneasy about security risks in Asia-Pacific countries which they previously considered safe, with Vietnam now considered a safer place than anywhere else in the region, including the United
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    • 235 11 R Unknown To Most, Sometimes War And Peace Depend On It. Ever since the cold war started in the 60s. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) has been instrumental in deciding the fate of millions in Europe. Each time come together, it will be on issues pertaining to either war or
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  • WORLD news
    • 713 14 SAN FRANCISCO Study by McKinsey Global Institute shows weak correlation between the two FT IMPROVED management at WalMart probably played a bigger role in America's productivity "miracle" of the late 1990s than all the expensive investment in high-speed computers and fibre optic cable by
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    • 275 14 NEWARK Bloomberg US venture capital firms extended losses in the second quarter amid plunges in com-puter-related and telecommunications shares, and probably will show declines for the rest of the year, a survey said. Venture capital funds had a loss of 18.2 per
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 133 15 AP [WASHINGTON] Housing construction rose in September despite new uncertainties about consumers' willingness to make big-ticket purchases. The Commerce Department yesterday reported that builders broke ground on 1.57 million housing units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate last month, a 1.7 per cent
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      • 89 15 Bloomberg [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Co had a third quarter loss of US$692 million as the second largest automaker cut production because of lower vehicle sales. Its loss was 38 cents a share, compared with net income of US$BBB million, or 53 cents,
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      • 89 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co, the largest US securities firm, may cut as many as 10,000 jobs, or 15 per cent of its workforce, at a cost of more than US$l billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified executives. Merrill is reviewing
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      • 74 15 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and Toshiba will create the world's third biggest liquid crystal display maker by merging their unprofitable LCD businesses as Korean and Taiwan rivals undercut their prices. Japan's fifth and sixth biggest makers of displays used in computer screens, TVs
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      • 65 15 Reuters [CHICAGO] North American food maker Kraft Foods Inc said on Tuesday earnings rose 24 per cent in the third quarter, its second as a public company, as higher volumes, cost-cutting and lower interest rates boosted results. It earned US$522 million, or 30 cents a
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      • 72 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Whirlpool Corp on Tuesday said it suffered a third quarter net loss due to the costs of a recall of microwave ovens and restructuring charges. The company also lowered its earnings guidance for the full year. It posted a loss of
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      • 69 15 Bloomberg [PARIS] Carrefour sold its 42 per cent stake in supermarket chain Cora to Deutsche Bank for 850 million euros (Ssl.4 billion) to meet the final regulator demands for its merger with Promodes. Rival Casino Guichard-Perrachon has reached a five-year equity-swap agreement with Deutsche Bank
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    • 507 15 NEW YORK JP Morgan's gains dive the most, 68%; Fleetßoston, 21%; Citigroup, 9% Reuters TOP US banks Citigroup Inc, JP Morgan Chase Co Inc and Fleetßoston Financial Corp posted sharp declines in profits yesterday, as the sluggish economy and last month's attacks on New York
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
    • 716 16  -  Plunging occupancy is causing hotels to cut room rates by up to 15% Bu Kalpana Rashiwala, Andrea Tan HIT by a sharp drop in occupancy rates after the Sept 11 terrorist attack on the United States caused worldwide concern, some five-star hotel chains are
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    • 218 16  -  Tender for freehold industrial land closes on Nov 23 Si Andrea Tan A FREEHOLD industrial site at Tagore Drive, which is currently up for tender, is expected to fetch about $15 million, say market watchers. At 92,664 sq ft, it works out to a
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    • 777 16  -  When managed well, property can help unravel true value of a business By Wong Ping The writer is with DTZ Debenham Tie Leung AN obvious reality is that all businesses occupy real estate but it is one facet of operations that has been largely
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  • 459 16 DEVELOPER/OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UMTS NO. OF PRICE TENURE mmnra taft) launched unttssold (Spsf) Abode at Devonshire TTH Devt 9 Devonshire Rd 1,012-2,756 26 4 1,288 FH WiHde Regency Wah Khlaw Devt 9 Wilkie Terrace 818-S93 30 24 860 FH Jervois Regency Pine Tree Prop
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    • 594 17 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAR SO AND IN THE MATTER OF AIK LEE SHIPPING PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap SO lhat a Final Meeting of the members of the obovenamed Company will
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    • 281 17  -  Providing more than 540 e-services, the site has been reorganised to cater better to the people's needs By Chen Huifen THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) yesterday launched a revamped eCitizen portal as part of the
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    • 263 17 Q3 RESULTS NYT [NEW YORK] Despite the Sept 11 terrorist attacks and economic turmoil, IBM came through the third quarter remarkably unscathed, reporting solid profits on Tuesday that slightly exceeded analysts expectations. And the outlook for IBM, it seems, is anything but the picture of unrelieved
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    • 247 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] AOL Time Warner Inc said yesterday that its third-quarter revenues and earnings, excluding a range of costs, rose, driven again by growth in its flagship Internet service and its cable systems which helped offset the sharp downturn in the advertising market. The world's
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    • 167 17 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp met its lowered financial projections for the third quarter on Tuesday and said it expected profitability to improve during the last three months of the year, leading some analysts to predict that the semiconductor industry has seen the worst of its
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    • 142 19 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose five points to 902, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained three points to 889, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD' firmed one point to 7,133 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up 12 points to 1,021. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Gran Trader (built 2001)
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    • 258 19 Stt *000 Oct 17 <w CWT Distribution 0.52 unch 0 Cosco Invastmarit 0.21 0.03 1337 FraigM Link* 0.06 unch 2229 G6 Holdings 0.39 0.01 5 IMC Hoidlngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.16 unch 456 KappaiCorp 2.96 0.01 1757 KappaiFELS 1.54 unch 106 Kappai Marina OJO 0.02 8592
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    • 608 19 P&I clubs, passing on costs of reinsurance, likely to raise premiums by 20% Reuters [LONDON] The global shipping industry, already staggering under the weight of bloated war-risk insurance, will be hit a second time by soaring costs for liability cover. Shippers and
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    • 234 19  -  -Bu Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Fixed premiums will be offered to members of the Through Transport Club (TT Club) removing the uncertainty of supplementary levies. A statement from TT Club which insures 70 per cent of the world's container fleet and thousands of
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    • 390 19  -  Provide manpower, equipment to help ships, ports fight terrorism, piracy By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The world's largest association of shipping companies, the Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco), has appealed directly to United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan to intervene and increase maritime
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      • 100 19 [SINGAPORE] The Philippine Coast Guard has begun a five-year modernisation programme to acquire up-to-date vessels, aircraft and maritime safety equipment. Reports say the cast guard has ordered six Osprey-class search and rescue vessels from Australia to complement its existing two and will buy two more
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      • 85 19 [SINGAPORE] A dispute over minimum guarantee amounts could see Malaysian port developer Konsortium Logistik Berhad withdraw from India's private port project in Kakinda. News reports quoting unnamed sources suggest that if the Andhra Pradesh state government does not resolve the issue, the deal will
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    • 735 20  -  MEWBUILDS By David Hughes THE world's top two shipbuilding countries remain, by a long way. South Korea and Japan. Number three in the league is China. In deadweight terms, according to latest figures from Lloyd's Register-Fair-play, South Korea has about 53 million dwt on
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    • 151 20 PACE Appenship 5 Assets 5 BSA 7 B tang Mas 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Central Ex 6 China Shpg 5 Cougar 6 CWT Globetink 6 Del mas 4 D)ak Lloyd 6 Dongnama 3 ECl 4 ECU Line 5/6/7 Evergreen 6 FoongSun 5 fuhai 6 Fufitrans 6
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      • 701 27 V*sfl Voy No Btrth Arrival Departure SBvS* JI2 17/10/3:40 19/W/600 *«J noot J01 rr/MM n/10/2000 s«dWHM M 90 J04 rwofTM 8/10/8-00 Ma Jt*X« J02 l7/U/7:45 17/10/2300 »«Kt* 1 136S0I J03 17/10/8:20 17/B/2200 Wtay««gt136 1119 J25 17/10/7:50 18/10/23:00 Bt (Pwtra Oct-17 J01 17/10/1100 17/10/15.00 »«aa» E12S0 J02 17/10/8:40 17/10/1600
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      • 223 27 October 22 New Zealand: Labour Day Ontafcw 23 Thailand: Chulalongkorn Day October 28 Hongkong: Chung Yeung Festival Taiwan: Retrocession Day Ootobor 29 Ireland: Halloween Weekend October 31 Taiwan: President Chiang Kai Shek's Birthday November 1 Belgium: All Saints Day Finland: All Saints Day France: All Saints Day Italy:
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      • 814 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dolljin 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
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      • 544 28 US planemafcer to suspend development of its long-range 8777-200LR AFP [SEATTLE] Boeing Corp said it was forming a special unit to help customers enhance security in line with tightened US requirements after the Sept 11 terror attacks. "Recent events prove there is a place for
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      • 380 28 The move further diminishes airline's presence in Asia NYT [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines will stop flying three unprofitable routes to Japan, continuing its retreat from Asia. Delta will end service from Los Angeles to Nagoya and from Los Angeles to
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      • 206 28 [SINGAPORE] The first of 13 MD-lls that Boeing acquired and converted from a passenger plane to a freighter, for the world's largest express carrier UPS, has made its maiden journey and touched down at Louisville, USA. UPS contracted to buy 13 MD-11 freighters
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      • 287 28 R&iltrack's right to operate new channel tunnel rail link will be honoured: govt Reuters [LONDON] Britain will take until next year to find a new owner prepared to run the country's creaking and accidentmarred rail network, accountants who have been put in
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      • 178 28 [CARNOUSTIE, Scotland] Americans; should overcome their fear of travel in the wake of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, says Michael Douglas. The Hollywood star flew from New Ybrk to Scotland this week for the DunhiN Links pro-am golf tournament "We are all nervous
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      • 201 28 AFP [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways has offered 5,000 flight attendants unpaid leave due to operational changes caused by the global economic slowdown, a spokeswoman for the Hong Kong-based airline said yesterday. "It is common practice for a company to offer unpaid leave in
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      • 295 28 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International will increase flights to Europe and Asia, replacing rival airlines that cut their services after last month's terrorist attacks, and start new routes to Chengdu in China and Mumbai. Thailand's national airline announced more flights to Paris, Rome,
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