The Business Times, 22 October 2001

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Internet: http: business-times.asial com.sg SINGAPORE MONDAY. OCTOBER 22. 2001 86C
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  • 703 1  -  Survey re veals uncertainty and confusion about market direction From] Neil Behrman in London HEDGE funds fear that the global stock market revival of the .past few weeks could prove to be a "sucker's rally". An informal survey of several managers by Market Predict.net
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  • 329 1  -  Axing them a matter of national interests, not poor showing From Loh Hui Yin in Shanghai ASKING about 25 incumbent Members of Parliament to retire and make way for a new batch of People's Action Party (PAP) candidates was a painful and
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    18 1 a group picture at the Science and Technology Museum qfter an Apec meeting yesterday. oaring AFP
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  • 591 1  -  OOMMBNTART Prudence matters. And so does politics, says Vlknun Vikram Khanna fB ntaii are extraordinary tiroes, yet I 1 Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (who is also the Finance I Minister) produced a Budget on Friday that was hardly extraordinary. Does it matter? Perhaps not. For
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    • 312 1 nvsnxE Top SlorlM Terrorist attacks devastate US company profits. Pig 11 Planet Hollywood makes 2nd Chapter 11 filing. I*3 Japan Wees the tatte and Starbucks'stock. Rg 14 BT Comment *wi orvomvaian. Market risks soar, so have potential rewards. Pg 4 Audrey Tan: Beleaguered Hong Kong turns to Beijing for help.
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    • 17 1 4 more new faces on PAP ticket, Pg 5 KL boon* may ease this week, Pg 7
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    • 736 2  -  Clean-up of banking system hinges on expanding role of Resolution and Collection Corp Frormi Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Japanese government is likely to decide this week that the official Resolution and Collection Corporation (RCC) undertakes an expanded role so that
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    • 517 2 But Sept 11 effects will make numbers difficult to interpret AFX [WASHINGTON] US economic data to be released this week will show widespread weakness, with declines in housing and durable goods indicators, analysts said, adding that attention will focus on the Federal
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 387 3 It blames slowdown in tourism after Sept 11 terrorist attacks on US cities Bloomberg [ORLANDO, Florida] Planet Hollywood International Inc, a theme-restaurant chain in which flamboyant Singapore businessman Ong Beng Seng has a stake, filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in
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    • 322 3 Dow Jones Newswires [SYDNEY] Australia's deputy prime minister, John Anderson, said yesterday he was impressed with ideas from former An sett staff on how to save the airline, according to Australian Associated Press. The syndicate has called on rival bidders
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    • 408 3 Bloomberg. Dow Jones Newswires [SYDNEY] British Airways does not plan to sell its stake in Qantas Airways after Europe's largest airline chose not to buy any of the As4so million (Ss4l4 million) in new shares sold by the Australian carrier. Qantas
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    • 360 3 It is in talks in several markets, says Optns chief operating officer Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Asia's No 6 mobilephone company, is in talks to make more acquisitions in the region, said a Cable Wireless Optus executive on Australian television. Optus chief operating
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      291 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Oct 19 VALUE CLOSE IT<H» 219.00 -98.00 ITCJW -*****.00 -70.00 -*****.00 +22.00 449.84 -5.27 OCBW 447.12 -5.25 369.90 -3.36 IQfpJInniri 103.27 -1.12 1167.43 -19.42 349.45 -0.82 MOfcpnw 170.18 -2.00 RjYuMfclOc 70,568,000 Poh Uan 10c 63,285,000 Horizon 5c 52,809.000 Autroo 49.255.000 AcmaR 46,855.000 Frontline 5c 45,083,000 Surface MT
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    • 258 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANTS Bir Ven Sreenivasan SYSTEMS integrator Frontline Technologies announced last Thursday a China foray that sees the company buying a 30 percent stake in China-based IT solutions provider Modern Devices for some US$10 million. The following day, its stock headed the volumes list
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    • 657 4  -  Pli comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan SO, even soothing words from the world's most powerful central banker could not inject optimism into jittery global financial markets. After rising by about 15 per cent during the previous four weeks, global equity markets have once again succumbed
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    • 713 4 Uncertainty in Afghanistan, the US economy and anthrax scare stifle markets AFP [HONG KONG] Most Asian currencies moved little over the past week with activity stifled by uncertainty created by the ongoing US-led strikes against Afghanistan, the US economy and the global anthrax scare.
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    • 116 4 Market Notices THE Ascott Group will hold its EGM on Oct 22, at STT Room, Level 9 Capital Tower, 168 Robinson Road. ♦Times Publishing Ltd will hold its EGM cm Nov 2, at 11am, The Oriental Singapore, 5 Raffles Avenue. ♦Horizon.Com Ltd will hold its EGM on Oct 26, at
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 493 5  -  on the economy jobs By Ven Sreenivasan THE worsening Singapore economy has driven down job expectations here for both permanent and contract employment to their lowest levels across almost all sectors, according to a survey conducted by recruitment professionals TMP Worldwide eßesourcing. The survey of human
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    • 434 5  -  MAiLirm Oh Kwong Wee Singapore FOREIGN banks are generally perceived as being able to offer better banking services and standards over our homegrown players. I shared that view too until my recent experiences with Amex and DBS. I took up Amex credit
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    • 146 5  -  Poh Hock Seng Singapore I REFER to the letter "Tough to live on $1,200 per month" by Tan Choon Siong (Mailbag, Oct 17). I seriously hope that his opinion is not a true reflection of Singaporeans who are unemployed as a result
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    • 372 5  -  Deborah de Souza Executive Public Relations Officer Housing and Development Board I REFER to the letter 'Timely HDB info needed" by Mr Wong Peng Yee (BT, Oct 16). Mr Wong suggested that HDB provides information on the public housing market so that HDB flat buyers,
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    • 860 5  -  Latest batch sees a doctor, a lawyer, an SIA man, and a town council boss By Ven Sreenivasan THE People's Action Party introduced four more candidates yesterday, bringing to 16, the total number of new faces on the party lineup for the upcoming
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  • APEC summit
    • 562 6 They maintain commitment to fighting protectionism Reuters [SHANGHAI] Pacific Rim leaders pledged yesterday to put their economies back on the growth track but stopped short of a specific commitment to expansive fiscal and monetary policies. A declaration issued after a two-day summit of the 21member
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    • 491 6  -  Reports from Loh Hui Yin in Shanghai THERE is political will among Asia-Pacific countries to push ahead with trade liberalisation and the launch of a new round of trade talks next month, despite the suicide attacks in the US, said
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    • 144 6 IF the usually-nimble Hongkonger is worried about the progress achieved by China, particularly the commercial hub of Shanghai, Singaporeans have all the more reason to be, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. And if Singapore is not careful about its competitiveness, it might just
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    • APEC briefs
      • 89 6 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Chinese President Jiang yesterday dodged a question (m whether he would retire next year, saying only the issue would be handled armrHing to law. Mr Jiang, 75, is due to step down as leader of the Communist Party next year
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      • 95 6 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Asian countries must consider setting up a regional currency as part of a strategy to unite Asian economies and bring about a more equitable form of globalisation. "We must work hard to establish an Asian Monetary
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      • 112 6 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Asia-Pacific leaders condemned the Sept 11 attacks as an affront on Sunday and vowed to find the perpetrators, but they stopped short of backing US strikes on Afghanistan or naming chief gugpert Hum* bin Laden. The Apec leaders issued their unprecedented political
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      • 88 6 AFP [SHANGHAI] Mexico wants to forge an effective bridge between Asia and the West to expand global trade when it hosts next year's Apec summit. President Vicente Fox said. 'Today, Mexico has the opportunity of becoming the axis of commercial exchange between Asia
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      • 61 6 AP [TAIPEI] Forma* president Lee Teng-hui, one of China's harshest critics, yesterday said Beijing's treatment of Taiwan at the Apec forum made him cry. Mr Lee accused China of "barbaric behaviour" because it rejected Taiwan's choice of an envoy to fee Apec forum on Saturday and
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      • 102 6 AP [SHANGHAI] Pacific Rim nations should help more people get online to boost their economies, political and business leaders said Saturday at the Apec summit Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said "access is the key to development," so regional leaders should help foster
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 338 7 ■JOHORBARU Arrivals via the Causeway, 2nd Link down 25% last month TRAVELLING across the Causeway to Johor Baru is now a breeze as traffic volume has dipped sharply in recent months, The Sunday Star reported. Hotels and resorts face lower occupancy rates
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    • 254 7 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA, the world's largest producer of palm oil, has ordered growers to stop planting the crop to check sliding prices of the edible oil. The official Bernama news agency, quoting a government minister, said yesterday planters should instead turn
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    • 406 7  -  REACTION TO ITSIA BUDGET Analysts cite market disappointment over lack of corporate rate cnt From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market may ease this week due to the lack of goodies in last Friday's Budget announcement by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad,
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    • 327 8 Bank also plans to cut costs by opening second mainland data processing centre FT [SHANGHAI] The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, Hong Kong's largest bank, plans to freeze salaries of its 14,000 staff next year in response to a deteriorating business
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    • 265 8 Mm part effort U boost state revenues, says report AFP THAILAND is considering a plan to triple fees for tourist and other visas in an effort to boost state revenues, a report said yesterday. Thailand's finance ministry is expected to seek Cabinet approval this week
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    • 607 8 BANGKOK New telecom bill slashes limit on foreign ownership Reuters A NEW law in Thailand has sparked fears the government of billionaire telecom magnate Thaksin Shinawatra is turning back the clock on market liberalisation and becoming hostile to foreign investment. Ten months after sweeping to
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    • NOTE Book
      • 94 8 Reuters [HANOI] The Vietnamese government has approved a plan to scrap state monopoly in the tetecoms sector by opening up 50 per cent of the market to new businesses in 2010. The Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper said on Saturday that by 2005 new enterprises
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      • 71 8 AFP [BANGKOK] US aviation officials will visit Thailand to attempt to reenact the explosion of a Thai Airways jet moments before Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was due to board in March. Members ofthe US National Transportation Safety Board, who deemed the explosion an
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      • 70 8 AFP [ZAMBOANOA Philippines] Muslim Abu Sayyaf gunmen yesterday beheaded a government militiaman in the southern Philippine island of Basilan, where they are holding captive two US nationals and nine Filipinos, police said. A band of Abu Sayyaf rebels stormed the village of Kalibugan town before
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      • 64 8 AFP [MANILA] Tha Philippines payments deficit widened more than 200 per cent to USWI7 million from January to July this year from USS»T million in the earne period last year, the central bank aakl yesterday. Central bank governor Rafael Buenaventura said this was in part due
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      • 54 8 AP [JAKARTA] Clashes between Christian and Muslim gangs armed with knives and homemade guns teft at least eight people dead, police and witnesses said yesterday. Police Sgt Pamrin said around 100 Christians attacked a Muslim district on the outskirts ofPoeo town, in Central Sulawesi
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    • 791 9  -  I Ji comment HK STOCKS But it must first demonstrate that it wants to co-operate audrey tan WHO would have thought that just four years after its handover to China, Hong Kong would be looking to Beijing for favours to stimulate its
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    • 233 9 HONGKONG Dow Jones Newswires HONG Kong property developers are rushing to clear their overhanging inventory after seeing strong sales figures from recent residential projects in the New Territories. Henderson Land Development Co and Sino Land both said on Friday they will begin internal sales
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    • 338 9 It's the Ist foreign TV network to be allowed to broadcast legally in the country AP [BEIJING] In a small milestone for China's restricted television market, China has granted a Hong-Kong-based television channel the right to broadcast to a limited region in the
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    • 174 9 NICOSIA China will become the world's most popular tourist destination by 2020, garnering 8.3 percent of the lucrative global holiday market, a World Tourism Organisation (WTO) official predicted Friday. "The world's top 10 tourist receiving countries will see a major change
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    • 155 9 Mr Lim Chin Huat, Chairman of Hubba Bubba Communications and Mrs Kimmie Leong, Managing Director of Whoops Company, joined forces today. Despite this landmark decision, both parties seemed a little distracted. Responding to probing questions, Mrs Kimmie Leong said "Sorry, could you
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    • 250 9 In a key note speech, the CEO of Kong Global laid out the future plans for his company and the projected sales increase of 10% over the last financial year. At one point his attentions seemed elsewhere and following a period of profound contemplation,
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    • 642 10 First step weoli be d«Uaris*tion »f HK; this would be useful for eelony, neighbours Reuters [SHANGHAI] Asia should aim to create a common currency based on the US dollar and the first step toward that goal could be the dollarisation of Hong
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    • 267 10 It's suffering fallout from US attacks on Afghanistan Bloomberg [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan's economy will lose up to US$2 billion this fiscal year, because of the drop in trade, foreign investment and state-as-set sales following the terrorist attacks in the US, officials said. The South
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    • 917 10 a*wntoc call nMree lMt lt«s/«—M ntnm*mk,9m.m I^3 ECS HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at Traders Hotel, 1A Cuscaden Road, Singapore, Level 2, Penang 2 Room on 7
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    • 491 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CARSO AND IN THE MATTER OF BLUESTONE CAPITAL PTE LTD (IN CREDTTORT VOLUNDUTV LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the member of the abovenamed Company, duly convened and held at 72 Anson Road #08-00 Anson House Singaporeo799ll on 16October2001 at 2.30 p.m.,
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  • AMERICA strikes
    • Political front
      • 72 11 AFP Reuters [KABUL] US forces used attack helicopters for the first time and pounded targets across Afghanistan yesterday as evidence mounted that the Taliban's air defences have been crippled by two weeks of bombing. Meanwhile, the Taliban Cabinet held a special session yesterday and decided to
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      • 44 11 Dow Jones Newswires [LONDON] Taliban leader Mullah Omar's 10-year-old son has been confirmed dead, a doctor told the British Broadcasting Corp yesterday. The boy was injured in a bomb attack during the first night raids on Kandahar.—Dow Jones Newswires
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      • 88 11 Reuters, AFP [KABUL] Afghanistan's ruling Taliban claimed yesterday their men had killed 20 to 25 US commandos on their first lightning strike on Afghan soil, and insisted they had downed a helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade. A US bomb struck houses in a residential neighbourhood
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      • 61 11 AP [WASHINGTON] The anthrax threat widened as health inspectors found the potentially deadly bacteria in an office building of the House of Representatives just a few blocks from the Capitol. This latest discovery, in a bundling machine used to process mail for lawmakers, was "not an unexpected
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      • 40 11 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] While US public support for military action in Afghanistan remains strong, most Americans believe more terrorist attacks are likely to kill large numbers of their countrymen, a Newsweek poll found. —Bloomberg
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      • 39 11 Reuters [LONDON] Britain tried to put an end to anthrax scares yesterday by announcing plans for tough new legislation mandating heavy jail sentences for hoaxers. Offenders could face up to seven years behind bars.—Reuters
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      • 73 11 AFP, AP [SHANGHAI] Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda warned yesterday of an "explosive" reaction in the Islamic world if US strikes against Afghanistan continue into the Muslim fasting month starting mid-November. Separately, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday it would be in
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      • 51 11 AFP [JERUSALEM] Israel's massed deployment of tanks and troops to shut down six autonomous West Bank towns left two more Palestinians dead and at least 15 injured yesterday, as shock waves from the move sent tremors through both the Palestinian Authority and Israel's own coalition government.
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      • 63 11 AFP [NEW DELHI] The leaders of India and Pakistan may meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York in November. Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would both be in the city to attend the
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    • 743 11 Analyst sees profits for SAP 500 firms slump 22% in Q3 and Q4 AFP [WASHINGTON] US firms are reporting massive declines in profit half-way through a grim third-quarter earnings season as the terrorist attacks wreak financial devastation. "I think we are definitely in for one
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    • 484 11 NYT [WASHINGTON] The manufacturer of Cipro the drug of choice to fight anthrax may sue the Canadian government for overriding the company's patent. "We wiH meet with the ministry of health as soon as possible to discuss this matter," said Christina Sehnert,
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  • WORLD news
    • 613 12 LONDON It also seeks link-up with American Airlines and wants anti-trnst immunity Bloomberg Reuters, BRITISH Airways is talking to Dutch carrier KLM and other airlines and expected the European airline industry to consolidate sharply, BA's boss Rod Eddington said yesterday. "We want and
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    • 276 12 WASHINGTON Dow Jones Newswires FRANCIS X Curzio, a well-known Wall Street analyst, deceived investors about his financial results, according to an administrative proceeding announced on Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Curzio's company, FXC Investors Corp, advertised hypothetical performance results and
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    • 910 12 AFP [LONDON] Oil prices hit twoyear low points and base metals remained in the doldrums as markets faced up to reality and braced for a long, deep trough in the global economy. Oil fell close to US$2O a barrel in London, as the
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    • 493 13 TOKYO It's paranoid about an ultra-competitive China wiping it off industrial map AFP WHILE most of the world is preoccupied by the Sept 11 terrorist attacks and their consequences, "Japan Inc" seems obsessed by the growing threat of an ultra-compet-itive China,
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    • 171 13 TOKYO AFP IN a move to boost competitiveness against cheap Chinese items, Japan's top consumer electronics firm, Matsushita Electric Industrial, and South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics are in tie-up talks aiming to share each other's household appliance supplies, a Matsushita spokesman said
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    • 562 15 NEW YORK Move to come before firm starts axing more employees next month NYT BEFORE it starts laying off more employees next month, Merrill Lynch will offer them the chance to volunteer to resign and receive a severance package. Today, Merrill will
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    • 455 15 ABU DHABI AP, AFP REPRESENTATIVES of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and non-Opec states are planning to meet in Vienna next Monday to study the oil market and come up with recommendations for possible production cuts by both sides to
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    • 1489 14 Starbucks Coffee recently opened its 300 th outlet and its stock, listed on Nasdaq Japan this month, has soared NYT HOWARD Schultz said he knew Starbucks would be a hit in Japan the day he opened his first store here in 1996. When Mr Schultz,
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  • BIZ woman
    • 1164 16  -  In the secretive hedge fund world, she stands out praising some companies for their good works and urging others to clean up their act savs svea hbrbst-bavuss SVEA HERBST-BAYLISS [NEW YORK] JANE Siebels delivers the top returns her wealthy clients expect and she does
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  • BIZIT
    • 798 17  -  llexclu.si\/e The world's leading electronics contract manufacturer sees Asia as an attractive business environment for the industry, a senior Solectron official tells DAVID 8087 DAVID BOEY US-BASED Solectron Corp, the world's biggest EMS (electronics manufacturing services) provider, said it wants to continue expanding its presence
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    • 609 18  -  By] Paul Chan OVER the last 30 years, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Inc) became the world's second-largest producer of microprocessors by offering consumers a low-cost alternative to chips from the mighty Intel Corp. The rules of that game may now be turning against
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    • 711 18  -  Singapore Power has the solution to the problem of costly power dips for wafer fabs. taxo wenofai talks to its president and CEO about the new device TANG WENG FAI THE effects of power dips at high-tech wafer fab plants may cease with the introduction of a
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    • 1025 18  -  Despite the current chips downturn, a Dutch firm is upbeat over its new technology for ultrathin transistors. ngMB out reports DEBORAH ORR ARTHUR del Prado has seen every downturn in the semiconductor industry since transistors were first pressed into silicon more than 40 years ago, but he has
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    • 630 18  -  First 64-bit parallel processor for servers and workstations to create new level of price-performance By Dumas Chin The writer is general manager, business customer organisation (sales and marketing), Hewlett-Packard Singapore. SOME of the new technological innovations tend to be "disruptive" (they disrupt the manner in which
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    • 185 18 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Worldwide sales of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, the main memory for personal computers (PCs), are forecast to fall 67 per cent in 2001 from the previous year, because of falling prices of the device and the Sept 11
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    • 590 19  -  The homegrown technology company is also planning to move its current listing from Sesdaq to the SGX mainboard next May, Trek's CEO Henn Tan tells SERENA NO SERENA NG WHILE many technology companies have been cutting costs and staff over the past
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    • 359 19 Reuters [DETROIT] Ford Motor Co, in a sign of its changing fortunes, said on Friday that it was cancelling plans to equip all of its employees with free personal computers and printers. The programme, dubbed Model E, was billed as a breakthrough achievement
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    • 399 19 It won't sell Web tablet and Dot Station Net access device Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Intel Corp plans to phase out its consumer electronics group, which makes digital cameras, toys and audio players, as the biggest computerchip maker sharpens its focus and trims
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    • 777 19  -  The industry's recovery depends on the global economy in general, and on demand IT and telecom-related equipment in particular ivan goh The writer is a senior engineer with a leading IC foundry; he previously worked in a major DRAM fab THE semiconductor
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    • 790 20  -  Ili comment INFOTECH The battle between Intel and Taiwan's Yla will go farther this mouth when the US giant threatens-or even begins-to sue motherboard makers far hnyinff and lee han shih The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent. ANYONE interested in how difficult it
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    • 509 20  -  By, Jennifer Tan Reuters [SINGAPORE] Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's third-largest chip foundry, is seen widening its losses in the third quarter as the global technology market stays in the doldrums. Singapore-based Chartered's sister company ST Assembly Test Services, which provides semiconductor testing and
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    • 477 21  -  Bleak prospects for STP unless systems are changed By Tang Weng Fai THE prospects for global STP (Straight Through Processing) look bleak unless basic changes are made in the reference data that securities houses use for their trade processing. A
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    • 220 21 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, the world's biggest consumer electronics maker, said it will release in December a new product which lets users play digital versatile disc (DVD) and vid-eo-game software. The new offering will debut in Japan on Dec 14, Matsushita
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    • 127 21 US NETWORKING giant Cisco Systems Inc said it is recalling about 95,000 power adapters worldwide for replacement. These adapters, used with specific Cisco ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) routers, can overheat and melt a hole through the housing, posing a fire hazard. The power adapter
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    • IT TAKES
      • 48 21 TEMASEK Capital, the direct investment arm of Temasek Holdings, said it has taken a 10 per cent stake in Fledge Technologies Inc, a Japanese venture consulting firm. Fledge Technologies was started in Oct 2000 and has a core team of seven professionals.
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      • 58 21 MICROSOFT Singapore said eight local partners "have joined forces to celebrate the launch" of Windows XP at a three-day event starting from Friday. The eight are: Intel Technology Asia, Compaq Computer Asia, Hewlett-Packard, Seagate Technology International, Symantec Singapore, AMD Far East, Creative Technologies,
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      • 31 21 MICROSOFT Asia has appointed Ahmed Reda Chami as director of business development for South Asia. Mr Chami was previously general manager of Microsoft North West Africa.
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      • 34 21 AN Asian e-sourcing seminar series will be held this Thursday at Rendezvous Hotel in Singapore. It is organised by Free Markets Inc. For details, fax 311-4700, or e-mail rsarin@freemarkets.com.
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      • 36 21  -  -Compiled by Juliana Tay A seminar on multi-service networking solutions will be held on Nov 2 at the Pan Pacific Hotel. It is organised by Avaya. For details, fax 1800-587-0272 or e-mail singapore@avayacustcare.com.
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    • 312 21 Also reports losses of USslsBm, but analysts keep profits forecasts unchanged AFX [SAN FRANCISCO] Shares in Sun Microsystems were lower in mid-session on Friday after the computer hardware company posted a 43 per cent fall in first-quarter sales. Analysts said however
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    • 283 22  -  The company, which had more than 300 employees across the region, announced 200 job cuts recently Bu Chen Huifen INTERNET portal Lycos Asia will make Singapore one of its two regional centres as a part of its consolidation efforts. Under this exercise, content
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    • 255 22 Reuters [SHANGHAI] HewlettPackard Co (HP) chief executive officer Carly Fiorina said the company plans to open a software development centre in Shanghai in November which will create 1,500 jobs. "I am pleased to announce that we are celebrating our 20th anniversary in
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    • 669 23  -  Indications from analysts are that the chip maker will earn about 410b won, down from the 800b won it made in the second quarter By\ Ian King Bloomberg [SEOUL} Samsung Electronics Co may report its third-quarter net income halved from the preceding three-month
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    • 122 23 AFP [HAMBURG] The German engineering and electronics group Siemens is to lay off a further 3,000 employees in addition to 16,000 already announced by the company, the weekly Der Spiegel said. Siemens management refused to comment on the report, which was
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 70 23 NASDAQ-listed InFocus Corp has introduced the LPSOO, calling it the world's first SVGA projector to offer 2,000 lumens' brightness. The $6,599 system is aimed at applications such as e-learning, and web and video conferencing, and can work even in brightly-lit conference rooms. It comes with an
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      • 54 23 SLNGAFUKE-based muvee Technologies is ready witn its muvee auto Producer, calling it "the world's only smart automatic video editing software". Unlike conventional timeline or story-board editing, muvee offers a unique 5-button interface that even novices can use, the company said. You can download the
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      • 64 23 DELL is ready with the Dimension 8200, saying it is "its most powerful, expandable multimedia desktop for consumers and small businesses and features a bold new chassis design". It runs on Intel's 2 GHz Pentium 4, and comes with the latest graphics cards and peripherals, such
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      • 60 23 NASDAQ-listed Dog Inc has unveiled JSolver 1.0, calling it "the industry's first Java optimisation software engine". It offers Java developers high-end resource optimisation capabilities without requiring them to write additional code or have expertise in a specialised programming language. Prices start at US$l5,OOO per development
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      • 80 23  -  Raju Chellam STORAGETEK South Asia has debuted its newest V 960 Shared Virtual Array (SVA) disk subsystem. "This ground-breaking solution for making disk storage more effective allows customers to use 100 per cent of purchased storage capacity for data and dramatically reduce investments in disk
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    • 177 23 SINGAPORE'S Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology has tied up with Nas-daq-listed Parametric Technology Corp (PTC) to develop a new integrated software solution for SMEs (small and medium enterprises). The web-based solution, called EPC-IT, will let SMEs create, model and manage all their process-related
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    • 489 23 Reuters [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp on Friday launched a faster version of its mainframe computers, whose sales have helped it buck a downward trend in technology spending. The upgrade to the mainframe, called the e-server zdOO, nearly doubles the speed of secure transactions for
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    • 110 23 THE Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC) and its Canadian counterpart, TRLabs last week launched the Enterprise Associate Programme targeted at SMEs (small and medium enterprises). "SMEs joining the programme will be able to evaluate new intellectual property generated from CWC's research activities and can leverage
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    • 596 23  -  Byl Soott Hillis Reuters [SEATTLE] When Amazon.com Inc posts quarterly results this week, the online retail giant is expected to show it took a hit from the Sept 11 attacks, but analysts will be more interested in whether its plans to turn
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    • 238 23 Reuters [TOKYO] Offering a high-tech option for hungry, thirsty or simply busy drivers, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp and Honda Motor Co recently announced they have developed a third-generation telematics system. The system allows drivers to talk to computer terminals in their cars to get
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    • NET impact
      • 644 24  -  p- 1 exclusive It will provide direct-to-home broadband multimedia content delivery, distance learning, VoIP and broadband corporate network services Byi Chen Huifen EXACTLY a year later, there will be a new geostationary satellite, called the NSS-6, hovering above our heads in this region. It will
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      • 695 24  -  Still beloved by investors, Qualcomm is finding that growth isn't getting any easier By Elisa Williams IRWIN Jacobs, the chairman of Qualcomm, has a problem. His company is riding high even in the continuing techstock carnage, trading at a lofty 43 times earnings despite taking a
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      • Briefly.com
        • 63 24 ECQUARIA Ltd, which provides web services solutions, said it developed the New Singapore Shares (NSS) website and e-services for the Singapore government in three weeks. The NSS website at wivw.nssjov.sg eligible Singapore citizens to check, in real-time, their NSS allotment and instruct the Central Provident Fund
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        • 65 24 MASTERCARD International and Sistic.com Pte Ltd have Jointly developed Mobile Ticketing, an online service that supports m-commerce on all WAP-enabted mobile phones and PDAs. MasterCard has «i«n launched MasterCard Picks, a selection of favourite public events. Tickets bought through WAP-enabled phone? and PDAs for all events
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        • 96 24 SINGAPORE-BASED Abacus International said it plans to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Sabre Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sabre Inc. "This investment would enable Abacus to respond better to new technologies and to competition in Asia, Australia and New Zealand," Abacus'
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        • 53 24 SINGAPORE-BASED InnoMedia Pte Ltd,-which provides IP telephony solutions, and Japan-besed business support provider, SIIX Singapore Pte Ltd, have tied up with TataNet, a division of Nelco Ltd. The deal is to ofler IP telephony solutions in India when that market is deregulated next April. For
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        • 55 24 UNited Parcel Service has debuted its enhanced web-based tracking service in Asia. Called UPS Signature Tracking, this solution lets customers go online to gain proof of the person who received the shipment Customers can tag on to the'My UPS-com'through the UPS country web page and
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        • 39 24 US-BASED lomega Corp now offers a free utility for Windows users that helps them streamline tbeir flies, application and system settings to work with the Windows XP operating system. To download, go to www.iomega.com.
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        • 71 24 MALAYSIA-BASED Smart Transact Sdn Bhd has launched the Smart Transact Express. "The product allows anyone to create, in as little as 60 seconds, a website with the necessary tools to manage and run an e-business or contact forum," the company said. A payment solution, Smart Transact Cash,
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        • 49 24 SUNDERLAND Technologies Pfce Ltd, which provides wireless solutions for handhelds and other devices, and is an associate company of mainboard-listed Eastgate Technology Ltd, said it is working with Compaq to provide seamless mobility using Bluetooth technologies for Compaq's iPAQ Pocket PCs. For details, visit www.sunkutd-group.com.
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        • 32 24 SINGAPORE-BASED 2bSURE.com Pte Ltd has launched a pre-paid Unified Communications card that allows multiple accesses to e-mail and voicemail between China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. For details, visit www.2bSUßK.com.
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        • 38 24  -  -n !n iby Juliana Tay A NEW travel website, Suite Asia.com, has launched a forum for travel industry players to meet and discuss the latest travel news, events and topics. For details, visit www.suiteasia.com.
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    • 292 25 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young WITH the depressed chartering markets, buyers are looking to find tonnage for sale at reduced, even "bargain" levels. However, owners have been resisting such pressures and are continuing to consider "last done" figures and hoping to see some signs of optimism. It has
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    • 533 25  -  Class society, in report on incident, will propose changes in roles to reflect 'super rusting' By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The American Bureau of Shipping's (ABS) technical investigation into damage sustained by the product tanker MV Castor has pointed to "accelerated corrosion", which
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    • 321 25  -  International experts to meet in S'pore next month By] Beth Jinks {SINGAPORE] Impending regulations and increasing ecological threats have prompted organisers of the first ever International Conference on Ballast Water Management, to be held here, to encourage attendance by all areas
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    • 192 25 [SINGAPORE] The UK P&I Club has blamed the downturn in financial markets for a 20 per cent increase in its premium rating and a rise in the International Group's reinsurance programme for 2002. "After application of the general increase, member's premium ratings will
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    • 254 25  -  -By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Stolt-Niel-sen Transportation Group Ltd (SNTG) has agreed to sell its Chicago and New Jersey bulk liquid terminals to New York-listed Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) for US$7O million. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end
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    • 1029 26  -  DOCKYARD By] David Hughes THE long, and at times acrimonious, debate over phasing out the use of organotin-based anti-fouling paints is now over. A couple of weeks ago, a special International Maritime Organization (IMO) conference adopted a new International Convention
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      • 198 35 October 22 New Zealand: Labour Day Ortakas 23 Thailand: Chulalongkorn Day OulilM 25 Hongkong: Chung Yeung Festival Taiwan: Retrocession Day Ireland: Halloween Weekend Ootofccr 31 Taiwan: President Chiang Kai Shek's Birthday Belgium: All Saints Day Finland: All Saints Day France: All Saints Day Italy: All Saints Day Philippines:
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      • 799 35 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesited stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 736 36 But company is catting number of aircraft it's planning to deliver next year AFP Bloomberg [HAMBURG, Germany] Permanent employees at Airbus need not fear for their jobs, although the company is cutting the number of aircraft it is planning to deliver next
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      • 234 36 AFX [WASHINGTON] Delta Air Lines chairman and chief executive officer Leo Mullin said he is optimistic that Delta's anti-trust filing with the US, to deepen its alliance with Air France, will be approved swiftly in the wake of the
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      • 295 36 AP [LONDON] A British Airways Concorde is to fly to New York today, in the first full trans-Atlantic test flight since the supersonic fleet was grounded 15 months ago, the carrier said. BA has already conducted two test flights as it prepares
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      • 458 36 Passenger load factor slips 7.3 points to <8.4% Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong s dominant carrier Cathay Pacific Airways said business fell sharply in September due to the global slowdown and attacks on the United States, and warned the outlook remained weak.
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      • 298 36 Four-day week, part-time work, cots in wages mooted AFP [FRANKFURT] The German airline Lufthansa said it might have to cut one in every four or five jobs in its passenger business if it does not slash costs. "Drastic
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    • 1380 29 IVHSR VOY KHH HKO SIN MO. DXI »AI DMM UK MAN ISFAHAN PC1230 23/10 24/10 27/10 20/10 04/11 05/11 07/11 09/11 MANHORMOZOAN PCL-231 30/10 31/10 03/11 04/11 11/11 12/11 14/11 16/11 ■AN TOMAN KL-232 04/11 05/11 09/11 10/11 It/11 20/11 22/11 24/11 MANTAAAEAAAB PCL-233 11/11 12/11 17/11 10/11 25/11 26/11
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 123 35 j^gTREGION f 12 )E <^SiAk*.^ LEGEND: Issued by Meteorologicel Service Singapore K Thunderstorm A Showers o Rain emperature Wind direction and speed in knots Cloud, Day W< her U symbols S«Con»t,ons O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds tig t < m -J—One half ileche
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    • 93 36 BELAWAN PORT In view of the improvement in the conditions at Belawan port, the following feeder operators wish to inform the trade that they have decided to suspend the implementation of the Belawan Port Congestion Surcharge. The Surcharge will not be implemented on 1 November 2001, however feeder operators reserve
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