The Business Times, 9 November 2001

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  • 967 1  -  Analysts see its LPT putting pressure on Capita Land's y Tp-it By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Keppel Land announced plans for a listed property trust (LPT) of prime office properties yesterday a move seen by analysts as cleverly timed to coincide with the public
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  • 268 1  -  By. Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] A senior dealer at ING Barings' money market division in Singapore died of a heart attack on Wednesday after being told earlier in the day that he had been retrenched. Sources told BT that Jimmy Lim, a
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  • 577 1  -  Fromi Audrey Tan in Hong Kong BEIJING may once again lend Hong Kong a helping hand in its current economic difficulties, this time by letting more of its US$2OO billion foreign exchange reserves be managed in Hong Kong. This latest move will
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  • 915 1  -  Interim $U6b earnings beat analysts'forecasts; revenue also np By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications yesterday announced solid net earnings of $1.16 billion for the first half-year, a fall of just 9 per cent and beating analysts' expectations of a steeper 10 to
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    • 98 1 UN SIDE Corporate Focus: KopFols Going strong with $2.5 b orders. *92 Heading for glowing future. *9* I Top stories ?>tl-r '0 CVI .1 European Central Bank, Bank of England cut interest rates by a C half point each. I *91* Jakarta gets J USs3.l4b in fresh eta. *9 12
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 83 2 STOCKBROKERS must be having a really tough time, if the copy of a payment request we've received is any indication. A well-known name in the local broking fraternity has reminded a client that in order to ensure "your good credit standing", payment of 32 cents
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      • 75 2 BUT we shouldn't lose our sense of humour, folks. So here's a sample of off-beat stockmarket reporting sourced from the Internet: Shipping lines stayed on an even keel. Caterpillar stock inched up a bit, Sun peaked at mid-day, balloon prices were inflated, tissues touche d
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    • 51 2 WEARNES International will relinquish the Rolls-Royce car distributorship by Dec 31 next year, not this year as incorrectly reported in our Company Briefs column yesterday. And the report headlined "Bank of East Asia in acquisition talks in China, M'sia" came from Bloomberg, not Reuters. We are sorry for the
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    • 390 2  -  exclusive Figore includes orders of soon-to-be subsidiary KHZ Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] At a time when many businesses are struggling to stay afloat, Keppel Fels (Fels) has managed to build up a bulging order book of $2.5 billion that will see
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    • 410 2  -  Top US body sees 6% growth next yeartoUSslsob; 21% in 2003,2004 From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE troubled semiconductor industry will begin its recovery this quarter and grow by 6 per cent to US$l5O billion next year, according to an influential
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    • 672 2  -  HP CEO Fiorina's job at stake if deal is scuttled: analysts From• Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE only son of Hewlett-Packard co-found-er David Packard has joined his childhood friend Walter Hewlett in opposing the proposed HP-Compaq merger. David W Packard, who is also the
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    • 217 2 Meet Admissions Directors of the world's top MBA schools Saturday Singapore 1® November The Rltz-Camn 7 Raffles Avenue Nearest MRT City Hall Most international MBA Programs require 2-3 years work experience and fluent English Exclusive Scholarships GMAT Admissions Seminars ree3vefreeO«ide MBA Careers Panel Recruiter Research of Top Schools (worth US$l5)
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    • 15 2 KepFels headed/or glowingfuture, Pg 5 KepFels diversifies after rigging up the seven seas, Pg 5
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 529 4  -  Synergies with Optus will yield these, with scale economies less capital spending By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications says it will reap savings of $360 million over the next 18 months from synergies between its operations and those of its recent-ly-acquired Australian subsidiary Optus. Ninety per
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    • 342 4  -  From< Al Labita in Manila GLOBE Telecom, SingTel's listed Manila unit, yesterday reported a whopping rise in after-tax profit in the first nine months of the year, beating most analysts' expectations. Globe president Gerardo Ablaza told a news briefing that profit more
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 75 4 DBS BANK yesterday unveiled two investment products to cater to risk-adverse customers. DBS UPswing and DBS Growth Account offer upside J through participation in a basket of stock indices, 1 while protecting a portion of the principal sum. DBS UPswing, to be launched on Monday,
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      • 47 4 ACMA has announced that at the dote of its rights issue on Nov 6it lad received acceptances and excess applications for shares with warrants 3004, representing 82.6 per cent of the total number of shares with warrants 2004 under the issue.
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      • 26 4 LOGISTICS provider CWT Distribution has signed a memorandum of understanding with Myßiz Singapore to provide online logistics services within the Myßiz BusinessßelationshipNetwork.
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      • 70 4 CHEMICAL Industries (Far Bast) says the Llmfiunily < has subscribed fir tts full entitlement of million rights stores and has successfully applied for a further 2 million rights shares. The family now owns 45.44 per cent of the company, up from 36.7 per
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      • 58 4 SembLog in Kuehne Nagel tie-up SEMBCORP Logistics has formed a49-5t r joint-venture oorapany with Kuehne Nagel Asia Pacific Holdings (Switzerland). The joint venture, called ST-KN, will provide freight-forwarding services to theTamaaek and Singapore Technologies groups of companies. ST-KhTs authorised share capital Is $1 million and Its initial paid up capital
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      • 44 4 RAIL operator BMRT Corp said yesterday it is considering finance options for its purchase of TIBS Holdings and Its final train-asset Instalment repayment to the Land Transport Authority. It said several banks have been invited to submit proposals.
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      • 59 4 VERTEX Venture Holdings (VVH) has announced that Singapore National Employers' Federation president Stephen Lee has been appointed a non-executivedirector with immediate effect It also said that its merger with Vickers Capital was effective yesterday VVH shares will start tradingon the Singapore Exchange on Nov 12.
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      • 45 4 SG, the outixaate and Investment banking arm of the Societe Generate Group, said yesterday it wffl be one of the first investment banks in Singapore to have direct etodimric connw ilvity to the Singapore Errhsnge via its straight-throughyooffWirigplathnß.
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    • 325 8  -  Shares worth aronnd $lJm hot money held in escrow dne to court injunction on him By Serena Ng IPCO International revealed yesterday that its former chairman and major shareholder, Indonesian businessman Purwadi, sold about 11.4 million of its shares on Wednesday, which contributed
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    • 357 8  -  By] Beth Jinks SINGAPORE Airlines has pushed back the dates for taking delivery of 10 new Airbus aircraft to be used on non-stop flights between Singapore and the US west coast. Four of the five firm orders for A 340-500 aircraft have
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    • 499 8  -  loh hui yin THE Chinese stock markets and mainlandbacked counters listed in Hongkong cheered after Chinese regulators suspended a plan to sell state-owned equity. But the policy suspension belies serious problems in China where it has been struggling to reform its moribund state-owned
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    • 365 8  -  Directors for services and South Asia left on Nov 2 By I Serena Ng DATACRAFT Asia yesterday said it had retrenched two senior managers as part of its cost reduction exercise following the group's shock profit warning last week. A statement from the
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  • CORPORATE focus
    • 547 5  -  Company making inroads into the power generation business both locally and overseas By Loh Hoi Yin ITS "lights on" here for Keppel Fels Energy and Infrastructure (KepFels) and soon, In faraway Brazil. KepFels, which made its debut as a power supplier to big energy users
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    • 1512 5  -  The rig builder is now growing its power generation business By C Conrad Raj, Loh Hui Yin FEW Singapore companies can claim to be a world beater and dominate an industry as much sis Keppel Fels Energy and Infrastructure (KepFels). Over the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      291 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 8 VALUE CLOSE wfaam -321.00 +43.00 WOW -*****.00 +44.00 ST 18-day MA -32.00 j 430.32 +3.32 OC8C30 424.51 >3.27 mmnrnm 360.78 +3.50 SCE««it»»E)act 104.60 +1.73 8QlnaMnHi 1088.43 -7.87 338.89 +7.27 ■Bftww 194.37 -0.75 Vd— SingTel 15c 24-670,000 Autron 13,476,000 DatacraftlOc 4-S&8& Frontline5c 8.238,000 Surface MTHK20C 7.706.000
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    • 274 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By R Sivanithy WITH the exception of City Developments and Capita Land, property stocks have not featured much in daily trading in the past few months. Even with interest rates falling, the market seems to be shunning the
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    • 760 6  -  I-li comment STOCKS r. sivanithy During the past week, the local stock market has latched on to significant announcements by Datacraft Asia and DBS Bank to set the tone for daily trading. Datacraft's profit warning dominated trading last Thursday and Friday, while DBS' $2.1 billion
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    • 522 6  -  -I i comment CURRENCIES But Singapore dollar downside limited by coining bond issues and yen strength larry wee THE euro languished in Asian trading yesterday ahead of a key interest rate meeting—pinned down south of 90 US cents, while just about
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  • 3077 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS mmtmm Mart agt Mi ltd AtxrdMfl Wtct Portfolio: American Opport M 0.712 0.770 Asian FiaadlncomaM 1.147 1.1(3 CNna Opportunities Ml** 0.853 0.(97 Cont Euro EqtyMI** 0.929 0.976 Global MWCFd 0.646 0.679 Global Technology Fdl** 0.514 0.S40 Indonesia Equity Fdl" 0.560 0 569 Japan EqtyMI** 1.029 1061 Malaysian
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 372 9  -  Wi 3 on the economy jobs By Eugene Low COMPANIES in the advertising and media industries are still hiring, but prospects of a protracted downturn have made them more cautious, with the proportion of firms expecting to increase employment during the
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    • 387 9 The two partner semiconductor firm MBE's management THE Economic Development Board's investment arm said yesterday it has joined forces with British venture capital giant 3i to complete a $20.5 million management buyout of local semiconductor firm MBE Technology. The deal allows EDB
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    • 323 9 PUBLIC relations firms Golin/Harris Forrest and Scotchbrook-BSMG announced yesterday that they will be merging their Hong Kong and Singapore operations. This is scheduled to be completed by the end of the month, and the merged entity will operate as Golin/Harris Forrest.
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    • 110 9  -  MAILKEn Lu Kee Hong Singapore I REFER to your article "Could Datacraft's warning have come earlier?" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Nov 2). Should the CEO and COO show cause for the sale of their shares? This is the question that needs to be answered.
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    • 97 9  -  Mark Lee Kah Hui Singapore I REFER to the letter "Need to check expat estate agents" by Xia Yun Xin (Mailbag, Nov 5). I fully agree with Miss Xia's comments on the control of real estate agents. Given that we are striving for higher productivity
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    • 356 9  -  It will conduct TB, dengne fever research when it opens next ye&r By. Eugene Low SWITZERLAND-BASED healthcare giant Novartis is investing $220 million to set up a new tropical diseases research centre here its first such facility in the world. Called the Novartis
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    • 468 9  -  The companies will create 800 jobs and spend $230 m By* Serena Ng THE Economic Development Board yesterday awarded eight companies various headquarters status, and said these companies have committed to creating around 800 jobs and to spend $230 million as a result
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    • 254 9  -  By Chuang Peck Ming THE government is standing firm against taking the path of social welfarism, even in the face of rising unemployment. "We will adjust our policies, but fundamentally, we will not change our position," said Trade and Industry Minister
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 726 10  -  W bottom line OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group THE news media ranks as one of the big winners of Sept 11: terrorism gave America a fabulous story and restored our seriousness of purpose. Because this good fortune seems almost indecent hardly
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    • 78 10 'If you want to know about this quarter, no comment If you want to know about next quarter, no comment If you want to know about next decade, let's talk.' Patrick (Mrinpr Intel Corp's chief technology officer, on the chipmaker s expectations for business. This is torturing
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    • 573 10 EDITORIAL WITH the Australian economy set to grow at 3 per cent against a backdrop of global recession this year, Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal National Party coalition should be cruising to an easy victory in tomorrow's parliamentary election Instead, if the pollsters have it
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    • 1053 10  -  For Asean's policy of greater self-reliance to work, it most be within the context of an all-inclusive regional unity Froml Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo A SENSE of reality has begun to permeate the Association of
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    • 583 10 COMMENTARY Use other means to ferret Osama oat Editorial in The Jakarta Times AS the US military strikes in Afghanistan enter their second month, it is worth pondering just what has been achieved by the 30day intensive bombing campaign in the poor Central Asian country. The US
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  • REGIONAL news
    • NOTE Book
      • 70 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUK] soutft Korea s Hyundai Motor uo will jointly produce micro multi-fUnctional vehicles with its Malaysian partner Industri Otomotif Komersial (Inokom), reports said yesterday. "We are eyeing manufacturing 20,000 units annually at our Kulim plant in (northern) Kedah state," the Star newspaper quoted
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      • 66 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's debt mediator said yesterday it will not delay efforts to restructure debts of local firms despite worsening global economic conditions. The Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee told creditors and shareholders to be prepared to take more pain, saying it expects to
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      • 90 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian property and plantations group 101 Corp Bhd said yesterday it expects to make a decision on the listing status of unit Palmco Holdings within a week. 101 now owns 00 per cent of Palmco while conglomerate Sime Darby holds
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      • 63 11 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The second phase erf the development of the Multimedia Super Corridor will extend to cover Penang, Johor Baru and Ipoh after year2oo3, the Dewanßakyat was toki on Wednesday. This is to bring the MSC's flagship applications, including electronic government and smart schools, to
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      • 79 11 AP [BANGKOK] Defence Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said yesterday that the explosion of a parked Thai Airways plane at the Bangkok airport earlier this year was an accident. "The investigation team has ruled out the sabotage theory. The explosion was an accident" Mr Chavalit told the
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      • 100 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Indonesia said it aims to build a pipeline by the end erf the decade to take gas firom the Natuna Sea to Aceh province about 1,300 km away to keep a plant that turns gas Into liquid going as nearby reserves run out.
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    • 488 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara chief gives no hint of any imminent cut in interest rates Reuters MALAYSIA'S central bank chief said yesterday the country would escape an economic recession this year and gave no hint of any imminent cut in interest rates.
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    • 83 11 KUALA LUMPUR AFX FORMER finance minister Daim Zainuddin is not under any investigation and has also not been charged with any offence, Prime Minister's Department parliamentary secretary Noh Omar was quoted as saying in a New Straits Times report. Mr Noh was speaking at
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    • 255 11 KUALA LUMPUR M'si&n company in talks to boy BP's stake in refinery Bloomberg PETROLIAM Nasional Bhd (Petronas), Malaysia's state oil company, said it is in talks to buy BP pic's onethird stake in the 285,000 barrel-a-day Singapore Refining Co. Talks with potential buyers, including a partner
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    • 253 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg BERJAYA Group Bhd is reviewing its plan to buy a stake in a mobile phone company and property from chairman Vincent Tan, including a stock sale to repay debt, because of the weak economy and stock market. The move may delay efforts
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    • 197 12 SINGAPORE TWO China-based food processing companies, People's Food Holdings and United Food Holdings, said yesterday that their products had nothing to do with an outbreak of food poisoning in Guangdong province. According to media reports yesterday, a bout of food poisoning in
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    • 678 12 JAKARTA World Bank says help conditional on a big boost in policy implementation Reuters DONORS pledged US$3.l4 biUion in aid to Indonesia yesterday, throwing a fresh financial lifeline to the embattled archipelago after one senior official bemoaned the need to "beg" for funds he
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    • 245 12 ■JAKARTA This will meet any shortfall from assets pledged in US$L3b debt deal reached earlier Reuters INDONESIA'S Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said it had received a long-awaited personal guarantee from the founder of the Sinar Mas Group to cover a complex debt
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 72 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Dow Jones Co said it wrn merge me editorial staff of the Asian Wall Street Journal and its Asian weekly magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, eliminating a quarto* of the jobs at the two publications. The merger will start immediately
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      • 71 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Tom.com Ltd, an Internet and media company owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing, said ita loss in the third quarter narrowed by more than 53 per cent because of higher sales from its Internet-related business. Tom.com said it lost HK176.8 million (5517.8 million)
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      • 67 14 AP [SCHAUMBURG, Illinois] Motorola Inc disclosed plans to sharply increase spending and production in China, where the company intends to invest US$B.6 billion over the next five years. A Motorola team led by chairman and chief executive Christopher Galvin on Wednesday outlined the plans
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      • 81 14 NYT [NEW YORK] A two-thirds decline in business from US companies is forcing apparel and textile concerns in Pakistan to lay off thousands of people and coukl soon close numerous factories, according to a report reteaaed on Wednesday by a Pakistani trade group. The Pakistan
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    • 497 14 SHANGHAI Companies like Unilever that own at least 25% of local units may apply Bloomberg CHINA'S government will allow foreign companies to sell shares to domestic investors, enabling businesses such as Unilever NV and American International Group to tap Asia's sec-ond-largest capital market
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    • 471 14 HONGKONG They say price is too low; KIO may be key to outcome Bloomberg GUOCO Group Ltd, a finance company controlled by Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan, still faces opposition among investors to a HKSS.9 billion (Ssl.4 billion) share buyback even after two revisions.
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    • 481 17 TOKYO But it left full-year targets unchanged while predicting a 'severe' second half Bloomberg TOYOTA Motor Corp's first-half profit rose a bet-ter-than-expected 82 per cent to a record, aided by a weaker yen and rising US sales. However,the thirdlargest automaker left ftillyear targets
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    • 418 17 LONDON Reuters BRITISH Telecommunications, the restructured UK giant searching for a new boss, yesterday reported a 7 per cent fall in sec-ond-quarter earnings and said it was on track for costs savings of £575 million (Ssl.s billion) this year. In its last
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    • 468 18 FRANKFURT Both central hanks reduce their benchmark rates by half a point each Bloomberg. Reuters, AFP THE European Central Bank and the Bank of England yesterday cut their benchmark interest rates by a half point each in a bid to prevent a shrinking US
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    • 243 18 SINGAPORE Poll measures quality of service to cross-border clients CITIBANK emerged number one in Singapore and among the top-rated in the world in a global survey to identify the world's best providers of custodial services to institutional customers, the bank said in
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    • 299 18 NEW YORK Agency fflnffhftfl outlook for broker's credit ratings Bloomberg MERRILL Lynch Co's long-term credit rating may be cut by Moody's Investors Service for the first time in more than a decade because of concern about falling earnings at the biggest securities firm. Moody's said
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    • 286 18 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The shock that rippled through the United States from the shattering attacks on Sept 11 is rapidly wearing off and revealing an economy as sound now as it was before, Federal Reserve vice-chair-man Roger Ferguson said yesterday. "As testimony to the resilience
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    • WAR ON TERRORISM
      • 132 18 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] The Bush administration on Wednesday blocked assets of networks called A 1 Bar akaat and A 1 Taqwa. while FBI and US customs afn* seised records and arrested one man during raids of American offices of Ai Barakaat in Alexandria, Falls Church, Minneapolis, Boston, Seattle
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      • 45 18 AFP IKAKAjum] raKtstan has asxed AJghanistan'e Taliban regime to its consupe in Karachi, the Afghan Islamic Press reported yesterday. Quoting Talihen sources, it said die Pakistan government conveyed its decision on Wednesday and the consulate had started preparations to cloee—AFP
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      • 58 18 Reuters [LONDON] Britain has imposed no-fly zones over major nuclear power stations after warnings they could be at riifcjflrom terrorist attacks similar to those launched against America, a government spokesman said an Wednesday. Industry chiefs had expressed fears that Britain's nuclear installations were danplants with
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      • 124 18 Reuters (WASHINGTON] The House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Wednesday convincingly backed legislation to aid insurers hit hard by the Sspt i i attacks on the US, in a major step forward tor an effort policymakers say is crucial to the health of the
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      • 118 18 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] A fundamentalist Islamic leader in Malaysia wamed yesterday that the longer US-lad foroee bomb Afghanistan, the more Muslims around the world will be "compelled" to join pro-Taliban forces. Nasaruddini Mat Esa, secretary-general of the Fan Malaysian Islamic Party, said support for Af
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      1813 19  -  COVERSTORY Times might be hard but that hasn't stopped the appearance of comedy nights at two S'pore bars. And judging from their profitability and audience attendance, laughter seems to be the best medicine, parvathj nayar reports PARVATHI NAYAR I Fa literary wit wanted to liken comedy clubs in
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      • 701 20  -  l>] 3 3 the cuff Depression over the recession may well kickstart the econeny as nobody can really tolerate not spending for long jaime ee I'VE got it! The secret to the universe, you ask? The winning numbers in this weekend's Toto draw? The Harry Potter
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      • 491 20 Christina Sergeant, founder of Mime Unlimited and Mad Hatters Comedy Club has a history of some 17 years qftheatrical and improv comedies in Singapore. Looking badpat the laughter business in Singapore, she remembers: "There were a number of attempts in the 80s and 90s to start
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      • 1138 21  -  Martina Cole's crime fiction books are noted for depicting women who overcome terrible odds. parvathi mtu gets an idea why female readers identify with them PARVATHI NAYAR WITHKenzo shades perched atop platinum blonde hair, creamy white Calvin Klein suit—the result of a quick shopping trip
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      • 466 21  -  CD REVIEW Bj/1 Tan Hwee Hwee SINCE Wisconsin is probably most famous for its freezing winters and dairy forms, if s hardly the heartland of hip, which is why, in 1995, Garbage stunned the world with the phenomenal success of their self-titled debut album. Mixing synthlaced
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      • 1123 22  -  With exercise and nutrition, osteoporosis need not be an inevitable part of ageing, chbah pi-hooh learns CHEAH UI-HOON THANKS to several milk advertisements, most people know what osteoporosis is. We know that taking calcium helps prevent it, and that it affects mainly older women. Beyond
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      • 716 23  -  After one cntrM plot too many, the novelty of 'Serrodipity'wears thin By< Geoffrey Eu WHAT are the chances that as if pre-ordained by some divine god of relationships— each of us has a perfect soul mate somewhere in the world, someone we may
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      • 1556 23  -  Byi Susan Tsang A FEW blockbusters are sweeping the screens. Jet Li s sci-fi actioner The One. and The Musketeer, where Hong Kong choreography is given an 18th century French setting dominate the action movies, while The Princess Diaries, Legally Blonde and Serendipity rule in the romance and
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      • 521 23  -  By\ Susan Tsang The One showcases Jet Li's martial arts prowess, and, conversely, shows up the inadequacies of director and cowriter James Wong. The former looks wonderful executing Corey Yuen's choreography, and even though much of the action is enhanced by computer graphics, his
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    • THE ARTS
      • 617 24  -  By Parvathi Nayar aarqjooi m win rvrit, uiai uasait iwu Simon comedy about relationships and love, is Singapore Repertory Theatre's end-of-year Christmas offering. And a good offering it is too, with its easy humour and upbeat spirit Director lan Belton plays the text fairly straight without
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      • 689 24  -  ui-boom finds out why Singapore Dance Theatre's The Nutcracker' will be a special treat for the festive season CHEAH UI-HOON CHRISTMAS is a time for tradition. No matter what new twists are given to the yuletide season, one expects there to -be carols, Christmas trees
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      • 156 24 THE Singapore Dance Theatre-Business Times (SDT-BT) Arts Fund was set up at the Ballet Ball last December as a collaborative effort to raise funds for propelling SDT onto the international stage. This year's ball will be held on Dec 8, and the funds
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      • 536 24  -  Cuinplii by Aaron Lye PERFORMANCES DqwiTIM A play chronicling the efforts of a husband-and- wife team who attempt to write a book about a serial killer. Written by Lee Blessing, the play is directed by Christian Huber of luna-id, and features Mark Waite, Rehaan Engineer and Rasiah Raslyn
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      • 799 25  -  42 ftatre ago with the aim of nurturing ne# talent and new worts, retunissn Nov 15 with new directions By, Aaron Lye B ACK for the second time In two years, Action Theatre's 42 Theatre Festival is all about nurturing new talent and new works and
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      • 242 25  -  By Aaron Lye DESCRIBED as a contemporary performance that explores the art of "dating getting hitched, passion and prevarication", Dramaplus Arts' upcoming production of love bites looks set to heat things up on local stages with comedy, drama and a touch of the sensual. Billed
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    • EPICURE
      • 811 26  -  When it comes to value for money, few can beat Citrine Chocolat with their excellent set lunches. All they need is to make their chocolate cakes bigger, mime ee reckons JAIME EE GOOD food. Good value. It seems such a ridiculously simple concept, yet so few restaurants
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      • 248 26  -  CRAVINGS -By Cheah Ui-Hoon THE chefs from Bangkok's Amari Atrium Hotel are whipping up their houae specialities at Orchard Hotel. Amongst its repertoire of over 30 dishes from starters to desserts, the duck noodle soup with herbs stands out— The intensely-flavoured broth can
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      • 633 26  -  By< Cheah Ui-Hoon AS far as Szechuan restaurants go, one way to measure just whether the chef is worth his weight in chillies is to take the famous hot and sour soup as a yardstick. Or so those who aren't very well-versed in Szechuan cuisine like
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      • 554 26  -  By« Jaime Ee WHERE'S the recession? If s not at the new Sushi Tei restaurant in Ngee Ann City, that's for sure. Even though the guy I was sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with in the tight-as-sardines seat configuration at the sushi joint was complaining to his girlfriend about the recession, they
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    • 289 27 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (HDD fell two points to 843, the Baltic Panamas Index (BPI) lost two points toBB4, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD eased five points to 6344 and the Baltic Capesise Index (BCD was down four points to 933. TIME-CHASTER: ♦Shlbumi-(built 1964) 186,068 dwt 12.5
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    • 530 27  -  Price-fixing does not offer more benefits to shippers, consumers: report By Cheah Ui-Hoon [SINGAPORE] The practice of anti-trust exemption for price-fixing in the liner shipping sector has been blasted by a long awaited report by the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD).
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    • 80 27 [PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND] Crude oil from the tanker Exxon Valdez (top) swirling on the surface of Alaska's Prince William Sound near Naked Island on April 9,1989,16 days after the tanker ran aground, spilling millions ofgallons of oil and causing widespread environmental damage. The US$5 billion
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    • 112 27 [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Transport Minister this week reportedly dismissed rumours the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) imposed customs inspections on transhipment containers. Responding to complaints of unnecessary inspections, Transport Minis- ter Ling Liong Sik met management and said the reports were only rumours,
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    • 235 27 South Korean yard wins USs3Bom order from BP AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd said that It had won a US$3BO million order from the United States to build the world's largest maritime oil rig. The semi-submersible crude
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    • 249 27  -  Shipboard operational tasks to be reviewed By Beth Jinks (SINGAPORE] The International Ship Managers' Association (ISMA) has thrown its weight behind a study to improve shipboard manpower which could revolutionise the existing officer organisation. ISMA's newly elected chairman Dirk Fry
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    • 763 28  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar WHAT is a ship? This is the question that the English Court of Appeal had to decide recently. The case concerned four men who worked on jack-up rigs. Two of them worked as senior
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      • 1016 37 RECEIVING OF EXFOVT FCI COWTAWEtS AMD LCL CAtO Hth Ship Voy Wo Etb/itr Nrt* Frm T» Prow AMMMI oum wtm W/HOO wmw *n__ 2 222 woc 28 07A70C 3®/vWC mnm mm mnm 4 OMaC (M« ovmo acuIt am *>«#> i armtt wjBF 3 ps sss *?s OtAJ'OC Ot/W
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      • 142 37 Taiwan: Birthday of Dr Sun Yat Sen United States. Veteran's Day Malaysia: Deepavali Singapore: Deepavaii Japan: labour Thanksgiving Day Philippines: Bonifacio's Day Finland: Independence Day Argentina: Immaculate Conception Italy: Immaculate Conception Brunei Hart Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Indonesia: Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puaaa Japan:
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      • 676 37 THIS report. compiled by CockaO Marina Oil Lid, abowa prtn range# in US dollar* lnetaad of dngto prtc— tor a men ccmpnhenem deacrlptton of the market Pricea ahown an baaad on avarae* alaed aw. Markat muiiaiiH art tmU catad. Tha CoctaU Bnnkar Prtoa late chance the
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      • 514 38 Smaller aircraft, route suspensions cut supply; train travel more popular Bloomberg [LONDON] Airlines have increased fares for transatlantic flights after the Sept 11 attacks on the US, even as demand for travel falls by as much as 30 per cent, an American Express
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      • 546 38  -  BA atone sells $53m of tickets as service resomes By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Concorde has taken off to a flying start with British Airways (BA) alone selling Sss3 million worth of tickets, in just 22 days. Demand for seats aboard the Concorde
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      • 259 38 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US and UK may reach a deal to remove air carrier restrictions between the two nations within weeks, the British government said. "The prospects for achieving liberalisation before the end of 2001 are now better than they have
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      • LOG Book
        • 88 38 AFX RMI.O billion <8*478.6 million) in the next five years to upgrade airport infrastructure across the country to cope with future air traffic demand. Transport Minister Ling LiongSik said. Bernama news agency quoted Dr Ling as saying the projected cost covers expanding the existing airports and
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        • 79 38 AFX [FRANKFURT] Hong Kong J£considering building t: Transrapid line to the Chinese cities of Guangxhou reported the WlrtschafUWoche magaxine, citing a spokesman for Hong Kong's Chief Secretary Donald Tsang. According to tfc» spokesman, a frasibfflty report is beta* prepared l on the 180 km long Transrapid
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      • 148 38 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Ansett Holdings' administrator, Andersen, accepted an offer from Australian trucking operator Lindsay Fox and businessman Solomon Lew for some of the failed carrier's assets, Ansett workers said. Andersen has been in talks with four bidders for Ansett's assets, including ANstaff, a group
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      • 388 38 17b Swiss francs debt revamp to help avoid bankruptcy Bloomberg [ZURICH] Swissair Group said an investor proposal to restructure its debt of 17 billion Swiss francs (Ssl9 billion) would help avoid bankruptcy and ensure an orderly transition of the national carrier Into a new airline.
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      • 206 38 Reuters [WASHINGTON] British entrepreneur Richard Branson did not rule out the possibility that he would still seek stake in a regional subsidiary of bankrupt Belgian airline Sabena. Mr Branson's discount carrier. Virgin Express, was reluctant to complete a deal with Delta
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