The Business Times, 16 November 2001

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg/ SINGAPORE FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 2001 85C
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  • 75 1 □m M3U7 (+65.84) M7J2 (+21.87) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,***** (+76.00) am fotuies 178J0 (+9.50) STOCK MA1XET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COUP 0150 +19.78 NIKKEI 226 _10,489.89__+40l 13 HANG SENG _1UJ9J9__*288M SET INDEX X6&28 +L08 JAKARTA COMP _T8J8 +&M MANILA COMP .1,***** +18J4 TAIPEI WPI 4,***** +126J9 SEOUL COMP
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  • 61 1 FOBEZliTES US$ SI C8S(8$p«rUSS) L8S) £(l'SS/S$i*r£) L440 1141 EUKO(Lss/ss/E) .tan un DM JJU LilO YEN lttl 66.80 RM 1800 1071 HKS 7.800 4J66 BAHT— _44.44 14J4 RUFIAH 10,650 6,798 PRIME KATES SINGAPORE* j j# KUALA LUMPUR MO HOMO KONG ili JAKARTA S9.00 TAIPEI 8,7* TOKYO u?l SEOUL fravkfurt m
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  • 1111 1  -  Bnt some analysts advise cantion in face of remaining uncertainties By, Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] In its best performance in over two years, the Singapore stock market surged a solid 66 points or nearly 5 per cent yesterday as a
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  • 167 1 AP [NEW YORK] Confident of an economic turnaround in 2002, investors sent US stocks higher yesterday morning, extending two days of rallies despite a scaled-down outlook for the US economy. In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up
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  • 506 1  -  4,895 members claim they were misled about exclusivity; could recover $137 m in all By] Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] With the dust barely settled after the highly publicised courtroom tussle between former Raffles Town Club (RTC) directors, another suit involving the club has
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  • 624 1 Thumbs-up for Doha Round from both rich and poor Reuters AFP [DOHA, Qatar] The world's most powerful economies and even some minnows have lauded a hard-fought agreement at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting to start a new series of talks promptly dubbed "the Doha Round" by Qatari officials on
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  • 398 1 AP Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Buoyed by strong gains on Wall Street, most Asian markets rallied yesterday, with Tokyo shares racking up their biggest absolute gain in three months as investors snapped up technology and banking issues. Japan's 225-stock Nikkei Average rose 403.13 points, or
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 177 2 MORGAN Stanley global strategist Barton Biggs wrote about rising bullishness in his latest report to clients: "Last week in Detroit, at a Morgan Stanley-sponsored investment symposium, I asked 800 individual investors Byron Wien's seminal question of whether the world a year from now would be better, the same,
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      • 202 2 PERFECT timing in the stock market buying just before a rally and selling just before a collapse is the dream of every trader. But "long-term" investors who preach the virtues of "buy-and-hold" denounce it as a fool's pursuit you may get it right once
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      • 107 2 HSBC has been conferred the inaugural President's Social Service Award the highest honour of its kind—for its "exceptional contribution to social service". HSBC earned the award, presented by President SR Nathan, for its staff volunteer programme, which has 800 participants. This week, the volunteers will
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    • 417 2  -  SAP's inaugural Asia-Pacific survey praises firms like SIA, KeppeL, DBS By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore companies have some of the highest levels of corporate transparency and disclosure in Asia-Pacific, according to a survey by international ratings agency Standard Poor's (S&P). Local outfits
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    • 553 2  -  By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Orin Smith, Joe Torre, Kristine McDivitt, John Whitehead, John Morgridge, Darwin Smith, George Cain, Alan Wurtzel, Colman Mockler, Lyle Everingham, Fred Allen. Little-known names perhaps, but, precisely, they illustrate one point: some of the greatest CEOs in
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 559 4  -  HZD-COMTiMUMT TRIAL Davinder Singh discharged as lawyer for one of the accused, Tan Hong Pheng By Serena Ng THE high-profile Mid-Continent trial resumed yesterday after a three-month adjournment, and today the prosecution could call a key witness to testify the investigating officer from
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    • 653 4  -  Prices of TimesPnb and Centrepoint, which are to be privatised, also rise By Andrea Tan ANALYSTS have given Fraser Neave's offer to take two listed units private the thumbs down, but investors do not appear to concur. Yesterday, the F&N stock closed 4 per cent
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    • 469 4 Reuters A U552.35 billion bond sale by Singapore Telecom, the largest ever corporate debt issue in Asia outside of Japan, met huge demand yesterday as investors pounced on its generous pricing, fund managers said. The issue was eight times subscribed, attracting a whopping
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    • 515 4 It says it doesn't gain from pre-Xmas consumer rash AFX CHARTERED Semiconductor still expects utilisation rates to remain in the low to mid-20 per cent range in the fourth quarter, after 22 per cent in the third, as the company traditionally does
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    • 272 4 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) have launched a "live" broker-pi-lot scheme to test their new real-time electronic trading and settlement link. Trades between Singapore and Australia will be done through the exchanges' multilateral crossborder gateways,
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    • 643 4  -  lock siew r sivanithy ASK the average Singaporean whether they've heard of Eu Yan Sang International (EYS) and chances are that the answer will be yes. Problem is, that's where it ends apart from having heard the name and knowing that EYS sells traditional
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 83 5 Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) agreed to increa»e the sixeofits 10-year bond issue to 1900 million from $800 million yesterday, bankers dose to the deal said. The airline exercised a green shoe option to raise the extra amount, they said. SIA, one of the world's
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      • 78 5 KING Wan Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, King Wan Construction Pte Ltd, has successfully secured eight contracts worth a total of $25.6 million in the last three months. The I contracts are for the installation of CATV, mwrlMwitoal yimrthtiiin, flyw protection,
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      • 98 5 BOUSTEAD Singapore said its subsidiary, Boustead Projects Pte Ltd, yestsrday signed a $24 million contract with C P Holdings Pte Ltd to design and build a fbur-storey ramp-up warehouse facility at 46 Penjuru Lane. The project is expected to be completed by Jan 14,3003. The
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      • 68 5 ALLCOM Technologies said net profit for the nine months to Sept 80 fell 72 per cent to $1.9 million from a year ago. Net sales were $256 million, up 59.9 per cent. But profits decreased due to lower overall gross profit margin and greater operating
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      • 63 5 itAiuw in announced me completion oi its acquisition of 70 per cent of Fermold Pte Ltd for 18 million. Founded in 1994, Fermold is a designer and maker ofsteel moulds, fabricated steel products, and precast architectural and structural concrete products. With the acquisition, Seatown said it
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      • 86 5 Dow Jones Newswires w SINGAPORE Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale), a 35U5 per cent-owned affiliate of Singapore Airlines Ltd, said yesterday it has bought two Boeing 787-800 aircraft from German carrier Air Berlin-Sale's purchase is part of a joint deal with Boullioun Aviation Services, a US-based
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    • 401 5  -  Company 'on track' in aim to retain to profitability by end-2002 By\ David Boey NASDAQ-LISTED Pacific Internet said yesterday it reduced its loss 78 per cent to US$l.l million In its third quarter ended Sept 30, thanks to growth in its corporate
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      299 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 15 VALUE CLOSE ■TOtrfDS 188.00 +240.00 WCW -*****.00 +211.00 WINtW -*****.00 +19.00 DBS 50 Mm 464.78 +22.13 0C|C3t 459.72 +23.19 AMiflrtln 385.34 +16.79 MfpWlinul 116.54 +7.16 Ffci 1188.93 +57.99 KMht 369.35 +21.79 MWtlagBpnw 177.14 +8.86 —CIMwii 178.00 +9.50 Stocks Volume Datacraft 10c 42.668,000 Frontline 5c 28.144,000
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    • 260 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By R Sivanithy ONE of the hottest stocks in the local market at the moment is network systems integrator Datacraft Asia, which shot up 21 US cents yesterday to US$l.9O on a huge volume of almost 43 million shares.
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    • 731 6  -  I:J I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE local bourse finally delivered on its promise to play catch-up with Wall Street and other markets yesterday, when the Straits Times Index surged 65.84 points or 4.8 per cent to 1,432.17 on good volume. All sectors gained
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    • 496 6  -  =iri comment CURRENCIES Swiss franc and US treasuries tumble as safe refuge trades are unwound larry wee MORE good news from the Afghan front lifted a US dollar already buoyed by strong US October retail sales, hoisting it well clear of
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  • 3120 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Aberdeen tmm Mgt Ada Ltd Aberdeen Select Puttuliu: American Opport Fd 0.731 0.76# Asian Fraed Income Fd 1.156 1.191 Ouna Opportunities Fd!** 0 873 0.917 Coot Euro EcjtyFd!** 0.956 1.005 Global MNCFd 0.646 0.679 Global Technology Fdl** 0.527 0.554 Indonesia Equity Fdl** 0.556 0.565 Japan EqtyFd!" 1.014
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 298 8  -  on the economy retail sales By Kalpana Rashiwala SINGAPORE'S overall retail sales index at current prices slid 8.7 per cent year-on-year in September, the month of the terrorist attacks on the US. The drop in business was felt by retailers in virtually every
      Source: DOS  -  298 words
    • 353 8 THERE may be a slowdown in the Singapore economy but rents for prime retail units this year have actually risen, pushing Orchard Road up in the ranks of the most expensive shopping streets in the world. But the current recession, retrenchments and
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    • 501 8  -  milium.! Aim of securing outlet leases in malls the fond buys: source By] Kalpana Rashiwala NTUC Fair Price, which is expected to reap a $40 million profit from selling its 25 per cent holding in Tampines Mall, has taken a stake in a
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    • 365 8  -  Built in *****, homes were later restored by govt By' Vinoe Chong FAR East Organization has put 15 Townerville terrace homes on the market after having leased out the estate of 84 heritage two-storey houses for the past 10 years.
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    • 259 8  -  Bt/1 Teh Hooi Ling HOMEGROWN food chain Kopitiam Group of Companies has forked out $21 million to buy food service management operator S2B F&B Group. "Every situation can present itself either as an obstacle or an opportunity, depending on the vision
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    • 195 8  -  MAHa.TTH Mahendra Siregar Expert Staff Office of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Indonesia I REFER to your report "Minister says Jakarta should end IMF ties" (BT, Nov 15). Coordinating Minister for the Economy KuntoroJakti has never stated that Indonesia should end ties
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    • 339 8  -  Vincent Tan Chee Kian Singapore THERE is a third option open to Singaporestyle democracy that can be implemented. Instead of the usual two choices when two parties contest, perhaps we can add another option called "none of the above candidates". This option serves as a
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    • 225 8 FED up of waiting in line at the airport check-in counter while the passenger in front of you takes forever to fish out his passport? Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) has a solution. It will wheel in a wireless mobile check-in system that will
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 72 8 THE complete collection of Singapore statutes—all 425ofthem—can now be found on-line. The Ministry of Law said yesterday the service is free of charge. Singapore Statutes Online is a joint initiative by the Attorney-General's Chambers, the Managing for Excellence Office (Ministry of Finance) and the Ministry
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      • 83 8 EDUCATION Minister TeoChee Hean yesterday announced the launch of a seed ftmd to be set up by ITE East, Northeast Community Development Council (CDC) and Technopreneurship Incubation Centre. The Innovation and Creativity Fund will have an initial tending 0f130,000, half to be contributed by Shell
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      • 67 8 ABOUT 1,000 positions will be on offer at a job fair organised by the Ministry of Manpower and the Tanjong Pagar Community Development Council The event will be held this Saturday from 12pm to 6pm at Clementi Central. It will feature 22 hiring
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      • 99 8 Boat Quay is supporting The Straits Times Million Dollar Duck Race 2001 by rewarding customers with a chance to become a millionaire. For every $100 apart on wining and dining at participating outlets, which will display an "Adopt a Duck" poster, between Nov and
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  • EDITORIAL&opinion
    • 740 10  -  i=i I bottom line OPINION yogi aggarwal The writer is a Bombay-based journalist who contributes regularly to BT. He has reported from Afghanistan, travelling there in 1989 and 1992. THE rapid fall of Kabul, with the Taliban fleeing the city and anti-Taliban
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    • 92 10 'We are not trying to force anyone to their knees. We just want other producers to be responsible. We should all be sharing the benefits, but the same ones of us keep sharing the pain.' Chekib Kheiil president of Opec, on the prospects of a devastating price
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    • 594 10 Time to end those Fed rate cuts EDITORIAL SOMETHING is not quite right here. It's true that US manufacturing has been falling for more than a year now, US unemployment is set to rise sharply, and the global economy faces the prospect of a synchronised downturn by the first half
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    • 1293 10  -  The US' best bet is promoting a coalition government in Kabnl eqjoying the support of all the neighbouring states From\ Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent in Washington IT was only last week when US lawmakers, editorial writers and think-tank
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    • 809 10  -  COMMENTARY By Patrick Smith The writer is a former Bloomberg correspondent in Asia and the author of 'Japan: A Reinterpretation The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg I HOPE the people of India have been scrutinising the swift fall and probable demise of Enron Corp,
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 435 12  -  That is, if its pending appeals to ELSE and SCare unsuccessful Prrmt 1 Diana Oon Abduliah in Kuala Lumpur REKAPACIFIC Bhd is to be delisted by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for breaching listing requirements, unless pending appeals before the KLSE and
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    • 314 12 JAKARTA Rise faster than expected, bit mm to* stew to help narrow Mgetdefidt Bloomberg INDONESIA'S economy expanded Caster than expected In the third quarter, fuelled by rising consumer demand. Gross domestic product grew 3.5 per cent from a year earlier, the Central
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    • 430 14 BANGKOK All 480 m shares snapped up by local investors within Ist hoar Reuters AP THAILAND'S largest privatisation got off to a blistering start yesterday when domestic investors snapped up their entire allocation of shares in oil and gas firm PTT Pic
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    • 378 14 I HONG KONG Dow Jones Newswires HONG KONG'S quasi central bank yesterday issued a new code of conduct tor the city 's lenders that aims to crack down on harassment and unfair charges by debt collector* The move comes the same week as the
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  • REGION world
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      • 96 15 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's crumbling political opposition suffered a new blow yesterday as a rebel party applied to rejoin the ruling coalition which it quit 11 years ago. The move by the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) is seen as another indication that the position of
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      • 122 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd, Malaysia's second-biggest lender, said profit in the third quarter fell 44 per cent as money it set aside for bad loans surged by almost a third. The lender said net income in the three months ended Sept 30
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      • 66 15 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Petrochemical Industry Pel, the nation's biggest loan defaulter, said third-quarter loss narrowed almost 90 per cent on currency gains and as interest expense fell. The company posted a loss of 1.01 billion baht ($23 million), or 0.13 baht per share, compared
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      • 102 15 Reuters IHONG KONG] HSBC Securities said yesterday it would close its Indonesian stock brokerage unit this week, citing low trading volume in Jakarta. "Trading volumes are simply insufficient to support our equity brokerage business," said HSBC's Hong Kong-based spokesman Pierre Goad. Jakarta's main JSX
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      • 64 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Proton Edar Sdn, the retail arm of Malaysia's biggest carmaker, said profit will fall 20 per cent in the next fiscal year as the economy cools and rival models gain market share. It also faces increased competition from foreign automakers
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    • 220 15 TAIPEI Foreign investors can increase their stake to np to 49% Bloomberg TAIWAN is proposing to allow foreign investors to hold larger stakes in local telephone companies, sending shares in Taiwan Cellular Corp and other telecommunications companies higher. Foreign investors will be
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    • 228 15 HONGKONG AFP HONG Kong Financial Secretary Antony Leung warned yesterday of tough times ahead but reiterated the government has no plans to abandon the local currency's peg to the US dollar to aid economic recovery. Mr Leung said the terrif tory's economic
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    • 368 15 TOKYO HI profits of Mitsubishi, Itochu fall 45-55%; M&rnbeni in the red Reuters THREE of Japan's big trading houses said yesterday the global economic slowdown had drained their first-half earnings, deepening the gloom already hanging over the restructuring sector. Mitsubishi Corp, the nation's
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    • 154 15 TAIPEI Bloomberg TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian offered to meet Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Hong Kong to discuss direct cross-strait links, the island's state-con-trolled Central News Agency reported. Hong Kong is the best location for a summit, the agency quoted Mr Chen as
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  • WORLD news
    • 375 17 NEW YORK Move to cat costs comes after it buys Banamex for US$l2-5b Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc, the largest US financial-services company, said it plans to cut 7,800 jobs to reduce costs after its US$l2.5 bUlion purchase of Mexico's Grupo Financiero Banamex SA. The cuts, coming mainly
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    • 239 17 Reuters [GREENSBORO, North Carolina] Apparel maker VF Corp has announced a major overhaul of its business, cutting product lines and slashing 13.000 jobs, or 18 per cent of its workforce, as it tries to focus on core businesses like jeans and intimate apparel.
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    • 386 17 SYDNEY/NEW YORK Newmont beats AjogloGold's A£L3b bid for gold miner Reuters A BIDDING war has broken out for Australia's largest gold mining company Normandy Mining Ltd as US group Newmont Mining Corp offered US$l.B billion, topping an earlier offer from bigger South
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    • 621 18 WASHINGTON Drop of 1.1 points from previous estimate due to Sept 11 attacks AFP Bloomberg GLOBAL economic growth for 2002 will be cut by 1.1 percentage points to 2.4 per cent in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks, the International Monetary
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    • 358 18 KABUL Reuters AFP UNITED States special forces hunted for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan yesterday as his battered and beleaguered Taliban protectors issued defiant messages from their southern stronghold of Kandahar. With the US-backed civil war foes in control of the capital Kabul
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      • 56 18 AFP ITOKYOJ Japan Airlines Co Ltd yesterday aaiii tts Interim net profit plunged 61.3 per cent to 16.4 billion yen (***** million) as a hijack-wary public cancelled trips abroad and demand for cargo (lights fell Revenue for the six months to September slipped 0.3
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      • 53 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] American Express Co will Are more than the 7,700 employees identified earlier in the year as the fourth largwt US credit card issuer pares spending, a rsgulatory filing sakL The company expects "further Job reductions in the near and intermediate term",
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      • 68 18 Bloomberg [PROVO, Utah] Novell Inc, a maker of software for running computer networks, will fire 1,400 employees, or 19 per cant of its staff. Excluding USI9O million in expenses for the job cuts, acquisitions and a decline in the value of investments, it would
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      • 65 18 Bloomberg [ZURICH] ABB Ltd, Europe's biggest electrical engineer, is shedding 210 of7Bo scientists in Europe as it cuts costs and narrows its focus to projects that will more quickly add to earnings. It is also quadrupling the number of US and Asia-based researchers
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      • 78 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Nasdaq Stock Market yesterday reported a 64 per cent drop in third quarter profits as the number of intrtmi public offerings plummeted amid a weak economy snd said it expected tough market conditions to persist The privately held No
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      • 682 24  -  With nearly 200 extras joining the main cast, SDTs Nutcracker offers training and exposure for budding dancers as well as a way to reach out to a younger audience. GHHAHUI-HOO* gets some views CHEAH UI-HOON SINGAPORE Dance Theatre's (SDT) The Nutcracker may be based on a
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      • 637 25  -  It premiered in 1935 and was later lauded as the quintessential American musical Porgy and Bess is still going strong judging by the rave reviews of its current touring NY production PARVATHIMAYAB reports PARVATHI NAYAR Summertime an' the livin' is easy... hard to believe the achingly
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      • 333 25  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon EVEN new tales can be spun for Chinese opera, as the latest production in town shows. Putting on the Wedding Gown Thrice is an all-new contemporary Hokkien opera that takes the basic story line of girl-but-they-come-from-different-classes and gives it a new twist. The
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        666 25  -  Aaron Lye PERFORMANCES Weak On* IP? This week's programme features a selection of four productions— Night qf the Unknown, featuring new acting talent; Emerald Hole, a comic monologue; The Optic Trilogy, a play; Poetry in Action!, a series of dramatised poems. Also features a bonus performance of Selena
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      • 721 26  -  Satisfying meals are whipped up at Stormy Weather from start to end. GQHIMMB rppir reports CORINNE KERK ITS Saturday night The modest URA carpark is full. There are ghouls waiting at a wooden door near the front of the building. But are people scared? Oh no,
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      • 812 26  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR Bu N K Yong THE distinction between "traditional" and "new-wave" Piedmont wines since the mid-80s has become much less marked. Traditionalists such as Pio Cesare, Giacomo Conterno and Vietti have progressively adapted their wine-making to reflect the trend towards fruitier, earlier-drinking wines and shorter maceration times,
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      • 285 26  -  By Jaime Ee SEVEN years on, and Raffles Hotel's Wine Food Experience shows no inkling of any itch other than to keep on going at the same gourmet pace. The stage is set for the return of this annual culinary extravaganza labelled "Symphony of the
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    • 136 27 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose three points t 854, the Baltic Pan am ax Index (BPI) lost four points to 841, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD fell two points to 6,838 ar the Baltic Capesize Inde: (BCD was up 13 points to 960. I'lMtpOtfAß'rhiii ♦CSK Radiance
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    • 508 27  -  Cases have shot to over 2,000 in the five years ending 2000; UK PA! Club By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Stowaways are costing the global shipping industry more than US$2O million a year, according to leading marine insurance specialist UK P&I Club. The rising
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    • 414 27  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] P&O Nedlloyd is "seriously considering" cutting more capacity and upping rates on its EuropeAsia trade after revealing its third quarter operating profit had plunged US$45 million year on year to US$3O million. Blaming slow economic
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    • 361 27  -  Norwegian involved with shipowner body since 1979 By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Low-profile Norwegian shipping executive Truls L'orange has been appointed secretarygeneral of the world's biggest shipowner association the Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco). He will replace current secretary-general and former Scan Dutch head
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      • 62 27 [SINGAPORE] Cosco Container Lines hag signed a globala&iance agreement with four major shipping companies for joint services between Asia, America and Europe. Japan's Kawasaki Risen KaishaLtd Linex Taiwan's Yangming Marine Transport Corp and Senator—an affiliate of Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co—are all signatories to the arrangement
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      • 71 27 [SINGAPORE] Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB has developed a weather resistant steel it daJms is twice as strong as the standard material used in containers Domex 700W can be used for the main frame of the M container, including corner posts and floor beans. The new
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      • 72 27 [SINGAPORE] Hapag-Uoyd this week confirmed Ji| speculation that executive board member Michael Behrendt will replace chairman Bernd Wrede at the end of the year. No reason was given for Mr Wred<s|; reeignst ion aa head of the company at which he hat s worked for almost
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    • 840 28  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Sehra Kumar WHILE there has been an outcry against a US appeals court decision last week to set aside the US$5 billion punitive damages awarded in 1994 against Exxon Mobil over the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the
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      • 506 38 NEW TORE CRASH Load rattling sound heard before American Air pilots lost control of jet Reuters [NEW YORK] Investigators deepened their probe of tail components on ill-fated American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed in the Queens borough of New York
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      • 440 38 German carrier expects operating profit this year Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's second largest airline, said nine-month profit fell 90 per cent as air travel declined following the Sept 11 attacks in the US and amid a slowing economy. Lufthansa said net income fell
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      • 615 38 Impact of Sept 11 goes far beyond US, says Geoff Dixon Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, will fire as many as 2,000 employees, or 6 per cent of its staff, as it cuts overseas flights and may delay starting
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        • 28 38 AFP said that about 1,6500f the 7,500 workers put out of work when Sabena went bankrupt last week, wookl Transport (DAT),
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        • 73 38 Bloomberg [LONDON J Rolls-Royce pic, the No 2 maker of jet engines, said it won a contract worth up to MOO million (B*l trillion) to provide support services tor the Royal Navy's fleet at nuclear submarine. The contract is worth £100 million in the
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      • 602 38 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air Co and Asiana Airlines Co, South Korea's only airlines, posted their fourth straight quarterly losses as slower growth and September's terror attacks meant their aircraft flew with more empty seats and less cargo. Korean Air made a loss
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