The Business Times, 10 December 2001

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (P) 107AXV2001 I Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ SINGAPORE MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2001 850
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  • 71 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Week Change STI 1J28J0 +150.26 SIMSCI FITURE_204.1O +24.10 BT-SRI 671.69 +60.12 KLSE COMP _66L52 +2150 NIKKEI 10,796.89 +99.46 HANG SENG _1U8»118_+&62.9J SET INDEX ***** +L4J JAKARTA COMP_J77il -110 MANILA 1,***** +L73 TAIPEI WPI 5133.93 +***** SEOUL COMP 704.6ft +60.61 SHENZHEN B ***** +157 At'ST ALL
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  • 68 1 FOBEX KATES USI SI USS (SS per USS) 1.836 £(l'SS/SS per 1.411 1598 EURQ{USS/SS/E). 0.888 1.829 DM 1203 liOO YEN 124.7 6750 SM 3.800 1071 HKS 7.800 4i»0 BAHT 4186 23.90 BCPIAH 10,430 5,684 PUKE RATES SINGAPORE* 315 KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 BONO KONG 515 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.79 TOKYO
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  • 791 1  -  ■TiaiIJIIUUM UOB belatedly discloses intrusion which it had earlier described as 'technical glitch' By Angela Tan, Chua Hui Min [SINGAPORE] Banks should disclose security breaches prompUy, says the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in reply to BT's query following the hacking incident into
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  • 180 1 [SINGAPORE] Children were the most enthusiastic audience on Saturday night when they clapped their hands and shouted "Bravo!" throughout the Singapore Dance Theatre's (SDT) colourful performance of The Nutcracker. The 350 children from several homes and associations, including the Gracehaven/ Salvation Army, were invited
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  • 366 1  -  BTtsVIJIIUmJ Retail big boys vie for 100,000 sq ft space next to WTC By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Singapore's three major supermarket/hypermarket operators are vying for a 100,000 sq ft hypermarket spot at the Harbour Front Mall, which will be built
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  • 831 1  -  Ttis is despite recent stock rally, Fed rate cut hopes From Andrew Marks in New York THE US stock market has been in a bullish tear for two months, but some economists worry the US economy could be slow to
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    • 84 1 msrna Top Stories JLL revamps Asia-Pac ops; retrenches 48 staff. Mmxt Paga Asean and Japan In talks for an FTA: Jetro chief. Ntit Page V-' How Stanchart Singapore CEO plans to keep the competition at bay. *4 S'pore investors more wary of Wall St after Sept 11. P&7 Nam Lee
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    • 60 1 BizlT Unified communications ready to take off in Asia-Pacific Lee Han Shih: Time tc reincarnate Ministr of Science Technology US searching commercial ships for terrorists BT Comment Euro changeover Argentina's Eddie Toh: No big fall R Sivanithy: may boost Cavallo fails in number of KL-listed Bull case is based European
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    • 8 1 US data may point to continuing recession, Pgl3
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    • 772 2  -  lOaxedinS'pore; six non-Asians lead new grouping along business lines By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Jones Lang LaSalle has retrenched a total of 48 staff in Asia-Pacific including 10 from Singapore over the past few weeks as part of its global "rightsizing" exercise and a
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    • 620 2  -  There was talk of a sidelined Japan as bloc agreed to fun for FTA with China From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN appeared to have been badly out-manoeuvred at last month's Asean summit meeting in Brunei when the 10-nation group agreed
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 1226 4  -  Giving customers relevant products is the way to keep competitors at bay, Stanchart Singapore chief executive Euleen Goh tells LOHBDZ7W LOB HUI YIN STAYING relevant to its customers in Singapore's fast-liberal-ising, cut-throat banking industry. That mantra, almost cliche-sounding, crops up constantly when Euleen Goh talks about
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    • 755 7  -  Terrorist attacks make them net sellers of US stocks for first time since Jan 2000 By Chuang Peck Ming IT took the Sept 11 terrorist attacks to finally drive Singapore investors to head for the exit on Wall Street. For over 20
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    • 184 7  -  DT BRIEF Reports by Siow Li Sen NAM Lee Pressed Metal Industries said net profit after tax fell 33.7 per cent to $3.5 million for the 12 months ended Sept 30 as the recession trimmed demand for its products. Consequently, earnings per share was down
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    • 92 7 STARTECH Electronics Ltd said its senior management has taken pay cuts of between 10 and 15 per cent starting this month. In a statement yesterday, the contract manufacturer says the pay cuts affecting the company's executive directors and managers and those of its subsidiaries were
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      320 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 7 VALUE CLOSE BTOfl/OS 260.00 -20.00 BTCAOI -*****.00 -K19.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +26.00 AN-SGEm«M 426.73 +3.83 SG Equities Bed 134.70 -2.21 SG Eqalties Fin 1412.86 +21.92 SG Prop 428.36 +3.78 MSC1 Singapore 202.57 +2.23 SiMSCI Futures 204 10 +3.30 fpcfai Vd— HK Land USIOc 198,300,000
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    • 276 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By R Sivanithy OVER the past week or so, China plays have lost a bit of their shine. Thus, previous favourites like Unifood, People's Food, TPV and Tianjin Zhongxin have all come
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    • 823 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy IT would be a relatively simple matter to say that based on the inherent strength shown on Wall Street and in local index stocks last week, the momentum should continue this week. After all, the US Federal Reserve meets tomorrow
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    • 692 6 AFP [HONG KONG] Last week saw a mixed bag in the performance of Asian currencies against the greenback, with the Aussie and the Kiwi showing small gains and the Japanese yen hitting a four-month low amid gloomy forecasts for
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    • 166 6 ♦CSA Holdings will go ex-dividend (interim dividend of 1.00 cent with scrip dividend option) on Dec u. Last day far buying-in on a cum basis is Dec 14. Date payable is Jan 80. ♦Magnecomp International will hold its EGM on Dec 1» at 10am, Bras Basah Room A,
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  • 2934 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM Amro Aaaet Mgt (S'pore) St* Europe Eqtyl* 0 842/ Stir Europe Bd 0.97* Star Europe Bal 0 896/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.764/ Star Asia Bond 1.222/ Star Am Balanced 0.871/ Star Global Technology Fund 0.347/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund! 0.866/ AM Govett (Ada) ltd.
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 308 8  -  By Siow Li Sen BANK lending is expected to grow by 5 per cent next year in line with an expected recovery in the domestic economy in the second half of the year, says a group of professional economists. "Bank credit
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    • 621 8  -  The masterplan consultant for one-north stresses the importance of setting high goals By Andrea Tan ZAHA Hadid, the masterplan consultant for onenorth Singapore's ambitious $15 billion city-within-city project is seen by some as a difficult woman. And she has reason to be, or so she says.
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    • 292 8 It's confident wage restraint will help firms ride downtnrn and preserve jobs THE government has accepted the National Wages Council's call for severe wage restraint, saying the labour market has weakened significantly. As Singapore faces the deepest recession in 30 years as a result of the
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    • 904 8 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices seesawed last week as global producers inched closer towards a deal on restricting output and the latest violence in Mid-east injected a note of uncertainty into the market. Prices in London and New York regained US$2O a barrel after
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  • 1266 8 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Dec 7 8IMOAPORB OOTHMngllT SMCUIUTUISnroiCA'inTO PEI0B8AiroT Tm TMt Mm Mm Twcwm mmfh c«i v t m m offw T«ycwn« tutmni c— ttm m on* 2YR 2.875 !5-ApN>2 N*****0H 1.31* 1.030% 100.55 100.65 7 YR 5.125 15-*«r04 N797W0C 2.33% 2.29% 107.90 108.00 SYR 3.250 15-M*r02 U597W0X 130%
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    • 428 9  -  David Cockroft General Secretary International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) London via Internet I REFER to the article "Seafarers are well protected by law from employer abuse" (Shipping Times, Dec 5) by "Seafarer". Seafarer is free to express his opinion but his judgement
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    • 411 9  -  Vasu Menon I REFER to the article "Make SRS a tax planning tool" by Ng Kah Wan (BT, Dec 7), where he highlighted some virtues of using the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) as a tax-planning tool. As a keen proponent of financial planning,
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    • 310 9  -  Lee Pin Wee Singapore I REFER to the article "Why sell undervalued Haw Par at market?" (BT. Nov 29) by Lee Han Shih and the recent sale of Haw Par Corporation shares by United Overseas Land (UOL). It is obvious that
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    • 51 9 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. November 2001 ©DBS BANK DBS Group Holdings Limited 552,194,814,799 Global Equity Placement of 229,870,856 Shares The Biggest Equity Transaction by an Asian Bank Joint Global Co-ordinators Deutsche Bank AG The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd. Bookrunner Deutsche Bank AG Deutsche Bank
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  • REGIONAL news
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      • 69 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Despite a rise in retrenchments, Malaysia is still reliant on foreign workers to fill up the 120,000j0b vacancies available this year, a report said yesterday. Human Resources Minister Fong Chan Onn was quoted by the Sunday Star as saying that the
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      • 84 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Is to scrap its quotas for mainland China tour groups from January 2002, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa said on Saturday, throwing open the territory's doors to droves of tourists from its north. The number of travel agencies hi China permitted
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      • 103 11 Reuters (SHANGHAI) Europe's btggMt car maker Volkswagen will pour li btilkxi euros (9t4.1 billion) into China in coming years, Marty doubling its investment to develop new products and facilities. Part of the money has been used to improve Volkswagen's production plants in northern
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      • 66 11 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's trade and agriculture ministers will meet the Chinese trade minister tomorrow in Beijing to try to resolve a bitter trade row between the two Asian neighbours. Senior Japanese and Chinese officials held two days of talks from Friday in Beijing, and
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      • 45 11 AP [COLOMBO] In a quick transition of power after Sri Lanka's most violent election, Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as prime minister yesterday. Mr Wickremesinghe, 52, took the oath of office from President Chandrika Kumaratunga, his longtime political foe. AP
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      • 80 11 Reuters [BEIJING] China will expand rural tax reforms to as much as a third of the country next year to appease farmers disgruntled at local ad hoc fees, state media said yesterday. Officials at a national work meeting in Jiangsu province agreed that China's
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      • 61 11 AFX [MANILA] The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will host a conference in the Philippines this week to analyse the economic outlook of the Asia-Paciflc region in the wake of the Sept 11 terror attacks, the bank said yesterday. The conference will be held
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    • 460 11 HONGKONG Growing rapport for move to enforce better corporate governance IHT HONG KONG may have a reputation as one of the world's freest economies and most sophisticated financial markets, but its listed companies operate in an environment that does little to encourage
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    • 747 11  -  KL STOCKS Thay aj*fl nmrking hard to moot Cftfttol rftqnlrftlDftntw; «*»mpiiliMry rtftU«tlng ft lftlft rflOTTt eddie toh Regulatory authorities in Malaysia have threatened to suspend or delist stocks of more than 200 companies if they fail to meet listing requirements by the
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    • 381 12 JAKARTA Cooperation from 60% of group could help strengthen tin prices Reuters INDONESIA'S PT Timah, the world's largest integrated tin producer, said on Saturday a majority of illegal miners in its main mining area had agreed to supply their output to the
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    • 243 12 JAKARTA He is seen dad in a detainee's nniform and handcuffed AFP THE arrested son of former Indonesian president Suharto has appeared handcuffed and clad in a detainee's uniform for the first time, following mounting criticism he was enjoying special treatment, reports said yesterday.
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    • 209 12 Reuters [BANGKOK] In a bid to attract foreign investment, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that he wants to strengthen his parliamentary majority and that up to 28 opposition MPs could join his coalition in the coming months. Strengthening his coalition's numbers would send a
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  • 1846 11 gOOMFOTORBB Dec? RUMER (futures closing as 5 JOpm) RSS 1 CONTRACT (S ctntsAq) Close VokltM Open Mowtfe High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 02 86.25 Fal 02 87.25 M* 02 88.25 Apr/Jan 02 89.50 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US ctntsAg) Volume Open Mont* Mqk Low Sttt (tonnes) Interest JM 02
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  • WORLD news
    • 546 13 WASHINGTON Trends are still weak and talk of a quick rebound is overdone: analysts AFX US DATA to be released this week will show the recession continues in the US economy, as recent reports suggesting strength may be overstated, analysts said. "The economy
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    • 386 13 TOKYO Reuters ECONOMICS Minister Heizo Takenaka said yesterday Japan must maintain fiscal discipline even in the face of recession, and that ftirther ratings downgrades to the nation's sovereign debt could be catastrophic. Gross domestic product data on Friday confirmed the world's second largest economy had shrunk
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    • 422 15  -  From] Neil Behrman in London IN three weeks time, it will be E-Day and the full-fledged conversion of eurozone currencies into the euro could provide an unexpected lift for European economies. On New Year's Day, 15 billion euro notes and 50 billion euro coins
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 136 16 Reuters [KABUL] Osama bin Laden was said to be leading about 1,000 men in person to defend his bomb-blasted mountain hideouts in eastern Afghanistan yesterday. "Osama himself has taken the command of the fighting," said Northern Alliance spokesman Mohammad Amin. "He, along with
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      • 88 16 AP [NEW YORK] An executive from a World Trade Center brokerage has pleaded guilty to plotting to steal US$llO million from investors in a theft discovered in the wake of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. Gary Farberov, 32, president of First Equity Enterprises, was
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      • 66 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] American International Group is freezing salaries for about a year as the insurer confronts US$B2O million in losses from the Sept 11 terrorist attack and a slowing economy, sources said. AIG, which reported an 81 per cent drop in net
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      • 37 16 Bloomberg [PARIS] Vivendi Universal said it's in "advanced" talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp about buying Stream SpA, an Italian pay-TV company in which the two share control, it said.—Bloomberg
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    • 291 16 WASHINGTON Reuters FINANCIAL reporting fraud investigations of Fortune 500 companies, a rarity a few years ago, are being conducted at a higher rate than ever before, a Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Friday. "Today we're investigating more Fortune 500 companies than
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    • 399 16 WASHINGTON He says Argentina will revamp economic measures to achieve stability Reuters, Bloomberg ARGENTINE Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo left Washington after failing to reach an accord with the International Monetary Fund to disburse a US$l.24 billion loan to the country. As
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    • 258 16 GENEVA Bloomberg THE European Union, Canada and Japan challenged a US law at the World Trade Organization that has led to the distribution of duties worth US$2OO million to US businesses, including troubled steel companies, that won unfair trade cases. A
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    • 299 16 UKVFTIC CROSSWORD 1 Man, first person in Calais Lj— —LZ— having French fried starters JH 3 Putting down ironing again! J I I 8 Frenzied artists found in Hi —pHBL_JBL_JBL_ 9 I'm putting measure in ab- Lh Um sorbent cotton for embroca10 Mythological character had one American vehicle in- M.l
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  • BIZIT
    • 677 17  -  The number of subscribers in the Asia-Pacific is set to balloon to 14m by 2006, and most expect such services free, as RAJU CHBLLAM finds out RAJU CHELLAM THERE'S a new toy in town. It lets you Integrate the whole gamut of messages such
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    • 832 18  -  With a marketcap of USs44b and USs3Bb in network infrastructure, and a 75,000 workforce, World Com could be a formidable player in Asia at least By Paul Chan A STRIKING ad campaign now on in Asia heralds the coming of a giant,
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    • 653 18  -  DT JEOPARDY: HP-COMPAQ DEAL Packard family foundation's opposition strikes potentially fatal blow to merger By Peter Henderson Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Rejected by the founding of Hewtott-packardjponpa-ay, the fate of CEO Garly Fiorina's ambitious bid to a«i6ire Compaq Computer Corp now rests with the professional
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    • 433 18  -  Bui Caroline Humer Reuters [NEW YORK] Compaq Computer Corp's future as a standalone company will be staked once again to the downtrodden PC business if its merger with HewlettPackard Company is scuttled, an uncertainty that could weigh on its share price in
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    • 361 18 Reuters [LONDON] Fujitsu Siemens, the German-Japanese computer venture, said on Friday it can gain market share from Compaq and Hewlett-Packard next year in what it expects will be a flat market. New chief executive Adrian von Hammerstein said his company had already
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    • 252 18 Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has staked her reputation and legacy to the increasingly doubtful chances of shaping a technology powerhouse from a merger with Compaq Computer Corp, analysts said. The failure of the deal, which was thrown into question on
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    • 312 18  -  The new service lets you receive voice calls while accessing data By] Raju Chellam STARHUB last week launched "Gee!", a suite of mobile data services that runs on its GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) network. It even comes with a free regional GPRS roaming service
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    • 450 18  -  They claim to offer op to 17% savings compared to a traditional server over a 3-yr period By Leo Kee Chye HEWLETT-PACKARD Co has unveiled what it claims are the industry's first "blade-based server products". These are targeted at telcos, data
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    • 337 19  -  It's the only facility outside the US to produce the Jetmos microchip By Leo Kee Chye HEWLETT-Pack-ard's inkjet wafer fabrication facility in Singapore has now been completed and is in full operation after the US$lOO million investment was first announced about
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    • 259 19 Bloomberg [FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts] Price competition will boost sales of server computers in late 2001 and early 2002, the market research firm IDC said as it announced that third-quar-ter server sales fell 30 per cent from a year earlier. "We expect that price wars,
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    • 565 20  -  Currently third in the Asia-Pacific, behind Australia and South Korea, Singapore will remain one of the leading markets for e-learning in the Asia-Pacific, says IDC study By Chua Hui Min OVER the next five years, spending on e-learn-ing in Sing a p or e
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    • 280 20 AP [JERUSALEM] Four Israeli youths in police custody have admitted to creating and spreading the computer worm "Goner" by e-mail to attack hundreds of users around the world, police said on Saturday. Police arrested the high school students, ages 15 and
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    • 582 20 Larry Ellison aims to provide the kind of technology needed to boost medical research Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] If he gets his wish, Oracle Corp chief executive Larry Ellison will be remembered as the man who helped cure cancer without quitting his day
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    • 725 21  -  INFOTECH There Is a growing convergence In many sectors and research areas which would not fail into any one rigid territory or existing ministry lee han shih The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent IT IS now time for the government to
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      • 83 21 GERMANY-BASED Software AG said five Singapore-based firms have signed iLIUP (Infocomm Local Industry Upgrading Programme) deals with Software AG to develop XML solutions based on its XML and integration technologies. The five are dotcomEßP, CyanSYS, net Sure, Knowledge Internet Solutions, and ASP Works. "Since
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      • 80 21 FUJI XEROX Singapore Pte Ltd (FXS) has tied up with homegrown startup, Software System Integrators Pte Ltd (SSI), to resell SSl's Document Workbench products in Singapore. Document Workßench is a software suite for batch data capturing, imaging, workflow and document management applications. It was
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      • 69 21 STARHUB has tied up with Hong Kong's wireless technology provider, Real Vision Technology Ltd, to promote wireless construction project management solutions here. The applications can be accessed via Star Hub's GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and SMS (Short Message Service) using mobile handheld devices. Star Hub
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      • 54 21 NOKIA Mobile Phones Singapore has appointed Kitty Fong as its new general manager. "This new appointment makes Ms Fong the first woman country head to lead the Singapore office," Nokia said. Prior to this, Ms Fong was marketing and strategy manager for the company. She
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      • 35 21 INTERBRAND Active, a new interactive branding initiative from the Interbrand Group, has appointed David Leong as its head for the Asia-Pacific. Mr Leong was one of the founding partners of Aretae.
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      • 25 21 COMMERCE Exchange has appointed Tommy Tan as vice-president (professional services), based in Singapore. Mr Tan was previously general manager of Datacraft Asia.
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      • 37 21 A TWO-DAY "Corporate Portals Asia 2002" exhibition and conference will be held at the Westin Stamford from Jan 10. It is organised by Applied Research Knowledge (Ark) Pte Ltd. For details, visit www.cp-asia.com.
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      • 34 21 A TWO-DAY "Wireless World Conference and Expo Singapore 2002" will be held at Suntec City from Jan 15. It is organised by IDG World Expo (Asia) Ltd. For details, visit www.wirelessworld.com.sg.
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      • 35 21 A TWO-DAY forum on "Enterprise transformation: creating value through IT" will be held from Jan 21 at Suntec City. It is organised by International Data Corp Asia-Pacific. For details, visit www.idc.com.sg/Apit2oo2.
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      • 49 21  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam A TWO-DAY mobile seminar series, "Generating revenue through network sharing, MVNOs and network optimisation for mobile operators", will be held from Jan 30 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. It is organised by the Institute for International Research For details, visit www.iir.com.hk.
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    • 399 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US semiconductor makers and other computer-related stocks rose after Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc said sales have been better than expected. The better-than-expected forecasts from the biggest makers of computer microprocessors follows a string of economic
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    • 716 22  -  Bayers and suppliers can network their systems to antomate the basic elements of accounts payable and accounts receivable Steve Furney-Howe The writer is vice-president (Asia-Pacific), iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions. JUST when you thought you had taken your organisation's productivity to new levels, your competitors find
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    • 623 22  -  Transcend eßusiness, founded by three Singapore Poly grads, is winning contracts from blue-ribbon firms, reports cbua hot Mm CHUA HUI MIN IT'S a startup founded by three twenty-somethings after the dotcom boom had evaporated, and funds itself purely from the sale of
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    • 215 22 Reuters [LONDON] The market for high-end Internet equipment is not as bad as people perceive it to be, according to chief executive Scott Kriens of US-based Juniper. "The industry is not in as good a shape as a year ago, but the
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    • 383 22 Am Anil Ail deal relieves Gateway of interest payments on debt sold to AOL Reuters [SAN DIEGO] Gateway Inc said on Friday that America Online, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc, will invest US$2OO million in preferred shares of the computer
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 91 23 ALTERNATE TV has launched an extensive archive of video footage spanning 104 years via the SingaporeONE broadband backbone at http://s-one.net.sg. This project was facilitated by the IDA and UK-based Newsplayer Group. Made up of three archives of video footage that is not easily available from any
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      • 56 23 CREATIVE Technology Ltd has unveiled its latest compact portable digital camera-cum-webcam, the PC-CAM 600. It costs US$l5O, comes with 16 MB memory that stores up to 200 images at 640 by 480 (VGA) pixel resolution, or up to 75 seconds of video clips and 60 minutes
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      • 62 23 That Web Solutions Pte Ltd —www.thatweb.com has upgraded its Web-based smart e-mail access system to UnLMail version 3.0. This version lets users access up to five different e-mail accounts through a single log-in and view documents in Microsoft Word and Excel formats. It costs US$2 per
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      • 97 23 THE Eastman Kodak Company has unveiled three professional DCS series cameras targeted at professionals. The DCS 720 x with interchangeable lens costs U556,995, offers up to 2-megapixel image resolution, and weighs 1.86 kg. The DCS 760 with interchangeable-lens costs U557,995, offers up to 6-megapixel image
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      • 43 23 IBM Corp has announced its first Xeon-based server —eServer x36o—running on lA-31 Intel Xeon Processor MP. It uses IBM's Enterprise X-Architecture and XA-32 core chipset. Prices start fi*om $35,800. It will debut later this month. For details, call 1800.*****75.
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      • 66 23  -  Compiled Leo Kee Chye TOSHIBA Singapore Pte Ltd has unveiled its new notebook computer—the Satellite 5000-A540. It costs 15,649, runs on a Pentium in, 1.10 GHz processor, weighs 3.5 kg and comes with 256 MB RAM, 30 GB hard disk, CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive and 15-inch TFT UXGA
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    • 268 23 Reuters [NEW YORKJ Mobile telephone maker Nokia is confident the company's fourthquarter results will meet its prior guidance for both revenue and profit, its chief executive said in an interview. Jorma Ollila, the Finnish company's chairman and CEO, said in a CNBC television interview
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    • 248 23 NYT [WASHINGTON] The US Department of the Interior has shut down its Web access and some computer connections after a federal judge here challenged the security of one of the department's computer systems. The closing shuts off the public from all the department's
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    • 444 23 AFP [TOKYO] Naoki Harasawa is an industrial designer, Michie Sone is a fashion designer. The two have pooled their talents to create a range of wearable personal computers embedded in trendy everyday clothes. This meeting of fashion and electronics, in which Japan is something
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    • 563 23 Software giant calls the latest proposal extreme and inappropriate AFP [WASHINGTON] States pursuing the anti-trust case against Microsoft have asked that the software giant be forced to "unbundle" the Windows operating system to curb its monopoly power, a proposal the company
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    • 390 23 Rift remains on US firm's demand for controlling stake, says report AFP [SEOUL] US giant Micron Technology Inc has proposed to buy only key assets of South Korea's ailing Hynix Semiconductor Inc, along with an equity swap, reports said yesterday. But the
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    • NET impact
      • 564 24  -  This shift in focus is helping the company on the road to profitability, with profit margins derived from mobile services in the range of 10-50%, reports chen uuifum CHEN HUIFEN WHEN Buzz City realised that advertising wasn't providing the buzz it needed, the
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      • 594 24  -  By Saul Hansell NYT [NEW YORK] Something seems backward about the way credit card companies have used the Internet. If you want to see your balance or pay your bill online, you will need to log on to the credit card company's
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        • 83 24 SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore can get a Web presence for free from a new service offered by Signetique IT Pte Ltd. Its comes with Web hosting and e-mail services, online business directory, classified ads section, and a Web content management tool that helps
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        • 63 24 STARHUB services on Singapore's newest submarine cable, APCN2 (Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2), are now available. The services are targeted at MNCs which need dedicated connections to their overseas nffirty APCN2 spans 19,000 km and connects Singapore to seven countries in the region: China, Hong Kong,
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        • 72 24 NETRUST, South-east Asia's pioneer certification authority (CA), said it has completed a project with Acerts Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Thailand-based Advanced Research Group, to set up a public CA in Bangkok. "We're pleased to work with Singapore's leading licensed CA," Acerts' managing director Chanapaul Akathaporn
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        • 67 24 NASDAQ-LISTED Interwoven Inc said Sing Net will be standardising its content infrastructure with Interwoven technology across all of SingNef s Web properties. "Interwoven's content infrastructure permits publishing of Web content irrespective of technical skill or organisational role and win enable Sing Net employees at all
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        • 38 24 UNISPHERE Networks Inc, which provides IP infrastructure products for broadband, said Pacific Internet will use Siemens Information and Communication Networks Group to deploy Unisphere's ERX Edge Routers in PacNct's IP network in the Philippines,
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        • 71 24 AMAZON.COM said its five global webeites—in the US, Japan, Denmark, France, and Britain— have launched holiday-focused gift storee, with the same design format and features. It has alao added Amazon's "Wish Lists", which allow users to create listsofthe Amazon products they would moat like
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        • 73 24 COMPAQ Computer, Intel Corp and Microeoft Corp last week formed the "Keystone alliance" to deliver a range of solutions on Intel-based servers. "The programme will initially focus on solutions to hanking and capital markets companies in the Asia-Pacific region," the alliance said. "The portfolio of banking solutions
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        • 53 24  -  Raju Chellam NASDAQ-LISTED Borland Software Corp said its JBuilder Mobile Set 1.03 far J2ME Is now available aa a finee download ftrxn www. borlandxtm/j builder/ download. JBuilder Mobile Set can be uaed with the free JBuilder Personal but requires purchaae of JBuilder Enterprise or JBuilder Professionalfbr
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    • 176 25 by Simpson Spence Young THERE seems to have been increased activity Swhen it comes to tonnage being inspected and discussed, however many reports are of incoming offers following inspections at levels well below owners' expectations. .This has led to owners -holding off from negotiations and seeking further "buyers
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    • 562 25  -  Vessels risk sinking/detention if they do not cooperate By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The US has taken its fight against Osama bin Laden and the AlQaeda terrorist organisation to the high seas, warning shippers to cooperate with maritime searches or risk being sunk.
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    • 157 25 [SINGAPORE] Three Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore patrol craft sprang into action on Friday morning following reports that a vessel beloifeing to Penguin Ferry Services Pte Ltd was experiencing engine trouble. According to a statement from the MPA, its Port Operations Control Centfe
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    • 971 26  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes NOBODY could say that the liner shipping scene was dull last week. The shipping companies would probably describe the week as dire. Some shippers may take the view that it was a good week as more pressure piled on the
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    • 14860 31 THEBUSINESSTIMES DAY, DECEMBER 10, 2001 EXPORT F ETA ETA Advartisar Vnid Voy aga Talaphona SIN Dast'n Kama Kama Number Numbar To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoJr# 17/12 12/01 Kim Hung PROSPERITY CONTAIN PCXBS 65-*****33 N/12 25/01 CMACGM SAUDI JEDOAH 'SOW 65-*****00 19/12 23/01 C0SC0 HUMEN BRIDGE 0023W 65-*****00
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      • 791 35 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price range* in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 284 36 Reuters [NEW DELHI] The Indian government is considering raising the foreign direct investment limit in the civil aviation sector to 49 per cent from 26 per cent, a top government official said. The new proposal follows a failed move to
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      • 355 36 Airline got option to return them when it bought TWA Bloomberg [CHICAGO] AMR Corp's American Airlines may return 30 717 jetliners to Boeing Co, putting more pressure on a slow-selling product line that the biggest planemaker has said it may cancel
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      • 540 36 New law requires X-ray machines to screen all checked baggage by end-2002 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US regulators may not be able to meet a requirement to install bomb-detection machines at airports to screen all checked baggage by the end of 2002 because there
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      • 213 36 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines said it plans to start selling tickets for flights on Korean Air Co by the second quarter if the Asian carrier gets final safety approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA last week
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      • 160 36 Reuters [SYDNEY] Richard Branson's discount Australian airline Virgin Blue said yesterday it was in talks with international carriers about possible air alliances. A Virgin Blue spokeswoman confirmed the airline hoped to announce deals with major carriers before Christmas. "(We are) hoping to do something
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      • 227 36 AFP [LONDON] Struggling British airline British Airways (BA) labelled late Saturday reports of 10,000 possible job losses as "pure speculation", but confirmed a irauor review of the company was under way, British Airways, which employs around 56,000 staff, has ordered a massive internal
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      • 302 36 Claims are part of 5F22.4b unsecured demands Bloomberg [ZURICH] Swissair Group faces claims for damages of 4 billion Swiss francs (554.5 billion) from former partner airlines after the national carrier ran out of money and filed for bankruptcy protection in October. The claims would
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