The Business Times, 25 January 2002

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  • 836 1 Sharply lower inventory levels expected to spur income, spending Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress yesterday that he saw a number of encouraging signs that the first US recession in a decade could soon be over. In particular, he
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  • 483 1  -  TTexclusive By. Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The global electronics and IT slump is forcing major office tenants to seek sub-tenants in prime CBD buildings adding to the vacant supply already in the market. The latest to do so is Cisco Systems, which is
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  • 113 1 IN yesterday's article "5 ship ftiel surveyors plead guilty to graft charges", the sub-heading to the story read: "Prosecutor says bribery has spread to 20-30% of $5b bunkering industry". The bribery was in fact confined to 20 to 30 per cent of the marine surveying industry and not of
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  • 835 1  -  Shares jump 6% on Q2 earnings of USs26m after 3 quarters of losses By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology staged one of the most spectacular earnings comeback as surprisingly good margins pushed its Christmas quarter earnings past all expectations. The soundcard giant's second-quarter profit of
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    • 93 1 111 SIDE Top Stories JHfc m Lay quits as CEO and chairman of Enron. M*xt Page Metro to close Far East Plaza store when lease expires. *94 KTT sinks to $189 m full-year loss. Pg 7 Ban Hin Leong feeling the heat over Springleaf: sources. *99 New minority watchdog zooms
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    • 95 1 Editorial: Greenspan's guessing game, Pg 12 Cohen lowu earnings forecast, Pg 18 L Wl I Stand back, Milan. Pans or New York. Hong Kong I jjfci is getting its act together and fiercely gearing up be the fashion capital of Asia. What's In Style goes to Hong Kong Fashion Week
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    • 444 2  -  BUNKER FUEL SCAM Port authority also acts to ensure surveyors comply with new standards By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) yesterday suspended the bunkering licence of Navi Marine Services Pte Ltd following the conviction of five marine surveyors
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    • 762 2  -  Fronii Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG Kong begins talks today on a free trade agreement with China, aimed at giving Hong Kong businessmen a headstart in securing WTO-type concessions on the mainland. Hong Kong business leaders say that much hangs on
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 110 2 iKUoi tne cninese to sell something that s intangible and lasts only a couple of seconds. Last month, many temples in China "auctioned" the right to ring the bells to bring in the New Year. The act, which supposedly brings good luck to the bellringer, drew
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      • 79 2 THIS 50-year-old has made a smooth transition to the New Economy. Barbie, who despite her appearance, is half a century old, has gone on to the Net. B2Barbie, a new concept doll devised by Accenture, comes with a wireless implant that allows her to communicate with
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    • 598 2 He cites heavy involvement with investigations LAT-WP [NEW YORK] Kenneth Lay was ousted on Wednesday fTom Enron Corp, the Houston company that he spent 15 years building into the world's largest energy trader only to watch it crumble in less than seven
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 355 4  -  Landlord plans smaller nnits for space to get better rental returns By Andrea Tan HOMEGROWN retailer Metro Holdings will close its 50,000 sq ft store at Far East Plaza when the lease expires in June. Landlord Far East Organization, controlled
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    • 276 4  -  Internet subsidiary delisted yesterday; other staff to be retrenched By( Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Press Holdings has transferred 55 of the 72 staflf from its delisted Internet subsidiary SPH Asia One to the parent company to help achieve better integration, cost efficiency
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    • 272 4 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said yesterday it will delay taking delivery of six Boeing aircraft. The move comes as SIA struggles through one of the worst patches in its history, with failed investments and a global slowdown in air travel hurting it
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 159 6 INNO-PACIFIC Holdings Ltd yesterday announced that its subsidiary, Shakey's Holdings Pte Ltd, has agreed to sell the entire issued share capital of Shakey's wholly owned subsidiary, Shakey's International Ltd (SIL), to Lighten Point Investment Ltd for $1.25 million. SIL, a company incorporated in Hong Kong,
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      • 118 6 Reuters ING Barings Securities started coverage on Taiwan-based and Singapore-listed personal computer component maker Huan Hsin Holdings yesterday with a buy call and a target price of $2. Analyst David Toh said Huan Hsin was a "cheap way to buy into Taiwan's fast
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      • 201 6 Reuters KIM ENG Securities yesterday upgraded Cycle and Carriage (C4C) to a buy and said the Singapore vehicle retailer and property company's undervalued stock was poised to outperform this year. C&C's stock nasiaggeatne benchmark Straits Times Index by 12.6 per cent and its listed subsidiaries,
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      • 116 6 Bloomberg NEW South Wales state government has sold the site of the Sydney Olympic media village to Australand Holdings Ltd, a unit of Singapore-based Capita Land Ltd, for A 596.9 million (Ss92 million). Sydney-based Australand will develop the land at Lidcombe, in inner western Sydney,
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    • 309 6  -  Book firm aiming for annual profit of $25m from there in3tosyears By Andrea Tan BOOK publisher and retailer Popular Holdings said yesterday it is eyeing annual revenue of $100 million and a net profit of $25 million a year from the China market within
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    • 785 6  -  I!WN lock siew wong wei kong THERE'S still a year or so before the new Singapore Code of Corporate Governance is formally adopted. But already there are those who doubt that it will have any real impact on how local listed companies operate.
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    • 447 7  -  It makes $181 m provision for fall in valve of technology in vestments, ships By' Teh Hooi Ling KEPPEL Telecommunications and Transportation (KTT) posted a $189.3 million loss for the year ended December 2001, after making a $180.5 million provision for a fall
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    • 465 7  -  SPG cats losses by 87%; Em's earnings jump 4 times to $35m By\ David Boey TWO listed companies under Keppel Corp's stable, Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) and Keppel Hitachi Zosen (KPHZ), .yesterday reported vastly improved results for last year. SPC managed to slash
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    • 486 7 Bloomberg KEPPEL Corp, whose stock surged 28 per cent this year after the diversified company honed its business to three main areas, is unlikely to keep its title as the Straits Times Index's best performer. Keppel's stab at restructuring hasn't
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    • 367 7 Dow Jones Newswires KEPPEL Land Ltd, Singapore's third largest listed property company, will post a net loss for the financial year 2001, hurt by hefty provisions taken for the lower value of its property assets, analysts say. The loss, however, won't be
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    • 941 6 r^o.i^iHitachi Zosen I Keppel Hitachi Zosen Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2001 I The Directors of Keppel Hitachi Zosen Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Company and H of the Group for the year ended 31
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      325 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 24 VALUE CLOSE WOtW -347.00 -141.00 BTCAM -*****.00 +27.00 WlHtaylM -*****.00 -35.00 <mr»Wii 439.16 -0.23 «r«rfMn Ehct 148.34 +4.51 M BpRhn Fh 1431.50 -2.16 lUpMwPwp 456.65 +3.57 ma%tn»9an 207.66 -0.14 SMBCIFBtavM 208.30 -1.00 tteclM Voiww Mayfran 15c 40.240,000 Huan Hsin 20c 25,474,000 RafltesLas 10c 23.443,000 Autron
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    • 257 8  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT Byy Ven Sreenivasan IT'S amazing how easily multinational investment houses can arouse interest in a particular stock. And a company that's now basking in such attention is Taiwanese-con-troUed contract manufacturer Huan Hsin, whose shares shot up 16 cents or 15.7
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    • 716 8  -  -II comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE Singapore stock market slipped into cyclical mode yesterday as funds shifted out of defensive counters and into those most likely to benefit from an economic upturn. China plays also came back to life after several days of weakness, and
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    • 608 8  -  1-1 ■comment CURRENCIES Ten sees correction hope; a help if US$ closes overnight below yen larry wee A BETTER reading for the US tech sector lifted Nasdaq stocks overnight. But this time it was the turn of the euro and sterling pound
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  • 2794 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS cmBood s pc** A/S 1.202/ CitiBond Spore B/S 122 V Ob Money Sing DoNar Clas B 1.036V AJN Anro AM Mgt (S'pore) Oti ParvE»*ope Equity Fund 10V Sur Europe Eqty!* 079V GtiSelect Asia Tift Balanced 1.27/ Star Europe Id 0.987/ CitiSelect AM Tift Growth 122/ Star Europe
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 468 9  -  Spacare will inject much-needed fonds to open dub and help manage it Reports by] Kalpana Rashiwala BELEAGUERED developer Ban Hin Leong has teamed up with Spacare International, which runs the Aspara spa chain, as a partner and manager for the Green Club.
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    • 242 9 BAN Hin Leong is facing pressure from United Overseas Bank (UOB) over Springleaf Tower in Anson Road, sources told BT. The troubled developer is trying to dispose of 12 floors in the 37-storey tower, comprising eight floors of offices and the top four
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    • 525 9  -  By' Vince Chong THE right pricing can really move the units. Allgreen Properties discovered this when it sold 80 per cent of the units in the relaunch of Queens all in a day. The developer had re-re-leased 150 units of the 722unit project situated
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    • 532 9  -  on the economy industrial space Vince Chong NET allocation of JTC Corporation's flatted factories slumped 73 per cent to 26.494 sa m last vear the lowest figure since 1998's minus 53,427 sq m. According to JTC's 2001 industrial facilities report, the fall was despite
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    • 330 9  -  Video tape of Yiskui station, hard disk famd in JI member's heme By Eugene Low NEW investigations show a very direct link between the clandestine Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation, the government said yesterday. It noted that recent
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  • MAIL bag
    • 189 11  -  Han Liang Yuan (Ms) Senior Manager Corporate Communications Land Transport Authority WE refer to the letter by Wayne Lee "Govt should build MRT station in Balestier" (Mailbag, Jan 21). It is very costly to build, maintain and operate rapid transit systems. We therefore adopt
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    • 166 11  -  Loh Lai Kuan Singapore I REFER to your article "S'poreans abroad urged to speak up on new economic strategies" (BT, Jan 22). This is a welcome piece of news. But how about those like us who live and work in Malaysia? Will our views
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    • 342 11  -  Teo Swee Meng, Victor Singapore IT is time for PSA to accept the fact that the container business is a volume business. With fewer shippers to serve, the high cost of investment in IT and infrastructure will be spread over a smaller pool of shipping
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    • 254 11  -  Seow It Sze Singapore I REFER to the letter "Wake up S'pore, foreign talent makes a difference" by S H Chee (Mailbag, Jan 22). The author, working in Silicon Valley must have a fine mind and he may feel that he is immune to the travails
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    • 266 11  -  Lu Kee Hong Singapore I REFER to your article "Should Singapore still stick to wafer fabs" (BT, Jan 14) by Lee Han Shih. Your piece has a ring of irony to it. Over 10 years ago, I wondered why the Singapore government
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 806 12  -  PTTT^ bottom line OPINION patrick smith The writer is a former Bloomberg correspondent in Asia and the author of 'Japan: A ReinterpretationThe opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg IT USED to be that you looked at Dabhol Power Co, the huge generating plant
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    • 80 12 4 I think they should call him daily because he is an Arab leader an Arab leader under Israeli attack every minute.' SMk the Palestinian ambassador to the Arab League, on the need for Arab leaders to call Palestinian leader Yasset Arafat, who is under virtual house
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    • 579 12 EDITORIAL Financial markets are again on tenterhooks ahead of the Fed's interest rate-set-ting meeting next Tuesday. The big question is whether US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's team sanctions another quarter percentage point cut in short-term interest rates the twelfth since Jan 3,2001. A fortnight ago, Mr
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    • 1174 12  -  With the current slump and lower revenues, itH be a baptism by fire for Financial Secretary Antony Leung when he presents his first Budget From Audrey Tan The writer is BT's Hong Kong correspondent in Hong Kong HANGING on the walls of Antony
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    • 814 12 peedag PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has made it part of the national development agenda to develop Thailand into a New Economy, one based on new technology and knowledge rather than resources. This is an admirable goal, and an initiative which Mr Thaksin appears well suited to spearhead. After all,
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 419 13  -  It will focus on cases where minority rights may have been compromised From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE new watchdog for minority shareholders is revisiting five Malaysian companies where the rights of minority shareholders may have been compromised. Yusof Abu
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    • 649 13 Ananda Krishnan billionaire on the move Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] T Ananda Krishnan, poised for a public float of Malaysia's number one mobile network Maxis, keeps getting stronger while other tycoons have fallen from grace in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis. It helps that he shares an interest in
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    • 262 13 KUALA LUMPUR They fear losing control to'greedy' outsiders: survey OUTSIDERS continue to be viewed with suspicion by most Malaysian family businesses, who tend to see such prospective partners as "greedy" and "control freaks", the Malaysian Business Times reported yesterday. In a nationwide survey of
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    • 617 15  -  Observers say sale to credible buyer could spur sliding export sales From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AS the deadline looms for the final bids for what is probably Indonesia's largest corporate asset sale for the year, the stakes were raised even higher yesterday
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    • NOTE Book
      • 68 15 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Tricon Restaurants International will announce the successful bidder for its fast food franchises in Singapore before end-February, the Star reported, citing Tricon's senior legal counsel Vinod Mahboobani. Dallas-based Tricon is the global franchiser of the Kentucky Fried Chicken,
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      • 56 15 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Private television station Sistera Televisyen Malaysia, or TV3, yesterday appointed Syed Anwar Jamalullail as chairman and director. TV3 said Mr Syed Anwar, 50, is currently a director of two listed companies Amanah Capital Partners and Amanah Small Cap Fund—as well as
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      • 40 15 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Konsortium Logistik Bhd is planning to expand into the logistics markets in China and India this year, the Star newspaper reported, citing executive chairman and president Mirzan Mahathir. Dow Jones Newswires
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      • 48 15 AFX [BANGKOK] Thai Deputy Commerce Minister Suwan Valaisathien said Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has agreed to additional property measures proposed at a cabinet meeting yesterday, which includes a provision allowing foreigners to hold land rights for 99 years, Krungthep Thurakij newspaper reported. —AFX
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    • 476 15  -  Strong rebound dne to vastly improved political, economic climate: analysts Reports by, Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE stocks, made dirt cheap by talk of coups, destabilisation and terrorism, soared sky high in the past days, signalling a resurgence of confidence in a sentiment-driven market.
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    • 217 15 PHILIPPINE investors' appetite for initial public offers (IPO) will be tested amid a sluggish market when a subsidiary of Singapore's energy-based Salcon Limited goes public. Salcon Power Corp (SPC), an independent power producer, plans to sell 157 million shares through an IPO to
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    • 372 16 TAIPEI New blood with good track record recruited to help revive economy Reuters TAIWAN appointed a bank chairman as its new finance minister yesterday, and gave the job of economics minister to a woman who led a turnaround of China Airlines, its largest carrier.
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    • 336 16 HONGKONG Move seen throwing thousands ont of work Bloomberg HONG KONG's government has proposed to scrap plans to abolish the minimum brokerage fee on share transactions, saying it would throw thousands of people out of work. Stephen Ip, secretary for financial services, said the
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    • 189 16 ■HONGKONG Reuters STANDARD Chartered Bank is cutting credit card limits for some customers in Hong Kong as personal bankruptcies surge amid the economic downturn, a spokeswoman said yesterday. "The rise in personal bankruptcies is one of the reasons for reducing the unused credit
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    • 386 16  -  From Audrey Tan in Hong Kcmg HONG Kong yesterday disputed an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report that it was the third most expensive city to live in, after Osaka and Tokyo. EIU ranked Hong Kong ahead of London (6th), New York
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • REGION world
    • 284 17  -  By', Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Compaq Computer Asia Pacific's results for 2001 were almost unaffected by the dramatic slowdown in business in the last two quarters of the year, the company reported yesterday. Revenues slipped a mere 2 per cent to US$2.4 billion
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    • 431 17  -  But expected US recovery, soft yen could reverse trend Fromi Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S global trade surplus plunged by nearly 40 per cent last year as demand in the United States slumped and much of Asia followed suit. The effect was to push
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    • 334 17 HONGKONG Move to get bids for Israeli phone monopoly Bezeq Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE Li Kashing's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd, owned by his son Richard Li, are among Hong Kong companies Israel is trying to persuade to bid for fixed-line phone monopoly Bezeq Ltd.
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    • 315 17  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Thai Asset Management Corporation (TAMC), the powerful state vehicle set up to bail out troubled banks, is serving notice to hundreds of debtors to contact their creditors within 30 days or face liquidation. Soraya Vimolvanich, analyst at TAMC, told
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    • 459 18 ESPOO, Finland It beats forecasts and raises market share from 32% in '00 to 37% in'ol Bloomberg NOKIA Oyj, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, yesterday said fourth-quarter profit declined a less-than-expected 5 per cent as it gained a bigger slice
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    • 289 18 USs9b contract biggest single order for Boeing 737s Bloomberg, Reuters [LONDON] Ryanair Holdings pic, Europe's biggest low-fare carrier, ordered 100 planes from Boeing Co and took options for 50 more in a contract worth as much as US$9.l billion in the biggest
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    • 314 18 NEW YORK Bloomberg GOLDMAN, Sachs Co's chief investment strategist, Abby Joseph Cohen, says companies in the Standard Poor's 500 Index will earn less in 2002 than she previously forecast. The new forecast from Ms Cohen, who was run-ner-up in Institutional Investor magazine's 2001 survey of money
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      • 74 18 Reuters Hewlett-Packard Co is expected to win approval from the European Commission for its plan to buy Compaq Computer Corp in a US$25 billion deal, an EU source said yesterday. The source added the commission would not impose conditions on the transaction. An HP spokeswoman
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      • 94 18 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Merrill Lynch Co, which had a record US$l.3 billion fourth-quarter loss, denied a report in the Financial Times that it is in talks to form an investment banking alliance with UFJ Holdings, Japan's fourth-largest bank. "We have no such plan," the biggest US securities
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      • 101 18 Reuters [riUr tviiN lTjisj KMt uorp, tne woria s largest matter of data-storage systems, yesterday reported its second consecutive quarterly net loss on sales that were cut 42 per cent amid a pricing war with International Business Machines Corp. EMC said it posted a net
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      • 74 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Pfizer, the biggest drugmaker, said fourth-quarter net income rose 38 per cent with higher sales of the Lipitor cholesterol pill, the Zyrtec allergy medicine and Neurontin for epilepsy. Net income rose to US$l.96 billion, or 30 US cents a share, from US$l.42
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      • 93 18 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The number of US workers filing new claims for state unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in six months, a sign that companies are slowing the pace of firings. Initial jobless claims fell by 15,000 to 376,000
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      • 111 18 Reuters [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank said yesterday the euro zone economy is showing signs of a recovery later this year and reiterated inflation should drop safely below its 2 per cent ceiling. "There has been some evidence supporting the prospects for a
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    • 360 19 TOKYO Union will give rise to 3rd-largest insurer with USs2olb assets Reuters IN what one analyst referred to as an "epoch-mak-ing deal", two major Japanese life insurers said yesterday that they had agreed to merge to form Japan's third-largest life insurance group
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    • 313 19 NEW YORK This may mean closing 150-700 stores: analysts Dow Jones Newswires Reuters KMART Corp says it aims to emerge from bankruptcy by the beginning of next year, an ambitious deadline that will require it to take its medicine quickly and in big doses.
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    • 184 19 TOKYO Bloomberg SONY Corp, the second-largest consumer-electronics maker, said it found a software flaw in almost one million of its Vaio series of personal computers, making them vulnerable to attack by computer hackers. About 900,000 notebook and desktop computers, most of which
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    • 327 20 ENRON SAGA Washington Post, NYT [WASHINGTON] The fired lead auditor of Enron Corp warned its managers in October that the company could be misleading investors even as it disclosed huge losses outside its main energy businesses, according to an internal memo he wrote. David Duncan,
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    • 583 20  -  Bat differences emerge on Budget issue, Enron scandal From Leon Hadar in Washington US lawmakers are back in Washington after the long holiday recess, and while Republicans and Democrats will be trying to maintain a facade of national unity as they deal with the
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
    • 1172 21  -  Xintiandi stands as a perfect symbol of the new Shanghai And whafs also notable about the project is that a Singaporean team was largely responsible for its design and development OBOFFBBTBU looks at how Xintiandi has successfully breathed new life into an old
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      • 746 22  -  Times House has been a second home for many of as, we loved it as mnch as we hated it. Bat a spanking new building awaits us in Toa Pay oh a a the cuff jaime ee THIS time next week, I will be writing from a different
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      • 1125 22  -  COVER STORY By Geoffrey Eu THERE'S no hotter place in Asia than Shanghai to be living la vida loca these days, so it's no surprise that Singaporeans are flocking there in droves. Unofficial estimates put the Singaporean presence in Shanghai at between 3,000 and 4,000, with
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      • 1070 23  -  paryathi mayar stumbles upon two stylish bars with inviting snacks PARVATHI NAYAR YOU know that empty feeling. No, not the existentialist one, but that hunger-thirst panic late in the evening. After taking in a show or long workday, you're desperate for a bite to
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      • 1357 24  -  kamhbm CHAMDBAir listens to the soundtracks of some recent and current movies and discovers some musical gems KANNAN CHANDRAN WHILE the epic Star Wars swept a recent BBC poll to land the top spot as far as soundtracks go, there's an uncanny familiarity about a
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      • 560 25  -  Domestic Disturbance starts off at a low ebb and 10 minutes later, manages to sink totally out of sight Byi Geoffrey Eu IN recognition of the start of awards season, may I have the envelope, please: If not for the fact that he has already
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      • 588 25  -  Byi Susan Tsang UPDATING classics of English literature to be set in American schools has given rise to enjoyable outings like Ten Things I Hate About You, which reworked Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, and the excellent Clueless, which transported Jane Austen's
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      • 728 25  -  The Farelly brothers have turned their latest onting into a charming love story Byl Tan Hwee Hwee FANS of the Farelly brothers may be in for a shock. Word on the street is that the Farellys have gone soft. In their latest film, they've
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    • ART
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        994 27  -  With the maturation of the local arts scene, it's only inevitable that arts publications designed to document its growth and encourage more artistic discussion have materialised in the past two years, tax hwee hwzse looks at three fledgling publications TAN HWEE HWEE focas THE Forum on Contemporary Art
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      • 299 27  -  Compiled by. Aaron Lye PERFORMANCES Comedy fun aft Bar None Presented by Virgin Mobile and Bar None, renowned British comedians Mark Billingham and Paul Thome are let loose in Singapore with a decidedly unpredictable and sometimes over-the-top style of humour. Jan 29-30, 9 pm, Bar None, Singapore Marriott
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        228 27 ByChmmh. Ui Hoon Tbt hue Six choreographers contemplate the effects of the Sep 11 World Trade Center tragedy in a full-length dance piece Pitt mi pfaqwrs: The Arts Fission Company starts the year with a piece fully choreographed by director Angela Liong and the company's five members. Liong* s
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      • 539 27  -  By, Aaron Lye MAINTAINING the status quo seems to be the order of the day for a few theatre companies as they usher in the new year with a plethora of new productions. For example, take Roger Jenkins and Dramaplus Arts, with the upcoming restaging of
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      • 860 28  -  Feeling sleepy? chbhh oi-hoom reveals how she stavs awake CHEAH UI-HOON WITH top tea brands like Ronnefeldt and Penelope Sachs being swilled around in several hotels here; and a new tea boutique sprouting up in Raffles City, tea, especially of the herbal kind, is poised
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      • 448 28  -  By, Jaime Ee FUN AN the IT Mall seems more a repository of computer paraphernalia than a hotbed of culinary delights. So you wonder whether the crowd that's pushing into Sushi Don is there for the food or because they'd just come from
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 288 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell nine points to 941, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost 25 points to 994, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD eased seven points to 6,742 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was down two points to 1,079. ♦Fu May (new build) 76,300
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    • 255 29  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The US Maritime Administration (Marad) has announced it will provide selective war risk insurance coverage for commercial ship operations in the Middle East. Under the plan, all USflagged vessels and those ships owned by US companies are
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    • 485 29  -  Last year's growth hit by economic slowdown in US, Europe: Unctad By: Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] World seaborne trade which boasted its 15th consecutive annual increase with a growth of nearly 3.6 per cent for 2000 will likely slump considerably in 2001 to
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    • 400 29 Bloomberg [MIAMI] Royal Caribbean Cruises was sued by a shareholder who says a planned US$7.4 billion acquisition by rival P&O Princess Cruises pic to create the largest cruise line would expose the companies to damaging US tax liabilities. The suit, filed in
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    • 250 29  -  Important to step np maritime security in view of current security situation By) Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] US Customs calls for transhipment containers to be x-rayed and electronically sealed in Singapore to circumvent potential terrorist threats "merit serious consideration", according to the Maritime and
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    • 776 30  -  —Hi jgiMWMiIWWBWWMTIiaMWWMWTin^ ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE act of selling a vessel while a warrant of arrest for it was in force was contempt of court and it was no defence for the person who sold
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      • 208 30 Dow Jones [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) will increase flights and expand seat capacity on routes to destinations such as Malaysia, Australia and Japan for the Chinese New Year period, catering to the traditionally higher travel demand then. Between Feb 7 and Feb 17,
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      • 263 30 Move to find oat why both aircraft's engines died Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Garuda Indonesia said it will send flight data from a Boeing Co 737-300 passenger plane to the US to investigate the possible reasons for its crash last week, including
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    • 15488 35 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe T»*»pfxx>« ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Number Number 10/02 01/0} Hyundai MM MING DYNASTY «7W 65 *****44 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoira '3/02 04/03 COSCO empress phoenix oiu* 65-226*00
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      • 792 39 THIS report, compiled by Cock en Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 490 40 Lawmakers s&y bag-matching should extend to connecting flights Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US administration should make airlines match passengers with their checked luggage on all commercial flights to close a dangerous loophole in a nationwide se- curity initiative that began last
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      • 466 40 Dow Jones Newswires [BOSTON] Airport officials will discuss how they can make their own airports safer at the airport where terrorists launched two attacks on the World Trade Center. No one really knows what a safe airport looks like, say security experts who
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      • 195 40 AP [WASHINGTON] The number of near-collisions and other unauthorised movements on airport runways declined last year, reversing a trend that has concerned the government and aviation community for years. Federal Aviation Administrator Jane Garvey said on Wednesday that runway "incursions" dropped last year to 380 from
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      • 376 40 Italian govt wants to implement cost-catting plan first Reuters [ROME] Italy's government plans to keep a holding in flag carrier Alitalia of more than 51 per cent for at least the next two years, a union official said after meeting government and Alitalia officials. The Italian
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      • 390 40 AP, Bloomberg [KABUL) Afghanistan's national carrier made its first international flight yesterday in nearly two-and-a-half years, its lone Boeing 727 taking off from Kabul to New Delhi after a worker climbed up a mobile stairway and used a plastic jug
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      • 189 40 Bloomberg [MANILA] Cebu Air Inc, the airline unit of JG Summit Holdings Inc of the Philippines, said it will drop plans to fly to Seoul if the government gives some of its flying rights to Philippine Airlines Inc. Philippine Airlines has asked for
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