The Business Times, 11 February 2002

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2002 MITA (P) 107/03/2001
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    67 1 Week Quag* ST1 1,7*42 -«J» sutsa Fvnntt._jit7e -m BMW .***** -1115 KLSECQMP 71&92 -7M \TKKEI MKM—-***** HANG SENG 1M1&M -171M SET INDEX &1SS >1<J* JAKARTA COMP_«J8 -17» MANILA U4415 -HJ6 TAIPEI WIT _63SM8 -<*U5 SEOUL COMP 79B.M -171 SHENZHEN B UM9 -*00 AL'ST ALL ORDJU93JO.: +7M DOW JONES
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    66 1 FOUZKIRS uss uss (S$ pw us$)—- im per 1.414 1588 EUR0(US$/S$/E). 0.871 1.5T7 DM 1242 1.224 YEN MM 73.00 RM 3m 2.076 HKJ 7.799 4.200 BAHT 43X7 23J6 RUPtAH ***** 5.610 PRIME KATES SINGAPORE* o2b Kl'ALA LOtPTR 6.40 BONG KONG 5.125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6 725 TOKYO 1475 SEOTL
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    Lock icon Govt ups 2002 growth forecast to 1-3%
    609 1  -  But the biggest challenge is security, not the economy, says PM By] Kalpana Rashiwala [SlNGAPOßE] The government has revised upwards its growth forecast for the Singapore economy this year to between 1 and 3 per cent compared with its previous official projected range
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    Lock icon Japan set to make policy U-turn on economy
    779 1  -  Instead of porsoing structural reforms, itH fight deflation with new measures From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Japanese government appears set to make a dramatic U-turn in policy instead of pursuing structural reforms, it will now fight deflation with every means at
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    Lock icon The crowded world of Hong Kong banking
    820 1  -  COMMENTARY From< Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HSBC is offering a free Aiwa DVD player if I spend just HK$2,BOO (*****) on its new Mastercard, while CiticKaWah will give away a George Foreman grill. I opted for the DVD player over the grill,
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    Lock icon BMW appoints woman as managing director for Asia
    320 1  -  m Tlexclusiv^^l Bui Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] In a move unprecedented in BMWs history, the German automaker has appointed a woman to head its Asian head office here. Birgit Maier, 42, is expected to assume the post of managing director of BMW Asia
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      104 1 XMTBEDB BizlT New products wilt lead Agilent's charge; S'pore could contribute strongly: Agilent CEO. Pg 13 Why EDB went for a statistical rejig. Pg 13 Enron Saga E Vikram Khanna: Some lessons for Asia from Enron. Pg2 Enron fallout may hit US recovery. Pg 12 Top Stories lisia e*.in (<
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      18 1 n TOMORROW'S BT Jobs for execs The Business Times O-7 eipecU downturn to be short lived, Pg 11
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      Lock icon Some lessons for Asia from Enron
      825 2  -  comment ECONOMICS vikram khanna FROM the safe distance of Asia, it's tempting to view the spectacular and noisy collapse of the one-time US energy giant, Enron, with a sort of detached curiosity tinged with bemusement. But that would be a mistake, for the unravelling
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      Lock icon M'sia-S'pore economic union 'possible in the long-term'
      500 2  -  But it is unrealistic in the near future: Must apa Mohamed By Yang Razali Kassim [SENGAPORE] An economic union between Singapore and Malaysia in the near future is "unrealistic" but it is long-term possiuiiity, said Malaysian politician and economic adviser Mustapa Mohamed. The
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Dragon Land warns of larger loss for 2001
      275 3  -  It is making $18.4 m provisions mostly for residential projects in China By\ Kalpana Rashiwala KEPPEL Land associate Dragon Land said it will be reporting a larger net loss for the year ended December 2001 due to provisions totalling $18.4 million, mostly
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      Lock icon New owner, new look
      98 3 IN a short while, KeppelTatLee Bank (KTL) branches, with their familiar jade facades, will give way to the red of OCBC Bank and re-emerge as OCBC branches. According to KTL's website, come Feb 25, all products and services will be offered by OCBC. KTL, set up
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      Lock icon Global upturn will benefit Korean, Singapore stocks: Henderson
      680 3 Dow Jones Newswires [HONG KONG] Henderson Global Investors (Singapore) Ltd is looking to South Korea and Singapore as the two Asian markets to most likely benefit from any global cyclical upturn this year. "Asia is well-positioned for the global recovery cycle because
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      Lock icon Daiwa revises year-end STI target to 1,800 to 2,000 pts
      223 3 Reuters SINGAPORE'S benchmark stock market index will end 2002 higher than previously expected, Daiwa Securities said on Friday, upgrading its target to 1,800-2,000 points. Daiwa said it revised its end-of-year forecast for the Straits Times Index from 1,600-1,700 points due
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon CapitaLand upgraded in anticipation of improving fundamentals
      259 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT Byy Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of property heavyweight Capita Land rose two cents to $1.88 despite the company reporting its second year of losses last Friday. The volume of 3.4 million shares was about half the 10-day moving average of
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      Lock icon Can market shake off bearish Wall St?
      806 4  -  l f comment STOCKS r. sivanithy Throughout last week's trading, one thing was obvious the market appears torn between a desire to buy because of hopes that the economy is recovering and an urge to sell because of collapses on Wall Street. The
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      Lock icon Yen regains some ground but stays weak
      621 4 Thai b&ht rises on continued capital inflows and as exporters sell dollar ahead of Chinese New Tear AFP [HONG KONG] The yen won ground against the dollar last Friday but remained weak, while the Thai baht rose after continued capital inflows and as
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      153 4 ♦BRILLIANT Manufacturing Ltd will be holding its AGM and EGM on Feb 26, at 3.00pm, 21 Übi Road 1. ♦ASIATRAVEL.COM Holdings Ltd will hold its second AGM on Feb 20 at 10.00 am, The Elisabeth Hotel, 1 24 Mount Elizabeth, Room Windsor I AH. ♦DEL Monte Pacific Ltd
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    2803 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM Aaro Aaaet Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqtyl* 0.754/ Star Europe Bd 0.95* Star Europe U 0.84» Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.774/ Star Asa Bond 1237/ Star Asia Balanced 0.837/ Star Global Technology Fund 028/ Star BhvHnanc* Japan Fund)** 0.7W A« Govett (AM) LM. Govett Asm Pac
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Prices of 99-year condos weaken by 20%
      669 5  -  =1 on the economy property Fall to $497 psf median reflects developers' price cuts; freehold prices dip 5% By\ Kalpana Rashiwala PRICES of 99-year leasehold private condominiums fell 20.1 per cent last year to a median price of $497 per sq ft, compared
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      Lock icon No probe into Sinanju barge
      335 5  -  Steven Tan Director Sinanju Marine Services PteLtd WE are most concerned about your article "Another S'pore bunker supplier may lose licence" (BT, Feb 5). We are the disponent owner of the vessel Marine Breeze. The article states that the Marine Breeze is one of the
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      Lock icon Viswa test not done on fuel supplied: Costank
      598 5  -  ■ti- J IS bag Ranvir Kumar Singh Advocates Solicitors WE act for Costank (S) Pte Ltd and refer to your article "Another S'pore bunker supplier may lose licence" by Beth Jinks (BT, Feb 5). The article gives the impression that fuel supplied
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      Lock icon No complaints over Shell's marine fuel
      267 5  -  Albert Tan General Manager, External Affairs Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte)Ltd WE refer to your Feb 5 Shipping Times report: "Another S'pore bunker supplier may lose licence". We are extremely concerned that this report suggests that the operators/owners of Neptank VIII, one of the vessels
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      Lock icon Maybank redeploys, retrains instead of retrenching
      353 5  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Maybank Singapore, the newest QFB player, is one erf those rare companies here that does not lay off staff in bad times. Loh Oun Hean, Maybank's assistant general manager, said the bank does not resort to retrenchment in bad
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      Lock icon GIC unit ups stake in Filinvest Land to 25%
      359 5  -  From Al Labita in Manila A UNIT of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has bought additional shares in one of Manila's largest property developers, raising its stake from 12 to 25 per cent. In a statement to the Philippines
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      58 5 Jix V < *f V t Editor's reply: We are happy to run in full the clarifications from Costank, Sinanju Marine Services and Shell. As our ftirther report in today's Shipping Times makes clear, how and where the fiiel contamination occurred has not yet been ascertained. banker suppliers protest their
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      330 5 olives 1 i iJU.' 4 >^jT. r IN THE MATTER Of CHOON TECK YEOW PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP At an Extraordinary Genera] Meeting of the members or the above named company duly convened and held a 35A Lorong 17, Gey Ling. Singapore *****9 on 7
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      514 5 GROUP UNITED AIROCEAN GROUP UMITEO (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE B HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING (*EGM*) of Airocean Group Limited (the "Company) wi be convened on Thursday, 28 February 2002 at 3.00 p.m. at Swteotei The Stamford Singapore. Raffles City
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  • FOCUS malaysia
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      Lock icon Economic union a possibility
      1868 6  -  TAMO RAZALI ffftSSTM catches up with Mustapa Mohamed, a Mahathir loyahst and one-time protege of Tun Daim Zainuddin who has taken over as executive director of the trouble-shooting National Economic Action Council YANG RAZALI KASSIM Q: What s the state of the economy now? How's the
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      Lock icon Building new breed of bumiputra entrepreneurs
      822 6  -  Mr Mustapa also talked about KL's thinking on building a new breed of business leaders for the Malay community. -By} Yang Razali Kassim We are seeing a shake-up in the way the Malaysian government is treating bumiputra entrepreneurs. Once-prominent corporate leaders like Halim Saad
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon M'sian telecoms group Sapura to buy Southern Bank: report
      287 7 KUALA LUMPUR The deal to boy the medium-sized, profitable bank will be on veiled this week, it says Reuters MALAYSIAN telecoms and motors group Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd is set to take over Southern Bank, one of Malaysia's 10 domestic banks,
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      Lock icon Bangkok Bank urges caution in economic policies
      289 7 PETCHBURI, Thailand Reuters Bangkok Bank Pic, Thailand's biggest commercial bank, said yesterday that the Thai government should exercise caution in its fiscal and monetary policy as a world economic recovery remains uncertain. "Both the policies are good, especially the low-interest rate policy as
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      Lock icon Park May to unveil reverse takeover on Friday
      289 7 KUALA LUMPUR Trading of its shares to be suspended Reuters MALAYSIA'S bus operator Park May Bhd said on Saturday it would unveil a reverse takeover plan on Friday for it to be taken over by an unnamed party. Park May, one of
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      Lock icon OCBC Malaysia unfazed by competition from merged UOB
      260 7 KUALA LUMPUR OCBC Bank Malaysia is unfazed by the competition posed by the merged entity of the Malaysian operations of United Overseas Bank and Overseas Union Bank. "We have been around longer and we have a rich heritage," an OCBC spokesman told
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      Lock icon SEA funds outdo North Asia in January
      540 8 HONGKONG Indonesia tops with 20% returns while J&pan-themed funds fare worst Reuters INVESTORS in Indonesian focused mutual funds emerged as Asia winners in January getting staggering returns of nearly 20 per cent over the previous month. Japan-themed funds were the region's worst performers
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        Lock icon China bank's JV with German firm
        103 8 AFP [BEIJING] China Construction Bank plans to set up the country's first )oint venture bank with Germany's Bausparkasse Schwaebisch Hall, state media said on Saturday. The Joint venture will be located tat the northern port city ofTianjin and will be mainly engaged in mortgage
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        Lock icon China foreign trade up 26 % in Jan
        116 8 China foreign trade up 26 in Jan AFP (BEIJING] China's foreign trade grew by 25.7 per cent in January, over the same month last year, with a real growth of 10 per cent after discounting for the low base given the Chinese New Year's occurrence in the first month of2ool,
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        Lock icon Choung Kong to sell 3.000 units in '02
        70 8 Dow Jones Newswires [HONG KONG] Cheung Rang (Holdings) expects to generate HK$l3 billion (Ss3 billion) from the sale of 3,000 to 4,000 residential units this year, Hong Kong i-Mail reports, quoting executive director Justin Chiu. He added that Cheung Kong, which has
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        Lock icon HK may let underwritters buy shares
        88 8 Bloombtrg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission is conaiderins allowing lead underwriters of public offerings to boy shares in the secondary market to avoid short-term fluctuations in the share pi ice. The proposed rule, aimed at boosting globcl securities offerings in Hong
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      Lock icon Jakarta seeks rescheduling on interest
      354 8 JAKARTA It wUI hold fresh talks with Paris Club in April Reuters INDONESIA will seek rescheduling of both principal and interest on certain foreign debts when it holds fresh talks with Paris Club creditors in April, the official Antara news agency reported on Saturday. Finance
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      3091 7 a—__ I > W23/K—il recnritS#sph.«-«^tjjr I IADE I I TECHNOLOGIES JADE TECHNOLOGIES SINGAPORE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Renewal of Share Repurchase Mandate An addendum containing information relating to the proposed resolution for the renewal of the Share Repurchase Mandate, notice of which was given in the Notice
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Travelers IPO slated for this quarter, may raise US$5b
      481 9 WASHINGTON Citigroop will sell 20% of the insurer and spin off the rest to its shareholders Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc's Travelers Property Casualty Corp filed for an initial public offering, likely to be the largest for a US insurance company. The IPO
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      Lock icon Thailand's UBC aims to break even this year
      413 9  -  Expected lifting of ban on cable TV ads to benefit operator From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAI cable TV operator United Broadcasting Corporation (ÜBC) is aiming to break even this year on the expectation the government may reverse its policy of denying
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      Lock icon Poll picks Treasury's Taylor to head Fed
      642 9 NEW YORK Bine Chip survey also nps this year's growth forecasts US TREASURY Undersecretary John Taylor is the top pick to replace Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve chairman among an influential group of economists. This was one of the findings of the February
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      Lock icon Chinese teller steals 354m yuan
      328 9 SHANGHAI Police arrest 29-year-old bank officer in one of Shanghai's biggest financial scams; report Reuters POLICE have arrested a Chinese bank teller accused of defrauding his bank of 354 million yuan (5577.9 million) in one of Shanghai's biggest financial scams, the Shanghai Daily reported on
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      Lock icon Local currency bonds preferred in Asia this year
      229 9 SINGAPORE Reuters ASIAN governments and companies are likely to turn to syndicate loans and local currency bonds to meet their funding needs this year due to lower costs, than issue foreign currency bonds, HSBC said Friday. John Woods, head of fixed income
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      Lock icon Wynn to spend US$800m on Macau casino
      425 9 LOS ANGELES Reuters STEVE Wynn, the flamboyant Las Vegas casino mogul whose works include the Bellagio and Mirage, plans to build a US$5OO million to US$BOO million casino with an Asian flavour using his newly won gambling licence in Macau, he told Reuters
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Bad telecoms loans loom for US banks
      555 10 NEW YORK Telcos, once wooed by banks, going broke and defaulting on debt Reuters ENERGY trader Enron Corp's bankruptcy is the best-known loss on US banks' loan books right now, but another problem lurks. Upstart telecommunications firms, courted over the past decade by
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      Lock icon US may launch campaign against Iraq: report
      372 10 LOS ANGELES AFP THE administration of US President George W Bush is engaged in a major Iraq policy review that may result in massive military action against the government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. The administration expects
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      Lock icon Political battle for top ECB posts likely
      252 10 BRUSSELS Bloomberg EUROPEAN Central Bank president Wim Duisenberg's departure risks setting off a political battle over the bank's management that may undermine the euro, analysts said. Mr Duisenberg said on Thursday he would leave in July 2003. With vice-presi-dent Christian Noyer's term expiring
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      Lock icon Gold spurt and rand's fall lead to S Africa stock boom
      474 10  -  But analysts warn the sector is extremely volatile From i Neil Behrman in Johannesburg THE gold price spurt and a major depreciation of the South African rand in the past six months have generated an extraordinary mining stock boom
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      Lock icon Gold glitters amid financial gloom
      905 10 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] After months in the doldrums, gold prices bolted upwards last week, scaling two-year highs above US$3OO an ounce, as investors, disillusioned with stocks and currencies, sought out a safe haven from global financial tremors. Fears over corporate governance in the wake
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      Lock icon Lehman, Prudential face mortgage fraud charges
      296 11 LOS ANGELES Consumer snit alleges they aided First Alliance's 'predatory lending' Bloomberg LEHMAN Brothers Holdings Inc, Prudential Financial Inc, Wachovia Corp's First Union and other lenders face a predatory lending suit brought by consumers who purchased mortgages from now-defunct First Alliance Corp. The suit
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      Lock icon G-7 expects downturn to be short-lived
      484 11 OTTAWA Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires IN their first meeting of the year, finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's rich nations on Saturday sounded a much more upbeat note about prospects for the global economy, saying that the worst of the downturn
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      Lock icon US data expected to show fall in retail sales
      410 11 WASHINGTON AFX US economic indicators to be released this week will show that retail sales declined during the first month of the year as shoppers fell back slightly amid concerns about corporate America and rising credit costs, economists said last week.
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Robot to ring NYSE opening bell
        71 11 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's Honda Motor Co said it will its Asimo robot to the New York Stock Exchange on Valentine's Day to become the first non-human to ring the opening bell. Asimo, which can walk and climb stairs, will push the button to ring
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        Lock icon Banker in fraud case surrenders
        64 11 AP [CLEVELAND] An investment broker who disappeared after he prompted the FBI to investigate US$3OO million missing from his clients' accounts turned himself in on Saturday. Frank Gruttadauria, manager of a Cleveland office of Lehman Brothers, surrendered at the FBl's office. A federal warrant issued
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        Lock icon US machine tool orders down 34%
        54 11 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Orders by US companies for machine tools dropped last year to the lowest level since *****1, two trade groups said. Bookings far domestic and foreign-made tools plunged 34.1 per cent for all of last year to US$2.6 billion from the previous year's
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        Lock icon Pirelli Q4 profit slumps 95%
        56 11 Bloomberg [MILAN] Pirelli, Europe's biggest cable maker and No 3 tyremaker, said fourth quarter profit plnnged 96 per cent because of weak demand for its fibre optic cables and systems. Its Q4 profit before interest and tax fell to 5 million euros (S|B million) from
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        Lock icon Japan's NTN to cut 1.000 jobs
        55 11 AFX [OSAKA] NTN Corp plans to cut its group payroll by 1,000 workers, or 12 per cent by the eni of March 2006 due to its bleak earnings outlook, the Nihon Kdzai Shimbun reported, citing company sources. TTje bearings maker will implement an early
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      Lock icon AIB names ex-US comptroller of currency to head fraud probe
      286 11 DUBLIN Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, AFP ALLIED Irish Bank said yesterday it had appointed Eugene Ludwig, a former US comptroller of the currency and former vicechairman of Bankers Trust Company, to head an investigation into suspected fraud at its US
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      Lock icon Enron fallout may hit US recovery
      469 12 STROMSAGA It'll hart business and consumer confidence, cause credit to dry np AFP [WASHINGTON] The collapse of Enron Corp and subsequent probes into fraud and accounting irregularities have not only hurt financial markets and other companies, but could impede a US economic recovery, analysts
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      Lock icon Wall St firms sucked in as Enron probe widens
      512 12 WASHINGTON AP Powerful Wall Street players are being pulled into the congressional investigation of Enron's collapse analysts who recommended buying stock as the company foundered, investment firms that both financed Enron bond sales and invested in the company, and credit rating
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      254 12 NEW YORK LAT-WP IN a huge settlement influenced by Enron Corp's meltdown, Bank of America Corp said on Friday it will pay US$49O million to put to rest H«<m« that it misled shareholders before its 1998 merger with Nationsßank Corp. The Charlotte,
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      1126 13  -  •ii exclusive New products will lead Agilent's charge, and S'pore could contribute strongly, hennehi jambs gets the details from CEO Ned Barnholt, and MD for S'pore and M'sia Tan Bian Ee KENNETH JAMES COMING out of a miserable year that saw it shed 8,000
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      562 13  -  lii comment INFOTECH It has managed to discount the bad news of the year in preparation for the good news to be revealed next year tang weng fai The writer is a BT Correspondent. THE Economic Development Board's (EDB) annual report card on
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      562 14  -  The sector was voted the most socially responsible among vertical markets, producing four out of the top 10 companies deemed most ethical. ghua rami has the details CHUA HUI MIN AS markets become increasingly integrated, brand building and staff and customer retention are
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      654 15  -  New phone allows users to send e-mail, surf the Web and call anywhere in the world for 25 US cents per minnte By] Robert F Worth NYT [NEW YORK] With its bright yellow console and flashing screen,
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      231 15 Dow Jones [CHARLOTTE, North Carolina] Singapore-based Flextronics International Ltd will build a US$2O million design and manufacturing facility focused on optical technology in Youngsville, North Carolina, governor Mike Easley announced on Friday. The new facility will be one of two technology campuses in
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      85 15 [TOKYO] A researcher at Toyota Motors demonstrates a high tech test car filled with touch panel monitors which drivers and passengers can use to access tourist information, health services and group communication through the Internet Japan's ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) Project team started pilot programmes on
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      88 15 Xinhua [BEIJING] Local police in Beijing now use a computerised portable device to collect the fingerprints of suspects in an effort to detect criminal activities. Local police seldom used fingerprint detection technology to uncover criminal cases until the *****, when a computerised fingerprint detector was adopted.
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      390 15 It will make a recommendation early next month on the Compaq deal Bloomberg [ROCKVILLE, Maryland] Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the biggest proxy adviser, may determine whether HewlettPackard Company completes its purchase of smaller rival Compaq Computer Corp, investors and analysts said. Sometime early
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      207 15 AFP [WASHINGTON] US bank regulators on Friday said they had seized the operations of the Internet-only Nextßank, claiming the bank was using "unsafe and unsound practices" that burned up US$3OO million. Nextßank, based in Phoenix, Arizona, was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of
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        61 15 US-BASED Consilnetlnc said it has tied up with Holiday Inn Parkview Singapore to launch a wireless broadband Internet service. The service wffl let guests within the hotel access high-speed, secure, wireless Internet and intranet facilities. Guests need to download a software driver and insert a
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        36 15 CONRAD Centennial Hotel Kay broadband technology in each of its 660 guestrooms, meeting rooms and ballroom. The solution indndss Ethernet, wireless lAN products and Building Broadband Service Manager, a subscriber management platform
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        73 15 VISUALTRON Software Corp said it has helped The Greet Eastern Life Assurance Company develop its "Fund Price via SMS" enquiry system on the iPlanet Application Server platform in a record time of two man-days. The system allows agents and buyers to check Great Eastern
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        80 15 NASDAQ-LISTED VeriSign Inc said its Asian affiliate, Trust Asia, will integrate Verisign's I WebNum services into its product line, giving > South-east Asia's 55 million wireless subscribers an M easier way to navigate the wirtihas Web. WebNtma services enahle wireless users to browse Internet sites and
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        50 15 NASDAQ-LISTED Borland Software Corp has appointed Genovate Solutions Pte Ltd to provide tools and Corbfrrelated developer training coaraes to Borland's customers in Singapore and Malaysia. Under the daal, Genovate will run part-time devekpar training courses in Singapore, and tad-time paMfc|§S courses in Malaysia. Details at www4enovate.com.
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        23 15 MQBIWAVB Pte liil www.insighl-ap.com as the 9ole distributor for Mobiwave's BPA DlO Bluetooth Protocol Analyser fanine Asia-Pacific countries, inrinH>msiiy|wi* ~g
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        32 15 New &lt;anugistics Regional chief NASDAQ-LISTED Manugistics Group Lac, which provides enterprise profit optimisation solutions, has appointed Michael Christensen as president of Manugistics' Asia-Pacific operations. Mr Christensen was previously vice-president of Manxgistics Europe.
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        58 15 SINGAPORE-BASED Webvisions Pte Lid, which provides hosting services for Internet businesses, said it has ben granted ISO 9002 certification fbr the provision of hosting and managed services in Its Singapqre HQ, Thte makes it smong the first in the region to win ISO 9002 certification in
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        88 15 STARHUB said it can now provide "competitive backhaul services to third parties requiring dedicated optic-flbrehased routes than their international cable bandwidth located at submarine cable landing stations in Singapore to their local switch and data nerve centres". Star Hub offers these backhaul services tor the APCN
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        33 15  -  ?»&gt;*' Ty 'TT;-,wt. Raju Chellam PS-BASKDRtopwneaidfleagsffTschnotogywfll deploy Eaopen's Production Collaboration service f globally, niedeal will stretch over threeyearsand involve more than 10,000 Seagate employees worldwide and 2/XX) external tradina partners.
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      1017 15  -  They may contribute to over-gpfldallsatlon and the tendency to lose sight of the of things john qee Mr Gee is a freelance writer who is currently working on a book on modern perceptions of Ancient Egypt CONSIDER this: One of the great revolutions
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      1033 16  -  Napster isn't gone, it just went to the movies. No wonder Hollywood is nervous and cable companies are petrified, scott woolley reports SCOTT WOOLLEY JACK Valenti, the head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), fired off an angry letter to Stanford University's president, John Hennessy,
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      444 16  -  By Chen Huifen PALM Inc announced its new "Enterprise Alliance Program" initiative recently and roped in IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, KPMG Consulting, National Computer Systems, and Singapore Computer Systems as local systems integrators for Palm-based solutions. The five partners will have access to training, market
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      214 16 business on the net put yoyr hands together Sun, recipient of the BEAT No.l UNIX® Platform in ASEAN AwartElj "We're happy Receiving such a prestigious award can only reinforce the to recognise Sun's already strong partnership Sun BEA Systems. One commitment to BEA eßusiness structure software complies, BEA Systems boasts
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      284 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young FOLLOWING all the recent interest and movement in the larger dry a bulk markets, last week has seen the emphasis transferred to the handy sector. Various sales range from 76 to 95 built reported, including the Basic Ocean (27,000/96) at around US$9.B million.
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      742 17  -  Contaminants not introduced at delivery from their barges, they say By\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Several bunker barge operators and suppliers whose vessels have been linked to delivering fUel later found to be contaminated maintain that they were not the source of the contamination. They
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      189 17 AP [BANGKOK] A leaking gas tanker which recently resurfaced after sinking off Thailand's east coast six years ago is drifting toward Cambodia, a Thai navy official said Saturday. The 700-ton Pak One is now about eight kilometers from Koh Krud island, off the eastern
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      374 17 It says USs&Bb bid unlikely to clear anti-trust hurdles Bloomberg [LONDON] P&O Princess Cruises pic has rejected an increased US$6.B billion takeover bid from Carnival Corp, saying the No 1 cruise line's proposal is unlikely to clear anti-trust hurdles, though the price is "realistic". Carnival
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      356 17 Beach cleanup begins on NZ island as spill slows AP [WELLINGTON] As workers with shovels and front-end loaders began cleaning tonnes of thick oil from G is borne beaches yesterday, salvage teams slowed the flow of the heavy ftiel from a
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        726 18  -  DOCKYARD By] David Hughes THE international ship repair industry is entering a period of extensive change and uncertainty. That conclusion from the latest study by UK-based Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC) is hardly a revelation to those in the industry. Much of
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        538 28 Rodder movements nnder probe in New York crash, bnt cause not yet fonnd AP [WASHINGTON] US aviation safety officials saiH they have not yet identified the cause of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 last November but said
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        271 28 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Teleflex Inc, a maker of aerospace equipment and auto parts, said its Telair International unit won US approval to make airline luggage containers able to contain explosions like the one that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103. The soft-sided container, which uses
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        186 28 AP [EVERETT, Washington] Boeing Co will begin production today of a new version of its 747 jumbo jet that can fly farther or carry more passengers than previous models. The 747-400ER has additional fuel tanks and other improvements that
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        142 28 AFP [MUNICH] The European aviation consortium Airbus is planning to build a bomber aircraft inspired by the US 852, the German news weekly Focus quoted consortium head Noel Forgeard as saying. "We are planning a model to compete with the
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        412 28 Trial at Heathrow Airport uses new iris recognition technology AFP [LONDON] Air passengers can now go through passport control at London's main Heathrow Airport quite literaUy in the blink of an eye. Pioneering technology unveiled last Friday uses iris recognition to speed
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        384 28 Bnt delay in Tesna bid could ground airline; analysts AFP [SYDNEY] The prospective owners of troubled Australian carrier Ansett Mark n have placed a US$l.5 billionplus order with manufacturer Airbus Industrie for 30 new aircraft, the European aero-industry giant announced
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      87 17 jpp^lps The advent of Information Technology and intermodal logistics solutions have dramatically changed the global logistics industry. In addition, Singapore is fast becoming the logistics hub of the region. Tb keep our readers updated. Shipping Times now features a full page on logistics on Thursday every fortnight with news of
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