The Business Times, 1 April 2002

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P> *****/2002 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ MONDAY. APRIL 1, 2002
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    Lock icon Ernst has bagged Andersen S'pore: sources
    640 1  -  "grnrnm M JIM A I A mm merged entity willeverUke PwC u largest auditing firm here By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Ernst Young has beaten rivals KPMG and Deloitte Touche to the punch. It has snatched for itself the Singapore arm of beleaguered international auditing
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    Lock icon UOB to build alliances with Chinese banks
    928 1  -  snmnsm By Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Bank Group intends to build alliances with domestic Chinese banks as part of its plans to move into Greater China. UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw, who has declared Greater China as the next big frontier
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    Lock icon SGX firms' profit dives 77% – and few upgrades are in sight
    823 1  - SGX firms' profit dives 77% and few upgrades are in sight By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] With the results reporting season all but over, analysts' seeming reluctance to upgrade their earnings forecast for Singapore is coming as a disappointment to many in the market As of yesterday, 278 listed firms had
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    Lock icon Pivotal role for PSA Corp as Japan fights ports decline
    812 1  -  Hibiki P trt, to be run by PSA c«uiitiun,Mtte have spedal rale Promt Anthony Rowley inTokyo I A NEW Japanese port that Singapore's PSA Corp will operate is to play a pivotal role in Japan's new national transport policy. Tokyo
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      Lock icon Reclamation won't affect shipping lane: S'pore
      567 2  -  Ministry says transport links ti islands will depend on devt needs to be worked oot From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE has assured Malaysia that the land reclamation works on the Republic's northern shoreline will not affect the shipping lane to Malaysia's Port
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      Lock icon DHL sees China driving businesses in Asia
      538 2  -  Firm set to connect 1,000 Chinese cities by year-end By < George Joseph [SINGAPORE] DHL Worldwide Express, the leading international air express company, sees China as the driver for businesses in Asia this year and is confident Beijing will register 7 per cent
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      8 2 Maflhagt Let market judge Ee Cheong, Pg 8
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      254 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 28 VALUE CLOSE 101.00 -65.00 -*****.00 -43.00 >10.00 474.36 +1.36 172.73 >0.33 W>*h»Hi 1508.49 -f 10.61 452.26 -6.41 -W*»w 227.58 +0.87 —OHkmrn 229.20 >1.70 FcoMc loJaSoo klw Hkte 703^000 RolvMU&LOc 69 £99 OOO GES intl Ltd 20c 4MW*000 ASTIlOc SSSOO' Vk%lnd5c STSOOO Sen*Caplnd2Sc ***** 000 JurongT«ohlOc
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      Lock icon Ionics: earnings, technical indicators in its favour
      284 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WUUUMT By Ven Sreenivasan MAINBOARD-listed lonics EMS* announcement of earnings growth of 22 per cent to $23.6 mUlion for FY2OOI went largely unnoticed in the market The Philippines-based electronics manufacturing services specialist lifted its turnover in the 12 months to end-December
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      Lock icon Market looks to US data far guidance
      754 4  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan HE Singapore stock- f I 1 market, by most acI f I counts, showed re- markable resilience last week despite in- tense end-of-quarter window-dressing and a volatility induced by the futures market. The benchmark Straits Times Index managed to end
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      29 4 ♦RAFFLES HoMln®. Ltd win hold its AGMoo April 16, at 3.09pm, The Olivit Room, 4th Floor, Raffla* City Convention Centre. ♦SING LimH^oUllngLtd Room i m apore EmppoBB
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      Lock icon Asian currencies end Q3, holiday week on flat note
      619 4 AFP [HONG KONG] There was Uttle movement in currencies across the region as the end of the first quarter coincided with a long Easter holiday weekend in most markets. Japanese yen: The yen remained rangebound against the dollar as Tokyo players
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SPH selling its last batch of good-class bungalows
      674 5  -  Part of sale proceeds to be QMd for devt of4oo-nnit condo in Thomson By Christopher Tan MEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Is selling the last batch of Its goodclass bungalows, with part of the proceeds going towards developing a 400-unit condominium
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      Lock icon Can Tony Tan work his magic on Parkway?
      606 5  -  WIMjK 1 andrea tan PARKWAY Holdings' shareholders may not have been smiling much lately. They have seen their share price Call from $1.50 a year ago to $1 and now to below 90 cents. And it's not that Parkway hasn't been in
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Q1 JTC take-up rates slip back into negative
      381 7  -  This follows a blip in Q4 as demand for industrial space remains weak Byl Serena Ng NET allocation of industrial space fell again in the first quarter of 2002, following a blip in the fourth quarter of last year, as demand for
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      Lock icon Golf index at highest since June '01
      486 7  -  By Ven Sreenivasan IF membership prices for golf clubs is one of the leading indicators for the Singapore economy, there is good reason for optimism. The open market prices of these clubs chalked up the biggest month-on-month rise since mid-1999, when the Singapore
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      Lock icon Bank loans up 2% in Feb year-on-year
      326 7  -  -By Serena Ng SINGAPORE'S bank lending grew a steadier 2 per cent in February from the same month a year ago but was slightly lower compared to a month earlier, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Loans extended to non-bank customers totalled
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      Lock icon United Sq space 85% taken up after revamp
      372 7  -  Retail area nearly doubled; big portion reserved for kids By 1 Vince Chong TENANCY at United Square has reached 85 per cent, as the estimated $30 million, year-long revamp of United Overseas Land's shopping mall heads for completion in June. Retail space
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      Lock icon DBSAM Swing fund delivers positive returns
      444 8  -  Patrick Tan Managing Director DBS Asset Management WE refer to your article "What's new in guaranteed funds" (BT, March 27). It is erroneous to describe the option embedded in the Swing fund as a simple "worst-of" option. A worst-of option is designed to lock
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      Lock icon Let the market judge Wee Ee Cheong
      438 8  -  Tan Joo San Singapore I REFER to your column "Leadership issues could distract banks" by Siow Li Sen (Hock Lock Siew, March 26). It is inaccurate—and perhaps even unfair to label Wee Ee Cheong (UOB's deputy chairman and president, and son of the
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      Lock icon Local banks trail in e-banking services
      282 8  -  Foo Jong Kiem, Andy Singapore I REFER to your report "DBS disbands e-solutions tp»m in reorganisation" by Angela Tan (BT, March 26). I feel that while local banks re-emphasise brick-and-mortar banking, they should not do so at the expense of Internet banking. Banks should
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      Lock icon Take longer view on Malaysia
      715 11  -  JUIJMLJaIiJULa!UU KL STOCKS OovL la mora m&rkftt-frtwnHly anH fa eddie toh MANY foreign fund managers are still shying away from Malaysian stocks although foreign companies investing in the country's economic sectors are still bullish on the country. The inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) into
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      Lock icon Thailand merges 2 ailing banks
      383 11  -  New Siam City Bank to be sold to strategic investors eventually From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok TWO ailing Thai banks are being merged today to create a 490 billion baht (5520.7 billion) entity, the fifth-larg-est in the country, that would eventually be sold to foreign
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        Lock icon Polls win shows Dr M gaining support
        104 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's ruling coalition wnn an tn<Tf>aBed majority yesterday in a by-election seen as a test of public sentiment in the wake of the terror attacks on the US. Dr Mahathir's National Front won the Ketari seat in
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        Lock icon KL cracks down on get-rich schemes
        85 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia plans to raise the penalty tor promoters of get-rich schemes by four-fold to RMIO million (Ss4.B million) and 10 years'jail, a report said yesterday. Thousands of Malaysians have lost their life savings to such schemes, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
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        Lock icon Thaksin's plans for troubled south
        70 11 AFP [NARATHIWAT, Thailand] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday wrapped up a cabinet meeting in this troubled southern province by vowing to use economic strategies to battle security problems. He said a broad economic plan including the promotion at tourism would be used to solve
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        Lock icon BP steel curbs: little impact on China
        39 11 AFX [BEUING] China's foreign trada ministry complaints to the European Union over a decision to limit steel imports has led to a promise that Chinese exports would only see limited impact —AFX
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        Lock icon Incomes in China's big 3 cities soar
        70 11 -AFP [BEIJING] Average income for residents in China's three major cities grew by double digits in 2001, with annual income in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing averaging around 20,000 yuan (554,423), state press said yesterday. The averse annual salary in southern Guangzhou, was the
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      Lock icon Manila eyes currency swaps with China, Korea
      307 11 MANILA Reuters THE Philippine government is eyeing a currency swap agreement with China and South Korea to boost its dollar reserves as a precautionary measure against potential financial market shocks. "The trend is to have bilateral talks with as many countries as we
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      Lock icon China to start trading euro/yuan today
      306 11 Dow Jones Newswires [SHANGHAI] China's interbank foreign PTrhnngn market will start trading the euro against the Chinese yuan today. The euro will be the fourth currency to be traded on the Shanghaibased China Foreign Exchange Trade System, after the US dollar. Hong Kong dollar
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      Lock icon India opens up to exports; to fight red tape
      280 11 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA yesterday removed almost all hurdles for exports and pledged to cut through red tape in a bid to achieve a target of 8 per cent growth. Unveiling India's first long-term export-import policy, Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran announced
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      Lock icon HSBC, IFC may buy stakes in Beijing Commercial
      355 12 CHINA BANE SALES HSBC seeks 15% stake, but Chinese bank willing to sell only 10%: report Bloomberg [BEIJING] HSBC Holdings Pic, Europe's largest bank, and the World Bank's International Finance Corp unit are in talks to buy stakes in Beijing City Commercial
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      Lock icon China's Citic bank gears up for stake sales
      251 12 Reuters [BEIJING] Citic Industrial Bank said on Friday that it was poised to take on foreign investors to pave the way for a domestic stock listing in 2003, the latest Chinese bank to try to shore up competitiveness after the country's WTO
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      Lock icon Post-bubble US, Japan: worrying similarities
      637 12  -  Qnestion is whether US will prove to be for more resilient From Neil Behrman in London THERE are remarkable similarities between the current post US bubble economy and the immediate aftermath of the 1987 to 1990 Japanese bubble economy. But will America prove to be
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      Lock icon Oil holds firm as gold tops US$300
      919 12 COMMODnx Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Gold prices spiked back above US$3OO an ounce last week for the first time in over a month, while oil prices held up close to recent six-month highs above US$25 a barrel. But it was a quiet week .overall
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Gold sent above US$300 by hedge funds
      491 13  -  But views differ on whether they intend te held positions From Neil Behrman in London GOLD has burst through US$3OO an ounce because of purchases by macro hedge funds speculating in currencies, stocks bonds and commodities, said London bullion dealers. The precious metal
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        Lock icon Motorola scraps chairman's bonus
        73 13 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Motorola Inc had cancelled chairman Christopher Galvin's bonus and frozen his US$l.3 million salary last year due to the company's "unsatisfactory financial performance", the firm said in its annual shareholder proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Motorola had awarded a US$l.26 million
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        Lock icon CSFB sees US$525m from units' sale
        75 13 Reuters wwyvwiH Ml VIH iUUMi OMWV [WASHINGTON] Wall Street investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) on Friday said it expects to make about US$525 million from the sales of three brokerage units In the first quarter. CSFB said it sold both the US-baaed
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      Lock icon New York Fed sought discount rate cut in Jan
      256 13 WASHINGTON Reuters AS recently as January, with the US economy starting to show tentative signs of life, the influential New York Federal Reserve Bank saw the need for one more interest rate cut, minutes released by the Federal Reserve on Friday
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      Lock icon US economic rebound could drive stocks higher in Q2
      416 15 NEW YORK Likely gainers will be firms focused on specific businesses, not conglomerates Bloomberg, Reuters AN economic rebound that took hold in the first quarter may drive US stocks higher in the second as corporate profit growth resumes, some investors said.
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      161 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD oe9 t remain attent>ve W 12 The done thing (11) (4) 80(110 13 Unmafche <l French writer fin- YESTERDAYS ory mnti (11) ishes miscellaneous articles DOWN (4,3,4) Up,narTnB,9 2 J ,<***, Frcnct, p*, case tor gSSWySS&M w swne anxiefy pj y 17 Atom iq FWu«tort on He toilsjn
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      912 16  -  A pilot programme is already in place among selected financial institutions which stand to benefit most from the new product, Julie Holland, head of Reuters' treasury services, tells labrt wee LARRY WEE Financial market players can now use the Internet as a platform
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      559 17  -  It's a trusted name in the information business. So why are investors getting edgy? By Paul Chan OVER the last 150 years, British giant Reuters Group Pic has built one of the most trusted names In the information business. Now its business is at
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      474 17  -  This will allow banks to target their products more accurately, says IDC study Byi Chua Hui Min BEFORE plunging into more expensive online projects, banks in Singapore need a finer understanding of their customers, says IDC (International Data Corp). "Prior to introducing costly initiatives
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      809 17  -  Bycatcriagtke field «f Arab litaraatprtak, puttftfctWab By Jullette Rosmant THERE w 300 million Arabic speakers from Morocco to Oman; only five million of them use the Internet. That penetration rate of less than 2 per cent is about the same as China's; Japan's, by comparison,
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      310 17  -  By] Raju Chellam THE Singapore Computer Society (SCS) announced five winners of the IT Leader Awards, including two for the IT Youth category. Singapore's Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts and Senior Minister of State for Defence, David Lim, presented the awards last
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      776 17  -  INFOTECH Tlie service is a non-starter because there is simply no And that's Just the first of many reasons angela tan The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent. TWO years ago, technology solutions providers, hanks and network operators came together
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      226 17 Reuters [RESTON, Virginia] Nextel Communications Inc. the No 5 US wireless operator, took a charge of roughly US$l.6 billion in Q4 2001 to restructure Nil Holdings Inc, its troubled international unit, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing. The non-cash, pre-tax asset impairment charge
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      613 18  -  *maafFi Craig Addison THIS refers to the commentary, "Beware the China semicon juggernaut" by Ivan Goh (BizJT, March 25). It's good to see a healthy debate about the wafer fab industry in your pages, three such articles. One of those (from the EDB)
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        70 18 THE Singapore Network Information Centre (SGN1C) has introduced the Registrar Accreditation Scheme for *g domain name registration. Accredited registrars can oflSsr domain name registration for five second level domains: com.sg, org.sg, netsg, edu.sg and perjg. "To foster competition, promote innovation and encourage competitive pricing, there will
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        64 18 THE Singapore Refinery Company (SRC) win streamline and automate its proosssss with e-bii solutions from Sesamilnc (which provides B2B solutions) and Abecha (a joint-venture subsidiary of Jurong Town Corp). The solutions will help SRC electronically eource and purchase both stock materials and services through an e-marketplace.
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        61 18 SINGAPORE'S Data Storage Institute (DSI) has tied up with Singapore Polytechnic to do joint development and offer technology training. DSI is a reeearch institute under A*Star (Agency for 8cienoa. Technology Reeearch). DSI will initially undertake two joint projects with SlngPoly's Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department—in miniaturisation nfkpy drives,
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        60 18 EXEL, s UK-based listed supplier of SCM solutions, has set up its Supply Chain Solutions GrotuXSCSQ) for the Aaia-Paclflr, In Mnppnp> mM it has invested more than $10 million in the SCSG, and Will nffjar Urga onmprtfcm fa hriwritwr energy, consumer, retail, and healthcare advice
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        93 18 MALAYSIAKINL a Malaysia-based digital media startup, said it has received RM1.3 million in fresh ftmds from the Media Loan Development Ftmd (MDLF), an RM80 million venture ftmd with offices in New York, Prague and Hong Kong. MDLF wf&own 28 per cent stake in the company "On
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        32 18 A SEMINAR on Moving upward in a downturn wtilb* V haldonAprU»at the Marina Mandarin HotaL It is organised by Microsoft Great PlainsBusiness Solutions. For details, fox *****002.
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        33 18 China IT Telecom A TWO-DAY seminar on China IT A Ttkoom JOB will be held from April 24 at Swissotel The Stamford HoSeL It is oryaniaed by Telsfocal Asia. For details, fox 8B0T884.
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        97 18 M3CROSOFT8 new software development platform. Visual SturifcvNttT, hfTT laf fltl night for XML Web services. It supports up to 23 languages, and comes in three editions: Visual Studio.NET Enterprise Architect It costs $4,500 and enables software architects and eenior developers to build largsacaleapps for infrastructure Visual
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        86 18 KODAK Singapore has introduced the Kodak EasyShars DX4800 Zoom Digital ym Camera "the first I print-optimised I I 4 megapixel digital camera". It lets users make sharper, largBr prints—up to 20 ft by 30 ft It also comes with enhanced 6X zoom, a combination of the
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        68 18 lUMEua uorp nas unveiled its lastest internal CD-RW drive so for, the 40x12x40 internal CD-RW drive. It records at 40x, and writes at 12x. "Users can now burn a 60-mlnute audio-CD in less than thrse minutes," Iomega said. "Excellent Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) speed of
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        82 18 SUN Microsystems said tt will continue to oflter a no-charge download of the OpenOffioe.org— www.openc0kt.org—version of its StarOffice productivity suite. Sun will discontinue the no-charge download of StarOffice, and instead ofisr it for sale through different channels. "StarOffice 6.0 will be offered to end-users through
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        119 18  -  on HI m nhf Raju Chellam MORE than 80 per cent ofWeb surfers in Singapore use at least one search engine a month, and more than 75 per cent are willing to try up to 10 times before giving up on a search, according to
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      Lock icon Genesys sets up integrated audio conference facility here
      586 19  -  It buffering the service to companies in S'pore at $75 per month By C Chen Huifen GENESYS Conferencing Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Montpellier, France-based Genesys Conferencing, has launched a "unified conferencing" service in Singapore. The company hopes the new service will
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      649 19 But strategy may backfire as market is almost saturated Bloomberg [TOKYO] NEC Corp, Sony Corp and Trigem Computer Inc say they are raising prices for the first time in at least five years to keep pace with the higher cost of chips
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      155 19 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Intel Corp will start selling a smaller, faster version of its Pentium 4 computer processor this week, as the world's biggest chipmaker rolls out a new manufacturing process. The new semiconductor runs at 2.4 GHz. While the first ones are based
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      278 19 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Computer security provider Network Associates Inc (NAI) on Friday pushed forward with its contested plan to buy the rest of anti-virus software McAfee.com Corp for about US$2lO million, a price McAfee's directors have already rejected as too low. NAI renewed
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      359 19 Charges of 2t yen more than double what company forecast in Not Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp may take two trillion yen (5527.7 billion) in charges, mostly to write down overseas investments by its mobile phone unit, resulting in the biggest
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      150 19 Reuters [PYONGYANG] North Korea has lei a of high tech light into Its murky Isolationism by bufidtag a fibre optfc link to China and knowing its first Internet joint venture an online lottery ran by a South Korean company. DPRKoreaLotto.com will start operating this week
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      Lock icon CRM's not just a buzzword,it's a sound business principle
      774 20  -  SAY To avoid spending millions and yet not meet expectations, consider Ave key factors when rolling ont Inttlathron aljosja van dorssen The writer is a vice-president at AT Kearney Management Consultants. THE late Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart stores, once said:
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      443 20  -  Withe-commerce sales rising, companies cannot afford to cot back on IT budgets Byi Chua Hui Min GOVERNMENTS and companies in Asia should step up their technology spend- ing to survive the current onslaught of foreign competition, IT consultants Accenture said in a recent
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      278 20  -  Tills trend, which has begun in the West, may smb arrive in S'pore By' Tang Weng Fai PROFESSIONAL services firms may have to actively bear the direct business risks with their clients and do more than just consulting and implementation to stay
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      475 21  -  Stable ties between port aniens, management will enable country to be N-E Asian hnb By] P T Bangsberg A pledge of no strikes this year in South Korea's ports has been signed by members of a committee including the Federation of National Harbour Unions
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      318 21 Tanker capacity 40% higher on purchase of 20 ships Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Shipping Development Co, the country's biggest oil shipping line, said 2001 profit rose 15 per cent after it bought tankers from its parent, increasing its capacity by about two-fifths.
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      283 21 Freeing np of Jiffiut peninsula ports could cot freight costs, prices in war-torn area AFP [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka is to open its strategic ports in the embattled Jaffna peninsula to international commercial shipping in a move to drastically reduce prices in the
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      235 21 AFP (PERTH] A Dutch ship anchor wrecked in Sri Lanka's Galle Harbour 343 years ago has been raised by a team of divers from the Western Australian Maritime Museum, it was revealed in Perth. The museum's project coordinator, Karen Millar, said the anchor
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      822 22  -  LDIER SCENE By David Hughes IF the fact that last year was not a good one for container lines is public knowledge, the emergence of flill-year financial results for the big carriers, particularly the big Asian carriers, is painting a
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        152 31 April 1 Australia: Easter Monday Belgium: Easter Monday Canada: Easter Monday France: Easter Monday Germany: Easter Monday Hong Kong: Easter Monday New Zealand: Blaster Monday Norway: Easter Monday Sweden: Easter Monday Switzerland: Easter Monday United Kingdom: Easter Monda: (except Scotland) Airlift Hong Kong: Ching Ming Festival Taiwan: Ching
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        772 31 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on averagesixed stem Market movements are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price i~w» change and the individual
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        488 32 He says new partnership with American Airlines opens way to join Oneworld alliance AFP [BEßN] The chief executive of Switzerland's new national airline, named simply 'Swiss', was in bullish mood on Saturday ahead of the company's big launch, stressing that tickets
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        306 32 New regional aircraft to be produced by Embraer Dow Jones [TOKYO! Kawasaki Heavy Industries will build a plant in Brazil to assemble wings for a new small passenger airplane to be produced by major small-plane manufacturer Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (ERJ),
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        224 32 Bloomberg {BRUSSELS] Virgin Express Holdings, the Brus-sels-based low-fare airline unit of the UK's Virgin Group, is starting daily flights to Athens and Lisbon as it moves to capitalise on the collapse of Sabena SA. Service to Athens from Brussels began on Friday and
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        178 32 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's two airlines is boosting fares by an average 3.2 per cent on routes to the United States and Canada helped by rising demand, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation said. Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines will raise fares
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          102 32 Bloomberg {AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV, Europe's No 4 airline, said it will replace 34 Boeing Co aircraft with new models from both Boeing and Airbus S AS. In the first phase of the fleet renewal programme, KLM will replace 12 Boeing 747-300
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          78 32 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Bank of China has signed a 12 billion yuan (552.6 billion) credit line with China Eastern Airlines and agreed to offer the country's second biggest airline a separate loan of US$2OO million, state media said. The deals will allow China Eastern to
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          80 32 Dow Jones {HANOI] Vietnam Airlines will begin direct flights between Tokyo and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, an airline official said. The national carrier will start flying four times a week between southern Ho Chi Minh City and Tokyo's Narita aiiport
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        Lock icon Engine problems force 2 planes to make emergency landings
        218 32 AP [TAIPEI] Two airliners flying out of Taiwan on Saturday experienced engine problems and were forced to make emergency landings, airline officials said. Both returned to airports safely and no injuries were reported. A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 had problems shortly
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        571 32 This should come mainly from route expansion, expected passenger growth of 4-7* Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International Pic, Asia's second best performing airline stock this year, sees its route expansions and an increase in passengers boosting its revenues by 4 to 5 per
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      302 33  -  What matas XJtstanding entrepreneurs and businessmen? The three vAmers of this year's Singapore Business |Mpanb are the answer, although each perhaps has his IBton of howaf&flsais achieved. By Quak Hlang Whal By Quak Hiang Whai H|M USJNESS leaders and management 0K experts can expound endlessly on
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      195 34 HE pounced on a $10-billion target last June in one of Singapore's most spectacular takeovers. Like a battlefield general playing hb cards dose to hb chest banker Wee Cho Yaw watched hb rivab slugging it out before striking swiftly to snatch the prized Overseas Union Bank away from
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      1275 34  -  Many reckon that the OUB deal was the most significant among Wee Cho Yaw's list of takeover trophies. But the veteran banker disagrees as he explains to quak hiamc whai that it was all about timing, luck and grabbing the opportunity QUAK HIANG WHAN IT
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      470 34 IT doesn't matter to Wee Cho Yaw whether United Overseas Bank is family-ran or managed by professionals as long as the bank remains profitable and competitive. "Banks will eventually be institutionalised. The ideal situation would be to get the owners
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      561 34 WERE minority shareholders unfairly treated in the recent reshuffling of assets among the UOB stable of companies? Not so, says chairman Wee Cho Yaw. In feet, the interest of the bank and its shareholders must come first where UOB Group's divestment programme is
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      1133 36  -  While the KepFels chief is a tough bargainer he also believes in leaving something on the table for others, says comrad raj CONRAD RAJ AFFABLE is the word that best describes Choo Chiau Beng, chairman and managing director of Keppel Fels Energy Infrastructure
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      879 37  -  Informatics chairman Wong Tai has big plans to make his company a global leader in quality learning services. Target: 2005. kemmeth jambs reports KENNETH JAMES FIRST the region, now the world. Informatics Holdings Ltd, this year's Enterprise Award winner, spells out its long-term goal in its
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      1690 38  -  While congratulating new Businessman of the Year Wee Cho Yaw, two-time award recipient sim womc hoo shares his thoughts about creativity and entrepreneurship SIM WONG HOO IT is fortuitous that this year's Businessman of the Year (BOY) Award went to an old
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      1241 38  -  The under-representation of women on corporate boards is a carry-over from history that needs to be urgently addressed. And this is an opportunity for Singapore to set a lead for the region, if not the world, to follow Contributed by i United by Chin Eon
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      150 39 Builder of Winners Outstanding CEO At Keppel FELS, we design and build world-class m jack-up drilling rigs, semi-submersibles and B specialised vessels like Floating Production Storage IFand Offloading facilities. Many of these have become 6 the pride and joy of their owners, being the best in ■P5% thnir lAflni ia
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