The Business Times, 27 May 2002

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial com.sg MONDAY, MAY 27, 2002
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    70 1 STOCK MA1XFT INDICES Week Chaofe STI 1.72U1 -11 JO SIMSCI FUTURE_***** -179 BT-SRI 734.82 -4.40 KISECOMP 765.86 -21.99 NIKKEI 11,***** +128J6 HANG SENG _11,***** 447.81 SET INDEX __***** +1186 JAKARTA COMP-691!* -24.63 MANILA 1,335.12 -1161 TAIPEI WPI 5,***** -8144 SEOUL OOMP 864.57 -29.46 SHENZHEN B *****^—150 ALST ALL
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    68 1 F01EX BATES uss ss t'SS (SS per US$) 1.799 £(USS/S$ per 1.453 1615 aRO(USS/S$/E). 0.919 1.653 DM 1216 UK YEN 125.0 69.50 RM 1800 1112 HKS 7.799 4J36 BAHT 4185 2182 Rl'PIAH 8355 i978 PBDKE BATES SINGAPORE* 6i§ KUALA LUMPtJB 640 HONG KONG 6.125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.725 TOKYO
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    Lock icon Property is still best bet for CPF funds, says study
    769 1  -  HTiauiiun/j Returns generated could be doable those from other uses of the savings By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The best investment for CPF members is still property, and using CPF funds to buy property could generate returns that are double
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    Lock icon Ready for a ball?
    57 1 Ifyou are not. you still have days to work yourself into the mood for the World Cup football games which will kick off this tH Korea 05 elsewhere, the fever is on—as this banner along a busy Seoul street shows Dont mbs BTs World Cup Spedai
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    Lock icon Guessing game is on for next electronics takeover target
    789 1  -  glWtHi.i-ir/j By David Boey [SINGAPORE] The mounting of a takeover offer for listed Natsteel Broadway by the world's largest electronics manufacturing services company last week has turned the spotlight on other potential takeover targets in the electronics sector. Market watchers believe
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    Lock icon Beijing, Tokyo officials clash over yuan
    1033 1  -  Differences widen over cnrbs that shackle currency From 4 Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE battle of the yen and the yuan is hotting up at the official level. Last week, the simmering dispute between Beijing and Tokyo over currency values boiled over into the
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      Lock icon Flagging reforms slow Thai growth
      624 2  -  Banks reluctant to lendtoSMEsas sectoral problems are not folly fixed From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND has lost the momentum to reform its financial sector, and economic growth is slowing as banks are averse to lending to troubled firms, business leaders and analysts said. They
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      Lock icon Taiwan's chipmakers prefer to head north
      543 2  -  Science parks in island's south largely empty From Macabe Keliher in Taipei UNIMPRESSED with what the island's alternative science parks in the south have to offer in infrastructure and services, Taiwan's high-tech companies are opting to either expand in Hsinchu in the north or
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      Lock icon Home prices hit record high in Bay Area
      442 2  -  Motor «f hanea, cwfca mU ii Afril J—pedafc—tso%yatr<Byu- From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley RECESSION? What recession? This mwm to be the question San Francisco Bay Area homebuyers are asking as they send the region's home prices to a record high. According
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      67 2 IN last Friday's report, "Tan Chong family dispute seen spilling over to AGMs", we said that Mr Tan Kim Hor was re-elected as chairman of Tan Chong International Ltd on May 17. Tan Chong has pointed out that there was no reelection as the company's bye-laws do not require
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Joint bid for Global Crossing called off
      513 3  -  ST Telemedia and Hutchison cite failure to reach accord with banks and creditors of Global Crossing By David Boey SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia and Hutchison Whampoa's joint bid to buy Global Crossing has been called off after the two bidders refused to raise their
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      Lock icon Datacraft: No more China provisions
      279 3 Company tells SGX why it didn't warn investors earlier DATACRAFT Asia is not considering making any more major provisions for its China operations but that is not likely to provide much comfort for investors. As much as regaining investor confidence after two shock profit warnings,
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      Lock icon Investor shows interest in BIL assets
      224 3 Company tells SGX nnn&med investor is also seeking a stake Bloomberg BIL International, a Singa-pore-based investment company, said it has been approached by a potential buyer who wants to invest in some of its assets and take a stake in the company. "An investor
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      Lock icon Who will be Global Crossing's lead plaintiff?
      333 3 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Global Crossing Ltd investors are jockeying for control of lawsuits filed against the bankrupt telecommunications company for billions in damages. Among the contestants is New York's pension fund, represented by William Lerach, a San Diego lawyer who helped the Regents
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      Lock icon Provision for loss at unit to hit Nera profit
      183 3 Reuters SINGAPORE'S Nera Telecommunications said profits for 2002 wUI be substantially lower than 2001 because of provisions for losses at an associated firm. Nera is controlled by Norwegian satellite telecorns group Nera ASA and is involved in sales and distribution of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      303 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 24 VALUE CLOSE 266.00 98.00 WCAM -*****.00 -55.00 WlMylW -*****.00 -27.00 <M8Ep||i> 455.51 +1.21 SQEjaMwIhct 153:62 -1.63 »QI«rifc«Ffci 1534.80 +3.58 tarpJlMhip 435.86 +3.38 WCIfcppw 216.44 +0.78 MWCIFnIH 215.40 -1.20 Oocta Volmm WesTech 10c 153.634,000 IPC020C 150.793,000 NatStee4 50c 62,873.000 ThaMMage5c 55,396,000 GokJtron 5c 53,399.000 PacfficCenturylOc 46,068,000
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      Lock icon Datacraft: paying the penalty for poor disclosure
      274 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By R Sivanithy IF anyone needed a prime example of how quickly a stock can go from a market darling to a market outcast, *?hey need look no further than Datacraft Asia. Once touted as the Cicso Systems of Asia
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      Lock icon Penton's woes raise IPO questions
      708 4  -  JBJbJL^dUUUULSLUJ STOCKS r. sivanithy BACK in 1973 when the troubles in Northern Ireland were rapidly escalating, the three main political parties that were embroiled in the conflict nationalists or republicans, unionists, and the British government met in a civil service training centre at a place
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      Lock icon Intervention slows yen rise
      742 4 BOJ move also helped to curb sentiment in other nnits like the Aussie, baht AFP [HONG KONG] Intervention by Japanese authorities to stop a rapid strengthening of the yen marked a week highlighted by negative sentiment towards the US dollar. Japanese yen: The yen gained ground
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      123 4 ♦RAFFLES Medical Group will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.8 of a cent) on Junes. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is on June 10. Date payable is on June 19. ♦TYE Soon will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday at 10am,
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    2522 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS CitiSelect Asia Titt MroJ 1.2* CitiSelect Asia Tilt Growth 124/ CitiSelect Asia Tilt Enh Grth 1.17/ ABN Amro Anat Mgt (S'porc) CitiSelect Global Growth i.o* Star Europe Eqty 1 0.779/ CitiSelect Global Income 111/ Star Europe Bd 0988/ Citi Global Healthcare fund— 0.9V Star Europe Bal 0885/
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Unpaid HDB loan gives fuller picture
      147 5  -  Patrick Tan Kim Hai Singapore I REFER to the letter "Don't mix mortgages with withdrawals" (Mailbag, May 24) by Chia Hock Jin, executive director of Redas, in reply to Lee Han Shih's earlier column, "70% of CPF in property, not 40%". I agree fully
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      Lock icon How to buy an HDB flat if not for CPF?
      180 5  -  Tay Beng Hon Singapore I REFER to your article, "CPF changes next month, but they won't be drastic: Tharman", (BT, May 15). A major concern expressed by government ministers is that Singaporeans are putting too much money into housing through
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      Lock icon Don't cut CPF for 40+
      141 5  -  Lam Yeok Ping Singapore I REFER to your article, "Redas: Don't aim CPF changes at private homes" by Kalpana Rashiwala (BT, May 21). I am a typical 36-year-old working adult and will have to pay ray housing instalments until I'm 58 years old. Please do
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      Lock icon Unhappy scenario for homeowners
      245 5  -  THE CPF DEBATE Narayana Narayana Singapore IN his property column "70% of CPF is in property" (BT, May 21), Lee Han Shih gives the obverse to the view that Singaporeans are not over-invested in property. The crux of the matter is not only how much was
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      Lock icon No simple answer to property issue
      174 5  -  Shane Tay Singapore I REFER to your article, "Redas: Don't aim CPF changes at private homes" by Kalpana Rashiwala (BT, May 21). Property developers are speaking strictly for themselves. There is no simple solution to the poor property market sentiment. Do not forget the
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      Lock icon Change of mindset, not CPF cut, needed
      711 5  -  Adelina Koh Kui Hong Singapore I READ with interest this year's debate on the new government Budget and proposed changes to existing economic structures. While we hear proposals to raise the CPF contributions back to 40 per cent, we also hear proposals to
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  • CPF property debate
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      Lock icon Watch that CPF special account
      993 6  -  A proper balance between contributions to the ordinary and special accounts will help address the retirement needs of Singaporeans By Andrea Tan IN a few weeks' time, the government will be releasing details of changes to the Central Provident Fund scheme. The changes are expected
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      Lock icon Booms and busts: a historical perspective
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      117 6 1b the pMt, peepto led great expectations of! capital gains in property and dial bore oat Then was little concern ever retirement wealth. Bat the name oldie game is prudence, the underlying worry is that in die past, 90 per cent of retirement wealth was accounted for
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      Lock icon CPF money for housing: Is a cap on the cards?
      1175 7  -  Assuming the CPF cap is 100% of the purchase or valuation price, here are some scenarios of how much cash a buyer will have to fork out By Siow Li Sen WHAT are the chances of the government putting some
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      Lock icon The other half of the CPF housing story
      654 7  -  There're many worrying trends; what happens if interest rates soar? By Alvin Tay JUST consider this: CPF members have sunk $92 billion of their mandatory savings into HDB flats and private properties. Just 43 per cent of total CPF funds, you may
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      Lock icon Home buyers need rethink — with or without CPF change
      729 7  - Home buyers need rethink with or without CPF change The asset inflation we saw in the past is unlikely to repeat itself, warns rashiwala KALPANA RASHIWALA INDICATIONS have so far suggested that the government's long-awaited announcement on changes to CPF policies next month, including those relating to housing, will be
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      Lock icon Ibra wants to end its mandate next year
      560 8 JAKARTA Chairman sticks by 42J82t rnpiah target from 2002 asset sales Reuters THE new head of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said on Friday he wanted to end the institution's mandate by the middle of next year instead of 2004 and
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        Lock icon CBT probes disregard positions: Dr M
        69 8 Bernama [PUTRAJAYA] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said criminal breach of trust investigations involving certain individuals or organisations were carried out irrespective of the positions of those suspected. He was asked to comment on news reports regarding criticism by Minister in the Prime Minister's
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        Lock icon Pakistan conducts second missie test
        50 8 Reuters [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan conducted its second missile test in as many days yesterday, ignoring calls to abandon a series of launches that has stoked tension with India and raised fears of war between the nuclear-armed rivals. India has played down the tests as routine. Reuters
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        Lock icon Undersea cable completed: Telekom
        52 8 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] An undersea cable system spanning 28,000 km and linking Europe, Africa and Asia has been completed, Telekom Malaysia, one of its owners, said on Saturday. Telekom said the US$63B million fibre-optic cable system would offer a reliable alternative to other East-West submarine cable
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        Lock icon Vietnam ups investment estimate
        68 8 Bloomberg [HO CHI MINH CITY] Vietnam needs US$lO billion more than an earlier estimate of the amount of investment required by 2005 in order to reach its growth target, Vietnamese officials said on Friday. The ruling Communist Party is seeking 7.5 per cent annual growth to
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      Lock icon Tajudin needs to win over minority holders
      730 8  -  KL STOCKS Telekom has the upper hand based on the shareholding spread, but TRI has a better Celcom profit story to tell the EGM eddie toh BESIEGED Malaysian tycoon Tajudin Ramli needs all the help he could get from minority shareholders of Technology
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      Lock icon Citibank eyes three Philippine banks
      191 8 MANILA Reuters THE Philippine unit of American banking giant Citibank has identified three local savings banks as potential acquisition targets as it seeks to expand its retail banking activities in the country, a central bank official said at the weekend. The official, who requested anonymity,
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      Lock icon Bank of China HK to cut NPL ratio for listing
      508 9 BEIJING HKsl4b in distressed loans to be transferred to the bank's other overseas branches Reuters BANK of China Hong Kong aims to cut its non-performing loan ratio to 8.4 per cent this year by stripping off HK$l4 billion (553.2 billion)
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      Lock icon China Air stock set to dive
      334 9 Reuters [TAIPEI] Shares of Taiwan's China Airlines are poised to end a recent bull run and dive sharply today, as investors are reminded anew of the carrier's poor safety record following a fatal crash whose cause remains unknown. The crash was the airline's fourth
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      Lock icon Beijing wants more consumer loans
      185 9 BEIJING Reuters CHINA will keep boosting its money supply to sustain economic growth, and will also encourage banks to lend more to consumers and small businesses, central bank chief Dai Xianglong said yesterday. China would also maintain the stability of the yuan currency, Mr Dai
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      Lock icon Bad China firms may curb investment
      170 9 BEIJING Bloomberg POORLY-RUN companies in China that aren't accountable to shareholders and creditors may curb foreign investment in the country, the World Bank said in a report. China needs to reduce the government's stake in more than 1,300 publicly traded businesses, enforce bankruptcy laws,
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      Lock icon Shanghai bourse slams 5 firms over disclosure
      105 9 SHANGHAI Dow Jones Newswires THE Shanghai Stock Exchange censured five firms and all the board members for problems in disclosure, the Economic Daily reports. The five include Shenyang Brilliance Automobile Co, Amoisonic Electronics Co, and Neimenggu Ningchenglaojiao Biology Technology Co, the paper said.
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        Lock icon Amex plans to lust China ETFs
        76 9 Dow Jones Newswires [HONG KONG] The American Stock Rrrhangg is planning to list Chinese exchange traded ftinds to allow investors to tap into the world's fastest growing economy, the South China Morning Post quotes Amex's chief executive Salvatore Sodano as saying. The exact composition
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        Lock icon Beijing's education spending grows
        77 9 Xinhua [BEIJING] Beijingers spent more than 1,000 yuan (Ss2l6) per capita on education last year, accounting for 15 per cent of the city's annual per capita expenditure, according to Friday's Bering Times. The figures, which came from a survey on the lifestyles of city residents, were
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        Lock icon India's FDI rises to US$4.8b
        47 9 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's foreign direct investment rose marginally by US$O.3 billion to US$4.B billion in the year ended March, the government said yesterday. The telecom sector attracted the highest investment of U*****.40 million. Power, oil and refineries generated U*****.09 million. —AFP
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        Lock icon German bank opens Shanghai office
        64 9 Xinhua [SHANGHAI] One of the world's oldest banks, the Berenberg Bank from Germany, has opened an office in Shanghai. The privately owned Berenberg Bank is the tenth German bank to open a branch in Shanghai. Blaus Budelmann, chairman of the bank's board, said his bank
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      Lock icon Gold steals the limelight
      970 10 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON] Gold took centrestage on world commodity markets last week as prices scaled two-and-a-half-year highs thanks to a weaker US dollar and a tense stand-off between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan. Gold: glistening. Gold prices took off again last week. By Friday
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon CSFB adopts Merrill changes for analysts
      355 11 NEW YORK Brokerage unit separates analyst compensation from investment banking Bloomberg CREDIT Suisse First Boston became the second securities firm to adopt the analyst standards Merrill Lynch Co agreed to in its settlement with New York attorney-general Eliot Spitzer. The brokerage unit of Credit
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      Lock icon Business mixes with bikinis for US managers this summer
      280 11 NEW YORK NYT MOST corporate managers in the United States plan to get away this summer. But peek into their luggage and you're likely to And laptops, cell phones or PDAs tucked next to the sunscreen and bathing suits, according to
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      Lock icon Gold price surges, but genuine demand weak
      532 11  -  Brokers call for caution as Western speculators buy the metal From'. Neil Behrmann in London GOLD holders are selling their gold and silver jewellery in India, the world's biggest market, following a surge in local prices to their highest levels in seven years,
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Hedge fund industry under scrutiny
      461 12 WASHINGTON SEC concerned over growth of such funds; review may lead to tighter controls Bloomberg THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing whether there is fraud in the US$5OO billion hedge fund industry following several enforcement cases involving the funds. "We are concerned about
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      Lock icon Japan's piano man and motorcycle king dies at 90
      323 12 TOKYO Reuters THE man who made Japan's Yamaha a household name around the world through an odd mix of musical instruments and motorbikes, died on Saturday at the age of 90, local media reported. Genichi Kawakami, who shunned publicity despite his
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      Lock icon Deutsche Telekom plans job cuts
      409 12 FRANKFURT 22,000 positions to be axed by the end of 2004 Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Telekom AG, Europe's largest telecommunications company, plans to cut 22,000 jobs, or 8.6 per cent of its workforce, by the end of 2004, in an attempt to cut costs after posting six
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      Lock icon Developers to get London's Dome free
      292 12 LONDON AP THE British government yesterday said it would make an announcement on the future of the maligned Millennium Dome next week as newspapers reported it was to be handed to developers for free. The Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Times said a consortium
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        Lock icon NYSE asked to pay more for new HQ
        100 12 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The New York Stock Exchange must contribute more money if it wants to build a new exchange across the street from its current home, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said during his weekly interview on WABC radio. The city, which has
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        Lock icon HSBC may sell venture arm: report
        66 12 Bloomberg [LONDON] HSBC Holdings pic is in talks to possibly sell its European venture-capital arm to the unit's managers, the Business said yesterday. The hapk would retain a stake in HSBC Private Equity, the newspaper said. The buyout would help the hank avoid a
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        Lock icon CMS Energy CEO quits amid probe
        60 12 Bloomberg [DEARBORN, Michigan] CMS Energy Corp, Michigan's largest utility owner, said Chief Executive Officer William T McCormick resigned after the company disclosed US$5.2 billion of sham electricity trades. Company officials said CMS financial statements would be revised for 2000 and 2001 to remove revenue
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      Lock icon Poor outlook may worsen US stocks' summer slump
      562 13 NEW YORK Investors more cautious on fears over terror attacks, weak economy Bloomberg AP THE market truism sell in May and go away has taken on increased urgency this year. Warnings of possible terrorist acts and concerns that growth is slowing are
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      449 14 Concerns raised aboot possible privacy flaws in the info-gathering system Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Microsoft Corp is under investigation in Europe on charges that its system to collect personal information breaks privacy rules, adding to antitrust probes into the world's largest software maker. The EC (European Commission)
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      171 14 AFP [NEW YORK] Microsoft is amending its Windows XP OS to allow the installation of rival software to comply with a proposed antitrust settlement signed last year with the Justice Department, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The changes are to be released
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      178 14 Bloomberg [OVERLAND PARK, Kansas] Sprint Corp, the third-largest US long-distance phone company, is seeking bids for its phone-directory unit and may get as much as US$2.5 billion in a sale, people familiar with the auction said. Thomas H Lee Partners LP, a
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      225 14 Pause in order growth may follow recent upswing Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman, Sachs Co cut its ratings on the stocks of US semiconductor equipment makers it follows, saying order growth may pause after a recent upswing. Shares of the companies fell. Goldman downgraded the
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      227 14 PC maker said it made the deal to avoid prolonged litigation Reuters [POWAY, California] Gateway Inc on Friday said it had agreed to pay U5510.25 million to settle securities lawsuits by shareholders alleging the PC maker had misrepresented financial performance. Gateway said
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      83 14 Bloomberg {SANTA CLARA, California] 3Com Corp, the world's fourth-largest maker of computer-networking equipment, said it sold fewer office phone systems last year than it earlier told analysts. The mistake doesn't affect reported revenue, it said. 3Com shipped 3,363 systems with 246,863 phone lines worldwide,
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      252 14 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Imagine having your laptop fetch a beer from the refrigerator and then roll over to the baby's room to sing a lullaby while e-mailing snapshots to grandma a thousand miles away. Evolution Robotics, a startup backed by Pasadena, California-based technology incubator Idealab,
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      714 15  -  In the Sun scheme of things, hardware will no doubt stay vital to revenue and profit growth. But the message from Sun is that Sun ONE will become its soul By Kenneth James After the new HP, the new Sun? A Sun Microsystem s' press
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        81 15 VISITORS to Raffles Marina can now connect at high speed to the Internet via their laptops or PDAs equipped with a wireless LAN card. A broadband wireless LAN has been set up by Bluengine, with technologies from Cisco Systems, including 20 Cisco Aironet 350 series
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        64 15 NASDAQ-LISTED Speech Works International Inc. which offers speech recognition and text-to-speech technologies and services, said it will work with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's iLIUP (Infocomm Local Industry Upgrading Programme to help local companies. The first four companies selected by Speech Works are Agis
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        77 15 HEWLETT-PACKARD has launched what it claims is the industry's first interactive online training programme for its retail channel partners in Singapore, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan. Called hp-first, it aims to "dramatically improve retail staffs knowledge of the suite of
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        45 15 THE Singapore Industrial Automation Association is inviting nominations for the Industrial Automation Award from SMEs and MNCs in four manufacturing sectors electronics, food and beverage, packing, and chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The last date for nominations is July 1. For details, fax *****986.
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        40 15 NASDAQ-LISTED BEA Systems Inc has appointed Wong Hwa Cheong as managing director for the Asean region, based in Singapore. Mr Wong was previously regional director of sales and strategic relationship with Currenex, Global Currency Exchange.
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        33 15 YAHOO! has appointed Niren Hiro as general manager of Yahoo! South-east Asia, based in Singapore. Mr Hiro was previously president and COO ofSports.com Asia for Singapore, Korea and Japan.
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        35 15 A TWO-DAY "Nanotech Planet Asia 2002 conference and expo" will be held from June 11 at the Grand Plaza Park Royal Singapore. It is organised by Asia.lnternet.com LLC. For details, fax *****913.
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      232 15 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese computer giant NEC Corp will close its plants in Britain and Malaysia in a bid to revamp its troubled PC businesses, a newspaper said on Saturday. NEC plans to shut down its Scotland factory later this year, which produces 350,000
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      674 16  -  Designed and engineered in Singapore, the e6BB took 17 engineers and about $lm to develop By Chen Huifen IF you are concerned about the RF (radio frequency) radiation emitted by mobile phones, you will soon have an option. A Singaporebased startup Group Sense Technology (GST)
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      378 16  -  Products aimed at early adopters in the mass market By Leo Kee Chye US GIANT Eastman Kodak Company last week announced its new Easy Share system to help consumers simplify the processing and printing of their digital photographs. The new system comes with
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      306 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young Demolition prices began to fall noticeably in India and Bangladesh, although a number of ships have been reported sold. Vessels sold for farther trading BULK CAJUUEBSi Oriental Road 45,338 tdw bit 97 China sb crs 2/30,2/25 ts reported sold region U5513.75 million. ♦Southern
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      396 17 It posts net income of US$6Bl,OOO and expects profits to improve this year Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Star Cruises returned to profit in the first quarter, helped by cost cuts and the addition of two ships. The world's fourthlargest cruise line said it
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      207 17 New target set because of rebonnd in US, global economy Dow Jones Newswires [HONG KONG] Container services company Cosco Pacific Ltd is planning to increase its capacity by 15 per cent this year by adding 90,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of containers,
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      54 17 [BARCELONA] Spanish firemen spraying water from cranes to extinguish a fire on the sailing ship Lamo in the dry dock ofMuelle del Reloj at Barcelona's Port on Friday. One British woman died and an unidentified person was injured in the fire. Around 96 neighbours were evacuated due
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      252 17 Reuters [PANAMA CITY] Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, said it would invest US$24O million (***** million) in Panama to create one of Latin America's biggest container shipping hubs. Panama Ports will spend US$2OO million on expanding its
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      91 17 [KEY LARGO, Florida] The upside-down hull of the Spiegel Grove being tied to the bow of the Lana Rose, a 100-foot salvage vessel owned by Resolve Towing and Salvage of Fort Lauderdale in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Key Largo. Resolve has been contracted
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      348 17 35 bodies recovered; snnken vessel not located Reuters BANGLADESHI rescuers have found 35 bodies from a river ferry that went down with at least 140 people on board but they have yet to locate the sunken vessel, police said yesterday. The ferry, ML
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        651 18  -  LINER SCENE -By] David Hughes THESE are strange times for the liner shipping industry. There is little doubt that the global economy is recovering from last year's downturn, but liner shipping isn't at all sure whether the good times are set to return.
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        792 27 THIS report compiled by Cockett Ma nne 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 average sized stem Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        737 28 Official says cause may not be known soon; rescuers yet to find black box Bloomberg [TAIPEI] All 225 people on board a China Airlines plane that crashed into the sea off Taiwan are feared dead. Rescuers have retrieved 78 bodies after
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        67 28 [BLAGNAC] Alain Garcia, executive vice-president and technical director of Airbus, shows in Blagnac the first armoured security door installed on an Airbus cockpit The door is bulletproof with an electronic code locking device and a spy hole. The new doors have been designed to conform to new
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          73 28 AFP [COLOMBO] An aircraft carrying Sri T-ank«n Prima Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made an emergency landing in Dubai on Saturday following trouble, his office said. The SriLankan Airlines Airbus A-340 was unable to complete its Colombo to London flight because of the engine problem, officials
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          82 28 AFP [DAR ES SALAAM] Tanzania's national carrier, Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC), will lay off 243 of its 493 workers ahead of privatisation, according to Transport and Communications Minister Mark Mwandosya. "The government will see to it that workers' rights are safeguarded before, during
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          77 28 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Frankfurt airport operator Fraport will report Ql earnings figures for the first time tomorrow, and analysts will be looking out for progress in its troubled airport terminal project in the Philippines. The company is seen posting Ql earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
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        239 28 Koreans to check airport security in Japan and China AFP [SEOUL] South Korean experts will inspect airports in Japan and China in a move to beef up security for the football World Cup, aviation authorities said yesterday. Experts will conduct a four-day inspection
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        247 28 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will return to service by August the remaining six aircraft it grounded after the Sept 11 attacks, accounting for almost a 10th of its fleet, to meet rising travel demand. Cathay will resume flying five passenger planes and
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        318 28 Airport's proximity to meeting raises security concerns AP [ROME] Alitalia, Italy's main airline, has decided it won't operate flights in and out of Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport for five hours tomorrow during a summit of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries (Nato)
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        154 28 Reuters [BARCELONA] Europe's biggest travel firm Preussag AG is examining competing more in the fast-growing nofrills travel market, its chief executive said. "We are examining entering the market for lowcost airlines," Michael Frenzel told journalists on tour with the company in Spain on Saturday.
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