The Business Times, 12 July 2002

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  • 448 1  -  bt Sources say cash-rich group will boy EON'S stake, triggering GO for billion-$ company By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Hong Kongbased trading house Jardine Matheson, the single largest shareholder of Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL), is expected to make a general offer for the Singapore-based motor
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  • 643 1  -  US$ may even fall below 5f1.70 next year, some warn By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The current "zero per cent appreciation" policy for the Singapore dollar on a tradeweighted basis measured against a basket of currencies of the Republic's main trading partners will remain
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  • 452 1  -  Froml Leon Hadar in Washington A DAY after US President George W Bush urged a crackdown on business corruption, the Senate in a rare show of bipartisan unity adopted a set of new penalties for corporate fraud and document shredding. The
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  • 143 1 Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US stocks fell for a fourth day as signs of rising unemployment hit the market a day after key indices sank to 1997 lows amid mounting worry over corporate earnings, accounting scandals and global instability. The latest news of a
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  • 469 1  -  |-i Broadband'* fixed charges lead many to leave PCs leggod on permanently By Catherine Ong [SINGAPOREJ All 21 DBS Bank customers whose computers were recently hacked into and their ftinds illegally transferred out had one common link they were users of broadband
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    • 527 2  -  External factors have improved trat volatile markets cloud outlook By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Optimistic but cautious. This sums up the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) assessment of Singapore's recovery prospects. "The domestic economy is expected to continue on its recovery path,
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    • 591 2  -  Moot 10% of its 135 MDs have left in the past month: source By Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] DBS Group has refuted suggestions that there would be a shake-up in the senior ranks after the departure of its former chief executive Philippe Paillart,
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    • 57 2 IN our article "Oil majors to 'pump up' retail units at petrol stations" in BT Motoring on Wednesday, Shell Select's merchandising manager should have been Elsie Sim, not Elsie Lim. Also, Shell Select's average revenue growth rate of 15 per cent was achieved over the last three years, not
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    • 388 2  -  Bank is trying to restore confidence in on-line By i Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank has kicked off an aggressive advertising and promotion campaign to rebuild confidence in on-line banking following the recent cyber fraud perpetrated on 21 of its customers. The bank yesterday announced a
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    • 517 2  -  2-year study dears flow of reclaimed water into reservoirs By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] After two years of study, a panel of international experts has submitted a report that is likely to provide the signal for Singapore to go full steam ahead to produce recycled water
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 577 3  -  Retail investors get 60% allocation to boost liquidity; pricing at 96 cents by Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITAMALL Trust's initial public offer has achieved a better-than-ex-pected subscription rate of about Ave times a dramatic turnaround from the embarrassing under-sub-scription in its aborted attempt late last year.
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    • 622 3  -  IPO RUSH July set to see total of 10 IPOs; D&rco's public tranche 108.8 times subscribed Reports by David Boey THE current rush of initial public offerings could fizzle out just as quickly next month as IPO candidates monitor new SGX listing
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    • 396 3 IPO-HUNGRY punters have another issue to zoom in on, with Malaysian information technology firm NTI International yesterday offering 24 million shares at 20 cents apiece. Even with the current IPO fever, NTI, which is headed for the main board, is taking no
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    • 500 4  -  AngKongHna-led group extends acceptance deadline for second time By Serena Ng THE management buyout offer for Nat Steel Ltd's assets and businesses may be off if Nat Steel's board does not make a decision on it by Aug 16.
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    • 298 4  -  By Vince Chong UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) laid off 90 employees yesterday, adding to some 20 retrenched last week. This brings the number of employees retrenched in the last three weeks to 380, including the 270 that were laid off at the end of
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    • 186 4 Bloomberg ASIA Pulp Paper Co creditors holding at least US$2.7 billion of debt backed an application by Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA to have the Singapore company's management replaced, the High Court was told. The plaintilh' lawyer, Alvin Yeo, a senior counsel
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    • 396 4 Court-ordered deadline for bids expires Reuters [HONG KONG] Hutchison Whampoa and Singapore Technologies Telemedia both said yesterday they will not submit bids for bankrupt wholesale telecoms carrier Global Crossing. A court-ordered deadline for bids to buy the assets of the Bermuda-based firm expired
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 78 4 Reuters A JOINT vesture between SIA Engineering Co and Goodrich Aerostructures Group will build a US$l3.5 million repair facility in the eastern part of Singapore, SIA Engg said yesterday. The joint venture, Rohr Aero Services-Asia (Rata), will complete tha&OQOsq metre facility in September 2008. Rasa
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      • 55 4 Bloomberg HTL International Holdings, a leather tannery operator and furniture maker, will suspend the trading of its shares today pending an announcement Last month, HTL said it was in discussions with a potential investor to issue $20 million of new shares. Shares ofHTL rose 3 cents
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      • 78 4 Bloomberg SNP Corn, a printing anH piWMiingwiwipny controlled by the Singapore government said profit 4 in the first half rose 22 per cent after higher revenue from its printing business offset losses at its other divisions. Profit in the six months ended June 90 rose
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      • 103 4 MAINBOARD-listed People's Food Holdings Ud, a producer of fresh and frosen meat and processed meat 'J products in China, announced that it has submitted its application for a listing on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. This will result in
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      • 50 4 ENGINEERING solutions provider Trek 2000 International Ltd and electronics firm ASJ Holdings announced yesterday that the Singapore Exchange has granted them in-principle approvals to traraftr their listings from Sesdaq to the SGXmainboamfhe trading daitoofthe firms'shares on the mainboard will be announced in due course.
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      • 97 4 NET profit of Singapore Petroleum Conpany(SPC) for the six months ended June 80 surged to $10.5 million, against $8.2 million in the corresponding period last year. The firm attributed this to a steep rise in cnidaandproduct prices in thefinft muter of the year. Turnoverfell to $1.13
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    • 751 4  -  lock siew quak hiang whai WHEN Singapore's banking consolidation picked up pace last year, not a few expressed worries that the industry already oligopolistic in nature would become even less competitive. But if the latest housing loan war it anything to go by, those
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    • 1484 4 PGA TECHNOLOGY NOTICE OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 4 Loyang Lane #05-01 Loyang Industrial Estate Singapore *****4 on Monday, the 29th day of July 2002 at 10.00 a.m. for the purpose of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      260 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jul 11 VALUE CU*£ 106.00 -304.00 BT CAM -*****.00 -172.00 -*****.00 +17.00 1 i 431? t MIPS -Z» *419.g2_ -19.52 WpJhiftl 422.34 -10.S3 MWtNpfin 201.20 -3.16 mrnar+mm 2oo.ao -3.90 WiBw*20c 123,732.000 BUmu U32C6 28,465,000 GoWronBc 1B.S91.000 Awntton 2 JSC 17,383.000 13,658,000 FuYuMfclOc IT filft.000 CWacmrtlOc 8.122X00 UnlFiood
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    • 300 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRAMT By\ R Sivanithy ONE question that those bullish about local equities have not been able to answer is: where will the next bull market come from? Put differently, on which sector can we reasonably build a platform for
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    • 753 6  -  li comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A US investment newsletter recently said the current bear market is "being driven by a lack of morals as much as poor economics". We're not sure about the poor economics in Singapore's case, the economics are actually quite
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    • 587 6  -  TcommenH CURRENCIES S$ holds steady on MAS announcement; yen and Korean won np a^in larry wee THE US dollar enjoyed a sharp turnaround against major European and Antipodean favourites yesterday, but Asian units mostly toughed it out. The Australian and New
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 309 7  -  Interests of policyholders involved By Genevieve Cua THE Monetary Authority of Singapore is expected to require insurance companies to adhere to a more stringent code of corporate governance than that which applies to listed companies. This is because insurers have to act
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    • 472 7  -  4 w i 3 on the economy employment But many settled for lower pay, poorer working conditions By Eugen Low AROUND three-quarters of those laid off in the first nine months of 2001 found jobs within 15 months. But most of
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    • 311 7  -  Philippines-based firm asks for payment for 4 listing' in probably fictitious directory By Vince Chong ANOTHER telephone listings scam has been uncovered among the Singapore business community, with a Philip-pines-based firm found trying to bill local companies for "listing" in a directory believed
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    • 478 7  -  By Vince Chong t DEVELOPERS have pushed at least 60 landed homes on i the market in the past week, hoping to lure buyers before the traditional lull of the Hungry Ghosts month, consultants say. Despite their coveted status,
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    • 458 7  -  By Siow Li Sen < THE Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (BCCS) has been rapped again for irregular procurement practices, three years after it was reprimanded over such practices. According to the Auditor-General's 2001/2002 annual report BCCS, which eotnes undo- the Ministry of Finance,
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    • 262 7 THE court hearing to appoint Ernst and Young as judicial manager for coffee trader Hiang Kie will be heard on Aug 2. According to legal documents obtained, OCBC had on July 5 petitioned for Hiang Kie Pte Ltd and Hiang Kie
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    • 155 7 I really need to stop talcing all my dates to "Robertson Wall:. t -i r At Robertson Walk, it's not just about the tctu. weekends. It's about a place where you > can enjoy an intimate dinner for two or fljgLJllia. J simply sit back and relax in one of
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 758 8  -  CTTT^ bottom line OPINION frank ching The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator BEIJING'S unremitting struggle to keep Taiwan from straying onto the independence path continues unabated, with Lions Club International (LCI) providing the latest battleground. Beijing has told LCI that, if
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    • 82 8 'We have just emerged from a century that witnessed the evils of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and Idi Amin, and the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia Surely we have all learned the fundamental lesson of this bloodiest of centuries, which is
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    • 583 8 EDITORIAL MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's impending exit after 21 years in power will be the latest in a series of leadership transitions that have swept Southeast Asia The process has been smooth in some cases but convulsive in others. All the same, the transitions will see
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    • 1183 8  -  While the Republicans try to contain the damage from Enron, World Com, etc, the Democrats are trying to make political capital from it By Leon Radar The writer is BTs Washington correspondent PRESIDENT George W Bush and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill
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    • 839 8  -  COMMENTARY That is, assuming a US recovery stays on track in the second half By] Bernhard Eschweiler The writer is managing director and head of Asian Rates Research. JP Morgan THE slide in US and global equity markets in recent months has cast a shadow
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  • MAIL bag
    • 606 9  -  Loh Kin Poh, CPA Singapore I REFER to your report "Merck scandal dashes hopes for Asian stock rally" (BT, July 9), in particular the reference to Merck's announcement to the US Securities Exchange Commission that it had "inflated revenues" in 1999, 2000 and 2001 totalling US$l4.l
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    • 166 9  -  Ang Ah Lay Singapore I AM perplexed why the Land Transport Authority ("LTA to build Buona Vista HQ that may cost up to $500m" f BT, July 10) plans to have a building of 120,000 square metres for its staff of 3,500.
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    • 167 9  -  David Court Singapore I REFER to the report "UOB rapped for role in picking adviser for OUT' (BT, July 6). I have been a shareholder of OUT for over five years. My original investment was made on the basis of fundamentals. During these rather
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    • 138 9  -  Christina Chua Singapore I REFER to "CK Tang needs a shake-up" by Kalpana Rashiwala (Hock Lock Siew, July 5). I wonder how much longer long-suffering shareholders must wait before these so-called management talent will be able to staunch the losses.
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 436 10 MANILA SEC defends move, saying brokerages cannot afford bigger fines Bloomberg THE Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission plans to settle all 153 cases related to the country's biggest stock-price manipulation scandal, levying total fines of only 20 million pesos (*****.000), the legal minimum The
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    • 344 10 JAKARTA Dow Jones Newswires IN a further sign of the confusion surrounding its asset sales programme, Indonesia said yesterday that it was restarting a plan to sell a 20 per cent stake in Bank Niaga through the stock market only a day
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    • NOTEBook
      • 84 10 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Berjaya Capital Bhd yesterday said it has aborted an earlier plan to delist from the local bourse. It also dropped plans for a general offer and special dividend. Instead, the company announced a revised plan in which it will olfer
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      • 80 10 Dow Jones Newswires [JAKARTA] The Jakarta Stock Exchange suspended shares of four companies from trading yesterday as they failed to submit their financial statements for 2001 on time. The four are debt-ridden pulp and paper producer PT Indah Kiat Pulp Paper, paper producer PT Pabrik
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      • 56 10 Dow Jones Newswires {KUALA LUMPUR} Zecon Engineering Bhd said yesterday it has secured a RM314.6 million government contract to build a rood in Sarawak state in East Malaysia. The contract to construct a road to the Federal Administrative Centre in Matang. Sarawak was awarded by
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      • 59 10 Reuters I] Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co, takeover deal forged between its parent Ete Co Ltd and an industry rival yesterdi suit against First Pacific on July 3 for )iation of securities law after the Hong omerate failed to give PLDTacopy of the
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      • 16 10 Reuters Intrawitayanunt said yesterday. "I was informed by
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      • 10 10 Bloomberg legal action. Bloomberg
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    • 422 11  -  They are said to be subscribing to shares worth aptoUSsBoom From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG Kong s top conglomerates have thrown their support firmly behind Bank of China's (BOC) listing here later this month, and are said to be subscribing
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    • 123 11 HONGKONG AFP HONG Kong's biggest telecoms firm, Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd (CyberWorks) and China Telecom, China's largest fixed network, announced yesterday that they have agreed to create a joint venture to provide IT business solutions in China. Under the deal, they will set up
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    • 276 11 BANGALORE It will initially in vest USssom in 3 to 5 firms Reuters VINOD Dham, a microchip expert who once headed Intel's Pentium processor project, yesterday launched a venture fund to nurse startups aimed at making India a key centre for the wholesale design of chips.
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    • 500 13 SHANGHAI Lifting of ban pushes Taipei to reciprocate Bloomberg CHINA allowed its biggest bank to conduct foreign-cur-rency transactions directly with banks in Taiwan, lifting a half-century ban and pushing Taipei to let Chinese banks and insurers open branches on the island.
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    • 411 13 HONGKONG SAP survey shows 93% ended in the red, dewn 5% en average Dow Jones Newswires AN overwhelming majority of equity funds invested in Asia suffered losses in June, reflecting mounting concerns over corporate governance and accounting issues in the US that soured global
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    • 276 13 HONGKONG Bloomberg HUTCHISON Whampoa has formed a venture with Beijing Enterprises Holdings and Beijing Capital Tourism Group to run hotel and tourism businesses in the US and China. The venture will have initial assets of HK11.27 billion (*****.9 million), said Hutchison in
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    • ASIANotes
      • 67 13 Bloomberg [BEUING] China's export growth accelerated in the first half of the year because a rebound in global growth boosted demand and a weaker currency made the country's goods cheaper. Exports grew 14.2 per cent In the first six months of20Q2 from s year
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      • 52 13 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taipei buildings were shaken by an earthquake of magnitude 5.9, the Central Weather Bureau said. No casualties were immediately reported. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said there was no damage from the quake, the epicentre of which was &2 km underground, near Taiwan's east
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      • 79 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] U Ka-shing's loss-making biotechnology unit priced its shares atHK|2, the top of the range it sought, after receiving strong demand for the initial public offering, bankers involved in the sale said. CK Life Sciences Internartntiai Inc. which had less than
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      • 86 13 Dow Jones Newswires [SHANGHAI] China is considering extending the hours of foreign exchange trading sessions, in response to requests for longer sessions from hanka officials said yesterday. At present, daily trading sessions for the yuan against major foreign currencies last only 90 minutes, tesvii* banks
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    • 231 13 BANGALORE Reuters INFOSYS Technologies on Wednesday posted improved and better-than-ex-pected results for the AprilJune quarter due to a surprisingly strong jump in sales. But the IT sector beUwether warned that recent advisories issued by foreign governments against visiting India had caused a slowdown in
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    • 1332 12 miamPOO 11II1P5, rHUdy t i|Uiy lC t gU AY®) <vmm limit ciiminii n.i.c.i Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Statement of Income 31 December 2001 Year ended 31 December 2001 2001 2000 2001 2000 (USS million) (USS million) A**® Operating Income Li 9 UKI filnd 462 409 Interest income 1,524 1,673 Trading
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    • 318 12 MINI MATTER OF THI COMMUMB ACT, CAK SO CHtM ROUND PTI LTD MEMMRS* VOLUNTARY LMMMOATION Honci Of Rfjoumom At an Annual General Meeting of Itie Company hetd on 28 June 2002 at Conference Room 11 LG Twtn Towers (East Tower) 12th Floor YokJo-Dona Vourydunapo-gu.Seoa ISO-606 Korea, the following resolutions were
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  • WORLD news
    • 503 14 NEW YORK But poll shows 70% expect corporate profits to rise over next 12 months Reuters, Bloomberg US corporate chieftains are a bit less optimistic in their short-term outlooks for the economy, a report said on Wednesday, signalling it may take longer for them
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    • 403 14 LONDON Sales inflated by USslb through incentives Bloomberg BRISTOL-MYERS Squibb faces a US investigation for allegedly inflating last year's sales by US$l billion through incentives to drug wholesalers, the Financial Times reported. The world's No 5 drugmaker confirmed it is cooperating with "informal inquiries" from
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    • 279 14 WASHINGTON AP, Reuters US manufacturing, the sector hardest hit by the recession, is on its way to a firm recovery, a survey of manufacturers shows, with the index hitting its highest point in two years in Q2. The Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI said its composite business index
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    • 170 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Real estate it's the new gold for US investors seeking security in a bear stock market, a study released on Wednesday says. "Americans now appear to be treating the purchase of residential real estate as the investment of choice
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 104 14 Bloomberg (TOKYO] NEC Corp, Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Hitachi Ltd and eight other Japanese companies set up a venture to develop chips that are smaller, cheaper and more efficient, toa bid to compete with overseas rivals. Advanced 8oC Platform Corp, which has capital of950
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      • 84 14 Reuters [TOKYO} Japan 's government upgraded its view of the economy for the fourth time in five months yesterday, but the report painted a picture of a recovery dependant on exports and vulnerable to the weakening US dollar. The government mW it detected brighter signs in
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      • 42 14 Reuters (PHILADELPHIA] ATAT Corp on Wednesday told shareholders that president David Dorman was the "front runner" to lead the telephone giant when its current chairman C Michael Armstrong leavee to head the combined AT&T Comcast cable comnanv
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      • 72 14 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung picked the country's first female prime minister yesterday and replaced six other ministers in s reshuffle seen as strengthenii* his hand ahead of December's presidential polls The chief presidential secretary said Chang Sang, 82, a former
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      • 118 14 Reuters [BENTONVTLLE, Arkansas] Discount retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc yesterday raised its second-quarter and fUll-year earnings guidance, citing better-than-expected sales driven by demand for seasonal aoodfl like air cnndirtnuarKMiHummar clothes. Wal-Mart now seee second-quarter earnings of 44 US cents to 45 US cents per share, up
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      • 108 14 Bloomberg [MILAN] Flat SpA will cut production and lay off at many as 21,700 auto workers, nearly half its Suropss* carmaking workforce, in August and September as sales plunge. Italy's biggest manufacturer will reduce output by ***** vehicles in the next twomonthst
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    • 436 15 PALO ALTO, California It says it is rapidly signing op new advertisers and paying customers Reuters INTERNET media company Yahoo! Inc on Wednesday broke a year-and-a-half-long losing streak by posting a net profit on sharply higher revenues, saying it had put the dotcom
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    • 292 15 OTTAWA Investors pommel the stock to almost its year-low Reuters SUFFERING Nortel Networks Corp shareholders faced new woes on Wednesday with news the tarnished telecoms equipment supplier will be dropped from the prestigious Standard and Poor's 500 index. Nortel shares were dumped in
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    • 169 15 REDWOOD SHORES, California Dow Jones Newswires ORACLE Corp took a potshot at nemesis Microsoft Corp on Wednesday, unveiling software designed to replace Microsoft's as a corporation's e-mail backbone. Introducing the Collaboration Suite software at a meeting with analysts here, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said "we really
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    • 590 16 WASHINGTON He doubts a Senate proposal can pnnish violators adequately Reuters US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said on Wednesday he was furious with corporate "crooks" and expressed doubt that a Senate proposal gave regulators enough power to punish violators adequately. Speaking to the US
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    • 182 16 NEW YORK Dow Jones Newswires A POLL by CBS News released on Wednesday found that two-thirds of Americans don't think most US corporate executives are honest. When asked "Are most corporate executives honest?", 67 per cent of those polled said no and 27
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    • 309 16 Dow Jones Newswires [NEW YORK] World Com Inc provided a corporate jet for US$l a month to a company director who headed the committee that sets salaries and benefit levels for senior executives, company officials told federal investigators, The Washington Post
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    • 150 16 AFP (TOKYO] Italy's giant clothing retailer, Benetton, yesterday announced the opening of four new megastores in Japan as part of a global expansion plan for a total of 240 such outlets worldwide in three years. The announcement was made by group founder and president Luciano Benetton,
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    • 570 16 news LONDON Better US productivity, liquidity attract investors Reuters CORPORATE America is still held in high esteem by European investors, despite a succession of accounting scandals that have left global markets in a spin and data showing a better outlook for profits in
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    • 899 20  -  When it comes to Diana Krall's music, the lady's very much in control, and that goes for her life too. kamnan chamdran finds out KANNAN CHANDRAN THIS Christmas is going to be special in Diana Krall's household. And probably in many other homes around the world. The
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    • 787 21 Hugh Jackman is his zingy self in two recent flicks weighed down by dodgy scripts and shaky plotlines OKAY, the straw poll has been pretty unanimous: we like Hugh Jackman, whether as reluctant romantic novelist in Paperback Hero (1998) or credibly macho Wolverine in X-Men (2000). And
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    • 340 21  -  By. Adeline Chia NEXT time you want to travel, grab a writer. Or that's the lesson you're left with after watching screenwriter and actor Buck Henry's journey across the High Andes to Patagonia in BBC's Great Railway Journeys series. All right,
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    • 950 22  -  Film-maker Gil Rossellini reminiscences about his eventful life and times to parvathimaymi PARVATHI NAYAR I FTER 9/11 there's a lot of curiosity in the West about Islam. And misconceptions. Hi M islam is identified with the Middle-East. There's little awareness of Islam in the Far East as in
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    • 549 22  -  'The Hard Word' fails to engage audience after an entertaining first By Parvathi Nayar IF you're robbing a bank and need an alibi, this has got to be the perfect one namely that you're in prison already, doing time. That's the opening premise of Australian film The
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    • 505 22  -  By Corinne Kerk IT is no surprise that a squeaky-clean, feel-good family movie about reviving one's dreams should come out of Walt Disney Pictures and be based on the very American sport of baseball. The Rookie works in America largely because it centres around a
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    • 444 23  -  Director Ivan Heng tells aa&om lye why the play about a toilet cleaner is a standout AARON LYE ITisaharahreality that, in every society, certain people are a lot less visible than others. Among their countless numbers are construction labourers, road sweepers and even
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    • 500 23  -  By Frank DeMeglio ALMOST like a coda to the Arts Festival, pianophiles island-wide were treated to the 9th Annual International Singapore Piano Festival last week. Four international pianists performed music ranging from Baroque to Contemporary and everything in between. Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro opened
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    • 641 23  -  Compiled by Aaron Lye PERFORMANCES Baiet Under The Stars The Singapore Dance Theatre's popular outdoor dance event returns yet again with a selection of new works from the Singapore Young Choreographers Dance Platform, featuring the works of Jo-anne Lee and Khek Ah Hock. July 19-21 and July 26-28,
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    • 642 23  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon REMEMBER the phrase "It ain't over till the fat lady sings'? For Fame the Musical, it just isn't over till the yellow cab vrooms on stage and some dancing goes on on top of it. That's the lingering icon for Fame,
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    • 15 23 Fame the Musical performs atKallang Theatre until July 14. Tickets tire available at SbHc outlets.
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    • 653 24  -  Fireplace Grill Steak House at Le Meridien President Hotel in Bangkok stands out for its well-prepared food and quality produce, jaxke ee tucks in JAIME EE SOMEHOW, you don't expect to go to Bangkok to eat steak. You go there for spicy green and red
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    • 251 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) roee one point to 1,007, the Baltic Panaaaax Index (BPD gained tour points to 1,(02, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD firmed five points to 7312 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was unchanged at 1,168. 172,247 dt 14.6 on 63.4 ndas delivery
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    • 625 25  -  HK Customs meeting some shipping industry representatives to seek their views By P T Bangsberg [HONG KONG] While the Hong Kong government says it supports the goal of the container security initiative (CSI) introduced by the US to prevent
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    • 62 25 [SINGAPORE] The Amazon Eagle (centre) sits in the Keppel Shipyard dock awaiting a major conversion into a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the sixth such job at the yard for customer Single Buoy Moorings. Keppel clinched recently another three conversion contracts worth $160
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    • 181 25  -  ■By. Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] APL Logistics (APLL) has continued its China expansion, entering into a joint venture with three partners for motor vehicle and parts distribution throughout the mainland. The new automotive logistics company CMWAL will build a regional distribution centre for finished vehicles and
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    • 198 25 Acqnisition gives it a major supply chain logistics presence in US [SINGAPORE] P&O NedUoyd's newly separated logistics business has significantly boosted its global network with the acquisition of the US-domestic retail logistics group, the Gilbert Companies. P&O Nedlloyd Logistics has taken over Gilbert
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    • 117 25 Reuters [HONG KONGJ The world's second largest shipping container maker, Singamas Container Holdings, said it would buy a 46.22 per cent stake in a refrigerated container firm for US$lO.B million to expand its presence in China. Singamas said it would have 100 per
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    • 730 26  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK -By Selva Kumar AN Australian court of appeal last month upheld a lower court's decision not to follow US precedents in deciding whether an injured seaman's claim was to be heard under the laws of the vessel's flag
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    • 61 26 [CAPE TOWN] Members of the public welcome back some 78 Russian scientists and German crew members rescued from the ice-bound German-owned Magdalena Oldendorff, as they arrive in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday aboard the SA Aghulhas rescue vessel. The SA Agulhas braved the Arctic winter
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      • 168 35 Jul 14 France: National Day JallS Brunei Sultan's Birthday JkI 17 South Korea: Constitution Day Japan: Marine Day Jniao japan: Marine Day Jml 21 Belgium: Belgian Nat Day Aaffl Switzerland: National Day AaffS UK: Bank Holiday (Scot) Aug 9 Singapore: National Day Aa| 12 Thailand: Queen's Birthday An*
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      • 773 35 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranee* in US dollars instead of tingle prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sixed stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 694 36 Senate may also pass Bill despite opposition from the administration NYT [WASHINGTON] The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to let airline pilots carry guns in their cockpits, a move that the new Transportation Security Administration said six weeks
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      • 363 36 Deli very firm may lose more business as deadline for onion talks nears- Bloomberg [ATLANTA] United Parcel Service Inc's US shipments fell 2.6 per cent in the second quarter as customers began shifting business to rivals in case there is a Teamsters strike
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      • 229 36  -  Bu Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singapore will invest more resources into developing aerospace manpower in its push towards being a "compelling hub" for aircraft repair and overhaul, according to the Economic Development Board (EDB). EDB chairman Tec Ming Kian cited existing aerospace
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      • 206 36 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] The city of Los Angeles will double the number of armed guards working at Los Angeles International Airport after two people were shot to death last week. Mayor Jim Hahn, who had announced a plan to improve airport security a day
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      • 205 36 [SINGAPORE] SriLankan Airlines will be the latest among Asian and other airlines flying into India's "IT capital", Bangalore. From Monday, the airline will offer three non-stop services weekly from Colombo to Bangalore, realising what it said was a "longheld dream". Singapore Airlines just received the
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      • 188 36 Dow Jones Newswires [WASHINGTON] US Airways Group Inc's request for a US$9OO million federal loan guarantee has been approved with conditions, the Air Transportation Stabilization Board said. The board, established in the wake of Sept 11 to manage a federal loan guarantee
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      • 519 36 US retailers start stocking goods for year-end shopping Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Korean Air Co and other Asian carriers shipped more cargo in June than a year earlier as retailers in the US began stocking up more electronics and other products, airlines and freight
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