The Business Times, 20 November 2002

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    17 1 MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85* THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE I I if.tprnpt; iutp://business-times.asial .com.sg Wednesday, November 20, 2002
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    73 1 sn If3KOTl f 3KOT (-3.43) SrmDBZFDTUIES U3BBJOO (-8.00) SODOIIVTIinB 17LI0 (-1.90) STOCK MAEJEETT INDICES Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 637.43 -6.48 NIKKEI 225 M6§i6 19i& HANG SENG „_&965.<» +44.94 SET INDEX 353.62 3.48 JAKARTA COUP -369.10 +1JS MANILA COMP .1024.99 9.49 TAIPEI WP1 4,***** -64.11 SEOUL COMP 671.44 +431 SHENZHEN
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    65 1 FOBEX KATES uss ss L'SS |SS per USS) 1.764 £(USS/SS per 1.581 2.790 ELHO(US&/SS/E) 1.009 1.780 YEN 121.0 68.60 KM 3.800 2.154 HKS 7.800 4.421 BAHT 4137 24.58 Kl'PlAH 8J79 5,090 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5i5 KIALA LIMPIR <40 HONG KONG 5.000 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.62a TOKYO 1575 SEOl'L 956
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  • Article
    Lock icon SIC tells Oei to declare bid decision
    776 1  -  It says Dec 13 deadline takes into account fairness to Nat Steel shareholders and 98-Sanion tactical balance By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] The Securities Industry Council (SIC) has ordered businessman Oei Hong Leong to declare if he will be making a general offer
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    Lock icon Singapore, US clear major hurdles to FTA deal
    772 1  -  Minor sticking point on capital controls expected to be easily resolved By\ Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] After almost two years of talks, the United States and Singapore yesterday finally cleared the major hurdles to a landmark free-trade deal that will remove tariffs
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    Lock icon US banks get greater access to S'pore consumers under FTA
    679 1  -  S'pore will eqjoy USs3oom in tariff savings for a range of manufactured products By' Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] American banks will gain greater access to Singapore's retail banking sector under a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) thrashed out by the Republic and
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    Lock icon Redevelopment of Cathay Building set to go ahead
    478 1  -  J<exclusive| Two Loke family members partner Choo Meileen By\ Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The way has been cleared for the longawaited redevelopment of the Cathay Building site as BT understands that coowner KC Choo has sold his share in the freehold property to
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      227 1 nnaPE Top Stortes Job market may run into rough patch ahead: SNEF. Next Page NWC extends wage restraint policy. Pg a A-Reit shares up 5% on trading debut. Pg 3 Computer Associates LflH co-founder Charles Wang steps down. Pg 15 BT Comment Larry Wee: How to hedge against further S$
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      9 1 UNIT TRUSTS Aussie firm steals a march on rivals
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      Lock icon Tenaga chairman named 2nd finance Minister
      397 2  -  Move sparks talk on whether he will take over ministry when Mahathir steps down From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government sprang a minor surprise yesterday by naming the chairman of the national utilities company as the No 2 in the powerful
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon The market's horror-scope
        121 2 US investment newsletter The Crawford Perspectives had this to say about the markets in its Nov 4 issue: "Venus has spent its retrograde period in its fall, an ominous implication and goes direct on Nov 21 only three minutes of arc from Zero Scorpio, the Sting of
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        Lock icon When cash isn't king
        95 2 TO most analysts, if a stock sells for less than its cash value per share, it must be a screaming "buy". Not so, says Wharton College of Business professor Erik Gordon. Writing in Barron's Nov 11 issue, he said: "It's about time someone said that a
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      Lock icon Job market may run into rough patch ahead: SNEF
      548 2  -  But companies must make convincing case before cutting wages, it says By David Boey [SINGAPORE) The local job market may hit another rough patch before things get better, the Singapore National Employers' Federation (SNEF) said yesterday. Still, companies thinking of cutting
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      Lock icon Ageing tankers a pollution threat in Europe
      565 2 (HI tanker Prestige splits into two, sinks off Spain AFP Reuters. [LONDON] International oil traders looking to profit by using cheap, ageing tankers will remain a pollution threat to European waters until new laws take effect 13 years from now, experts said yesterday.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon A-Reit shares up 5% on trading debut
      400 3  -  32.6 m units traded, patting the counter at top of the actives list By Vince Chong INVESTORS who managed to get their hands on shares in the five-times subscribed Ascendas Real Estate Investments Trust (A-Reit) saw as much as a 6.8 per cent
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      Lock icon China ops reaping good sales for Thai Village
      391 4  -  Half its $42.7 m fall-year turnover from there; 40% just from Shanghai By Loh Hui Yin FULL-YEAR results announced by Thai Village Holdings yesterday show half of the restaurant chain's sales of $42.7 million came from its China operations, affirming the growing
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      Lock icon Guoco Properties to launch Shanghai project in H2 2003
      230 4  -  Firm's first residential development there tocostUSsBsm By' Vince Chong GUOCO Properties, which is set to come under the umbrella of Guoco Land following a reshuffle by parent Guoco Group, will launch its first Shanghai project in the second half of next
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      Lock icon Stocks hit as foreign retail giants face Thai curb woes
      805 4  -  lock siew harish mehta THE big retail story of the year is the Thai government's move to restrict the operations of foreign retail giants, whose megastores in Thailand have supposedly run small local retailers to the ground. Other troubles confront
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      Lock icon Citiraya's M'sia foray puts it on most active list
      595 5  -  Bnt its recent gains pared by fears it is fnlly valued Wong Wei Kong THE announcement of plans to expand into Malaysia kept Citiraya Industries on the most active list yesterday, but the stock one of this year's best IPOs gave
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      907 3 Singapore Press VIV Holdings (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Singapore Press Holdings Limited (the 'Company") will be held at The Auditorium. 1000 Toa Payoh North, News Centre. Ist Storey Annexe. Singapore *****4 on 13
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      307 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 19 VALUE CLOSE BTOMDS 103.00 -6.00 ■TCMN -*****.00 -32.00 *Tl§4qrHA -*****.00 10.00 JMkSSf| Rill 366.64 -0.71 115.95 -0.76 1245.45 1.84 »rpi>ihi> 333.73 -3.16 172.27 -0.90 SMSCIFabaw 171.60 -1.90 Slocks Volume Ascendasreit 32,559,000 PacifioCenturylOc 15.703,000 UmRber 10c 13.872,000 Citiraya 2.5c 13.676.000 *StaiCruises 10c 9.245.000 Datacraft 10c 8,506,000
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      Lock icon How to hedge against farther S$ weakness
      814 6  -  fillonger view CURRENCIES larry wee STRONGER-than-ex-pected US consumer numbers and fresh worries outside of the US combined to make it a better week for Wall Street and the US currency, even if few will say for sure that things cannot take a turn
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      Lock icon How's the market ? It depends on the benchmark used
      796 6  - How's the market It depends on the benchmark used I-I I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WHEN legendary American comic Henny Youngman was asked "How's your wife?", he delivered one of the greatest retorts of all time: "Compared to what?" Although hugely impolite. Youngman nevertheless spoke sense. The question he was
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Oakwell caught in legal wrangle
      212 7  -  It is suing Canadian company, which has connter-sned, over project in India By David Boey SESDAQ-LISTED engineering parts supplier Oakwell Engineering said yesterday it is involved in a legal dispute with a Canada-regis-tered company arising from a power project in India. Oakwell has commenced legal
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Keppel unit completes asset purchase
        41 7 KEPPEL Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation, has completed the asset acquisition of environmental technology and engineering group Seghers Better Technology. Keppel had agreed to buy the assets for 19.1 million euros (S$34 million).
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        Lock icon Eltech to be delisted tomorrow
        29 7 ELTECH Electronics will be delisted from the Singapore Exchange tomorrow following the completion of a move by GES International Ltd to take it private.
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        Lock icon TT Int'l interim profit rises 47%
        55 7 TT International said net profits for the six months ended Sept 30 rose 47 per cent to $5.4 million, fuelled by increased orders from its core trading and distribution business as well as demand for its in-house consumer electronics brand, Akira. Turnover rose 18
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        Lock icon Superbowl profit plunges
        31 7 SUPERBOWL Holdings' profits for its nine months ended September dived 90 per cent from the previous corresponding period to $156,000. Turnover fell 19 per cent to $20.3 million.
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        Lock icon Boustead back in the black
        38 7 BOUSTEAD Singapore has swung into the black for its first half with profits of $3.8 million. Loss in the previous corresponding period was $5.4 million. Turnover rose 32 per cent to $74.5 million.
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      Lock icon GeneMedix operating loss rises to £6.9m
      255 7  -  By' Vince Chong BRITISH bio-generic pharmaceutical firm GeneMedix yesterday reported operating losses of £6.9 million for the nine months ended Aug 31, against a £2.4 million loss in the same period last year. The group attributed this mainly to changes in accounting standards, which
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      Lock icon PCCW workers face up to 20% pay cut
      415 7 Bloomberg [HONG KONG) PCCW Ltd. Hong Kong's biggest phone company, told more than 2,000 workers they face a pay cut of as much as 20 per cent as it moves them into a new network company to reduce costs. Workers who do
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Wages to hold steady: survey
      231 8  -  on the economy wages By Eugene Low WHILE wages are expected to remain unchanged in the next three months, most companies surveyed by NUS Consulting say they will pay lower bonuses this year. The wages net balance the difference between the percentage of firms increasing
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      Lock icon NWC extends wage restraint policy
      565 8  -  It says saving jobs and keeping businesses going are top concerns By< Audrey Tan THE National Wages Council (NWC) said yesterday the "severe wage restraint" put in place in December last year should be extended until June next year, because saving jobs and keeping businesses
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      Lock icon Better to have GST hike than deficits: Yao
      252 8 IT'S better to have a 2 per cent increase in the Goods and Services Tax next year than to have Budget deficits that lead to a weaker Sing dollar. NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Matthias Yao told unionists yesterday. Speaking to reporters on the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Jiang moves China forward
      760 10  -  i!! 4 bottom line OPINION frank ching The writer is a Hong Kong based journalist and commentator THE 16th congress of the Chinese communist party marks a turning point For the first time since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, an older generation of
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      66 10 'It is a slowly growing cancer that is eating away at us. We are not detecting it, because it is small right now. But it is entering the bloodstream and it will kill us.' Lawrence J Eotliluff a professor of economics, on the dangers in this year's
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      Lock icon Lessons from the E-50
      629 10 EDITORIAL Tl HE winners of this I year's Enterprise 50 (E-50) awards, which are given annually to Singapore's most dynamic pri-vately-held companies, tell a heartening story. They show that it is possible for companies to prosper, even during an economic downturn; that innovation in Singapore is
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      Lock icon Can Jakarta regain investor confidence?
      958 10  -  World Bank expects the Bali blasts to reduce Indonesia's economic growth in 2003 by 1% By Satrio Wibowo The writer is a researcher atPTJasa Cita, a Jakarta-based Consulting Firm. This article expresses his personal views THE transition from more than 30 years of authoritarianism to
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      Lock icon A new 'spoils system' for Bush
      752 10  -  COMMENTARY Privatising federal govt jobs could give Republicans permanent political advantage By Paul Krugman NYT [NEW YORK] Rule No 1: A 1 ways have a cover story. The ostensible purpose of the Bush administration's plan to open up 850,000 fed eral jobs to private
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      Lock icon FTA negotiators reach deal on sticky issue
      470 11  -  S'pore to allow sale of chewing gam bat only for medicinal purposes By* Catherine Ong SINGAPOREANS will be able to chew gum before long. That's the good news from a compromise deal reached in a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US.
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      Lock icon Local firm eyes biologies lead
      243 11  -  By] Eugene Low BIOTECHNOLOGY company A-Bio Pharma yesterday declared its aim to become a regional pioneer of biologies custom manufacturing of protein-based therapeutics. Launched at bioLOGIC Asia 2002, the company expects to create up to 300 new sci-ence-based jobs here. Its manufacturing facility in the
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      Lock icon DOS rebases wholesale trade index
      160 11 TO reflect changes in the wholesale trade sector over the years, the Department of Statistics (DOS) is re-bas-ing the Wholesale Trade Index from base year 1994 to 2000. The new base will take effect from the Q3 2002 index. which is due to be released
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Bomb scare hits Jakarta building
      254 12  -  TERBORFALZiODT From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta A BOMB scare forced hundreds of people to flee the Deutsche Bank building in central Jakarta yesterday, but a package removed by police turned out to be a hoax. The building, which houses Deutsche Bank, international media organisations including
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      Lock icon Jakarta to increase stimulus package
      297 12 JAKARTA Govt has agreed to set aside an extra 10.5 trillion rnpiah AFP THE Indonesian government has agreed to allocate 10.5 trillion rupiah (Ss2 billion) in extra development spending next year to stimulate the economy after the Bali bombing. The agreement was reached during a
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Body to study ruling on Meralco
        80 12 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered the creation of a committee of Manila Electric Co (Meralco) officers, stockholders and creditors to study a Supreme Court decision that ordered the country's largest power retailer to refund customers 28 billion pesos (5J823.6 million). The president
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        Lock icon M'sian firms upbeat on outlook
        67 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian manufacturers are more upbeat about business prospects in the current quarter and the next, with many projecting a rise in sales compared with preceding quarters, according to a survey released yesterday. "Companies were positive about the next two quarters," the Federation
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        Lock icon MNCs bearish on Philippines
        85 12 AFP IMANiLAj multinational corporations imnusj consider the Philippines one of the least attractive investment destinations in Asia due to its poor infrastructure, security problems and corruption, a business research group said yesterday. The Wallace Business Forum said an August survey of 49 MNCs found 63 per
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        Lock icon Manila issues US$500m global bonds
        67 12 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines said yesterday it will issue half a billion US dollars' worth of global bonds with a yield of 9.125 per cent. "This represents a spread 0f507 basis points over the comparable 10-year US Treasury bond," a statement from the finance department
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      Lock icon New firm to manage M'sian state funds
      672 12 KUALA LUMPUR Newly set np Khazanah unit could handle as much as RMlOb Bloomberg MALAYSIA, criticised for using public money to bail out private companies, may hand as much as RMIO billion (554.6 billion) from its biggest state-run funds to a new asset
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      Lock icon Zhu warns Chinese accountants
      549 13 HONG KONG Premier says they should abide by ethics and make no false accounts Reuters CHINA Premier Zhu Rongji had just four words of advice for Chinese accountants yesterday "Make no false accounts". Mr Zhu, speaking at the 16th World Congress of Accountants held in Hong
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      Lock icon Megawati has no plans to replace A-G: reports
      232 13 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN President Megawati Sukarnoputri has no intention of replacing At-torney-General Muhammad Abdul Rachman despite a controversy over his unreported wealth, media reports said yesterday. Nusron Wahid, head of the Indonesian Islamic Student Movement, said Ms Megawati told him on Monday
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      Lock icon MSC firms' sales set to rise 41% in 2003
      404 13  -  Minister expects companies in park to rise to 1,000 From] Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur COMPANIES in Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) should see a 41 per cent increase in total sales to RM6.5 billion (Ss3 billion) next year, up
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon China still studying market reform
        78 13 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China is not ready to launch a scheme to allow domestic investors to trade overseas-listed shares as the key market reform needs further study, former top securities regulator Liu Hongru was quoted as saying yesterday. Mr Liu made the comments amid market worries
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        Lock icon Hynix creditors fund buyer of unit
        63 13 AFP [SEOUL] Creditor banks of South Korea's troubled Hynix Semiconductor Inc have agreed to help fund a Chinese firm's bid for Hynix's key liquid crystal display (LCD) unit, a report said yesterday. The banks will supply China's BOE Technology group with more than half
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        Lock icon China's small banks plan merger
        88 13 Reuters [BEIJING] Seventeen Chinese urban commercial banks and credit cooperatives plan to merge to create a bigger bank to help fend off post-WTO competition, the China Daily reported yesterday. "Cross-region reorganisation is one of the practical ways for smaller banks to survive fierce competition with
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        Lock icon No timetable to equalise China taxes
        60 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China said it has no timeframe for equalising tax rates for domestic and overseas companies, prolonging a bias that allows many foreigners to pay less tax than local rivals. "There's no timetable," Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng told accountants at a conference in
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        Lock icon Two foreign insurers to exit China
        74 13 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Two foreign insurance companies said on Monday they have decided to pull out of China, either because it will take too long to make money or the restrictions on operating in the fast-growing market are excessive. Just a year after China opened
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      Lock icon S&P sees little upside for Asian bank credit ratings
      579 14 KUALA LUMPUR It cites slower regional growth; sluggish bad loan recovery rates Reuters ASIA-Pacific banks are likely to see little overall improvement in their credit ratings next year as slower growth in regional economies hampers their performance, ratings agency Standard Poor's
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      Lock icon Seven foreign chain store retailers to enter Beijing
      292 14 BEIJING Others like Ikea, Carrefour to expand ops in city AFP SEVEN foreign chain retail outlets are expanding into Beijing next year, after operating for several years in Shanghai and other eastern Chinese cities, the official China Daily said yesterday. The retailers
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    • Article
      Lock icon 10 China firms to vie for job of managing state pension fund
      317 14 HONGKONG Bloomberg HUAAN Fund Management Co, Guotai Fund Management Co, and eight other domestic asset managers next week will pitch for the job of managing China's 100 billion yuan (5521.2 billion) pension fund. The government invited the nation's
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Computer Associates co-founder steps down
      463 15 NEW YORK Expected move sees Charles Wang passing reins to CEO Sanjay Ku mar LAT-WP. NYT AS Computer Associates International Inc fights off challenges on legal and financial fronts, Charles Wang stepped down as its chairman on Monday 26 years after co-founding a company that
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      Lock icon US trade deficit dips 0.7% to US$38b in Sept
      536 17 LATEST US INDICATORS Lower-th&n-expected import drop led to figure exceeding forecasts Reuters. AP [WASHINGTON) The US trade deficit dipped slightly in September to U5538.03 billion, but was still the second highest level on record, the US Commerce Department said yesterday. The
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Segway hits the stores-online
        105 17 LAT-WP [NEW YORK] Segway, the computerised scooter hyped as the future of personal transportation, made its first retail appearance Monday on Amazon.com What this marriage may soon show is how many early adopters are willing and able to plunk down U554,950 for the ability to zip
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        Lock icon Only one VC-backed IPO in Q3
        68 17 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Only one venture-capital backed company had an initial public offering in the third quarter, the worst quarterly showing since at least 1900, a report said Monday. The single venturebacked IPO raised US$3O million for medical devices and software maker HealtheTec, a
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        52 17 Reuters [LONDON] EMI, the world's third biggest music said yesterday it would make the final step in an exit from music stores HMV by selling its remaining 14.5 per cent stake, worth about £70 million (Ssl9s million), to institutional investors in a share
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        81 17 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Defence company Noijhrop Grumman, which intends to buy TRW, said yesterday it signed a deal to sell TRW's auto parts unit to New York private equity firm Blackstone Group for U554.73 billion. US officials are reviewing Northrop's planned purchase of
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      296 17 TOKYO It urges less tax breaks bat concedes cuts needed Reuters JAPAN'S government tax panel gave its final advice yesterday to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on changes to the tax regime from next year, calling for radical reform but conceding to tax cuts it
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      250 17 AFP Reuters. (LONDON) The world's airlines are headed for a combined loss of US$5 billion to US$7 billion on international routes this year as the ripples of economic slowdown and Sept 11 spread across the industry, a top airline group said yesterday. The International Air
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      405 18 LONDON They reckon his performance targets should be higher: report Bloomberg Reuters GLAXOSMITHKLINE Pic investors will oppose the share and option package of Jean-Pierre Gamier, chief executive of the world's sec-ond-largest drugmaker. the Financial Times said, citing unidentified shareholders. GlaxoSmithKline told investors last week
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      355 18 WASHINGTON AFP. Reuters THERE is little more that the Federal Reserve can do to spark US economic growth and it should refrain from further interest rate cuts, a group of experts known as the Shadow Open Market Committee said on
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      518 20 NEWYORK Investors may have to wait 8 years for next sustained ball market: analysts Bloomberg THE bear market may have ended on Oct 9, when the Standard Poor's 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to their lowest level
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      414 21  -  LTA planning to convert at least 3 trunk roads as space rans out By Christopher Tan THERE may not be room for many more expressways here, but plans are afoot to turn at least three trunk roads into semi-express-ways. One of the candidates is Bukit Timah
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      Lock icon Peugeot to assemble cars with 3 Asian partners
      369 21  -  By Christopher Tan FRENCH car-maker Automobiles Peugeot, a unit of PSA Peugeot-Citroen, has tied up with three Asian partners to assemble cars for the Asia-Pacific region. Dominique Monet, Peugeot's general director of Asean countries, told BT at the Singapore Motor Show that
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      487 21 Controversy surrounds the scooter-like invention ZDNet IN the latest twist to the long-running Ginger saga, it's now rumoured that the two-wheeled device unveiled by inventor Dean Kamen last December isn't the real deal. According to a posting on the gingerchat.com site, the 30-kg Segway Human
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      396 21 Ex-Ford CEO now a senior partner at Bank One Corp unit AP (DETROIT] More than a year after he was dumped as chief executive of Ford Motor, Jacques Nasser has come a senior partner at One Equity Partners, the venture capital arm of Chi-cago-based Bank
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        89 21 GENERAL Motors has launched a new seven-seat van with two of its Chinese partners in central China to capture a growing clientele of small businesses, according to Bloomberg. The van, called Sunshine, will be priced between 40.000 yuan (558.480) and 50,000 yuan for customers who
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        Lock icon Europeans go for Japanese cars
        167 21 WESTERN Europeans shanned luxury brand cars last month, opting for Japanese models from Toyota Motor and Mazda Motor amid stagnating economic growth and rising unemployment. Bloomberg reported. BMW sales fell 9.1 percent in October, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association said in a statement. Mercedes-Benz and
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        105 21 THE Volkswagen Group has earmarked 33.3 billion euros (5559.3 billion) for investment in tangible assets in the automotive division for 2003-07. Future medium-term investment in tangible assets concerns expansion and modernisation of the product range, the group said recently. Investment in the drive train
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        139 21  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan FORD Motor has promoted two of its key executives and given them responsibility for all of the company's worldwide automotive operations, according to AP. James Padilla and David Thursfield, both of whom were serving as group vice-presidents, have been named executive vice-presidents.
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  • PERSONAL investment
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      729 22  -  Those facing this dilemma take heed: Mature estates may offer better location, but new flats appreciate better, and could provide for a retirement fund By Chong Kok Peng, Vincent Lim Chong Kok Peng is an independent financial advisor with New Independent; Vincent Lim is a
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      931 22  -  iKisipgi..ki.'yu Value of shareholder buying up 262% in past week; large purchases also seen in People's Food, I-Comm By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Asia Insider INSIDER buying was up sharply in the five days to Nov
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      210 22 Kotectvourbusiness againstftaddebts... wepayyouifyour customersdon't. H Bad debts can do serious damage to your business. Imagine one or more your customers going bust just as you are trying to grow market share. m we your from bad debt losses a nona recourse factoring facility. When you factor your invoices with us,
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      978 23  -  As someooe who has worn all three hats and has now gone independent Wee Tiong Howe tells GENEVIEVE CUA when clients interests are best fulfilled, and why whole life products serve little purpose GENEVIEVE CUA WHOLE life plans today are redundant; they cost too much for
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      1262 24  -  No load, no bank charges, for funds using CPF savings. That's what Australian firm Navigator offers, along with portfolio management services, in what is set to stir change in the unit trust business. GENEVIEVE CUA reports on its trailblazing move and whether rivals will follow suit
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      756 24  -  riicomment YOUR MONEY Make sure you get your money's worth in advice genevieve cua FOR THE longest time, the biggest gripe about investing in Singapore, whether it's through cash or CPF savings, was the entry cost typically pegged at 3-5 per cent, whether one invests
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      152 24 For Travel and Leisure n The only perpetual that adjusts back- and forwards from a Since 1846 Le Locle Suisse SINGLE CROWN, EVEN IN THE YEAR 2100. THE HOUR HAND IS ADJUSTED il ItWB INSTANTLY TO A NEW LOCAL TIME WITH PUSHER OR DUAL TIME: THE ARROW HAND KEEPS TRACK
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      265 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed one point to 1,445, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained two points to 1,401, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed 30 points to 9,692 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down eight points to 1,856. TUBE-CHARTER: Anangel Ambition (bit 1994)
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      260 25 MX *000 Inn v- 1M CWT Distribution 0.72 undi 0 Chuan Hup 050 001 1329 Cosco tnvostmont 0.M 0.01 310 FrotgM LUu 0.04 0.01 4 C8 Moldings- -.0.63 unch 32 J«Y* Holdings 0.25 unch 207 Ktpp* Carp 420 -0.06 395 Koppol Marina 0.15 unch 505 K0pp0lT0<0 0.92 -0.01
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      490 25 Retail federation says 39% of its members expect merchandise shortages Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] A trade group for retailers such as Gap Inc and Target Corp urged labour-union and shipping-company negotiators to avoid a second shutdown of West Coast ports, saying it would cause "catastrophic"
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      231 25 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Star Cruises Ltd's third-quarter profit rose 49 per cent because of expanded capacity and cost cuts. Net income for the three months ended Sept 30 rose to U5555.6 million from U5537.3 million, the company said in a
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      325 25 It's helped by stake in Virgin Bine and rail venture Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Patrick Corp's full-year profit rose 47 per cent, helped by its stake in discount airline Virgin Blue and a rail venture, and managing director Chris Corrigan said the new businesses will
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      402 25  -  Global benchmarks do not fairly reflect Agist earnings: ASEG By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Asian Seafarers Employers' Group (ASEG) has called for a realistic review of Asian seafarers wages, which it says are not fairly reflected in the global minimum benchmarks set by
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      120 25 AP [MADRID, Spain] The crippled tanker Prestige carrying 77,000 metric toua of ofl broke in two off the north west coast of Spain yesterday, threatening an awiw—Mtal illßiitrr Theßahamas-lUggiHl tanker, which sprung a leak daring a storm last Wednesday, split in half around (0700 OUT)
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      206 26 PAGE Avant 8 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 6 BSC 8 BTL 8 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Central Ex 4 Chahaya 8 China Shpg 5 Confer 8 Cougar 5 CWT Globelink ...6 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 8 ECL 3 Eng Lee 8 ESP Lines 9 Evergreen
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      830 26  -  STRAIT TALE By I Seafarer ABOUT thirty years ago, yours truly was a young cadet on an old, but sturdy and well-found cargo ship of about 15,000 dwt trading around the South African coast. One evening, when anchored off Durban,
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      11631 30 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 04/12 21/12 COSCO EMPRESS PHOENIX 0125* 65 *****900 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* 0'I voir* 06/12 2V12 nvk iud*igshafen expre uw« 65
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        1913 33 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AMD VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Oat In Btti Berthing Un Berth Name Voy Voy s*q berthing Nmbr ACX MARGUERI 011N 01 IN 1 230 1/2002-1500 24/11/2002-0300 ALABDALJ C217W C217W 1 2301/2002 1800 2401/2002-0600 ALAMiAYA 750N 7VW 1 2101/2002 1800 21/11/2002 2100 K12 ALAMIAYA 2 8822 8822 1
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        147 33 Nov 23 Japan: Thankgivings Day. Dm 5 Thailand: King's Birthday. Dm! Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa. Dm 7 Malaysia: Hari Raya Holiday. DM 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. DM 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. DM 34 Switzerland: Christmas Eve flu day). Dm 28
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        795 33 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price ranees In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price index change and the individual
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        583 34 Net income fell 35% tos7menrosasit paid deferred taxes that were dne Bloomberg (PARIS] Air France SA, Europe's second-largest carrier, said fiscal second-quar-ter operating profit rose 86 per cent as fuel costs fell and cargo traffic grew. Earnings before interest
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        375 34 AP [WASHINGTON] Tte Transportation Security Administration has staffed all 429 commercial airports with screeners, meeting a one-year deadline set by lawmakers to revamp airport security, federal officials said on Monday. "We did it," Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said during a ceremony at Reagan
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        356 34 Revamped pension scheme will yield USssoom savings Reuters [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines Inc said on Monday it plans to cut retirement costs by US$5OO million by adopting a new pension plan as part of its effort to reduce annual operating costs by
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        360 34 It urges govt to adopt new policy, fond more research LAT-WP [WASHINGTON) The American aerospace industry is facing an economic and employment "crisis" that threatens to topple the United States from its position as the world leader in air transportation, space exploration and technology,
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