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Title Section14 2003-01-01 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Internet, http.//business-times.asial com.sg 'SPpiNGAPORE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2003 MITA (P) 010/03/200214 words
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629 2003-01-01 1 Anna Teo - Economy grew last year; more details in tomorrow's MTI flash estimates By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] It looks like Singapore has escaped but only barely a technical recession in 2002, which would have been its second in two years. In his New Year message629 words
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1226 2003-01-01 1 Ven Sreenivasan - The past year was also very good for small and mid-caps like Osim and HTL By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] With the value of the Singapore stockmarket now at its lowest levels since March 1999 and the benchmark Straits Times Index down 181,226 words
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Article140 2003-01-01 1 PRICE PRICE CHN6 <S) (D FROM VJVRKVVni DEC-31 DEC-31 DEC 31 Bliiaiiam 2002 2001 2001 1 Innovalues 0.92 026 111 8 2 Singamas 1.57 0.45 XIJ 9 Qian Hu 0.72 025 18BJO 4 HTL 0.67 024 179J Food Junction 0.63 023 173J Food Empire 027 0.11140 words
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Article59 2003-01-01 1 sn 1,341.07 (+9.12) ST MDGC FUTURES MJ0.00 (unrh) mm twiici Fvimss UlS4^0(+130) Tuesday Change KLSECOMP MC22 -III MKKEI2SS (.-ted HANG SENG MiLa +4*M SET INDEX (ted JAKARTA (Wlted MAMU COMP ..(ted TAIPEI WP1 4.***** SEOUL COUP (ted SHENZHEN B I 4.M ACSTAU.OR1) ±S7&JW -ISO* BOMIIAY IND _JU77i* -tSI Ham59 words
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Article, Illustration860 2003-01-01 1 David Boey, Serena Ng - Analysts pick defensive plays, high dividend stocks By\ David Boey, Serena Ng Reuters [SINGAPORE] After seeing stocks of many companies crash and burn last year, are you still willing to shovel money into the fragile Singapore stock market in the newReuters - 860 words
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Advertisement216 2003-01-01 1 OUTLOOK 2003 Time for US$: Year cautious optimism of living dangerously Vikram Khanna, Pg 6 Larry Wee, Pg 6 No crash, Explosive start no catalyst to 2003 R Sivanithy, Pg 6 Yang Razab Kassim, Pg 7 I interested in a low interest rate mortgage on your overseas property investment? US216 words
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371 2003-01-01 2 Eugene Low - Committee makes recommendation in the wake of SingTel-IDA case By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] To prevent a repeat of a case like the $388 million compensation overpayment to Sing Tel, the government should consider seeking advice from consultants when making payments to operators371 words
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810 2003-01-01 2 David Boey - Winners include Raffles LaSalle, D¥ and D&rco By David Boey [SINGAPORE] The bear market took a heavy toll on initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2002, with 70 per cent of the year's fresh share issues being bashed below their IPO offer price810 words
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Article, Illustration506 2003-01-01 2 Andrea Tab - By Andrea Tab [SINGAPORE] THERE was little New Year cheer yesterday in the boardroom of IT solutions firm aspnetcentre. Former managing director and founder Lim Hwee Leng has quit after refusing to take the role of executive vice-chairman and director in charge of506 words
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Article328 2003-01-01 2 Top stock picks for 2003 from selected research houses Venture Corp SPH SIA Engineering CttyOev Comfort/DelGro NOL Fraser Neave CSE Systems Hong Leong Asia Osim Infl MFSTech DBS 8T Engineering Venture Corp CityDev Fraeer Neeve SIA Engineering DelQro HuanHsin Popular Boardroom Comfort/DelGro SIA Engineering Singapore Exchange Amtek328 words
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Advertisement16 2003-01-01 2 liTitn iianhe Zaobao 20Q2 IQian Hi7s I I shares I I stood out from others I16 words
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SINGAPORE companies
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337 2003-01-01 3 Vince Chong - Settlement of issues following Swissotel deal releases fands By Vince Chong RAFFLES Holdings provided a little New Year cheer yesterday when it announced that it will write back $26 million in provisions following the successful settlements of issues that arose during its337 words
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227 2003-01-01 3 Andrea Tan - By* Andrea Tan 98 Holdings' offer for NatSteel has been extended by a week to Jan 10 in the latest twist to the long-running takeover battle. The extension, approved by the Securities Industry Council (SIC) following applications from both NatSteel and 98 Holdings, is227 words
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Article720 2003-01-01 3 lee han shih - siew lee han shih THERE is something every contractor knows, but few Nat Steel shareholders do: the price of steel has been rising since bidding for the company started in June. There is something else many contractors do not know and Nat Steel shareholders should: Singapore's720 words
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COMPANYBriefs
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Article114 2003-01-01 3 BELEAGUERED construction group Van der Horst (VDH) has found a white knight in petroleum explorer Goldwater. Under a proposed reverse takeover, VDH will pay $30 million via the Issuance of 600 million new shares in VDH to acquire the entire issued and paid-up share capital of114 words
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Article113 2003-01-01 3 Reuters SINGAPORE diversified group WBL Corp Ltd «a*d yesterday that its printed circuits unit's plan to inject assets into a US company to secure an American Stock Exchange listing had been shelved. Multi-Fineline Electron ix lnc's (MFI) shareholders had planned to transfer their sharesReuters - 113 words
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Article76 2003-01-01 3 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering has said Ho Ching and Lim Neo Chian will relinquish their directorships today. Ms Ho was appointed a director on Sept 8,1997, and became chairman on Oct 1,1997. She relinquished the chairmanship on April 15,2002. Mr Lim was appointed deputy CEO and76 words
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69 2003-01-01 3 DBS Bank has entered Into a sale-end-purchase agreement with Korea Kolmar Company to buy 3.1 million shares in the company f0r3,970 woo per share. Following the acquisition, DBS will hold a 23 per cent stake in Kolmar. DBS said the move relates to69 words
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Article44 2003-01-01 3 KEPPEL TAT says its subsidiary Keppel Communications has sold 3J2 million shares in Affinity Communications, representing 70 per cent of the latter's issued share capital, to Lau Boon Hwee and Teo Hock Boon for a nominal sum of $1.44 words
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30 2003-01-01 3 TAIWANESE group Yuanta Securities has continued to build its stake in Kim EngOng Asia, buying a farther4oo,ooo shares at 90.5 cents apiece yesterday.30 words
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59 2003-01-01 3 SINGAPORE Press Holdings said yesterday its tie-up with the Shanghai edition <* Can Kao Xiao mCKXX) to carry a weekly selection of business stories from UanhtZaobao from January 3008 has been aborted. SPH said CKXX could not obtain approval from the Chinese authorities. LAanht59 words
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SINGAPORE markets
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Article, Illustration291 2003-01-01 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dm 31 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMS 164.00 ♦137.00 IT COM -*****.00 +46.00 -*****.00 -17.00 348.80 +2.65 WrpBuDiil 118.28 40.39 MljrfMwFh 1195.24 +11.61 316.46 +3.07 aafcppw 164.46 >1.40 164.80 42.30 Chart SemiCond 26c 7,091,000 TTIntl5c 5380.000 NOL 5.011,000 MultiVisHK7c 4,406,000 Leong Hin 20c 4,311,000 SGXlc 3329.000 NatSted 50c 3,686,000291 words
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Article, Illustration1064 2003-01-01 4 larry wee - view o c JO m S m <z> larry wee THE Monetary Authority of Singapore is unlikely to change its neutral policy stance on the external value of the Singapore dollar tomorrow, despite recent calls for a weaker local currency. We lay out1,064 words
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Article, Illustration766 2003-01-01 4 r. sivanithy - l id comment CO s CO This is its 3rd consecutive annual loss; depressed mood expected to colour early 2003 r. sivanithy INSTEAD of the traditional "bang" that usually comes at year-end, fund managers closed their books silently yesterday, heaving an almost perceptible sigh766 words
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Article2686 2003-01-01 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Finance InSexFd 0.71V Com Global Lifestyle Index Fd 0413/ toEi«meFntli*i 0577 Com Global Health Index Fd 0.75» sSISSfcT M37/ Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0408/ jSSZffjCi VJU, Com Global Mmc Index Fdl" 0MV S-Sj Com Global Energy Index Fd 0J1V i'SE Com Global Tfi<« Index2,686 words
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SINGAPORE news
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Article, Illustration674 2003-01-01 5 Angela Tan - It beats POSB&nk offer with fixed rates in first 2 years and competitive board rate of 2.6% Byi Angela Tan OCBC Bank yesterday trumped POSBank by offering the most attractive HDB home loan package so far. OCBC Singapore's third largest bank by assets hasCompiled by BT; FILE PHOTO - 674 words
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Article, Illustration342 2003-01-01 5 Serena Ng - r=tt =4 on the economy credit By I Serena Ng THE amount of credit card bad debts that Singapore's banks wrote off in November eased 9 per cent from a month ago, but was almost double the amount in November 2001, figuresSource: MAS - 342 words
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Article, Illustration357 2003-01-01 5 Vince Chong - Its supermarkets will not raise prices of 400 items for rest of the year By\ Vince Chong JARDINE Matheson unit Dairy Farm Group, which runs supermarkets Cold Storage, G'value and Giant, said yesterday that these outlets will absorb the one per centFILE PHOTO - 357 words
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ON THE grapevine
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Article144 2003-01-01 5 w THE Energy Market Company has come up with an attention-grabbing way to announce the launch of Singapore's new electricity market which went live at midnight. Yesterday it sent journalists a white, metal-trimmed box containing the following items: a mug, a bunch of daffodils, a hard-boiled144 words
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Article112 2003-01-01 5 JAN 18,2003. That's recruitment day for those who want a career with the DBS group in Hong Kong. In an advertisement that's rare these days in the banking industry, the Singapore banking group is enticing job-seekers with a hard-sell approach: "Invest in your future with DBS". The112 words
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OUTLOOK 2003
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Article, Illustration1288 2003-01-01 6 VIKRAM KHANNA - Despite the gloom surrounding the economy, there are reasons to be hopeful, says VIKRAM KHANNA VIKRAM KHANNA LOOKING at the economic prospects for Singapore in 2003, the immediate picture confronting us is hardly pretty: an uncertainly poised US economy with weakness in Europe and JapanCompiled by BT - 1,288 words
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943 2003-01-01 6 R Sivanithy - By R Sivanithy WITH the New Year just round the corner, it's customary to get the old crystal ball out, dust it down and peer into it for clues on the fate of the stock market. It's a ritual we perform943 words
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1144 2003-01-01 6 Larry Wee - Euro and high-yielders, like the Aussie and NZ dollars, the favonrite beneficiaries By i Larry Wee THE once-mighty US dollar faces a rough ride in 2003, not only on fears that so much can go wrong on the war and security fronts but1,144 words
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Article, Illustration848 2003-01-01 7 KENNETH JAMES - The attraction of mobile wireless, desktop broadband, and other promising technologies like Web services won't be enough to spark a resurgence in the battered infocomm industry in 2003. But this is the year to get ready, says KENNETH JAMES KENNETH JAMES EVEN for the geeks inREUTERS, AFP - 848 words
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Article, Illustration1157 2003-01-01 7 YANG RAZALI KASSIM - It's time for new approaches to defuse tensions, says YANG RAZALIKASSIM YANG RAZALI KASSIM I AWAIT the new year with trepidation. The widely predicted invasion of Iraq appears imminent, with the United States straining at the leash, regardless. If war does break out,AFP - 1,157 words
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YEAR IN REVIEW
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Article, Illustration1358 2003-01-01 8 To say it has been a tough 12 months for equities would be an understatement. R SIVANITHY looks back on a tumultuous year. After a promising start, the Straits Times Index ended 2002 lower for the third successive year, this time losing 17.5 per cent TheGraphics by Ben Cruz - 1,358 words
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4171 2003-01-01 10 OJRR PREV COMPANY MKTCAP %CHNG PRICE %CHN6 PE RANK RANK (S$M) FROM (I) FROM RATIO DEC 31 DEC 31 DEC 31 DEC 31 DEC-31 DEC 31 2002 I 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 1 1 SingTel *****.0 -29.5 1.24 -29.5 12.7 2 34,171 words
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REGIONAL news
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Article635 2003-01-01 11 HONG KONG HKslb deal gives Son Hung Kai 51% of the HE mobile phone firm Bloomberg BT GROUP pic agreed to sell a 21 per cent stake in SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd for a third of what it paid three years ago as the formerBloomberg - 635 words
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Article, Illustration537 2003-01-01 11 Investors don't see growth returning to 20% level of the 90s Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Investors in Asian electronics stocks don't envisage a strong enough pickup in demand for mobile phones and personal computers this year to restore earnings growth to levelsBloomberg; AFP - 537 words
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397 2003-01-01 11 KUALA LUMPUR Sale seen as an option to help cnt its huge debts MALAYSIAN power utility Tenaga Nasional Bhd may sell part of a US$l.B billion coal-fired power plant to the country's largest pension fund to help cut debt, its chief397 words
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211 2003-01-01 11 KUALA LUMPUR AP MALAYSIA'S foreign minister said Singapore should learn to compromise in spats with its neighbour or "go to war", news reports said yesterday. Singapore seemed to care only about its own economy, while Malaysia tried to be a good neighbour, SyedAP - 211 words
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Article80 2003-01-01 11 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Petroleum Chemical Corp, Asia's largest oil refiner, said it will cut about 10,000 workers this year, or 2.4 per cent its workforce, to trim costs. The company, known as Sinopec, said it removed 20,000 workers last year and fired 68,000 in 2001.Bloomberg - 80 words
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Article76 2003-01-01 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Closely held timber producer KTS Group will start publishing Malaysia's newest Chinese language daily, competing with two bigger rivals. The Oriental Daily News, a 48-page broadsheet, will hit the stands today after six months of planning, managing editor Ng Nyen Fah said.Bloomberg - 76 words
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Article76 2003-01-01 11 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's economy grew at its slowest pace in a year in the second quarter as a drought hurt farm production, trimming incomes of rural dwellers who make up three-fifths of the country's one billion people. Gross domestic product expanded 5.8 per centBloomberg - 76 words
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68 2003-01-01 11 Reuters [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's economy grew 5.3 per cent in the third quarter from the same period in 2001 on stronger agriculture output and a rebound in the service industry, the central bank said. The growth is a huge turnaround from the sameReuters - 68 words
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Article54 2003-01-01 11 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan computer display screen maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes said it would post a pre-tax loss of NTS2.9I billion (*****.3 million) in 2002, against the previous forecast of NT53.59 billion profit. It said last week the revision was due partly to shrinking production atReuters - 54 words
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137 2003-01-01 11 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese carmaker Honda will consolidate production in South-east Asia by shifting part of its output from Indonesia and the Philippines to Thailand, it was reported here yesterday. Under the reorganisation plan, Honda Motor Co will unify all production of its CityAFP - 137 words
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Article, Illustration541 2003-01-01 12 SHANGHAI Pndong Bank cats size of planned share sale by two-fifths to 3b ynan Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc received permission to buy a stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, and China's second-largest listed bank cut the size of a planned share sale byBloomberg; AP FILE PHOTO - 541 words
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308 2003-01-01 12 HONGKONG Online services seen as cheap, effective way to tap market Reuters GLOBAL banking group HSBC, Hang Seng Bank and Bank of East Asia have become the first foreign lenders to launch online banking in China. HSBC and Bank of East Asia, HongReuters - 308 words
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430 2003-01-01 12 BEIJING Beijing Capital wants to ensure its IPO is a success Bloomberg BEIJING Capital Land Ltd, a state-owned developer, wants to sell a stake to an overseas property company, a banker involved said, as it tries to ensure its initial offer succeedsBloomberg - 430 words
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273 2003-01-01 12 HONGKONG AP A MAN who staged mock funerals at a rental house is named in a lawsuit that accuses him of trying to squeeze money from a luxury property developer after spooking would-be buyers. Many superstitious Hong Kong people would refuse toAP - 273 words
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Article1598 2003-01-01 12 STOOMflffUM Dec 31 RU88ER Futures (dosing prices) RSS1 (Scents/kg) Close Vohme OpM Month High Low Sett (touts) Interest Jan 03 ***** Feb 03 150.50 Mar 03 150.75 Apr/Jon 03 152.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tomes) Merest Jan 03 87X0 Wm 250 250 Feb1,598 words
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WORLD news
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Article, Illustration590 2003-01-01 13 WASHINGTON He estimates USssob-USs6ob, against earlier projections of USsloob-USs2oob NYT THE US administration's top Budget official estimated on Monday that the cost of a war with Iraq could be in the range of US$5O billion to US$6O billion, a figure thatNYT; AFP - 590 words
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Article84 2003-01-01 13 Reuters [PARIS] French-American media giant Vivendi Universal yesterday said it had completed the sale of US publishing company Houghton Mifflin fen* US$l.66 billion including debt. The publishing interests were sold to a consortium consisting of Thomas H Lee and Bain Capital. Vivendi received US$l.2B billionReuters - 84 words
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88 2003-01-01 13 Reuters [NEW YORK] A federal judge in Washington ordered KPMG LLP to hand over to the court certain tax shelter documents that the accounting giant had argued were confidential, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The ruling stems from the Internal Revenue Service'sReuters - 88 words
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86 2003-01-01 13 Bloomberg [REDWOOD CITY, California] Oracle Corp chief executive officer Larry Ellison exercised 2.875 million stock options to buy common shares of the world's third biggest software maker for about 10 per cent of the current share price. Mr Ellison purchased the shares on Friday forBloomberg - 86 words
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Article, Illustration468 2003-01-01 13 NEW YORK NYT GARY Winnick, who made hundreds of millions selling Global Crossing stock before its collapse earlier last year, said on Monday that he was resigning as chairman of its board. Mr Winnick's announcement came after two companies, Hutchison Whampoa of Hong Kong andNYT; AP FILE PHOTO - 468 words
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340 2003-01-01 13 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN will take necessary action in the currency market to counter volatile movements in exchange rates even if they occur during the year-end and New Year holidays, a Finance Ministry source said yesterday. The US dollar won someReuters - 340 words
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480 2003-01-01 14 LOS ANGELES 7-year contract biggest for IBM from financial services sector Reuters JP Morgan Chase and Co signed a seven-year contract for information technology services with IBM Corp worth more than US$5 billion as the bank moves to cut costs, mirroring similarReuters - 480 words
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203 2003-01-01 14 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE new US accounting regulatory body has found its headquarters: offices that once housed accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP in Washington. Members of the accounting oversight board signed a letter of intent to move into the offices, which haveBloomberg - 203 words
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Article, Illustration515 2003-01-01 14 LOS ANGELES USs9.2b worth of tickets are likely to have been sold AFP HOLLYWOOD'S major movie studios are poised to post a record year at the box-office despite a US economic slump and rampant movie piracy, industry sources said on Monday. "There is everyAFP - 515 words
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Article, Illustration261 2003-01-01 14 AFP [LOS ANGELES] The spectacular second instalment of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has grossed more than US$4OO million in global ticket sales in its first 12 days on screens, producers said on Monday. The stellar performance of The TwoAFP - 261 words
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533 2003-01-01 15 NEW YORK Managers openly encouraged to posh rules; USs3B2m profits to be erased NYT TYCO International engaged for years in financial gimmickry to inflate its earnings, the company acknowledged for the first time on Monday, saying that it would erase US$3B2 millionNYT - 533 words
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Article2410 2003-01-01 14 Transaction date: Dec 31 KUALA LUMPUR 4Ne 2 Wal FSBM 1.78 unch 0 KM *4- rooo) FW Industries .0.16 unch 0 Gadang .093 -0.03 22 AIM Realty OJO -001 1 Gamuda -5.50 -010 326 Abric 1.04 0 07 20 GanadCorp .0.84 0.03 39 ACPmduBries 110 unch 884 01 242,410 words
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Miscellaneous203 2003-01-01 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Reordered boiler and oW coppef (10) 8 p (an tQ t stray remove< j whistlers Mother, 10 Edgy, 11 26 Said girl with wrong cat (4) (8) Sisa i 12 Fork, 15 Sandbag, 16 27 Recent maps corrected Author's contract can be Erasmus, 17 Catford, 19 Austeep ridge203 words
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BT motoring
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Article, Illustration1098 2003-01-01 16 SAMUEL EE - Toyota edges out Nissan to return to the top spot, aided by the launch of the new Corolla and aggressive prices. SAMUEL EE reports. SAMUEL EE ONE of the most enduring names in automotive history has shown its mettle by returning Toyota as the top marqueARTHUR LEE - 1,098 words
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Article, Illustration739 2003-01-01 16 MICHAEL Wong is an urbane gentleman in a distinctly un-urban part of town. In his Tuas office, where he oversees the sale of Isuzu and Opel commercial vehicles as director and general manager of Triangle Auto, he is calm, cogent and committed. SoARTHUR LEE - 739 words
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Article, Illustration368 2003-01-01 16 Samuel Ee - All reports by Samuel Ee BEING No 1 in the Singapore market is just the icing on the cake, if you ask Wil-, liam Choo of Borneo Motors, the local distributor of Toyota and Lexus. "Coming on top comes as a bonus," says368 words
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SHIPPING TIMES
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Article, Illustration509 2003-01-01 17 P T Bangsberg - Philippine terminal operator eyeing US market By\ P T Bangsberg HAVING disposed of most of its overseas operations last year, the largest container terminal operator in the Philippines is back on the hunt for offshore sites. International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), which runs Manila International ContainerFILE PHOTO - 509 words
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Article282 2003-01-01 17 Hie freight market report is not availbale MX '000 tac« 9 *h H| CWT Distribution 0.70 uncft 0 Chuan Hup 0.44 0.01 673 Cosco Invastmant 0.18 -0.01 59 Fraight Links a03 unch 9 G0 Holdings 0.60 unch 20 Jay* Holdings 0.23 -0.01 72 K»pp*l Corp 3.70 0.02 141282 words
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379 2003-01-01 17 Panama-registered vessel first thought to be headed for HE [SINGAPORE] A Panamaregistered ship carrying a man suspected of murdering a Canadian sea captain and understood to be destined for Hong Kong has instead docked somewhere in Indonesia, a Panamanian official said yesterday. Singapore379 words
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Article40 2003-01-01 17 IN our report "Four new directors join PSA board" in yesterday's Shipping Times, we named the chairman of PSA Corporation incorrectly. PSA Corp's chairman is Mr Stephen Lee and not Stephen Tan. We are sorry for the error.40 words
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305 2003-01-01 17 Bloomberg [SEOUL] North and South Korea, still technically at war after an armistice that settled the Korean War in 1953, plan to operate shipping routes between the two countries to increase cooperation and trade. The two Koreas reached a preliminary agreement inBloomberg - 305 words
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Article, Illustration413 2003-01-01 17 Alec Almazan - Shipyard completed work on eight reefer vessels last year, working on another Fromi Alec Almazan in Manila KEPPEL Cebu Shipyard (Keppel Cebu) is establishing itself as a leading yard in the region for the drydocking and repair of international reefer cargo vessels. The413 words
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Article, Illustration804 2003-01-01 18 David Hughes - STRAIT TALK -By\ David Hughes TO a large extent 2002 was about agreeing on the details of a new and much stronger global security regime. With war looming in the Middle East and a nuclear weapons crisis in North Korea, theAFP - 804 words
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Article209 2003-01-01 18 PAGE Gemartrans 4 A* ant K> CUnk w BtangMas 5 Glory** 10 BSA 6 BSC 10 Hamburg-Sud 5 BTl 10 Heung-A 3 CMACGM 3 HuW W C0SC0 3 MUAL 10 8 Central E* 4 Hyundai 4 Chahaya 10 l"*ov 9 China Sftpg 5 Indogulf 9 Confer 10209 words
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Article10791 2003-01-01 22 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest n Nam* Nam Number Number To BARCELONA (BCN) 2042 Spain To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire m/oi 27/cn cosco empress dragon 0t33w 65 6224.900 01/0110,791 words
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Article558 2003-01-01 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT ALGOABAY ***** J11 A/SIDE 01/12 1800 BEN THANH 9/02 J3 A/SIDE 01/12 0500 BT MAKMUR B 1DEC02 J1 A/SIDE 01/12 0400 BTR8 4321 2902 J1 A/SIDE 01/12 0200 CONQUEROR 022 J9 A/SIDE 01/12 0600 MARCOPOLO 56 07/02J J13 A/SIDE 01/12558 words
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Article1385 2003-01-01 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ALAMJAY A 2 8828 8828 I 02*01/3003-17:00 03/01/2003-01:00 K09 AMBER 1 030 030 _1_ 01/01/2003 1201 01/01/2003 1900 B03 AMBER 1 030 2 01/01/2003 2000 0201/2003-0600 K12 ANANBHUM N279 S2781,385 words
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Article456 2003-01-01 25 TM» ri»irtl« >—<—WHM MiHiilt; PWVPiU il— tf*cw mmt n M<*ncl K«Y>—>w»»miMii>ii«ri^i«*»<*iW>lMlW»W i»r>nigjtjc«wpiw>— far MM latenaatlaa aa carnal tmt <mMt OWV PatratMß tankn. Tatophaaac om-BT-WM. t«>m: mm bwv una. r«c om-nr-on. Ctrtoa «0 Mm 990.4 0.4 6.0 0.05 SS 0.03 Dk 26 OMSitv Itoter RhMm AsMImMm SiIwiH456 words
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Article140 2003-01-01 25 Jul China: New Year's Day. Hong Kong: New Year's Day. Japan: New Year's Day. Korea: New Year's Day. Malaysia: New Year's Day. Philippines: New Year's Day. Singapore: New Year's Day. Thailand: New Year's Day. Australia: New Year's Day. Indonesia: New Year's Day. New Zealand: New Year's Day. Taiwan:140 words
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Article811 2003-01-01 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges 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 the811 words
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Article, Illustration714 2003-01-01 26 New screening methods at airports raise fears of lengthy delays [NEW YORK] Air travel in and out of the United States has changed fundamentally over the New Year's holiday, with strict new airport security measures aimed at preventing another Sept 11style terrorist strike.REUTERS - 714 words
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Article, Illustration66 2003-01-01 26 [SHANGHAI] A security guard standing next to a huge billboard showing the city's new magnetic levitation train at its launching ceremony at Shanghai's International Media Centre yesterday. The world's first commercial transrapid magnetic suspension railway, which cost US$l billion linking the sprawling metropolis of Shanghai toAFP - 66 words
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74 2003-01-01 26 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Beijing Capital International Airport Co, China's biggest airport manager, said 2002 profit will be at least 20 per cent higher than the previous year as the country's economic growth encouraged more people to travel. "The increase in earnings for the full yearBloomberg - 74 words
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74 2003-01-01 26 Reuters [HANOI] Buoyed by increased routes and a boom in tourists seeking safer Asian destinations, Vietnam's flagship airline said yesterday it expects to record an 18 per cent rise in passengers this year. Vietnam Airlines marked the arrival of its four millionth passenger last yearReuters - 74 words
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145 2003-01-01 26 AFP Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's freight forwarding firm BALtrans Holdings Ltd said it would acquire diversified trading group Jardine Matheson Holdings' logistics operations for HK5126.6 million (5528.15 million). BALtrans said in a statement it would issue 60.3 million new shares to Jardine AsianAFP; Reuters - 145 words
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Article, Illustration573 2003-01-01 26 Move complicates company's bankruptcy restructuring Bloomberg [CHICAGO] United Airlines mechanics and baggage handlers, members of the carrier's biggest union the Machinists are resisting parent UAL Corp's efforts to reduce costs, complicating the company's bankruptcy restructuring. The world's second-big-gest airline on FridayBloomberg; REUTERS - 573 words
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