The Business Times, 20 September 2003

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend M(TA (P) 024/03/2003 85C SINGAPORE SEPTEMBER 20 21 200}
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  • 897 1  -  Compressed business cycles, mergers, pressure to deliver value are killing off old names, says WONG WEI KONG WONG WEI KONG Going, going... if Robinson Co eventually delists from the Singapore Exchange after selling its retail business, it won't be the first, nor
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  • 589 1  -  Scores off outstanding companies honoured By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Two veterans of The Business Times have clinched the top awards for financial journalism at the annual Investors' Choice Awards organised by the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias). BT's Executive Money Editor
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  • 209 1 Mov6 to cttite pro-business environment well undenivsy [SINGAPORE] A concerted effort to review and revamp government rules and regulations to create a pro-business environment is well underway, driven by both public and private sector initiatives. The Pro-Enterprise Panel (PEP), which acts on feedback and suggestions from the public and
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  • 836 1  -  This time, central banks are buying, not selling, dollar By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The hot money is flooding back into A9ia, but is this going to set the stage for a replay of the Asian currency crisis of
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  • 1208 1  -  saturday soapbox with manu bhaskaran IF ONE studies recent trends in Singapore's economy, a number of sobering conclusions emerge. First, the challenges we face are intensifying but the economy does not appear to be adapting effectively to them. Second, the economy's slow
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  • news front
    • 651 2  -  Public and private initiatives lead to faster licensing, rule changes By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] It's happening. A concerted effort to review and revamp government rules to create a the "Start up eAdvisor" website, which will eventually cover 154 licences. The average processing time of
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    • 324 2 Call for cut in levies and tax reforms to draw off traders Reuters [BANGKOK] Oil refiners here say that Thailand faces financial and infrastructure hurdles to its plan to rival Singapore as an Asian oil hub. Executives from five of seven
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    • 496 2  -  But club shares have done poorly despite the heady rise since the Chelsea deal From Neil Bekrassan in London BRITISH football clubs are in play since Russian oil mul-ti-millionaire Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in July. Aston Villa has confirmed talks had taken place with
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  • the raffles conversation
    • 1571 3  -  Loo Choon Yong, executive chairman of Raffles Medical Group, talks to LOH HUI YIN about the Iranian twins experience and the tricky business of marketing healthcare LOH HUI YIN THE usually mediafriendly executive chairman of Raffles Medical Group, Loo Choon Yong, deliberated for a few days
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    • 527 3 SINGAPORE planned for all kinds of health scenarios but it never bargained on Sars. In years gone by, it successfully fought infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and polio. But the strategy changed in recent times to tackle degenerative diseases like cancer and heart problems. And these
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    • 68 3 I J QTT IpQ The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles JLXddUL ivJ International Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles International logo is an INTERNATIONAL apt symbol. Not only has water stored at the base of this palm provided sustenance, the
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  • companies
    • 462 4  -  Disgruntled minority shareholders' stake falls to 1.09% By Serena Ng THE tangle between Ipco International and a group of six minority shareholders of the company has taken a new twist, as information from the firm shows that the combined shareholding of the six has
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    • 1169 4  -  corporate analysis Singapore's shipyards have carved themselves a lucrative niche supporting the offshore oil and gas exploration industry which desperately needs new vessels, says BETH JINKS BETH JINKS TO call Singapore's shipping and marine stocks the flavour of the month is an understatement. While
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    • 464 4  -  By Angela Tan AFTER almost two years of negotiations and lobbying, Singapore Technologies Telemedia's planned purchase of a 61.5 per cent stake in bankrupt US cable giant Global Crossing reaches its final leg today, when President George W Bush decides whether or
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    • 634 4  - Faster, better, cheaper trouble? market review r sivanithy WHAT do the local stock market and America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) have in common? Apart from launching objects skywards at great velocity, they share the same philosophy: "Faster, better, cheaper." This has been Nasa's motto since the 1980s, after
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    • 229 4  -  By Kenneth Lim MAINBOARD-LISTED PSC Corp is updating the image of its heartland icon, Econ Minimart, and has lowered franchising costs, hoping to revive its fading business. With the official launch of eight new i-econ outlets today, PSC will embark on a plan to have 250
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    • 72 4 STI 1,589.86 (-11.37) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,888.00 (-2.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 198.80 (+0.20) Friday Change KLSEOOMP ***** *074 NIKKEI 225 _10.938.42 -94.90 HAMi SE\(i 10.***** 100.80 SET INDEX 567.21 13.89 JAKARTA OOMP -.***** 42.98 MANILA COMP JIM 931 TAIPEI WP1 5.757.91 +7.10 SEOl'LCOMP ***** 9.93 SHENZHEN B __228.43 +4IJ5 Al
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    • 77 4 FOREX RATES US$ SI ISS (SS per I'SS) 1.750 £(l'SS/SS per 1624 1840 ElUOfTSS/SS/E). 1.128 1573 YEN 115.3 6550 R\| 3 800 2.172 HKS 7.799 4.458 BAHT 40.55 23.17 RIT1AH 8.472 4.842 RENMINBI 8.299 4.744 INDIAN RITEE 4534 26.25 AS 1495 IHi NZS 1701 0573 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* §M
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    • 1108 5  -  Guoco's turnaround impressive; Wing Tai's recovery less dramatic By Kalpana Rashiwala QUEK Leng Chan's GuocoLand has achieved an impressive turnaround with a $94.2 million full-year group net profit, against a $180 million net loss previously, due mainly to much lower
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    • corporateroundup
      • 65 5 WEE Cho Yaw's United Overseas Bank has been named Singapore's Bank of the Year by UK-based financial magazine The Banker. The country award acknowledges both the quantitative and qualitative achievements of UOB incorporating not only the bank's financial performance but also its focus
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      • 98 5 Reuters Asia-Pacific Markets has raised shares in South-east Asia's largest lender, DBS Group Holdings, to a "buy" from "underperform" as it expects a better performance from its Hong Kong business. "We are upgrading our earnings forecast by 7 to 9 per cent to reflect
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      • 51 5 LION Asiapac, an automobile manufacturer and electronic component distributor, which earlier expected to achieve a turnaround with a full-year profit, has now warned of a net loss instead. This, said the company, is due to additional tax charges of certain of its associated companies in
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      • 36 5 PROPERTY and steel company Lion Teck Chiang has narrowed its loss for the year ended June to $1.02 million from $3 million previously. Turnover rose 27.5 per cent to $112.3 million.
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      • 48 5 ASIAN Micro Holdings' loss has more than doubled for the full year ended June to $8.4 million. This was a result of a $4.9 million loss from the disposal of a nonprofitable business. Turnover fell from $72 million to $50.8 million.
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      • 44 5 INTRACO Ltd has appointed Tan Boon Lian, 46, as a non-executive director from yesterday. Mr Tan heads a unit within DBS Bank's investment banking group. Meanwhile, Vimala Menon has resigned as director of Cycle Carriage and MCL Land with effect from Thursday.
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      • 49 5 LKN-Primefield said its group chief financial officer Heng Chiang Meng has resigned with effect from Oct 1, 2003. He will assume the role of adviser and remain as a director. Meanwhile, AustraLand Holdings has appointed David Craig as chief financial officer, effective Sept 22.
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      • 106 5 Reuters NOBLE Group Ltd, a diversified commodity trader and logistics firm, said yesterday it would shut its New York office to restructure its lucrative sugar business and move the trading to Switzerland. The Hong Kongbased group did not disclose how many staff would be
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      • 55 5 E-BUSINESS solutions provider Adroit Innovations fell deeper into the red for the year ended June 30 as net loss increased to $9.6 million from $3.9 million. The loss included $3.1 million in exceptional losses from the writing off of a licence fee and from the
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      • 44 5 KIM Eng Holdings executive director Ong Seng Gee's deemed and direct stake has fallen from 0.88 per cent before Wednesday to 0.83 per cent after yesterday. This came after sales of 256,000 shares this week by Wise Elite Investments.
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      • 58 5 CONSTRUCTION group Wee Poh continued the major renovation work at its management level yesterday. Wong Teck Kui, formerly a non-executive director, has been elected chairman, replacing Tan Kee Seng, who remains as an independent director. Also, Chan Wang Kin has been appointed non-executive director, and
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      • 122 5 FROM today, StarHub, Singapore's third largest mobile phone operator based on number of subscribers, will offer its PowerPlay II and PowerTalk II customers 300 or $15.60 worth of free bundled SMS monthly. PowerChat customers will get 900 or $46.80 worth of free bundled SMS and
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    • 566 5  -  This can help dispel notion that major shareholders control board: Gerald By Serena Ng THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) is keen to play a bigger role in ensuring that independent directors of listed companies in Singapore are truly independent. In
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  • money personal finance
    • 825 6  -  Severe competition and weak economic conditions spell good news for borrowers, says SIOW LI SEN SIOW LI SEN INTEREST rates may have firmed, but severe competitive pressures, coupled with weak economic conditions, mean borrowers will still enjoy low home loan packages until
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  • 904 6 for week beginning Sep 15 C— 55! Roardroom A The Eaecutivet's Oub 3-Oct t.30am CS Chuka Street *3340 ooccmm Tat Sang A 2» Senoko Drwe 3Oct io;»ot Pack *f Corp I Yenom Roardroom 1-Oct 10 OOioi 123 Genting Una. #07-01 Yanom Industrial (wilding freight A 51
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    • 1345 6 TEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED t (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Hilton Singapore, Asean Room Level 6, 581 Orchard Road, Singapore *****3 on 8 October 2003 at 2.30
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  • money personal investment
    • 834 7  -  By Genevieve Cua IF YOU'RE a parent, this will surely be familiar. You've just hid a baby. And suddenly you wake up to the prospect of burgeoning financial responsibilities. You want the best for your child. So why not buy them an insurance
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    • 1125 7  -  show me the money It allows winning stocks to continue running while locking in some profits should they falter subsequently teh hooi ling I'M sure many investors have experienced this. You spotted an undervalued stock let's call it Stock A when it was trading at
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    • 975 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THIS has been a spectacular week for our portfolios, with all five beating the Straits Times Index (STI) many times over. Particularly impressive is the one-year top losers portfolio which surged 10.8 per cent, or $37,130, in the last
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  • news at home
    • 583 8  -  Former Low Keng Huat director tasked to take on China expansion By Loh Hui Yin PROPERTY giant Far East Organization, which has been trailing other major Singapore developers in the China property market, is now making up for lost time.
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    • 221 8 MALAY SMEs need to go regional and become more mainstream if they are to remain relevant, says the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SMCCI), which yesterday enlisted the help of trading company Intraco. SMCCI signed a cooperation agreement with Intraco
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    • 264 8 INTERNET security has beeti£dflMd t0 high-priority status with the cldSßPJrthe third Asean telecommunications and IT ministers meeting yesterday. Chairing the joint declaration of the ministers, Lee Boon Yang told reporters Asean will take "concrete steps" to make computer emergency response teams (CERTs) operational in member
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    • 258 8 eye on the economy catering trade IT may be one of Singaporeans' favourite pastimes, but is certainly not immune to the economic downturn. Going by the catering trade index which covers restaurants, fast-food outlets and eating places like coffee houses, cafes and coffee shops
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    • 354 8  -  By Tang Weng Fai THE Economic Development Board (EDB) yesterday signalled a renewed emphasis to attract a new class of semiconductor companies to Singapore, the so-called fabless firms. Speaking at the opening of Volterra Semiconductor Corp's regional office here, Ko Kheng Hwa, EDB's
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    • inbrief
      • 80 8 THE Land Transport Authority said yesterday it completed a review of the quota for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs). It will increase the quota for COEs in Cat A (cars/taxis 1600 cc and below) and E (open) by 30 per cent Cat B (cars above 1600 cc)
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      • 70 8 MINISTER for Information, Communication and the Arts Lee Boon Yang will receive an International Alumnus of the Year award next week from the University of Queensland where he was trained as a vet The award will be presented at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia on Sept
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      • 68 8 THE Cut Waste Panel has received over 500 suggestions from the public since its formation earlier this month. (X these, 437 are being studied, 20 have already been accepted and another 14 are under review by the panel. Examples of suggestions received include those on use
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      • 64 8 READERS of the Business Traveller Asia-Pacific magazine voted Singapore the Best Business City for the third year running. Singapore also topped the poll for World's Best Airline won by Singapore Airlines, Best Business Hotel won by Shangri-la, and Best New Business Hotel in the Asia-Pacific
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      • 126 8 THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board reminded the public that CPF contribution rates would be cut by 3 per cent to 33 per cent from Oct 1. Currently, permanent residents (PRs) contribute CPF at graduated rates in the first and second year of their PR status
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  • focus international design
    • 644 9  -  There are many practitioners of branding, but too few pay enough attention to creating a holistic package, a leading consultant tells KENNETH LIM KENNETH LIM WITH all the recent emphasis that the government has placed on branding, one might think that a brand consultant like Kim
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    • 602 9 Each group has its own objective and often head in different directions, says CorningWare designer SARA Little Turnbull is exasperated. The designer behind the development of Corning Ware in the 1950s is at Stanford University in California, but the reporter on the phone is
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    • 656 9  -  Reports by Kenneth Lim IN JOHN Sorrell's opinion, ambitious school projects that make students take the role of designers usually end up with children who do not enjoy the creative process and products that do not work. "They sit down with eight-year-olds
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  • news region
    • 676 10  -  But only certain places of incorporation recognised and firms must show listing will benefit the country From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA yesterday gave the green light for the listing of foreign companies that are controlled by its citizens,
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    • inbrief
      • 90 10 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Utara Capital, an investment company linked to the eldest son of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, didn't submit a bid for Texmaco Group, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency said. The Malaysian consortium hadn't put in a bid by the lpm deadline yesterday,
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      • 78 10 AFP [SEOUL] South Korean microchip giant Samsung Electronics yesterday said it will make China the main base for production of personal computers and screens so as to reduce costs. said it was moving production of PCs and TFT-LCD flat screens to China to compete
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      • 47 10 AFP [SHANGHAI] Chinese officials yesterday said Citigroup has won approval to complete a minority acquisition in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. Citibank's 600 million yuan (Ssl26 million), or 4.62 per cent, purchase of nontradeable stock will make it SPDB's fourth largest shareholder. —AFP
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      • 63 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] The number of bankruptcies in Hong Kong rose in August, the government said yesterday, partially reversing a drop the month before even though several signs are pointing to a modest economic recovery. The number of people declared bankrupt in August rose 25.4
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    • 466 10 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Country Heights Holdings Bhd, a Malaysian property developer, may sell some of its biggest assets, including part of its RMI.3 billion (Sss9B million) Mines Resort City development, man- aging director Lee Kim Yew said. The move may help it trim debt
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    • 362 10 Firm has been tight-lipped on financial details Reuters {KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysian pay-TV operator, Astro, plans to price its planned RMI.S-2 billion (Ss69o-$920 million) IPO at RM3.50-4 per share, sources close to the deal told Reuters yesterday. The country's largest IPO so far this year.
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    • 458 10  -  Contract is for construction of JB's customs complex From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE developer of the controversial Integrated Southern Gateway project in Johor Baru has farmed out a major contract in its bid to transform the landscape of the southern
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    • 346 10 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Three Malaysian firms are eyeing a RMSOO million-RMI billion (SS23O-460 million) military aircraft maintenance deal, which could include the sale of the nation's former main international airport at Subang, sources said yesterday. Sources close to the deal said
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  • news region/world
    • 676 11 Their net worth rises 10 per cent after 2 years off decline: Forbes AP [NEW YORK] The economy is improving for the super rich. After two years of declines, the total net worth of America's richest people rose 10 per cent to US$955
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    • 417 11  -  Sustained semicon rebound in the works as sales rise in July By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] In another indication of a gradual and sustained recovery in global electronics demand, orders for semiconductor equipment have continued to grow, edging up in August. There has also
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    • 511 11 This would help maintain stability of both currencies AFP Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China is looking into the possibUity of using Hong Kong to handle more foreign exchange trade so as to help maintain the stabUity of both of their currencies, China central bank
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    • 313 11 NYT [NEW YORK] There are few activities Sanford Weill, chairman of Citigroup, likes better than watching his company's stock price. But on Thursday, he was watching the shares of tiny National Financial Partners, a US$4l3 miUion revenue financial services firm rim by his daughter,
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    • 545 11 Reuters [TOKYO) Some of Japan's top banks including Mizuho Financial Group have cut earnings targets and plan to slash thousands of jobs as part of revised reforms unveiled by the Financial Services Agency (FSA) yesterday. Mizuho now forecasts a net profit 0f200.1 billion yen
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    • inbrief
      • 166 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] The board of AOL Time Warner voted on Thursday to remove AOL from its name, a final postscript to the Internet bubble and a sign of the failure of the company's attempt to unite old and new media. The company
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      • 74 11 AP [NEW YORK] Even in a tough labour market, job satisfaction among employed US workers has hit a record low, according to a survey by the Conference Board, a private research group. Less than half of American workers 48.9 per cent—say they are satisfied
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      • 70 11 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc will lay off about 1,000 workers, or less than 3 per cent of its workforce as the company seeks to improve its financial results. A spokesman said on Thursday that roughly 1,000 jobs will be
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      • 97 11 AP [SYDNEY] Australia's Commonwealth Bank announced yesterday it will slash its workforce by about 3,700 as part of a Asl.s billion (551.75 billion) revamp of its operations. The bank, which currently employs 33,000 staff at more than 1,000 branches nationwide, has already begun the cuts
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      • 68 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] Investment bank Bear Stearns Cos Inc on Thursday said third-quarter profit nearly doubled, powered by mortgage bond business and the sale of an investment. It was the seventh straight quarterly rise in profits for the sixth largest US brokerage, which
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    • 482 11 Notices WTHE MATTER OF THE COMPARES ACT, CAP. SO ANO MTHE MATTER OF THE SHOW CASE (PTE) LMTH) M MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION NOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed company, which is being wound up voluntarily. are required on or before 20th October 2003 to send in
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    • 483 11 MTHE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP 50 ANO MTHE MATTER OF THE SHOW CASE (PTE) UMTED H MEMBERS VOLUNTARY UOUOATON At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company held at 12A Butterfly Avenue. Singapore *****3 on the 11 th September 2003 at 11.00 a.m the toMowing Resolutions
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  • focus grasso
    • 837 12 It plans to move fast to find a new head and resolve conflicts between its regulatory and business roles LAT-WP Bloomberg THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) entered an uncertain new era on Thursday, without its iconic chairman and with questions swirling about its future as
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    • 278 12 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] In the global financial markets, Calpers carries a famously big stick. And the United States's largest'pension fund showed again this week that it does not speak softly. Calpers and sister fund Calstrs, which together control about US$24O billion in
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    • 483 12 Reuters [NEW YORK] The furore over former New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso's US$l4O million pay package renewed calls for immediate governance changes at the exchange, but the very NYSE ootnmittee crafting the reforms has close ties to Mr Grasso and
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  • style motoring
    • 1222 13  -  Mercedes-Benz Guard, the marque's special protection car arm, keeps VIPs safe even if a bomb goes off beside their Merc. SAMUEL EE reports SAMUEL EE WHAT could be more stylish than a Merce-des-Benz SClass saloon in Obsidian black, a rich paint finish that glistens like caviar? The answer:
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    • 862 13 SO you're famous (or infamous) and you want to buy a car that will protect you from your enemies and assorted crazies. Which Mercedes-Benz Guard model would you choose? DaimlerChrysler offers 84, B6 and B7 levels of protection for its E-Class, S-Class and G-Class models. European
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  • style sports
    • 1061 14  -  The Singapore Marathon's organisers are pulling out all the stops to draw international runners to this year's event, reports ANNA TEO ANNA TEO Michael soucy is the kind of runner that organisers of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon would want to see more of.
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    • 884 14  -  frankly speaking vince chong IN RECENT years, the brand of Manchester United has successfully expanded worldwide, adding to its generations of supporters through initiatives such as franchised merchandise outlets. Now, Chelsea is set to give United a run for this global pie of footballing
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  • style health
    • 324 15  -  Dr Teo Sek Khee consultant physician in internal medicine and geriatric medicine, Raffles Hospital Q: I've been told I have thick blood. When I've donated blood, the flow is quite slow, and two previous times, the nurse had to halt the donation after a certain period of time
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    • Article, Illustration
      561 15  -  ANTI-AGEING MIRACLE CURES SEAMUS PHAN sifts through the medicines and the myths SEAMUS PHAN MB| NCREASINGLY, more middle-aged professionals have a pressing desire to look as youthful and energetic as 1 possible. At the same time, allopathic S!§|i| physicians, especially in the light of dwindling revenue due
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    • 745 15  -  Over half of all insomnia cases are psychological in nature and can be treated without sedatives, says IRFAN QURESHI IRFAN QURESHI FOR many of us, sleep is something we take for granted. It's such a routine part of our life that we don't even give it
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    • 22 15 Last week's health article, "Grow old gracefully", was contributed by Dr Ronald Klatz, not Krantz. We are sorry for the error.
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  • style shopping
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      772 16  -  Anthropology, a lifestyle store in Holland Village with a Chinese sense but modern sensibility, is full of fun little discoveries, as CORINNE KERK finds out CORINNE KERK IF its owners had their way, their shop would have been called G.O.D. But the name was considered too
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    • instore
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      869 18  -  CHEAH UI-HOON checks out the new Paragon food hall, and discovers the world-famous Din Tai Fung CHEAH UI-HOON BETTER known as a destination for shopping rather than dining, Orchard Road finally has a food hall that will feed both your tastebuds as well as aesthetic sensibilities. It's not
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    • 802 18  -  JAIME EE pays homage to Tokyo's Rodeo Drive, Roppongi Hills JAIME EE JAPAN may be in a deep economic funk, but it's nothing that a major retail metropolis can't cure. At least, that seems to be the mantra of Roppongi Hills the ultimate in shopping razzle dazzle that
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