The Business Times, 9 January 2004

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    18 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C S THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE j t°rnet: http: /business-times.asial com.sg FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2004
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  • Article
    Lock icon Income to bid for CPFs private pension plan
    687 1  -  But its proposed structure fails to excite most fund managers By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] The CPFs privatelymanaged pension plans (PPPs) have failed to set fund managers' adrenalin pumping. But despite the conditions set, NTUC Income is one of those who have come
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    Lock icon Managing costs key to seeing SIA through 2004: CEO
    502 1  -  Host of new challenges to overcome this year By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Having battled through one of the most difficult years in its history, Singapore Airlines goes into 2004 facing a host of new challenges thrown up by technological advances, changing
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    Lock icon 8888 8888 mobile no. coming up for grabs
    699 1  -  New series starting with '8' would eventually get to auspicious number By Daniel Baenas [SINGAPORE] If you're thinking of grabbing that magical mobile phone number "8888 8888", expect to pay a five-figure sum, or more, if history is anything to go by.
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    74 1 Dsn 1,841.68 (+5.72) ST INDEX FUTURES 1.537.00 (+2.00) mm SIMSCI FUTURES U (+0.70) Thursday Change KLSE COMP MIS*) .744 NIKKEI 225 IU.837.S& .79XJ HAN(i SENG UitfUB .45.91 SET INDEX 77X56 .22JW JAKARTA COMP _7*).82 .21.45 MANILA COUP l,MM 2U,W TAIPEI WPI 6.***** .2752 SEOILCOMP 824.15 2j92 SHENZHEN B 291.77
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    75 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ I SS (SS per I S$) 1897 £(I'S$/S$ per X) 1.815 3.080 EURO(lJSS/SS/E). 1260 1118 YEN 1061 62.60 RN| 3.800 2140 HKS 7.763 4.576 BAHT 3902 2300 KIP1AH 8155 4.925 RENMINBI 8199 4892 INDIAN IU PEE 45.53 2684 AS 1102 0768 SZS 1489 0.878 HOME
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      51 1 Baffles CONVERSATION ■Any losses any profits we will share.a With that kind of philosophy, who doesn't want to do business 4 with Chew Hua Seng, chairman and CEO of Raffles Lasalle? He talks about his win-win W approach to successful business in WrjfW** The Business Times tomorrow. m mgfw /V
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      Lock icon Riau's new governor plans big
      712 2  -  BT exclusive His first task is to bring province's infrastructure up to standard From Shoeb Kagda inPekanbaru BARELY two months after his landslide sweep into office, Riau's new governor Rusli Zainal is rolling up his sleeves to get down to work. And he faces a
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      Lock icon SGX not ruling out pact with KLSE
      356 2  -  Bat history could complicate any deal on dual listings From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) hasn't ruled out the possibility of exploring cooperation with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), which will be listed this year following its conversion
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      Lock icon Temasek says no further SingTel divestment planned
      218 2 [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings, Singapore's investment agency, says it has no plans to further divest its shares in telecom operator Sing Tel. "As our current target funding needs have been met, we have no plans to further dilute our shareholdings in Sing Tel," the
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      Lock icon Another founding member leaves Les Amis
      559 2  -  Ignatius Chan says he felt kind of lost after the group's expansion By Geofrey Eu [SINGAPORE] Hot on the heels of star chef Justin Quek's departure, the Les Amis group has been hit by the resignation of executive director Ignatius Chan, a founding member
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      15 2 V;- -SjH Reach your shareholders and potential shareholders by publicising your company's financial results in
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon ST Engg sees more volatile earnings ahead
      613 4  -  Defence group posts 2% fall in 2003 net profit; plans 100% dividend payont By Tang Weng Fai REVENUES and profits look set to become more volatile and less predictable at South-east Asia's largest defence group as its civilian business is expected to grow
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      Lock icon Matter of time before SGX needs a China index
      692 4  -  HOCK lock siew loh hui yin WITH more Chinese companies set to list on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), should some thought be given to a China index that could better capture their performance? Hong Kong has two indexes that track the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Call warrants issued on SIA, DBS
      490 6  -  Issues of 20m warrants on SIA, 40m on DBS come as interest booms By Joyce Koh RIDING on the current interest in covered warrants that it has issued, DBS Bank yesterday launched a proposed issue of 20 million call warrants on Singapore Airlines. This
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      Lock icon CFM IPO aims to raise $3.7m for expansion, diversification
      633 6  -  By Kenneth Lim METAL stamping company CFM Holdings has launched its initial public offering to raise net proceeds of $3.71 million for its expansion and diversification. The issue which brought to four the number of IPOs launched over the first eight
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    • Article
      Lock icon Broadway, Nucleus to place out shares
      441 6  -  Indon party for Broadway stake; Nuclens plans 32.5m new shares By Serena Ng FOAM-MOULDED products specialist Broadway Industrial Group said yesterday it plans to place out up to a 22 per cent controlling stake to a new investor that is owned by two Indonesians.
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    • Article
      Lock icon SPC may emerge as contender for BP's petrol stations
      495 7  -  Other contenders are M'sia's armed forces fond, Petronas By Joyce Koh KEPPEL Corp's Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC) is emerging as a possible serious contender for BP's chain of petrol stations in Singapore and Malaysia. This means it could be pitted against
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      Lock icon ExxonMobil may look at BP sale
      232 7 EXXONMOBIL plans to continue expanding in Singapore's competitive market but it doesn't mean the island's largest petrol chain will bid for BP'S 30 kiosks here. "It's something we will look at but there are considerations, such as the volume and tenure of their sites,"
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      Lock icon Fortune Reit gets lucky, finally
      376 7  -  By Andrea Tan HONG KONG tycoon Li Kashing's Fortune Reit is finally living up to its name and bringing a small fortune to its investors. The counter crossed the HK$5 level for the first time yesterday, adding 42.5 HK cents to close at a new
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      Lock icon Tat Hong clinches $119m contract in Indonesia
      398 7  -  It sets op unit to lease equipment to coal mine By Serena Ng HEAVY equipment leasing company Tat Hong Holdings has clinched a $119 million contract with an Indonesian firm to provide excavators and other equipment to a coal mine in East Kalimantan.
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        106 7 KEPPEL Corporation has announced that Keppel Pels hat reached a UBs2B million settlement with with Norwegian offchore oil service group Smedvlg Production Contracting KS, In relation to a Norwegian court judgment on claims between Esso Exploration and Smedvlg arising from the sale and delivery of a floating production, storage and
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        Lock icon Xatar-BoDtr wfau 810.7 m of contracts
        29 7 INTXR-ROLLER Engineering Limited has secured upgrading works for baggage handling systems at five international airports for about $10.7 million durtngthelast quarter of 3008.
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        32 7 MALAYSIAN budget carrier Air Asia may speed up wtpTtfld ITBfflp inlHal public offering, initially slated for late9oo4, to take advantage of the rally in equity markets, a Reuters report said yesterday.
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        54 7 RESPONDING to a BT article yesterday, New Toyo Inlsrnaflooal Holdings clarified that the company's "general philosophy is to attempt to pay out approximately 40 per cent of group profit as gross dividend with effect from FY2008". The article had stated that the company intended to pay 50 per cent
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  • PERSONAL finance
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      1089 9  -  Financial advisory firms won't change unless commissions are dropped, says CHRISTOPHER TAN CHRISTOPHER TAN WHEN the much-hyped Financial Advisers Act came into being over a year ago, the media here reported that a new breed of financial advisers was born. It gave much
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      614 10  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN Affcwi Ciwlftmw Cyy SoHrtkmt 73 CMb ACCS announced a series of contracts with a combined worth of $36 million yesterday. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Distribution Management Solutions, ACCS clinched six new contracts with several Asia Pacific-based AMS providers and mobile phone distributors. We are
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      Lock icon Seksun warrant a great bull market instrument
      286 10  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan ANALYSTS believe that 2004 will be a good year for HDD sector players. The consensus view is that companies servicing this segment will enjoy strong growth, thanks to increased penetration in the Japanese HDD components markets, the
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      Lock icon STI fails 3rd attempt at staying above 1,850
      497 10  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IT wasn't third-time lucky for the Straits Times Index yesterday its third attempt this week to surmount the 1,850 level again ended in failure. After touching 1,853, the index finished an active session a net 5.72 points
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      Lock icon Euro leads losses as US$ rebounds
      606 10  -  BT comment CURRENCIES Asian units perform much better, greenback hits fresh 44-month low of S$1.6935 larry wee THE euro and Swiss franc led losses on the second consecutive day of a US-dollar rebound yesterday. And building the theme we highlighted in yesterday's column, Asian
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Ex-CEO Wmt stake In Haw Pw
        84 10 THE former president and CEO of Haw Par Corporation, Hong Hai, yesterday sold 38,000 shares in the healthcare and leisure group at $4.61 per share. Dr Hong, who retired from his post in March 2003 and is now a non-executive director at Haw Par,
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        Lock icon TIC CEO raises holding* mM run-up
        103 10 THAI mobile communications service provider Total Access Communication (TAC), whose shares have run up strongly over the past two days, said its chief executive officer Sigve Brekke on Jan 7 bought 18,000 shares at US$2.14 each. The open market purchase boosted his direct shareholding
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        Lock icon Bcyonics CCD sells In shares
        65 10 THE chief executive officer of Beyonics Technology, Goh Chan Peng, on Jan 7 sold one million shares in the contract manufacturer at 29.5 cents apiece. The open market sale reduced Mr Goh's direct shareholding in Beyonics to 0.27 per cent, or 3.12 million shares, from
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        Lock icon Fund cuts stake In Food Empire
        78 10  -  Compiled by SERENA NG CHARTERED Asset Management saw its deemed stake in Food Empire Holdings reduced following an open market sale of 495,000 shares on Jan 6. Price details were not given. The transaction reduced the fund manager's deemed shareholding in the instant beverage
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      392 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 8 VALUE CLOSE wtm/n 1013.00 +22.00 IT CADI -*****.00 -19.00 -*****.00 +101.00 WHQMIw 493.19 -t-1-72 Mr«dHiiQiul 187.24 +1.21 MMBWmWB 1536.70 -0-50 Hr<iiiihip 458.33 -3.73 IWCIfcpp— 225.06 +0.94 MMIMm 225.50 +0 70 Stock* Vohna Exceipoint 5c 99,655,000 Nucleus Etec 5c 80.687.000 Datacraft 10c 68.884,000 Chart SemiCond 26c
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon SM Lee: S'pore can be hub for UK businesses
      476 11  -  He says Britain's strength in biotech dovetails with S'pore's plans By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE wants to be a hub for British manufacturers, scientists and designers, according to Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. "The possibilities for economic cooperation between Singapore and
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      Lock icon ReedHycalog to pump $22m into S'pore plant
      349 11  -  Investment will almost double its workforce here By Joyce Koh AFTER 21 years of business in Singapore, US-based multinational company ReedHycalog yesterday said it is investing $22 million to expand its facilities here, citing the recent availability of natural gas and the experienced
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      Lock icon Giant to anchor revamped Marina Square
      499 11  -  Hypermart set to stir competition with Carrefour By Vimce Chong GIANT Hypermarket is set to replace Metro as Marina Square's anchor tenant and add to the area's hypermart competition, with Carrefour just across the road at Suntec City mall. Giant will be located on
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      Lock icon '9' series cellphone numbers reach 10m
      515 12  -  IDA will release '8' series in late March as only 160,000 '9' numbers are left By Raju Chellam NEW mobile phone subscribers will get numbers starting with 8 the Chinese numeral for wealth from April this year. The government is opening the new series
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      Lock icon Award for women entrepreneurs
      214 12 WHAT do a furniture retailer, a food and beverage company and an online business that caters to breast-feeding mothers have in common? They are all rim by entrepreneurial, successful and capable businesswomen who have won the annual Montblanc Businesswomen Awart, presented One Offfe three winners is
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Genting may look for more investments overseas
      493 13  -  CORPORATE PROFILE But the group's direction won't change much under new chief: analysts From Diana Oon Abdullah m Kuala Lumpur THE Genting group's recent appointment of a new chairman may lead to a greater focus on overseas investments, but its main earnings contributor
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    • NOTEBook
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        Lock icon Swissfirst group only bidder for Lippo
        130 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] A group of investors led by Swissflrst Bank was the only bidder left in the race to acquire PT Bank Lippo, Indonesia's 11th largest lender, after two other potential buyers were disqualified. Yesterday was the deadline for investors to submit bids to
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        Lock icon M'sian Nov industrial output up 11.7%
        111 13 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] A manufacturing boom helped push Malaysia's industrial output almost 12 per cent higher last November compared to the same month in 2002, the government said yesterday. The data is the latest good news on the Malaysian economy, which analysts say is
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        Lock icon TSMC's Deo revenue Man 67%
        77 13 AP [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest producer of made-to-order chips, yesterday said its December revenue jumped 67 per cent from the same month last year, capping off a record annual performance. Fjirninga hit NT118.97 billion (*****.5 million) last month, up from
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        Lock icon Quanta, units to open new TV plants
        74 13 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Quanta Computer Inc, Taiwan's largest notebook computer maker, and affiliated companies will invest NT$3OO billion (Ssls billion) to build three plants to make television screens, the Commercial Times said, citing unidentified company officials. Quanta Computer, Quanta Display Inc and Allied Material
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      Lock icon Thaksin orders close look at listed firms' balance sheets
      369 13 BANGKOK AP WITH Thailand's stock market preparing to expand with a surge of initial public offerings (IPOs), the prime minister said on Wednesday he has ordered a task force set up to scrutinise listed companies' balance sheets. The step aims to
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      Lock icon China has 2nd suspected Sars case; 2 HK journalists cleared
      499 15 GUANGZHOU Two of the 3 TV journalists who fell ill test negative for Sars Bloomberg AFF THE Chinese health ministry said it is monitoring a second suspected Sars case since a global outbreak ended in July. Meanwhile, in Hong Kong,
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      Lock icon Another quarter of better profits seen for Indian software firms
      569 15 BANGALORE But rising salaries, firmer rupee pose risks ahead Reuters TOP Indian software exporters are expected to report another quarter of stronger profits from outsourcing services, but rising salaries and a firm local currency pose risks to faster growth in
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      Lock icon India call centre firm sets up shop in Manila
      167 15 BANGALORE AP AN India company that provides customer call-handling and other routine office functions to Western companies plans to move work to the Philippines where English is widely spoken and skilled technology workers are plenty. Daksh eServices said on Wednesday that
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Dawn of a new era for South Asia
      771 14  -  THE bottom line OPINION ying EVER since it was founded in 1985, the bi-annual meetings of Saarc (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) have been boring affairs, mostly marked by bickering between its two biggest ntembers, India and Pakistan. For this year's
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      47 14 'Americans who think that foreign workers are no match for US workers to knowledge, skills and creativity are mistaken.' —from a report by Computer Systems Policy Project, whose member companies include Intel Corp, IBM, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, defending recent shifts in employment to Asia.
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      Lock icon Challenges for Bush in 2004
      656 14 EDITORIAL IT WILL not be an exaggeration to suggest that the diplomatic challenges that US President George W Bush is facing in 2004 are overwhelming. The way the White House deals with them will not only help establish America's position in the world and its
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      Lock icon Pension fears reining in Japanese consumers
      975 14  -  Consumer spending cannot fuel econemic growth with Japanese having to pay mere for shrinking pensions and higher medical costs By Lily Yoahiko Matsushita Bloomberg YUKARI Hirata saves half her disposable Income because she's worried Japan's government pension plan will go bust. Last year, her
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      Lock icon Audi's $800 promotion is genuine offer
      317 14  -  MAIL bag Ron Song Managing Director Premium Automobiles I REFER to your article "Before you zip off with a new car" by Taila Krishnakumar (BT, Dec 20, 2003). I would like to clarify the report and explain the correct details of our promotion for
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      Lock icon SingPost explains postage revision
      253 14  -  Janine Mathieu Deputy Director Corporate Communications SingPost I REFER to the letter "SlngPost, Singapore Pools need to justify GST moves" by Leong Sze Hlan, (Mallbag, Dec 30, 2003). SlngPost last revised Its postage charges In 1995, when the basic domestic postage rate was raised from 20
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      Lock icon Temasek on SingTel placement
      142 14  -  Rachel Lin Associate Director Corporate Communications Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd TEMASEK completed its recent US$l.25 billion placement of Sing Tel-related securities as part of our corporate financing exercise, and ongoing active management of our portfolio. This fund-raising follows an active acquisition of regional and international businesses
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      628 16 TOKYO/MANILA It plans to cat its 73 regional sales, production units by 40% in next 3 years Reuters MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial Co became the latest firm to announce a major shift in production to fast-growing China yesterday, adding to South-east Asian worries
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      231 16  -  Same goods can be made more cheaply in China: analysts From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MATSUSHITA Electrical in Malaysia the Japanese manufacturing powerhouse's largest production base in the region is likely to be affected by a drive to move some lower-end operations to
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      381 16 TOKYO Move follows US failure to scrap law WTO found illegal Bloomberg Reuters JAPAN plans to raise tariffs on US imports after the US missed a World Trade Organization deadline to repeal a law that allows millions of dollars in tariff revenue to
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      434 16 NEW YORK NYT ANDREW S Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron, has tentatively agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges and has provided evidence against another former high-ranking executive who is expected to face criminal charges as soon as this week, people
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      630 17 FRANKFURT Euro continues its gain against the dollar in New York after the decision AFP. Bloomberg EVEN as the euro's unchecked rise against the dollar set alarm bells ringing across Europe, the European central bank yesterday kept its benchmark rate at 2 per cent. Further
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      291 17 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg Reuters [WASHINGTON] US wholesale inventories rose for a third straight month last November as companies kept stockpiles in line with the pace of sales, a government report showed yesterday. The 0.5 per cent rise to U*****.7 billion for the month
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        97 17 Bloomberg [HELSINKI] Nokia Oyj, the world's largest mobile-phone maker, said fourth-quarter sales and profit topped its earlier forecasts as sales of wireless networks and handsets beat expectations. Q4 sales were little changed at 8.8 billion euros (Ssl9 billion) from the year-earlier period, Nokia said.
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        95 17 Reuters [CHICAGO] A last-minute holiday shopping rush helped big US chain stores salvage December sales, retailers said yesterday, but a gloomy profit forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc raised concerns that steep discounts eroded earnings. Luxury stores were the biggest winners, helped by an improving
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        104 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US President George Bush proposed letting at least 8 million immigrants stay in the US if they have a job, in the biggest shakeup of immigration law since 1986. He said in a speech at the White House: "Our laws should allow willing workers to
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        76 17 Reuters [ROME] Lawyers representing a group of Parmalat creditors said yesterday they had traced about US$7.7 billion of the food group's funds but they had no documented proof. A legal filing said the lawyers representing the Parmalat Creditors Committee had "succeeded in following the 'electronic' trail
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        67 17 Reuters [LAS VEGAS] Sony Corp will launch an online music service in the US this year, offering some 500,000 songs for downloading at about US$l per tune. On Wednesday, it also unveiled a wireless video screen and a high capacity version of its Mini
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      506 17 WASHINGTON Firms fear possible govt reaction to shifting jobs abroad AP Bloomberg WORRIED about possible government reaction to the movement of US technology jobs overseas, leading American computer companies are defending recent shifts in employment to Asia and elsewhere as necessary for future profits
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      475 17 WASHINGTON Huge deficit will hurt US and global economies, it warns Reuters Bloomberg IN a warning to the US, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that a clear and credible plan was needed to balance the US Budget to avoid a rise in
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      313 17 Reuters [SEOUL] A crisis at South Korea's largest credit card issuer deepened yesterday as LG Card Co stopped some cash advances because it was short of funds and creditors continued to argue over rescue plan. A state-run bank rejected calls from other creditors for
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      598 19  -  There's much to look forward to at the re-launched Imperium, says CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON WHEN Tung Lok first opened its Imperium restaurant at the former Sparks discotheque in Ngee Ann City—two years ago, the menu screamed fusion and fancy. In a collaboration with China's Xiang-E
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      418 20  -  By Geoffrey Eu RUMOUR has it that when Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity) was offered the lead in Paycheck, he replied he couldn't deal with another amnesia story just yet. Instead, he asked the producers to "give it to Ben". His buddy Ben Affleck,
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      569 20  -  The Cooler's premise may be shaky and the ending a let-down, bat it's enjoyable all the same By Geoffrey Eu IN The Cooler, life and one croupier too many has dealt Bernie Lootz a really bad hand. He's a born loser—the polar opposite of the proverbial
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      788 21  -  CHEAH UI-HOON checks out the offerings at the Esplanade's second Huayi Chinese arts festival CHEAH UI-HOON ELECTRONICA with traditional folk songs; American movement theatre with Chinese opera symbols; an overview of "new" Chinese music. While Chinese New Year is always bound with tradition, the Esplanade's second
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      1678 22  -  CORINNE KERK talks to headhunters to find out what the anticipated economy recovery holds for the recruitment market CORINNE KERK THE Prime Minister feels it in his bones, and the rest of the country hopes it comes to pass. But the anticipated economic growth of 3-5 per
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      723 23  -  Stet is one of 3 appointed for world's largest ship registry By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] A Singapore company has been appointed as one of only three designated to approve ship security plans under new international laws for the Panama Maritime Authority, the
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      376 23  -  Chief executive acknowledges growing threat posed by near by Shenzhen By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Hong Kong's government will recommend building more container terminals together with a cargo distribution centre on Lantau, where the international airport and the under-construction Disneyland are located. Chief
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      654 23 They overtake S Korea's Pusan to come in behind HK and S'pore ports Reuters [HONG KONG] Propelled by growth in mainland China's seaborne trade, container traffic at ports in both Shanghai and Shenzhen surpassed South Korea's Pusan to become the world's
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      319 23  -  Finding from govt inquiry likely to lead to tighter security to plug gap By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Australia's port security is expected to be further tightened after a government inquiry revealed that almost one third of all ship crew entered the
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      898 24  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK This is in accordance with terms of contract between P&I Club and its member: English court By Selva Kumar THE English Commercial Court last month decided that an Indian insurer was bound by a London arbitration clause in a contract
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      64 24 Reuters [MANILA] Passengers arriving from Hong Kong are met by signs warning them about Die deadly Sars virus as health workers distribute medical checklist cards at the Ninoy Aquino International airport in Manila. Health officials said preliminary results of blood tests on a Filipino woman suspected
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        135 31 Jan 12 Japan: Adulthood Day. Jan 10 United States: Martin Luthe Birthday. Jan 22 Brunei: Lunar New Year. China: Lunar New Year. Malaysia: Lunar New Year. South Korea: Lunar Holiday. Taiwan: Lunar New Year. Vietnam: Lunar New Year. Singapore: Lunar New Year. Indonesia: Chinese New Year. Thailand: Chinese
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        772 31 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollar* 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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        865 32 Future profits may be eroded as sales are in dollars while half its costs are in euros Bloomberg [PARIS] Global leader in the US$5O billion commercial aircraft industry Airbus is faced with the danger of its future profitability being eroded by the falling
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        290 32 Japanese, European consortia in talks for possible tie-up AFP [TOKYO] Japanese and European firms are moving towards setting up a common standard for biometric identification, which uses facial features as well as fingerprints, a Japanese consortium said yesterday. The Biometrics Security Consortium, a group
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        338 32 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Dutch pilots were absolutely opposed to having armed "air marshals" on flights but remained in discussions with airline KLM and local authorities on the issue, the national pilots' union VNV said on Wednesday. "We remain against having firearms on board and
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        215 32 Bloomberg [LONDON] Ryanair Holdings, Europe's No 2 low-cost airline, flew 53 per cent more travellers in December as the carrier added routes and cut fares and after it bought KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' Buzz unit. Passenger numbers rose to 2.01 million last month from 1.31
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        124 32 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's biggest airline, said it will increase capacity on domestic routes by expanding its Airbus SAS A 330 fleet. An A 330 will replace a Boeing Co 737 aircraft on the daily return service between Melbourne and Cairns from April, the Syd-ney-based
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          60 32 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam Airlines yesterday began a twice-weekly service to Frankfurt, its second European destination after Paris, as part of its rapid route expansion strategy. Using Boeing 767 aircraft, the national flag carrier will fly every Tuesday and Thursday from Ho Chi Minh City to
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          94 32 Reuters [DALLAS] American Airlines said it will offer a free-trip promotion to passengers it serves in some markets that are also key to the expansion of low-fare carrier Jetßlue Airways. American Airlines, a division of AMR Corp, said it will offer its frequent fliers travelling on
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        469 32 Spinoffs expected from need for Chinese-speaking tour guides, mentis Bloomberg [COLOMBO] SriLankan Airlines, the nation's biggest airline, will start flights to Beijing this year with the aim of attracting more Chinese tourists to the South Asian island, chief executive Peter Hill
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        151 32 Bloomberg [MUNICH] Deutsche Lufthansa, Europe's third- largest airline, said it ended cooperation with Singapore Airlines on ticket sales for flights over the Atlantic. The carriers will continue to cooperate on flights elsewhere. Lufthansa and SIA, the world's second-largest carrier by market value, will stop selling
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