The Business Times, 5 June 2004

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  • Title Section
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    11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend MITA (p) 023/03/2004 SINGAPORE JUNE Sb 2004
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    Lock icon Oei set to be Informatics' top shareholder
    657 1  -  62m-share placement will raise tycoon's stake to 23% By Kenneth Lim [SINGAPORE] Tycoon Oei Hong Leong, a high-profile figure on the local corporate scene, is set to become the single-largest shareholder of loss-making education services provider Informatics. The listed company, which was recently
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    Lock icon US May payrolls surge unexpected 248,000
    394 1 LATEST US DATA Stronger economy likely to spark higher interest rates Bloomberg Reuters AP [WASHINGTON] US employers added an unexpectedly large 248,000 jobs in May, according to a government report yesterday that confirmed a strengthening economy likely to soon bring higher interest rates. The
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    Lock icon Marco Polo in talks to buy Scotts Rd landmark
    692 1  -  EXCLUSIVE Wheelock unit eyes redevelopment potential of Ascott site By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] A prime landmark in the Scotts Road area could be changing hands. The Ascott Group, the listed serviced residences arm of Capita Land, is said to be in
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      11 1 rn^m --m:- MOTORING BMW 645 Ci: Arriving unruffled and style- l6
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      155 1 ■k MfWtf Jamon: i Luxury ham for INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE Homing in on real estate. MK7 t SIGHT A SOUND *v*d A new page on audio and theatre systems. BMC IS >•;*' CONVERSATION i Every business process will become m rßt mob le Mobile companies are well poised to take advantage
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      Lock icon S'pore construction industry grapples with self-doubt
      723 2  -  With demand shrinking, the pressure is getting to the big operators By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] At least six traditionally big name contractors L&M, Econ Corporation, Wan Soon, Sum Cheong, Neo Corporation, Synergy Construction have fallen on hard times. And some industry insiders are worried
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      Lock icon What's really needed to boost family life
      704 2  -  saturday soapbox Not another government campaign, please, but a clear understanding of our identity daniel buenas AMERICAN statesman and founding father Thomas Jefferson once said: "The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the
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  • the raffles conversation
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      Lock icon Ringing in a New Era
      2253 3  -  M1 chief Neil Montefiore talks to ANGELA TAN about the industry's next phase of convergence and the telco's growth strategy ANGELA TAN IT is sheer modesty which precludes Neil Montefiore from admitting that he is a foreign talent. In fact, he shudders at the mere
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  • news companies
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      Lock icon Bankers thirsty for new blood
      734 4  -  Millions in guaranteed bonuses being dangled as competition for new recruits in Asian financial sector gets fiercer By Siow Li Sen ASIA is getting hot for financial institutions on the recruitment front. And salaries and bonuses are set to soar as these institutions scramble for
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      Lock icon BreadTalk to roll out new halal business
      338 4  -  By Wong Wei Kong WELL known for its glitzy marketing, bakery chain Bread Talk Group is now tapping the more conservative Muslim market, making its second move outside its traditional bread and buns business. Yesterday, the group said that its wholly owned subsidiary,
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      Lock icon Flextronics CEO backs current forecast for Q1
      294 4 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Flextronics International Ltd's chief executive officer Michael Marks said on Thursday that business just keeps getting better for the world's largest contract manufacturer and left its forecast unchanged for the current first quarter. Mr Marks also said that analyst estimates
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      Lock icon More pain than gain for listed VC funds
      1046 4  -  corporate analysis Investors keep away because they would otherwise have to put up with depressed share prices, low liquidity, and earnings volatility By Joyce Koh NOTHING ventured, nothing gained. But for listed venture capital funds, it seems their gains are taking an
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      Lock icon Soccer and holidays set market trend
      654 4  -  market review r sivanithy WHAT do you do when the stock market doesn't seem to be headed anywhere in a hurry, the school holidays are coming up and the Euro 2004 soccer tournament is about to kick off? Judging by the lack of activity
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      76 4 STI 1,791.70 (+10.82) 8T INDEX FUTURES 1,793.00 (+18.00) SIMSCI 218.08 (+1.39) SIMSCI FUTURES 219.40 (+3.10) Friday Change KLSE COMP MS +4.24 NIKKEI 225 11,128.05 +101.00 HANG SEN(i 12,022.64 +92.71 SET INDEX 626.47 1.17 JAKARTA COMP 697.94 21.11 MANILA COMP ..._1.524.45 -&18 TAIPEI WPI 5,724.89 +5.1.44 SEOULCOMP 780.74 +10.68 SHENZHEN
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      75 4 FOREX RATES US* SS USS |SS per I'SS) 1.712 £(l'SS/SS per Si) 1.837 3.144 EL'RO{i;sS/SS/E). 1.220 2.087 YEN 111.1 68.00 KM 3.800 2.220 HKS 7.796 4.555 BAHT 40.72 23.79 Rl'PlAH 9.450 5,522 RENMINBI 8.277 4.555 INDIAN Rl PEE 45.17 26.39 AS 1.446 0.845 NZS 1.605 0.938 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Integra2000 courts institutional investors
      386 5  -  It is proposing a 4-into-1 share consolidation exercise and a bonus warrants issue By Jean Chua PAYROLL software company Integra2ooo yesterday announced a share consolidation and bonus warrant issue aimed at boosting investor interest in its stock. Under the consolidation, every four shares of par value
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      Lock icon ChinaCast Q1 earnings soar 82%
      327 5 University distance learning solutions unit powers growth SATELLITE broadband and Internet technology solutions provider China Cast Communication Holdings said first-quarter net profit for the three months ended March 31, 2004, surged 82.3 per cent to 8.7 million renminbi (Ssl.B million), continuing the earnings momentum from
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    • corporate roundup
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        Lock icon UOL sells 60%of Tiong Bahru condo
        68 5 UNITED Overseas Land (UOL) has sold about 60 per cent of Twin Regency freehold condo over the past week. The 234-umt project, near Tiong Bahru MRT Station, was priced initially at $630 psf on average, but UOL has been gradually raising its price. It
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        Lock icon L&M wins reprieve from UOB
        156 5 L&M Group Investments said United Overseas Bank has agreed to provide it $3.5 million in additional overdraft facilities. This follows negotiations with the bank and with L&M's controlling shareholder Edwin Soeryadjaya, who has agreed to pay $2.5 million to UOB on behalf of the company
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        Lock icon Freight Links to buy stake in LTH Logistics
        63 5 MAINBOARD-LISTED Freight Links Express Holdings (FLEH) has entered into a memorandum of understanding to acquire YHI Logistics Pte Ltd's entire 51 per cent interest in LTH Logistics (Singapore) Pte Ltd for $3.5 million. The payment will be through new FLEH shares to
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        Lock icon Labroy subsidiary wins US$14.8m contract
        65 5 Labroy Marine's Singapore subsidiary Labroy Shipbuilding And Engineering Pte Ltd has secured a US$14.8 million shipbuilding contract for the construction of a 65m anchor handling tug supply vessel. The vessel is expected to be delivered in August 2005. The company's shipbuilding order book for 2004
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        Lock icon Boardroom managing director retires
        47 5 Boardroom Ltd's Yvonne Choo will be retiring from the company and resigning as managing director and company secretary. Ms Choo's last day with the company will be June 30. Sebastian Tan Cher Liang and Tan San-Ju will be joint secretaries from July 1.
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      210 5 Boon Suan Lee Co. Boon Suan Lee Co, a member of AGN International (an international association currently consisting of members in 78 countries with 188 representative firms), is a medium-sized accounting'firm established in 1981, committed to provide a complete range of professional and personalised services. For over 20 years. Boon
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      15 5 Lianhe Zaobao I More than I 50% of its units sold I on VesakDay I
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  • money personal investment
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      645 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN PAST patterns of major downturns following rounded top formations on STI should not be repeated this time. Undoubtedly, the ST Index is seeing another rounded top formation, which in the past tended to lead to big downturns and key trend reversals except for superbull
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    • tradestowatch
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        Lock icon Wees raise Haw Par interest
        91 6 THE family of United Overseas Bank chairman Wee Cho Yaw continued to accumulate shares of diversified healthcare and leisure group Haw Par Corp on Thursday, acquiring 311,000 shares on the open market at about $4.81 apiece through family vehicle Wee Investments. Mr Wee, who is
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        Lock icon Unisteel MD exercises options
        60 6 UNISTEEL Technology managing director George Poh Seng Poo exercised 500,000 share options yesterday at 34.96 cents apiece. Mr Poh now has a 0.59 per cent stake in Unisteei, up from 0.38 per cent. Mr Poh still has about two million options. Shares in the hard disk
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        Lock icon Asti director cuts stake again
        83 6 ASTI Holdings non-executive director Chong Man Sui sold down his shareholding for the second time in a month on Thursday, divesting 300,000 of his 414,000 shares on the open market at 50 cents apiece. The director who on May 19 sold 200,000 shares at 51.5
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        Lock icon Sam Goi ups Thai Village stake
        80 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM "POPIAH King" Sam Goi's privately held Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing acquired another 250,000 shares of restaurateur Thai Village Holdings on Thursday, raising the food veteran's stake to 17.84 per cent from 17.69 per cent. The purchase price was not
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      746 6 I for week beginning May 31 Sob-rtW toy SHAttHOLPIIW Tram Shareholder Sefl Shores Par Mora After Stock Date Director Conv ro*> Z SPC 3-Jun-04 Geoffrey John King OE 19 0.75 87 0.02 68 0.02 GP Bat J-Jun-04 Lu Tse Wan Sell 10 3.48 60 0.06 50
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      Lock icon Are conglomerates' profits less volatile?
      879 6  -  show me the money teh hooi ling INVESTORS want to diversify so that any unexpected shocks relating to individual stocks will not exert too big an impact on their portfolio. It is also to smooth out the cycles of the various Industries. In other words,
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      Lock icon All you need to know about credit line
      628 6 Analyse your cash flow demands first as this is meant to be short-term facility WITH the economy improving, the personal banking market has seen an influx of unsecured credit products and accompanying promotions to cater to the varying needs and desires of
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  • dbs investment roundtable
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      Lock icon Homing in on real estate
      2664 7 As Singapore's economy picks up, the property market is again attracting the attention of both local and foreign buyers but higher interest rates could dampen sentiment, especially for the mass market Lilian Ang: Has the overhang in the private residential property market cleared up sufficiently
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  • news at home
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      Lock icon Sentosa Cove seen offering more land for sale soon
      825 8  -  EXCLUSIVE It plans to offer additional perks to woo more foreigners; details on foreign ownership of landed property to be tied up in weeks By Daniel Buenas SENTOSA Cove, the upmarket residential development on Sentosa island, is likely to launch more
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      Lock icon Local builders' productivity already high: trade body
      349 8  -  Technology and equipment used comparable to those in other developed countries By Vince Chong CONTRARY to what market watchers have suggested, improving productivity to counter failing finances in the local building industry is not the way to improving its fortunes. Nor is the
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      Lock icon Boeing eyes work on network-centric warfare with S'pore
      538 8  -  Way to achieve information dominance on the modern-day battlefield By Daniel Buenas EVEN as the competition to supply Singapore with new combat planes to replace its ageing fleet of Super Skyhawk fighter jets heats up, a senior Boeing Company official yesterday said
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      Lock icon Terrorists are the enemy, not US: PM Goh
      380 8  -  He stresses need to back America in war against terrorism By Anna Teo SOONER or later, Northeast Asian governments will have to tackle the threat of a terrorist attack on international waterways in South-east Asia one designed to cause maximum economic disruption
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      Lock icon NUS puts full-year growth at 7.3%
      243 8 eye on the economy SINGAPORE'S GDP looks set to have grown a substantial 11 per cent year on year in the sec-' ond quarter but this will be followed by more moderate growth of 6.7 per cent in the third quarter and 4.4 per
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      Lock icon A delicate balance of work and family
      1375 9  -  Helping employees juggle their family and work can be win-win for both employees and companies, which can retain staff and become more attractive to potential recruits By Angela Tan WHEN Lim Nah discovered her one-year-old boy to be suffering from developmental delays, she
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      84 9 r~. UNIQUELY tow^parc? PARADISE FOUND Locals Serosa Cove life;tyle-fe*to;a Cove Just minutes from the heart of the city, Sentosa Cove will offer Singapore's only ocean-front residences. Members of this elite community will enjoy an unprecedented standard of living and unparalleled leisure facilities, including one of Asia's finest marinas and two
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  • news region
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      Lock icon Vincent Tan's MiTV set to rival Astro's Pay-TV
      534 10 It is aiming to launch new service in December Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tycoon Vincent Tan's MiTV Corp will take on Astro All Asia Networks with Malaysia's second pay-television service in December this year, selling shares in the wake of its rival's US$534
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      Lock icon Malaysian growth may exceed 6.5%: Abdullah
      481 10 Expansion of 7.6% in Q1 and high growth in next quarter could ensure a good year, he says AFP Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's economy may beat the central bank's forecast of an expansion of up to 6.5 per cent this year, Prime Minister Abdullah
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        Lock icon Broker KL City sells its main businesses
        100 10 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian stockbroking firm Kuala Lumpur City Corp yesterday said it would sell its main business units to Alliance Merchant Bank for RM273 million (*****.8 million) in cash. The firm's exit from the share trading industry is due to "inherent limitations
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        Lock icon Citigroup in China insurance venture
        97 10 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Citigroup has won initial approval to set up a life insurance venture with a Shanghai investment firm by early 2005, marking its foray into the booming market, an executive said. Citigroup subsidiary Travelers Insurance Co secured approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission
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        Lock icon First Pacific denies TA Orange bid report
        102 10 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] First Pacific Co denied a Thai newspaper report that it is in talks to buy a stake in TA Orange, Thailand's third-biggest mobile-phone company. Prachachat Thurakit, a Thai-language bi-weekly newspaper, said on its website that First Pacific submitted a bid to
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        Lock icon China won't get market economy tag soon
        127 10 Reuters [WASHINGTON] China may have to wait years before the United States grants it coveted market economy status, a US Commerce Department official said on Thursday. James Jochum, assistant secretary for import administration, told a hearing on China's desire to be deemed a
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      Lock icon Malaysian Air, 1st Silicon get US$1.3b loan
      349 10 Govt guarantees credit extended by 19 banks Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System and Ist Silicon (Malaysia) got 19 banks to lend them US$l.3 billion in the largest dollar credit backed by the Malaysian government, said a banker involved in the deal. The
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      Lock icon Gloves are off in brewers' fight over China market
      715 11 Bud-Miller fight highlights global firms' China interest AP [SHANGHAI] The Bud Ice is flowing and Budweiser "beer girl" Zhen Yanting is smiling as she makes her way through Lulu's, an upscale restaurant, encouraging diners to try her brew. It's another day
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      Lock icon Terrorism cover in Asia region getting cheaper
      565 11 Premiums halve as more insurers offer such policies Reuters [BANGKOK] Insurance on buildings against terror attacks is getting cheaper in Asia because more firms are offering it, but many landlords are baulking at the extra cost. Terrorism insurance premiums have halved in many
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      Lock icon New American casino-resort to break ground
      304 11 Construction set to commence following recent legislation changes AP [MACAU] Las Vegas gaming mogul Steve Wynn will soon begin construction of his casino-hotel in Macau now that the enclave has passed a law to let casinos extend credit to gamblers, an executive said yesterday.
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    2318 10 Transaction date:Jun 4 KUALA LUMPUR ST 3 50 „S Vo Genting 14.70 0.10 374 RM COM) George Kent ....0.77 unch 40 Globetrontcs Tech 0.53 0.03 403 A AM Realty 1.35 undi 11 GtomacBbd .2.40 -0.04 15 Abric .0.62 0.03 30 GoWlJndge Engrg 0.3; unch 58 ACP Industries 1.80 -0.06
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    4554 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com S'pore Bond Fund/ A 1 099 Credit Agrfcole Asset Mgt S'pore Ltd ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) V®** 11 0 983/1 033 Star Europe Eqty!" 0.741/ OBS Asset Mgt Star Europe Bond 1.243/ Shenton Twin City 1.25/1.3 Star Europe Bal 1.046/ Japan Growth!" 0.88/092 Star Asian
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  • news world
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      Lock icon Man Group chief gets 59% pay hike to £7m
      291 12 Jump follows record profits at the listed hedge fund manager Bloomberg [LONDON] Stanley Fink, chief executive of listed Man Group, received a 59 per cent pay rise last year after the world's largest publicly traded hedge fund manager posted record profit.
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      Lock icon US supply build-up, Opec hike bursts oil bubble
      521 12 Analysts say speculators selling out of long positions may increase sales if prices fall below US$35 support level Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Big money speculators in oil have begun to head for the exits, as US supply conditions become somewhat less taut
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        Lock icon Nestle considering offer for General Mills
        48 12 Bloomberg [GENEVA] Nestle SA is considering a bid for General Mills Inc to add brands such as Cheerios cereal and Betty Crocker dessert mixes, sources said. The two companies have sold cereals for the past 15 years under a joint venture. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Former CEO to leave Computer Associates
        51 12 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Computer Associates International said former CEO Sanjay Kumar will leave the software maker after an accounting probe that led to the firing of 14 executives. Mr Kumar, 42, stepped down as chairman and CEO in April and became chief software architect.
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        Lock icon Methanol-powered laptop from Toshiba
        38 12 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Toshiba Corp plans to introduce a laptop computer that uses methanol for power instead of a battery by the end of the year. It will initially be available only in Japan. Bloomberg
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      Lock icon US welcomes G-20 farm trade plan
      320 12 AP [GENEVA] The United States yesterday gave a cautious welcome to a proposal by a group of developing countries to ease the deadlock in world farm trade talks. The plan by the G-20 alliance at the World Trade Organization (WTO) led by India, South
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      Lock icon Symbol sued for its unique stock options plan
      457 13 It allowed top execs to backdate options exercise and save on tax NYT [NEW YORK] Here's one profitable way to invest, if you can get away with it. Wait until a stock rises sharply in price, and then announce that you had
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      Lock icon Symbol ex-CEO, 10 other execs indicted
      203 13 Reuters [NEW YORK] Nearly a dozen former executives at Symbol Technologies Inc, including its CEO, were indicted on criminal and civil fraud charges in a complex scheme to inflate revenues, federal officials said on Thursday. The company settled civil charges brought by the Securities
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      Lock icon US CEOs expect to step up hiring: poll
      472 13 Most do not foresee more US job losses due to outsourcing Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Chief executive officers in the US hope to create more jobs than in the past years, according to a survey of 100 head honchos by the Yale University
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      Lock icon Harvard overpaying managers: alumni group
      568 13 NYT [NEW YORK] Last year, Jack R Meyer, who oversees Harvard University's mighty endowment, the biggest university endowment in the United States, was paid US$6.9 million. His counterpart at the University of Texas, Bob L Boldt, was paid U*****,316 for managing the sec-ond-largest university endowment,
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    Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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  • style arts fest
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      Lock icon Opiume with no hold
      528 14  -  The libretto stood out as one of the chamber opera's biggest failings. SANGEETHA MADHAVAN explains SANGEETHA MADHAVAN COMPOSER and librettist of Singapore Arts Festival's first chamber opera commission, Mark Chan, had talked about how he didn't want to go down the intellectual route favoured by many
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      Lock icon Mind-boggling performance
      427 14 To Prof Marc Salem, reading others' thoughts is a skill many can pick up By Aaron Lye WHEN it comes to the impossible, seeing is believing, or so they say. But one thing Professor Marc Salem insists is that his performance is less about the supernatural than it
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      Lock icon What's on tonight
      65 14 Theatre Opiume by Checkpoint Theatre. Bpm, Victoria Theatre. Tickets $22-$52. Hua Yue Ying by Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Troupe of China. Bpm, at Esplanade Theatre. Tickets $22-$72. Music Colourful Yunnan by Singapore Bpm, at Singapore Conference Hall, Bpm. Tickets $15 41 If 14 Voices from Heaven by Soweto
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      833 15  -  THAM CHAIK KONG says consumers have never had it this good when it comes to choosing audio and home theatre systems THAM CHAIK KONG AFTER live concerts, the next best way to appreciate music is by listening to audio systems. Unfortunately, the many brands and products
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      161 15 To the man who nurtured you with love, honour him this Father's Day with an exquisite multiSGnSOry RiaSSagG expeiience. .gttgdjW Itttt®^g8||j^|^^ His love and wisdom shone upon you like-the sun. making you who you are today. This BPHNHBWMHHBi Father's Day, pamper Dad with the gift he will enjoy most the
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      748 16  -  RONNIE LIM experienced sheer joy touring the Italian countryside in BMW's 645 Ci RONNIE LIM I HAD such a fling with a topless German in Italy. She was classy and had big lungs. With her, the journey and not just the destination was pleasurable.
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      463 16  -  By Ronnie Lim WE arrived just in time to catch the sunset from high in the Dolomites, and it was our just reward for being among the earliest to reach the northern Italian village of Lana. After all, we had only an overnight stay at the new
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      103 16 Companies can nominate themselves for the 2004 Enterprise awards by completing the official nomination form. Companies must be home-grown, privately-owned and incorporated under Singapore's Companies Act (1994 A Revised Edition), with three years of audited statements. Nomination forms are available at: Enterprise 50 Secretariat, c/o Accenture 250 North Bridge Road,
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      1414 17 Ordinary food and activities can suddenly become menacing for pregnant women, but exactly what will and won't harm foetuses? ON Wednesday, at a lunch at Cipriani 42nd Street to benefit the obstetric unit of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, a table of women in their 20's and 30's hovered over
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      1532 18  -  Developing your sense of style is not as daunting as it seems when trusty manuals abound. CORINNE KERK makes some recommendations CORINNE KERK OW, who doesn't want to look stylish? Of know how to pick figure* and occasion-appropri-ate outfits; buy the right skincare products and makeW up tools;
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      166 18  -  on the shelves at the malls Compiled by MIKE CHUA Frothy conversation piece For country kitchen aficionados, here's another addition to your collection a German porcelain beer mug with embossed prints of famous Berlin buildings and places of interests. Standing 25cm tall, the intricate details will make an
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      1071 19  -  Newer condominiums are creating little green pockets of luxury for their residents, reports CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON BEEN to a condominium showflat viewing recently? If you did, you'd have noticed how much emphasis was put on the landscaping a marketing phenomenon which landscape designers
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      281 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 5 ,f you 9 et the ,ast round you'll buy it! (7,8) 1 Blows joint on board ship (6) q Decrease speed after a 5 Amorous Latin type's a jerk! fashion (8) (8) 7 Production of 'King and I' is 9 Imagined 'Alliance of Evil' the Dits
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