The Business Times, 15 October 2004

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Friday, October 15,2004 SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg MITA(P) 023/03/2004
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  • 573 1  -  It may also buy a stake in China's first private bank as it revamps portfolio By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings is poised to take a substantial stake in Indonesia's largest listed oil-and-gas company and may also invest in China's first private bank
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  • 131 1 STI 1,***** (-19.68) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,952.00 (-18.00) siMsa 234.13 (-2.58) SIMSa FUTURES ***** (-2.10) MARKETS Thursday Change KLSECOMP 852.16 -1.15 —a 225 1f.034.29 161.70 HANG SENG 13,035.38 -136.20 SET INDEX 641.30 -19.99 JAKARTA COMP 859.66 -3.50 MANILA COMP 1.797.30 +6.57 SEOUL COMP 846.63 -9.55 SHENZHEN B 237.06
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  • 53 1 TOP STORIES ...PG 2,3 COMPANIES PG 4,6,9 MARKETS PG 8 SINGAPORE PG 10,11 ECONOMY PG 12 M'SIA CO PG 13 MALAYSIA PG 14 INDONESIA PG 14 CHINA PG 15 INDIA PG 15 ASIA-PACIFIC.. PG 16 WORLD PG 17 AVIATION PGIB SHIPPING PG 19 EDITORIAL ..PG 20,21 STOCKS PG 22,23
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  • 595 1  -  STI will be hit when Wall St reacts to record oil prices By R SIVANITHY [SINGAPORE] Seven months ago when oil prices were just above US$3O a barrel, the Straits Times Index traded between 1,8001,850 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded
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    • 27 1 ISMITED EDITIONS Is govt meddling too much in business? CedricFoo, Spring Singapore's chairman, I 1 addresses iifeandliii^^MMM Other questions The Raffles Conversation i TOMORROW. -.njMfar 8 RJ
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    • 11 1 CHINA EASES UP Beijing relaxes rules on overseas investments PG 15
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 723 2  -  Corporate lobbying forces US to put off implementation by six months By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] Corporate pressure has forced the US to delay a move to force companies to expense employee stock options but mandatory stock option expensing for companies in
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    • 703 2 Why views are split over Temasek's results DEPENDING on which headline read this week, Temasek Holdings' financial performance has ranged from "spectacular" to "poor". And the different pictures painted are due to different sets of the investment company's figures being used. Truth is, Temasek's success lies beyond the
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    • 366 2 Bloomberg [SEOUL] China is unlikely to change its exchange rate system of having the yuan fixed to the US dollar because it has helped stabilise prices, Nobel laureate Robert Mundell said in Seoul. "On the exchange rate thing, 1 don't think
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    • 690 3  -  BT exclusive Move comes as EMA evaluates 26 bids for feasibility study on use of LNG By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] A high-pow-ered government-appoint-ed committee of energy experts will get cracking next week on ways to strengthen Singapore's electricity and gas delivery
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    • 354 3  -  By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] The economy may be improving, but people aged over 40 have another worry on their minds. Latest data shows they make up a bigger proportion of bankrupts, even though hiring has risen and property prices have stabilised. More than
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 614 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By KENNETH LIM THIS week, Temasek Holdings released publicly its annual report for the first time, and drew conclusions about its performance as varied and seemingly opposed as the newspaper headlines describing the numbers. Depending on which headline you read,
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    • 299 4  -  By ROLAND LIM CREDIT Suisse First Boston (CSFB) has bought about 30 million Star Hub shares at between 91 and 95 cents in the first two days of the stock's trading. The stabilising manager of the telco's IPO purchased about 24.7 million
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    • 411 4  -  13 properties may be added this year taking its portfolio to $1.8b Reports by Vince Chong ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) yesterday posted a 53 per cent spike in interim net income to $33.7 million over the previous corresponding period, with distribution
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    • 515 4 ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) is looking to launch about $110 million of new units via private placement and an ATM offering in early December as it embarks on its largest equity fund-raising exercise of $400 million. Aimed at financing the purchase
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    • 372 6  -  It will help firms assess and improve performance, raise shareholder value By WONG WEI KONG PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PwC) yesterday launched a new service to help companies strengthen their finance functions to optimise shareholder value and improve corporate governance. Its Finance Function Effectiveness (FFE) advisory service
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    • 448 6  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN ONLINE travel reservations specialist Asiatravel.com Holdings has proposed to issue up to 48.27 million warrants to its shareholders in an exercise'which it says is aimed at rewarding investors for their continuing support and loyalty. Each shareholder will get one warrant
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    • 320 6  -  Varun seeks global exposure as it expands business By KENNETH LIM VARUN Shipping Co, a Mumbai-listed gas and oil tanker company, is eyeing a Singapore listing by the middle of next year. "We want to increase our exposure outside India as we
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    • 329 6  -  By JOYCE KOH FULL-YEAR net profit has more than doubled for Ezra Holdings as its expansion strategy paid off amid a buoyant oil and gas sector. The Sesdaq-listed offshore support and marine services provider yesterday posted a 145 per cent jump in net
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 513 8  -  STOCKS Investors seem worried enough about long-term impact on US growth to re-evaluate portfolios R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IT seems that markets always need something to worry about when they want to sell. A few months ago, it was a softening US economy and a "hard
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    • Article, Illustration
      918 8  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM CAPITACOMMERCIAL Trust (CCT) announced that the distributable income to unit holders for the peri? od from May 15 to Sept 30, 2004 is $20.1 million, an increase of $2 million or 11 fter cent over the manage 1 er's forecast. CCT's net property income
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      420 8 OTHER SINGAPORE ,ND,CK Oct 14 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -402.00 -193.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -154.00 BT 10-dav MA -*****.00 -40.00 All-SG Equities 509.88 -5.66 SG Equities Elect 156.45 -1.00 SG Equities Fin 1563.30 -14.82 SG Equities Prop 473.55 -3.24 SIMSCI 234.13 -2.58 SiMSCI Futures 234.30 -2.10 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME HorizonEduc
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    • 518 8  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent FEARS of a blowout US August trade deficit combined with a sharp > rebound in oil prices to force both Wall Street and the i US ]^l ar lower overnight lower base metal prices relegated the Australian dollar
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
      • 105 8 UNITED Overseas Bank's stake in Total Automation increased to 6.18 per cent from 5.09 per cent on Wednesday after transactions by the bank and its asset management unit on behalf of clients. UOB's direct stake fell to 1.57 per cent from 1.62 per cent,
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      • 161 8 HG Metal Manufacturing executive chairman Tan Chan Too bought 100.000 shares on the open market yesterday, raising his stake in the steel, r stockist to 7.5 per cent from 7.42 per cent His purchase came a day after Links Island Holdings deputy managing
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      • 90 8 FUND manager Chartered Asset Management is no longer a substantial shareholder of China Petrotech Holdings after 2.4 million shares were sold on the open market on Monday. Pricing information was not disclosed. Chartered, whose deemed shares were held by a few nominee accounts,
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      • 121 8  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM PANPAC Media Group non-executive directors Low Song Take and Kevin Low Ka Choon saw their combined deemed stake increase to 13.57 per cent on Wednesday after investment company International Press Holdings bought one million shares on the open market at 12
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 342 9 Credit card comes with minimum annual income bar of only $50,000 By IN the dog-eat-dog world of credit cards, American Express which had been the first to launch the platinum charge card is turning the product on its head, offering it to aspiring
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 71 9 DIRECTORIES business Yellow Pages Singapore plans to sell shares as early as next month. According to Channel News Asia, people close to the deal say it could be one of the biggest initial public offerings here this year. The IPO comes just one
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      • 80 9 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services Ltd, the catering and ground-handling unit of Singapore Airlines, said it handled more passengers and cargo last month as trade grew and airlines added services ahead of year-end holidays. The company handled 2.02 million passengers in September 5.1 per
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      • 80 9 NERA Telecommunications Ltd said it has received purchase orders for the supply of microwave transmission equipment from its customers in Asia and America. Of the total value of $18.7 million, $9.1 million is for the supply of Compact IV PDH Microwave Radio and the
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      • 89 9 BENG Kuang Marine Ltd, a hullside corrosion prevention service provider serving the marine and oil and gas industries, said its initial public offering was 14.6 times subscribed making it the highest subscription rate in recent IPOs. Its public tranche of 2.1 million offer shares
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      • 84 9 Reuters MOODY'S Investors Service yesterday affirmed the Aaa foreign currency issuer rating of Singapore Technologies Engineering and retained the stable outlook. The affirmation follows Temasek Holdings' announcement of a restructuring exercise to take over all shareholdings in the listed and unlisted companies and other assets
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  • GLOBAL ENTREPOLIS @ SINGAPORE
    • 468 10  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY UNDERLINING the growing importance of Singapore as a nanotechnology hub, two European-based nanotech firms have decided to set up offices here to spearhead their operations in Asia. Cientifica, a Londonheadquartered nanotech information and consultancy company, has established a Singapore
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    • 578 10  -  Exchanges ink pact, with first batch of barter goods valued at $10m By NANDE KHIN BARTER trade between some Singapore companies and their Chinese counterparts will soon be underway and the first batch of goods and services are worth $10 million. BarterXchange Singapore's only
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 526 11  -  It will take up more space than before, spread over 3 levels of the building By KALPANA RASHIWALA LITTLE India retail giant Mustafa is returning to Serangoon Plaza, from which it had vacated in July ahead of a refurbishment of the freehold complex
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    • 214 11 THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and China's Ministry of Health have sealed an agreement to provide education programmes for China's senior hospital management staff. Under the agreement, NTU will provide a customised Executive Master of Business Administration Program (EMBA) in hospital management for senior staff
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    • 454 11  -  S'pore economy can play key role if left to market forces: study By NANDE KHIN A TWIN revolution in consumption and outsourcing will drive economic growth in Asia-Pacific in the years to come. And Singapore will have a key role to play
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    • 377 11  -  Schemes like more maternity leave, tax breaks cited By ANDREA TAN FALLING birth rates pose one of the single biggest problems for Singapore, a recent Gallup study found. But more than half of the respondents expect to see birth rates climb in 2005.
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    • 486 11  -  BIOMEDICAL ASIA Reports by CHEN HUIFEN ASIA may be lagging behind in terms of activities in the medical technology (medtech) arena, but it stands a good chance of success if it could produce success stories to spark more interest. And among those
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    • 291 11 PRESSURE on healthcare costs is forcing many Japanese pharmaceutical companies to look at outsourcing R&D or manufacturing to other countries, a Japanese drug company executive said yesterday. "The prices of drugs in Japan are determined by the government," said Kazuhiko Tanzawa,
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    • 147 11 THE government said yesterday it has accepted some of the feedback on tax legislation and stamp duties relating to limited liability partnerships (LLPs). On the public consultation exercise pertaining to the legislation, it said it has accepted nine suggested amendments to the draft Bill out of
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 60 11 THE Association of Shopping Centres (Singapore) or TASC is organising a major international conference on Nov 24-26 at the Raffles City Convention Centre. "Managing Shopping Centres The New Asia Experience" will see some big-name speakers, including executives from Parco of Japan, Australia's Lend Lease group,
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      • 66 11 PACIFIC Healthcare Holdings yesterday officially opened its new Medical Specialist Clinics Wellness Facilities on the penthouse level of Paragon. The facility provides a wide range of specialist services from cosmetic surgery, dermatology, health profiling to maternity spa and facilities for face, skin and bodycare. Occupying
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      • 80 11 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Economic Society of Singapore yesterday launched the fourth MAS-ESS Essay Competition, titled "Is our education system able to meet the challenges of globalisation?" The cash rewards for the top three places in the university category ranges from $1,000 to
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 461 12 Fukui singles out US current account deficit calls for a good mix of policies Bloomberg [TOKYO] Global imbalances including the US current account deficit pose a risk to world economic growth and policy makers should have a "good mix of policies" to
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    • 551 12 Jobless benefits claims rise more than expected Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The politically sensitive US trade deficit widened more than expected in August to its secondhighest level on record, fuelled by the highest oil import prices in 23 years and record imports from China,
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    • 364 12 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore's exports likely shrank in September after robust growth in August, dampened mostly by slowing global demand for electronic goods, a Reuters poll showed yesterday. The median forecast of economists was for non-oil exports to fall 3
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    • 250 12 Reuters. Bloomberg, AP [BEIJING] China's gross domestic product grew 9.3 per cent in 2003, faster than the previously announced 9.1 per the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. China has taken #eps since last year to coriLthe economy, including ordering banks to keep
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    • 133 12 tyoraMewie^ k COURTYARD North Indian Cuisine Promotion Featuring Guest Chefs from Jaipur, India 7 to 24 October 2004 Treat yourself to a wondrous Northern Indian spread at St. Gregory's Brasserie. Besides the traditional Tandoori and spicy dishes, catch our star chefs' "handkerchief" bread performance and cooking demo on 16 17
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  • MALAYSIA COMPANIES
    • 515 13 It expects to complete talks to buy India's Idea Cellular with ST Telemedia this year Bloomberg Reuters, [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd, South-east Asia's second largest phone company, will seek opportunities for acquisitions "close to home" to bolster earnings, chief executive Abdul Wahid Omar said.
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    • 428 13 [KUAIA LUMPUR] Gaming stocks are now the favourites on the Bursa Malaysia exchange with investors beginning to see better earnings prospects for the sector in the current financial year driven by higher consumer spending, says a report in The Star. Those that caught
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    • 268 13 Bloomberg, Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] UEM World Bhd, a Malaysian state-controlled infrastructure group, expects "better" profit this year, helped by construction contracts overseas and a reorganisation that helped cut costs, a company official said. UEM World expects to increase its orders to as much as RMI.S
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 692 14  -  Mr Yudhoyono has to quickly boost growth and revive investments By SHOEB KAGDA in Jakarta AS he prepares to step into the Merdeka Palace, Indonesia's president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is swamped with recommendations to revive foreign direct investments and boost economic growth. Mr Yudhoyono,
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    • 341 14 AFP [BOGOR, Indonesia] Indonesian president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday he will pick a non-military defence minister as part of efforts to rein in the powerful armed forces through civijian control. Mr Yudhoyono, due to take office next week after a landslide election
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    • 429 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Cagamas Bhd, Malaysia's version of Fannie Mae, raised RMI.6 billion (Ss7oB million) by selling the nation's first mortgage-backed bonds and said the auction drew excess demand. Investors bid for 6.8 times the amount of debt available, the company said in Kuala
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 427 15  -  New policy part of efforts to ease US pressure to revalue yuan: economist Reports by JEAN CHUA IN a directive this week, the Chinese government says it is making it easier for Chinese companies to go abroad and issued a list of approved
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    • 306 15 THE number of regional headquarters and regional offices in Hong Kong reached an all-time high this year, suggesting that foreign companies still see the territory as a good base to oversee their regional operations. According to a survey by the Hong Kong
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    • 446 15 Citic Securities fails in bid to buy control of rival <3F Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's Citic Securities has failed in its general offer to buy control of rival GF, defeated by strident shareholder and staff opposition to the industry's first-ever market-driven takeover bid. That dealt a severe blow to an attempt
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    • 401 15 Reuters [SINGAPORE] India's second-largest commercial bank, ICICI Bank Ltd, expects to grow by up to 25 per cent over the next three to five years, riding on strong domestic demand, chief executive K V Kamath said on Wednesday. Indian public sector
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    • 114 15 Singapore, 15-17 Oct 2004 Properties Exhibition in J2ifeslule J w 7 he best ci Phuket. Samui Pattaya on view •or 3 days only at Raffles. Convention Centre. Premier lifestyle properties from Thailand's best-known, most valuable locations will be on display. See the newest and the most interesting projects, the top
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 588 16 It will slash 12,000 jobs by end-2006 to save 500m euros annually AP. Reuters. Bloomberg [RUESSELSHEIM, Germany] General Motors Europe, which had earlier this week dismissed reports of job cuts as "media speculation", announced yesterday that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs on the continent
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    • 122 16 AFP [FRANKFURT] German car maker Opel is to axe 7,000 jobs from a total workforce of 33,000 in Germany, the mass-circulation daily Bild reported yesterday. However, contrary to the fears that were recently expressed by unions as well as politicians, none of
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    • 324 16 Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices roared to fresh record highs yesterday as the US government reported another fall in heating fuel stocks. US light, sweet crude rose 96 cents to U5554.60 a barrel, up more than 65 per cent so far this
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    • Article, Illustration
      63 16 [SYDNEY] Sydney residents headed for the beaches on Wednesday as temperatures in the city hit highest ever recorded for October. Ihe mercury hit 37.9 degrees Celcius. which beat the old mark of 37.4 degrees Celcius set in 1942. Similar high temperatures were being experienced around the state
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    • 347 16 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] National Australia Bank Ltd, the nation's largest lender, said buyers are interested in its units in Ireland and Northern Ireland as the bank seeks to boost capital after its first drop in operating profit in 12 years. Lazard LLC, which is advising
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    • 211 16 Reuters [TOKYO] Hitachi Ltd, Japan's largest electronics conglomerate, said yesterday it aims to boost its sales in China by 56 per cent to US$7 billion by the business year ending in March 2007. Announcing its Chinese business strategy, Hitachi said it aims to
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  • WORLD
    • 654 17 Analysts say he was more consistent on domestic issues AFP. AP. Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] For a third straight debate, Democrat John Kerry stood his ground against George W Bush, slugging it out on Wednesday with a president bent on painting him
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    • 489 17 CORPORATE EARNINGS Profit boosted by revenue from consumer lending, Asian share sales Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citigroup, the world's biggest bank, said third-quarter profit rose 13 per cent, buoyed by revenue from consumer lending and share sales in Asia. Net income increased to US$5.3l
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    • 401 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Apple Computer Inc's fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, beating analysts' estimates, as surging sales of iPod digital music players drove revenue to its highest for the period in nine years. Net income rose to US$lO6 million, or 26 cents
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    • 229 17 Bloomberg (GREENSBORO, North Carolina] McDonald's Corp, the world's largest restaurant chain, said thirdquarter earnings rose as US sales jumped 11 per cent in September, the 18th consecutive monthly gain. The company said net income was about 61 cents a share, or five
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    • 643 18  -  It says Republic can also gain from provision of training services By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Singapore could strengthen its role in the growing regional aerospace market by participating in a Eurocopter-China joint venture to develop and build a new helicopter tailored for
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    • 260 18 AFP [LONDON] A bomb alert forced a Virgin Atlantic flight from Hong Kong to London's Heathrow airport to land yesterday at Stansted airport, north of the British capital, as a "precautionary measure", officials said. Virgin Flight VF2OI touched down at Stansted
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      • 93 18 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh's state-owned national airline said yesterday it is increasing passenger fares and cargo rates by 15-20 per cent to offset the rising cost of jet fuel due to rising oil prices. Aviation authorities have decided "to increase our fares from
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    • 520 19  -  Consultants predict soft landing for industry in 2006 By DAVID HUGHES in London FOLLOWING a banner year in 2004, the liner shipping industry can expect to put in another strong performance in 2005 with a soft landing likely in 2006, according to
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    • 123 19 AFP [HANOI] A top executive from Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has been sacked following a police investigation into corruption within the government-owned corporation, state media said yesterday. The dismissal of Vu Ngoc Son from his post as chairman of the management board
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    • 515 20 EDITORIAL JAPAN is marching inexorably towards revising its pacifist constitution and acquiring an aggressive as well as defensive military capability. The drumbeat quickened this month when an advisory panel to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi recommended an early review of the Constitution and urged that Japan modernise
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    • 214 21  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dennis Ng Singapore "Structured deposits" at banks have been selling like hot cakes and, to date, Singaporeans have invested more than $1 billion in them. However, because of the word "deposit" in structured deposits, there might be many people out there,
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    • 527 29  -  off the cuff jaime ee IF they made a movie out of it, they could call it "The Hong Kong Job" you know, like The Italian Job, but without the cool Minis. Or "50 Ways to Lose Your Money But Who Would Have Thought It Would
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    • 1609 29  -  A quiet revolution has been going on in the Spanish furniture industry, with designs becoming more contemporary. GEOFFREY EU visits the Valencia International Furniture Fair and discovers much to admire GEOFFREY EU FROM food to fashion to football, Spain has been turning on the style in recent
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    • 801 30  -  Especially if they're Shanghainese beauties on vintage posters. CHEAH UI-HOON finds out about Tung Lok CEO Andrew Tjioe's fascination for things Chinese CHEAH UI-HOON ANDREW Tjioe, chief executive of Tung Lok group and poster boy for the restaurant industry here, has his own favourite pin-ups
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    • 561 31  -  By GEOFFREY EU THE cute comic book concoction that is Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a thoroughly inventive tribute to the magic of the movies as well as a marvel of com-puter-generated special effects. It is an often
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    • 527 31  -  FILM By CHEAH UI-HOON WHITTLED down to its bottom line, Wong Kar Wai's latest mood-piece 2046 is where you envy Tony Leung for sharing the screen with five of the Chinese movie world's most luminiscent female stars, who've traded high-collared cheongsams for towering hairdos. But
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    • 497 31  -  MUSIC Brno Phil's guest conductor Leos Svarovsky talks to CHEAH UI-HOON about the orchestra's upcoming visit to S'pore CHEAH UI-HOON THIS is the year of Czech music and though Singapore might be some 10,000 km away it's getting a taste of the extensive celebrations going on at
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    • 452 31  -  THEATRE By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN IT felt like London's West End, except that it was Jubilee Hall at the Raffles Hotel, and Star Hub executives (who had a private viewing this Tuesday) made the introductory speeches for the first professional production of the British play, The Importance
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  • 756 32  -  Making Time LEELA SCHELLENBERGER checks out the collectibles in this third part of our series on limited edition timepieces specially created to celebrate Sincere's Golden Jubilee LEELA SCHELLENBERGER OUR last two instalments of Sincere's Golden Jubilee Collection in September showcased a collection of timepieces which demonstrate
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