The Business Times, 3 December 2004

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    9 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES r Friday December 3,2004 s**6eti«r MCAmazaMßooM
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    Lock icon Major chip-maker to pump in $2b over 2 years
    551 1  -  By RAJU CHELLAM [SINGAPORE] European giant STMicroelectronics will invest $2 billion and hire 1,000 technical and engineering staff over the next two years in Singapore, where it now employs 7,500 people and has so far invested $4.7 billion. The bulk of
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    134 1 sn 2,062.76 (+23.92) OST INDEX FUTURES 246&00 (+30.00) SIMSCI 244.61 (+2.98) SIMSa FUTURES 245.90 (+4.50) MARKETS Thursday Chang* KLSECOMP 919.97 +535 NIKKEI 22S 10,973.07 +188.82 HANG SENG 14,***** +98.99 SET INDEX 681.08 >5.64 JAKARTA COMP 997.70 +11.50 MANILA COMP 1.816.99 +0.52 SEOUL COMP 884,10 +7.30 SHENZHEN 1 239.96
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    41 1 TOP STORIES PG2 COMPANIES PG4. 6,11,12 MARKETS PG8 SINGAPORE PG 13.14 ECONOMY PG 15 M'SIA/INDON.. PG 16 CHINA/INDIA... PG 17 ASIA-PACIFIC.. PG18 WORLD PG 19 AVIATION PG 20 SHIPPING PG 21 EDITORIAL PG 22 STOCKS PG 24,25 LIFESTYLE ...PG 31-35
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    Lock icon China group to keep CAO fuel supplies flowing
    572 1  -  SGX wants company to ensure former CEO is available to help in investigations By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] Crippled China Aviation Oil (CAO) has asked a subsidiary of China's state-controlled petroleum group Sinopec Corp to temporarily take over its fuel procurement, sources said
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      43 1 Economic model shows casino in S'pore is not worth the costs PG22 MORE REPORTS US$ 160 m jet fuel for December delivery PG 4 Alarm bells aplenty—which nobody heard PG 4 Mark-to-market stopped more losses PG 4 Past accolades ring hollow PG 4
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Purchasing index bodes ill for S'pore industry
      447 2  -  Nov decline raises likelihood of manufacturing contraction By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] The spectre of a manufacturing contraction looms larger as the purchasing managers' index (PMI) in its third straight fall edged closer to the 50-point critical mark last month. The key barometer of
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      791 2  -  By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] The Republic is experiencing a surge in human biomedical research, driven by the development of science in the region and a recognition by global pharmaceutical companies of the island as a viable location for clinical trial outsourcing. According to
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      Lock icon Pool of disenchanted workers shrinks: poll
      567 2  -  By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] The pick-up in the economy has led to more happy workers and fewer long faces. But the pool of disenchanted employees is still sizeable enough to exact a heavy economic toll, according to a study by the Gallup Organization.
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      489 2 Jet fuel worth USsl6om bought for Dec delivery ABOUT 330,000 tonnes of jet fuel worth almost US$ 160 million was bought for December delivery to China by beleaguered China Aviation Oil Singapore, which yesterday said it is in talks with suppliers and creditors to ensure the aviation fuel
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      203 2 "Notices z IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ASAHIKASEI ASIA PTE LTD Co Reg No: *****5754 M (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308( 1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that a Final Meeting of the
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      141 2 In the matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In the matter of HO-SHIN ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. (Company No. *****2093E) (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company, duly convened and held at 336 Smith Street #06-308 New Bridge Centre Singapore
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      164 2 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF DUKE ENERGY INTERNATIONAL (SOUTHEAST ASIA) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Co. Reg. No: *****6424G FINAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 (1) of the Companies Act, Cap, 50, that a Final
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      151 2 IN THE MATTER OK THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTERS! AND IN THE MATTER OE CELOXICA PTE ITU (IN LIQUIDATION) Company Registration No. 200MNMAIC NOTICE OE FINAL MEETING Notice in hereby given that pursuant m Section 308 of the Companies Act. Chapter 50. the Final Meeting of the Members of the abovementioned
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      204 2 NOTICE OF CREOITORS MEETING IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF DAEWOO SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) (Company Registration No.: *****0849H) (Companies Winding-Up No. 36 of 2004/G) (Under the Order for winding up the
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Jet fuel worth US$160m bought for Dec delivery
      433 4  -  TROUBLE AT CAO Talks on with suppliers and creditors to ensure smooth supply to airports in China By RONNIE LIM ABOUT 330,000 tonnes of jet fuel worth almost US$l6O million was bought for December delivery to China by beleaguered China Aviation Oil
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      Lock icon Mark-to-market spared CAO huge futures losses
      520 4  -  It has liquidated positions on two accounts: sources By SIOW LI SEN CHINA Aviation Oil's (CAO) trades through its two futures accounts, believed to be with ABN Amro Futures and BNP Paribas, were spared huge losses because of daily mark-to*ttlarket practices, say sources. Since
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      Lock icon CAO alarm bells aplenty – which nobody heard
      671 4  - CAO alarm bells aplenty which nobody heard By TEH HOOI LING THERE were items in China Aviation Oil's accounts that may have raised red flags but nothing to suggest the size of the losses the company faced, or that it may have bent accounting rules to hide these losses. It
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      Lock icon CAO's past showered with accolades
      695 4 CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation is going down in history as one of the biggest corporate collapses in Singapore. But ironically, the oil trader will also be remembered for the numerous glowing awards and accolades that it has consistently been collecting and trumpeting in the
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      Lock icon OCBC raises Bank NISP stake to 51 % for $156m
      447 6  - OCBC raises Bank NISP stake to 51 for $156m Sellers of 28.5% stake include Surjaudaja family; OCBC ready for GO By JOYCE KOH RYF.ING a bigger slice of Indonesia's consumer market, OCBC Bank yesterdaysaid it has raised its stake in PT Bank NISP to 51 per cent and is ready
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      Lock icon It's a win-win for UOB and UOL
      680 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By ANGELA TAN J1 If would have guessed in May this I i year that the heated tussle for Unit--1 I I ed Overseas Land (UOL) between If parent United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Temasek Holdings would end up in
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      Lock icon Links Island gets nod to change business
      493 11  -  Dredging specialist set to become coal-mining services provider By KENNETH LIM WITH sand export bans threatening the survival of their company, shareholders of Links Island Holdings voted yesterday to turn the dredging specialist into a coal-mining services provider. In an extraordinary general meeting,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Lindeteves unit to sell Dalian properties
        113 11 LINDETEVES-JACOBERG Ltd is in final negotiations to sell the land and buildings occupied by its wholly-owned subsidiary BCW Electric Motors Corporation Ltd in Dalian, China, for RMBISO million (5530.1 million), and the proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce BCW's bank borrowings.
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        Lock icon Cathay-Keris sets up joint venture firm
        196 11 CATHAY Organisation Holdings said yesterday that its wholly-owned Cathay-Keris Films (CKF) has entered into a joint venture agreement with Prime Movies International (PMI). CKF is a film distributor which procures quality films internationally, and supplies them to the Cathay's film exhibition business as well
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        Lock icon Panpac to sell stake in Shareinvestor.com
        183 11 SESDAQ-LISTED Panpac Media has agreed to sell its 25 per cent stake in internet financial portal Shareinvestor.com Holdings to fibre optic company China Multi-Media Private Network Ltd (CMPN). At the same time, Panpac will grant CMPN a worldwide exclusive licence and rights to reproduce,
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      Lock icon Wong Teck Kui makes one more save
      388 12  -  Wee Poh Holdings will be the fourth firm he has helped restructure in 3 years Reports by VINCE CHONG DEAL-MAKER Wong Teck Kui has added one more feather to his cap, with Wee Poh Holdings being the fourth listed company he has helped
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      Lock icon Wee Poh's reverse takeover going ahead as AGM ends without hitch
      358 12 WEE Poh Holdings' much-anticipated annual general meeting (AGM) yesterday produced little controversy as the management obtained a clear mandate to continue with its reverse takeover plans into the Asian timepiece market. Events leading up to the twice-adjourned AGM had
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      Lock icon Dairy Farm offers to buy shares of Hero Supermarket
      376 12 Bloomberg DAIRY Farm International Holdings Ltd, which runs supermarkets in Hong Kong and Singapore, said it will pay as much as US$65 million to buy the shares it doesn't already own of PT Hero Supermarket, to expand in Indonesia. An offer
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI at highest close in four years
      551 8  -  STOCKS Funds buy heavyweights after oil price recedes while UOB Sesdaq Index edges up a mere 0.4% TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent LATCHING on to the euphoria of the biggest oneday oil price fall in three years and strong US economic data, funds
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      987 8  -  Compiled by JOYCE KOH First Engineering Dec 2 dose: $1.29 (+2 cents) KIM ENG RESEARCH, Dec 2 SUDDEN weakness in the share price of First Engineering offers a great buying opportunity for investors. Management has confirmed there is no negative corporate development to warrant the decline. We still
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      Lock icon US$ hits fresh lows despite Wall St surge
      525 8  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent DESPITE the fact that two key Wall Street stock indices scored three-year highs in overnight trading, the unpopular US dollar once again nosedived to fresh lows in Asia before recovering a touch at yesterday's close. The Sterling
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Temasek's K1 Ventures stake raised
        106 8 TEMASEK Holdings' deemed stake in investment company K1 Ventures was raised between August and November this year through a number of transactions on the open market. Temasek now has a deemed stake of 37.02 per cent, up from 36.67 per cent previously after 6.8 million
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        Lock icon Southern Packaging directors buy shares
        130 8 SOUTHERN Packaging Group's top couple saw their shareholdings increase after chief executive Pan Shun Ming bought two million shares on the open market on Wednesday at about 20.5 cents apiece. Mr Pan's direct stake now stands at 42.44 per cent from 41.58 per cent. His
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        Lock icon Asiatravel co-chairman raises stake
        113 8 ASIATRAVEL.COM Holdings executive co-chairman Ong Nai Pew now has a deemed 1.92 per cent stake, up from 1.79 per cent after 250,000 shares were bought on the open market through an HL Bank nominee account. The shares were bought at 29.8 cents apiece. The director also
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        Lock icon JP Morgan's TPV stake increased
        93 8 TPV Technology said JP Morgan Chase Co's deemed stake was raised to 11.82 per cent from 11.79 per cent after 318,000 shares were acquired in a lending of shares under a securities borrowing and lending agreement on Nov 25. TPV, the world's second-largest maker of
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      436 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 2 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -108.00 +188.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +1HJ.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -10.00 All-SG Equities 526.06 +5^81 SG Equities Elect 160.89 +3.89 SG Equities Fin 1617.01 +18.06 SG Equities Prop 515.43 +1.70 SIMSCI 244.61 +2.98 SiMSCI Futures 245.90 +4.50 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon IDA sets aside $12m to boost outsourcing industry
      543 13  -  It will train staff, improve services at local firms, develop R&D initiatives By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY IN a major push to develop the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) yesterday announced that it has set aside
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      Lock icon Ex-Performance Motors execs face graft charges
      293 13 TWO former executives of Performance Motors have been charged in court for alleged corruption. Patrick Pow, who was sales and marketing manager of the BMW dealer, and Daniel Chong, who was sales manager, were charged in the Subordinate Court yesterday under section 6 of
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      Lock icon Citigroup to add Singapore to global bond index
      124 13 Reuters CITIGROUP Inc will add Singapore to its World Government Bond Index (WGBI) from January, the first Asian country besides Japan included in the US bank's flagship foreign sovereign performance benchmark. The World Government Bond Index includes bonds from 21 countries deemed
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      Lock icon PM Lee takes over as PAP's sec-gen
      131 13 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has become the secretary-general of the ruling People's Action Party. A statement issued last night by the party's Ist assistant secretary-general Wong Kan Seng said he succeeded Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, who stepped down to pave the
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      Lock icon GIC, US firm set up property trust
      365 14  -  Deal involves GIC selling 51% of 10 US office buildings, buying 49% of 2 By ANDREA TAN THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and US company Tishman Speyer Properties which owns two of the most famous buildings in New York have formed
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      Lock icon Lift for animation industry as MDA backs 7 projects
      373 14  -  By DANIEL BUENAS IN A MOVF aimed at stimulating the local digital animation industry, the Media Development Authority (MDA) and homegrown studio Peach Blossom Media signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday to develop seven projects with a total production budget of
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      Lock icon ICICI Bank courts rich overseas Indians
      310 14  -  By SIOW LI SEN ICICI Bank, India's largest private bank, has decided to target wealthy overseas Indians through its offshore branch in Singapore. The bank yesterday announced a strategic alliance with Russell Investment group, to offer a range of multi-manag-er investment funds to its
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      321 14 BIONAX SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) COMPANY REGISTRATION NO.: *****8324E NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 69 Neil Road Singapore *****9 on 26 November 2004, the following resolutions were duly passed:1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That the Company be wound
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US jobless claims rise more than expected
      348 15 Analysts say data consistent with recovery; factory orders up 0.5% Reuters [WASHINGTON] The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped an unexpectedly large 25,000 last week, the Labor Department reported yesterday, while the number of longer-term unemployed fell to the
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      Lock icon Inflation worry in Fed
      114 15 Reuters [LONDON] A growing number of US Federal Reserve officials believe US inflation risks are on the rise, a mood that likely will keep the Fed raising interest rates over the next few meetings, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The newspaper, which cited "officials", said
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      Lock icon China to focus on farm sector in 'prudent' shift
      435 15 Priority next year will be raising rural incomes: Politburo AFP [BEIJING] China yesterday announced adjustments to economic planning for 2005 that will change current "pro-active" fiscal and monetary policies into more "prudent" measures. The move is aimed at stimulating growth in
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      Lock icon M'sia expects growth to top 7% this year
      205 15 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's economic growth in 2004 looks set to top the government's estimate of 7 per cent, Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop said on Wednesday, a day after the central bank reported slower growth in the year through the
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon It's business as usual for Courts M'sian ops
      329 16 Company operates independently of UK parent and is self-financing Bernama. Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The operations of Courts Mammoth Bhd (CMB), a 50.1 per cent subsidiary of the UK's Courts pic, will not be affected following the appointment of administrators and suspension of
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      Lock icon MISC sells 32 dry bulk carriers for US$740m
      165 16 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian International Shipping Corp (MISC), the world's largest transporter of liquefied natural gas. will sell 32 dry-bulk ships to First Financial Corp for US$74O million to focus on its gas and oil operations. Malaysia Shipping will earn US$44O million
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    • Article
      Lock icon Jakarta to speed up VAT refunds
      199 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia plans to speed up the process of reimbursing value-added tax to oil gas and mining companies and may give them a trigger share of project revenue as it tries to attract foreign investment. Now it takes as long as six months
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon US retailers sue to bar curbs on China clothing
      384 17 They oppose domestic textile groups which want import restrictions Reuters [WASHINGTON! US clothing retailers and importers sued on Wednesday to prevent the Bush administration from slapping emergency restrictions on imports from China at the request of the domestic textile industry. The
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      209 17 Reuters (NEW DELHI] Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, plans to invest in a new handset plant in India to meet robust local demand, it said on Wednesday. The Finnish firm said in a statement that it and its key
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      199 17 Bloomberg I HONGKONG] Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), China's biggest supplier of made-to-order chips, will gain market share this year at the expense of its largest rivals in Taiwan, an analyst said. The company's share of sales will double to 6 per cent
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      392 17 Reuters ISHANGHAII In yet another measure to improve its poor-performing stock markets, China has picked five more favoured brokerages to enjoy fast-track approval to pursue new businesses. Earlier three others were given the nod to steer reforms in the struggling sector. Supporting better-man-aged brokerages is
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      221 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, has purchased Japanese car component maker Rhythm Corp from fellow buyout firm JPMorgan Partners, continuing a buying spree in Japan. Carlyle did not disclose yesterday the purchase terms for Rhythm, which JPMorgan
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      452 18 Higher marketing spending prompts broker to issue 'sell' rating on stock Reuters [SEOUL] Samsung Electronics Co, the world's sec-ond-largest semiconductor maker, expects "solid" demand for memory chips during the fourth quarter, led by corporate and mobile phone customers. The company forecast demand for computer chips
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      303 18 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The world's largest insurer American International Group's Thai finance unit will be allowed to upgrade its operations to become a retail bank next year, said Suparut Kawatkul, permanent secretary at the Thai finance ministry. The ministry has forwarded its recommendation
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      502 19 Fund buys voting stake without having economic interest in company NYT [NEW YORK] A new trading tactic that could tip proxy fights and takeover battles has emerged from the shadows of the hedge fund industry, sparking outrage among some investors and corporate governance
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      325 19 Reuters [LONDON] Chancellor Gordon Brown announced an extension of maternity leave, help for pensioners and a freeze on fuel duty in his pre-budget report yesterday. Trumpeting British prosperity ahead of an election expected next May, he said Labour would do more to help
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      391 19 [NEW YORK] General Electric spent more on acquisitions since it promised an end to big deals than it did on its two blockbuster bids last year combined, the Financial Times reported. Following a flurry of smaller takeovers in recent days, the US conglomerate has
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        68 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Calpers president Sean Harrigan was removed on Wednesday from the US$l7B billion California Public Employees Retirement System. America's largest public pension fund. He said his ouster was payback for the campaigns that he and others had been leading to change behaviour at
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        80 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Advanced Micro Devices, a computer-chip maker that's been stealing sales from Intel Corp, won its biggest slice of the market in over two years. AMD had 9.9 per cent of the US$6.7 billion market for the microprocessors that run PCs and servers
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        92 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp, the largest US longdistance carrier, agreed to pay US$5OO,OOO to end a federal investigation into claims the company billed customers who didn't order service. The Federal Communications Commission was investigating whether AT&T erroneously charged U553.95 a month
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      337 20 Debris falls on car driving near Bangkok airport; no one injured AP [BANGKOK] A Cathay Pacific passenger jet's left engine exploded minutes after take-off from Bangkok, dropping debris on a car driving near the airport, causing damage but no injuries, a newspaper and the
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      475 20  -  The service will first be installed in SIA's fleet of Boeing 747s By VEN SREENIVASAN ISINCiAPORHI Singapore Airlines is poised to be the first carrier in Southeast Asia to offer inflight broadband Internet access and live news television channels to its passengers. The
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      197 20 Reuters [BEIJING] United Parcel Service Inc (UPS), the world's largest package delivery company, has agreed to pay US$lOO million to take control of the China operations of freight forwarder Sinotrans International Express, it said yesterday. The deal gives UPS direct control
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      306 20 AFP (NEW DELHI) India is developing a new satellite-based navigation system that will increase the number and safety of flights around the country, Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Wednesday. The project called Gagan (Sky) is being designed by the state-run Airports Authority of
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      574 21  -  Newspaper says the terminal operator may invest US$1.2b in Ensenada By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Hong Kongbased Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) appears set to take on Los Angeles and Long Beach with further talk of the global terminal operator investing US$l.2 billion in a port in
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      906 21  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR A LANDMARK ruling last month in i\ the US Supreme Court has put beyf yond doubt the question of when rail and road transport companies would be protected by Himalaya clauses in intermodal bills of lading negotiated by ocean carriers.
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      49 21 [SYDNEY] This photo taken on Nov 17.2004 shows the huge vehicle transporter Trianon passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge after delivering a shipment of Japanese cars to Australia. Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday that the slowdown now evident in the country's economy is not unwelcome. AFP
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      465 21  -  He's credited with lifting quality of maritime education By GEORGE JOSEPH [SINGAPORE] The director of the Singapore Maritime Academy, Swapan Das Sarma, is bowing out after 23 years shaping maritime education and training in Singapore. A marine engineer by training, Mr Sarma joined the Singapore
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      291 21 I MX $WM''$W 'MB D*2 St W- Vol CH Offshore 039 0.02 2184 Oman Hup -..JOM unch 1020 Cosco Corporation 1.14 -0.01 7126 CWT Distribution 3.56 0.01 19 Ezra Hldgs 1.18 unch 55 Freight Links .0.10 unch 450 Grand Banks Yacht 0.91 unch 5 Jaya Holdings IjOI -0.01
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      Corporate governance code review timely
      507 22 EDITORIAL THK move by the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance (CCDG) to review and update the Singapore Code of Corporate Governance could not have come at a more appropriate time. The unfolding crisis at China Aviation Oil (Singapore) after the company racked up almost
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      No case for casinos
      1216 22  -  From an economic standpoint a casino will have an adverse impact on S'pore in the long term By HOON HIAN TECK, HO KONG WENG ALTHOUGH there has been a lively debate taking place in the local press on the case for or against having a casino
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      750 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING PRESIDENT Hu Jintao's two-week foray into Latin America last month shows the extent to which China's economic development over the last quarter century has strengthened its foreign policy outreach. Today, Beijing's friendship in particular its investment and
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      Charting a bold course for ADB?
      964 23  -  The bank's new president, Haruhiko Kuroda, could do just that if he gets his way ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent ON Feb 1 next year, Haruhiko Kuroda will take on the job of president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila. Like his half
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      CAO fiasco a timely reminder
      304 23  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Leong Sze Man Singapore I REFER to the reports "CAO shock raises major questions"; "Option bets likely cause of CAO losses"; "CAO blocked from trading on Platts"; "China listings on SGX bruised by CAO fallout"; "Chen Jiulin a fallen star"; "Shockers
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      Traffic flows smoothly in Singapore
      337 23  -  Han Liang Yuan (Ms) Senior manager Corporate communications Land Transport Authority I WOULD like to thank Alvin Chua Chuan Ann for his letter "Traffic jams making a comeback" (BT, Nov 23), in which he commented on the traffic situation along Orchard Road, Keppel Road and
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      1730 23 MIYOSHI PRECISION LTD Company Registration Number: *****3979K (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Miyoshi Precision Limited ("the Company") will be held at No. 5 Second Chin Bee Road, Singapore *****2 on Wednesday, 29 December 2004
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    10412 24 STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS Stodi name Wt CtoM Chang! Mod mm* W» Qua Owj» Allgreen 50c 0.29 1060 NOL 2.09 2.990 *0 040 BIL mtl US20c 0 44 0 960 *0005 OCBC 10.01 13.600 *0 100 CaprtaLand 138 2.110 *0.010 Partway H 25c 065 1.420 +0.010 Chart SemtCond
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES
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      When Idol Meets Scandal
      639 31  -  off the cuff jaime ee F you weren't rabidly following the results of the Singapore Idol final this week, chances are you were fixated with yet another saga slightly less musical, and whose outcome you will not be able to manipulate via SMS. It's the ongoing
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      Re-inventinq CQ
      1260 31  -  Clarke Quay is poised to become trendy CQ, a one-stop leisure destination for PMEBs. PARVATHI NAYAR and CHEAH UI-HOON look at the 're-hipping' of the area PARVATHI NAYAR, CHEAH UI-HOON IS Clarke Quay Singapore's answer to Shanghai's Xin Tian I)i? That's what Capita Land is hoping, with its
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  • ARTS
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      World musician
      784 32  -  Malaysia's M Nasir talks to CHEAH UI-HOON about his kind of music CHEAH UI-HOON ALL him Sting of the Malay music world and M Nasir gives a self-deprecating chuckle, but doesn't deny it, saying: "Maybe it's because we listened to the same type of music when Ml we
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      AT THE ESPLANADE
      288 32 Dec 3 (Fri) Homecoming Series: Hits of 1904 Sibelius' Violin Concerto by Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall, 7.30pm (Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm) Tickets: $11, $16, $24, $34, $49, $59 Dec 3 to Dec 4 (Fri Sat) Esplanade Presents: Pesta Raya Malay Festival of Arts 2004 Desert
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      353 32 ■tESGNTS T| Witness the Singapore debut of a true genius H Expect an evening of music its most brilliant with this inimitable pianist extraordinaire. (lOOmins with intermission) SIHPMiHI i-os Angeles Principal Sponsor 9 Dm 04, Thu Esplanade Concert Hall, 7.30pm $30, $45, $60, $80, $100 V (Concession price for students
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      288 32 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 7 An idle girl, yet of some use on HH 8 A refuge that could be paradise Lmm hJ UhJ LJ—— 10 Splinters difficult to see aboard 11 When misled, housekeepers' Ml ■■""""■B fury is contained completely (8) H JHL JH 14 For example, a landlord (6) ■HI
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  • ARTS/LEISURE
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      A bigger Imagination returns
      709 33  -  The event is certainly a milestone in the history of performance art in Singapore, says PARVATHI NAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR /In /I OST people /I think of perforI I mance art as 1 \i I spectacle, a I V I freak show," says performance artist Lee Wen,
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      Running all over the world
      845 33  -  STANDARD CHARTERED S'PORE MARATHON Two Kenyan marathoners tell ANNA TEO about life in the fast lane ANNA TEO WHEN Tegla Loroupe hopped into a car yesterday at the Swissotel, she didn't expect the ride to last all of a few minutes, ending at the Standard
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      Fund-raising time for theatre companies
      578 33  -  By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN IF taking stock and planning ahead can be a daunting task for commercial businesses, it can be a scary time of the year for non-profit arts organisation whose fortunes rise and ebb with each production. And when you're talking small to mid-sized
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      54 33 V- t 4 if.' 4 fs JULINDA CHIA MORGAN in the Paterson Room An exhibition and sale by one of the most original voices in designer jewellery. Today, 3rd December (10am-Bpm) and tomorrow, 4th December (10am-6pm) in the Paterson Room, Level 6, Four Seasons Hotel, Orchard Boulevard, Out of the
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      Tang treasures unveiled
      671 34  -  CHEAH UI-HOON attends a viewing of the rare collection that may go on display in a Sentosa museum CHEAH UI-HOON INGAPORF may not have a maritime museum yet, but she's steering a clear course to one with the likely acquisition of Tang I)yV nasty shipwrecked treasures which
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