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Title Section14 2005-06-22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE SSrc&fs online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg MICA (P) 089/03/2005 Wednesday, June 22,200514 words
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581 2005-06-22 1 CHUANG PECK MING - By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Asia and the Middle East are like old friends, with links that go back to ancient time. And Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong believes it's time the old friends after colonialism and the Cold War581 words
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Article, Illustration599 2005-06-22 1 ALEXANDRA HO - Partners plan to use integrated resort to showcase Singapore to the world By ALEXANDRA HO [SINGAPORE] To boost its chances of winning a concession for an integrated resort (IR) with a casino. Australian gaming company Tabcorp Holdings has roped in the world'sWONG KWAI CHOW/ST - 599 words
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Article139 2005-06-22 1 sn 2,196.64 (-0.74) H ST INDEX FUTURES ■i 2.198.00 (unch) siMsa 261.15 (-035) SIMSa FUTURES ***** (-0.40) MARKETS Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 896.31 -0.44 NIKKEI 225 11,488.74 +5.39 HANG SENG 13,979.35 +33.58 SET INDEX 689.64 +9.96 JAKARTACOMP 1,133.326 -14.384 MANILA COMP 1,954.09 -50.62 SEOUL COMP 989.99 -4.66 SHENZHEN B139 words
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Advertisement12 2005-06-22 1 CREDIT CARDS S'pore card issuers fight security breach PG2 BH IQBQ 812 words
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Advertisement29 2005-06-22 1 U S'pore banks hail market opening PG4 BATTLE FOR UNOCAL China oil giant set to offer USs2ob PGI3 IBi w 3 ■M r Ity. **mm B r il WF29 words
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TOP STORIES
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463 2005-06-22 2 UMA SHANKARI - UOB, OCBC, DBS replacing compromised cards and informing customers By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] All three of Singapore's biggest credit card issuers were affected by the security breach at United States-based credit card processing company Card Systems Solutions &st week, it has now emerged.463 words
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Article, Illustration391 2005-06-22 2 {SINGAPORE] Acclaimed American architect Daniel Libeskind may be designing more than an integrated resort for Keppel Land if plans for a new condominium at Telok Blangah are approved. Sources say Mr Libeskind has already come up with a design concept for the site, which391 words
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Article, Illustration676 2005-06-22 2 ARTHUR SIM - IR architects rivals in S'pore, partners in Italy By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] The race to design the integrated resort at Marina Bayfront has just got more interesting, with architect Arata Isozaki revealing that his closest rivals Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid are also his close collaborators on a major projectYASUHIRO ISHIMOTO; ARTHUR LEE - 676 words
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Article78 2005-06-22 2 IN "Sesdaq takes 2nd spot in drawing new listings" (BT, June 20), we reported that Sesdaq ranked second in 2004 among the world's new markets in attracting new listings. Grant Thornton International, the author of the study, has pointed out that Sesdaq, with 33 new listings, was in third78 words
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Article798 2005-06-22 2 Khoo sisters' legal fees could have hit $2m TWO daughters of the late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat —Jacqueline and Elizabeth could have chalked up legal fees of $2 million, far in excels of the $500,000 in fines they paid after pleading guilty to charges of corporate misdemeanour relating798 words
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Article, Illustration489 2005-06-22 3 WONG WEI KONG - Siblings were fined $500 .000 for corporate misdemeanour By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE! Two daughters of the late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat Jacqueline and Elizabeth could have chalked up legal fees of $2 million, far in excess of the $500,000 in fines theyFILE PHOTO - 489 words
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Article, Illustration578 2005-06-22 3 AP [NEW YORK] Crude prices eased off their record highs yesterday, but stayed close to the US$6O threshold on persistent global supply fears as the market once more brushed aside another pledge by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to addAP - 578 words
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Advertisement49 2005-06-22 3 For more information, visit your local Jaguar dealer or go to www.jaguar.com SINGAPORE Malayan Motors, 45 Leng Kee Road, Singapore *****3. Tel:(6s) 6378 2662, (65) 6378 2626, (65) 6378 2627; Fax:(6s) 6474 0853 Parts and specifications of actual model available in Singapore may differ slightly from the above depiction.49 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article, Illustration662 2005-06-22 4 JEAN CHUA - Indian govt to let Singapore banks do business like domestic banks By JEAN CHUA THE three Singapore banks DBS, UOB and OCBC welcome the move by New Delhi to open the huge Indian market to them and are exploring investments that will complementAFP - 662 words
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472 2005-06-22 4 RAJU CHELLAM - It continues move to focus on core IT businesses By RAJU CHELLAM MAINBOARD-LISTED Singapore Computer Systems (SCS), which recently saw a change in its top management, has continued to offload its non-core businesses. SCS yesterday said it had sold its 36.4 per472 words
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Article332 2005-06-22 4 JOSEPHINE TAY - By JOSEPHINE TAY INVESTORS snapped up shares of SembCorp Marine yesterday on news it won two contracts totalling more than US$9OO million. SembCorp Marine, which announced on Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has won its biggestever contract worth US$7BO million, said yesterday morning332 words
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727 2005-06-22 4 JOYCE KOH - HOCK LOCK SIEW By JOYCE KOH THE eventual end of China Aviation Oil's monopoly in buying jet fuel for the national airlines might not be a devastating blow for the company, according to analysts. Creditors of the debt-laden company would appear to727 words
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Article, Illustration588 2005-06-22 5 VEN SREENIVASAN - It'll pay US$155m for parent AFP's China-based oilseed operations By VEN SREENIVASAN IN an effort to diversify its markets, mainboard-listed palm oil producer Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is buying the China-based oilseed operations of its parent Asia Food Properties (AFP) for US$l55 million. GAR,FILE PHOTO - 588 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration883 2005-06-22 6 LARRY WEE - CURRENCIES Euro hit by triple whammy, and several Asian units by record oil prices LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE US dollar is again exploring higher territory after a downside correction of sorts over the past week not that it has suddenly got something significantly883 words
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TRADES TO WATCH
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394 2005-06-22 6 SEE Hoy Chan Equities, a substantial shareholder in China Petrotech Holdings, continues to raise its stake in the mainboard-listed company. The privately-held investment firm bought three million shares on Monday through a married deal. This raised its stake from 11.45394 words
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96 2005-06-22 6 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - Compiled by AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY RICH Life Holdings has further raised its stake in food, healthcare and education services provider PSC Corporation this time from 23.02 per cent to 23.20 per cent through a series of open market purchases on Thursday last96 words
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Article, Illustration435 2005-06-22 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jun21 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 19.00 -166.00 BTCADI -*****.00 +6.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +2.00 All-SG Equities 561.50 +0.06 SG Equities Elect 137.80 +0.97 SG Equities Fin 1562.18 -2.12 SG Equities Prop 562.13 +5.09 SIMSCI 261.15 -0.35 SiMSCI Futures 261.50 -0.40 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME UniFiber 10c435 words
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Article262 2005-06-22 6 JOYCE KOH - Compiled by JOYCE KOH S'pore Petroleum Company June 21 close: $4.86 DBS VICKERS RESEARCH, June 21 SPC's IQOS net profit was 74 per cent higher year-on-year on the back of volume and margin expansion. With healthy refining margins, we expect firm 2Q05 results. We also anticipate 2H05 refining262 words
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Article, Illustration400 2005-06-22 6 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IT'S a classic "trading market" we find ourselves in, where movements are mainly intraday and prices are unable to break out of narrow ranges without the aid of a big-name broking report or the efforts of house traders. Record high400 words
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Article, Illustration317 2005-06-22 6 Yeo Kee Yan - CHART POINT By Yeo Kee Yan, chartist at Kelive Research WE take the view that half-year window dressing will continue to support the STI at 2,184. As per our column last week, the best portfolio strategy under this view is stillSource: Kelve Research - 317 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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710 2005-06-22 8 KALPANA RASHIWALA - PROPERTY DEALS Offer made by joint venture of Guthrie, Lee Kim Tah, German fund By KALPANA RASHIWALA A JOINT venture partly owned by Guthrie and Lee Kim Tah yesterday placed an aggressive bid of $415 million or $329 per square710 words
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Article, Illustration259 2005-06-22 8 WONG WEI KONG - By WONG WEI KONG THE chief executive of Linair Technologies, who is facing an investigation, has stepped down from his position, the company said yesterday. Tommy Oh also resigned from the board as executive director. However, Linair said Mr Oh would be appointed director for259 words
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547 2005-06-22 8 PAULINE NG - Deal will stretch Kulim's financial resources: analysts By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur NEWS that Kulim Malaysia could emerge as the new controlling shareholder of fast-food operator KFC Holdings Malaysia appears to be not finger-licking good to the investors547 words
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432 2005-06-22 8 Share proceeds will be invested in Asia-Pacific assets Bloomberg TEMASEK Holdings plans to sell shares in a real estate investment trust next month through its property unit. The unit, Mapletree Logistics Trust, owns ***** million of Singapore warehouse and other properties,Bloomberg - 432 words
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361 2005-06-22 8 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SESDAQ-LISTED CNA Group through an associate company has struck an alliance with an American company to pursue projects in the US and Asia. The strategic deal was made between TSD-CNA, a 50 per cent-owned associate of CNA, and361 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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116 2005-06-22 8 VT Halter Marine Inc, the US operations of Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine), has signed a US$16.3 million contract to build a catamaran lift barge for Washington Group International (WGI) and WGl's joint venture partner, the Alberici Group. ST Marine is the marine116 words
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89 2005-06-22 8 ISETAN (Singapore) Ltd has invested about US$1.2 million, which represents 45 per cent in the paid-up capital, in Jinan Isetan Co Ltd. The balance 55 per cent will be invested by Isetan Co Ltd Japan. Isetan (Singapore) had announced in May that it planned89 words
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Article62 2005-06-22 8 MEDIA Asia Entertainment Group Ltd said yesterday that its 60 per cent-owned subsidiary, Media Asia Consumer Products, has been dissolved in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands. The subsidiary had been a dormant company since 2001 and the dissolution will have62 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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Article, Illustration648 2005-06-22 9 NANDE KHIN - ASIA-MIDDLE EAST DIALOGUE Tharman sees scope for cooperation with M-E, Asian financial centres By NANDE KHIN SINGAPORE cannot be a complete financial centre for the Middle East on its own and therefore needs to cooperate with other financialFILE PHOTO - 648 words
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393 2005-06-22 9 JEAN CHUA - By JEAN CHUA RENEWING ties between Asia and the Middle East is more important now than ever as the regions the fastest growing in the world go through economic and social changes, and working together will result in greater trade and393 words
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288 2005-06-22 9 FOREIGN Affairs Minister George Yeo will be visiting Aceh tomorrow to break ground for a $6.4 million pier project sponsored by the government, Temasek Holdings, and the Singapore Red Cross Society. The new pier is part of the Singapore government's US$lO million assistance288 words
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534 2005-06-22 10 GENEVIEVE CUA - Keen contest expected with most insurers indicating interest in plans By GENEVIEVE CUA THE race is on for a slice of the Central Provident Fund's health insurance portfolio, as the CPF Board and the Health Ministry yesterday launched an open tender for privatising534 words
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314 2005-06-22 10 WEE LI-EN - By WEE LI-EN CREDIT cardholders now need not fret over a lost or stolen wallet or handbag while travelling abroad, as a result of a new insurance scheme. Rather than calling up each issuer to cancel their cards to prevent fraudulent use,314 words
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268 2005-06-22 10 SUCCESSFUL local and overseas franchisors based in Singapore will now receive due recognition with the inaugural FLA Awards launched yesterday. The award will be handed out by the Franchising Association of Singapore (FLA) in September, and it is the first of its kind to268 words
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236 2005-06-22 10 FOURTEEN new faces have just joined the Feedback Supervisory Panel to help set direction and priorities for the Feedback Unit of Singapore, The panel, comprising Members of Parliament and representatives from the private and public sector, will see 12 of its existing members stepping236 words
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468 2005-06-22 10 ARTHUR SIM - By ARTHUR SIM ANOTHER two major shopping malls in the Orchard Road belt are planning to update parts of their retail approach. Raffles City Shopping Centre is to revamp its Basement One food and supermarket level. Takashimaya Shopping Centre has already completed its small-scale468 words
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330 2005-06-22 10 UMA SHANKARI - By UMA SHANKARI s IN a move to encourage Singapore companies to expand their overseas business, IE Singapore yesterday unveiled details of its new $6 million budget to help companies defray part of the cost of taking part in missions and fairs organised330 words
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NEWS ROUNDUP
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Article79 2005-06-22 10 NATIONAL University of Singapore (NUS) Business School has appointed Professor Christopher Earley as its new dean. His three-year term started on June 1. Succeeding former acting dean Prof Lim Chin, Prof Earley has a PhD in industrial and organisational psychology, and has served as79 words
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Article111 2005-06-22 10 MINISTER-in-charge of Muslim Affairs and Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, DrYaacob Ibrahim, will leave for Saudi Arabia today to arrange for Singapore pilgrims to visit Mecca. At the annual Haj Ministerial Meeting in Jeddah, Dr Yaacob will discuss arrangements with Saudi Minister for111 words
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71 2005-06-22 10 INSURANCE veteran and a former director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Tan Hak Leh, has joined Great Eastern Life. Mr Tan, former MAS director of the insurance supervision department, will join GE as its managing director in charge of customer management from July71 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration453 2005-06-22 11 Moves include new forum to streamline duplicative rules on transatlantic trade Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States and the European Union are responding to increased competition from other countries by boosting economic ties and cracking down on the growing world trade in fakeReuters; AFP - 453 words
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Article, Illustration385 2005-06-22 11 Investors may lose appetite for US assets in long term Reuters [OTTAWA] The US current account deficit and surpluses elsewhere imply capital movements that cannot be sustained in the long term, and investors might one day lose their appetite for US assets, the headReuters - 385 words
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Article, Illustration517 2005-06-22 11 Reuters [MUMBAI/NEW DELHI] A weak start to India's annual June-September monsoon is keeping millions of farmers and investors on edge in the summer heat, but economists say the influence of the rains on overall economic growth is waning. India's attention to itsReuters; AP - 517 words
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311 2005-06-22 11 Bloomberg [MOSCOW] Russia's economy grew an annual 5.2 per cent in the first three months of the year, the slowest rate in almost three years, as oil production sputtered and investment declined. The increase in gross domestic product (GDP) compares with an annual 6.7Bloomberg - 311 words
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577 2005-06-22 11 Reuters [LONDON] Many oil exporting states, which have so far been prudent with windfall gains from a seemingly endless boom, must resist temptation to fritter away a vital reform chance offered by soaring oil prices, analysts say. Across the oil exporting world, economicReuters - 577 words
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377 2005-06-22 11 Bloomberg [BOISE, Idaho] Berkshire Hathaway Inc chairman Warren Buffett said the US dollar's rally this year against major currencies hasn't changed his view that the growinjg US trade deficit will cause the currency to decline over time. "There's no change in theBloomberg - 377 words
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MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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Article, Illustration611 2005-06-22 12 SHOEB KAGDA - Pertamina's stockpile of petrol, diesel will only last up to 14 days By SHOEB KAGDA in Jakarta WITH long fuel lines starting to snake outside petrol stations and large swathes of Java and Bali facing daily brownouts, the Indonesian government is doing its bestAFP - 611 words
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396 2005-06-22 12 S JAYASANKARAN - By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur ALMOST unnoticed. Malaysia's second-busiest container terminal Westport has emerged as an extremely profitable entity in its own right. In the process, the pri-vately-owned por{ ma y have become too expensive a target for predators like Northport, Westport's other half396 words
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361 2005-06-22 12 [JAKARTA] The government-sponsored interdepartmental corruption eradication team is intensifying its investigation into corruption allegations at state telecommunication company PT Telkom, following initial evidence of graft allegedly committed by the company's management, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. The team's coordinator and the attorney-general's deputy361 words
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NOTE BOOK
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Article89 2005-06-22 12 AFP [HONG KONG] Some 10,500 people, including journalists from Asia, Europe and the Americas have signed a petition urging Chinese President Hu Jintao to set free Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong, who is now under house arrest in China on spying charges. He wasAFP - 89 words
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Article97 2005-06-22 12 Reuters [LONDON] Swiss bank ÜBS is in talks to buy a stake in Bank of China in a deal which could boost its chances of securing an advisory role in BoC's overseas listing, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The newspaper said ÜBSReuters - 97 words
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Article81 2005-06-22 12 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co agreed yesterday to set up a US$l.24 billion commercial vehicle joint venture with China's Guangzhou Auto Group, joining its global rivals to target the world's third-biggest vehicle market. Hyundai's expansion drive is aimed at helping the country's topReuters - 81 words
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Article76 2005-06-22 12 AP [HONG KONG] China's first privately-owned bank, Minsheng Banking Corp, has postponed a US$BOO million H-share listing here due to unfavourable market conditions. The bank's H-share listing application had been heard by the Hong Kong stock exchange on June 2 and due to current market conditions theAP - 76 words
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Article74 2005-06-22 12 AP [PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia! An international Islamic mega-bank capitalised at US$l billion will be launched next year as the Muslim world's answer to Western banking giants, a senior industry official said yesterday. Shareholders comprising the Islamic Development Bank, the financial arm of the 57-member Organisation ofAP - 74 words
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Article, Illustration884 2005-06-22 13 CHINA BIDS Offer will top rival Chevron's by 10%, but US company may counter-bid Bloomberg. Reuters [HONG KONG] CNOOC Ltd, China's largest offshore oil and gas producer, may bid about US$2O billion in cash for Unocal Corp, the eighthbiggest US oil company, trumpingBloomberg.; Reuters; Photo: AP - 884 words
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472 2005-06-22 13 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Top Chinese appliance maker Haier and private equity giants Bain and Blackstone have bid US$l.2B billion for Maytag Corp, trumping Ripplewood's offer for the ailing US corporation. Haier's global ambitions would be boosted with the addition of Maytag, the makerReuters - 472 words
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Article, Illustration568 2005-06-22 13 Reuters [BANGALORE] Anil Ambani, who has pitched himself as the underdog in a fraternal feud splitting India's biggest private business group, has emerged from his brother's shadow with ambitious plans to expand his share of the Reliance empire. Under a dealReuters - 568 words
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515 2005-06-22 13 Reuters [HONGKONG/BEIJING] Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's (ICBC) sale of 450 billion yuan (5591.3 billion) in bad loans has been delayed, industry officials said yesterday, casting a shadow on the bank's pre-IPO restructuring. The auction of the bad loans to the country'sReuters - 515 words
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388 2005-06-22 13 AP. Bloomberg [BEIJING] China has announced new limits on its surging textile exports in a bid to ease tensions with the United States and Europe over a flood of low-priced Chinese textiles into foreign markets. The rules limiting each Chinese textile producer's salesAP.; Bloomberg - 388 words
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Article, Illustration233 2005-06-22 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's State Council, the nation's top de-cision-making body, has endorsed Donald Tsang as Hong Kong's next chief executive, state-run China Central Television reported. Mr Tsang ran unopposed last week for Hong Kong's top job. He was endorsed by 674 of aBloomberg; AFP - 233 words
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Article, Illustration831 2005-06-22 14 Judge raps them for 'one of the largest frauds in corporate history' LAT-WP. AP [NEW YORK] Adelphia Communications Corp founder John Rigas was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison and his son Timothy, the company's CFO, was sentencedLAT-WP.; AP - 831 words
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Article, Illustration651 2005-06-22 14 AP [SAN FRANCISCO] Hoping to build upon the power of its Internet search engine, Google Inc is believed to be developing an online payment system that would pose a stiff challenge to online auctioneer eßay Inc's industry-dominating PayPal service. Analysts, merchantsAP; Photo: Reuters; Source: Bloomberg - 651 words
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552 2005-06-22 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] After a nine-year absence, ocean-liner travel has regained a berth at Christie's International in New York. For the first time since 1996, Christie's will hold a large auction of ocean-liner items such as Art Deco glass panels from theBloomberg - 552 words
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566 2005-06-22 14 NEIL BEHRMANN - By NEIL BEHRMANN in London HEDGE fund closures in the US, Europe and Asia are expected to increase as under-performing managers face withdrawals from disenchanted investors. The closure of Aman Capital Global Fund, Singapore's biggest hedge fund, has been matched by even higher566 words
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387 2005-06-22 14 AFP [PARIS] The worldwide appetite for buying property, whether in Paris, Los Angeles. or Bangkok, is feeding a price bubble that could burst, causing havoc in national economies and a financial meltdown for heavily indebted home owners. Real estate purchases have flourished with the ampleAFP - 387 words
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WORLD
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472 2005-06-22 15 ANTHONY ROWLEY - He also warns against writing off the 'Big Three' US carmakers By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo SUSTAINED high oil prices are likely to change the nature of the global motor market over time, with large and luxury cars giving way in popularity to472 words
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WORLD WATCH
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85 2005-06-22 15 Bloomberg (LOS ANGELES] Carlyle Group and Extell Development Co agreed to buy three apartment buildings and a tract of land on Manhattan's Upper West Side from a group of Hong Kong investors and Donald Trump for US$l.76 billion. The buildings, which consist ofBloomberg - 85 words
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116 2005-06-22 15 Reuters [ROME] Italian insurer Unipol is studying the possibility of raising four billion euros (SsB.l billion) to finance a counter-bid for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL), sources told Reuters on Monday. BNL, Italy's sixth largest bank by assets, is already subjectReuters - 116 words
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162 2005-06-22 15 Barnes Noble sees record sales for new Harry Potter AP [NEW YORK] Barnes Noble, Inc announced on Monday that pre-orders for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have topped 750,000 copies, well ahead of the pace of the last Potter book, which came out two years ago. "The Harry PotterAP - 162 words
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141 2005-06-22 15 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hana Bank, South Korea's fourth-largest lender, denied a report it's in talks to sell a 50 per cent stake in its asset management venture to Allianz AG. The Seoul Economic Daily said Hana didn't need Hana AllianzBloomberg - 141 words
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159 2005-06-22 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] British bank HSBC Holdings pic said on Monday it will let US customers transfer money around the world for free as competition for cross-border cash transfers grows, especially to I.a tin America. The offer will focus on theReuters - 159 words
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157 2005-06-22 15 AP [SEOUL] North and South Korea worked toward easing decades of discord yesterday, with a high-level North Korean delegation arriving for talks in Seoul after their leader spurred new optimism with pledges to seek reconciliation and possibly rejoin nuclear disarmament talks. This week'sAP - 157 words
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125 2005-06-22 15 AFP [BERLIN] Exchange rate developments will not be top of the agenda at the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit in Scotland next month, the German government said yesterday. "I would like to warn against speculation that it's going to be a summitAFP - 125 words
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413 2005-06-22 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] A federal judge handed New York at-torney-general Eliot Spitzer a victory on Monday when he refused to grant a temporary restraining order that would have stopped Mr Spitzer from investigating large US banks for their lending practices toReuters - 413 words
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Article, Illustration48 2005-06-22 15 [FLORENCE] This photo reproduction made available on Monday, shows a five-century-old fresco by Giorgio Vasari "Battle ofMarciano in the Chiana Valley". Researchers believe cryptic words in the painting could be a clue to the location of a long-lost Leonardo da Vinci painting AFPAFP - 48 words
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319 2005-06-22 15 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US, nations in the European Union and other rich countries boosted subsidies to farmers by 12 per cent to US$ll2 billion last year as prices for grains fell. Tariffs and other trade restrictions provided additional agriculture aid valued at US$l67Bloomberg - 319 words
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408 2005-06-22 15 Bloomberg [LONDON] Sotheby's Holdings Inc sold £45.9 million (*****.2 million) of impressionist and modern art on Monday night, kicking off a week of auctions here. Four records were set for artists including Kees van Dongen and Paul Signac. Sotheby's, which has its mainBloomberg - 408 words
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406 2005-06-22 15 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Some of the world's top software houses breathed a sigh of relief on Monday when a European Parliament committee watered down tough patenting proposals, to the dismay of open-source supporters. The legislature's legal affairs committee agreed 16 to 10 to aReuters - 406 words
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Article, Illustration419 2005-06-22 16 Rights activists accuse govt of secretly invading passengers' privacy Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it had gathered profiles of air travellers to test a system for identifying security risks, a move rights activists called an invasion ofReuters; AFP - 419 words
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Article, Illustration499 2005-06-22 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Latin America's biggest airline, Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense (Varig), won a court order blocking US creditors from trying to seize its assets as the company reorganises in Brazil. Varig filed for bankruptcy protection in Rio de Janeiro on June 17.Bloomberg; AFP - 499 words
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442 2005-06-22 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Spice Jet Ltd, the newest of a half dozen low-fare carriers that started flying in India, said it plans to double the purchase of Boeing aircraft to meet greater-than-expec-ted travel demand. Spice Jet plans to convert options for 10Bloomberg - 442 words
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512 2005-06-22 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Garuda, Indonesia's biggest airline, plans to increase surcharges on overseas flights and fares for domestic routes for the second time this year, as costs rise because of surging jet fuel prices. "We are evaluating which routes will be able toBloomberg - 512 words
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Article385 2005-06-22 16 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI: Air India (AK), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA),BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), BI: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR EVA385 words
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Article, Illustration471 2005-06-22 17 Fredriksen's latest orders are for SembCorp Marine's semi-submersibles [SINGAPORE] John Fredriksen, shipping tycoon and Norway's richest man, has ordered oil rigs valued at more than US$l billion from yards in Singapore as he bets that high oil prices will boost spending on471 words
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822 2005-06-22 17 DAVID HUGHES - IACS' common rules —a really welcome development STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES THERE are two quite separate reasons why the recent agreement between the classification societies on Common Structural Rules for tankers and bulk carriers is good news. The first is that the common rules themselves are very necessary. The822 words
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399 2005-06-22 17 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US naval shipbuilding needs a radical overhaul, government officials, lawmakers and shipyards agree, but they have far to go on actually implementing such a plan, a Pentagon official said on Monday. "They are very big issues that have to be addressed byReuters - 399 words
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Article, Illustration389 2005-06-22 17 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's Busan port reported only a slight increase of 0.6 per cent in the number of containers handled last month, despite the increasing flow of Asian goods to the US and Europe. Busan port, the world's fifth-largest port, handled oneBloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 389 words
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197 2005-06-22 17 AFP [FRANKFURT] German industrial giant Thyssen Krupp, no longer believes that a European shipbuilding giant can be set up along the lines of aerospace group EADS, a top executive was quoted as saying in a newspaper article yesterday. ThyssenKrupp also makes submarines. AAFP - 197 words
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Article294 2005-06-22 17 SGX '000 June 21 Vol CH Offshore H3t 0.01 165 Chuan Hup .0.75 -0.01 220 Cosco Corporation 1.83 unch 3838 CWT Distribution .0.67 -0.01 161 Ezra Hldgs 1.16 0.01 409 Freight Links 0.08 unch 403 Grand Banks Yacht 0.95 -0.03 5 Java Holdings 1.06 0.01 162 Kl Venture294 words
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Article514 2005-06-22 18 EDITORIAL THE recent move to provide fixed phone numbers for calls over the Internet is an acknowledgement that this form of telephony is now mainstream. But the fact is that, in one of the most profound socio-economic developments of our time, "mainstream" communication is already514 words
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Article, Illustration1518 2005-06-22 18 LEON HADAR - Problems in Iraq are even weakening the US president's grip on his domestic and trade agenda LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent IMAGINE that the United States had a parliamentary system like that of Canada or Britain in which prime ministers are underAFP - 1,518 words
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Article, Illustration778 2005-06-22 18 FRANK CHING - THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING ALMOST two years ago, on July 1, 2003, well over half-a-million people marched through the streets of Hong Kong to protest against a national security bill that they feared threatened their rights and freedoms. The778 words
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Article, Illustration1797 2005-06-22 19 JOHN GEE - The forward-thinking emirate moves towards reducing its dependance on oil and building a knowledge-based economy By JOHN GEE SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong recently urged Singapore businesses to look beyond regional markets and to consider opportunities presented by the Middle East. He was speakingAFP - 1,797 words
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394 2005-06-22 19 Lu Kee Hong Shanghai - LETTER TO THE EDITOR Lu Kee Hong Shanghai 1 AM surprised it took that long for spending on housing to overtake food as the biggest household expenditure, given that in the go-go days of 1995-97 financing cost for mortgages was already very394 words
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Article3382 2005-06-22 21 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES la local can bit la US dy dy %yr rfy Jun 20 Indea Change Oianga Ownga Oianqa Ouwga Changa World Index Preliminary 8773 OJ 2.9 -02 19 05 0.7 »LAft Preliminary 8161 -UJ 5A -0.4 03 -a? -24 lurape Preliminary 1 IKS 033,382 words
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Article, Illustration413 2005-06-22 27 SAMUEL EE - Haq Hana sending details of alleged speeding offences to some S'poreans' home addresses By SAMUEL EE A DEBT collection company has been sending letters to Singapore car owners seeking payment of Malaysian traffic fines but there may be a question of jurisdictionalFILE PHOTO - 413 words
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Article683 2005-06-22 27 SAMUEL EE - By SAMUEL EE THE government's collection of new car taxes may not be enough to offset existing Parf and COE rebates if today's passenger car COE results continue to show a general downward trend in premiums. And if the situation persists, the Land Transport683 words
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Article, Illustration407 2005-06-22 28 AARON LYE - By AARON LYE THERE'S just something about Nong Toom. Maybe it's the ethereal sense of earnestness that seems to surround her as she glides on stage, or the openness with which she deals with all that has happened to her throughout her life, but there's407 words
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Article471 2005-06-22 29 Chua Boon Lee - By Chua Boon Lee Standart Poor's Association,Fund Services A weekly highlight of the top fund sectors over a 12-nxxith period Data from Standard Boor's FundSewkes. The latest variant of this funtof-funds (FoF) asset class was introcfcjced by UOB m late 2002, garnering a decent following, but lagged471 words
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Article1131 2005-06-22 29 FLORENCE NG,ANG SIEW LIAN - YOU THE TAXMAN FLORENCE NG and ANG SIEW LIAN discuss the implications of the enhanced finance and treasury centre tax incentive FLORENCE NG,ANG SIEW LIAN By ERNST YOUNG THE tax incentive scheme for financial and treasury centres (FTCs) was made more attractive in this year's Budget,By ERNST & YOUNG - 1,131 words
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