The Business Times, 1 September 2005

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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      574 2 RTC members may get vouchers in lieu of cash RAFFLES Town Club members could get $3,000 of food and beverage vouchers or a reduction in membership transfer fees in lieu of $3,000 cash that the club's owner has been ordered to pay 4,895 of them for breach of
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      Lock icon Indon-Japan currency swap deal doubles to US$6b
      781 2  -  Yudhoyono announces fuel hikes in October to boost rupiah From From ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo and SHOEB KAGDA in Tokyo in Jakarta AMID increasing weakness and turbulence in the exchange rate of the rupiah, Indonesia and Japan yesterday agreed to double to US$6
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      Lock icon Correction
      49 2 IN yesterday's report, "Motorists can pay ERP bills via Sing Tel mobile bills", telecommunications companies other than Sing Tel that are interested in joining the Easi-ERP scheme will be included from the end of November, not end of September as incorrectly reported. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Members may get vouchers in lieu of cash
      564 4  -  RAFFLES TOWN CLUB SAGA Court allows club owner to arrange a scheme to settle suit obligations By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Raffles Town Club members could get $3,000 of food and beverage vouchers or a reduction in membership transfer fees in lieu of
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      Lock icon Dr M, Rafidah put spat behind them
      328 4 National Day event sees the two hugging in an emotional embrace AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A bitter quarrel between former premier Mahathir Mohamad and Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz that has captivated Malaysia was put to rest yesterday as the pair shared a public and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Creative could find it hard to take a bite out of Apple
      483 4  -  Interface patent allows royalty claims in principle By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE! Creative Technology is unlikely to see a huge pay-off from a patent that allows it in principle to claim royalties from US giant Apple Computer, analysts said
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      Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
      137 4 STI 2,***** (+6.94) ST INDEX FUTURES 2.278.00 (+10.00) siMsa 269.26 (+0.32) SIMSa FUTURES 269.70 (+0.80) MARKETS Wednesday Change KLSE COMP closed NIKKEI 225 12,413.60 -39.54 HANG SENG 14,903.55 -18.67 SET INDEX 697.85 +4.99 JAKARTA COMP 1,050.09 +10.27 MANILA COMP 1,936.90 -14.73 SEOUL COMP 1,083.33 +10.72 SHENZHEN B 219.47
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      Lock icon US Q2 economic growth revised down to 3.3%
      330 4 LATEST US DATA Reuters [WASHINGTON] US economic growth was a touch weaker in the second quarter than first thought, the government said yesterday, as consumers spent less than estimated and businesses built inventories slightly. US gross domestic product grew at a revised
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      398 2 Financial Reporting Update Hb fll Many companies are adopting new accounting standards in the current financial year and getting to grips with employee share options, investments and other financial instruments, and the new rules on ft business acquisitions. Constant change seems to be the order of the B ir da
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Fairfield Straits offers Greater China fund
      219 6 FAIRFIELD Straits Lion Asset Management (FSL) has launched a new long short equity hedge fund investing in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The fund aims to generate returns with a low average net exposure to the market through three strategies cross-border trading, directional trading,
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      Lock icon Total Access added fewer subscribers in July
      228 6 Bloomberg TOTAL Access Communication Pel, Thailand's secondlargest mobile-phone operator, said it added 86 per cent less users in July than June after stopping a call-rate promotion. Total Access added 7,847 subscribers in July, compared with 57,031 in June, the Singapore-listed company said yesterday
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      Lock icon Accord in talks with three potential investors
      747 6  -  Annual general meeting sees good turnout; all 7 resolutions tabled passed By JEAN CHUA NEVER mind that it came four months late because of two date extensions, the annual general meeting of Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) was rather well attended when it
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      Lock icon Reality bites for stock market in August
      481 6  -  Market cap drops 2.9% to $418.6b as oil fears sink in By SIOW LI SEN PUNTEBS were brought down to earth with a bump in August after a heady ride in July as the stock market fell on fears of slowing growth brought
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      321 6 Market cap top 50 CURR PREV COMPANY MKTCAP %CHNG RANK RANK (S$M) FROM AUG 31 JUL 29 AUG 31 JUL 29 2005 2005 2005 2005 1 1 SingTel *****jO -6.8 2 2 DBS Group *****J -3.0 3 3 UOB *****3 -6.0 4 5 OCBC Bank 19S513 -32 5 4 Jardtoe
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      Lock icon Discount certificates a welcome addition
      652 8  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY THE latest derivative instrument to appear in the local market is Deutsche Bank's discount certificate (DC). It's an interesting product that may be familiar to sophisticated clients of some local brokers, having surfaced a couple of years ago under
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      Lock icon Brilliant shifts more ops to China, Thailand
      447 8 BRILLIANT Manufacturing, which makes hard disk drive (HDD) precision components, is realigning its regional manufacturing operations across Asia to stay close to its key customers", reduce operating costs and secure new customers. The company said yesterday that the realignment will result in Brilliant
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      Lock icon Olam gets US$200m 3-year finance facility
      222 8 OLAM International, a global supply chain manager of agricultural products and food ingredients, has raised US$2OO million through a finance facility arranged by Standard Chartered Bank. The three-year facility comprises US$BO.5 million of floating rate notes (FRNs) and a U*****.5 million transferable loan. Olam
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      Lock icon China drug maker launches IPO
      366 9  -  Reyoung Pharmaceutical offers 125m shares at 31 cents apiece By UMA SHANKARI ANOTHER China-based drugs company is bound for a mainboard listing. Reyoung Pharmaceutical Holdings, a manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceutical and personal hygiene products headquarterd in Shandong Province, yesterday launched its initial public offering.
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      Lock icon S'pore's first listed bond fund raises $456m
      231 9 Reuters SINGAPORE'S first ex-change-traded bond fund has garnered assets of $456 million after an initial public offering, the manager of the fund said yesterday. The central banks of 11 Asia-Pacific countries have used foreign exchange reserves to seed the ABF Singapore Bond Index
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Asia Water bags Shenzhen project
        66 9 ASIA Water Technology Ltd, a water purification and wastewater treatment specialist, has secured a new water treatment project for a nuclear power plant in Shenzhen, China. Asia Water will be tasked to design, manufacture, supply, inspect and test a water treatment system in the 18.6
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        Lock icon ComfortDelGro unit in Beijing systems JV
        63 9 COMFORTDFLGBO Coloration said its wholly-owned subsidiary, ComfortDelGro (China), has entered into a 60:40 joint venture in Beijing with Yatai Anxun Network Electronic Technology. The JV to be set up will develop intelligent transportation systems, including vehicle security monitoring and taxi despatching systems, and provide
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        Lock icon China Flexible buys land in Guangdong
        62 9 CHINA Flexible Packaging Holdings, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Jieyang City Rui Xing Plastic Packing Co Ltd, is buying four contiguous land parcels in Guangdong province, China, for 80.9 million yuan (5516.8 million). The property has a total site area of about 72,480 sq m.
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      Lock icon Quotation of taxable book-entry Singapore Government Bonds (Aug 31, 2005)
      260 9 NUMBtR CLOSING GROSS MATURITY YEAR RAISED COUPON AMOUNT INTEREST OEDAYSOE PRICES* REDEMPTION ISINCDDE DATE RATI ($m) PAYMENT ACCRUED EXCLUDING YIEID (%pta) DATES INTEREST ACCRUED INTEREST) (%pa) 15.10.2005 N*****0A 1998 43/8 3600.00 15M 15/10 138 100.29 1.98 SG********** 01.*****6 N*****0E 2004
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Situational plays rule the day
      510 10  -  STOCKS Jardine stable helps boost STI as brokers see no clear, identifiable themes emerging R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent |B N broker jargon, "situational plays" were very much in focus yesterday, the term referring to stocks for which there were either specific developments, broker reports or
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Aberdeen raises its stake in Eu Yan Sang
        395 10 ABERDEEN Asset Management has boosted its stake in Eu Yan Sang, raising its interest in the traditional Chinese medicine group from 5.92 per cent to 6.22 per cent or 17.8 million shares. This came a day after Eu Yan Sang reported a
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        Lock icon Informatics founder trims his stake to 15.6%
        100 10  -  Compiled by CHUANG PECK MING IN a series of transactions on the open market on Tuesday, Informatics Holdings' founder and former chairman Wong Tai has trimmed his holdings in the education group to 15.63 per cent from 18.53 per cent at an undisclosed
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      436 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Aug 31 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -252.00 432.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -23.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -25.00 All-SG Equities 581.03 +0.33 SG Equities Elect 137.76 +2.31 SG Equities Fin 1638.57 +5.58 SG Equities Prop 650.12 +4.33 SIMSCI 269.26 +0.32 SiMSCI Futures 269.70 +0.80 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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      905 10  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Creative Technology Aug 31 dose: $13.90 UOB KAY HIAN RESEARCH. Aug 31 CREATIVE Technology announced that it has been awarded Zen patent, blocking Apple Computer's similar patent The impact of Zen patent on Creatine's market position in MP3 player market is positive but very
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      Lock icon Asian units weaken on high oil prices
      491 10 CURRENCIES Reuters, AFP ASIAN currencies weakened yesterday, with the New Taiwan dollar hitting a 9-1/2 month low, as oil prices hovered near record highs leaving investors worried about the outlook for Asia's growth and inflation. The Indonesian rupiah bucked the trend, gaining more
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Easier accreditation for S'pore labs in US
      437 11  -  Programme will also allow greater access to the US biomedical market By RACHEL LIN SINGAPORE has become the first country to make an arrangement to share test results with the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The arrangement, between CAP and the Singapore Accreditation
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      Lock icon PM Lee to visit Thailand
      151 11 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong is making a two-day working visit from tomorrow to Chiangmai, Thailand, at the invitation of his Thai counterpart, Thaksin Shinawatra. They will be exploring ways to strengthen bilateral and regional cooperation. The issues of speeding up Asean integration as well
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      Lock icon Golden Point Award winners announced
      299 11 WINNERS of the Golden Point Singapore's prestigious biennial short story and poetry writing competition, were announced last night in the new Drama Centre at Victoria Street's just-opened National Library. Covering four languages (English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil) and spanning eight categories, this year's writing contest took
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      Lock icon New centre to resolve financial disputes
      416 11  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA UNHAPPY with how a financial product was sold? You can now have recourse to a new dispute resolution centre where complaints and mediation will be handled free of charge. Consumers face a $50 charge only when the matter is referred for
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      Lock icon Informatics poised to gain up to 540 students from rival
      394 12  -  Windfall due to AIT Academy's scrapping of string of courses By DANIEL BUENAS EDUCATION services provider Informatics Holdings looks set to gain up to 540 students from rival firm AIT Academy after the latter decided to discontinue some of its
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      Lock icon Minister to healthcare staff: aim for excellence
      349 12  -  By CHEN HUIFEN HEALTHCARE providers here need to differentiate themselves through excellence in professionalism, integrity and compassion, if Singapore wants to succeed in becoming a centre of medical excellence. "To succeed in this long-term venture will require strategic focus," said Manpower Minister Ng
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      Lock icon CAAS, LTA get new board members
      209 12 THE Ministry of Transport yesterday announced the appointment of new board members for the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Capita Land president and chief executive Liew Mun Leong is the new chairman of CAAS from today, taking
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      Lock icon Members of council on problem gaming
      176 12 MEMBERS of the team who will sit on the new National Council on Problem Gaming were named yesterday by the Ministry of Community Development Youth and Sports (MCYS). The council was set up as part of Singapore's national framework to address potential problems when
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      5601 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS drt-Europazms(SSEq.) 94.5027/ Citigroup Asset Mgt ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Citi Global Bond/ A 1 466/ St» Europe Eqty 1 0829/ Crti Asa Infrastructure 0.7726/0 8035 Star Europe Bond 1 253/ Cm Japan Star Europe Bal 1.144/ CitiBond S'pore A/J 1.293/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1 014/
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  • FOCUS: MANUFACTURING
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      Lock icon Successful HTL not resting on its sofas
      1059 13  -  FURNITURE Despite earlier setback, firm is still eyeing retail, reports CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING ■j TL International Holdings ventured into the retail business in 1995 and it turned out to be BggggJH a misadventure. Not only did the shops it opened,
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      2138 13 Notices THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 GELAS PRODUCTS PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Company Registration No: *****0747Z At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of GELAS PRODUCTS PTE LTD duly convened and held at 123 Genting Lane #0601 Yenom Industrial Building, Singapore *****4 on the 25th day of
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Oil puts inflation on Asian radar screen
      877 14 Economists fear that complacency could further stoke inflation Reuters [SINGAPORE] For much of Asia in the past few years, it's been a case of "so far, so good" when it comes to the impact of surging oil prices on inflation. Governments have protected
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      Lock icon Dubai: a victim of own success?
      968 14 Warning signs of stock, property bubbles emerge Bloomberg [DUBAI] Dubai's economy is booming, thanks to record oil prices and surging real estate values. The Dubai Financial Market has more than tripled in value in 12 months. From 1990 to 2004, Dubai's gross domestic product
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      Lock icon Another perfect storm in the offing
      845 14  -  ASIA INSIGHT Double whammy of price and asset inflation set to hit financial markets ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent SOARING oil prices have been sent flying even higher by Hurricane Katrina, but even that may be nothing compared with the "perfect storm" that appears to
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      271 14 I kjy Latin Asia Biz 2005 U I Bridging Partnerships .TJIM2OOS 7- 8 September 2005 Meritus Mandarin Hotel, Singapore Wednesday, 7 September 2005 Keynote Addresses Bridging partnerships: Exploring links between Latin America and Asia World Bank Is there a market for my product? Reaching out to mass consumers in Latin
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Lock icon Typhoon Talim forces school, office closure
        118 15 Reuters [TAIPEI] A powerful typhoon lashed Taiwan yesterday, sparking worries of flash floods and landslides and forcing offices and schools to close. Typhoon Talim, with gusts near the centre up to 227 kph, is expected to make landfall just to the east of the
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        Lock icon China broker to get capital injection
        88 15 Reuters [SHANGHAI] The investment arm of China's central bank will offer 4 billion yuan (SsB33 million) to Shenyin Wanguo Securities Co, the nation's third-largest broker, as part of a broader campaign to shore up the struggling industry, the company said yesterday. Governmentowned Central Huijin
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        Lock icon China Telecom's H1 profit up 7.8%
        67 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] China Telecom Corp Ltd, China's biggest fixed-line phone company, said yesterday that its earnings rose by 7.8 per cent jn the first half of 2005, as the company's core business matures and it looks for growth drivers. Excluding contributions from an
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        Lock icon Stop work, China tells 1/3 of coal mines
        39 15 Reuters [BEIJING] China has ordered nearly a third of its thousands of coal mines to halt production and improve safety in the world's deadliest mining industry, state media said yesterday. —Reuters
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      Lock icon Badawi says no foreign control of govt firms
      442 15 If a foreigner is hired, it would be merely to tap his expertise [BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] No foreigner or foreign groups will ever take over control of any governmentlinked company (GLC) in Malaysia, the Starßiz quoted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad
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      Lock icon Proton turns in 1st loss in 6 quarters
      346 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Proton Holdings Bhd, Malaysia's biggest carmaker, reported its first loss in six quarters, citing surging component costs and higher provisions for doubtful debt. Net loss was RM12.4 million (555.5 million), or 2.2 sen a share, in the three months
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    • Article
      Lock icon Vested interests hampering Jakarta's state-firm revamp
      184 15 [HONG KONG] The Indonesian government faces a daunting task in its efforts to restructure a number of underperforming state enterprises as a result of widespread opposition from executives desperate to preserve their power and opportunities for personal enrichment, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. "There
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Bank of China to sell 10% stake to Temasek
      786 16 Temasek to pay US$3.lb, and will buy US$500m more shares at bank's IPO Reuters, Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Bank of China said late yesterday that it is selling a 10 per cent stake to Singapore investment company, Temasek Holdings, for US$3.l billion. The
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      Lock icon BOC hires Morgan Stanley, UBS to underwrite IPO
      261 16 Bloomberg, Reuters [HONG KONG] Bank of China (BOC), the country's sec-ond-largest lender, said it hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc, ÜBS AG and Bank of China International to underwrite an initial public offering overseas. BOC aims to raise funds from investors in the
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      Lock icon China shores up consumer credit database
      279 16 Reuters [BEIJING] China has put together a wide-ranging consumer credit database to help commercial banks fend off risk, a key step towards building a moderrj, credit culture that is crucial for rebalancing the economy. The database, after years of construction, has now linked 127
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      Lock icon PetroChina selling HK$21b of shares at 5-7% discount
      285 16 Reuters [BEIJING/HONG KONG] PetroChina, Asia's most valuable energy company, is selling up to HK$2l billion (554.6 billion) of shared at a discount of about 5-7 per cent, taking advantage of record oil prices that have helped send its stock up 52 per
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      Lock icon Wipro chief to reduce 82% stake at 'appropriate stage'
      426 16 He also calls for pro-investment policies in India [NEW DELHI] IT major Wipro Ltd's chairman, Azim Premji, said yesterday that he would reduce his existing holding of over 82 per cent in the company at an "appropriate stage", but did not
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon US offers to loan crude from strategic stockpiles
      760 17 Supply shock drives up petrol prices as US refineries remain crippled Reuters, AFP, AP, NYT [LONDON] United States offered to loan crude from its strategic stockpiles to refiners battered by Hurricane Katrina and oil sank below record highs above US$7O. During early
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    • Article
      Lock icon Aussie politician attempts suicide
      281 17 He stabs himself the day after resigning from politics in disgrace AFP [SYDNEY] A leading Australian politician who resigned in disgrace over a racist remark and sexual harassment of female journalists was recovering in hospital yesterday after an apparent suicide attempt. John Brogden, 36, who quit
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        119 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] MCI. the former World Com, has preliminarily agreed to pay 14 states and the District of Columbia a total of US$3l5 million to settle back tax claims, a legal source familiar with the case said on Tuesday. A spokesman for
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        110 17 AP [SEOUL] South Korea's postal service said yesterday it will begin adopting a Linux-based operating system for computers available for public use at its branches nationwide, shifting away from Microsoft Corp's Windows. The agency's move is aimed at saving money and joining the
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        148 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Federated Department Stores Inc, parent of Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores, on Tuesday said it completed the US$ll billion purchase of rival May Department Stores Inc. Federated plans to operate all May stores, which include Lord Taylor and Filene's, under their existing names
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        120 17 [LONDON] Manchester United is to make 25 administrative staff redundant, but denied yesterday that the cost-cutting was a result of Malcolm Glazer's takeover of the club, The Guardian reported. The figure represents about 5 per cent of United's 450 non-playing personnel and the cuts
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      570 17 He may pay US$1.5b of the US$6b cost Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Billionaire financier Carl Icahn may make a tender offer for as much as 10 per cent of Time Warner Inc, adding pressure on the media company to buy back shares and
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      330 17 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Oracle Corp chief executive Larry Ellison received a pay package worth US$2l.3 million in 2005, twice as much as he received last year for leading the world's thirdlargest software maker. Mr Ellison's salary, bonus and other compensation totalled US$B.44
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      325 17 [NEW YORK] A member of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has been arrested and charged with making violent threats against an opponent of the planned merger with electronic trading firm Archipelago Holdings. Edward Reiss has been accused of leaving an anonymous, angry voice
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      451 18 Carriers cancel flights and fear further hikes in fuel prices -NYT [NEW YORK] The airline industry felt the brunt of Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday, with some airports running low on jet fuel and carriers cancelling hundreds of flights. Meanwhile, Wall Street feared that
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      229 18 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's first budget airline kicked off operations yesterday, taking 46 passengers to the resort island of Cheju on its first journey, the company's chief executive said. Unlisted Hansung Airlines Co will compete with South Korea's two established air carriers Korean Air
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      539 18 Carrier will buy 10 B787s; pact worth US$1.2b at list price AFP [SHANGHAI] Boeing said yesterday it has finalised a deal to sell 10 787 aircraft to China Southern Airlines, ahead of a visit by President Hu Jintao to the United States where he will
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      283 18 AFP IB ANGKOK] Struggling carrier Phuket Airlines will cut most of its scheduled routes and lease out the bulk of its fleet in a bid to survive, after a series of blows including a ban by France, a report said yesterday. The
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      202 18 Bloomberg IBEIJING] UAL Corp's United Airlines unit said it would get a Chinese company to handle the repair and overhaul work on as many as 80 of its 8777 aircraft made by Boeing Co, using lower wages to cut maintenance cost. The
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      191 18 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd, Australia's biggest airline, will eliminate 60 jobs at its Sydney maintenance unit as part of plans to lower costs by As 3 billion (Ss3.B billion) by fiscal 2008. The job losses follow a review of the carrier's
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  • SHIPPING
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      608 19  -  Lloyd's additional premiums based on the value of a ship's hull and machinery By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Increasing numbers of insurers have begun charging additional war risk premiums for vessels using the Malacca Strait, according to a senior marine insurance executive who
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      47 19 [ALABAMA]A large vessel and a container cargo ship carrying automobiles are pushed inland in Gulf Shores, Alabama, by Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday. Katrina strengthened into a rare top-ranked storm and barrelled into the vulnerable US Gulf Coast for a second and more deadly assault. REUTERS
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      401 19 It seeks deals in natural gas, crude oil shipping IKUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia International Shipping Corp Bhd (MISC) is in talks with parties in India to set up a liqtiefied natural gas (LNG) joint-venture shipping company and another one for the transportation of crude
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      280 19 Bloomberg [SFOUJJ Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's largest shipbuilder, said it received a US$l.25 billion order to build storage tanks and loading facilities in Kuwait to boost the country's capacity to export oil. Hyundai Heavy signed a letter of intent with govern-ment-run Kuwait
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        133 19 Reuters IOSLOI Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards said on Tuesday that its Helsinki yard would shift to focus on building ferries, away from cruise ships. "The site in Helsinki has become too small to meet the demand for today's ever-growing cruise ship
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        93 19 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), the container terminal arm of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, said last week it will invest in a roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) -vehicle transport terminal in Chabang port in Thailand. The company did not disclose the
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      215 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] Clarkson, the world's largest shipbroker, said first-half earnings more than doubled as the company opened offices worldwide. Net income rose to £16.1 million (5548.5 million) in the six months ending June 30, from £6.9 million a year earlier, the London-based company said in
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      548 20 EDITORIAL AS Hurricane Katrina swirled through south-eastern United States this week, the price of oil crossed the US$7O per barrel mark. It has since stubbornly stayed at that level, bringing the total price increase for this year to around 60 per cent. The world is
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      726 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE SHADA ISLAM Brussels Correspondent ONLY eight weeks ago, it looked like the perfect way to ease European fears over China's rising economic might and EU trade.chief Peter Mandelson was being touted as the hero of Europe's
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      961 20  -  Often condemned as asset strippers, they can help reinvigorate industry and economies By MATTHEW LYNN Bloomberg IN the past, the giants of German industry and finance looked after one another in a complex web of cross-shareholdings. That has now unravelled. The typical shareholder
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      1509 21  -  A study by the Institute of South Asian Studies sheds light on why certain states have forged ahead more than others By S NARAYAN IgjiMMMMI UK recent Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between Singapore and India the first such agreement that India has signed with any country
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      211 21  -  Tan Kok Tim Singapore I REFER to "PM unveils plans for BFC at Marina Bay" and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech (BT, Aug 22) announcing that Marina Bay will have three gardens one each in Marina South, Marina
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      1050 21  -  By LEON HADAR in Washington NEW York journalist Steven Vincent who was murdered in the southern Iraqi city of Basra in early August cut a very romantic figure. Profiles of the 49-year old former art critic that have been published since his tragic death
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      178 21  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR David Llewelyn Director, IP Academy Singapore WAS very pleased to read the insightful analysis of Creative Technology's plans to license its X-Fi technology in "Sim Wong Hoo's Creative licence" (BT, Aug 30). As I pointed out in a talk
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES
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      692 28  -  BT exclusive It is beefing up headcount and has announced plans for US$80 million investment, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AS, a leader in business r intelligence (BI) and the ■L world's largest private--'"TitjS ly-held software company, has plans to beef up JH
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      375 28  - Citibank —a BI pioneer By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY ONF of the major customers for SAS in the Asia Pacific region is Citibank, one of the earliest adopters of data warehousing and the use of business intelligence (BI) solutions in the banking industry. Speaking to BizlT, Citibank's Fric Sandosham said the
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      889 28 AP, AFP [TOKYO] As the music download market grows more competitive on its home turf of Japan, Sony, the inventor of the Walkman, is arming itself with style handheld music machines that look like jelly beans. The struggling electronics icon is to launch a
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      Lock icon Microsoft buys Internet telephony company Teleo
      355 28 Reuters [LONDON! Microsoft moved to build its presence in the booming Internet telephony market yesterday, purchasing Teleo Inc, a Californian company that lets users make calls from their computers to regular phones. The Internet telephony market is heating up with the entry of leading
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      Lock icon Maxtor bypasses the home PC
      443 28 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Maxtor Corp, the world's No 3 diskdrive maker, sees a promising new market selling hard disks that act as homeentertainment hubs whether or not they are connected to a personal computer. The new system, which Maxtor was set to unveil yesterday, makes
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      Lock icon Apple may keep buying Freescale chips
      162 28 Bloomberg (SAN FRANCISCOJ Apple Computer Inc, the maker of Macintosh personal computers, said it has an option to keep buying microprocessors from Freescale Semiconductor Inc, three months after saying Macs will switch to Intel Corp chips next year. Freescale, which makes the computer chips
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  • PROPERTY
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      632 29 Besides upping property tax, it plans to build 50,000 homes Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea unveiled measures yesterday targeting the property market, including hefty tax rises on multiple-home and big land owners, aiming to stamp out overheating in the sector without hitting fragile local
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      Lock icon Sunland sells 49% of Versace hotel
      176 29 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Sunland Group Ltd, an Australian property developer, sold a 49 per cent stake in its Palazzo Versace Gold Coast hotel to Emirates International Group for about As 42 million (5553.3 million). The 205-room hotel was the first in the world to open
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      1331 29 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND PRICE PSF STREET NAME TYPE DATE AREA*(SQ FT) (SS'OOO) (St) District 9 NON-LANDED Casa Caimhill Apt 27/07/2005 FH 1572 1130 719 Futura Apt 03/08/2005 FH 83% 4250 506 Hilltops Apt Apt 12/08/2005 FH 2303
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      1027 30  -  How does your office fare in being environmentally friendly? TAN SU YEN examines what it takes for offices and commercial buildings to truly go green TAN SU YEN IN A perfect world, we would live and work in green buildings. Such buildings would marry philosophy and practicality,
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      322 30 RECYCLE, reuse, reduce that's the mantra of ecologically conscious offices throughout Singapore. HSBC Singapore has been using recycled paper throughout its operations since the early *****. All the bank's corporate and marketing materials are produced on environmentally friendly paper and all waste papers and used printer
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