The Business Times, 24 September 2005

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  • Title Section
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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 089/03/2005 online at http://business-times.asia 1 com.sg September 24-25, 2005
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon HK shipping patriarch makes waves even in S'pore
    1020 1  -  PROFILE Surviving war and revolution, Frank Tsao has a life's worth of business experience to share By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] Frank Tsao was forced to a hurry, just weeks before the Red Army marched in. It was 1949 and he was 23.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Former ACCS chief among dozen charged in court
    632 1  -  The 12, which include 2 other former senior ACCS execs, are accused of cheating Nokia By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] A police probe into Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) resulted in a total of 183 charges being filed yesterday in the Subordinate
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Theglobalistquiz
      343 2 Source: The Global Flu Pandemics i I. i .Hi. in.. Fears of a global bird flu pandemic are rising, even as scientists announced m August 2005 that they have developed a vacdne against the Health officials are still worried that epidemic might turn into a repeat of the infemous
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    • Article
      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      537 2 SembMarine to ink US yard deal by end-Sept RIG-BUILDER SembCorp Marine expects to complete its acquisition of Sabine Shipyard in Texas this month a deal thatwill give it a much-needed base in the Gulf of Mexico for repair and refurbishment work, especially after the recent hurricanes. COMPANY NEWS,
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      Lock icon Vegas Sands taps big-time Broadway producer for IR bid
      1025 2  -  Tie-up comes ahead of anticipated release by govt of bidders' guidelines By JAIME EE in New York LAS Vegas Sands Corp has upped the ante in the battle to build an integrated resort (IR) at Marina Bay by tying up with
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      Lock icon Citiraya gets a shot at survival
      851 2  -  Court holds off winding-up petition, gives it time to settle its debt affairs By MICHELLE QUAN [SINGAPORE] Embattled Citiraya Industries got another stab at survival yesterday, as the High Court held off a petition to liquidate the company and granted it more time to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Correction
      55 2 IN yesterday's "NTUC calls for mindset change on older workers", we said that NTUC once intervened on behalf of workers that "had been part of the job re-design programme". The workers were not part of the NTUC Job-Recreation Programme, but were workers at an organisation affected by outsourcing. We
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Champion of diversity
      1932 3  -  Half of the world's population are women and it is this pool of talent that needs to be utilised fully. Catherine Weir, one of a few women here to hold a top banking job, speaks to WONG WEI KONG about the importance of having and keeping women
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Business-linked yet independent
      928 4  -  CORPORATE ANALYSIS DBS, UOB deem directors with whom they have business dealings as independent; but practice draws criticism, reports LESLIE YEE LESLIE YEE LOCAL banks are not likely to complain about the government's recent raising of the bar on corporate governance. And in particular, they are unlikely
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3247 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ttt-EuropazMSSEq.) *****5/ AM Mn AseM Mgl (S'pore) i —^^.\A8* S«arEuopeEi»l" 03V Clti AsalnfrasmicMe 0.7726/0.8035 Star Europe Bond 1265/ Otilapan I Star Europe M 1.167/ CMBond S'pore A/S 1-293/ Star Asian TigerEqty 1.05/ CWond S'pore B/J 1343/ Sta Asia Bond 1333/ 06 Money SGD Class A 1.0304/ SarMalatanod
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      Lock icon SembMarine to ink US yard deal by end-Sept
      436 5  -  Sabine Shipyard acquisition will give it a base needed in Gulf of Mexico By RONNIE LIM RIG-BUILDER SembCorp Marine expects to complete its acquisition of Sabine Shipyard in Texas this month a deal that will give it a much-needed base in the
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      Lock icon Small caps finally play catch-up
      529 5  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent BY now, you can sense the frustration in the market, having had to deal with a daily dose of oil price-related fears or hurricane warnings. If it isn't either of these, it's US interest rates or occasionally, the state of
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    • Article
      Lock icon F&N directors snap up 3 Sentosa condo units
      233 5  -  By UMA SHANKARI FRASER and Neave (F&N) said yesterday it has sold four units at its 116-unit condo development at Sentosa Cove to interested parties. The Azure, which will be launched in the next couple of weeks, was developed by F&N's fully
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      Lock icon APB buys 60% stake in Sri Lankan brewery operator
      272 5  -  By OH BOON PING TIGER Beer producer Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) aims to gain a foothold in the Sri Lankan market by purchasing a 60 per cent stake in United Brewery Unta. The acquisition, which will see APB inject up to
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon KepFels secures US$3l2m contract
        77 5 KEPPEL Pels (KepFels). a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured a US$3l2 million contract to build a semisubmersible drilling platform for a subsidiary of Texas-based Ensco International. The project is expected to be completed in 32 months and is not expected to have
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        Lock icon China firm lodges prospectus with MAS
        96 5 CHINA Hongxing Sports Ltd yesterday lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The company makes and sells a range of sports shoes sold under its "Erke" brand through its distribution and retail network in China. It recorded $136.9 million in revenue
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        Lock icon Lum Chang to sell units in UIC Building
        74 5 PROPERTY developer Lum Chang Holdings has agreed to sell its units in UIC Building to Net World for $11.5 million —or an estimated loss of $1.1 million. The units are held through Lum Chang's wholly owned Leadale Property. The sale is, however,
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      Lock icon Genting Int'l applies for SGX mainboard listing
      227 5  -  By ALEXANDRA HO GENTING International pic has applied to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for a mainboard listing, which, if successful, would make it the second gaming company to be listed here after Sesdaq's Lasseters International Holdings. The 65 per cent subsidiary of Malaysia's
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      Lock icon HK Land's $700m bond sale
      151 5 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd raised Ss7oo million selling bonds in Singapore, the biggest debt offering by an overseas company in the Republic. Tfi& company, which increased the bond sate by 40 per cent from Sssoo million, sold debt maturing in five and 10
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      1372 5 Notices VflA HOLD I N O S VOX HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Regmnboo No. *****0950 D) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that die Annual General Meeting of Vita Holding? Limited ("die Company*) will be held at 16$ Tan|ong Pagar Road, Amara Hotel, Levd 3 on Monday,
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      895 6  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI New Toyo Sept 23 doM: $0.55 UOB KAY HIAN RESEARCH, Sept 23 WE are positive on New Toyo's reverse takeover of Tien Wah Press (TWP) and upgrade our earnings forecasts and target price. Better Snandals are expected after the deal. According to the agreement,
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      1053 6 For week beginning Sep 19 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS SabtMrtW aw Mo tf Mw —Ig Tram SlnniinKif/ M Ham Par Mara JHMr Stodi Data Director Coav '000 Hr S C880) POOW LinairTech 22-Sep-05 Law Chwee Kiat Buy 500 0.19 1000 1.1C 1500 1.74 Multi-Chem 22-Sep-05 Han Juat
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      Lock icon Making comparisons across the boards
      1244 6  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY A look at whether mainboard IPOs do better and if foreign Sesdaq firms outperform locals TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent I T was reported this month that the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is giving the cold shoulder to smaller players eyeing a
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  • BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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      Lock icon Koizumi rey
      2327 7 OVERVIEW WILL Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's recent election landslide trigger a new bull market in Japanese stocks, as well as galvanise significant new inflows of business investment into Japan from overseas? Our experts were generally bullish on this score. The consensus was that the Tokyo stock market
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Deferred payment not all bad: Colliers
      562 8  -  Good safety net for sale-and-leaseback industrial Reit buys By KALPANA RASHIWALA COLLIERS International has issued research papers on industrial real estate investment trusts (Reits) in which it argues that deferred payment structures criticised by Temasek Holdings chief executive Ho Ching in July aren't such
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      Lock icon Research analysis is a good place to start
      512 8  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA FORICfER star investment analyst Sallie Krawcheck once coached her team of analysts on how to discern whether management was lying about their financials. "When I was at Sanford Bernstein, I told the analysts: How do you know when the
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      Lock icon S'pore, Brazil banks urged to boost ties
      332 8  -  By NANDE KHIN SINGAPORE and Brazilian banks need to work more closely to boost economic ties between the two countries, Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar said yesterday. He said that there is a need for "direct partnerships" between banks in Singapore and Brazil.
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      Lock icon COE falls have little impact on high-end car prices
      448 8  -  But prices for cars with mass market appeal dip $1,000-$4,000 By CHEN HUIFEN DISTRIBUTORS of top-tier cars are not adjusting their list prices for the time being. although some are monitoring the market situation in the wake of falling COE (certificate
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      Lock icon Tuas Power increases capacity to 2,670 MW
      260 8  -  By RONNIE LIM TUAS Power (TP), Singapore's third largest generation company (genco), has just brought on-line two new gas-fired, combined cycle plants (CCP) costing Sssoo million increasing its electricity generation capacity to 2,670 megawatts and its investment to Ss2 billion. Expected to help
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      Lock icon Jetstar, Valuair bump up India flights
      429 8  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN JETSTAR Asia yesterday announced it would start.flve times a week flights to the Indian dty of Bangalore, while sister airline Valuair will fly four times a week flights to Bali from the end of next month. Jetstar will also be increasing
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      534 8 Notices /ISJ V I M AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA (INCORPORATED IN THE PEOPLE'B REPUBLIC OP CHINA) HEAD OFFICE: No. Jia 23 Fuxing Road. Beijing. China. Post Code: *****6 Tel: (8610) 6642 4548 Fax: (8610) 6842 4493 Irttp: //wwwabchina.com SINGAPORE BRANCH: 80 Raffles Place #27-20 UOB Plaza 2. Singapore *****4 Tel:
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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      Lock icon Land of opportunity
      1698 9  -  Vietnam is opening up to the world but is still a relatively untapped area for foreign businesses, says CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING CHINA and India are a big draw for foreign businesses because of their huge markets as well as cheap and abundant skilled labour.
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      Lock icon SBF paints bullish picture of Vietnam opportunities
      626 9  -  By CHUANG PECK MING THE Singapore Business Federation, Singapore's premier business chamber, is bullish on Vietnam and it is urging Singapore businesses to invest there. "The business potential is abundant and will be further enhanced with its entry into the World Trade "Organisation,"
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      Lock icon Pioneer turns brand name
      453 10  -  VENTURING INTO VIETNAM Keppel Land, the property arm of Singapore multinational Keppel Group, is now among Vietnam's largest real estate investors, reports CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING WHEN Vietnam put into play its doi moi policy in the 1990s and opened its doors to foreign
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      Lock icon System Access lands first client
      504 10  -  By CHUANG PECK MING IT'S taken a while and some heavy investments, but Singapore-based System Access has recently landed its first client in Vietnam. Emboldened, the software provider is planning to open an office in the country. "We began tracking the Vietnamese market from as
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      Lock icon Perseverance pays off for Glowtec
      460 10  -  By CHUANG PECK MING WITH patience and persistence. Singapore-based waste-water treatment company Glowtec Environmental Corporation-has made its presence felt ill VJetrtam. 1 The company is now doing nicely there with yearly sales of around US$lO million. It has acquired a reputation for trustworthiness and reliability
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      Lock icon Dos and Don'ts of doing business in Vietnam
      483 10 Source: International Enterprise Singapore SHOW humility and respect: Do not view yourself as superior because you are fromSingapore or a foreign country with wealth, better technology and knowledge. You will find that humility and respect for the Vietnamese will take you far.
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      Lock icon The value of patience
      1265 11  -  LETTER FROM HO CHI MINH CITY LESLIE CHONG explains how the Vietnamese first take care to build up trust before doing serious business LESLIE CHONG I REMEMBER vividly when I first came to Ho Chi Minh City more than two years ago, I was told to
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      Lock icon Opportunities for S'pore developers
      316 11  -  By CHUANG PECK MING SINGAPORE developers will be the target of a conference here next month, which seeks to interest Singapore money and expertise in development projects in Vietnam. The Vietnamese will be coming in full force to sell, in particular for the first time, three
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      Lock icon Vietnam well on track to maintain rapid growth
      571 11  -  By CHUANG PECK MING VIETNAM was the fastest growing economy in 2004. after China. And it's set to keep up the pace this year with about 7.5 per cent growth in its gross domestic product (GDP), just a shade below 2004's 7.7
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      Lock icon Speeding up development
      1557 12 Vietnam's aim of joining the WTO has helped to quicken the pace of its reform process. A look at some of its economic strategies VIETNAM enjoyed a period of sustained economic growth since the introduction of economic reform, or doi moi, in 1986. After an average 9
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      Lock icon Vietnam data profile
      104 12 People N^t^^^ontlar^^ Environment foffTtS 7> |l j|')' Energy ice per capita degi -f J*'^--tto t Technology and infrastructure 00 QjQ ,H m Tirade and finance Trade in goods as a share of GDP 965 115J Trade in goods as a share of goods GDP ■■> High-technology exports
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      Lock icon Vietnam in a nutshell
      176 12 VIETNAM is made up of 61 provinces with the largest cities being Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi (the capital), Haiphong, Can Tho and Danang. It is the 13th most populous country in the world with a population of more than 82 million and an annual growth
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      38 9 This monthly series on Singapore companies overseas is jointly brought to you by The Business Times and IE Singapore The Business times The next in the series vtf I focus on Europe. It wi appear on Oct 29
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Former Indon leaders oppose raising fuel prices
      332 13 AFP [JAKARTA] A high-pow-ered group of former Indonesian political leaders has called on the government not to raise fuel prices next month, press reports said yesterday. The group included former presidents Megawati Sukarnoputri and Abdurrahman Wahid, former armed forces commander Wiranto, former House
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Lock icon Yuan's trading band set at 3%
        142 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China has widened the yuan's trading band against the euro, yen and Hong Kong dollar, allowing it to move by as much as 3 per cent against these currencies on either side of the central bank's daily fixing rate. The band was
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        Lock icon Indian minister denies stock scam
        95 13 AP [NEW DELHI] Indian finance minister P Chidambaram yesterday denied reports of an investigation into share-rigging a day after prices fell sharply on rumours of a government probe. Indian shares rose briefly at the opening Friday after the comments were made, but fell later as
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        Lock icon Indon avian flu cases rise to 20
        78 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's suspected bird flu cases among humans rose to 20 from 12 in just a week as the country sought to halt the spread of the disease that has killed at least four people in two months. Five people with bird
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon S'pore-Indon maritime training deal to continue
      189 13 [SINGAPORE] Singapore and Indonesia have agreed to continue cooperating in the area of maritime training for officials of both countries in a bid to enhance professionalism and strengthen cooperation. They signed a maritime education and training memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Jakarta yesterday, covering
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      Lock icon Abdullah faces test of will in 2006 budget
      582 13 Economic slowdown threatens his plans to reduce deficit Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Prime Minister faces a stern test of political will next week when he unveils the 2006 state budget, with an economic slowdown threatening to weaken his pledge to tackle a
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      293 13 II A I II flfT§l 111 I A T(| I Introducing The Business "Tlmee-NTU Annual Competitiveness Ranting for 35 Indtan states and union territories India Is one of the world's fastest We brieve this conference will Annual Competitiveness Ranking growing economies but it Is also prove invaluabie for investors, of
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Citigroup, DBS vie for stake in Guangdong bank
      279 14 LURE OF CHINA BANKS They advance to the second round of bidding, investors may be chosen in Nov Reuters [SHANGHAI] An investmert arm of Citigroup Inc is vying with Singapore's biggest bank, DBS, and others in bidding for a stake in China's
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      Lock icon BNP Paribas poised to buy 20% of Nanjing bank
      286 14 AFP Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] France's BNP Paribas is set to take a 20 per cent stake in China's Nanjing City Commercial Bank, a Chinese official and state press reports said yesterday. "BNP is going to sign a deal with us to buy
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      7508 14 Transaction date: Sep 23 52-Wk Td List Vol Day U« Q—4a GrOkr M» firVM Nat Mb* HWi low Coda Company Sale W- (IBB) HWi law l»yr Mhi CVr X Smli 10 2 5716 1st Software Sc 3.5 unch 1977 3.5 3.5 3 3.5 142 28.5 8.5 3148 8Te)ecomUS2c
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      Lock icon China may allow foreign control of stockbrokers
      322 14 Securities body mulling a change of rules: report [HONG KONG/SHANGHAI] Foreign financial firms could for the first time be allowed to gain control of Chinese securities brokers, under rules being considered by regulators in an attempt to defuse the crisis plaguing the country's
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon ONGC criticises Indian govt in newspaper ad
      430 15 Row reflects simmering discontent across much of corporate India [NEW DELHI] Indian businessmen are taking unprecedented measures to express their frustration with the Congress-led government and its Communist allies, the Financial Times reported. The chairman of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
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      Lock icon SGX
      6223 15 Transaction Date: Sep 23 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE GtotoalVokc 81.0S4.000 PBSfrp Japan Land 5c 37.391.000 CaoKUnd M,0Qj,860 Biosemof* USO.OIc 20.579.000 S>nqTd15c 30.729.5K) AirOcean 5c 19.700.000 K«ac«[ Corp 50c 30.129. TOO ChinaFlexP US15c 17.883.000 SPH20c 27.817.220 CAMInt3c 14.470.000 BiotensorcUSOOIC 25.883.060 CaoitaLand 14.207.000 SwnbMar 10c 24.00a 100 Biosen$orMBLeCW***** 14.151,000 OCBCBkSOc
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      Lock icon PetroKazakhstan does not see govt halting deal
      195 15 Reuters [CALGARY, Alberta] PetroKazakhstan Inc, which operates in the former Soviet republic, believes it unlikely that the Kazakh government's new draft mineral rights law will scuttle the company's takeover by China's CNPC, an executive said on Thursday. On Wednesday, a Kazakh legislator said
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Man with suspicious package nabbed in UK
        82 16 Reuters [LONDON] British police used a stun gun to arrest a man carrying a suspicious package near an aircraft at Manchester airport yesterday, prompting the temporary closure of the northern England airport. "Police attempted to arrest the man who struggled with officers. A
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        Lock icon North Korea energy aid tops 15.5t won
        65 16 AP [SEOUL] South Korea estimates it will cost as much as 15.5 trillion won (5525.3 billion) to finance energy aid to North Korea in exchange for the country dismantling its nuclear programmes, a top official has said. At six-nation talks disarmament talks concluded
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        Lock icon Nasdaq close to exchange status
        69 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] Nasdaq Stock Market Inc was "incredibly close" to getting exchange status, chief executive Robert Greifeld said on Thursday. The Nasdaq, which is currently a stock market, has long awaited approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to become an exchange. The
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        Lock icon Walt Disney raises US$505m for movies
        75 16 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Walt Disney Co, whose film unit said it will lose money in the fourth quarter, raised US$5O5 million from investors to reduce the risk of financing movies, the first time it has done so in almost a decade. The venture will
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        Lock icon Martha's 'Apprentice' under fire
        82 16 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Martha Stewart launched her version of NBC reality hit "The Apprentice" to disappointing ratings and criticism that the domestic diva and ex-con needs to be a nastier TV boss. Ms Stewart, who gently fired her first corporate wannabe by saying, "Jeff, you just
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        Lock icon Guidant's problem pacemakers
        61 16 Reuters [CHICAGO] Cardiovascular device maker Guidant Corp said on Thursday it has identified two separate problems with two models of its implantable that could lead to device failure. Guidant, which agreed to be acquired by Johnson Johnson for U5525.4 billion last year, said failure could result in
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        Lock icon Oracle posts flat first-quarter profit
        137 16 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Software maker Oracle Corp said on Thursday that its first-quarter profit was flat because of sluggish growth in the company's database business. Sales rose 25 per cent to U552.77 billion, but fell short of the company's forecast. Net income of US$5l9 million,
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        Lock icon Ex-HealthSouth exec gets 27 months' jail
        82 16 Reuters [BIRMINGHAM, Alabama] Former Health South Corp finance chief Weston Smith, who blew the whistle on the accounting scandal that rocked the company, on Thursday was given 27 months in prison—the stiffest sentence for any executive involved in the fraud. Smith, one of five
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      Lock icon Rita tests US economy again
      765 16 Texan refineries shut down, driving up fears of another surge in fuel prices Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Even experts who believed the shock-resistant US economy could again prove its mettle in the wake of a devastating Hurricane Katrina now fret her scary successor Rita may deliver
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      Lock icon Google IPO helps propel founders up Forbes 400 ranks
      581 16 AP Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Google's mammoth initial public offering has netted its two cofounders an interesting side benefit: an entree into the upper echelons of Forbes magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans. Bill Gates, Microsoft's co-founder and chairman, was the
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      Lock icon BA chief slams US aid for failing domestic airlines
      315 16 AFP [LONDON] British Airways (BA) chief executive Rod Eddington has criticised the United States for "protectionism" in propping up failing domestic airlines, the Financial Times reported yesterday. "America, land of the free, is turning into the land of the free ride,"
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      Lock icon Cash-rich Asia Inc set to raise buybacks, dividend payouts
      377 16 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Asia's companies are poised to increase share buybacks and dividend payouts as bumper earnings and a reluctance to expand are likely to leave them with a combined US$lOO billion in cash next year. Sluggish investment on lingering concerns about
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon Two topless beauties on their way
      301 17  -  By SAMUEL EE TWO exquisite topless beauties are due here next year. And one is the all-new Jaguar XK Convertible. The open-top version of the coupe will share the same high-tech aluminium body structure technology for light weight and high ri- gidity. By using
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  • GOLF
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      1310 18  -  With over 600 courses to its credit, France has a serious competitor to its more famous food and wine offerings golf. JUSTINE MOSS checks out a few of the best courses in the tourist paradise JUSTINE MOSS HAVING just returned from a holiday in rural France
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  • WELLNESS
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      1477 19  -  New parents these days face the dilemma of deciding whether to store their baby's cord blood as a safeguard against future diseases. CHEAH UI-HOON reports CHEAH UI-HOON IT used to be that before their child was born, parents-to-be only had to rack their brains over such questions as
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      730 19 JUST like insurance, those who can afford to bank their children's cord blood privately should do it, and hope they don't have to use it that's Dr Ang Peng Tiam's view on private cord blood banking. One of the founders of StemCord, a private cord blood
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  • SHOPPING
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        58 20 VERSATILITY is the salient point of this avant garde shelf: you can place it vertically or horizontally. Standing upright and wall-mounted, it serves as an arty display unit. Placing it horizontally transforms it into a TV bench. The LACK shelving unit, at $149, measures 35x190cm and
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  • TRAVEL
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend
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