The Business Times, 2 August 2006

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES cßfifc online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Wednesday, August 2,2006
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  • 546 1  -  The biggest supplier of marine fuel in the Americas looks to Singapore By LESLIE YEE [SINGAPORE] Singapore is set for another mega listing, with marine fuel giant Chemoil Corporation set to launch an initial public offer this year. Chemoil the biggest supplier
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  • 133 1 sn 2,445.04 (-0.39) ST INDEX FUTURES (-1.00) siMsa 290.16 (-0.15) SIMSa FUTURES 286.70 (-0.90) MARKETS Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 936.04 +0.19 NIKKEI 225 15.440.91 -15.90 HANG SENG 16,911.37 -59.97 SET INDEX 686.97 -4.52 JAKARTA COMP 1,371.69 +20.04 MANILA COMP 2,388.33 -2.51 SEOUL COMP 1,287.36 -10.46 SHENZHEN B 282.89 -2.42
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  • 549 1  -  Latest ruling seems to contradict an earlier judgment By WEE LI-EN [SINGAPORE! The High Court has made a landmark ruling that it can freeze local assets in aid of foreign arbitration proceedings, even before such proceedings begin. The recent judgment
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    • 18 1 BUSINESS OUTLOOK S'pore manufacturers upbeat page 3 haw cur Air Asia makes bid for KL-S'pore route page 16
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    • 57 1 CITIRAYA CASE accounts clerk f Joanna Aw page 7 i Br EXEC MONEY i tf h ii nmwvfc-t j Where is the greeribatk P rema t ure page 28 CORPORATE RESULTS Divestment gains boost UOB's Q2 earnings PAGE 4 SembMarine Q2 profit up 66% PAGE 8 TanChongHl profit up 20.2%
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    • 183 1 MOTORING Stamford Tyres eyes OEM market Iwll PAGE 15 CREDIT CARD Maybank buys Amex card, merchant business in KL PAGE 11 Turn on under our NEW International Mortgage Service Financing, refinancing* or equity release of residential properties in Great Britain, Spain, France, New Zealand, Hong Kong, CWCI Ml Mi' mm
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 591 2 Manufacturers upbeat on H2 business outlook MANUFACTURERS here remain largely optimistic about the business environment for the rest of the year, with a net 28 per cent expecting to raise headcount in the current third quarter. Most positive of all are businesses in the electronics cluster, while sentiment
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    • 629 2  -  Q1 figure up 52% from 2005, but only 3% rise in members withdrawing funds By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] The amount of money withdrawn from the Central Provident Fund to pay off private home loans increased 52 per cent in the
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    • 458 2  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA [SINGAPORE] Marcel Kreis, head of ÜBS Global Wealth Management for South East Asia and the Pacific, is leaving to join Credit Suisse, in one of private banking's most high-profile moves to date. Sources believe Mr Kreis gave ÜBS
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    • 1002 2  -  By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] The flurry of mergers and acquisitions on the local scene has created excitement and confusion among investors. OCBC Bank's recent proposed takeover of Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) is a case in point: It has led some to question
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    • 66 2 IN "Buying slows down, selling remains low" (BT, July 3), we said Inter-Boller Engineering independent director Lim Hwee Chiang acquired an initial 200,000 shares in the company on March 7 at 30 cents each. Mr Lim had actually bought the shares at $1.50 each. We are sorry for the
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    • 742 3  -  Electronics cluster most positive while sentiment among petroleum refiners weakest: survey By NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] Manufacturers here remain largely optimistic about the business environment for the rest of the year, with a net 28 per cent expecting to raise headcount in the current third quarter.
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    • 559 3  -  Reports by VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines yesterday posted a 145.1 per cent rise in net profit to $575 million for the three months to the end of June. The results, which defied high fuel prices, came on the back
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    • 448 3 Strong global demand for air travel offsets higher fuel costs [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines' (SIA) better than expected earnings results come at the heels of similarly strong numbers unveiled by other airlines in recent weeks. And as with SIA, their bottom lines were boosted
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 673 4  -  Excluding one-time gain, net profit up 8.3%; bank to pay special dividend By LESLIE YEE UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) yesterday reported a 177 per cent jump in net profit for the second quarter ended June a profit of $1.13 billion mainly due to one-time
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    • 444 4  -  By R SIVANITHY FROM the looks of it, the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) efforts to boost its retail business are paying off between its financial years ended 2005 and 2006, the average number of retail players with stockmarket activity in any given quarter has
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    • 913 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By CONRAD RAJ WHAT do the unexpected resignations of Neptune Orient Lines chief David Lim and Sing Tel chief Lee Hsien Yang have in common? In my opinion, a scramble by the companies to find a successor. When
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    • 394 7  -  Sale to Pacific Coast Assets at $231.1m yields net gain of $40.5m By UMA SHANKARI CAPITALAND said yesterday that it has sold its 44.6 per cent stake in Inter-Con-tinental Hotel for $231.1 million giving the property giant a net gain of $40.5 million. The
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    • 404 7  -  By UMA SHANKARI THE Ascott Group, which is the largest operator of serviced residences in China, said yesterday that it will buy two more properties there for $151.4 million adding another 422 units to its room count. The two properties one each in
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    • 320 7  -  By WONG WEI KONG AN 11 th defendant—and the only one to claim trial has been jailed over the corruption scandal at electronic waste recycler Citiraya Industries. Accounts clerk Joanna Aw Meng Choo, 42, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment by
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    • 365 7  -  By SAMUEL EE TAN Chong International's net profit jumped 20.2 per cent to HK5260.6 million (Sss3 million) even as its revenue slipped 0.8 per cent to HK$3.lB billion for the six months ended June 30, 2006. Revenue for the Hong Kong-listed motor
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    • 424 7  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA SHAREHOLDERS of Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) are being advised that they are receiving a reasonable and fair offer for their shares from OCBC, taking into account the low liquidity of the shares. This is the opinion of Morgan Stanley Dean
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    • 363 7  -  By MATTHEW PHAN IN A chilly response to Mediaßing's pitch to get representation on its board. Pacific Internet (PacNet) said yesterday it will "meet and interview" MediaRing's nominated candidates executive director Koh Boon Hwee and CEO Khaw Kheng Joo. "Upon receiving the committee's recommendations,
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    • 542 8  -  Earnings boosted by increase in oil rig orders and ship conversion demand By DONALD URQUHART SEMBCORP Marine, Singapore's secondlargest offshore rig-builder, posted a record second-quarter profit, up 66 per cent, thanks to increased oil rig orders and demand for ship
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    • 312 8  -  By JEAN CHUA HENGXIN Technology's net profit for the second quarter jumped 70.3 per cent, after it started selling new products that gave it better margins. The radio frequency (RF) coaxial cables maker said profit for the three months to June 30
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    • 450 8  -  Telco will post net profit growth of under 5%: analysts By SIOW LI SEN SINGAPORE Telecommunications outgoing group chief executive Lee Hsien Yang is expected tomorrow to say that profit growth for SingTel's first quarter, ended June, was driven by strong performance of
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    • 201 8 ZHONGGUO Powerplus Industries' income for the second quarter fell 12 per cent as gross margins slipped. But the company is revamping its products and marketing strategy and hopes this will pay off. Powerplus, which makes handheld garden and farm power tools, said net profit
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    • 237 8 Bloomberg WHEELOCK Properties (Singapore) Ltd, the Singapore-based developer, agreed yesterday to sell its UK-based unit Hamptons International Holdings to Emaar Properties PJSC, for about $238.6 million, according to a statement to the Singapore Exchange. Emaar Properties, the largest publicly traded property developer in
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    • 385 8  -  By ROLAND LIM SINGTEL subsidiary SingNet said yesterday it will provide corporate customers with local phone numbers on which they can make and receive calls over the Internet with some limitations. They will be given two or more Level 3 numbers eight-digit phone numbers
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    • 261 8 CHINA-BASED synthetic fibre manufacturer FibreChem Technologies' net profit rose 11.4 per cent to HK$59.B million (5512.1 million) in the second quarter, boosted by two new products. Its revenue rose 14.2 per cent to HK5250.3 million. But the group's drive to expand its product range also
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    • 314 8  -  By NANDE KHIN JEL Corporation (Holdings) Ltd is adding luxury labels TAG Heuer, Fendi and Dior to its distribution portfolio. The company yesterday said its wholly owned subsidiary JEL Corporation (Far East) Pte Ltd has been appointed by LVMH Watch Jewellery Singapore
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 74 8 SEE Hup Seng Ltd has rebounded into the black, with a net profit of $1.04 million for the half-year ended June. Revenue was up 17 per cent. The company said that changes made to its board at the start of the
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      • 39 8 PACIFIC Shipping Trust yesterday posted a small increase in Q2 distributable income to US$l.32 million although revenue remained unchanged at US$3.3l million. It also made an unrealised gain of US$2.2 million on derivatives.
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      • 36 8 INNO-PACIFIC Holdings has reported a 33 per cent drop in first-half 2006 net profit to $275 million, despite a 78 per cent increase in turnover to $3.35 million.
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      • 35 8 ASJ Holdings yesterday posted a 32.6 per cent drop in HI 2006 net profit to $1.36 million, despite a 15.6 per cent increase in revenue to $19.5 million.
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      • 42 8 FIRST-HALF net profit at Meiban Group has fallen 56 per cent to $3.34 million, due to "excess capacity, sluggish demand and higher prices for raw materials". Revenue dipped 15 per cent to $208.63 million.
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      • 37 8 GES has appointed CIMB-GK Securities Pte Ltd as the independent financial adviser to its independent directors for the purposes of the proposed takeover by Venture Corporation via a scheme of arrangement.
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      • 56 8 WBL Corporation managing director and CEO Soh Yew Hock has resigned as CEO of Wearnes International (1994), effective yesterday. WBL said that Mr Soh will continue as an executive director of Wearnes and will focus on developing Wearnes' water treatment business
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      • 28 8 CHINA Food Industries yesterday warned that it would report a pre-tax loss for the half-year ended June, citing difficult trading conditions.
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      • 64 8 JK Yarning yesterday warned that it expects to make a loss for the first half of the year ended June, due to higher prices of raw materials, a decrease in the sale to a key customer, and legal fess in relation to a
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      • 30 8 MULTIVISION Intelligent Surveillance yesterday warned of substantially weaker performance for the first quarter ended June, due to a change in business focus and higher expenses.
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      • 37 8 ARMARDA Group yesterday warned of lower profits for the second quarter ended June, due to lower sales, namely from tier one banks. It is expected to unveil its results in mid-August.
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      • 45 8 FRONTLINE Tech Corp has bought back one million of its own shares on the open market at 12.5 cents each, or a total of about $125,000. The shares, acquired on July 28, will be held as treasury shares.
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      • 50 8 GLOBAL supply chain manager Noble Group has agreed to buy Oxyde Chemicals BV for about 11 million euros (Ss22 million) from Petroplus International BV. The final price is subject to change, depending on the fulfilment of certain conditions and the audited financial statements.
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      • 41 8 EASYKNIT International said trading of its shares on the Singapore Exchange will be suspended after Aug 18. The company, which is also listed in Hong Kong, will be delisted in Singapore on Aug 28.
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 834 6  -  CURRENCIES Shallow and brief corrections will underline the danger further out LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent IT WAS one of those horrible weeks in which nothing seemed to go right for the US dollar, and sentiment has now soured so badly that a countertrend
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    • 282 6  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Celestial Nutrifoods Augiul 1 dose: $1-58 MERRILL LYNCH. July 31 WE INITIATE coverage on Celestial with a "buy" and a price objective (PO) of $2.22. With rising demand for soybean products in China, we forecast earnings CAGR of 25 per cent for FYO6-08E with
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    • 432 6  -  STOCKS TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent WILL the US Federal Reserve end its two-year-old rate hike policy? How much will the US economy slow down and at what impact to corporate earnings? Will the fighting in the Middle East spread and at what cost
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    • 152 6  -  CHART POINT By YEO KEE YAN, chartist at Kelive Research THE Straits Times Index (STI) continued to move higher last week on diminished inflation fears. A good crop of corporate earnings from blue chips also helped buoy the index. From 2,402, the index
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 457 9  -  By SAMUEL EE THE Land Transport Authority's (LTA) relaxing of the rules governing private hire cars will give car rental companies more freedom to buy and sell vehicles, but it is not expected to bring down rates and costs by much.
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    • 313 9 TRUST youths to be stubbornly contrarian, especially when it comes to part-time jobs. In the second national youth survey, whose preliminary findings were released yesterday, 83 per cent of the respondents said part-time work had had a positive influence on their lives, up
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    • 230 9 THE Global Brand Forum is touted as the "Davos of Branding". This is no mere hyperbole. While the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland is attended by international business leaders and politicians, the Global Brand Forum brings together some of the biggest names
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 84 9 NELLIE Tan, 61, general manager of Mount Elizabeth Hospital, has become the first nurse to be appointed chairman of the Singapore Nursing Board by the Ministry of Health. Historically, the SNB chairman has been the director of Medical Services. Ms Tan, who
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      • 91 9 MINISTER for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim is making a working visit today and tomorrow to Jakarta. He will call on various Indonesian leaders including Minister of Transport Hatta Rajasa, State Minister for State Enterprises Sugiharto and Minister of
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      • 126 9 SMRT Corp and SBS Transit have applied for a hike in bus and train fares to offset higher fuel cost. Under the Public Transport Council's formula, the maximum fare adjustment allowed this year is 1.7 per cent. If approved, this means SMRT can
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      • 89 9 A RECORD number of nine Singaporean productions or co-productions will be featured at the Locarno International Film Festival. They include two funded by the Media Development Authority and the Singapore Film Commission. Two of the nine films will be screened in competition at
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      • 87 9 THE Whampoa market and food centre has been slated for a $10 million make-over under the National Environment Agency's hawker centres upgrading programme. The layout of the hawker stalls is being improved and the linkways will be reconfigured. Upgrading work at the popular 30-year-old food
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    • 426 9  -  Over next 5 years, it will build new facility, hire more staff By ROLAND LIM TOP fabless semiconductor manufacturer Marvell Technology Group will invest $100 million over the next five years to expand its operations in Singapore, including the building of a
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    • 408 9  - Passenger traffic at Changi up 9.1 in 1H06 By MATTHEW PHAN CHANGI Airport registered a 9.1 per cent growth in passenger movement in the first half of the year, with over 16.8 million people passing through the airport between January and June, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 902 10 Analysts say any gains in the yuan would benefit other Asian currencies Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Investors seeking to bet on faster gains in the Chinese yuan should buy the Malaysian ringgit and Singapore dollar, according to investors and strategists at
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    • 871 10 Reuters [NEW YORK] US senators are once again cranking up talk of tariffs on Chinese imports and this time it's making currency traders nervous. In addition to stemming the stream of cheap Chinese goods that have helped keep a lid on US inflation,
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    • 604 10 Reuters [TOKYO] Land prices in Japan rose for the first time in 14 years in 2005, a sign of an end to persistent declines in asset prices that have dragged down the economy since the burst of the "bubble economy" in
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 471 11 Rizal Risjad said to have boosted stake in Berau to 90% from over 9% Reuters [SINGAPORE] Indonesian businessman Rizal Risjad has taken over PT Berau Coal, the country's fourthlargest coal company, in the largest private buyout of an unlisted company in Southeast
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    • 335 11  -  RM80m deal takes bank's share of market to 25% By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYAN Banking has bought the charge card and merchant acquiring businesses of American Express in Malaysia for RMBO million (Ss3s million). The deal will add 300,000 Amex cardholders to
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
      • 91 11 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India is continuing talks with Iran to buy liquefied natural gas for 25 years beginning end-2009, as the government seeks to restart power plants lying idle because of lack of fuel. The Iranian authorities are waiting for in-house clearances,
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      • 96 11 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan plans to relax restrictions on currency exchanges with China when it allows more Chinese tourists to visit, which could happen as early as October, the island's top China policy maker said yesterday. Chinese tourists on Taiwan's main island should be able
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      • 83 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's No 2 lender, PT Bank Central Asia Tbk, said yesterday preliminary data showed its first-half net profit rose nearly 16 per cent but warned high interest rates were stunting demand for new loans. A bank director said he expected
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      • 69 11 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Fuyao Group Glass Industries Co Ltd, China's biggest auto glass maker, is set to bid for North American glass-making assets of Ford Motor Co, industry sources said. Automotive Components Holdings LLC, a parts subsidiary of Ford, is discussing the sale
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    • 266 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is unlikely to conclude talks with independent power producers aimed at cutting state spending on reserve electricity anytime soon, a government minister said yesterday. Earlier this year, Malaysia said it will hold talks with independent producers including Malakoff Bhd
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    • 215 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Telekomunikasi Selular, the mobilephone unit of Indonesia's biggest telephone company, raised its annual sales growth forecast to 35 per cent, as it signs up new users at a faster pace than expected. Telkomsel, as the company is known, had
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    • 397 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] BP Pic and its partners have signed deals on around US$2.6 billion worth of loans to finance the Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Indonesia, the firm said yesterday. Separately, Indonesia's energy minister said the government had
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    • 402 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia could award its first WiMax wireless broadband licence as early as October, it said yesterday, striving to bump up Internet transfer speeds and keep up with its more technology-savvy Asian neighbours. Malaysia is lagging far behind Asian
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  • INDIA
    • 610 12  -  Legislation under discussion to empower agencies to refuse FDI on security grounds By SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi THE reverberations of the Mumbai blasts have resulted in a security overdrive at various locations, including airports and railway stations. One more arena that
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    • 696 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] India's banks are starting to open their doors to developers but remain wary about the risks of a fast-growing but young property market, making loans expensive and difficult to come by. India eased rules on inward investment in the
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    • 165 12 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Mphasis BFL Ltd, the Indian unit of Electronic Data Systems Corp, said first-quarter profit more than halved because of higher employee costs and slowing sales growth coinciding with the parent's offer to buy more stock. Net income at Mphasis, including units, declined to
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    • 415 12 Move comes as banks and government departments boost spending on technology Reuters [BANGALORE] India's export-focused software services companies are eyeing outsourcing deals on their home turf as banks and government departments step up spending on technology to cut costs and improve their efficiency.
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    • 170 12 AFP [KOLKATA, India] The Marxist government in India's West Bengal state has inked a multi-billion dollar deal with a private conglomerate including the Indonesia-based Salim group to develop huge industrial parks, an official said yesterday. The deal, valued at an estimated 400
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 538 13 Investors' lukewarm response sees company's shares rise a modest 12% Reuters, Xinhua [SHANGHAI] Shares in China's Daqin Railway Co Ltd rose 12 per cent on their first day of trading yesterday, a far more muted debut than other recent newcomers, suggesting
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    • 673 13 NEWS ANALYSIS 100b yuan of fresh equity would boost investor confidence Reuters [SHANGHAl] Famine is turning to feast for mainland Chinese investors looking for banking stocks, as a government policy shift promises to double the number of domestically listed banks to
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    • Article, Illustration
      73 13 [LUODI, Hunan province] The latest fad to hit China's tourism sector proves to be a winner as revellers have a ball in the giant bubble ride on a lake here. The industry raked in US$96 billion from a whopping 120 million visitors last year, and is expected to
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    • 526 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Lenovo Group Ltd is expected to post its second straight quarterly loss as the world's third-largest PC maker struggles to turn around the loss-making business it bought from IBM. But some analysts continue to hold out hope for improvement over the
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    • 304 13 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China Vanke Co, the nation's biggest listed developer, said first-half profit rose 59 per cent as higher incomes and economic growth drove up demand for apartments and offices. Net income climbed to 1.27 billion yuan (*****.8 million), or 0.33 yuan a share, from
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    • 279 13 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China's biggest brokerages yesterday could start applying for regulatory approval to lend money and shares to customers, paving the way for them to offer margin financing and short-selling for the first time on the nation's stock exchanges. Brokerages with net
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    • 362 13 More HK property trust IPOs to return if US rates hold Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Shui On Construction and Materials Ltd, a Hong Kong building contractor controlled by businessman Vincent Lo, said it reapplied to the Hong Kong stock exchange to sell shares in its
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 513 14 It doubles cash outlay, pares stock portion to thwart rival offer Bloomberg [LONDON] Teck Cominco Ltd, the world's largest zinc producer, has increased its hostile bid for nickel miner Inco Ltd by 12 per cent to $bout US$l4.7 billion to thwart a competing
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    • 258 14 AFP [LONDON] Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest bank, was yesterday forced to pay a London-based worker £800,000 (552.36 million) in damages following a "relentless campaign" of bullying. The employee, Helen Green, 36, who worked in the company's secretariat division between October 1997 and October 2001, said
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    • 523 14 AFP, Reuters [HAVANA] Cuban President Fidel Castro, Latin America's sole surviving Communist strongman, ceded power late on Monday to his brother Raul on a temporary basis for the first time in 47 years, after undergoing what he called delicate intestinal surgery. The ageing but still-fiery
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    • 258 14 AP [TOKYO] Japan Postal Corp on Monday unveiled a 10year privatisation roadmap that will create the world's biggest bank, officials said. Privatising Japan's sprawling postal service, which also runs banking and insurance services, has been a centrepiece of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform
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    • 212 14  -  From CLARENCE MICHAEL in Dubai THE Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), operator of the Middle East's only derivative exchange the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) is looking at launching gasoline futures contracts. The move would extend the exchange's current energy portfolio, which includes
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    • 77 14 [LONDON] Runny whites or over-cooked yolks may soon be a problem of the past with this nifty new invention from Lion Quality Eggs. Eggs come stamped with a thermochromic logo made from invisible ink, which becomes visible when the egg is cooked. The logos will be adapted
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 146 14 Reuters. AP. AFP [WASHINGTON] Core US consumer prices rose 0.2 per cent in June, continuing a steady march that has taken the year-on-year rate of nonfood, nonenergy inflation to 2.4 per cent, its highest since September 2002, the US Commerce Department said yesterday.
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      • 74 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Verizon Communications Inc, the No 2 US telephone company, said second-quarter profit fell 24 per cent as customers switched to new providers such as cable TV company Comcast Corp. Net income declined to US$l.6l billion, or 55 US cents a share from
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      • 71 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Eastman Kodak Co, the world's largest photography company, posted its seventh straight loss as the company cut jobs and closed plants, and announced plans to shed its digital camera manufacturing operations. The second-quarter loss widened to US$2B2 million, or 98 US cents
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      • 99 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Euronext.liffe, Europe's second-largest derivatives exchange, said it has signed a licensing agreement with India's Multi Commodity Exchange, which means MCE will use the European exchange's futures prices. The agreement, effective immediately, means MCE can list local futures contracts for Robusta coffee and white sugar
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      • 99 14 AFP [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank fell short of expectations yesterday despite a 29-per cent quarterly rise in net profit on strong profit growth in its investment banking and asset management operations. Trading revenue was 1.71 billion euros (553.4 billion) from 1.59 billion euros in the corresponding period in
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  • MOTORING
    • 532 15  -  By SAMUEL EE MORE Skoda cabs will ply the roads in Singapore from tomorrow when Premier Taxis launches its Silver Arrow premium service. Premier is initially introducing 38 units of the Skoda Superb model, which is made in the Czech Republic
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    • 614 15  -  Extra capacity to continue to cater to after-market segment, besides Thai carmakers By SAMUEL EE STAMFORD Tyres' decision to invest $15 million this year on a second alloy wheel plant means it will be able to meet rising demand for after-mar-ket
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    • 664 16  -  Route is currently served by MAS and SIA almost as a duopoly By YEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Flights from Changi to Kuala Lumpur at $9.99? That could happen if Air Asia is successful in its bid to get into the route. The Malaysian budget
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 81 16 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pic (BA), Europe's third-largest airline, said the carrier will start a new route between London City Airport and Madrid and increase frequencies on other routes as it faces increased competition from low-cost airlines. BA Connect, the carrier's regional business, will
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      • 79 16 AFP [WASHINGTON] Northwest Airlines flight attendants on Monday rejected their second tentative pay and benefit agreement with the bankrupt company that would have allowed it to save US$l95 million. The flight attendants voted to reject the agreement by a 3,266 to 2,637 margin. "Our members have
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      • 86 16 AFP [CHICAGO] United Airlines, which emerged from bankruptcy protection in February, announced on Monday a stronger-than-expected swing back to the black in the second quarter. UAL Corp, United's parent group, said the airline booked a net profit of US$ll9 million during the quarter ended
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    • 660 16 More passengers, higher ticket prices boost its figures Bloomberg [LONDON] Ryanair Holdings pic, Europe's largest discount airline, reported first-quarter profit rose 66 per cent on increased passenger numbers and higher ticket prices. The airline said it was "cautious" about full-year earnings.
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    • 586 17  -  Shipping council says its move is counterproductive to ISO efforts By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Global container shipping lines have unleashed a stinging rebuke of General Electric and its partners who they claim are seeking to bypass efforts at creating a global standard
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    • 282 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] Wilh Wilhelmsen ASA, half-owner of the world's biggest operator of ships carrying vehicles, said second-quarter profit fell almost 39 per cent on rising wage and fuel costs. Net income dropped to US$36 million, or 74 US cents a share, in the threemonth
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    • 964 17  -  STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES TONNAGES of ships are complicated things. Journalists in the general press almost always get them wrong. Even the specialist press has its lapses when it comes to the correct use of gross tonnage. Last week Lloyd's List managed to
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    • 243 17 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Hapag-Lloyd AG, Evergreen Marine Corp and nine other shipping lines plan to increase the rate on transporting wastepaper to Asia from the United States as fuel and maintenance costs rise. The 11-member West Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement plans to raise the rate
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    • 383 17 Minister slams overly negative perceptions of Malacca Strait AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Listing the Malacca Strait as one of the world's most dangerous waterways will affect the economies of nations it borders and is unjustified, top Malaysian officials said yesterday Malaysia's Transport Minister Chan
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    • 163 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] A member of the recovery team sent to assist a Mitsui OSK cargo ship that foundered off Alaska was killed during a fall, Mitsui said. The man died from injuries suffered when he fell onto the ship's deck
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 517 18 EDITORIAL THE latest jobs figures on the surface at least have broken the trend of improving employment rates in Singapore. According to preliminary official figures released on Monday, the jobless rate in Singapore rose to 2.9 per cent in June. This came as a surprise. Analysts
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    • 786 18  -  THE BOTTOM LINE SHADA ISLAM Brussels Correspondent PREPARE for an autumn of transatlantic discord. Three years after they parted ways over the United States-led war against Iraq, policy-makers in Washington and major European capitals appear headed for more strain and acrimony over the
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    • 1726 19  -  The odds seem to be in favour of more orderly adjustments in the US and global economy By STEPHEN ROACH THE modern-day US economy has just gone through its most extraordinary period of wealth creation on record. First equities, then housing over the
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    • 295 19  - Improve hygiene —phase out Grade C hawkers Yap Sivee Hoo Singapore I APPLAUD the Healthier Hawker Food Programme, jointly initiated by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) and the National Environment Agency (NEA), which was launched by the Minister for Health Khaw Boon Wan on July 20. With more Singaporeans eating
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    • 1121 18  -  Fresh trade routes and an FTA are set to boost trade among South Asian nations By JAYAN JOSE THOMAS THREE events in early July 2006 could possibly herald the beginning of a new era of economic cooperation between China, India and the rest of
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    • 700 19  - Wacky weather —or the harbinger of apocalypse? By EUGENE LINDEN LAT-WP I'VE written a good deal about global warming over the years, but like most people, I still have a hard time envisioning how we will know when the apocalypse arrives. Nobody will ring a bell to announce that a
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    • 276 19  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Yeo Lian Sim Executive Vice-President, Risk Management Regulation Group. Singapore Exchange WE REFER to Mr R Sivanithy's article entitled "GEH delisting Listing Manual shouldn't apply" (BT, July 26). SGX ST Listing Rule 724 states that the Exchange may suspend
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    • 879 26  -  Medical insurance scheme is set to put pressure on Prudential and Great Eastern to follow suit, reports GENEVIEVE CUA GENEVIEVE CUA MEDICAL cover under the CPF umbrella is set to change dramatically. AIA is gearing up to launch its version of "as charged"
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    • 5920 26 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ACMGI Amer Income BT USD 8.48/ ACMGI Amer Income A USD 8.47/ ACMGI Amer Income B USD 8.47/ AM Amro Asset Mgt (S per*) ACMGI Amer Income A EUR 6.64/ Star E urope Eqtyf 0.93# ACMGI Amer Income B EUR 664/ Star Europe Bond 7« ACMGI Eirop
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    • 694 27  -  Classical economic theory would only provide part of the answer By RAY BARROS WHERE is the US dollar going? To answer the question, we need to take a quick tour of classical economic theory and augment that with a view from technical analysts. Classical theory
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    • 1321 28  -  MONEY MATTERS Concerns about slowing global economy and the Fed overshooting on rate hikes are fast receding LIM SAY BOON AFTER some three difficult months, investors appear about ready to throw in the towel sell out of both stocks and bonds and head for cash.
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