The Business Times, 31 March 2007

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    26 1 THE BUISNESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 202/12/2006 March 31 April 1. 2007 online rit htl|> /business tinn's.isul com sq
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Govt moves to deal with CBD office space crunch
    723 1  -  Pace of govt land sales in the area is likely to be quickened, says Mah Bow Tan By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] The government will move to tackle the office space crunch in the Central Business District, National Development Minister Mah Bow
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    45 1 sn *****.24 (+236) ST INDEX FUTURES 3****** (-10.00) SNMSa 397J1 (4020) SIMSa FUTURES 397.00 (-130) MM RATES SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONGKONG 7.75 INDONESIA 15.406 TAIWAN 5.926 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN- 5.25 US 8.25 CANADA 6.00 SWITZERLAND 3.94 INDIA 12-25 Source: Bloomberg
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    Lock icon SingTel staff say goodbye to boss of 12 years
    511 1  -  By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] It might not have been great poetry, but it was a sincere and very public tribute: "From strength to strength. You've brought us through. Under your able command. The SingTelflagflew. Through ups and downs. You never
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    Lock icon S'pore Power in pole position in mega Aussie deal
    560 1  -  By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] A consortium of Singapore Power International (SPI) and investment company Babcock Brown International (BBI) yesterday emerged as preferred bidder for Alinta, Australia's biggest energy transmission company, using a combination of cash and stock in a deal
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Imbalance seen in CBD space supply, demand
      863 2  -  Rents in S'pore rise 65%, highest of alt 134 locations in DTZ's global survey By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] The redevelopment and regeneration of the Central Business District (CBD) is well under way, but it may not be happening fast enough. According to a
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      Lock icon Thailand shouldn't take back Shin: minister
      184 2 AP [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn said yesterday that Thailand should not, and likely will not. take back telecom giant Shin Corp from Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings. In January 2006, a consortium led by Temasek bought a controlling stake in Shin for
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      Lock icon Social enterprise sector can do with more public support
      677 2  -  Reports by ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] There is little public support, interest in or even awareness of the nascent social enterprise (SE) sector here when, with some venture funding perhaps, it could widen its scope and do a lot more on the
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      Lock icon Grant-maker that's also a catalyst for smart giving
      487 2 [SINGAPORE] About 10 years ago. a group of successful. wealthy tech industry leaders in Seattle decided to do some good by investing their time, skills and resources in the Puget Sound community. They formed a philanthropic organisation to address social and environmental
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      442 2 New SingTel CEO gets pay package of up to $5m CHUA Sock Koong, who takes over as Singapore Telecommunications chief executive on April 1, will get total pay of about $5 million for financial year 2007-08 with a base monthly salary of $75,000 if she meets targets set
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon For love of travel and business
      1816 3  -  Combining her two passions in life makes perfect sense for Michelle Peluso, chief executive officer and president of Travelocity. DANIEL BUENAS reports DANIEL BUENAS IT WAS 1987, in the midst of the Cold War, when then 15-year-old American Michelle Peluso read about a trip
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      Lock icon Customers, staff are top priorities
      597 3 WHILE most people would think that being a chief executive of a billion-dollar company isn't a lot of fun, Ms Peluso seems to take an entirely different view of her position. "Someone once told me that being a CEO is a lonely job. I think
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      61 3 Raffles Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles Hotels and Resorts logo is an apt symbol. Not only has water stored at the base of this palm provided sustenance, the leaves rest in
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Accept Temasek offer, say Stats independent directors
      311 4  -  By ROLAND LIM THE independent directors of chip tester STATS ChipPAC recommended yesterday that shareholders accept Temasek Holdings' takeover offer for the company. deeming it "fair". In a circular to shareholders. Stats said that after advice from independent financial adviser Morgan Stanley, the
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      Lock icon Olam takeover of Aussie firm faces opposition
      549 4  -  Queensland Cotton shareholder Louis Dreyfus of France queries 'cosy deal' By TETTYANA JASLI OLAM Australia yesterday formalised a Asl42 million (Ssl74 million) takeover bid for Australian company Queensland Cotton Holdings (QCH) but it has already run into opposition. One of QCH's shareholders, the
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      Lock icon New Sing Tel CEO gets pay package of up to $5m
      692 4  -  Base monthly salary is $75,000, with $5,500 car and driver allowance By SIOW LI SEN AS Singapore Telecommunications staff said their farewell to chief executive Lee Hsien Yang, his successor, Chua Sock Koong, can look forward to an increase
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      Lock icon HPL says it is not involved in F1 bid
      353 4  -  By MICHELLE QUAH AMID feverish speculation that Singapore could soon host a Formula One motor race, Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) has come out to clarify that it is not involved in the bid to stage the event here. Its directors issued
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      Lock icon Wall Street, property and fresh research
      512 4  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent WITH yesterday's 2.36-point rise to 3,231.24, the Straits Times Index has gained 246 points or 8.2 per cent in the first quarter. Thanks to the weak greenback, the US dollar gain was 9.45 per cent. For the week, the
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      1129 4 Creative Ataster Bermuda Limited (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2007 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Board Room of Acma Ltd, 17 Jurong Port Road, Singapore *****2, on 24 April 2007, at 3:30 p.m., for the purpose of
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      209 5 Mr PARKWAY HOSPITALS SINGAPORE Now, One more reason for over 10 Million people to visit Singapore. U .jjtoJjfcgk4<v,AgL•.■ /Jki! fffe j.r v,e,,-. 1K 'V <^w/ iHIVZ^^RA/ BHHH Parkway Hospitals Singapore is proud to receive the Special Recognition Award from the Singapore Tourism Board for its part in developing Singapore as
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      942 6  -  Complied by UMA SHANKARI Asean: Portfolio Strategy GOLDMAN SACHS. March 28 SINGAPORE remains our core holding and preferred market in Asean. We believe the potential turnaround in the mid-income segment of the market has yet to be priced in. In our view, market participants continue to underestimate the
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      Lock icon What does it take to make it big?
      1693 6  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent I HAVE met a lot of interesting people lately. People full of curiosity who are open to sharing their experiences and investment ideas. And oh. I forgot to add: they are all very
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon OCBC chief's pay in 2006 lower than in 2005
      376 7  -  By WONG WEI KONG THE total pay package for OCBC Bank chief David Conner for 2006 was lower than that in 2005, the bank's latest annual report shows. Mr Conner's total compensation for last year fell within a band of $5
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      Lock icon MAS ready to give DBS JV licence for Islamic bank
      820 7  -  Shareholders of new bank will be DBS and investors from GCC states By ANGELA TAN DBS Bank yesterday said it received confirmation from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) that it is prepared to grant a new bank licence to
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      Lock icon CapitaLand announces management changes
      339 7  -  Martin Tan leaving; 3 other CEOs to assume extra roles By KALPANA RASHIWALA CAPITALAND yesterday announced management changes, some of which have resulted from the departure of stalwart Martin Tan though he will continue to serve in a non-executive capacity on some committees and remain a
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      331 7 Ascott buys two properties in China AS part of its plan to have 10,000 serviced residence units in China by 2010, The Ascott Group has bought two properties in Shanghai and Xi'an. It will invest up to US$44.6 million in the two developments, which will operate under the
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      96 7 EASYCALL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) LOST SHARE CERTIFICATE The undermentioned share certificate has been reported lost, destroyed or mislaid: H, r. ,a»n,.i. NUnt ufniTiCiw wo. no. OT anirti Omarosa Pty Ltd *****5 1 x 100.000 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that new share certificate will be issued and the above
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Boeing opens regional parts centre in S'pore
      394 8  -  It will cut supply chain costs, support 787 Dreamliner By VEN SREENIVASAN AMERICAN aerospace giant Boeing has opened a new Integrated Materials Management (IMM) Asia Regional Centre in Singapore to provide round-the-clock spare parts inventory to both customers and network suppliers. The IMM
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      Lock icon Singapore-Korea FTA boosts economic ties
      699 8  -  S'pore investment in Korea up 33% in 2006 at $790 m, exports rise 10% By HAN MIN CHUNG SINGAPORE and South Korea are steadily forging stronger economic ties, delegates to a conference heard yesterday. According to Korea's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Singapore investments
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      4685 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS MM Mb* /Mat Mfl (S>ml Sta (Mopee*!** 1J0» SoiEtaopeBond 1.178 StatucpeM 1.224/ Star *»> Ttf, E<* 131/ tetaaSori 131V ittr/tolbtanort..— 1.103/ SaGttalTedinolowFtnJr' 0J08 IMBSlM 8979/ SttMiBamxusa) oaui abMikStUSO 1.16V AaaBandMA 1671/ Asia Bond MB S41V AaaTnEmMA 86.76/ BnaiftMA I&W OarafwfdA 165.5* Consumer Dis MA 6634/ CowBtefdA QJB
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      Lock icon AXA revamps term life assurance scheme
      425 9  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA AXA Life has revamped its term life assurance offering with a new product that offers customers an option to have the death benefit indexed to inflation. The structure of AXA's Future Protector plan is believed to be a first The inflation
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      Lock icon Car insurers in the red despite premium growth
      484 9  -  Reversal from 2005's $46.3 m profit signals rate hike this year By GENEVIEVE CUA MOTOR insurers showed an underwriting loss of $625,000 after returning to the black in 2005 with a profit of $46.3 million, raising the spectre of a rise in
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      Lock icon Heartland Mall's 4th floor sold for $8.5 m at auction
      350 9  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA THE fourth level of Heartland Mall near Kovan MRT Station was sold for $8.5 million on Thursday at a DTZ Debenham Tie Leung auction. According to some auction regulars present, the buyers are believed to be members
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      Lock icon 18 law grads with 2nd class honours given nod to practise here
      225 9 SINCE the government announced moves to let law graduates from foreign universities with second lower class honours to practise in Singapore. 18 have been given the go-ahead to do so. Previously, only law graduates from foreign universities with
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      Lock icon Venture philanthrophy in S'pore looks promising
      545 9  -  By JANICE HENG DESPITE some lingering reluctance, Singapore's social enterprise (SE) sector seems ready for venture philanthropy, said Gerard Ee. chairman of the Lien Foundation Centre for Social Innovation. "There is no longer an expectation for VWOs (voluntary welfare organisations) to run deficits," said
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      381 9 Cats Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 5» AND IN THE MATTER Of TAJCO PRIVATE UMITED (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Cmapmy BuMirtlse No: IMN4M2W At Extraordinary General Meetmt of the Members of TAICO PRIVATE LOOTED duly convened tad held at 101 Upper Croat Street #04-43 Prank's Put
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Proton shares fall on report of VW pullout, rebound on denial
      443 10  -  The counter sinks up to 6% at first but closes unchanged at RM6.65 By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur SHARES of Malaysian national car maker Proton Holdings see-sawed yesterday after a news report later denied that Germany's Volkswagen had
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      Lock icon Pension fund gets nod for RHB takeover
      116 10 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's state pension fund has received approval from the central bank and finance ministry to acquire another 32 per cent in the parent of the country's fourth-largest bank, the fund said yesterday. The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is buying the
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  • INDONESIA
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      Lock icon New Indon rules soon to boost lending to small, medium firms
      402 11 Loans may be securitised and then sold to the central bank: official Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia expects new bank rules to be issued next week to help boost loans to small and medium firms, which are a key source of
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      5828 11 Transaction Date: Mar 30 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE <$) Uoionmet 63.834.000 DBSGro 131.744.170 Ban Joo 49.044.000 SingTel 103,329.820 LrfeBrandz 44.652.000 UOB 83.632.5% Chemoil Energy 43.102.000 Capita Land 71.887.000 Delong 42.970.000 OCBCBk 61.636.850 Thai Beverage 40.506.000 Keppel Corp 59.932.900 SingTel 31.930.000 SGX 54.770^898 SunVic 31.930.000 STATSChP 45.153.590 SetaunCofp 25.310.000
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      Lock icon Telkom puts 2006 Ebitda growth at 19-24%
      122 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the nation's biggest phone company, said that its profit before interest taxes, depreciation and amortisation probably grew between 19 per cent and 24 per cent last year. Operating revenue at Telekomunikasi. or Telkom, grew between 19 per cent
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Persuading trendy Chinese that gold is cool
      625 12 Reuters [BEIJING] Murphy Ma should be a gold miner's dream she's young, trendy and has enough income to spend a few thousand yuan a year on jewellery. But this Chinese fashionista, like many others in their 20s and 30s, prefers white-metal jewellery to
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      Lock icon Public listings boom in HK spurs fraud
      532 12  -  Suspects steal IC numbers to make multiple IPO applications By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong HONG KONG punters' insatiable demand for public listings has triggered a series of fraud cases, with people's identities being stolen to apply for offerings in a scam that
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      Lock icon CNOOC shares buoyed by record profit crude spike
      488 12 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Shares of CNOOC Ltd, China's largest offshore oil producer, rose after the company's full-year profit increased 22 per cent to a record and crude prices gained. CNOOC gained as much as 1.3 per cent to HK56.92 and traded at HKS6.B7
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      Lock icon Asian forex reserves excessive: US study
      225 12 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] A US Treasury study has concluded that Asian nations are accumulating foreign-exchange reserves in excess of what they need to guard against a financial crisis. "The idea that the largest reserve holders are holding foreign-exchange reserves exclusively for precautionary purposes appears difficult
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      Lock icon China sees slower, but still 2-digit, GDP growth in 2007
      176 12 Reuters [BEIJING] China's central bank expects the economy to slow a little in 2007, but to maintain double-digit growth for the fifth year in a row, according to a report by its research division published yesterday. The report, carried by
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon French luxury brands target India's super rich
      564 13 But the country lacks environment for retail sales in its chaotic markets AFP [NEW DELHI] India may not be seen as the easiest place to sell a USSI,OOO handbag, but top luxury brands from France say the country holds the key to a
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      Lock icon India defers decision on Vodafone's Hutch Essar buy
      158 13 Reuters [NEW DELHII India's foreign investment approval body has deferred a decision on Vodafone's plan to buy Hutchison Telecom's share in Indian mobile carrier Hutchison Essar. a senior official said on Thursday. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) had sought more details
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2455 13 VOL Mar 30 RM r—> ASM Realty 1.67 -0.05 31 Abnc Bhd 033 unch 70 Acp Industries 1.75 -OA* 353 Advance Synergy 0.40 -0.01 3171 AdventaBhd 0.89 -0.03 255 AeMuIti Hldgs ..037 0.02 310 Affin Holdings 335 0.01 6196 Ahmad Zaki Rasou 2 54 0.04 19 Ajc Corp
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      Lock icon HSMC, Infineon in chip plant venture
      267 13 AFP. Reuters [NEW DELHI] Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (HSMC) will invest up to US$4.5 billion to build two chipmaking facilities in a licensing tie-up with leading German chipmaker Infineon Technologies. HSMC will use "leading edge" process technology under licence from Infineon Technologies in its
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      Lock icon Fashion TV banned for two months
      228 13 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India has again banned satellite television channel Fashion TV (FTV), this time for two months, because its programmes were "against good taste" and could affect public morality, the government said on Thursday. The channel, which was first banned in February 2002
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      Lock icon Dow venture seen stretching Reliance's funding
      185 13 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Reliance Industries, which plans to spend US$25 billion on oil, gas and supermarket projects, would stretch funding too far by pursuing a reported venture to acquire assets from Dow Chemical Co, analysts said. The company run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani may boost
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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      Lock icon US sets new duties on China goods
      237 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Commerce Department said yesterday it was slapping duties on imports of coated paper from China, reversing a decades-old policy of not applying duties to subsidised goods from non-market economies. "China's economy has developed to the point that we can
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      Lock icon 14 S'pore-listed firms on Forbes' Global 2000 list
      365 14  -  DBS, SingTel, UOB and OCBC among 500 top-ranking companies globally By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] Fourteen Singapore-listed firms made it to Forbes' latest Global 2000, a ranking of the world's biggest public companies based on a number of parameters set by the magazine.
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      Lock icon Incomes, consumer spending up
      184 14 US DATA Construction posts biggest gain in nearly a year AP [WASHINGTON] Americans spent more in February while construction spending rose by the largest amount in 11 months, the government said yesterday in reports that should dispel some of the concerns about the health of the
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      Lock icon Market volatility fails to deter investors
      596 14 Reuters [LONDON] A month of sharp volatility on global financial markets has failed to put a major dent in leading investors' confidence, leaving them roughly positioned where they were when it began, Reuters polls showed yesterday. Surveys of 44 investment firms in the United
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      Lock icon Thai PM denies rift with junta leader
      299 14 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's army-installed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont denied yesterday that he had fallen out with the junta leader after refusing to declare a state of emergency in Bangkok. Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the junta chief, had publicly called on Mr Surayud to impose
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      Lock icon Citigroup eager for big buys in Germany
      448 14 BANK DEALS Reuters [FRANKFURT] Banking giant Citigroup is on the lookout for acquisitions in Germany and could swoop on a big bank, its local head told Reuters. "We are watching the German market very carefully, both locally and globally." said Sue Harnett, Citi's
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      Lock icon Analysts see rival bids for ABN Amro
      16 14 Bloomberg Shereholders of Barlays would be unikaly to support
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      393 14 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of URBAN MANAGEMENT COMPANY (1957) PTE LTD (REG. NO. *****0175E) (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) At on Extraordinary General Muhg afrit* abovenamed Company duty convened and held at 608 Orchard load, #06-18 The ArriumOOrchard, S(*****1) on the 30 March
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon Show and sell
      551 15  -  The 28th Bangkok International Motor Show may just rev up Thailand's flagging auto industry, reports SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE SALES of new vehicles in Thailand may have slowed to a crawl amid weak consumer confidence, political uncertainty and higher fuel prices, but the organiser of the 28th
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      Lock icon Take the turbocharged Europa S to lotus land
      393 15  -  By SAMUEL EE FOUR decades ago, the Lotus Europa unveiled its charming combination of distinctive design and an excellent chassis only to disappear quietly into rusty oblivion. But now, another mid-engined GT coupe has been created to take over where the original
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      Lock icon Jeep thrills off the beaten track
      724 15  -  By DAVID KHOO THEY may have macholooking sport-utility vehicles with four-wheel-drive and more ground clearance than a house on stilts but not many SUV owners care to go off the beaten path except for a couple of guys like TJ Thang and Jack Ling.
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Bad boys on and off the course
      1120 16  -  Such players could, in fact, be giving vent to their regimented life, reports JUSTINE MOSS JUSTINE MOSS It's not often that golfers make headlines outside the sports pages. Professional golfers rarely make for good tabloid fodder on the whole, they seem a rather
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  • WELLNESS
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      875 17  -  Working professionals in their 30s and above are boosting sales of healthy snacks, especially dried fruit and nuts in all their varieties. EMILYN ANG reports EMILYN ANG WE'RE in the midst of a worldwide wellness revolution, according to economist and multi-millionaire entrepreneur Paul
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  • SHOPPING
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  • TRAVEL
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      1097 19  -  Ancient mosques and exotic bazaars blend with bustling clubs and cafes in Tunisia where a mix of old and new sights beckons, GEOFFREY EU reports GEOFFREY EU SIDI Bou Said, a village of blue and whitewashed buildings scattered across a posh residential hillside
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