The Business Times, 23 April 2007
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Title Section20 2007-04-23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Monday, April 23,2007 online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBUCATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 SINGAPORE 85 cents20 words
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Article, Illustration829 2007-04-23 1 KALPANA RASHIWALA - Demand for high-tech industrial space rises as office rents surge: JLL study By KALPANA RASHIWALA Source: Jones Lang LaSaile Research, April 2007 [SINGAPORE] The strong surge in office rents has led to a widening gap between rents for office and industrial properties andSource: Jones Lang LaSaile Research, April 2007 - 829 words
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Article, Illustration621 2007-04-23 1 CHUANG PECK MING - Wage packages are higher in S Korea and HK: survey By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Finance directors in Singapore, often the second highest-paid executives in a company, have a base pay of U*****,552 yearly on average. Plus bonuses and other incentive payments, their annual total621 words
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Advertisement14 2007-04-23 1 COMMENTARY Hints about GES in \fenture results PAGE 4 8 Markets Digest Page 214 words
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Advertisement10 2007-04-23 1 FOCUS Time for SGX to shed dual role page 610 words
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TOP STORIES
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Article, Illustration642 2007-04-23 2 UMA SHANKARI - It expects to buy more land worth A$200-300m By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] Frasers Centrepoint Limited (FCL), the property arm of bluechip conglomerate Fraser Neave, plans to invest about As4l9 million (Sss3o million) to develop two residential projects in Western Australia. And642 words
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Article166 2007-04-23 2 BT ONLINE BT print subscribers get free access to the Business Times Online. To activate your account, log on to http^/business-times. asial .com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838. MARKETS Week Chge STI 3360.67 -12.92 KL COMP 1315.37 +7.17 NIKKEI 225 *****.62 +88.67 HANG SENG *****.59...166 words
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Article415 2007-04-23 2 Stanchart plans US$1 Ob private equity fund STANDARD Chartered Bank will start one of the biggest private equity business out of Singapore, aiming to raise US$5-10 billion by 2011 to fund Asian infrastructure and real estate projects. As a gauge, Singapore drew US$1.5 billion of private equity investment415 words
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Article, Illustration696 2007-04-23 3 SIOW LI SEN - It wants to further grow its booming corporate finance business By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE! Standard Chartered Bank's corporate finance business is growing by leaps and bounds, riding on strong regional growth and insatiable demand from powerhouses China and India for everything from steel toYEN MENG JIIN - 696 words
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Article, Illustration563 2007-04-23 3 WEE LI-EN - By WEE LI-EN [SINGAPORE] Drop by Sheldon Bonovitz's office and, chances are, you'll see he's wearing a grey shirt with a bow tie. That's because the chairman of US law firm Duane Morris, which has about 630 lawyers around the world, wears only563 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article, Illustration277 2007-04-23 4 ARTHUR SIM - New OMS targeted for launch in the fourth quarter of this year By ARTHUR SIM THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will replace its current Singapore Exchange Securities Order Processing System (Sesops) trading terminals with a new Order Management System (OMS). In a statementBLOOMBERG - 277 words
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656 2007-04-23 4 OH BOON PING - HOCK LOCK SIEW By OH BOON PING VENTURE Corporation is releasing its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007 this week a report card that merits shareholders' attention for two reasons. Firstly, the release of Q1 numbers marks the first time that656 words
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482 2007-04-23 5 Upgrading of its facilities boosts production capacity CG TECHNOLOGIES Holdings Ltd, a Chinese manufacturer of differentiated polyester products used in textiles, is confident of achieving double-digit growth in earnings this year as it expands as planned. CG Technologies chief executive Cai Junyi482 words
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417 2007-04-23 5 SIOW LI SEN - AGM WATCH By SIOW LI SEN PACIFIC Century Regional Developments (PCRD) shareholders meeting to vote this morning on the sale of their insurance asset are likely to be less combative compared to November last year. The extraordinary session at the Raffles Town417 words
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Article, Illustration554 2007-04-23 5 ARTHUR SIM - Buyout lets firm break into US market gain from proprietary info By ARTHUR SIM OLAM International will acquire Universal Blanchers the world's largest independent peanut blancher and ingredient processor for a total cash consideration of US$77 million. Mainboard-listed Olam a global integrated554 words
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FOCUS: SGX
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Article2162 2007-04-23 6 MICHELLE QUAH - The Singapore Exchange's struggle to balance its functions as both a market promoter and a regulator has reached a breaking point thanks to rapidly increasing global competition. MICHELLE QUAH looks at how the dilemma can be tackled MICHELLE QUAH THE recent brouhaha over2,162 words
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Article, Illustration174 2007-04-23 6 Keen competition from exchanges around the worid Created ¥vgra largest exchange by paying U5514b (Ss2lb) far Euronext NYSE Euronext with 4,000 feted comoaniesworthUSS29trittion in market capitalisation--w$ become the world's first trans-Atlantic stock exchange. > > t was defeated m nostne no d taw over London btocxPhotos. AP, Reuters, Bloomberg - 174 words
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Article, Illustration87 2007-04-23 6 SGX's dilemma: how to be an effective regulator when it also has its growth to look after and, vice versa, when regulatory concerns impede its path to becoming a more successful market promoter. An increasing struggle: as global exchanges become more competitive by launching alternative markets and innovative87 words
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VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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Article, Illustration1404 2007-04-23 7 This WEEK'S TOPIC Are CEOs and senior executives in Singapore adequately remunerated? Formula for CEOs' pay IT TAKES a lot of hard work and effort for the CEO or senior executive of an organisation to attain their level of success and status. Monetary reward is aPhoto: Stock XCHNG - 1,404 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article2594 2007-04-23 10 Payment Ex iooks Pay MS_ STetecom Intl F US0102TA 03 May 06 May 18-May AAGrp y IjOI 27-% 034% 144% ABR Hldgs F 0.50 00t% 11-11% 201% ABR Hidgs S 0.50 004% 114% ACE Achieve Infocom F 01TA It-Apr tMpr 30% Act,on i (UP 0Q4% 0Q4% 17-1% Idnprt2,594 words
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Article, Illustration633 2007-04-23 10 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent ONE of the basic tenets of finance theory is that diversification reduces risk. Investors are told that they should buy assets whose returns are negatively correlated with one another so that if one falls, the other(s) will still hold their633 words
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258 2007-04-23 10 [HONG KONG] Major Asian currencies ended last week mostly higher against the US dollar, with the Chinese yuan rising to new highs after news of faster-than-expected Chinese economic growth. Japanese yen: The yen was supported by a weak dollar last week, while market258 words
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Article, Illustration1934 2007-04-23 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 20 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 748.00 +355.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +472.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +75.00 All-SG Equities 918.50 +18.98 SG Equities Elect 128.29 +4.86 SG Equities Fin 2449.97 +33.38 SG Equities Prop 1533.31 +26.58 SIMSCI 413.49 +9.27 SiMSCI Futures 412.40 +9.10 PrimePartners CI1,934 words
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Article, Illustration1423 2007-04-23 11 TEH HOOI LING - TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent SMALL-CAP stocks as a whole have staged one of their best performances since the second week of 2007. Consequently all our portfolios except for the analysts' upgrades portfolio rose by a minimum 8.3 per cent last week. Cointidentally, three portfolios chalked1,423 words
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1187 2007-04-23 11 ROBERT HALILI - INSIDE MARKETS Equal number of buyers and sellers, but purchases outweigh sales in value at $115 million to $11.7 million By ROBERT HALILI TRADING by directors and substantial shareholders was low last week with only 28 firms recording 44 transactions, based on1,187 words
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Article562 2007-04-23 11 STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS Stock name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.54 1.770 r0.020 Ascendasreit 0.93 2.540 +0.070 CapitaComm 0.55 2.690 +0.050 CapitaLand 5.39 8.250 +0.200 CapitaMall 0.98 3.700 +0.100 Chart SemiCond 0.79 1.460 +0.040 CityDev 15 500 +0 500 ComfortDelGro 1 64 2.330 +0.130 CoscoCorp 0.93 2.810 +0.030 Creative Tech562 words
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Singapore news
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347 2007-04-23 12 VINCENT WEE - By VINCENT WEE THE business of catering to superyachts and their owners is still in its early days in Singapore but the sector has just officially set up its own trade group, called the Superyacht Singapore Association. The SSA whose birth has already been347 words
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376 2007-04-23 12 TO survive and thrive, Singapore must be as cosmopolitan as world-class cities like New York and London, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew told a gathering of young People's Action Party (PAP) members on Saturday. As more immigrants and foreigners settle here, Singapore society376 words
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192 2007-04-23 12 NANDE KHIN - By NANDE KHIN SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong will arrive in Beijing today on a four-day official visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese government. Mr Goh will meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and Li Rongrong, chairman of the Stateowned192 words
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470 2007-04-23 12 NANDE KHIN - 'Win-win' outcome for both creditors and debtors is aim of proposed plan By NANDE KHIN THE public can, from today, give their feedback on the proposed Debt Repayment Scheme that is aimed at a "win-win" outcome for both creditors and debtors. The Ministry470 words
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DINING OUT
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Article, Illustration1079 2007-04-23 14 NEW RESTAURANT PeraMakan The Keppel Club 10 Bukit Chermin Road Tel: 6375 5563 Regulars of the little Peranakan eatery in Joo Chiat who used to have difficulty finding a carpark, much less an empty lot, but discover that the 30seater restaurant was already full (andARTHUR LEE - 1,079 words
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BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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Article, Illustration1044 2007-04-23 15 HERMAN PHUA - For those who like the ideas offered by both these investment methods, there is a middle ground. HERMAN PHUA looks at this hybrid investing strategy known as 'growth at a reasonable price', or Garp HERMAN PHUA WITH the stock market continuing its five-year1,044 words
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Article, Illustration836 2007-04-23 15 TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY - CAMPUS LIFE SMU students on a Latin American business study mission experience new enterprise opportunities and challenges, writes TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY WHEN a group of 25 Singapore Management University (SMU) students set foot in Argentina late last year, they had very little idea836 words
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Article205 2007-04-23 15 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have205 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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362 2007-04-23 16 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States and Malaysia agreed on a plan for continuing free trade talks in their first meeting last week after missing a March deadline to finish the pact, a US trade official said on Friday. "The Malaysian government has shownReuters - 362 words
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Article, Illustration470 2007-04-23 16 But economist says China may stick to moderate yuan rise Bloom berg, Reuters [NEW YORK] US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says China must speed up its adoption of a flexible exchange rate as the two nations address bilateral trade tensions. "I feel quiteBloom berg, Reuters - 470 words
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314 2007-04-23 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's rupee is showing new muscle as it scales nine-year highs against the US dollar, alarming exporters who sell most of their goods to the United States. India's Federation of Indian Export Organisations says the appreciation of the rupee has "severely erodedAFP - 314 words
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484 2007-04-23 16 ANTHONY ROWLEY - High manufacturing costs eating into their profitability, Jetro survey shows By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo JAPANESE manufacturing firms operating in other parts of Asia are struggling with rising costs and declining profitability, according to a survey released by the Japan External484 words
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Advertisement546 2007-04-23 16 a-M-oujv* nUMtH ma MMk X OMtf SHOWY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No: *****6356W) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of SHOWY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (the "Company") will be held at 18 Cross Street Bth Floor Marsh McLennan546 words
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MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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Article, Illustration486 2007-04-23 17 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has won the right to keep hosting a Formula One Grand Prix until 2015, despite concerns about its course and talk of a bid from Singapore, the head of the Sepang circuit said yesterday. "We have securedAFP - 486 words
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Article, Illustration617 2007-04-23 17 PAULINE NG - MALAYSIA INSIGHT M'sian govt must regulate steel millers, or push to deregulate the industry PAULINE NG KL Correspondent ONLY two weeks ago, Malaysia assured faster approvals and the streamlining of processes, which are expected to reduce holding and other development costs in617 words
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262 2007-04-23 17 Speculation that snap poll will be called by early 2008 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's ruling party has been told to start preparing for general elections, news reports said on Saturday, fanning speculation that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi willAP - 262 words
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553 2007-04-23 17 LAUREL TEO - Govt may consider moratorium on new car sales if situation does not improve By LAUREL TEO in Jakarta TO cut air pollution in major Indonesian cities, the government will rank them on air quality, and may even consider suspending the sale of553 words
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GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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Article, Illustration733 2007-04-23 18 Latest is ex-farmer whose Country Garden is valued at US$15b on debut AP [SHANGHAI] The 52-year-old Chinese farmer-turned-developer is as plain as the company's English name: Country Garden. But there was nothing ordinary about his company's debut last Friday on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.AP; REUTERS - 733 words
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Article2874 2007-04-23 18 Transaction date: Apr 20 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT Online at http://business-times.asia1 .com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONG KONG v.i HKS 000 Aeon Credit 6.90 unch 0 Aeon Stores 9.50 -0.10 102 AngangSteel 15.66 0.76 8121 Anhui Conch 34.20 0.452,874 words
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334 2007-04-23 18 AFP [BANGALORE] India will today launch an Italian satellite via a home-built rocket, seeking entry into an exclusive club of nations that have put their space programmes to commercial use. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will today carry the Agile astronomical satellite fromAFP - 334 words
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384 2007-04-23 18 Minister: Govt will treat WCDMA and CDMA2000 equally Bloomberg [BEIJING] China will be "technologically neutral" when choosing standards for high-speed wireless services in the world's biggest mobile market by users, said Xi Guohua, a vice-min-ister at the Ministry of Information Industry. China approvedBloomberg - 384 words
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560 2007-04-23 18 AFP [BEIJING] The ancient teachings of Confucius, centring on peace and social harmony, are finding a new resonance amid the chaos and rapid development of modern China. Once suppressed by Maoist China, the Confucian revival is being welcomed by the communist government asAFP - 560 words
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680 2007-04-23 19 ANDREW MARKS - WALL STREET INSIGHT By ANDREW MARKS in New York JUST how bullish is Wall Street feeling right now? Investors need look no further than last Thursday, when a steep overnight selloff in China was greeted by no more than a collective yawn by680 words
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274 2007-04-23 19 Other bidders for US$3b deal include SembCorp unit Bloomberg [DUBAI] International Power pic, owner of electricitygeneration assets in 17 countries, submitted the lowest bid to build a US$3 billion power and water project in the United Arab Emirates. International Power andBloomberg - 274 words
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469 2007-04-23 19 By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAILAND'S traditional hot season is seeing a rise in the political temperature too, with various loosely related groups opposed to the military-installed government planning big rallies on potentially divisive issues. Sonthi Boonyaratglin, chairman of the Council for469 words
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World
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Article, Illustration554 2007-04-23 20 Bill requires firms to hold annual investor votes on exec compensation Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US House of Representatives approved a Bill on Friday to give shareholders the right to cast nonbinding votes on the pay of top company executives, handing investor advocatesReuters - 554 words
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Article, Illustration425 2007-04-23 20 Societe Generate, UniCredit in talks, says German paper AFP [PARIS] A new round of mergers in the European banking industry may be taking hold as a battle for Dutch bank ABN Amro heats up and France's Societe Generale and Italy's UniCredit reportedly enter talks. GermanAFP; BLOOMBERG - 425 words
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Article340 2007-04-23 20 LAT-WP [NEW YORK] Investors poured more than US$6O billion into hedge funds in the first three months of 2007, or nearly, half of the record US$l26 billion that flowed into the private investment pools for all of 2006, according to data released on Thursday.LAT-WP - 340 words
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Article, Illustration682 2007-04-23 20 NYT. Reuters [PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria] There are few safe places left for oil companies in the Niger Delta, the epicentre of this country's petroleum industry. Armed gangs have blown up pipelines, disabled pumping stations, and kidnapped more than 150 foreign oil workers in the lastNYT.; Reuters; AP - 682 words
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401 2007-04-23 20 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Microsoft Corp's refusal to obey a 2004 order that it share software data with rivals may prompt European authorities to consider harsher remedies in future antitrust cases, Europe's chief competition enforcer told US lawyers. The lengthy legal fight with Microsoft has taughtBloomberg - 401 words
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AVIATION/SHIPPING
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Article, Illustration449 2007-04-23 21 Acceptances can be withdrawn before offer goes unconditional Reuters [SYDNEY] A buyout group including Macquarie Bank Ltd said yesterday it would not extend its Asll billion (5513.9 billion) bid for Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd beyond May 4, but would speed up payments toReuters; AFP - 449 words
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498 2007-04-23 21 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's long-haul budget carrier Air Asia X has selected Airbus over Boeing for 15 new passenger aircraft, an executive familiar with the deal said yesterday. "Air Asia X decided to pick the A 330-300 because Airbus came withAFP - 498 words
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288 2007-04-23 21 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russia's Aeroflot said last Friday that it was bidding for Alitalia to get access to European markets and played down the financial difficulties of the struggling Italian carrier. Russia's top carrier also said it did not fear potential hurdles toReuters - 288 words
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227 2007-04-23 21 AP [BRUSSELS] The Brussels airport will let airlines land and take off for free every Friday in May to compensate them for flight delays and cancellations during a strike by airport employees earlier this month, a newspaper reported. The gesture willAP - 227 words
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378 2007-04-23 21 But rates typically retreat in this period, analysts say Reuters [LONDON] The world's leading crude oil export routes came within a whisker of a three-and-a-half-year low last Friday on hefty ship supply, cuts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) andReuters - 378 words
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Miscellaneous192 2007-04-23 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Mite given' indicator approval) 13 Groups of hopefuls making YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 2 Some man evil neigbour up- provisions for minor shopping Across: 1 ns j de job. 9 Emanate, i^/L^n ,n t r sprees? (5,5) 10 Orpheus, 11 Treason, 12 Cham--3 What Professors of Composi- 15 Something192 words
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Article12597 2007-04-23 22 SGX MAINBOARD Week ended: Apr 20 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +1- ('000) High Low Buyer Seller Cvr P/E Smil 35 2 5716 IstSoftware 2 susp 81 13 6 3148 8Telecom 12 Scd ♦2 ***** 13 1112,597 words
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Article7261 2007-04-23 23 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES In local curr In S$ In USS dy yr dy yr dy %yr Apr 20 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 1158.5 0.8 5.3 0.6 4.9 0.7 6.! EAFE Preliminary 1173.5 1.0 6.0 0.8 6.7 0,8 8.1 Europe Preliminary7,261 words
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Article, Illustration628 2007-04-23 29 A 23% dip in prices of 17-inch LCD monitors last year helped accelerate the replacement of CRT monitors, writes ROLAND LIM HELPED by a slide in prices popular 17inch LCD monitors in Singapore fell some 23 per cent last year LCD monitors increased their dominanceSource: IDC - 628 words
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Article, Illustration730 2007-04-23 30 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - Finance, banking and government sectors the key customers By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY IBM last week announced plans to launch three business continuity and resiliency services products in Singapore later this year. The announcement was made in conjunction with IBM's participation at the730 words
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Article, Illustration784 2007-04-23 31 WINSTON CHAI - By WINSTON CHAI AILEEN Sim has a dream she wants to own a bank. For most Singaporeans, this would seem like a lofty ambition unless you rank among Fortune's list of the world's wealthiest. But it's a different story in the virtual world where the784 words
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