The Business Times, 12 June 2007
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Title Section20 2007-06-12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Tuesday, June 12,200720 words
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558 2007-06-12 1 JANE MOIR - Battle looms with heavyweight market players By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong HONG KONG'S frontline regulator is to float the idea of quarterly reporting after nearly a decade of botched attempts to introduce it. According to press reports, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing558 words
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Article133 2007-06-12 1 Dsn 3,***** (+53.87) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,548.00 (+53.00) SIMSCI 436.66 (+6.67) SIMSCI FUTURES 436.60 (+8.40) MARKETS Monday Change KLCOMP 1,357.66 +5.27 NIKKEI 225 17,834.48 +55.39 HANG SENG 20,615.49 +106.34 SET INDEX 754.15 +2.15 JAKARTA COMP 2,084.03 +29.57 MANILA COMP Closed SEOUL COMP 1,716.56 -10.72 SHENZHEN B 683.91 +11.89133 words
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Article, Illustration554 2007-06-12 1 ARTHUR SIM - Development will have residential, retail, sports and leisure components around sports stadium By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] Capita Land will embark on its first "strategic partnership" in the Middle East in a project that could cost around US$4 billion-US$5 billion when fully completed inYEN MENG JIIN - 554 words
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TOP STORIES
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Article382 2007-06-12 2 StarHub raising monthly dues on all cable TV channels FOOTBALL fans will have to fork out $10 a month more plus GST a hefty 67 per cent rise to watch the English Premier League on cable TV from October. And it won't be just soccer fans digging deeper382 words
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Article, Illustration449 2007-06-12 2 CHOW PENN NEE - Ex-NKF CEO could be jailed for up to five years and fined up to $100,000 By CHOW PENN NEE [SINGAPORE] Found guilty of submitting a fictitious $20,000 invoice, former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief T T Durai must wait until June 21FILE PHOTOS - 449 words
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300 2007-06-12 2 VEN SREENIVASAN - By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Changi Airports International, together with its Indian partner Tata Group, is bidding to develop three airports in the southern state of Karnataka in India. The CAI-Tata consortium said it had responded to the Karnataka government's request for expression of300 words
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Article, Illustration682 2007-06-12 2 CHARMIAN KOK - By CHARMIAN KOK [SlNGAPOßE] Asian women generate more wealth from entrepreneurship than their counterparts in other regions like Europe and North America says a new report by a British bank. In the report, Barclays Wealth Insights: A Question of Gender, published yesterday byREUTERS - 682 words
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875 2007-06-12 3 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] What's a Chinese meat producer really worth? On the mainland, investors pay 146 times earnings to own Fortune Ng Fung Food (Hebei) Co. Hong Kong-listed China Yurun Food Group trades at 26 times profit. And in Singapore, People's FoodBloomberg - 875 words
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Article, Illustration429 2007-06-12 3 SIOW LI SEN - Star Hub raising monthly dues on all cable TV channels to cover rising costs By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Football fans will have to fork out $10 a month more plus GST a hefty 67 per cent rise to watch the English Premier LeagueREUTERS - 429 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration507 2007-06-12 4 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS But softness in the US Treasury market could lead to cautious trading R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THANKS to Wall Street's Friday rebound and bounces in China and Hong Kong, the Straits Times Index yesterday managed a 53.87-point rise to 3,545.46, thus almost cancelling outSource: Bloomberg - 507 words
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Article, Illustration902 2007-06-12 4 SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD MAIN SIX) TOTA1 UP 0°*" Undi UP Down Undi Up Down Uiwft Multilnd 10 6 _0_ 0 0 10 6 3 Manufacturing y5 34 58 26 15 161 43 73 Commerce _33 22 26 8 13 3 41 35 29 Tpt/5tor/Comms 25 8 9 2 1 0902 words
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Article458 2007-06-12 4 MATTHEW PHAN - Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN Asia ex-Japan strategy CITIGROUP, June 10 MOMENTUM as an investment style has proven to be exceedingly profitable against value investing over the past three years in Asia ex-Japan. Momentum always does well when volatility and liquidity, that is interest rates, are low. But volatility458 words
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Article, Illustration300 2007-06-12 4 CHART POINT KELIVE RESEARCH REGIONAL equity markets in Asia will continue to stay focused on the inflation front this week. The main indicator to watch is the US CPI data due for release this Friday. Since the first quarter, the 50-basis-point spike in theKELIVE RESEARCH - 300 words
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Article, Illustration555 2007-06-12 4 LARRY WEE - CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent A SMART comeback by US stocks on Friday may have helped to inspire a recovery in financial market players' appetite for risk yesterday, pressing low-yielders down once again, while causing certain safe-haven favourites to finish worse off.Source: Reuters - 555 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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689 2007-06-12 5 RONNIE LIM - HOCK LOCK SIEW By RONNIE LIM THE building boom on Jurongisland, Singapore's oil refining and petrochemical hub, is at fever pitch. This, in turn, is creating a "high" pushing up the stock prices of listed engineering and construction-related companies here. The construction of689 words
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Article, Illustration755 2007-06-12 5 HAN MIN CHUNG - It cites uncertainties in the market over local issues going on for over a year By HAN MIN CHUNG AFTER one-and-a-half years of hot pursuit and one failed attempt, Singapore's DBS Group Holdings has finally ended its second attempt to buy Lone755 words
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Article, Illustration505 2007-06-12 6 NANDE KHIN - Company in JV to build 2 waterfront residential projects By NANDE KHIN KEPPEL Land has signed a preliminary agreement with Abu Dhabi company Aldar Properties to develop two residential waterfront projects in Abu Dhabi. Keppel will hold a 49 per cent equity stake in505 words
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204 2007-06-12 6 SOFT drinks conglomerate Fraser Neave (F&N) yesterday confirmed that it is selling $300 million in five-year bonds to raise funds for working capital and debt refinancing. "The net proceeds from the issue of the Series 1 Notes will be used for funding the204 words
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512 2007-06-12 6 MATTHEW PHAN - By MATTHEW PHAN SHAREHOLDERS of Ses-daq-listed Global Ariel have approved the acquisition of China-based concrete maker Assetgold Finance in a reverse takeover (RTO) deal worth $115 million. The approval at an EGM yesterday is expected to lead to the lifting of Global Ariel's512 words
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553 2007-06-12 7 OH BOON PING - Developer of derivatives trading software brings its platform to S'pore By OH BOON PING TRADING Technologies International, which develops trading software for derivatives traders, sees the volume of futures trading in Asia potentially doubling over the next few years. "In Europe, the volume of553 words
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359 2007-06-12 7 LIN ZHAOWEI - IPO WATCH By LIN ZHAOWEI CHINA XLX Fertiliser, the sixth largest coal-based producer of urea and compound fertilisers in China in terms of production capacity, yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 262.9 million new and vendor shares here. The issue359 words
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401 2007-06-12 7 OH BOON PING - By OH BOON PING CHINA Sports International, which produces sports fashion apparel, has lodged its preliminary prospectus for a listing on the local bourse. It plans to offer 100 million new shares. Stirling Coleman is the issue manager. The firm designs and sells401 words
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Article261 2007-06-12 7 Galleria revises offer for Carats GALLERIA Resources has revised its partial offer for 60 per cent of Carats Ltd into a voluntary conditional offer for all the shares. It has also raised the offer price to five cents a share from 2.75 cents. The final closing date is261 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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380 2007-06-12 8 RONNIE UM - It's begun recruiting staff for the US$4b petrochem complex By RONNIE UM EXXONMOBIL has begun recruiting engineers and technicians ahead of its likely final decision next month on a second petrochemical complex here an almost sure sign it intends to go ahead with380 words
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Article, Illustration775 2007-06-12 8 MATTHEW PHAN - Biofuel ventures are popular, especially in Malaysia and Indonesia, reports MATTHEW PHAN MATTHEW PHAN CARBON reduction projects are growing more common in South-east Asia, although the projects are on a smaller scale and of a narrower scope than those in China andFILE PHOTO - 775 words
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Article, Illustration596 2007-06-12 9 LYNETTE KHOO - Pact marks official launch of inaugural business forum with Gulf emirate By LYNETTE KHOO SINGAPORE and the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at forging closer ties. The pact, signed by Singapore's Minister of State forYEN MENG JIIN - 596 words
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452 2007-06-12 9 ARTHUR SIM - By ARTHUR SIM LAND prices for bungalows have hit a new high of $1,472 psf at Sentosa Cove, beating the 1,308 psf price set in November 2006. Four seafront bungalow plots were released for sale in March and all have been sold.452 words
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ARTS FEST
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Article, Illustration863 2007-06-12 10 PARVATHI NAYAR - The Finger Players makes its debut in SAF's core programme, writes PARVATHI NAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR fT'S an opportunity to work just as an artist, instead of multitasking as someone who has to create, publicise and sell tickets for the show," says play- wright-directorYEN MENG JIIN - 863 words
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386 2007-06-12 10 UMA SHANKARI - By UMA SHANKARI BONES In Pages, which first premiered in Frankfurt in 1991, is a work that meditates on the chaotic nature of human violence. Against a backdrop of books and loose pages floating around, Japanese dance legend Saburo Teshigawara, the Karas company's386 words
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SME SPOTLIGHT
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Article, Illustration1274 2007-06-12 11 NANDE KHIN - SMALL CAPS The China ice cream and frozen food maker aims to become one of China's top brands, reports NANDE KHIN NANDE KHIN HANGZHOU-BASED ice cream and frozen food maker Youcan Foods International is not sitting frozen in its position as a provincial1,274 words
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440 2007-06-12 11 TEH HOOI LING - By TEH HOOI LING THE performance of the UOB Sesdaq Index has finally caught up with the Straits Times Index, nearly four years after we set up our small cap portfolio. Between October 2003 and yesterday, the UOB Sesdaq Index returned 115.3 per cent440 words
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Article, Illustration879 2007-06-12 12 TETTYANA JASLI - The privately owned company has won tenders for projects from public agencies, local SMEs and MNCs, reports TETTYANA JASLI TETTYANA JASLI F. OR a company only two years removed from its "milestone transition" from being a subsidiary of IBM Singapore Pte Ltd to aYEN MENG JIIN - 879 words
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Article, Illustration1318 2007-06-12 13 NANDE KHIN - An expat builds up a cosmetics business while yearning for beauty brands from her homeland, reports NANDE KHIN NANDE KHIN B HEN Korean expatriate Jeong In #1 am. S Kyoung first came to Singapore in t| m October 1999 to work, she had aARTHUR LEE - 1,318 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration495 2007-06-12 14 US$22.5b surplus comes amid call for sanctions from US AP, AP,Bloomb erg [BEIJING] China's politically sensitive trade surplus soared in May to the third-highest monthly level on record, according to figures reported yesterday, amid growing pressure from US lawmakers for sanctions against Beijing.AP,; AP,Bloomb erg; AP - 495 words
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392 2007-06-12 14 Reuters [FRANKFURT] The growing prospect of tighter monetary policy in the euro zone, United States and Japan has pushed up global bond yields in the past three months, but investors kept their appetite for emerging market assets, a report by the BankReuters - 392 words
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610 2007-06-12 14 0.8% GDP growth in Jan-March sparks expectations BOJ may raise rates Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's economy outperformed both the United States and the euro zone in January-March for the second straight quarter, reinforcing expectations the Bank of Japan will raise rates in August. The– Reuters - 610 words
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MALAYSIA
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202 2007-06-12 15 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday urged cooperation among influential oil firms to promote energy security amid global uncertainties, especially in the oil-rich Middle East. Mr Abdullah said national and multinational oil companies should work towards securing energy resources in-AFP - 202 words
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Article, Illustration587 2007-06-12 15 ASIA OIL AND GAS CONFERENCE Asian state oil firms losing staff to peers with deep pockets, raising safety risks Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The oil industry's most pressing shortage is not fuel, or rigs, or even access to fields in increasingly protectiveReuters - 587 words
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313 2007-06-12 15 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is considering a new project to expand the capacity of its joint-venture refinery in Malacca, the head of the state oil company said yesterday. "We are looking at the possibility of expanding the present capacity but it is still underReuters - 313 words
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GREATER CHINA
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Article, Illustration739 2007-06-12 16 Network may not be viable; existing standards holding their own ground Reuters [BEIJING] China is leveraging its position as the world's largest mobile telecoms market to create a homegrown third-genera-tion wireless standard, but the technology may prove a commercial dead-end for the firms embracingReuters; AP - 739 words
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349 2007-06-12 16 Faster process for US, UK funds; exam waiver for some -Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's securities watchdog said yesterday that it is simplifying licensing requirements, with immediate effect, for overseas hedge fund managers looking to set up in the territory. Hong Kong's Securities-Reuters - 349 words
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468 2007-06-12 16 -Reuters [HONG KONG] China's largest maker of wind-powered generators, Goldwind Science and Technology Co Ltd, has blown off plans for a US IPO and chosen instead to list at home to try to bankroll a rip-roar-ing pace of expansion. Goldwind,-Reuters - 468 words
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India
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Article, Illustration514 2007-06-12 17 Move fuelled by buoyant economy, new technologies, restrictions in China Reuters [MUMBAI] Global media and entertainment firms are racing for a piece of the fast-growing Indian market and the pace will quicken because of new technologies in India and tougher restrictions in China.– Reuters; REUTERS - 514 words
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532 2007-06-12 17 Course also beefs up presentation and communication skills AFP [BANGALORE] Finishing schools have come to India to groom geeky job-seeking software engineers in workplace etiquette as the country's booming information technology sector cries out for urbane talent. The first such institutionAFP - 532 words
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445 2007-06-12 17 India's largest developer could be valued at US$23b Reuters [MUMBAI] The institutional portion of India's biggest IPO, a US$2.4 billion public offering by property developer DLF Ltd, was fully subscribed within an hour of opening yesterday, the company said, as investors shrugged off fearsReuters - 445 words
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MIDDLE EAST
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595 2007-06-12 18 Move expected to expand bank services usage to over 30% from 20% now Reu ters [RABAT] Morocco's US$52 billion economy will gain an additional 1.5 per cent in growth per year from Islamic products that Moroccan banks will begin offering nextReu ters - 595 words
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254 2007-06-12 18 Bernama [DUBAI] A multi-billion dollar Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development, which aims at combating poverty and its causes in Islamic Development Bank (IDB) member countries, was launched in Dakar, Senegal, recently. The US$lO billion fund was launched by Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade at aBernama - 254 words
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Article467 2007-06-12 19 BID FOR ABN AMRO Reuters [LONDON/AMSTERDAM] US hedge fund Atticus Capital is urging Barclays to drop its 65 billion euro (Ssl34 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro after buying a significant stake in the British bank. Atticus said in a letter to Marcus Agius,Reuters - 467 words
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Article, Illustration659 2007-06-12 19 NYT [PITTSBURGH] When the US Open begins this week at Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh, a challenging, manicured golf course will be only part of the scene. More striking will be the transformation of the grounds into a temporaryNYT; AP - 659 words
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Article, Illustration409 2007-06-12 19 It will freeze 21 bank accounts with assets worth 52.9b baht Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's army-backed government yesterday said it would seize 21 bank accounts with assets worth 52.9 billion baht (552.5 billion) from ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife. The announcement fromReuters; AP - 409 words
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367 2007-06-12 19 Way cleared for opening of 17 new large casinos Bloomberg. AFP [LONDON] A British gambling trade group failed in a legal bid to block the opening of 17 new casinos, including a Las-Vegas style super-casino, as the UK ushers in a new gamblingBloomberg.; AFP - 367 words
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173 2007-06-12 19 Reuters [TOKYO] Three former colleagues of fallen Japanese financier Yoshiaki Murakami have started a hedge fund which will pursue a lower-key version of his controversial activist investment strategy. The former principles of Mr Murakami's MAC Asset Management have raised US$2OO million from aReuters - 173 words
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AVIATION
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470 2007-06-12 20 CHARMIAN KOK - Daily HK-LA flight from Oct in addition to present daily Tokyo-LA route By CHARMIAN KOK TRAVELLERS and holiday makers will have more choices when flying to Los Angeles (LA), the US city that is among the most popular holiday destinations with Singaporeans. Currently,470 words
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537 2007-06-12 20 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has shortlisted at least three vendors to replace its 20-year-old spares inventory system with a more modern "enterprise-wide system" capable of tracking all work functions at the engineering and maintenance (E&M) unit, says a report537 words
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Article, Illustration177 2007-06-12 20 AP [TOKYO] Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will exhibit a mock-up of the cabin of a passenger jet it is developing at the Paris air show later this month, company officials said yesterday. The manufacturer wants to gauge interest for the proposed airliner,AP - 177 words
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Article257 2007-06-12 20 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Europe's biggest airline, Air FranceKLM, is set to acquire further competitors as soon as the firm can find an appropriate target, its two most senior executives told a German finance magazine. "We could become active here soon," chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta was quoted as sayingReuters - 257 words
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125 2007-06-12 20 AFP [TAIPEI] China Airlines (CAL), Taiwan's leading international carrier, said yesterday it and unit Mandarin Airlines will launch four round-trip direct charter flights to China between June 15 and June 19 for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival. The two carriers will fly toAFP - 125 words
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189 2007-06-12 20 —Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Adam Skyconnection Airlines, the Indonesian airline that has had two crashes this year, may enlarge a fleet expansion plan after its owners sold a 50 per cent stake. "With the capital injection, we may be able to increase the—Bloomberg - 189 words
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349 2007-06-12 20 -Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AirTran Holdings Inc will extend its offer for Midwest Air Group Inc after 60 per cent of Midwest shareholders supported AirTran's US$3B9 million hostile takeover bid, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. More than 14.6 million shares-Bloomberg - 349 words
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Miscellaneous153 2007-06-12 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ground kernel (6) 8 Being punished for settling a YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION DOWN dsbt! (6) Across! 1 Spaced 5 Semester 9 1 Formerly an unspecified period 9 One who is not fully employed Diabo ic ;i 10 Nigh, 11 Spalpeen, 2 slunk over when set fee 15 Change of153 words
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457 2007-06-12 21 It will sella 10-year Islamic bond and a conventional 20-30 year bond -Reuters [ABU DHABI] Dubai port operator DP World plans to raise as much as US$3 billion by selling two benchmark size bonds, one of which will have a-Reuters - 457 words
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Article281 2007-06-12 21 SGX '000 Jun 11 SS *1- Vol Ch Offshore 0.64 unch 896 Chuan Hup Hldgs 0.36 unch 574 CascoCorp 3.38 0.40 ***** Cwt Limited 0.92 -0.01 1185 Ezra Hldos 5.70 0.05 66 Freight Onks 0.16 0.02 ***** Grand Banks 1.08 0.03 10 Jaya Hold Ltd 1.66 0.06 2767281 words
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297 2007-06-12 21 Abu Dhabi firm offers to sell shipbuilder part of its 7.0% holdings —Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's largest shipyard operator, may increase its stake in Hyundai Oilbank Co, South Korea's fourthbiggest oil refiner. Hyundai Heavy said yesterday that Abu—Bloomberg - 297 words
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459 2007-06-12 21 AFP [PARIS] The first high-speed rail link between France and Germany began scheduled services on Sunday, slashing travel times and marking a major step towards a truly panEuropean rapid transit network. The service, offering fast connections to Luxembourg and Switzerland, cutsAFP - 459 words
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Article, Illustration166 2007-06-12 21 —Reuters [SINGAPORE] Shipping operations have resumed at Australia's top coal export port of Newcastle, after loadings were stopped by a storm, a spokesman for the Newcastle Port Corporation said yesterday. The spokesman could not say when coal loadings would restart, but said two general—Reuters; AFP - 166 words
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493 2007-06-12 22 EDITORIAL ON May 28, Malaysia's central bank stayed interest rates and left the overnight policy rate at 3.5 per cent, the ninth consecutive time it has done so in over a year. Bank Negara Malaysia's actions go against the conventional wisdom of Malaysian economists who argue493 words
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Article, Illustration1235 2007-06-12 22 DON LEE - Govt leaders giving problem top priority to forestall widespread social unrest By DON LEE -LAT-WP [SHANGHAI] Deng Xiaoping said it's OK for some people to get rich before others, and Chinese executives are taking the late paramount leader's dictum to the bank. Although-LAT-WP; AFP - 1,235 words
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Article, Illustration777 2007-06-12 22 ROBERT SAMUELSON - THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group YOU have almost certainly never heard of the Treaty of Detroit, which you may connect with the "French and Indian War (1756-1763). Guess again. The Treaty of Detroit is a long-lost labelThe Washington Post Writers Group - 777 words
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Article, Illustration1918 2007-06-12 23 S M Thangavely; Yong Yik Wei - Region needs to step up reforms, invest in infrastructure and labour skills to ride the next wave of investments By S M Thangavely and Yong Yik Wei THE East Asian financial crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 and adversely affected output, stock markets, currenciesPhoto: Bloomberg - 1,918 words
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345 2007-06-12 23 Leong Sze Hian - LETTER TO THE EDITOR Leong Sze Hian I REFER to Sing Post's announcement that postage rates for domestic mail will increase with effect from July 1, from 25 to 26, and 31 to 32 cents, for weight 20g and345 words
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Article11025 2007-06-12 24 SGX MAINBOARD Transaction date: Jun 11 52-Wk T«t Last Vol Day Last Quote Drv GrYM Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +<- ('000) High Low luytr SCvt WE Smil 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 2 susp 8 4 18 6 3148 STelecom 17 +0.5 1055 17 16.511,025 words
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Article6092 2007-06-12 25 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES In local curr In SS In US$ %dy yr *dy yr *dy %yr Jun» Index Changs Change Change Change Change Change Worid Index Pretiminaiy 1164.8 -0.1 5.8 0.1 6.9 -0.4 6.4 t EAFE Preliminary 1174.2 -6.5 6.0 -M 7j0 -1J 6.5 Europe Pretiminaiy6,092 words
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Article, Illustration478 2007-06-12 29 Foreign developers must prove projects exist before forming companies —Bloomberg [BEIJING] China said overseas developers must prove they have real estate projects under way before they are allowed to form companies, in a move to tighten rules to curb property speculation. Overseas investors must—Bloomberg; AFP - 478 words
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246 2007-06-12 29 Bloom berg [LONDON] UK house-price inflation quickened in April, suggesting the Bank of England's four interestrate increases since August have not crimped the residential property market, a government report showed. Home values rose 11.3 per cent from a year earlier, up fromBloom berg - 246 words
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Article, Illustration684 2007-06-12 31 Hotel, water park, retail outlets, residences are possible projects AP [NEW YORK] The view from the Coney Island boardwalk depends on the perspective: The long shadows of the Cyclone roller coaster evoke the past. The lounging sun worshippers dotting the beach belong toAP; REUTERS - 684 words
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Article, Illustration741 2007-06-12 32 KALPANA RASHIWALA - Bungalow at 63 Dalvey Road changed hands at $1,091 psf By KALPANA RASHIWALA RECORD prices have been achieved in several Good Class Bungalow (GCB) areas this year a trend expected to continue as wellheeled investors move to snap up limited supply. A741 words
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