AsiaPulse News back issues from February 2006:
AUSTRALIA'S MACQUARIE BANK UPGRADES YEAR PROFIT FORECAST.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's largest investment bank Macquarie Bank Ltd (ASX:MBL) has upgraded its guidance for the full year, now expecting to beat its record A$823 million (US$623.18 million) profit booked in 2004/05. Macquarie had previously forecast that the annual ...
AUSTRALIA'S SMORGON STEEL ACQUIRES US ASSETS.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Steel maker and metals recycler Smorgon Steel Group Ltd (ASX:SSX) has acquired the operating assets of US metal recycler ITI Inc and Steelport of Florida Inc. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. Smorgon Steel managing director ...
AUSTRALIAN GOVT SET TO RELAX DONOR IDENTITY DISCLOSURE LAWS.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The federal government is reported to have targeted 1,000 leading company directors in a donations drive, indicating it will relax donor identity disclosure laws. The business leaders have been asked to help the Liberals usher in their economic ...
AUSTRALIAN ENVOY TO US LOBBIED CONGRESS TO STOP AWB PROBE.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's ambassador to the United States reportedly lobbied Congress to drop a probe into allegations that the AWB (ASX:AWB) paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer's office has confirmed that then-US ambassador ...
AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING CONDITIONS STEADY IN JAN.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Conditions in Australia's manufacturing industry steadied last month as supplier deliveries strengthened while inventories declined. The Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) performance of manufacturing index (PMI) eased by 3.3 points ...
AUSTRALIA'S MACQUARIE TO FLOAT NEW FUNDS IN MARCH-JUNE.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Macquarie Bank Ltd (ASX:MBL) chief executive Allan Moss said there were a number of sets of assets that the investment bank expected to float in new funds between March and June this year. However Macquarie's financial year ends on March 31, meaning ...
TELECOM NZ EXPECTED TO INCREASE EFFORTS TO SELL AAPT.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Telecom New Zealand (ASX:TEL) is expected to ramp up attempts to sell off its ailing Australian operation AAPT when it reports its first half results this week. Telecom earlier this year told the market it would cut the value of AAPT in half to between ...
S. KOREAN INFLATION RATE ACCELERATES IN JANUARY.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in eight months in January, mainly due to a rise in prices of agricultural products and public services ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, a government report showed Wednesday. Consumer prices in ...
UK'S AVIVA LIFE INSURANCE TIES UP WITH CENTURION BANK OF PUNJAB.
Feb 01, 2006 ... LONDON, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Aviva Life Insurance, Britain's largest insurance group, has tied up with Centurion Bank of Punjab (BSE:532273) as bancassurance partners. Aviva has now extended its leadership position in the bancassurance channel with 18 tie ups, the largest number ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN STOCKS OPEN HIGHER - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian stock market has opened stronger despite a weak overnight lead from Wall Street. At 1015 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 24.2 points stronger at 4953.8, while the all ordinaries was up 22.2 points to 4902.4. On the Sydney ...
ORIGIN BUYS STAKE IN QUEENSLAND COAL SEAM GAS PROJECT.
Feb 01, 2006 ... MELBOURNE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Gas and electricity retailer and producer Origin Energy Ltd (ASX:ORG) has bought into the Argyle coal seam gas project in south west Queensland for $A70 million ($US53.0 million). Origin has purchased a 40.625 per cent stake in the Argyle and ...
RELIANCE CONSORTIUM EMERGES AS HIGHEST BIDDER FOR DELHI AIRPORT.
Feb 01, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Reliance (BSE:500325)-ASA, Mexico consortium on Tuesday emerged as the highest financial bidder for the Delhi airport modernisation project, offering 46 per cent of revenue share to government for the work. ...
UNWIRED EXPANDS WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORK TO MELBOURNE.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Unwired Australia (ASX:UNW) has begun work on a wireless broadband network in Melbourne. Unwired, which already operates a network in Sydney, said it had commenced its network build in parts of Melbourne today. As Australia's second largest ...
AUSTRALIA'S MILTON CORP EXPECTS HIGHER INVESTMENT REVENUE IN H2.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Milton Corporation Ltd (ASX:MLT) says its investments are likely to generate increasing investment revenue over the next six months. The listed investment company today posted a 20.8 per cent increase in first half net profit to $A33.06 million ...
INDIA'S GMR SET TO WIN DELHI AIRPORT CONTRACT, GVK TO GET MUMBAI.
Feb 01, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Two South India-based industrial groups GMR (BSE:500162) and Reddy's GVK are all set to get the contracts for modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports respectively. Even though GMR-Fraport was the second highest financial bidder for the ...
RELIANCE SAYS CHANGES IN INDIAN AIRPORT BIDS 'UNTENABLE'.
Feb 01, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Losing Delhi airport project to rival GMR-Fraport consortium despite emerging as the top financial bidder, Anil Ambani's Reliance Airport Developers on Tuesday lashed out at the bid process, saying changes in tender conditions hours before the final decision ...
UK SEEKS TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC EXCHANGES WITH INDIA.
Feb 01, 2006 ... CHENNAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The United Kingdom would initiate a programme to support educational interaction between centres of excellence in India and Britain, intending to improve academic exchanges between the two countries with an intended investment of 10 million pounds (US$17.7 ...
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA TO RELEASE SECURITISATION GUIDELINES.
Feb 01, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday said that the final guidelines for securitisation of standard assets will be released on Thursday. "The final guidelines on securitisation will be released by RBI on Thursday," RBI Deputy Governor V Leeladhar ...
SEPATON'S VTL DOMINATES VIRTUAL TAPE LIBRARY APPLIANCE MARKET.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--SEPATON, Inc., the leader in high-performance data protection solutions, today announced it has achieved significant strides in 2005, including record sales and acclaim ...
BOEING TO SELECT INDIAN SITE FOR MRO BY JUNE.
Feb 01, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Boeing on Tuesday said it would finalise by June the location for its US$100 million maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in India. The aircraft giant has shortlisted sites from six states for its MRO facility. "We have received ...
A.M. BEST AFFIRMS RATING OF AIOI INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating of "a" to Aioi Insurance Company Ltd (Aioi) (Japan). The ...
OIL INDIA LTD COMMISSIONS DEEPEST HORIZONTAL OIL WELL.
Feb 01, 2006 ... GUWAHATI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Oil India Limited (OIL) has successfully ventured into horizontal oil well drilling for optimising the production of hydrocarbons through state of the art technology. The OIL has successfully completed the drilling of first ever horizontal oil well ...
SUCAMPO OBTAINS FDA APPROVAL FOR AMITIZA(TM) CAPSULES.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the new drug application for AMITIZA(TM) (lubiprostone) ...
IBM BOARD APPROVES REGULAR QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) ARMONK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--The IBM board of directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.20 per common share, payable March 10, 2006 to stockholders of record February 10, 2006. With ...
FORSTER'S CONFIRMS EARNINGS FORECAST FOR 2005/06 FY.
Feb 01, 2006 ... MELBOURNE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Global beverages firm Foster's Group Ltd (ASX:FGL) today confirmed its earnings guidance for the 2005/06 financial year. "Foster's has previously indicated 2006 year normalised earnings per share growth would meet the company's long-term growth ...
BABCOCK & BROWN INFRASTRUCTURE TO RAISE EQUITY CAPITAL.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) plans to undertake a $A700 million ($US530.04 million) capital raising to raise funds for the purchase of PD Ports Plc and other investment opportunities. BBI made an $A805 million ($US609.55 million) friendly bid ...
KIA MOTORS TO OPEN SALES UNIT IN AUSTRALIA IN MARCH.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Kia Motors Corp. (KSE:000270), South Korea's second-largest automaker, said Wednesday it will set up a sales unit in Australia next month to boost sales. Kia Motors aims to sell 30,000 cars in Australia this year, compared with 25,293 units sold last ...
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK COMPLETES BNZ INVESTMENT SALE.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's biggest bank National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) has completed the sale of BNZ Investment Management Ltd to Assure New Zealand Ltd, a wholly owned ...
INDIA'S CREST ANIMATION TO RAISE US$12 MLN OVERSEAS.
Feb 01, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Crest Animation Studios Ltd (BSE:526785) on Tuesday said it will raise US$12 million through issue of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) in the overseas markets. The ...
FOREX - KOSDAQ OPENS LOWER - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The KOSDAQ opened at 684.44 points ...
FOREX - US DOLLAR OPENS LOWER AGAINST WON - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The US dollar opened at 963.10 won ...
MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: BUSINESS TIMES: - The Johor state investment arm, Johor Corp (JCorp), yesterday signed a collaboration agreement with Siraj Capital Ltd, a subsidiary of Ghassan Al Sulaiman Holding Co of Saudi Arabia, ...
AUSTRALIA'S SANTOS STARTS CASINO GAS PROJECT.
Feb 01, 2006 ... PERTH, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Santos (ASX:STO) has opened its million ($US151.44 million) Casino gas project, offshore Victoria, and says the operation will be a major supplier to the domestic market when it reaches full production later this month. The project was kicked into ...
SHARES IN AUSTRALIA'S MACQUARIE FALL AFTER PROFIT FORECAST.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Shares in Macquarie Bank Ltd (ASX:MBL) sank as much as seven per cent after it failed to meet market expectations for its full year guidance. Australia's biggest investment bank today forecast that its net profit for the year to March 31, 2006, would ...
AUSTRALIA'S SKILLED VACANCIES INDEX FALLS IN JAN.
Feb 01, 2006 ... CANBERRA, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' skilled vacancies index fell by 2.9 per cent in January. The index released today showed vacancies for professionals were down two per cent, fell one per cent for associate professionals ...
AUSTRALIA'S ALUMINA LTD POSTS SLIGHTLY LOWER YR NET PROFIT.
Feb 01, 2006 ... MELBOURNE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Alumina Ltd says the outlook for alumina prices and production is favourable for 2006. The bauxite miner and aluminium smelter today posted an annual net profit of A$315.6 million (US$238.97 million), slightly lower than the A$316.4 million ...
STOCKS - SEOUL SHARES OPEN LOWER - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean stocks opened lower Wednesday as an overnight drop on Wall Street set a negative tone for the local market. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price (KOSPI) lost 5.51 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 1,394.32 in the first 15 minutes of ...
STOCKS - TOKYO STOCKS OPEN WEAKER - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... TOKYO, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Tokyo stocks started weaker Wednesday, with the Nikkei-225 index dropping 49.13 ...
AT&T UPDATES OUTLOOK ON MERGER SYNERGIES.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of this release can be found at http://www.businesswire.com) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006-- Industry's Premier Assets and Largest Synergy Opportunities Expected to Drive Double-Digit Adjusted EPS Growth in Each of the Next Three Years ...
BRISBANE AIRPORT CORP TAKES RUNWAY PLAN TO THE COMMUNITY.
Feb 01, 2006 ... BRISBANE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has begun informally consulting the community about its planned A$500 million (US$378.6 million) parallel runway. The project involves building a 3,600m runway two kilometres west of the existing runway, a ...
S. KOREANS ACCOUNT FOR MAJORITY OF CHINA'S TOURISTS IN 2005.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean visitors to China jumped nearly 25 per cent from a year earlier in 2005, overtaking the number of Japanese travelers to the world's most populous country, a trade body said Wednesday. According to the Korea International Trade Association ...
BANCO ITAU HOLDING FINANCEIRA S.A. ANNOUNCEMENT TO MARKET.(Company Profile)
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) SAO PAULO, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- 1. Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. (NYSE: ITU) (Itau) and XL Capital Ltd. (NYSE: XL) (XL), through its subsidiary XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd, have signed, on this ...
SEOUL MOVES TO CUT TAX BENEFITS FOR WELFARE SPENDING.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea is accelerating its efforts to cut a variety of tax incentives in a bid to help fund increasing spending on social welfare policies. On Tuesday, the government announced a plan to cut down on tax deductions for millions of wage earners from ...
MAKOTO MEGURO NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR STERLING STAMOS CAPITAL.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) NEW YORK, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Makoto Meguro has joined private investment firm Sterling Stamos Capital Management, L.P. ("Sterling Stamos") as a Managing Director on the firm's Partner Relations ...
VANCOUVER TO HOST ALCAN PRIZE FOR SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) MONTREAL, Jan. 31 /CNW-AsiaNet/ -- Alcan Inc. (NYSE, TSX: AL) announced today that it will host the first ever Alcan Prize for Sustainability Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia from March 1-3 2006. The ...
SHAW NAMES JEAN DESEILLIGNY AS PRESIDENT OF PROCESS GROUP.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SGR) today announced that Jean Deseilligny has joined Shaw's Energy & Chemicals Division as President, Process Group within the Shaw Stone & ...
BUSINESS WIRE DAILY BRIEFING - JAN 28-30, 2006.(Company Profile)
Feb 01, 2006 ... A summary of news releases for Jan. 28-30, 2006, compiled by Business Wire, the global leader in news distribution. To view any of these news release on Business Wire's website, please go to www.businesswire.com. 1) Category Code: Manufacturing ARCELOR BOARD OF ...
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS TO BUY BAE SYSTEMS AEROSTRUCTURES.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement with BAE Systems to acquire the Aerostructures business unit of BAE Systems, which has ...
AUSTRALIAN RETIREES STRUGGLING ON AN AVERAGE US$16,640 A YEAR.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Australian retirees are living on an average of only A$22,000 (US$16,640) per year, pushing some to gamble or even consider breaking the law to fatten their wallets, new research shows. Citibank's latest Retirement Index has also revealed that almost ...
BOMBARDIER ANNOUNCES CSERIES DECISION.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--Bombardier announced today that present market conditions do not justify the launch of the CSeries program at this time. The Corporation will now reorient CSeries project efforts, ...
COHDA WIRELESS OBTAINS $1.8M IN SERIES A FUNDING.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) ADELAIDE, Australia & ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--Cohda Wireless Pty. Ltd., an innovative developer of municipal and public safety wireless technologies, announced today that it has raised $1.8m in its ...
THAI NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... BANGKOK, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: BANGKOK POST: - Norahuch Ployyai, an executive vice-president at Thai Airways International (THAI), is tipped as the front-runner among the four candidates shortlisted to seek the president's post at the ...
HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... HONG KONG, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: - A centralised surveillance scheme is being introduced to track the spread of a drug-resistant superbug. - The five veto powers on the UN Security Council have ...
SINGAPORE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SINGAPORE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE STRAITS TIMES: - For the first time, the Housing Board is putting up five-room and executive flats for rent through a private company. - In a sign of growing business confidence, ...
S. KOREAN WON FALLS FOR A SECOND DAY ON CAPITAL INFLOWS.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's currency fell for a second consecutive day on Wednesday on continued inflows of foreign capital and an improving economy. The Korean won, which opened at 963.10 won against the U.S. dollar, was trading at 959.70 won as of 10:02 a.m., down ...
SSANGYONG MOTOR SACKS 8 EXECS AMID GRIM EARNINGS FORECASTS.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Ssangyong Motor Co. (KSE:003620), controlled by Chinese automaker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., said Wednesday it has sacked eight executives in the company's second senior-level cutback in two months. The announcement came amid analysts' ...
AT&T TO WEBCAST NEW YORK ANALYST CONFERENCE TODAY AT 12:30 EST.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) NEW YORK, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) will webcast its Analyst Day Conference to be held here today from 12:30 to 5 p.m. EST. The conference will include presentations by senior ...
PROTEMIX NAMES JEAN-PIERRE MILLON CHAIRMAN.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) SAN DIEGO & AUCKLAND, New Zealand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--Protemix Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other metabolic disorders, today ...
VILLAGE ROADSHOW'S HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION GRP GETS CASH INJECTION.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Entertainment group Village Roadshow Ltd's (ASX:VRL) Hollywood film production group Village Roadshow Pictures Group (VRPG) has received a $US500 million cash injection. Village Roadshow Tuesday announced that VRPG had reached agreement with its ...
AUSTRALIA'S ORIGIN WARNS OF DELAYS TO ITS KUPE GAS PROJECT.
Feb 01, 2006 ... PERTH, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Energy company Origin Energy Resources Ltd (ASX:ORG) Tuesday warned of possible delays to its developing Kupe gas project, offshore New Zealand. The company, which owns half of the project, said the decision to invest in the project may not occur by the ...
S. KOREAN WON GAINS FOR SECOND DAY ON CAPITAL INFLOWS.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's currency rose against the U.S. dollar for a second consecutive day on Wednesday on continued inflows of foreign capital and an improving economy. The Korean won, which opened at 963.10 won against the U.S. dollar, was trading at 960.5 won ...
GROUP OF EIGHT FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING IN MOSCOW.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) MOSCOW, Jan 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - The meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrial nations (G8) which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK, and the USA. This is the first ...
DOW AGROSCIENCES, FIRST REGISTRATION FOR PLANT-MADE VACCINES.
Feb 01, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, (NYSE: DOW), announced today that it has received the world's first regulatory approval ...
KILL KILL KILL - S. KOREAN WON FALLS FOR A SECOND DAY...
Feb 01, 2006 ... The following story is killed. This kill is mandatory and no further use of the material is allowed. SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - South ...
STOCKS - SINGAPORE SHARES HIGHER IN EARLY TRADE - FEB 1, 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... SINGAPORE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Singapore shares were higher in early trade Wednesday, with the ...