Today, 17 February 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday February 17, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    20 1 Agatha Koh Brazil Our Voices Editor has Coffee With a 21 -year-old man with a middle-aged heart. Page 20
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    NEWS
    30 1 $800,000 to travel Sunshine Empire's Yong Wai Hong, one of four men charged with being involved in a fraudulent investment scheme, has been allowed to travel overseas. Page 10
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    WORLD
    29 1 Jail break in France Two prisoners used explosives to blast their way out of a prison in France. They have been described as armed and dangerous. Page 19
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    BUSINESS
    29 1 Private home sales It may be a ghastly January for the property market in geneal, but mid-tier and mass-market property have seen a rise in take-up. Page B2
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    28 1 DIV publishing You have written your magnum opus but no publisher is interested. So, what do you do? Hit the streets and selfpublish, of course. Page 22
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    One big cut, or a few staggered ones...
    614 1  -  NEO CHAI CHIN PUBLICTRANSPORT FARES MPs hope for 3-to-io cent cuts; analyst expects phased reduction chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg ONE Parliamentarian thinks the cut in EZ Link card fares could be as large as 10 cents; another is hoping for a three- to five-cent
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    SIA caught in headwind, cuts capacity
    784 1  -  CHEOW XIN YI AND LEONGWEEKEAT cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN he and leaders of two other staff unions were informed last week of a meeting with the management of Singapore Airlines, president of the Air Line Pilots Asso-ciation-Singapore (Alpa-S) P James braced himself for turbulence. A pilot
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon His name is Brendan Sokaluk
      538 2 AGENCIES AUSTRALIAN WILDFIRE SUSPECT Officials urge outraged nation to let justice prevail MELBOURNE The only person so far accused of lighting one of Australia's deadly wildfires was named publicly yesterday as officials urged a nation outraged by the alleged arson to let justice take its
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      Lock icon STB promotion: Free tickets snapped up, but shopping still slow
      517 2  -  TEOXUANWEI TODAY FILE PHOTO xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Mr David Yeo learnt last week that the Singapore Flyer was giving out free tickets during the weekend, he decided to bring his girlfriend to the giant observation wheel as a Valentine's Day surprise.
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      Lock icon SP AusNet gets on the defensive as long legal battle looms
      481 3  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg FACING the wrath of bushfire victims in Australia, electricity provider SP AusNet is vowing to "vigorously defend" itself against a class action suit lodged in the state of Victoria but not before first watching its share
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      Lock icon She's kicking it off in Asia
      374 3 AGENCIES CLINTON IN JAPAN TOKYO United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the first American top diplomat in half a century to start her job with a trip to Asia praised US ties with the region after arriving in Japan yesterday. Mrs Clinton said
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      Adjusting expectations
      512 6  -  LINYANQIN JOB HUNTING jod seeKers less cnoosy now than in 2003, though younger ones can be unrealistic yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the lessons of at least one downturn behind them, not as many older job seekers this time are being choosy. Younger job seekers, however, are a different matter with
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      CDCs prepare job seekers for interviews
      519 6  -  'ONG DAI LIN LINYANQIN ANDONG DAILIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg A JOB seeker might turn up for a walk-in interview after spotting a recruitment advertisement, only to find himself unprepared to handle the questions asked and how to present himself. Others might find that they lack the
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      Execs feel the pinch
      340 8 WAGE WOES 44% of employers here to freeze base pay compared to 35% average in Asia ALMOST one in two (44 per cent) companies here have indicated they intend to freeze the base pay of their executives this year 9 percentage points more than their counterparts
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      Record high of vegetation fires in S'pore
      215 8 IT HAS been hazy, but be prepared for the haziness to linger, at least for the next two to three days. That is what has been predicted as light wind conditions mean particles in the air are not dispersed. Smoke from vegetation fires
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        FACELIFT FOR 2 HAWKER CENTRES
        97 8 Better facilities, ventilation, ramps and more space for the elderly and handicapped will be among some of the features after the hawker centres at Blkn Telok Blangah Crescent and Blk 1, 2 and 3 Commonwealth Drive reopen in the first quarter of next year following
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        MASS FLU VACCINATION EXERCISE FORTHE ELDERLY
        77 8 GlaxoSmithKline and nine welfare homes under the Ministry of Community, Development, Youth and Sports yesterday launched a mass influenza vaccination exercise for some 2,000 elderly residents and frontline caregivers. According to the Health Promotion Board (HPB), at least two people die from influenza-related causes
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      Parliament vandal acquitted, he has schizophrenia
      307 10  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com. sg A MAN who vandalised a wall at Parliament House last month was acquitted yesterday, because the authorities found Mr Koh Chan Meng to be of unsound mind when he committed the offence. However, he will be warded at the Institute of
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      Lock icon NO CHARGES AGAINST NUDE COUPLE YET
      134 10  -  TEOXUANWEI More than three weeks after a Caucasian man and a Singaporean woman were arrested for strolling around Holland Village totally nude, no charges have been pressed against them yet. Police said investigations are still ongoing. The naked pair stunned drinkers and diners when
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      Lock icon Bail bumped up to $800,000
      382 10  -  ZULOTHMAN ZULOTHMAN SUNSHINE EMPIRECASE He vcan afford it says lawyer of boss who asks permission to leave country zul@mediacorp.com. sg HE WAS one of four people charged with being involved in a fraudulent investment scheme in connection with the controversial multi-level marketing firm Sunshine Empire
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      Students bag international awards
      248 12  -  SUFIANSUDERMAN TEMASEK DESIGN SCHOOL sufian@mediacorp.com.sg "SPOT the slackers" was the theme of the posters they designed, but Yeo Wanqi and Jaslyn Lim Mci Luan are definitely not ones for goofing off. In fact, the work they did for Temasek Design School (TDS) has won them top
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      401 7 Deir recommends Windows Vista* Business WE SUPPORT YOU. Centring AND YOUR HARDWARE. At Dell™, we understand the pressures you face when it comes to managing technology and your organisation. After all, we started out as a small business too. Which is why we've created a portfolio of services from accidental
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      175 8 ERC NOT JUST INSTITUTE ANOTHER (> MBA PROGRAM! Learn From Some of me Top Business Titans As You Study! MS^^. I Even tnouSh tne MBA s tne mar' < distinction in the business world, a lot more is needed to succeed in this mgs ■,J <■?; highly competitive world. Let
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      200 10 I^/3 Nanyang I\l L Polytechnic This course equips participants with the specialist knowledge to apply IT solutions in the business and engineering environments. New enabling technologies such as Microsoft .Net software development platform, enterprise systems administration, system intergration, multimedia and web application development will be taught. Participants will have the
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      280 11 SINGAPORE I MALAYSIA I SHANGHAI Visible ReSUItS For Your Skin Problems! i isibl© Rssults isiblo Rssults PimpleS ScarS Dark QircleS EyebagS Guaranteed Pimples first start by being blackheads or whiteheads, which Blood circulation around the delicate eye area can be affected then develop into pus-filled pimples that lead to permanent
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Kirn turns 67 amid tensions
      351 14 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS PYONGYANG North Korea celebrated the 67th birthday of leader Kirn Jong 11, with state media lauding him as a "heavenmade commander" and citizens turning out to dance in the streets of the freezing capital. The celebrations came amid high tensions over Pyongyang's reported
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      'Buy Indonesian' policy
      204 14 JAKARTA A new government decree has banned Indonesia's civil servants from eating, drinking, wearing, watching or listening to anything that is not made in Indonesia, by Indonesians. So no more Malaysian noodles for lunch. Or wearing Chinese shoes to the office. As Indonesian civil servants number in
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      Lock icon China to lend relics to Taiwan
      209 14 AFP BEIJING China's national museum will lend some prized cultural artifacts to Taiwan's Palace Museum in what could become a long-hoped for exchange programme between the two rivals. The National Palace Museum, located in Beijing's famed Forbidden City, will send 29 (ling Dynasty (1644-1911)
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon MILK PRODUCTS DECLARED SAFE
        98 14 AP China Chinese quality investigators have found that milk products from a unit of France's Groupe Danone SA are melamine-free, and also said an unapproved additive used by Mengniu Dairy Group, is safe but was used illegally. The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision
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        Lock icon CHINESE BLOGGER STABBED AFTER PUBLIC READING
        88 14 AP China A Chinese blogger whose satirical postings have gained a wide following was stabbed in the stomach after giving a reading, witnesses and friends said yesterday. MrXu Lai, was attacked Saturday evening at a Beijing Danxiangjie Book Store. The blogger, who is also
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        Lock icon LOVERS CAUGHT IN ANTI-VALENTINE DRIVE
        79 14 AP Malaysia Authorities in Malaysia arrested 26 unmarried Muslim couples in hotel rooms during Operation Valentine aimed at curbing illegal premarital sex in a conservative country. The couples were detained for sharing rooms in Kuantan a crime which carries a maximum fine of US$2BO ($424)
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      Lock icon Another scandal
      544 15 AGENCIES, THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS PKR politician outraged over nude photos leak KUALA LUMPUR Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) politician and Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong is facing a scandal over nude photos and videos of her that have been circulating via MMS. The photographs of M s
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      Lock icon Malaysian police detain seven Indonesian pirates
      189 15 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian marine commandos arrested seven suspected Indonesian pirates after a dramatic high-seas chase in the Malacca Strait early yesterday. The pirates were captured after a 40-minute, pre-dawn pursuit in which they lobbed explosives at the commandos and tried to ram their
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      Lock icon A Syariah deal with militants
      304 16 AGENCIES PAKISTAN POLITICS PESHAWAR The Pakistan government and Islamic hardliners signed an agreement yesterday to enforce Syariah law in the north-western Malakand area, which includes the Swat valley. "All laws against Syariah will be abolished and Syariah will be enforced under this justice system," said
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      Lock icon Chavez calls vote a socialism mandate
      178 16 AP CARACAS Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says a referendum victory that removed limits on his re-election is a mandate to intensify his socialist agenda for decades to come. Opponents warn of an impending dictatorship. Sunday's vote is key to the country, split between those
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      Lock icon Obama confronts copter choice
      359 17 THE NEWYORKTIMES PRESIDENTIAL HELICOPTERS WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama has slammed high-flying executives travelling in cushy jets at a time of economic turmoil. But soon he will have to decide whether to proceed with some of the priciest aircraft in the world a new fleet
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      Lock icon Those who can't, study
      611 18 THE GUARDIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS 465,000 race to apply for places at British universities LONDON The recession has triggered a scramble for places at universities with a record-breaking 465,000 people applying for degree courses which begin this September and a significant increase in the number of older
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      Lock icon Out with a bang
      336 19 AFP PRISON BREAK Duo brazenly escape French jail using explosives LILLE (France) Two gangsters who blasted their way out of a French prison and led police on a high-speed cross-country chase yesterday appeared to be headed towards Belgium, police said. The convicts, armed with at least
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      Lock icon British, French nuclear subs crash in Atlantic
      176 19 AFP LONDON British and French nuclear submarines collided in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, media reports said yesterday. Britain's HMS Vanguard and France's Le Triomphant were both damaged in the Feb 4 crash, but there were no reports of damage to their
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      64 15 ■'I-1 LISTERINE [antiseptic mouthwash I I'M ?"SSffl CD The Singapore Dental Association seal of approval is onty issued to products after recommendation from an independent panel of dental academics who on reviewing current research consider the product to be effectwe when used for the purpose intended and in accordance with
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      624 17 The VH-71 is a waste of time money and resources. Retired Army pilot Gene T Boyer, who flew three presidents Secure Yourself J*t Financially In Times Of A Uncertainties." JNHj TRADING can be your path to wealth and personal freedom. Years ago Marcus left a successful career to pursue trading
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      84 18 SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Lead the Transformation in Financial Services through Technology and Operations. 1m 1 i i Combine the best of IT solution innovations with the business of banking. Learn how to align banking products, processes, operations, and technology with people, management and business. Apply for the SMU Master of
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      23 19 BUILDING FUTURES One success story at a time I want an overseas degree ijF C withou leaving home WE HAVE THE PLAN V^T
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      Lock icon A MAN WITH A NEW HEART
      862 20  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg He #s 21 with a middle-aged heart and a 2nd stab at life YOU may tell someone you love him or her with all your heart, but in reality, the heart has very little role to play
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      274 21  -  Tan Hui Cheng PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS Will current low salary be enough to entice more qualified, willing candidates to help educate our kids? Letter from FROM January this year, all new pre-school teachers must have at least five O-level passes, including a credit in English, as well as
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      Off-Peak Cars and family bonding ...
      157 21  - Off-Peak Cars and family bonding Jimmy Ho Kwok Hoong Letter from IT IS heartening to learn that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is planning to encourage existing motorists to switch their vehicles to Off Peak ones ("Car-ving out change", Feb 13). The restricted OPC hours on Saturdays should not just
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      203 21  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY HOW A CHILD VIEWS DIVORCE A secondary school teacher recently sent me a poem written by one of her students, Does A Child Understand? I'd like to share it with you. Such a touchy topic; does a child understand the gradual separation of
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      123 21 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices The only good investment you're likely to make this year. Now is the perfect time to advance your education with Curtin. We have a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate business degrees to choose from at the new Curtin Singapore campus. All
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      Lock icon How to publish your masterpiece
      1080 22  -  MAYO MARTIN DIY PUBLISHING Vanity publishing? It's not as ugly as you think jnayo@mediacorp. com.sg LAST December, writer Lee Ju-lyn spent an entire weekend cafe-hop-ping around Boat Quay, Dhoby Ghaut, Bugis and Orchard Road. No, it wasn't an experiment on the human limits of caffeine
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      PLUS ROUNDUP
      82 22 CONCERT DATE REVISED Update your gig guide. According to organisers, Joey Yung's concert here has now been changed to Apr 18, 7.30pm at the Max Pavilion Singapore Expo. Tickets from $68 to $148 at Sistic outlets. LATE NITE ESPLANADE This month's instalment of the concert series features alternative
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      Hard sell pictures
      433 24  -  MAYO MARTIN PHOTOGRAPHY Japanese exhibit looks at the art side of advertising mayo@mediacorp.com.sg ADVERTISEMENTS of Pokka canned coffee, Shiseido cosmetics, a travel agency, and a Sanyo Aqua washing machine hang inside the gallery. But the only thing that's being sold here is the idea of good aesthetics.
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      The fine print
      498 25  -  MAYO MARTIN ART EXHIBIT 'oung artists turn printnakers at BMW exhibit mayo@mediacorp.com.sg DONNA Ong may be known for creating intricate room-sized art installations but for her newest works, she took a slight detour into the realm of printmaking. It was an experience that was "quite intimidating and
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      106 23 Today you will leave home at the same time, have the same breakfast, take the same route. Today you will come across the same traffic jams, you will make the same turns, right and left. And yes, end up parked safely down the middle. Today you can change the order
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  • health
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      Lock icon Babies of obese mums face higher risks
      688 26 THENEWYORKTIMES BIRTH DEFECTS Patients advised to lose weight or undergo bariatric surgery before pregnancy OBESE women are more likely to have babies with rare but serious birth defects, a new study confirmed. These include spina bifida and other neural tube defects, and, to
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      159 28 THE HAGUE Dutch financial services company ING announced yesterday that they would no longer sponsor Formula 1 team Renault, citing the need to cut costs. "In light of the recentlyannounced cost reduction programme, ING confirmed today not to renew the three-year sponsorship (2007 to 2009)
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      618 28 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL United's form, strength in depth could see them hit a new peak FA Cup, sth round Derby i Manchester United 4 Yet, Derby and their fans were treated to an awesome exhibition of the talent at Ferguson's disposal. United's makeshift team,
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      472 29 .AGENCIES HSwIH!BHn!BSSBHI^B He wants to finish at Real Madrid, but for now Benitez is happy at Anfield LONDON Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez (picture) hopes to secure a new contract as quickly as possible, although the fact he has admitted it would be the "perfect
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      414 29  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg LAST month, Olympic champion Michael Phelps hit the headlines for the wrong reasons after a photograph of him using a "bong", a device used to smoke marijuana, was splashed across the pages of British tabloid The News of the World. The
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      380 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Great Eastern say local football will give them great exposure linfhoong@mediacorp.com. sg THEY have taken over from one of their biggest rivals as one of two main backers of local professional club football, but Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd are not
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      224 30  -  TANYO-HINN THE fans came out in force, but sadly, the two teams opening the Great EasternYeo's S-League 2009 season failed to serve up goals. Tampines Rovers and Home United, both with aspirations to win the title, shared the spoils in a 0-0 draw in front of 3,377
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      442 30  -  LAN DE COTTA Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 Geylang United v Albirex Niigata Bedok Stadium, j.^spm ian@mediacorp.com.sg TONIGHT, Geylang United host Albirex Niigata at the Bedok Stadium in their opening Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League match with their experiment, of having three coaches call
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      320 31  -  FOR the bargain-hunter, less is always more when it comes to sales and discounts. And furnishings chain Ikea has taken that idea literally in the "Expect the unexpected" advertising campaign for its ongoing home furnishing sale. In the ads, a nude couple is clad in nothing more
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      332 32 BLOOMBERG CHINA, the world's second-biggest energy user, will offer preferential lending rates for overseas oil investments and may tap the country's USsl.9s trillion ($2.9 trillion) foreign-exchange reserves to help companies buy fields abroad. The nation may set up an oil fund to boost
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      363 32 AFP JAPAN'S ECONOMY Plunge in demand for Japanese goods; analysts say things could get worse TOKYO Japan is facing its biggest economic crisis since World War 11, the government warned yesterday, after Asia's biggest economy suffered its worst contraction in almost 35 years in the
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      834 33  -  PAULKRUGMAN THE NEWYORKTIMES BUSINESS COMMENT Too much debt, too few assets. Are policymakers ready to break vicious circle? BY NOW, everyone knows the sad tale of Bernard Madoff s duped investors. They looked at their statements and thought they were rich. But then, one day,
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        52 34 12.5 cents I Hold OCBC Investment Research maintains rating, saying the wooden furniture maker's 2Q09 results were below expectations. Weak demand weighed on revenue. Expects outlook to "remain muted" in the next quarter due to shorter working months, overcapacity and festive holidays. Cut fair-value price to 14.5 cents from
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        68 34 64 cents Hold DBS Vickers downgrades from Buy on view that deepening recession makes it harder for engineering services group to maintain order book growth, sustain margins and realise gains from its industrial properties. Expects water engineering arm to face biggest drop in orders as contract talks progressing
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        19 34 Friday 1,705.64 A 1.23% Thursday 1,684.96 T 2.15% Wednesday 1,721.97 A 1.10% Tuesday 1,703.29 A 1.25%
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        22 34 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,518 ¥100 Si.655 $2,163 HKSioo $19.57 $1,938 RMB100 $22.20 $0,986 RS100 $3,109 $0,419 RPio,ooo $1,281
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      362 34 THE GUARDIAN, BLOOMBERG PUBLICLY hardening its stance on bank executive bonuses, the British government promises to be "very, very robust" in clamping down on bonuses for 2008 in banks in which it holds shares. It will only allow modest payments for clerks earning around
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      145 35 ILE PHOTO: BLOOMBERG He calls it "the biggest swindle in American history" and it's a story he wants to bring to a cinema near you. American filmmaker Michael Moore (picture), known for his controversial political films, is calling for Wall Street workers to tell him all
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        87 35 BLOOMBERG Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa denied he was drunk during a G-7 press conference in Rome on Feb 14, where he had difficulty understanding questions and slurred his words. "I wouldn't drink before a G-7 meeting," he told reporters yesterday.
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        99 35 938 live Millipore, a United States-listed life sciences firm, has pumped US$2 million ($3.8 million) into a new laboratory and training facility in Singapore's Science Park. The facility, measuring 8,000 square feet, will provide support and technical services to the company's bio-manu-facturing customers in
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      217 35  -  ESTHER FUNG CHANGINGTIMES Jeweller hopes to capitalise on the mood of the times esther@mediacorp.com.sg AMID an economic recession where consumers are less willing to spend, Mainboard-listed jeweller Aspial Corp has found a way of riding on the mood of the times: It is entering the pawnbroking
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      271 35  -  LEONGWEEKEAT AGAINST the recent swell of protectionism in some countries, senior officials of the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) have decided to monitor the group's commitment to free trade, they said after a two-day meeting that ended yesterday in Singapore. Last November, Apec leaders agreed to
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