Today, 21 October 2010, Afternoon Edition

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  • 28 2 AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday October 21, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking OCTOBER 21, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 438 2 US govt acts to assure integrity of foreclosure process, banks THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Obama Administration officials renewed efforts yesterday to ease concerns about the integrity of the foreclosure process, saying that no evidence had emerged so far of any problems that threatened the health of
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  • NEWS
    • 515 5  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Given the world’s accelerated pace of change and how hard it is to predict tomorrow’s economic “winners”, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he would, in retrospect, have started equipping Singaporeans five to 10 years earlier. “I think
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    • 489 6 Even Queen will feel pain of radical austerity AGENCIES LONDON The British government yesterday unveiled the country’s steepest public spending cuts in decades which will eliminate almost half-a-million public sector jobs over the next four years, sharply reduce welfare benefits and raise
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    • 217 6 AGENCIES Italy Aims to bring debt-to-gross domestic product ratio to below 3 per cent by 2012 Target public spending, including the cost of public administration Launch a bigger fight against tax evasion Implement rules on bankruptcy and a system of tax advantages for southern Italy
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    • 240 7 SINGAPORE The first MRT line to be graded on eco-friendliness has passed with flying colours. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) said yesterday it had awarded the Circle Line (CCL) the Green Mark Gold Award for its environmentally-friendly features. Over the next
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    • 404 7  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It began with a post on his recent trip to the United States and Canada where he blogged about his thoughts, including how “testing is not everything and can go overboard”. Education Minister Ng Eng Hen officially entered the blogosphere on Oct
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    • 294 9  -  NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a High Court ruling that OCBC Bank had acted reasonably in refusing to take instructions from their elderly customer who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, dismissing the appeal by her adopted daughter.
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    • 255 9 SINGAPORE Can a well-known investigative journalist, who has access to certain information, be considered an “average man”? Or does he have to be held to a higher standard in terms of what he writes? These questions were argued
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    • 157 9 SINGAPORE Five days after a request from Temasek Holdings to change its name, socio-political website Temasek Review is now called New Temasek Review, although its URL remains unchanged. The investment firm had sent a letter last Friday to general practitioner Dr Joseph Ong to change
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    • 98 11 SMILE YOU’VE WON A CANON IXUS Mr EdwinTeoh (second from left), Canon Singapore’s assistant director of Consumer Imaging and Information Products Division, and Mr Sunny Issac (far right), MediaCorp Press’ senior manager for Circulation, with the winners of the Best Birthday photo contest, organised by Today and Canon. The contest,
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    • 215 11 Natural gas-fired plant produces electricity and steam simultaneously ESTHER NG SINGAPORE The Republic’s energy sector is getting a boost from a new $800 million power plant. Officially opened yesterday, PowerSeraya’s new natural gas-fired facility is capable of producing electricity and steam simultaneously up to 600 tonnes
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    • 55 11 PHOTO BY WEE TECK Mr S Dhanabalan, chairman, Temasek Holdings, paid a visit to the Today newsroom yesterday. From left are Mr Patrick Yong, managing director, MediaCorp Press; Mr Quak Hiang Whai, deputy editor, Today; Mr Dhanabalan; DrChitra Rajaram, director, MediaCorp NewsHub; and Mr Lucas Chow, CEO,
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    • 235 13  -  MONICA KOTWANI monicak@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Seven halfway houses in Singapore yesterday signed an agreement to standardise aftercare support and services to inmates, ex-offenders and their families. The agreement was jointly drawn up by the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) and the Singapore Corporation of
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    • 104 13 PHOTO COURTESY MINDEF The Republic has taken delivery of its second Archer-class submarine, which was launched in Sweden yesterday. The RSS Swordsman was acquired from the Royal Swedish Navy. Equipped with advanced sonar, torpedo and periscope systems, the two Archer-class submarines are stealthier, have longer endurance
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    • 143 13  -  EVELYN SINGAPORE A former Singapore Land Authority (SLA) manager, who is accused of cheating the Government of $11.8 million, was offered bail of $1.5 million yesterday. Lim Chai Meng, 37, has been charged with conspiring with ex-SLA deputy director Koh Seah Wee, 40, by
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    • 239 15 SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE Two more research centres, which will focus on energy efficiency, will be set up here under the National Research Foundation’s (NRF) Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise programme, bringing the total number of centres under the
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    • 225 15  -  MONICA KOTWANI monicak@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When monkeys turn aggressive, it is often people who are to blame, according to the National Parks Board (NParks). So, it plans to hold guided walks by the end of the year to educate people on what not to
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    • 50 17 A mixed bag of results in second round of bidding for October CATEGORY CHANGE PRICE A Car (1600cc and below) taxi q 717 $32,415 B Car (above 1600cc) p 1,799 $44,600 C Goods vehicle and bus q 378 $30,511 D Motorcycle p 187 $1,689 E Open p 810
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    • 97 17 LIM WEILIN Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have designed the world’s smallest on-chip low-pass filter, a circuit that allows low-frequency signals to pass through while reducing unwanted high-frequency signals. Professor Yeo Kiat Seng, head of circuits and systems at NTU’s School
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    • 79 17 The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has seized a total of 1,180 cartons of contraband cigarettes from a lorry at the Changi Airfreight Centre on Monday morning. The vehicle was transporting men’s shirts. The estimated value of the cigarettes is about $115,000. The potential
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    • 136 17  -  EVELYN CHOO A man who is serving jail time for outrage of modesty and voluntarily causing hurt will have to spend additional time behind bars. Christopher Neo, 23, was yesterday sentenced to another 12 months in prison for having sex
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    • 83 17 More than 2,500 officers from various Home Team agencies have been commended fortheir professionalism and achievements. They had conducted some 100 successful operations, including foiling two cigarette smuggling attempts earlier this year. The officers received their Home Affairs Minister’s Awards for Operational Excellence from Senior
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    • 318 19  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tiger Airways announced yesterday it has won the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation’s Low Cost Airline of the Year award amid the tit-for-tat scuffle between Tiger and Malaysia-based carrier, AirAsia. The latter’s chief executive, Mr Tony Fernandes, had earlier
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  • VOICES
    • 324 21  -  Low-wage workers often subjected to unreasonable rules Letter from Arthur Lim I READ with sympathy the letter from Ms Jessie Chong about her father’s experience upon landing a job as a cleaner (“Clean up treatment of cleaners”, Oct 19). I am not surprised such treatment exists and
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    • 79 21  -  LETTER FROM RAYMUND KOH JOO GUAN I have seen the odd accident and nearcollision on the roads involving motorists and motorcyclists who smoke while driving or riding. Smoking while driving is as dangerous as driving while using a mobile phone. A smoker is unable to properly
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    • 93 21  - LETTER FROM RONALD A DANGEROUS JUNCTION I am writing to alert the authorities of the serious traffic situation at the very busy junction of Orchard Boulevard and Paterson Road. Motorists turning towards Scotts Road from Orchard Boulevard often dangerously whizz past pedestrians crossing between Wheelock Place and Ion Orchard. I
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    • 357 23  -  Letter from Md Arshad THERE has been a recent outbreak of dengue fever in Telok Blangah, where I live. According to National Environment Agency (NEA) flyers pasted at my lift lobby, there have been 64 reported cases in
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    • 207 23  -  Letter from Chung Siqi I WRITE in response to “Addict sterilised in Britain in exchange for cash” (Oct 19). Despite accusations of the charity’s action being morally reprehensible and irrelevant, I feel that this controversial project is commendable as it benefits a majority of
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  • COMMENTS&ANALYSIS
    • 1033 25  -  The line that defines what is a free and fair contest to host the World Cup is blurring ROB HUGHES The writer has written, broadcast and edited about sports for four decades. He has reported on the World Cup since 1974 and the Olympic
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    • 857 26  -  PETER FOSTER The writer is The Daily Telegraph’s China Correspondent. He moved to Beijing in 2009. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH From behind the walls of a faceless government building in west Beijing came the news this week that China’s mandarins have identified the man
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    • 950 27  -  PATRICK CHOVANEC The writer is an associate professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management and is an independent fund adviser. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Money, money everywhere. At least that’s what it feels like at the moment in
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    • 870 29  -  Brought to you by These transport service champions show the way to delighting customers and passengers —HAZEL TAN A total of 267 Service Stars from the public transport industry were honoured for their service dedication recently at the annual National Courtesy Award—Transport Gold 2010.
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    • 449 30 2010 THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED EDITORIAL Until the financial crisis, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) were viewed with great suspicion and a touch of hysteria in the western countries where they bought assets. However then they became heroes: When other investors were fleeing, they rode to
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  • WORLD
    • 318 31 AGENCIES BEIJING China has pledged to maintain supplies of rare earths and signalled that exports of the valuable ingredients which are used to make parts for vehicles, computers, cell phones, missiles and new energy technology may rise next year. The Commerce Ministry denied reports
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    • 343 31 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The ruling ethnic Malay party risks losing power in Malaysia’s next general election unless it courts support from minorities by moderating its views and reforming a pro-Malay affirmative action programme, the party’s youth leader warned
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    • 193 32 AYUTTHAYA The worst floods in decades in Thailand and severe flooding in neighbouring Cambodia have killed 20 people, the authorities said yesterday, as rescue workers braced for more rain and possible flooding in Bangkok. Rescue teams evacuated stranded villagers by boat in some
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    • 100 32 AGENCIES Indonesian prosecutors have charged pop star Nazriel Irham (picture) in connection with three homemade sex videos, allegedly featuring himself and two popular female celebrities, that spread via the Internet in June. The Jakarta Globe said he has been charged with distributing pornography
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    • 111 32 AGENCIES A “super typhoon” regained strength and headed for southern China yesterday after wreaking havoc across the northern Philippines, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 15 people. Chinese ports recalled vessels asTyphoon Megi looked setto make landfall on Saturday east of Hong
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    • 414 35 AGENCIES JAKARTA Hundreds of people joined protests outside Indonesia’s Presidential Palace yesterday, throwing rocks and setting fires to demand that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono step down. Police clashed with the protesters before firing tear gas and warning shots to
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    • 140 35 AP Jason Leung, 18, who lost his father and two sisters in a Philippine bus hijacking, has woken up from a coma nearly two months after the tragedy. His doctor in Hong Kong told reporters yesterday that Leung regained consciousness
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    • 133 35 AP A British court sentenced Saudi Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud to at least 20 years in prison yesterday for beating and strangling one of his servants at a central London hotel on Feb 15. “No one in this country is
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    • 144 37 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MinerYonni Barrios, 50, has been offered £64,000 ($131,800) to become the face of AshleyMadison.com, an online service for married people looking to have affairs. While he was underground, his wife of 28 years, Marta Salinas, 56, discovered that
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    • 215 37 Church ceremony for one wife of 25 years COPIAPO Five of Chile’s 33 rescued miners are to have church weddings, in some cases more than 20 years after they first tied the knot, inspired by their survival after two months trapped underground.
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    • Article, Illustration
      727 39 Hosted by GOES TELEVISION SHOPPING With the plethora of plasma, LCD and LED televisions on the market, it can be confusing trying to purchase one. Plasma and LCD TVs have been around longer while LED TVs are a newer innovation. In essence, plasmaTV displays are made up of
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    • 138 41 AGENCIES KARACHI Pakistan’s commercial hub, Karachi, shut down yesterday for a day of mourning after a fresh wave of violence killed at least 56 people. The killings began on Saturday, ahead of a by-election to replace a provincial lawmaker murdered last month, raising fears
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    • 293 41 AGENCIES SAN DIEGO The United States military is, for the first time, allowing recruiters to accept openly gay and lesbian applicants. The historic move follows a series of decisions by a federal judge in California, Ms Virginia Phillips (picture), who ruled
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    • 211 41 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The American state of Virginia was hit by two separate shootings over three days in the Pentagon and the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Investigators were trying to determine whether there was a connection between the two incidents. Shots were
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    • 162 45 AGENCIES NEW DELHI The Golden Temple, considered the spiritual centre of the Sikh religion, is one of India’s top tourist attractions. Revered by Indians of all faiths, it is a cherished emblem of India’s religious diversity. So it was no surprise when it
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    • 179 45 AGENCIES PARIS French police have forced three fuel depots to reopen to ensure petrol supplies disrupted by nationwide strikes over a Bill to raise the retirement age to 62. “The right to strike does not give anyone the right to
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    • 255 45 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH DUSHANBE Tajik troops have waged close quarter battles with Al Qaeda terrorists after uncovering a training camp in a remote valley. The discovery triggered warnings that militants are spreading out of Afghanistan into its gas and oil-rich Central Asian
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    • 437 49 THE NEW YORK TIMES ORDOS (Inner Mongolia)—By many measures, this resource-rich city in northern China is a fabulous success. It has huge reserves of coal and natural gas, a fast-growing economy and a property market so sizzling hot that virtually every house put up
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    • 134 49 THE NEW YORKTIMES The European Union has suspended its disciplinary action against France for the expulsions of Roma migrants, saying on Tuesday that Paris had made sufficient commitments to rectify shortcomings in its immigration laws. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he was “very happy
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    • 175 49 AGENCIES Japan’s Empress Michiko (picture) marked her 76th birthday yesterday, saying she is starting to feel the effects of her age sometimes forgetting where she puts things but she hopes to keep up her official duties as long as she can. The wife of Emperor
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    • 96 49 AGENCIES Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 85, was admitted to hospital in London on Tuesday for tests related to a recent flu illness. A spokesman for Downing Street said she was suffering from an infection but her condition was “not serious”. She is
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    • 58 51 You’re looking at the world’s longest domestic cat. Stewie, a five-year-old Maine Coon breed from Nevada, in the United States, measures 1.23m from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail bone, according to The Reno Gazette-Journal. The Guinness World Record was previously
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    • 233 51 AGENCIES JERUSALEM The Dead Sea Scrolls, among the world’s most important, mysterious and tightly restricted archaeological treasures, are about to get Googled, the technology giant and Israel announced on Tuesday. The new partnership is part of a drive by Google to
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    • 348 54 Weary Man U fans get 90 minutes of respite thanks to Nani’s superb goal AP AFTERNOON LATEST MANCHESTER Manchester United put the furore surrounding Wayne Rooney’s future to one side for 90 minutes last night (this morning, Singapore time) to beat Turkish side Bursaspor 1-0 in the
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    • 117 54 AP BARCELONA Lionel Messi’s double gave Barcelona a 2-0 win over FC Copenhagen despite the hosts’ poor finishing in front of goal. Messi found space outside the area to launch a shot past goalkeeper Johan Wiland into the top corner in the 19th minute.
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    • 163 54 AP GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany) Raul Gonzalez equalled Gerd Mueller’s European club goalscoring record with two goals in Schalke’s 3-1 Champions League win over Hapoel Tel Aviv. Raul scored in the third minute and doubled Schalke’s lead in the 58th, taking him to 69 goals in European
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    • 473 54 AP LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and chief executive David Gill will meet today to discuss what to do next after Wayne Rooney blamed his decision not to sign a new contract on the club’s failure to spend heavily on top-class players.
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    • 599 56 But Spurs still on losing end despite Bale’s second-half THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST MILAN Harry Redknapp said last night that he had told his players to avoid “an embarrassing score-line” after their firsthalf rout at the hands of Inter Milan in the Champions League.
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    • 346 56 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The Spain-Portugal and Qatar World Cup bids are under investigation by Fifa’s ethics committee following allegations that they agreed to trade votes in clear breach of bidding rules, reported The Daily Telegraph. Sources with knowledge of the investigation confirmed last
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    • 549 57  -  Odds favour Etoile, who have the easier run-in SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg GREAT EASTERN-YEO’S S-LEAGUE Etoile FC vs Young Lions Queenstown Stadium, 7.45pm SINGAPORE It reads like a predictable work of sports fiction: A team struggles with problems on and off the pitch, then rallies to grind
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    • 198 57  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Golf enthusiasts here will be able to catch flamboyant Englishman Ian Poulter in action again at the US$6 million ($7.85 million) Barclays Singapore Open next month, when the defending champion returns to compete in “Asia’s Major”. Known for his colourful outfits on
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    • 264 58  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR The world’s best women golfers will be back in Singapore next February for the US$1.4 million ($1.8 million) HSBC Women’s Champions at the Tanah Merah Country Club, led by Japan’s current world No 1 Ai Miyazato (picture). The 1.57m tall
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    • 868 62 SMRT Heartbeat of the Nation A fast changing environment calls for a new generation of leaders. Inspired to serve, our best and brightest are poised to grow, moving ahead with the nation. TRAINS SMRT Trains Ltd Assistant Engineer, Infrastructure Facilities (Projects) Responsibilities: Lead a team ofTechnical Officers in performing internal
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    • 58 60 Monday 11,005.97 p 0.08% Friday 10,997.35 p 0.64% Thursday 10,927.07 p 0.27% Wednesday 10,897.52 q 0.66% WEDNESDAY CLOSE 11,107.97 (+1.18%) NYSETOP5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 655.1m $11.75 q 0.42% Citigroup 494.8m $4.11 p 1.23% Wells Fargo 101.5m $25.60 p 4.28% General Electric 69.7m $16.05
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      • 80 60 Boosted by weaker US$ Wall Street bounced back as a fall in the US dollar spurred buying in industrial and commodity-linked shares, while another batch of strong corporate earnings added to gains. After the US dollar’s rise on a surprise Chinese interest rate hike the day before, the
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      • 84 60 Up by almost 3 per cent Oil rebounded nearly 3 per cent, the biggest daily percentage gain in more than a month, as a weaker US dollar, stronger equities and a smaller-than-expected rise in US crude stockpiles whetted investors’ risk appetite. US crude for November delivery expired at the
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    • 102 60 Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the thinnest, lightest Mac laptop yet, fusing features from its popular iPhone and iPad with its traditional line of personal computers. Utilising flash storage like the iPad ratherthan hard drives like conventional computers, the new MacBook Air, introduced
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    • 313 60 AP WASHINGTON The United States economy grew unevenly in early fall, with more than half the regions of the country expanding modestly while others struggled to grow. A survey by the Federal Reserve released yesterday found that seven of the Fed’s 12 regions reported moderate
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    • 195 60 NYT NEW YORK Morgan Stanley says it needs more time to reshape its battered franchise. But its latest results suggest the firm is falling farther behind its rivals. Even as the majority of the country’s big banks reported so-so earnings, Morgan Stanley’s stood out as weak.
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    • 364 62  -  CHRIS HOWELLS CHRIS HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s initial public offering market is gaining depth, with the capacity to absorb an IPO as large as US$10 billion ($13 billion), or more than three times the amount ever raised from a single issue in
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    • 271 62 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Wells Fargo, the United States’ largest consumer bank, said yesterday that its earnings rose 7 per cent in the third quarter after a decent showing from its retail franchise and the Wachovia Corporation branches it acquired two years ago.
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    • 171 62 NYT CHICAGO Buoyed by a rebound in commercial aircraft sales, the Boeing Company reported third-quarter earnings yesterday that beat analyst expectations and raised its profit forecast for the year. The company, the world’s second-largest plane maker after Airbus, bounced back from a loss in
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    • 149 63 SINGAPORE A freehold residential block at Marine Parade Road has been put up for collective sale through a public tender. The 18-storey building called Marine Point (picture) com- prises 30 apartments and two penthouses. The owners are looking at a collective indicative price of about
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    • 239 63  -  JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Standard Chartered (StanChart) Private Bank plans to hire another 300 relationship managers globally by 2013. The bank wants to ramp up its private banking business, especially in the fast-growing emerging markets of Asia a sizzling new hotspot of ultra-rich clients.
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    • 191 63 SINGAPORE Conglomerate Fraser and Neave (F&N) is acquiring the entire stake in King’s Creameries, which is a major ice-cream maker in Malaysia and Singapore. Its products are marketed under its flagship brand King’s and also exported to other markets, including Brunei, Hong Kong, Macau and the
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    • 293 63 AGENCIES Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings is reportedly selling its entire stake in South Korea’s Hana Financial Group. The deal could be worth up to US$642.6 million ($844.83 million), according to a term sheet obtained by Dow Jones Newswires. Temasek
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    • 764 65 The Cannes Lions 2010 Showcase was a celebration of creativity and talent FOLLOWING the conclusion of the prestigious Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, the local advertising industry gathered last week at Klapsons, the Boutique Hotel, for a glimpse of some of the best works from the festival
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    • 35 69 Today is published by MediaCorp Press Ltd, Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Annex Building, Level 1, Andrew Road, Singapore *****9 Tel: 6333 3888. Printed by KHL Printing Co Pte Ltd, 57, Loyang Drive, Singapore *****8. Tel: *****222
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    • 50 70 OCTOBER 21, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF TRAVEL DON’T TELL HER TO TAKE A BREAK SINGER, ACTRESS AND NOW PRODUCER KAREN MOK IS JUST GETTING STARTED. >> T2 MORE TO KOREA THAN KIMCHI AND SEOUL. >> T16 SERVE YOU RIGHT: TRAVELLERS WANT MORE DIY OPTIONS. >> T20 LUXE VACATIONS FOR LESS.
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    • 892 71  -  Karen Mok won't let a little thing like a bad throat slow her down she's got too much to do CHRISTOPHERTOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a sweltering 35ºC outside, but last week in a meeting room at the Fullerton Hotel, Hong Kong superstar Karen Mok had a scarf wrapped
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    • 363 73 Sabrina This Philippine singing sensation has had hits with her acoustic renditions of pop favourites. Oct 22, 7.30pm, Movida, St,James Power Station. Roktober! Amid chugging beers and stuffing on good food, you get performances by Sixx, The Pinholes, Ministry Of Rock, Imprompt-3, Timbre Music Academy All-Stars and Blues Summit.
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      • 248 75  -  SOMETHING FORTHE REST OF US KEVIN MATHEWS GOO GOO DOLLS WITH the accusations of being Replacements clones ringing in their ears early in their careers, the Goo Goo Dolls abandoned the metal and punk elements in their poprock music and embraced a polished commercial sonic approach that
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      • 140 75  - SCIENCE FAITH THE SCRIPT KEVIN MATHEWS Evoking serious post-punk influences like U2 and The Police, and marrying these elements with a modern hip-hop aesthetic produces a rather unique sound.The Script has the best of both worlds and stronger potential for wider appeal. All that said, second album Science Faith keeps
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      • 153 75  - DREAM OF YOU SHARON CORR KEVIN MATHEWS WHEN Sharon Corr (who played the fiddle in Irish band The Corrs) hit the big four-oh, she decided to release her debut solo album. Not a bad way to mark a milestone. Especially when the Irish lass got to record with guitar hero
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    • 471 79 How a local band expanded their reach overseas MANY local bands dream of making it big internationally. Playing a style of music colloquially referred to as “shoegaze”, local band Stellarium which refers to a map of the stars are pushing their music to the stars. Or overseas,
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    • 919 72 Advertisement Jeanette Aw Keeps In Shape Eating What She Wants "With Reduze, you get to eat what you want, when you want and still keep in shape," says award winning artiste Jeanette Aw, a fan and regular user of the revolutionary Reduze. A self-professed foodie, the popular Singaporean actress finds
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    • 356 78 SuperStar Libra returns to Singapore this November! Unwind, party and reward yourself by rounding up some friends and sailing off on SuperStar Libra. At sea, be mesmerised by fabulous entertainment. Let your hair down and have fun! Everybody, Let's Dance! Don't miss this magnificent production showcasing top ballroom dancers from
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