Today, 14 December 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday December 14, 2004 mica (P) 103/07/2004
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • Article
      Lock icon Stocks up on positive news
      68 1 -AFP NEW YORK Stocks pushed higher yesterday after a positive report on retail sales and a flurry of activity on corporate deals, including Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft, lifted sentiment The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 95.10 points to 10,638.32, the Nasdaq Composite Index leapt 20.43
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      Lock icon Film star, election candidate Poe dies
      90 1 -AFP MANILA Hugely popular Philippine movie star Fernando Poe (picture), who nearly unseated President Gloria Arroyo in hotly-contested polls this year, died early today, his doctor and friends said. The 64-year-old Poe, popularly known by his initials FPJ, fell into a coma after a
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      Lock icon Pinochet reprieve
      39 1 -AFP SANTIAGO A court ruling placing 89-year-old former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (picture) under house arrest, after he was charged with murder and kidnapping, has been suspended following an appeal by his lawyers, a court announced yesterday.
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      Lock icon Romania's winner
      36 1 AFP BUCHAREST Opposition candidate Traian Basescu (picture) won Romania's hotly-contested presidential elections but the centre-right Mayor of Bucharest yesterday faced the arduous task of trying to form a government from a fragmented parliamentary base.
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      Lock icon A move forward on old issues
      692 1  -  Sharon Vasoo in Kuala Lumpur Future Singapore-Malaysia ties must not be held hostage by the past: SM Goh BILATERAL talks between Singapore and Malaysia were rekindled yesterday after a long stalemate, with a move forward possible on several outstanding issues. The meeting between Senior
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      Lock icon Review of tolls aimed at drawing more Malaysians
      159 2 Channel News Asia IT could soon be cheaper for Malaysian motorists to come to Singapore. The Government is reviewing regulations in an effort to encourage more visitors, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said at the Singapore-Malaysia forum. Earlier this month,
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      Lock icon Aiming for the hip this year
      517 2  -  Tor Ching Li Speak Mandarin Campaign targets post-independence English-educated WHILE the use of IT software has reduced the need to memorise Chinese characters, the general caveat for learning the language remains the same: Use it, don't lose it Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew launched
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    • Article
      Oracle set to pay $17b for PeopleSoft
      124 2 ORACLE has signed a merger agreement to buy rival People Soft for US$lO.3 billion ($l7 billion) after a bitter 18-month battle. "The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and should close by early January," Oracle said in
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      A China crisis would wreak global havoc
      660 3  -  William Pfaff N EWSSSDUDSUL PARIS While the flutter of a butterfly's wing might not be quite enough to disrupt the international economy, it does not take more than a few flutters to spook traders, bankers and governments into interlinked financial crises. The vulnerability
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  • singapore news
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      US 'imports' S'pore maths
      465 4 Move by some schools aimed at stemming 'worrying drop in grades' "I DON'T know where Singapore is, but I like the way they do maths," Sarah Carter, 9, told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Sarah, a fourth-grader at a school in North Middlesex, Massachusetts, was referring
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      Lock icon Singapore, Malaysia schools to have joint activities
      330 4 Newsßadio 93.8 STUDENTS in Singapore and Malaysia can look forward to more interaction through joint projects, competitions and activities in the near future. The education ministers of the two countries have drawn up a list of initiatives to create such opportunities. Education Minister
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      Labour market to slow
      426 6  -  Tan Hui Leng Employers conservative about hiring in next quarter: survey EMPLOYERS here are expected to slow their hiring momentum in the first quarter of 2005, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey by human resource company Manpower. I The survey, conducted from midto end-Nov 2004,
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      Lock icon Modem jacking complaints increase, CASE calls for probe
      211 6 Newsßadio 93.8 THE Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) has received an increasing number of complaints on the issue of modem jacking. This month alone, CASE has already received three complaints. Modem jacking occurs when fraudulent telephone calls are made via the Internet
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      Families join casino debate — online
      612 8  - Families join casino debate online Jasmine Yin Facts founders want voices of Singaporean families to be heard, even by the President THE casino debate has now gone online with a petition started by three middle-aged friends. Calling themselves Families Against the Casino Threat in Singapore (Facts), they have banded together
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      Let's meet says full-page ad in newspaper
      545 10  -  Tor Ching Li French ad agency raises eyebrows in bold pitch to meet Singapore Airlines' boss MARRIAGE proposals and personal apologies now come as nothing new to the realm of print advertisements, but a French advertising agency raised eyebrows yesterday when it placed
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    • SINGAPORESsnippets
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        Lock icon King Abdullah in Singapore
        74 10 Channel News Asia Jordan's King Abdullah II will be in Singapore on a three-day visit from today. Singapore's Foreign Ministry said King Abdullah is accompanied by his Prime Minister Faisal El Fayez, several Ministers and senior officials. King Abdullah will call on Acting President Abdullah Tarmugi
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        Two rhinos born in S'pore zoo
        78 10 Spore Endangered white rhinos have given birth to two young at the Singapore Zoo. A male rhino, named Mandela after South Africa's former president, was born in October, said the zoo's executive director Fannie Lai. Another male, Sudi (meaning "luck" in Swahili), was born
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        Lock icon North-East CDC's eye-care plan
        72 10 Newsßadio 93.8 Some 5,000 residents rrom the Northeast district will benefit from the firstever eye-care scheme organised by the North-East Community Development Council (CDC). The scheme aims to teach proper eye care to residents. Low-income families will enjoy free eye tests and eye wear. The scheme,
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  • world news
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      Lock icon No end in sight to insurgency
      428 12 A year after Saddam's capture, Iraq remains plagued by violence BAGHDAD A year after the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, whose arrest was said to be crucial to ending the brutal insurgency in the country, US-led forces are still battling spiralling violence
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      Malaysia denies banning Christmas symbols and hymns
      288 12 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday denied reports that it has imposed an "informal ban" on Christian symbols and hymns that mention Jesus Christ at the official national Christmas celebration, according to the New Straits Times. "There is no ban issued officially or unofficially. I
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      Lock icon Taiwan opposition compromise on PM
      109 12 Agencies TAIPEI Taiwan's largest opposition party yesterday pulled back from its demand that it name the next premier. According to Taiwan's constitution, the president appoints the premier. The opposition Nationalist Party argued last week that the coalition that wins a majority in parliament should pick
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      Lock icon Abbas seen certain to win top PLO post
      107 12 AFP RAMALLAH PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas appeared yesterday to be guaranteed victory in the Palestinian presidential election after the withdrawal of his chief rival Marwan Barghuti. Jailed Palestinian-uprising leader Barghuti's decision on Sunday to drop out of the race cleared the way
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Fancy a kinky tie for Christmas?
        62 12 Serbian tie-maker Neven Vrgoc has designed a tie for the man who has everything, reported Ananova.com. "The ties are of a special shape and do not go around the neck of the man, but around his member," he said. He hopes that male customers
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        Drug-dealing Santas nabbed by police
        79 12 Rio de Janeiro police have arrested two Santa Clauses who were giving away "gifts" near a shanty town in the Brazilian capital, reported UOL Tabloide. They were nabbed after police found that, instead of giving away presents, the two men were dealing drugs. Suspicious officers
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      Lock icon French court orders end to Hezbollah broadcasts
      224 14 -AFP PARIS France's Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, yesterday ordered the satellite company Eutelsat to stop broadcasts of Al Manar television, the mouthpiece of the Lebanese Shia Muslim group, Hezbollah. The ban on the broadcasts within the European Union had
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Police chief sacked over religious clashes in Palu
        68 14 -AFP The police chief of the city of Palu in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia was replaced for alleged negligence yesterday after two churches were nit with a bombing and gunfire on the weekend that left three people seriously wounded. The province has seen
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        Lock icon UFO explodes over China suburb: Report
        63 14 AFP An unidentified flying object, or UFO, passed over the northwestern city of Lanzhou, China and apparently exploded in the suburbs, the China Times reported yesterday. Several witnesses reported seeing two bright trails of light shortly before midnight on Saturday. Police speculate it was
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        Lock icon New cash cow for US burglars: House plants
        68 14 >UI UIC AP Thieves in the United States are increasingly targeting house plants that fetch thousands of dollars on the black market. Among the favourites are cycads, palm-like plants that are so prized that a rare specimen can fetch US$2O,OOO ($33,000) or
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      Lock icon Death toll hits 11 in M'sia
      401 14 10,000 evacuated, rain seen to persist KOTA BARU Floods that have submerged parts of eastern Malaysia were expected to worsen as the death toll rose to 11 and more than 10,000 people were evacuated from their homes, reports said yesterday. The floodwaters, described as
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      Focus On The Family
      269 16  -  Family Dr James Dobson m TrjosTs ..by RETURN TO MAYBERRY When it comes to family-related matters I'm known as a traditionalist. In fact, the re's some people who think I'd like to take us backto the days of Ozzie and Harriet. But that's untrue and preposterous.
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    • Letter
      HDB review to avoid service lapses
      260 16  -  TAY KOON QUIE Board apologises for officer's oversight, takes action Letter from Deputy Director (Sales) For Director (Estate Administration Property) Housing and Development Board I REFER to the letter, "HDB, offer more than apologies" (Dec 8) by Ms Swee Bee Lan. She applied for
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      Deplorable safety measures at fun fair
      224 16  -  DANIEL CHNG LI KWAN I I Letter from ON SATURDAY evening, my girlfriend and I were at the fun fair held at the grounds beside Orchard MRT station. We were standing some 20m away from a ride known as "Dancing Chairs", while it was
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      Becoming poorer without Literature
      317 16  -  HENG CHO CHOON |Letterfrom KUDOS to Associate Professor Kirpal Singh who spoke up on behalf of the many parents who belong to the silent majority ("The need to read between the lines", Dec 13). The last decade has seen the subtle erosion of Literature as a
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    • READERS' SHORT TAKES
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      SingPost charges a blow to SMEs
      419 18  -  MARCUS HO High rates threaten to put some out of business |Letterfrom I REFER to Singapore Post's letter, "Operational costs forced hand" and the IDA's letter, "IDA's approval not needed" (Dec 11-12). I am a small and medium enterprise (SME) owner and a contract
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  • Businesstoday
    • MarketWATCH
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        Singapore
        128 20 SHARES closed mostly lower yesterday, but blue chips were largely resilient to the sell-off even as market participants were cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest-rate setting meeting today. The Fed is widely expected to raise the target for the federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage point to
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        ST Index — 2,017.29 +0.96
        4 20 ST Index 2,017.29 +0.96
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        SGX top rises
        69 20 By$ F&N 14.900 +0.200 JSH500USS 8.400 +0.150 Creative 50 24.400 +0.100 GreatEast 12.600 +0.100 OCBC 4-59.NCPS 100 100.600 +0.100 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 10.200 +0.100 SIA 11.200 +0.100 SIA200 11.100 +0.100 TAC200USS 3.320 +0.100 UOB 13.600 +0.100 By percentage Roly W*****8 0.045 MediaS 0.020 +80.0 +33.3 fwinwood 0.040
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        SGX top falls
        72 20 By$ DBSBk65.NCPS10 107.000 -0.200 Venture 15.200 -0.200 CITYDEV 6.600 -0.150 Jardine C&C 9.850 -0.150 CHYDEVW*****0 4.100 -0.120 UniFood 0.195 -0.115 OCBC 13.000 -0.100 Robinson 6.000 -0.100 SFIETFIOO 20.400 -0.100 Cosco Corp 0.975 -0.075 By percentage LiangHuat 0.005 UniFood 0.195 -50.0 -37.1 CoscoDBeCW*****9 0.085 -26.1 ArianeCorp R400 0.030
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.6067 UK£ 0.3165 Yen 63.575 HK$ 4.7109 RM 2.3053 Euro 0.4566 Rupiah 5,633.1 Baht 23.996 Peso 34.158 A$ 0.8008 Indian Rs 26.852 Won 644.03 C$ 0.7411 Yuan 5.0205 NZ$ 0.8547 NTS 19.683
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        SGX most active
        57 20 By volume PanpacMed China Sun UniFood SuntecReit Wee Poh Bio-Treat SingTel Cosco Corp Junma UniFiber Close 0.060 0.315 0.195 1.140 0.010 0.610 2.390 0.975 0.360 0.180 Change -0.025 -0.115 +0.020 -0.025 +0.030 -0.075 -0.035 +0.005 -7.4 -37.1 +1.8 -3.9 +1.3 -7.1 -8.9 +2.9 '000 26,973 26,711 24,791
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        World markets
        60 20 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI 10,789.25 13,886.16 3,919.50 5,878.89 844.20 897.34 Pis +32.45 -15.65 +8.10 -32.74 -0.65 +3.11 +0.30 -0.11 +0.21 -0.55 -0.08 +0.35 SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 645.75 935.784 1,748.33 239.16 6,266.18
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 20 SGX, Bloomberg Gold ussAi 439.20 Silver uss/oz 6.915 Platinum uss/oz 838.60 Rubber cents/kg 198.75 Palm oil rm/W 1,415 Brent crude uss/iorrei 37.35 Information provided by
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      Lock icon CAO to reveal creditors in Jan
      389 20 Agencies Beleaguered oil trader tries to forge rescue plan CHINA Aviation Oil Singapore Corp (CAO), which last month revealed a US$55O-million ($906 million) loss from oil derivatives trading, will list all its creditors when it returns to court with a debt plan within six
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      Lock icon Auston files CAD report
      59 20 Dow Jones EDUCATION services provider Auston International Group has filed a report on possible irregularities and mis-statements in its accounts with the Commercial Affairs Department Deloitte Touche is currently investigating the alleged irregularities at Auston, a unit of Panpac Media Group. Auston shares closed up 2.5
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    • business news
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        Lock icon M'sia dairy firm launches IPO
        120 22 Dow Jones MALAYSIA'S Etika International Holdings expects to raise about RM17.4 million ($7.6 million) in net proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO) in Singapore, the company said yesterday. The dairy products company is offering investors 43 million shares at 21 cents each, of which,
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        Lock icon United Food rejects Lianhe Zaobao report
        207 22 Dow Jones CHINESE meat and animal feed supplier United Food Holdings said yesterday that it had no links to a businessman who was named in the Chinese language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao as allegedly facing financial difficulties. The company said that "any inference of a
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        Lock icon SingTel, Samsung in Internet pact
        144 22 AFP SINGTEL will gain a foothold in South Korea's Internet industry through a new partnership with Samsung Networks, the two companies said yesterday. The deal allows Samsung Networks to give its customers use of SingTel's Asia-wide Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network technology. The technology sets
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        Lock icon Sony's PSP game console sold out
        201 26 Bloomberg SONY Corp's new PSP portable game console sold out at Tokyo electronic stores within hours of its Sunday debut Retailer Yodobashi Camera sold out of the device at all 17 of its outlets, said spokesman Yoshiharu Satake. Bic Camera ran out of the
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        Lock icon Keppel may build Indonesian shipyard to aid oil explorers
        309 26 Bloomberg It prefers to own facility rather than operate it as a venture with local partner KEPPEL Corp may build a shipyard in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest oil producer, as the country opens up more areas for exploration in a bid
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        Lock icon Raffles denies discussing running MGM Vegas hotel
        267 26 Bloomberg RAFFLES Holdings denied that it had talks with MGM Mirage about running a hotel in the US company's newest Las Vegas casino project MGM Mirage senior vice-presi-dent of public affairs Alan Feldman had said that Raffles is one of a number of
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    • the business of marketing
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        Dell sticks to proven marketing plan
        492 28 PC-maker to continue with inserts, citing good returns Shobha Tsering Bhalla shobha@newstoday.com.sg EARLIER this week, Dell entered the printer market in Singapore and Malaysia with the launch of two new printers, the 922 and 924, that it claims will slash printing costs for consumers
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        DON'T TELL DELL THERE'S NO PLACE FOR ETHICS IN BUSINESS
        206 28 THE Tell Dell system is an initiative that fosters accountability and responsibility within the company and empowers employees to act ethically. Dell provides employees resources to confidentially discuss and report ethics issues. Through a quarterly Tell Dell survey, employees anonymously
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        Taufik adds star power to Jetetar Asia launch
        386 29  -  Ted Chen Third Singapore-based budget airline takes off from Changi SINGAPORE IDOL winner Taufik Batisah was the star guest at the launch of another rising star's inaugural flight to Hong Kong yesterday. The 23-year-old singer was on hand to send off a
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        Lock icon Aspial's Citigems unveils 'Gift from the Heart'
        154 29 TO MARK the launch of its new jewellery store Citigems Singapore's largest jewellery company, Aspial Corporation, is eschewing hard-sell tactics for "heart sell" methods. It is launching a "Gift From The Heart" diamond and white gold pendant on Thursday, Dec 16, at a
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        142 29  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla ADVERTISING can do amazing things. It allows marketers with money to buy attention. Buy enough attention, the thinking goes, and you can increase distribution, raise prices, and simultaneously boost market share. Imagine how much more effective ads can
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        644 30  -  Francis Chin Get scalable, non-proprietary and resilient systems, says 3Com's Asia-Pacific managing director YOUR small business should look I and feel as if it is a large business, said Asia-Pacific managing director of multinational 3Com, Ms Stanimira Koleva. With technology and the Internet,
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          97 30 To enable small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) to deploy Internet Protocol telephones for business applications at lower costs, 3Com has launched the 3ComR Baseline Switch 2226-PWR Plus Switch, a Web-configured product that offers users network control and enables them to take advantage of
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          149 30 Blackßerry Enterprise customers can now enjoy a suite of real-time financial data applications from Star Hub. Users can get wireless access to Comstock and receive real-time market data such as market indices and their respective exchanges, currencies, futures and commodities on their Blackßerry
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          93 30 Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is offering channel-optimised starter solutions for SAN-based consolidation and data backup built on the Hitachi Thunder 9520 V Workgroup Modular Storage system. The Thunder 9520 V delivers 4.2GBps of cached bandwidth, six times that of the nearest ATA-based product. Designed for
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        241 31  -  Seah Slew Hua BOTS, malicious Trojans used by hackers to gain remote access to a victim's computer, are on the rise and computer users need to protect their networks. "This is the year of the bot," Mr Peter
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        428 31  -  Seah Siew Hua Gartner offers glimpse into future THE emerging markets of China and India look set to spur enterprise spending on information communications technology (ICT) in the AsiaPacific region (excluding Japan) to growth levels above the global market Mr Bertrand Bidaud, Gartner's vice-president for
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        222 33 I TO BOOST consumer confidence while trading I online, eßay Singapore has introduced a Buyer Protection Programme and unveiled site enhancements for a smoother user experience. The Buyer Protection Programme is targeted at cases where items paid for are not delivered. If a
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      774 34  -  Elisa Chia With a dash of anxiety shaken and stirred into Sunday's Star Awards THE thought had probably crossed their minds, but the only artiste not afraid to say it out loud on national TV was Sharon Au. "My ex-colleagues are coming back next year, so
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      244 36 ■AP CBS's Survivor: Vanuatu Islands of Fire came down to two highway workers, but it was Chris Daugherty who drove home US$l million ($1.65 million) richer, in a new car. Daugherty, 33, outplayed, outlasted and outwitted Twila Tanner, 41, getting five votes from the seven-person jury.
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      136 36 -AP THE superhero adventures Spider-Man 2 and The Incredibles made the American Film Institute's list of 2004's top 10 films. The not-yet-released Howard Hughes biography, The Aviator, and boxing drama Million Dollar Baby also made the list, which was released on Sunday. The shows,
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      189 36  -  David Chew THE three-month long Canon DMH Digital Video Fest climaxed on Saturday night at Zouk with $15,000 in cash and Canon digital camcorders being given away to the winners. Narrative, stop-motion animation, documentary or experimental entries less than 15 minutes long were submitted
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        236 37 Agencies Bags seven Golden Globe nominations this year IT'S NO secret that the nomination choices for the Golden Globes have helped define the field of Academy Awards contenders. This year, a fairly wideopen awards season has yet to produce clear front-runners. Hollywood's uncertain awards picture took
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        217 37 Best film (drama) The Aviator Closer Finding Neverland Hotel Rwanda Kinsey Million Dollar Baby Best actress (drama) Scarlett Johansson, A Love Song for Bobby Long Nicole Kidman, Birth Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby Uma Thurman, Kill Bill Vol2 Best actor (drama) Javier
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        554 38 -AFP PEOPLE who run a chronic sleep deficit appear to be at increased risk of piling on the pounds, according to two studies released on Dec 6. Researchers have already established a link between sleep loss and weight gain, but these studies
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        306 38  -  Joy Tan THE mighty C has long been known as the king of vitamins. In addition to aiding iron absorption, antioxidant protection and antibody production, vitamin C also helps fight off foreign invaders in your body. While vitamin C boasts
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      399 43  -  TAN YO-HINN Ex-Sri Lanka coach gets a helping hand from Netball Singapore AT THE last Asian Netball Championships in 2001, hosts Sri Lanka claimed bragging rights after a narrow 55-54 win over Singapore in the final. The mastermind behind that defeat was Hyacinth Wijesinghe, who so astutely plotted
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      351 43  -  STANLEY HO IN KUNMING, CHINA THE Singapore under-19 team will face their biggest challenge today, when they square off against the continent's kingpins Japan, in the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) under-19 championships here. The Japanese are favourites to win, but the Singapore
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      121 43 -AFP DHAKA Bangladesh coach Day Whatmore yesterday rubbished claims that his team did not deserve to play Test cricket, after suffering an innings defeat in the first Test against India here. "That's absolutely rubbish," Whatmore said, reacting to remarks that Bangladesh were making a mockery of Test
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      240 44 NFL Texans 14 Colts 23 HOUSTON Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning broke one of Dan Marino's touchdown (TD) records, but not the one everybody had been talking about. The Colts beat the Houston Texans 23-14 to clinch their second straight AFC South title with Manning's 13th
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      574 44 -AP Woods' latest victory another sign that his swing changes are finally coming good GOLF Target World Challenge THOUSAND OAKS, California Tiger Woods won his final tournament of a difficult year on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). It looks as if it could be just
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        668 45  -  ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP -AFP Diop denies United chance to reel in Chelsea LONDON Papa Bouba Diop's superb equaliser for Fulham blew Manchester United's chance to reel in English Premiership front-runners Arsenal and Chelsea in a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage here last night, (this morning,
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        97 45 AFP LONDON Newcastle manager Graeme Souness (picture) has been given a onematch touchline ban and fined £10,000 ($32,000) after being sent from the dugout during his side's defeat at Fulham last month. Souness was dismissed for protesting when Alan Shearer was not awarded a penalty in
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        160 45 -AFP LONDON Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez said he wants Dietmar Hamann to stay at Anfield and that he will be talking to the midfielder in the next few days about a new deal. The 31-year-old German's contract expires in the summer and he will
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      774 46  -  JOSE RAYMOND Win against Cambodia will secure Singapore a semi-final spot TIGER CUP 2004, GROUP A Singapore 6 Laos 2 THREE matches down, three to go, if the Lions are to taste glory. After a 6-2 thrashing of Laos in a Group A clash in the
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      95 46 -AFP MADRID Real Madrid and Real Sociedad will play out the remaining six minutes of Sunday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) match on Jan 5. It was abandoned after a bomb hoax purporting to come from ETA. The clubs were drawing 1-1 when police evacuated 70,000 spectators. The clubs
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