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Title Section10 2008-10-07 1 TODAY Tuesday October 7, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking10 words
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Article, Illustration35 2008-10-07 1 Agatha Koh Brazil - Agatha Koh Brazil Our Voices Editor sits down with Singapore's only female film-maker, Wee Li Lin, who divulges her secret to recovering from bad-review depression: Supportive family and friends and Facebook Scrabble. Page 2235 words
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Article76 2008-10-07 1 Ho Kwon Ping - Ho Kwon Ping The failure of the financial system suggests it is time to change society's reward system, which has bred the fear and greed driving capitalism, says the head of Banyan Tree. Page 2 Don't write off the US It's the end of Wall Street, scream headlines on76 words
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Article, Illustration853 2008-10-07 1 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI KELVIN CHOW SINGTEL RATES INCREASE First hike in land line subscription fees, local call charges in 18 years cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg FROM January, if you have a Sing Tel land line at home over 90 per cent of households do you will have to pay $10 moreKELVIN CHOW - 853 words
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Article, Illustration616 2008-10-07 1 AGENCIES 2.30 AM LATEST UNITED States stocks slumped at the open yesterday as panic gripped worldwide markets and eclipsed Friday's passage of the US$7OO-billion ($l-tril-lion) financial bailout plan. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below the key psychological level of 10,000 for the first time sinceAGENCIES; AFP - 616 words
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Miscellaneous17 2008-10-07 1 fe TODAY EXCLUSIVE SILATTURMOIL Federation's board in disarray; president told to take a break. L SPORTS 3017 words
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NEWS
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Article1889 2008-10-07 2 HOKWON PING - HOKWON PING NEWS COMMENT TEN years ago the Asian financial crisis raged like wildfire through the region. Corporates, banks, even governments one after another collapsed due to imprudent borrowings, poor corporate governance and crony capitalism. Today, history repeats itself, but halfway around the world. And1,889 words
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264 2008-10-07 4 . CHEOWXINYI - .CHEOWXINYI Sing Tel as a company is preparing for "another 12 to 18 months of uncertainty and difficult economic environment," and will be cutting costs to deal with the turmoil in the financial sector. "For us it's no longer business as usual," said Mr264 words
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Article, Illustration442 2008-10-07 6 TEOXUANWEI - TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg HIS life in Indonesia for the last 10 years seemed all but over his wife and son had left him and he was jobless. Being broke, Mr Roger Lee (picture), a Singaporean, figured the only way back to Singapore was toTREVOR TAN - 442 words
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Article, Illustration662 2008-10-07 6 ZULOTHMAN - ZULOTHMAN NIGHTSPOTS Parent firm Lifeßrandzto terminate contract with London brand owners zul@mediacorp.com.sg IN ITS owners' version of a Cabinet reshuffle, the Ministry of Sound (MOS) is to be replaced with a new nightlife venue. The club's franchise operators the mainboard-listed company Lifeßrandz yesterday announced in001 BOON KEONG | - 662 words
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363 2008-10-07 8 LINYANQIN - LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S typically a social affair for the overseas Indian community. But this year, the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference which is held annually in India is coming to Singapore as well, with business in mind. Co-organised by the Singapore Indian Chamber363 words
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478 2008-10-07 8 ZULOTHMAN - ZULOTHMAN MURDERTRIAL zul@mediacorp.com.sg SOBBING uncontrollably on the stand, Mr Ong Pang Siew the man accused of murdering his China-born teenage stepdaughter told the High Court yesterday he had not intended to kill the girl. "I am prepared to accept the death sentence if478 words
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Article, Illustration367 2008-10-07 10 SOME three decades after passing through its doors, former student Koh Thiam Seng returns to St Joseph's Institution as its new principal, come January. The 48-year-old, who is currently deputy director at the National Institute of Education (NIE), will take over from Mr Benjamin LviPHOTOS COURTESY SJI - 367 words
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Article, Illustration493 2008-10-07 10 LEONGWEEKEAT - LEONGWEEKEAT AVIATION weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THINKING of a quick getaway to Kota Kinabalu, Kuching or Miri? A scan of the travel advertisements yields little information about these East Malaysian destinations, with many tour agencies offering "mature destinations" in Peninsular Malaysia instead. This is about toBLOOMBERG - 493 words
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Article, Illustration230 2008-10-07 12 AP BANGKOK Protesters in Thailand, who have occupied the grounds of the prime minister's office for six weeks, marched to the streets outside parliament yesterday evening, vowing to block the government from delivering a policy statement to lawmakers. The action by the People's Alliance forAP - 230 words
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Article, Illustration183 2008-10-07 12 CORRUPTION CHARGES Thaksin and wife applied for asylum in Britain in August LONDON Britain's Home Office has confirmed that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Potjaman (picture) have applied to seek political asylum and stay in Britain, the Sunday Mirror reported. Mr Thaksin, a formerBLOOMBERG - 183 words
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224 2008-10-07 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is under intense pressure to quit, said he will announce by tomorrow whether he will step down in March. Mr Abdullah had earlier suggested he may not seek re-election as leader ofAFP - 224 words
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137 2008-10-07 14 AFP A United States woman sentenced to life in jail in Hong Kong for bludgeoning her banker husband to death after lacing his milkshake with sedatives lost her appeal against conviction yesterday. Ms Nancy Kissel, dubbed the "Milkshake Murderer", was found guilty of killing her husbandAFP - 137 words
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116 2008-10-07 14 After being held hostage for 41 days by Somali pirates, MTBunga Melati Dua crew member Mohd Salwadi Mamat is eagerto marry his childhood sweetheart, The NewStraitsTimes reported. Mr Mohd Salwadi, 31, returned home on Saturday. He got engaged to Ms Nor Hasliza Mat116 words
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Article, Illustration349 2008-10-07 14 AFP DETAINED BLOGGER KUALA LUMPUR A popular Malaysian blogger yesterday pleaded not guilty to sedition over an article he wrote that linked the Deputy Prime Minister and his wife to the murder of a Mongolian woman. Mr Raja Petra Kamaruddin, founder of the popular Malaysia TodayAFP; AP - 349 words
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Article, Illustration152 2008-10-07 16 In Dubai, only the tallest will do AP THE world's tallest building is nearing completion in Dubai, but its won't hold that title for too long. The city is already planning to build an even more ambitious skyscraper: One that will soar the length of more than 10 American footballAP; AFP - 152 words
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126 2008-10-07 16 AFP North Korea has purchased weapons worth about US$65 million ($95 million) over the past five years despite its severe food shortages, a South Korean lawmaker said yesterday. The weapons came from China, Russia, Germany, the Slovak Republic and otherAFP - 126 words
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97 2008-10-07 16 AFP A headless corpse was found on a public bus in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, police said yesterday. The torso, arms and feet were found stuffed in a bag and tucked under a seat on a cross-town bus last week. PoliceAFP - 97 words
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Article, Illustration387 2008-10-07 16 AGENCIES US PRESIDENTIAL RACE In a tit-for-tat Obama digs up McCain's role in an '80s scandal ASHEVILLE (North Carolina) Democrat Barack Obama, responding to his portrayal by John McCain's campaign as a crony of "terrorists," fought fire with fire yesterday by highlighting the Republican's embroilment in a devastatingAGENCIES; AFP - 387 words
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237 2008-10-07 16 AP BANGKOK Land mine explosions wounded two Thai soldiers yesterday near the border with Cambodia, army officials said, three days after both sides exchanged gunfire near a disputed 11th century temple. One of the Thai paramilitary troopers lost both legs after stepping onAP - 237 words
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Article233 2008-10-07 17 AFP CENTRAL ASIA STRUCK Village of Nura razed, 128 houses ruined by temblor of magnitude 6.6 BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan) Rescuers raced to reach a remote village in Kyrgyzstan yesterday after a strong earthquake killed at least 72 people in a mountainous area near the border withAFP - 233 words
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101 2008-10-07 17 AGENCIES A pair of earthquakes jolted Tibet's capital and surrounding areas yesterday, killing 30 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The US Geological Survey said the first quake measured magnitude 6.6 and struck 80 kilometres west of Lhasa, more than 2,600 kilometres awayAGENCIES - 101 words
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217 2008-10-07 17 AFP I SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd blamed the financial crisis on the "greed is good" attitude of Hollywood's fictional financier Gordon Gekko, saying the world had failed to learn from the '80s. In an speech to a weekend business forum, MrAFP I - 217 words
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206 2008-10-07 17 AFP STOCKHOLM French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind Aids and cervical cancer won the Nobel Medicine Prize yesterday, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced. France's Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, who shared one halfAFP - 206 words
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250 2008-10-07 18 AFP ISLAMABAD In an interview, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said arch-enemy India had never been a threat to his country and that Islamic militant groups in Indian-con-trolled Kashmir were "terrorists". Mr Zardari also indicated to the Wall Street Journal that there wasAFP - 250 words
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Article, Illustration474 2008-10-07 18 AP ALBANIA'S SWORN VIRGINS SHKODR (Albania) She spent 12 years in a hard-labour camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. Ms Drene Markgjoni swore she would never suffer like that for somebody elseAP; , AP - 474 words
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Article60 2008-10-07 22 Murali Sharma - Murali Sharma It is really a mark of the sorry state of the nation that we have to spend so much time discussing the whys and wherefores of clearing tables at food centres. What is it with our First-World residents that they are unable to perform this60 words
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Letter, Illustration846 2008-10-07 22 AGATHA KOH BRAZIL - AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEE WITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg Doors are now opening for the director who has made a comeback TALK about suffering for her art... After the release of her film Gone Shopping in local cinemas, Wee Li Lin was hit with depression and secluded846 words
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Article189 2008-10-07 24 DR BILL MAIER - DR BILL MAIER BY LET YOUR KIDS SNACK-ON FRUITS Worried about the way your children are eating? Why not let nature be your family nutritionist? You can't get better than nature's garden for sweets that are good for you. Fruits are a great tasting way to189 words
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Letter, Illustration266 2008-10-07 24 Geoffrey Lim - Geoffrey Lim PUBLICTRANSPORT SBST has removed decals from buses not running on disabled-friendly routes Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority WE REFER to "Wheelchair friendly but sorry, you can't board" (Oct 2),"Why the Confusion Now?" (Oct 3) and "SBS should have accessed266 words
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222 2008-10-07 24 TanYok Hong - TanYok Hong Letter from I REFER to "Baby Bonus? No, it's adopt-a-dog perks" (Oct 4). According to the report, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals receives an average of 250 lost or unwanted dogs every month, not counting those received222 words
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Miscellaneous9 2008-10-07 24 BEAMING BUNNIES. I Tuzi win Superband finals. 27 J9 words
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Article, Illustration871 2008-10-07 25 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN DA:NS FESTIVAL 2008 With more dance pieces going multimedia, Today wonders where the actual vdancing' has gone mayo@mediacorp.com.sg LAST month, this reporter caught the production Old Sounds, the inaugural offering from contemporary dance company T.H.E. Choreographed by company artistic director and former Singapore871 words
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Article, Illustration229 2008-10-07 26 Go contemporary with our picks for this year's dams Festival. COPPELIA It's a ballet classic like you've never seen before, with Japanese geishas, a film on seven dwarves, a TV dance contest, and the character dressed up as an eyeball. Thursday and Friday, Bpm, Esplanade229 words
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Article, Illustration506 2008-10-07 27 MAYSEAH - MAYSEAH S UPER BA ND WIN NE R S Tuzi crowned champions, hopping with surprise may@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS the story of the tortoise and the hare in reverse. This time, the bunnies were the underdogs that came from behind to cross the finish line first. At506 words
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Article203 2008-10-07 27 GET your umbrella-ella-ella ready, not because it's rainy season, but because good girl gone bad Rihanna she who had hits with songs like Umbrella, Disturbia and Pon de Replay is heading this way. Yes, the multi-platinum MTV and Grammy award winner will be in town for203 words
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Article, Illustration581 2008-10-07 28 EVELINE GAN - EVELINE GAN BEDTIME BLUES Insufficient rest can cause babies to be hyperactive, cranky or obese later in life eveline@mediacorp.com.sg BEDTIME with my energetic one-year-old daughter, Jubilee, is always a nightmare she fusses, cries and whines for a good two hours before falling asleep. AndPHOTO COURTESY JOHNSON & JOHNSON - 581 words
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Article119 2008-10-07 28 COMMON EYE DISEASES INTHEAGEING POPULATION This talk explores common vision problems and eye disorders in older adults. Learn how to protect your eyes and prevent vision problems. Date: Saturday Time: 2pm to 3pm Venue: 9 Bishan Place, Junction 8 Office Tower #06-05 Fee/Registration: $8. Registration is required. Call119 words
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Miscellaneous1078 2008-10-07 29 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL {J ON MEDJACORP CALEFARE SUPERNANNY Calefare Play Ball 6:ooAM Entertainment Tonight 2.30 Grand Prix Story 10.00 The Noose II The Williams Family 0 _mkl. 6:3OAM Prime Time Morning 3.00 New Adventures Of Robin (Available InTrue HD On HDs) Channel 5, Bpm g:3oAM oliver's Twist: Abba1,078 words
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Article, Illustration306 2008-10-07 30 SHAMIR OSMAN - SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg WITH an eye on the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010, the Singapore Hockey Federation (SHF) hired Juanma Mas as national women's coach. He began his tenure on Sept 1 and SHF president Annabel Francis said: "Juanma has a lot of001 BOON KEONG - 306 words
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Article222 2008-10-07 30 AFP PARIS The 2009 European PGA International Tour, comprising 53 events, will culminate in the inaugural US$2O million ($29.2 million) Dubai World Championship tournament in November. Formally the European Order of Merit, the tour will now be known as the "Race to Dubai",AFP - 222 words
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Article, Illustration496 2008-10-07 30 LOW LIN FHOONG - LOW LIN FHOONG TODAY EXCLUSIVE After just 3 months, Johari and federation's secretary general told to vtake a break' linfhoong@mediacorp.com SINGAPORE Silat Federation (SSF) president Johari Mokti has been in office for a little more than three months, and already the silat chiefAFP - 496 words
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Article, Illustration624 2008-10-07 31 TANYO- HINN - TANYO-HINN STAR INTHE MAKING Youngster could go on to become a world champion, says bowling guru Allen yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg A WORLD-CLASS consultant with more than 30 years experience in the sport, only truly special talent triggers excitement in bowling guru Sid Allen. In 1991, he went "wow" when he624 words
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Article, Illustration270 2008-10-07 31 HE DEFENDED his British Open title at Royal Birkdale in July and won his third Major when he bagged the PGA Championship the following month. The Republic of Ireland's Padraig Harrington will fight to add "the Major of Asia" to his trophy cabinet, when he teesAFP - 270 words
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136 2008-10-07 31 AFP NEW DELHI Opener Virender Sehwag believes India could beat Australia comfortably in the upcoming Test series. "If we play on spin-friendly tracks, the series might go 3-1 in our favour," the Indian batsman said yesterday. "India is the only team that beatAFP - 136 words
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Article, Illustration579 2008-10-07 32 ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL After 19 years of hurt, Reds finally look as if they have cracked the title puzzle English Premiership Man City 2 Liverpool 3 LONDON If belief is the key to Liverpool finally ending their title drought, then, Rafael Benitez could well haveGETTY IMAGES - 579 words
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Article, Illustration237 2008-10-07 32 AGENCIES LONDON Phil Brown is not the self-dep-recating type. His strutting touchline pose, earpiece and microphone at the ready, reminds anyone watching of an American football coach. So it was strictly in character when he claimed his Hull side were just three pointsAGENCIES; VF* - 237 words
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Article, Illustration309 2008-10-07 32 AFP LIVERPOOL Joe Kinnear will have to let Newcastle's results do the talking, after the interim manager admitted he is sick of defending himself against criticism from the English press. Kinnear marked his arrival with a foulmouthed tirade at local journalists in hisAFP; AFP I - 309 words
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Article, Illustration638 2008-10-07 33 HENRYWINTER - HENRYWINTER INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL Newcastle striker's England career in danger as coach Capello ignores him again sports@newstoday.com.sg LONDON Fabio Capello's conviction that Michael Owen does not fit into his tactical plan for England was confirmed again on Sunday night when the Newcastle United striker, the. EPA - 638 words
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Article187 2008-10-07 33 AFP GENEVA Football's world governing body Fifa said yesterday that the two Polish World Cup qualifiers with the Czech Republic and Slovakia will go ahead after a tentative agreement between the government and the country's football federation. Fifa had given Poland a deadline ofAFP - 187 words
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Article, Illustration851 2008-10-07 34 PEARLYN THAM - PEARLYN THAM CHANGING WITH THE TIMES Companies that have revamped their logos include Fuji Xerox (main picture), as well as (from top) Old Chang Kee, Resorts World at Sentosa and theYCH Group, which replaced the lorry icon to signify its growth into a logistics company and its851 words
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Article, Illustration489 2008-10-07 35 ONTHE MARKET Could Tays buy back firm they sold to Peace Mark six months ago? SINGAPORE'S Sincere Watch and its subsidiaries are being placed on the market, just six months after the company was sold to Hong Kong-listed Peace Mark (Holdings) in a deal valuingTODAY FILE PHOTO - 489 words
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Article276 2008-10-07 35 BLOOMBERG TANTALLON Capital, founded by Merrill Lynch former head of sales Nicholas Harbinson, is understood to have closed one of its hedge funds after bad bets on Asian stocks. The Singapore-based firm shut its Tantallon Smaller Companies Fund, managed by Mr Steve Sun, after itBLOOMBERG - 276 words
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Article, Illustration747 2008-10-07 36 QUAKHIANGWHAI - QUAKHIANGWHAI BUSINESS COMMENT Despite the financial crisis, American innovation and strengths will prevail IT WAS rather ironic. But there was the screaming headline: The End of Wall Street. The publication? The Wall Street Journal itself. A quick Google with the phrase "The EndFAIZAL - 747 words
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Article, Illustration159 2008-10-07 36 On Thursday, Panasonic announced that its new alkaline battery EVOLTA has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's No 1 Long Lasting AA Alkaline Battery, based on the data obtained from discharge tests conducted in accordance with the guidelines set by the International159 words
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Article, Illustration423 2008-10-07 37 AP FINANCIALCRISIS Now Denmark, Sweden take steps to protect consumer bank accounts NORDIC countries Denmark and Sweden yesterday moved to bolster protection for bank customers as stock exchanges across Europe moved lower and central banks pumped more money to cash-starved banks. In Copenhagen, the EconomyAP; .AFP - 423 words
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216 2008-10-07 37 THE NEWYORKTIMES NEW YORK It might be a surprise that anyone wants to buy a collapsing American bank these days, let alone that two rivals are fighting over it. But the battle to take over Wachovia is now in front of the courts, with hearingsTHE NEWYORKTIMES - 216 words
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331 2008-10-07 37 KELVIN CHOW - KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) have shown improved earnings performance, but tougher times lie ahead. In the sixth annual SME development survey, conducted in June by DP Information Group and its partners SPRING Singapore and IE Singapore, the number of unprofitable SMEs331 words
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Article50 2008-10-07 38 5 cents Sell CIMB downgrades, cuts target price to $0.04 from $0.22 on bad debt provision for FYOB, expectations firm may not pay dividends for FYO9, FYIO. WesTech announced major customer in Taiwan with accounts receivables amounting to U5534.95 million ($51.1 million) recently defaulted on payment to firm.50 words
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Article54 2008-10-07 38 13.5 cents I Buy NRA Capital starts coverage with $0.19 target price. Growth prospects healthy on increase in medical procedures performed globally, increase in day surgeries and group's acquirement of new medical devices through acquisitions of other brands of medical devices. Analyst notes trend for hospitals to shift54 words
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Article101 2008-10-07 38 55 cents Outperform CLSA downgrades from Buy, cuts target price to $0.80 from $1.20. Broker says move reflects expectation that lack of funding may limit growth. "Due to weakness in capital markets, the firm, which has used equity raisings to support its aggressive growth strategy, will have to101 words
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Article, Illustration45 2008-10-07 38 Hang Seng 16,803.76 4.97% Nikkei 10,473.09 T 4-25% Shanghai 2,173.74 T 5.23% Seoul 1,358.75 T 4.29% Mumbai 11,801.70 5.28% KLComp 996.84 T 1.95% US$1 £1 $1,462 ¥100 $1,415 $2,576 HK$ioo $18.83 leuro A$i RMi $1,991 RMB100 $21.37 $1,091 RS100 $3,059 $0,419 RPio,ooo $1,52445 words
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Article, Illustration513 2008-10-07 38 BLOOMBERG HSBC chairman Stephen Green (picture) kept to his schedule the day Europe fell into the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression turning up in Singapore for the Formula 1 race. On Sunday, Sept 28, as governments in London and Brussels wereBLOOMBERG; AFP - 513 words
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Article478 2008-10-07 38 LOH CHEE KONG - LOH CHEE KONG AIG ASSET SALES Insurer's regional office says reputation has been hit, but manages strong Sept snowing cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as the sale of stakes in its Asia-Pacific lifeinsurance operations begins in earnest, American International Group (AIG) has given its assurance that the impact of478 words
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Article119 2008-10-07 38 INTERNET access for the Central Depository (CDP) was unavailable for more than an hour yesterday, leaving investors unable to check their shareholdings online during that time. A spokesperson for the Singapore Exchange, parent of the CDP, said: "The CDP Internet access resumed at about 6pm119 words
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