Today, 20 October 2008

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    20 1 TODAY Monday October 20, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Monday October 20, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    42 1 Conrad Raj Our Editor-at-Large gets the Monday Blues over the cost of electricity. But it's not all doom and gloom. Given the steep decline in the price of crude oil, he predicts a fall in electricity tariffs next quarter. Page B3
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    COMMENT
    31 1 It's about the feed Editor of FEED Business Asia Eric J Brooks argues that the problem with melamine lies in how producers are using it in livestock feed. Page 2
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    Lock icon WORLD
    51 1 Abdullah blasts Dr M Malaysian PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi accuses his predecessor, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, of wanting to create "anger and hatred". Page 10 HEALTH REGULATIONS Dr EliasTam (right), treasurer of the Anti-Ageing and Aesthetic Medicine Society of Singapore, demonstrating the use of a product during the society's launch.
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    Lock icon The doctor is on hold
    713 1  -  ESTHER NG HEALTH REGULATIONS A new anti-ageing and aesthetic medicine society is launched, but guidelines for practice unclear AND ALICIA WONG estherng@mediacorp.com. sg TWO weeks before the guidelines for aesthetic medicine come in to effect, doctors have been gearing up to meet the requirements. But
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    Mums-to-be fear being laid off
    510 1  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg AS SHE applied to go on maternity leave, Mrs Karen Toh felt uneasy about her job prospects because she would be away from the office for three to four months. And as the financial crisis continued to build, so did her fears compounded
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      IT IS ABOUT FEED, NOT MILK
      724 2  -  ERICJ BROOKS NEWS ANALYSIS China used melamine before the Sanlu dairy incident was ever exposed DESSERT cakes in Japan, strawberry-fla-voured milk in Singapore, iced coffee in Germany, Cadbury chocolates in the United Kingdom, White Rabbit-brand candy in the United States and thousands of other
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      Lock icon $50M BOOST FOR DIABETES, DENGUE RESEARCH
      381 4  -  ONG DAI LIN How a mother is nourished during pregnancy and how her baby is nourished in the first few months of life may profoundly affect the child's risk for some diseases later in life, says Associate Professor Chong Yap Seng of the National
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      Lock icon Identify R&D niche, says Nobel laureate
      467 4  -  ONG DAI LIN INVESTING IN RESEARCH Avoid other areas where Singapore might not be as competitive, he says dailin@mediacorp.com.sg TO ESTABLISH itself as a research hub, Singapore has to make focused investments in research areas that the country can be competitive in, says Nobel
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      Lock icon TWO YOUTH STABBED IN FIGHT
      142 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Two male teenagers were grievously injured after they were stabbed during a clash between two groups of youth outside Plaza Singapura on Saturday night. An eyewitness said about eight teenagers were quarrelling at around 10pm at The Atrium Orchard. A scuffle ensued, and
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      POKKA'S DRINKS ARE SAFE
      83 4 Pokka Corporation's drinks are safe, the company said, in response to reports that its milk melon, cappuccino coffee and milk coffee in Vietnam are contaminated with melamine. The three drinks contain about o.i parts per million (ppm) of melamine, 25 times lower than the US Food
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      Lock icon He even lends clients his laptop, for free
      305 6  -  TEOXUANWEI Cabbie Yus Ghulam spent $600 to install a wireless modem in his limousine. xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg EACH trip seldom takes more than 30 minutes, but cabbie Yus Ghulam wanted to make sure his passengers could make good use of the time shuttling between
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      Wanted: 10,000 new employees
      438 6  -  TEOXUANWEI MARINA BAY SANDS Frontline personnel such as security officers and waiters are being sought xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg IT WILL open its doors only at the end of next year, but Marina Bay Sands is beginning its hunt today for the 10,000 employees it will need. Chambermaids, security
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      Lock icon Floating dormitories?
      413 8  -  IMELDASAAD CHANNEL NEWSASIA ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION Offshore housing for foreign workers is one alternative imelda@mediacorp.com.sg WITH rising construction costs and a space crunch in Singapore, local researchers are exploring cheaper alternatives to land reclamation. One option is to have very large floating structures that can literally support cities on
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      Lock icon Sembawang spreads green message
      318 8  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS implemented various schemes to instil a "green" mindset in its residents. Now, Sembawang Town Council is embarking on another to weed out the bad eggs whose socially irresponsible actions negate its conservation efforts. By March next year, 1,791 lifts in the town,
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      160 4 If you enjoy the prestige that comes from being the best in your field, then you'll appreciate the professional advantages derived from attaining the PMP®, the profession's most globally recognized and respected credentials. The PMP® designation following your name tells your employers that you have demonstrated a solid foundation of
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      119 6 WARNING ALL ASPIRE TO BE MILLIONAIRES! Vast majority fails So how much do you know about wealth creation? How to have a concrete 'idiot proof strategy to maximise your investment What mistakes are commonly made by experienced investors how to avoid. How to think, act and be like successful investors
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      497 10 AGENCIES MALAYSIAN POLITICS M #sian PM claims his predecessor is trying to stir vp vhatred KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's embattled Prime Minister has lashed out at his predecessor, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, and other critics who want him to hasten his retirement. In a hastily-arranged news conference, Prime
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        Lock icon DISGRACED POLITICIAN MAKESACOMEBACK
        129 10 ivididybid b lorrner nediLn ivimibLer Mr Chua Soi Lek (picture) has made a political comeback less than a year after he resigned in disgrace over a sex scandal. Late on Saturday, he was elected as the deputy president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), defeating three other
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        DETAIN KHAIRY UNDER ISA: MCA DELEGATE
        179 10 The New Straits Times yesterday reported that MrTing Tai Fook, a Perak MCA Youth delegate, has reiterated his call for Mr Khairy Jamaluddin to be detained underthe Internal Security Act for allegedly making racist statements. He said: "Am I afraid he (Khairy) will take
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      Lock icon China spells out landmark farm reforms
      296 12 AFP RURAL POLICIES Farmers will be allowed to trade, lease out and transfer land rights for profits BEIJING Chinese farmers will be allowed to trade, lease out and transfer their land rights for profit, according to a landmark agricultural policy document released by the
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon FORMERTHAI PM SAMAK HAS LIVER CANCER
        82 12 AFP Mr SamakSundaravej, the former Thai Premier, is being treated for liver cancer, local media reported yesterday. The 73-year-old had an operation earlier this month at a private Bangkok hospital to remove a tumour in his liver, the Bangkok Post newspaper reported, quoting a
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        Lock icon 'IMPORTANT'ANNOUNCEMENTTODAY?
        68 12 AFP North Korea may make an "important" announcement today, amid rumours that reclusive leader Kirn Jong II has fallen seriously ill, Japan's SankeiShimbun newspaper said yesterday. The Japanese Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the Sankei report, which claimed that North Korea could announce Mr Kirn's death or a
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      Lock icon 'Leave Cindy alone
      274 13 AFP NYT BLASTED McCain camp condemns NYT article on candidate's wife CHARLOTTE (North Carolina) Mr John McCain's presidential campaign have blasted The New York Times (NYT) for an "unprecedented attack" on his wife. The NYTs profile of Mrs Cindy McCain delves into background of the millionaire beer
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      Lock icon Palin mocked anew by lookalike Fey
      244 13 AP COLUMBUS (Ohio) After watching Saturday Night Live make fun of her from afar, Mrs Sarah Palm witnessed it first hand as actress Tina Fey, who looks like Mrs Palm, engaged in fiction by depicting her at a news conference. Mrs Palm, the Republican
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      Lock icon Colin Powell backs Obama
      194 13 AFP I WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State and military supremo Colin Powell yesterday endorsed Democrat Barack Obama's White House bid, in a stinging rebuff to Republican candidate John McCain. "I think he would be a transformational president. For that reason, I will be voting for Senator
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      Lock icon Canada to ban chemical used in baby bottles
      252 14 AP TORONTO Canada has declared a chemical, widely used in food packaging, as a toxic substance and will move to ban the sale of plastic baby bottles containing bisphenol A (BPA). The toxicity classification, issued in the Canada Gazette, makes Canada the
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      Lock icon 'Don't refer them to hospital'
      253 14 THE SUNDAYTELEGRAPH INCENTIVE SCHEMES UK doctors paid thousands not to send patients for specialist treatment LONDON Dozens of incentive schemes have been uncovered which allow General Practitioners (GPs) to profit by slashing the number of patients they refer for specialist hospital care, sparking fears over
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      Lock icon MENTALLY-ILL PATIENTSTARGETED BY RADICAL BILL
      149 14 THE SUNDAYTELEGRAPH Under British government proposals added to a controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, human tissue can be taken from the mentally infirm without consent, and then used to create human-animal hybrid embryos for stem-cell research. On Wednesday, MPs will vote on the Bill,
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      Encourage competition
      293 16 ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS blogged on theonlinecitizen.com WHEN I read about the increase in subscription fees for one telco's land lines, I just shrugged in resignation and moved on to the next page. Imagine the breath of fresh air I felt when the next day, I opened the newspaper to
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      Give investors a cooling-off period
      175 16  -  Hong Chew Eng From LIKE many retirees who invest, I, too, was "lured" by a very friendly investment bank officer to switch my fixed deposits account to invest in a then-called "safe" structured instrument. The sales pitch was as robust as that applied by those
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      179 18  -  DR BILL MAIER BY MAKE YOUR HUSBAND FEEL SPECIAL (PART 1) All right ladies, stand by for instalment No 1 of "Top ten ways to keep your husband happy". No 1, praise him for his achievements. Most husbands work hard to provide well for their wives
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      I SAY CONFUCIUS WILL FLIP
      547 18 Traditional concepts of the family' are re-defined blogged at groundnotes.wordpress.com ACCORDING to a (recent) National Family Council (NFC) survey, more Singaporeans are now aware of the importance of family. As a self-professed Confucian society where "Asian values" supposedly reign supreme, it's a bit surprising that
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      POINT OF VIEW
      48 18  -  Stanley Kong Financial institutions should not abrogate their responsibilities. They research and establish that a financial product is worth having and consistent with the risk tolerance of a client. If not, what is the basis for an upfront fee of up to 5 per cent?
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      135 18 Diwali Celebration at h Shahi Maharani i -i 11 Bsif 1 Festival of Awadhi Kashmiri Cuisines 20th to the 27th of October 2008 This Diwali, Shahi Maharani brings the best of the rich lavish foods passed down from the palaces of the Emperors of Kashmir and the Nawabs of Awadh.
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      Lock icon One ELLE of a ride
      1058 20  -  DARREN HO darrenh@mediacorp.com.sg CHRISTY Turlington. Kate Moss. Farm Wong. Zhang Ziyi. These four ladies may herald from different shores, but they have one thing in common: All have graced the covers of EUe Singapore. Local celebrity and MTV VJ Denise Keller is a huge fan
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      PLUS PICKS ELLE THROUGH THE YEARS
      160 20 DECEMBER 1993 The first issue of ElleSingapore featured Claudia Schiffer at the prime of her career. Apart from beauty tips and Christmas shopping ideas, it also included an article on the mob scene, demonstrating that Elle Singapore wasn't just a shallow magazine for women.
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      The baker wife... really
      604 24  -  JEANINETAN TODAY EXCLUSIVE Teri Hatcher tells how she is pretty handy in the kitchen IN LOS ANGELES plus@newstoday.com.sg MOST actors probably use their trailer as a place to relax when they're not required on the set. Teri Hatcher (picture) bakes in hers. The 43-year-old Desperate Housewives
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      Lock icon Stayin' Alive could save your life
      239 24 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH THE Bee Gees hit, Stay in' Alive, has lived up to its name after researchers in the United States discovered that it has almost the perfect rhythm to help jump-start a stopped heart. The disco anthem runs at a tempo of 103
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      Lock icon Endearing, entertaining Sandy Lam
      224 25  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH CONCERT REVIEW "FUN" appeared to be the keyword for Sandy Lam's concert on Saturday night at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Lam appeared sporting a new platinum-blonde hairdo and wearing leggings, hot pants and a corset something that you'd normally see on Tokyo's young-and-trendy rather than
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      19 22 f THE BAKER WIFE REALLY. Desperate Housewives'Teri Hatcher tells how she is pretty handy in the kitchen. 24 A
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      60 23 Financial 7^Tsunami !a. Mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mac crippled by billion-dollar losses... Lehman Brothers declared bankrupt... AIG in crisis... Merrill Lynch taken over... I"I O Will this spell the end of the global financial tsunami? Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates. IhSDIM 59Q23 ISffKii *****
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      1133 26 TV LISTINGS qJ^q CHANI^"^ ZZ^EDiAC^LIZ DOCUMENTARY 9.00 AM Sesame Street (PRESCHOOL) 5.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Alternative Sports Diary 9.30 News 5 Tonight (Followed by Virtual Adultery and Cyberspace Love 10.00 Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs 6.30 Prime Time Morning 2.00 My Sassy Neighbour 111 Highlights from Parliament)
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  • sports
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      Lock icon Get set for another nail-biter
      680 28 AFP SHANGHAI Britain's Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix yesterday but was denied the world championship by title rival Felipe Massa, who finished second. McLaren-Mercedes' Hamilton led throughout for a straightforward win but he remains just seven points ahead of Massa, taking the championship
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      Lock icon Alonso looms large in leaders' rear-view mirrors
      294 28 AFP SHANGHAI Renault's two-time champion Fernando Alonso was delighted yesterday after continuing his end-of-year revival with fourth place in the Chinese Grand Prix. The 27-year-old Spaniard was attempting to win his third successive race, but ended up behind British winner Lewis Hamilton in
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      672 29 Fergie fetes Rooney says striker's fearsome goal-scoring form can only get better English Premiership Man United 4 West Brom o MANCHESTER The scoreline may have flattered Manchester United slightly, but Wayne Rooney's performance most certainly did not flatter to deceive in their 4-0 win
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      410 29 AFP MIDDLESBROUGH Luiz Felipe Scolari saluted Chelsea's team spirit after his in-jury-ravaged side destroyed Middlesbrough 5-0 on Saturday. Scolari's men arrived at the Riverside Stadium with seven first-team stars including Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho and Petr Cech sidelined, but the Blues made light of
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      293 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ON SATURDAY, Singapore swim star Tao Li took a break from training for the Fina/ Arena Swimming World Cup 2008, which will be held at the Singapore Sports School on Nov 1 and 2. And it was for a very good
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      224 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SILAT exponent Saiedah Said is on track to clinch Singapore's first Asian Beach Games medal in Bali, Indonesia, after qualifying for the semi-finals of the women's tanding class D (60--65 kg). Up against Vietnam's reigning world and SEA Games champion (over 65kg category)
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      434 30 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON The City of London's fraud unit is to examine allegations of match-fixing in three more games after information about extraordinary betting patterns was handed to them on Saturday. The Football Association and Gambling Commission are already investigating the Norwich v Derby fixture on Oct
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      208 31 'AFP PARIS Rafael Nadal (picture) is assured of finishing the year as world No 1 following Roger Federer's defeat in the Madrid Masters semi-finals on Saturday, the ATP said. Despite also losing his semi-final, to Gilles Simon, Nadal will become the 15th year-end
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      146 31  -  MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Woodlands Wellington vTampines Rovers Woodlands Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com.sg WITH a squad that boast nine internationals and four former Lions, it's fair to say that Tampines Rovers have fallen short of expectations this NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 season.
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      876 31 AFP CRICKET Debutant Mishra puts in impressive innings for hosts MOHALI (India) Leg-spinner Amit Mishra took a five-wicket haul in his first ever Test, to put India in the driver's seat on the third day of the second Test against Australia here yesterday. Mishra, who took two
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      234 34 SHANGHAI Foreigners investing in China under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) scheme have not pulled large amounts of funds from the stock market despite a slump in share prices, according to a Reuters report citing the Shanghai Securities Journal. An official
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      555 34 AFP FINANCIALCRISIS Global crisis starting to have an impact on country's economy SHANGHAI China's strong economy appeared to put the nation on the global high ground when the financial tsunami first struck last month, but as the storm continues to rage, that position is looking less
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      253 35 AFP CAMP DAVID Leaders from the United States and Europe have agreed to hold a series of summits to reform the global financial system to ensure continued prosperity in the world. US President George Bush, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President
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      152 36 BLOOMBERG HONG Kong-based Dah Sing Banking Corp is cooperating with an investigation by the city's government into alleged malpractices in the sale of Lehman Brothers investment products. The lender is the first bank to publicly acknowledge that it was included in 24 cases involving alleged
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      250 36 CANBERRA Interest rates in Australia could fall to as low as 3 per cent as policymakers seek to prevent the nation from falling into a deep economic downturn, according to Mr Gerry Harvey, chairman of Australia's biggest furniture and electrical retailer Harvey Norman
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      791 36  -  CONRAD RAJ MON editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg Next quarter should see fall in electricity tariffs, given steep decline in oil prices SHOCKING! No pun intended but that was how the recent 22-per-cent hike in electricity tariffs by Singapore Power (Sing Power) was described by many. Households
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        68 38 11 cents I Buy Kirn Eng cuts target price to 31 cents from 57 cents. Maintains rating on doubling of gross profit margin to 16.1 per cent on the back of margin expansion in past two years. Firm will progressively recognise profits from recent contracts with higher profit
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        61 38 25 cents Hold Deutsche Bank starts with 25 cents target price. Says company is pure plantation play, has highest leverage to CPO prices among Singaporelisted palm plays. Broker is bearish on CPO prices in near term but says this has been priced in by stock's recent correction. Company's
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        86 38 22 cents Fully valued DBS downgrades from "Hold", cuts price target to 24 cents from 40 cents on lower turnover, higher operating expenses. Third-quarter net profit fell 39 per cent on-year to $1.86 million. DBS had expected $3.0 million. House says anticipated 3 cent dividend per share at year-end
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      528 38 AGENCIES SHADOW OF 1997 South Korean govt gives $i4sb guarantee, seeks to stem rout in markets SEOUL In a bold move to stabilise its turbulent financial markets and avoid a repeat of the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis, South Korea will guarantee up to US$lOO billion ($145
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      699 38  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg FOR manufacturers here that rely heavily on Western markets, belt-tightening can only do so much. Most of these businesses are keeping their fingers crossed, hoping to be able to ride through the downturn with as little damage as possible. Singapore's garment
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