Today, 26 December 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Friday December 26, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday December 26, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      BIZ LATEST
      40 1 Inflation down Japan's Consumer Price Index hit a seven-month low in November on falling commodity costs and weakening demand. Page B2 Back to 2004 levels Recession could set UK economy back five years, warns economic thinktank. Page B5
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      NEWS LATEST
      25 1 vWe'll stop Hamas' Israel Foreign Minister vows retaliation against Palestinian leaders after Gaza militants launch another barrage of mortars against Israel. Page 14
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      SPORTS LATEST
      45 1 Torres almost fit Striker Fernando Torres may return to first-team ahead of schedule in Liverpool's fixture against Bolton. Page 34 Pennant for Real? Meanwhile, the Reds may let struggling winger Jermaine Pennant leave on a nominal offer from the Spanish giants. Page 34
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      Lock icon TIMELESS GIFT
      47 1 AFP singing carols as people wait but- side the Los Angeles "'"4>, k Mission, where thousands of needy people enjoyed Christmas dinner as celebrities and elected officials served up holiday meals. Job"^ losses and home foreclosures have forced more people to turn to the Mission.
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      Family under strain
      864 1  -  LEONG WEEKEAT RECESSION BREAKUPS MCYS takes steps to help families stay resilient, manage stress weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the urgent issues in the process of being addressed —jobs, training, business costs now, the spotlight will be turned on another issue that people don't immediately associate as a key player,
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      Flyer takes flak for crisis handling...
      591 1  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg THEY had endured the sixhour ordeal of being stuck on the world's largest observation wheel, but getting down on firm ground was not the end of it for Mrs Alicia Tan and her family. "When we got down, the situation was chaotic,"
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      Some tenants see takings plunge
      566 1  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg THIS week should have been their most bustling, businesswise. But the abrupt shutdown of the great observation wheel on Christmas Eve, with a re-opening likely only well after the New Year, has seen some Singapore Flyer tenants suffer up to an 80-per-cent
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      46 1 QUICK SNOOZE r^iMyflf A mall in Hong Kong provides mJl^^ some respite from A wrap of Christmas What happens to Handicapped and tidings around the world. the spirit of giving during homeless dogs get their Page 2 tough times? Page 4 share of love. Page 8
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon The 'alternative' message
      600 2 AGENCIES CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS Iranian President offers season's greetings to UK Christians LONDON Britons, so used to hearing Queen Elizabeth II deliver her traditional Christmas Day message on television and radio, had an alternative last night (this morning Singapore time) the Iranian President offering season's greetings to Christians.
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      Lock icon Second case of drowning in Singapore River
      145 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA DIVERS from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) recovered the body of a Singaporean believed to have drowned in the Singapore River near Clarke Quay early yesterday morning. Two members of the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team conducted water surface searches
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      Lock icon Retrenchment, a truly last resort: Poll
      265 4  -  S RAMESH, CHANNEL NEWSASIA A SURVEY of 160 companies shows that more than half would resort to flexible work arrangements to stave off retrenchments. About 56 per cent of the firms polled by the Singapore National Employers Federation (Snef) said they would manage their
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      Lock icon A SMILE, 50 CENTS, AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME ...
      930 4  - A SMILE, 50 CENTS, AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME ALICIA WONG POINTOFVIEW In tough times like these, every little bit counts in oiling the wheels of charity alida@mediacorp.com.sg VOLUNTEERING is something I've always told myself I should do but when push comes to shove, I get lazy. Plenty of people,
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      Lock icon TIS THE SEASON TO BE SHARING
      62 6 PHOTO COURTESY MAYBANK SINGAPORE Maybank Singapore's Country Head Pollie Sim sang for children at a Christmas party organised by Maybank staff at Lakeside Family Centre on Tuesday. To spread the yuletide cheer, Maybank Singapore staff contributed $60 gift vouchers to 375 children. These vouchers
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      Lock icon Its the heart that counts
      560 6  -  NEOCHAICHIN CAREERS IN HEALTHCARE Jobs aplenty, but applicants must have a feel for patients chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN she made the switch from banking to the healthcare sector in 2002, Ms Clara Sin (picture) had to come to terms with the new environment. Medicaljargon like "venipuncture" (the
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      Lock icon 'Don't forget about us'
      429 8  -  ESTHER NG HOMELESS PETS These dogs need a home; food, donations welcome, too estherng@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS not quite your usual festive party: Three-legged Sugee scampered across the room as fast as her four-legged friends, while Cheryl, a sweet mongrel paralysed from the waist down, was happy
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      Writers to sue M'sian govt for switch in language
      256 12 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government may be taken to court over its decision to teach Mathematics and Science in English, reported news portal Malaysiakini. The Federation of Malay Writers Associations (Gapena) has issued a Dec 31 deadline to the government to
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      Lock icon Father takes AG to task
      286 12 AP MONGOLIAN MURDER Case revived against Malaysian suspect KUALA LUMPUR The father of a slain Mongolian woman has asked a Malaysian court to question the At-torney-General for failing to appeal against the acquittal of a prime suspect who has top government connections, a lawyer said
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      Lock icon Hint of fresh trouble as Thaksin supporters plan rally
      449 12 DPA,AP BANGKOK A militant body loyal to fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has vowed to rally in the capital until the new government falls. Leaders of the pro-Thaksin group, who wear red shirts to distinguish themselves from yellowclad anti-Thaksin
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      Lock icon Nobel laureate Harold Pinter dies at 78
      202 14 AGENCIES LONDON British Nobel laureate Harold Pinter —who produced some of his generation's most influential dramas has died after a long battle with cancer, his second wife, historian Antonia Fraser, said yesterday. He was 78. Pinter (picture) won the Noble Prize for Literature
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      Lock icon 'We are going to stop Hamas
      333 14 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Israel issues warning after more attacks from Gaza militants JERUSALEM Gaza militants fired another barrage of mortars and rockets against Israel yesterday, as Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni vowed that the Jewish state would strike back at the Hamas rulers of the
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    • AFTERNOON ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon PANEL URGED TO SUBPOENA OBAMA STAFF
        107 14 AP A lawyer for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has asked the committee considering whether to impeach him to subpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including President-elect Barack Obama's incoming Chief of Staff and a senior adviser. State Representative Barbara Currie said in Chicago yesterday
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        Lock icon GERMAN NAVY FOILS SOMALI PIRATES
        89 14 AFP The German navy foiled a hijack attempt by Somali pirates on an Egyptian bulk carrier yesterday that left one crewman wounded on the merchant ship, Germany's military said in Berlin. A statement said that the frigate Karlsruhe had responded to a distress call from
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        Lock icon MAN IN SANTA SUIT OPENS FIRE ON PARTY
        86 14 AP A man wearing a Santa suit who had been suffering marital problems opened fire at a Christmas party at a house that then caught fire, leaving more than three people dead, the authorities said yesterday in Covina in California. Hours later,
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      Lock icon Many houses, but little hope
      413 16 AFP TSUNAMI ANNIVERSARY As reconstruction ends and foreign funds dry vp Aceh may return to misery LAM TUTUI (Indonesia) When the deadly waters of the Asian tsunami smashed into this fishing village in Indonesia's Aceh province four years ago, not one house was left standing.
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      More pride, please
      130 18  -  Padmini Kesavapany Letter from I REFER to "Tough Love in a fine city" (Dec 22). It is disturbing to see that littering is still an issue in our society. When I was living in Geneva in the '90s, it gave me great pride to hear comments like:
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      I SAY A LESSON FROM UNCLE SAM
      336 18  -  Teo Kian Lam Christopher It would be nice to return from an overseas trip and be greeted with a smile A COUPLE of years after the Sept 11 attack, I visited the United States and had to go through many inconveniences both at
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      208 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY CHILDREN NEED POSITIVE MALE ROLE MODELS Boys without dads it can break your heart. I once heard of a man named Brad, who was waiting for a table at a neighbourhood restaurant when he felt something tugging on his pants. He looked
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      Strength in threes
      265 20  -  Cham Hui Fong TRIPARTISM Letter from Director, Industrial Relations Department National Trades Union Congress I REFER to the letter, "It takes three hands to clap" by Gilbert Goh Keow Wah (Dec 18). Mr Goh feels that tripartism in Singapore may work only during good times. I wish
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      Buses were wrongly deployed
      92 20  -  Tammy Tan Letter from Vice-President, Corporate Communications SBS Transit WE REFER to the letter, "Wheelchair-friend-ly buses: Oh the irony!" by Mr Richard Chua (Dec 18). We would like to sincerely apologise to Mr Chua for the distress and inconvenience caused due to the long waiting time
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      Investments are regulated
      211 20  -  Tang Tuck Weng Letter from Director (Housing) Ministry of National Development WE REFER to the letter, "Rules on management of cash reserves" (Dec 17). Town Councils' investments are regulated by the Town Councils Act and the Town Councils Financial Rules. Town Councils are allowed to invest funds
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      Lock icon A CRABBY CHRISTMAS CAROL
      1176 24  -  PHINWONG MALADJUSTED plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg The Ghost of Christmas Past comes to visit and proves to be terribly annoying AN UNEARTHLY visitor paid me a social call the other day. I awoke quite suddenly from my slumber, as if jolted from my sleep by some unseen
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      HERE WE COME, 2009
      452 25  -  GENEVIEVE LOH LIGHTS, MUSIC AND TALK BY SAMSUNG MOBILE genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg New Year's Eve is pretty much the world's biggest combined shindig. What other party do you know starts down Down Under and makes its way over to the next hemisphere, travelling across time zones like a
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      Three for all
      783 26  -  JUDYCHOU PETER PAN STANLYHSU CHRISTOPHERTOH CD REVIEWS BY SO WHAT SUMMER RAIN DREAM ON IT LOOKS like the Taiwanese TV show One Million Star is living up to its name as it spawns this trio of EPs (extended play recordings). These releases have a twofold purpose: One,
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      Get on your feet or ...
      495 28  - Get on your feet or CHRISTOPHERTOH THETINGTINGS Don't even bother showing vp says Katie White christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU think a concert by The Ting Tings is a quiet, sit-down affair, then you've obviously been living in the wrong part of the planet. "Expect an energetic show," said Katie White, one-half
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        FLOAT PARTY CANCELLED
        93 30 Party@ The Float on New Year's Eve has been cancelled. But don't despair. Counting down to a brand new year with the stars is still on. The star-studded Marina Bay Singapore Countdown 2009 will go on as planned at 10.30 pm, with the warm-up preshow starting at
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      Lock icon Disney pulls out of Narnia
      230 30 AGENCIES HOLLYWOOD DISNEY will not be involved in the third film of The Chronicles ofNarnia fantasy series, dealing a blow to the franchise based on C S Lewis' classic books. A spokeswoman for Disney confirmed in an email on Wednesday that the company had chosen
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    • PLUS ROUNDUP
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        OWN A PIECE OF CLONE WARS
        65 30 Here's your chance to win a limited edition Star Wars: Clone Wars animation eel that's autographed by the Star Wars honcho himself, George Lucas, and Clone Wars producer, Dave Filoni. All you have to do is watch the series on Saturday nights at gpm
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        RED CLIFF MARATHON
        79 30 Golden Village will be showing back-to-back two instalments of Red Cliff on Jan 9 atGV Plaza, GVTampines and GV Jurong Point. The marathon screenings coincide with the release of Red Cliff 11, the sequel to John Woo's epic film on that day. The first film will be
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        AUSTRALIA, HERE WE COME
        97 30 Here's to you, Baz Luhrmann! In line with the anticipated film Australia, which opened yesterday, wine brand Jacob's Creek and Twentieth Century Fox offer you the chance to fly to Australia. From now until Jan 18, purchase any bottle of Jacob's Creek Reserve Range wine and
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      1047 32 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL S 9 N. MED| ACOR p GHOST WHISPERER SECONDS FROM DISASTER FnknHp S.ooAM Entertainment Tonight S.oo Entertainment Tonight Falling Hard (Premiere) FiroflnTho^H npibuue v, 630 p rimeTimeMomin g 6.30 Amazing Animal Videos 111 MN House II nre UN IMe 3KI Slope Channel 5,10pm g.30 The
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      553 33  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SHOOTING STARS shamir@mediacorp.com.sg TWO of Singapore's athletes made historic breakthroughs at the 13th Paralympic Games in Beijing in September. Laurentia Tan became the first Singapore medallist at a Paralympics when she won two bronze medals in equestrian, and Yip Pin Xiv then made waves in
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      492 33  -  LEONARD THOMAS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com. sg As the clock ticks down on the greatest year in Singapore sport, Today's sports desk feels it is the perfect time to kick-off its own annual list of outstanding sports stars, as we look
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      458 34 THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST Liverpool say his rehabilitation has been going very, very well LONDON Fernando Torres is being considered for return in Liverpool's Premier League match against Bolton Wanderers at Anfield today, having resumed training after a month on the sidelines caused by a hamstring
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      173 34 fHEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON The injury to Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has prompted manager Arsene Wenger to renew his interest in Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso. Fabregas is likely to be out for four months with knee ligament damage, ironically the result of a
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      277 34 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant (picture) is on the verge of swapping Anfield for the Bernabeu after the Anfield club received a nominal bid from Real Madrid for the player. The 25-year-old is out of contract in the summer and Liverpool would rather
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      337 34 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes clubs will want to cut their wage bills when the transfer window opens, raising hopes of bringing players to White Hart Lane on loan. Redknapp wants to strengthen his squad but insists Spurs will not pay over
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      473 35 'AGENCIES ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Striker believes the next month will decide Red Devils'title fate English Premiership Stoke v Man United STOKE By all accounts, the next month will shape the season for Manchester United. Alex Ferguson's world club champions have seen their Premier
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      347 35 AFP English Premiership Aston Villa vArsenal BIRMINGHAM Arsene Wenger is expected to revive his interest in Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso as soon as the January transfer window opens to compensate for the loss of club captain Cesc Fabregas. Spain midfielder Fabregas will be
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      61 34 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 8.40pm EPL Stoke City v Man United, Ch 27 gpm EPL Chelsea v West Brom, Ch 22 gpm EPL Tottenham v Fulham, Ch 21 9.30pm Eredivisie Feyenoord v NAC, Chn6 10.55pm EPL Liverpool v Bolton, Ch27 TOMORROW iam EPL Aston Villa v Arsenal, Ch27 SPORTS ON
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      555 36  -  TREVORTAN DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEW CANON POWERSHOT Gio The compact Power Shot Gio gives you high quality pictures despite its size trevor@mediacorp.com.sg THE Power Shot GlO ($869) is the latest model in the distinguished G series of Canon's digital compact cameras, which is deemed by many
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      494 36  -  GRASS-HOPPER XBOX 360 GAME REVIEW WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2009 WRESTLING may not be as popular as table tennis in the local sports arena, but "sports-opera" World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been around since daddies were teens, and it's a franchise that should
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      1123 38  -  ADRIANNATAN DANNYCHOO SUSANNAH GARDNER forty love.tv Postcards might just make a comeback in digital form, thanks to two bloggers with an insatiable need for wanderlust. Local blogger Adrianna Tan (picture) and Malaysian May Yee last week launched blog-based travel website fortylove.tv. The site got its namesake
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      473 40 AGENCIES WHILE retailers sweated on weak preChristmas figures in the United States, shops in Britain geared up for aggressive post-holiday sales in a bid to shore up consumer spending for the year. Customer visits to US retailers fell 24 per cent last weekend compared with
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      563 40 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST Recession would set UK economy back five years, warns economics thinktank LONDON -The 2009 recession could be so severe it sets Britain's economy back five years, according to the most chilling warning yet on the scale of the looming slump. Households must
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      490 42 SECCHIEFON FRAUD But Cox denies culture of lax oversight allowed scandal to go undetected upwards of US$5O billion ($72 billion) over years of running a pyramid scheme, where new investors were secretly fleeced to pay returns to earlier investors. The 70-year-old Madoff, former chairman of the Nasdaq
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      228 42 AFP BEIJING China published a series of measures yesterday to boost exports and consumption, marking the latest attempt to tackle the worst economic outlook in a generation. A hike in tax incentives to exporters of machinery and electronic products were among measures unveiled
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      219 43 AFP They "were of the view that if we did not act and act at that instant, these financial institutions could fail as a result and there would be nothing left to save", said Mr Cox. Mr Cox, a former Republican congressman from California, became SEC chairman in the
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      162 43 BLOOMBERG TOKYO —Japan's inflation rose at the slowest pace in seven months in November as oil and commodity costs tumbled and the deepening recession weakened demand. Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 1 per cent from a year earlier, less than 1.9 per cent
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      179 43 BLOOMBERG TOKOY Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance hired Nomura Holdings, Merrill Lynch and Mizuho Financial Group to sell its shares in Japan's biggest initial public offering in a decade, two people familiar with the sale said. Nomura, Merrill and Mizuho's securities unit are preparing to
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          95 44 22 cents Hold Westcomb downgrades its rating forTelechoice International from "Buy", saying that the stock is fairly valued at 1.5 times fiscal 2008 book value and 7.7 times fiscal 2008 earnings. It cuts the target price for the distributor of mobile phones and telecommunications equipment to 22 cents from
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          145 44 $1.75 I Buy DBS Vickers cuts the target price for the water processing specialist to $2.13 from $2.40, based on 14 times fiscal 2009 earnings, after lowering its net profit forecast by 11 per cent as it brings forward recognition of gains from sale of treatment plants to fiscal
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          54 44 Wednesday 1,736.99 A 0.73% Tuesday 1,724.54 T 1.21% Monday 1,745.63 2.78% Friday 1,795-47 0.19% Hang Seng Closed Nikkei 8,599.50 A 0.97% Shanghai 1,852.42 T 0.61% Seoul Closed Mumbai Closed KLComp Closed US$1 Si.445 ¥100 Si.599 £1 S2.134 HKsioo $18.64 1 euro $2,024 RMB100 $21.15 A$i $0,986 RS100 $30.10
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        111 44 AGENCIES I Traders singing the Depression-era song Wait 'Til the Sun Shines Nelly on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A so-called Santa Claus rally delivered small gains for Wall Street in a shortened Christmas Eve session on Wednesday as traders shrugged off another round
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        504 44 THE NEW YORKTIMES AFTERNOON LATEST Toyota could turn to founder's grandson to steady the ship TOKYO Facing its worst year in decades and with no sign of a global recovery in sight, Toyota Motor is set to make a change in top management next year,
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        315 44 BLOOMBERG HANOI Vietnam's trade deficit widened to a record US$l7 billion ($24.6 billion) in 2008, boosted by higher imports of equipment for projects such as the country's first oil refinery. The gap expanded 21 per cent from US$l4.l billion a year earlier, according to preliminary
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