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    10 1 TODAY Friday January i, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    34 1 Phin Wong 2009 is probably going to be terrible. But don't let that stop you, says our Plus Editor. Here's how to find happiness by focusing on what makes you unhappy. Page 34
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    SINGAPORE
    36 1 Goodness gracious! Meet former banker and civil servant Cyrus Ang who quit his job to start a non-profit company, Gracious Singapore, which aims to instill a greater sense of, well, graciousness in Singaporeans. Page 8
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    VOICES
    47 1 If you're happy... And you know it, then Budget Tai-tai wants to be your friend. No matter how infectious misery may be, happiness is even more virulent, she says. So, it's time to psyche yourself up and look on the bright side of life. Page 26
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    BUSINESS
    49 1 Not a year for IPOs 2008 was a dismal year for IPO volume as only 30 companies made it to market. It was, however, a bumper year for established companies seeking to raise funds from existing shareholders, as underwritten rights offerings jumped 190 per cent year-on-year. Page Bl
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    Lock icon Singapore man dies in Bangkok fire
    731 1 NEWYEAR'S EVE BANGKOK A fire raced through a twostorey Bangkok nightclub packed with hundreds of well-heeled New Year's revellers early yesterday, killing at least 61 people, including a Singaporean. The Singaporean killed in the inferno at the Santika Club has been identified as Teo
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    Angry buyers clash with developer Wing Tai over alleged defects
    910 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG TODAY EXCLUSIVE cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg AN UGLY spat that has already resulted in a police report lodged against a homeowner is brewing between listed property giant WingTai and some foreign investors of its three-year-old luxury condo near Orchard Road. The development,
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon A glowing start
      249 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA WELCOME 2009 IT WAS fireworks, a concert of hope, water fun and even a blossoming of love for some Singaporeans during the New Year countdown, as 2009 arrived with a bang islandwide. Over at Yishun, the countdown party was attended by some 5,000 people, and
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA; PHOTOS: MOUNT FABER, EPA  -  249 words
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      Lock icon Gears turning but no passengers yet
      537 3  -  LINYANQIN SINGAPORE FLYER Flyer chairman pledges commitment to get it up and running, and safe yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg FOR the first time since it came to a halt on Dec 23, the Singapore Flyer began to turn again yesterday evening. It is still not ready to
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      Lock icon Flout it, stub it
      456 6 938 LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA SMOKING BAN Educational approach taken in initial stages of extended prohibition: NEA WITH more areas designated as "no smoking" zones from yesterday, 245 smokers were found not adhering to the extended smoking ban as of spm. But for now, there will be
      938 LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA; TREVOR TAN  -  456 words
    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        FULL-TIME NSMEN INSURED FOR $100K
        145 6 All Ministry of Defence staff and Singapore Armed Forces active servicemen will now be insured for $100,000 unless they opt out of coverage. The insurance plan is an addition to the current SAF Group Term Life Insurance scheme, a personal life and accident insurance scheme
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        Lock icon CHINATOWN'S CNYBUDGETCUT
        99 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Chinatown's Chinese New Year celebrations budget has been cut by 20 per cent. Nonetheless, organisers have lined up a whole host of activities to usher in the year of the Ox this month. Shoppers will be in for a treat as there will be nearly 600
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      Lock icon Goodness gracious him
      664 8  -  ONG DAI LIN SOCIAL ETIQUETTE PM #s comment inspired him to set up a firm to encourage graciousness dailin@mediacorp.com.sg THERE will be a Miss Gracious Singapore beauty pageant, road shows and a Gracious Week with a walkathon for people to discuss graciousness. These are the plans of
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      CHINA WORKERS SEEK MOM'S HELP FORTHETHIRD TIME
      193 8 It may have been a public holiday, but with not much else to do on New Year's Day, a group of about 100 construction workers from China turned up at the Ministry of Manpower for the third consecutive day to express their unhappiness
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      Lock icon Baking legend retires, passes torch to young
      480 10  -  SUFIANSUDERMAN RECIPE FOR PASSION Glittering career crowned with $500,000 dress sufian@mediacorp.com.sg HIS passion for baking drove him to seek work at Air One Bakery in Changi Point in the '60s, where he started out mopping the floors and washing the dishes. His big
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      115 2 We know two about traditions Celebrate new beginnings in a way everyone in the family will approve brightly coloured tins, clear glass bottles, serving trays and stands at irresistible deals! And if that's not enough, stock up on some festive inspirations and FORVAR jar with lid Glass/plastic. HlBcm.l.BL DROPPAR <£
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      145 3 a thing or keeping in place, i affordable solutions when you come by our stores. You'd J hardly be able to contain your excitement over our New Year range of goodies and home furnishing that are of the right quality, design and most importantly, price! TRIPP tin with lid SLOM
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      204 8 m It may sound crazy, but most people do not realise H t: f that economic slowdowns and financial crises are where fortunes are really made. feyy^^^ tt was tne 'ast two cras^es of I"8 and 2002 JL that gave Adam the opportunity to make his first $1.5 million; by
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      357 9 n H H Pi^^\ P'P BC^^ Where "Love Matters" V' f Hear what Jack Neo has to share about his I^JiS f 4m latest movie "Love Matters". Don't miss H Dtt. J^r Ulove matters L" 'tßt Wtm jwl 'T^^jk tne cnance t0 participate in stage games with the cast. pW
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Hu, Bush pledge to improve relations
      261 12 AFP BEIJING Chinese President Hu Jintao and United States counterpart George W Bush exchanged congratulations yesterday on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties and vowed even closer relations, state media reported. Mr Hu's message called the establishment of formal diplomatic ties on Jan 1,
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon LONDON EYE'S RING OF FIRE
        124 12 AFP Revellers braved freezing conditions in London to see the New Year fireworks spectacular on the banks of the River Thames, which engulfed the London Eye (picture) in a blaze of colour. Some 400,000 spectators were expected to have caught the 10-minute salvo. Following on
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        Lock icon FEWER FIRECRACKER INJURIES
        141 12 AFP A light rain in Manila and surrounding provinces dampened the normally boisterous New Year's Eve revelry in the Philippines, causing a drop in injuries involving firecrackers, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said yesterday. The economic crunch also kept Filipinos from splurging on firecrackers, he said. Mr Duque
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        Lock icon ARSONISTS ATTACK 10 BANKS IN GREECE
        93 12 AP Arsonists attacked 10 banks and two car dealerships around Athens early yesterday amid New Year celebrations in the Greek capital, police said. No injuries or arrests were reported. The attacks caused minor damage. Police had braced for violence at New Year following serious
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      Lock icon Ma's New Year message
      446 12 AP CROSS STRAITS RELATIONS Taiwan leader says warming ties may bring positive changes in China TAIPEI Taiwan's president said in a New Year message yesterday that the democratic island hopes improving relations with communist China will bring positive changes to its rival while not undermining its
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      Lock icon China, N Korea celebrate 60 years' ties
      200 12 AP BEIJING China and North Korea will deepen cooperation and exchanges in this year to celebrate the 60-year anniversary of diplomatic ties, Chinese state media said yesterday. The announcement comes less than a month after the latest round of six-nation disarmament talks hosted
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      Lock icon New Year's resolutions can be bad for you
      159 12 AFP LONDON Making self-improvement New Year's resolutions often leaves people feeling worse, the British mental health charity Mind warned yesterday. Mind urged people not to make resolutions focusing on physical imperfections such as attempting to lose weight because they create a negative
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      Scam artists sell 'forest' lands in barren northern China
      172 14 BEIJING A pair of Chinese forestry executives cheated thousands of investors out of US$l6O million ($229 million) by selling off "timber lands" in Inner Mongolia, a barren desert region, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Chairman Chen Xianggui of Inner Mongolia's Wanli
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      Lock icon Sanlu boss pleads guilty
      414 14 AP TAINTED MILK SCANDAL BEIJING A former dairy boss in China's scandal over tainted milk has pleaded guilty to charges that could lead to a death penalty, state media reported yesterday. MsTian Wenhua (picture), former board chairwoman and general manager of Sanlu Group, admitted in court
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      Lock icon Vietnam, China end land dispute
      198 16 AP HANOI —Vietnam and China have completed the demarcation of their long-disputed land border 30 years after their brief but bloody border war, state media reported yesterday. The two countries signed a land border agreement in 1999, but it took them nine years to demarcate
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      Lock icon Chinese leader calls for meritocracy
      431 16 MALAYSIAN POLITICS MCA chief calls for pro-Malay programme to be scrapped KUALA LUMPUR A top ethnic Chinese leader in Malaysia's ruling coalition indirectly called yesterday for the scrapping of an affirmative action programme for the majority Malays in a rare challenge to the fount of
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    • EYE ON MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon MALAY EDITION OF CATHOLIC PAPER BANNED
        141 16 AFP A Catholic newspaper in Malaysia has been ordered by the government to cease its Malay language edition until courts resolve a ban on the paper's use of the word "Allah". Herald newspaper editor Father Lawrence Andrew said the move was part of a
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        MALAYSIAN MAN ALLEGEDLYTORTURED
        151 16 A Malaysian carpark attendant was allegedly tortured during interrogation by police who beat him with a rubber hose and splashed boiling water on him, a news website reported on Wednesday. Mr B Prabakar, 27, submitted on Wednesday a memorandum on the alleged abuse to the Inspector-General of
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        Lock icon INDIAN TANKER SAVED FROM PIRATES
        155 16 AP A Malaysian military helicopter saved an Indian tanker from being hijacked yesterday, foiling the new year's first attack by pirates in the dangerous Gulf of Aden, a maritime watchdog said. The Indian tanker carrying a full load of oil was steaming toward the Suez
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      Abhisit's No 2 tasked to bring Thaksin back
      246 18 BANGKOK Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has been assigned to bring back ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to the country, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was quoted by Bangkok Post as saying yesterday. Mr Abhisit said that the government is ready to negotiate
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      Lock icon Russia cuts gas to Ukraine
      445 18 AP AWINTERCRISIS Cut raises threat of disruption of gas shipment to Europe MOSCOW Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said it cut all gas supplies to Ukraine yesterday morning after talks broke down over payments for past shipments and a price for 2009, raising the threat of
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      Lock icon Israel, Hamas in cyber warfare
      468 20 AP WAR IN GAZA JERUSALEM Israel's bruising war on the militants who control Gaza has moved online, where sites such as You Tube and Facebook are the new battlegrounds. In one of the fiercest skirmishes, sides are trading fire over the Israeli military's use of
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      Lock icon Hamas accepts EU truce offer with conditions
      315 20 AFP GAZA CITY The Palestinian Hamas movement said yesterday it was accepting "under conditions" an European Union proposal for a ceasefire with Israel around Gaza. This comes as Israel launched over 30 air and sea strikes on Gaza, killing a senior Hamas leader
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      Lock icon N Korea hints at building ties with Obama govt
      348 20 AGENCIES SEOUL In a policy-setting New Year message yesterday, which called for a stronger military and economy, North Korea also dropped its customary criticism of the United States, an indication the country may hope to build up ties with the incoming
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      Lock icon Obama forced to live in Washington hotel
      262 24 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH WASHINGTON Barack Obama is to move to Washington this weekend but will be staying in a hotel after President George W Bush said an official residence was "not available". The Obama family are bidding farewell to Chicago and moving to the American
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      Lock icon Fidel's Cuba turns 50
      383 24 AFP A COMMUNIST REVOLUTION HAVANA Cuba yesterday celebrated the 50th anniversary of its revolution with its iconic leader Fidel Castro withdrawn from power, still at odds with the United States and facing new economic challenges. Fifty-year festivities, led by President Raul Castro, 77, who officially took
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      Lock icon THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
      737 26  -  Tabitha Wang BUDGETTAI-TAI news@newstoday.com.sg THIS year, my New Year's resolution is simple. I just want to be happy. That is easier said than done, I given the financial climate. As one Hongkonger recently remarked: m "Hongkongers' happiness is directly A related to the Hang Seng Index.
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    • Letter
      Stricter standards for new teachers
      242 26  -  Simon Ng Yap Peng Letter from I READ with interest the report "Only those with passion need apply" (Dec 31). It is laudable that the Ministry of Education (MOE) is taking a big leap in beefing up the number of teaching and support staff. I
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      159 30  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY............ PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES If you really want to give your kids an edge in the world, teach them to go above and beyond the call of duty. Quality work is a rare thing, and people take notice. Here are a few key principles
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      Lock icon Looking at the big picture
      473 30  -  Phua Hooi Boon PUBLICTRANSPORT FARES Transport fares not directly linked to fuel prices even if operators' costs are Director (Land Transport Division) Ministry of Transport WE REFER to the report, "Subsidies a tripping point" (Dec 22). Some members of the public have written to the
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      I SAY SCHOOL'S NO FUN
      419 30  -  Suresh Kumar Going to school is more a chore than an adventure AS MY son was putting away his new textbooks, I asked him if he was looking forward to the new school year. His reply was an emphatic no. His incredulous look suggested that
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      662 34  -  PHINWONG MALADJUSTED plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg Life sucks. But all it takes is a little perspective Hello, 2009. It's very nice to meet you. Please tell me you don't stink. Oh, who am I kidding? According to everyone world leaders, economic experts, fengshui masters you're going to stink
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      322 36  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEWSEVEN POUNDS Will Smith's new film has a message that's worth the convoluted wait genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg FORGET those less than impressive American box-office results and the mixed critical reviews. With a plot more effective the less you know about it going in, Seven Pounds
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      233 36  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEWTHE DUCHESS REAL life aristocrat Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley) was an 18th century English "It Girl" exuberant, charming, independent, and just that right touch of flirtatious. An abysmal marriage to the wealthy, powerful and markedly older Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes) a cold
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      152 36 2/SGENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEWTRANSPORTER 3 FROM the start, three things are crystal clear: Transporter 3 has no plot, possesses possibly one of the worst ever cringe-worthy scripts, and no amount of Cory Yuen's creative fight choreography can distract us from this. Jason Statham (shirtless and gravelvoiced,
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      370 38 AP ANSWERTO A PRAYER A LETTER from Oprah Winfrey last week seemed like the world's best Christmas present until teacher Ron Clark noticed an extra piece of paper flutter out of the envelope. That's when the Atlanta educator saw the U*****,000 ($522,000) cheque for the innovative
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        179 38 It seems like everybody loves The Little Nonya. After becoming the most-viewed TV show in years, it was the Little Nonya herself, Jeanette Aw, who won four awards at MediaCorp TV Channel 8 New Year's Eve countdown show for portraying the most likeable female characters on TV.
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        81 38 Head over to Yew Tee Community Club this Saturday (Jan 3) if you want to catch some high-flying action. The two finalist teams for MediaCorpTVVasantham's Dhil Dare Devils will be performing a "high-beam stunt" as part of their challenge to win the top prize of $20,000. Special guest
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      605 40  -  RACHEL LIANG WENYIN CD REVIEWS CHRISTOPHERTOH LOVE POEM While Taiwanese actress Rachel Liang (picture) has had notable mentions in the press for her work on the Taiwan blockbuster Cape No 7, she's also making the rounds in musicdom with her debut effort, Love Poem. Detractors
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      995 42 TV LISTINGS ONMEDI AC OR P CHANNEL^ 9 E P 1^.9.^. GHOST WHISPERER JUMAAT EKSLUSIF Episode 5 S.ooAM Entertainment Tonight 5.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show MN House II Janqan Pandann Belakann 6.30 Prime Time Morning 6.00 Entertainment Tonight NeedtoKnow Channel 5,10pm g3O yhe Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.30 Amazing Animal Videos
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      Lock icon Praying for rain
      615 43 F*^^^^^H t^ ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Wenger hopes 2009 will see an end to Arsenal's three-year title drought LONDON Arsene Wenger may still talk up his Arsenal side's title prospects, but the manager knows the FA Cup third round tie with Plymouth Argyle tomorrow is almost as important
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      Lock icon Love is in the air as FA Cup returns
      370 43 AFP LONDON The third round of the FA Cup is a time in the knockout competition renowned for shocks and "giantkilling" exploits. But the advent of the January transfer window and the pressing financial need for Premier League clubs to avoid
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      294 44 THE GUARDIAN MANCHESTER Cristiano Ronaldo has started the year attempting to quash one of last year's most protracted transfer sagas. The winger has been repeatedly linked with a move to Real Madrid, but in an interview on the Manchester United official website he has said
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      521 44 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Liverpool rally around captain as Gerrard returns to training ahead of FA Cup tie LIVERPOOL It was business as usual when Steven Gerrard returned to training yesterday, ahead of Liverpool's Saturday FA Cup tie against Preston North End, afterbeing charged withassault
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      344 45 MANCHESTER Sam Allardyce's patience regarding the future of Rogue Santa Cruz (picture) appears to have worn thin, with the Blackburn Rovers manager challenging City to make a bid for the forward or put a stop to the constant speculation surrounding one of his
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      530 45 THEGUARDIAN TRANSFERTRAIL City ready with $171x1 offer; Drogba could leave too MANCHESTER Wayne Bridge (picture) could be the first major transfer of the New Year, with Chelsea having indicated a willingness to listen to offers on a small number of squad players and Manchester City poised
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      Lock icon Tennis still a top target for match-fixers, says ex-mafia boss
      463 45 AFP NEW YORK Former mafia crime boss Michael Franzese says top-level tennis matches are being influenced by gamblers and the sport would be his prime focus were he still in the business of impacting outcomes. Franzese, a former boss in
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      181 44 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER ECup Tottenham Wigan Sat, 03/01/09 4.00 am ECup Hartlepool Stoke City Sat, 03/01/09 9.00pm ECup Birmingham Wolverhampton Sat, 03/01/09 11.00pm ECup Chelsea Southend Sat, 03/01/09 11.00pm ECup Wtfrd Scunthorpe Sat, 03/01/09 11.00pm ECup Cardiff Reading Sat, 03/01/09 11.00pm ECup Arsenal Plymouth Sat, 03/01/09
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      46 44 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 6am Football Rose Bowl Game: Perm State v USC. Ch 23 3.43pm Cricket KFCTwenty2o Bash: Victoria v South Austrialia, Match 4, Ch 110 7pm Tennis Abu Dhabi Capitala World Tennis Challenge semi-finals, Ch22 TOMORROW 3.55 am FA Cup Tottenham vWigan, Ch 24
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      674 46  -  TREVORTAN SOFTWARE REVIEW ADOBE CSz> MASTER COLLECTION Adobe CSz> is more user friendly, just make sure you have enough RAM trevor@mediacorp.com.sg THE definite software suite used by designers, photographers and creative professionals just got another upgrade. Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) has arrived less than 18 months
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      492 46  -  TREVORTAN PC GAME REVIEW CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR AFTER the runaway success of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the first-person shooter (FPS) franchise returns to its World War II (WWII) roots with Call of Duty: World at War. In the
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      715 48 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH MACWORLD 2009 A look ahead at what to expect this year THIS year's Macworld, which starts next Monday, is going to be memorable for two reasons and it's got nothing to do with new gadgets. The first, and most astonishing reason, is that Mr
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      202 48 IT WASN'T a very Happy New Year for owners of Microsoft's Zune. Thousands of the MP3 music players froze on New Year's Eve around the world due to what Microsoft described as a bug in the device's internal clock. The bug only affected the original, 30GB version
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      443 48  -  GRASS-HOPPER XBOX 360 GAME REVIEW LEFT4DEAD FOR a first-person shooter title released on a next-generation console, Left4Dead doesn't seem to have many features. It has no storyline, no vehicles to manoeuvre, no customisable outfits and characters, and practically nothing to unlock. Its premise is simple: You play
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      280 49 c c CI^C^R Usher in the Year of Ox *&tom W \ff with an array of visual jP I f\ W W spectacular and bountiful treats, catch a bundle of x^. fl lunar festivities right here. JSK j=| Giant Puppets Performances Bountiful Treats i 1 Dates 9 -18 January 2-25
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      320 50 BLOOMBERG THE United States Treasury threw the door open to taxpayer financing for a widening array of companies and industries, by drafting broad guidelines on aid to the auto industry. The Treasury's guidelines, published on Wednesday, will let
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      462 50 THE NEWYORKTIMES FINANCIALCRISIS Other US banks take more drastic salary measures WALL Street is hitting its bankers where it hurts in the wallet. Citigroup's chief executive and chairman said on Wednesday that they would forgo their bonuses for last year and slash the amounts
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      799 52  -  NOURIELROUBINI BLOOMBERG BUSINESS COMMENT This year promises to be even worse for the world financial system WE KNOW what happened last year the worst crisis in the world's financial system since the Great Depression of the '30s. But what lies ahead in 2009? Is
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      60 53 Slovakia joined the eurozone and switched to the euro as legal tender yesterday, making it the 16th country to use the euro. About 100,000 people celebrated in Bratislava's main square with a ceremony that was crowned by blue and yellow fireworks, the colours of the European Union.
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        145 53 BLOOMBERG The list of assets held by Mr Bernard Madoff, accused by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of directing a USSSO-billion ($72-billion) fraud, will not be made public, the regulator said. A federal judge ordered Mr Madoff, 70, to provide an
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        114 53 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore Food Industries is expected to suffer a $io-million loss following the liquidation of its Irish subsidiary, Swissco. In its filing with the Singapore Exchange, the company said the losses are due to write-offs for loans and repayment of a grant extended by
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        135 53 NEWSASIA Listed transport operator SMRT Corporation's media arm has won a 10-year contract as part of a consortium to plan, design and manage the advertising space of Dubai's metro transport system. The 15.8-billion dirham (s6.iB-billion) metro project is scheduled for operation by September, with an
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        17 54 Tuesday 1,770.65 T 0.56% Monday Friday 1,780.57 A 3-18% 1,725.61 T 0.66% Thursday Closed
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        24 54 Jang Seng 14,387.48 A 1.07% Jikkei ihanghai ieoul /lumbal .LComp Closed 1,820.81 T 0.66% Closed 9,750.03 A 1.06% 876-75 °-55°/°
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        22 54 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,432 ¥100 $1,592 $2,074 HK$ioo $18.48 $2,002 RMB100 $21.00 $1,006 RS100 $2,939 $0,415 RPio,ooo $1,314
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      679 54  -  CHRISTIE LOH AUDIT ALLEGATIONS KPMG facing removal, airs concerns over NEL management deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com.sg A RARELY seen, public war of words has erupted between a mainboard-listed company here and its statutory auditor of more than a decade, whom it has suspended. In an 11-page
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      507 54  -  RODERICK CLYNE roderick@medaicorp.com.sg WITH only 30 initial public offerings (IPOs) last year, 2008 marked the Singapore Exchange's (SGX's) worst year for company flotations since 2003, according to Bloomberg data. But for established companies, fundraising from existing shareholders saw a surge which may signal
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