Today, 4 March 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday March 4, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      SPORTS LATEST
      73 1 Liverpool 2 Sunderland 0 Liverpool's David Ngog (picture) scored the first of Liverpool's two goals in their win over Sunderland in the English Premiership yesterday. Page 34 West Bromwich 1 Arsenal 3 Arsenal have renewed hopes of a top-four finish after their win over West Bromwich Albion. Page
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      Lock icon Bullets, blood and a stunned cricket team
      677 1 AGENCIES TERROR IN LAHORE LAHORE The rising tide of violence in Pakistan took another ominous turn yesterday after unidentified assailants staged a deadly attack on the Sri Lankan national cricket team dealing a crippling blow to Pakistan's beloved sport. Armed with rifles, grenades
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      NTU TRAGEDY
      70 1 A mother's grief Just last month, NTU undergraduate David Widjaja lost his Asean scholarship. His final-year project too was not going well. As his grieving parents had his body cremated yesterday, universities and polytechnics tell Today how they watch out for, and help, students under strain. Meanwhile, Professor
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      NTU DON IN GOOD SPIRITS
      237 2  -  ESTHER NG Sitting rather stiffly in a chair with his right hand heavily bandaged, Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk, 45, was in good spirits as he received visitors in his hospital room yesterday. The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) engineering lecturer told Today that he was
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      Lock icon Schools on
      268 2  -  LINYANQIN NTUTRAGEDY Their counsellors and staff keep a lookout for students with problems yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg WHETHER Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student David Hartanto Widjaja had felt weighed down by a glitch in his final-year project, or by the loss of his scholarship, his suicide after stabbing his project supervisor
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      Lock icon 12,668 job openings at E2i
      186 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MORE than 10,000 workers are likely to be laid off in the first three months of this year, said labour chief Lim Swee Say yesterday the first time that official projections for both the unionised and non-unionised sectors are being made public. On
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      UNDERGRAD CREMATED
      328 3  -  ZULOTHMAN They flew in from Jakarta on Monday, as soon as news reached them of their son David Hartanto Widjaja's death. At about 9.40pm, his distraught parents stood where their son's body had lain that morning. The 21-year-old engineering student had stabbed a professor in the back, then
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      alert for warning signs of strain
      735 3  -  ZULOTHMAN worrying signs: "We need to look very much at pastoral care for students, but you need a balance you need to be caring without being stifling and they need to be learning to fend for themselves, without feeling that they need to take
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      Lock icon Jailed reporter a political pawn?
      369 4 AGENCIES FREELANCE journalist Roxana Saberi, who previously reported for Channel NewsAsia from Iran, has been arrested in Tehran and detained for more than month now. There are conflicting reports as to why the 31 -year-old, who has worked forthe BBC, Fox News and National Public
      AGENCIES  -  369 words
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      42 years' jail for 'merciless, marauding monster'
      643 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SERIAL SEXUAL PREDATOR Man robbed, assaulted seven women soon after release from prison weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THIS sexual offender remembered his sentences well. In the High Court yesterday, he corrected a prosecutor who stated that he had been given 24 strokes of the cane
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      SAF driver jailed for accepting bribes
      271 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT ONE of three Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) servicemen charged for accepting bribes to help smuggle cigarettes out of a military base was sentenced yesterday to 16 months in jail. Ang Zi Heng, 22, pleaded guilty to one charge of corruptly accepting about 18
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      Lock icon More students, more rooms
      445 8  -  ONGDAILIN EXPANSION PLANS New hostel being built as MDIS aims to double enrolment in five years dailin@mediacorp.com. sg DESPITE the tough economic climate, the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) plans to double its student enrolment in five years and is embarking on a bold $200
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      Lock icon ODD CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDWOMAN'S DEATH
      87 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A woman in her late 20s fell to her death early yesterday at Jurong West Street 65, while a man in his early 20s believed to be her ex-boyfriend was found on the ninth floor corridor of the same block with a dislocated shoulder.
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      Lock icon UNEXPLODED BOMB SAFELY DETONATED
      91 10 938 LIVE What's believed to be an unexploded World War II bomb was discovered at the construction site of Casa Clementi on Commonwealth Avenue West on Monday at about spm. Yesterday, police diverted traffic from Clementi Road, the nearby NUS High School and Nan Hua High
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      Lock icon HEALTHCARE GETS A $30-MILLION BOOSTER SHOT
      85 10 938 live The healthcare budget will get a boost from the Tote Board with a $30-million injection into the newly-created Tote Board Community Healthcare Fund. It will be used to support health promotion projects and assist healthcare charities in providing long-term care services. The
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      Piggy bank for kids
      385 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN RETRENCHMENT ANXIETY OCBC and NTUC First Campus set up fund to help retrenched parents with pre-school fees chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg MADAM Li's two-year old son was doing well at pre-school, learning to be more independent and responsible. But when her husband lost his job last December,
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      Where theories and innovation come alive
      359 10  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg STUDENTS will learn about mathematics by working out which mobile phone plan is the most economical choice for their usage patterns. Or, they will find out what logic and programming concepts go into creating their favourite computer games. They will also see
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      43 2 W Of Raffles Dental is offering a Braces Package for full-time students." Braces are used in Orthodontic treatment to "straighten" teeth that are displaced or misaligned. Brace yourself for a future of great smiles. Braces for Students at $3,888 ($4160.16 > Saturday clinics j^^
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      158 10 Monash College is your pathway to Monash University Monash College in Singapore offers the Diploma of Business leading to the second year of selected undergraduate degrees at Monash University campuses in Australia, Malaysia and South Africa. With the flexibility to commence classes in February, June and October and the expertise
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      677 11 fIISIM ■LI UNIVERSITY The Golden Age JK^Jt of Learning "Aren't you a little old for that?" my friends asked, when I told them I was returning to school. We were all around 50; our kids had all grown up and some even had grandkids. To my friends, school was something
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      Anwar accuser lodges police report against blog
      190 12  -  Mr Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan KUALA LUMPUR A former aide of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, Mr Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, lodged a police report against a blog yesterday over articles claiming he had contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Mr Saiful, who claimed
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      Lock icon Assembly under a raintree
      431 12 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER TURMOIL IN PERAK Lawmakers convene in car park for open-air sitting IPOH In a bizarre move, an emergency sitting of the Perak state assembly was held under a rain tree in a car park after police refused to let lawmakers all of them
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      THE US SHOULD TAKE A BIG-PICTURE VIEW OF CHINA
      183 14  -  KISHOREMAHBUBANI POINTOFVIEW "SO WHAT should America's long-term strategy toward China look like? To start, Washington should revisit its assumptions. What should US-China relations look like in 20 years? The Chinese Communist Party is not going to disappear like the Soviet Union,
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      Lock icon China's priority: Bridge wealth gap
      330 14 AGENCIES PARLIAMENTARY SEASON Sessions set to focus on $go6b govt stimulus package BEIJING China's annual Parliamentary season opened in Beijing yesterday under tight security with lawmakers focused on easing social pressures amid the global economic crisis and tensions over Tibet. China's ruling Communist Party has
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      NETIZENS WANT TO BE HEARD
      662 15  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS that time of the year again when China's Premier Wen Jiabao is deluged with questions, suggestions and petitions from Chinese from all walks of life. The country's legislature the National People's Congress (NPC)
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      Lock icon Two from Spore in running for 'Best Job in the World5
      189 16 Two from Spore in running for 'Best Job in the World 5 CHANNEL NEWSASIA TWO men from Singapore have been shortlisted for the "Best Job in the World", beating some 34,000 others who applied to become the caretaker of Hamilton Island, a job with a A 5150,000 ($149,000) contract to
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      Lock icon Now, a twist in the sale
      305 16 AGENCIES YSLAUCTION BEIJING China yesterday denied it had any connection with a Chinese antique collector who won an auction for a pair of looted bronze cultural relics but has since refused to pay. "As for the involvement of relevant individuals in the auction of
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      Lock icon N Korea angry over US drills
      121 16 AGENCIES SEOUL North Korea vowed to punish American and South Korean "warmongers" after the United States military said it would go ahead with annual joint exercises that Pyongyang calls an invasion rehearsal. North Korea's military demanded on Monday that the US-South Korean drills be
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      Lock icon A plain-speaking friend visits Obama
      258 18 AGENCIES WASHINGTON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Washington for key talks yesterday with United States President Barack Obama, with the beleaguered global economy and the conflict in Afghanistan likely to top the agenda. Mr Brown, the first European leader to meet the new
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      Lock icon Raul Castro clears out Fidel's Cabinet
      153 18 AGENCIES HAVANA Cuban President Raul Castro replaced several members of his Cabinet on Monday, putting his stamp on the government a year after assuming power from his older brother, Fidel. In a sign that he is emerging from the shadow of the former President
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      Lock icon Stop Gaza rocket attacks: Clinton
      252 18 AGENCIES US-ISRAELI TIES JERUSALEM United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised yesterday to work with the incoming Israeli government, but delivered a clear message that could put her at odds with the country's next leader: Washington is committed to the establishment of a Palestinian
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      Lock icon Taliban rivals unite to fight US troop surge
      211 19 THE GUARDIAN ISLAMABAD Taliban fighters have taken over the Swat valley in the lawless north-west of Pakistan, and have forced the government to impose Syariah law in the region. Three rival Pakistani Taliban groups have agreed to form a united front against
      THE GUARDIAN; AFP  -  211 words
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      Lock icon Pressing the reset button
      426 19 AGENCIES US-RUSSIA RELATIONS Obama offers to backoff on missile defence system WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama sent a secret letter to Russia's President last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defence system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop
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      Lock icon WARS, ENDLESS WARS
      504 20  -  808 HERBERT THENEWYORKTIMES NEWS COMMENT America's fading, but its citizens are still pouring billions into wars THE singer, Mr Edwin Starr, had a big hit in 1970 called War in which he asked again and again: "War, what is it good for?" The United States economy is
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      179 16 Study Accountancy with the National Accountancy Body Lead College: London School of Economics Political Science (LSE) SAA Bridging Course for relevant Polytechnic diploma holders commences 23 March B.Sc (Hons) Accounting Finance ICPAS accredited route to CPA Singapore designation^. B.Sc (Hons) Banking Finance info talk B.Sc (Hons) Business qg&fc B.Sc (Hons)
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      66 20 medical degree Why study medicine at Charles University in Prague? Oldest medical faculty in Europe Located in the Czech Republic Programme taught in English MD degree Entrance examinations interviews for the 2009 2010 intake will be held in Singapore in April 2009 For more information, please contact: Alberton Management Institute
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      Where will I live?
      416 22  -  Richard Lim HOUSING CATCH-22 Letter from I USED to have a stable job, with a stable income. After a brush with the law, I was imprisoned and lost my job. During my incarceration, my wife and I got divorced. We had to sell our five-room flat.
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      HDB 'WILL CONSIDER REQUEST'
      167 22  -  Quek Kwong Phow Letter from i Deputy Director (Admin Accounting), HDB Thank you for conveying the appeal for assistance from Mr Richard Lim. We are actively working with Mr Lim on a sustainable housing solution. Mr Lim has asked for another HDB loan to downgrade to
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      220 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... AVOID THE COMPARISON GAME One sure way for parents to damage their child's self-esteem is to play the comparison game. It's human nature for us to measure our ability and worth against others. The question is not "how am I doing?" It's
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      Lock icon How to retire with dignity
      512 26  -  Lin Zhiliang, Timothy AGEING POPULATION Singapore could take its cue from US' proud, pleasant Vetirement communities' Letter from SINGAPORE will face serious issues related to an ageing population in the years to come. Problems such as a reduced workforce, higher dependency and a strain on
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      The Watchmen cometh –
      1230 28  - The Watchmen cometh MAYO MARTIN SUPERTROOPERS The War and Peace of graphic novels arrives on the big screen in los angeles mayo@mediacorp.com.sg TOMORROW, Watchmen, the first superhero blockbuster movie of 2009, hits the screens. But Superman's not in it. And neither are Batman or Spider-man. Heck, there aren't even mutants
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      417 31  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE ARTS FEST Hip-hop Shaolin monks in this year's Arts Fest mayo@mediacorp.com.sg STREET culture and martial arts invade this year's Singapore Arts Festival, courtesy of two hip-hop-flavoured dance productions from Indonesia and Brazil, as well as a Europe/China contemporary dance co-pro-duction featuring actual Shaolin monks.
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      992 32 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL ON MEDIACORP THE SCHOOL NATIONALS 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 3.00 New Adventures of Robin 9.30 NewssTonight MAT MOTOR Channel 5,7.30pm 6.30 Prime Time Morning Hood II 10.00 American Idol VIII Suria, B:3opm 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show VI 4.00 Heroes II MN Boston Legal IV
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      605 34 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Benitez's men can still aim for title ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 2 Sunderland o LIVERPOOL (England) Liverpool's faint hopes of winning the Premier League title remained alive after teenaged striker David Ngog inspired Rafa Benitez's side to a 2-0 win over Sunderland at Anfield
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      430 34 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Bromwich 1 Arsenal 3 WEST BROMWICH Nicklas Bentner breathed new life into Arsenal's hopes of securing a top-four finish in the English Premier League as he inspired a 3-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion yesterday this morning, Singapore time). The Danish striker
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      637 35 .AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Drogba makes it yet another late-in-the-game win for Guus Hiddink ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Portsmouth o Chelsea 1 PORTSMOUTH If Manchester United have already got the Premier League title in their grasp nobody has told Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink. His side staged
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      591 36  -  LAN DE COTTA Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 SAFFC v Home United Choa Chu Kang Stadium, 7.45pm ian@mediacorp.com.sg HOME United travel to Choa Chu Kang Stadium tonight for their Great EasternYeo's S-League 2009 clash with arch-rivals SAFFC, with a former Warrior in their ranks looking to put
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      322 36 LOW LIN FHOONG Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 DPMM v Super Reds Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, 8.45pm DPMM kicked off their S-League debut with a last gasp 1-1 draw against the Young Lions at Jalan Besar Stadium last Friday. Tonight, the Brunei club
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      434 37  -  LOW LIN FHOONG at the Asian Youth Games. ASIAN YOUTH GAMES Olympic shooter named chef de mission for Singapore's Asian Youth Games contingent linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg NATIONAL men's trap shooter Lee Wung Yew turns 43 on March 19, but the athlete got an early birthday present
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      89 34 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League SAF FC Home United Wed, 04/03/09 7.45pm S.League Brunei DPMM Super Reds Wed, 04/03/09 8.45pm German Cup Wolfsburg W Bremen Thu, 05/03/09 2.00 am Spanish Cup Bilbao Sevilla Thu, 05/03/09 3.00 am German Cup Leverkusen Munich Thu, 05/03/09 3.30 am Italian Cup
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      68 34 SPORTS ON TV TOMORROW 3.45 am EPL Newcastle v Man Utd, Ch 27 3.45 am EPL Man City vAston Villa, Ch 21 4am EPL Tottenham v Middlesbrough, Ch 22 6.30 am Football DeportivoTachira v Boca Juniors, Ch 27 7.30 am Basketball Purdue v Northwestern, Ch 117 Bam Basketball North Carolina
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      65 36 S7LE&GUE ASIA'S TOP 10 LEAGUE Co-Title Sponsors Partners in Sports Official Convergence Communications Providers I Club Main Sponsors O tfJßfotem AVAY A ®S=Sfl-" SAWO e'v, l<E FTMS A»v» 4b Vil Ltlj Ll^l 1 I Giving Hope. Improving Lives. INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATIONS ambulance Global KA/UM/ Sponsors Club Apparel Sponsors s^_ SPORTS EVERY
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      557 37 I /MBj HEUTHY UFESTYiE EXPO 2009] Welcome To AIBI Roadshows Venue(l>: Parkway Parade (Basement 1 Atrium) Date: Till 08 Mar 09 welcome to Aim noaasnows Venue(2) Raff|es Cjty (Leve| 3 C|ty Square) Date T||| Q8 Mar Q9 \>S^ Aipi pnWFR First of its kind that combines both'vibration1 and'shaking'teohnoiogy mill r\
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      514 38 THENEWYORKTIMES TRACKING MONIES PAUL B BROWN IN TOUGH times, nothing is more important than making sure enough money is flowing in. Here are some tips to improve cash flow in the months ahead. THE BASICS I Bankrate.com, a financial information website, has put together
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      452 39 International Enterprise (IE) Singapore has come up with new and enhanced financing schemes to help your business handle the challenges faced during the current economic climate. Description Eligibility Criteria Loan facilities available for: Singapore-based companies with at least 3 strategic business Asset-Based Financing to acquire revenue generating fixed functions in
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      220 40 BLOOMBERG FORMER American International Group (AIG) chief executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg (picture) has sued the insurer for securities fraud after it reported the biggest-ever loss by a publicly-traded United States firm. In his suit in a federal court on Monday, Mr Greenberg, 83, said
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      158 40 AFP CHICAGO Ford Motor has reported a 48 per cent year-over-year drop in its vehicle sales in the United States last month amid a deepening economic downturn. The automaker also announced plans to slash secondquarter production by nearly 40 per cent to 425,000 vehicles, down
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      374 40 AP FINANCIALCRISIS Struggling car-maker faces first loss in 59 years TOKYO Toyota, the world's top car-maker, is in talks with a Japanese governmentbacked bank on possible lending, underlining the serious woes facing the car industry amid plunging global sales. The move comes as Japan's Finance Ministry
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      350 42 AGENCIES SENATE TESTIMONY Fed chief says economy facing extraordinary challenges, slams AIG for acting like hedge fund WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said policymakers might need to expand aid to the banking system beyond the US$7OO billion ($l.l trillion) Troubled Asset Relief
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        87 42 Hard Rock Cafe continues to help out in times of recession. Enjoy, for this month only. Hard Rock Cafe's Recession Set Lunch Menu for only $10 nett. Enjoy the soup of the day and indulge in a choice of sumptuous MaxiCali Chicken or Panfried Cajun
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        A TASTE OF LIPTON MILK TEA DELIGHT
        403 42 Very soon, thousands of urbanites will be able to experience the goodness of Lipton Milk Tea. Lipton will be having roadshows in several neighbourhoods, where tea enthusiasts, family and friends can experience and enjoy the range of Lipton Milk Tea. The Lipton Happy
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      156 43 KELVIN CHOW THE share price of mainboard-listed cosmetic company Beauty China Holdings plunged 70 per cent to close at an all-time low of 11 cents yesterday, on news that its chairman Wong Hon Wai may sell his stake. The company revealed yesterday that
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      388 43 AGENCIES ANNUAL EARNINGS Bank's net profits jumped to $5.28b last year STANDARD Chartered, the bank focused on emerging markets, said yesterday its net profits jumped a-fifth to US$3.4l billion ($5.28 billion) last year, as the company took advantage of its competitors' woes. Earnings were lifted
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      482 44 ING BYCHANNEL NEWSASIA CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Survey reveals few audit committee members have formal training A LOCAL study into the quality of audit committee (AC) members has raised the issue of whether formal qualifications take precedence over the individual's experience. According to survey findings released yesterday by
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      212 44 BLOOMBERG MCDONALD'S Corp, the world's largest restaurant chain, has named a Singaporean Mr Kenneth Chan (picture) to replace retiring Jeffrey Schwartz as head of its operations in China. Mr Chan, 44, took over as China chief executive officer on Monday. He was previously regional
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        97 46 US MARKETS Early gains erased Wall Street limped to a lower finish, retreating for the fifth day, as investors mulled the extent of the economic gloom a day after a global rout that sent key US indexes to fresh 12-year lows. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back early
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        68 46 Crude up US$l.5O Oil prices rose in volatile trading, partially offsetting an enormous sell-off that started the week. Benchmark crude for April delivery rose US$l.5O to settle at U5541.65 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude prices, which have fallen 59 per cent over the past
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        60 46 Prices fall further European stocks fell to the lowest level since 1996 as concern grew that earnings are deteriorating. The national benchmark indexes slid in all of the 18 western European markets except Austria. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 113.74 points to 3,512.09, Germany's DAK slipped 19.35 points to
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        779 46  -  ESTHER FUNG NEW LISTING RULES Rules vlook good on paper but there are enforcement concerns esther@mediacorp.com.sg SOME market players are shaking their heads at the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) decision to relax listing rules. They feel are the charges are coming at a time when screws should
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        456 46  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg NEWS of life insurer American International Assurance's (AIA) impending control by the United States government caused few ripples in Singapore, as the industry mostly held a positive view of the development while policyholders here hardly bat their eyelids. Ratings agency Standard
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        446 46  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg The long-drawn battle to control United Industrial Corp (UIC) reached another milestone yesterday, after UOL Group overtook Philippine tycoon John Gokongwei to become its largest shareholder despite failing in an attempt to take over the property developer. UOL, a property giant whose
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      82 41 What would the world be like without women? COME JOIN US AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO WOMEN IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. programmes and activities in March: 938 LIVE Wonder Women in The Living Room, 2-6 March 09,10 am to noon Weekend TODAY Special Edition for Women, 7 March 09
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