Today, 9 March 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Monday March g, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    29 1 Conrad Raj Companies that trade derivatives in excess of normal hedging operations should get shareholder approval. It's time to curb this corporate gambling, says our Editor-at-Large. Page B3
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    COMMENT
    30 1 Lost in confusion As policymakers roll out complex programmes like the CPF Life scheme, says P N Balji, they shouldn't forget to ask: Will the public understand? Page 8
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    BUSINESS
    31 1 A new $14.5b plan Malaysia will unveil a second stimulus plan this week as it tries to prevent its economy from sliding into recession, says a government official. Page Bl
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    Lock icon 'She fell through these railings'
    540 1  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SHE fell four storeys on to a concrete floor, but Siti Nur Ami, 7, miraculously was still able to tell the paramedics she was in pain. She had slipped through a gap in the metal railing by the flat's lift-landing, suffering multiple fractures.
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    Here's help, single mums
    804 1  -  LINYANQIN 4WECARE FOR U'SCHEME Labour movement provides recession support, legal guide yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg IT MAY be a standard class activity to many, but when Ms Wendy Chow's son was asked to create a family tree, it touched a raw nerve with the six-year-old. "The (worksheet) given by
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      Lock icon Review support for foreign students?
      553 3  -  NEOCHAICHIN LINYANQIN TWO DEATHS AT NTU NTU relooking pastoral care counselling service chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THUS far, they appear to be two unrelated tragedies, though some coincidences have captured attention: Mr Zhou Zheng had started work last Monday, the same day Mr David Hartanto Widjaja died, and
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      Lock icon CRACKDOWN NEEDED FOR'STABILITY'
      216 4 AGENCIES China yesterday sought to justify a security lockdown in Tibet with a commentary saying it was necessary to protect people against fresh violence in the Himalayan region. The article, issued by the Xinhua news agency only in English, appeared aimed at countering any foreign criticism of
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      Lock icon SO MUCH SAID, BUT SO LITTLE ACHIEVED
      435 4  -  KARISHMAVYAS AFP NEWS ANALYSIS FIFTY years after fleeing Tibet, the Dalai Lama is as far as ever from returning home leaving him the leader of a people he never sees and the head of a stateless government. The harsh reality is that his
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      Lock icon Career fair crowds give healthcare jobs a miss
      179 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA FOUR hundred thousand people visited the four-day Career 2009 and Education 2009 exhibition at Suntec Singapore, but despite the huge crowds, some healthcare and social work organisations that joined the career fair found it tough to fill vacancies. Ms Agatha
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      RUN FOR IT, KIDS
      84 6 Twenty children made a dash around Cold Storage Novena Square on Saturday as they took part in a Kids Hunt aimed at teaching them to eat right and exercise. The children, some accompanied by their parents, raced to pick out a mix of fruits and vegetables.
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      Time to pump up the volume
      483 6  -  ONG DAI LIN GAS STATION WOES Five CNG stations not enough, say taxi drivers dailin@mediacorp.com.sg FOR two weeks, compressed natural gas (CNG) taxi driver, Mr Ng Buck Swee, had to wait at least an hour to refuel at the Mandai CNG pump station, which
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      LOST IN THE CONFUSION
      722 8  -  P N BALJI MARTINOTAN NEWS COMMENT As policymakers roll out complex policies, don't forget to ask: Will the public understand? SEVENTEEN months and seven sessions involving 120 people later, what we have is the word "confusion" hanging over a high-powered committee set up to fix the
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      95 5 HP^. i/S)mJKj§ fee :-'-^9 M "™KfBF\ EL M lUllii illfi At NUS, we believe that a university education goes beyond preparing I^KSH IW I I I you for a job; it is about exploring possibilities and realising your potential. fcUlSal |%l Our University Scholars Programme enables students like Pei Shan
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      118 7 Most teenagers go through growing pains. But at 19, Jason went through a heart transplant. Organ donation is the gift that helps others live on. At 16, Jason was an average teenager; spending endless hours Thankfully, he received a heart transplant and a second chance playing football. But at 18,
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      152 8 University of Greenwich, UK BA (Hons) Business Administration* v By Mr Peter Smith BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance* Principal Lecturer BSc (Hons) Computing* 9th m2JSi^OO9 BSc (Hons) Games Multimedia Technologies* I 7 30pm t0 8 30pm Capitol Centre MSc Computing (opp City Hall MRT) Accredited by the British Computer Society
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  • WORLD
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      Recession could last till end-2010: Dr Doom
      340 10 THE global recession may continue until the end of next year as the response by governments to rectify it is "too little, too late", said New York University professor Nouriel Roubini, nicknamed "Dr Doom" for predicting the financial crisis. "Governments are falling behind
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      374 10 LANGUAGE PROTEST Director-General says don't politicise teaching of Maths, Science in English KUALA LUMPUR The issue of teaching and learning Mathematics and Science in English must not be politicised as it could jeopardise national education, said director-general of Education Alimuddin Mohd Dom, a day after
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      Lock icon To the polls, a whiff of change in the air
      220 12 AFP NORTH KOREAN ELECTIONS SEOUL North Koreans voted yesterday in elections for a new Parliament which analysts say could pave the way for an eventual transition of power in the communist nation. The election is also being closely monitored around
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        Lock icon CYCLONE MENACES QUEENSLAND COAST
        94 12 AFP Thousands of holiday-makers fled one of Australia's top tourist destinations yesterday as a tropical cyclone lashed the country's north-east coast. The authorities in Queensland state ordered the evacuation of Fraser Island asTropical Cyclone Hamish approached the World Heritage-listed site shortly after it was upgraded to
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        Lock icon FORMER ISRAEL PRESIDENT TO BE CHARGED WITH RAPE
        106 12 AP Israel's Justice Ministry says former President Moshe Katsav is to be charged with raping a woman who once worked for him. Attorney-General Meni Mazuz has decided to indict Mr Katsav, who last year called off a plea bargain that would have
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        Lock icon THAILAND, HONG KONG CLOSE TO THAKSIN EXTRADITION DEAL
        109 12 DPA Hong Kong is close to agreeing on an extradition treaty with Thailand that could be used to send ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra back home. Talks are at an advanced stage over the wide-rang-ing treaty, which could affect regular visitor MrThaksin,
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        Lock icon Journalist's lawyer denied prison visit
        148 12 AGENCIES FARGO (North Dakota) Mr Reza Saveri, the father of United States journalist Roxana Saveri, who has been imprisoned in Iran, says his lawyer has not been able to meet with her. Mr Saberi says his lawyer planned to visit her on Saturday, but was
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      Lock icon 12,000 troops out of Iraq by Sept
      209 13 BAGHDAD Iraq and the United States announced yesterday that 12,000 more American troops will go home by the end of September in an acceleration of the US withdrawal. "We have agreed that a total of 12,000 US troops will be withdrawn by the
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      Lock icon If you want change...
      412 13 AFP,THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS Najib will not be able to bring reform to Malaysia, says Anwar KUALA LUMPUR Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim urged party loyalists yesterday to continue the push for political change in Malaysia and strive for a win in three crucial by-elections next
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        Lock icon 'CRASH WAS AN ACCIDENT'
        87 14 DPA The British government said last Saturday it believed the car crash that injured Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and killed his wife Susan was an accident and not a politically motivated attack. The truck that collided with MrTsvangirai's car belonged to a British-American organisation, the
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        Lock icon STOLEN WORKS RECOVERED
        95 14 AP Dutch police have recovered eight valuable paintings, including works by Renoir and Pissaro, 22 years after they were stolen from a gallery in Maastricht. Prosecutors said three suspects have been arrested a 45-year-old German man who lives in Dubai, his 62-year-old mother and a 66-year-old man.
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      Lock icon Mexican drug war spills into US
      254 14 AGENCIES DRUG-RELATED VIOLENCE PHOENIX (Arizona) Gunmen are invading homes, people are being raped and tortured, and bodies have been dumped in the Arizona desert as violence from the Mexican drug wars spills into the American south-west. Illegal immigration and drug smuggling have always been
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      Lock icon It was torture most 'medieval'
      577 15 AGENCIES DETENTION CENTRES Slashed by razors, poorly fed in US prisons, claims Gitmo inmate LONDON—A former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay says his worst months in custody were spent in a dark prison in Afghanistan, where he says he was shackled in uncomfortable positions for days
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      Lock icon White House announces three Treasury picks
      169 15 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama announced his picks for three Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, where Secretary Timothy Geithner's efforts to revive the economy have been hampered by vacancies in key posts. Mr Alan Krueger is the choice for economic policy, Mr
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      Lock icon Search for possible downed US missile drone
      119 16 AP ISLAMABAD The Pakistani authorities searched yesterday for the possible wreckage of an American pilotless drone reported to have crashed in a north-western militant stronghold. The United States' Central Intelligence Agency is believed to operate the drones, in a campaign of missile strikes
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      Lock icon A new strain of militant
      400 16 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH CRICKET ATTACK Strike feared to be the work of Taliban-trained groups in Pakistan heartland ISLAMABAD A new strain of Talibantrained militants tasked with destabilising vast new swathes of Pakistan may have carried out last week's terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team,
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      Lock icon 'No, we're not winning war in Afghanistan'
      520 17 AP THE NEWYORKTIMES WAR ON TERROR Obama could switch to strategy of winning over Taliban moderates WASHINGTON President Barack Obama said in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process
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      Lock icon Two killed in Belfast barracks, but Brown stays defiant
      178 17 AGENCIES BELFAST British forces went on alert in North Ireland yesterday after two soldiers were killed in an attack on their barracks, but British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed the deaths would not drag the province back into sectarian strife. Gunmen
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      48 18 A child who shies away from speaking up in class needs you to encourage him so that he overcomes his fears bit by bit and feels like he can truly participate. bvl Ik ,jM V 1 if a You'd be amazed at the difference y< BgJBBJW^ apply nov
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      I SAY YOUR FRIEND, YOUR LIFELINE
      506 20  -  Gilbert Goh Contacts are your best bet for a helping hand after retrenchment SEEING all the negative reports in newspapers and on television has left me somewhat depressed. When I take the train, there is hardly a smile to be seen on the faces
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      Subsidise test for No 1 killer in S'pore
      279 21  -  Chin KeeThou COLORECTALCANCER Letter from THIS month being colorectal cancer awareness month, the Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) will distribute 30,000 free faecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits a preliminary test for colorectal cancer. Last year, I went for a blood screening, which
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        SPEAK ENGLISH, PLEASE
        82 21  -  Ishwar Mahtam Letter from These days, whenever I call a company, I always seem to be greeted in Chinese. It is only after I repeat my questions in English several times that I get someone coming to the phone to answer in English. This seems rather strange
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        HELP SOLDIERS' NEXT OF KIN
        87 21  -  Chin KeeThou Letter from It is common to read in newspapers the obituaries placed by the different units where a dead Singapore Armed Forces soldier had once served. As the cost for placing such obituaries can be substantial, I wonder if it is necessary to
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      154 21  -  DR BILL MAIER BY............ INFANT FEEDING GUIDELINES If you have a baby or toddler at home, it might be time to review those recommended dietary guidelines for kids. A new study shows that too many parents are ignoring doctors' advice when it comes to feeding babies.
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      170 21 MediaCorp Press Limited, the publisher of TODAY, the second most read daily, invites tenders for: The Provision of Newspaper Distribution Services From Printer to Designated Droppoints/ Locations COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS Tender documents can be obtained from 4 March 2009 onwards during office hours between 10am to 4pm (Mondays to
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      Lock icon Recession-proof careers
      1065 22  -  MAY SEAH ASSEENONTV Five jobs in which you'll never ever see the pink slip, according to TV may@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE markets are reeling, economic downturns in our real world don't really affect the folk in TV Land. Despite plunging consumer confidence, the advertising arch-rivals in Trust Me will never
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      Lock icon A PERFECT DAY AT MEDIA FIESTA
      116 24 Fans were given a treat when the cast and crew of MediaCorp Channel U's new Chinese drama serial Perfect Cut 2 turned up at Media Fiesta on Saturday afternoon for a special 'meet-and-greet' session. Those who took to the stage at Marina Square Atrium
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      Musical weekends just got better
      215 24  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH THE popular music showcase series, WeekendTßlP, which provided a platform for many local musicians, will be revved up into something bigger and better. Now organised by Wake Me Up Music, the WeekendTßlP 2009 series will evolve from a monthly showcase into a quarterly twoday
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      1084 25 TV LISTINGS ON MEpJACORP ....™.™__™....g.... THE AMAZING RACE XIV DRAMASUTRA Channel 5 Bpm 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Bo'sßewind 9.00 Bioskin How Old Am I? AnskAdsm 5.30 Prime Time Morning 2.00 Brothers IV 9.30 News 5 Tonight 8.00 The Amazing Race XIV 2.30 Style Her Famous 10.00 Desperate Housewives \/Kids
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      Lock icon Shin's weekend birdie feast
      909 26  -  SHAMIR OSMAN HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS 2009 After a Saturday blitz, Korean youngster repeats the feat 24 hours later to lift the trophy LEADING FINAL-ROUND SCORES 277 Shin Ji-Yai (Kor) (72, 73, 66, 66) 279 Katherine Hull (Aus) (70, 69, 66, 74) 280 Angela Park (Bra) (67,
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      Lock icon Mourinho warms up for Old Trafford
      510 27 AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE As he prepares for a Champions League date with United, Inter boss Jose eyes Fergie #s seat MILAN Sir Alex Ferguson predicted Jose Mourinho would indulge in mind games before they both meet on Wednesday in a Champions League last-16 showdown
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      Lock icon Fergie ponders a defensive plan, and his strike tandem
      362 27 AFP LONDON Manchester United were irresistible in their 4-0 demolition of Fulham in their FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), but Sir Alex Ferguson was left to contemplate two difficult decisions ahead of their Champions League clash with
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      165 27 AFP LONDON Arsenal eased into the FA Cup quarter-finals as sublime goals from Carlos Vela and Eduardo set up a 3-0 win over Burnley in the fifth round yesterday. Arsene Wenger's side will play Hull at home in the last eight after Vela struck with a gorgeous
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      Contiki Beach Netball Festival
      422 28  -  ASDWIGHT sports@newstoday.com.sg THE sun was scorching and the sand baking hot at Palawan Beach in Sentosa yesterday, just the sort of conditions organisers and players were hoping for at the Contiki Beach Netball Festival. Frenz, a team made up of old friends, naturally, emerged victorious in
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      Tampines desperate for a win
      544 28  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 Tampines Rovers v Sengkang Punggol Tampines Stadium, 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg TAMPINES Rovers have not had the best of starts to the 14th edition of the S-League. A measly three points from a possible nine is not exactly championship-winning
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      300 29 SINGAPORE FOOTBALL MORE than 600 players from 78 teams were at Fico Sports Hub and Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza over the weekend for the RHBNTU Goal for Fund 2009. The five-a-side football tournament was part of a series of activities organised by the NTU Student's Union
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      59 26 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League Tampines Sengkang Mon, 09/03/09 7.45pm Asian Champ Camba Osaka Shandong Luneng Tue, 10/03/09 6.00pm Asian Champ Ulsan Nagoya Grampus Tue, 10/03/09 6.30pm Asian FC Cup Home United Binh Duong Tue, 10/03/09 7.30pm UE Champions and E League Champ matches are also on
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      81 26 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam Baseball World Classic: Pool C, Ch 23 11am Cricket Premier Cup for Vijay Hazare Trophy, Ch 111 TOMORROW iam Baseball World Classic: Pool A, Ch 23 3am Cricket Premier Cup forVijay HazareTrophy, Ch 111 6.50 am Cricket ICC Women's World Cup: India v England, Ch
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      671 30  -  JOHN BITTLESTON TAKING CHARGE It's time for vshout management' to give way to discussion succeed@mediacorp.com.sg COMMUNICATION in the 20th century was dominated by shout media: Newspapers, radio, cinema, television, brochures and chilling cold calls. These involved shouting at customers, and they had developed from street markets
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      CEO 101
      127 30 HOW DOYOU MOTIVATE YOUR STAFF DURING TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES? REPLY FROM MR ANDREW THOMAN, MANAGING L DIRECTOR OF OGILVY L PUBLIC RELATIONS WORLDWIDE SINGAPORE: Look beyond the reactionary nationalist sentiment sweeping through global business and the bold will agree there are enormous opportunities for Singapore companies to survive
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      BRAIN FOOD
      276 31  -  LINYANQIN GREENTOGOLD DANIELC ESTYAND ANDREWSWINSTON Going green is not easy, and this guidebook that charts the path of firms who have done so does not whitewash this. But to any businessman unconvinced of the benefits or unsure of where to start, the authors say going green is not
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      CURB THE CORPORATE GAMBLING
      701 32  -  CONRAD RAJ MONDAY BLUES editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The authorities should set rules, give shareholders a say in trades IT SEEMS a wonder to me that despite the lessons of Barings, Long Term Credit, and the current economic turmoil caused by financial mismanagement and greed, many companies appear
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      452 33 AGENCIES PONZI SCAM Former investors will get chance to vent anger in court, though guilty plea expected BERNARD Madoff has yet to face the many investors he is accused of ripping off in a jaw-dropping US$5O-billion ($77-billion) Ponzi scheme that amounted to one of the
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      288 33 AP THE federal bailout of insurance giant American International Group has benefited at least two dozen United States and foreign financial institutions who collected some US$5O billion ($77 billion) in payouts, including Goldman Sachs and Germany's Deutsche Bank. AIG once the world's largest
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        50 34 US$2.O3 I Overweight HSBC upgrades from "Neutral" on valuation grounds. Says FYOB results came in slightly ahead of expectations and the revaluation deficit should not translate into lower share price. HSBC says shares look cheap, and have been oversold. Still, it trims target price to US$2.3O from US$2.5l.
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        69 34 $2.40 I Buy Kirn Eng Securities cuts target price to $3.25 from $4.30, to reflect lower valuation for core media business. Notes "alarming" dive in job and classified ads in the weekend editions of publisher's flagship daily in recent months. But the brokerage keeps call, noting that current valuations
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        76 34 7.5 cents Sell DMG downgrades from "Buy", and slashes target price to 7.5 cents from 35 cents. It lowers FYO9 price-earnings ratio to 2.25 times from 4.5 times based in its "scepticism and pessimism" towards the Chinabased leather-maker's patternmoulding paper business. FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer:
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        19 34 Thursday 1,518.64 Wednesday 1,544.34 Tuesday 1,528.51 Monday 1,533-4° T i-7°/o A 1.04% T 0.32% T 3-85%
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        27 34 iang Seng Jikkei lhanghai ieoul /lumbai ;LComp 11,921.52 7,173.10 2,193.01 1,055.03 8,325.82 858.22 T 2.4% T 3-5°/° T 1.26% T 0.3% A 1.56% T 1.3%
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        22 34 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,544 ¥100 $1,575 $2,198 HK$ioo $19.91 $1.96 RMB100 $22.58 $0,992 RS100 $2,989 $0,416 RPio,ooo $1,284
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      183 34 DOW JONES British-based insurer Prudential has pulled out of the auction to acquire the Asian business of the troubled American International Group, the United Kingdom's The Sunday Times reported, leaving the asset sale in disarray with China Life, the statebacked Chinese insurer, also having backed out.
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      451 34 14.5b in help to come 'AFP MALAYSIA'S SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE MALAYSIA will unveil a second stimulus plan worth up to US$9.4 billion ($14.5 billion) this week in a bid to prevent its export-driven economy sliding into recession, said a government official over the weekend. Finance Minister Najib Razak, who is
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      292 34 AGENCIES CHAIRMAN of Hong Kong telco PCCW Richard Li said yesterday he had neither asked nor influenced anyone to buy shares of PCCW in order to influence the result of voting for a HK$l6-billion ($3-billion) buyout plan. The son of Hong Kong's richest man
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