Today, 23 March 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Monday March 23, 20og www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Monday March 23, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      NEWS LATEST
      67 1 Fourth cop dies A gunman went on a shooting rampage against police officers in the US city of Oakland when a traffic stop turned horribly wrong. Page 16 Two planes crash A small aeroplane said to be carrying children headed for a skiing trip has crashed, killing at
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      SPORTS LATEST
      49 1 Hat-trick sinks Villa Liverpool rout Aston Villa 5-0, putting them within spitting distance of the top of the Premiership. Page 28 A crushing defeat Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal takes the prize in the Masters Series at Indian Wells after beating out Scotland's Andy Murray. Page 29
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      BIZ LATEST
      29 1 Taking out toxicity The Obama administration's plan to revive banks by ridding them of "toxic" assets is finalised, and could cost up to US$l trillion. Page B2
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      Lock icon It was sabotage
      641 1  -  LOW LIN FHOONG AVIVA IRONMAN 70.3 SINGAPORE Thumbtacks along bike route leaves racers with flat tyres linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg HENRY Tan, 47, was aiming for his first Aviva Ironman 70.3 finish yesterday, but he had to pullout midway because of what organisers have described as "a deliberate sabotage attempt".
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      Mindef breaks silence on dead doctor
      521 1  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg FOR the first time since Singapore Armed Forces doctor Allan Ooi (picture) was found dead under a bridge in Melbourne nearly three weeks ago, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) has come forward to address the incident in detail. In a letter to
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      Lock icon Time for reform: Najib
      487 2 AGENCIES MALAYSIAN POLITICS Umno can't rest on laurels, says next PM KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's incoming Prime Minister has warned that the ruling party heavily weakened by election losses and infighting is at a crossroads and may lose power if it doesn't reform, tackle graft and serve
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      Lock icon Dr M wants Khairy out
      358 2  -  MALAYSIAN INSIDER AFP KUALA LUMPUR Dr Mahathir Mohamad has gone for the jugular, pressing delegates of the ruling Umno party as well as incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak to freeze Mr Khairyjamaluddin out of the party and government. This move by the former Prime Minister
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      Lock icon SAFETY FIRST
      72 3 WEETECK HIAN As part of Community Resilience Day, 900 students and volunteers took part in an emergency response exercise, where the Police, Singapore Civil Defence Force and Safety and Security Watch Group members helped to evacuate participants upon receiving possible bomb threats at St James Power Station, Vivo
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      TB cases on the rise here
      303 4 TUBERCULOSIS, or TB, is rearing its ugly head once again, with the rate of new infections in Singapore last year rising for the first time in a decade, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said yesterday. In an update ahead of World Tuberculosis Day tomorrow,
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      Lock icon Popular path closed
      520 4  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg MACRITCHIE/UPPER PEIRCE RESERVOIRS HE HAD been running there since 1992, but marathoner Elangovan Ganesan and other running enthusiasts will no longer be able to return to one of their favourite routes in Singapore. Since last week, joggers who regularly use a path linking Macßitchie and
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BT PANJANG EYES UPGRADING
        87 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Bukit Panjang will be among the first few places to kick off the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme aimed at upgrading older HDB estates, with $6 million set aside to rejuvenate the Cashew precinct in the area, benefiting about 1,700 homes. In the pipeline are more
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        Lock icon NEWCENTRE FOR WORKERS
        101 6 938 LIVE Singapore has its first, purpose-built recreation centre catering to the social needs of foreign workers. The $5-mil-lion set-up by the Singapore Contractors Association Limited is at Soon Lee Road in Jurong and will cater to 35,000 foreign workers in the area. It comes with indoor
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      Lock icon The spirit of giving
      576 6  -  ESTHER NG COMMUNITY SERVICE Haircuts, toys and clothes at no cost at the Really Really Free Market estherng@mediacorp.com.sg THERE may be no such thing as a free lunch, but yesterday, books, toys and designer togs, as well as services such as tarot reading and haircuts, were
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      Lock icon HWA CHONGTURNS 90
      104 8 HwaChong Institution is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. As part of the festivities, a dinner was held on Saturday to honour the founding fathers of the school MrTan Kah Kee and Dr Lee Kong Chian. Minister in the Prime Minister Office Lim Swee Say joined some
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      $30-million claim struck out, again
      490 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LAWSUIT AGAINST NUS X Solutions has one month to make a final appeal weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as it began its lawsuit two years ago against the National University of Singapore over a soured contract, information technology firm X Solutions appeared indifferent to preserving its documents
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      144 4 J-ly^-J 1 J J J U LASIK Forum The Lasik Surgery Clinic Dates: 26 March 2009 (Thurs) 27 March 2009 (Fri) Time: 7pm Venue: The Lasik Surgery Clinic 290 Orchard Road #13-01/06 Paragon Medical Singapore *****9 Refreshments will be served Speakers: Dr Marc Tay Dr Yap Soo Keong Dr Jon
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      118 6 4&fN "Stand OUt from the crowd demonstrate your ,Jk M project management skills a with a globally recognised mk \m &t credential." Preview details:- I JliiX'N.v^Event: PMP® Certification Course Preview Date: 26 th March 2009, Thursday j__ sQ Time: 7.00pm 8.30pm j «Hffgl Venue: ERC Institute (City Campus) I 61,
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      432 7 Carrefour <f> WjM fcJLybJwiJmß Tiny Town HjJSffil At Carrefour Suntec City Atrium 23 Mar -29 Mar 09 1 ft' W '11 fi'i 'V \jlljft li'lM I I', I'l ill EHiidiaMll.gliM.yM H JM fKARIHOME PROMILGOLD ENFAGROWA+ BABY FOOD B'° INFANT CEREAL WHOLE GOAT MILK FORMULA (CHILD ADULT) STEP 2 FOLLOW-UP _i
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      221 8 FR C OUR MBA IS THE fe^it DIFFERENCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS! jjj Si jj_ 53 "rf^S Learn From The JSgst; To Be The BEST!*±XJ^t^ Ji^ the I i^^\ UNIVERSITY Get Your World-Class UK MBA in 18 months Vt#^ -^_j^ GREENWICH i»lwi§i^-----!l MBA Get Enrolled into Specialising in our Total
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      609 9 Si. Windows Vista" DOLL Home Premium YOURS ls HERE Dell™ recommends Windows Vista® Home Premium GRAB ON TO THIS WEEK'S AMAZING DEALS! Get additional SSIOO Cash off for selected Dell™ systems! Visit dell.com.sg/coupon to find out more today! Terms and conditions apply. DELL™INSPIRON™I4 ONLINE PRICE SSQQQ DELIVERY INCLUDED E-ValueCode: *****225G
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 100 monks arrested
      300 10 AGENCIES TIBETAN PROTESTS BEIJING Nearly 100 Tibetan monks were arrested yesterday after several hundred protesters attacked a police station in north-west China. The protest appeared to be in retaliation for the disappearance of a Tibetan who escaped from police custody in Qinghai province, Xinhua news agency reported.
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      Lock icon Buddha Bar in alleged corruption row
      394 10 AFP JAKARTA It wanted to set a new standard in chic for Indonesia's elite, but instead Asia's first Buddha Bar has become embroiled in an ugly row over religion and alleged corruption. The bar and restaurant featuring a huge statue of Buddha is fighting
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      A parched Beijing in 5-10 years
      113 12 BEIJING Hebei province which supplies Beijing with water is itself facing serious water shortages, said state media yesterday on the eve of World Water Day. An official from Hebei's water conservation department said "water resources in Hebei have dwindled by nearly 50 per cent
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      Lock icon 'Duo likely in Pyongyang'
      296 12 AGENCIES DETAINED US REPORTERS SEOUL—Two Americanjournalists, detained by North Korean soldiers on Tuesday for "illegally intruding" into its territory, are believed to have been sent to Pyongyang for questioning, said a news report yesterday. The journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, are reporters for former Vice-President
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      Biker brawl at Sydney Airport
      167 12 SYDNEY A brawl between bikers broke out at the Sydney Airport yesterday, as suspected gang members brandished metal poles "like swords" and rampaged through the main domestic terminal in front of terrified travellers. The police said a group of suspected gang members was ambushed as
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      Lock icon Chief Justice back at work
      354 13 AGENCIES PAKISTANI POLITICS ISLAMABAD Pakistan's Chief Justice was back at work yesterday following two years of protests over his ouster, while the Premier reached out to the opposition to further calm political turmoil. Hundreds of lawyers and activists who rallied for Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry's return
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon POPE ATTACKS EVIL IN AFRICA
        95 13 AP Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass yesterday with an estimated 1 million Angolans and decried the "clouds of evil" over Africa that have spawned war, tribalism and ethnic rivalry that reduce poor people to slavery. The biggest crowd of the Pope's first pilgrimage to Africa
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        Lock icon IRAN NEUTRAL IN SHOE SAGA: PM
        102 13 AP Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki says his government did not intervene in the trial of the journalist who hurled his shoes at former United States President George W Bush, but offered little sympathy for the man many consider a hero. Mr Maliki
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      Lock icon A new year, a new plan for an old war
      223 14 AFP WASHINGTON Poised to unveil a new strategy for Afghanistan, President Barack Obama is hoping a mix of military might, diplomacy, civilian aid and pragmatism will turn the tide in a war that has dragged on for more than seven
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      Lock icon Behind the thaw
      370 14 AFP US-IRAN RELATIONS Afghan quagmire prompts Obama #s message to Tehran WASHINGTON Behind President Barack Obama's gesture to Iran lies the new United States strategy in Afghanistan, where analysts say Tehran could play a positive role. Mr Obama's groundbreaking online video, in which he spoke directly to
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      Lock icon Fourth Oakland cop dies
      431 16 AP AFTERNOON LATEST He succumbs to injury hours after traffic stop goes awry OAKLAND (California) An Oaldand police officer shot during a traffic stop died late yesterday (early this morning, Singapore time), bringing to four the number of officers killed on the deadliest day in the
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      Lock icon Plane crashes turn deadly in Montana, Tokyo
      191 16 AGENCIES BUTTE (Montana) At least 17 people have died in a plane crash in Montana in the United States, according to reports. Preliminary reports indicated the dead include numerous children, the Federal Aviation Administration said. "We think that it was probably a ski
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      185 11 f^k m .^L^^^W f^k v r^^~^k ur' ;)an c^a"en 9e SINGAPORE'S MOST EXCITING RON 15 BACK! s*^^^j 1 'ill 111 tKJ[? M^^^B l^^L |D" Sl* r^ l^ldi^tfurf! I V —I —I^^ Speedy Purple Dash (Boys/Girls)* Competitive l.ukm IQto I3yrs Boogey Blue Dash (Boys/Girls)* Competitive 7oom 7to 9 yrs 9 Happy
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      I SAY IF YOU MUST RETRENCH ...
      518 18  - I SAY IF YOU MUST RETRENCH Gilbert Goh Do it as gently as possible at least give staff time to say a dignified goodbye MANY workers who have contacted me via my retrenchment support site Transitioning.org have spoken of the inhumane ways they were told they were out of a
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      165 20  -  DR BILL MAIER BY.... MEMORIES THAT LAST Not all families can afford long vacations a couple of times a year. But it doesn't take a lot of money to have meaningful family times together. Think backto the things you remember most about your childhood. It probably
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      Don't blame games, blame the parents
      212 20  -  Li Juexun Letter from I REFER to Trevor Tan's Tech Comment, "Violence and video games" (March 13), debating the link between the two. Perhaps some readers may be too young to remember this, but not too long ago, people blamed movies for violence, blamed
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      Has SGX forgotten lessons of the past?
      478 20  -  Narayana Narayana EXTENDED SETTLEMENT CONTRACTS Letter from THOSE who trade on the local stock exchange will surely appreciate the wide range of likely benefits set out in Singapore Exchange's (SGX) letter "The benefits of ES" (March 18) which prima facie does not appear
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      367 18 W Have you been a m Victim'of an undignified retrenchment? What could 1 have been done better? m Send your thoughts to voices@mediacorp.com.sg^^^^M Attend our Free Talk and learn... JPI H^H why spot forex trading is fast becoming popular among the "smart" investors today. W J how our "live" traders
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      123 18 p!S^^^yteSyoutoC^ENClShßOSEP^n| 4C 79 Years ago, come to Singapore from Thailand mMjo* armed with Basic English and $72. Today I own Jai mi Thai Restaurants and Success Power Training Centre. 9 All by understanding the philosophy behind cutting •^V i*~ pencil with rose petal....}} V IT SEEMS INCREDIBLE Unlock Subconscious A
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      68 18 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices A HOMECOMING fB Three Day Iridology Practicuim with Professor Bryan K. Marcia, PhD 27-29Mar2009,Fri-Sun,9amtospm w School of Economics Social Sciences Singapore Management University Seminar Room 4.4 (Level 4) 90 Stamford Road Singapore *****3 Fees (inclusive of GST, lunch, notes and cert, of
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      Lock icon Once eaten, twice shy
      476 22 CELEBRITYCHEF Bobby Chirm behaves himself, but his food is still blazing What's your favourite Singaporean dish? There're too many. I like kway teow, I like chicken rice, chilli crab. And otah. Love that. Why did you pick Vietnam all those years ago? I went there for
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      152 24 AGENCIES BRUCE WILLIS, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD GET HITCHED SEPARATELY According to Usmagazine.com, Die Hard star Bruce Willis married his girlfriend, model Emma Heming, on Saturday in Parrot Cay, on the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean. His ex-wife Demi Moore, her husband Ashton Kutcher and Madonna were
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      A homecoming
      383 24  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPOREART Back for a show, a young artist decides to stay put mayo@mediacorp.com.sg AT HOME Abroad, an exhibit at the Singapore Art Museum's BQ.wing, features international works by Singaporean artists that are being shown here for the first time. But among the familiar names in the
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      Lock icon Jade Goody dies
      243 26 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH REALITY BITES REALITY has struck British TV hard as Jade Goody (picture) died in her sleep at her home in Upshire, Essex, at 3.14 am 11.14amSingapore time) yesterday, which is Mother's Day in Britain. Goody's mother, Jackiey Budden, said: "My beautiful daughter is at peace."
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      The Little Nyonya is heading to Cannes
      272 26  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH THE Little Nyonya will make an appearance in Cannes next week for the MIPTV international trade show. The lead actors of the popular TV series, Jeanette Aw and Qi Yuwu, will join the Singapore delegation at the seaside French city to promote
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  • sports
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      Lock icon Gerrard hat-trick sinks Villans
      817 28 AFP 2.30 AM LATEST Win puts Liverpool within striking distance of League leaders Manchester United ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Liverpool 5 Aston Villa o LIVERPOOL Liverpool moved within one point of Premier League leaders Manchester United after Steven Gerrard's hat-trick inspired a 5-0 rout of 10-man Aston
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      Lock icon A fight to the finish for Fergie and Co in title race
      540 28 AFP LONDON If anyone doesn't think the English Premier League title race is back on, they just have to talk to Sir Alex Ferguson. Manchester United looked to be coasting 10 days ago, but after falling to their
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      Lock icon Nadal wins at Indian Wells ATP Masters
      303 29 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST INDIAN WELLS (California) World No 1 Rafael Nadal (picture) crushed Scotland's Andy Murray 6-1,6-2 yesterday to win the Indian Wells ATP Masters series title. Nadal defied difficult, windy conditions to capture the crown in the California desert for the second
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      307 29 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Newcastle 1 Arsenal 3 NEWCASTLE All season long Arsene Wenger has expressed his faith in the young Arsenal team he has assembled. On Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) he stopped short of an "I-told-you-so", although he clearly feels he will be
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      235 30 LOW LIN FHOONG It was a day of drama in the 10-strong women's elite field at the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore 2009 yesterday, as pre-race favourites Rebekah Keat and Yvonne van Vlerken crashed out of contention early in the race. Defending champion
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      271 30 LOWLY Woodlands Wellington produced the shock of the season so far when they dumped defending champions SAFFC 3-2 in the Warriors' own den of Choa Chu Kang Stadium in a Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 clash last night. Woodlands had started the day second from bottom of
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      574 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG AVIVA IRONMAN 70.3 SINGAPORE 2009 World champion beats his childhood friend to make up for 2007 disappointment linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg ALL talk ahead of the U5525,000 ($38,000) Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore 2009 at Playground Big Splash yesterday revolved around the rivalry between the last two world
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      484 31  -  LAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Both Balestier and Geylang have been poor and something's got to give GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Balestier Khalsa v Geylang United Toa Payoh Stadium, 7.45pm ian@mediacorp.com.sg FOR all intents and purposes, the Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 battle between Balestier Khalsa
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      191 31 MORE than 350 youngsters turned up on Saturday morning at Jalan Besar Stadium for the final selection trials for the new Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Junior Centres of Excellence (COE) programme for age-groups ranging from the under-Bs, under-lOs, under-lls and under-12s. The
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      652 32  -  JOHN BITTLESTON TAKING CHARGE New media provide valuable feedback that can change products and services sncceed@mediacorp. com.sg THE new media are changing not only competent management but communications in general. Humans have always enjoyed a good gossip and provided it is not malicious, why not? Ladies in
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        93 33 The East Asia Institute of Management (EASB) is launching its inaugural nursing degree programme to meet the shortage of qualified nursing personnel here. It has teamed up with Scotland's Queen Margaret University to offer the two-year programme, accredited by the Singapore Nursing Board, from next
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        75 33 ESSEC Business School is launching an Advanced Master's programme in Financial Techniques at its Paris and Singapore campuses from September. The programme is specifically for financial institutions and international investors based in Asia, and is designed to train market specialists on risk management and issues involved in
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      63 34 AP Connecticut's Attorney-General Richard Blumenthal said documents turned over to his office byAIG showed the insurer paid out US$2lB million ($330 million) in bonuses, higher than the US$l65 million previously disclosed. The documents, received late on Friday following a sub poena, showed 73 people received
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      66 34 US President Barack Obama said he would refuse a resignation offer from MrTimothyGeithner if his Treasury Secretary asked to quit, according to CBS excerpts of its pre-recorded interview with Mr Obama on Sunday night. MrGeithner has come under scrutiny since Feb io, when he
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      72 34 BLOOMBERG Citigroup, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase recipients of more than US$lOO billion in US federal rescue funds— have criticised Congressional proposals to tax Wall Street bonuses. The Senate will vote this week on levies on bonuses after the House approved a 90-per-cent tax
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    1118 34  -  JOENOCERA CAN we all just calm down a little? Yes, the US$l65 million ($339.7 million) in bonuses handed out to executives in the financial products division of American International Group (AIG) was infuriating. This is the same unit whose shenanigans came perilously close to bringing
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    551 35  -  CONRAD RAJ MONDAY BLUES editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Investors need full disclosure INVESTORS recently received a series of rude shocks related to major shareholders of listed companies pledging their shares. One high-profile case took place last year, when Dr Anthony Soh, a physician turned businessman and investor, made
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    170 35 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON The Obama administration put the finishing touches on a plan to remove troubled assets from banks' balance sheets that will be unveiled early next week. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner intends to expand the Federal Reserve's new US$l trillion ($1.52 trillion) Term
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        65 36 31 cents Fully Valued DBS Vickers keeps its rating and cuts the target price to 24 cents from 33 cents, based on 0.7 times FYO9 price-to-net tangible asset ratio to align with the average valuation of S-chips under its coverage. It cuts FYO9 earnings forecasts by 10
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      594 36  -  ESTHER FUNG Hi&UGHIfi&ES No cleaners, fewer printers, and jj iff Stationery freeze look for new waysitftoiiifftsift il esther@mediacorp.com.sg "LAURA", a 25-year-old promotions executive, was flabbergasted when her boss announced the latest cost-cutting measure: Staff will take turns washing the toilets. The small Paya Lebar company in
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      250 36 SEEKING to remedy public perception over its response to a recent rebuke by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), shipping giant Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has clarified that it is "not taking issue" with the SGX statement and expressed "regret that its media release may have
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