Today, 2 June 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday June i, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      in the news
      208 1 8 Case is studying ways of tackling inflated motor insurance claims. One proposal get motorists involved in accidents to make claims under oath. MThe CIA is equipping Pakistani tribesmen with secret electronic transmitters to help target and kill Al Qaeda eaders in the north-western tribal belt. QThe
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      Lock icon Search continues into night
      507 1 AGENCIES MISSINGAIRLINER No sign of Air France jet with 228 on board BRASILIA The Brazilian air force deployed aircraft with radar and infrared technology late yesterday to maintain the search overnight for an Air France A 330-200 plane carrying 228 people that went missing over the
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      Lock icon Heroines return, having earned place in history
      648 1  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg THEY survived nearly three months of life-and-death conditions and went where no other Singapore woman and only a handful of Singapore men have gone before: The summit of the world's highest peak. As the six women of the National Association of
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Sabotage at Royals?
      341 2  -  VINAMUBTADI NEOCHAICHIN 938 live, nurvianam@mediacorp.com. sg THE director of a cake factory forced to recall its products has alleged that sabotage was responsible for the chemical contaminant found in its ingredients. On Sunday, the staff of The Royals Premium Cakes factory in Bedok were about to make
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      Lock icon Stepping up the battle
      352 2  -  TEOXUANWEI HiNiFLU Separate test centre set up; new scientific committee formed to review measures xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg IN the battle against HINI, Singapore has beefed up its armour and its strategy team. Anticipating a spike in the numbers of HI Nl screenings, the Health Ministry (MOH) has set
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      2 MORE CASES CONFIRMED
      284 2  -  TEOXUANWEI The tally of confirmed HINI cases here has hit seven in as many days, after the Ministry of Health (MOH) last night reported two new patients, one of which raises the possibility that another suspected case could be out there. The sixth case, a 36-year-old
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      Lock icon THE A 330-200
      154 4 AFP J •Atwin-engine, longhaul, medium-capacity passenger jet that first r went into service in 1998. Can fly distances up to 12,500 km. Should Flight AF 447 be confirmed downed, it would be the worst accident involving an Airbus A 330 and the first fatal one involving the
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      Malaysia knew when Mas Selamat arrived: Report
      286 4 DID Malaysia know that Mas Selamat Kastari had entered the country months ago, but allowed him to remain free so that he might lead the authorities to other militants as a media report suggests? Malaysian Home Ministry Secretary General Mahmood Adam was reported
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      Lock icon Union plays matchmaker
      455 6  -  LINYANQIN CONTINUING EDUCATION ANDTRAINING Labour movement's one-stop centre links employers wjth[trainers yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SHE had been interested in tapping the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience (Spur) to train her employees. But confronted with the wide range of courses, Riverview Hotel's human resource manager Christine Chan did not
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        KNOW AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION?
        97 6 Nominations for this year's President's Award for the Environment open on Friday. Individuals, companies or organisations that have made significant contributions to Singapore's efforts in achieving environmental and water sustainability can be nominated. They must possess an excellent environment track record that shows they have made
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        Lock icon CPF MINIMUM SUM TO BE RAISED
        142 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The prevailing CPF Minimum Sum will be raised from July 1 for those who turn 55. The new amount will be $117,000, up from $106,000. The Medisave Minimum Sum (MMS) and Medisave Contribution Ceiling (MCC) will also be adjusted on the same
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        Lock icon CHANGE YOUR OLD EZ-LINK CARD
        126 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA More than 3.2 million ez-link cards have been exchanged for new ones that are Cepas-compliant. Cepas (Contactless e-Purse Application) is the new e-payment system that has been running concurrently with the old ez-link card system. The free one-for-one card replacement programme will end
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      Lock icon Saving Gaia campaign kicks off
      276 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA HAVE you a creative idea on how to promote the concept of saving the environment? MediaCorp is organising a "Your Gaia Campaign" competition as part of its third annual Saving Gaia campaign a monthlong event which kicked off yesterday and your eco-friendly message
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      Claims made under oath?
      328 8  -  LINJIAMEI MOTOR INSURANCE Case to consider suggestion as it sets up review panel jiamei@mediacorp.com.sg THERE could soon be a solution in sight to the finger-pointing surrounding inflated motor insurance claims. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) is setting up a review committee this month to study
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      US honour for A*Star duo
      150 8 SINGAPORE-BASED cancer geneticists Neal Copeland and Nancy Jenkins have been elected into the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the United States, which advises the government on scientific, technological and medical issues. The husband-and-wife team, both with more than 30 years of research experience,
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      Lock icon Geylang robbers sent to jail
      422 10  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg IN COURT FOR stealing a handbag from a Geylang coffee shop near Lorong 19 last year and using a bankbook that they found in it to withdraw money, the couple were charged. Out on bail, one of them broke the
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      Lock icon 5th phantom worker employer sentenced
      195 10 ONG DAI LIN THE records showed that 40 Singaporeans were receiving Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions from the company. But only 19 of them were actual employees of Spize The Makan Place. The others had never worked there and three of them were dead. Investigations
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      356 3 THINK SUCCESS. THINK TVTDTS vm ready to _y m Mm PRIFYSOOL Moderator-designates for UOW schemes are faculty members of UOW m Mo*f*^^£^fw ffi filial university Constituent Institution, Bangor University, which is ranked as follows: A^^ OF WALES Bangor University's Business School participated in the latest L|_ Vl^K^^Km^^El^bC? Research Assessment Exercise
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      428 7 Dell recommends Windows Vista® Business B^pIBVBA REFRESHED OUTSIDE. |j^f J REVAMPED INSIDE. Sd Introducing the all-new Dell™ Vostro™ laptops. Now with Dell™ Video Chat 1 Re-engineered in a slimmer and lighter package, our new Dell™ Vostro™ laptops are also updated with state-of-the-art security and effortless videoconferencing solutions. So you can
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Nuclear test a provocation, say leaders
      303 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, AFP SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday emphasised the Association of South-east Asian Nations' (Asean) support for a denuclearised Korean peninsula and the regional grouping's condemnation of the North's nuclear test and missile launches, on the first day of a two-day
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      Lock icon Coming up: Long-range missile test
      447 12 AGENCIES NORTH KOREA SEOUL An unrepentant North Korea appears to be pushing ahead with preparations to launch another long-range missile, defying global condemnation of its nuclear test, said South Korean officials yesterday. The secretive communist state was also said to be stepping up military drills
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      Lock icon 'Treated like an animal'
      442 13 AGENCIES INDONESIAN MODEL Seventeen-year-old tells of escape from vabusive Malaysian prince JAKARTA Kelantan Prince Muhammad Fakhry was ready to divorce Indonesian model Manohara Odelia Pinot and let her stay in Indonesia, where she fled to escape her allegedly abusive husband, according to a friend of the
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      Lock icon Piracy down, human and drug smuggling up
      163 13 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Human trafficking and drug smuggling have replaced pirate attacks as the leading crime threat off Malaysia's long coastline, a top maritime official said yesterday. "Piracy has been gradually reduced. But the main challenges (now) are smuggling of humans and there
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      Lock icon CIA fighting A1 Qaeda with a chip
      405 14 THE GUARDIAN PAKISTAN The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is equipping Pakistani tribesmen with secret electronic transmitters to help target and kill Al Qaeda leaders in the north-western tribal belt, in a tactic that could aid Pakistan's army as it takes the
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      Lock icon When the conflict ends...
      446 14 AGENCIES PAKISTAN UNREST Curfews lifted, as analysts warn neglect of basic needs may refuel insurgency PESHAWAR Pakistan closed in on the Taliban in the Swat district yesterday, encircling a key town and thrusting into a strategic valley, as residents spoke of deprivations in the conflict zone.
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka prepares for victory parade
      132 14 AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka shut schools in its capital yesterday to make way for thousands of soldiers who will march in a victory parade to mark the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels. President Mahinda Rajapakse will preside over the military celebrations tomorrow, when soldiers,
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon POLICE ARREST 16 MEN OVER CHILD-RAPE VIDEO DOWNLOAD
        64 15 AFP AUSTRALIA Australian police arrested 16 men yesterday for downloading a video showing the rape of a girl believed to be an eight-year-old from Russia. The arrests followed after German police identified more than 9,000 suspects worldwide believed to have viewed the
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        Lock icon TRIAL STARTS FOR GERMAN STUDENT WHOTHREWSHOE ATCHINA PM
        76 15 AFP CHINA A German student at Britain's Cambridge University accused of harassing Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao by throwing a shoe at him went on trial yesterday. Mr Martin Jahnke, 27, a pathology postgraduate, is charged with pitching a sneaker at Mr
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      Lock icon Police break up protest
      439 15 AGENCIES MELBOURNE ATTACKS MELBOURNE About 200 Australian police yesterday broke up a sit-in protest against violent attacks on Indian students, detaining 18 and drawing accusations of excessive force. Several hundred students protested overnight to draw attention to "curry bashings" alleged racial violence against Indians which has
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      Lock icon Chosen one turns back on Buddhist order
      335 16 THEGUARDIAN AS A toddler, he was put on a throne and worshipped by monks who treated him like a god. But the boy chosen by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnation of a spiritual leader has caused consternation and some embarrassment for Tibetan
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      Lock icon $360m to settle 600
      230 16 AP EYE FUNGUS LAWSUITS Bausch Lomb still faces claims; analysts estimate total cost to double ROCHESTER (New York) Contact lens maker Bausch Lomb had an overriding reason for going private in 2007: It wanted to handle a devastating recall of its flagship lens cleaner, its chief
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      TWO STORE CASES DELAYED
      185 16  -  NEOCHAICHIN The wait goes on for the two Singaporeans who have filed lawsuits against Bausch Lomb in the US. MrYong Teck Meng and Mr Jermaine Tan underwent corneal transplants for their left eyes in Oct 2005 and Jan 2006 respectively. "Our case is still much delayed.
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      Lock icon HOW LONG CAN BROWN SHUFFLE ALONG?
      735 18  -  ROBERTWINNETT THEDAILYTELEGRAPH NEWS COMMENT Expenses scandal forces Gordon Brown to embark on Cabinet reshuffle, but is it a case of too little, too late? WHEN British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged on Sunday to "punish" members of his Cabinet who "need to be punished",
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      Lock icon 2,000 leave Australian cruise ship after HINI drama
      207 19 AFP SYDNEY Australian authorities yesterday let 2,000 people leave a cruise liner at the centre of an Influenza A (H1N1) scare that left them stranded at sea for days, as the nation's number of cases jumped to more than 400. Passengers and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tackling the 'medieval castle'
      509 19 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH HINIFLU PANDEMIC Professor warns of virus taking hold in autumn LONDON An Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic is likely to strike the United Kingdom in September or October, gathering strength as it spreads, a leading expert said yesterday. Professor John Oxford, an expert in virology
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      Lock icon Tomato to fight heart disease
      161 20 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Sdentists have modified a natural compound found in tomatoes to produce a treatment which could be used to help stave off heart disease and stroke. The compound Lycopene is known to be a powerful antioxidant, blocking the breakdown of fats in the
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      Lock icon Abortion doctor shot
      362 20 AGENCIES USCRIME WASHINGTON Federal authorities have offered protection to "appropriate people and facilities" across the country after the shooting of a prominent abortion doctor in the heartland state of Kansas, the United States Attorney General said. "Federal law enforcement is coordinating with local law enforcement officials in
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    • Article
      More bloggers brought to court in US
      228 20 HOUSTON (Texas) A real estate agent in Houston who blogged about Anna Nicole Smith was jailed for contempt last week in a defamation case brought by the late Playboy model's mother. Legal experts said bloggers are increasingly the targets of such litigation, which
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  • voices
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      Lock icon TWO YOUNG 'CHAMPIONS'
      772 22  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg GERALD Tan and Chua Jing Jing (picture) admit that hanging out with friends isn't fun sometimes. In fact, it can be a bit stressful, they say. The two 15-year-olds from Marsiling Secondary School can't help it though. As two of
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    • Letter
      Trees had to go
      127 22  -  Oh CheowSheng Letter from Assistant Director, Streetscape East Branch National Parks Board WE REFER to the letter from Mr Spencer Hee, "Deforestation in my neighbourhood?" (May 25). We want to assure Mr Hee that trees along our roadsides will not be removed indiscriminately. Some trees at
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    • Article
      93 childcare centres already close late
      357 23  -  Lee Kirn Hua Letter from Director, Family Services Division Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) IN THE letters "Change with the times" (May 25) and "The extra mile, an extra hour" (May 27), Ms Wendy Lee and Ms Jiang Pei Ju suggested
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      FOCUS' ON THE FAMILY
      156 23  -  DR BILL MAIER BY USE TV WISELY We all enjoy watching a good family programme on television, but that is not the same as letting your kids plop down in front of the tube to watch whatever happens to be on. Teach your kids to be
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  • PLUS THE ARTS
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      They paint a different picture
      768 24  -  MAYO MARTIN STORE ARTS FEST It's a visual arts feast that tackles the other side of drawing and photography mayo@mediacorp. com.sg EXPECT the unexpected. That's our unofficial mantra every time we catch a show at the Singapore Arts Festival. This year, it applies to the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Vampires and Bruno's bum steal the show at MTV Movie Awards
      279 26 AP SUNDAY night's MTV Movie Awards was a bloodbath with Twilight taking five trophies. But it was Sacha Baron Cohen who gave the show its trademark bizarro moment when he landed upside-down on the lap of Eminem who may
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      All mixed up
      537 27  -  MAYO MARTIN |gjMl^ylj&QMjl^^Eld£n| There's a difference between truly new and merely novel mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a week of hybrids as theatre met film, traditional dance grooved with hiphop, South African music courted Mozart, and Schubert mingled with Nazis. And I left the theatre feeling like I had
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      863 28  -  EVELINE GAN TRAVELAMIDHINI Holidaymakers can still enjoy themselves if they take safety precautions eveline@mediacorp.com. sg YOU'VE been planning your family vacation for months. You may have even elbowed your way through the massive crowds to get the best deals at the last travel fair,
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        232 28  -  CONCERNEDTEEN QUESTION BY I am a 19-year-old female. I have body odour. Could it be because of my armpit hair? I also perspire easily. Walking short distances causes my armpits to perspire, which leadsto an unpleasant smell. I found some information online which says hircus
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        119 29 AGE-RELATED EYE DISEASES An ophthalmologist will talk about common elderly eye conditions, the symptoms and treatment options. In addition, learn about TCM treatment for short-sightedness, glaucoma and age related macular degeneration from a seniorTCM physician. The talk will be conducted in Mandarin. Date: Saturday Time: 2:3opm to spm
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        58 29 You can get this at: National University Hospital. Call the Wellness Centre at 6772 4462 or email wellness@nuh.com.sg Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Call the Travellers' Health Vaccination Clinic at 6357 2222 or email HEC@ttsh.com.sg Changi General Hospital. Call the Medical Centre for International Travellers at 6850 3685/3333.
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      646 31 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Abramovich gets Ancelotti, the coach with Champions League pedigree LONDON Carlo Ancelotti has vowed to fulfil Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's desire for Champions League success, after the Italian was appointed as the Blues' manager yesterday. Less than 24 hours after stepping down as AC
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      489 32 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Serb fifth seed calls it a really tough loss PARIS Unseeded 19-year-old Romanian Sorana Cirstea stunned fifth seed Jelenajankovic 3-6,6-0,9-7 in a pulsating French Open thriller yesterday to reach her first Grand Slam quar-ter-final. Cirstea's last-eight opponent will be Australian 30th seed Samantha
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      135 32 AFP MADRID Real Madrid announced yesterday that they had appointed Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, currently with Villareal, as the club's new coach. "Real Madrid and Manuel Pellegrini have reached a deal for the Chilean to become the first team head coach," the club said in a statement.
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      335 32  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg HE MAY be deaf, but Taiwanese bowler Chang Li Hsiao isn't short on confidence. In fact, the 46-year-old believes he can better his performance at the last Deaf Olympic Games in 2005, where he won four gold medals. Chang (picture) is
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      580 33  -  ASDWIGHT SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Simunic claims DPMM have been unfairly labelled after rash of yellow cards SINGAPORE LEAGUE CUP 2009 DPMM FC vAlbirex Niigata Jalan Besar Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com. sg THEY have an uncompromising style of play, and lead the rest of the clubs in this
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      292 33  -  ASDWIGHT SINGAPORE LEAGUE CUP 2009 Geylang United v Young Lions Choa Chu Kang Stadium, 7.45pm MIKE Wong started his tenure as Geylang United head coach in the best possible fashion, guiding the Eagles to four wins on the trot, including dumping holders
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      695 34  -  SHERMAINEWONG Today ADVERTISING AWARDS Sing Tel and SPCA come out tops with pop-up finesse and canine wit shermainewong@niediacorp.com.sg ONE advertiser did more than think out of the box it thought right out of the confines of this newspaper with its eyecatching pop-up advertisement that caught many
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      452 35 BLOOMBERG COMMODITY RALLY Prices surge on speculation the worst may be over MANUFACTURERS preparing for an economic rebound are rebuilding inventories of everything from benzene to plywood, sparking a commodities rally that Goldman Sachs says will produce 19--per-cent returns in a year. The Journal of Commerce
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      159 35 BLOOMBERG CHINA'S manufacturing sector has expanded for a third month, adding to evidence that the world's third-largest economy is recovering from its deepest slump in almost a decade. The official Purchasing Manager's Index was at a seasonally-ad-justed 53.1 last month after registering 53.5 in April,
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      627 36 AP CHINA-USTIES Major economic reforms needed by China, US even as recession loses steam BEIJING United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said yesterday the global recession seemed to be losing force, but it will be critical for the US and China to institute major
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      591 37  -  CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg IS TEMASEK Holdings' purchase of a 13.76 per cent stake in 01am International a signal of its re-entry into the commodities market, or is it the hitherto unseen hand of chief executive-designate Charles "Chip" Goodyear, a former CEO of global mining
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        89 37 Sembcorp Marine says the lawsuit filed by Petroßig 1 in a New York bankruptcy court to stop the sale of a rig will not proceed. In a stock exchange filing, Sembcorp says its unit Jurong Shipyard has obtained an "anti-suit injunction" to restrain Norwegian
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        77 37 Singapore public accountants must adhere to an enhanced Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics from Aug 1. According to the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority, the updated code provides more guidance on how to apply its principles, and "places an expectation on public accountants to pro-actively identify
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          66 38 Higher close European stocks rallied as speculation grew that the worst of the global recession is over. Britain's FTSE 100 index closed up 88.25 points to 4,506.19, Germany's DAK soared 201.74 points to 5,142.56 and France's CAC 40 was 101.84 points higher at 3,379.49. The national benchmark indexes climbed
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          79 38 Crude at U5568.58 Crude oil prices soared above US$6B a barrel for the first time in seven months, boosted by higher Chinese output, a weak US currency and rising equity markets. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery next month, shot up to U5568.68 on
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          68 38 Little changed Gold was little changed in New York, erasing earlier gains and losses, as US stocks rallied. Some investors sell gold to invest in other markets, including equities, when they offer higher returns. Gold futures for August delivery slipped 30 US cents to US$9BO an ounce in New
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        106 38 Sheng Siong Supermarket is opening a new headquarters and distribution centre. Being built at a cost of $65 million, the facility at Mandai Link is expected to improve efficiency and save some 20 per cent in costs. Sheng Siong said it plans to open 10 to
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        460 38 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Market shakes off news of bankruptcy filing by GM NEW YORK Wall Street stocks shot higher yesterday as a bullish mood on recovery from recession overshadowed the impact of a massive bankruptcy filing by General Motors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average vaulted
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        273 38 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama said yesterday that the bankruptcy of General Motors was a "painful" yet necessary step to ensure its survival. GM, its stakeholders and the administration's auto task force have produced "a viable, achievable plan that will give
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