Today, 9 June 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Tuesday June g, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday June g, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    afternoon edition in the news
    153 1 2 US President Barack Obama is 'deeply concerned' about the sentences to journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were both sentenced to 12 years in a abour camp by North Korea. 4 MP Seng Han Thong speaks for the first time about the trauma
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    Lock icon When the kids dont pay up...
    710 1  -  LEONG WEEKEAT PARENT MAINTENANCE Law needs more vteeth' as unpaid nursing home bills rise, enforcement orders up weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE unpaid bills had amounted to a mere $7,603 in 2007. But as the financial crisis took hold last year, one nursing home found itself saddled
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      Lock icon Pawns in high-stakes standoff
      508 2 AGENCIES CAPTURED JOURNALISTS Pyongyang's 12-year sentence seen as leverage for US talks SEOUL In a move believed to be aimed at arm-twisting the United States into bilateral talks on nuclear disarmament, North Korea sentenced two American journalists to 12 years in a labour camp for illegal
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    • Article
      46 names on NMP nomination list
      188 3 THERE are 46 names this year up for the post of Nominated Member of Parliament, two fewer than in 2006, and the committee nominating the final list has already sought the views and comments of elected Members of Parliament on the candidates. The Office
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      Lock icon Q3 HIRING OUTLOOK
      36 3 Finance, Insurance Real Estate -6% 1 Manufacturing -29% Mining Construction -5% Public Administration and Education -1% J Services +4% Transportation and Utilities jT^M Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade +7% SOURCE: MANPOWER SINGAPORE BLOOMBERG
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      Cautious optimism
      454 3  -  LINYANQIN EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK Just 7% of firms may cut headcount, from 50% in Q2 yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg THE news appears hopeful: Fewer Singapore employers are expecting to cut headcount in the next few months, and more are thinking of raising it. But jobseekers should not celebrate yet companies will
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      Lock icon 'Just face it'
      869 4  -  SENG HANTHONG FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT MR SENG Han Thong, MP for Yio Chu Kang, was set on fire at a community event on Jan 12 at the Yio Chu Kang Community Club. Former cabby Ong Kah Chua splashed thinner from a bottle on Mr Seng, and set
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      Lock icon Global Aviation Leadership Award for MM
      368 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA FOR the "great contribution his political leadership and foresight has made to global aviation", Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday became only the third person to be bestowed the Global Aviation Leadership Award. The International Air Transport Association (lata) presented it to
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      'Doctors make the call'
      427 6  -  NEOCHAICHIN HiNi FLU IN SINGAPORE chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE criteria for calling the 993 ambulance to ferry suspected Influenza A (H1N1) cases to hospital is clear-cut, but doctors must make an "appropriate assessment" for patients who fall into grey areas, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday. This
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      Another black mark against Xuyi
      283 8 THE company had been rapped on the knuckles previously by the Ministry of Manpower for using strong-arm tactics with its foreign workers. Now, Xuyi Building Engineering Company has been accused by another set of workers of not paying salaries on time and imposing penalty payments.
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      Employers set straight
      422 8 LABOUR DISPUTES MOM helps local workers recover $800,000 in claims THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) helped 750 aggrieved local workers recover a total of about $800,000 in salary claims from errant employers in the first four months of this year. Between January and April, the MOM's Labour
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      Lock icon EXERCISEONTHE HIGH SEAS
      93 11 WEETECKHIAN Navy personnel from the Republic of Singapore Navy and United States Navy will conduct submarine tracking exercises together for the first time. The Singapore-US Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) exercise will cover maritime air and security operations. Some 1,500 personnel, 11 ships, two submarines and
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      He had suffered a heart attack
      367 11  -  ZULOTHMAN MAN HIT BY MRTTRAIN zul@mediacorp.com. sg A MAN died this year after he fell forward and hit his head on the cabin of a train just as it pulled into Bukit Batok MRT Station. Mr Chua Leong Hua collapsed onto the platform, and
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        START PLANNING FOR 2010 HOLIDAYS ...
        95 11 START PLANNING FOR 2010 HOLIDAYS Eight out of 11 public holidays next year fall on Friday, Sunday or Monday, which will give Singaporeans the chance for several three-day breaks and four days during Chinese New Year, which is on a Sunday and Monday (Feb 14 and 15), making Tuesday a
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        ADVANCED COMBAT PROJECT UNDERWAY
        84 11 The transformation of soldiers into "networked warriors", as part of the vision of a 3rd Generation Singapore Armed Forces, will cost more than $100 million. ST Electronics said yesterday that it has been awarded the contract to equip section commanders with advanced network capabilities. The Advanced
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      275 3 THINK SUCCESS. THINK ]\U)IS J/fM f\ I'm ready to be at the forefront of a digital revolution [STUDY ASSIST FUND I -hbrawor°d BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) IN Ir™—E™ BUSINESS COMPUTING Commences Aug 2009 The degree aligns IT with business and doubles your competitive edge with an optional CISCO Certified IHIIIffBH
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      256 5 Blißi PP^SmSBHIW APPLY MOW GET HSiHIiIH ISiiililii A FREE-TICKET fc^^ TO TOKYO? .S9IM 1^ To find out more or apply for the RBS Platinum Card, log on to www.rbs.com.sg or call 1800 226 2676 RBS Credit Cards are issued by ABN AMRO Bank NY. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon When disaster almost struck
      383 12 AP AFTERNOON LATEST Someone cracked open rear door when US Airways plane landed in Hudson River in January WASHINGTON It happened in January near New York. Even after Flight 1549 had glided to a nearperfect forced landing on the Hudson River (picture), the aircraft and its
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      Lock icon Air France jet's tail found
      131 12 AP RECIFE (Brazil) Brazilian searchers have found a large tail section, bearing the trade mark red and blue stripes, belonging to the Air France jet that crashed into the sea more than a week ago, It is one of the biggest pieces yet recovered from
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      Lock icon No porn, please
      332 13 AGENCIES INTERNET INCHINA BEIJING China wants all personal computers sold domestically to come with software that blocks access to online pornography, which it has banned, the main developer of the software said yesterday. The software, called Green Dam-Youth Escort, targets online porn by preventing computers from accessing
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      'China won't be a superpower ... yet'
      270 13  - 'China won't be a superpower yet' ESTHERNG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg HIS first love was literature, but if his professor had not returned to England, Wang Gungwu would not have become a historian, much less a distinguished one. On Friday, Prof Wang, now 78 and the chairman of the East Asian Institute at
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      Lock icon New Orleans mayor quarantined over flu
      131 13 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH BEIJING The mayor of New Orleans, Mr Ray Nagin, is under quarantine in a hotel in Shanghai after a passenger on his flight to China fell ill with suspected Influenza A (H1N1). Mr Nagin and his wife, Seletha, left New Orleans on Friday
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      Lock icon Pagoda collapse: A bad omen for junta?
      279 15 THE NEWYORKTIMES BANGKOK A 2,300-year-old gold-domed pagoda collapsed just three weeks after the wife of the Myanmar junta's top general had helped reconsecrate it with a diamond orb and a sacred golden umbrella. There is no country in Asia more superstitious than Myanmar,
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      Lock icon Is education the key?
      261 15 AGENCIES THAILAND'S RESTIVE SOUTH Malaysia, Thailand take new tack in ending insurgency PUTRAJAYA Malaysia pledged yesterday to help young Muslims in neighbouring Thailand to secure a better education and employment to ease violence sparked by an Islamic separatist movement. Leaders of both countries discussed measures to
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      Lock icon FBI to observe investigation into actor's death
      121 15 AFP BANGKOK —Thai prosecutors said yesterday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) can observe the investigation into the death of American actor David Carradine as long as it did not interfere with proceedings. Thai police say they suspect the star of the
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon DALAI LAMA HONOUR INCURS CHINA IRE
        79 16 AP Lhina yesterday strongly condemned tne nonour given to the Dalai Lama in Paris, saying it was a "grave interference" in Sino-French ties. Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe conferred a certificate of honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama on Sunday, honouring the exiled Tibetan leader
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        Lock icon MURDER SUSPECT WARNS OF VIOLENCE
        84 16 AP American Scott Roeder who is charged with murdering a high-profile abortion doctor, claimed from his jail cell that similar violence was planned around the United States for as long as the procedure remained legal. The threat comes days after the investigation turned to possible
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      Lock icon Exit stage left
      233 16 AGENCIES EU PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS Conservatives hand centre-left painful defeat BRUSSELS Conservatives decisively beat Socialists in EU Parliament elections marred by a record low turnout, results showed yesterday, after the centre-left failed to capitalise on concern over the recession. The vote marks a painful defeat for Europe's left,
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      Lock icon BROWN SUFFERS ANOTHER BLOW
      126 16 AGENCIES A junior minister has quit Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government, hours after the ruling Labour Party suffered its worst electoral results in a century. Ms Jane Kennedy, deputy to Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Farming and the Environment, reportedly resigned after refusing to pledge
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      Lock icon $44m US army mess in Iraq
      233 17 AP WASHINGTON An independent panel investigating contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan has released a bleak assessment for how tens of billions of United States dollars have been spent since 2001. In its first report to Congress, the Wartime Contracting Commission cited poor management, weak
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      Lock icon Hezbollah defeated by pro-Western bloc
      496 17 .AGENCIES LEBANON ELECTIONS BEIRUT A pro-Western bloc inflicted a surprise defeat on Hezbollah and its allies at the ballot box in Lebanon, according to final results on Monday, but the winner faces a battle to keep the nation together. The coalition headed by Mr Saad
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      10 16 BUILDING FUTURES One success story at a time HHSHb /"v
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      135 17 {Emalaysia Travel to> Malaysia made simple. From Singapore All-inclusive fare FROM ONEWAY IK MM Kuala Lumpur Penang Kuching l» ■Drag' >JJ :j. o Experience 5-star MH, today. This is Malaysian Hospitality. I IHLSk^ Check out our All-inclusive fares to other destinations. I j» Booking Period: 8 June 2009 -21 June
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  • Voices
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      How to improve our tunnel vision
      264 18  -  LovinaXie KALLANG-PAYA LEBAR EXPRESSWAY More helpful signs, art on the walls would make KPE a more pleasant experience Letter from THE Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) is a useful road, but very much under-used. I realise a lot of my friends and taxi drivers do
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      HEALTH TAKES
      153 18 HINIAND OUR SCHOOLS Letter from See Leong Kit At end of the June school holidays, many families with schoolchildren returning from trips abroad could bring in more cases of HINI flu. What do the Health and Education Ministries intend to do to preserve the health of the many
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      222 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY MYSTERY IN MARRIAGE If you want to put some new life in your marriage, try thinking like a teenager again. We all remember, fondly or otherwise, the craziness of our dating days the coy attitudes, the flirting, the chase after the prize.
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      THE MAN WITH 42 KIDS
      803 20  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg This pilot is vdad to those in his self-funded orphanage AS AN airline pilot, Budi Soehardi is no stranger to bad weather, but turbulence on the ground less than a month ago floored him. "My chief broke the
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      128 18 D I find it strange that I people flock to the I Government asking for work as if it is the Government's job... This should be the responsibility of individuals. Read Gilbert Goh's views on Singaporeans' 'survival instincts' at www.todayonline.com/voices I Everything But lib J I Overheads... I Froms99*permonth! ff"
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    • THE ARTS
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        Lock icon B-Boy vs Baba
        553 22  -  MAYO MARTIN PERANAKAN POSSE Can babas represent hip hop? We check it out mayo@mediacorp. com.sg BABA Bling, the title of the Peranakan Museum's newest exhibition, is quirky and catchy. But is it too much of a stretch to compare Singapore's homegrown culture to hip hop fashion? We
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        Taufik, Hady head Singaporean charge at Anugerah awards
        274 22  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE singer Taufik Batisah will be up for two awards at the coming Anugerah Planet Muzik (APM) 2009 awards, including best male artiste and best song collaboration (for Kepadanya, with fellow Singaporean Hady Mirza). The APM is the only regional
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      Lock icon What? No Singfest this year?
      338 24 CHRISTOPHERTOH IT WAS touted as the music festival last year, but the organisers of Singfest have postponed the festival usually held in August due to "a myriad of reasons", said Michael Hosking, group managing director of Midas Promotions. Some reasons include the ailing economy and
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      Slow burn
      512 25  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE ARTS FEST 2009 Local shows offered audiences a chance to ponder and wonder mayo@mediacorp.com. sg FIRST impressions and instant gratification that's what people demand nowadays, even in art. Thankfully, some of last week's local productions let me revisit the primal pleasure of watching something unfold
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  • health
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      The right moves
      752 26  -  EVELINE GAN BABY BLUES Mums who walk about during early labour have faster deliveries than those who lie down eveline@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN most women are about to deliver babies, they check into a hospital, where they are confined to a bed. But a recent report by Cochrane Library
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    • HEALTH LISTINGS
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        TALK ON HEARING AND HEARING LOSS
        46 26 Learn about the causes and types of hearing loss, and treatment options. Participants get a free hearing screening. Date/Time: Saturday, 1.30pm to spm Venue: Tampines Regional Library, Level 3 Theatrette Fee/Registration: Free. Registration required. Call 6338 9928 or email contact@thsc.com.sg.
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        RAISING SMART AND HEALTHY KIDS' SEMINAR
        69 26 Get tips on how to nurture your child's mind and maximise development. In addition, an ophthalmologist will talk about common childhood eye conditions Date/Time: June 20, Time: 2pm to spm (registration starts at 1.30pm) Venue: Centre for Excellence, 1 Pickering Street, Great Eastern Centre,
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      609 27 Advertisement Exercise for a happier you. Physical activity is an integral part of maintaining Dont forget that a healthier you is a combination your fitness and general well-being. Even the of proper exercise and good dietary habits. Activity D^decTnan'luw^ smallest of activities in your daily life can Your meals should
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      915 28 TV LISTINGS ONMEDI AC OR P CHANNEL 0 9. N* 9. A. C. 0...? PRISON BREAK 6ooAM Entertainment Tonight Heiresses HDOnHD S ANUGERAH2OO9 Eagles and Angels s -3° Prime Time Morning 4.00 Psych II MN Without A Trace V Suria, 8.30pm Channpl nnm 93° The Ellen DeGeneres Show VI 5.00
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      619 29  -  LOWLINFHOONG 2oog MEN'S JUNIOR HOCKEYWORLDCUP Singapore taken to school as Asian giants flex muscles linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER so many years of failure at senior level, the scrutiny on India's men's under-21 hockey team gets more and more intense. The country desperately wants to see potential world-beaters unearthed, who
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      269 29 LOW LIN FHOONG The Australian press back home have hailed their under-21 side as potentially one of the best hockey teams the country has put together. But there were hardly any fireworks from one of the pre-tournament favourites yesterday as they opened
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      195 29 AS DWIGHT SAFFC seemed to be vulnerable after losing their last two games, but like all champions, they found their form when staring down the barrel of a gun, overcoming Albirex Niigata 2-0 last night at Jalan Besar Stadium to book their place in the quarter-finals
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      558 30  -  TANYO-HINN AVIVA OPEN SINGAPORE 2009 Malaysia's world No 1 shuttler says he's not in top shape to defend his crown here yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg HE IS the current world No 1, with two wins so far on the prestigious Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super Series
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      517 31 AP AFTERNOON LATEST Club reported to be paying $131.5 million for midfielder MADRID Real Madrid have announced the signing of Brazil international Kaka (picture) from AC Milan. Madrid gave no financial details but reports late yesterday said the Spanish club will pay Milan €65
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      242 31 DPA BARCELONA Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o (picture) would like to stay at Barcelona but he will not rule out leaving if conditions are not right, his agent noted yesterday. "Eto'o wants to fulfil the remaining year of his contract
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      59 29 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 8.20pm Cricket T2O: Pakistan v Holland, Ch 110 10pm Cycling Dauphine Libere, Chii3 TOMORROW 12.20 am Cricket T2O: New Zealand v South Africa, Ch 110 8.30 am NHL Finals: Penguins v Redwings, Ch 117 gam NBA Finals: Magic v Lakers, Ch 23 spo^l.?. .9.5 MPI9 6.35am-n.3spm
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      549 32  -  SHERMAINEWONG COOL CAMPAIGN Japanese snack succeeds with quirky campaign and distinct sense of humour shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg TRUST the Japanese to incorporate their signature kawaii (cuteness) culture into everyday life. One advertising campaign which has borrowed heavily from Japanese culture has managed to enjoy success with the public
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      202 32 FC. CFO. COO. CEO. lvsmu SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT Nice initials start with an SMU MPA si! t There's never been a better time to pursue a career in the accounting profession. Market demand is especially strong today and career opportunities for accountancy graduates are many and varied. w^Mlfcw. Update and expand
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      164 34 BLOOMBERG JAPAN'S corporate bankruptcies dropped for the first time in 12 months and merchant sentiment climbed to a one-year high signs that the economy is starting to recover from its deepest post-war recession. Bankruptcies fell 6.7 per cent in May from a
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      636 34  -  Ariel Tarn AFTERNOON LATEST in San Francisco Online and Technology Editor ariel@mediacorp.com.sg COME July, SingTel users in Singapore will be able to get their hands on the Apple iPhone 3G S, the most significant hardware upgrade yet for the wildly popular touchscreen smartphone. Announced at
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      211 35 AP UNITED States President Barack Obama yesterday promised to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his US$7B7 billion ($1.15 trillion) stimulus plan this summer, with federal agencies pumping billions into public works projects, schools and summer youth programmes. Mr Obama, 47, is ramping
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      233 35  -  ESTHER FUNG YEOHIAPSENG esther@mediacorp.com.sg FOOD and beverage company Yeo Hiap Seng yesterday said its investment committee was disbanded from June 1, without giving reasons why. The committee used to comprise Mr S Chandra Das, Mr Chang See Hiang, Mr Bobby Chin and Mr Ngiam Tong Dow, who
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        102 35 938 LIVE Mainboard-listed offshore marine group Otto Marine has entered a joint venture with Australian marine firm Go Marine. Together, they will set up a firm in Australia to own, lease and charter offshore support vessels. Go Marine will hold 51 per cent of the
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        97 35 KELVIN CHOW Sirius Growth Partners I, a venture capital fund, will be investing up to $2 million in homegrown restaurant chain Paradise Group. The investment will be the first investment of Sirius Growth Partners since it was launched in the middle of last year. The
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          109 36 Investors cautious US stocks ended flat to lower on market caution that the big gains chalked up in recent weeks may have gone too far while the economy remains mired in recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.98 point at 8,764.11 at the close as the
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          68 36 Rally stalls Oil prices fell amid a strengthening US dollar, hovering at around US$6B a barrel after spiking to seven-month highs before the weekend. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery next month, dipped 35 US cents from its closing price on Friday to U5568.09
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          58 36 Mostly lower Europe's main stock markets slid in cautious trading. Britain's FTSE 100 index closed down 33.34 points to 4,405.22, Germany's DAX fell 72.31 points to 5,004.72 and France's CAC 40 closed 49.39 points lower at 3,289.66. The national benchmark indexes declined in all of the 17 western
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        17 36 Apple's Phil Schiller with the new product in San Francisco yesterday. Page B3
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        583 36 AP AFTERNOON LATEST Judge puts deal on hold, order may be only temporary WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg yesterday (early today, Singapore time) delayed Chrysler's sale of most of its assets to a group led by Italy's Fiat. She did not, however, say how
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        302 36 AGENCIES EVEN as the economic recession and an HINI flu outbreak are projected to deal a US$9-billion ($l3-billion) blow to airlines this year, some of them are eyeing opportunities amid adversity. Singapore Airlines (SIA) chief Chew Choon Seng singled out China
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