Today, 14 July 2009, Afternoon Edition

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  • 20 1 TODAY Tuesday July 14, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday July 14, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    • 173 1 2Sonia Sotomayor was cool under Republican fire at Senate hearings, the Supreme Court nominee declaring that 'fidelity to the law' was her goal. ■"1 North Korean leader Kirn 1 aa\\ Jong II was reported to be visiting a factoryjust hours after news of him having cancer broke. Q
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    • 363 1 BLOOMBERG 4 AFTERNOON LATEST MTI revises 2009 forecast as construction, biomeds shine THE Government raised its economic forecast for 2009 as the economy emerged from the deepest recession since its 1965 independence amid a rebound in manufacturing and exports. Gross domestic product will shrink between
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    • 846 1  -  ZULOTHMAN ERNESTCHUA j zul@mediacorp.com.sg WITH five years to go before the nation-wide Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) is due for completion, the countdown may have also finally begun for residents in Potong Pasir and Hougang. Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu announced yesterday
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    • 282 2 AGENCIES AFTERNONO LATEST supreme <-ourt nominee cool under Republican fire WASHINGTON Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee in history, vowed loyalty to "the impartiality of our justice system" yesterday, confronting Republican sceptics at Senate hearings suffused with racial politics but all virtually certain to
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    • 702 3  -  LINYANQIN -INYANQIN RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg THE Education Ministry has hit its recruitment targets for this year, bringing it one step closer to its goal of making classroom sizes smaller as well as having more support in schools for counselling and learning needs. More than
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    • 215 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA IT WAS an anti-climax of sorts. After working amid less than hygienic conditions at their temporary market and unwelcome publicity from the Indian rojak food poisoning outbreak in April it was supposed to be the big day for these stallholders as the newly-revamped
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    • 625 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LABOUR COURT But claimants more aggressive and threatening weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE number of disgruntled local employees bringing their woes to the Labour Court have dropped, but those who turn up are more aggressive. There are heated exchanges and quick rebuttals, while threats are sometimes made
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    • 781 5  -  MELODY TAN With the knowledge gained from MDIS, these two individuals got much more than a career boost I fyouthinkyou'retoooldortoounprepared to take up a master's degree, think again. For Kelvin Alexander Wee and Kevin Chua, the decision to accelerate their learning through a Master of
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    • 449 6  -  TEOXUANWEI INTHECOURTS xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg IN SPITE of their brutal physical assaults on a former cell mate, one of the three alleged assailants has claimed that he "did not expect things to turn out so bad". But their punishing regime of punches and kicks for eight consecutive days took
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    • 496 8  -  LINYANQIN HiNiVIRUS Some delivery services see a rise due to the HINI scare yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg ON MOST months, Yum Trade, a grocery delivery service, makes some 100 deliveries to households, but in late May, manager Sally Tan noticed a sudden pick-up in business. "Our business was
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    • 209 8 ALL schools will resume co-curricular activities next week, the Ministry of Education has said, with precautions such as temperaturetaking and visual screening of flu-like symptoms before the start of sessions. And so, bit by bit, life is returning to normal for pupils since
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 89 10 Low-cost carrier Air Asia has added two new flights to Singapore from East Malaysia: Miri in Sarawak and Tawau inSabah. It is the first and only budget airline to fly these routes. The airline said the new routes will benefit business and leisure travellers, and increase
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      • 86 10 The National Environment Agency (NEA) is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Climate Symposium only the second time an Asian country has done so. The meeting brings together climate experts to address challenges on managing climate-related risks. This year, it will explore the necessity of emergency preparedness
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    • 457 10  -  GERALDINESOH CERVICAL CANCER New coalition aims to get more women tested to reduce risk a huge fallacy. We know the cancer is caused by infection with a virus, but this virus is so common... that we think between 50 and 80 per cent of all women will
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  • WORLD
    • 153 12 &FP SEOUL South Korea and China agreed yesterday to try to revive six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament, Seoul officials said, even though the North has walked out of the forum. The accord came as top Chinese nuclear envoy Wu Dawei held
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    • 180 12 AGENCIES URUMQJ More roads reopened and shops unlocked their doors, but sporadic incidents reflected the underlying tensions in this city in western China. In Urumqi yesterday, police shot dead two Uighur "lawbreakers" and injured a third after the men attacked officers who were breaking up
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      310 12 NORTH KOREAN LEADER AFTERNOON LATEST SEOUL North Korean leader Kirn Jong II has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said yesterday, days after fresh images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health was worsening following a reported stroke last year. But the 67-year-old defied reports
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    • 567 15  -  HIROSHI HIYAMA AFP NEWS ANALYSIS JAPANESE Prime Minister Tare Aso's party appears doomed to defeat in upcoming elections as voters turn to a resurgent opposition promising a more inclusive society. Battered by a series of gaffes by Mr Aso, ministerial resignations and discontent over its response
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    • 180 15 AFP TOKYO Japan's Parliament yesterday passed a law ending a ban on child organ donations, paving the way for patients aged under 15 to receive life-saving transplants. Critics say the ban on organ donations by and for children has claimed thousands of lives
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    • 181 16 AFP DILI An East Timor court, under tight security yesterday, began the trial of 28 people accused of trying to kill the President and Prime Minister in a failed twin assassination attempt. President Jose Ramos-Horta required emergency surgery after being shot
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    • 376 16  -  BARADAN KUPPUSAMY THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER NEWS COMMENT Ruling party hopes for Manik Urai vote to be turning point THE outcome of the Manik Urai by-election in Kelantan, Malaysia, hangs in the balance with the constituency's 12,000 voters going to the polls today. The by-election is
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    • 331 17 AP PAPUA CLASHES JAKARTA A policeman's body was found yesterday at the bottom of a ravine near the Indonesian operations of United States mining conglomerate Freeport, raising the death toll from a series of weekend ambushes in restive Papua province to three. A 29-year-old Australian
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    • 129 17 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday that talks with Indonesia over its ban on sending maids to work here, imposed in response to a recent abuse case, have been delayed until month's end. Malaysian Human Resources Minister S Subramaniam told reporters the talks due tomorrow had been
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    • 166 17 JAKARTA The Democratic Party called on its coalition partners not to force President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to allocate seats in the Cabinet before the official results of last week's election are released later this month, reportedjakarta Globe. Some of the political parties have already
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    • 47 18 AFP A Nasa employee listening to his radio as officials announced they would call off the fifth attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour due to stormy weather yesterday, and said it would prepare for a sixth attempt early tomorrow evening.
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    • 230 18 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Monday named Dr Regina Benjamin, an Alabama GP, as his pick to be the United States Surgeon-General. "I am honoured and humbled to be nominated to serve... this is a physician's dream," Dr Benjamin said after being introduced by
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    • 372 18 AP AFTERNOON LATEST WASHINGTON Congressional demands for an investigation grew on Monday over new disclosures that a secret CIA programme to capture or kill Al Qaeda leaders was concealed from Congress for eight years, perhaps at the behest of former United States Vice-President Dick Cheney.
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    • 65 20 AFP Three cranes crashed yesterday while trying to lift a collapsed steel girder that had fallen at New Delhi's metro rail construction site. The accident dealt a new blow to the project, after the collapse of steel and concrete girders on Sunday killed six people and
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    • 656 20  -  SCOTT SHANE THE NEWYORKTIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Democrats want their leader to investigate past security issues, while he is eager to keep a domestic focus UNITED States President Barack Obama (picture) is facing new pressure to reverse himself and ramp up investigations into Bush-era security programmes despite the
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    • 311 21 AGENCIES SWAT VALLEY But some refuse to leave camps unless given handouts CHARSADDA (Pakistan) Hundreds of Pakistanis who fled a military offensive against the Taliban in Swat Valley began trickling back home yesterday, but many families refused to leave refugee camps, demanding promised government assistance and
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    • 168 21 THE GUARDIAN BANGKOK A 14-year-old British boy was found dead on Friday at the Pattaya water park in Thailand after he became trapped in a pumping system while looking for his lost goggles at the bottom of a whirlpool. Members of his family told of
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    • 182 21 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Exams have been a rite of passage for millions, but within a decade they could be history, according to Britain's chief executive of Cambridge Assessment, Mr Simon Lebus. He said traditional examinations are likely to disappear within 10 to 15
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  • voices
    • 483 22  -  DrTanChekWee "THE cancer has spread all over my body. My doctor said there is no cure", she told me. Yet her face was radiant with an undeniable peace and calm. She was in her mid-50s and lived with her siblings on a landed
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    • 175 24  -  DR BILL MAIER BY JUST SAY NO Feeling overwhelmed by an "out-of-control" schedule? Maybe it's time you learned to say "No". If other people see you as a person who will agree to anything, you will constantly end up being the first one they ask when
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    • 679 33  -  EVELINE GAN BAD BREATH Avoid a low-carb diet, say dentists and dieticians eveline@mediacorp.com.sg THAT low-carb diet may have given you a more attractive figure, but it may not be so beneficial when it comes to your breath. Dieters on extreme low-carbohydrates eating regimes, such as the Atkins
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      374 34 WHAT'S THE WORD ON MY CHILD? QUERY FROM HAN SOW CHIN My daughter, who will be three soon, has some speech problems. At her playgroup, other children around her age can join words to form sentences. However, my daughter is slow at picking up new words and
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    • 988 35 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL ON. MEpiACORP TO GROW WITH LOVE 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Guinness World Records I.OOAM Entertainment Tonight DRAM ASUTRA Channel U, 10pm 5.30 Prime Time Morning 5.00 The Rachael Ray Show 111 1.30 Wonder Years IV Jihan 9.30 The Rachael Ray Show 111 6.00 Entertainment
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    • 663 36  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL S-League clubs unhappy with officials' display, some call it the worst in years shamir@mediacorp.com.sg THE 2009 season of the Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League has just crossed the halfway point and it looks as if heavyweights SAFFC and Tampines Rovers are the favourites to lift
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    • 388 36  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg KEEPING calm Brazilian style, that was the order of the day for Singapore's sailors at the 39th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships (July 9-18) at Armacao de Buzios on Sunday, even though the conditions were anything but. The
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    • 308 37  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg EXPECT a jam-packed Singapore Indoor Stadium on July 22 when one of basketball's finest players, Kobe Bryant, wings into Singapore to mix it up with the Republic's best youngsters as part of a sixcity Asian tour. Fans
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    • 365 37 AGENCIES I AFTERNOON LATEST Celtic legend John Hartson defiant despite brain cancer diagnosis LONDON Former Celtic striker John Hartson has been diagnosed with testicular cancer and told the illness has spread to his brain. The 34-year-old was given the news over the weekend after going to
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    • AFTERNOON ROUNDUP
      • 45 37 Xabi Alonso has told Rafa Benftezthat he wants to leave Anfield, paving the way for a move to Real Madrid. The Spanish club is understood to have tabled a bid in the region of €27 million ($55 million) which was turned down.
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      • 45 37 Teenage Manchester United striker Federico Macheda was robbed in his home, police said The 17-year-old was targeted by two thieves who stole money and jewellery at 3.40 am on Sunday. His friend was attacked and suffered minor head injuries during the robbery.
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      • 42 37 Mido has followed in Alfonso Alves' shoes by failing to turn up for training at relegated Middlesbrough. The Egyptian striker has already been fined two weeks' wages in his absence and could be offloaded by manager Gareth Southgate. AGENCIES
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    • 204 37 MANCHESTER Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will not be making any more summer signings, Sky Sports reported yesterday. It means that United fans will have to make do with the arrivals of Antonio Valencia, Michael Owen and Gabriel Obertan as the Premier League
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    • 578 38 THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST Arsenal hitman could be ninth striker at Man City after $471x1 bid MANCHESTER The blue half of the city has ramped up its spening spree by reaching an agreement with Carlos Tevez over a proposed move to the City of Manchester Stadium,
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    • 383 39 THE GUARDIAN THEASHES Aussie skipper out to snatch initiative ahead of Lord's Test CARDIFF Ricky Ponting claimed England faced more "soul searching" than his own team before Thursday's second Ashes Test at Lord's, despite Australia's failure to wrap up what looked like being a routine
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    • 161 39 AP BETHLEHEM (Pennsylvania) South Korea'sJiEun Hee (picture) made the US Women's Open golf memorable for more than a lingering LPGA Tour hierarchy dispute. Former champion Cristie Kerr failed to hold the lead, and Ji, 23, punctuated a frantic final round by rolling
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    • 39 37 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7.45pm Cycling Tour de France, Ch 113 11.55pm Cricket Warwickshire v Middlesex, Ch 110 TOMORROW Bam Baseball All Star Game, Ch 23 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on gjBLive
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    • 352 40  -  SHERMAINEWONG SHOPPING be it for clothes, bags or shoes is probably the favourite pastime for most women. But when it comes to shopping for computer-related items, that's a whole different ball game, not least because of the sheer number of products available. Taking this
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    • 435 40  - Haircare in the air SHERMAINEWONG COOL COLLABORATION Sunsilk's innovative alliance with Jetstar Airways takes off shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg THE next time you board a Jetstar Asia or Valuair plane, don't start yawning when you see the flight attendants making preparations to carry out a plane safety demonstration. Look closer and you'll notice
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  • BUSINESS
    • 580 41  -  WILLIAM PESEK BUSINESS COMMENT JIM O'Neill will long be known for coining Brics. And 10 years from now, Mr Nicholas Cashmore may enjoy similar notoriety for another addition to the investor lexicon. The phrase put forth in 2001 by Mr O'Neill, Londonbased chief economist at Goldman Sachs, refers
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    • 155 41 DOWJONES MALAYSIA will go ahead with the development of a US$lO-billion ($14.7-billion) refinery project in the northern state of Kedah. Merapoh Resources Corporation said it will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Kedah state government tomorrow. The unlisted company said the project
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      • 75 42 BLOOMBERG LI I Group, the century-old lender, may receive assistance from the US government to prevent a collapse that could hurt hundreds of thousands of corporate borrowers, the Wall Street Journal reported. US officials are "in advanced talks" about aid for New Yorkbased CIT Group, the newspaper said
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      • 70 42 BLOOMBERG Mr bteven Kattner, the Wall btreet executive who helped the government guide General Motors and Chrysler Group out of bankruptcy, is stepping down, the US Treasury Department said. Mr Ron Bloom, a former United Steelworkers union adviser and Lazard vice-president, will take overthe leadership role in
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      • 81 42 I Ht DAILY I tLtCiKAKM Workers could be allowed to stay in their jobs after they turn 65 as part of the British government's plans to deal with the problems created by its ageing society. A review of the default retirement age is being brought
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    • 247 42 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST BEIJING China's economy may have expanded 7.8 per cent in the second quarter as record lending and surging investment drove a rebound from the weakest growth in almost a decade, a survey shows. The median forecast of 20 economists in a Bloomberg News survey
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      • 86 43 Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday said its fiscal third-quarter net profit fell 5 per cent from a year ago to $126.7 million on lower revenue from its newspaper and magazine division and print advertising. Revenue also fell 5 per cent to $327.1 million
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      • 105 43  -  CHEOWXINYI PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), auditor of Mainboard-listed Chinese firm Contel Corp, has expressed a disclaimer of opinion on the accounts of the digital media product maker. PwC said it was unable to ascertain the company's ability to recover US$3O.4 million ($44.5 million) worth of trade receivables,
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      • 85 43 DOWJONES i>mo-i>ingapore I lanjm bco-Lity Investment and Development (SSTEC) and Japan's largest developer, Mitsui Fudosan, have signed an agreement to jointly build a 3 billior /van ($643 million) integrated riverfront eco-neighbourhood in theTianjin Eco-City, according to a statement yesterday. The 40-hectare project is expected to
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    • 227 43  -  CHEOWXINYI HLNTECHNOLOGIES Some view the directors' move with scepticism xinyi@mediacorp.com.sg THREE key directors of Main-board-listed HLN Technologies raised eyebrows yesterday when they agreed to give up their controlling stakes in the plastic components maker to a China-based firm. HLN disclosed yesterday that Mr Leslie Wa,
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      • OVERNIGHT
        • 81 44 Goldman-led rally US stocks posted a broad rally after a key analyst upgrade of Goldman Sachs a day ahead of its quarterly earnings report ignited the financial sector the best single-session percentage advance in six weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had closed lower Friday for four
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        • 67 44 Still below US$6O Oil prices slipped as the market remained focused on a gloomy economic outlook that could further curb energy demand. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in August, slipped 20 US cents from Friday's close to finish at U5559.69 a barrel. In London,
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        • 106 44 Gains across board European stocks soared, powered by the financial sector, as investors awaited quarterly earnings reports from govern-ment-assisted US banks that could signal the economy is on the road to recovery. London's FTSE 100 index rose 1.82 per cent to close at 4,202.13 points while in Paris
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        • 52 44 Investors get riskier Investors turned more optimistic about the US economy and pulled out of the safe haven of the American dollar. The 16-nation euro edged up to U551.3977 from U551.3947 on Friday, while the British pound advanced to U551.6211 from U551.6192. The US dollar rose to ¥92.82
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      • 367 44  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg THE prospects for Orchard Road retail landlords appears to be brightening as new malls like lon Orchard, Orchard Central and 313@Somerset look set to draw crowds and the stem in rental declines could boost their profitability too. "We expect the
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      • 494 44  -  KELVIN CHOW CKTANG PRIVATISATION BID Unhappy minority eager to see the move blocked kelvinc@mediacorp.com. sg JUST days before a crucial vote on whether retailer CX Tang should be delisted, unhappy minority investors eager to block the move are hammering out a petition asking the
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      • 269 44  -  WONGSIEWYING CHANNEL NEWSASIA siewying@mediacorp.com.sg SOME cheer is expected to emerge from this morning's official data on the Singapore economy's performance for the second quarter: The number flashed is likely to not only show an exit from the recession, but also double-digit growth, say
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