Today, 22 July 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Wednesday July 22, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Wednesday July 22, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      Lock icon THERE GOES THE SUN!
      78 1 EPA Hordes of scientists, nature enthusiasts and students such as this cheery group in Nepal witnessed the longest total solar eclipse of this century this morning, while millions more shuttered themselves indoors, giving in to superstitious myths about the phenomenon. The eclipse, which lasted just under
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      Lock icon TEMASEK A CHIP DOWN
      777 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH LINYANQIN NEWS ANALYSIS lCode of silence' fuels speculation about reasons for split deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com.sg DID heads butt over company strategy? Was there a proposed housecleaning that ruffled feathers? Or did he have a tough time acclimatising to the corporate culture? Speculation went
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      TEMASEK SHOULD RELOOK PROCESS
      495 2  -  CONRAD RAJ NEWS COMMENT editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg IT HASN'T been a good year at Temasek. Now that Charles "Chip" Goodyear and Temasek have decided to part ways just 46 days before what was described as the "most highly anticipated corporate event of the year", the question on
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      First warning issued in 2007
      638 3  -  ZULOTHMAN BROOKES BUSINESS SCHOOL zul@mediacorp.com.sg THE Ministry of Education (MOE) first learnt that Brookes Business School had falsely associated itself with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in April 2007. The ministry subsequently issued a warning to Brookes, which is owned by 39-year-old Benny
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      Naval vessel damages hull near Pedra Branca
      175 3 A REPUBLIC of Singapore Navy (RSN) patrol vessel, the RSS Independence, collided yesterday with "an underwater object" in Singapore waters near Pedra Branca. All the crew are safe. The patrol craft, however, sustained damage to its hull and needed to be stabilised after
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      Lock icon Piecing together the face of the killers
      511 4 AGENCIES JAKARTA BOMBINGS JAKARTA Indonesian police are closer to identifying the two suicide bombers in last week's Jakarta hotel attacks, as they questioned staff at an Islamic school and took DNA samples from the parents of the suspect in the Ritz-Carlton blast. Local
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      More sports contests for seniors
      189 6  -  LEONGWEE KEAT SOME senior dragonboat enthusiasts formed a team but when they wanted to pit their skills against their peers in a competition, they were told there was none for their age group, said a 51 -year-old at a forum last night. The good news?
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      He's accused of selling out firm
      549 6  -  ESTHER FUNG JUDAS'TRIAL esther@mediacorp.com.sg HE STARTED off as a seafarer in the *****, rose up the ranks to become captain and finally moved to a shore-based position as a shipping president, overseeing the growth of his firm's Asia operations. Mr Dafni Igal (picture), 62,
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      YOUNGEST ICU CASE
      120 8 A 13-year-old boy suffering from epilepsy became the youngest confirmed HINI patient in intensive care, after he had a cardio-respiratory arrest at the National University Hospital's emergency ward on Sunday. He had sought treatment after a day of fever and cough. Another new critical HINI case, at
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      Lock icon 'I should have gone to hospital from the start'
      344 8  -  NEOCHAICHIN DISCHARGED FROM ICU chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg STRESSED with business matters, food court owner Ho Chin Lai (picture) wanted to recover from his sore throat quickly. So, the 51-year-old, who has diabetes and hypertension, went to three general practitioners in four days. They
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      Slowing down Father Time
      234 10 CELL RESEARCH A*Star makes "important breakthrough' on ageing A TEAM of scientists has identified a protein that could help delay the ravaging effects of Father Time. The p3BMAPK protein, known for its role in inflammation, promotes ageing when it activates pl 6, another protein long linked
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      Speed is key ... but so is cost
      424 12  - Speed is key but so is cost LEONGWEEKEAT TOWN COUNCILS Residents want rating based on response time to maintenance issues weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg TOWN councils should be rated on how fast they respond to residents' feedback regarding maintenance issues, say residents but some worry that the focus on speed could translate into
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        50% SUBSIDISED PROSTATE HEALTH CHECKS THIS MONTH
        114 14 This month is Prostate Awareness Month and members of the public can get 50-per-cent subsidised prostate health checks at 200 general practitioner and specialist clinics. Those consulting GPs underthis programme need only pay $50 forthe whole package, inclusive of follow-up consultation. Those seeing
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        Lock icon TIP-OFF LEADSTO ARREST OF 3 MEN
        139 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Three men, aged 20 to 22, were arrested in Boon Lay Estate and Joo Koon Circle on Monday for suspected involvement in loansharking activities, following a tip-off from a member of the public. Police were alerted last Friday to a case of
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        Lock icon PAP WOMEN'S WINGTO VISIT MALAYSIA
        128 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA TheWomen'sWing of the People's Action Party will be on a three-day study trip to Kuala Lumpur from tomorrow. It will be led by chairman Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, who is also Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and
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      Lock icon Recruitment a first sign of hope?
      592 15  -  ESTHERNG SEMICONDUCTOR SECTOR estherng@mediacorp.com.sg FOUR unionised semiconductor companies are looking for workers to fill 200 positions, ranging from production operators to store assistants. Their hiring plans come just seven months after three other firms Chartered Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics and Stats ChipPac retrenched workers at the
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      Lock icon Friendship of duo accused of murder shatters in court
      320 16 938 LIVE THEY are friends. Good ones, apparently. But it seems their friendship is cracking under the pressure of their murder trial. Not only did the two Sarawakians, accused of causing the death of a Chinese foreign worker, record conflicting accounts
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      Grilled over missing $50k
      484 16  -  ONG DAI LIN MING Yl TRIAL dailin@mediacorp.com.sg HE ADMITTED for the first time in court last Thursday that he had helped former aide Raymond Yeung to cover up a $50,000 loan. Yesterday, Ming Yi's handling of $50,000 missing from Ren Cis accounts during an Ernst Young
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      Lock icon A Halo for top talent
      363 18  -  SRAMESH CHANNEL NEWSASIA NEW LEARNING PROGRAMME rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg THE Home Team is counting on a Halo to retain talent and develop top calibre officers. Outstanding diploma holders who obtain a place in a local university and who are selected under this new learning programme will continue
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      DPM Teo on how public service officers work together
      319 19 FOR the longest time, rock bunds had been used to stop reclaimed land from being washed away. Then, rather than far in advance, JTC adopted the tack of reclaiming land just in time to meet demand. The snag? Often, companies moving
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      No evidence of negligence
      435 19 PARACHUTE MISHAP HE HAD been certified fit to take part in a parachute jump. His parachute was serviceable and properly packed. Investigations into the death of a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) parachute jump instructor, First Warrant Officer (IWO) Tan Poh Eng, showed that "the safety, training
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Myanmar-N Korea cooperation a 'concern'
      151 20 AFP BANGKOK United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that Washington was taking concerns about military cooperation between North Korea and Myanmar "very seriously". Earlier, Mrs Clinton also said the US was "deeply concerned" about alleged human rights abuses in Myanmar. Speaking before
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      Lock icon Clinton to sign friendship treaty
      290 20 AFP US-SEASIATIES PHUKET By signing a friendship pact with South-east Asia this week, the United States sends a strong signal of its desire to deepen ties and counter China's increasing influence, observers said. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (picture) will sign the Treaty of
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      Lock icon N KOREA'S NUCLEAR RUMBLE IN MYANMAR
      693 21  -  DENIS D GRAY AP NEWS ANALYSIS THE recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of massive tunnels and a top secret meeting have raised alarm bells that one of the world's poorest nations may be aspiring to join the nuclear club with
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      Lock icon Tasered petrol-sniffer bursts into flames
      183 22 AGENCIES SYDNEY An Australian man holding a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter burst into flames after being tasered, police said yesterday. Mr Ronald Mitchell, 36, was sniffing the fumes for a high, suffered third-degree burns to his face, arms and chest after the
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      Lock icon After 50 years, is LDP on its way out?
      226 22 AFP JAPANESE POLITICS PM Aso dissolves Parliament, as opposition tipped to win Aug 30 poll TOKYO Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved Parliament yesterday, paving the way for an election next month seen likely to end his party's more than
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      STIRRING THE ETHNIC POT
      692 23  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com. sg MY COLUMN last week on China's preferential policies for ethnic minorities and the sense of resentment among some Uighurs prompted a reader to write in to say that other ethnic minorities in the country enjoy
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      Lock icon Safety concerns at huge China dam project: Auditor
      181 24 AFP BEIJING Developers building one of the world's biggest hydropower projects in south-west China are taking dangerous shortcuts, state media reported yesterday, citing the national auditor. Alarm bells went off after builders brought forward the timeframe to finish the Xiluodu dam by
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      Lock icon Separatists to blame: China
      289 24 AGENCIES ETHNICTENSIONS BEIJING China yesterday defended its policies on ethnic minorities, saying the violence in Xinjiang that killed nearly 200 people this month was triggered by separatists and not its treatment of Uighurs. During a televised news conference, the Vice-Minis-ter of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon SCIENTISTS' NEWWEAPON IN FIGHT AGAINST HINI
        64 26 AFP Taiwan Scientists have developed an organic compound which could help control the HINI epidemic. The compound, which they call NTU-Virusßom, can destroy viruses that cause HINI and the avian influenza. It can also stop the spread of bacteria, including those responsible for staph
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        Lock icon WIFE STABS HIM FOR STAYING OUT AFTER FOOTBALL MATCH
        68 26 AP Malaysia For returning home late, a man was stabbed twice in the chest with a kitchen knife by his wife, who has been detained by the police. He had vowed to go home right after watching the football match between
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        Lock icon COURTTO FLOG MUSLIM WOMAN WHO DRANK BEER
        70 26 AP Malaysia An Islamic court has sentenced a model to six strokes of the cane for having a beer in a Pahang nightclub. Ms Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, was also fined RM5,000 ($2,035). It is a rare sentence caning is usually reserved
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        Lock icon SUSPECTED FREEPORT MINE ATTACKERS ARRESTED
        68 26 AGENCIES Indonesia Police have arrested 14 people following a series of deadly ambushes near a giant Freeport gold and copper mine in Papua. Three people died and at least 12, most of them police, were wounded in the five days of attacks that started July
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      THE HUMAN RIGHTS BALANCING ACT
      782 27  -  BRAEMAMATHIAPARANAM NEWS COMMENT THE Asean Human Rights Body is finally on its way to realisation now that all the foreign ministers of the Association of South-east Asian Nations have endorsed the Terms of Reference (TOR) at their meeting in Phuket. Named the Asean Inter-Gov-ernmental Human
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      Lock icon Taliban rampage
      286 28 AGENCIES SUICIDE ATTACKS KHOST (Afghanistan) Taliban suicide bombers yesterday tried to storm government buildings and a military base in two cities in eastern Afghanistan, killing up to 13 people. The attacks in Gardez and Jalalabad came amid a surge in violence ahead of presidential and provincial elections on
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      Lock icon Clampdown begins, again
      431 29 AP INSIDE IRAN AFTERNOON LATEST Security tightens as l-month anniversary of Neda #s death stirs public sentiment TEHRAN Security forces and pro-government militiamen clamped down in the Iranian capital to prevent protests yesterday as the country's police chief warned his forces would take a tough line if
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      Lock icon ISRAEL TO DEMOLISH 23 SETTLEMENTS IN 1 DAY
      158 29 AGENCIES Israel plans to remove 23 "illegal outposts" from the West Bank ii the course of a single day in response to mounting US demands that it halt all settlement activity, it was reported yesterday. These outposts are defined as "illegal" by
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      Lock icon US 'strongly supports' Ukraine's bid to join Nato
      183 29 AGENCIES KIEV The United States said no country may dictate to Ukraine or any nation, which alliances it joins and how it conducts its foreign relations, said Vice-Presi-dent Joe Biden in a clear reference to Ukraine's hope to Nato against strong Russian
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      Lock icon Row over a headscarf
      276 30 AP MILITARY RULES COPENHAGEN A Danish military unit has become embroiled in a dispute about Muslim headscarves after it allowed a hijab-wearing woman to complete a training course. The Home Guard, a volunteer defence corps, does not allow headscarves and violated that rule when it allowed
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      Lock icon Black scholar's arrest raises questions of racism
      246 31 AP BOSTON Police responding to a call about "two black males" breaking into a home near Harvard University ended up arresting the man who lives there Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr, a pre-eminent Afri-can-American studies scholar. Prof Gates had forced his way through
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      Lock icon '€1,000 for the night, Mr PM'
      299 31 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST ROME The scandal linking Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a call girl has deepened with the publication of a new audio clip purportedly evidence of the liaison. In the clip, the second in as many days to emerge on the
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      Lock icon US SENATE DOWNS 187 F-22 FIGHTERS
      85 31 AP United States Senators voted 58-40 to end production of Lockheed Martin's F-22 fighter jets at the 187 now on order after President Barack Obama threatened to veto any measure containing money to build more. Mr Obama said he is "grateful" to members of
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      Lock icon Deal sealed, billions cut
      275 32 AGENCIES CALIFORNIA BUDGET SAN FRANCISCO California lawmakers, their state broke and its credit rating shot, finally sealed the deal with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on a plan to close a US$26-billion ($37.5-billion) budget gap. The agreement was reached on Monday after months of bitter wrangling, although few
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      Lock icon 'Flesh-eating' robots are actually vegetarian
      185 33 THEGUARDIAN SAN FRANCISCO It sounded like something from a scene in Terminator: A military robot that powered itself by devouring everything in its path including trees and even, according to reports, dead bodies. But after dozens of headlines labelled the machine a "corpse eater", the
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      Lock icon The not so silver lining
      430 33 THEGUARDIAN WORLD POPULATION NEW YORK The world is about to cross a historic demographic landmark. For the first time, the proportion of the global population aged 65 and over is set to outnumber children under five. A report by the United States census bureau has
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      432 34  -  Ken Hoh It's the external agencies that are unhelpful... Read Paul Antony Fernandez' views on retraining at www.todayonline.com/voices V J SOME say the proposed Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore legislation regarding property/real estate transactions could reduce speculation and stabilise and provide purchasing opportunities for genuine
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        1103 37  -  MAYO MARTIN Christian Bale? Johnny Depp PUBLIC ENEMIES Who's cooler or..... in los angeles mayo@mediacorp.com.sg WHOA there... Johnny Depp and Christian Bale are waving their Mutual Admiration Society membership cards right before our very eyes. "I certainly like his work a great deal. I think
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      420 40  -  MAYO MARTIN MOVIE REVIEW PUBLIC ENEMIES Depp shines in this action-packed but ultimately detached spectacle^ mayo@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER a pirate, a murderous barber with vocal chops and Willy Wonka, it's nice to see Johnny Depp tackling someone normal for a change. That is, if you consider bank robbers normal.
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      141 42  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW FIGHTING SO, IF you like movies where a super buff former model takes off his shirt, pummels bad guys, gets dopey and doe-eyed with his crush, and then takes off his shirt some more, then Fighting is the perfect movie for you. This year's
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      177 42 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH MICHAEL Jackson's youngest child, Prince Michael 11, is struggling to accept that his father is dead, according to Mark Lester, a close British friend of the singer. The seven-year-old, who is referred to as "Blanket", asked whether his father had simply gone
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      178 43  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH MOVIE REVIEW BATTLE FOR TERRA IT IS the future, and humans, having used up all of Earth's resources and after destroying Venus and Mars along the way are in search of a new planet to inhabit. They find planet Terra and try to take the planet
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      157 43  -  MAYSEAH MOVIE REVIEW FEMALE GAMES A PAIR of Singaporean female models travel to Malaysia to find work, but one becomes jealous of the other's more pan-Asian looks. Oh, and there's also a lecherous casting agent to fight over. That's right: It's a film about women
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        141 49 THE GUARDIAN Notts County have made an audacious approach to Sven-Goran Eriksson in the hope that the former England manager will agree to join the League Two club and become director of football. The club's new owners, Munto Finance, are proposing a deal that would see
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        125 49 'THE DAILYTELEGRAPH David Beckham is adamant that he is available for England's friendly against Holland next month despite suggestion; from the Los Angeles Galaxy that they d not want him to play. The match comes just four days after Beckham is due to play against New
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      208 49 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH ARSENAL'S preparations for the new season have been dealt a considerable blow after Samir Nasri broke his leg during training. The France and Arsenal midfielder suffered the injury during a training session in Bad Waltersdorf, in south-east Austria, and was taken
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      99 54 AGENCIES FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest lender, faces an investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing after it hired private detectives to carry out surveillance on some board members and investors. The Financial Times reported that the authorities in the German state of Hesse asked prosecutors
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      294 54 AFP UK FINANCE UK tells banks that payout guarantees could put them in breach of new code LONDON Britain's financial watchdog has warned banks they face heavy financial penalties if they agree to pay their executives a guaranteed bonus for more than a year. The Financial Times reported
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      289 55 AGENCIES MELBOURNE Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan said yesterday the worst of the global recession might be over as the central bank welcomed signs the world economy had stabilised and Asian growth was picking up. Mr Swan said the government's stimulus efforts worth some
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      445 55 BLOOMBERG GLOBAL LIQUIDITY WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to pump US$25O billion ($360 billion) into global foreign exchange reserves, acting on an April call from leaders of the Group of 20 nations to boost global liquidity. The IMF will distribute the funds to
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      575 56 THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST iPhone the trump card as tech giants release Q2 results SAN FRANCISCO After spending recent months fighting off questions about the health of chief executive Steve Jobs, iPod maker Apple yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) shrugged off its critics by announcing some
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      120 57 OCBC chairman Cheong Choong Kong (picture) kicked off the lender's renewed partnership with the Singapore Children's Society by reading to children at Sunbeam Place yesterday. The home for abused and neglected children is run by the society. Under the Corporate Social Responsibility programme, OCBC will
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      238 57  -  TANHUILENG CHINATRUST COMMERCIAL huileng@mediacorp.com.sg ONE of Taiwan's largest private banks, Chinatrust Commercial Bank (CTCB), opened its doors in Raffles Place yesterday with a capital fund of $10 million and a staff strength of 21. Operating on a wholesale banking licence, CTCB's branch office in OUB
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      100 57 STANDARD Chartered Bank has announced management changes to its units in Singapore and China. It said yesterday that its South-east Asia CEO, Mr Ray Ferguson (picture), will be concurrently appointed CEO of the bank's operations in Singapore as well. Current CEO of
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      151 58 938 LIVE HSBC is shaking up the home-loan market here by offering a so-called benefits portability feature for such loans. It is enabling its home loan customers who sell their property to continue from where they left off on the sliding interest rate spread
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      169 58 938 LIVE FIRST Ship Lease, or F-S-L Trust, said yesterday that it will distribute 2.45 US cents to unitholders for the second quarter ended in June. The distribution per unit, or DPU, is unchanged from the first quarter, but is 12.5
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      424 58  -  KELVIN CHOW CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Improvement is needed despite No 1 ranking in Asia: ÜBS survey kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE coming out tops in Asia, excluding Japan, in terms of corporate governance, companies listed in Singapore still need to improve their governance standards, said Swiss banking group ÜBS. In
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      296 59 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Most investors are shaking off the world economic crisis and many are willing to take on more risk as they hunt for opportunities, especially in China and India, according to a survey by Bloomberg. The first Quarterly Bloomberg
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      464 59 CHANNEL NEWSASIA FINANCIALCRISIS Aim to stop things getting worse from protectionism WORLD trade will shrink by 10 per cent this year as trade flows between countries dwindle on the back of lower demand resulting from the global economic crisis, said Mr Pascal Lamy,
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        66 60 Up in cagey trade US stocks rose in choppy trade as the market weighed improved earnings reports and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's cautious comments about economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 67.79 points to finish at 8,914.94, its seventh straight session of gains. Tech-heavy Nasdaq
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        74 60 Optimistic rise Oil prices moved higher, with the market anticipating the US government's weekly oil report will show a decline in the crude stockpile as the economy shows signs of recovery. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in August, rose 74 US cents to
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        68 60 Upward rally extends European stocks rose for a seventh day, the longest streak of gains since August 2007, after largely positive US corporate results bolstered growing optimism the worst of the slump is over. London's FTSE 100 index closed up 0.85 per cent at 4,481.17 points. Paris' CAC
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      611 60 BLOOMBERG US ECONOMY But Bernanke says monetary policy will remain focused on "fostering recovery' WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke said while the economy is showing "tentative signs of stabilisation", the central bank intends to maintain a "highly accommodative" monetary policy for "an extended period". "The
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      211 60 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Global investors give Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke top marks for combating the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and overwhelmingly favour his reappointment amid optimism that the world economy is on the mend. Sixty-one per cent of investors surveyed
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