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Title Section29 2010-03-02 1 TODAY Tuesday March 2, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 tuesday March 2, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking29 words
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Article73 2010-03-02 3 10 A Singaporean man falsely poses as a doctor in Australia and now faces multiple charges. 26our arts reporter Mayo Martin tries his hand at installing an artwork as well as a ‘gallery sitting’. B1 Changi Airport Group acquires a 5-per-cent stake in the holding company of73 words
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Article, Illustration907 2010-03-02 3 lEonG WEE KEAt - ProduCtIVItY And tHE EConoMY but though results are not absolutely certain, strategy is ‘the correct one’: SM Goh lEonG WEE KEAt weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The Singapore worker has been down this path before and cannot be said to be unfamiliar with the current productivity push. Yet,sM - 907 words
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535 2010-03-02 3 MIllEt EnrIquEz - MIllEt EnrIquEz emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Insurance giant Prudential, which yesterday announced its takeover of the AIA Group for US$35 billion ($49 billion), moved quickly to reassure the latter’s poli-cy-holders in Singapore that their policies would be fully honoured and that it would be business535 words
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Advertisement18 2010-03-02 3 Hot In tHE CItY WEE tECK HIAn last month was the driest february in 140 years. Page 618 words
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Article322 2010-03-02 7 chiLe QuaKe Pinera. agencies CONCEPCION Chile deployed security forces and imposed a curfew yesterday to quell looting in two areas worst-hit by Saturday’s quake, as rescue workers struggled to reach survivors. Police fired tear-gas and water cannons to disperse looters in the central Maule regionPinera. agencies - 322 words
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175 2010-03-02 7 agencies While Japanese authorities came under criticism for their prolonged tsunami alerts on Sunday, emergency authorities in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands received praise for their handling of the tsunami warning following the earthquake in Chile. Japanese authorities admitted they may have beenagencies - 175 words
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364 2010-03-02 7 supplies esTher ng SINGAPORE Facebook and Twitter came to the help of some 130 Chileans in Singapore as they tried to contact family members after the earthquake in Chile last Saturday. Their efforts had been hampered by damaged phone lines, but fortunately, they were able to makesupplies esTher ng - 364 words
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Article181 2010-03-02 9 TODAY, IN PARLIAMENT s raMesh Fee revisions for Permanent Residents and the appropriate time for the lifting of the sale of chewing gum are among some of the 22 questions tabled for oral answers when Parliament meets today. Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam had delivered his Budget speech on Feb 22,s raMesh - 181 words
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Article, Illustration58 2010-03-02 10 Members of a swiss farmers’ group called the ‘tychler gruppe edelwyss’ from einsiedeln during a milk producers’ demonstration near the Parisian agricultural fair yesterday. for months now, milk producers from around europe have been protesting to the european union about the fall in the price of milkAFP - 58 words
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302 2010-03-02 10 SINGAPORE It is the tax filing season again, and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) would like to remind all taxpayers to e-File their tax returns by April 18, or send in their paper returns by April 15. About 1.57 million302 words
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237 2010-03-02 13 Joanne chan - Joanne chan joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A new record has been set: February was the driest month ever for Singapore in 140 years. According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), just 6.3mm of rain fell, the least in a single month since records began237 words
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Article, Illustration416 2010-03-02 13 Leong Wee KeaT - changes aT aWare she swaps corporate law for post as group’s first executive director Leong Wee KeaT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Back when it had just 300 members, the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) had relied on its 12-member executive committee toPhoTo courTesy - 416 words
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353 2010-03-02 15 Zul OThMan - TransVesTITe Murder Zul OThMan zul@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The Malaysian man accused of murdering a 61 -year-old transvestite told the High Court yesterday that he ran away after they got into a scuffle because he was afraid the latter’s room mates would come home and353 words
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Article, Illustration203 2010-03-02 15 SINGAPORE From young Singaporeans to the less educated, efforts are being ramped up to get them into the pool of trained local healthcare workers. Announced yesterday was a collaboration, between Health Management International (HMI) and the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC), that will see the203 words
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Article57 2010-03-02 17 The results of the 2009 SingaporeCambridge GCE Advanced Level Examination will be out on Friday. School candidates may obtain their result slips from their respective schools from 2.30pm. Private candidates can obtain their results through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board website www.seab.gov.sg, also from 2.3057 words
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91 2010-03-02 17 Three-day general admission tickets for the 2010 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix will be available for sale from Monday. Early birds will get to buy the tickets at an average 15-per-cent discount, till April 30. Prices range from $168 for a Zone91 words
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193 2010-03-02 17 A general practitioner found guilty of professional misconduct has been fined $5,000 and suspended from practising for six months. DrTan Gek Young, who pleaded guilty to 22 charges, was also censured. He was practising at the Meridian Polyclinic and Surgery at 136, Bedok North193 words
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Article327 2010-03-02 17 singAporeAn chArged in AustrALiA he falsely posed as a doctor and could now face assault charges Agencies ALICE SPRINGS A Singaporean who has been charged with posing as a doctor at an Australian hospital has been denied bail. Balaji Varatharaju, who worked at the Alice SpringsAgencies - 327 words
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160 2010-03-02 19 aFP JAKARTA Seven men arrested in a raid by anti-terror police in a remote region of Indonesia’s Aceh last week were possibly given military training overseas, the police said yesterday. “None of them are foreigners but there’s an indication that they have had training abroad,”aFP - 160 words
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167 2010-03-02 19 aFP COTABATO Malaysian-led peace monitors have returned to the troubled southern Philippines for the first time since Muslim rebels launched a wave of deadly attacks in 2008, officials said yesterday. The team’s work is primarily to ensure a truce holds on the island ofaFP - 167 words
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Article366 2010-03-02 19 MaLaysian OPPOsiTiOn since the opposition’s strong performance in the March 2008 elections, ideological and personality conflicts have weakened the agencies KUALA LUMPUR A lawmaker resigned from Malaysia’s main opposition party yesterday amid speculation of a coming wave of defections to the ruling coalition a blow to theagencies - 366 words
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203 2010-03-02 22 agencies TAIPEI Taiwan and China will hold a second round of talks on a trade accord this month, a Taiwanese official said after Beijing signalled a softer stance on issues affecting the island’s farmers and small businesses. The talks in Taipei willagencies - 203 words
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Article, Illustration462 2010-03-02 22 auTo gianT’s recall woes Toyota boss says sorry to chinese customers AFP BEIJING The president of Japanese auto giant Toyota, under fire after the company was forced to make massive global safety recalls, apologised yesterday to consumers in China, the world’s biggest car market. MrAFP - 462 words
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Article, Illustration247 2010-03-02 23 dalai laMa’s No 2 china’s panchen lama named to legislative body AFP BEIJING China’s controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan Buddhist leader has been named to a parliamentary advisory body, amid an apparent push by Beijing to promote his legitimacy. The namingAFP - 247 words
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110 2010-03-02 23 south Korea AFP South Korea announced a crackdown on abortionists as part of a drive to boost its low birth rate. The health ministry said it would establish a “call centre” on illegal abortion and informants would receive rewards. Obstetricians involvedAFP - 110 words
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111 2010-03-02 23 china AFP Two Chinese police officials resigned and four officers faced possible charges after a suspect died allegedly after being horrifically tortured in custody, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Theft suspect Wang Yahui was arrested on Feb 18 in Henan’s Lushan county and died threeAFP - 111 words
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Article92 2010-03-02 23 australia temperatures AFP Officials urged residents in Australia’s western outback to evacuate their homes yesterday, to escape a wildfire towering up to 18 metres high. An emergency warning said houses in an area near Eneabba, north of Perth, were in danger. Some 166 firemen using dozenstemperatures AFP - 92 words
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Article, Illustration283 2010-03-02 24 GeNocIde TrIal aGeNcIes THE HAGUE Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (picture) ended a boycott of his genocide trial yesterday, defiantly declaring that the Bosnian war which left 100,000 dead was “just and holy”. In an opening defence statement at the United Nations (UN)aGeNcIes - 283 words
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231 2010-03-02 24 The GuardIaN BAGHDAD A senior Iraqi spy has accused Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki of handing out thousands of guns to tribal leaders in a bid to win votes. The claim was made by Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) former spokesman Saad AlThe GuardIaN - 231 words
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149 2010-03-02 24 AFP L’AIGUILLON-SUR-MER (France) Rescue teams were out in force yesterday after the fiercest winter storm in years left at least 56 dead in western Europe, with France by far the worst hit. France’s Atlantic seaboard was pummelled by the storm dubbed Xynthia, which unleashed galeAFP - 149 words
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Article534 2010-03-02 25 us nuclear POlicy President Obama is considering a new strategy AFP AFP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama is making final decisions on a broad new nuclear strategy for the US that will permanently reduce its nuclear arsenal by thousands of weapons, the New York TimesAFP - 534 words
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217 2010-03-02 25 Latest of Kennedy clan shuns politics for now The guardian WASHINGTON The Kennedy clan’s best hope of keeping alive the family political tradition has ruled out standing for Congress in November. Mr Joseph Kennedy III, grandson of Robert Kennedy and son of former Congressman Joseph Kennedy II, confirmed on SaturdayThe guardian - 217 words
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Article534 2010-03-02 26 analysis hui Min neo and alix rijckaerT AFP GENEVA Neutral Switzerland has dented its reputation as a global mediator as weaknesses in its foreign policy are exposed in its escalating row with Libya, analysts said. Relations between Bern and Tripoli have been strained since July 2008, whenAFP - 534 words
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192 2010-03-02 26 The daily TeleGraPh LONDON Dog owners in the United Kingdom might have to take a “competency test” under plans being considered by the government. They could also be forced to get their pets microchipped and take out third party insurance in case their pets biteThe daily TeleGraPh - 192 words
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Article531 2010-03-02 27 neWs PLaTFORMs AGENCIES WASHINGTON Online news has become more popular than newspapers in the United States, according to a survey released yesterday. It is the third most popular news platform for American adults, trailing only local and national television stations, the Pew Research Center’sAGENCIES - 531 words
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Article395 2010-03-02 29 JosePH WoNG - I say JosePH WoNG I RECENTLY gave a $5 tip to a cabbie at the end of my journey from Suntec City to Punggol. The fare came to about $15; I gave him $20 and told him to keep the change. He was stunned and told me395 words
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Article73 2010-03-02 29 Cynthia Padgett - sHe CaN’T CaTCH a rIDe Cynthia Padgett What is going on with the taxi service? For several weeks, it has been very difficult to book a taxi, not to mention flagging one down. Specifically, on Sunday morning I tried to book a taxi (or hail one whichever came73 words
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Article, Illustration189 2010-03-02 31 DR JAMES DOBSON - BY DR JAMES DOBSON CHALLENGE THE CHIEF Have you noticed that children will occasionally disobey their parents for the express purpose of testing just how much they can get away with? One father told me recently of taking his daughter to a basketball game. Naturally, the189 words
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Article, Illustration562 2010-03-02 31 they can quickly Andrew Bennettworstnighm the blink of an; Lawrence Ang - CAsino Levy Fee that locals pay might be unfair, but worth it impose fee s on bets to curb gambling habits Letter from they can quickly Andrew Bennettworstnighm the blink of an Letter from Lawrence Ang Even the tamest dog can turn562 words
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95 2010-03-02 31 ?? ???? ????????? ?? ?????? Tan Kim Chwee - Letter from Tan Kim Chwee????? I REFER to “Voting station in Australia is far from Singaporeans” (Mar 1). Mr Gilbert Goh’s view deserves some consideration. Perhaps voting by post for eligible voters abroad should be considered. If this is not revaluing the aV on95 words
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Article, Illustration1227 2010-03-02 33 MayO MarTin - LOcaL arTs Our arts reporter tries his hand at installing an artwork and ‘gallery sitting’ MayO MarTin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS Wednesday morning and the fourth floor of SAM 8Qwas abuzz with activity. In one of the galleries at the Singapore Art Museum’s contemporary art wing, stern-lookingdOn WOnG; don WonG - 1,227 words
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Article64 2010-03-02 37 children’s liT worKshop Mums and dads, your child might just be the next e-publishing sensation. how? Sign up for the Enchanted Journey Through pages workshop, part of Media Fiesta 2010. it takes place on March 13 and 14, 10am to 5pm, at the Woodlands regional library, level64 words
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Article, Illustration829 2010-03-02 37 celeBriTy JailBirds should they receive special treatment? aP LIL WAYNE may be a self-pro-fessed gangsta with the gunshot wound to prove it, but he’s made plenty clear how he feels about doing time behind bars. “I’d rather be pushin’ flowers,” he raps inaP; afP, aP - 829 words
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Article160 2010-03-02 39 AGENCIES PARIS Hilton sure likes Paris Hilton. Why else would she spend a week celebrating her? The heiress ended a week of birthday shenanigans on Friday night with a big party at her house. About 100 guests were present, including beau Doug Reinhardt, sister Nicky, parentsAGENCIES - 160 words
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Article, Illustration324 2010-03-02 39 VIOLINS GaLORE Try your hand on one of these rare violins CHRISTOPHERTOH CALLING all violinists. If you’ve always wanted to try out a worldclass instrument but didn’t have the dosh, now you can. Synwin Violins is inviting musicians to perform on modern Cremonese instruments in the largest-everCHRISTOPHERTOH - 324 words
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Article, Illustration173 2010-03-02 39 AGENCIES DID Lady Gaga unleash her inner Mariah? According to The Mirror, the Bad Romance singer showed plenty of bad behaviour at London’s O2 Arena hours before she went on stage for her Monster Ball tour, chainsmoking and spitting out food. A source ofAGENCIES; AFP - 173 words
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Miscellaneous35 2010-03-02 37 SUDOkU plus difficulTy raTing: how To play The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. CopyrighT uCliCk yesTerday’s soluTion35 words
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Miscellaneous1121 2010-03-02 46 ON MedIaCOrp CHaNNeL JuST FOr LauGHS GaGS aSIa Channel 5, 9pm More laughs in this week’s episode of Just For Laughs Gags Asia, the first made-for-Asia version of this hilarious hidden-camera show. Look out for more outrageous situations this week. prICeLeSS WONder Channel 8, 9pm Yuxuan gets attacked by Ben1,121 words
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362 2010-03-02 47 ShAmir oSmAn Piping hot aggression, served up in cold conditions. That would be the last memory Singapore would have of Jordan’s football team, after the ugly scenes following the Republic’s 2-1 win in their Group E Asian Cup qualifier atShAmir oSmAn - 362 words
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Article, Illustration650 2010-03-02 47 ShAmir oSmAn - ASiAn footbAll Alam Shah insists he will be ready for any attempt to make him ‘lose it’ 2011 ASiAn Cup quAlifier, Group e Jordan v Singapore Live on Ch 5, Thursday 12mn ShAmir oSmAn shamir@mediacorp.com.sg AMMAN Leaning back in the armchair in his hotelphoto CourteSy of - 650 words
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Article, Illustration585 2010-03-02 48 Ian de coTTa - sIngapore sporT Table tennis signs sponsorship deal, will concentrate on wooing primary school kids Ian de coTTa ian@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) president Lee Bee Wah made the growth of local talent one of her key goals when she assumed the postIan de - 585 words
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Article203 2010-03-02 48 South.” Ian de coTTa QTTechnology became the main sponsors of S-League side the Super Reds from July 2007. The Korean club were renamed theYishun Super Reds after the 2009 season, intending to become a local side. With the club’s Yishun Stadium home situated in Ang MoSouth.” Ian de coTTa - 203 words
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Article, Illustration602 2010-03-02 49 2010 carling cup Final AFP LONDON One of the reasons Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United machine continues to remorselessly collect trophies is the impressive appetite of the manager. Few were surprised when the Scot’s thoughts turned immediately to the title race, after he captured his 34thAFP; more. - 602 words
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Article, Illustration381 2010-03-02 49 AFP LONDON Michael Owen (picture) has hinted for the first time at the true depth of his frustration at being cast into the shadows by England manager Fabio Capello. Owen, 30, has been consistently ignored by Capello since the Italian took charge andAFP - 381 words
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Article, Illustration421 2010-03-02 52 Peter Yeo - Youth Marketing impact Successful marketing ideas are experimental, passionate and born from hard work Peter Yeo peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg PUT four notables of the creative world in one room and the result is one full day of creative ideas, (jet-legged) humour and a peek into the world of421 words
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Article70 2010-03-02 58 $18.38 Buy RBS keeps its call on the view that current valuations are attractive versus historical levels. But it cuts the price target to $21.00 from $22.00 after reducing FY10-12 estimates for net interest margins to align with the bank’s 4Q09 performance and management’s cautious outlook. Still it notes70 words
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Article52 2010-03-02 58 $1.15 Outperform Credit Suisse maintains its rating and raises the price target to $1.60 from $1.40 on the back of earnings upgrades following developer’s “stellar” FY09 results. The house raises FY10 and FY11 earnings forecasts by 15 and 36 per cent, respectively, to factor in better-than-expected selling prices and52 words
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Article55 2010-03-02 58 15.5 cents hold DBS Vickers downgrades from Buy and cuts the price target to 18 cents from 30 cents after lowering FY10 and FY11 earnings forecasts by 25 and 22 per cent, respectively, to assume reduced revenue and margins as “we believe competition in the sportswear market in55 words
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Article69 2010-03-02 58 S-DAY STI CLOSING MON 2,774-06 A 0.84% Friday 2,750.86 A 0.06% Thursday 2,749.15 0.47% Wednesday 2,762.14 0.73% Tuesday 2,782.55 a 0.91% MARKETS CLOSE 1 Hang Seng 21,056.93 a 2.1796 Nikkei 10,172.06 A 0.45% Shanghai 3,087.84 a 1.18% Seoul Closed Mumbai Closed Malaysia 1,283.40 A 0.99% FOREIGN EXCHANGE USsi69 words
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Article, Illustration328 2010-03-02 58 desMONd WONG - desMONd WONG desmondwong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Changi Airport Group has acquired a 5-per-cent stake in Gemina, the holding company of Aeroporti di Roma (AdR), an Italian airport operator. Aeroporti di Roma owns the concession to operate Italy’s largest airport group, comprising the Leonardo da Vinci (Fiumicino) Airporteurope. PhOTO cOurTesy OF aerOPOrTI dI - 328 words
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Article591 2010-03-02 58 JONaThaN PeerIs - ceO INdusTry FOruM Falling standards may erode local firms’ ability to wing it abroad, they warn JONaThaN PeerIs jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They themselves sit at the apex of industry. But a panel of chief executive officers did not pull any punches yesterday when asked to assess591 words
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Article, Illustration175 2010-03-02 57 SINGAPORE MediaCorp has appointed Mr Leo Goh (picture) as the new managing director of its Singapore Media Academy (SMA). Mr Goh spent 13 years in the human resource industry before joining MediaCorp in 2004 as vice president of group human resources. He was promoted to senior175 words
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402 2010-03-02 57 PrudeNTIal’s aIa buyOuT aGeNcIes LONDON Prudential, the British insurer that yesterday agreed to buy American International Group’s (AIG) Asian life insurance operations, posted full-year profits that missed analysts’ estimates as sales in the United Kingdom declined. Prudential earned a net income of £676aGeNcIes - 402 words
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Article309 2010-03-02 56 BOnus FurOre hsBc reports $8.19b income for 2009 agencies HONG KONG The chief executives of HSBC Holding and Standard Chartered plan to donate their bonuses to charities amid public ire over bankers’ pay. HSBC chief Michael Geoghegan will receive his bonus of nearly £4agencies - 309 words
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342 2010-03-02 56 chris hOwells SINGAPORE Business leaders have expressed concern about the short time frame given to adapt to changes announced in Budget 2010. Some of these changes include higher foreign worker levies and the refocusing on certain sectors of the economy. At the Institute of Certifiedchris hOwells - 342 words
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Article349 2010-03-02 55 sOVereIGN deBT aGeNcIes ATHENS The European Union yesterday put more pressure on Greece to act fast with new action on its deficit, as markets monitored conflicting signals about a rescue and fresh evidence of eurozone budget strains. The EU’s top budget enforcer Olli Rehn saidaGeNcIes - 349 words
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218 2010-03-02 55 aGeNcIes TAIPEI Global electronic component costs may rise if the earthquake in Chile, the world’s biggest producer of copper, leads to a sustained increase in the price of the metal, according to Taiwan’s Yuanta Financial Holding. Electricity supply and transport to Chile’s copper minesaGeNcIes - 218 words
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108 2010-03-02 55 aGeNcIes LONDON Royal Dutch Shell is selling assets including fields in the North Sea and its European liquefied petroleum gas business to help finance its US$28 billion ($39.4 billion) capital spending programme this year, the Financial Times reported yesterday, citing unidentified people involved inaGeNcIes - 108 words
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Article, Illustration460 2010-03-02 54 FacTOry OuTPuT chinese New year shutdowns lead to fall in PMI aGeNcIes BEIJING China’s manufacturing activity continued to grow last month but at a slower pace as plants shut down for the Chinese New Year holidays, while business surveys elsewhere in Asia suggested thataGeNcIes; holidays. - 460 words
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370 2010-03-02 54 aGeNcIes TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan yesterday exerted fresh pressure on the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to act more quickly to defeat deflation, saying he wanted the falling price trend to end this year. “Two or three years is too long.aGeNcIes - 370 words
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Article, Illustration226 2010-03-02 53 Terence Lee - Terence Lee terencelee@mediacorp.com. sg PAWNSHOPS do not exactly have a hip image, thanks to portrayals on Chinese drama serials: Troubled old folks are commonly seen tearfully handing over jewellery at pawnshops for quick cash to pay off debts owed to menacing loan sharks. But pawnbroker226 words
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Article, Illustration105 2010-03-02 53 Last Friday, staff from Maxus, Mediacom, Mediaedge:cia and Mindshare part of GroupM took a break from work and gave back to the community on the Power of One day in singapore programme. Volunteers worked on coastal clean-ups, gave blood, visited the unfortunate at105 words
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