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    31 1 TODAY Tuesday April 6, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you afternoon edition TODAY tuesday April 6, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268
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      142 2 Start your adventure with these exclusive deals for DBS/POSB Credit Cardmembers Universal Studios Singapore" S$6 off One Day Adult Pass and S$4 off One Day Child Pass at Universal Studios Singapore in April 0% Interest-free Instalment Payment Plan and a free Universal Studios Singapore Survival Pack (worth S$60) with every
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    Be confident in ‘strong anchors’
    690 4  -  KEnt rIDgE MInIStErIAl foruM DPM teo Chee Hean addresses undergrads’ worries about Singapore’s vulnerabilities LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp. com.sg the United States. “We can fall over, we can end up in trouble if we are not careful,” he said. Thus, Singapore needs “artificial buffers” and
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    Lock icon 6 dead, 21 missing in US coal mine disaster
    188 4 AFP MONTCOAL (West Virginia) Six miners were killed and 21 others were missing following an explosion at a coal mine in the US state of West Virginia this morning (Singapore time). The explosion took place at the Massey Energy’s Performance Coal
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    Lock icon Britain to hold election on May 6
    731 4 AP LONDON Britain’s first national election in five years will take place on May 6, Prime Minister Gordon Brown planned to announce later today, launching a month-long campaign that could end in his ouster and the return of the opposition Conservative Party to
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      33 4 9888] ‘I’m here to win the Masters’ Page Today is taking part in the IFRA International Newspaper Colors Quality Club 2010-2012 for print quality. This colour patch is part of the entry requirements.
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    Lock icon SMALL ON SIZE, BIG ON SATISFACTION
    248 6 ALICIA WONG Reopened in January last year after renovations, the Marine Parade Polyclinic the island’s smallest took first place among its counterparts for overall patient satisfaction. The polyclinic has an improved clinic workflow which groups similar services together for greater convenience, said its director
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    MFA gives Romania documents again
    353 6 SINGAPORE The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has again given Romania a full set of the documents and photographs presented at the coroner’s hearing into last December’s hit-and-run death caused by former Romanian diplomat Dr Silviu Ionescu. This came after the interim Charge d’Affaires of
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      6 6 a reTireMenT VillaGe Finally, BuT 4
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    Good news, but there is a downside
    379 7 GraduaTe employmenT survey 2009 almost all found jobs within six months; still average pay was lower for some SINGAPORE The good news is that almost all the fresh graduates from the three local universities found jobs within six months of graduating last year.
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    SOCIETY WILL LOOK AFTER ITSELF, IF MERITOCRACY WORKS
    213 7 Is an elitist mindset emerging in Singapore society? One undergraduate feared this was reflected in the formulation of Government policies that she felt took less into account the needs of the lower strata. Another wondered if the growing income disparity would result
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    A retirement village finally, but...
    391 8  -  aGeiNG pOpulaTiON it’s across the Causeway, to be launched in three months’ time JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While plans for a purposebuilt retirement village here have yet to get off the ground, a new project launching in three months’ time across the Causeway is hoping
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    Lock icon Heng Chee How on wages, labour
    316 8 HETTY MUSFIRAH SINGAPORE As the National Wages Council sits this month to deliberate on wage guidelines, one factor it is likely to consider, is “productivity that leads to real wage growth on a trend basis, which is important to be sustainable”, said Mr Heng
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    Lock icon 149 SQUADRON INAUGURATED
    63 8 The republic of singapore air Force’s (rsaF’s) first local F-15sG squadron, 149 squadron, was inaugurated at paya lebar air Base yesterday. it will join the fighter group under the air Combat Command. deputy prime Minister and defence Minister Teo Chee Hean (picture) said the F-15sG was ‘a
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    Lock icon 5 donors benefited from NKF’s $10m fund
    223 8 DYLAN LOH SINGAPORE Five kidney donors have so far benefited from the $10-million Live Donor Support Fund, launched last November by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) to help donors in the lower income bracket with post-transplant medical costs. Two are daughters who donated
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    High COE prices boost resale trade
    295 10  -  second-hand cars LIN JIAMEI jiamei@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE It’s a seller’s market now for second-hand cars, as high Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices drive up the value of used cars. And car dealers say sales of used cars have gone up by at least 30
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    Only one case of non-compliance
    173 10 SINGAPORE A review carried out between June and November last year revealed fewer instances of noncompliance by bus operators to prescribed performance standards, despite tougher ones being introduced midway through in August. SBS Transit complied with all the Quality of Service (QoS) standards, while SMRT
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    Lock icon Lawyer faces Court of Three Judges
    271 10 ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE The lawyer who pleaded guilty to burglary in a Hong Kong court and who was convicted knew the charge implied there was dishonest intention on his part. So said Senior Counsel Michael Khoo yesterday when Choy Chee Yean appeared before
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    Lock icon Three foreigners charged with cheating Sentosa casino
    170 10 DAI LIN THREE foreigners allegedly caught cheating at roulette at the casino in Resorts World Sentosa were charged yesterday. Together with Spaniard Jose Lopez Pintado, 64, French nationals Fabrice Thierry Laurent Michel and Reynald Georges Victor Lasnel allegedly placed $3,600 worth of chips
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      155 11 A gU Sr® 1 2 of the customers who received free pizzas for a year. Xi Wen, 17 "Free pizzas for one year... that's hot!" Michael, 34 Order online www.pizzahut.com.sg THl RESULTS ARE OUT! pizza Hjnissuii THE HOTTEST delivery service in town. Hot Pizzas Delivered Each guaranteed by the revolutionary
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    Lock icon High levels of alcohol, drugs found in exchange student’s system
    260 12 NG JINGYNG SINGAPORE Weeks before he died, an American exchange student here reportedly visited a gay pub and led a nightlife that involved alcohol and drugs. On the first day of the coroner’s inquiry into the death of Scott Jared
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    Four foreign workers jailed
    296 12 SINGAPORE Fraudulent work injury compensation claims have earned four workers jail sentences of between three and eight weeks. Indian national Irulan Veerasekaran filed a claim in January stating that a co-work-er had cut his left thumb with a cutter while doing gardening work in a condominium.
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      11 12 1ST AND LARGEST SHOWCASE OF 3D TVS, CAMERAS LAPTOPS IN SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon California feels jolt of Mexican temblor
      395 14 easTer earTHQuaKe AGENCIES TIJUANA (Mexico) A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on Sunday, killing two people and rocking buildings as far away as southern California. The earthquake jolted millions of people in Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and Phoenix, Arizona. The quake was centred
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      Lock icon Indonesia seeks Singapore’s help
      160 14 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian police want to work more closely with the Singapore authorities to track down corruption suspects who may have fled to the city state, Indonesia’s national police chief detective Ito Sumardi said yesterday. Last week, Gayus Tambunan, an Indonesian tax official suspected of laundering
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      Lock icon Bangladesh revokes licences of 3,000 charities
      197 16 AFP DHAKA The Bangladeshi authorities have shut down nearly 3,000 charities, including a number of organisations that were allegedly “spreading militancy” in the Muslimmajority nation. Bangladesh’s secular Awami League government has made tackling militancy a top priority after the country was hit in 2005
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      Lock icon Rush to protect Barrier Reef
      475 16 Oil spill in ausTralia AP ROCKHAMPTON (Australia) Workers rushed to contain an oil spill yesterday from a coalcarrying ship grounded on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, sending two tug boats to stabilise the vessel so that it would not break apart and further damage the fragile
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      TWO IDEAS CUT FROM SAME CLOTH
      712 17  -  pOiNT OF VieW PAUL GILFEATHER principal correspondent A FEW months before Mr Tony Blair won the 2005 general election, I received an off-the-record briefing from his bigbrained policy chief Matthew Taylor. He told me that Mr Blair’s third term in office would be defined
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      Lock icon Foreign property ownership approved
      141 18 AFP PHNOM PENH—Cambodia yesterday approved a law allowing foreign ownership of property such as apartments and office buildings. The measure is to boost economic growth. The draft law, which will permit foreigners to buy leaseholds on buildings and apartments, but not own the land beneath them,
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      Lock icon Red Shirts 1, Government 0
      338 18 THai deMONsTraTiONs AFP BANGKOK—Jubilant red-shirted Thai protesters vowed yesterday to keep up their efforts to get the government to hold fresh elections after a court declined to issue a legal order to evict them from Bangkok’s tourist hub. Tens of thousands of supporters of fugitive
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      Lock icon Tit-for-tat
      355 19 pakisTan bombinGs Taliban claim responsibility for us consulate attack AGENCIES PESHAWAR Militants attacked a United States Consulate in north-west Pakistan with car bombs and grenades yesterday, killing at least three people, hours after 41 people died in a suicide attack on a political rally elsewhere in the region. Pakistan’s
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      Lock icon Shoaib Malik’s passport seized over marriage muddle
      198 19 AFP HYDERABAD Indian police yesterday seized Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik’s passport while he was quizzed at the home of his fiancee, tennis player Sania Mirza, over claims he is already married. Preparations for the sporting stars’ cross-border wedding have been marred by allegations
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon ACADEMY FOR HINDU PRIESTS
        87 19 Malaysia AFP Malaysia has set up an academy to train Hindu priests in a bid to reduce the number of foreigners working in temples, NewStraitsTimes reported yesterday. Human Resources Minister S Subramaniam’s announcement came afterthe government rescinded a 2008 immigration ban on Indian priests aimed at
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        Lock icon WOMAN COULD FACE DEATH
        86 19 indonesia AGENCIES An Indonesian woman who allegedly harboured fugitive terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top in her home for two months should face the death penalty if found guilty, prosecutors said yesterday. Putri Munawaroh was the only survivor of a ninehour shootout with police at her house in
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      Lock icon Masked men steal $53,000 from French casino
      229 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LYON Masked men brandishing assault rifles burst into a crowded French casino, fired shots at the ceiling and made off with about €28,000 ($52,775), according to officials. The police said it took only three minutes for the thieves to carry
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      Lock icon Bomber targets police
      397 20 aTTaCK iN russia AGENCIES KARABULAK A suicide bomber triggered his explosives outside a police station in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region of Ingushetia yesterday, killing two police officers and injuring four others. The attack came after a wave of similar bombings killed more than 50 Russians last
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      Lock icon Vietnam rejects Google hacking accusation
      206 20 AFP HANOI Vietnam has rejected accusations by Internet giant Google that Vietnamese computer users have been spied on and political blogs hacked into. The United States-based firm last week said infected machines had been used both to spy on their owners and attack blogs containing
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      Lock icon One of Earth’s worst disasters
      315 21 aral sea dryiNG up AP NUKUS (Uzbekistan) The drying up of the Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-larg-est lake, is one of the world’s most shocking environmental disasters, according to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. The sea in Central Asia has shrunk by 90
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      Lock icon Blair’s burnt toast raises alarm
      162 21 AFP LONDON Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife sparked a fire alert when they were trying to cook breakfast at their country home, sending four fire engines racing to the scene, a spokesman said. Mr Blair and wife Cherie were attempting to
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      Lock icon China dismisses Mekong dam criticism
      180 21 AFP HUA HIN China rejected criticism yesterday of its dams on the shrinking Mekong River, telling South-east Asian leaders that it was not to blame for a regional drought affecting 60 million people. At a landmark meeting with the heads of four South-east Asian nations,
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      9 14 Oil spill in ausTralia rusH TO prOTecT Barrier reeF
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    KICKSTARTTO HEALTH
    829 15 Brought to you by A healthier lifestyle does not have to be overly restrictive and painful Prior to her wedding last year, Class 95 DJ Vernetta Lopez started jogging regularly and, judging from how she was a picture of radiance on the big day, her effort paid off.
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      32 17 CAN I LEARN NEVER TO GIVE UPP The lessons your child learns from sports are the lessons that will help them succeed in life. Be your child's biggest supporter. Let them play.
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      489 18 TOMORROW STARTS HERE. DBA MBA BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY CHEMISTRY PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY SPORT SCIENCE The University of Western Australia (UWA) is one of the top universities in Australia for teaching, learning and research. If you are looking for a University with the right resources, attitude and values to enable you
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      3 19 >> bomber TarGeTs police
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      434 20 Give Your Primary 5 Child a Headstart in 2011 PSLE Exams! "Having been an educator all my life, I was so impressed with MindChamps that I am thrilled to be part of the dream team" Mrs Carmee Lim Mentor Principal of MindChamps Former Principal of Raffles Girls' School for 12
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      335 21 BUILDING FUTURES One success story at a time I want to develop my talent with the right Business degree WE HAVE THE PLAN KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION IP MURDOCH UNIVERSITY CRICOSC Bachelor of Arts with double majors in Psychology Marketing Management Allows great flexibility through the cross-disciplinary studies of both Psychology
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      Imposter got away
      353 22  -  LosT IC Letter from Tan Kah Poh I LOST my identity card (IC) in September 2008 and made a police report within 24 hours. In January this year, I walked into a handphone shop to enquire about the possibility of re-contracting my phone line. To my horror,
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      What’s the problem with motorbikes?
      126 22  -  Letter from Casey-Marie Hogan MY BOYFRIEND and I decided to catch Quest for Immortality The World of Ancient Egypt exhibition on Sunday as it was the last day, but we were told by the security guard at the National Museum that motorbikes were not allowed
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      Are volunteers the answer to green woes?
      187 23  -  letter from Wang seow pang TO HELP keep our parks, rivers and reservoirs clean and tidy, and to raise the awareness of the public about the need to conserve and preserve water resources and the environment, we could consider a volunteer warden programme.
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      155 23  -  BY DR BILL MAIER ANXIETY OR DISORDER? We all struggle with fear from time to time. But when does fear go past anxiety to become a full-fledged disorder? It’s normal to get butterflies in your stomach before giving a big speech, or meeting a blind date.
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      Questions to ask before buying
      235 23  -  prOperTy MarKeT letter from Bill Choo I REFER to numerous reports in Today on the hot topic of property. Being in the investment risk consultancy business, I feel compelled to share with readers the following five questions that they need to ask themselves before they
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      5 23 JOHN FOrsyTHe dead aT 92
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  • Plus THE ARTS
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      Theatre Works is not Ong Keng Sen
      1165 24  -  LOCALTHEATRE Today talks to other notable alumni of singapore theatre’s longest-running company MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg YES, we’re quite aware that the statement “TheatreWorks is not Ong Keng Sen” can be, in some circles, considered a bit blasphemous. Or perhaps a tad ungrateful. But
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      25 YEARS OF THEATREWORKS
      19 24 spIRITs BrOKen BirDs leAr WOrKHOrse AFlOAT THe glOBAl sOul DesTinies OF FlOWers in THe MirrOr
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      Lock icon John Forsythe dead at 92
      534 27 GOOdBye, CHarlie Dynasty oil tycoon and voice of Charlie’s Angels succumbs to cancer AP JOHN Forsythe, the handsome, smoothvoiced actor who made his fortune as the scheming oil tycoon in television’s Dynasty and the voice of the leader of Charlie’s Angels, has died after a
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      A test to put your mind at rest
      515 28  -  cervIcal cancer when symptoms start to show, it could be too late EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN news of former actress Yang Lina’s death from cervical cancer broke two weeks ago, Amy could not help but recall her brush with the disease early
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      A test to put your mind at rest
      214 30 >> conTinued from page 24 his patients will opt for treatment to remove the affected areas of the cervix, even at this early stage. “In general, patients will not wait for the possibility of CIN progressing to a worse stage. When the
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      ASK THE DOC
      495 30 pap smear screening Query from concerned daughTer My mum is in her early 50s. I’ve been trying very hard to persuade her to go for a pap smear screening. The last time she went for the test was more than a year ago. No matter how hard
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      247 34 TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE Multinational firm Pico Art International have become the latest sponsor of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, pledging more than $2 million towards the Aug 14-26 event here. Pico’s contribution takes the total sponsorship sum so far to nearly $50 million. The deal includes designing
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      227 34 SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE It wasn’t the best of performances against a hastilyassembled Malaysian side, but the Republic’s under-23 team with three senior players in Daniel Bennett, Khairul Amri and Qiu Li nevertheless came away with a 1 -0 win last night at Bishan Stadium. The game was
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      551 34  -  singapore sporT sports school hires British expert as chief coach of track and field LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp. com.sg SINGAPORE In what could be the biggest shot in the arm for junior athletics here, the Singapore Sports School have hired a new head coach for
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      302 42 BLOOMBERG LOS ANGELES Los Angeles will run out of cash on May 5, city Controller Wendy Greuel said yesterday in a release in which she requested a US$90 million ($125.7 million) transfer of reserve funds to pay bills.
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      230 43 MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE The Government has renewed a grant that helps businesses become more fam-ily-friendly, with an additional $2 million over the next three years. The Businesses for Families Grant, introduced in 2007, helps companies defray the costs of infrastructure, training and
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      162 43 JULIE QUEK SINGAPORE A unit of mainboardlisted firm Japan Land has taken the preliminary step to file for bankruptcy proceedings against its wholly-owned subsidiary, Jurong Data Centre Development (JDD). Japan Land’s unit Japan Asia Land (JAL) has made the statutory demand against
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        124 44 Singapore-listed commodities giant Noble Group yesterday slammed the unsolicited A$3.3 billion ($4.2 billion) bid for Australia’s Macarthur Coal from US miner Peabody Energy as “unwelcome and opportunistic”. The Peabody bid is predicated on a merger between Macarthur and Gloucester Coal not taking place. Macarthur has made
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        114 44 Fastube, a tubing manufacturer based in China, has reassured shareholders that it has adequate resources to pay its debts and continue its operations. The company said yesterday that it is meeting its payment obligations to its China-based bankers and has 324.4 million yuan ($66.4 million) in undrawn
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        115 44 Singapore’s manufacturing economy expanded for the 11th straight month in March, pointing to a positive outlook for the manufacturing and global electronics industry. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) showed a reading of 51.1, a dip of 0.8 points over the previous month. A reading above
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      212 44 AGENCIES BEIJING A Chinese industrial group has urged domestic steel companies to stop buying iron ore from the world’s top three miners in protest against an alleged price monopoly, state media reported yesterday. The China Iron and Steel Association has asked domestic steel firms
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