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  • 22 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF Tuesday July 13, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking JULY 13, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 409 1  -  LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number of Certificates of Entitlement is set to continue falling, but the jolts to the system now seem to be a thing of the past. And it may mean that COE prices will rise at a more gradual pace.
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  • 546 1  -  S’pore-US security cooperation helps regional stability and prosperity: PM IMELDA SAAD imelda@mediacorp.com.sg MOUNTAIN HOME AIRBASE (Idaho) Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says security cooperation between Singapore and the United States can help contribute towards the overall stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific. He made the comment
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  • NEWS
    • 211 3 Leaders of Fortune 500 companies who attended the Sun Valley Conference have shown keen interest in Asia. They also gained a better understanding of Singapore after a dialogue session which lasted for over an hour with Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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    • 257 3 SUREKHAAYADAV The long-term goal of making solar power a part of sustainable public housing across the island here has reached its next milestone with the Housing and Development Board’s largest single purchase of solar panels. The
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    • 387 5  -  Singapore’s bilingual experience a useful example CLAIRE HUANG CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew says China needs to master English to grow economically. Speaking at the inaugural FutureChina Global Forum Meeting, Mr Lee said mastering bilingualism is difficult but
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    • 570 6  - After all, it is the World Cup NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE World Cup fans had to stay awake for about half-an-hour more yesterday morning as Spain took 26 minutes of extra time to score the winning goal. But over at Hwa Chong Institution, there
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    • 213 6  - HE REALLY ISN'T PSYCHIC, YOU KNOW WANG ZHENG Spain may have won, but one unexpected star of the 2010 World Cup is Paul the octopus, which got eight out of eight predictions correct. And his fame is rubbing off on his distant cousins at Underwater World Singapore, where the creatures
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    • 234 8  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE A tutor who was found guilty of allowing a nine-year-old boy to perform oral sex on him on five occasions was sentenced to six years jail and six strokes of the cane yesterday. The 38-year-old man started tutoring the boy
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    • 433 8  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A 71 -year-old retired eye surgeon is taking a former senior lawyer to court following the latter’s allegations that he had misappropriated $3,000 from their condominium’s management council’s funds. Former eye surgeon
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    • 246 10 SINGAPORE The Government has banned the film Dr Lim Hock Siew by film-maker Martyn See, saying it was against “public interest” and “gives a distorted and misleading portrayal of Dr Lim’s arrests and detention under the Internal Security Act in 1963”. A statement from the Ministry
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    • Article, Illustration
      77 10 The SMRT Corporation will fly 4,500 flags across the island to celebrate Singapore’s 45th birthday, getting into the act of fulfilling the theme of this year’s National Day Parade ‘Live Our Dreams, Fly Our Flag’. The public transport operator will be displaying flags at all its offices, train
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    • 171 10 SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL A survey by Mastercard has shown that shoppers spent 23 per cent more in the first month of the Great Singapore Sale or GSS 2010 compared to the same period last year. Its cardholders spent $633.8 million from May
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    • 339 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An unemployed man has been sentenced to two years’ jail for causing the death of his two-month-old daughter by forcefully rocking her for about 10 to 15 minutes. The 30-year-old man committed the act in
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    • 75 12 KOH MUI FONG President S R Nathan interacting with Mindef/ SAF personnel during the Presidential Garden Reception held at the Istana on Sunday. From left: Major (NS) Ridzuan Bin Ismail (HQ 9 Div), Corporal (NS) Kuah Leng Cher (HQ CDO), Third Sergeant Devin Ong Yong Ming (NDU-Navy),
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    • 325 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE State Coroner Kessler Soh has recorded a verdict of misadventure in a case involving a golfer who died after he was struck by lightning at Tanah Merah Country Club on Oct 25 last year. Mr Soh Lye Huat, 57, an owner of a
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    • 117 12 MediaCorp has launched News In Singapore, a news channel on online video siteYouTube. The channel aims to widen the reach of news from Singapore by tapping into the growing online and social media audience. News clips will be sourced largely from Channel NewsAsia’s nightly
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    • 131 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB An SBS bus driver has been fined $6,000 for a negligent act that resulted in the death of a 67-year-old pedestrian. Fifty-five-year-old Chung Nget Min, who has lost his job of 20 years, is now a security officer. He has also
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    • 393 5 WORLD 20 AUSSIE PM HINTS AT SNAP POLL COMMENT&ANALYSIS DAVID BROOKS RATHER BE HIP OR CULTIVATED? 14 MATTHEW LYNN SIX WORLD CUP IN VESTMENT TIPS 16 DON’T MISS 16 PAGES OF T KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE Looking for an institution that offers options to suit your needs? HAVE WE THE
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  • VOICES
    • 324 14  -  It is unrealistic to expect no S'pore bank will Letter from David Boey LIKE many other companies, Singapore banks wish to extend their geographical footprint to tap offshore business opportunities and grow their bottom lines. But, banks are different from other commercial or industrial enterprises. Firstly,
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    • 96 14  -  LETTER FROM ONG-ANGAI BOON, DIRECTOR, THE ASSOCIATION OF BANKS IN SINGAPORE We refer to the letter from MrAshok Kumar J, “Let’s link all ATMs” (July 7). Mr Kumar’s suggestion to have a common ATM network to provide customer convenience is noted. However, such a
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    • 116 14  -  LETTER FROM SOPHIE LIEW On July 7, I was waiting for a friend at the bus stop outside Gleneagles Hospital when I saw a Caucasian couple. From their backpacks and hiking shoes, I assumed they were tourists. As they sat, one of them remarked: “Wow,
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    • 434 15  -  Advantages of local sports coaches: Pride, ground knowledge and roots here Letter from M Lukshumayeh I REFER to the report, “Men’s hockey coach quits” (July 9). So, another foreign coach leaves the Singapore sporting scene. Singapore hockey has through the decades seen coaches from India,
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    • 177 15  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON NEGOTIATING FLEXI-TIME Not all mums can stay home with their kids. But that doesn’t mean they have to settle for a poor work schedule. A lot of companies today are more child-friendly than we give them credit for. Sometimes, just asking for
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 898 16  -  Internet culture produces better conversationalists; the literary culture produces better students DAVID BROOKS The writer has been a senior editor at The Weekly Standard and a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly. THE NEW YORK TIMES Recently, book publishers got some
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    • 920 18  -  Let football fever infect your financial portfolio and heat up your stock market returns MATTHEW LYNN The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Some people might think the hours you spent over the last month sitting around, drinking
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    • 265 18 HOW PROFESSIONAL TRADERS TRADE AND WHAT THEY KNOW AND WHY AMATEUR TRADERS ALWAYS GET BEATEN How do Professional Traders differ from the average amateur who is trying to make a second income? The problem is that most people do not know what a Professional Trader knows. Do Traders have a
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  • WORLD
    • 202 20 AFP BANGKOK The Thai police have summoned five leaders of the royalist Yellow Shirt movement, along with dozens of supporters, to face charges over the 2008 seizure of two Bangkok airports, a spokesman said yesterday. Some 79 people linked to
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    • 449 20 Japan PM faces deadlock after poll rout AGENCIES TOKYO Smaller political parties yesterday distanced themselves from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), after it lost its majority in the Upper House of Parliament. Of the 121 seats at stake in Sunday’s election, the DPJ won 44 seats
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    • 146 20 AP China issued new rules requiring officials to report personal details from assets to the whereabouts of spouses and children, in a renewed attempt to quash endemic corruption Beijing sees as a threat to its rule. The regulations that went into effect on Sunday
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    • 614 21 Brought to you by SINCAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL TEAM INGAPORE Inspired by his sisters, national gymnast Timothy Tay is gearing up to give his best shot at the Youth Olympics Games Chan Seet fun Timothy Tay has come into his own as a gymnast.The 17-year-old,
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    • 550 22 Gillard asks for ‘trust’ from Australians in the coming days AFP AFP SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday dropped a strong hint she is poised to call elections, as she kept her lead in opinion polls despite hitting trouble over a tough new
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    • 176 22 AFP The authorities in Beijing plan to make most residents from hairdressers to policemen learn English under a drive to convert the Chinese capital into a “world city”, state media said yesterday. The government programme first launched in 2002 in preparation for
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    • 457 23 AGENCIES KAMPALA Twin bomb blasts ripped through crowds watching the World Cup final at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant in the Ugandan capital Kampala late on Sunday, killing 74 people and wounding 65 others. The Al Shabab militant group
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    • 158 23 AFP LONDON Three men from London were sentenced yesterday to life imprisonment after being convicted over a plot to blow up aircraft on transatlantic flights with liquid bombs. Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed Khan and Waheed Zaman will serve at least 20 years
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    • 364 24 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s party has published its newspaper under a new name, defying a government warning that it would face harsh punishment for doing so. The Home Ministry recently suspended the publication licence of Suara Keadilan
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    • 221 24 AFP SEOUL North Korean and United States military representatives will meet today in the border truce village of Panmunjom to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship, the US-led United Nations Command said. It will be the first such meeting
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    • 140 24 AFP SEOUL A total of 232 people more than one a day on average have tried to drown themselves this year in the Han river which flows through the South Korean capital and 47 of them succeeded, the Seoul city government said yesterday.
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    • 217 25 THE NEW YORK TIMES TEHRAN Iran’s educational authorities will send 1,000 religious clerics into schools in Tehran to tamp down Western influence and political opposition, newspapers reported on Sunday. They quoted the deputy director of Tehran’s education department, Mr Mohammad Boniadi, as saying that
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    • 93 25 A rare eclipse plunged remote islands in the Pacific into darkness on Sunday, thrilling thousands of stargazers who had flocked to Easter Island to witness the spectacle. At the start of the eclipse, a dot could be seen in the centre of the sun. The eclipse drew
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    • 460 25 The report says tens of thousands of people with the virus are not receiving any care. Also, far too many people infected with HIV are unaware of their status and may unknowingly transmit the virus to their partners. AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States has
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    • 254 25 THE NEW YORK TIMES WARSAK The recent graduation ceremony here for Pakistani troops was intended as a show of fresh cooperation between the Pakistani and American militaries. But it said as much about its limitations. Nearly 250 Pakistani paramilitary troops graduated, with top
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    • 177 26 Eight people suffering from heat exhaustion hospitalised AP BERLIN A gruelling heat wave shut down the air conditioning in three high-tech trains in Germany over the weekend, leaving dozens of passengers near collapse after being trapped in temperatures up to 50°C. At least 52 people
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    • 200 26 AFP LONDON Police were being investigated yesterday after one of Britain’s biggest manhunts ended in the fugitive shooting himself dead, as his brother compared the man’s final moments to a “public execution”. Raoul Moat was on the run last weekend, wanted in connection with
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    • 261 26 THE NEW YORK TIMES BERLIN The opposition Social Democrats and Greens have agreed to form the next coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state in Germany, dealing a big blow to the Christian Democratic Union of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her
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    • 342 27 King Arthur’s Round Table ‘nothing like a dining table’: Historians THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Historians claim to have finally located the site of King Arthur’s Round Table and believe it could have seated 1,000 people. Researchers exploring the legend of Britain’s most famous Knight
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    • 169 27 AGENCIES BERN The Swiss government declared renowned film director Roman Polanski a free man yesterday after rejecting a request by the United States to extradite him on a charge of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. Justice Minister Eveline WidmerSchlumpf said the decision
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    • 115 27 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A hotel cleaner who earns just US$300 ($415) a year has been hailed a national hero in Pakistan after he returned US$50,000 in cash left behind by an absent-minded guest. Mr Essa Khan found the bag of notes stuffed
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    • 108 27 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH An elderly Japanese woman attacked a student and broke his nose after he refused to give her his seat on a bus. Ms Tamiko Masuta, 66, the manager of an apartment complex, was arrested after assaulting the teenager on
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    • 221 27 ECZEMA Other Skin Problems Allergy Hives Eczema Can't find a solution after years of medication and creams? “I had eczema since young. It started from a small dot and grew into a dark, itchy patch of thick skin over the years. My mum tried different kinds of creams, medication and
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  • SPORTS
    • 971 28  -  COMMENTARY South Africa crown Spain worthy world champions while Dutch take on a nasty colour LEONARDTHOMAS in Johannesburg, South Africa leonard@mediacorp.com.sg There is a mystique about the national football teams of Brazil and Germany whenever the World Cup finals roll around. The two nations
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    • 658 29 AGENCIES PARIS As Spain returned to Madrid yesterday to a welcome befitting their status as freshly-crowned world champions, Fifa president Sepp Blatter delivered a glowing appraisal of World Cup hosts South Africa. Spain added the global crown to their European title thanks
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    • 318 29 AGENCIES Paul the psychic octopus has become at the centre of an international bidding war, after Spanish businessmen offered €38,000 ($66,150) to bring him to Spain, following theirWorld Cup success. The intuitive invertebrate has wowed the world with his perfect run of
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    • 1120 31  -  COMMENTARY Hardly a clash of contrasts, the anti-football of both Holland and Spain have let Europe down RICHARD WILLIAMS The writer is chief sports writer for The Guardian. THE GUARDIAN No more all-European finals, thank you very much. The one four years ago that ended
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    • 617 32 AGENCIES JOHANNESBURG Holland coach Bert van Marwijk criticised referee Howard Webb’s handling of the World Cup Final on Sunday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time), claiming he was influenced by Spain. Van Marwijk pointed to Spanish anger over Webb being selected for the final
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    • 469 32 AP THE HAGUE Holland woke to a World Cup hangover on yesterday following their team’s 1-0 extra time loss to Spain in the final in Johannesburg. Among the headlines in Dutch newspapers was “Not Again” above pictures of dejected Dutch players following the final whistle on
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    • 445 33  -  SMEs the latest donors, adding to Lim’s $10m pledged earlier TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Olympic Foundation has secured a further $2.4 million in donations, adding to an earlier pledge of $10 million by top investor Peter Lim. This was revealed by its chairman Ng
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    • 438 33 AFP SILVERSTONE Red Bull boss Christian Horner yesterday offered to hold a second round of clear-the-air talks with his warring drivers in a bid to put to bed the team’s latest row over favouritism. British Grand Prix winner Mark Webber was fuming
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    • 232 33 AGENCIES CHICAGO Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson lambasted Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert for treating Miami-bound LeBron James like a “runaway slave”. Jackson slammed Gilbert for calling James “disloyal” and “a coward” in an open letter to Cavaliers fans after the twotime MVP announced he would
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    • 116 33 LOW LIN FHOONG Organisers of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games from Aug 14 to 26 have put out more tickets for sell-out events like diving, fencing, handball and swimming. Tickets for these events were unavailable as of last week, while there has also been
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    • 708 34 Armstrong finally admits he is no longer the dominant rider he used to be AP MORZINE (France) Lance Armstrong promised a shake up in the French Alps, but instead it was the seven-time Tour de France champion who was feeling shaken after one of his worst
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    • 332 34 AP SILVIS (Illinois) Paul Goydos couldn’t quite reel in defending champion Steve Stricker when it mattered. Goydos, who dazzled the golf world with his 59 in the opening round of the John Deere Classic, shot a solid 66 but still fell short of dethroning Stricker, who
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    • 246 34 AP OAKMONT (Pennsylvania) Paula Creamer (picture) held on to win the US Women’s Open on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) and claim her first Major tournament victory. Creamer, only 23 but long considered the best women’s golfer to not win a Major, went into the
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 69 29 YOUR SPORTING FIX CYCLING 5.30pm Tour de France (Ch205) HOCKEY 6pm Samsung New Zealand v Argentina (Ch201) 8.30pm Samsung Germany v England (Ch201) 11pm Samsung China v Holland (Ch201) BASEBALL 8am MLB State Farm Home Run Derby (mioTV Ch114, 117) TOMORROW 8am MLB All-Star Game (mioTVCH 114,117) BASEBALL TOMORROW 7am
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    • 207 38 Teachings by Geshe Lhakdor from 14- 19 July 2010 Tsongkhapa's Summary Meaning Of Lamrim Geshe Lhakdor will be summarising the essence of Lamrim, a profound Buddhist text which contains all the vital elements of sutra and tantra. Lamrim or "Stages of the Path to Enlightenment" is studied and practised by
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  • 663 38 IMPACT Yingli, a Chinese maker of solar panels, hopes forking out over $27.6m as a World Cup sponsor will pay off NYT NEW YORK As Spain lifts the Fifa 2010 World Cup, a newcomer tried to get attention of a different kind. Only it wasn’t
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  • BUSINESS
    • 364 35 SINGAPORE As World Cup fever starts to subside, some traders said the euphoria could well be transferred to the stock markets, as investors shake off the distraction of the month-long championships. Analysts that MediaCorp spoke to predict that equity market volumes will bounce back
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    • 55 35 Friday 2,917.17 p 0.69% Thursday 2,897.15 p 1.26% Wednesday 2,861.03 q 0.24% Tuesday 2,868.02 p 0.84% MONDAY CLOSE 2,925.32 (+0.28%) TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 61,832 $1.170 q 0.847% UMS 45,029 $0.405 p 1.250% BakerTech 31,739 $0.435 p 2.353% Thakral 31,350 $0.030 q 14.28%
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    • 30 35 HANG SENG 20,467.43 (+0.44%) Ç È NIKKEI 9,548.11 (-0.39%) SHANGHAI Ç 2,490.72 (+0.80%) AUSTRALIA Ç 4,409.90 (+0.31%) Ç MUMBAI 17,937.20 (+0.58%) MALAYSIA 1,326.74 (+0.18%) Ç Ç SEOUL 1,734.05 (+0.64%)
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    • 13 35 OIL US$75.06 (-48%) È GOLD US$1,206.80 (-0.25%) È È COPPER US$301.15 (-1.38%)
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    • 29 35 US$1 1.383 £1 2.076 €1 1.738 ¥100 1.562 A$1 1.208 RM1 0.431 Rp10,000 1.528 HK$100 17.79 RMB100 20.43 RS100 2.957 All figures correct as at 9pm last night
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      • 44 35 Hold 2.02 DBS Vickers downgrades from Buy on limited upside to its reduced target price of $2.12 vs $2.20 previously. Change in target follows 8 per cent cut in FY1010 earnings estimate to assume smaller harvest of Jack Mackerel for fishing group.
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      • 70 35 Buy $2.08 Deutsche Bank starts with $2.80 target. Forecasts earnings CAGR of 22 per cent over 2010 to 2012, supported by rising palm oil prices, production. Expects every MYR100/metric ton change in palm oil price to affect plantation group’s earnings by 8.3 per cent. Tips oil palm
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    • 475 35  -  Bank plans to expand SME financing business in JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Standard Chartered Bank is hoping to boost its small and medium enterprise (SME) business segment with the acquisition of a subsidiary of GE Capital. The bank said yesterday it had signed an agreement
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    • 126 37 Mainboard-listed Singapore Press Holdings said its third quarter net profit rose about 30 per cent on-year to $164.6 million in the three months ending 31 May. SPH said the better performance was due to stronger revenue, which rose
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    • 128 37 Mainboard-listed marine services provider Ezra Holdings said its third quarter net profit rose 37 per cent on-year to US$25.7 million ($35.5 million) for the three months ending 31 May. Revenue for the three months jumped 82 per cent onyear to
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