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    42 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday December 22, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday December 22, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    More measures for safer sports
    612 1  -  MOE committee recommends comprehensive guidelines, courses NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY WAYNE CHAN AND NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE More comprehensive safety guidelines, additional courses for teachers and coaches, and matching teachers to their interests and qualifications before putting them in charge of co-curricular
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    Temasek’s Indon assets to be seized?
    513 1  -  RACHEL KELLY, CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS rachel@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Indonesian anti-mo-nopoly agency is reportedly set to seize Temasek Holdings’ assets in Indonesia to recover an outstanding fine, which the latter was slapped with in 2007 for breaching the country’s anti-monopoly laws. Indonesian newspaper Koran Tempo reported
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    Temasek’s Indon assets to be seized?
    349 1  -  RACHEL KELLY, CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS rachel@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Indonesian anti-mo-nopoly agency is reportedly set to seize Temasek Holdings’ assets in Indonesia to recover an outstanding fine, which the latter was slapped with in 2007 for breaching the country’s anti-monopoly laws. Indonesian newspaper Koran Tempo reported
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    Lock icon A new Start for Obama?
    565 1 Beleaguered US President on verge of much-needed nuclear arms treaty victory REUTERS WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama’s strategic nuclear arms treaty with Russia secured enough votes yesterday to clear a Republican procedural hurdle and appeared headed toward ratification in the Senate this week. A
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Road works for Circle Line to be completed by March
      457 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE All roads affected by Circle Line construction will be reinstated by March, said the Land Transport Authority, bringing some relief to motorists and residents affected by the project’s road diversions. The LTA told MediaCorp that
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      Lock icon Emergency rule lifted in Bangkok
      545 3 AGENCIES BANGKOK The Thai government has agreed to lift an eight-month State of Emergency in Bangkok and three surrounding provinces starting today, citing an improved political climate and a less confrontational approach by anti-government Red Shirt protesters. The government, however, will retain extraordinary powers under
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      Lock icon The ‘art of wooing’ behind the doors of the Gallery
      570 4  -  CHEOW XIN YI xinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There are courtships going on behind the doors of The National Art Gallery. And the art of wooing is very much needed in Singapore’s future home of South-east Asian art because donated artworks will form
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      Construction for art gallery to start next month
      266 4  -  CHEOW XIN YI SINGAPORE Construction for The National Art Gallery will begin next month, with Singapore’s iconic home for South-east Asian art now slated for completion in the second half of 2014 and not 2013 as initially scheduled. The new timeline is
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      EXPECT DELAYS AT LAND CHECKPOINTS
      106 6 Be prepared for heavy traffic at the two land checkpoints during the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said traffic at the two land checkpoints is expected to be heavy for the Christmas period, from Dec 24 till Dec 27.
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      Lock icon Europe travellers still plagued by weather woes
      349 6  -  MONICA KOTWANI SINGAPORE The global flight disruptions, which has thrown the aviation and tourism industry into disarray since the weekend, continue to plague travellers across Europe yesterday, including Courts’ chief executive Terry O’Connor. Mr O’Connor, who is based in Singapore, is making his
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      Lock icon Weather chaos to bring more regulation
      330 6 AP LONDON The Europe-wide failure to keep flights operating in snowy conditions could lead to tighter regulation by the European Union, the continent’s top transportation official said yesterday, as exhausted passengers struggled to get home for the fourth day. Major delays and cancellations disrupted
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      Lock icon Three-week jail term, $10,500 fine for former Tampines Rovers vice-captain
      439 8  -  Club offers second chance, looks at ways to help pay fine ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE A month after S-League football club Tampines Rovers withdrew their offer of a new oneyear deal to Aliff Shafaein
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      Battlestar Galactica in final phase of testing
      235 8  -  IMELDA SAAD SINGAPORE The world’s tallest duelling roller coaster, Battlestar Galactica, is set to be back on track by the first half of next year. One of the main attractions at Universal Studios Singapore, it is undergoing final checks, which involves stress-testing. Battlestar
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      LARGEST INDOOR SKYDIVING SIMULATOR TO OPEN BY MARCH
      156 8 The world’s largest indoor skydiving simulator will begin operations on Sentosa Island in the first quarter of next year. Tests on the state-of-the-art vertical wind tunnel have been completed and the facility on Siloso Beach will be the latest addition to the
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      Lock icon ‘Greatest obstacle is not disability’
      391 10  -  Graduates of Project Dignity run three hawker stalls TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two of them are deaf and dumb. Two others are blind. And another suffers from polio. But their physical disabilities have not deterred them from wanting to earn their own keep: As hawkers.
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      Lock icon Boys’ Brigade hits donation target
      276 10  -  VIMITA MOHANDAS SINGAPORE One of the Republic’s biggest and longest running Christmas charity projects has met its donation target within the time frame set, for the second year running and the third time in six years. With the generosity of thousands of Singaporeans, some 3,500
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      Government agency to equip offenders with office skills
      190 12 SINGAPORE A government agency is providing offenders with opportunities to pick up office skills. Inmates will learn data-entry skills during their prison term, thanks to a partnership between the agency, Vital.org, and the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE). Vital.org, the government
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      Lock icon ASIAN PARA GAMES ATHLETES BACK IN S’PORE
      105 12 After a seven-day sporting fest at the inaugural Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, Team Singapore athletes touched down at Changi Airport yesterday. Fans and supporters were present to welcome the team, which brought home four bronze medals two each from swimming and tenpin
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      Issue of Chiam’s cash contributions to the SPP ‘has to be resolved’
      352 12  -  TEO XUANWEI, LEONG WEE KEAT xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More cracks seem to be appearing within the Singapore People’s Party (SPP), with chairman Sin Kek Tong speaking out against secretary-general and Potong Pasir Member of Parliament Chiam See Tong over
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      Lock icon Through hell and high water
      570 15  -  On a quest to trek the four most inhospitable places on the planet ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE His plans were to brave the gruelling conditions of the South Pole to raise funds for charity. However, the biggest challenge for life coach Thaddeus Lawrence came even
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  • VOICES
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      It’s been a True nightmare
      441 16  -  I SAY Cassandra Poon I RECENTLY caught an episode of Crimewatch which dramatised a case of cheating by a man who posed as an off-duty Customs officer. He convinced his victims that government officers could sell confiscated items at very low prices, and that the
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      Whatever language works best ...
      142 18  - Whatever language works best Letter from Tim Mou Hui I REFER to the letter “Speak English as a default” (Dec 21). I believe the push to promote proficiency in English among service staff was intended to ensure that service staff possess at least a functional knowledge of English so that
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      Draw a clear line between private and public, MPs
      409 18  -  Letter from Mak Yuen Teen I REFER to the letters “Time is ripe for full-time MPs” (Dec 16) and “It’s a part-time job” (Dec 20). The dedication of a Member of Parliament to his or her constituents varies. A former MP
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Where will we find more service staff?
      819 20  -  Flood of jobs in sector, but locals’ skills, productivity and education trends lagging RICHARD HARTUNG The writer is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. The services sector in Singapore is powering ahead. Whereas services lagged behind manufacturing in the second
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      Lock icon 5 ways to start the Euro rescue operation
      905 22  -  MATTHEW LYNN The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist and the author of Bust, a forthcoming book on the Greek debt crisis. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Another summit, another messy compromise. With the euro facing renewed crisis, and with
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      Lock icon Iran’s supreme power struggle
      932 24  -  History is on the side of Ayatollah Khamenei, but don’t expect the tussle to ever truly abate MEHDI KHALAJI The writer, who trained as a Shia cleric in Iran, is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. PROJECT SYNDICATE Iran’s Supreme Leader,
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      518 25 Brought to you by Every Thursday, at 8.30pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, with hosts Bryan Wong and Michelle Chia A COSY CORNER The Ongs: After The Ongs: Before On Episode 3 last week, hosts Bryan Wong and Michelle Chia headed over to the Pinnacle Duxton. This iconic 50-storey housing
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon China, Taiwan to co-develop drugs
      343 26 AP TAIPEI Senior envoys from China and Taiwan signed an agreement yesterday to cooperate in health, medicine and the development of new drugs, as the two economies continue to move closer. Chinese envoy Chen Yunlin and his Taiwanese counterpart Chiang Pin Kung signed the deal
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      Lock icon If trouble comes knocking ...
      369 26 If trouble comes knocking AGENCIES YEONPYEONG ISLAND A South Korean destroyer prowled the sea and fighter jets screamed across the skies yesterday in preparation for possible North Korean attacks, a day after the South staged provocative artillery drills on Yeonpyeong Island which the North shelled last month. North Korea has
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      Lock icon A huge stinking problem India can’t flush away
      252 29 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI A lack of toilets costs India more than US$50 billion ($65.8 billion) a year, mostly through premature deaths and hygiene-related diseases, according to a study by the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Programme. It said illness, lost productivity and
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      Lock icon India seals defence, nuclear deals with Russia
      365 29 AGENCIES NEW DELHI Russia and India signed pacts to provide missiles for the Indian army, develop advanced stealth fighter jets and build more nuclear reactors as their leaders vowed to double trade over four years. They also pledged to share intelligence and work
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      Lock icon Powerful storm keeps pounding California
      268 30 AP LOS ANGELES A powerful storm system with drenching rain, heavy snow and high winds lashed California on Monday, even as forecasters warned that the worst was yet to come. Even stronger storms were bearing down on the state and threatened to dump another 12.5cm
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      Lock icon PHILIPPINES COUP PLOT SUSPECT FREED AFTER 7 YEARS
      112 30 AP Aformer Philippine Navy lieutenant accused of leading a 2003 coup plot has been granted a presidential amnesty for military rebels after seven years’ detention, officials said yesterday. Antonio Trillanes IV is the most prominent of about 300 soldiers who seized an
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      Lock icon GAY MUSLIM MAN THREATENED OVER ONLINE CONFESSION
      128 30 AP A Malaysian Muslim gay man who posted an Internet video to speak about his sexuality said he is taking safety precautions and consulting a lawyer after receiving death threats and government accusations that he had insulted Islam. Mr Azwan Ismail’s clip, I’m
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      Lock icon Iraq gets a new government, at last
      346 32 REUTERS BAGHDAD Iraq’s Parliament approved Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki and his new government yesterday, nine months after an inconclusive election left politics in limbo and delayed investments to rebuild the country after years of war. Lawmakers voted Mr Maliki and a new
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      Lock icon ISAF denies report of raids into Pakistan
      247 32 AGENCIES ISLAMABAD A senior official for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisa-tion-led forces in Afghanistan yesterday strongly denied a report by The New York Times that the United States was considering expanding Special Forces ground raids into Pakistan. The proposal, as reported, would escalate
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      Lock icon Yuletide Fear: Europe cuts back
      485 34 AP ROME This Christmas, Europeans are hunkering down to an uncertain future, as a debt crisis that erupted last year in Greece flares anew in Ireland and has quickly threatened to engulf Portugal, Spain, and Italy. A whole way of life appears to be at
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      Lock icon US seeks to expand gun checks
      156 36 AP WASHINGTON Moving to crack down on gun smugglers, the American federal agency that monitors weapons sales is seeking emergency authority to require that dealers near the Mexican border report multiple purchases of high-powered rifles. According to a notice published last Friday, the Bureau
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      Lock icon Ivory Coast edges ever closer to civil war
      407 36 THE NEW YORK TIMES ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast) The President of Ivory Coast on Monday stepped up pressure on the man who defeated him in an election last month, cutting off food and medical help to his headquarters in a hotel guarded by
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      Lock icon US EXECUTIONS DROP 12 PER CENT
      93 36 AP The number of executions inthe United States dropped 12 per cent this year and the number of people sentenced to die is nearing historic lows, a report from an anti-capital punishment group says. The Death Penalty Information Center attributed the reductions to changing
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      Lock icon Support builds for US-Russia nuke pact
      357 38 AP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama was moving closer to securing the votes needed for Senate ratification of a major arms control treaty with Russia as he built support among reluctant Republican senators. The administration has stepped up its lobbying of pivotal Republicans
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      Lock icon Wedding ends with a ‘bang’
      285 38 Man kills bride, best man and self at reception AP RIO DE JANEIRO A bridegroom fatally shot his new wife, his best man and then himself after announcing to horrified guests that he had a “surprise” for them, the authorities said on Monday. Witnesses reported
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      Lock icon Military will write the rules on repeal of gay ban
      321 40 AP WASHINGTON No public displays of affection. No separate bathrooms. No harassment and no special treatment. As the United States military begins to map out how it will implement the new edict allowing gays to serve openly, the first order
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      Lock icon Internet speech in Venezuela under watch
      558 40 AP CARACAS (Venezuela) Venezuelan lawmakers on Monday imposed broadcast-type regulations on the Internet, barring some types of online messages under measures that opponents say are a threat to freedom of speech. President Hugo Chavez’s allies in the National Assembly approved the revised “Social Responsibility
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      Lock icon UK businessmen ‘overeducated’, says Branson
      347 40 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Perhaps it is because he left school at 15 and ran his own business while his peers were still studying. But Virgin chief Richard Branson believes that the British education system does not serve bud- ding businessmen and women well, according to
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      Lock icon ‘Chocolate cure’ for persistent cough: Scientists
      199 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Scientists say they have found a “chocolate cure” for persistent cough. They have isolated a naturally-occur-ring substance in cocoa that they say stops the “root cause” of the irritating condition. Most medications to control cough symptoms are opiate-based ones like
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      Lock icon WALL OF WISHES
      81 42 People from around the world have been adding their New Year’s wishes for next year to the Carnival Cruise Lines Wishing Wall at the Times Square Visitors Centre in New York City. The slips of paper with people’s wishes on them will be included in the confetti
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      Lock icon Got a cold? Study says echinacea won’t help much
      318 42 AP NEW YORK The largest study of the popular herbal remedy echinacea finds it would not help you get better any sooner. The study of more than 700 adults and children suggests the tiniest possible benefit about a half-day shaved off
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      Lock icon HUMMING MAY HELP EASE SINUS PROBLEMS
      118 42 THE NEW YORK TIMES Researchers have found that humming a tune might help protect against sinus infections by increasing airflow between the sinus and nasal cavities. In a study in The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, researchers examined this by comparing
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      497 44 Defeat to Everton ruins Mancini’s hope of topping table at X’mas THE GUARDIAN MANCHESTER Carlos Tevez ended his game of brinkmanship with Manchester City on Monday when he withdrew his transfer request in the face of an uncompromising stance by the club’s hierarchy. The
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      379 44 REUTERS ROME Enzo Bearzot, the coach who led Italy to victory in the final of the 1982 World Cup against the odds, has died at the age of 83. “Goodbye ‘old man’, we will miss your wisdom,” Serie A said in a statement
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      442 45 After fourth Footballer of the Year honour, there is a case to be made REUTERS CAIRO A record fourth African Footballer of the Year award entitles Samuel Eto’o (picture) the right to claim to be the continent’s best-ever player but it is a title that
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      262 45 REUTERS BANGKOK Former Fulham defender Zesh Rehman has joined Thai champions Muang Thong United and is set to become the first former English Premier League player in the new-look Thai league. The 27-year-old central defender has signed on a free transfer from
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      193 45 REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO AC Milan’s out-of-sorts playmaker Ronaldinho is in talks with Gremio over a possible return to the team where he started his career, the Brazilian club said on Monday. “There exists an advanced contact between Gremio and the player’s brother and agent,” Gremio
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      253 46  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE He was Singapore’s first Olympian, representing the All-China football team at the 1936 Berlin Games. And the late Chua Boon Lay will have the coveted number “1 engraved on a special medallion to commemorate his contribution to sport here.
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      267 46 AP BLACKBURN Blackburn’s temporary coach is confident he can fulfil the seemingly impossible demands of the club’s new owners by guiding the team into the top five of the English Premier League while spending only £5 million ($10.2 million) in next month’s
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      223 47  -  PATWANT SINGH SINGAPORE With the Marina Bay being touted as Singapore’s premier lifestyle hub, more sports events are being lined up to add to the vibrancy to the area. The latest to create a splash there will be windsurfing. Come Jan 17,
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      261 1 SINGAPORE Asian stock markets rose the most in two weeks yesterday, bolstered by easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, while Japan’s euro-sensitive exporters got an extra fillip from China’s support for European moves to stabilise financial markets. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained
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        53 1 Sell $13.16 Goldman Sachs downgrades from “Neutral” and cuts the target price to $11.30 from $17.40 as the company is the most leveraged to weak spot rates within the bulk shipping sector. Says “we think there is execution risk on diversification from its core bulk shipping business,
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        95 1 Buy $15.32 DMG maintains rating and target price of $18.50 following SIA’s acquisition of a 16-per-cent stake worth $65 million in China Cargo Airlines. The house says the move “could potentially see SIA offering direct connectivity between China and Singapore (and Asean for the matter) and Australia, while
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      168 1 REUTERS LOS ANGELES More than 1.5 million cellphones carrying Microsoft Corp’s Windows Phone 7 operating software have sold in the first six weeks of launch, meeting what the company called “realistic” expectations. The sales numbers were disclosed for the first time by
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      100 1 BLOOMBERG Nike, the world’s largest maker of athletic shoes, declined as much as 5.9 per cent in extended trading after reporting orders that fell short of some analysts’ estimates. Orders for December to April rose 11 per cent for a total of US$7.7 billion ($10.1 billion),
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      19 1 All figures correct as at 8am this morning US$1 $1.313 US$1 £0.647 US$1 €0.764 US$1 ¥83.744 US$1 A$1.003
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      337 1 Ernst Young sued for fraud Accounting firm implicated in Lehman fall THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The New York At-torney-General Andrew Cuomo yesterday sued Ernst Young, accusing the accounting firm of helping its client Lehman Brothers “engage in a massive accounting fraud” by misleading investors about the investment bank’s
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      733 2  -  Sing dollar expected to continue climb next year, driven by tight MAS policy and capital inflows, say analysts CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A stronger Singapore dollar has caused some anxiety in the ex-port-driven local industry but those looking to buy goods and services overseas,
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      165 3 Agribusiness group Wilmar International has entered into a China property deal through wholly-owned subsidiary WCA that will partner Kerry Properties and Shangri-La China in a master joint venture agreement. The venture will set up one or more companies to handle activities such as selling, leasing
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      255 3  -  TRAVIS TEO travisteo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Prices of freehold landed housing in Singapore’s prime districts have surged 5.1 per cent in the fourth quarter from the previous three months, compared to growth of 2 per cent in the third quarter. The average price
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      165 3 SINGAPORE Sin Cheong Building, a six-storey light industrial building at Jalan Pemimpin, is being put up for sale by tender. The indicative price range for the building, which sits on a freehold 44,000 sq ft site, is between $32 million and $36
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      166 3 AP TOKYO Japan’s central bank yesterday maintained its key interest rate at effectively zero as the country struggled to keep its economic recovery alive. in a widely expected decision, the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) nine-member policy board voted unanimously at a two-day meeting to keep the overnight
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        261 8  -  MOVIE REVIEW:YOGI BEAR 3D PG, 79min GENEVIEVE LOH FOR those of us who grew up with Yogi Bear, the beloved “pic-a-nic” basket-stealing bear, and his oh-so-cute sidekick Boo Boo, we were all hoping that the silver screen homecoming would turn out smarter than your average
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        165 8 REUTERS MEGA-SELLING mystery author Dan Brown has taken over writing duties on the film adaptation of The Lost Symbol. Columbia Pictures is developing the film version of Brown’s most recent novel, which was published last year and sold more than a million copies in
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        83 15 FOOD NOTES MARK Dec 29 on your calendar, because that’s when MOS Burger will be unveiling its latest masterpiece the Grilled Chicken Burger with Orange-Pepper Sauce. With its tender slowgrilled chicken fillet slathered in orange-pepper sauce, topped with tempura-battered potato sticks between buns, this new creation is bound
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