Today, 31 October 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp Frew share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Tuesday October 31, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Creative reports $32.8m loss
      185 1 -BLOOMBERG CREATIVE Technology, whose music players are outsold by iPods 23 to one in the US, has reported a fiscal first-quarter loss. The net loss was US$2l million ($32.8 million), or US 25 cents per share, in the three months ended Sept 30, compared with a
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      Lock icon US stocks mixed, oil lower
      143 1 AFP NEW YORK US stocks ended mixed yesterday after WalMart Stores predicted sluggish sales this month, with investors still skittish about weak economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 3.44 points at 12,086.82, the Nasdaq Composite Index finished up 13.15 points at 2,363.77
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      Pumping profits from the seabed
      723 1  -  LEE U-WEN Singapore firms lead the hunt to find oil on the ocean floor u-wen@media corp.com.sg THE quest for the dark fluid that keeps the world ticking has gone beyond conventional wells, all the way to the bottom of the ocean. And leading this hunt
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      42 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 16 business 22 impact 25 infotech 28 plus 30 healthtoday 34 tv radio listings 40 classad 42 sports 43 we set you thinking J j 1 B m l] rVT^B 1 j^Rmwm
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Mining the final frontier
      613 2  -  CLEMENT MESENAS The sky's the limit for tourism profits should Singapore house its own spaceport EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@mediacorp.com.sg EXCITEMENT over billion-dollar deals being worked out between Singapore and the fast-developing United Arab Emirates rose to stratospheric heights, so to speak, over a proposal to launch a new
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    • Article
      Lock icon KFC to stop using trans fats in all its US outlets
      274 2 -AFP NEW YORK The KFC food chain said yesterday it would stop using cooking oil believed to increase the risk of heart disease as the New York authorities held a public hearing on banning the so-called trans fats. Kentucky
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      Lock icon Charles cancels Peshawar visit
      96 2 AFP ISLAMABAD Britain has cancelled a visit by Prince Charles to Peshawar at the advice of the Pakistani government, a spokesman for the British High Commission in Islamabad said today. The cancellation of today's visit to the conservative northwestern city follows a Pakistani air strike on
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      The trust factor
      405 3  -  JASMINE YIN 15 years on, China-Asean partnership is worth $203b IN NANNING,CHINA jasmine@media corp.com.sg MUTUAL misgivings have now given way to trust and a strategic partnership that is worth over US$l3O billion ($203 billion). Just 15 years after China and the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean)
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      Shin deal won't affect Thai-S'pore ties
      391 3  -  JASMINE YIN BILATERAL relations between Singapore and Thailand will not be affected by Temasek Holdings' investment in Shin Corp, even though the deal may become a political issue for both countries. After his first meeting with Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont yesterday, Prime Minister
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      22 2 /A^diaCorp jr^ BB' >. Ex-offenders share their stories of struggle, regret and reconciliation on their path to freedom. y BB^^_BM,_^tM_v_V_^Bl_&A2_B_L,_Vk_mA_^_Bj J Ilk 1
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      288 3 irrow's successful m nagers JP*^k make the right choices today. W" H Oklahoma City University, USA Yap Koon Hong V B Ranked Top Tier of America's Best Colleges (Western Regional Universities) by the US Deputy Foreign Editor News World Report from 2001 2006. The Straits Times ¥T Named as one
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  • Singapore news
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      Ngoi acquitted of giving false info
      661 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Judge believes NTU don was deceived by ex-lover weekeat@media corp.com.sg FLANKED by his lawyers, Bryan Ngoi Kok Ann walked out of the Subordinate Courts yesterday clearly a relieved and happy man. The 46-year-old Nanyang Technological University (NTU) professor was acquitted of
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      Chee 'suspicious'
      238 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT TAKING offence to an apparent U-turn with a piece of evidence, Opposition figure Chee Soon Juan and two others accused the prosecution yesterday of being arrogant, deceptive and employing under-handed tactics. Chee together with Singapore Democratic Party colleague Ghandi Ambalam and party supporter Yap Keng Ho faces
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      Biopolis booster for local biomed scene
      314 6  -  -TANHUILENG ON A bullet train since Biopolis first opened in September 2003, Singapore's biomedical scene reached another milestone yesterday when Biopolis Phase II opened, with its developer Ascendas expecting 70 per cent tenancy by the end of the year. Comprising two blocks named Neuros
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      In muddy waters
      514 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE Bio-Treat sets up committee to handle allegations pennnee@mediacorp.com.sg A DAY after its ex-chairman went to town with allegations of a falsified resignation and missing money, Bio-Treat Technology said it would set up an inquiry committee to "deal exhaustively" with his grievances. In a statement
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon FORT ROAD ERP RATES TO GO UP
        138 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be revising the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates for a gantry along the East Coast Parkway from next Monday. Rates will go up by 50 cents for vehicles passing the Fort Road gantry between 7.30
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        Lock icon MAN FOUND UNDER TRAIN
        134 6 LEE U WEN West-bound MRT train services were disrupted for nearly 50 minutes yesterday when a man was spotted lying motionless under a train carriage at the Clementi MRT station. At about 7.55pm, police found the body of a Chinese man in his 50s, clad in
        — LEE U WEN  -  134 words
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        Lock icon DON'T JUST SPEAK MANDARIN: DPM
        108 6 -938UVE Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng wants more Singaporeans to do more than speak Mandarin he would like them to appreciate the language. But he also urged Singaporean Chinese to use Mandarin not in place of, but in addition to, English. MrWong was speaking
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      SGH facility to be world's first
      400 8  -  SHERALYN TAY Instant scans during brain surgery to help surgeons make better decisions sheralyn@media corp.com.sg IT IS a neurosurgeon's wildest dream come true. Five state-of-the-art operating theatres integrating high-end imaging and diagnostic technologies will be the crowning glory of Singapore General Hospital's (SGH) National
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      Cost-effective, not underspending on health: Minister
      446 8  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S health expenditure may be just 3.8 per cent of its GDP, but this does not mean it is underspending on health, said Minister of State for Health Heng Chee How. Rather, it is merely being cost-effective. Mr Heng was
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      Cooking for gold
      127 8  -  -TORCHING LI SINGAPORE'S top chefs are all set to reclaim the Culinary World Cup held in Luxembourg next month. The Republic came in overall champions in 1998, but was the second runner-up in 2002. Like football's Fifa World Cup, the international culinary event, called Expogast, is held
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      86 8 DON'T MISS THE BOAT iJBCh IN THE IR SUNRISE /lilif If INDUSTRY! wtF ti The hospitality industry is expected to boom with the jj F\m IHV opening of 2 Integrated Resorts. Don't lose this opportunity W to ride this wave to Career Success! m Let our panel of expert lecturers
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      298 9 Visible improvement B "I have been suffering from dark eye circles, as well as eye bags W for about 8 years! Every time someone looked at me, my dark i eye circles were the first to receive comments! I never went out without makeup. v I saw improvement after every
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Pakistani army strikes Islamic school, kills 80
      423 10 —AFP Anti-terror effort prompts ministerto resign; US blamed for heavy-handed action PESHAWAR (Pakistan) Protesters and a Pakistani official blamed the United States for an airstrike yesterday, which the army said killed around 80 suspected militants at an Islamic school used as an Al
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      Lock icon Chief justice slams China's corruption
      294 10 —AFP BEIJING China's chief justice yesterday condemned the "chronic corruption" among judges, but promised to hand out harsh punishment in an apparent bid to restore public confidence, state media reported. Mr Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court, told the country's lawmakers that bribery
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      Lock icon Controversial cleric collapses, takes leave
      195 10 -AFP SYDNEY—Australia's top Muslim cleric yesterday took indefinite leave from preaching after collapsing and being rushed to hospital as he came under relentless pressure to resign over his comments about women. The Mufti of Australia Sheikh Taj Aldin Al Hilali who described immodestly-dressed women without
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon SRI LANKA TALKS BREAK DOWN
        70 10 —AFP Two days of peace talks in Geneva between the Sri Lankan government and the country's Tamil rebels broke down on Sunday after the government refused to re-open a key highway to Jaffna. Rebels said the highway was crucial to ensure delivery of humanitarian assistance.
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        Lock icon NIGERIAN AIRLINE'S LICENCE TO BE WITHDRAWN AFTER CRASH
        98 10 —AFP The Nigerian government is to withdraw the licence of the private domestic ADC airline a day after one of its aircraft crashed killing nearly 100 people in Abuja. Nigeria's aviation minister Babalola Borishade emphasised the responsibility of the pilot of the
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        Lock icon HUNDREDS PROTEST IN POSO
        69 10 —AFP Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims protested yesterday in the religiouslydivided town of Poso, demanding the pull-out of police paramilitary units sent as reinforcements to maintain order, a report said. Poso has been hit by violence since three Christians were executed a month ago in Central Sulawesi
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        Lock icon ISRAELI PRESIDENT REFUSES TO RESIGN OVER SCANDAL
        67 10 —AFP Israeli President Moshe Katsav, faced with increasing calls for his resignation, refused on Sunday to step down and once again declared he was a "victim of a despicable libel campaign". He added he would await the final decision of the country's Attorney-General.
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      Lock icon Another nuke test expected
      379 11 —AFP US general predicts N Korea will conduct a second nuclear test SEOUL The head of United States forces in South Korea has predicted North Korea will stage a second nuclear test amid reports of Pyongyang testing and selling missiles. "I can only surmise that since
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      Lock icon Dr M to be dumped as adviser?
      203 11 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad could be dumped as an adviser to key government-linked companies and agencies if he continues to criticise the government, reports said yesterday. Senior members of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) are expected to discuss
      —AFP  -  203 words
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      Lock icon Chen calls for military deterrent against China
      234 11 —AFP TAIPEI Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian yesterday stressed his belief that the country must rapidly develop its military capability to combat the growing threat from China. Speaking to Japanese politicians and scholars in Tokyo via a video conference, Mr Chen said: "History shows
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      Lock icon Thousands witness enshrinement of Buddha's remains in India
      255 12 -AFP NEW DELHI Thousands of Buddhists from India and abroad gathered in the western financial hub of Mumbai on Sunday to lay to rest some of the remains of Buddhism's founder, a report said. The relics of some ashes and bones of
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      Lock icon Brazil President wins re-election
      444 12 —AFP Lula, a one-time shoeshine boy, vows to fight for the poor BRASILIA Celebrating a landslide re-election, Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed on Sunday to fight for social justice, while at the same time spurring economic growth. "The poor will take precedence,"
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      Lock icon Suharto's youngest son leaves prison, wants to go on Haj
      254 14 AFP JAKARTA The youngest son of former Indonesian President Suharto was freed from prison yesterday after serving just a third of an original 15-year sentence over the murder of a Supreme Court judge. Mr Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, who will
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      Lock icon Two typhoons in one month
      348 14 -AFP Cimaron slams into the Philippines MANILA Typhoon Cimaron whipped a deadly trail yesterday across the northern Philippines, blowing away houses and triggering landslides and floods that killed at least four people, disaster relief officials said. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes
      -AFP; EPA  -  348 words
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      Lock icon isay PAYING THE PRICE FOR FREEBIES
      683 16  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN ADAM is a teenager studying in a neighbourhood school. His family is not well off. His father works as a cleaner and Adam is on a financial assistance scheme. Under this scheme, his school fees are paid for, his textbooks
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      256 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I TEENS: CHOOSE BATTLES CAREFULLY One of the most delicate aspects of raising a teenager is figuring out what's worth a showdown and what isn't. I remembertalkingto a waitress, a single mother, in a restaurant a fewyears ago. When she found out
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      Bus card reader faulty? Here's what to do
      574 18  -  KATHRYN LAU Letter from Assistant Corporate Communications Manager Transit Link Pte Ltd WE REFER to Mr Law Sin Ling's letter, "Do not penalise commuters for ez-link flaws" (Oct 16). We would like to share that when the ez-link ticket payment system was
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      I pulled the plug on my mother
      847 19  -  MELVIN TAN KOK LIANG She showered me with all her love, but I had to make the decision to end her life in memorium LEE HWEE HUA, 66 Mother Oct 20, 2006. Today is my birthday and on Oct 26, it would have
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      Pity about that scar
      304 21  -  JONAKI BHATTACHARYA Abuse of public facilities, littering ruin the face of Singapore Letter from FOR more than 10 years now, I have been a regular visitor to Singapore because my sons and their families live here. It is a beautiful country, very well-laid-out and comfortable to
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    • Letter
      Are youth the only culprits of littering?
      159 21  -  JOSEPH KAN V LOGANATHAN Letter from I READ with dismay the report, "Number of litterbugs on the rise" (Oct 30), which seems to highlight just youth. I wonder if the National Environment Agency (NEA) ever checks on the places frequented by foreign workers
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      Time to warm our own hearth
      285 21  -  MARYANNE MAES HASUNDASHAMSUDIN Letter from MS ANITA Kapoor's article "Grieving's not easy with a cold heart of gold"(Oct 30) has touched me in many ways. I have often wondered where our society is heading. I am convinced that with economic success comes a certain
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      112 18 enriching families *****444 Focus the Family "tt*t Singapore Limited WWW.family.Org.Sg Founder: Dr James Dobson SINUS Nobel Museum HH \jfslof/ National University S^^^y of Singapore PROUDLY PRESENT Cultures of Creativity THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION OF THE NOBEL PRIZE Discover 100 Years of Creative Achievements 26 OCTOBER 2006 TO 24 JANUARY 2007 Lee
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      247 20 y y (j(j ca^ri prize up for /awarded B SINGAPORE J^L--4 Beijing 101 was conferred the most prestigious Superbrands M Award after a qualitative assessment of the brands in 5 categories Market Dominance, Longevity, Goodwill, Customer Loyalty and Overall Market Acceptance. To express our gratitude for your unwavering support, you
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      199 21 Just a flick of the switch to turn off your lights when not in use, you can do what these trees do help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere. Day to day, CO2 is being produced at an alarming rate, leading to a reduce CO2 emissions.These simple and small
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      Lock icon Robinson veteran resigns
      447 22  -  CHRISTIE LOH Board loses director Chew Gek Khim, granddaughter of late Tan Chin Tuan christie@media corp.com.sg A MAKEOVER looks to be sweeping through Robinson and Company's boardroom. The operator of Singapore's oldest department store has lost another long-time director, two weeks after the shock ouster of its
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      Lock icon An upward revision for 2007?
      142 22 DOW JONES THE Government's target for Singapore's economic growth next year may be revised upwards, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang. "If the momentum is very strong, then of course the growth prospects for next year will be better, but for the timebeing
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      Lock icon Cosco earns $71.5m
      102 22 BLOOMBERG COSCO Singapore reported yesterday its 13th straight quarter of profit growth, boosted by increased orders to repair vessels and the sale of bulk carriers. Its net income rose 26 per cent to $71.5 million, or 3.22 cents a share, in the quarter ended Sept 30, from
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        ST Index — 2,691.6 -38.4
        4 22 ST Index 2,691.6 -38.4
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        World markets
        52 22 Nikkei 225 *****.85 -317.22 -1.90 Hang Seng ASX 5399.40 +40.90 +0.76 Taiwan Wtd 6995.20 -91.54 -1.29 Korea Comp 1356.11 -12.98 -0.95 KLCI 986.07 -3.83 -0.39 SET Index 718.74 -7.03 -0.97 Jakarta Comp 1580.18 +7.34 +0.47 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2708.19 +5.82 332.53 +1.26 +0.22 +0.38 Mumbai Sensex *****.26
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
        71 22 DBS 20.600 -0.600 SIA200 15.000 -0.600 SIA 15.100 -0.500 UOB 17.000 -0.400 Venture 14.000 -0.400 STIETF 100 27.610 -0.390 KepCorp 15.700 -0.300 STI2520SGA*****9 0.030 -0.210 DBS Bk G°/o NCPS 10 109.400 -0.200 GreatEast 16.600 -0.200 ChinaMilkDBS***** 0.005 -75.0 DatacrftMBL*****2 0.020 -75.0 STATSChPBNP*****4 0.005 -66.7 SIMSCI230SGA6II23 0.010 -50.0
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        Lock icon Singapore
        136 22 DOW JONES THE benchmark ST Index (STI) ended sharply lower due to profit-taking in a mix of blue chips after recent gains. The STI fell 38.4 points, or 1.4 per cent, to close at 2,691.6. In the broad market, decliners led advancers 481 to 150 while 1.19 billion shares
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 22 US$ 0.6410 UK£ 0.3377 Yen 75.386 HK$ 4.9838 RM 2.3406 Euro 0.5031 Rupiah 5836.2 Baht 23.534 Peso 31.851 A$ 0.8344 Indian Rs 28.969 Won 607.24 C$ 0.7176 Yuan 5.0571 NZ$ 0.9669 NT$ 21.335
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        Lock icon Commodities
        20 22 (SGX, Bloomberg GiM usl/oz 601.00 Silnt 12.08 PWnui 1,079.70 Mm cents/kg 284.00 P*iil 1,582.20 BmtUIiBIISS/baml 61.08 Information nrovidod by
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Prebon sues BGC Partners for $66m
        224 24 BLOOMBERG MONEY broking firm Prebon Yamane Singapore is seeking compensation from rival BGC Partners, alleging that the defection of 55 of its staff to the latter last year resulted in a loss of about $66.4 million. Prebon, a unit of London-based Collins Stewart Tullett,
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        A pat for manufacturing excellence
        320 24  -  MIRAKASHINATH GES2OO6 Top awards given out Global Entrepolis Singapore 2006 mira@mediacorp.com.sg FOR epitomising top-notch manufacturing innovation, operating systems and business sustainability, three companies were bestowed the inaugural Manufacturing Excellence Awards, or Maxa for short, yesterday evening by President S R Nathan. Disk-drive maker Seagate Technology
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        135 24 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE and India are beginning to see the fruits of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, or Ceca, signed between the two countries, with bilateral trade reaching $16.6 billion last year, a rise of more than 40 per cent from 2004. According
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          622 25  -  NAZIR KESHVANI Wine for Asia'o6 to draw exhibitors from over 30 countries news@newstoday.com.sg ABOUT 15,000 regional and local visitors, and traders from 40 countries will be congregating to negotiate business deals over the sound of clinking glasses during three days of intense networking at the Wine for
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          277 25 According to Wine for Asia coorganiser, Mr Malcolm Tham of Wine Resources, Singapore wine consumers can be classified into five segments. Each segment has its own attributes, lifestyles and wine consumption habits. The Connoisseurs A small group of high achievers, mostly from the medical, finance, legal, public
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          257 26  -  JOSEPH YADAO IN YET another show of using style to enhance substance, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (Ipos) has come up with a stylish annual report that is also meaningful. Following in the footsteps of its "CAT-chy" 2002/2003 Annual Report that had a
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          678 26  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Ad agency scores third win to beat a high-level field shobha@media corp.com.sg IN WINNING the Best Agency of The Year for the third time in a row at the recent Hall Of Fame Awards, global media company Mindshare not only scored an enviable hat-trick, it
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          297 26  -  TANG LI news@newstoday.com.sg ONE of the frustrations for Singapore's economic planners has been the fact that Singapore has not produced many homemade brands that have developed a reputation for excellence. Only a handful of names, such as Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Raffles
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          323 27 AjointToDAY/Samsung project SAMSUNG Ultra Edition 12.9 trial users on what they look for in a phone and features that appealed to them: "The first thing I would look for will be how the phone looks: If it's too big or thick, I will never consider buying it. "The
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          747 27 SAMSUNG Electronics has upped the ante in its business strategy with its Ultra Edition line-up, consisting of slim and smart, but powerful mobile phones. Comprising three models that represent each mobile phone category the bar phone (6.9 mm), the clamshell (9.9 mm) and the
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          349 28  -  —ARIEL TAM WIRELESS broadband I adoption by the small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Singapore looks set to rise, thanks to increasingly competitive pricing and a need for flexibility and mobility. In a study commissioned by Internet communications service provider Pacific Internet (PacNet), more than
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            138 28 Targeted at small and medium businesses (SMBs), Hewlett-Packard's new Storage Works all-in-one (AiO) storage systems deliver application-centric storage management, data protection and data storage. Using the systems, SMBs with limited or no storage expertise are able to store, share, back up and protect their application and file
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            146 28 Tandberg has announced a server-based video application for the enterprise market, called Movi, that allows users to enjoy PC-based, visual communication from anywhere, anytime without making an appointment with the IT department. Movi is the first PC video product to feature one-touch installation and IT departments
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          771 29  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Complete makeover of software will make it more user-friendly hedirman@media corp. com. sg HAVE you ever tried to enable all the toolbars I in Microsoft Word? Try it out and you might understand why Microsoft is revamping the user interface in its next version of Office.
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      1307 30  -  Steven Chia Superstardom came easy for baby-faced balladeer Josh Groban now for a spot on The Simpsons HE HAS written and produced songs, performed with the likes of Barbara Streisand, Sarah Brightman and Elton John, sold tens of millions of albums, been backed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
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      154 32  -  Zul Otfiman CDREVIEW by ■z My Chemical Romance IN THE world of emo-rock, no one comes whinier than My Chemical Romance. Thankfully, even the band seems to have realised that creating the aural equivalent of Bridget Jones' Diary once too often becomes trying on the ears. The
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      163 32 This week, we ask rising UK drum 'n' bass star DJ Logistics who plays a special set at Bar Baa Black Chic this Friday to name the long-player who has influenced him most. DJ LOGISTICS ON STEVIE WONDER'S INNERVISIONS: I got this album about five years ago
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      112 36 TEA CLASHES WITH MEDICINE? My grandma says that one should refrain from drinking tea (Chinese and English) when on medication, because it will affect the medicine's efficacy. Is this true? Though tea may not affect the effectiveness of medicine, it is a good idea to refrain from
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      728 36  -  JOANNEYAP Study shows link between hearing and memory loss as people grow older joanne@mediacorp.com.sg LOSS of hearing in the elderly might impair their memory, researchers at Brandeis University have discovered. The study found a subtle causal link between mild to moderate
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      114 37 www.digisound.com.sg NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH CENTRA from Siemens The first hearing aid that analyzes and reacts immediately according to your hearing needs. »w CENTRA provides you the most j^^ personal and comfortable listening experience possible. Come in for a free trial today! Qualified Audiologist. Experienced trained consultants. Lifestyle profiling to ensure
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      571 42 IYOURHOROSCOPETODAY by Eugenia Last ARIES (March 21 -April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) Hit's time to get serious about some of the V^B The very Pe°ple You think you can trust, projects and goals you have set for your- W>^ you can't, and vice versa. Do less talking and
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      734 43 —AP While champs Miami are older and slower, they've still got their superstar guard N8A,2006/'O7 Basketball MIAMI Once the South Beach parties had all dwindled and Pat Riley committed to coming back, the dapper coach got to work on his plan for keeping the Miami
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      649 44  -  CUBBY LEONG Organisers confident world boxing title fight at Suntec will be a sell-out WBF WELTERWEIGHT TITLE Soloman Egbarime v Dondon Sultan cubby@mediacorp.com.sg THE scene is set for Singapore's biggest boxing night since 1989. In a Today exclusive on Oct 20, it was reported that the "Showdown
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      298 44 DPA MILAN The Italian football federation (FIGC) have responded harshly to Fifa president Joseph Blatter for apologising to Australia for their elimination by world champions Italy at this summer's World Cup in Germany. Blatter told an Australian television channel at the weekend that
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      169 44  -  CUBBYLEONG NEWLY-crowned 2006 NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League champions SAFFC were run close at the Hougang Stadium last night, but eventually edged out Sengkang Punggol 4-3 in an enthralling game. Aleksandar Duric's fifth-minute effort and a Mustaqim Manzur goal in the 20th minute looked to have set the Warriors
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      361 45 AFP Team now have six-point cushion from relegation zone ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man City 1 Middlesbrough 0 MANCHESTER A true captain's performance from Richard Dunne helped Manchester City to a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough that earns the club's under-fire manager Stuart Pearce some badly-needed
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      373 45 -BLOOMBERG VIJAY Singh, the first golfer to win US$lO million ($15.61 million) in a season, has added another to the list of titles he holds: Hall of Fame member. Singh, 43, who has three major tournament victories among 29 career wins and is ranked
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      336 45 DPA RIO DE JANEIRO Former Brazilian national team coach Carlos Parreira admitted for the first time that he made mistakes in preparing his squad for this year's World Cup in Germany, in a published interview yesterday. Parreira, now the national coach of South Africa,
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        54 46 NICE have launched an investigation after a homemade firebomb thrown from the crowd injured a fireman (picture) during Sunday's 2-1 French Ligue 1 win over Marseille. The fireman lost two fingers when he tried to pick up the bomb, thrown by Marseille fans, and the match was
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        74 46 MA LIN of China won the table tennis men's World Cup for the fourth time, leading a Chinese clean sweep. The 2005 World Championship silver medallist hit back from two sets down to eventually defeat compatriot and 2004 Athens Olympics silver medallist Wang Hao 4-3 in the
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        48 46 FORMER Italian international Gianfranco Zola has been linked with a guest stint at Australia's A-League clubs Sydney FC, Melbourne Victory and Perth Glory. Zola, 40, who retired in June last year after two seasons with Cagliari, is reportedly contemplating a preChristmas guest stint in Australia.
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        78 46 THE Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) have moved to downplay concerns that there won't be enough beds for athletes and officials at the Asian Games in Doha. OCA secretary-general Raja Randhir Singh expressed confidence in the organising committee to resolve any problems after the number of participants
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      762 46  -  Neil Humphreys ffiftMflJMliflll ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Ham 2 Blackburn 1 TEDDY Sheringham's incisive contribution to the proceedings encapsulated all that has gone wrong at Upton Park this season. And it came after the final whistle of West Ham's 2-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers yesterday morning (Singapore time).
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      479 47 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPC Liverpool v Bordeaux LIVERPOOL Rafael Benitez lashed out at the media for the timing of the latest rumours that Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is looking to leave his boyhood club. Sunday newspaper reports in England suggested that Gerrard
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      42 46 9.30 am NFL Patriots v Vikings, Ch23 10.30pm Tennis BNP Paribas Masters, Ch24 1.25 am Football Champions League: Spartak Moscow v Inter Milan, Ch23 3.30 am Football Champions League: Barcelona v Chelsea, Ch23 3.30 am Football Champions League: Liverpool v Bordeaux, Ch24
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