Today, 25 September 2008, Afternoon Edition

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  • 20 1 TODAY Thursday September 25, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday September 25, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    • NEWS LATEST
      • 59 1 Google is marking its 10th I anniversary by offering US$lO million ($l4 million) to back world changing ideas. t Google promises to divvy up the cash between the five best ideas that spring from its "Project 10 to the 100th", a reference to the numerical sum "googol" from
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      • 54 1 Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised US$5 billion in a stock offering, twice the amount the firm originally sought, after gaining an endorsement and a US$5 billion cash infusion from billionaire investor Warren Buffett. The New York-based bank sold 40.65 million shares of common stock at US$l23 apiece, the
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      • 46 1 Washington Mutual Inc had its credit rating cut by Standard Poor's for the second time in nine days, increasing pressure on the savings and loan to find a buyer. S&P reduced WaMu yesterday to CCC from 88-, eight levels below investment grade. Page B5
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    • 709 1  -  CHEOWXINYI MARISSACHEW LEHMAN COLLAPSE New measures as petition to central bank gathers steam AND cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg DOZENS of aggrieved investors are seeking urgent answers what can they expect from the structured products linked to the collapsed Lehman Brothers investment bank? Were these mis-sold? Are they worth
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      30 1 Mark Hughes' Manchester City, the Premiership's newly rich, suffered a humiliating League Cup exit this morning, losing to League One side Brighton 3-5 on penalties. Page 55
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    • 33 1 Rafael van der Vaart endeared himself to the Real Madrid fans this morning, scoring a hat-trick as the Spanish champions romp to a 7-1 defeat of Sporting Gijon. Page 56
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  • NEWS
    • 528 2  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LAWSUIT AGAINST LTA Neck slashed by loose lightning conductor: Motorcyclist sues LTA weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg A MOTORCYCLIST, whose neck was slashed open by a low-slung lightning conductor in an accident last November, has taken the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to court. Mr Ng Beng Choon has accused the
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    • 573 3  -  NEOCHAICHIN ALICIA WONG AND chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg ANOTHER five China-made milk products were found to contain melamine yesterday, including snacks that would not normally trigger any associations with tainted milk puffed rice rolls and potato crackers. The five items are: Silang House of Steamed
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    • 308 4  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg THE roadblocks are up and the traffic heavier than usual, but for the past two days, tourists did not have any problems getting to their hotels in the Marina Centre area. Many took the hotel limousines that were pre-arranged for them
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    • 568 4  -  JESSICA YEO LEONGWEEKEAT Fl COUNTDOWN AND j essica@mediacorp.com.sg BOTH ice-cream chains had enterprisingly cashed in on the big event, with specially created Formula 1 menus. The difference between them? Location and, maybe, marketing. Ms Sara Lee and her friends walked into one outlet at The Esplanade,
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    • 410 6  -  ANSLEYNG COMPLAINT DISMISSED ansley@mediacorp.com.sg A REGULATORY agency has thrown out complaints by a private school group that the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) and NTUC Income were being anti-competi-tive in introducing a scheme to provide tuition fee insurance for private schools. The decision was in response to complaints
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    • 504 8  -  CHRISTIE LOr ALICIA WONG DRUG SAFETY It is "seeking clarification' on reports of adverse reactions HAND christie@mediacorp.com.sg THE Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is looking into the risks of using botox, after watchdogs in Europe and the United States recently warned of dangerous side-effects, including death.
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 177 8 Senior Minister Goh ChokTong is on a working visit to China until Sunday. In Beijing, MrGoh will meet China State Councillor Liu Yandong and Central Organisation Department Minister Li Yuanchao. He will then visit Tianjin, where the World Economic Forum is convening, to
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      • 126 8 From next month, veteran diplomat Mr Simon Tensing De Cruz will serve as Singapore's ambassador to the Russian Federation. He previously served as ambassador to the Philippines (1996 to 1999) and to Myanmar (2000 to 2004), and most recently as High Commissioner to Papua
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      • 125 8 With Tiger Airways ceasing flights between Singapore and Darwin on Oct 25, as earlier announced, the budget carrier is slashing fares. Remaining seats on all flights for that route are just AUD $99.95 each way, inclusive of taxes and charges. The
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    • 633 10  -  ESTHER NG INTERNATIONAL INNOVATIVE EMPLOYER AWARDS Alexandra Hospital, SingHealtharethe only winners from Asia estherng@mediacorp.com.sg THEY have been the pin-up organisations for re-employment in Singapore, retaining between 80 and 90 per cent of their staff who turn 62. But numbers alone do not make Alexandra Hospital and
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    • 215 12 REFORM CURRENT LAWS WHICH MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR MIGRANT WORKERS TO PURSUECLAIMS Many non-domestic migrant workers give up pursuit of their claims at the MOM because the enforcement of Labour Court orders is complicated, costly and time consuming. The NGOs want the Commissioner of Labour to
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    • 458 12 EMPLOYMENT ACT REVIEW NGOs want migrant workers to be brought under law's protection too THE proposed changes to the Employment Act may see more local workers coming under its umbrella, but two non-govern-ment organisations (NGOs) want the protection extended to domestic workers too including the
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    • 69 6 Get your share! m I wedge of papaya I serving 10 grapes I serving plate I serving (Ioinch/25cm plate) J4 plate I serving (Ioinch/25cm plate) Eat 1 FRUIT VEGGIES EVERY DAY FOR GOOD HEALTH! L For more information on healthy eating, visit www.hpb.gov.sg or call HealthLine at 1800 223 1313.
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    • 234 6 WHY WE LOVE Jfl MARKET CRASHES If AND YOU SHOULD TOO! A j/^A B^k It may sound crazy, but most people do not realise E^t^^^fl B^. that economic slowdowns and financial crises are B where fortunes are really made. a /Yjß a BKjjjUijjSM/ Ml fl It was the last two
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    • 167 8 Less Than 11% of Students Enter NUS, NTU or SMU SOURCE- http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/education-statistics-digest/ El Adam Khoo, 13-year old Adam Khoo Today As an underachiever who was kicked out in Not only did I make it to NUS Business School, Primary 3,1 was once told by my teachers that I achieved an
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  • WORLD
    • 393 14 AGENCIES CHANGING OFTHE GUARD Newly-elected PM TaroAso takes a populist stance TOKYO Outspoken conservative Taro Aso (picture) took powerasjapan's Prime Minister yesterday, pledging to work for a "cheerful" nation by reviving an economy in the doldrums and vowing to keep Tokyo in the fight against
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    • 345 14 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR A week after claiming he had enough support to seize power, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday defended his failure to topple the Government, and asked Malaysians to be patient. Mr Anwar said removing the ruling coalition which has
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    • 184 16 KLANG (Selangor) Housewives are going undercover for Malaysia's Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry in its attempt to identify traders who overcharge at wet markets, a local report said yesterday. The ministry's director-general for enforcement, Mr Roslan Mahayudin, said housewives are ideal as "eyes and ears"
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    • 245 16 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's government said yesterday that it would cut retail fuel prices for the second time in two months to ease inflationary pressures ahead of the Muslim Eid-al Fitr celebrations next week. From today, the pump prices of
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    • 237 16 DETAINED LAWMAKER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's High Court said yesterday that opposition lawmaker Teresa Kok can sue for unlawful detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA), reported The Star. "You have other remedy, by civil suit," Justice Suraya Othman was quoted as saying by
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    • 403 18 AGENCIES TAINTED MILK Public are unwilling to point fingers at China's top leadership for the scandal BEIJING As China's tainted milk scandal rumbled on yesterday, there were few signs the Chinese people were willing to blame the nation's top leadership despite evidence the health risks were covered
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    • 353 18 \FP BANGKOK Thailand's new Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat unveiled his Cabinet yesterday, looking to heal rifts within his own party and restore stability as anti-government protests drag on. After days of intense horse trading with the ruling People Power Party's
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    • 247 20 KABUL When the Taliban engineered a prison break in the southern city of Kandahar in June, nearly 900 inmates escaped but not a single one had been fingerprinted or photographed. Though foreign militants are flowing into Afghanistan from Pakistan, Iran and Chechnya, authorities
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    • 90 20 AFP A Japanese company yesterday unveiled a wearable airbag for the elderly that pops out when they fall. The I.lkg airbag looks like a traveller's waist pouch but inflates in one-tenth of a second when sensors detect the wearer has taken a tumble. The Tokyo-based company,
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    • 289 20 KILLING OFCEO Apology comes after business groups lash out at him NEW DELHI India's labour minister yesterday apologised for expressing his support for sacked workers who beat their ex-boss to death, after his comments sparked widespread outrage. Mr Oscar Fernandes had defended former employees
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    • 253 22 AGENCIES UNITED NATIONS Iran's President told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that "the American empire" is nearing collapse and should end its military involvement in other countries. Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said terrorism is spreading quickly in Afghanistan while "the occupiers" are still in Iraq
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    • 406 22 BLOOMBERG AGENCIES SIGNOFTHETIMES As people tighten their belts, French eateries are going bust in droves PARIS It is seen as the mark of civilised eating, but France's tradition of the three-course restaurant lunch is in danger of being killed off by the economic crisis. Around
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    • 411 26 Your child needs you to be healthy too. A mother's love is for today and always. But it's important that j How does the immune system work? She keeps her health going Strong tOO. Meeting the constant Think of the immune system as an army that protects the needs Of
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    • 663 28  -  CHUASOOKIAT I SAY Don't just fall back on Yion-disclosure of dealings' AS I read about investors losing money in the DBS High Notes, I cannot help but continue to feel disappointed in the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) regulatory approach towards financial institutions. About two
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    • 223 29  -  Woo Lai Heong Letter from I REFER to "SGX acts on short-sell-ing" (Sept 23). As a share trader with 20 years' experience, I notice that the costs of securities trading in Singapore has risen steeply since the industry was liberalised seven
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    • 184 29  -  SP Paul Tay Geoffrey Lim Supt Chia Hui Keng TRAFFIC-EASING SCHEME Those in Woodlands less bothered by Causeway jam now Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force Deputy Director (Media Relations) Land Transport Authority and Head, Public Internal Communications Branch Immigration Checkpoints Authority I
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    • 142 30  -  DR BILL MAIER BY CAN'T AGREE? FOLLOW THE PARENTING EXPERT So, what do you do when you and your spouse have different parenting styles? Parenting is hard enough without adding extra conflict about how best to deal with the kids. When couples come from different backgrounds
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    • 590 30  -  Chia WoonYee TECHNOLOGY FORTHE DISABLED MaKe assistance scnemes more accessible as well Letter from Director of Technology Society for the Physically Disabled WE REFER to "Special gadgets for their special needs" (Sept 23). The Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) applauds the efforts to incorporate technology for
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    • 84 28 VOICES ON RADIO What do you feel about young adults who want their parents out of their lives? Do the elderly also have a role to play in adapting to living with their young adult children as well? Are HDB rental flats becoming old folks' homes as young people seek
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    • MUSIC
      • 246 32  -  CHRISTOPHER TOI-L gfdgdf Sometimes being a celebrity and operating a vehicle don't mix... cmßakertoh@mediawrp.com.sg IF THERE was any pop celebrity who cquld earn an award for Worst Driver of the Noughties, it would be pop starlet Lindsay Lohan. Her string of accidents and incidents since 2004
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      • 759 32 MARCBOLANOFT-REX Best known for their hits Children of the Revolution and Get it On, T-Rex were the progenitors of glam rock in the *****. Their charismatic front man Marc Bolan was two weeks to his 30th birthday, when he
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      • 248 33 We know rock stars love their cars. According to some, other than sex and heartache, cars are the most common topics for rockers to sing about. The reason, according to Gilby Clarke (Guns 'n' Roses, Rockstar: Supernova), "It's rock that rolls, man. This is what it's
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      911 34 CD REVIEWS CHRISTOPHERTOH DEATH MAGNETIC METALLICA Someone once said the key to all music is rhythm and melody. And with this, their ninth album, Metallica have hit the nail on the head or their coffin, as it were. Why? Quite simply, fans who loved their material up to
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    • 539 36 PLUS POINT There's a lesson to be learnt from fuddy duddies CHRISTOPHERTOH FOR THE past week, been dealing [with the elderly. I Okay, I witnessed I three veterans of I music do their (thing Tony Orlando (picture), 164, best known as the who sang Tie A
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    • 493 37  -  MAYO MARTIN JAZZ ROYALTY Diana Krall on music, cars and traditional medicine mayo@mediacorp.com.sg MEET Diana Krall, jazz singer extraordinaire, loving mother of twin sons and... advocate of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)? "I love it. I (drink) cooling tea. I take Chinese herbs," revealed the 43-year-old singer,
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    • 150 37 ACTRESS Sharon Stone has lost another round of custody proceedings over her oldest son. A San Francisco judge denied her request for primary custody of 8-year-old Roan, who's been living with his father, newspaper executive Phil Bronstein. The couple divorced in 2004 after six
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      • 341 43 YANGON has the largest number of colonial buildings in South-east Asia, including colonnaded government offices and sumptuous official residences, but most are dilapidated, neglected for decades. Surprisingly, however, most of the old buildings appear to have survived relatively unscathed the fury of Cyclone
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      • 101 44  -  IVARSCHOUT THE VIETNAM COAST The beach is gorgeous but largely unnoticed, soon it could become world famous traveller@newstoday.com. sg VIETNAM boasts a beautifully long stretch of coast with miles and miles of divine beaches that, for a long time, went largely unnoticed by tourists. These
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      • 164 44 Escape the bustle of Ho Chi Minh City with a go-minute ride by hydrofoil boat to the southcentral coast and party town of VungTau. Smack in the centre of the town is a mountain, atop which a large statue of Jesus looms, Rio de Janeiro style
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    • 565 50  -  LOW LIN FHOONG THE RACE IS ON Raikkonen is his country's biggest star, and raring to master the Spore circuit linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg PAAVO Nurmi is almost certainly Finland's greatest sports star. The distance runner won nine Olympic gold medals over three Games 1920, 1924,1928 but
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    • 592 51  -  SHAMIR OSMAN THE RACE IS ON Ferrari show off their slick pit-stop routine, McLaren wonder about all the fuss shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SEPARATED by three teams BMW Sauber, Renault and AT&T Williams at the pit building on Raffles Avenue, the garages of Ferrari and McLaren-Mercedes were a hive
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    • 522 52  -  TANYO-HINN THE RACE IS ON He'll be the only Singaporean in a pit crew, which explains why he cannot sleep yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN either Fernando Alonso or Nelsinho Piquet turn into the pits tomorrow night at practice, don't be surprised if you spot a Singapore
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    • 293 52  -  TANYO-HINN Bridgestone have a 20-strong team here preparing the 2,000 tyres for the 10 teams ahead of the inaugural 2008 Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, scheduled to be held along Marina Bay this weekend. While each member has a favourite among the
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    • 399 53  -  LAN DECOTTA WlLLlAMS'Japanese ace Kazuki Nakajima (picture) made his debut at the Brazilian Grand Prix last year. It was the final race of 2007, which effectively means the 23-year-old is still very much a rookie, although his performances this year suggest otherwise. He has shown
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    • 265 53 FERRARI are happy enough ahead of the 2008 Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, although rivals McLaren have an issue with space. Both teams were busy with preparations in their respective garages at the paddock yesterday and Marco, a member of the Ferrari team, said:
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    • 622 53  -  LAN DECOTTA THE RACE IS ON Three-time world champ Stewart puzzled about the team's treatment formula 1 correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg HE ALWAYS speaks his mind, it is that kind of independent spirit that helped Sir Jackie Stewart win three world titles 1969, 71 and 73. Yesterday, a
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    • 975 54  -  DAVID NGIAU THE RACE IS ON There will be a Mercedes Benz making a lot of noise along Marina Bay tonight deputy sports editor david@mediacorp.com.sg TONIGHT, at around 8 o'clock, Bernd Maylander will have the honour of driving the first official lap on
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    • 463 55 AFP AFTERNOON UPDATE League One upstarts Brighton humiliate Premiership's newly rich LONDON Cash-strapped Brighton produced a sensational upset in the League Cup yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), dumping moneybags Manchester City out of the competition. The League One side scored a lastminute equaliser to force their
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    • 281 55 AFP PORTSMOUTH Frank Lampard scored twice to hand Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari his first English cup victory in a 4-0 bashing of Portsmouth in the League Cup. Midfielder Lampard found the net either side of half-time while Solomon Kalou and Florent
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    • 279 55 AFP ROME An inspired substitution from coach Jose Mourinho allowed Inter Milan to stay top of the Serie A table with a 1-0 victory over Lecce at the San Siro yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The champions had dominated from start to finish, but
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      439 56 AFP AFTERNOON UPDATE Van derVaart bags hat-trick in 7-1 massacre of Gijon MADRID Rafael van der Vaart endeared himself to the Real Madrid fans with a hattrick as the champions crushed Sporting Gijon 7-1 yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to go second in the table. Dutch midfielder van
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    • 585 57  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL New coach Gao confident of improvement, eyes victory against Balestier NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Dalian Shide v Balestier Khalsa Queenstown Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg DALIAN Shide have replaced head coach Pei Yong Jiu with veteran Gao Huichen with seven games to go
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    • 317 57  -  MILTON TAN GEYLANG United's Miroslav Latiak was one of only three players not in the Lions squad to have featured in Radojko Avramovic's Singapore Selection outfit that faced Brazil's Olympic team back in July. The midfielder is grateful for the experience, when he said:
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  • 182 61 TRADING in the shares of China's Yanlord Land group was yesterday suspended on the Singapore Exchange after a report that a former Shanghai government official is standing trial in a bribery case involving a Yanlord property. The company said it would be making an
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  • 175 61 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Ministry of Finance is conducting a public consultation, until July 28, on the draft Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2008. Proposed amendments will cater for the Budget 2008 tax changes: They include incentives to encourage pervasive private sector research and development, tax
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  • 338 61  -  KELVIN CHOW INVESTMENT MARKETS Technology and healthcare are still viable: Bowers kelvinc@mediacorp.com. sg WHILE the current financial meltdown is sending investors scurrying to the sidelines, there are certain sectors that are worth a look. The sectors include healthcare and technology which have some good growth
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  • 118 63 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Washington Mutual Inc had its credit rating cut by Standard Poor's for the second time in nine days, increasing pressure on the savings and loan to find a buyer. The stock fell 29 per cent. S&P reduced WaMu yesterday to CCC
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  • 305 63 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON UPDATE Bank raises $14 b from Buffett, public stock offering NEW YORK Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised US$5 billion ($7 billion) in a stock offering, twice the amount the firm originally sought, after gaining an endorsement and a US$5 billion cash infusion from billionaire investor
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  • 639 64  -  ESTHER FUNG UNTAPPED MARKET Remittance businesses, telcos tap on new source of revenue growth esther@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAD been a long time since Mr Mumusamy Somu saw his wife and daughter, but the electrician got his chance last month when his wife and daughter flew in
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  • 293 65 FRAUD investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are scrutinising Fannie Mac, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, AIG, and their managements. The FBI investigation follows the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, according to a senior law-enforcement official in the United States. The named
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  • 795 65 THE NEWYORKTIMES, AGENCIES WALL STREET REVIVAL WARREN E Buffett, one of the world's most famous investors and one of the world's richest men, has invested US$5 billion ($7.15 billion) in Goldman Sachs, the embattled Wall Street titan, in a move that could bolster confidence in the
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  • 215 65 BLOOMBERG CONGRESSIONAL leaders are looking at how to revise a US$7OO billion ($995.5 billion) Wall Street rescue plan after it has become clear that US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's proposal faces resistance from Democrats and Republicans. House and Senate Democratic leaders are discussing new strategies, including
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  • 727 66  -  QUAKHIANGWHAI BUSINESS COMMENT IF YOU have lost millions of dollars in this crisis, you would probably want to see blood. You would also want more regulation of the financial sector so that hopefully we can avoid another major banking crisis. But the question
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