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COLUMN
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Article, Illustration26 2008-11-05 1 Maria Siow Our East Asia Bureau Chief says that it’s time for Taiwan’s main opposition party, DPP, to see the big picture to avoid being marginalised.26 words
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SINGAPORE
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Article31 2008-11-05 1 Attorney-General Walter Woon argues that three recent articles in the Wall Street Journal Asia had attacked “the heart of the judiciary”, and asks for a substantial fine.31 words
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Article46 2008-11-05 1 The Attorney-General’s Chambers has withdrawn a drug trafficking charge against Australian journalist Peter Gerard Lloyd, after his lawyer sent a written application to the AGC for the charge to be dropped. Mr Lloyd will plead guilty to several of the remain- ing four charges.46 words
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BUSINESS
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Article, Illustration40 2008-11-05 1 In a bid to help Malaysia cope with the global economic crisis, Finance Minister Najib Razak unveils a $3-billion stimulus plan that includes building more low-cost homes and letting workers pay less into a national pension fund.40 words
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Article30 2008-11-05 1 At the E3 AGM, irate shareholders take the board to task over corporate governance, as they take issue with the company’s dealings with chairman Peter Ngo’s brother.30 words
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NEWS
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AMERICA VOTES
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Article, Illustration1161 2008-11-05 1 JONATHAN FREEDLAND - NEWS COMMENT JONATHAN FREEDLAND IN WASHINGTON THE GUARDIAN SOMETIMES it felt as if this day would never come. By tonight, perhaps as many as 140 million Americans will have stepped inside a polling booth, pulled back the curtain and made a quiet, private decision that willTHE GUARDIAN; AFP - 1,161 words
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Article, Illustration1170 2008-11-05 1 JONATHAN FREEDLAND - NEWS COMMENT JONATHAN FREEDLAND IN WASHINGTON THE GUARDIAN SOMETIMES it felt as if this day would never come. By tonight, perhaps as many as 140 million Americans will have stepped inside a polling booth, pulled back the curtain and made a quiet, private decision that willTHE GUARDIAN; AFP - 1,170 words
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Article, Illustration1170 2008-11-05 1 JONATHAN FREEDLAND - NEWS COMMENT JONATHAN FREEDLAND IN WASHINGTON THE GUARDIAN SOMETIMES it felt as if this day would never come. By tonight, perhaps as many as 140 million Americans will have stepped inside a polling booth, pulled back the curtain and made a quiet, private decision that willTHE GUARDIAN; AFP - 1,170 words
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Article, Illustration1170 2008-11-05 1 JONATHAN FREEDLAND - NEWS COMMENT JONATHAN FREEDLAND IN WASHINGTON THE GUARDIAN SOMETIMES it felt as if this day would never come. By tonight, perhaps as many as 140 million Americans will have stepped inside a polling booth, pulled back the curtain and made a quiet, private decision that willTHE GUARDIAN; AFP - 1,170 words
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Article, Illustration842 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) at press time, it’s Obama in the lead AFTERNOON LATEST AGENCIES NEW YORK By the time you read this, America may well have made its decision. At press time, Mr Barack Obama appeared to be heading for victory over Mr John McCain in the United States presidentialAGENCIES - 842 words
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Article, Illustration449 2008-11-05 2 McCain revelled in every minute of his whirlwind tour across 7 states, 3 time zones AGENCIES PRESCOTT (Arizona) For those who worry that Senator John McCain is too old to be United States president, consider this: On the eve of D-day, he managed to clockAGENCIES; AP; EPA - 449 words
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Article, Illustration410 2008-11-05 2 (2nd edition) 1.30AM LATEST AFP CHICAGO Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama cast his ballot in his home city of Chicago, with his wife and young daughters by his side. On a historic day across the United States which could see Mr Obama elected the first blackAFP; aP; EPA - 410 words
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435 2008-11-05 2 (3rd edition) 3.30AM LATEST AGENCIES NEW YORK Voting problems including malfunctioning machines and long lines surfaced in several areas when people turned out in droves at the polling stations. Hundreds converged on polling precincts in Missouri, a crucial battleground state. Resident Norma Storms, 78, said herAGENCIES - 435 words
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160 2008-11-05 2 (3rd edition) AP Wall Street enjoyed an Election Day rally, surging as investors brushed off weak economic data and looked forward to putting the uncertainty of the presidential voting behind them. The Dow Jones industrial average soared more than 250 points, and the other major indexesAP - 160 words
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Article, Illustration623 2008-11-05 2 (5th edition) Long waits, glitches but they voted AFTERNOON LATEST ATTHE POLLING CENTRES AP NEW YORK Lines stretched around buildings and crossed city blocks as people waited to cast ballots in the historic presidential race between candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Touchscreen voting machines malfunctioned in some precincts, yet voting yesterdayAP - 623 words
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Article, Illustration383 2008-11-05 2 (4th edition) 2.30AM LATEST AFP WASHINGTON As the most extensivelysurveyed election in history moved towards its climax, last-minute opinion polls yesterday confirmed Democrat Barack Obama’s lead nationwide, but offered slivers of hope for rival John McCain in some key states. Five national polls all showed Mr Obama gainingAFP; AP - 383 words
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ELECTION ROUNDUP
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Article, Illustration144 2008-11-05 3 AGENCIES Mr Barack Obama learnt his white grandmother whom he called “Toot” died just a day before Americans decided if he would be America’s first black president. Ms Madelyn Dunham, 86, raised Mr Obama in the 10th-floor apartment where she died of cancer, late Sunday night. WithAGENCIES; AP - 144 words
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104 2008-11-05 3 AFP Residents of two tiny towns in New Hampshire symbolically kicked off voting in the US presidential election yesterday, casting ballots just after midnight. Both towns switched their pro-Republican records to back a Democrat: In Hart’s Location, Mr Barack Obama won 17AFP - 104 words
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114 2008-11-05 3 AFP Kenyans turned out in their hundreds yesterday in the city of Kisumu to vote in mock US elections, which organisers unsurprisingly said looked set to crown Mr Barack Obama. None of the rules of a democratic poll were respected in the vote,AFP - 114 words
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Article, Illustration474 2008-11-05 3 Could Obama win popular vote while McCain gets electoral college victory? AP WASHINGTON It’s a nightmare scenario for Democrats their nominee Barack Obama winning the popular vote while Republican John McCain ekes out an Electoral College victory in America’s state-by-state process of selecting a president. Sure, surveysAP; EPA - 474 words
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ELECTION ROUNDUP
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105 2008-11-05 3 (2nd edition) AFP Residents of two tiny towns in New Hampshire symbolically kicked off voting in the US presidential election, casting ballots just after midnight on Tuesday. Both towns switched their pro-Republican records to back a Democrat: In Hart’s Location, Mr Barack Obama wonAFP - 105 words
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91 2008-11-05 3 (2nd edition) AFP The presidential vote cast already by Democrat Barack Obama’s grandmother, Ms Madelyn Dunham, will count despite her dying just hours before election day, a campaign spokeswoman said yesterday. “Once you cast an absentee ballot, it counts,” said Ms Linda Douglass. Ms Dunham died inAFP - 91 words
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114 2008-11-05 3 (2nd edition) AFP Kenyans turned out in their hundreds yesterday in the city of Kisumu to vote in mock US elections, which organisers unsurprisingly said looked set to crown Mr Barack Obama. None of the rules of a democratic poll were respected in the vote,AFP - 114 words
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Article, Illustration517 2008-11-05 3 (2nd edition) Election officials brace for a record turnout of voters 1.30AM LATEST AP NEW YORK Voting problems have surfaced in several areas as people turned out in droves to cast their ballots across the United States. Americans have kept a close eye on election problems recently. In 2000,AP - 517 words
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Article, Illustration563 2008-11-05 3 (3rd edition) 3.30AM LATEST AGENCIES WASHINGTON Millions of voters have flooded polling stations across the United States, looking to elect Democrat Barack Obama as the first black US president or hand Republican John McCain an upset win in their historic clash. Mr Obama enjoyed a solid leadAGENCIES; EPA; PHOTOS: AP - 563 words
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Article, Illustration683 2008-11-05 3 (4th edition) AFTERNOON LATEST THE ISSUES AP WASHINGTON, DC A scary economy isn’t the only fear voters carried to the polls yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Twothirds fret about how to pay for healthcare and at least as many worry that terrorists will attack theAP - 683 words
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Article145 2008-11-05 4 Some of the points in contention: JUNE 26 editorial “Democracy in Singapore” cites “the going price for political dissent”. WSJA says: Phrase refers only to award of monetary damages in MM Lee and PM Lee’s defamation case against SDP leaders. ag says: It implies co~rts were part145 words
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Article, Illustration684 2008-11-05 4 LEONG WEE KEAT - WSJA counters: Newspapers don’t wage such campaigns ATTORNEY-GENERAL ON WSJA LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS the third time in more than two decades that the Wall Street Journal Asia (WSJA) has been taken to task for contempt of court here. And this, charged Singapore’s Attorney-GeneralTODAY FILE PHOTO - 684 words
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Article, Illustration283 2008-11-05 6 ESTHER NG - ESTHER NG FIFTY years from now, filling up your car with petrol could be a distant memory. Instead, the fuel of choice could be algae, or any one of the second-generation biofuels derived from agricultural waste such as straw, wood residue, stems and leaves. ThatAP - 283 words
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Article465 2008-11-05 6 LIN YANQIN - but neighbouring countries’ oil subsidies won’t make this easy, says MM SINGAPORE ENERGY CONFERENCE LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp. com.sg BILLIONS may be poured into researching clean energy technology, but the little things done to consume efficiently will help make a difference too, said Minister Mentor465 words
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Article91 2008-11-05 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore is developing a new Cleantech Park in Jalan Bahar for clean technology research, prototyping and light manufacturing. Sited next to the Nanyang Technological University, the first of about eight buildings is expected to be up in 2010. The project aims to have “low waste,CHANNEL NEWSASIA - 91 words
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Article, Illustration354 2008-11-05 8 ANSLEY NG - ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp. com.sg THE three men accused of holding a court in contempt by wearing T-shirts of a kangaroo dressed in a judge’s robes have been given more time to prepare their defence. Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) assistant secretary-gener-al JohnDON WONG - 354 words
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Article461 2008-11-05 8 NEO CHAI CHIN - Varsity cites students’ interests, calls for probe CONTEMPT CHARGES NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg ONE of the three men accused of contempt of court has been suspended from his lecturing duties at James Cook University Singapore. Mr John Tan, 47, assistant secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party, was461 words
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Article, Illustration330 2008-11-05 10 ANSLEY NG - Journalist’s lawyer sent a written application for most serious charge to be dropped DRUGTRAFFICKING ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp. com.sg THE Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has withdrawn a drug trafficking charge against Australian television journalist Peter Gerard Lloyd. His lawyer, Mr Hamidul Haq, said he had sent a written applicationTODAY FILE PHOTO - 330 words
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SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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125 2008-11-05 10 938LIVE Shell yesterday sparked another round of price cuts at the petrol pumps. It chose not to join the 5 cents a litre reduction by all the other oil major companies on Monday, announcing instead a deeper 6 cents a litre cut938LIVE - 125 words
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84 2008-11-05 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Land Transport Authority is looking into ways to make it more convenient for commuters to cycle to bus terminals and trains stations. It is looking at two ideas already practised in some countries: The first is to have private vendors whoCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 84 words
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Article137 2008-11-05 10 From Friday, it will cost a little less to fly on Singapore Airlines (SIA) and SilkAir as both carriers will lower their fuel surcharges. SIA said travellers in Business and Economy Class across all routes will see a reduction of between US$4 ($6) and US$15137 words
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Article, Illustration330 2008-11-05 12 SINGAPORE-KUWAIT RELATIONS ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHANNEL NEWSASIA KUWAIT and Singapore have inked an open skies agreement that will let Singapore carriers operate unlimited flights to Kuwait, as well as beyond, to any other city in the world. The signing was witnessed by President S R Nathan,ADDITIONAL REPORTING; BY CHANNEL NEWSASIA; AFP - 330 words
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176 2008-11-05 12 ANSLEYNG - ANSLEYNG A FORMER prison officer who obtained confidential information from the prisons computer system and passed it on to an ex-inmate, was jailed for three months by a District Court yesterday. Mr Luke Teo, 26, was convicted on Monday under the Computer Misuse Act for176 words
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Article20 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) Boeing said the first test flights of its 787 plane will be delayed due to union strikes.20 words
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Article24 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) A former high-ranking exec at fallen Bear Stearns bank has been appointed to a senior post in a US Fed division.24 words
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Article16 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) British retailer announced that profits slumped 44 per cent in Q2 and Q3.16 words
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Article13 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) Ctrl-Alt-Delete PC-maker Dell offering unpaid leave, severance packages in effort to reduce staff.13 words
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SPORTS LATEST
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Article, Illustration22 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) Felipe Scolari’s team were singing the blues after a 3-1 defeat to Roma in the Champions League this morning.22 words
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Article, Illustration18 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard won and converted an injury-time penalty to salvage a draw against Atletico Madrid.18 words
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207 2008-11-05 14 KUALA LUMPUR More than 60 police officers, including an Assistant Superintendent, and personnel from the narcotics department have been suspended, demoted or transferred in a nationwide clean-up exercise. Some were alleged to have close links with drug syndicates while others were said to207 words
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GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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99 2008-11-05 14 Malaysia Airlines passengers can now use their mobile phones and personal digital assistants onboard selected flights, reported The Star. The airline, which uses the Aeromobile system, is the first carrier in Asia to offer such inflight services on routes covering the99 words
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93 2008-11-05 14 A courtroom battle looms over the Penang government’s controversial plan to erect multilingual signages in heritage zones to cater to overseas visitors. A newly-formed group made up of Malay graduates filed a suit yesterday seeking a High Court injunction against both the state government93 words
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123 2008-11-05 14 Indonesia has stepped up security around President Susilo BambangYudhoyono after a death threat supposedly signed by the three Bali bombers on death row was posted online. The letter, written in Indonesian, Arabic and English and dated August, urges militants to “war against and123 words
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Article, Illustration316 2008-11-05 14 US, Australian embassies threatened as Indonesia awaits executions BOMBTHREATS AFP JAKARTA The United States and Australian embassies in Indonesia received bomb threats yesterday as tensions rose ahead of the imminent execution of three Muslim militants convicted over the Bali bombings. Police announced the all clear afterAFP; EPA - 316 words
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Article419 2008-11-05 16 Weekly flights tripled, and shipping links restored TAIWAN-CHINA RELATIONS AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan and China set aside decades of hostilities yesterday and agreed to drastically expand flights and allow shipping links across the Taiwan Strait a hot spot that has long threatened to become a war zone. TheAGENCIES - 419 words
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Article, Illustration739 2008-11-05 17 MARIA SIOW - Taiwan’s opposition needs to change or risk being marginalised TODAY IN CHINA MARIA SIOW east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com. sg TAIWAN’S main opposition party has tried pulling every trick out of its bag to derail the historic visit of China’s top envoy to the739 words
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244 2008-11-05 18 AFP BANGKOK A hand grenade was tossed at a group of guards at an anti-government protest site in Bangkok early yesterday morning, Thai police said. This was the second such attack within a week, but no one was hurt. The small bomb went offAFP - 244 words
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Article, Illustration330 2008-11-05 18 Largest attack in restive southern Thailand in months THAILAND UNREST AFP PATTANI (Thailand) One person was killed and 71 injured yesterday when twin bombs ripped through a market and tea shop near a government office in Thailand’s insurgencyhit south. Officials said the attack wasAFP; wreckage..AFP - 330 words
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261 2008-11-05 19 AGENCIES PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti) Five migrants rescued after 15 days lost at sea ate their dead comrades to stay alive, a Dominican official has said. The group was found floating near the Turks and Caicos Islands. The only woman in the groupAGENCIES - 261 words
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Article, Illustration284 2008-11-05 19 Chinese official’s drunken behaviour captured on video ONLINE UPROAR AFP BEIJING Video footage of a Chinese official’s drunken attempt to force himself on an 11-year-old girl has triggered a police inquiry and a torrent of online criticism, state media reported yesterday. Mr Lin Jiaxiang, partyAFP - 284 words
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228 2008-11-05 19 AFP TOKYO Japanese scientists said yesterday they had created a mouse from a dead cell frozen for 16 years, taking a step in the long impossible dream of bringing back extinct animals. Scientists at Riken, the government-backed research institute, used the deadAFP - 228 words
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Article274 2008-11-05 21 for good grades US EDUCATION AFP WASHINGTON It was a bit like pay day for children in 15 middle schools in the United States capital who recently received their first cheques for good grades, attendance and behaviour. Every two weeks, children aged 12 to 14 stand to make up toAFP - 274 words
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Article, Illustration234 2008-11-05 21 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SAN DIEGO (California) New software that allows would-be thieves to make duplicate keys from single photographs has been developed by US scientists. House keys can be cloned from photos taken from mobile phones and even shots taken over long distances. TheTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 234 words
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104 2008-11-05 21 AFP South Korea’s air force hunted for live missiles after two jet fighters collided north of Seoul yesterday, the Defence Ministry said. South Korea’s air force later retrieved three of four live missiles which fell to the ground after two F-5E jetsAFP - 104 words
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109 2008-11-05 21 AFP China said yesterday it had found dangerous substances in imported Japanese soy sauce and coffee. Inspectors in the northern city of Tianjin discovered Japanese soy sauce contained arsenic levels five times higher than allowable limits, China’s product safety watchdog said inAFP - 109 words
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77 2008-11-05 21 AFP Authorities in the Chinese city of Chongqing yesterday apologised to inconvenienced citizens and vowed to crack down on violence that has marked a rare strike by taxi drivers. Several thousand taxi drivers extended a strike over high operating costs, low faresAFP - 77 words
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Article76 2008-11-05 22 David Kwok Ng Kan - David Kwok Ng Kan The current way of reporting faulty bus panels, bus information boards, bus shelters and bus stops is too much of a hassle for the commuting public with four public organisations the Land Transport Authority, SMRT, TransitLink and the Singapore Bus Service involved. The76 words
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Article202 2008-11-05 22 Ho Lai Fung - It gradually lowered its grid and support charges 24% THE ROLEOFSPSERVICES Ho Lai Fung Director, Corporate Communications Singapore Power I REFER to “SP Services not just ‘lorry driver’, Singaporeans expect more’ (Nov 3) from Mr William Siew and Mr Daniel Gwee. Both Mr Siew and202 words
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Article208 2008-11-05 22 Letter from James Wong SOME months ago, a coffee shop at Blk 213 Bedok North St 1 was closed for renovation. When I passed the area last week, in its place was a brand new, bright and attractive Singapore Pools outlet. The area has high208 words
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Article174 2008-11-05 24 DR BILL MAIER - BY DR BILL MAIER MAKE YOUR WIFE FEEL SPECIAL (PART 3) How can you help your wife feel special? My friend, Dr Kevin Leman, has some great ideas. First, grab a duster and start cleaning every once in a while. And don’t do it for the174 words
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Article, Illustration58 2008-11-05 24 CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore. Give your full name, age, occupation, address and phone number and send a 300dpi, <3m jpg file to: seen@newstoday. com.sg. Include a 50-word caption. Revellers at the Asian CivilisationsSOPHIA HUANG - 58 words
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Article160 2008-11-05 24 Hold senior management accountable, too RELATIONSHIP MANAGERS Letter from John Tay MOST press reports make the Relationship Managers (RM) out as the “bad guys”. The RMs are there to ‘market and sell’ the products for the benefit of the bank and senior management. What roles160 words
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Article141 2008-11-05 24 Lionel De Souza - Lionel De Souza Euthanasia is a re-branding of suicide. Suicide is not classified as an offence under Singapore statutes, since a dead person cannot be charged in court. However, singapore’s law on the abetment of suicide is non-ambiguous, and is divided into two sections. In these, the141 words
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Article, Illustration62 2008-11-05 29 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Played by Anthony Hopkins He’s cultured, he’s polite and he’d love to have you for dinner. Far beyond just craving his census taker’s liver with fava beans and a nice chianti, this former psychiatrist is terrifying by virtue of his ability to62 words
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Article, Illustration48 2008-11-05 29 Halloween (1978) Played by Nick Castle Impervious to pain (and, apparently, to death, judging from the seven sequels that followed), the mute psychopath impales and slashes victims with silent contentment. His obsession with murdering every last remote member of his family is commendable and downright fascinating.48 words
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Article, Illustration60 2008-11-05 29 The Dark Knight (2008) Played by Heath Ledger There are no doubts, no debate, no close calls and no posthumous sentimentality. Heath Ledger’s Joker, the sadistic sociopath wrecking havoc for no reason other than to satisfy his own gratuitous pleasure, is disturbingly mesmerising Enough to make you almost60 words
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Article, Illustration219 2008-11-05 31 GENEVIEVE LOH - MOVIE REVIEW DRAGON HUNTERS GENEVIEVE LOH THERE is beauty in simple storytelling, and in the world of animation where one-up-manship seems to be the order of the day Dragon Hunters, with its gorgeous fantasy universe of likeable characters and charming storyline, is a real joy219 words
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196 2008-11-05 31 AFP JAPANESE prosecutors yesterday arrested Tetsuya Komuro, one of the most successful producers in Japan’s pop music history, on suspicion of fraud. Komuro, 49, is alleged to have defrauded a man out of 500 million yen ($7.5 million), the Jiji Press news agency and televisionAFP - 196 words
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Article, Illustration1567 2008-11-05 32 SHERMAINE WONG - Inspired by men of the silver screen, we pick three regular, good fellas who are stars in their own rights WORDS SHERMAINE WONG AS FAR as Leonard, Ali and Edison are concerned, “tall, dark and handsome” is a rather passé term used to describe what the idealPHOTOS JASON HO - 1,567 words
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Article, Illustration444 2008-11-05 36 JUSTIN CHEONG - THE BALD THE BEAUTIFUL Shaven pates light up the silver screen and it’s not just because they’re shiny WORDS JUSTIN CHEONG AN EMAIL I received the other day from a colleague began with “Dear Karl Maka”. Which got me thinking about two things: First, hey, there is a resemblance! Second,444 words
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Article, Illustration172 2008-11-05 38 WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE Hide And Seek Channel 5,10pm After his wife commits suicide, David Callway and his daughter, Emily, move upstate to find peace and “restart” their lives. But when mysterious and dangerous things start happening, David and Emily must find a way out of this mess if172 words
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Article, Illustration550 2008-11-05 40 Wenger’s youth policy could hurt Arsenal’s ambitions EUROPEAN CLUB FOOTBALL THE GUARDIAN Champions League, Group G Arsenal v Fenerbahce LONDON Arsene Wenger has admitted that Arsenal are suffering from an uncharacteristic lack of bite and belief in front of goal, and the Frenchman is prepared toTHE GUARDIAN; GETTY IMAGES - 550 words
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Article, Illustration222 2008-11-05 40 United to ‘make sure we finish teams off AFP GLASGOW Manchester United can advance to the knockout stages of the Champions League and make a point to their critics with a victory over Celtic here tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Given the ease with which the Scottish champions were seenAFP; GETTY IMAGES - 222 words
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Article, Illustration692 2008-11-05 40 (2nd edition) AFTERNOON LATEST AFP Champions League, Group A Roma 3 Chelsea 1 ROME AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti’s job is looking a lot safer following his team’s stunning 3-1 victory over 10-man Chelsea in the Champions League at the Stadio Olimpico yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). RomaAFP; GETTY IMAGES - 692 words
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264 2008-11-05 40 (2nd edition) AFP Champions League, Group C Barcelona 1 Basel 1 BARCELONA Barcelona qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League with two games to spare despite losing their 100 per cent record in the competition following a 1-1 home draw with FC Basel yesterdayAFP - 264 words
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Article, Illustration514 2008-11-05 41 dunga takes a dig at new argentina coach, but ardiles gives the thumbs-up INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL AGENCIES BUENOS AIRES With a rivalry as intense as that between South American football giants Argentina and Brazil, and considering Diego Maradona’s temperament, the barbs were bound to fly followingAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 514 words
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171 2008-11-05 41 AFP LONDON Newly-crowned world champion Lewis Hamilton is looking to win at least two more Formula 1 drivers’ titles but the McLaren-Mercedes driver feels Michael Schumacher’s tally of seven remains out of his reach. “I don’t plan on winning seven world championships that’sAFP - 171 words
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Article, Illustration432 2008-11-05 41 (2nd edition) gerrard’s 95th-minute penalty helps Liverpool salvage a draw AFTERNOON LATEST AFP Champions League, Group D Liverpool 1 Atletico Madrid 1 LIVERPOOL Steven Gerrard (picture) came to Liverpool’s rescue once again with a last-gasp penalty that salvaged a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid in the Champions LeagueAFP; GETTY IMAGES - 432 words
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Article95 2008-11-05 41 (2nd edition) ban.~aFp Sunderland~ manager~ Roy~ Keane~ was~ charged~ yesterday~ with~ improper~ conduct~ by~ the~ Football~ Association~ after~ he~ was~ sent~ to~ the~ stands~ at~ halftime~ during~ his~ team’s~ 5-0~ defeat~ away~ to~ Chelsea~ last~ weekend. The~ former~ Manchester~ United~ midfielder~ was~ told~ to~ leave~ the~ dugout~ by~ban.~aFp - 95 words
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Article90 2008-11-05 41 (2nd edition) November.~bloomberg Aston~ Villa~ winger~ Ashley~ Young~ has~ signed~ a~ new~ four-year~ contract,~ it~ was~ announced~ yesterday~ on~ the~ Premier~ League~ club’s~ website. Young,~ 23,~ has~ scored~ 14~ goals~ since~ joining from~ Watford~ in~ January~ last~ year~ for~ £9.65~ million~ ($22.8~ million). The~ winger~ has~ four~November.~bloomberg - 90 words
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Article110 2008-11-05 41 (2nd edition) boy.~aFp Joey~ Barton~ will~ not~ face~ disciplinary~ action~ over~ an~ incident~ during~ Newcastle~ United’s~ 2-0~ win~ over~ Aston~ Villa~ on~ Monday,~ according~ to~ the~ Football~ Association. During~ the~ game,~ the~ midfielder~ had~ appeared~ to~ flick~ a~ hand~ in~ the~ face~ of~ opposing~ striker~ Gabriel~ Agbonlahor. Barton~boy.~aFp - 110 words
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Article, Illustration469 2008-11-05 42 SHAMIROSMAN - saFFC’s midfield enforcer could be the key in what is potentially a title fight tonight nTUC Income-yeo’s s-League 2008 Super Reds v SAFFC Yishun Stadium, 7.30pm MATCH OFTHE SEASON SHAMIROSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg THEY have each won 22 times this season and after 30 games, are separated byWEETECK HIAN - 469 words
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Article, Illustration708 2008-11-05 43 MILTON TAN - Title contenders Super Reds and SAFFC are a contrast in styles and mindsets nTuC income-yeo’s s-League 2008 Super Reds v SAFFC Yishun Stadium, 7.30pm MATCH OFTHE SEASON MILTON TAN sports@newstoday.com. sg TONIGHT’S NTUC Income-Yeo’s S-League 2008 match is a red-and-blue battle that won’t have as muchTREVOR TAN - 708 words
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Article, Illustration120 2008-11-05 43 Last night, 25-year-old Abirami Naidu became the first woman referee in the nTuC income-yeo’s S-League when she took charge of balestier Khalsa’s 1-0 win over the Young Lions at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The former national defender started officiating in 2004. She began running linesreferee.”Wee TeCK hian - 120 words
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Article, Illustration693 2008-11-05 44 ESTHER FUNG - Spirit of looking for solutions to problems has kept Ms Chng going for the past 20 years INNOVATION ANDTECHNOLOGY ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg WANT to know how a factory cuts your ingredients for the yusheng dish you have during Chinese New Year? OneTREVORTAN - 693 words
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Article92 2008-11-05 44 Be Open. MrTan See Ghee, technology director at AMD Far East, urged companies to be more flexible in their mindset and be receptive to new ideas, and to try to break through the traditional methods of doing things. Mr Tan said: “Looking at the92 words
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126 2008-11-05 44 Businesses are focused on cost reduction and trying to keep their margins up and if retail is not bringing in the revenue, then it’s time for a makeover. Mr Ronald Dalderup, co-founder of NBDA Asia, said: “Invest in design as it is126 words
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93 2008-11-05 44 Ms Jocelyn Chng, managing director of Sin Hwa Dee Foodstuff Industries, does her homework and asks around to get reputable vendors to work with her. She said: “Tell the vendors exactly what you need from the equipment and make sure they can93 words
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Article50 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) 25 cents Hold Daiwa cuts target price to 28 cents from 71 cents but keeps call. Expects chipmaker to book FY08 nett loss of US$31 million following 3Q08 loss of US$24.3 million. Expects limited upside for stock given “low probability” of company being profitable over next four quarters.50 words
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Article64 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) $2.02 Buy DBS Vickers upgrades from “Hold”, citing healthy balance sheet, recurring strong cash flow, zero debt and dividend yield of 10 per cent. But cuts target price to $2.50 from $2.70. In another view, Cazenove downgrades to “Underperform” from “InLine” and cuts target price to $1.00 from64 words
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Article63 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) $1.13 sell ABN Amro says shares look overvalued as credit crunch may restrict activities of exporters and importers, hit commodity volumes; “the shortage of trade finance threatens to restrict trade severely”. Cuts target price to 69 cents from 94 cents on lowered earnings forecasts, higher assumed cost of capital.63 words
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Article, Illustration687 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) Najib announces RM7 billion economic stimulus package MALAYSIAN ECONOMY AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR In a bid to spend its way out of the tough times, the Malaysian government yesterday announced an RM7 billion ($3 billion) stimulus package that includes building more low-cost homes and letting workers pay lessAGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 687 words
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Article64 2008-11-05 1 (2nd edition) 5-day stI CLosInG TUES q2.87% 1.829.69 monday 1,883.75 p~4.99% Friday 1,794.20 q0.43% thursday 1,801.91 p~7.82% Wednesday 1,671.20 p~0.28% marKets CLose Hang seng 14,384.34 p0.28% nikkei 9,114.60 p6.27% shanghai 1,706.70 q0.76% seoul 1,153.35 p2.15% mumbai 10,631.12 p2.84% KL Comp 905.58 p0.69% ForeIGn eXCHanGe Us$1 $1.479 £1 $2.341 1 euro64 words
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Article78 2008-11-05 1 Traders optimistic Wall Street staged a powerful rally as Americans voted. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 305.45 points (3.28 per cent) to 9,625.28 and the Nasdaq added 53.79 points (3.12 per cent) to 1,780.12, the first time it has closed higher for six straight sessions all year.78 words
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Article92 2008-11-05 1 surge more than 10% Oil prices rallied sharply overnight amid news of a weaker US dollar and on evidence that Opec crude exporters were cutting production as promised, analysts said. Prices jumped off a 21month low point for Brent North Sea crude US$66.44 a barrel, up US$5.96 from92 words
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Article87 2008-11-05 1 Betting on US election Stocks rallied overnight, with investors gambling on the chance of a new US President. At the close in Europe, the FTSE100 index of London’s leading shares was up 4.42 per cent at 4,639.50, Paris’ CAC 40 advanced 4.62 per cent to 3,691.09 and in87 words
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Article, Illustration406 2008-11-05 1 Boeing blames strike for indefinite delays in delivery of Dreamliner AFTERNOON LATEST AGENCIES CHICAGO The Boeing Company said yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) that its new longrange airplane, the Boeing 787, would not make its first test flight this year because of delays causedAGENCIES; AFP - 406 words
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394 2008-11-05 1 AP NEW YORK The former chief risk officer at investment bank Bear Stearns, which nearly collapsed in March, is now a senior official of the Federal Reserve division that supervises United States banks. Mr Michael Alix, who worked at Bear Stearns forAP - 394 words
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169 2008-11-05 1 BLOOMBERG LONDON The cost of borrowing dollars for one month here fell to the lowest level in almost four years as cen-tral-bank cash injections and interest-rate cuts worldwide showed signs of thawing the freeze in lending. The London interbank offered rate, or Libor, thatBLOOMBERG - 169 words
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123 2008-11-05 1 BLOOMBERG THE yen may drop against the United States dollar and the euro for a third day after a rally in global stocks encouraged investors to buy higher-yield-ing assets funded by low- cost loans in Japan’s currency. The US dollar fell the most againstBLOOMBERG - 123 words
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Article304 2008-11-05 2 AFTERNOON LATEST THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Profits at British retailer Marks Spencer (M&S) slumped by 44 per cent in the six months to Sept 27 as the full impact of the credit crisis hit the high street. Executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose said that M&S is facingTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 304 words
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210 2008-11-05 2 BLOOMBERG DELL, the world’s second-largest personalcomputer maker, is offering unpaid leave to workers and severance packages to employees who voluntarily quit their jobs. Workers are being offered one to five days of time off without pay, a spokesman for the Round Rock,BLOOMBERG - 210 words
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198 2008-11-05 2 (2nd edition) value.Channel neWsasia DBS seems to be having problems coping with the number of complaints from investors who bought High Notes 5, a structured product linked to failed bank Lehman Brothers. At a dialogue session yesterday, some investors said they had not heard from thevalue.Channel neWsasia - 198 words
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378 2008-11-05 3 KELVIN CHOW - KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg THE financial turmoil around the world has provided a cue for banks and other financial institutions in Asia to change the way they reward their employees, says an employment expert. Professor Ron Collard, partner and leader of Financial Services378 words
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Article388 2008-11-05 3 CHEOWXINYI - Insurers say funds are invested for stable returns s’pore’s InsuranCe IndusTry CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg INSURANCE funds will not be spared the gyrations in financial markets now, but the Life Insurance Association (LIA) assured that participating life funds mainly invest in fixed income assets, which make them more388 words
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Article169 2008-11-05 3 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) yesterday warned that its fiscal secondquarter earnings will be hurt by a stronger Singapore dollar and costs related to the launch of third-generation iPhones. SingTel, in a filing with the Singapore Exchange, noted that currencies that five regional mobileDOW JONES - 169 words
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Article540 2008-11-05 5 LOH CHEE KONG - Still regarded as ‘people’s bank’, dbs’ reputation hit by High Notes saga BUSINESS ANALYSIS LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg HOW did DBS Bank ever get itself into such a mess? As chief protagonist in the ongoing High Notes saga, the bank is bearing the brunt540 words
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Article, Illustration820 2008-11-05 6 LYNETTE KOH - Through trade fairs and the right people helping to knock on doors, Prima Taste is going places LYNETTE KOH lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg MUSCOVITES can now tuck into well-loved Singaporean dishes such as chilli crab, chicken rice, and laksa at one of Moscow’s top restaurants thanks toJASON HO - 820 words
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199 2008-11-05 7 DOW JONES SEMBCORP Marine yesterday posted a 73% rise in its net profit for the third quarter and painted a rosy picture for the group on the back of a strong order book to 2012, even as its peers talked of lower rig building ordersDOW JONES - 199 words
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525 2008-11-05 7 CONRAD RAJ - Restructuring firm KordaMenthaNeo lends a helping hand in times of economic turmoil SAVING BUSINESSES CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S an ill wind that blows nobody any good, as the saying goes. That’s why in this time of economic turmoil, a new business has its official525 words
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Article120 2008-11-05 7 AFP UBS warned yesterday that its earnings might be hit in the fourth quarter, but the Swiss bank saw “encouraging signs” of staunching massive asset outflows. Clients withdrew 83.6 billion francs’ ($105.6 billion) worth of assets in the third quarter alone. The haemorrhage continued at theAFP - 120 words
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Article135 2008-11-05 7 DOW JONES Singapore Technologies Engineering said that its third-quarter net profit rose 3% on higher contributions from its aerospace, electronics and land systems operations. But turnover from its marine business fell. Net profit for the three months ended Sept 30 rose to $128.9 million from135 words
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Article, Illustration498 2008-11-05 8 ESTHER FUNG - SMEs should take action now to keep ahead of competition DEALING WITH COMPETITION ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg AS BUSINESSES look forward to increasingly bleak economic conditions, some bold voices are advising against sinking into the “wait and see approach” for too long. Just like howTREVORTAN - 498 words
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367 2008-11-05 8 KELVIN CHOW - KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg ONE company’s move to adopt technology in its daily operations brought huge growth and recognition by an award at this year’s Hewlett Packard (HP) Total Care Challenge. Davoe Creative, a building and design firm, was one of the two winners of the HP367 words
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