Today, 27 February 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Friday February 27, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday February 27, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      BIZ LATEST
      45 1 GM chief's plea General Motors chief executive officer Rick Wagoner has pressed his case for as much as US$l6.6 billion in aid directly to a White House auto task force that has authority to push the biggest US automaker into bankruptcy. Page Bl
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      SPORTS LATEST
      36 1 Giants crash out Former European champions AC Milan and Aston Villa tumbled out of the Uefa Cup yesterday. Manchester City are the only British side to make it into the last 16. Page 44
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      Lock icon A plea for survival
      886 1  -  ZULOTHMAN NEOCHAICHIN RETAIL CRISIS Association calls for landlords to cut rents by 20-30 per cent with 20,000 jobs on the line zul@mediacorp.com.sg WITH sales plunging by 20 to 30 per cent and profit margins "almost negligible if not negative", 20,000 jobs that's a fifth of retail
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      Lock icon RETAILERSTO SHARE INFO, TO COUNTER LANDLORDS'TACTICS
      281 2 ZULOTHMANAND NEOCHAICHIN There have been cases where "misinformation" has led some retailers to commit to lease agreements they would otherwise have thought twice, "or even thrice", about. This is why retailers have now agreed to share information about the market "more frequently and more
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      Lock icon Cash for criminals caught
      819 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG BOUNTY HUNTERS But volunteers may tread a thin legal line, hinder rather than help police operations cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg THE idea of bounties isn't new to Singaporeans but until recently, with the million dollars offered for terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari, it has been rarely invoked. Now with
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      Will it be a champion?
      356 4  -  ALICIA WONG YEAR'S FIRST BTO LAUNCH Mixed views on whether pricing is attractive to buyers alicia@mediacorp.com.sg THE first batch of HDB flats for this year has been launched, but do they reflect homebuyers' budgets in this downturn? And are their prices an indication of what
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      Lock icon THOSE 224 STUDIO FLATS ...
      185 4 THOSE 224 STUDIO FLATS ALICIA WONG The new build-to-order (BTO) flats at Champions Court (picture) in Woodlands caught their eye, but the young couple decided to stick with their application for a four-room flat at Sengkang even though prices were similar. Why? Bride-to-be Izyanty Asmary, 23, said she was "not
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      Lock icon SAF drivers charged for graft
      162 6 < l J TEOXUANWEI THREE Singapore Armed Forces personnel were charged yesterday for accepting bribes in return for transporting contraband cigarettes out of a naval base. The court heard that between April and December last year, full-time National Servicemen Lance Corporal (LCP) Ec Jin Liang,
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      Judge upholds maids life sentence
      556 6  -  TEOXUANWEI MANSLAUGHTER RETRIAL Regardless of mental illness, she is still va risk to society' xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg A "COLD-BLOODED and dangerous killer" was what High Court judge Tay Yong Kwang called Indonesian maid Barokah as he upheld his original sentence to put her away for life for
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      More pros, so fewer deaths
      347 8 JOBSANDTRAINING io 000 professionals wanted to help make workplaces safer EVEN if the economy is in the doldrums, workplace safety and health (WSH) is a long-term goal. To underscore its importance, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has projected that 19,000 WSH professionals are needed by
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      Lock icon Though some think Sentosa 'too far', 1,000 apply for 300 IR vacancies
      364 8  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg PLANS to fill its 10,000 vacancies by next year are on track, but filling some of the casino and theme park management jobs at Resorts World at Sentosa has been more challenging. Said the Integrated Resort's
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      Taking the plunge in style
      445 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN SPENDING HABITS For the well off, there are no cutbacks when it comes to the Big Day chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg WEDDING budgets of up to $1 million for floor-to-ceiling flower decorations, top-end photographers... and on top of all these, the cost of a banquet at Shangri-La
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      164 3 of own. The only thing that'll drop even further are our prices. Come see where the real action is! Return of the King Killers! The traditional Swedish dessert that's to die for with its rich almond filling is back for a limited time only! Visit IKEA.com.sg for more details. Available
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      689 6 ExxonMobil is an industry leader in almost every aspect of the petroleum BSBSESSmH and petrochemical business. As the world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas company, we operate and market products in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world. ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., the single largest foreign
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      286 7 f 12.44 PM II B J^^JT Web Images Local News /^^Um Google Search Sign in Preferences- Help &gt; i Y^ The HTC Dream is designed to give you one-touch access to favourites like Gmail, Google Search, Google Talk, Calendar and more. Powered by Android™, the HTC Dream opens your world
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      5 8 2009 Reasons to enjoy Singapore
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      Lock icon Human rights, economy a challenge
      474 12 AGENCIES ASEAN SUMMIT Regional leaders under pressure to push for Myanmar reforms HUA HIN (Thailand) South-east Asian leaders face renewed pressure to deal with rights abuses in Myanmar at their 14th annual summit, which is more likely to be dominated by the global economic crunch.
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      Lock icon 'I've met Osama
      339 14 AFP INDONESIAN TERROR TRIAL Singaporean admits in court to terror plots JAKARTA Singaporean terror suspect Mohammad Hassan Saynudin told an Indonesian court yesterday he had met Osama bin Laden and had tried to recruit Indonesians to follow the Al Qaeda leader's call to jihad or "holy war".
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      Lock icon Abdullah refutes claims of crossover offers
      144 14 AGENCIES,THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER TELUK INTAN Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has dismissed claims of crossover offers allegedly made to two Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen, The Star reported. Responding to two reports lodged earlier with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission by Mr Keshvinder Singh and Mr
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      Lock icon 'No one can stop us
      326 15 AFP NORTH KOREA Pyongyang constructs underground fuelling site SEOUL North Korea has built an underground fuelling station at its long-range missile test site, making it harder for American spy satellites to predict the date of a launch, a news report said yesterday. South Korea's Dong-a
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      Lock icon China slams Christie's auction of looted relics
      246 15 AGENCIES BEIJING China yesterday slammed Christie's auction house for selling two looted imperial bronze sculptures. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage said the sale of two 18th century bronzes of a rat and a rabbit, which were from the estate of the late
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      Lock icon Celebs 'liable' for endorsing toxic food
      96 15 AGENCIES BEIJING —Chinese celebrities will share liability if the food products they endorse prove to be unsafe, state media reported yesterday. The China Daily said consumers would be able to demand compensation from celebrities, food producers, or organisations that advertise them. Celebrities, especially athletes,
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        PM VOWSTO BRINGTHAKSIN BACK
        70 16 THAILAND Thai Prime Minister AbhisitVejjajiva said yesterday he would consider asking China to help bring former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra home. He is determined to see MrThaksin serve a two-year jail sentence for abuse of power. "We are checking on legal details whether we can ask for
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        POLICE BUST USED-SYRINGE RACKET
        78 16 INDIA Indian police arrested the kingpin of a used syringe racket that has been blamed for an outbreak of Hepatitis B in which 48 people died and 154 people infected in Gujarat state, said a media report yesterday. Police raided 35 private hospitals and confiscated hundreds
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      Lock icon Hostages freed after surrender
      305 16 AFP MUTINY IN DHAKA Troops give up weapons, return to barracks DHAKA A mutiny by thousands of Bangladeshi border guards ended with their surrender yesterday, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned they were on a "suicidal" path that could only end in bloodshed. "All the troops
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      Lock icon Editor arrested in Sri Lanka
      121 16 AFP COLOMBO A Tamil newspaper editor was arrested here yesterday, police said, after colleagues and family members complained that he had been abducted while attending a funeral. Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Ranjith Gunasekara said Mr N Vidyatharan was taken in for questioning by the police
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      Lock icon 'Not a lame-duck leadership'
      178 18 AFP TOKYO Japan's embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso yesterday dismissed opposition charges that his "lame-duck" leadership on the world stage was damaging the country's interests. A senior official of the main opposition Democratic Party had in Parliament questioned Mr Aso's "lame duck" engagement in top level
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      Lock icon US slams China for abuses
      398 18 AGENCIES STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT Beijing responds, asks US to stop acting as human rights guardian WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday criticised China for human rights abuses last year even though Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested during her recent Beijing visit that the issue
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      Lock icon Drone attacks not the way to win people's hearts and minds, says Pakistani Minister
      245 21 AFP WASHINGTON Pakistan said it wanted to discuss ending controversial United States drone attacks inside its territory as it launches a three-way "war on terror" review with Afghanistan. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met his
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      Lock icon Protests may turn violent
      348 21 AFP PAKISTAN POLITICS Tension as Sharif barred from office LAHORE Thousands of protesters marched across Pakistan yesterday, torching pictures of President Asif Ali Zardari as a nervous government put paramilitary forces on alert and detained 30 lawmakers. Lawyers and political activists took to the streets after
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      Lock icon Obama unveils Budget
      358 22 AP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama took a first step towards national healthcare yesterday in his first Budget, a document that also includes an additional US$75O billion, if needed, to rescue the troubled financial system. "This Budget is an honest accounting of where we are and
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      Lock icon Did plane have engine trouble?
      468 22 AP TURKISH JETCRASH This could explain why it fell out of the sky says investigator AMSTERDAM Engine trouble may be behind the Turkish Airlines crash that killed nine people in the Netherlands, the head of the agency investigating the accident said yesterday. Flight TK1951 from
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      Lock icon A Portuguese water dog for Obamas
      140 22 THEGUARDIAN WASHINGTON It's official: The Obama family will be getting a dog in April. The much-anticipated announcement came from Michelle Obama during an interview with People magazine. The First Lady told the magazine the family will be getting a rescue Portuguese water dog who
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      Lock icon Vaccine for babies may be contaminated with bacteria
      145 24 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON More than 20,000 vials of a meningitis C vaccine for babies have been withdrawn across Britain over fears that they have been contaminated with a blood-poisoning bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus. It is thought that a further 40,000 doses could be
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      Lock icon Boy, 6, and his political legacy
      524 24 THE GUARDIAN UK POLITICS LONDON When Mr David Cameron, the leader of Britain's opposition Conservative Party, strode into the Royal Horticultural Hall in Westminster on a bright morning in June last year to deliver a speech on the environment, his audience had no idea
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      POINT OF VIEW
      42 26 No, there is nothing wrong with lchope-ing' a spot... if you are a dog. Only dogs leave something personal behind and claim the place as their territory. The debate rages on; read this and many more letters at www.todayonline.com/voices
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      I SAY LEAVE MY GREEN SPOT ALONE
      410 26  -  KohWen Hui Melissa Lois OVER the years, I have seen many green swathes of the forest which had once covered Singapore being replaced by new buildings, shopping centres and so on. The area where Nan Hua High School now stands used to be
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      177 30  -  DR BILL MAIER BY............... BE A CHEERLEADER FOR YOUR KIDS How you see yourself as an adult depends largely on how your parents saw you when you were young. That's a good thing to keep in mind when it comes to our own kids. You and
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      I'm a local football fan again
      256 30  -  BenGoh AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Letter from I WAS an avid fan of the Singapore team in my secondary school days when the Lions were competing in the Malaysia Cup. Then came the S-League in 1996. Wednesday night was the first time since 1996 that
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      SHORT TAKE
      76 30  -  PAULANTONY FERNANDEZ YOUTH THE WAY FORWARD LETTER FROM I applaud the decision taken by the Singapore Table Tennis Association to send a blend of young local talent, accompanied by senior players, to December's SEA Games. The move to identify Singaporean talent is a move in the right direction.
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      A vote for road cycling at Youth Olympics
      226 30  -  Errol Goodenough Letter from SUNDAY'S OCBC Cycle Singapore proved Singapore's mettle in organising a professional road cycling event, despite it being a first-time effort and coupled as it was with mass-participation segments. Against this backdrop, it is regrettable that cycling events in
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      945 32  -  MAYO MARTIN f LOCAL THEATRE mayo@mediacorp. cotn.sg THE cluttered rehearsal space at Popstars City in Robertson Quay was no stately Hall of Justice, and the ragtag gang of actors in their tights and sarongs could hardly be mistaken forjustice League members out to save the world. In
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      452 34  -  MAYO MARTIN THEATRE REVIEW PAST CARING Play reveals heartfelt ties that bind S #pore, Australia mayo@mediacorp.com. sg AT THE start of Past Caring, three actors stare blankly for a considerable amount of time at video footage of lions and tigers in a zoo, leaving audience
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      232 38 GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS AS SEEN through the eyes of an eight-year-old German boy, the senseless tragedy of World War II and the haunting horror of the Holocaust take on an entirely different perspective in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, packing just
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      168 38 ;GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW ROLE MODELS ROLE Models is exactly what you would expect a non-original juvenile farce that verges on the subversively obscene before revealing its heart of gold. Oh yes, the Judd Apatow wannabe club keeps getting bigger. Wheeler (American Pie's Seann William Scott) and
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      300 40 GENEVIEVELOH THE campaign? An outreach programme called "Hong Kong Cinema, New Action" designed specifically to boost the one-time hot territory's flagging film industry. The objective? To send the Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC) members, Hong Kong film-makers and other industry execs to neighbouring
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      972 42 TV LISTINGS ON MEpJACORP AMERICAN IDOL IYANTHIRA Channels loom 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 3.45 Planet's Funniest Animals VII Compete (Part 2) Vasantham 80m 5.30 Prime Time Morning 4.00 Heroes II 11.00 American Idol VIII I 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Semi-Final 2 Results: 3 F7H
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      918 44 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Manchester City are the only British side left in the Uefa Cup tournament Uefa Cup Round of 32, Second leg PARIS Former European champions AC Milan and Aston Villa tumbled out of the Uefa Cup yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) as the
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      477 45 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST GOLF WGC Accenture Match Play Championship TUCSON (Arizona) Tiger Woods' vaunted return from an eight-month layoff ended abruptly yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) as South African Tim Clark downed the US superstar 4 and 2 in the second round of the WGC Accenture
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      417 46  -  LAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg THE "It's Your Turn at the Singapore Grand Prix" contest, organised by Singapore GP and Today, closes tomorrow. And entries from here and around the world are still flooding in. At press time, there were close to
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      39 46 SIMON ROCK, Managing Director, Performance Motors LEECHIUSAN Former Singapore Grand Prix driver LEONGYUEKHEONG Director Fi Project, Singapore Tourism Board TANTENG LIP President, Singapore Motor Sports Association COLIN SYN Deputy Chairman Singapore GP LEONARD THOMAS Sports Editor, Today
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      592 46  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE SPORTS Organisers say Youth Olympiad sponsorship plans on track despite economic downturn yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg WITH roughly 18 months to go to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in August 2010, the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (Syogoc) have confirmed three sponsors so far. The latest,
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      429 48  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE SPORTS Rivals out for blood while champions gun for third straight title linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg THE Sling HD Netball Super League 2009 (Feb 28 to April 25) kicks off at a new venue, the Jurong East Sports Recreation Centre, on Saturday, and already talk of
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      169 48 001 BOON KEONG A veteran running coach, a soccer mum, and a hawker were some the 57 sports champions who received their awards from President S R Nathan (picture, centre) and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (right), Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports at yesterday's POSB
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      285 48  -  LAN DECOTTA Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 Woodlands 2 Tampines 2 WITH nine new faces in their 18-man squad, Woodlands Wellington made clear that this will be a season of rebuilding. But new coach Nenad Bacina said this week that his Rams would come out swinging
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      583 49  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL With just 10 days to prepare, DPMM promise to make an impact after five matches Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 Young Lions v DPMM Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg DPMM, the third foreign club in the Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009, make their
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      250 49  -  LOW LIN FHOONG THE Young Lions opened their Great East-ern-Yeo's S-League 2009 campaign last Thursday with a 0-0 draw at the Super Reds at Yishun Stadium. Tonight, head coach Thambiah Pathmanathan is expecting better of his charges as they take on the
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      68 45 SPURTS BET lIMu WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League Young Lions Brunei DPMM Fri, 27/02/09 7.30pm League Kashima Antlers Camba Osaka Sat, 28/02/0912.35pm S.League SAFFC Ceylang Sat, 28/02/09 7.45pm E League Cup Manchester Utd Tottenham Sun, 01/03/09 11.00pm E Premier, E League Champ, German, Italian and Spanish League matches are also
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      36 45 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 3pm Golf Honda LPGA Thailand, Ch 26 3pm Golf Indonesia Open, Ch 24 6pm NBA Dubai C'ship, Ch 22 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-11.35pm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on g3BLive
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      400 52  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN SMARTPHONE REVIEW ASUS P565 A lacklustre offering despite a fast processor hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg SMARTPHONES are all the rage, now that technology's made them almost as powerful as the laptops we tote around. Asus' latest, the P565 ($888), comes with an 800 MHz processor four
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      150 52  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN COOLIRIS http://WWW.COOLIRIS.COM Cooliris is a browser plug-in (for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari) that allows you to navigate the Internet in a visually cool way. It neatly tiles images and videos on a fullscreen 3D wall, which you can find by selecting topics like news,
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      514 54  -  TREVORTAN TECH COMMENT They certainly lose appeal in the long run, says a fan trevor@mediacorp.com. sg LAST month, Apple happily announced that more than 500 million applications have been downloaded for the iPhone since the App Store's inception in July last year. However, a study by Pinch
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      462 57 NOL chief warns more shipping lines may sink INDUSTRY experts predict further consolidation in the global shipping industry in the year ahead as global trade dives. Four liner companies folded in the last quarter last year and more casualties are expected this year. "Quite frankly, some people
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        110 59 AGENCIES Commodity trader Noble Group may make an offer for Australia's Gloucester Coal in order to stop it from merging with fellow coal miner Whitehaven Coal. Singapore-listed Noble is already Gloucester's biggest shareholder with a 21.7-per-cent stake. The proposed Asgoo-million (SsBg9-million) deal, which analysts
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        47 59 DOWJONES Parkway Holdings said it suffered a net loss during the fourth quarter of 2008. The hospital operator said that its net loss for the three months ended Dec 31 was $21.1 million, down from a $26.7 million net profit a year ago.
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        127 59 DOWJONES Allgreen Properties saw its 2008 net profit fall 86 per cent from a year ago, when it recorded big gains. It has warned that this year is shaping up to be a difficult period. Net profit for the year ended Dec 31 was $67.4 million, compared
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        61 59 DOWJONES Capita Land has terminated its joint venture pacts with an affiliate of Azure City to develop houses in Vietnam. The pacts didn't get relevant government approvals, the Singapore developer said. In 2007, Capita Land said its indirect wholly-owned unit, Capita Land (Vietnam) Holdings, was going
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          69 60 First time this week European stocks rose for the first time this week, after ÜBS replaced its chief executive officer and the authorities in London extended guarantees on bank assets. Britain's FTSE 100 added 66.66 points to 3,915.64, France's CAC 40 increased 47.92 points to 2,744.84 and Germany's
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        521 60  -  ESTHER FUNG DECLINE IN DEMAND LEADS SLIDE Gross domestic product: Year-on-year change Full-year 2008 1.1% Oct to Dec 2008 Manufacturing T 10.7% Construction 18.5% Services-producing industries T 1.3% Total T 4.2% ECONOMIC DATA Qz&gt; GDP slides 16.4 per cent its biggest decline in 33 years esther@mediacorp.com.sg NEW
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        271 60 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON General Motors chief executive officer Rick Wagoner has pressed his case for as much as US$l6.6 billion ($25.6 billion) in aid directly to a White House auto task force that has authority to push the biggest US automaker into bankruptcy. Mr
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