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Title Section20 2009-03-17 1 TODAT Tuesday March 17, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday March 17, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking20 words
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Article61 2009-03-17 1 Madagascar mayhem The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is on the verge of violence as an army now loyal to the opposition seizes a presidential palace. Page 15 Obama to go on Leno US President Obama is going to appear on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno this61 words
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Article, Illustration27 2009-03-17 1 Baggies still bottom West Brom remain at the bottom of the English Premiership table as they end a goalless draw at West Ham. Page 3527 words
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Article, Illustration40 2009-03-17 1 No peace for AIG New York Attorney-General Andrew Cuomo says his office will investigate whether the AIG employees receiving bonuses were involved in the insurance giant's near-col-lapse and whether the payments are fraudulent under state law. Page B540 words
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Article753 2009-03-17 1 LINYANQIN - LINYANQIN 2008 LABOUR MARKET REPORT They account for one in two resident workers retrenched yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg TEN years ago during the Asian financial crisis, they made up barely two in every 10 workers laid off. Last year, the proportion of professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) in the753 words
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401 2009-03-17 1 NEOCHAICHIN - NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg IN WHAT seems like a move to prevent job insecurity from stifling spending, at least two companies have rolled out measures to ease consumers' fear of making long-term financial commitments. AXA Life Insurance yesterday offered new regular premium policy holders the401 words
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Miscellaneous18 2009-03-17 1 DANCING IN THE STREETS H <• "J^SsfcTi'V- I I V-'' Lawyers in Lahore have something to celebrate. Page 318 words
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Article236 2009-03-17 2 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI AGENCIES, SINGAPORE is expected to stage a weak recovery in the final quarter and then register mild growth of 3.3 per cent next year, according to a survey of 20 private-sector economists. For the whole of this year, they expect, on average, a contraction ofAGENCIES, - 236 words
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Article, Illustration510 2009-03-17 3 'AGENCIES PAKISTAN UNREST PM also announces an end to the crackdown on activists ISLAMABAD The Pakistan government relented in a major confrontation with the opposition yesterday, agreeing to reinstate a fired Supreme Court chief justice whose fate had sparked street fights and raised fears'AGENCIES; . AP - 510 words
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259 2009-03-17 3 .AFP JAKARTA Campaigning for Indonesia's third general elections since 1998 got underway yesterday, with representatives from all 38 parties signing a joint declaration promising a peaceful campaign period leading up to the April 9 polls. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is well placed at this.AFP - 259 words
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Article, Illustration410 2009-03-17 4 ESTHER NG - ESTHER NG EXPANSION PLANS It will also pump $z>om into upgrading and expanding stores and on training estherng@mediacorp.com.sg A RECESSION is as good as any time to spend and invest. At the launch yesterday at Jurong Point mall of NTUC Fair Price's first 24-hour hypermart, chairmanERNESTCHUA - 410 words
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308 2009-03-17 4 ZULOTHMAN - ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SECURITY experts and government officials gathering for the Global Security Asia 2009 conference at the Singapore Expo today will get a sneak peek at a gadget that could very well be from a James Bond movie. Developed by American company Motorola, the TCRIOOO308 words
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216 2009-03-17 6 ESTHER NG - ESTHER NG To send or not to send our elderly parents to nursing homes in Johor Baru? The issue has sparked debate since it was raised in Parliament and it is a choice purely for Singaporeans to decide, Minister-in-charge of ageing issues Lim Boon216 words
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Article331 2009-03-17 6 CLAIRE HUANG - CLAIRE HUANG 938 LIVE CREDIT MANAGEMENT Peer-to-peer youth programme to boost credit knowledge dairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg YOUNG adults in Singapore seem to have very little knowledge of good credit management. A study by a group of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students found that eight in 10 of their938 LIVE - 331 words
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227 2009-03-17 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE security industry in Singapore seems to be booming despite the current economic downturn. Industry players said as many as 15,000 security officers will be needed over the next five years and more female officers are expected to join theCHANNEL NEWSASIA; 938LIVE, - 227 words
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Article, Illustration387 2009-03-17 8 ZULOTHMAN - ZULOTHMAN Court orders her to bear disbursement by church members and priest THE High Court has ordered Madam Amutha Valli Krishnan, who lost her suit in the "exorcism case" against the Novena Church, to pay costs and disbursements amounting to some $372,000. And sheTODAY FILE PHOTO - 387 words
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237 2009-03-17 8 LEONGWEE KEAT - LEONGWEE KEAT HE HAD insisted repeatedly on wanting to meet the Reach feedback officers in person. And when he was refused, Ng Kirn Ngweng got even more unhappy, reportedly calling the officers "cowards" and "dogs". During the same phone conversation in which237 words
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Article115 2009-03-17 10 .TEOXUANWEI Pump prices were slashed across the board yesterday as Caltex's new pricing structure in the morning sparked a price war. After Caltex reintroduced 92-octane fuel after a nine-year absence in the morning at $1,536 a litre before discount, Shell, ExxonMobil and SPC responded.TEOXUANWEI - 115 words
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Article66 2009-03-17 10 The Prime Minister of MyanmarThein Sein will arrive in Singapore today, accompanied by a delegation of senior officials and ministers for a two-day official visit. He will meet with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. General Them Sein will also call on Senior Minister GohChokTong and Acting66 words
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Article311 2009-03-17 10 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION Marsiling Secondary School to expand programmes dailin@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS gotten a bit greener at Marsiling Secondary School, thanks to an $80,000 financial boost that will help enhance its environment education. The money, donated by electronics company Hitachi, will be used311 words
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Article, Illustration355 2009-03-17 12 AGENCIES AUSTRIA INCESTTRIAL Suspect admits rape, says he was abused as a child ST POELTEN (Austria) -Josef Fritzl admitted to imprisoning his daughter Elisabeth in a secret underground bunker for 24 years and forcing her to bear seven children as his trial started yesterday. The white-haired, grey-suitedAGENCIES; AFP - 355 words
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Article, Illustration379 2009-03-17 14 AGENCIES, THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS Gobind Singh Deo barred for one year, his father also faces sedition charge MALAYSIA An opposition lawmaker has been barred for one year in Parliament yesterday after he accused incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak of an involvement in a sensationalAGENCIES, THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER; THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER - 379 words
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89 2009-03-17 14 MALAYSIA The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (Mace) is believed to be investigating one of its officers for corruption. The superintendent who is in his mid^os, was considered a "rising star" and was involved in several high-profile cases, said a NewStraitsTimes report. He allegedly received money from89 words
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132 2009-03-17 14 AFP THAILAND Thailand investigators said yesterday there were grounds to charge former Premier Somchai Wongsawat and other top officials over a violent crackdown on anti-government protests last year. The National Counter Corruption Commission said Mr Somchai and his then-deputy Prime Minister ChavalitAFP - 132 words
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301 2009-03-17 15 AP AFTERNOON LATEST Violence looms on the Indian Ocean island ANTANANARIVO (Madagascar) Dozens of soldiers broke down the gates of an unoccupied presidential palace yesterday and took over the building after Madagascar's opposition leader Andry Rajoelina called on the military to arrest the President, whoAP - 301 words
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Article, Illustration202 2009-03-17 15 AFP LOS ANGELES United States President Barack Obama is to be comedian Jay Leno's (picture) guest on The Tonight Show on Thursday, the first time a sitting president has been on the late night talk show, NBC and the White House said.AFP; BLOOMBERG - 202 words
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108 2009-03-17 15 AFP Far-right Australian politician Pauline Hanson said yesterday she was suing newspapers that published raunchy photos supposedly showing her partially nude, saying the pictures were not of her. Ms Hanson, who sparked international outrage with a campaign against Asian immigration in the '90s, isAFP - 108 words
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92 2009-03-17 15 AFP North Korea yesterday partially reopened its border to let hundreds of stranded South Koreans travel home from a joint industrial estate but traffic the other way remains blocked. Seoul's Unification Ministry said the North's military had authorised border crossings southwards byAFP - 92 words
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127 2009-03-17 16 AFP Four South Korean tourists and their guide were killed by a bomb on Sunday while watching the sunset at a historic desert city in Yemen, officials said yesterday. The bomb killed two men and two women who were among a group ofAFP - 127 words
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125 2009-03-17 16 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Scientists behind the 1980s anti-missile programme in the United States have helped to develop a laser that locks onto and kills airborne insects, in a bid to tackle the scourge of malaria. It is thought that the device, dubbed the Weapon of MosquitoTHE DAILYTELEGRAPH - 125 words
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Article, Illustration348 2009-03-17 16 AFP ISRAELI POLITICS JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu inked his first coalition deal with an ultra-nationalist party yesterday, in the first step towards a right-wing government. Mr Netanyahu's Likud signed an agreement with the Yisrael Beitenu party of Mr Avigdor Lieberman (picture), the controversialAFP - 348 words
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264 2009-03-17 16 THEGUARDIAN PYONGYANG For millions of undernourished North Koreans, the notion of eating at a restaurant belongs strictly to fantasy. And so there is only the grimmest humour that Pyongyang's dining options just got a little more impressive: The country now has itsTHEGUARDIAN - 264 words
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Letter120 2009-03-17 18 Tay Ai Cheng - Tay Ai Cheng Letter from Senior Director, Public Library Services National Library Board I REFER to the letter "Be quiet already!" (March 12) from Mr Roger Poh. We agree with him that inconsiderate behaviour by library patrons can spoil the conducive reading environment of the Yishun Public120 words
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Article414 2009-03-17 18 Name withheld - Name withheld STRESS ANDTHE FOREIGN STUDENT THE Weekend Xtra piece "Stress and the foreign student" (March 14-15) almost reads like the tale of the heartache and emotional upheaval my 21-year-old undergraduate son faces for three hours in class every day. We are expats, now Singapore Permanent414 words
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Article235 2009-03-17 22 DRJAMES DOBSON - DRJAMES DOBSON BY..... BUILD THE FIRE OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP Jack London, in his wonderful short story entitled To Build a Fire, tells of a man caught in a freezing blizzard. The temperature dropped to minus 24° C, and he tried to build a fire to save235 words
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Article, Illustration783 2009-03-17 22 AGATHA KOH BRAZIL - AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg It's the key to early learning, says this pre-school owner UNLIKE in medieval times when the award meant privileges and rights, such as being able to earn money and to drive cattle over the London Bridge, receiving the FreedomPHOTO COURTESY NG GIM CHOO - 783 words
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Article, Illustration1036 2009-03-17 26 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN Glen Goei returns with a new play and a possible remake of Forever Fever LOCAL THEATRE mayo@mediacorp. com.sg OKAY, you can strike Glen Goei off the missing persons list. After being in absentia for a year in the local theatre scene, he's wearingWEETECKHIAN - 1,036 words
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Article88 2009-03-17 28 AP Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller Sheen are the proud parents of twin boys. His publicist said the babies, Bob and Max, were born on Saturday night in Los Angeles, adding that Mueller Sheen is "doing great" and thatAP - 88 words
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Article79 2009-03-17 28 AP Denounced as a feudal thinker just decades ago, Confucius is getting the star treatment in communist China, with Chow Yun Fat cast as the ancient philosopher in a US$22-million ($34-million) governmentbacked biopic. The movie is part of a recent revival of Confucius, whose teachings Mao Zedong hadAP - 79 words
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Article, Illustration287 2009-03-17 28 AP ACTOR Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-pris-oners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's Speed-the-P/ow (1988) and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62.AP; AFP - 287 words
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Article, Illustration604 2009-03-17 30 EVELINE GAN - EVELINE GAN BACK PAIN It affects lifestyle and increases likelihood of other conditions developing eveline@mediacorp.com.sg THE next time you complain about a bad back, take a good look at yourself in the mirror. The extra fat around your stomach could be the culprit. According604 words
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Miscellaneous93 2009-03-17 32 ON MEDIACORP ITHU ENNAPAATU Vasantham, 10pm This game is open to everyone. It is a fun competition all about songs that will test your knowledge of music. No matter your age group, if you love music, it will keep you glued to the television. Each week, two teams of three93 words
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Miscellaneous681 2009-03-17 32 TV LISTINGS CHANNEL S.ooAM Entertainment Tonight 2.30 Style Her Famous 9.30 News 5 Tonight 6.30 Prime Time Morning 3.00 New Adventures of Robin 10.00 Tuesday Night Movie 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show VI Hood II V For Vendetta (Available in 10.30 The Martha Stewart Show 111 4.00 Psych True HD681 words
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Miscellaneous77 2009-03-17 32 ON MEDIACORP OKTORIGINAL oktoLIVE! okto, 8.30pm Remember when you were in school there was a teacher who was, without a doubt, the coolest teacher you had ever met? Well in this episode of oktoLIVE! we like to announce Singapore's very own coolest teacher! DAD HOME Channel 8, Bpm Hosted by77 words
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Article, Illustration610 2009-03-17 33 LEONARD THOMAS - LEONARD THOMAS ENGLISH FOOTBALL After Liverpool's romp Ferguson fights to ensure there is no mortal wound sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg FIRST, Sir Alex Ferguson sounded the cry. Then Rio Ferdinand got in on the act and yesterday, Bobby Charlton echoed their sentiments. It was as ifgsd - 610 words
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Article, Illustration443 2009-03-17 34 lANDECOTTA - lANDECOTTA SINGAPORE SWIMMING After 3 national records, Ting Wen eyes 2010 Asian Games and 2012 Olympics ian@mediacorp.com. sg IT'S been a stunning past three days for swimmer Quah Ting Wen (picture). On Saturday, she captured the under--17 50m freestyle at the National Age Group SwimminglANDECOTTA - 443 words
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Article, Illustration372 2009-03-17 35 AP AFTERNONNJFDSK West Brom remain at the bottom after uninspiring draw ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE West Ham o West Brom o LONDON West Bromwich Albion earned a 0-0 draw at West Ham yesterday that did little to lift the last-place club's hopes of staying in the PremierAP - 372 words
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Miscellaneous83 2009-03-17 34 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam Baseball World Classic, Ch 23 10.30 am Cricket Sheffield Shield, Ch 110 10.45 am Cricket Women's World Cup, Ch 111 11am Baseball World Classic, Ch 23 9.30pm Baseball Women's World Cup, Ch 110 TOMORROW 3.45 am FA Cup Arsenal v Hull, Ch 24 4am Tennis83 words
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Article110 2009-03-17 36 Tips according to Ms Ann Mack, director of trendspotting atJWT. No longer a case of Brand A versus Brand B: It's now more of a fight between product categories. With limited spending power, customers will ponder over buying a luxury watch or a flat-screen TV instead110 words
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Article, Illustration304 2009-03-17 36 PEARLYNTHAM - PEARLYNTHAM CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR New site tracks how customers think during this recession peartyn@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE current recession, marketers have more than just customer satisfaction to comprehend. They have to gauge consumer anxiety, too. This is why advertising agency J Walter Thompson (JWT) has launched Anxietylndex.com, anYENYOK - 304 words
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Article, Illustration256 2009-03-17 36 SHERMAINEWONG FASHION and technology have joined hands in Canon's latest marketing blitz to demonstrate that the saying "good things come in small packages" still holds true. Canon's new campaign, titled SUPERSIZE!, aims to showcase the prowess of its latest DSLR camera, the Canon EOS 5D MarkSHERMAINEWONG - 256 words
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Article, Illustration424 2009-03-17 38 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Attorney-General of New York to act on President's anger NEW YORK Attorney-General Andrew Cuomo said he will subpoena American International Group (AIG) for information on officials who were paid bonuses. Mr Cuomo said yesterday that the New York-based insurer, which has been bailedBLOOMBERG - 424 words
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Article359 2009-03-17 38 AP AMERICA'S recession "probably" would end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, said Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. In carefully hedged remarks in an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes programme on Sunday, he seemed to express a bit more optimismAP - 359 words
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269 2009-03-17 39 AP FOREIGN direct investment in China fell last month, but the decline was less severe than in previous months. The Commerce Ministry said yesterday that foreign companies invested US$5.B billion ($8.9 billion) in China last month, down 15.8 per cent from the same month lastAP - 269 words
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Article467 2009-03-17 39 AFP CRUDE OIL WORLD oil prices tumbled in Asian trade yesterday following the decision on Sunday by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) not to cut crude output further. New York Mercantile Exchange crude for April delivery was down US$l.9l ($2.93) at U5544.34 aAFP - 467 words
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Article281 2009-03-17 40 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI FINANCIALCRISIS Carrier is having an even harder time selling freight space cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg IN ITS third consecutive month of falling load factors, Singapore Airlines' (SIA) passenger and cargo business have fallen below profitable levels. The carrier yesterday said its passenger load factor fell in February281 words
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262 2009-03-17 40 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg IN A move that may impact the plans of other real estate investment trusts (Reit) here, mainboard-listed Saizen has abruptly scrapped a plan to pay out dividends in shares instead of cash. Yesterday, the manager of Saizen Reit the first Reit here to propose262 words
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288 2009-03-17 40 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN markets turn, fraudsters have a greater habit of getting caught out. Hence, Singapore's Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) has issued a checklist to help auditors prevent themselves from getting hoodwinked by fraudulent reports. It has highlighted 10 areas where288 words
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86 2009-03-17 40 Loss-making Jade Technologies plans to pay 36 million yuan ($7.8 million) for 20 per cent of Daqing XinLong Chemical, a Chinese maker of titanium dioxide products. This will reduce its reliance on coal mining, in which it has faced difficulties. To pay for the86 words
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Article71 2009-03-17 40 Mr Clement Lee, current chief executive officer (CEO) of mainboard-listed Lifeßrandz, will step down next month, but remain executive chairman. The new CEO will be Mr Bernard Lim, who is currently executive vice-president. Independent director Lee Soon Kie quit last week. MrThomasCarlton Thompson 111, currently non-executive71 words
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Article112 2009-03-17 42 The rally runs out United States stocks fell for the first time in five days as a rally in financial companies was snuffed out by concern over rising cred-it-card defaults and San Disk led a slump in technology shares with an 11 -per-cent tumble. An early rally in112 words
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Article72 2009-03-17 42 A mixed bag World oil prices were mixed after Opec decided to leave output steady in the face of a deepening global economic crisis. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for April, leapt US$l.lO to close at U5547.35 dollars a barrel. The benchmark contract opened more72 words
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Article71 2009-03-17 42 The rally continues European stock markets advanced yesterday on hopes the American economy may start recovering by the end of the year and on renewed optimism about the financial sector after Barclays revealed it had a good start to the year. Britain's FTSE 100 closed up 2.9 per71 words
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Article, Illustration519 2009-03-17 42 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg IN A move that will conserve cash for the bank, DBS Group Holdings is planning to offer shareholders the option of receiving dividends in the form of stock. If given the green light, DBS would be the second bank after OCBC toSOURCE: URA - 519 words
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Article476 2009-03-17 42 TAN HUI LENG - TAN HUI LENG REAL ESTATE Property transaction volumes rebound in Feb but analysts warn surge may not last huileng@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER almost half a year of dismal sales, the private property market staged a rebound last month with 1,323 new units sold about 10 times the 108476 words
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