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  • 10 1 TODAY Tuesday July 7, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    96 1 After 'stress-testing' the £j police during an early morning 'carnage' at Siloso beach, Teo Xuanwei suggests how the media and the police can work better in future scenarios. 8 Forty-nine million unregistered Indonesian voters will be allowed to vote using ID cards at the presidential election tomorrow.
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  • 74 1 Ms Audrey Wong, co-artistic director. The Substation Ms Joscelin Yeo, ex-Sportswoman of the Year Mrs Mildred Tan, MD, Ernst &Young Associates Assoc Prof Paulin Straughan, deputy head, NUS sociology department Mr Laurence Wee, executive director, Presbyterian Community Services MrCalvin Cheng, founder, fashion and media company Looque
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  • 867 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG ONG DAI LIN A unionist, a vocal sociologist, a former swim queen among the names unveiled cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg IT WILL be a slate of completely new faces in the House, all nine of them the maximum number of Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) allowed by the
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  • 277 1  -  LOHCHEE KONG FORMER Nominated Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong, 34, has no regrets "as to what (he) did over the last two-and-a-half years". But he was "disappointed" his bid for a second stint as NMP was unsuccessful. "I've always maintained that my track record in
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    • 573 2  -  TEOXUANWEI NEWS COMMENT xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg ONE OF the big lessons from the Mumbai terror attacks last November was that inept handling of media coverage could cripple response efforts. So kudos to the Singapore Police Force (SPF) for the unprecedented move of roping in the media as
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    • 379 2 EXERCISE NORTHSTAR VII: CARNAGE AT SENTOSA Three armed gunmen land on Sentosa underthe cloak of darkness and go on a shooting rampage, killing 10 revellers at beachfront bar Cafe del Mar and wounding 20 even as simultaneous attacks in several downtown spots are reported. Droves of "injured" people, some carried
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    • 428 3 AFP .AGENCIES XINJIANG RIOTS URUMQI (China) Beijing said yesterday that at least 140 people were killed when Muslim Uighurs rioted in its Xinjiang region in some of the deadliest ethnic unrest to have hit the country for decades. The violence in Urumqi on Sunday involved thousands
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    • 293 6  -  NEOCHAICHIN HiNi IN SINGAPORE NEW CASES: 56 TOTAL CASES: 1,111 A 63-year-old man one of 56 new HI Nl cases reported here yesterday is now in the Intensive Care Unit of Tan Tock Seng Hospital, after suffering complications such as pneumonia and heart disease. He had
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    • 164 6 There has been an enthusiastic response to the Then Now photo contest by Today. Meant to showcase how life in Singapore has improved in the past 50 years, the contest has attracted dozens of entries each day. Mr Edric Sng, Today design editor said: "There
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    • 488 8 INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS JAKARTA Indonesia's Constitutional Court voted in favour of changing voter registration rules yesterday after challengers alluded to irregularities favouring incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in tomorrow's presidential polls. The dramatic ruling just two days before the election will allow a reported
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    • 394 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN HINI AND TAMIFLU S #pore has 150,000 courses of Relenza; 6oo 000 more to be delivered chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE no cause for alarm, the three cases reported elsewhere of HINI resistance to Tamiflu have raised questions of how the Singapore authorities might react, should the antiviral start
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    • 135 10  -  TREVORTAN SINGTEL has released the prices of the Apple iPhone 3GS, the newest iPhone model, which will be available from Friday. The highest price has been set at $678 for a 32G8 model for those who subscribe to the new, cheaper 500 MB iFlexi Lite
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    • 701 11  -  ALICIA WONG ALICIA WONG AWARE: THE YEARS AHEAD alicia@mediacorp.com.sg THE last time it sought out women's voices to such an extent was more than two decades ago, shortly after it was set up. As the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) ties
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    • 598 11  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg HE WITHSTOOD eight days of beatings in his prison cell before he caved in. And it started because his three cell mates, whom he became acquainted with during a spell in Reformative Training Centre in 2005, took offence to his
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    • 129 12 THE stretch of Stamford Road from Queen Street to Bencoolen Street will be closed to traffic between lam and 4am on Thursday and Friday. They will also be closed between 9pm and 12.30 am on Friday and Saturday to facilitate the Night Festival organised by
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    • 561 12  -  LOHCHEEKONG REAL ESTATE AGENTS More taking industry exams, but errant and unaccredited agents still a concern cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg THE number of complaints against real estate agents is falling but it has more to do with the property market slump and the problem of errant agents remain
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    • 485 14 GST EVASION He made suppliers undervalue 2,556 cars he imported HE CONSPIRED with his Japanese suppliers, via Internet video conferencing on Skype and MSN messenger, to under-declare the values of thousands of imported cars. So lucrative did this idea prove that the cyber-sawy Tay
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    • 615 16  - Amid the job search ESTHERNG UNIVERSITY GRADUATES estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SHE IS unsure if she will make it to the fifth round of NTUC Income's graduate trainee programme, but Ms Hong Enlin is not waiting to find out. The National University of Singapore graduate with a second lower honours in political science
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  • WORLD
    • 402 17 AFP INDONESIA ELECTIONS JAKARTA For the adoring residents of one Jakarta slum, little incentive is needed to support President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. But a few dollars are always welcome. As the world's largest Mus-lim-majority country gears for its second direct presidential election on Wednesday, every
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    • EYE ON ASIA
      • 91 17 AFP INDONESIA If discussions are successful, Indonesia's ban on sending maids to Malaysia could be lifted within weeks. Labour Minister Erman Suparno said he had proposed measures to Malaysian officials such as the introduction of a compulsory day off. He also wants maids to
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      • 101 17 AFP SOUTH KOREA A 67-year-old who says he gambled away U5523.5 million ($34.3 million) in three years is reportedly suing a casino for fuelling his addiction. Identified only as Mr Chung, he is appealing a court ruling which ordered the Kangwon Land casino to pay
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    • 120 18 AFP COTABATO (The Philippines) Investigators are trying to determine if regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is involved in a bombing outside a Roman Catholic church in the southern Philippines on Sunday that killed five people and injured dozens. The Philippine military believe JI
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    • EYE ON MALAYSIA
      • 125 18 AGENCIES Malaysia's High Court yesterday upheld a Syariah Court ruling that a Sikh man had converted to Islam before his death, rejecting claims by his family that he did not die a Muslim. The family of Mr Mohan Singh has been fighting the Islamic
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      • 100 18 Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was spotted in Malaysia over the weekend, media reports quoted Thai Deputy Interior MinisterThaworn Sennian as saying yesterday. According to Bernama news agency, MrThaworn said that the Malaysian authorities were informed of MrThaksin's whereabouts, who left
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    • 336 18 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MANIKURAI BY-ELECTION July 14 poll will see a straight fight between PAS and BN candidates KUALA KRAI The Manik Urai by-election in Kelantan will see voters decide between two candidates who both claim to be closer to the Malay community than the other.
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    • EYE ON ASIA
      • 95 19 AFP VIETNAM At least 22 people died and 13 others went missing in weekend storms that lashed northern Vietnam (picture), the government's disasters office said yesterday. Rescuers continued to search for missing people, while the authorities were working to provide food aid and evacuate households, reported newspaper
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      • 113 19 AFP TAIWAN Taiwan yesterday rejected China's call for the opening of restricted air space over the Taiwan Strait to help meet rising passenger demand between the two sides. MrWangYi, chief of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council, last week
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    • 470 19 AGENCIES DPA,THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER NORTH KOREA SEOUL Impoverished North Korea has spent an estimated US$7OO million ($1 billion) this year on nuclear and missile tests, enough to solve its food shortage for at least two years, South Korean news reports said yesterday. The
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 95 20 AGENCIES South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, who rose from poverty to the top office, yesterday donated 33.1 billion won ($3B million) to a new youth scholarship programme. Mr Lee, who worked manual jobs to put himself through school, said he
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      • 53 20 AFP More than i,oooTibetan exiles gathered in the Nepalese capital to mark the Dalai Lama's 74th birthday yesterday, one day after the government said it would not tolerate anti-China activities on its soil. The celebrations took place under heavy police scrutiny on the outskirts of
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      • 89 20 AFP A New Zealand teenager tried to sell some nude pictures of his mother on an Internet auction site after the pair had an argument. Michael, 18, had "five naked photos" of his mum on the Trade Me site, which were rejected.
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    • 441 20 AGENCIES ISRAELI THREAT TEHRAN A senior Iranian official, reacting to comments by United States Vice-President Joe Biden, said yesterday that his country would respond "in a very full-scale and very decisive way" if it were attacked by Israel. The remarks made by Mr Alaeddin Broujerdi, the
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    • 369 21 AGENCIES US-RUSSIATIES Obama #s diplomacy to be tested during Moscow visit MOSCOW United States President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev held talks yesterday, seeking to turn a new page in relations scarred by a series of disputes between the ex-Cold
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    • 427 22 Headed for isolation and AGENCIES HONDURAS CRISIS Greater chaos after ousted Honduran leader tries to return home TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras) Already volatile Honduras slid toward greater instability after soldiers blocked an airport runway to keep ousted President Manuel Zelaya from returning on Sunday, and protests that had remained largely peaceful yielded
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    • 241 22 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson fans began to celebrate after beating the odds to win coveted tickets to the pop star's memorial service today at Staples Center in Los Angeles. More than 1.6 million fans registered online for free in the random
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    • 484 24  -  SINGAPORE'S AGEING WORKFORCE Letter from James Ang I FEEL for the many unemployed Singaporeans over the age of 40-50. Many, while unemployed, have taken up training, gone for career talks and fairs, read all the articles on resume writing and interviewing techniques, gone to see
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    • 211 26  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY KNOWING WHEN TO STEP IN One of the most difficult choices parents must face is deciding when to let children suffer the consequences of their actions and when they need rescuing. The road to success is fraught with failures. Every winner has at
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    • 368 26  -  Robin Chee Ming Feng ASIAN YOUTH GAMES Letter from WHILE I am proud that Singapore is hosting the inaugural Asian Youth Games, I can't help but feel that the organisation of the Games has left many local sports fans feeling disappointed and many of my
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    • 185 26 Letter from Elaine Quek Vice-President, PR Corporate Communications, Nets Singapore I refer to the letter "The ez-Link card Catch 22" (July 1) by Ec Lame. We want to assure motorists that they can continue to use their NetsCashCards in both existing
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      956 28  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH HE'S OK—REALLY This jovial celebrity reveals why you won't see him on TV anytime soon christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg BEFORE Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson copped it, we read with shock that TV personality and foodie celebrity Moses Lim was seriously ill. "Moses is sick, gourmet tours now stopped"
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    • PLUS ROUNDUP
      • 105 28 Fans clamouring for more Michael Jackson should head down to Clarke Quay. No, he's not been sighted there (yet), but Yello Jello and Gold 90.5FM are throwing a Black or White Tribute Party tomorrow at Bpm. Gold FM DJs will host the show while performers such as
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      • 99 28 rop sensation iviane uigoy returns to Singapore Tor a tumlength concert on July 28, 7pm, at The Arena at Clarke Quay. Limited early-bird tickets at $55 go on sale tomorrow at all Tickets.com outlets. Standard tickets at $75 (group package tickets at $65 each, minimum five) thereafter. Also
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      • 85 28 Chinese audiences will get a taste of the Singapore children's theatre scene when ACT 3 International presents Singapore Culture Week at the annual Shanghai International Children's Theatre Festival from July 10 to 12. The children's theatre company is leading a contingent of 33 talents between
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      • 100 29 Don't say cheese say meow! This quirky photography exhibition for and by cat lovers is back for the third time. It showcases 40 cat photos taken by 24 professional and amateur photographers in Greece, Italy, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Taiwan and Singapore all featuring various states of
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    • 490 30  -  GENEVIEVELOH LOCAL FILM Love is all around on the set of Kelvin Tong #s latest movie, Kidnapper genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg TALK about improving Singapore-Malaysia bilateral relations. What do you get when an acclaimed and award-winning Singaporean director's latest suspense thriller is co-financed by Singapore's Scorpio East Pictures and
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    • 359 32  -  MAYO MARTIN STAND-UP COMEDY Imelda's Boys show returns "beefier and more ostentatious' mayo@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN it comes to all things Imelda Marcos, size is everything. Just ask actor and dancer Filomar Tariao, who returns this week with his one-man stand-up show about the former First Lady of
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    • 145 32 IT IS dubbed "an eccentric new dimension of fun". But Twilight Galaxy is more than just a theme party that brings you some of the best local electronica music acts such as Analog Girl, Breakbeat Theory and Cosmic Armchair, as well as out-of-the-world food and "friendly
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    • 87 32 CATCHUP IFYOUCAN Missed your favourite show? Fret not. MediaCorp TV Channel 5 has launched Online Catch-Up TV, a new service that allows MOBTV members to catch up on episodes of Desperate Housewives and Criminal Minds they might have missed. For a limited period, you can watch these
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    • 354 33  -  MAYSEAH LOCALTV Will the leading ladies work out their troubles? Find out how it ends tonight may@mediacorp.com.sg HIGH-PROFILE Channel 8 "blockbuster drama" The Ultimatum has received a few brickbats. Despite boasting an all-star cast, it hasn't quite lived up to its hype. One netizen even started a
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    • 797 34  -  EVELINE GAN FALL PREVENTION Inner ear problems that cause dizziness may have serious consequences for the elderly eveline@mediacorp.lcom.sg NAUSEA and giddiness accompanied by a loss of balance. By all accounts, it seemed that my grandfather who felt so ill two weeks ago that he could hardly
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    • 1038 36 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL ON MEDIACORP FIGHTING SPIDERS 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 World's Most Amazing Videos 11.00 Ist Asian Youth Games ANUGERAH2OO9 Channel 5,8.30pm 5.30 Prime Time Morning 111 Singapore 2009 Daily Suria, 8.30pm 9.30 The Rachael Ray Show 111 The Rachael Ray Show 111 Highlights jfl 10.30
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    • 754 37  -  TANYO-HINN ISTASIANYOUTH GAMES 2009 Even former great Joscelin Yeo leaves impressed as Ting Wen creates a splash yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg SITTING among the crowd on the final day of the Asian Youth Games swimming competition yesterday was Joscelin Yeo, regarded as one of the region's greatest swimmers
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    • 457 38  -  LAN DE COTTA ISTASIANYOUTH GAMES Bowler romps to victory in masters final to make up for Singapore girls' defeats ian@mediacorp.com.sg FIRST, he watched team-mate Darshini Krishna fall, then he had to see the country's star performer New Hui Fen falter in the stepladder final. Minutes
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    • 265 38  -  SHAMIR OSMAN LAST month, South Korea booked their spot in the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa after coming through the final round of Asian zone qualifiers. It was the seventh successive time they will be in the competition, a testament to their remarkable consistency
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    • 533 39  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ISTASIANYOUTH GAMES Chinese paddlers sweep all before them to send rivals a sobering message linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg THERE was a time when you were simply amazed by China's domination of table tennis. Neutral fans, hapless opponents and their set of supporters everyone
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    • 287 39  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORESAILING president Low Teo Ping said yesterday the performance of the local sailors and the progress of the competition off East Coast Park at the Asian Youth Games was good enough to obtain a grade "close to an 'A'". So pleased was he with the
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    • 588 40  -  ASDWIGHT SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Last week's loss just a blip, as Bulls vow to keep fighting to the very end GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 SAFFC v Gombak United Choa Chu Kang Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg SECOND-placed Gombak United face a season-defining match tonight when they take
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    • 294 40  -  ASDWIGHT GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Woodlands v Home Woodlands Stadium, 7.45pm IN ONLY his first season at Woodlands Wellington, head coach Nenad Bacina has worked wonders with the Rams. The Croatian arrived at Woodlands Stadium this season after an advisory role last
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    • 920 41 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH WIMBLEDON With supreme talent and guts Federer holds off a game challenger to stand alone among legends LONDON Roger Federer's victory T-shirt was not quite as obvious as Serena Williams' the previous day. It was not inviting us to look at his titles; instead,
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    • 29 37 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7pm AYG Closing ceremony, Ch 118/01 11pm AYG Highlights, Ch 5 ?P2^l?. .9.5 M 2*9. 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on g3BLive
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    • 546 42  -  SHERMAINEWONG Today ADVERTISING AWARDS Creative ads and editorial content can co-exist as last month's winners show shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg YOU couldn't have possibly missed these ads one had colourful berries dropping down the front page of this newspaper; while the other featured a snowboarder who broke right through
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  • BUSINESS
    • 260 43 SIBU China has set up a large fund specifically to invest in Malaysia, said Prime Minister Najib Razak, and details on the investments will be announced soon, according to The Star newspaper. The Malaysian leader made the point on Sunday, when he declared
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    • 468 43 AFP INDIA'S BUDGET Sensex plummets despite move to return economy to g-per-cent growth NEW DELHI Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee yesterday warned of a growing fiscal deficit as he presented a budget aimed at returning the economy to 9 per cent annual growth "at the earliest".
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    • 287 44 AGENCIES NEW YORK General Motors (GM) has won approval from a bankruptcy judge to sell its best assets to a new automaker in which the United States government will hold a majority stake. This paves the way for a speedy
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    • 459 44 AFP GROUPOF EIGHT World superpowers have done little to alleviate economic crisis, say critics PARIS The Group of Eight (G8) industrialised powers, ineffectual in the face of the worldwide financial crisis, is facing calls for its abolition. The G8 Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia
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    • BUSINESS ROUNDUP
      • 141 45 Catalist-bound JLJ Holdings yesterday launched its initial public offer of 19 million shares at 27 cents each, to raise net proceeds of $2.8 million. This is based on the sale of 16 million new shares. The remaining 3 million vendor shares are expected to raise net
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      • 136 45  -  ESTHER FUNG Van der Horst Energy, a logistics service provider and biodiesel producer, yesterday said it had acquired 9.51 per cent, or 40 million shares, of Catalistlisted beauty products firm Novena Holdings for $3.2 million, via a married deal on July 3.
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    • 214 45 Firm sets up 1.75b bond programme ST ENGINEERING MAINBOARD-LISTED Singapore Technologies Engineering is planning a roadshow this week to gauge investor interest in its newly-established US$l.2-billion ($1.75-billion) multi-currency, mediumterm note programme. "With the current financial market environment, we are establishing the programme as a pre-emptive measure to diversify our funding
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    • 129 45 DOWJONES CITIGROUP appointed with immediate effect Mr Stephen Bird and Mr Shirish Apte as AsiaPacific chief executive officers, sharing the job vacated by 13-year veteran Ajay Banga who left for MasterCard late last month. The pair are responsible for performance, strategy and execution in the
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    • STOCK CALLS
      • 47 46 $2.40 I Buy Bank of America restarts coverage on the commodities trader with a $3 target, implying 22 times FYIO P/E and 3.4 times P/B. It says dwindling arable land due to climate change, economic development and pollution are all positive for prices of soft commodities.
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      • 39 46 $1.37 I Buy ÜBS retains call and raises target to $1.48 from $1.25 after increasing distribution per unit forecasts to assume higher net property income from four malls following what it calls a better-than-expected Q.l '09 performance.
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      • 33 46 Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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      • 19 46 Friday 2,299.75 Thursday 2,320.82 Wednesday 2,352.55 Tuesday 2,333.14 T 0.91% T 1.35% A 0.83% A 0.69%
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      • 22 46 Jikkei lhanghai ieoul /lumbai ;LComp 9,680.87 T 1.38% 3,124.67 A 1.18% 1,428.94 A 0.63% 14,043.40 T 5.83% 1,065.83 T 0.64%
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      • 21 46 »145O tiiw aix.^ju :i euro k$i !Mi $2,353 HKSioo $18.82 $2,027 RMB100 $21.34 $1,151 RS100 $3,002 $0,411 RPio,ooo $1,425
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    • 467 46  -  ESTHER FUNG OFFICE RENTALS esther@mediacorp.com.sg LOWER occupancy rates and cheaper rents in office buildings around the central business district (CBD) may prompt some firms to move back into the city, property experts said. In the second quarter, office rentals declined to less than $10 per
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    • 309 46 AGENCIES IN A move that may help it win over more corporate customers doing business with China, OCBC yesterday said it was the first bank here to participate in China's pilot programme of settling cross-border trade using yuan. The facility, launched
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