Today, 16 July 2009, Afternoon Edition

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      afternoon latest
      236 1 ■"1 The conflict in Urumqi 1 has a new battlefront: TV, with state-run media running clips of Han Chinese and Uighurs getting along swimmingly. 1 Q Hillary Clinton is back 13/ and reclaiming the spotlight after a month out of action with a fractured elbow. *D O Tony
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    • Article
      The itch for risk is back
      647 1  -  CHEOWXINYI SINGAPORE INVESTORS But this is tempered with wary conservatism, survey shows cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg THE rebound in local investor sentiment was remarkable in the short space of three months raising the question of whether the trauma of the global financial meltdown just half a
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    • Article
      Laguna Park vandal back in court
      346 1  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg THREE months ago, he had sat in the dock with his arms folded while waiting for a friend to pay his $1,200 fine. Lee Kok Leong, who had pleaded guilty to two counts of mischief, reportedly told journalists then: "Fine,
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  • NEWS
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      H1N1: Pregnant woman, kidney patient in ICU
      199 2  -  ALICIAWONG A 22-year-old pregnant woman and a 45-year-old kidney transplant patient are the two latest patients to be warded in the intensive care unit after being infected with the HINI virus. The transplant patient, a woman with multiple comobidities including diabetes and hypertension,
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      S'pore won't rush headlong
      480 2  -  NEOCHAICHIN HINI MASS VACCINATIONS Safety, effectiveness of vaccine among reasons for MOH #s more cautious approach chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg BRITAIN, the United States and Australia have done so, and now Italy also has signalled plans for mass inoculations of their populations against Influenza A (H1N1). But in
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      Think twice before sipping
      483 3  -  NEOCHAICHIN ERRANT COMMUTERS SMRT steps up patrols, will now fine those caught eating, drinking outright chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg EACH night, she would munch on an apple at Braddell MRT. And before she caught the last northbound train, she would leave the core on a bench at the station
      ERNEST CHUA  -  483 words
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      Muis updates fatwa on joint tenancy
      344 3 THE "survivorship principle" governing a jointtenancy agreement can now be applied to Muslims as well. The Fatwa Committee, the legal committee of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis), recently updated its fatwa on joint tenancy, said Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, the Minister for the
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      No need for second stimulus right now
      239 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE ECONOMY Situation stabilising, says Trade and Industry Minister WITH the economy showing signs of standing on less rocky ground, there is no present need for Singapore to roll out a second stimulus package, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng
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    • Article
      Cases fall but CDC gets more partners
      235 6  -  ESTHERNG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg REQUESTS for financial aid might have fallen by 15 per cent for the past two months. Yet, Southeast Community Development Council (CDC) has increased its Com Care Local Network (CLN) from 66 to 80 partners. Asked about the expansion, Southeast CDC
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      Tiger Taskforce ready to take flight
      429 6  -  ANSLEYNG AIRLINE SERVICE Members of public can sign up to go on trips, give feedback ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE list of complaints against the budget airline range from flight delays to long waits on its customer service hotline. To show customers that it takes their grouses
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    • Article
      Police officer lied: Accused
      246 8  -  ZULOTHMAN INTHECOURTS zul@mediacorp.com.sg ON DAY eight of the on-going prison abuse trial, one of the three accused taking the stand for the first time accused a police investigator of lying and recanted his own statement to the police. Muhammad Hamdan Abdul Rahman told the High Court
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    • Article
      28 Brookes students go to Case
      134 8 938 LIVE The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has received 28 complaints from students affected by the closure of Brookes Business School. The students want a refund of their tuition fees. As Brookes Business School is Case Trust accredited, Case executive director Seah Seng
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    • Article
      More support to get the right balance
      223 10  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg Greater support to help women balance work with family commitments while encouraging them to be more active in business and economic activities will be among the issues discussed at an upcoming meeting of women leaders in Singapore. About 400 international
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      By sea, air and land
      455 10  -  TEOXUANWEI EXERCISE NORTHSTARVII Combined-arms assault kills "terrorists' on Sentosa xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg OUT AT sea, two Police Coast Guard speedboats engaged a suspicious motorised sampan in a high-speed chase, before rounding up three "terrorists" on board. On land, four "terrorists" ran amok and slayed scores of people
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  • WORLD
    • EYE ON CHINA
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        BLAST AT CHINA CHEMICAL PLANT LEAVES ONE DEAD
        64 12 AFP An explosion at a chemical plant in central China yesterday has killed one worker and injured some 108 others. Xinhua reported that the early morning blast atthe Luoran chemical plant in Luoyang City, Henan province, was followed by a fire. Seven
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        CORRUPT SINOPEC EX-CHIEF GETS SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY
        80 12 AFP ChenTonghai, the former head of Chinese oil giant Sinopec was sentenced to death yesterday after being found guilty of graft amounting to US$2B.B million ($41.9 million), but he is not likely be executed. The 60-year-old was given a death sentence with a
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      Now on TV: The fight for peace
      503 12 AP URUMQI UNREST AFTERNOON LATEST HOTAN (China) The chorus of smiling Muslims and Han Chinese wore matching yellow polo shirts and appeared on television yesterday, singing: "We are all part of the same family." The TV spot was the latest effort in a
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      Shock therapy for Web-addicted teen
      366 13 THE GUARDIAN BEIJING Seventeen-year-old Teng Fei was given electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) for Internet addiction at a centre in China. When his mother told him his father had been taken ill, the horrified teenager rushed straight to hospital. But it was a ruse, and within hours
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      Rudd warns China over detained Rio 'spy
      342 13 AFP AUSTRALIA-CHINA TENSION But China insists trade relations won't be hurt SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday warned China it had economic interests at stake in the case of a mining executive held on spy claims, taking a tough new line in
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      All 168 on board dead
      540 14 AFP IRAN PLANE CRASH TEHRAN An Iranian airliner en route to Armenia crashed into farmland north-west of Tehran yesterday, killing all 168 people on board in the worst air disaster in Iran in recent years. Witnesses and state media said the Caspian Airlines plane was
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    • Article
      Gunfight on the road to Freeport mine
      333 16 AP VIOLENCE IN PAPUA JAKARTA —Five police officers were wounded yesterday in a battle with gunmen near a US-owned gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province, a police source said. The firefight broke out as police patrolled a road where three people, including an
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      No delay for Anwar sodomy trial
      169 16 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Anwar Ibrahim failed yesterday to win a postponement in his sodomy trial after his chief lawyer was forced to withdraw due to illness. The High Court ordered Mr Anwar's legal team to proceed with the case, starting with an application to
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      Malaysia frees 9 Christians after mix-up
      199 16 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police released nine Christians who were arrested and held overnight after a university official mistakenly accused them of trying to convert Muslim students. Proselytising of Muslims is forbidden in Malaysia, although the reverse is allowed. Muslims are also not legally
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      Twitter isn't cool, British teen tells investors
      387 18 AFP MEDIA HABITS No interest because service uses up mobile phone credits LONDON A 15-year-old Briton has set the financial world abuzz with a research note penned for Morgan Stanley, the United States bank, in which he reveals the media habits of teenagers,
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      We have liftoff — at long last
      210 19 We have liftoff at long last AP CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) After more than a month's delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit last night on a flight to the international space station Kibo, hauling up a veranda for Japan's enormous lab and looking to set a crowd
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      Hillary's back
      305 19 AP AFTERNOON LATEST Clinton elbows her way back into the political limelight WASHINGTON Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bounded back into the public arena in a choreographed event yesterday aimed at reasserting her position as the Obama administration's top diplomat. A month's recovery from a fractured elbow
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SLAIN IN RUSSIA
        124 22 AGENCIES Prominent human rights worker Natalya Estemirova, who for a decade documented kidnappings and killings in Chechnya, was snatched outside her home yesterday and found a few hours later near a highway in a neighbouring republic, dead of gunshot wounds to the head and
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        MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL CLAIMS 12 FED AGENTS
        133 22 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH An ultra-violent drug cartel has launched a ferocious campaign against the Mexican government, torturing and killing 12 federal agents before piling their bodies by the side of a road. Members of La Familia Michoacana left death threats near the bodies of
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      President Blair?
      359 22 THEGUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST Former UK PM is strong contender for top EU post LONDON Mr Tony Blair is a leading contender to become the first President of the EU and has the full backing of the British government forthejob, the new Europe Minister, Lady Glenys Kinnock, announced today.
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      Man killed in Capitol shootout
      152 22 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Police shot and killed a man two blocks from the United States Capitol after he led officers on a brief car chase and pulled out a handgun when stopped, a spokeswoman for the US Capitol Police said. The man, who police did not
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      183 24 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices l Qantas Global Sale I^^^^^^^ Perth J498 Mumbai J570 Adelaide ~$698 Brisbane ~$698 b^ Melbourne J698 Sydney J698 Frankfurt ,$1330 London 1510 Sale ends 17 July 2009. Travel to Australia and India between 01 August and 31 August 2009. Travel to Europe
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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      33 24 VOICES ON RADIO Do you still trust your bank after the whole QQQ structured products LJljO saga? Tune in to Talkßackfrom 8.15 am to 8.45 am tomorrow. Call *****938 and share your views
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      Harder than it looks
      325 24  -  Jessica Chan Geak Choo THE SERVICE INDUSTRY The "qualifications' needed are not so easy to attain Letter from I REFER to the report "A service career? Not forme!" (July 15). Those of us who work or have worked in the service industry I worked in the
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      Why would I need my kid's consent?
      182 24  -  Lim Kirn Hock Letter from I AM disappointed at how the CPF Board handles the automatic extension of McdiShield coverage for one's children. I received a letter informing me that a certain sum would be deducted for my child's MediShield premium unless I
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      151 26  -  DR BILL MAIER ....BY ORDINARY DAYS? Kids need parents as much as they need air and water. Our acceptance and approval are critical to their sense of self-worth. That's why it's important to look for opportunities to connect with our kids, and build into their future.
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      No less attractive
      385 26 A*STAR SCHOLARSHIPS Letter from Lim Xinhong, Vincent Ho Hui Boon, Vincent Tan Van Fu and Guo Huili WE REFER to Mr Robin Chee's letter "An inevitable precedent?" (July 13). In his letter, Mr Chee criticises A*Star for its handling of the case of Ms Eng Kai Er,
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      Refs younger, fitter, but are they better?
      234 26  -  Sebastian Tan Letter from I REFER to Shamir Osman's report on the poor standard of refereeing ("Referees under fire", July 14). I have been a qualified FAS referee for some years now. One of the changes I've noticed over the years is that
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    • MUSIC
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        'We're like Godzilla
        874 28  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH TODAY EXCLUSIVE Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno says it's all about rock vn roll. And Bananarama christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN British rock band Oasis were in town earlier this year, singer Liam Gallagher took delight in trashing young rock bands. But when pressed to name a band he did like,
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      • CD REVIEWS
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          You go, gossip girl
          197 32 MUSIC FOR MEN GOSSIP IT'S interesting that Gossip Beth Ditto, Hannah Blilie, Brace Paine should choose to call this album Music For Men. Then again, they could have called it Pig Trotters In Black Sauce and it would still sound great. The opening track, Dimestore Diamond,
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          SECRET, PROFANE AND SUGARCANE
          123 32 ELVIS COSTELLO I've always regarded bluegrass, country and Southern jazz and blues as music to drink to. But you don't need much to enjoy this album, which is proof that Elvis Costello can sing about almost anything, in any style, and still make it sound like
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          ESCALA ESCALA
          79 32 Not to be confused with the village commune in Southwestern France, this string quartet's debut is yet another that mixes classical music with flash-pop, a la Vanessa Mac and Bond. The collection of movie themes, classical numbers and pop songs is pleasant enough, but there's nothing revelatory here,
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          TIMELINE
          84 32 BRANDON GAN Guitarist Brandon Gan's instrumental five-track EP kicks off with the ballad Afterglow, before kicking in full steam with Timeline, a seven-minute epic that shows off Gan's fingerwork, which although impressive, sometimes sounds cumbersome and distracts from the essence of the song. However, Back Then, I Obviously Do
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          REALISE
          122 32 NATHAN HARTONO This release is split into two parts, the studio CD (aka Let Me Sing) and the live concert CD (aka Feeling Good). The former is a collection of 13 songs, all showing off Hartono's jazzy style, which some say echoes Michael Buble. The result is mixed. There
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        295 32 AGENCIES THE Los Angeles Police Department is treating Michael Jackson's death as a homicide and is focusing on doctor Conrad Murray, entertainment website TMZ.com reported yesterday. The pop icon's family has spoken of "unanswered questions" concerning Murray's role in the final hours of
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        353 34 AP COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Fan sentenced to probation for leaking album online A BLOGGER who admitted to leaking part of the Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy (picture) was sentenced to a year of probation on Monday. United States District Magistrate Judge Paul L Abrams
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    360 36  -  ANNETTE TAN Fair Price's new Marie Biscuits bring back the flavour of old times food@newstoday.com.sg Like cream crackers, Marie Biscuits are old-school snacks that never fail to stir up a little nostalgia. Great for dipping in coffee or tea, they made for ideal afternoon snacks or quick breakfasts
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      1461 38  -  CHOI PEISAN FLY LIGHT CHALLENGE Today journalist takes up challenge of travelling with only a carry-on bag peisan@mediacorp.com. sg I'VE always enjoyed travelling light. Whether it's a long trip to Europe, a week in an Asian city or a weekend getaway to an exotic island, I've
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      246 40 BETHEFIRSTON BOARD Enjoy the comfort of flying to Melbourne on a superjumbo aircraft, the A3Bo, when Singapore Airlines starts flights there on Sept 29. The city is the second Australian destination plied bySIA'sA3Bo, which also flies to Sydney, Tokyo, Paris, London and Hong Kong. The daily flight to
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      192 40 'AP GLOBAL travel may be ailing, but Shanghai is pursuing luxury travellers with a vengeance, bent on restoring a reputation for opulence and elegance that once made it the Paris of the Orient. As it spruces up for next year's six-month-long World Expo, the metropolis of 20 million
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      72 43 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 8.45 am Copa Cruzeiro v Estudiantes, Ch 27 4pm Golf British Open, Ch 23 5.58pm Cricket England vAustralia, Ch 110 Bpm Golf British Open, Ch 23 8.15pm Cycling Tour De France Stage 12, Ch 113 8.30pm Cricket England vAustralia, Ch 110 10.30pm Golf British Open, Ch
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      769 43  -  LEONARDTHOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The clutch of young talent coming through cannot go to waste THERE were around 2,500 fans at Bishan Stadium when Shahrir Mohd Anuar lined up in the boys' 100 m final at the recent Asian Youth Games. I
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      266 43  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg VETERAN mountaineer David Lim successfully scaled three "virgin" peaks in Central Asia in 2005 and named them Temasek, Singapura I and Ong Teng Cheong, respectively. Next month, Lim will lead a threeman team as they attempt to present
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      533 44  -  TANYO-HINN SWIMMING With studies out of the way for now Olympic finalistTao Li looks towards Rome yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg FOR once, the spotlight has not been on national swim star Tao Li. While the Singapore Sports School student immersed herself in her studies in a bid
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      341 44  -  LOWLINFHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg FROM today till Tuesday, the indoor arena at Republic Polytechnic in Woodlands will echo with the sound of sabres, foils and epees, as a record 620-strong field from 24 countries compete for hon- ours at the
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      Dressing up for Gerrard and Torres
      430 45  -  EWAN MAH SINGAPORE FOOTBALL The National Stadium gets a makeover to welcome giants Liverpool on July 26 ewanmah@mediacorp.com.sg JUST a year ago, the National Stadium was to have been torn down to make way for a spanking new sports hub. Now, the Grand Old
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      563 45  -  SHAMIR OSMAN GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Sengkang Punggol v Young Lions Hougang Stadium, 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg TONIGHT'S Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 match features two of the league's bottom-three sides. While Sengkang Punggol have a spring their step, the mood in the Young Lions' camp cannot
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      Terry's not going anywhere: Kenyon
      566 46 AFP THEDAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST In-demand defender ltoo important'to Chelsea, says CEO LONDON Chelsea have insisted that they will not sell John Terry and that the club captain would remain at Stamford Bridge "in the years to come". The England defender, who was due to fly
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      I'll go, says Mosley
      167 46 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Max Mosley has ended speculation about his future by confirming his intention to stand down as president of world motor sport's governing body, the FIA. Mosley had agreed not to stand for a fifth term in the wake of a peace deal struck
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        127 46 ADEBAYOR MULLS MANC MOVE Emmanuel Adebayor has asked for more time to mull over his proposed move from Arsenal to Manchester City, a transfer he fears could be criticised in his native Togo. The striker's misgivings are such that City have been forced to delay plans for a medical
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        123 46 DOWNING ALMOST A VILLAN Aston Villa hope to complete the signing of Stewart Downing from Middlesbrough on Thursday in a deal worth up to £12 million, but the England midfielder will need to pass a thorough medical before the transfer is confirmed. Downing suffered a broken foot ironically against
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        124 46 THEGUARDIAN CROUCH OFFTO SUNDERLAND? Portsmouth have accepted a £12 million offer from Sunderland for Peter Crouch and will leave the 28-year-old striker to decide whether he wants to move to the Stadium of Light only 12 months after he returned to Fratton Park. Steve Bruce, Sunderland's manager, confirmed yesterday
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      281 47  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg The chief executive of property group Roxy-Pacific, MrTeo Hong Lim, seems unmoved by the ongoing bull run in the property market. He is not in a hurry to join in the fray with new project launches. "It seems very strong and
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      680 47  -  TAN HUI LENG SERVICED APARTMENTS And more than $1 million later, they wouldn't have it any other way huileng@mediacorp.com.sg MR MASAMITSU Okada has been living in Singapore for the last 25 years. But instead of renting or buying a home, the Japanese expatriate has
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      GOLDMAN A BLOODSUCKING VAMPIRE SQUID?
      593 48  -  ANDREW CLARK THE GUARDIAN BUSINESS COMMENT How one US bank is highly profitable in bad times PROOF, as if we needed it, that Wall Street inhabits a parallel universe. While the rate of United States unemployment creeps towards double digits and businesses across the heartland
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      121 48 AGENCIES Singapore shares closed 3.41 per cent higher yesterday, mirroring gains in regional markets following better-than-expected earnings at United States financial giant Goldman Sachs, dealers said. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index hit a one-week high, gaining 1.1 per cent to 101.65 at 7-34 Pm in Tokyo, adding
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        92 50 BLOOMBERG Global personal-computer shipments fell about half as much as expected in the second quarter as consumers snapped up netbooks and other low-priced machines, research firms Gartner and IDC said yesterday. Shipments fell 5 per cent to 68.1 million units, rather than the anticipated
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        84 50 AGENCIES CIT Group, the commercial lender running short of cash, said it probably will not receive a federal bailout and is studying alternatives with advisers. "There is no appreciable likelihood of additional government support being provided over the near term," it said yesterday. CIT, once the
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      369 50 AP AFTERNOON LATEST Former Treasury chief, with benefit of hindsight, says response was Correct' WASHINGTON Defending the government's handling of the economic crisis last year, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said yesterday that the Bush administration's responses were not perfect but "saved this nation from
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      200 50 NEW JERSEY The Federal Reserve may start to raise its target interest rate from near zero in the first half of 2010 as the economy recovers, Princeton University economist Alan Blinder said. "I think the Federal Reserve will look around at the state of
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      343 51 PRIVATISATION BID INCHING closer to their goal of taking Mainboard-listed CX Tang private, the Tang brothers yesterday held about 89.51 per cent of the company, according to a regulatory filing on the stock exchange yesterday. This is based on them having received acceptances amounting to
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          81 52 It's now a 3-day rally i/Vall Street fired on all cylinders as the market was ignited oy surprisingly strong results from tech giant Intel and an improved Federal Reserve Dutlook. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leapt 256.72 points (3.07 per cent) to close at 8,616.21, rapping a powerful
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          70 52 A ray of hope, finally Dil prices saw their biggest rise in three weeks, lifted by a irop in US crude inventories that suggested a glimmer of demand in the world's largest energy consumer. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, leapt US$2.O2 to close
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          82 52 On the US' coattails Europe's leading stock markets surged, boosted by Wall street as investors eyed a glo3al economic recovery following positive earnings and economic data, analysts said. London's FTSE 100 gained 2.57 per cent to close at 4,346.46 points. Frankfurt's DAK soared 3.07 per cent to close
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          79 52 US$ strong, yen weak rhe US dollar traded near a twoweek low against the euro after global stocks rallied on the prospects for the economy and corporate earnings, discouraging demand for the safest assets. The US dollar traded at JS$l.4lOB per euro, after sliding 1 per cent and reaching
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        533 52  -  ESTHER FUNG What's to stop Mi and Star Hub from merging? esther@mediacorp.com.sg BUSINESSCOMMENT SINGTEL may have the most to fear when telecommunications veteran Neil Montefiore (picture) takes over the helm of current No 2 telco Star Hub. The green camp's surprise announcement on Tuesday that Mr
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        546 52  -  TAN HUI LENG PRIVATE HOME SALES Speculators or upgraders behind June's record high huileng@mediacorp.com.sg THE last time figures were anywhere near as high was the peak of the property boom in Aug 2007. A surge in momentum in the stock and property market, already on
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