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    20 1 TODAY Thursday July 23, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday July 23, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      129 1 O' m no sa' nt: Berlusconi. Italian Prime Minister attempts to laugh off lurid accusations about his private life. f\ Michael Jackson's death ZiU could have been manslaughter, with US police searching the office of his personal physician in LA yesterday. r~ Obama on prime-time TV: aj The
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      $10m shot in arm
      686 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN THE HiNa/WAR' Funds for research as two more deaths reported; vaccine unlikely to be produced locally chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg IN KEEPING with the dictum "know thy enemy", Singapore is stepping up support for research in its continuing war on the HINI bug that claimed two more lives
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      41 1 d\) 6333 9888] yl J MebiagorpAdvertising Ehquiries A PUBLICATION OF Jt\=diaCorp MICA (P) 233/10/2008 NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 ADVERTISE 6333 9888 Life here has improved in the past 50 years, send us photos of your life Then Now, details at tr.im/todayonline_thenandnow
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      That deadly deficit hangover
      578 2  -  LEONGWEEKEAT ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES Finance Minister on the need for exit strategies and direct, targeted help weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg AS THE global downturn stretches on with no clear end in sight, governments have felt the pressure for a further fiscal stimulus. But danger lurks on this path. "Most
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      THINGSTHAT MAKEYOU GO HMM ...
      115 2 THINGSTHAT MAKEYOU GO HMM Some examples of what readers of Economics in Public Policies The Singapore Story are provoked into thinking about: Should bus services be allowed to run along MRT routes to provide competition to MRT services? •What kinds of jobs will there be in 10 years and 20
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      Lock icon Uncle Sam is back
      466 3 AGENCIES US-ASIA RELATIONS Clinton shows Obama administration ready to re-engage with Asia PHUKET The days when Asean officials had to make do with lower-level American representation during their regional meetings may soon be a thing of the past. After years of neglect during the Bush years,
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      Lock icon Free Suu Kyi: Clinton dangles carrot
      238 3 AGENCIES PHUKET US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday urged Myanmar to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, saying that such a move could pave the way for investments from the United States. "If she were released, that would open up opportunities at
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      Lock icon EXCELLENT IN THEIR OWN FIELDS
      261 4 938 LIVE Four doctors and a clinician scientist have been commended in the Ministry of Health's annual National Medical Excellence Awards among them a professor who worked for free in America as a young doctor just to get more training. Professor John Wong (top), the
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      Lock icon BEFORE THE VACCINE GETS TO YOU ...
      116 4 BEFORE THE VACCINE GETS TO YOU NEOCHAICHIN Clinical trials, to show if a vaccine is safe and effective, are conducted by pharmaceutical companies, before the vaccine is registered by a regulatory authority. Phases 1 and 2 involve between 100 and 300 patients to test safety parameters and appropriate dosage. Phase
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        COE PRICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN ALL CATEGORIES
        95 6 Lertmcate ot hntitiement prices continued to rise in almost all categories in the latest bidding exercise yesterday. The premium for cars above i,6oocc jumped the most by $1,700 from $16,801 to $18,501. The COE price for small cars went up from $14,300
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        SECURITY MEASURES AT NDP NATIONAL EDUCATION SHOW
        150 6 Security measures will be in place at the National Day Parade 2009 National Education Show 3 held this Saturday atThe Float@Marina. Bags and personal items may be subjected to checks and members of the public are advised to cooperate with the police. They
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        LAWYER FINED $8,000 FOR TEMPLE DISTURBANCES
        121 6 Lawyer M Ravi was fined a total of $8,000 yesterday for disturbing a prayer session at the Jamae Chulia mosque last August. The 40-year-old had earlier pleaded guilty to four offences at both the mosque and the Sri Mariamman temple at South Bridge Road.
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      How the foreign media saw it
      514 6  -  CHEOWXINYI TEMASEK-GOODYEAR SPLIT Goodyear described as one to be rigid with rules despite affable reputation cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg STAFF were reportedly fined for each minute they were late for internal meetings, while fiddling with Blackßerries was prohibited at the meetings. According to the Wall Street Journal
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      Lock icon A MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MOF) SPOKESPERSON ON TEMASEK:
      99 6 The decision not to proceed with Mr Goodyear's CEO appointment was made by theTemasek Board and Mr Goodyear, in their mutual interests. Temasek informed MOF, but MOF was not involved in the decision. It is unfortunate that the leadership transition process has
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      Rhesus negative blood types needed urgently
      184 8 IN THE wake of the recent Jakarta bomb blasts, a call has gone out to those with rare blood types to come forward and donate blood. The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) and the Bloodbank@HSA are appealing to Rhesus A-negative and O-negative blood donors, as
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      Paving a new way
      254 8 A*STAR IT IS well known for its programmes to groom scholars for its research institutes. The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) is now offering more opportunities in another pathway: Academia. Scholars with a passion for teaching can further their career at the National University
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      Age is but a number
      497 10  -  ESTHER NG U LIVE SCHEME estherng@mediacorp.com.sg A NEW scheme to help seniors work, live and play was launched yesterday with Labour Minister Lim Swee Say, as one of its very first members. U Live, an initiative by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), hopes to
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      'A corporate witch hunt'
      464 12  -  ESTHER FUNG JUDAS'TRIAL esther@mediacorp.com.sg ONE side is calling it a "Judas" betrayal. But the other says it is a corporate witch hunt. And from their questions in court, defence lawyers for Mr Dafni Igal, who is being sued by his former Israeli employer for the alleged
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      Witness says he lied to protect Ming Yi
      488 12  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg HIS turnaround got him into trouble on the witness stand. Yesterday, a former Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre board member Mr Harry Lim Kirn Hua testified that Raymond Yeung, a former personal aide to the hospital's founder and former
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      Lock icon Top's wife detained?
      205 16 .AFP CILACAP The Indonesian police yesterday detained a woman who is believed to be the wife of Malaysian terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top, the suspected mastermind of the twin suicide bombings in Jakarta last week. Members of Indonesia's Special Detachment 88 counter-terrorism squad detained the woman, identified as
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      Lock icon Faces of terror unveiled
      425 16 AGENCIES JAKARTA BOMBINGS JAKARTA Indonesian police yesterday released digital images of the reconstructed faces of two suspected suicide bombers thought to have attacked luxury hotels in Jakarta last week. The police said the suspected bomber who killed five people including four foreigners at the JW Marriott
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      Lock icon Darkness descends
      312 17 AP SOLAR ECLIPSE TOKYO The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia into near-darkness, as millions watched the once-in-a-life-time phenomenon yesterday. Some seeing the eclipse as a bad omen shuttered themselves indoors. The daytime darkness prompted fireworks displays in China and sent bewildered
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      Lock icon NZ moves 30cm closer to Australia
      200 17 AFP WELLINGTON A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has moved the south of New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists said yesterday. With the countries separated by the 2,250km-wide Tasman Sea, the 30cm closing of the gap in New Zealand's south-west will not make
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      Lock icon US to Gulf allies: You can stand under our defence umbrella
      254 19 AFP BANGKOK The United States is ready to help its Gulf allies establish a "defence umbrella" if Iran does not back down over its nuclear programme, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday. Mrs Clinton told Thai television that
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      Lock icon We want the truth: Najib
      396 19 AP AIDE'S DEATH Najib announces plans to set up a royal commission PUTRAJAYA Malaysia's Prime Minister announced plans yesterday for a high-level investigation of the government's anti-graft agency amid an outcry over the death of an opposition lawmaker's aide shortly after he was interrogated by
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      Lock icon MJ's death: Was it manslaughter?
      254 20 THE NEW YORKTIMES AFTERNOON LATEST LOS ANGELES More than two dozen federal agents and police officers descended on the Houston office of Michael Jackson's personal physician yesterday and seized medical records, and a lawyer for the doctor said the authorities were looking for evidence of
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      Lock icon I'm no saint, admits Berlusconi
      171 20 THE NEWYORKTIMES ROME Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has shrugged off months of lurid allegations about his private life by saying simply "I am no saint". In his first public remarks since a magazine released what it said were conversations between him and a prostitute,
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      Lock icon LTTE has a new chief
      147 21 ;.AP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger rebels have named a new leader, two months after government forces crushed the separatist movement. Selvarasa Pathmanathan was the rebels' chief of international relations and allegedly ran an international weapons smuggling ring. The Sri Lankan government has appealed
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      Lock icon 640 involved in flu vaccine trial
      331 21 AFP HiNiDOWN UNDER SYDNEY The first human trials for an Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine began yesterday in Australia and China as concerns grew over the disease after the global death toll leapt suddenly past 700. In Australia, a total of 240 adults and 400
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      Lock icon THAI DEATH TOLL TOPS AUSTRALIA'S
      93 21 AFP The HINI death toll in Thailand reached 44 yesterday, surpassing that of Australia, which has 38 deaths linked to the virus. The new figure is almost double of that released last week, making Thailand the country with the highest reported fatalities in the AsiaPacific
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      Lock icon Suicide over missing iPhone prototype
      174 22 AP GUANGZHOU An employee at a factory that makes iPhones in China has killed himself after a prototype went missing. The dead man, Mr Sun Danyong, 25, worked at Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese firm that makes Apple products at a factory in Shenzhen. There's
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      Lock icon Wonders of Nature
      300 22 AGENCIES GLOBAL POLL Among them: The Grand Canyon, The Matterhorn and the Great Barrier Reef GENEVA The Grand Canyon, the Matterhorn and the Great Barrier Reef are competing with 25 other spectacular natural landmarks in the final phase of the global poll to choose the "New 7
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      Lock icon Galactic smash-up
      254 23 AGENCIES AMATEUR DISCOVERY Australian amateur tellsof vonein a million' Jupiter spot SYDNEY An Australian amateur stargazer who spotted a "one in a million" impact on Jupiter told of his astonishment yesterday as he chanced upon the Earth-sized dent in its gassy atmosphere. Mr Anthony Wesley, 44, who has
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      Lock icon OTHER AMATEURS WHO MADETHEIR MARK
      167 23 THE GUARDIAN Mr Anthony Wesley is the latest in a long line of amateur astronomers who have shown the professionals a thing or two. In 1925, Mr Clyde Tombaugh made very detailed drawings of Jupiter and Mars and sent them to the Lowell Observatory. He
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      Lock icon 'Ample evidence' against Rio employees: China
      161 23 AP BEIJING China has told Australia it has "ample evidence" that a detained Australian manager for miner Rio Tinto and three co-work-ers stole state secrets, a Chinese diplomat said yesterday. Mr He Yafei, a Deputy Foreign Minister, said he had briefed Australian Foreign Minister
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      Lock icon Sarkozy and wife spend $1,600 per day on flowers
      220 24 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH PARIS French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni have been spending more than £660 ($1,600) a day on flowers. The extraordinary sum was revealed in a public audit which comes in the middle of the worst recession for
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      Lock icon Obama and Malikis first meeting
      279 24 AFP US-IRAQTIES WASHINGTON President Barack Obama hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki at the White House yesterday, as the United States leader pushed for stronger reconciliation efforts in the conflict-wracked country. It was the first meeting between the two leaders since US troops withdrew
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      Lock icon Honduras rivals scramble to hold crisis talks
      334 25 AFP TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras) Rivals in the Honduran crisis sent teams to Costa Rica yesterday ahead of a deadline for stalled crisis talks, as a diplomat suggested they had reached a deal for the conditional return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Amid a flurry
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      Lock icon Healthcare campaign hits prime-time TV
      391 25 AP AFTERNOON LATEST Obama marks 6 months in office with news conference in attempt to break impasse over approval of health Bill WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama said that Medicare and Medicaid are the "biggest driving force behind" massive federal deficits, and must be
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      Lock icon KOREAN DRAMA
      62 26 AFP Legislators scuffled inside South Korea's Parliament yesterday as the conservative ruling party pushed through long-delayed Bills easing curbs on media ownership. The standoff began when a vote on the Bills was called, after months of negotiations between both sides broke down. The Bills were passed later in
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      Lock icon Rare lawsuit closely watched
      594 26 AP INHERITANCE ROW N Koreans staking claim over S Korean dad #s fortunes SEOUL A rare lawsuit filed by four North Korean siblings staking claim to their late South Korean father's fortune is making its way through the South Korean court system, closely watched by legal
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      Lock icon Kremlin gives itself powers to spy on Russian mail
      170 27 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH MOSCOW The Russian government has given itself sweeping powers to spy on its own citizens after a new decree gave intelligence services unlimited access to read all mail without a warrant. The decree, reminiscent of So-viet-era domestic spying tactics,
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      Lock icon New ambush on Freeport staff
      108 27 AP JAKARTA Gunmen opened fire yesterday on buses carrying employees of United States mining company Freeport in Indonesia's impoverished Papua province, killing two people in the latest attack on the world's largest gold mine, the state news agency said. Antara did not identify the victims
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      Lock icon Musharraf in dock over judges' sackings
      211 27 AGENCIES PAKISTANI POLITICS ISLAMABAD Pakistan's top court has summoned former President Pervez Musharraf to appear in court over his 2007 firing of several dozen inde-pendent-minded judges. Wednesday's notice allows Mr Musharraf to send a lawyer in his place. The case could rattle Pakistan's political
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      Lock icon NO JOKES PLEASE, I'M ZARDARI
      151 27 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Pakistan's President Asif Zardari (picture) has been accused of suffering from a sense of humour failure after banning jokes ridiculing him. Pakistanis who send jokes about Mr Zardari as text messages, email or publish them on blogs risk being arrested and given a
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      382 28  -  EdricSng design editor edric@mediacorp.com.sg I AM surrounded by dusty photographs, family mementos, memories. Every day I come to work to see a fresh stack of yellowing pictures on my desk, and my email inbox is creaking under the strain of dozens of
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      162 30  -  DRJAMES DOBSON I BY SAFETY IN LEARNING Most children tend to admire teachers who can be strict without being unpleasant. A teacher who can control a class without being oppressive or mean is almost always loved by her students. One reason is that there's clearly safety
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      139 30  -  Marcus Chua Letter from I AM a student from Nanyang Polytechnic. I refer to "A drop too much" (July 21). It seems to be part of Chinese culture to entertain clients by having shots of strong Chinese liquor. It seems if you
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      126 30  -  Brennan Lee HELP ISATHAND:CDC Letter from General Manager, North East CDC We are sorry to know of Mr Paul Anthony Fernandez' unpleasant experience in his job search ("Help not at hand", July 18-19). MayorTeo Ser Luck and CDC officers have since contacted Mr Fernandez to find out more
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      1048 32  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg ON JULY 11, local band Another Sunday Afternoon released their debut album, The Uncanny Tree Of Fractured Hearts. Despite having a mouthful of a title, the music itself is packed with short catchy riffs, punchy rhythms and nice melodies. But what caught our eye was
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      487 35  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH YOUTUBEGIRL Marie Digby doesn't mind what you call her, as long as you go listen to her play christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS been two years since Marie Digby sparked an online sensation with a You Tube video of her singing Umbrella. Since then, she's released one
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      943 38  -  KAYLENEHONG DIV HOLIDAYS With airlines increasingly offering more products on their websites, how will travel agents fare? kaylenehong@mediacorp.com.sg SINCE he started travelling in primary school, undergraduate Anneson Neo, 24, has never had to consult a travel agent. Instead, his family would use the Internet to book flights
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      551 42  -  JENNIFERCHEN JETSTAR AMBASSADOR MEDIACORP artiste Joanne Peh is a far cry from the tragic figure she portrayed in the popular drama serial The Little Nyonya. In fact, far from crying, she will be seen star-jumping for joy, a signature move of budget airline Jetstar. Today, the award-win-ning
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      1271 45  -  LEONARDTHOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Bryant's career has seen huge ups and some real lows, but he has never stopped learning WHEN it first appeared last season it sparked the rattle of so many keyboards it was as if an army had
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      636 46  -  TANYO-HINN DONWONG, ERNESTCHUA KOBE BRYANT IN SINGAPORE S #pore shows Kobe the love as NBA superstar stops by for an event-filled day yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg FOR a guy who says he's not comfortable in the limelight, Kobe Bryant was in the zone yesterday on his whirlwind
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      379 47 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL IN ASIA Sutee cancels out Babel's opener in Bangkok friendly PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY Thailand i Liverpool i BANGKOK Liverpool's problematic pre-season continued last night as manager Rafa Benitez saw Martin Skrtel and Nabil El Zhar suffer injury blows during a subpar
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      462 47  -  I LOWLINFHOONG GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Gombak United v DPMM Jurong West Stadium, 7.45pm linfhoong@mediacorp.com. sg IT'S been a month to forget for Gombak United. The Bulls, who started the season solidly and topped the Great EasternYeo's S-League 2009 table in early May,
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      478 48  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE SPORT Sacked table tennis coach wants justice, team welfare was suffering says body linfhoong@mediacorp.com. sg EVEN as the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) homed in on a new national youth coach, incumbent Xv Xiangdong has threatened to seek "justice" after the STTA
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      383 49 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH THE DAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST New Arab owner wants Diego in as director of football DIEGO Maradona is considering joining Portsmouth in a director of football role, his lawyer has claimed. The former Argentina star is poised to leave his role as manager of the Argentine
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        107 49 AGENCIES John Terry has agreed in principle to stay at Chelsea and reject the chance to join Manchester City. Negotiations over an improved deal will take place once Chelsea return from their pre-season tour of the United States. Chelsea are expecting Terry to make a public
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        96 49 THE GUARDIAN Tottenham have confirmed the signings of defenders Kyle Naughton and Kyle Walker from Sheffield United. No fee was disclosed for either of the England youth internationals. Naughton, 20, attracted the interest of several Premier League clubs including Everton after becoming a key player for the
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        241 49 AGENCIES A company director has told a court how Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard subjected him to a barrage of punches after the two men fell out in a nightclub. The Liverpool Crown Court jury also heard transcripts of police interviews with the player after the row,
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      791 51  -  WILLIAM PESEK BLOOMBERG BUSINESS COMMENT SONY is channelling the spirit of Michael Jackson. Facing Sony's first back-to-back annual losses in half a century, chief executive officer Howard Stringer is eyeing an obvious payday: Film rights to the late star's wildly anticipated last concert rehearsals.
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      333 52 THEGUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST FSA levies record fine after bank loses disks and posts unencrypted personal data LONDON Financial firms which repeatedly breach rules protecting customer details from being lost or stolen were warned by British regulators that they would face ever larger penalties after HSBC was
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        106 52 BLOOMBERG Goldman Sachs' repayments to the United States government of last year's bailout money, including an agreement made yesterday to repay warrants, generated a 23-per-cent annualised return for US taxpayers. Goldman Sachs agreed to the Treasury's request for US$l.l billion ($1.58 billion) to repay warrants
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        101 52 NEWYORKTIMES eßay continues to suffer under the weight of the sluggish economy and declining traffic to its auction site, reporting its third consecutive earnings decline yesterday. eßay reported net income in the second quarter fell 29 per cent to US$327 million from the US$46O
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      405 54 Americas next 'difficult' challenge BLOOMBERG BATTLINGTHE FINANCIAL CRISIS FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke said a potential wave of defaults in commercial real estate may present a "difficult" challenge for the economy, without committing to additional steps to aid the market. Mr Bernanke, who testified before the Senate Banking Committee
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      368 54 BLOOMBERG MORGAN Stanley reported a bigger second-quarter loss than analysts expected as costs to repay the United States government and charges from an improvement in the firm's own debt overwhelmed revenue. The loss from continuing operations was US$l59 million ($230 million), or US$l.37 a
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      243 56  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore College of Insurance (SCI) is offering fresh graduates 60 scholarships that come with guaranteed jobs in the industry. Valued at about $39,000 each, the inaugural three-year Insurance Executive Scholarship Programme is supported by both the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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      198 56 938 LIVE THANKS to a recent liberalisation of Malaysia's financial industry, OCBC is now able to start selling Great Eastern life insurance products through its 29 branches there. Announcing the tie-up yesterday, OCBC said the move was in line with its focus on
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      221 58  -  RACHEL KELLY CHANNEL NEWSASIA rachel@mediacorp.com.sg HONG Kong-listed electronics firm AAC Acoustic Technologies is planning to have manufacturing facilities in Singapore in three years' time. These will employ up to 100 people. Currently it employs around 10. The company revealed this yesterday during its official
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      383 59  -  KELVIN CHOW ASIA WATER TECHNOLOGY kdvinc@mediacorp.com.sg ASIA Water Technology's (AWT) share price hit a five-month high yesterday, on news of a major shareholder's plan to mount a takeover. The Catalist counter surged 13.6 per cent from the previous day to finish at 12.5 cents although
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          103 60 7-day streak snapped A strong earnings-driven rally ran out of steam for Wall Street's blue chips, but the tech-heavy Nasdaq extended its winning streak to 11 days. Market action came as investors digested a mixed batch of earnings reports and caught their breath from a series of robust
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          87 60 First fall in 6 days Crude oil fell for the first time in six days after a US government report showed a smaller-than-forecast decline in inventories. Supplies dropped 1.8 million barrels to 342.7 million in the week ended July 17, less than the 2.1-million-barrel dip predicted. New York's
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          71 60 Traders consolidate European stock markets closed firmer in choppy trade, with investors consolidating positions after gains of 10 per cent over the past week driven by hopes the global slump is easing. London's FTSEIOO index of leading shares closed up 0.28 per cent at 4,493.73 points. In Paris,
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        351 60 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said consumer protection should be added to the Federal Reserve Act as a formal policy goal along with low inflation and full employment, showing a willingness to work with Congress and reshape laws that govern the
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        480 60  -  P N BALJI BUSINESS COMMENT AS THE buzz about Mr Charles Goodyear's sudden departure from Temasek Holdings continues to dominate discussions, one can't help but ask this question: Could a no-nonsense CEO who bulldozed his way through a traumatic merger to form mining
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        295 60 IN A sign of how quickly the residential property market is hotting up, the Government yesterday said it will soon launch the tender for a site at Dakota Crescent after an unnamed developer promised to bid at least $130 million. Just days ago, a
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