Today, 20 October 2009, Afternoon Edition

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  • 20 1 TODAY Tuesday October 20, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday October 20, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    • 119 1 ■"1 Afghan President Karzai L\J will announce latertoday how he intends to resolve the post-election political crisis, US Secretary of State Clinton said. A A Country vs County: T^T Notts County boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is wanted by his homeland, as nationa coach, but he's going nowhere, nsist his
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    • 390 1  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH chrtstophertoh@medtacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The stars had hoped those who tuned in would give generously. And both corporate and public donors did to the tune of $1,213,146 last night. At 11pm, that was the amount pledged for the victims of the recent typhoon
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    • 800 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LEONGWEEKEAT BUDGET MEASURES Government to spend more on infrastructure, healthcare, education and training weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Concerns have been raised about what would happen to the nascent global economic recovery when various government stimulus plans or the money to fund them run out. And in Singapore,
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    • 564 2  -  ALICIA WONG KENT RIDGE MINISTERIAL FORUM MM Lee tackles questions about Singapore's future alicia@media.corp. com. sg SINGAPORE When he speaks to young Singaporeans, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew often reminds them of Singapore's history. Yesterday, he looked at Singapore's future and shared his thoughts with more than
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    • 647 3  -  TANYO-HINN PAYTV COMPETITION yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The latest bidding war between Sing Tel and Star Hub for broadcast rights to the English Premier League (EPL) have revived calls for the Government to step in. And as it transpires, the latter has been reviewing regulation of
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    • 167 4 JAKARTA The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), headed by former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, will announce today its decision on whether it will join President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's coalition. The party is leaving the decision in the hands of party general chairman Megawati, PDI-P
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    • 461 4 INDONESIAN POLITICS Analysts say Cabinet line-up seems to have too many politicians JAKARTA- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be picking more politicians than experienced professionals to fill positions in his incoming Cabinet, making it a challenge for his new team to perform better than
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    • 83 4 Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono has asked prospective ministers of his new Cabinet to sign a pledge to refrain from corruption, Antara news agency reported yesterday. "The commitment is carried in a code of conduct that future ministers have to sign. The code of conduct also carries a clause
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    • 124 6 About 20,000 people from 40 government agencies and 330 companies will help prepare Singapore for the Apec Leaders' Week meetings from NovBtois, during which the authorities have promised there will be minimal traffic disruption. Well-known local personalities like entertainer Dick Lee, fashion designers Wykidd Song and
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    • 290 6  -  IMELDASAAD CHANNEL NEWSASIA MAIDS'MEDICAL BILLS imelda@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has said "no" to placing a cap on the maximum medical liability of an employer for foreign maids brought here to work. In Parliament yesterday, as the issue of the impending higher medical insurance
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    • 260 8 ESTHER NG SINGAPORE There are no plans by the National Environment Agency (NEA) to change the use or management of the 82 government-owned wet markets it manages, reiterated Minister for Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim in Parliament yesterday.
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    • 212 8 ANSLEYNG SINGAPORE Officers from Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD) who interviewed terror suspect Mas Selamat Kastari in a Malaysian detention centre found him to be defiant and uncooperative, Senior Minister of State (Law and Home Affairs) Ho Peng Kee told Parliament yesterday. Since his re-arrest injohor
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    • 206 8 ZULOTHMAN SINGAPORE At a time when alumni of top-ranking business schools specifically, recent Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) graduates have seen wages or salary growth cut, National University of Singapore (NUS) graduates are bucking the trend. This is one reason why the NUS Business
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  • WORLD
    • 140 10 BLOOMBERG LONDON US President Barack Obama may attend the December climate summit in Copenhagen aimed at forging a new treaty to reduce greenhouse-gas pollution, US envoy Todd Stern said yesterday in London. "We're not writing anything off," he said. "We're not ruling out
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    • 576 10 AP AFTERNOON LATEST WASHINGTON Afghan President Hamid Karzai intends to announce later today how he will "set the stage" for resolving the country's post-election political crisis, United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday. "He is going to announce his intentions," Mrs Clinton told
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    • EYE ON ASIA
      • 87 12 .AFP Sri Lanka Sri Lankan-born billionaire Raj Rajaratnam was investigated for allegedly funding Tamil Tiger rebels, but there was no evidence against him, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said yesterday. United States authorities last week charged Mr Rajaratnam, 52, with fraud, after saying they had
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        44 12 AP Thailand Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a bomb yesterday at a market in Thailand's troubled south, wounding at least 24 people, including three soldiers. The homemade explosive was hidden on a motorcycle parked in front of the market in downtown Yala. EPA
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    • 334 12 AP, THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PUBLIC HOLIDAY It's the day Sawarak, Sabah joined federation KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's government on Monday declared a new annual holiday to mark the date that two states on Borneo island joined the country a long-awaited gesture to placate ethnic minorities in
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    • 220 12 AGENCIES PUTRAJAYA The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday said it is investigating graft allegations against the Malaysian Chinese Association's newly-appointed deputy president and Health Minister, Mr Liow Tiong Lai. A letter posted on the Malaysia Today website alleged that a company often awarded projects by
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    • 208 14 AP BEIJING Police have launched a massive manhunt for four inmates who killed a guard and escaped from a northern Chinese prison over the weekend. The four, all serving life sentences, fled Hohhot's No 2 Prison in a stolen taxi
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    • 325 14 .AFP CHINESE CHARACTERS BEIJING More than 50 years after a major overhaul of the way in which Chinese characters are written, a far less ambitious project to simplify only a few dozen ideogrammes has sparked a huge controversy here. The government has put forward proposals to
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    • 152 14 .AFP BEIJING China will send a team of experts to museums around the world in an effort to record more than a million cultural relics it says were looted from Beijing's Old Summer Palace, the China Daily reported yesterday. Museums, libraries and private collections
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    • 206 16 AP FORT COLLINS (Colorado) The story that a little boy had floated away in a giant helium balloon was a hoax concocted to land a reality television show, according to the authorities, and the boy's parents are likely to face
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    • 406 16 THE GUARDIAN AFGHAN STALEMATE WASHINGTON The United States has expressed its frustration with Afghan President Hamid Karzai for stalling over an election run-off on Sunday and has linked the political crisis for the first time to a decision to send more American troops to
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    • 509 18  -  Michael Ng ATTHE HOSPITAL Letter from I AM writing about some unpleasant treatment I received at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) last Tuesday. In May this year, I had a serious accident and suffered a concussion, for which I was sent to SGH. Since then,
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    • 186 20  -  DR BILL MAIER BY SLEEP SMART, GROW SMART I got a lot of sleep last night, and boy do I feel... well, smarter! Doctors have said for years that sleep is good for your health, and that kids need at least eight hours a night to
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    • Oh, for a smoother trip home
      • 137 20  -  Tan Kin Lian Letter from WHILE looking for a place to park in Ang Mo Kio central, I drove into a multi-storey car park. I had to go all the way up to the roof level, which is many levels up. There were
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      • 162 20  -  Man Lee Letter from THE Land Transport Authority website states that "the basic pay-as-you-use principle of Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) makes motorists more aware of the true cost of driving the key benefit is that those who contribute more to the congestion
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      • 157 20  -  Daniel Augustine De Costa Letter from I WAS involved in a road accident last month and currently have to use crutches to move about. Recently, when I went to Aljunied Station to catch a train, I noticed many people rushing to board the
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    • ARTS
      • 780 22  -  MAYO MARTIN PHILIPPINECULTURE Get with contemporary Philippine culture from an insider point of view mayo@mediacorp.com.sg DON'T pray, pray. There's a "church" inside the Asian Civi lisations Museum. A small section of the museum has been recon structed to include a massive altar with a Virgin
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    • 238 24 Here's a Today checklist of Pinoy events in the months to come. VISUAL ARTS Singapore Art Museum is holding two exhibitions on Philippine art from Nov 14: Thrice Upon A Time -A Century of Story in the Art of the Philippines, and InThe Eye of Modernity: Philippine Neo-Realist
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      465 25  -  MAYO MARTIN LOCALTHEATRE The Necessary Stage braves the cold and fake coconut trees for its new play mayo@mediacorp.com.sg FAKE coconut trees decorated with fairy lights that was what theatre director Alvin Tan and the rest of The Necessary Stage (TNS) saw when they set foot in Russia
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    • 65 26 America rock band Mr Big, back together after seven years, performed at Fort Canning Park on Sunday night as part of their world reunion tour. The original line-up guitarist Paul Gilbert, singer Eric Martin, bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Pat Torpey played hits such as
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    • 379 27  -  ALICIA WONG THE ESPLANADE alida@mediacorp.com.sg THE Arts have not been spared by the downturn. Despite an overall increase in people attending ticketed performances, the Esplanade saw a drop in attendance for such events last year. Sponsorship income for the premium performing arts centre was
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  • health
    • 681 28  -  EVELINE GAN WORLD OSTEOPOROSIS DAY 2009 Start young, and stub out to prevent your bones from crumbling eveline@mediacorp.com.sg LIKE a thief in the night, the disease creeps up on you. A silent killer, osteoporosis or brittle bones, in layman speak has no early warning signs.
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    • 514 30  -  EVELINE GAN AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION Smokers are at a higher risk of going blind eveline@mediacorp.com.sg THE next time you cannot resist that uncontrollable urge to light up, consider this: On top of a host of life-threatening conditions such as lung cancer and heart disease, smoking
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    • 203 32 ASTHMA IN KIDS QUERY FROM MDM 801 My toddler has asthma. How should the drug Singulair be given to a toddler of 18 months during an asthma attack, or routinely as a precaution against future attacks even when there is no sign of asthma at all. Also,
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    • 272 32 LOVE LIFE, FIGHT FAT Find out more about weight control options at this forum cum health fair. In addition, patients from Alexandra Hospital's weight management programme will share their experiences on successful weight loss. The forum will be conducted in English and Malay. Date: Saturday Time: gam to
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    • him A SPECIAL FOR MEN ON THE GO
      • 653 34  -  HE PEWIN Skincare that's working as hard and fast as you are hepeiwen@mediacorp.com.sg YOU'RE busy. You have to look good, but navigating departmental stores or pharmacies in search of skincare that works for you is not your idea of fun. Your other half may tell you that good,
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    • 472 38  -  DAVID NGIAU So, you want to be a cool 'man on the go'? The place to start is on a quiet beach david@mediacorp.com.sg YOU can't buy coolness. It's a state of mind, it's the bearable lightness of being confidently nonchalant. If you're trying too hard, then,
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  • sports
    • 677 43  -  LAN DE COTTA POINTOFVIEW But if he wants to join the British legends, then there's much work to do yet fl senior correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A lifelong dream turned into reality for Jenson Button in Brazil on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). He did not
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      • 121 43 TANYO-HINN Despite complaints from the likes of 2008 Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, the 5.067 km Marina Bay street circuit will never be as smooth as a purpose-built track because it is used by regular traffic daily, Senior Minister of State (Trade and Industry and
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      • 90 43 Almost three weeks after first hearing they were out of the S-League, Brunei club DPMM conceded last night they had given up all hope of a Fifa reprieve The club, sixth in the league on 50 points, will have their results expunged. On Sept 30, Fifa had suspended
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      • 101 43 'AP Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson was charged yesterday with improper conduct after questioning referee Alan Wiley's fitness in the Red Devils' 2-2 draw with Sunderland earlierthis month. He could now face a fine or a touchline ban after the Football Association ignored the fact that he issued
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      • 94 43 Former champions France have been handed a potentially tough test in their bid to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals after drawing the Republic of Ireland in European play-offs. Giovanni Trapattoni's Irish side were one of the most impressive sides in their qualifying Group Eight, which
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    • 633 44 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST J Three points secured against Hull on London club's 130 th anniversary LONDON Fulham celebrated their 130 th anniversary on Monday night with a victory against a wretched Hull City thanks to goals in either half from Bobby Zamora and Diomansy Kamara. The
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    • 141 44 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Mike Jones, the referee who allowed Sunderland's controversial "beach ball" goal against Liverpool on Saturday, will take charge in the Championship this coming weekend. Sunderland beat Liverpool 1-0 thanks to a fifth-minute goal from Darren Bent went in after striking a beach
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    • 448 44 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH NOTTINGHAM Notts County executive chairman Peter Trembling believes Sven-Goran Eriksson will continue as director of football rather than become manager of Sweden. The Swedish football association admitted they had made contact with Eriksson (picture) over the weekend regarding the coaching position
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    • 534 45  -  SINGAPORE FOOTBALL After a long period out, Lions hope star forward will be ready for Thailand HO CHI MINHCITY INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT Spore v Korean University Selection Thong Nhat Stadium, spm (Spore time) SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg HO CHI MINH It has been over a year since
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    • 563 45  -  LAN DE COTTA GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Woodlands vGeylang, Woodlands Stadium, 7.45pm ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Geylang's campaign in the Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 is all but over. Though they still have three games in hand, their hopes of improving on last year's standings
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    • 72 43 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam MLB Playoffs: Dodgers v Phillies, Ch 23 8.30 am NFL Broncos v Chargers, Chii7 spm Tennis WTATour: Moscow, Chii3 TOMORROW MN Basketball Euro Cup qualifying, Chii3 2.45 am C League Liverpool v Lyon, mioTVCh 61 2.45 am C League Alkmaarv Arsenal, mioTV Ch 62 2.45
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  • BUSINESS
    • 189 48 DOW JONES SANTA BARBARA (California) United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said on Sunday the world financial crisis underlined the need to improve regulation and address global imbalances. In a speech opening an economic conference, Mr Bernanke also said the crisis showed
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    • 252 48 BLOOMBERG BOJ REPORT TOKYO Japan's economy the world's second largest is improving in all of the country's nine areas as the nation emerged from its worst post-war recession, according to its central bank. "Signs of picking up had appeared throughout the economy, although regional differences
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    • 301 49 AGENCIES BEIJING China's economy expanded more than 7 per cent in the first nine months of the year and will certainly surpass the year's growth target of 8 per cent, a top economic official said yesterday. China is
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    • 468 49 AGENCIES SIBLING FEUD Row over gas price goes to India's Supreme Court NEW DELHI A long-awaited legal face-off between the Ambani brothers India's two wealthiest resident billionaires in the country's highest court begins today in a corporate battle that has transfixed the nation. The two have
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    • 294 50 BLOOMBERG INDUSTRY REGULATION AIMA says hedge funds here set to be licensed SINGAPORE Hedge funds in Singapore will "almost certainly" need to be licensed as the central bank seeks to tighten regulation of the industry, according to the local chapter of the Alternative
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    • 238 50 DOWJONES SINGAPORE Temasek Holdings, a Singapore state-owned investment fund that manages a portfolio of over US$l2O billion ($167 billion), said yesterday it is looking to sell a 10-year benchmark United States dollar bond to fund its business. The bond will be issued by Temasek's
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    • 339 51  -  938 LIVE INCOMETAX BILL AMENDMENTS IRENE CHAN irenec@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Parliament has passed amendments to the Income Tax Bill that will enhance Singapore's exchange of information with other countries. The move is part of efforts by Singapore to be removed from the "grey list" of the Organisation
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      • 83 51 Mainboard-listed Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation posted a 10.3-per-cent increase in third quarter net earnings to $13 million. This was despite group revenue for the three months ended September declining 8.4 per cent to $29.6 million. Keppel T&T attributed the fall in revenue to a decrease
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      • 96 51 Ascendas Reit (A-Reit) reported a 13.2--per-cent decline in its second-quarter distribution per unit, despite recording higher distributable income from a year earlier. This is because of a larger base as a result of 185 million new units placed out in August. A-Reit said unit holders will
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    • 276 51 AP NEW YORK The New York Times said yesterday it will cut 100 newsroom jobs and an unspecified number elsewhere amid indus-try-wide declines in advertising revenue. The NYT will offer voluntary buyouts at first but will resort to layoffs if it cannot meet the
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      • 75 52 Dow hits new high US stocks climbed to fresh highs for the year amid optimism that third-quarter corporate earnings will reflect greater prospects of economic recovery from prolonged recession. The Dow rose 96.28 points (0.96 per cent) to 10,092.19, after scaling a new high for the year at
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      • 71 52 US$BO within sight Oil prices struck levels unseen in more than a year amid rising economic recovery optimism and a weakening US dollar. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for November delivery, ended US$l.OB higher at U5579.61 a barrel. It hit an intra-day peak of U5579.69, the
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      • 67 52 Bubble still building European stocks shot up on expectations of more upbeat results from major US companies this week amid hopes of a global economic recovery. London's FTSE 100 index jumped 1.76 per cent to 5,281.54 points, the Paris CAC 40 shot up 1.69 per cent to 3,892.36
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    • 444 52 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST Mac iPhone sales skyrocket in Q3 shares hits record high SAN FRANCISCO Apple has surprised Wall Street by announcing record breaking sales and profits. Thanks to the highest ever sales of its iPhone handsets and Mac computers, Apple posted profits of US$l.67
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    • 193 52 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK US Federal investigators plan to charge at least 10 securities professionals with insider trading, some linked to the criminal case against billionaire hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam that shook Wall Street last week, people familiar with the matter said. The pending crackdown,
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