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  • 20 1 TODAY Friday October 23, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday October 23, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 696 1  -  LINYANQIN EMPLOYMENT SURVEY yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg THE layoffs of the past nine to 12 months are starting to catch up with employers. As the Singapore economy turns the corner and with potential growth ahead, more employers here plan to hire staff in this final quarter more than at
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  • 505 1  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER two outbursts in the last three years from parents about the Primary School Leaving Examination, in particular, the Mathematics paper, is there a nascent trend of questions becoming too difficult for 12-year-olds? Not so, says the Singapore
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 68 1 Today s reach and readership has grown: Nielsen The media index shows clearly that Today's print and online editions have been steadily gaining popularity and growing their reach over the past few years. Coupled with its creative and cost effective approach to advertising, it is no surprise that more advertisers
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  • NEWS
    • 151 2 Magazines in Singapore have presented "satisfactory report cards", said The Nielsen Company, with its media index showing they had retained their niche and their readers. For instance, about 6 and 5 per cent respectively of local adults still read Chinese weeklies i-weekly and UW; 8 Days
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    • 638 2 NIELSEN MEDIA INDEX 2009 Almost 700,000 people read the daily, newspaper gains ground among PMEBs SINGAPORE As traditional media faced up to the challenges of a tough year, MediaCorp's Today newspaper saw not only its number of readers swell, but its reach
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    • 222 3 NIELSEN MEDIA INDEX 2009 More adults are reading newspapers online. The Nielsen Media Index has found that the average weekly readership of online newspapers has grown by 2 percentage points to reach 11 per cent of adults. Today Online and Lianhe Zaobao's online version each
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    • 119 3 Over nine in ten -95 per cent, to be precise adults here have continued to tune in to a radio station on a weekly basis. Class 95F/W maintained its top spot among English stations with 23-per-cent audience reach. News and info station 938 LIVE was
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    • 183 3 Channel News Asia has retained its top position among professionals and managers in Singapore, reaching two in five of them according to the Nielsen media survey which also showed free-to-air television continuing to attract a strong viewership. The survey showed that 42 per cent
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    • 187 4 SINGAPORE They don't just come with features to encourage users to be considerate, the new Downtown Line (DTL) trains will also be more earthfriendly. Each train will be 1.4 tonnes lighter, and new technology in power generation and drive systems will allow
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    • 467 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MEDIA MATTERS SINGAPORE MediaCorp, Singapore's leading media company, has launched a convergent newsroom the first of its kind in Asia. Called the MediaCorp News Hub, it is housed within Caldecott Broadcast Centre. The newsroom groups journalists across news platforms to produce local
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    • 567 8 AGENCIES CAMBODIAN PM SAYS BANGKOK Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen's ties with "eternal friend" Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's fugitive former leader, threaten to undermine already testy relations between the two neighbours. Mr Hun Sen raised eyebrows in Thailand after he was reported as having made an offer
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    • 300 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SINGAPORE The Manpower Ministry (MOM) has ordered the contractor at the centre of Wednesday's manhole explosion, Ohm Construction, to stop work on unused sewage pipes at Jalan Tauge and at the accident site at MacPherson Road. Six Thai nationals, aged 27
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    • 76 10 JASON HO Residents of the Bethany Methodist Nursing Home were given a delicious treat yesterday by (from left) Mr Richard Eu, group CEO of EuYanSang International; Mr Chan Kum Kit, chairman of the nursing home; and MrVincent Lim, managing director
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    • 396 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN WORKPLACE HEALTH Incentives to promote healthy workforce for now but tougher approach possible in future chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Could it one day become compulsory for Singapore employers to provide regular medical assessments for employees? It's the law in Japan, where workers aged between 40 and 74 are
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    • 193 10 SINGAPORE Plans are under way to redevelop Safra Toa Payoh, the first permanent club built for NSmen. Estimated to cost between $45 million and $50 million, it will see the 34--year-old club adopt an "edutainment" theme focused on family entertainment and children's education. The
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    • 220 12 938 LIVE SINGAPORE This year's President's Challenge has raised more than $10 million, exceeding the $8-million target set when the year-long fund-raising drive was launched in April. Initiated by President S R Nathan, the annual charity drive is in its 10th year, and
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    • 334 12 MORNING MAYHEM Rescuers save child and two men in condo fire; a worker in shipyard mishap SINGAPORE Civil defence officers pulled off two dramatic rescue operations in the space of one morning one at a condominium, the other in a shipyard. Smoke and flames were billowing
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 93 14 Customers on SMRT taxis will now be able to use EZReload, an auto top-up service which enables them to use their new ez-link cards to pay for their taxi fares without having to worry about insufficient card value. All SMRT Taxis are now
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      • 103 14 In what it said is its biggest fuel promotion in a decade, Shell's new fuel Shell Fuel Save 95 and 98 will be available at a special price of $1 per litre tomorrow. The promotion will take place from 10am to 6pm at Shell
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      • 124 14 A 24-year-old man will be charged in Court today for a series of armed robberies in lifts in the Bukit Batok, Jurong East and Choa Chu Kang. He was arrested on Wednesday at about 7.35pm along Bukit BatokWest Aye 8 based on a description from a
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    • 315 14  -  ALICIA WONG BODYWORLDS EXHIBITION They're back, in more life-like poses alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When the exhibition was launched more than a decade ago, the preserved bodies were in staid standing positions, prompting visitors to call them "ghost-like". At the show's Singapore debut in 2003, the cadavers were in
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    • 256 16  -  TEOXUANWEI SINGAPORE Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) deputy president Ali Asjadi was yesterday fined a total of $1,100 for attempting to hurt Mr Ramli Mohamad secretary-general of one of two feuding factions in the political party during an incident in 2006. Magistrate Woo Tchi Chu levied a
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    • 322 16  -  VINAMUBTADI 938 LIVE THE MALAY COMMUNITY news@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Just before Hari Raya, Mohammad Reza Ramadhan received the most precious gift that money can't buy a bone marrow transplant. The 11-year-old Malay boy has leukaemia and his only real chance to live was the transplant. "He needed
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  • WORLD
    • 252 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has said it will not prosecute a lawyer who featured in a sensational video where he appeared to broker the appointments of judges. The footage of lawyer V X Lingam, which was released by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in 2007,
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    • 151 18 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR An opposition lawmaker faces expulsion from Malaysia's Parliament after being convicted yesterday of biting a policeman at a protest two years ago. Mr Tian Chua, 46, who is head of strategy for the Pakatan Rakyat opposition alliance, was sentenced
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    • 370 18 AGENCIES MALAYSIAN CHINESE ASSOCIATION OngTee Keat Chua Soi Lek agree to bury differences, work together as a team KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's main ethnic Chinese political party yesterday announced an end to a month-long feud between its leaders. The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component of the ruling
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    • 194 21 AGENCIES MOGADISHU Insurgents fired mortars at Somalia's airport as the President was boarding a plane yesterday, sparking battles with African peacekeepers that killed at least 20 people. President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was unhurt and his plane took off safely, police said. Mortar shells also
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    • 266 21 AFP NORTH KOREA N Korean leader halts campaign that promotes his son SEOUL North Korean leader Kirn Jong II halted a propaganda campaign to promote his youngest son as successor after the son began flexing his muscles prematurely, said a leading South Korean researcher.
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    • 180 21 AGENCIES NAIROBI Europe's anti-pi-racy task force says Somali pirates have seized a Pana-manian-flagged ship off Africa's east coast, in one of two attacks that took place within minutes of each other. Six pirates boarded the MV Al Khaliq near the Seychelles early yesterday. There were reportedly
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    • 158 22 AFP BANGKOK A senior Thai prosecutor rejected pressure from Washington yesterday over its appeal for the extradition of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is also known as the "Merchant of Death". A US official had said US President Barack Obama, during
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    • 310 22 AGENCIES INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT Critics say President has sacrificed ability for political stability JAKARTA Indonesia's new Cabinet was sworn in yesterday for a five-year term as critics accused the President of compromising recent reforms for political interests. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the July elections in a
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    • 220 22 AFP WASHINGTON The United States is preparing to send a rare mission to Myanmar but warns that its bid to engage the military government after decades of hostility will be "slow and painful". Mr Kurt Campbell, the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific
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    • 194 24 AFP ISLAMABAD Gunmen attacked an army jeep in Pakistan's capital yesterday, killing a brigadier and his driver. This is the second deadly in Islamabad in 48 hours. The assassination of a senior officer came less than two weeks after militants staged an audacious ambush on
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    • 373 24 f.AP AFGHAN POLITICS US says Afghan coalition government is an option WASHINGTON The United States would be receptive to a power-sharing arrangement between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his election challenger if they agreed to it, Obama administration officials said on Wednesday. Mr Karzai and former Foreign Minister
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    • 234 24 AFP VIENNA Afghan opium is unleashing a "devastating" impact across the world, funding the Taliban and other terror groups, and killing thousands in consumer countries, according to a new United Nations report. Afghanistan produces 92 per cent of the world's opium in a trade that is
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    • 251 26 AFP TOKYO Japan told the United States yesterday to respect its democratic process in a row over a US base and that the issue would not be resolved before President Barack Obama's visit next month. Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada was speaking
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    • 354 26 AP CHONGQING CORRUPTION BEIJING After she refused a corrupt cop's demand that she turn her teahouse into an illegal casino, three thugs beat Chen Yanling with electric batons, sending her to the hospital for nearly a month. Ms Chen is now getting some vicarious revenge, joining
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    • EYE ON ASIA
      • 114 26 AFP TAIWAN The Taiwanese authorities are probing child abuse claims against a school that allegedly made pupils as young as six swallow fire to boost their courage, a report said yesterday. The case came to light after parents made complaints about the school's
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      • 104 26 AFP JAPAN A Japanese town at the centre of a controversial documentary depicting its annual slaughter of dolphins could sue the film-makers, an official said on Wednesday, as the documentary premiered at a Tokyo Film Festival. Award-winning The Cove has caused an
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    • 494 29 AP US SWEAT LODGETRAGEDY FLAGSTAFF (Arizona)- More than 50 followers of new age spiritual guru James Arthur Ray had just endured five strenuous days of fasting, sleep-deprivation and mind-altering breathing exercises when he led them into a sweat lodge ceremony. It was supposed to
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    • 700 30 THENEWYORKTIMES POLITICS IN IRAN TORONTO It had been years since Iranian Narges Kalhor could talk about politics with her father Mehdi, a senior adviser and spokesman for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He advocated greater restraint on social and political expression, while she favoured more freedom. Still,
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    • 173 32  -  Lai POSTED ON WWW.TODAYONLINE.COM/VOICES Letter from I NOTICE that there are two SingPost deliveries to my block. One postman comes on a scooter to deliver bulky and registered items. The other uses a shopping trolley and, during the school holidays, is accompanied by some children. I
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    • 229 32  -  HuaYi-Tin Letter from I AM a foreign student who lives in Singapore. This August, my aunt in Taiwan sent me a parcel. It was not delivered because she wrote the wrong address. After knowing that it was delivered to the wrong place, I
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    • 146 34  -  BY DR BILL MAIER HELPING KIDS GRIEVE Death is a fact of life, yet even adults struggle with it. Imagine how hard it can be for a child. Parents don't talk much about death because they want to protect their kids from unpleasant feelings. But death
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    • 735 34  -  Tabitha Wang BUDGETTAI-TAI Seen something strange in your neighbourhood? voices@mediacorp.com.sg I USED to work shifts. If our shift ended after midnight, the company would provide transport in the form of four vans going to the four compass points in Singapore. Mine was the one going to
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      • 883 42  -  GENEVIEVE LOH COURTESYWARNER BROTHERS MY SISTER'S KEEPER Cameron Diaz goes from ditzy blonde starlet to one fierce momma. But don't worry it's just an act genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg THE song dv jour on the radio right now might be Cobra Starship's Good Girls Go Bad, but in
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        335 44  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW |THE BLUE MANSION Glen Goei is back with a star-studded whodunit genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg TEN years after frolicking into cinemas with his debut Forever Fever, theatre and film director Glen Goei is back with a classic whodunit. A recently-deceased Singapore pineapple tycoon is apparently stuck in
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      • 163 44  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW MY SISTER'S KEEPER AS EMOTIONALLY manipulative as weepies go, Nick Cassavetes's drama, based on a Jodi Picoult bestseller of the same name, touched me in a way I didn't anticipate. My Sister's Keeper is an uncomfortable thought-provoking ethical dilemma that will have you alternating
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        35 44 LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS Don't expect Shakespeare with this MlB horror-comedy (picture). 3/5 THE SONG OF SPARROWS Another faultless tune from Children Of Heaven director Majid Majid. 4/5 READ THE FULL REVIEWS AT WWW.TODAYONLINE.COM/PLUS
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      • 523 46 AP CELEBRITY COURTROOM Judge orders new trial yin the interest of justice' NASSAU The trial of two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker
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      • 105 46 WWW.TODAYONLINE.COM/BLOGS STARGAZING Showbiz Sista visits the set of Desperate Housewives in Los Angeles and shares her desperately dodgy snapshots with you. FOR ART'S SAKE! What's with all the film-makers? The RAT rants about the Young Artist Award. POPARAZZI Pop musicians as Cultural Medallion winners? Your
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      • 210 48 THEGUARDIAN ANGELINA Jolie has made a career of portraying femme-fatales, though perhaps never before in such a literal sense. The Oscar-winning actress is in talks to play Patrizia Reggiani, the woman jailed for ordering the 1995 killing of her ex-husband, fashion magnate Maurizio Gucci. Jolie
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      • 382 48 AP TORTURE BY BRITNEY Pearl Jam R.E.M. join campaign to shut down Guantanamo Bay A COALITION of mega-bands and singers outraged that music including theirs was cranked up to help break uncooperative detainees at Guantanamo Bay is joining retired military officers and liberal activists to rally
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      • 360 50  -  MAY SEAH WET FOR CHARITY Jade Seah perving at boys? Andie Chen in a lacy thong? It's Channel s#s5 #s Charity Car Wash! may@mediacorp.com. sg EVEN if your car is sparkling clean, you won't want to pass up the chance to have Jade Seah in a wet
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        • 85 52 Arts Network Asia (ANA) is now accepting applications for grants for 2010 from Asian artists, cultural workers, arts activists, and arts communities. ANA is a grant body working across borders in multiple disciplines including visual arts, film/video/ new media, performing arts, literature, critical discourse and
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      • 211 52 AP NICOLE Kidman conceded Wednesday that Hollywood has probably contributed to violence against women by portraying them as weak sex objects. The Oscar-winning actress said she is not interested in those kinds of demeaning roles, adding that the movie industry also has made an effort
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      • 398 52 AFP MUPPETS FOR PEACE The question now is how do Big Bird and gang cross territorial lines into the Gaza Strip BIG Bird and his pals are trying hard to get access to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to talk about peaceful conflict
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    • 993 54 TV LISTINGS ONMEDI AC OR P CHANNEL 0 9. N* 9. A. C. 0...? SPORTS@SG 6ooAM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Forbes 20 Billionaire 11.30 SurvivorXlX SAMANTHA BROWN Channel 5,10pm 6.30 Prime Time Morning Heiresses MN Distraction II PaSSpOlt To China Xian 9.30 The Rachael Ray Show 111 5.00 The Rachael Ray
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    • 669 56  -  SHAMIR OSMAN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL They singled him out but, alas, Turkmenistan could not stop the SAFFC striker HO CHI MINHCITY INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT Singapore 4 Turkmenistan 2 shamir@mediacorp.com.sg HO CHI MINH CITY A member of the Turkmenistan back-room staff I shared a ride with from the hotel
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    • 292 56  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE The Asian Tour is as strong as ever, said its executive chairman Kyi Hla Han yesterday. This despite claims that many of the Tour's golfers are unhappy at the way it is being run. On Wednesday, the Singapore-based
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    • 526 57  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE SPORTS National swim coach Ang out to develop ties with his US counterparts yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A last-ditch attempt is underway to get top national swimmer Bryan Tay (picture) to don national colours at this year's SEA Games. Right now, Tay, the
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    • 425 57  -  TANYO-HINN GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Super Reds v Albirex Niigata Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm Live on Channel 5 from 7.25pm yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In 14 seasons of the S-League, the Super Reds have come closest to becoming the
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    • 683 58 AGENCIES EUROPEAN FOOTBALL Milan gate-crash the Bernabeu with late heroics by Brazilian 20-year-old CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP C Real Madrid 2 AC Milan 3 MADRID In the end, it felt like a classic, although for much of the game it was anything but. Two wonderful strikes
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    • 398 58 AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUPB CSKA Moscow o Man United i MOSCOW Right now, Emiliano Insua must be a worried man. The Liverpool left-back was usually second-best against Lyon in midweek, making Sidney Govou look like Thierry Henry in his pomp. Sir
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    • 413 59 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Co-owner backs Benitez, whose sacking would cost Liverpool $46 million LIVERPOOL George Gillett last night responded to growing pressure on Rafael Benitez (picture) by assuring the Liverpool manager that he retains the unequivocal support of the club's American owners. Benitez is experiencing the
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    • SPORTS ROUNDUP
      • 125 59 AFP Chelsea yesterday asked for the transfer ban imposed upon them by world football governing body Fifa to be suspended in a bid to sign new players during the January transfer window. The English Premier League side have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport
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      • 136 59 AP Tennis authorities are looking into a WTATour match involving US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki that apparently sparked bettors to pile money on her opponent when she was on the verge of losing in straight sets. The 19-year-old Dane, ranked sixth in the
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      • 101 59 AFP Japan's teen golf prodigy Ryo Ishikawa says he will play in the star-studded HSBC Champions in Shanghai next month, skipping a domestic tournament he is supposed to host. The HSBC Champions, which has become a World Golf Championship event with prize money bumped up to
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      • 55 59 AFP Valentino Rossi is on course to lift his seventh premier class title at this weekend's Malaysian MotoGP, going into the race with a whopping 38-point advantage in the world championship. A top-four ride in Sepang will be enough for the 30-year-old Italian to be crowned the
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    • 81 56 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7.45 am Football Fluminensev Universidad de Chile, Ch 27 7.50 am MLB Yankees v Angels, Ch23 10.30 am NHL Dallas Stars v LA Kings, Ch 117 6pm Tennis WTATour Moscow q-finals, Ch 113 9.15pm Golf Castello Masters Costa Azahar, Ch 26 9.30pm Hockey ClubEgaravHC Bra, Ch
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    • 430 64  -  TREVORTAN DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEW SAMSUNG 2VIEW STSSO DIGITAL compact cameras these days are stuffed with plenty of innovative features, from three-dimensional imaging sensors to mini projectors. Samsung's latest 2View STSSO camera (below, $549, with free BGB microSD card) boasts two liquid crystal displays
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    • 123 64 FAMILY FUN AT Wll SPORTS RESORT Get your family down to Ngee Ann City this weekend to try out Nintendo's latest sports title, WiiSports Resort. The game relies on the new Motion Plus accessory to capture more accurate movements. You can try out 12 different types of
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    • 706 68  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN OPERATING SYSTEM REVIEW WINDOWS 7 Will Windows 7 finally put the kibosh on Microsoft's woes with Vista? Our three intrepid everyday users put the operating system (OS) through its paces. producer (online and technology) hedirman@niediacorp.com.sg WINDOWS 7 is pretty user-friendly. I've been
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    • 121 68 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH SAN JOSE Internet search engines Google and Bing have signed a deal with Twitter to add realtime updates from their users to its search results. It means people using both engines will soon be shown the most recent and popular results,
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    • 213 68 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH SAN JOSE Search giant Google is rumoured to be releasing its own Android-powered handset, as well as a music streaming service. Analyst with Northeast Securities Ashok Kumar claims to have spoken to Google's design partners about the plans. "Google is working
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    • 489 71 AGENCIES BONUS BACKLASH Top executives at seven bailed-out firms to get 90% less, says source WASHINGTON Executives at seven companies bailed out with American taxpayer funds will have their pay cut by half after negotiations with Mr Kenneth Feinberg (picture), the Treasury Department's special master
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    • 160 71 3LOOMBERG WASHINGTON United States Federal Reserve district banks have identified commercial real estate as the weakest part of the economy, while most saw "stabilisation or modest improvements" in areas including housing and manufacturing. All 12 district banks reported a weak or declining commercial real estate
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    • 491 72 kAGENCIES CHINESE ECONOMY vNo question' about hitting Beijing's fullyear growth target BEIJING China's growth accelerated to 8.9 per cent in the third quarter from the corresponding period a year earlier as the economy powered up an expansion built on a flood of stimulus cash and
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    • 146 72 AFP TOKYO Japan's trade surplus soared almost six-fold in September from a year earlier, hitting an 18-month high on the back of recovering demand in China and other Asian countries, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. Exports exceeded imports for an eighth straight month, although they remained
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    • 284 72 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE The Galleon Group is exploring the sale of its unit in Asia after its founder Raj Rajaratnam was charged last week by United States federal prosecutors with insider trading, according to a person familiar with the matter. The New York-based firm
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    • 268 73 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Keppel Corp yesterday posted a 17-per-cent year-on-year increase as third quarter net profit hit $319 million on higher margins at its offshore-structures division and rising property sales. Net income climbed to $319.6 million, or
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    • 309 73  -  DESMONDWONG CHANNEL NEWSASIA SGXCATALIST BOARD Secondary board sees listings growth desmondwong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Investors are switching their attention to smaller IPOs amid the current global recession, and this has fuelled the recent growth in listings on the Singapore Exchange's (SGX's) secondary board. With the economy onlyjust
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    • 152 73 938 LIVE SINGAPORE Capita Mall Trust (CMT) announced a 23-per-cent increase in its distribution per unit (DPU) for the third quarter to 2.354 cents from 1.91 cents in the same period last year after adjusting fora rights issue. The shopping mall Reit also said yesterday that
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      • 65 74 $2.77 I Overweight Morgan Stanley upgrades from Underweight to reflect more optimistic view on Singapore property market. Says stock is top pick in the sector given good upside from current share price to its base-case net asset value and target price of $3.45, up from previous target of $1.95.
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      • 61 74 $1.78 I Hold RBS downgrades industrial property trust from Buy amid a lack of new catalysts. But raises price target to $2.00 from $1.80 on the back of earnings upgrades. The broker says recent fiscal Q2 '10 earnings exceeded house forecasts and upgrades FYIO and FYII earnings estimates
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      • 88 74 $1.06 I Hold RBS downgrades commercial real estate trust from Buy; maintains $1.00 price target, saying stock looks fully valued. Says recent Q3 '09 results were better than expected and upgrades FYO9 distributable income forecast by 6 per cent. But says challenges lie ahead, as new office
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      • 18 74 Wednesday 2,692.55 0.68% Tuesday 2,711.09 T 0.02% Monday 2,711.70 A 0.13% Friday 2,708.12 T 0.15%
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      • 23 74 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,396 ¥100 $1,530 $2,313 HK$ioo $18.02 $2,094 RMB100 $20.45 $1,288 RS100 $2,987 $0,411 RPio,ooo $1,459
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    • 115 74 Cold Storage Group's Paragon Market Place is the first Singapore brand to win the Best Retail Concept from the Federation of Asia-Pacific Retailers Association. 'We are deeply gratified this certainly inspires us to work even harder to meet, if not exceed their expectations,' said Cold Storage
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    • 498 74  -  TAN HUI LENG PROPERTY MARKET huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A foreign developer has once again taken a slice of the private residential land market here with a massive $283 million deal for the land plot at The Parisian in Angullia Park. Overseas Union Enterprise
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    • 282 74  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An idea by Singapore Exchange chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua that companies should consider dual classes of shares has not gone down well with several industry players. Some market players are against the idea, saying that having two classes of
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