Today, 10 August 2010

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    21 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday August 10, 2010 www.todayonline.com AUGUST 10, 2010 A PUBLICATION
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    Lock icon Oh, what a show
    698 1  -  NG JINGYNG AND ZUL OTHMAN jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A return to the Padang after five years brought a little something for everyone at this year’s National Day Parade. Sparkling fireworks and colourful performances won the hearts of some ladies; fighter planes and military machines wowed the guys;
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon N Korea fires artillery into sea as tensions rise
      162 8 AFP SEOUL North Korea fired an artillery barrage yesterday into waters near the disputed inter-Korean sea border as tensions rose over a South Korean naval exercise and the seizure of one of Seoul’s fishing boats. Seoul military officials said the North’s
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      Lock icon Indon cleric Abu Bakar Bashir arrested again
      548 8  -  WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY VENESSA LEE AGENCIES, JAKARTA Indonesia’s antiterrorism unit arrested a radical Islamist cleric yesterday for alleged ties to an Al Qaeda-af-filiated cell accused of plotting high-profile assassinations and Mumbai-style attacks targeting foreigners in the capital. Abu Bakar Bashir (picture), who
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      Lock icon Further flood havoc in Asia ...
      447 10 Further flood havoc in Asia AP ZHOUQU (China) Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage yesterday searching for more than 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck north-western China, one of a series of floods across Asia that have killed hundreds and spread misery to millions more. In Pakistan,
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      6 10 VOICES: SHARK’S FIN GAFFE PAGE 10
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      257 11 NWoeeZOfO YOUTH- Ouympic-^AMES OFFICIAL SUPPORTER Canon Delighting You Always Canon empowers success. sr -a I Stay on top of everything, and love everything you do. Kathy Lim-Sheehy CEO Denise the Wine Shop ma FV 1 J 'Long-term vision means thinking beyond two generations. Kenny Yap Executive Chairman Qian Hu Corporation
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  • VOICES
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      166 12 A me S S -from Singapore TESTING YOUR RELATIONSHIP You have finally met the right person and you are considering marriage. But how do you know for sure if you should take the plunge? Marriage is too important to leave to your emotions, yet that is
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      Shark’s fin gaffe
      303 12  -  Offers ended early but some continue promotions Letter from Jennifer Lee ABOUT two weeks ago, a concerned Hong Kong citizen saw a Citibank (Hong Kong) promotion advertising discounted shark’s fins. He started a Facebook group page demanding Citibank HK cease all promotions related to the sale of
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      Play S-League matches on a specific night
      136 12  -  Letter from M Lukshumayeh THE attendance at S-League matches leaves much to be desired. But the poorer-than-expected attendance is not only down to lacklustre performances on the pitch. The scheduling is open to question, too. It is quite ridiculous to have S-League matches
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      Measures fine-tuned says SMRT
      434 14  -  Letter from Online Technology Editor Chief Sub-Editor Bernadette LowSpecialProjectsEditr Product Manager Joni Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications ProductManagerJo SMRT Corporation TV Building, 2nd Floor, caldecott Broadcast centre, Andrew Rd, singapore *****9 Tel 6251 7671 Fax 6251 5352 mediacorpnewshub@mediacorp.com.sg WE THANK Mr Roger Lim for sharing his
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      Disappointed over NCPC rejection
      473 14  -  not be enough” emissions. Letter from Weeotbeenough” Paul Weeotbeenough” on carbon dioxide emissions. 2 emissions up only 1.8 per cent of the global Chairman, Tanjong Pagar Cantonment Towers RC truethatBritai’sco2emissions personal responsibility for contributing to reducing co2 emissions. The majority of government delegates 2 emissions reductalks
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      CORRECTION
      37 14 In our report, “Neo gets a shot at the big time” (Aug 6), the accompanying picture is that of youth coach Neo Nam Keng as opposed to Neo Beng Siang. We are sorry for the error.
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      339 12 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices DISAPPOINTED OVER NCPC REJECTION PAGE 12 WE CANNOT GIVE WHAT WE DON'T HAVE PartIOF2 By Mr. Kirby Chua (Singapore Registered Psychologist) People see it all the time in counselling cases and in observing human development: A gambling addict
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      298 14 A ADAM KHOO LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES GROUP WEALTHc JACADEMY TRADER HOW WILL YOU TRADE TO MWI AWSLMSM MMMMK Con rag Altfjmbirr The Market has been extremely volatile. If you didn't know why or if you can't handle it, it is obvious that you don't know what you're doing and you should
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      308 14 TAPPING THE WISDOM OF THE CROWD PAGE B5 PUBLIC FORUM Much? Need ueffl Programme Changi General Hospital SingHealth Do you worry excessively over a number of events and activities in your daily life, such as work, studies, family, health, relationships, or finances? Is your worrying causing you stress, muscle tension,
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      353 15 TOAST TO OUR NATION'S BIRTHDAY WITH A FREE STATEROOM UPGRADE! I I V j <• E? V m m fsS m m as A: '3 -m In celebration of National Day, book your SuperStar Virgo cruise from now until 24 August and enjoy a stateroom upgrade at no extra cost.
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      A movie everyone should watch
      893 16  -  THOMAS FRIEDMAN The writer has won the Pulitzer Prize three times, most recently in 2002for commentary. Ijust saw a remarkable new documentary directed by Shlomi Eldar, the Gaza reporter for Israel’s Channel 10 news. Titled Precious Life, the film tracks the story of Mohammed Abu
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      Mummies tell the tale of Japan’s economy
      766 17  -  WILLIAM PESEK The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. It sounds more like a plot for a horror film than a legitimate news story. It began last week when Tokyo’s oldest man turned out to be 30
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      101 16 lUihUblUilW r#Tj77(7][/Q 'A Happy 45^National|Pay! Leroy Frank Ratnam Patterns of Excellence YeoKeongHee Wealth Academy Forex Adam Khoo Wealth Academy Patterns of Excellence Conrad Alvin Lim Wealth Academy Trader Jason Wee Asian Stock Investor As part of our National Day Celebrations, join us for any of our introductory workshops from 9
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      210 17 FC. CFO. COO. CEO. Nice initials start with an SMU MPA There's never been a better time to pursue a career in the accounting profession. Update and expand your professional expertise or even switch careers with a Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) from the Singapore Management University. The MPA programme,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Hun Sen warns of ‘bloodshed’ over border row
      219 18 AFP PHNOM PENH The Cambodian Prime Minister warned yesterday that a border dispute with Thailand was “very hot” and could result in violence, reiterating his call for international assistance to end the row. “Cambodia would like to ask for intervention to have
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      Lock icon ANWAR ACCUSER NOT QUESTIONED
      95 18 AFP The man who has accused Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy was yesterday spared from having to take the stand to answer claims he had an affair with a trial prosecutor. Mr Anwar last week applied to have the sodomy charges against him struck
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      Lock icon GERMANY CLOSES ‘911’ MOSQUE
      94 18 AP A Hamburg mosque once frequented by some of the 911 attackers was shut down yesterday because the German authorities believed the prayer house was again being used as a meeting point for Islamic radicals. The Taiba mosque was closed and the cultural association that runs
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      Lock icon Democrats face dissolution
      249 18 Court looks into allegation of misuse of grant by Thai Premier Abhisit’s party AFP BANGKOK Thailand’s Constitutional Court held its first hearing yesterday in a case of alleged misuse of a state grant by the ruling Democrat Party, which faces possible dissolution. The Election Commission in April
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      Lock icon Oil slick concern after ships collide near Mumbai
      267 18 AGENCIES MUMBAI The Indian Coast Guard was trying yesterday to contain oil from a bad-ly-listing container ship that collided with another vessel near the city of Mumbai, a Defence Ministry spokesman said. Six coast guard ships were working to minimise the impact
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      Lock icon High waves sink passenger vessel off Flores island
      196 18 AFP KUPANG (Indonesia) At least 11 people died and 32 others were missing after an Indonesian passenger boat was hit by high waves and sank yesterday, rescue officials said. Rescuers braved storms and rough seas to search for survivors, drafting in local
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      Lock icon Taliban ‘shoot pregnant woman for adultery’
      180 19 AFP HERAT (Afghanistan)—The Taliban flogged and then executed a pregnant Afghan widow by firing three shots into her head for alleged adultery, police said yesterday. Ms Bibi Sanubar, 35, was shot in a public trial on Sunday by a local Taliban commander in the
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      Lock icon Wen Jiabao not man of the people: Book
      283 19 AP HONG KONG A book by a Chinese dissident author who says he was threatened with imprisonment argues China’s Premier is not a reformist nor a man of the people, as popularly perceived at home, but a mediocre technocrat who rose to
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      Lock icon GROOM ACCIDENTALLY KILLS THREE RELATIVES AT WEDDING
      125 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A groom accidentally killed three relatives at his wedding in Turkey when he fired into the air with an assault rifle in celebration, according to reports. Eight other people were wounded during the incident at the village of Akcagoze in
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      Lock icon Heat wave worst in 1,000 years: Official
      250 20 Russia declares State of Emergency at nuclear town AGENCIES MOSCOW The Russian authorities declared a State of Emergency in Ozersk yesterday, home to the major Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant, due to wildfires burning around the Urals town. “A State of Emergency has been
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      Lock icon Beijing seeks closer ties with Australian military
      183 20 AP BEIJING A leading Chinese general urged closer ties with Australia’s military yesterday, amid a continuing freeze on Beijing’s contacts with the Pentagon. General Liao Xilong pledged to beef up military exchanges’’ with Australia, during a meeting in Beijing with Australian Air Vice-Marshal
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      Lock icon China milk powder blamed for ‘baby breasts’
      183 20 AFP BEIJING Parents and doctors in central China fear that hormones in milk powder they fed their infant daughters have led the babies to prematurely develop breasts, state media reported yesterday. Medical tests indicated the levels of hormones in three girls, ranging in
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon They laugh and relax
      758 22  -  Singapore’s Youth Olympic boys’ swimming team are like family TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Rainer Ng has already gone for a fitting for his suit for the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games, which will be held on Saturday at Float@ Marina Bay. He is the skipper
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      Lock icon A message of patience and persistence
      600 23  -  800m world record-holder Kipketer does not want Youth Olympians to expect success IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Belief, patience and persistence are the values which 800m world record-holder Wilson Kipketer wants to preach to the athletes who will be here for the Youth Olympic
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      Lock icon TORCH RELAY TO TAKE TO THE WATERS OF BEDOK RESERVOIR
      216 23 LOW LIN FHOONG After a break to mark the Republic’s 45th National Day yesterday, Day 3 of the Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame will be flagged off by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean at Greendale Secondary School this
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      Lock icon A Village set up to be
      631 24  -  Athletes can escape the heat of competition and rest, relax and have fun at the NTU facility LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Around 3,600 athletes and over 1,000 officials will stay at the Youth Olympic Village. The 55-hectare facility at the Nanyang Technological University
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      Lock icon Calm before the storm in the heartlands
      298 24 SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Three Youth Olympic Games events diving, weightlifting and volleyball will take place in Toa Payoh, one of Singapore’s oldest housing estates. Weightlifting and volleyball will be held at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall, while diving will feature at the Toa
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      Lock icon Commonwealth Games director-general sacked
      210 25 AP NEW DELHI The Commonwealth Games organising committee has fired one of its top officials as it investigates alleged irregularities in funding for an event in London, local media reported yesterday. The Press Trust of India said the organising committee’s joint director, TS Darbari, was given
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      Lock icon Thailand’s golden hope at Youth Olympics
      561 25  -  Weightlifter Siriwimorn favourite in her class after bronze at 2009 youth champs IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg NAHKHON SAWAN The nation’s Youth Olympic Games athletes were missing from the 13th Thailand Sports School Games, which end here today. Over 3,000 athletes aged 13 to 18
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      Lock icon OZIL IN MAN UNITED’S SIGHTS
      272 26 AGENCIES Sir Alex Ferguson has suggested that he might be interested in signing Germany international Mesut Ozil, who is regarded by many as a possible successor to Paul Scholes. Scholes took the man-of-the-match honours in Sunday’s Community Shield, as United beat Chelsea 3-1, and was
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      Lock icon No reason to panic: Ancelotti
      544 26 Coach says Blues need time, not more last-minute transfers, to get into gear AGENCIES LONDON Carlo Ancelotti insists there will be no panic buys at Chelsea following their dismal build-up to the new season which culminated in a 3-1 defeat to Manchester United in the
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      4 DAYS TO THE ENGLISH PREMIER
      70 26 Blackpool Bloomfield Road Ian Holloway 6th in Championship (promoted via play-offs) 20th AGENCIES 6,000:1 Aug 14 Wigan (A) Aug 21 Arsenal (A) Aug 28 Fulham (H) Sept 11 Newcastle (A) Sept 19 Chelsea (A) Wigan DW Stadium Roberto Martinez 16th 19th AGENCIES 3,000:1 Aug
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      O’Neill quits Aston Villa
      224 28 BIRMINGHAM In a stunning development yesterday, Sky Sports reported that Martin O’Neill had resigned as manager of Aston Villa, just five days before the start of the English Premier League season. Villa said on their website that O’Neill resigned “with immediate effect.” O’Neill said in the
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      Lock icon Crisis deepens for
      397 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON First Paul Robinson, then Wes Brown. One rejection before breakfast was bad enough. A second, delivered in person by Brown at the England team hotel following Manchester United’s 3-1 Community Shield win over Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday, capped a day of huge
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      LEAGUE KICK-OFF
      78 28 Today predicts how the final table will look, finishing with the top four on Saturday Stoke City Brittania Stadium Tony Pulis 11th 18th AGENCIES 2,000:1 Aug 14 Wolves (A) Aug 21 Tottenham (H) Aug 28 Chelsea (A) Sept 13 Aston Villa (H) Sept 18 West Ham (H) Wolverhampton
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      71 22 YOUR SPORTING FIX FOOTBALL 7.55am Friendly USA v Brazil (Ch222) TOMORROW 2.10am Friendly Denmark v Germany (Ch222) 2.25am Friendly U-21: England v Uzbekistan (mioTV Ch 117) TENNIS 11pm ATP Rogers Cup (Ch211) BASEBALL 7am MLB Red Sox v Yankees (mioTV Ch 117) TOMORROW 8am MLB Yankees v Rangers (mioTV Ch
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      51 25 [p yX Always play with care. [responsibly! Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE m POOLS RCB Reg No:
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      130 35 TEACHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Call 6296 0233 or visit Smartlab.com.sg/SCOT/ Cambridge Int'l Diploma Sep 2010; Certificate Nov/Dec 2010 Archana Dubey, former part-time NIE lecturer (Diploma Graduate) 2008 said "The course was very informative even for a part-time teacher for 12 years. I learned many important aspects of learning and teaching.Our trainer
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  • IMPACT
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      Lock icon Tapping the wisdom of the crowd
      869 35 Expand your business without blowing your budget: Make use of your community THE NEW YORK TIMES FROM all appearances, Trek Light Gear is a substantial operation. The company sells many products, such as its signature lightweight hammock, backpacks and apparel. It operates a flagship
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      35 34 Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today and all presenting parties cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information. Brought to you by
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  • BUSINESS
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      STI
      54 30 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,995.06 (-0.39%) Thursday 3,006.76 p 0.16% Wednesday 3,001.87 q 0.43% Tuesday 3,014.77 q 0.34% Monday 3,025.04 p 1.25% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE GoldenAgr 97,332 $0.605 p 1.681% Rowsley 60,379 $0.145 p 3.571% Informatics 52,905 $0.185 p 2.778% UtdEnvirotech 47,643 $0.430 q 3.371% Enviro-Hub
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      ASIA
      29 30 HANG SENG 21,801.59 (+0.57%) Ç È NIKKEI 9,572.49 (-0.72%) SHANGHAI 2,672.53 (+0.53) Ç AUSTRALIA Ç 4,594.90 (+0.63%) Ç MUMBAI 18,287.50 (+0.79%) MALAYSIA 1,360.66 (+0.02%) Ç SEOUL 1,790.17 (+0.36%)
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      FOREX
      7 30 US$1 $1.347 £1 $2.149 €1 $1.785
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    • STOCK CALLS
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        TIGER AIRWAYS
        58 30 Hold $2.07 DBS Vickers downgrades Tiger Airways to Hold from Buy, cuts target price to $2.00 from $2.25. Changes follow cuts in fiscal FY11 EPS estimate by 15 per cent to account for lower-than-expected 1Q11 results, FY12 estimate by 11 per cent to reflect start-up losses from recent
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        STARHUB
        31 30 Buy $2.32 Kim Eng Securities upgrades StarHub to Buy from Sell on optimism over telco’s $0.20/share dividend payout this year, FY11 earnings prospects. Lifts target price to $2.78 from $1.87.
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      Lock icon China to shut 2,000 energy-wasting factories
      377 30 AGENCIES BEIJING China has ordered 2,087 steel and cement mills and other factories with poor energy efficiency to close as it struggles to cut waste and improve the country’s battered environment. The “backward” facilities produce steel, coke, aluminium, paper and other materials in areas
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      Lock icon WBL’s Q3 net profit rises three-fold to $38 million
      227 32 AZHAR KHALID SINGAPORE International conglomerate WBL Corporation saw a three-fold jump in its fiscal third quarter net profit, which rose from $11.7 million last year to $38.3 million. Group revenue between April and June rose to $500.9 million, up 0.8 per
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      Tudou eyes China’s mobile phone owners
      511 32  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Video streaming website Tudou will use Temasek Holdings’ recent US$35 million ($47.13 million) investment to woo more Chinese mobile phone owners to its portal. If everything goes to plan, the hugely-popular Chinese website could be looking at an ever-growing pool
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      258 34 THE GUARDIAN SAN FRANCISCO The Apple antenna debacle has taken another twist with the surprise departure of the senior executive responsible for engineering the iPhone and the iPod. Mr Mark Papermaster, Apple’s senior vice-president of devices hardware engineering, is leaving
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      278 34 AFP LONDON Energy giant BP said yesterday that it had spent US$6.1 billion ($8.22 billion) so far to meet costs from the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, days after plugging the damaged well with concrete. “The cost of the response to date
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      128 34 Olam International has issued US$250 million ($337 million) in unsecured bonds, the commodities producer said over the weekend in a statement on the Singapore Exchange. According to Olam, this is the first unrated offering of US-dollar denominated bonds by a Singapore issuer in
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      392 34 Chinese market set to extend rally Contributed by Edmund Seow from SIAS Research. Global markets rallied on Monday last week after European banks performed admirably in stress tests. However, the recovery did not follow through and most equity markets around the world traded within a tight
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    1168 39  -  MOVIES At 64, Sylvester Stallone tackles an ageing body in The Expendables Sex And The City for action heroes Sean Macaulay features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH “I WORKED a lot on my forearms because I knew there was going to be a lot of gripping, a lot of wrestling,
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      1046 47 ON MEDIACORP ON MEDIACORP SILVER LINING Channel 5. 8.30pm 6.30AM Prime Time Morning 9.30 The Martha Stewart Show III 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show VII 11.30 Martin Yan’s China Noon The Doctors 1.00PM National Science Challenge 2010 2.00 ABC Dj 2.30 Wheel Of Fortune 3.00 Heroes III CHANNEL 4.00 Top
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      219 49 Could it be osteoporosis? EVELINE GAN Most people associate backaches with improper posture or a sports-related strain. But according to Dr Sandeep Kulkarni, a consultant at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital’s women’s anaesthesia department, chronic back pain is also one of the early signs of osteoporosis.
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      75 49 The brain is the control tower of the body. What foods will build up the brain and nerves, and which foods confuse and interfere with neurotransmitter signalling? A nutritionist will also talk about how our diet can affect one’s mood. Date: Aug 18 Time: 4pm to 5pm Venue:
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      190 52 Parkway East Hospital MIND YOUR STOMACH A Community Health Education Symposium 21 August 2010, Saturday Parkway East Hospital 321 Joo Chiat Place Level 3, Conference Room Hospital Annex Registration Fee: S$5 Programme 1.00pm Registration 1.30pm Welcome Address by ParkwayHealth 1.45pm Don't Ignore Abdominal Pain Dr Imran Nawaz, General Surgeon 2.15pm
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      463 53 celebrate Singapore's birth with mmm Be (^Qr% Rewarded when you shop at BPP Lot One! Simply spend $45* at BPP or Lot One from 9 to 15 August 2010 in a single receipt to redeem $45 worth of shopping/cash vouchers. CapitaCard Members need to only charge $30* to redeem the
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