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Title Section42 2010-11-11 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Thursday November 11, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday November 11, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY42 words
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Article, Illustration1110 2010-11-11 3 Traditional media must remain one of the most dependable sources of news, information, commentary SINGAPORE The emergence of new media and “narrowcasting” tailoring content for a niche audience poses a challenge for policymakers: How do you reach out to citizens and build consensusPHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG; OOI BOON KEONG - 1,110 words
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TODAY: A DECADE OF NEWS
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Article, Illustration531 2010-11-11 7 LYNDA HONG - LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Rarely does one find such a gathering of luminaries in a single room, but it was a special occasion yesterday evening. Industry captains, top civil servants, diplomats, academics and businessmen they were all there to celebrate Today’s 10th anniversaryPHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG - 531 words
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Article, Illustration143 2010-11-11 7 TODAY has become the first local newspaper to release an application created specifically for Apple's iPad tablet. Designed over two months with the help of an external developer, the app provides a layout that is easy for the reader to browse news articles, photos and143 words
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NEWS
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649 2010-11-11 8 VENESSALEE - Singapore’s population would triple if everyone who wanted to migrate here did so: Gallup study WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY VENESSALEE SINGAPORE Here is some good news for Singapore, which is facing an ageing population and a fierce fight for talent as the global economy recovers.649 words
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468 2010-11-11 10 SATISH CHENEY - SATISH CHENEY satishkumar@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) is replacing the engines on three of its 11 A380 aircraft. The flights were grounded in Sydney, Melbourne and London. This latest development follows the recent Rolls-Royce engine failure of Qantas flight QF32,468 words
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Article, Illustration373 2010-11-11 10 AGENCIES JAKARTA United States President Barack Obama yesterday held up Indonesia to the world as an example of a moderate Muslim country, while acknowledging that much more needed to be done to repair frayed US relations with the Muslim world. In aAGENCIES; AP - 373 words
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Article, Illustration508 2010-11-11 12 IAN DECOTTA - One lap closerto MotoGP SG Changi also hopeful for world’s first electric car race TODAY EXCLUSIVE IAN DECOTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is confirmed: The road has been paved for MotoGP, the world’s mostwatched racing event after Formula 1, to come to Singapore. Speaking to MediaCorp yesterday, SG Changi director andAP - 508 words
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289 2010-11-11 12 LEONG WEE The Court of Appeal, the highest court in the land, ruled yesterday that it has the powers to reopen and set aside its judgement. In delivering the court’s 62-page grounds of decision, Chief Justice Chan SekLEONG WEE - 289 words
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488 2010-11-11 14 IMELDA SAAD - Under-35s a challenge for political parties to woo given their diverse needs IMELDA SAAD imelda@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In the 2006 General Election, they were reported to have made up just 20 per cent of the 2.2 million registered voters. Their num- bers488 words
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175 2010-11-11 14 SINGAPORE The Republic will soon be home to the Interpol Global Complex (IGC). This was unanimously voted on at the 79th Interpol General Assembly meeting in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. The agreement to establish the complex was signed by Law and Home Affairs Minister175 words
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253 2010-11-11 16 19 others arrested at court after ‘show of support’ SINGAPORE A fifth person has been charged with the recent Downtown East murder of Republic Polytechnic student Darren Ng as 19 others, aged between 17 and 22, were arrested at the Subordinate Courts yesterday in253 words
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386 2010-11-11 16 ZULOTHMAN - NUS pointed out that the global search of a new dean usually takes about 12 to 18 months to complete. ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Less than 12 months into the fresh three-year tenure of National University of Singapore (NUS) law dean386 words
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285 2010-11-11 18 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB - SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A former general manager of Hotel Grand Central was convicted yesterday of drugging a woman and molesting her. District Judge Ch’ng Lye Beng found 45-year-old Tan Hwa Kok guilty of the offences following a trial that started in March and lasted285 words
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238 2010-11-11 18 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB - SSSGT Tan and his team raided the hotel about 20 minutes later and found that two of the rooms were used by prostitutes for sexual activities. SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A hotel licensee has had his hotel-keeper’s licence cancelled and been fined $800 for allowing238 words
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167 2010-11-11 18 The same group of assailants are also believed to have attacked and seriously injured a 20-year-old SINGAPORE Six young men, aged between 15 and 23, have been arrested in connection with the armed attacks that occurred at Bukit Panjang housing estate on Monday167 words
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Article496 2010-11-11 22 Liew Kai Khiun - Letter from Liew Kai Khiun THE alarming revelation by the Health Promotion Board's (HPB) estimates of obesity in one in 10 Singaporeans should serve as a wake-up call over the beginnings of a serious problem that has plagued many First World nations. In the496 words
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226 2010-11-11 24 Murali Sharma - Letter from Murali Sharma TODAY: Congratulations on turning 10! Happy birthday! I just have to tell you how much I enjoy reading TODAY. The newspaper is concise yet broad enough to cover a wide spectrum of news to a sizeable226 words
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472 2010-11-11 24 Tang Li - Letter from Tang Li I WAS delighted to read TODAY principal correspondent Paul Gilfeather's interview with Standard Chartered's regional chief executive officer Ray Ferguson in "Why I became a Singaporean" (Nov 8). I believe it is a testament to how much Singapore472 words
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Article42 2010-11-11 24 In the article, “New hospitals must outperform KTPH” (Nov 10), it was reported that Jurong Community Hospital will be managed by voluntary welfare organisation St Luke’s. This is incorrect. The hospital is managed by Jurong Health Services. We apologise for the42 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration2125 2010-11-11 26 GOH CHOK TONG - Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong’s speech, at Today’s 10th anniversary dinner, on challenges for print media GOH CHOK TONG Five years ago, at Today newspaper’s fifth anniversary dinner, I spoke on the need to develop our own model of a responsible, lively and credible media.PHOTO BY KOH MUI FONG; TODAY FILE PHOTO - 2,125 words
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Article, Illustration877 2010-11-11 32 SIMONTAYAND NICHOLAS FANG - When business should be just that business Three things that could help offset negativity Down Under to the SGX-ASX deal Assurances need to continue that the business deal is indeed just business. The professionalism of Singapore as an investor has to be SIMONTAYAND NICHOLAS FANG Simon Tay and Nicholas FangBLOOMBERG - 877 words
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WORLD
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313 2010-11-11 36 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano yesterday forced United States President Barack Obama to cut short his visit to the country and some international airlines again cancelled flights over concerns about air safety. Mr Syaiful Bahri, who oversees operations at Jakarta’s international airport, saidAGENCIES - 313 words
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Article, Illustration205 2010-11-11 36 AP, REUTERS BAGHDAD Bombings and mortar attacks targeting Christians killed at least four people and wounded 19 others in Baghdad yesterday, Iraqi security sources said, 10 days after an assault on a Catholic cathedral that killed 52. Attackers detonated at least 14 roadside bombsAP, REUTERS; AP - 205 words
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339 2010-11-11 38 Critics say the aid is going to fight government opponents and that Yemen is simply milking the West for money AP SANA’A Yemen wants far more military aid than the United States has promised in the fight against escalating terrorism billions of dollarsAP - 339 words
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Article, Illustration207 2010-11-11 38 AP LONDON Tens of thousands of students marched noisily through London yesterday to oppose plans to triple university tuition fees, in the largest street protest yet against the government’s sweeping austerity measures. Organisers said 50,000 students, lecturers and supporters were demonstrating against plans toAP - 207 words
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402 2010-11-11 41 THE NEW YORK TIMES LONDON A package bomb from Yemen removed from a cargo plane in Britain on Oct 29 could have exploded at dawn over the American East Coast, Scotland Yard said in a statement yesterday. The statement, confined toTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 402 words
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283 2010-11-11 41 THE NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD Iraq’s leaders reached a tentative agreement late last night to end an eight-month political impasse and return Nuri Kamal Al Maliki to power for a second term as Prime Minister. The agreement, after months of delay thatTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 283 words
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200 2010-11-11 41 AP BEIJING In the great scramble for money from the central government, thousands of Chinese cities and local governments set up lobbying offices in Beijing that sprawled to include restaurants, hotels and corruption. Now Beijing wants to get rid of them. More than 600AP - 200 words
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Article136 2010-11-11 41 AGENCIES TOKYO A Japanese coast guard officer is being questioned after he admitted leaking a video of a collision between a patrol vessel and a Chinese fishing boat, a senior official told Parliament yesterday. “A coast guard has told his superior officer that he leaked theAGENCIES - 136 words
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325 2010-11-11 42 THE GUARDIAN LONDON—The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is at the centre of a new crisis over the abuse of prisoners after it was disclosed on Tuesday that a number of British military interrogators may be charged as warTHE GUARDIAN - 325 words
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Article, Illustration233 2010-11-11 42 AP JAKARTA A conservative Muslim government minister admits he shook hands with First Lady Michelle Obama in welcoming her to Indonesia but says it was not his choice. Footage on YouTube shows otherwise, sparking a debate that has lit up Facebook, Twitter and the blogosphere. TheAP - 233 words
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248 2010-11-11 42 REUTERS TEHRAN Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that the Islamic state would not discuss its disputed nuclear programme in proposed talks with major powers, state television reported. His comments will likely further deepen Western scepticism about the chances of a negotiatedREUTERS - 248 words
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147 2010-11-11 44 New Democrat secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban is the least honest politician but his immediate boss, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, is the most trustworthy, according to a poll conducted by Bangkok University Research Centre last week. In all, 1,136 residents of Greater Bangkok147 words
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Article, Illustration369 2010-11-11 44 AGENCIES YANGON Thousands of people who fled election violence have returned to Myanmar, even as officials were preparing to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. About 20,000 people fled across the border to Thailand on Monday as troops clashed withAGENCIES; REUTERS - 369 words
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Article, Illustration223 2010-11-11 44 AP TOKYO A Japanese journalist arrested in Myanmar while trying to cover its elections says he was locked up in a room that looked like a pigpen, but cried when fellow inmates thanked him for coming to report on the country. Mr Toru YamajiAP - 223 words
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161 2010-11-11 45 REUTERS PARIS A French pension reform that raises the retirement age has been signed into law by President Nicolas Sarkozy after months of protests, leaving him free to focus on the last leg of his term and an election in 2012. The law cleared aREUTERS - 161 words
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371 2010-11-11 45 Australian workers and their $90b ‘donation’ Slashing overtime would create 400,000 extra jobs SYDNEY Some 80 per cent of Australians who work overtime want shorter working hours and are “donating” about A$70 billion ($90.6 billion) in unpaid overtime to their employers, according to a new study commissioned by the Australia371 words
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Article226 2010-11-11 47 AP WASHINGTON The Pentagon said it did not know what created a vapour trail that crossed the skies off the southern California coast and resembled a missile launch. Videos posted on the CBS News website show an object flying through the evening sky on Monday thatAP - 226 words
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Article, Illustration120 2010-11-11 47 AP The stranded luxury liner CarnivalSplendor began moving again on Tuesday night after the first of several Mexican tugboats sent to the stricken liner began pulling it towards San Diego. It is expected to arrive at the American port tonight. An engine-roomAP - 120 words
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118 2010-11-11 47 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong’s government plans to set the level of hourly minimum wage at HK$28 ($4.70). This is the first time it is imposing limits as it aims to narrow the widening wealth gap in the city. The new statutoryBLOOMBERG - 118 words
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222 2010-11-11 49 THE GUARDIAN NEW DELHI Sri Lankan police have launched a campaign to trace more than 80 local people who have appeared in pornographic films by printing their pictures in newspapers. Earlier this week, more than three dozen porn actorsTHE GUARDIAN - 222 words
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356 2010-11-11 49 AP NEW YORK Two funds created to provide relief for cash-strapped Holocaust survivors were defrauded of more than US$42 million ($54 million) with the help of several people who were supposed to administer the funds, the federal authorities said on Tuesday as they announcedAP - 356 words
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120 2010-11-11 51 REUTERS The thinning ozone layer could be leaving the world’s whales scarred from severe sunburn, experts said yesterday. A study of whales in the Gulf of California over the past few years shows that the mammals carry blisters and other damage typically associated with theREUTERS - 120 words
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103 2010-11-11 51 REUTERS gg One of Russia’s most notorious prisons will soon install sunbeds to improve the health of its inmates, its head Sergei Telyatnikov said on Tuesday. Styled as a brick fortress, the 19th-cen-tury Butyrka Prison, which is located in central Moscow, has heldREUTERS - 103 words
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316 2010-11-11 51 REUTERS TOKYO More than 1,000 tigers have been killed over the past decade for illegal trade in parts such as their skin and bones, and this is likely only a small fraction of the true numbers, according to a study byREUTERS - 316 words
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Article, Illustration241 2010-11-11 53 AP DALLAS A Boeing 787 Dreamliner on a test flight over Texas made an emergency landing on Tuesday after smoke was detected in the main cabin, the latest setback in development of the new plane. The plane landed safely in Laredo and the crew was evacuated, aAP - 241 words
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122 2010-11-11 53 AP San Francisco has become the first major American city to prohibit fast-food restaurants from including toys with children’s meals that do not meet nutritional guidelines. The city’s Board of Supervisors gave the measure final approval on Tuesday on anAP - 122 words
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Article, Illustration494 2010-11-11 56 For all the tension and bad blood, scoreless derby lacked goal action, class AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST MANCHESTER Derided by United manager Alex Ferguson as "noisy neighbours", City failed to impose themselves on the 18-times champions but they were spared the agony of last season when theyAGENCIES; REUTER5 - 494 words
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Article310 2010-11-11 56 AP WOLVERHAMPTON Marouane Chamakh scored in the first and last minute Wednesday as Arsenal won 2-0 at Wolverhampton to hit back from its home loss to Newcastle in the Premier League last week. Chamakh struck after 39 seconds when he headed in a crossAP - 310 words
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Article149 2010-11-11 56 AP Real Madrid avoided another embarrassing Copa del Rey exit to a lower-tier club with a 5-1 fourth-round victory over Murcia last night (this morrning, Singapore time). After a scoreless first leg, Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero curled Pedro Leon’s pass into the top of goal from long-rangeAP - 149 words
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198 2010-11-11 56 AP MILAN AC Milan overtook Lazio for the Serie A lead with a 3-1 win over Palermo last night, but lost Alexandre Pato and Filippo Inzaghi to injury with the derby against Inter Milan coming up on Sunday. It’s the firstAP - 198 words
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Article, Illustration694 2010-11-11 57 SHAMIR OSMAN; RAJ KUMAR - Etoile first foreign team to win S-League crown GREAT EASTERN-YEO’S S-LEAGUE 2010 Albirex Niigata 2 Etoile FC 4 SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY RAJ KUMAR SINGAPORE They arrived under a shroud in January, just days before the Great EasternYeo’s S-League kicked off on Feb 1, trainingSIMYI JIN - 694 words
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Article, Illustration562 2010-11-11 58 LOW LIN FHOONG - Mickelson looking to end the year with a bang at Sentosa LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg BARCLAYS SINGAPORE OPEN SINGAPORE He is well-loved by golf fans around the world, especially those at Augusta, where he clinched the Masters tournament in April this year. But local enthusiastsBARCLAYS SINGAPORE OPEN 2010 WORLD SPORTGROUP. - 562 words
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Article, Illustration416 2010-11-11 58 LOW LIN FHOONG - Nations Cup foundation NTUC FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE At her peak, former Australian international Vicki Wilson would spend six days a week on the netball courts, lobbing 200 shots into the goal each session. Her work ethicPHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG - 416 words
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Article, Illustration323 2010-11-11 60 ¢AFTERNOON LATEST AP LONDON Michael Essien’s firsthalf header was enough to give 10man Chelsea a precious win over their London rivals and extend their lead atop the Premier League to four points after the Manchester sides lost ground following their derby draw. The GhanaAP; REUTERS - 323 words
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Article, Illustration418 2010-11-11 60 AGENCIES WIGAN Liverpool’s four-match winning run was halted by a 1-1 draw at Wigan in the Premier League last night (this morning, Singapore time) after Fernando Torres’ third goal in four days was cancelled out by Hugo Rodallega’s strike. Torres, whoAGENCIES; REUTERS - 418 words
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Miscellaneous92 2010-11-11 56 League Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) E League Champ, Italian, German and A League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. MOTOR RACING Abu Dhabi Race LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE(RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA) SPORTSBUZZ (POMO) p Yrjk Always play with care. responsibiyT Do not bet illeqally.92 words
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Advertisement117 2010-11-11 60 derby The Ghana midfielder met Florent Malouda’s pinpoint cross into the six-yard box and sent the ball into the bottom corner in beginning high tempo ing the game. The first half was very good and we had good control in the second half. We had a little problem at the117 words
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Article750 2010-11-11 61 PAUL SULLIVAN - COMMENTARY INVEST PAUL SULLIVAN Paul Sullivan is a columnist at the New York Times. He writes about strategies that the wealthy use to manage their money. THE NEW YORK TIMES NO one likes to be left out. But when it comes to financial matters, excludingTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 750 words
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309 2010-11-11 68 THE NEW YORK TIMES DETROIT A week before its initial public offering, General Motors yesterday reported its largest quarterly profit in 11 years, showing that the slimmed-down car-maker no longer needs huge sales to generate significant earnings. GM said it earned US$2 billionTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 309 words
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Article57 2010-11-11 68 Tuesday 11,346.80 q 0.53% Monday 11,406.80 q 0.33% Friday 11,444.10 p 0.08% Thursday 11,434.84 p 1.96% WEDNESDAY 11,357.00 (+0.09%) NYSETOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Citigroup 496.2m $4.42 p 2.79% Bank of America 189.5m $12.57 p 2.44% Ford 139.2m $16.63 p 3.48% MGM Resorts 59.6m $13.38 p 2.88%57 words
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Article78 2010-11-11 68 Caution ahead of G-20 Stocks posted meagre gains as traders remained cautious ahead of the G-20 economic summit where the US is likely to face pushback from other nations over its economic stimulus plan. Major indexes were down for much of the day but managed to edge higher78 words
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Article86 2010-11-11 68 7th rise in 8 sessions Oil prices soared to the highest level in 25 months, rising for the seventh time in eight sessions as US government data showed an unexpected heavy drawdown in crude inventories last week. The day’s price surge broke oil’s recent strong inverse correlation with the86 words
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Article414 2010-11-11 68 Obama, Geithner play down trade dispute THE NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL Obama administration officials said this morning that they were close to securing a compromise agreement to help reduce vast trade imbalances, a step that could ease conflict between the major world economies over trade,THE NEW YORK TIMES - 414 words
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211 2010-11-11 66 MOK FEI FEI - MOK FEI FEI feifei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For the first time in nine years, DBS is offering retail investors a chance to get a slice of its preference shares issue. The bank announced yesterday that it will offer up to $500 million211 words
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140 2010-11-11 66 Wilmar International said its third-quarter profit slumped 60 per cent from a year earlier to US$259.5 million ($334.1 million). The company said the decline was largely due to weaker performance in the oilseeds-and-grains segment. It added that net profit in the year-earlier period140 words
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121 2010-11-11 66 City Developments (CDL) said its third-quarter net profit edged up 1 per cent from a year earlier to $195 million. The property company said that revenue fell 21 per cent to $746 million, compared with $941 million in the year-earlier period.121 words
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135 2010-11-11 66 ST Engineering said its landsystems unit has secured two four-year military contracts worth a total of $160 million. The unit, ST Kinetics, won the contracts from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). Under the contracts, ST Kinetics will be in charge of the maintenance135 words
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138 2010-11-11 66 SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has admitted an Indian brokerage as a trading and clearing member. IIFL Securities, a unit of Mumbaibased financial services company India Infoline Group, is the first Indian broker to gain admission to the SGX’s securities market. Mr Magnus Bocker, chief138 words
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195 2010-11-11 65 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s trade surplus last month surged to its second-highest level this year, adding to pressure on Beijing to ease currency controls as leaders of major economies gather for a Group of 20 summit today. Exports rose 22.9 per cent over aAGENCIES - 195 words
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326 2010-11-11 65 CHRIS HOWELLS - CHRIS HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Major Asian stock exchanges are investing millions of dollars to shave off microseconds from each trade. Their goal is to lure highfrequency traders, who have already captured 60 per cent of all market trading in the US. High-frequency trading326 words
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Article193 2010-11-11 65 JONATHAN SINGAPORE Analysts expect the United States Federal Reserve to pump more cash into the economy if its US$600 billion ($773 billion) bond-buying plan fails to prevent deflation. Some market watchers say the Fed’s so-called quantitative easing (QE2) programme could eventually grow to as much asJONATHAN - 193 words
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247 2010-11-11 63 REUTERS MELBOURNE Australia’s competition watchdog has questioned whether the Singapore Exchange’s A$8.2-billion ($10.6-billion) takeover bid for Australia’s ASX could stall the entry of competing trading platforms into the country. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s probe is separate from the Foreign Investment Review Board’sREUTERS - 247 words
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Article196 2010-11-11 63 REUTERS TOKYO Japan's Nikkei rose more than one per cent to its highest close in more than four months yesterday, buoyed by financial shares after a report that most major Asian banks may be exempt from planned new global rules. Relatively large stop-loss and options-related purchasesREUTERS - 196 words
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122 2010-11-11 63 Property developer UOL Group’s third-quarter profit rose 18 per cent from a year earlier to $124.7 million. The company’s revenue for the quarter increased to $345.2 million, a 7 per cent gain. The growth was due to recognition of revenue from122 words
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Article, Illustration1109 2010-11-11 72 Christopher Toh - MUSIC The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess is convinced that’s the only way to do things Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WE’VE had interviews with people who were in unconventional places: On horseback, on a Harley Davidson bike and once, even in prison. But we’ve never had an interview with1,109 words
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Article, Illustration418 2010-11-11 76 The Flaming Lips/ The Raveonettes Music critics have hailed The Flaming Lips who have released 13 full-length albums to date as one of the bands you must see in concert before you die.The Raveonettes support. Today, 8pm, Marina Bay Sands Expo And Convention Centre. Tickets at $110 from Sistic.418 words
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Article, Illustration224 2010-11-11 78 KEVIN MATHEWS - Foundling David Gray KEVIN MATHEWS WHEN Welsh singersongwriter David Gray returned to the gaze of the public eye in 2009 with Draw The Line, his first album after a four-year hiatus, it was a decidedly more pastoral affair than his previous work. In this quick follow-up,224 words
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Article, Illustration88 2010-11-11 78 KEVIN MATHEWS - KEVIN MATHEWS ALTHOUGH the title of this latest album from the R&B superstar alludes to his current marital problems he is getting a divorce from his wife the songs are not as confessional as expected. For fans, Usher delivers the usual hip-hop dance tracks laced with88 words
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Article, Illustration99 2010-11-11 78 CHRISTOPHER TOH CHRISTOPHER TOH - CHRISTOPHER TOH CHRISTOPHER TOH MORE than a year after Singapore Idol, Sylvia has developed into a selfassured artiste.Album opener Get Up Everybody is a little forgettable, but the reworked Fly (featuring Shigga Shay) and her take on A Man And A Woman (featuring Sezairi Sezali) rock99 words
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Article, Illustration127 2010-11-11 78 KEVIN MATHEWS - KEVIN MATHEWS IN MANY ways, it appears that jazz fusion keyboardist George Duke continues to live in the past. I mean, much of this umpteenth album (far too numerous to count!) sounds like it could have been recorded in the ’70s, during the heyday of jazz fusion.Those127 words
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Article, Illustration114 2010-11-11 78 CHRISTOPHER TOH - CHRISTOPHER TOH AMERICA’S musical teen darling is back with an album that shows off her ability to churn out a catchy song. Let’s face it, there are loads of better singers out there, but the songs here are so darn catchy, you can’t help but sing114 words
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Article, Illustration102 2010-11-11 80 CHRISTOPHER TOH - CHRISTOPHER TOH THE irresistible Irish lass Imelda May is back once again with more rockabilly riffs and torch song treats. Unlike her debut Love Tattoo, it’s the ballads that really grab your attention this time, as songs like Kentish Town Waltz brilliantly showcase her emotional range. Unfortunately,102 words
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Article, Illustration126 2010-11-11 80 CHRISTOPHER TOH - CHRISTOPHER TOH Actually, it’s just Elvis’ vocals set to revamped backing music, a collection of “re-imagined” versions. Like what they did with The Beatles, Cirque Du Soleil has made a whole new show based on the songs of the King of Rock and Roll himself. Unlike126 words
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Article, Illustration403 2010-11-11 81 Kevin Mathews - Australia’s Sarah Blasko captured the art of the audience Kevin Mathews features@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the sheer number of heavyweight bands and artistes coming to our shores in the days and months ahead (Flaming Lips, Frances Yip, Grasshopper,The Charlatans, Dionne Warwick, sodagreen, Iron Maiden, Eric Clapton and more),Pic by: Jonathan - 403 words
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Article, Illustration154 2010-11-11 81 CHRISTOPHER TOH - Relooking a classic record CHRISTOPHER TOH Watermark Enya (1988) SURE, many people will deny ownership of this album, but let’s face it, everybody knows the song called Orinoco Flow (more popularly known as Sail Away). By the time this album was released, Enya born Eithne Patricia Ni154 words
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