Today, 29 March 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • 42 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday March 29, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday March 29, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 689 1  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In a move to discourage buyers who book a flat but subsequently cancel their booking, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) yesterday unveiled new penalties to “deter non-genuine” buyers and protect the interests of serious buyers. Flat applicants who
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 324 2  -  This will help Singapore meet challenges, such as managing the rise of chronic diseases: Health Minister SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE Focusing on holistic care instead of episodic care will help Singapore face healthcare challenges, such as managing the rise of chronic diseases, said Health
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    • 432 2  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE Experts in Singapore have said they are worried about the high rate of stroke patients who drop out of supervised therapy after being discharged from hospital. Doctors at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public
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    • 400 2  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A pilot initiative at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has helped to reduce patients’ length of stay at the hospital and the number of days they suffer from a medical condition known as delirium. The Geriatric Monitoring Unit (GMU),
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    • 331 4 SINGAPORE The SMRT’s internal investigation team has completed its investigation into the disruptions to train services in December, said the public transport operator yesterday. The SMRT Board has, in turn, submitted the team’s report to the Committee of Inquiry (COI), convened by
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    • 386 4  -  The three areas which need improvement are making space for incoming commuters when taking public transport, giving way on the road and allowing others to alight or board first when taking public transport. HON JING YI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Contrary to the
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    • 337 4 SINGAPORE The National Arts Council (NAC) will be committing about S$8.2 million to help develop arts companies in the financial year (FY) 2012. This is an increase of 41 per cent from FY2011. This targeted approach to build up each
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    • 475 6 In a bid to drive down oil prices Paris in talks with London and Washington to release strategic stocks REUTERS PARIS France is in talks with the United States and Britain on a possible release of strategic oil stocks to push fuel prices lower, French ministers said yesterday, as rising
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    • 378 6 AP WASHINGTON Without faster economic growth, it could take “a few more years” for United States unemployment to decline to a normal rate, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. His words, coupled with France’s economy growing less than expected,
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    • 316 6 AP NEW YORK Consumer confidence in the United States has held nearly steady, according to an index by a New York-based private research group. The Consumer Confidence Index for last month measured 70.2 despite rising gas prices, according to The Conference
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    • 339 8 REUTERS HONG KONG The leader-elect of Hong Kong yesterday said his government would launch a pilot project to build middle-class housing for residents only, hoping to cool soaring property prices that have sparked a backlash against unlimited sales to overseas buyers. Mr
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    • 535 8 AP HONG KONG A landmark ruling that would have let foreign maids gain permanent residency in Hong Kong was overturned on appeal yesterday in the latest twist for a case that has divided the city. A three-member panel of High Court judges
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    • 402 8 REUTERS YANGON Myanmar will begin a managed float of its currency from next month, its central bank said yesterday, in its first public statement on moves to reform a multi-layered exchange rate regime seen as one of the biggest barriers to
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    • 505 10 General Vijay Kumar Singh also wrote that the infantry is crippled with ‘deficiencies’ and lacks night-fighting equipment, while India’s elite special forces units are ‘woefully short’ of ‘essential weapons’. AGENCIES NEW DELHI Obsolete air defence and a severe shortage of ammunition weaken
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    • 178 10 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON North Korea’s military has been increasing its ability to launch cyber attacks against American and South Korean forces, the top United States commander in the region said. “North Korea employs sophisticated computer hackers trained to launch cyber infiltration and cyber
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    • 108 10 AGENCIES North Korea’s rocket launch next month will put into orbit an observation satellite to study the distribution of forestry and natural resources as well as the level of natural disasters. The country’s first satellite, Kwangmyongsong-3, will collect data for weather forecasts and
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    • 258 10 AP PARIS A video apparently showing a Muslim gunman’s attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school was sent to the Al Jazeera news network but not by him, the French police said, raising the spectre of a possible accomplice. Al Jazeera on Tuesday
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    • 39 10 INSIDE MOHAMED MERAH’S APARTMENT Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone’s app store (simply search for “QR reader”) and scan the code using the app, or you can visit here http://tdy.sg/merahvid on your browser, for the video.
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 992 12  -  Mr Bo Xilai was perceived not only as a threat to political stability but also as the leading representative of a model of economic instability. By dismissing Mr Bo so abruptly, the central government has, in effect, underscored its unwavering commitment to stability. STEPHEN S ROACH Stephen
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    • 1019 16  -  Post-war Germany has been Europe’s willing Gulliver, happy to be tied down by the bonds of commerce and shared sovereignty, hoping that those European Union strictures might save it from its darkest self. JONATHAN FREEDLAND Jonathan Freedland writes a weekly column for
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    • 1030 14  -  For The Master Crorfo rri o 10 Id Loll Idf 1 Hitting the favourite button on the first episode of Mad Men is a remarkably different gesture than expressing digital solidarity with kidnapped children in Africa, but it all sort of looks the same
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    • 929 14  -  NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV Kazakhstan’s experience shows that nations can reap huge benefits from turning their backs on nuclear weapons. I have no doubt that we are a more prosperous, stable country, with more influence and friends in the world because of our decision. that we
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    • 244 15 with causes online for selfish and narcissistic purposes,” he said. “Sometimes, it may be (MPAA) ratings board. Celebrities and politicians have weighed from Kazakhstan is the world we are going to live in as far as I can see into the future, and we need to be their backs on
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  • VOICES
    • 179 18  -  Letter from Tay Soon Nam I REFER to the National Environment Agency’s letter “Most smokers comply with restrictions” (March 23). With due respect, I disagree that “given some time, most smokers do comply with the law”. It is not time, per se, that would make
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    • 417 18  - We can never be like New York, London and that’s good I SAY Frank Young The writer is a native New Yorker, now a Singapore citizen. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s inaugural index of the world’s most competitive cities ranked New York and London above Singapore in having an entrepreneurial and
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    • 266 18  -  The courts have a duty to balance the right of travel of the accused for justifiable reasons and ensuring that he remains within jurisdiction to answer the charge. Letter from M Lukshumayeh THE writer, in his letter “Tighten laws to stop
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    • 201 20  -  Letter from Arthur Mah Liang Ta I REFER to the letter “Curb car pollution for Singapore to be more sustainable in future” (March 22). Every one of us is responsible for pollution, directly or indirectly, and it is unfair to wield the stick at
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    • 147 20  -  Letter from Gwenn Lee I AM concerned about the increased sightings of foreign-registered motorcycles on our roads. Previously, I used to see these motorbikes mostly in the northern part of Singapore. Of late, I have been surprised that even our fast-food joints have hired staff
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    • 207 20  -  Letter from Edward Foo WITH reference to the letter “Fit vehicles with front proximity sensors” (March 22), I am all for robotised intervention, and I am following the development of Google’s driverless car with interest. However, it would be interesting to
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    • 214 20  -  Letter from Leanna Lim Director, Corporate Services Division, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore WE REFER to Mr Sim Hong Guan’s letter “Profiteering from public facility?” (March 24). The car park at Marina South Pier is one of two parking
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    • 166 20  -  Letter from Sobban Munyandy Corporate Communications Department, Football Association of Singapore WE THANK Mr Martin Chee for his letter “More professionalism needed, FAS” (March 28). The Football Association of Singapore reassures him and our stakeholders that FAS has in place the relevant financial
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    • 241 22  -  Letter from Raymond Lo Wan Mou OF LATE, there has been much discussion among the public and in the media on the news that the owner of Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint in Upper Paya Lebar Road has decided to call it
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    • 154 22  -  Letter from Kanhaiya Nathani MR MURALI Sharma, in his letter “Serve healthier food here, too” (March 20), rightly pointed out the benefits of healthier food. Singaporeans understand dollars and cents more easily than they do healthy habits. it is time we
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    • 173 22  -  Letter from V Balu I RECENTLY attended the 15th anniversary dinner of the Indian Restaurants Association Singapore and was happy to note that the Indian restaurants here are united and making every effort to take cuisine standards to the next level for all Singaporeans. Indian
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 530 24  -  Change to unskilled foreign worker hiring period ‘allows employers to keep trained staff’ SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL saifulbahri@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The move to increase the maximum employment period of unskilled foreign workers is not meant to ease Singapore’s labour crunch, Minister of State for Manpower
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    • 342 27 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Charity Council is extending its efforts to promote good governance in the charity sector with the launch of governance awards for charities. The awards will recognise charities that have adopted the highest standards of governance and implemented best
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    • 129 27 One of these floral tote bags may soon be used or sold commercially as a product. Under the National Arts Council’s ‘I Never Imagined’ campaign, Noel Gifts and LASALLE College of the Arts collaborated on an industry-based competition where students submitted designs for
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    • 238 27 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The local animal welfare group, Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), and the Lao Zoo will be setting up the first wildlife rescue and education centre in Vientiane, Laos. The 5-ha centre, a project in
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    • 323 29 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has foiled would-be drug offenders throughout the supply chain from importers to traffickers to small-time drug pushers and abusers in its latest operation. It arrested 90 suspected drug offenders and seized drugs worth
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    • 408 29  -  AMIR HUSSAIN hussainsamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Running courses on advanced criminal law at the National University of Singapore and undertaking a new publication that analyses the Misuse of Drugs Act are among ways in which the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) will continue to bridge
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  • WORLD
    • 327 30 Reactor has very high radiation, little water to cool it AP TOKYO One of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and much less water to cool it than officials had estimated, according to an internal examination that renews doubts about the plant’s
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    • 224 30 AP BEIJING Family members of jailed prominent lawyer Gao Zhisheng said yesterday that the Chinese authorities have allowed them to visit him in prison, confirming for the first time he is alive and in good health, since he disappeared nearly two years ago.
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    • 480 32 AP LAHORE It was barely 4am when 19-year-old Rinkal Kumari disappeared from her home in a small village in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. When her parents awoke, they found only her slippers and a scarf outside the door. A few hours
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    • 423 32 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR An officially-sanctioned seminar in Johor for religious teachers, which will address the “threat of Christianisation”, has sparked outrage among Christians in Malaysia. The theme of the seminar, which takes place on Saturday, is “Strengthening the Faith, the Dangers
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    • 249 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BEIRUT Syrian forces are deliberately targeting children in “horrendous” tactics by the regime of President Bashar Assad, the United Nations (UN) human rights chief has claimed. Ms Navi Pillay told the BBC that hundreds of children were being held in detention,
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    • 225 34 REUTERS KABUL More than a dozen Afghanistan soldiers suspected of plotting to attack the Defence Ministry in Kabul were arrested after 10 suicide vests were found inside the ministry, The New York Times reported, citing Afghan and Western officials. Security across Afghanistan has
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    • 285 34 The bureau discovered that the Taliban had awarded a major telephone network contract to a joint US-UK venture, run by an American entrepreneur. THE GUARDIAN LONDON The British government is seeking powers to prevent evidence of illegal acts and embarrassing failures from
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    • 199 34 THE NEW YORK TIMES LONDON A senior Iranian official was quoted yesterday as saying that long-awaited talks with world powers on his country’s disputed nuclear programme would begin next month and he hoped the venue would be Istanbul. The comments
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    • 397 36 AGENCIES LONDON An independent panel set up by the British government to study the causes of riots in London and other major UK cities in August last year has called for more people to be given
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    • 277 36 AGENCIES LONDON Pressure is building in Britain and Australia for fresh probes into Mr Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp already under siege over phone-hacking claims following allegations that it ran a secret unit that promoted pirating of pay-TV rivals. The Australian Financial
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    • 260 38 DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A JetBlue flight to Las Vegas was forced to make an emergency landing after its captain suffered a breakdown and reportedly began screaming about terrorism before being subdued by passengers. The unnamed pilot was said to have been kicked out of
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    • 514 38 Congresswoman Corrine Brown, who represents a district that includes Sanford, the town where the shooting took place, decried the police inaction, saying she did not know if it was due to incompetence, a cover-up or ‘all of the above’. AGENCIES
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    • 192 38 AGENCIES MANILA A Catholic school student has been banned from graduation ceremonies in the Philippines because a photo on her Facebook page shows her wearing a bikini while holding a cigarette and a liquor bottle. The girl’s mother, a resident of Lapu-Lapu City,
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    • 367 40 Doctors gave him a new face from an anonymous donor, whose organs saved five other patients’ lives on the same day. REUTERS BALTIMORE Surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center detailed what they said was the world’s most
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    • 329 40 REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST PARIS Explosive natural gas is leaking from Total’s Elgin North Sea platform less than 100 meters from a flare which workers left burning as they evacuated the rig, the French energy company said yesterday. Total dismissed the risk of a
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    • 252 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Oxford University researchers have suggested that people who have a bigger brain have more real friends. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found maintaining friendships requires more brain power.
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    • Article, Illustration
      88 42 Diseased brains mounted in acrylic are among the exhibits at ‘Brains: The Mind As Matter’, which opens in London today at the Wellcome Centre. The free exhibition, which runs until June 17, seeks to tap into our perennial fascination with the brain, the most complex entity in
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    • 303 42 Supreme Court mulls if rest of law can survive without insurance requirement REUTERS WASHINGTON The fate of United States President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul was on the line yesterday, with the Supreme Court considering whether the entire law must fall without its centrepiece
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  • BUSINESS
    • 349 48  -  WONG SIEW YING SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday announced a new organisation structure to enable it to better tap on growth opportunities in the region. Separately, it also announced the resignation of SGX co-president Gan Seow Ann, who is leaving the exchange after 11 years
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    • 362 48  -  LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Prices of resale private homes were 0.8-per-cent lower last month compared to the previous month, according to the NUS Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) released yesterday. The price decline was also evident in the NUS SRPI’s Central, Non-Central and
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    • 163 48 REUTERS Singapore’s privately-held PhillipCapital said yesterday it has agreed to buy a majority stake in defunct broker MF Global’s Indian unit. PhillipCapital, which runs brokerage and asset management business across 13 countries, said it plans to rename the business to Phillip Securities India.
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    • 106 50 WONG SIEW YING Keppel Corporation has signed a letter of intent with returning customer Floatel International to build an accommodation vessel worth US$315 million (S$396 million) for delivery in July 2014. Keppel FELS said that, when completed, the new vessel will be able
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    • 99 50 REUTERS Singapore subsea services provider Kreuz Holdings is selling new shares and two existing shareholders are selling shares for up to S$34.5 million in a placement, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters. Offshore services firm Swiber Holdings will sell 33 million of
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    • 257 50 AP BEIJING Mobile phone-maker Nokia launched its first smartphone design for China yesterday, looking to the world’s biggest mobile market to help drive a turnaround. Nokia said its new Lumia 800C is designed to run on China’s CDMA networks and will be supported by
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    • 219 50 BLOOMBERG ZURICH UBS has hired The Rohatyn Group’s Jorge Mariscal as chief investment officer for emerging markets and named four more regional CIOs as Switzerland’s biggest bank seeks to transform the way it advises wealthy clients. Mr Mariscal joined last week, while Mr
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    • 240 50  -  WONG SIEW YING SINGAPORE The Changi Airport Group (CAG) has committed S$15 million under the Changi Airport Growth Initiative (CAGi) to support the air cargo sector for the new financial year starting April 1. In a statement yesterday, the CAG said the cargo support
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    • 245 52 REUTERS BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers are considering the possibility of paying in capital to the euro zone permanent bailout fund over three years instead of four, to give the fund its full lending capacity more quickly, a senior euro zone official said.
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    • 114 52 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BP has sold £251.7 million (S$502.8 million) worth of North Sea assets, as the oil giant looks to pay for the Deepwater Horizon spill. The British company has agreed to sell a number of manned and unmanned
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    • 115 52 BLOOMBERG The Foxconn Technology Group and founder Terry Gou will invest ¥133 billion (S$2.01 billion) in Sharp and its display unit as the maker of Apple’s iPad seeks a supply of flat panels to drive future growth. Sharp shares rose to close at
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    • Article, Illustration
      55 52 WEDNESDAY CLOSE 13,126.20 (-0.54%) Tuesday 13,197.70 q 0.33% Monday 13,241.60 p 1.23% Friday 13,080.70 p 0.27% Thursday 13,046.10 q 0.60% NYSE TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 234.0m $9.75 p~1.56% General Electric 55.4m $20.01 q~0.15% Nokia 43.6m $5.54 p~3.17% Ford Motor 41.0m $12.32 UNCH
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    • 115 52 OVERNIGHT Shares dip, weighed by energy, material sectors Stocks fell yesterday as investors sell commodity-related shares on sliding oil and metals prices. A sharp fall in United States crude oil futures hit energy stocks, prompted by talk of a release of some US and European strategic oil reserves.
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    • 12 52 È FTSE100 5,808.99 (-1.03%) È È DAX 6,998.80 CAC40 3,430.15 (-1.14%)
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    • 359 54 REUTERS NEW DELHI The BRICS group of emer­ging world powerhouses Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is expected to launch plans this week for a joint deve­lopment bank and measures to bring their stock exchanges closer together. Officials said the initiatives
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    • 224 54  -  VENUS HEW venushewyl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE SPRING Singapore plans to assist more than 20,000 small­and me­dium­sized enterprises (SMEs) in boost­ing their productivity every year from this year through Enterprise Development Centres (EDCs). Last year, EDCs provided business and productivity advisory services to
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    • 151 54 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Keppel Offshore Marine, Procter Gamble and Sembcorp Marine were conferred the Distinguished Partner in Progress Award by the Economic Development Board yesterday, in recognition of their contributions to Singapore. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who gave out the awards, lauded
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  • DIGITAL
    • 349 56 Apple offers Australian owners money back, admits no 4G service THE GUARDIAN SYDNEY Apple has offered refunds to Australians who bought a new iPad 3 after the maker admitted it does not work on the country’s 4G network. Australia’s consumer watchdog found
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    • 318 56 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The Harry Potter series went on sale as e-books yesterday. The first three books in the seven-book saga of the boy wizard are available to download from the Pottermore website for £4.99 (S$10) each and the final four books cost
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    • 181 56 Amazon magically lost its “buy” buttons on its Kindle e-book store for several hours yesterday coincidentally on the day Harry Potter e-books were made available in a landmark deal. Top-sellers such as The Hunger Games instead had bigger green buttons saying “This title is not for available for customers
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    • 289 56 BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Facebook, the social-networking service that is planning an initial public offering (IPO), said a patent dispute with Yahoo! could have a material impact on its business. Yahoo! sued Facebook on March 12, alleging that the site infringes Yahoo! patents related to
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      738 58  -  Qian Hu proves that innovation efforts to drive productivity do not always need the latest technology SUPPORTED BY WAY TO GO, SINGAPORE! MELODY TAN SINGAPORE The Asian arowana, also known as the Dragon Fish by aficionados, is said to be around 140 million years old. To keep up
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  • SPORTS
    • 613 60 Italian’s bold gamble helps steer the Blues to brink of last four THE GUARDIAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL FIRST LEG Benfica 0 Chelsea 1 LISBON He is currently only the interim manager of the club, but Roberto Di Matteo is certainly making a strong case for
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    • 364 60 AP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL FIRST LEG APOEL Nicosia 0 Real Madrid 3 NICOSIA They have accounted for Lyon, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk in a stunning run in the Champions League this season, but APOEL Nicosia’s giant-killing run looks all but over after
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    • 692 62 Italian defensive masterclass thwarts Messi and co THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE AC Milan 0 Barcelona 0 MILAN If you can successfully neutralise a player who is on a run of 18 goals in eight games for the best club team in the
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    • 563 62 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE Marseille 0 Bayern Munich 2 MARSEILLE Bayern Munich had little trouble dispatching a feeble Marseille team 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final yesterday, with Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben scoring in each half. Gomez
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    • 218 62 REUTERS Nike is accusing Reebok of trying to score an illegal Tim Tebow marketing touchdown. Nike sued its rival in United States District Court, saying that Reebok used the popular National Football League (NFL) quarterback’s name and number on New York Jets iconic green T-shirts without
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    • 269 64  -  GEOFFREY LIP SINGAPORE The Singapore women’s team are through to the quarter-finals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships. The Singaporeans, who beat China in the final in 2010 in a stunning upset, finished top of Group B after beating Sweden
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    • 576 64  -  Terengganu coach Mat Zan says MSL title fight will be between his side and Kelantan DAN GUEN CHIN DanGuenChin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The LionsXII are not a genuine threat to win the Super League title in the Malaysia Super League (MSL), according to Terengganu coach Mat Zan Mat
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    • 194 64 SINGAPORE A man will be charged in court today for disorderly behaviour after the Malaysian FA Cup quarter-final second-leg tie between hosts Singapore and Terengganu ended in a 0-0 draw on Tuesday night at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The Singapore Police issued a press
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    • 585 65  -  Today kicks off its coverage of 2012 schools sports scene with cub reporters COMMENTARY LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The fierce intensity of the occasion will almost always be captured on the many young faces by the sidelines or on the terraces. They will be the schoolmates,
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    • 246 65 AP All measures will be taken to ensure the safety of Formula One teams and fans during next month’s Bahrain Grand Prix, the chief executive of the Bahrain International Circuit said yesterday. Sheik Salman bin Isa Al-Khalifa said the Gulf nation is
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    • 679 66 Just when Woods’ swing is clicking, Haney’s book and an upcoming adult movie will throw up more questions AGENCIES NEW YORK As the golf world prepares to play the first major tournament of the 2012 season next week at the Augusta National Golf
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    • 288 66 AP OAKLAND Kobe Bryant took the ball in the post, and there was no chance it was leaving his hands. He stepped back from a pair of defenders and drilled a fadeaway shot in the final moments. Twice. As if there was any doubt, Bryant made it
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    • 129 66 AP BRADFORD A referee took the bizarre step of sending off five players in the dressing room following an ugly post-match brawl at an English fourth-tier match that required the intervention of police. Three Bradford players and two from visiting Crawley Town were shown a red card by
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  • Page 64 Miscellaneous
    • 118 64 SPORTS FIXTURES Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Home Team Away Team Olym Football Uzbekistan Olym Thu, 29/0B/12 8.00pm This match is played on neutral ground. For fixtures of all S.League, M League, UE Europe, E League Champ, German, K League, A League and US Soccer League, please visif Singapore Pools websife.
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      1340 3  -  Why Xiang Yun is nearly qualified to be a relationship guru MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com. sg I’VE ALWAYS declared, to anyone who will listen, that my favourite actress is none other than the lovely XiangYun. And since you’ve already started reading this story, I naturally assume you’ll want
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 191 4 That sinking feeling in 3D ACTRESS Kate Winslet and director James Cameron walked the red carpet in London on Tuesday for the premiere of the 3D version of the hit movie Titanic. The release of the 1997 drama one of the highest-grossing films of all time in 3D coincides with
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    • 371 4 Weinstein Co’s documentary on bullying goes unrated after failing to get kinder rating REUTERS THEWeinstein Co on Monday said it has decided to release its documentary Bully without a US film rating after failing to persuade the Motion Picture Association of America to change to
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    • 337 4 AP THEY took the Lorax, made of bronze, the thieves they came, and now he’s gone. A 2ft (60cm) statue of Dr Seuss’ Lorax character was stolen from the San Diego backyard garden of the 90-year-old widow of the beloved author whose real name was Theodore Geisel.
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      473 6 Trombone Shorty and his band promise to kick up a storm at this year’s Timbre Rock Roots A YEAR ago,Trombone Shorty (that’s Troy Andrews) was definitely not top billing at Timbre’s Rock Roots Festival, which included the likes of Bob Dylan, John Legend,Toots And The Maytal, Michael
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    • 427 6  -  CONCERT REVIEW: OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN CHRISTOPHER TOH THERE seems to be no stopping Olivia Newton-John, is there? The Australian pop icon performed at the Esplanade Theatre Tuesday night to a roomful of adoring fans and, well, was just perfect in almost every sense of the word. Her show
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    • 259 7 REUTERS LINDSAY Lohan will appear as a guest star on TV musical comedy Glee, her spokesman said on Tuesday, in the latest step of a comeback for the once rising star whose career has been tarnished by drinking, drugs and legal troubles. Lohan’s spokesman declined to give
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    • 180 7 REUTERS ICELANDIC band Sigur Ros, who have been admired by the likes of Radiohead and Coldplay, will release their first album in four years on May 29, marking the end of the band’s indefinite hiatus, the band announced on Monday. The band’s sixth album,
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    • 130 7 AP MICHELLE Obama is making an appearance at The Kids’ Choice Awards to celebrate Taylor Swift for her charity work.The US First Lady will present Swift The Big Help Award during Nickelodeon’s 25th annual awards show this Saturday night in Los Angeles. The award recognises individuals
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  • TRAVEL
    • 902 8  -  On the Black Sea coast near the Georgian border lies stunning Byzantine sites, tea plantations and great mountain walks Thomas Roueche features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN THE emperors ofTrebizond were famous for their beauty, said Idris Bey, smiling as he handed us glasses of hot black tea. “Perhaps that
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    • 1226 10  - Fabuloso even with the kids Marbella, the glitzy Spanish sunspot favoured by the stars, provides a family vacation with a difference Judith Woods feature s@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WHEN did you last hear of anyone going to Marbella on a family holiday? Quite possibly it was when straw donkeys were
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    • Article, Illustration
      342 12  -  How to spend S$101 (you big spender, you) in a day TRAVEL 101 SERENE LIM CHAMPAGNE lovers, pay attention. Reims together with neighbouring town Epernay is the centre of bubbly production. Several of the biggest names like Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart and Pommery have their cellars and romantic chateaus here.
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      358 13 Travel deals and steals Be Singapore’s Next Travel Social Media Star Love travelling and checking out hotel rooms? Join AsiaRooms.com’ s quest for Singapore’s Next Travel Social Media Star.The winning pair will get to visit and review 12 unique properties across four countries which can be watched on
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