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<title>Worst Week Ever</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192556902</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... His remarks came as finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of  ...  investments, most of it going into the government bond market. The yield on the three-month  ...  off as stocks plunged from Seoul to Singapore, and then across Europe, after an overnight  ...
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<title>Iraq thrives in world slump</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192556306</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  it increased the deposit guarantee to &amp;euro;100,000. Ministers said the scheme would cost taxpayers nothing.  ...  lifted its ban. Danish MPs approved a government scheme to back up all bank deposits  ...  9.6%. Bank stocks were particularly hard-hit. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index fell 7.3% to  ...
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<title>IMF calls for guarantees to unfreeze money markets</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192555154</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  into the European banking system. In Asia, Singapore cut interest rates for the first time  ...  ($45.5 billion) in same-day funding. Investors dumped government bonds and scrambled for cash as insurer  ...  euro zone governments have relied mostly on political promises of rescue if needed (but) we  ...
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<title>Only Iraq thrives in world slump</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192555124</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  it increased the deposit guarantee to &amp;euro;100,000. Ministers said the scheme would cost taxpayers nothing.  ...  lifted its ban. Danish MPs approved a government scheme to back up all bank deposits  ...  9.6%. Bank stocks were particularly hard-hit. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index fell 7.3% to  ...
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<title>Economics through the looking-glass: only Iraq thrives in world slump</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192554450</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  it increased the deposit guarantee to &amp;euro;100,000. Ministers said the scheme would cost taxpayers nothing.  ...  lifted its ban. Danish MPs approved a government scheme to back up all bank deposits  ...  9.6%. Bank stocks were particularly hard-hit. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index fell 7.3% to  ...
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<title>Singapore PM tells Asian economies to prepare for tough ride</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192554435</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, in a candid discussion witnessed by over  ...  epitomised Indias problems. Even though the CPI(M) Government had allowed the setting up of the  ...  is where the problem lies, he said. Political parties must go beyond political interests to  ...
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<title>Airport in Andal not to hit coal, says Bengal</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192551519</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:22 GMT</pubDate>
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...  says Bengal Calcutta, Oct. 10: The Bengal government has written to the civil aviation ministry  ...  reserves. It had written to Bengal industry minister Nirupam Sen about its concerns, with copy  ...  developed by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd with Singapore&apos;s Changi as the hub&apos;s operator, had come  ...
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<title>PR Newswire Summary of Technology Copy, Oct. 8, 2008</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192551133</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of Redlasso.com LAW016 10/08/2008 00:01 r f CA-Ancestry.cmPolitic (PROVO) Ancestry.com Reveals Who Would be King  ...  million HKW002 10/08/2008 05:28 r f GfK-Asian-Games-HK (SINGAPORE) GfK Reports Asian Game Software Publishers Command  ...  (PALM HARBOR) (ISC)2(R) Announces Winners Of 2008 Government Information Security Leadership Awards NY37731 10/08/2008 08:21  ...
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<title>Singapore eases policy; recession hits economy</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192548287</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:31 GMT</pubDate>
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... SINGAPORE: Singapore eased monetary policy for the first  ...  Seng Wun, an economist at CIMB. The government also revised down its 2008 growth forecast  ...  in more than a decade. Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday the problems  ...
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<title>Credit Market Concerns Push Dow Down Again</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192542933</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:06 GMT</pubDate>
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...  fully implemented. His remarks came as finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of  ...  investments, most of it going into the government bond market. The yield on the three-month  ...  sell-off as stocks plunged from Seoul to Singapore, and then across Europe, after an overnight  ...
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<title>As stocks bleed, G7 plays down quick fix</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192542822</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:06 GMT</pubDate>
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...  global level,&quot; the source said. French finance minister Christine Lagarde said the G7 is unlikely  ...  is that won&apos;t happen until the US government steps in and announces that it will  ...  Hong Kong lost 7.2 per cent and Singapore 7.34. Tokyo briefly halted some trading in  ...
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<title>Global stocks in turmoil as Wall Street gyrates</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192541525</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:04 GMT</pubDate>
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...  at 4,544.31. After European markets closed, Belgium&apos;s government announced a series of measures aimed at  ...  global financial system. The meeting brings together ministers and central bankers of the United States,  ...  to other markets. Sydney plunged 8.3 percent, Singapore lost 7.34 percent and Seoul slid 4.1  ...
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<title>Why does the swan sing?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192540317</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a couple of Sudanese refugees, and a Singaporean businesswoman. Although Mostafas perception of them can  ...  He is always armed with opinions about politics and society, yet he doesnt bear any  ...
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<title>U.S. Stocks Trim Losses After Early Plunge</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192539304</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  calm the markets, but he said the government is aggressively using the wide range of  ...  of Seven, a collection of the finance ministers and central bankers of Canada, France, Germany,  ...  percent loss. Hong Kongs Hang Seng and Singapores Straits Times indices also took precipitous falls,  ...
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<title>Me-first attitude won&apos;t rescue banks, economy</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192537165</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 21:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  out of national self-interest. Take Ireland. Its government last week started the beggar-thy-neighbour ball rolling  ...  billion, South Korea with $240 billion and Singapore with $170 billion. Several individuals, such as  ...  Right now, that may be a non-starter politically. Bold move: Spanish economy minister Pedro Solbes  ...
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