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November 13, 2008 Thursday

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Straits Times Headlines

Govt won't bail out IR if it goes bust

Gerard Ee: How I came face to face with cancer

Scott sets sights on hat-trick

Inside

Budget 2009: A careful balancing act

View Points

Layoffs a 'last resort'

Most junior staff spared

Lessons in style

North Korea shutting border with South

Not giving up

First step for Sichuan - jobs

Rebuilding a town brick by painful brick

Rising seas: Maldives plans to relocate entire nation

'Family man' boss lived the high life **

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Nov 13, 2008

STI closes 1.6% lower

SINGAPORE shares closed lower with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 28.54 points, or 1.6 per cent, at 1,755.47.

Around 947.7 million shares were traded.

Losers beat gainers 331 to 127.

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Jobless claims at 7 yr high 10:05 PM

Wall Street swings higher 11:01 PM

New tax break to boost R&D 10:23 PM

US$ no longer king pin 9:41 PM

US trade deficit lower 9:48 PM

China GDP growth to stay 7% 9:24 PM

'Exec salaries must change' 8:35 PM

Dutch aid to ING Group okayed 8:07 PM

EU wants tougher tax rules 7:57 PM

European shares fall 7:56 PM

Major economies to shrink 6:56 PM

Siemens posts $4.54b loss 6:18 PM

Sands to cut 11,000 jobs 6:17 PM

Viet PM pledges more rate cuts 5:53 PM

Germany in recession 5:48 PM

$27b loan programme unveiled 4:45 PM

S. Korea to stabilise mkts 4:05 PM

Mizuho Financial to raise funds 3:48 PM

BT to cut 10,000 jobs 3:42 PM

Biz groups' G20 wish lists 3:16 PM

Citic Pacific gets $2.3b rescue 2:22 PM

Emerging nations want say 12:39 PM

IMF as global financial cop? 12:36 PM

Rupiah falls to 7-yr low 11:56 AM

China factory output at 7-yr low 11:52 AM

Temasek backs $1b equity fund 11:04 AM

China utility's $604m plan 10:58 AM

Hedge fund assets fell $151b 10:43 AM

Japan offers IMF $160b aid 10:40 AM

Morgan Stanley cuts jobs 10:22 AM

Oil prices continue slide 8:11 PM

Top UBS banker indicted 9:55 AM

3 firms admit LCD price-fixing 10:44 AM

STI closes 1.6% lower 5:29 PM

Govt won't buy bad assets 9:28 AM

Push for govt auto aid 9:09 AM

Asian shares slide 6:29 PM

Will US auto giants be saved? 7:10 AM

OK to Anheuser-Busch's buyout 6:15 AM

Most junior staff spared 6:00 AM

Preserving the value 6:00 AM

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