January 23, 2009 Friday
Updated
Straits
Times
Headlines
Budget
2009
In
Brief
Cash
to
employers
lessens
wage
burdens,
saves
jobs
Cash
grant
to
subsidise
wage
bills
A
Budget
first:
Govt
to
draw
$4.9b
from
past
reserves
Slew
of
measures
to
keep
companies
competitive
$5.8b
more
to
encourage
lending
to
cash-strapped
firms
GST
credits
will
double
Bigger
grant
for
first-time
HDB
home
buyers
Dole
up
by
$30
for
those
who
qualify;
pensions
up
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Jan 23, 2009
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THE Straits Times Index closed at 1,685.23 on Friday evening, down 1.38%, or 23.54 points lower. A total of 686.5 million shares were traded. Losers beat gainers 248 to 133.
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9:11 AM
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7:23 AM
Thain is out of BoA
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US unemployment spikes
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6:11 AM
Google posts quarterly profit
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6:06 AM
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stories
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Warning on asset bubbles
In sickness and in health...
CapitaMalls gains on debut
commented
1
Rapped for insensitivity
2
Cut in top govt pay
3
Govt may dip into reserves
4
200,000 may leave
5
Spare the rod and not spoil the child with right parenting skills
6
Perm sec's French holiday: He should be lauded for creativity, resolve and effort
7
Perm sec's French holiday: Unfair to restrict how he spends his salary
8
Bad timing, but let's not go overboard
9
Private tuition: Why Singapore education can't do without it
10
The Obama mystique: Recalling kennedy
emailed
Just too much rain
Prices for theme park
English at work is 'weird'
Floods hit Bukit Timah
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Warning on asset bubbles
Flu jab side effects reported
ST News now on iPhone
Lecturer collapses, dies
Stifling anger can kill
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