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December 6, 2008 Saturday

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Straits Times Headlines

PM does not expect global depression

Former MP and unionist Ho See Beng dies aged 90

Couple races round the world

Inside

Smart power for info age

View Points

Subsidised drugs for HIV patients

Aids message for older men

'He knew how to listen, and make others listen'

45,000 new jobs for the taking

Honda quits Formula One

Not all pain will go away

Singapore's approach

Handouts unlikely to help economy

Big projects get the bulk of money

Will shopping vouchers do the trick?

Happiness is infectious

Going strong after 150 years **

Talks with car manufacturers

LONDON - THE British government said on Saturday that it is discussing how to help car manufacturers cope with falling sales and funding problems.

The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform said on Saturday that Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and Business Minister Ian Pearson met representatives from the automotive industry to talk about how the sector could access funding.

No bailout for Western firms

SHANGHAI - CHINA Investment Corp (CIC), the country's US$200 billion (S$304.6 billion) sovereign wealth fund, is unwilling to bail out troubled Western financial firms because of unfair restrictions on its investment, a deputy general manager of the fund said on Saturday.

Opec head predicts output cuts

ALGIERS (Algeria) - THE head of Opec says financial markets should brace for a 'surprise' decision on oil output cuts by the cartel during its summit later this month.

OK Air stops passenger flights

BEIJING - ONE of China's private airlines has suspended passenger flights due to financial and management problems, state media reported on Saturday, the latest victim of the global economic crisis.

India central bank cuts rates

China to better help small biz

CS investment banking to go on

HK to create 250,000 jobs

China Nov exports fall

ANZ to cut 800 jobs

S$289m credit facility for ING

Bush to tap rest of bailout?

Mitsubishi to buy Aeon stake

Oil falls to nearly US$40

Interest in Yahoo search

Job losses worst since 1974

US taxpayers will see return

Home loan woes break records

US recession to deepen

Palin shopping continued

Minister to oversee stimulus

Auto aid from energy fund

GM to axe 2,000 more

Merrill-BofA merger approved

Not all pain will go away

US stocks end with big gains

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commented

1	Yoga practised here is secular, say instructors
2	Now in US, Nair retracts apologies, repeats criticisms
3	Yield to buses or face fine
4	Lo Hwei Yen's death a stark reminder that global terrorism is no respecter of human values and decency
5	Electricity bills to fall 25%
6	A hawker writes: If costs of supplies are up, how can we bring prices down?
7	Leap in crime? Don't worry: Malaysia police
8	S'poreans should come last
9	SIA shut out of Australia-US route
10	MOE asks more of homeschool pupils

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