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July 9, 2009 Thursday

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Straits Times Headlines

Yudhoyono by a landslide

Inside

Flu fight: Don't let $85 bill be the weak link

View Points

Businessman sues bank over losses linked to Madoff

Cyber attacks cripple South Korean and US websites

S'pore ranked most trade-friendly nation

Marina Bay IR opening pushed back

H1N1 tracking to focus on proportion of cases

Hu cuts short trip to return home

As vigilantes roam Urumqi, brutality reigns

Scream that sparked widespread violence

Scientists claim a first: sperm from stem cells

'Daddy was the best'

Google to launch operating system

Loop Of Fortune fires up festival

Breaking News

26 held over Suez Canal plot

Green eyes place among elite

Reserve currency diversification

Rain delays start to Test

Accuser a bully too

Turk minister urges boycott

El Nino developing

Help for sick cabbies

Wall St lifts on Alcoa earnings **

50 safety lapses found

DESPITE being given at least a month's notice about workplace safety inspections, contractors at four sites in the Balestier and Novena area failed to clean up their act.

Manpower Ministry inspectors found 50 safety lapses in all, no better a tally than what they usually find during their surprise inspections.

More bosses hiring

MORE bosses intend to hire rather than fire in the months between now and September, according to two recent surveys.

The findings by human resource consultancy Hudson and the Singapore National Employers' Federation (SNEF) suggest that some sectors intend to increase staffing levels and position themselves for an anticipated upturn.

Over 200 investors suing DBS

MORE than 200 investors who lost a total of about $17 million on structured notes sold by DBS are suing the bank in a bid to get their money back.

Accuser a bully too

THE former prison inmate who accused three former cellmates of beating him and forcing him to perform sex acts on them was on Thursday made out to be a bully himself.

Help for sick cabbies

Clinic visitorship up

More defaulting on bills

Save energy drive expands

Zoo has a white baby rhino

SAF jeep driver arrested

7 years jail for $2m theft

2nd loanshark ring busted

Cancer survivors raise $5,000

No tightening of tax policy

Shift in coroner probes

Ex-Mitsui VP jailed 36 mths