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Lim Yin Foong: Can Britain’s football clubs be saved from financial ruin? |
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Written by Lim Yin Foong
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Monday, 30 August 2010 13:56 |
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FOOTBALL FANS THE world over are once again glued to their TV sets as another season of the English Premier League (EPL) gets under way. In the UK, however, attention is focused not only on the games being played on the pitches, but in the boardrooms of the football clubs as well.
Just over a week ago, Chinese sports businessman Kenny Huang unexpectedly withdrew his bid to take over debt-ridden Liverpool FC. Huang didn’t officially give a reason for backing out, but his bid had been under tremendous media scrutiny in these past weeks, amid suspicion that his financial backers may have been an Asian sovereign wealth fund.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 September 2010 10:26 |
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Sunita Sue Leng: Les Enphants trumps low birth rates with China push |
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Written by Sunita Sue Leng
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Monday, 30 August 2010 13:54 |
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WHEN IT COMES to babies, Singapore and Taiwan don’t have a whole lot of them. Babies become even scarcer during Tiger years, a Chinese zodiac sign associated with wild and wilful personalities. The old beliefs are eroding, but this hasn’t been enough to keep birth rates from contracting in both countries this year.
In 1H, the number of newborns in Taiwan dipped 8.9%. This was less than the 16.7% drop seen during the last Year of the Tiger in 1998 but it still means that Taiwan’s fertility rate (ratio of live births per 1,000 population) is on course to plummet to 0.94 this year. That will make it the lowest in the world. In comparison, Singapore’s fertility rate came in at 1.22 in 2009, which was a record low for the Lion City.
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 14:50 |
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Daryl Guppy: Shanghai’s volatility continues |
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Written by Daryl Guppy
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Monday, 30 August 2010 13:43 |
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NORMALLY, ACTIVITY IN the US market does not influence the Shanghai index but the current situation is an exception. The close below 10,200 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a strong confirmation of the much-feared double dip in the US. Technically, the significant support and resistance level is at 10,200, although much attention is focused on the nice round figure of 10,000.
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Last Updated on Friday, 03 September 2010 16:12 |
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Bob Doll: Growth to slow; double-dip recession unlikely |
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Written by Bob Doll
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Monday, 30 August 2010 13:41 |
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EQUITY MARKETS WERE mixed for the week ended Aug 20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.9% to fall to 10,214, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost 0.7% to fall to 1,072 and the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.3% to reach 2,180.
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