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SINGAPORE: More than 1,700 families benefited from the government’s eight—year—old Home Ownership Plus Education (HOPE) scheme in 2008. The figure was 300 more than the year before.
Reuters - Nike is experiencing a sharp increase in online sales, driven in part by cost-conscious shoppers conserving gasoline, the U.S. company’s chief executive said on Saturday.
With Sri Lanka’s rebels in retreat, resolve deepens
AFP - Wall Street kicks off the month of February with confidence still shaky and investors hoping for a quick government stimulus to counter the worst recession in decades.
PC World - A group of U.S. companies, led by technology giants Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and eBay, is set to outline recommendations for new federal data-privacy legislation that could make life easier for consumers and lead to a standard federal breach-notification law.