Same News, Different Headlines: ST vs Forbes/Bloomberg
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http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_430997.html
Straits Times, 17 Sep 2009
S'pore Aug exports up 1.3%
SINGAPORE'S exports in August rose 1.3 per cent from July, when it was up 5.9 per cent.
Against a year ago, non-oil domestic exports fell 7.1 per cent, after an 8.7 per cent drop in July, 2008, due to lower electronic sales, said International Enterprise Singapore, the trade promotion agency on Thursday.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/09/17/business-as-singapore-trade_6896831.html
Forbes.com, 17 Sep 2009
Singapore exports fall 7.1 percent in August
SINGAPORE -- Singapore's ailing exports improved in August as global demand for the city-state's products slowly recovered.
Exports excluding oil fell 7.1 percent in August from the same month of 2008 to 12.1 billion Singapore dollars ($8.5 billion) following an 8.7 percent drop in July, according to Trade and Industry Ministry figures released Thursday. Compared to July, exports rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3 percent.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=apG5tF0bX2So
Bloomberg.com, 17 Sep 2009
Singapore’s Export Slump Eases as World Recovers From Recession
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s exports dropped the least in 11 months in August after signs emerged that the global economy is pulling out of its worst recession since the 1930s.
Non-oil domestic exports fell 7.1 percent from a year earlier, after contracting a revised 8.7 percent in July, the trade promotion agency said in a statement today. Economists had expected a 5 percent decline.
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The Singapore government is trying to encourage spending, when folks see good economic news, they will be more willing to spend thinking economy is recovering, when folks spend the economy will recover faster.
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Should get more "good" news everyday.
You know where this is leading up to.
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Of course our 154th will always jump to play up any little bit of good news!
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Recently, a lot of "pro citizen" initiatives reported in the news.
But everybody knows they will just talk about it and make cosmetic changes to their policies.
Once elections over, they go back to to their money making schemes and continue to squeeze Singaporeans.
Haiz.