MAS issues monograph on financial market infrastructure supervision

SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a monograph of Supervision of Financial Market Infrastructures in Singapore on Monday.In a statement, MAS said the monograph sets out its approach in supervising financial market infrastructures in Singapore to foster their safety and efficiency. It also outlines MAS' adoption of the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures,...

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Apple is done, say teens

Love on the Surface.(Credit:Microsoft/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)When you want to know what's cool, you ask a teenager.You have to ask her nicely or she will scowl you into oblivion or patronize you into a painful purgatory.So I'd like to prepare you for some of this difficulty.Teens have decided that Apple is, like, so over. If you want to be a veritable cooleratus, you want to be...

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Poisoned Lottery Winner's Kin Were Suspicious

Urooj Khan had just brought home his $425,000 lottery check when he unexpectedly died the following day. Now, certain members of Khan's family are speaking publicly about the mystery -- and his nephew told ABC News they knew something was not right."He was a healthy guy, you know?" said the nephew, Minhaj Khan. "He worked so hard. He was always going about his business and,...

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France bombs Mali rebels as more troops arrive in Bamako

BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) - French fighter jets bombed Islamist rebels in Mali for a third day on Sunday as Paris poured more troops into the capital Bamako, awaiting the arrival of a West African force to dislodge al Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country's north. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said France's dramatic intervention on Friday to bomb a convoy of heavily armed...

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Over 100 couples renew wedding vows at S'pore Flyer

SINGAPORE: It was a huge display of love at the Singapore Flyer as 111 couples renewed their marriage vows, in the presence of their family and friends.The couples and their families then got a chance to take a cruise to Marina Promenade while others began their day in the air on an exclusive "Dawn Flight" on the Singapore Flyer.It was all part of the first mass renewal of vows organised...

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A headphone amp and USB digital-to-analog converter for just $99 each

The Schiit Magni and Modi (left) and Schiit Asgard (right).(Credit:Steve Guttenberg/CNET)Schiit Audio's very first product, the Asgard headphone amplifier, left me shaken and stirred back in 2010. It sold for $249, looked and sounded amazing, and to top things off, it was made in the U.S. -- not just assembled here. Most of the Asgard's parts are sourced from U.S. companies. The Asgard is still in...

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Source: Armstrong will admit doping to Oprah

AUSTIN, Texas Lance Armstrong will make a limited confession to doping during his televised interview with Oprah Winfrey next week, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.Play VideoAnti-doping chief: Armstrong bullied witnesses 38 PhotosLance ArmstrongArmstrong, who has long denied doping, will also offer an apology during the interview scheduled to be taped Monday at his home in Austin,...

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Poisoned Lottery Winner's Kin Were Suspicious

Urooj Khan had just brought home his $425,000 lottery check when he unexpectedly died the following day. Now, certain members of Khan's family are speaking publicly about the mystery -- and his nephew told ABC News they knew something was not right."He was a healthy guy, you know?" said the nephew, Minhaj Khan said. "He worked so hard. He was always going about his business...

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Obama, Karzai accelerate end of U.S. combat role in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed on Friday to speed up the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces, raising the prospect of an accelerated U.S. withdrawal from the country and underscoring Obama's determination to wind down a long, unpopular war. Signaling a narrowing of differences, Karzai appeared to give ground...

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100 youth leaders engage in national conversation dialogue

SINGAPORE: Some 100 youth leaders and members from nine youth uniformed organisations engaged in an Our Singapore Conversation dialogue on Saturday morning. The event is part of the Inaugural Young Leaders' Forum organised by the Singapore Scout Association.Education Minister Heng Swee Keat was also present to listen in and have an open dialogue with the participants.Some of the topics...

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