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<title><![CDATA[1. How to improve your investment skills]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5646486&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[WE have been asked by many readers on ways to improve their investment skills. In fact, for all of us who invest, it is one of the essential skills that we need to acquire in our lifetime. Like it or not, we need to have it if we need to generate retur...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2. Billionaire Buffett says bailout money will be paid back]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210080528&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[OMAHA, Nebraska: Billionaire Warren Buffett and Henry Paulson, the former Treasury chief, said U.S. taxpayers will recover every cent paid out to banks during the economic meltdown and may even turn a profit.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3. EPF's 2009 payout will be better]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5647768&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[THANKS largely to a stellar stock market performance in 2009, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) should be declaring a decent dividend for last year soon. And thanks too to low interest rates, the pension fund's dividend payments is going to look...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[4. Bank stocks lifts index]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210112134&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asian markets rebounded in morning trade Wednesday and was mixed at mid-morning as investor hopes rose on a possible rescue for Greece from its growing debt problems and Wall Street's main indices closed higher yesterday.
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<title><![CDATA[5. Google opens new social hub in face-off with Facebook]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210075328&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6. Honda expands airbag inflation recall]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210074200&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT: Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday.

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<title><![CDATA[7. Lead tainted Valentine's Day toys removed]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210094105&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[OAKLAND, California: Target Corp. said Tuesday it was pulling its Valentine's Day &quot;Message Bears&quot; from store shelves after California's attorney general raised concerns that the toys have illegal levels of lead.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[8. Bank Negara said to have rejected Mulpha's application]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5645810&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[PETALING JAYA: Bank Negara is believed to have rejected Mulpha International Bhd's application to commence talks with EON Capital Bhd to acquire a stake in EON Capital Bhd, according to sources.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[9. KNM's future needs may be more than RM3.4bil]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5644907&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[PETALING JAYA: The future capital expenditure needs of KNM Group Bhd may add another layer of funding needs above and beyond what is needed for its proposed management buyout, analysts say.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10. Oil, energy prices boosted by another winter blast]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210081323&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK: Oil and heating oil prices got a boost Tuesday as the second powerful storm in four days threatened to dump more than a foot (0.3 meters) of snow on the East Coast.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[11. US$1b JV smelter for Sarawak]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5647727&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[PUTRAJAYA: GIIG Holdings Sdn Bhd, a company controlled by billionaire Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, and Aluminium Corp of China Ltd (Chalco), the world's second largest producer of alumina, have teamed up to jointly develop an aluminium smelte...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[12. Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210074650&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[13. US stocks up, Dow up above 10,000 again]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210075749&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK: The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[14. P1 sees more competitive prices for WiMAX services]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5647232&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[PETALING JAYA: Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (P1), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Green Packet Bhd, sees more competitive prices for its WiMAX services as competition heats up with the entrance of more players in the broadband market this year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[15. MMC Corp international business CEO Feizal Ali resigns]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5647471&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[PETALING JAYA: MMC Corp Bhd has announced the resignation of Feizal Ali as chief executive officer for its international business with effect from May 3.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[16. Maybank Q2 earnings up 35% to RM993mil]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5647355&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR: The country's largest financial group by assets, Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), posted a second consecutive quarter of gains in net profit on improved performance across the board.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[17. BHP Billiton said Wed half-year profit at $6.1bil]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210093401&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[MELBOURN: Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton Ltd. on Wednesday announced it had more than doubled its first-half profit to US$6.1 billion after selling record quantities of key commodities and keeping a firm hand on its costs.
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<title><![CDATA[18. BCorp unit plans RM180mil solar photovoltaic power plant]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5647595&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR: Berjaya Corp Bhd's (BCorp) wholly-owned subsidiary Berjaya Solar Sdn Bhd plans to develop a RM180mil 10-MW ground-based Solar Photovoltaic (PV) power plant at Bukit Tagar, Selangor,]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[19. Primus buys more time for better offers]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/5648290&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[PRIMUS Pacific Partners (HK) Ltd, the unhappy 20.2% shareholder of EON Capital Bhd (EON Cap), has probably bought itself a bit more time to try and attract more bidders to fight the RM4.92bil cash offer, which is equivalent to RM7.10 per share, from Ho...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[20. Japan said Wed machinery orders jumped 20% in Dec]]></title>
<link>http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/10/business/20100210093712&amp;sec=business</link>
<description><![CDATA[TOKYO: Japanese machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of future business investment, rose in December for the first time in three months, the government said Wednesday.]]></description>
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