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Singapore's unemployment rate hit 5-year low

As the supply of foreign workers continued to shrink, Singapore’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stayed at 2012’s 1.8%, which was the lowest since 2007. (Getty Images)
As the supply of foreign workers continued to shrink, Singapore’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stayed at 2012’s 1.8%, which was the lowest since 2007. (Getty Images)

The supply of foreign workers continues to shrink. According to CIMB, despite modest economic growth, the labour market remains tight, with unemployment staying at a 5-year low of 1.8 per cent SA at end-2013. As the supply of foreign workers continued to shrink, Singapore’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stayed at 2012’s 1.8 per cent, which was the lowest since 2007.
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/chart-day-singapores-unemployment-rate-012000910.html

US actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New York

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment of a suspected drug overdose on Sunday, law enforcement officials said. (AFP Photo)
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment of a suspected drug overdose on Sunday, law enforcement officials said. (AFP Photo)

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment of a suspected drug overdose on Sunday, law enforcement officials said. He was 46. The enigmatic star who was hailed as the finest character actor of his generation, won an Oscar in 2006 as best actor for "Capote" and was nominated for three further Academy Awards. A substance thought to be heroin was found at the scene when police responded to the actor's home in Manhattan's West Village after receiving a call from one of his friends.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-actor-philip-seymour-hoffman-found-dead-york-185445714.html

Woody Allen: Farrow claims 'untrue,' 'disgraceful'

Woody Allen called Dylan Farrow's allegations of child molestation "untrue and disgraceful," signaling that he would fight renewed claims dating back to Allen's tempestuous relationship with actress Mia Farrow in the early 1990s. (Reuters photo)
Woody Allen called Dylan Farrow's allegations of child molestation "untrue and disgraceful," signaling that he would fight renewed claims dating back to Allen's tempestuous relationship with actress Mia Farrow in the early 1990s. (Reuters photo)

Woody Allen called Dylan Farrow's allegations of child molestation "untrue and disgraceful", signaling that he would fight renewed claims dating back to Allen's tempestuous relationship with actress Mia Farrow in the early 1990s. The movie director's publicist Leslee Dart said in an email Sunday that Allen has read Dylan Farrow's open-letter, published online Saturday by The New York Times, claiming she was sexually assaulted when she was 7 by her then adoptive father.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/woody-allen-farrow-claims-39-untrue-39-39-214452944.html

China's unwanted babies once mostly girls, now mostly sick, disabled

Dozens of babies have been secretly dropped off in China at "baby safety islands", or "baby hatches", set up since late last year under a scheme aimed at protecting unwanted offspring. (Reuters photo)
Dozens of babies have been secretly dropped off in China at "baby safety islands", or "baby hatches", set up since late last year under a scheme aimed at protecting unwanted offspring. (Reuters photo)

Dozens of babies have been secretly dropped off in China at "baby safety islands", or "baby hatches", set up since late last year under a scheme aimed at protecting unwanted offspring. Chinese media frequently report harrowing tales of babies being abandoned, a problem attributed to young mothers unaware they are pregnant, the birth of an unwanted girl in a society which puts greater value on boys or China's strict family planning rules.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-39-unwanted-babies-once-mostly-girls-now-211438759.html#W4aus06

Murray seals rare British Davis Cup win over US

Britain celebrated their first Davis Cup victory over the United States since 1935 when Andy Murray beat Sam Querrey 7-6 6-7 6-1 6-3 on Sunday in the World Group first-round tie in San Diego. (AP Photo)
Britain celebrated their first Davis Cup victory over the United States since 1935 when Andy Murray beat Sam Querrey 7-6 6-7 6-1 6-3 on Sunday in the World Group first-round tie in San Diego. (AP Photo)

Britain celebrated their first Davis Cup victory over the United States since 1935 when Andy Murray beat Sam Querrey 7-6, 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday in the World Group first-round tie in San Diego. Wimbledon champion Murray broke his big-serving opponent five times on the red clay surface to give Britain an unassailable 3-1 lead and the final match of the rubber, between James Ward and American Donald Young, was scrapped.
http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/murray-earns-britain-rare-davis-cup-win-over-221246826--ten.html

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