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$2.5 or $5.6 billion? Another misleading headlines from ST to protect Temasek

Thread starter temasekreview
Start date Sep 8, 2009

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Sep 8, 2009

The state media Straits Times has come up with another deceptive headline to mislead Singaporeans about the sale of Chartered Semiconductors by Temasek Holdings to Abu Dhabi group ATIC. (read ST article here)

Appearing under the “top story” section, the headlines screamed: “Abu Dhabi fund offers $5.6b for Chartered.”

Its first paragraph reads:

“A CASH-RICH Middle East sovereign wealth fund has made a $5.6 billion bid to acquire home-grown chip-maker Chartered Semiconductor.”
Let us compared the Straits Times’ headlines with reports from three other international news agencies:

Read rest of article here:

http://temasekreview.com/?p=13257

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