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Jewell holds his tongue this time
LONDON - WIGAN manager Paul Jewell refused to criticise referee Rob Styles' decision to send Fitz Hall off during the Latics' 1-1 Premiership draw with Watford on Wednesday.Hall was dismissed for a two-footed lunge at Johan Cavalli after just 20 minutes... [Read more]

PayPal picks Singapore for regional headquarters
ONLINE payments giant PayPal has set up its regional headquarters in Singapore.California-based PayPal helps users to send and receive payments securely online, using its own technology coupled with bank accounts and credit cards.Owned by popular online auction site eBay, PayPal has... [Read more]

S'pore will take globalisation head on
GLOBALISATION has become such a dirty word in so many parts of the world that it was almost refreshing to hear Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam give his unflinching endorsement of the phenomenon. His message was simple and stark: Globalisation is... [Read more]

I will be at Stamford Bridge till 2010: Mourinho
LONDON - THE 'Special One' will be hard to replace.Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, never one known for his modesty, says he will be hard to replace at Stamford Bridge.Speculation has been rife that the Portuguese is seeing out the final months... [Read more]

Rise of sea levels 'will hit big nations too'
NEW DELHI - SMALL island states are most vulnerable, but even Indonesia, Thailand and China will feel the backlash as global warming causes sea levels to rise. That is the warning from the scientist who chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate... [Read more]

India to set up aerospace defence shield
NW DELHI - INDIA will set up an aerospace defence command to shield itself against possible attacks from outer space, officials said.The announcement came three days after Russia backed India's response to a Chinese satellite-destroying missile test that demanded a 'weapons-free... [Read more]

Two Taiwan companies drop 'China' from titles
TAIPEI - PRESIDENT Chen Shui-bian renamed two state-run enterprises - replacing 'China' with 'Taiwan' in their titles - yesterday, saying the change was a step towards making Taiwan a 'normal country', separate from China.His move came despite protests from union members... [Read more]

An Asian triangle to watch out for
THE foreign ministers of Russia, India and China have met this week in Delhi. Their talks did not last long and nothing much transpired. But other governments watched the meeting with great care. For, if Russia, China and India - representing... [Read more]

Directors' Trades
CAPITALAND CEO CUTS STAKE IN FIRM'S REITA DIRECTOR of CapitaRetail China Trust (CRCT) Management has reduced his direct interest in the real estate investment trust (Reit).Mr Liew Mun Leong, who is also CapitaLand's president and chief executive, sold 200,000 units in... [Read more]

Pound unfazed by IOC reproach
LONDON - WORLD Anti-Doping Agency head Dick Pound is unfazed by the IOC's public reprimand for comments he has made about Lance Armstrong. Pound, a frequent critic of cycling's doping record, criticised a Dutch report last year that cleared the seven-time... [Read more]

Malaysia's Camerlin to give out BIL stock
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN investment firm Camerlin Group unveiled plans yesterday to hand almost all of its 22.3 per cent stake in Singapore investment house BIL International to its shareholders.Camerlin said the move would allow it to restructure its own share... [Read more]