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Patient restraint pays off for Bernanke
MR BEN Bernanke starts his second year as Federal Reserve chairman with a strong hand of moderating inflation and accelerating growth.Government reports showed the economic expansion picked up last quarter with stable inflation and has boosted Mr Bernanke's stature and the... [Read more]

Official who built China 'White House' gets life term
A CHINESE provincial Communist Party official who put up a building modelled after the White House has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery and embezzlement. Feng Liucheng was found guilty of taking bribes worth 3.7 million yuan (S$730,000) and... [Read more]

Impact likely to be limited as 90% of spam from abroad
HOW will the Spam Control Bill, which was introduced in Parliament two days ago, affect home users, marketers, Internet service providers (ISPs) and companies here when it becomes law? Home users A spam - unsolicited e-mail or SMS, also known as... [Read more]

Evacuees short of food and clean clothes
JAKARTA - AS OTHER women take care of their babies and toddlers, Madam Maya nonchalantly wipes water off the feathers of her two chickens. 'I don't want them to get the flu,' she says. Her birds as well as her two... [Read more]

Companies in brief
SALES HEAD FOR MEDIACORPMEDIACORP has appointed Mr James Yip as head of all its advertising sales across television, radio and print.The appointment, which is effective from April 1, will put Mr Yip in charge of airtime sales across all of MediaCorp's... [Read more]

Goodie bag has magazine with questionable contents
MY HUSBAND participated in the recent Safra Sheares Bridge Run. Participants of all ages took part in the event and they were given a free goodie bag. In it was a magazine with an article entitled 'What to do if she... [Read more]

SingTel's billing system periodically checked and audited to ensure that bills are accurate
We refer to the letter by Mr Tan Guan Hua (Online forum, Feb 3) and thank him for his feedback.We apologise for the miscommunication over his bill and the inconvenience caused.We would like to assure our customers that they are billed... [Read more]

News Corp nears deal for Chinese MySpace
SHANGHAI - NEWS Corp is finalising an agreement with partners to launch a networking website venture in China within a few months, venture capital and Chinese government sources said yesterday.The deal, if successful, would be a landmark step for News Corp,... [Read more]

Hundreds stranded in Taipei as fog delays 30 flights
TAIPEI - THICK fog at Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport delayed more than 30 departing flights yesterday morning, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded, an airport official said.The foggy conditions were created by a humid maritime airstream, reducing visibility to less than 200m,... [Read more]

Charity facts
Name: Club Rainbow (Singapore) What it does: Provides psycho-social, educational, informational and financial support services to more than 430 chronically ill children and their families.Money it needs each year: $1 millionHow it raises funds: Through public and corporate donations and fund-raising... [Read more]

Champions League
TodayCeltic v AC MilanLille v Manchester United Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3.30amPSV Eindhoven v Arsenal Real Madrid v Bayern Munich Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.30amTomorrowBarcelona v Liverpool Live, Ch23, Thursday, 3.30amFC Porto v Chelsea Live, Ch24, Thursday, 3.30amInter Milan v Valencia Roma v... [Read more]