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Samsung hopes new portal will spice up market
ELECTRONICS giant Samsung has unveiled a new website that it says sets a new benchmark for top consumer electronics firms. With the website  Samsung is jostling with a host of commercial portals trying to get noticed in the increasinglycrowded market. Uberme means... [Read more]

Five months on, and still no reply to enquiries on cancelled air tickets
In August 2005, I bought some miles and redeemed two air tickets to Hawaii for June last year. In March last year, I made some enquiries to change the ticket dates but there were no flights available, hence I decided to... [Read more]

Companies in brief
COURTS SUFFERS $2.4M LOSS RETAILER Courts (Singapore) incurred a $2.4 million loss in the third quarter ended Dec 31, bringing its loss for the year to date to $5.6 million. Courts issued a profit warning last month, saying it expected losses... [Read more]

Town prepares for more flooding
KOTA TINGGI (JOHOR) - MOTORCYCLE trader Ham Hon Eng has been working overtime to get a lift installed in the second storey of his shophouse.While many residents and businessmen here are almost paralysed by worry over a possible third wave of... [Read more]

I feel like a WHORE
Daring bus stop shoot brings Fann close to 'emotional breakdown' - it's the price of taking on more risky roles CLAD in a short skirt, Fann Wong is sitting at a bus stop, her legs wide apart.She then props one foot... [Read more]

Thai panel to probe phone-tapping claims
BANGKOK - THAILAND'S military-appointed government is setting up a panel to investigate allegations of eavesdropping on its telecommunication lines. The move came a week after Thailand's army chief accused Singapore of spying on its military phone conversations. In a spiralling diplomatic... [Read more]

So cool, so calm, so perfect
SINGAPORE'S passage into the Asean Championship final may have been confirmed only after Saturday's penalty shoot-out victory over Malaysia. But the win was actually the result of more than a year of diligence, during which the Lions devoted extra time after... [Read more]

Pompey and Man City row over Barton
LONDON - MANCHESTER City's relationship with Portsmouth is in danger of descending into total hostility, after another day of mudslinging over Joey Barton. Pompey's manager Harry Redknapp infuriated his opposite number Stuart Pearce by claiming on Tuesday that the midfielder had... [Read more]

Brand-less Clippers are no match for the Pistons
THE Detroit Pistons got the Los Angeles Clippers at the right time, and they knew it.Chris Webber had 19 points and nine rebounds as he helped the Pistons beat the short-handed Clippers 92-74 on Monday for their seventh straight victory.The Clippers... [Read more]

China trade surplus hit $24.4b in January
HONG KONG - CHINA posted a US$15.9 billion (S$24.4 billion) trade surplus last month, pumping more cash into the world's fourth-biggest economy and adding pressure on Beijing to let the yuan rise faster. Imports jumped 27.5 per cent from a year... [Read more]

Admiration for ex-chief slowly melted away
THE voice at the other end of the line was one that Mr Michael Lim had not heard for some 20 years.It was Mr Vincent Lam, founder of Youth Challenge - which was being probed by the Commissioner of Charities (COC).He... [Read more]