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T-bird lands here Top US business school sets up office
T-BIRD may be a name Singaporeans are familiar with only from the Grease movies of the 1970s and 1980s. But those in business academia and human resource circles here welcome the presence of the American business school, Thunderbird, in Singapore.Thunderbird -... [Read more]

Higher parking fees for bigger cars
LONDON - RESIDENTS of a suburban London district will soon pay annual parking fees based on how much carbon dioxide their cars emit, penalising owners of gas guzzlers. Richmond Council, in west London, agreed on Monday to levy a sliding scale... [Read more]

Festive death toll on roads hits 64
KUALA LUMPUR - MORE than 60 people have died on Malaysia's roads despite a safety blitz ahead of Chinese New Year this weekend. Malaysian police said 64 people have been killed in accidents in the four days since the launch of... [Read more]

Officials to look into Thai walkout before final
THE Asean Football Federation (AFF) will look into Thailand's walkout incident before Sunday's Asean Championship second-leg final. This was confirmed by Datuk Seri Dr Ibrahim Saad, AFF's head of delegation for the Singapore-Thailand first-leg final at the National Stadium on Wednesday.... [Read more]

Pain fails to keep Ridhuan out
MUHAMMAD Ridhuan could have run all night on Saturday if he had to. Such was the adrenalin rush that the 22-year-old winger felt after scoring Singapore's equaliser in the 75th minute. But he lasted barely another minute on the field after... [Read more]

$30m Safra club in Jurong by 2009
THEY are already in the north, south, east and central districts. Coming next: a Safra club in the west. When completed by early 2009, the $30 million Jurong West Safra - themed a 'family playground' - will boast the largest indoor... [Read more]

Rules eased to get more foreign docs here
THE door has been opened wider to foreign doctors, as Singapore moves towards a new goal of having one doctor per patient in public hospitals.The public sector currently employs 3,156 doctors, which translates to one doctor for every two patients at... [Read more]

All that jazz and art from HK
BIG band music from Hong Kong's Saturday Night Jazz Orchestra filled the air last night, as an arts showcase called Spotlight Hong Kong kicked off at The Arts House. Part of the city's arts exchange with Singapore, it is a sister... [Read more]

Brokerages beefing up corporate finance teams
BROKERAGES are beefing up their corporate finance outfits in a bid to win some of the lucrative IPO business that has traditionally gone to foreign investment banks. The red-hot stock market coupled with the stream of new China initial public offers... [Read more]

Help sibling and win tax relief
YOU will soon be rewarded for extending a helping hand to your brother and sister.Those who use cash to top up the Central Provident Fund (CPF) retirement accounts of their siblings will now be allowed to claim tax relief of up... [Read more]

Mortar attack on Baghdad school leaves 5 girls dead
BAGHDAD - MORTAR shells hit the courtyard of a girls' school in a mostly Sunni Arab neighbourhood of Baghdad on Sunday, killing five pupils and wounding 20. On the same day, a US helicopter crashed during fierce fighting between Iraqi government... [Read more]