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I WOULD like to set up my own business selling takeaway food with light cooking. I have been looking for a shop but can't find any that is suitable. Either the rental is too high ($2,000 per month and above) or... [Read more]

Results
BASKETBALLNBA: Phoenix 115 Cleveland 100, Milwaukee 107 New York 105, San Antonio 96 LA Lakers 94 (OT), Washington 105 Boston 91, Detroit 95 Indiana 87, LA Clippers 98 Seattle 76.CRICKETTri-series one-day international in Perth: Australia 343-5 in 50 overs (Hayden 117,... [Read more]

A lesson in economic defence
SINGAPORE'S political leaders should seize on the ban on sand exports from Indonesia to impart an important lesson on total defence.How Singapore and the affected parties are responding to the emergency situation demonstrates the concept of economic defence.The Ministry of National... [Read more]

Pyongyang's will to disarm still in doubt
BEIJING - PYONGYANG yesterday finally signed on to what observers say is the first concrete step forward in the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. However, analysts say the jury is still out on whether Pyongyang is committed to a long-term process... [Read more]

CapitaLand earns $40m from sale of office space
CAPITALAND has sold all its entire interest in the Samsung Hub office block to two different buyers for a gain of $40 million.The entire divestment of space in the central business district building amounted to $152.9 million.Property company Ho Bee Development... [Read more]

Why no new $10 polymer notes?
AFTER queuing for almost an hour at a POSB branch for its $500 Prosperity Pack, I was surprised to find that the new $10 notes were not of the polymer type, and the serial numbers were not in sequence. Has the... [Read more]

Apples are Good for You
As the doctor says 'An Apple a Day keeps the Doctor away'And I thought it was clear enough.... [Read more]

News In Brief
Tokyo, New York bourses on track for tie-up dealTOKYO - THE Tokyo and New York stock exchanges are expected to reach an agreement on their tie-up when bourse officials meet in New York at the end of the month, said a... [Read more]

Phone call may give vital lead in train blast probe
NEW DELHI - INDIAN investigators are looking into a suspicious phone call made to Pakistani Kashmir just after bombs on a train bound for Pakistan killed 68 people, an official said yesterday. But Kashmiri militants denied any role. The governments of... [Read more]

Terror alert in Manila on Valentine's
POLICE have stepped up security at train stations and an oil depot and set up road checkpoints in the Philippine capital to prevent a repeat of the deadly 2005 Valentine's Day terror bombings, officials said yesterday.The authorities have not monitored any... [Read more]

Foreign undergrads' English not up to par
AS A human resource practitioner for more than 10 years, I have interviewed a number of foreign undergraduates from our local universities for part-time employment. Their command of our working language, which is English, is not up to my expectations of... [Read more]