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'Scrap the season and give title to Inter'
ROME - INTER Milan coach Roberto Mancini has called for the Italian season to be abandoned and his team to be crowned Serie A champions. He said it was pointless to continue playing in front of empty stadiums. His side beat... [Read more]

SMEs with profits around $300,000 benefit most from tax cuts
WHEN all the business tax permutations are totted up, one specific group scores best - smaller firms with profits around $300,000 - although all firms benefit to various degrees. Cuts and exemptions listed in the Budget will deliver small and medium-sized... [Read more]

Philatelic museum will follow up on feedback
I REFER to the letter by Ms Chan Siew Hoong, 'Impressed by show of old S'pore postcards' (ST, Feb 14). We thank Ms Chan for her visit to the Singapore Philatelic Museum and for taking time to write in her suggestions.... [Read more]

SCCCI looks at club to cultivate bicultural Chinese S'poreans
IT MAY be 100 years old, but the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) is open to ideas as to how it can continue to remain relevant. And top government leaders have provided some suggestions in a book, entitled... [Read more]

Covered walkways and air-con make for softies
THERE are more covered walkways at LRT stations and schools are being built in Punggol. Are we making life too comfortable? Surely, some rain and sun won't hurt, especially for the students?A covered walkway is a small matter. But is it... [Read more]

Crisis talks in Italy after PM Prodi resigns
ROME - ITALIAN President Giorgio Napolitano has started crisis talks with political leaders following the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi after just 10 months in office.The Prime Minister, whose fragile centre-left coalition narrowly won elections last April, tendered his... [Read more]

Mickelson's misses help Howell triumph
PACIFIC PALISADES (CALIFORNIA) - AFTER a week of basking in the hearty adulation and California sunshine, Phil Mickelson arrived at the Riviera Country Club's final hole on Sunday staring at a one-shot lead and trouble on the left. At stake was... [Read more]

Buyout moves hurt PacNet's net income
THE recent takeover battle for Pacific Internet (PacNet) has taken its toll on the firm's bottom line, driving profits down 47 per cent to US$3.8 million (S$5.8 million) for the year ended Dec 31. Net profits for the fourth quarter were... [Read more]

Drug-eluting stents - benefits outweigh the risks
THE first stent, a tiny metal scaffold used to hold the artery walls in position, was used in 1986 to prevent arteries from collapsing after they have been unblocked. But one in four patients with these bare-metal stents found their arteries... [Read more]

Fresh round of clashes in Gaza
GAZA CITY - FIGHTING between rival Palestinian forces erupted again yesterday in the Gaza Strip, where 23 people have been killed in the fiercest bout of internecine violence since Hamas won elections a year ago. Three Palestinians died overnight as militants... [Read more]

Parliament sitting
PARLIAMENT will sit on Monday, Feb 12, according to a statement from the Clerk of Parliament.... [Read more]