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AFTER months of research, my newly formed company will produce biodiesel on a small commercial scale. We need technical and financial assistance to jump-start this venture. What assistance can we expect from Spring? You may wish to explore the following programmes.... [Read more]

Attacking football paid off for the hosts, says ST panel
'The Singapore team did well and denied the Thais space and time. We did not allow them to settle down or get any kind of rhythm going.'The one time that they did get going, they scored a goal, so it shows... [Read more]

Only badminton, no song, says Yeh
RONALD Susilo found a new partner on the badminton court yesterday - Hong Kong diva Sally Yeh. They came up against tough opponents - world No 9 pair Li Yujia and Hendri Kurniawan Saputra - who eventually won 21-19 in a... [Read more]

S'porean helping Chia
DANNY Chia, the 'forgotten man' of Malaysian golf, is seeing a Singapore sports psychologist as he tries to get back into international reckoning.He was the first Malaysian pro to win a title - the Taiwan Open in 2002 - on the... [Read more]

What's the deal?
BEIJING - PRESIDENT George Bush said late last night that a deal struck with North Korea was a 'step in the right direction' towards getting the rogue state to permanently dismantle its nuclear weapons programme.He cautioned, however, that 'there's a lot... [Read more]

Airline high-handed and of no help to my sick niece
My niece who is studying in England took a flight on KLM back to Singapore on Jan 13. She had a confirmed flight back to England on Jan 22 (KL838) at 11.15pm. Two days before her departure, she fell ill and... [Read more]

UBS moves top wealth manager to S'pore
UBS has relocated its vice-president of global wealth management, Mr Carlo Grigioni, from Switzerland to Singapore.The move reflects the growing importance of the Asia-Pacific region to the Swiss private banking giant. Mr Grigioni, a Swiss national who had previously worked in... [Read more]

Fed officials see no rate cut, citing inflation risks
WASHINGTON - UNITED States Federal Reserve officials, armed with figures showing inflation picking up, made it clear that they are not close to cutting interest rates. Hours after the government reported on Wednesday that consumer prices rose more than forecast last... [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]

Climate change already affects lives
DHAKA - IN SOME parts of the world, people have long suspected what the world's top climate scientists concluded in a report yesterday - that climate changes are already endangering their ways of life. Kivalina, one of an estimated 200 villages... [Read more]

Critical that we spend well on military hardware to protect our sovereignty
I refer to Mr Quek Soo Beng's letter, 'Examine the old sacred cow of defence spending' (ST, Jan 27).While I agree with Mr Quek on the point that many of Singapore's sacred cows have died, he failed to note that many... [Read more]