Company Technology

2 Aug 2005

PEOPLE GENERALLY choose a mobile PC based on how often they expect to lug it around. A frequent traveller will probably sacrifice performance for a lighter machine, plumbing for an ultra-portable...

GOOD CAUSE

2 Aug 2005

Seven-time Tour de France champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong may be retired from competitive cycling, but his eponymous foundation continues to push public health, advocacy, research and...

CK Life Sciences snaps up another key Australian asset

1 Aug 2005

CK Life Sciences International said it will buy Nuturf Australia, the country's largest supplier of turf management products and services, for $41.9 million in cash.

PCCW turns up heat on i-Cable

1 Aug 2005

Telecoms giant throws down the gauntlet to pay-TV rival as struggle for top content piles on cost pressures

Competition in the pay-television market between PCCW and i-Cable...

Travellers' checks

31 Jul 2005

Brought to book

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Galaxy TV faces legal challenge by PCCW

Fledgling pay-television operator Galaxy has come under indirect attack from PCCW, which is seeking a judicial review into the non-disclosure by the Broadcasting Authority (BA) of information...

Acquisitive Asian firms spreading their wings to distant horizons

Early this week, Charoen Pokphand Foods, Thailand's biggest publicly traded chicken farmer, announced plans to spread its wings to Russia, Ukraine and Britain.

Lines lead to three merged telecoms operators

An expectation that China will issue 3G licences to only three out of the four major telecommunications players next year has led to various versions of how the sector will be restructured.

Bank left open after door fails

An electrical malfunction at a branch of Wing Lung Bank meant that the entrance was left open for nearly 15 minutes on Wednesday night with $1 million cash inside.

Passengers hit out at 'invasive' TV

The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation yesterday admitted it had received complaints about new television news and advertising broadcasts in its carriages, with one regular passenger describing...

Slimming Centres

Do slimming programmes promote healthy, long-term weight loss or are they simply a quick fix? Cathy Lee, training manager at Institut Clarins, says a good slimming programme should boost inner...