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Coates completes move to Liverpool

| Sports
2011-9-1

LIVERPOOL confirmed the signing of Uruguay defender Sebastian Coates from Nacional de Montevideo on Tuesday. Nacional had already said that it will receive around US$11.5 million from Liverpool for the 20-year-old...

Tickets unsold

| Sports
2011-9-1

THE head of the International Rugby Board has urged New Zealanders to buy the remaining tickets to the Rugby World Cup, saying it will be a long time before the tournament returns. Only 10 days from the opening...

Aussie people swap plan stalled

| World
2011-9-1

AUSTRALIA'S highest court yesterday scuttled government plans for a refugee swap with Malaysia in a major policy setback for embattled Prime Minister Julia Gillard, already trailing badly in opinion polls and facing...

Harvard nets number one spot

| World
2011-9-1

HARVARD has regained its top spot on a list of most talked-about US universities on the Internet, according to a survey released this week. Harvard beat stiff competition from runners-up Northwestern University...

Hack attack on site as it reveals US secrets

| World
2011-9-1

THE WikiLeaks website crashed on Tuesday in an apparent cyberattack after its accelerated publication of tens of thousands of once-secret US State Department cables. "WikiLeaks.org is presently under attack," the...

Farmers markets yield exotica

| Feature
2011-9-1

KATSUYA Fukushima is used to working with unusual ingredients, using liquid nitrogen or high-tech whipping canisters to make "snow" or "air" from otherwise solid ingredients. But when he came across a long-stemmed...

Everybody thinks they've got talent

| Feature
2011-9-1

WHILE 2005 "Super Girl" champion Li Yuchun is now a real pop star, the finalist "duck neck" singing couple from last year's "China's Got Talent" is still running a store selling duck necks in Shanghai. And there...

Revenue, Profit Growth Slows At Mainland-listed Firms

Business | Securities
2011-9-1

REVENUE and net profit at Chinese mainland-listed firms grew at a slower pace in the first half of this year, according to data compiled by Securities Times. A total of 2,209 firms listed in the mainland markets...

Shares close flat as investors cautious

Business | Securities
2011-9-1

SHANGHAI'S stock market closed flat yesterday as it saw the worst month since May, amid investor caution ahead of the release of China's macro-economic data. The Shanghai Composite Index edged up 0.03 percent...

Lucky 13 get PBOC licenses

Business | Banking
2011-9-1

CHINA'S central bank yesterday approved the second group of 13 non-financial institutions, including ChinaPay and Union Mobile Pay, to operate third-party payment services. Most of the 13 institutions are located...