RIVERSIDE (California) – ANIMAL services officers often get calls reporting ‘huge,’ monstrous reptiles, only to arrive and find an itty-bitty garden snake. The 5-foot (1.52 m) Monitor lizard wandering around a condo complex in the city of Riverside was way bigger than animal control officer Jenny Selter could have imagined. ‘She said she saw it …
LOS ANGELES – MCDONALD’S Corp plans to raise prices this year to help offset an expected rise in its grocery bill for the 10 commodities that account for around 75 per cent of its food preparation costs. Food prices are rising around the globe and the comments from the world’s biggest restaurant chain overshadowed weaker-than-expected …
TOKYO – TOYOTA sold 8.42 million vehicles globally in 2010, remaining the world’s top automaker for the third year straight despite recall woes in the key North American market. General Motors also released a new tally Monday for its global 2010 sales, at 8.39 million vehicles, slightly fewer than Toyota’s number. Toyota’s global sales, including …
SAN FRANCISCO – APPLE Inc is giving a whole new meaning to locking your phone with its new screws. In line with its infamous philosophy of maintaining absolute control over its products, sources said US Apple stores are replacing screws on iPhone 4s brought for servicing with tamper-proof screws to prevent anyone else from opening …
INFORMATION technology technician Derek Li is left with a crushed foot and had to have three of his toes amputated after the front wheel of an off-duty SBS Transit bus crushed his foot in an accident outside Hougang Plaza on Nov 29 last year. Mr Li, 27, was crossing a road junction when the traffic …
WELLINGTON – POLICE in a New Zealand town have been forced to resume foot patrols after their futuristic Segway scooters were deemed illegal, reports said on Thursday. Police in the North Island town of Taupo had enthusiastically embraced the electric-powered devices but had to abandon them after finding it was against the law to use …
CERTIFICATE of Entitlement (COE) premiums for big cars have continued their downward slide after there were 13-year highs in December 2010’s final round of bidding. The COE premium for cars above 1,600cc ended at $58,910 – a drop of $10,090 or 14.6 per cent. For Open COEs, which can be used for any vehicle type …
THE green light has been given by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for the alignment of the North-South Expressway (NSE) between Admiralty Road West and Toa Payoh Rise. The new expressway – with construction expected to start from 2013 and finish by 2020 – will run parallel to the Central Expressway (CTE) to serve the …
NEWARK (New Jersey) – TWO hackers stole the e-mail addresses of more than 100,000 Apple iPad users, including those of politicians and famous media personalities, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday in announcing criminal charges against the men. AT&T revealed the security vulnerability months ago, and US Attorney Paul Fishman said there was no evidence that …
THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will organise its first large-scale fund-raising event in five years in April. This will be a charity dinner at Orchid Country Club on April 15, which NKF chief executive Eunice Tay said on Monday will be ‘no-frills’. She said in a statement: ‘We want to keep it simple by going …