April 4, 2012
Tiger Woods ‘as good as ever’
Tiger Woods believes he is back to the form that saw him hold all four majors after his Masters victory in 2001. The former world number one, who is looking for his fifth Masters title, won his first PGA Tour title since September 2009 at Bay…
April 4, 2012
Good job, but WI not home yet
IT IS TIME! West Indies and Australia are ready for Test cricket. While five One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals gave us great surprises, tremendous excitement, even euphoria, it is Test cricket, where slugging does not work,…
April 4, 2012
Barcelona 3-1 AC Milan (3-1 agg)
Lionel Messi was Barcelona's hero yet again as his two first-half penalties sealed a Champions League quarter-final win over AC Milan. Messi, 24, moved into third on the list of all-time goalscorers in the competition as Barca set up a last-four…
April 4, 2012
Boao Forum participants optimistic about emerging markets
Business and political leaders from around the world have gathered this week in south China’s island province of Hainan for the Boao forum for Asia. Against the backdrop of the global downturn, their focus is Asia’s economy. But participants are…
April 4, 2012
Al-Qaeda ‘could target UK youths’
British youths from African communities could become radicalised as al-Qaeda looks to Africa to build its strength, the Rusi think tank has suggested. It says such a development would pose new challenges for UK and other Western intelligence…
April 4, 2012
Spain’s jobless level hits record 4.75 million
The number of Spanish jobseekers rose for the eighth month in a row in March to hit a record 4.75 million. The Labour Ministry said the number of people filing for unemployment benefits rose by 38,769 with the services sector seeing the most jobs…
April 4, 2012
US Federal Reserve stays concerned over growth
The US central bank is concerned that the gains in employment recently will dissipate if growth does not pick up. Some at the Federal Reserve "perceived a non-negligible risk that improvements in employment could diminish as the year progressed,"…
April 4, 2012
Motorola Mobility’s patent lawsuits investigated by EU
Motorola Mobility's patent lawsuits have become the subject of two investigations by the European Commission. It follows complaints by Apple and Microsoft after Motorola tried to block sales of their products. They said that Motorola - which is in…
April 4, 2012
Facebook counters Yahoo’s legal action with a lawsuit
Facebook has responded to a recently-launched legal action by rival Yahoo with a lawsuit of its own. Last month, Yahoo claimed the social network had infringed 10 of its patents, including systems and methods for advertising on the web. Now…
April 4, 2012
TV: Romney Sweeps Maryland, DC, Wisconsin Republican Primaries
U.S. television networks project former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has swept all three Republican presidential primary elections Tuesday — in Washington DC, the eastern state of Maryland, and the midwestern state of Wisconsin. Tuesday's…