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PayPal to separate from eBay in 2015 AP September 30, 2014, 10:46 pm PayPal is splitting from EBay Inc and will become a separate and publicly traded company next year. The separation is expected to occur in the second half of 2015. EBay said on Tuesday that its board decided that the...

Online firm charged for running pyramid scheme in China and US PUBLISHED : Sunday, 28 September, 2014, 5:20am UPDATED : Sunday, 28 September, 2014, 5:20am Associated Press in Washington The SEC said the three operators hid the scheme by showing phony websites on eAdGear's site to make it...

'Phantom employees' nabbed China Daily, September 26, 2014 More than 100,000 "phantom employees" of provincial governments have been cleaned out of civil servant teams in Hebei, Sichuan, Henan and Jilin provinces since a national campaign was launched last year, requiring stricter measures to...

10 children killed in Kunming school stampede, Guangxi knife attack Six primary schoolchildren died in a stampede in Kunming while four were stabbed to death by a man in the neighbouring province earlier on Friday PUBLISHED : Friday, 26 September, 2014, 7:56pm UPDATED : Friday, 26 September...

iPhone nightmares for Apple after phones bend and iOS update pulled PUBLISHED : Thursday, 25 September, 2014, 10:59am UPDATED : Thursday, 25 September, 2014, 1:11pm Associated Press <iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/znK652H6yQM?rel=0" frameborder="0"...

iPhone 6 screen too large? Try an extendable thumb PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 24 September, 2014, 5:48pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 24 September, 2014, 9:31pm James Griffiths [email protected] <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/H1ebWLlzsdQ?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" height="480" width="853"...

Garcia calls on Fifa to publicise full anti-corruption report Sep 24, 2014 17:21:08 The author of a wide-ranging report into corrupt dealings in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding campaigns has called for his findings to be made entirely public By Kris Voakes The former US attorney who...

2014年09月21日 失業漢運毒衝關被捕 警方將被捕男子押回住所搜查。 【本報訊】一名失業漢，疑因欠債鋌而走險，前日將冰毒纏腰及腿部，從內地經羅湖管制站返港時，被海關人員識破拘捕，撿獲約一公斤冰毒，市值約50萬元。俗稱「衝關豬」的運毒案件有上升趨勢，近期執法人員已搗破多宗。 市值50萬　分袋纏腰腳 被捕男子24歲，居住牛頭角通明街；他報稱失業半年，曾在酒樓工作。海關相信被捕男子為俗稱「衝關豬」將毒品偷運返港，然後在住所進行包裝及分銷到娛樂場作一條龍式經營；正追查毒品來源。...

In Vietnam, debate grows over legalisation of prostitution As fines replace forced rehab for sex workers, debate grows over legalisation of prostitution PUBLISHED : Monday, 22 September, 2014, 10:39pm UPDATED : Monday, 22 September, 2014, 10:39pm Agence France-Presse in Hanoi A night bar...

In Vietnam, debate grows over legalisation of prostitution As fines replace forced rehab for sex workers, debate grows over legalisation of prostitution PUBLISHED : Monday, 22 September, 2014, 10:39pm UPDATED : Monday, 22 September, 2014, 10:39pm Agence France-Presse in Hanoi A night bar...

Hong Kong government making more requests for Google to hand over user data PUBLISHED : Sunday, 21 September, 2014, 5:14am UPDATED : Sunday, 21 September, 2014, 9:12am Raquel Carvalho [email protected] Data requests to Google on rise Hong Kong authorities have become more active in...

Hong Kong regulators rule out blocking access to illegal gambling websites Gambling regulator rules out aping Singapore tactics to stop access to unlicensed betting websites, amid fears of ties to organised crime PUBLISHED : Sunday, 21 September, 2014, 5:14am UPDATED : Sunday, 21 September...

Hong Kong regulators rule out blocking access to illegal gambling websites Gambling regulator rules out aping Singapore tactics to stop access to unlicensed betting websites, amid fears of ties to organised crime PUBLISHED : Sunday, 21 September, 2014, 5:14am UPDATED : Sunday, 21 September...

Defiant Singaporeans watch banned political documentary in Malaysia Defiant Singaporeans cross border to see documentary on political exiles PUBLISHED : Sunday, 21 September, 2014, 6:02am UPDATED : Sunday, 21 September, 2014, 6:02am Agence France-Presse in Johor Bahru To Singapore, With...

Zhongjin Gold executive tarnished in graft investigation Wang Ronghu’s detention comes two days after the mainland’s anti-graft watchdog announced a probe into Sun Zhaoxue, his former boss PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 2:02pm UPDATED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 3:58pm Mandy Zuo...

Dongguan, sex capital of China, tightens grip over entertainment industry Districts should crack down often and hand big cases to outside police, city says PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 3:55am UPDATED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 10:58am Mimi Lau in Guangzhou [email protected]...

Teenager attempts suicide in detention Date September 19, 2014 - 12:15AM Eryk Bagshaw Journalist Souri,* a 15-year-old Iranian teenager travelled 10,623 kilometres over the Persian gulf, through Java and across the Timor sea to seek asylum in Australia. Last month she became the latest...

Hunan police seize 90kg of heroin 'smuggled in from Myanmar' Criminal gangs operating near border suspected in one of the year's biggest drug busts PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 September, 2014, 3:18pm UPDATED : Thursday, 18 September, 2014, 3:28pm James Griffiths [email protected] More...

China's pollution data too hazy to know if leaders' war on smog is working Many polluters are ignoring an edict to publish emissions details online, and numbers that are released are often incomplete, official study shows PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 September, 2014, 4:16am UPDATED : Thursday, 18...

Chinese parents clash with striking Canadian teachers as school year fails to start Websites linked to masked protesters disappear in wake of ugly scenes in Vancouver, as school year in British Columbia enters third week without classes PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 16 September, 2014, 3:26pm...