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Rock lizard makes for super show
With his steely gaze, he may look like he's ready to pounce, but this marvelous- looking chap is unlikely to be swinging about any time soon - unlike his comic book lookalike Spider-Man. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=123993&sid=36911657&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
City clamps down on cars
It could be the end of the road for some would-be car owners in Guangzhou. The city has imposed a cap on the number of cars allowed to be sold in an effort to curb worsening traffic and pollution. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=123992&sid=36911656&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
Brand-name gear not in such good shape
For mainland fashionistas, it's probably not the news they wanted to hear. But dozens of clothing samples from international brands failed to meet mainland standards, according to Shanghai authorities. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=123991&sid=36911655&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
QE2 sails into real world
The long laid-up Queen Elizabeth II is finally set for a permanent berth, but not in the swank setting that bosses of Dubai's Istithmar World envisaged when they bought the liner for US$100 million (HK$778 million) five years ago. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=123990&sid=36911654&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
Reality bites for new leader
The chaos surrounding Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in Tuen Mun last night may have surprised him. Nothing of the sort happened to him when he visited local districts during the CE election campaign. Mary Ma 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=49&art_id=123989&sid=36911653&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
Tattooed 'guests' close hotel
A row between two shareholders forced the New Century Hotel in Macau to temporarily suspend services "for the safety of tourists" yesterday. Eddie Luk 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=123988&sid=36913387&con_type=3&archive_d_str=20120703
Jumpers on Cloud Nine
For the second day running, People's Liberation Army troops parachuted into Hong Kong as hundreds of onlookers cheered and clapped. Choya Choi 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=123987&sid=36912644&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
Factory data spell global gloom
Euro zone output took another hefty blow last month, as China and Japan were hit by crumbling export orders - intensifying fears for the global economy. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=31&art_id=123986&sid=36912274&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
Equities slide as euphoria fades
Stocks retreated and the euro slipped yesterday as investor euphoria over Friday's deal on the European debt crisis ebbed and weak economic data from around the world weighed on the outlook for global growth. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=31&art_id=123985&sid=36914346&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
Chaos at forum as raving teens corner Leung
One day after he was sworn into office, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was cornered and trapped for about an hour in a community center by a group of angry students. Phila Siu, Alvina Hungand Phoebe Man 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=123984&sid=36912906&con_type=3&archive_d_str=20120703
Chairman quits on rate stain
Barclays chairman Marcus Agius resigned yesterday, saying "the buck stops with me" after an interest rate rigging scandal that has dealt "a devastating blow" to the bank's reputation. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art_id=123983&sid=36912219&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
Brake to go on registrations
Guangzhou will limit the number of car registrations from July 1 in a bid to ease the city's notorious traffic congestion and clean up the environment. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=123982&sid=36910651&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
China banks rake it in on rankings
Profits of mainland banks accounted for nearly a third of all earnings at 1,000 banks surveyed last year, putting the Chinese sector in financial health as European heavyweights suffered. Grace Cao 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=123981&sid=36911529&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
Old rulers charge back to power
Aided by fury at Mexico's brutal drug violence, youthful leader Enrique Pena Nieto has delivered a stunning return to power for the country's once-reviled Institutional Revolutionary Party. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=123980&sid=36912085&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
Germany hit by probe blunders in race murders
The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency has quit over blunders made in a probe of 10 murders, mainly of immigrants and blamed on a neo-Nazi gang. 7/3/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=123979&sid=36912725&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120703
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