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Issue: July 05, 2012 (Archive)

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Fans wonder what might have been Manchester United may have scored an own goal by opting to take out a US share listing rather than tapping their fanatical supporter base in Asia for funds. At least that is what fans of the Red Devils in the region think. The legendary - but massively debt-ridden - English football club claims to have 325 million Asian fans out of a global 700 million and had got preliminary approval for an initial public offering in Singapore. Idiots have their cards marked As if scurrilous bankers are not enough, some simpletons who've been trusted with accounts ask to be swindled. They do that by tweeting pictures of debit cards, often with all numbers clear. Shard splits opinions in London Europe's tallest skyscraper will be inaugurated today, and has been branded by its developers as "an icon of London." But many are labeling the 310-meter Shard Tower as an icon to foreign intrusion into the city. Second time around for Ho For Albert Ho Chun-yan it is a case of better late than never. Trail leads to Lantau You don't have to head to the United States for a taste of the Wild West any more. Mountain managers hope to deliver A Buddhist shrine famed as a site for parents to visit in the hope of producing healthy children has high hopes of delivering the goods for itself. Tsang out of step with boss Is Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun- wah the right man for Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying? New health chief sorry for flat changes New Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man apologized to the public after becoming the latest official in Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's team to be caught in the row over illegal structures.

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