Boys will be boys . . . unless we stop them NOW!

I HAVE just three little words to say to the team manager for the Preston Bullant under 10s - he's the guy who's been in the news lately for mercilessly ripping into a pack of 10-year-old players and telling them they were hopeless and had no footy skills - and my three little angry, livid, appalled words are this: GOOD BLOODY ONNNNNNYAAA. Because he's spot on, he's dead right, we're being too soft on our footy kids and not preparing them for a life of competitive adulthood.

Lear asks for executive bonuses on beating bankruptcy

LEAR CORP, the world's second-largest maker of car seats, has asked the US Bankruptcy Court for permission to pay up to $US20.6 million ($25.6 million) in bonuses to 29 executives if it meets restructuring targets.

China challenges global auto industry

YIN Tongyao, president of Chery, China's most successful home-grown car maker, told Trade Minister Simon Crean yesterday he was thinking of investing in or buying auto components manufacturers that are doing it tough in Australia.