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All hail King Roger. The average earnings of the top 20 non-American sportsmen have broken the $30 million barrier for the first time, led by a new No. 1. With the all-time record for majors and unprecedented millions in winnings, endorsement dollars and lucrative exhibition fees, Roger Federer has dethroned David Beckham as the top-earning foreign athlete with a near $62 million haul. Beckham, in fact, has fallen to No. 3. The Los Angeles Galaxy star is now also behind Argentine demigod and reigning FIFA World Player of the Year Lionel Messi, who has ridden a mythic year to No....

Asian households are dominating the US’s Internet connectivity race. In a country where connectivity has shot up three-fold since 1997 and now covers 55 per cent of households, Asians as a bloc top the chart of “digital haves”. A just-released US Census Bureau report says 66.7 per cent of Asian households in the US have Internet access as against 59.9 per cent white households and 36 per cent each of Hispanic and African-American segments. The US population as of July this year is estimated at 295 million. As the report is based on data collected in 2003, it is widely...