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All's fair game in the blogosphere - or is it?
KUALA LUMPUR - WHEN a manager of an Islamic insurance company sent an e-mail asking Muslim staff not to offer Deepavali greetings to Hindus last October, it quickly became the talk in this city.The diktat, a show of religious insensitivity, resulted... [Read more]

Top MBA list: NTU up 35 spots
SIX years ago, Chinese national Peng Hong Jiang earned $46,000 annually as an assistant finance manager in a logistics firm here. Now, armed with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the 38-year-old takes home nearly three... [Read more]

With organ trading, patients have a window of hope to a longer life
I have visited terminally or seriously ill friends and relatives in their homes and also at hospitals. The agony and distress the patients go through daily cannot be fully appreciated by the healthy and fit.It is in this context that I... [Read more]

Federer perfect in 10th Slam win
MELBOURNE - ROGER Federer achieved a perfect 10 at the Australian Open yesterday - and there was not a tear in sight. The champion quelled the challenge of swashbuckling Chilean Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-4 to lift Grand Slam trophy... [Read more]

Australians need to find solutions quickly
MELBOURNE - SIX losses in seven games and a growing injury list are enough for Australia to panic.The defending Cricket World Cup champions are reeling from a 0-3 pummelling by New Zealand in the Chappell-Hadlee series.More worryingly, their opener Matthew Hayden... [Read more]

INSIDE SCOOP on gelato business
WHAT on earth does an engineer know about ice cream? Well, here's the scoop from Mr Michael Koh - it tastes good and there is a dollar or two to be made out of it. The engineer with a sweet tooth... [Read more]

Benitez irks Everton with 'small club' label
LIVERPOOL - THE Merseyside derby on Saturday may have been forgettable, but Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez still managed to inflame local passions.He compared neighbours Everton with 'the small clubs' who come to Anfield bent on damage limitation, reported the Daily Mail.... [Read more]

SME clinic
AFTER months of research, my newly formed company will produce biodiesel on a small commercial scale. We need technical and financial assistance to jump-start this venture. What assistance can we expect from Spring? You may wish to explore the following programmes.... [Read more]

Toyota begins the year in No. 2 spot for US car sales
DETROIT - TOYOTA posted a rise in last month's United States car sales on Thursday, claiming the No. 2 spot in the world's largest market for cars and trucks.It was helped by a sharp fall in sales by rival Ford Motor.Top... [Read more]

Police inquiry ordered into botched murder investigation
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S police chief has ordered an inquiry into the botched investigation of the murder of a 21-year-old which led to the case being thrown out of court earlier this week.The collapse of the Mohd Hosni Fadzil Mohd Amin... [Read more]

North Korean leader's son 'living quiet life in Macau'
HONG KONG - THE eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been living a low-key but well-off life in Macau for the past three years, a Hong Kong paper reported yesterday. Mr Kim Jong Nam, 35, and his... [Read more]