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 Bear hugs and markets
chowyin@ytlesolutions.com - 8 May 2008 12:09:56 PM
THE charming bear figures in many tales from ancient Korean myth to modern tales like Winnie the Pooh. The cuddly teddy bear is also one of the most popular of children’s toys. [more...]
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 Doing good
chowyin@ytlesolutions.com - 8 May 2008 2:38:16 PM
Running the gamut of human emotion, Good People is as much an eye-opener as a potential tearjerker. [more...]
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 'Mmm' hormone makes food look tasty
jessiechew@ytlcommunity.com - 8 May 2008 2:55:44 PM
Natural molecule called ghrelin may be linked to obesity, researchers say [more...]
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 Aberdeen Asset Management ready to flee UK tax
azlan@ytlcommunity.com - 8 May 2008 5:25:10 PM
Aberdeen Asset Management is considering abandoning the UK as its headquarters for tax purposes as speculation mounts that a wave of British fund managers could head for the exit in frustration at Treasury tax changes. [more...]
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 An artist at play: the unseen side of Picasso
izan@ytlcommunity.com - 9 May 2008 3:08:02 PM
When Pablo Picasso presented an ornate, cut-out doll to the four-year-old daughter of his close friends as a birthday gift, the girl promptly burst into tears because she had wanted a doll she had seen in a toy shop, not a creation from the Spanish artist's own hand. [more...]
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 Are flat shoes bad for you?
farah@ytlcommunity.com - 8 May 2008 2:46:32 PM
Foot experts warn that you face as many risks wearing flatties as you do teetering on heels
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 Asean asks Myanmar to open doors for aid
izan@ytlcommunity.com - 9 May 2008 12:28:06 PM
Future tense: A girl sits in a broken boat outside her washed away home in the cyclone-hit area of Dedaye township, some 48 kilometres south of Yangon. Picture: AFP
Myanmar's junta came under rare pressure from its Asian neighbours yesterday to unlock its borders to international aid as estimates of the death toll from Cyclone Nargis topped 100,000. [more...]
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 Bernas: Go after private millers, too
andrew@ytlesolutions.com - 8 May 2008 12:54:15 PM
Padiberas Nasional Bhd (Bernas), the country's sole rice importer and distributor, has rebutted claims it is responsible for the current rice crisis and has instead called on the government to put pressure on private rice millers to increase output of their subsidised rice. [more...]
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 Clinton under greater pressure to quit nomination race
vijayan@ytlcommunity.com - 9 May 2008 11:24:32 AM
Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York is coming under increasing pressure to withdraw from the Democratic presidential nomination race, US media said Thursday. [more...]
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 Development remains a government priority, says Najib
farah@ytlcommunity.com - 9 May 2008 10:54:32 AM
Although the country’s infrastructure is top class, infrastructure development will continue to be a priority in the government’s agenda of nation building, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. [more...]
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