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Scam variations
DIFFERENT versions of the 'Nigerian' scam - so called because the phenomenon originated in the West African country - have been appearing on the Net. Despite their notoriety, people still get sucked in. In 2004, eight victims here lost a total... [Read more]

Companies in brief
OSIM EXPECTS WEAKER FULL-YEAR GAINOSIM International warned yesterday that profit for the year ended Dec 31 is likely to be lower than the previous year's gain by between 20 and 28 per cent. Interest expenses at American unit Brookstone and tie-up... [Read more]

New taste of egg-vertising
TOKYO - WHAT came first: the chicken or the egg? In a new twist to the age-old conundrum, a Japanese firm is betting that - in shopping baskets at least - the chicken or rather chicken noodles will follow the egg... [Read more]

UTAC seeks China jv with Hynix, sees solid Q2
SINGAPORE, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Chip testing firm United Test and Assembly Center Ltd. said on Tuesday that it has submitted a bid to partner South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. to set up a chip assembly and testing joint venture in... [Read more]

Colourful, sickening
PARIS - ALLERGY to hair dye is soaring in numerous countries as more and more young people colour their locks, the British Medical Journal warns. The culprit is para-phenylenediamine (PPD) and its cousins in a chemical family called aromatic amines, the... [Read more]

Mystery over 'beads' from woman's toe
MALACCA - THE case of a 23-year-old woman whose toe supposedly discharged crystal beads continues to stump doctors carrying out tests on her.After Ms Siti Suhana Saadon was admitted to the Putra Specialist Centre here last Thursday, doctors bandaged her toe... [Read more]

For kissing's sake
PHOTO: REUTERS Filipino couples taking to the streets with placards in their march towards the Hungarian Embassy in Manila on Wednesday to signal their determination to regain the kissing record. In 2004 the Philippines set the Guinness world record for the... [Read more]

NKF suit: Ex-directors give in
ONE phone call - and one more battle in the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) saga was over. Senior Counsel K. Shanmugam rang lawyer Peter Low on Monday suggesting that his clients in the old NKF regime put up the white flag... [Read more]

Sarkozy accused of spying on rival camp
PARIS - FRANCE'S Socialists are demanding an investigation into a report that the team of presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy ordered a spy probe into a member of the rival camp. Le Canard Enchaine newspaper reported on Wednesday that Mr Sarkozy's office... [Read more]

Sats chief exec to take up senior post at SIA
SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats) president and chief executive (CEO) Ng Chin Hwee will soon leave the company to take up a senior position at its parent, Singapore Airlines (SIA).Mr Ng, who joined mainboard-listed Sats in January 2004, will be promoted... [Read more]

Body formed to help make doing business in KL easier
KUALA LUMPUR - A HIGH-profile task force set up to find ways to make Malaysia more business-friendly has been given six months to deliver.Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said on Thursday that he wanted to see some form of achievement within six... [Read more]