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10 Worst Corporations of 2008

Multinational Monitor magazine has released its annual list of the 10 worst corporations of the year. The companies on the list are: AIG, Cargill, Chevron, Constellation Energy, CNPC, Dole, General Electric, Imperial Sugar, Philip Morris International and Roche. “In the 20 years that we’ve published our annual list of worst corporations,” says Multinational Monitor editor…Read More


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‘Stupidest Statements Awards’ of 2008

“The Stupidest Statements Awards” have been bestowed again upon the famous by Mega Genius(R), “The Man with the Perfect IQ(TM).” His sixth annual prizes of recognition for “crash-and-burn lapses in intelligence” are just for fun. 1. Vijay Prakash, Indian welfare minister, for urging 5-star hotels to serve rat burgers, rat tail pasta, and minced baby…Read More


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Top Money-Making Movie Stars of 2008

Will Smith (pictured) has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2008 in Quigley Publishing Company’s 77th Annual Poll and is the second black American to win, since Sidney Poitier was first in 1968. Smith, who starred in “Hancock” and “Seven Pounds” in 2008, placed second to Johnny Depp last year. This is Will Smith’s…Read More


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NSW road toll down on previous years

New South Wales has kicked off 2009 with the news that the state’s road toll is the lowest on record since the Second World War. NRMA President Wendy Machin said better policing of driver behaviour, driver training, safer cars and safer roads had all contributed to the fall in the NSW’s road toll.


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The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin meets Hercule Poirot in this evocative mystery set on a small Greek island. Buy the Book International retailer: Amazon.com US$8.61 Australian retailer: QBD The Bookshop AU$29.95 Purchase this book in Australia before 31 March 2009 and you could win a $5000 Holiday in the Summer Reading Competition. Book Description When the battered…Read More


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The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty

A young girl and her family deal with the repercussions of a tragic car accident in this compelling tale of loss and guilt.  Read an Extract. Buy the Book International retailer: Amazon.com US$10.17 Australian retailer: QBD The Bookshop AU$29.95 Purchase this book in Australia before 31 March 2009 and you could win a $5000 Holiday…Read More


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The Feng Shui Detective Goes South by Nury Vittachi

The latest novel in the internationally best-selling Feng Shui Detective series sees Mr Wong and other members of the Union of Industrial Mystics in Singapore. They are introduced to a young woman who, all their mystical arts tell them, is doomed to die. Their desperate efforts to save her eventually lead C.F. Wong and Joyce…Read More


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