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My Chinese Dream: Ping’s new book

My Chinese Dream: Ping’s new book

Liu Ping has published, ‘My Chinese Dream — from Red Guard to CEO’. Most people who read her book would start to learn about Ping from 1955 onwards, discovering her amazing journey of struggle, personal education, and then,...

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Corporations of all shapes and sizes can learn from the ways in which casinos lure and retain their clients. Casinos make generous offers. But...

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What are we supposed to do about a sign that tells us that a crane is working overhead? Are we supposed to move away? If so, why not barricade...

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Anonymity-non

If you decided to blow the whistle on gangsters, would you trust the TV station if it promised to blur your image? If your life depended on...

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My Chinese Dream: Ping’s new book

My Chinese Dream: Ping’s new book

Liu Ping has published, ‘My Chinese Dream — from Red Guard to CEO’. Most people who read her book would start to learn about Ping from 1955 onwards,...

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The Day Hollywood Died: loaded spring

The world-premier of ‘The Day Hollywood Died’ was launched to a sell-out crowd in Hoyts Cinema at Fox Studio’s Entertainment Quarter in Sydney....

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Apple is driving customers mad

Apple is driving customers mad

I convinced a friend of mine to partake of the popular fruit. She wanted to go with the Microsoft camp. I dissuaded her. So she invested in an Apple Mac. The problems...

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Optus staff won’t hang up

Optus staff won’t hang up

Not long ago, the likes of Optus would simply hang up on any customer whose call was challenging. Snap. Gone. Goodbye, re-join the queue and waste another 48 minutes...

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Managers who enrich your life

Managers who enrich your life

In my book ‘How to Lose Friends & Infuriate Your Boss’ I have a chapter called ‘Heroes from heaven: Managers who enrich your life’....

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Mario El Khoury at The British Museum

Mario El Khoury at The British Museum

Teen star photographer Mario El Khoury’s photo (featured below) was selected as one of the winning entries in Saudi Arabia’s ‘Most Competitive...

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Racism is here to stay

Racism is here to stay

In Australia, we say, ‘Happy New Year’. Yet, it seems that nothing is new. The issue of Racism keeps on raising its ugly head. Here is a chapter that...

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Movie madness

Movie madness

I happened to be in Dubai. A friend suggested I watch ‘Mission Impossible’. It’s not a movie I would normally see, except that my friend mentioned...

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Merry Global Ignorance

Merry Global Ignorance

People speak about the Global Village and the World Wide Web and Social Networking, as if humans are connected as one. Here are indicators, showing how the world...

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Sam Cohen’s IHRB ads unlawful

Sam Cohen’s IHRB ads unlawful

The Institute of Hair Regrowth & Beauty (IHRB) was Sanctioned a second time by the Complaints Resolution Panel, due to 12 breaches, including misleading advertising. The...

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