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What the rich people do differently 1. Articulate a goal and commit to it. Rich people think very differently from poor and middle-class people, T. Harv Eker claims in his book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. "The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that they don't...

Hong Kong to consider destroying 33-tonne ivory stockpile after Beijing crushes illegal tusks PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 9:32am UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 11:51pm Joanna Chiu [email protected] A worker walking on a pile of elephant tusks of confiscated ivory...

16pc in Hong Kong at risk as plug pulled on Windows XP PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 4:14am UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 4:14am Bien Perez [email protected] Alan Chan worries users have not upgraded. Photo: Sam Tsang Microsoft has warned that one in every six...

Police offer reward for information on suspect in triad murder case HK$300,000 is being offered in the search for a suspected triad member wanted in a murder case that saw a 30-year-old man chopped to death in Sheung Shui last April PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 2:29pm UPDATED ...

Tuen Mun, Happy Valley games postponed amid match-fixing probe Tuen Mun and Happy Valley fixtures put on hold after nine people arrested and 11 players deregistered ahead of special investigation PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 11:37pm UPDATED : Thursday, 09 January, 2014, 1:33am...

Janet Yellen : world's most powerful central banker AFP January 7, 2014 After a senate confirmation vote, incoming Fed Chair Janet Yellen has unprecedented challenges. The US Senate's approval on Monday of Janet Yellen to lead the US Federal Reserve puts a woman at the head of the world's...

Snapchat CEO Caught Misrepresenting His Emails With Mark Zuckerberg <cite class="byline vcard"> By Alyson Shontell | Business Insider January 7, 2014</cite> Lately, the press hasn't been kind to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel. He's been portrayed as a brute who screwed over a former friend to...

Why I turned down Facebook's $3 billion offer: Snapchat CEO January 7, 2014, 10:48 am J.J. Colao, Forbes Yahoo! On paper, Mark Zuckerberg's terms were so generous that they seemed preposterous. Why did Evan Spiegel say no? Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel. Photo: AP Thirteen months ago Facebook’s...

Teens' $40m party-pad-on-Swan The West Australian Kim Macdonald The West Australian January 7, 2014, 2:30 am $40m Peppy Grove party pad Party's over: The locked-up site. Picture: Simon Santi/The West Australian The property known as the Taj Mahal on the Swan has been labelled a safety...

Turkish lira declines amid political tension AFP January 6, 2014 The Turkish lira plunged to a new low against the dollar on Monday, as a high-level corruption scandal continued to hurt investor confidence. The lira fell to 2.1947 to the dollar in the morning before recovering back to...

Police make fifth arrest for trespass at PLA barracks PUBLISHED : Saturday, 04 January, 2014, 2:57am UPDATED : Saturday, 04 January, 2014, 3:54am Jennifer Ngo [email protected] Billy Chiu A man was arrested for trespassing at the People's Liberation Army headquarters in Admiralty...

Student fined for stealing costly fish PUBLISHED : Saturday, 04 January, 2014, 2:57am UPDATED : Saturday, 04 January, 2014, 2:57am Thomas Chan and Carol Tang Kwan stole expensive fish. Photo: Edward Wong A Chinese University student found himself poorer by HK$13,300 in one day over two...

64 held in crackdown on milk-formula smuggling ahead of Lunar New Year Customs step up enforcement of two-tin limit ahead of Lunar New Year holiday PUBLISHED : Saturday, 04 January, 2014, 2:57am UPDATED : Saturday, 04 January, 2014, 2:57am Johnny Tam [email protected] Customs officers...

Illegal cigarette trade booming despite customs busts Number of cartons seized by customs way up on last year, but group says black market has grown PUBLISHED : Saturday, 04 January, 2014, 8:56pm UPDATED : Sunday, 05 January, 2014, 5:08am Jennifer Ngo [email protected] A customs...

Protest in Malaysia after government suspends magazine Members of the media protested in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday against the Malaysian government's heavy-handed suspension of a monthly magazine PUBLISHED : Saturday, 04 January, 2014, 6:28pm UPDATED : Saturday, 04 January, 2014, 6:28pm Agence...

Facebook alleged to have sold information in users' private messages ABC By finance reporter Pat McGrath and staff January 3, 2014, 4:06 pm Facebook is being sued in the United States for allegedly selling details of private messages to advertisers without users' consent. Documents filed in...

Thai protesters say no plan to shut airports AFP January 3, 2014, 10:14 pm Bangkok (AFP) - Thailand's anti-government protest movement reassured tourists Friday that it would not target the kingdom's airports or public transportation during a planned "shutdown" of Bangkok later this month...

Billionaire Soros buys stake in Spanish builder FCC - source Reuters January 3, 2014, 11:52 pm George Soros, Chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC addresses the audience during an economic speech in Frankfurt April 9, 2013, on the topic 'How to save the European Union from the euro crisis.'...