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Malay Indian businessmen hit hard by foreign workers levy

Malay Indian businessmen hit hard by foreign workers levyKuala Lumpur, Apr 25 : Indian businessmen in Malaysia working in the restaurant, textile, provision and hairdressing industries have been greatly affected by the Malaysian Government decision to increase in levy for foreign workers.

Klang Indian Chamber of Commerce president T. Muthusamy said the levy increase has forced many foreign workers to return home as their income had been reduced drastically.

The Tamil Nesan quoted him as saying that many traders in the Little India area in Klang were finding it hard to hire local workers.

Lenovo gearing up for ThinkPad netbook for business customers

Lenovo gearing up for ThinkPad netbook for business customersScoring slew of acclaims and applauses for its IdeaPad netbooks, Lenovo is now gearing up for ThinkPad-branded netbook. The Australian magazine APC has reported that Lenovo is planning to develop ThinkPad netbook for business customers.

Oprah’s ''aha moment'' catchphrase lands her in legal dispute

Oprah’s ''aha moment'' catchphrase lands her in legal disputeWashington, Apr 25 : Oprah Winfrey is at the centre of a legal battle with the bosses of an insurance company over the use of her signature catchphrase-the "Aha moment".

The talk show queen is known to use the popular phrase for a revelation on `The Oprah Winfrey Show' and in her O magazine, reports Contactmusic.

However, now the same catchphrase has landed the media mogul in a dispute with executives at Mutual of Omaha Bank.

‘Tweed tells fellow inmates Goody’s death set him up for life’

‘Tweed tells fellow inmates Goody’s death set him up for life’London, April 25 : Jack Tweed reportedly headed for sun bathing after telling his fellow prisoners that Jade Goody's death "set him up for life".

The widower, who is serving 12 weeks for assault on a taxi driver, was said to have been topping up his tan for an hour daily in the Chelmsford Prison, Essex.

The 21-year-old allegedly bragged about his bulky bank balance gathered from interviews, thanks to the media circus around the death of 27-year-old Jade, who lost her battle to cervical cancer on March 22.

US Ku Klux Klan ex-leader ordered to leave Czech Republic

Prague, CzechPrague - Czech police said Saturday they had released David Duke, former leader of US extremist group the Ku Klux Klan, and ordered him to leave the Czech Republic by midnight. On Friday, police charged Duke with the hate crime of supporting and promoting movements suppressing human rights.

Duke had planned to give talks this weekend in the capital as well as in the country's second largest city of Brno. He is visiting the Czech Republic at the invitation of local neo-Nazis to publicize the translation of his 1998 memoir, My Awakening.

HIV positive German female popstar accused of unprotected sex released

HIV positive German female popstar accused of unprotected sex releasedLondon, April 25 : The HIV positive German pop star, who had been taken into custody on suspicion of infecting an unaware partner with the disease, has been released.

Nadja Benaissa allegedly had unprotected intercourse with three people, between 2004 and 2006, leaving at least one infected.

The 26-year-old, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, was claimed to have left her partners in the dark about her condition, reports the BBC.

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