SIR Alex Ferguson, the man who guided Manchester United to about a million trophies, has shared his wisdom. It’s a candid, revealing and really inspiring interview and it’s not in the pages of a sports magazine or men’s mag, but in the Harvard Business Review . Yes, the Harvard Business Review. In a way that […]
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Japan’s unsponsored marathon man eyes world title
He has no coach, no sponsor and works five days a week as a school clerk, but that won’t stop Japanese marathon runner Yuki Kawauchi from racing with the best at the world athletics championships, which start Saturday in Moscow. Dubbed the “strongest citizen runner in history,” Kawauchi squeezes races into his weekends, traveling at […]
Chinese mother reunited with baby after he was sold for $5000
A MOTHER whose newborn baby was allegedly sold to human traffickers by a doctor has been reunited with her son. Dong Wan from China wept as she held the boy at a hospital in Fuping following the arrest of Zhang Lin, a female obstetrician, and two suspected accomplices. The doctor apparently told Mrs Wan, 31, […]
Amazon owner Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post for $US250m
AMAZON founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has snapped up the Washington Post for $250 million, less than a quarter of the price of the recent Tumblr sale, to add to his portfolio of media and space investments. Bezos, 49, is the founder and CEO of Amazon and listed at number 19 on Forbes billionaires list, […]
The world’s friendliest – and unfriendliest – cities named
LOOKING for the most welcoming places in the world to visit? It turns out you don’t have to look very far. Travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler has unveiled the results of its readers choice survey on the world’s friendliest cities, with two Australian destinations making a list of the top 10. Scroll down for the […]
Pope’s revolution – not all are pleased
The Francis Revolution is underway. Not everyone is pleased. Four months into his papacy, Francis has called on young Catholics in the trenches to take up spiritual arms to shake up a dusty, doctrinaire church that is losing faithful and relevance. He has said women must have a greater role — not as priests, but […]
Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro jailed for 1000 years
ARIEL Castro, the man convicted of imprisoning three women in his Cleveland home for a decade while he repeatedly beat and raped them, has been sentenced to life in prison plus more than 1000 years after insisting in court he “is not a monster”. Castro’s pleas that he was not a violent man fell on […]
China owes Hollywood millions after halting payment for films
China has stopped paying Hollywood studios for its films in a dispute over a Chinese tax on movie profits, Hollywood trade papers reported Tuesday. Tens of millions of dollars in box office revenues are owed in arrears to the likes of Disney, Warner, Universal, Paramount, Fox and Sony, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The magazine […]
The saddest Craigslist ad ever written
FOR 150 bucks you can buy a mattress full of heartbreak. Some poor bloke listed his mattress for sale in what has to be the saddest Craigslist ad ever written. The seller explained in the listing titled “Come get this Plush-ass Simmons Beautyrest out of my life” that he was disposing of the mattress after […]
Nelson Mandela tells interviewer he never believed he would be freed
IN ONE of his last interviews before falling critically ill, Nelson Mandela told how he never actually expected to be freed from prison more than 20 years ago. The film provides an intimate look at Mandela and was the last to be made with the anti-apartheid hero before he was admitted to hospital with a […]