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"The most powerful businesspeople in Asia"

By Rob Winters - Published on Saturday, 02 July 2011 16:53

"Fortune's first global 500 list of the world's largest corporations, published in 1995, was dominated by American and Japanese companies, and if we had tried back then to produce a list of Asia's top business executives, it surely would have featured the CEOs of concerns such as Sony, Mitsubishi, and Toyota. Our inaugural ranking of Asia's most powerful people in business reflects a major power shift in the region, from Japan to China, India, and beyond."

"Indra Nooyi and the 50 most powerful women in the world"

By Rob Winters - Published on Saturday, 02 July 2011 16:49

"In her fifth year atop our list, Nooyi completed the purchase of PepsiCo's two largest bottlers, bringing revenues to a projected $60 billion. Now she'll have to deliver the $400 million annual cost savings she promised."

"India offers prizes to sterilisation volunteers"

By Rob Winters - Published on Saturday, 02 July 2011 16:42

"A district in northern India is offering prizes including television sets, food processors and even a Tata Nano car for people who agree to undergo sterilisation, a doctor told AFP on Friday.

"We want to promote sterilisation," Pratap Singh Dutter, the deputy chief medical officer of Jhunjhunu district in the north Indian state of Rajasthan, told AFP."

"Dr Luisa Dillner's guide to . . . drink and drugs in old age"

By Rob Winters - Published on Friday, 01 July 2011 07:55

"If you'd planned to spend your twilight years knocking back sherry, you should read the latest report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Our Invisible Addicts says that people over 65 should ration their tipples. One and a half units a day is the recommended amount – less than half the amount for younger people. And you need to stop any illicit drug habits that you've kept on from earlier years. You may even need to look at the medicines you're taking because chances are, by the time you're over 65, you might not be taking them properly. About a third of those over 65 take four or more prescribed drugs a day."

"Hidden camera reveals abuse in nursing home"

By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 19:53

"An Ohio nursing home is under fire after a hidden camera installed by a patient's son caught caregivers brutally abusing his elderly mother, according to a report.

Two nurse's aides were fired from the Prentiss Center for Skilled Nursing Care in Cleveland and a third was disciplined after they were filmed manhandling 78-year-old Esther Piskor, an investigation by Cleveland's WKYC television revealed."

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