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Issue: May 07, 2012 (Archive)

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Just what the doctors ordered for Buffett Warren Buffett, diagnosed with early- stage prostate cancer, joked about his health when he told shareholders: "I feel terrific." Tsang goes against the grain John Tsang Chun-wah is planting a seed that may, in its own little way, help households in the never-ending fight against inflation. Ladies, find your partner In the capitalist world, the old Chinese saying "talented scholars link up with beautiful ladies" still holds, but probably needs a bit of a twist. It should now read "venture capitalists gravitate toward beautiful celebrities." New Concordia launched with confidence We hope Pier Luigi Foschi, boss of Italy's Costa Crociere cruise company, is right on the mark when he says a tragedy like the wreck of the Costa Concordia "should never have happened and will not happen again." Clouds gather as Adam Cheng steps up Experts may have advised not to "sell in May," but there's a new cloud on the horizon. Screams of delight at auction record The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's The Scream - one of the most recognizable paintings in history - set a world record when it sold for US$119.9 million (HK$935.22 million) at Sotheby's in New York. Tsang has no yen for Japan trip Once burned, twice shy? Surely, not our chief executive! 'Gimme five' wave looms For those of you who shudder when show-offs use the "high five" form of greeting or congratulation in supposedly respectable places, there's bad news. Torch bearer carries the flame Steven Cheung will be representing much more than his borough when the young Londoner starts his run as Olympic torch bearer on July 21.

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