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Another week ends and readers with busy schedules would have missed some of our more interesting stories. Have you seen these news, analyses and comments? You won’t get them anywhere else:
Pick 1 — It’s time to tap into an unexploited resource: There are more than 230 million international migrants worldwide, which is more than the population of the world’s fifth most populous country, Brazil. The estimated US$2.6 trillion that they earn annually exceeds the GDP of the United Kingdom, the world’s sixth-largest economy. The challenge is to channel this income effectively.
Pick 2 — Funds pour into India: Amazon.com Inc will invest a further US$2 billion (RM6.4 billion) in India just a day after the country’s largest e-tailer Flipkart attracted US$1 billion of fresh funds, raising the stakes in a nascent but fast-growing e-commerce sector.
Pick 3 — MAS braces itself: Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) is facing an influx of passenger cancellations after the carrier’s second disaster this year. The airline, whose plane was shot down over Ukraine this month, said the aviation industry must act to create a system that will guarantee safe travel for all commercial carriers.
Pick 4 — When a ransom is not a ransom: It seems unlikely that kidnappers would let their meal tickets just leave like that. It just doesn’t make good business sense to give up something for nothing. As crude as it may be, kidnapping is still just a business in the end, with the information of the whereabouts of the victims the item for trade.
Pick 5 — To gag or not to gag: Truth is a tricky thing. Being a good journalist doesn’t always mean telling everything because it is expected of you. A good journalist is a responsible journalist in search of a greater good, and the greater good in this respect is to hold off on spilling the beans. Not for good, but just for the moment. Because when a case is ongoing, there’s no telling whose reputation may be tarnished due to allegations.
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– Nesa Sivagnanam, Executive Editor
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