RHB, OSK Form Malaysia’s largest Investment Bank - Wall Street Journal
28 May 2012, 4:41 am
Malaysian banks continue to strike deals in a busy year for financial services M&A in Southeast Asia. On Monday, Malaysian bank RHB Capital Bhd., the country’s fifth-largest lender by assets, said it signed an agreement to buy OSK Holdings Bhd.

Nasdaq stocks posting largest volume increases - Yahoo Finance
27 May 2012, 9:17 pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- A look at the 10 biggest volume gainers on Nasdaq at the close of trading: ARCA biopharma Inc. : Approximately 1,136,200 shares changed hands, a 1,517.5 percent increase over its 65-day average volume. The shares rose $.

Plan for largest Australian Brothel Nears Victory - Businessweek
27 May 2012, 7:44 pm
A plan to build Australia’s largest brothel is poised to overcome local government opposition in a victory for Sydney’s sex industry over creeping regulation. The A$12 million ($11.7 million), three-story extension to the Stiletto brothel ...

BC Cancer Foundation receives largest charitable gift in province's history - The Vancouver Sun
24 May 2012, 8:09 pm
The largest bequest to a single charity in B.C.’s’. s history has come from a European immigrant who pledged in his will to hand over equity in his massive Burnaby commercial real estate development. More than 20 years after his death, John Jambor, a ...

How Pandia Rajan built from scratch the country's largest human resource consulting firm--Ma Foi - Economic Times
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
K Pandia Rajan, 53, has often been called a pioneer in the field of human resource services and recruitment in India. Having built from scratch the country's largest human resource staffing and consulting firm - Ma Foi - he went on to sell it to ...

SKA, the World’s largest Telescope Will Be Built at Two Sites - Universe Today
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
In an anticipated great compromise, South Africa and Australia will share their sites for the Square Kilometre Array telescope, the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. Both sites were competing to win the $2 billion contract for the SKA ...

World's largest Solar Eclipse Party Draws Thousands to Stadium - Space News
20 May 2012, 11:27 pm
BOULDER, Colo. - Thousands of people turned their eyes to the sky at the University of Colorado's Folsom Field football stadium here Sunday (May 20) to watch the moon slip in front of the sun to create a spectacular "crescent sun." The partial eclipse in ...

largest compilation of exonerations ever finds over 2,000 falsely convicted over past 23 years - Washington Post
20 May 2012, 11:12 pm
WASHINGTON — More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities. There is no official record-keeping ...

China firm buys AMC to form world's largest cinema chain - CNN
20 May 2012, 6:55 pm
(CNN)-- China's Dalian Wanda Group and AMC Entertainment announced Monday a $2.6 billion deal to take over the U.S. theater group, forming the world's largest cinema chain, according to a new release on the deal. The move is the latest in a raft ...