AirAsia empowered people by making it possible to fly at any time across vast distances at the best rates. In turn, millions of lives have been changed. Want to share yours with the others? Through a 30 to 90 second video or animation, now you have the chance to share your personal story and win a pair of return flights. A total of 25 pairs of AirAsia return tickets and 10 pairs of AirAsiaX long haul flight return tickets (worth US$30,000) will be given away! Contest is opened to participants worldwide and end on 29th AUG 2010.

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Estee Lauder Model Search returns bigger this year to give Malaysian beauties a golden chance to shine in the limelight. Two winners who possess the qualities of confidence, modern appeal and elegance will be crowned the new Estee Lauder Malaysia Brand Ambassadors for the cosmetics giant. Besides, the winners also will walk away with lucrative prizes and deals, including an all expenses paid 6 days 5 nights holiday photoshoot assignment in Australia and to be featured in a seven-page spread in Cleo, The Malaysian Women’s Weekly, Cosmopolitan and Cittabella.

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Swiss-based Institute for Management Development (IMD) has recently compiled the latest version of World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY). Singapore (1st) and Hong Kong (2nd) topped USA (3rd) in WCY 2010, this is the first time in decades. Also for the first time since participated in this study in 1999, Malaysia has been ranked the world’s 10th most competitive nation among 58 economies. The WCY is the world’s most renowned and comprehensive annual report on the competitiveness of nations, ranking and analysing how a nation’s environment creates and sustains the competitiveness of enterprises.

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Forbes had compiled a latest Global 2000 list last week. The Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the world. It’s a comprehensive report analyzes the world’s biggest companies and the best performing of these titans over the past year. This year’s ranking of world leading companies span 62 countries, with the US (515 members) and Japan (210 members) still dominating the list, but with a combined 33 fewer entries. Total 18 companies from Malaysia are ranked in this year’s Forbes Global 2000 list, which including:

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If you are a fan of George Lucas’s Star Wars, you must not miss the recently Star Wars collection launched by adidas for its Spring/Summer Collection. These are a collaboration between adidas Originals and Lucasfilm to produce a line of authentic Star Wars footwear and apparel silhouettes. The pieces are already hit all adidas Originals stores and other selected retailers started this month. Price will be ranged from RM99 – RM599 at Malaysia.

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Public Bank Bhd and Bursa Malaysia Bhd won the Overall Excellence Award of the Malaysian Corporate Governance Index 2009 (MCG Index) for their achievements in practising the highest level of corporate governance standard. The new MCG Index serve as a premier index for investors to gauge corporate governance levels of public-listed companies in Malaysia.
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Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd will replace Parkson Holdings Bhd to become the constituent in FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) following the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange’s semi-annual review. The reviews ensure that the indices accurately reflect the markets they represent. FTSE group and Bursa Malaysia Bhd said that would take effect from tomorrow, 21st DEC 2009, and the next review would take place in JUN 2010.
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The BrandLaureate Awards 2009-2010, the Grammy Awards for branding, will coming for the fourth edition next year. This event is launched by The Asia Pacific Brands Foundation (APBF), a non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion and improvement of branding standards in Malaysia and the Asia-Pacific.

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For the ninth consecutive year, BusinessWeek has teamed up with Interbrand, a leading brand consultancy, to publish the ranking of the top 100 global brands by brand value. Coca-Cola remains the No.1 brand for the ninth year in a row, while Google, Amazon and Zara are among top gainers in this year’s annual ranking of the “Best Global Brands”.
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