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In December, as his Harvey Norman electrical and furniture empire was riding the pre-Christmas rush, his 30 per cent stake in the company was worth somewhere north of $2 billion. Since then it has been a slalom run for the shares amid the general stock market carnage and concern that Reserve Bank boss Glenn Stevens's repeated interest rate rises will crimp consumer spending. Yesterday, Harvey was worth $1.5 billion and falling. But don't weep for him. He still has outside interests in horseflesh and property. He cannily offloaded two million shares for $11.8 million in cash near the top of the market just before Christmas, and his wife, Katie Page, has about $80 million worth of shares. Underbelly will be all over VICTORIAN Supreme Court judge Betty King may know a lot about the law but she clearly isn't too computer savvy.
Adjusting to a land their people once fled
He used to go to her house to gamble with her father and uncles. After a few months of flirting, he had his parents in the United States call her parents in Phnom Penh to ask for her hand. "I know the traditions," Bun said. "They accepted me." A neighbor asked Oeur Chomnan's mother why on earth she would let her daughter marry such a man. "I told my mom, 'Ignore them. Nobody is perfect,' " Oeur Chomnan said through a translator. She likes that Bun is not like other Khmer men. "He meets a rich and powerful guy, he never bows down," she said. "He doesn't care. I like that. I don't like a coward." Indeed, Bun's and Mel's clash with the country's Buddhist ethos could not have been more severe. For Bill Herod, an American minister who has been working with the returnees since the first group arrived, Bun's Yamaha dirt bike is a symbol of their unwillingness to adapt to Cambodian society.
Investigator combs files, book for clues
Mel Wiley was the chief of police in Hinckley Township outside of Cleveland until he vanished without a trace in July 1985. Hinckley's 1980 Toyota station wagon was found at Cleveland's Lakefront State Park on Lake Erie. Locked inside were Hinckley's wallet, police identification and his badge. He hasn't been seen since. He had told his girlfriend the day before he was going to buy a swim suit and go swimming. He never bought a suit, police said, and his friends told investigators he didn't like to swim. Wiley, 47, was an aspiring poet and, when he disappeared, his manuscript for a novel he was writing also vanished, according to published accounts. His literary bent prompted an investigator to check the ribbon in Wiley's typewriter. "Where I've gone," he typed, "is of no critical importance, and it's very doubtful that I'll ever return .
Legislative action week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: The House approved a bill clamping down on illegal immigration. It would require businesses to check their employees' status through a federal verification program or hire people with a valid driver's license. It would prohibit illegal immigrants from attending S.C. public colleges and would create a felony for hiding or transporting illegal workers. The Senate now will take up the bill. TEACHERS-SEX ABUSE: Legislation to make sex between teachers and students a crime even if the teen is legally old enough to consent (16 or older) was approved Thursday in the House. Any high school employee or volunteer who has sex with a student can be charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, according to the bill. HEALTH CARE BUSINESS: Small businesses and their employees received a boost last week with the House approving a bill that is aimed at lowering health care costs.
Dear Panhinda and lucky.
This is an interesting discussion. But, have you checked out the prices of a bicycle lately ? Recently, I wanted to buy a bicycle for my 8 yr old daughter and checked the price of a kids bicycle with side wheels. It was Rs 6,000/- I was stunned. Anyway, I was thinking of buying a bike for myself for exercise purposes. A recondition mountain bike sells between 12,000 and 20,000 depending on options. A basic 'poor man' bicycle is around Rs 8,000. So, you must be able to fork out quite a capital to buy the poor man's vehicle. Now, these are the types of industries that we can probably have in Sri Lanka. It would probably generate employment while at the same time lowering the prices. .
'Mr. Floyd' Culver, delivered DN, Inky
NOBODY AT the Daily News or Inquirer ever called Floyd Culver anything but "Mr. Floyd." "That's the kind of respect we had for him," said Bob Palmo, district circulation manager for the papers as he talked about a man who had been selling the papers in the streets of the city since 1947. He was still selling them through helpers until a few weeks ago. After all, he was only 100 years old. "He still wanted to be involved," Palmo said. "But about five weeks ago, he called me and said, 'I can't do it anymore.'" Mr. Floyd, who began his working life on a pecan farm in Alabama, served as a cook in the Navy in World War II, and had been a loyal ambassador for the Daily News and Inquirer for six decades, died yesterday. He had turned 100 on Oct. 3. Well into his 90s, Floyd loaded up the sturdy bicycle he bought in 1954 with newspapers, along with his cane, and would ply the streets of Center City and South Philadelphia, delivering hundreds of papers to the customers he loved.
Pedal power: Yuma woman shares Tour de France past
Some people walk into the pages of history. Betsy King chose to pedal. Today this spunky Yuma gal works far from the spotlight, doing her best to make folks feel better as a family nurse practitioner. But just a few years ago, King was earning thunderous applause and making headlines around the globe. That's when King racked up more than 10,000 miles a year on her bicycle, making her living by leaving everyone in the dust. That's back when King made history by competing in the world's most famous bike race of them all: the Tour de France. "All the crowds cheering and the people throwing water on you," she said, describing the thrill of crossing the finishing line. "It's amazing. It gives me chills just thinking about it." King competed in the Tour de France not just once, but five of the six years that a women's race was offered in the 1980s.
WORLD at 0400GMT
US-DRAG-RACING DEATHS ACCOKEEK, Maryland _ A car plows into a crowd that had gathered to watch an illegal street race on a suburban road at night, killing eight people and injuring at least five, police said. Developing. By Stephen Manning. AP Photos. PHILIPPINES-PRAYER PROTEST MANILA, Philippines _ More than 3,000 protesters gather for a Mass led by Roman Catholic groups and a pro-democracy leader to support a star witness in a corruption scandal battering President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's government. Developing. By Jim Gomez. NEW ZEALAND-PLANE COLLISION WELLINGTON, New Zealand _ Two people are killed when a light plane and a helicopter collide in mid-air north of New Zealand's capital, police say. GUANTANAMO-INTERROGATION CHIEF GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba _ Interrogators at Guantanamo got intelligence from detainees that helped U.S.
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