Archive for September 17th, 2008

Contours Looking For Malaysian Franchisees

Zul • September 17th, 2008 • Going entrepreneur

Contours Express, a US-based operator of fitness gyms and health centres, is planning to establish its business presence in Malaysia and is now actively looking for interested franchisees.
The unique thing about the company is that, its gyms are only exclusive for women. Hence, naturally, most of its franchisees are also women.
Contours claims to be the [...]



Lehman Brothers’ x-Employees Go eBay

Zul • September 17th, 2008 • All Around The World

Filled with anger and resentment, former employees of Lehman Brothers, who lost their jobs overnight after the company filed for bankruptcy 2 days ago, went online to eBay and auctioned off company items, goodies and memorabilia.
eBay users sympathizing with them have been bidding their items.
eBay is the world’s largest auction and online shopping website.
The once-mighty [...]



UK University Ranking 2009 (11-20)

Zul • September 17th, 2008 • All Around The World

In the 2009 university ranking published by Times Online, the position between 11th and 20th, as expected are occupied mostly by universities in England.
Edinburgh becomes the sole representative in the 11-20 table, just like St. Andrew does for ranking 1 to 10.
While these universities did not score top marks that would grant them entry for [...]