The Midas touch
Gold is immutable, diamond's last forever, but a Singapore-based company is changing the shape of the jewellery we wear
BOOKTALK Grandpa Yen and the river of money
Sometime in his mid-90s, after his wife died, Grandpa Yen - who is now 107 - decided to live on a boat on the Phetchaburi River. That way he could save Bt800 a month in house rent.
Lukewarm 'Mercury'
Sylvester Stallone might have shied away from taking on Osama bin Laden in his planned "Rambo" sequel (he's going after Burma instead), but a new Thai superhero, "Mercury Man", embraces the FBI's most-wanted terrorist as a major plot point.
