By Claire Suddath Thursday, Jun. 12, 2008

So how much damage can a few rotten tomatoes really do? The tomato-linked salmonella outbreak announced by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 3 has claimed 228 victims in 23 states over 58 days (and counting). It has put 25 people in the hospital and may have had a role in hastening the death of a cancer patient. And then there's the flurry of panic as many of the tomatoes that American consumers take for granted every day suddenly disappear — from McDonald's hamburgers; from the salsa at Chipotle Mexican Grill; from Burger King, Taco Bell and Sonic; and from the grocery shelves at Kroger, Wal-Mart and Target. Didn't we just go through this with bagged spinach? With peanut butter? With pet food?

By KATHLEEN KINGSBURY

Cookie dough. Pistachios. Lead-laced baby toys. These are just a few recent examples of the many food, household and other products that are recalled from the U.S. market each year because of potential health hazards. But while voluntary industry recalls help protect against future harm, each successive safety warning inevitably leaves the American public wondering who in the Federal Government is looking out for our well-being.

Tuesday June 23, 2009

JOHOR BARU: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is looking at starting its first nuclear power plant by 2025 once it gets the go-ahead from the Government.

Its nuclear energy head Dr Mohd Zamzam Jaafar said the country had to prepare for a nuclear future as present energy sources faced uncertainty amid volatile prices and scant resources.

By Sean Gregory Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

How sloppy is that triple Whopper with cheese? It has 1,250 calories, or 62.5% of the recommended 2,000-calories-per-day diet. The Fried Macaroni and Cheese from the Cheesecake Factory? Try 1,570 calories — according to health experts, you're better off eating a stick of butter.

Ng Suzhen
Monday, June 15th, 2009 06:47:00

THOSE under-30 are the leading age group for people declared bankrupt due to credit card debt. This startling finding reveals the other dimension to the general problem of credit card debt which has now reached RM23.3 billion.

“Out of the 3,548 people declaring bankruptcy by credit card, 1,774 belong to those aged 30 and below,” said Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, director-general of the Department of Insolvency Malaysia. That works out to a staggering 50 per cent.