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DBS chief apologises for ATM fraud incident

SINGAPORE:DBS Group Holdings CEO Piyush Gupta has made a public apology to DBS and POSB customers affected by an ATM skimming fraud that resulted in unauthorised withdrawals last week.

Source: Chua Yini | Yahoo News | 11th January 2012

Colonel shoots himself at press briefing

WARSAW: A Polish military prosecutor has shot himself in the head during a break in a press conference at which he was defending his office against allegations of illegal wiretapping. After making an emotional statement defending army investigators against the allegations, Colonel Mikolaj Przbyl said he needed to "air the room" and asked the media to stand in the corridor for five minutes.

Source: Matthew Day | Sydney Morning Herald | 10th January 2012

Social Media: What to Expect in 2012

CALIFORNIA: During our last company Skype meeting we started compiling a list of ideas for 2012′s social media, so I decided to do a little research myself and share my top 11.

Source: Angela Denby | Social Media Today | 1st January 2012

MP Seng Han Thong apologises for comment about SMRT Staff

SINGAPORE: Member of Parliament Mr Seng Han Thong of Ang Mo Kio GRC has apologised for comments he made on a TV programme where he said that SMRT staff spoke broken English.

Source: Staff Writer | Asia One | 22nd December 2011

Seng Han Tong: I made a mistake in my language

SINGAPORE: Last week, SMRT was slammed for not talking enough after its trains broke down. This week, Mr Seng Han Thong, the Government Parliamentary Committee's deputy chairman for Transport, sparked an online furore for talking too much.Mr Seng, a Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC, had gone on a special edition of BlogTV on Monday to discuss issues related to the train disruption.

Source: Staff Writer | The New Paper | 25th December 2012

Why did Rupert Murdoch join Twitter?

NEW YORK: His biographer says he views the internet as a place for "porn, thievery and hackers", so why has octogenarian media mogul Rupert Murdoch suddenly joined Twitter? The microblogging site has been around for almost five years, so why did he sign up now, and on New Year's Eve?

Source: Asher Moses | Sydney Morning Herald | 4th January 2012

5 Sure-Fire Signs Your LinkedIn Company Page Sucks

CALIFORNIA: If you are using LinkedIn to market your business online, you know how tricky it can be to set up your LinkedIn’s Company Page. Who knows if you have all the apps you should? How can you tell if people are visiting your page? Is your page fully optimized? These are all questions you need to have answered and we are going to do that for you in this post. Time for a healthy reality check to see if you’re doing everything you can do to drive more success from your LinkedIn Company Page efforts. Don’t worry too much if you’re missing a couple of these tips; just incorporate them into what you’re doing already to be even more awesome.

Source: Justin Brackett | socialmediatoday.com | 17th December 2011