the md of khazanah, azman mokhtar was previously head of research for both ubs and sbs in malaysia. with such a wealth of knowledge to tap into we sat down with him inkuala lumpur and began by asking how malaysia was positioned to emerge from the current economic crisis >>mokhtar: i think we were fairly resilient, i would say, and certainly the numbers are, again, panning out, atthe macro level in malaysia. i think the recession is a short and relatively shallow recession in that sense. and i think the government in the 2010 budget that was just announced a few months ago, very clearly has taken the bull by the horns of making quite bold measures in terms of fiscal discipline but at the same time its a difficult time to craft because you can not exit out of your fiscal stimulus too early either so i think the equilibrium, i think, is about right, i think its at least panning out. the challenge for malaysia still remains, over the medium term, is the structural transformation towards a high income economy. >>sager: in order to reach vision 2020 which will lead basically, to a fully d

that's what i falked about with jackie over this holiday sb and that's how i came to the conclusion thatere are moments for each elected public official to step aside and let someone else step up. this is my moment to step aside. there'll be time to reflect in more detail on the years i've spent in public service. there'll be time to celebrate victories and mourn setbacks and share laughs and memory and to thank profusely the talented, tireless, and numerous staffers, many of whom are here today, who have made my senate work possible. but that time is not now. my service isn't over. i still have one year left on my contract to the people of connecticut. one year from this week, our state will have a new united states senator. in the meantime, we have important work to do. so a few closing thoughts. i believe in bipartisan solutions, but i also believe you can only achieve those results with vibrant, robust, and civil partisan debate. i'm a democrat and very, very proud of my party's contributions to the vitality and strength of america. i would never have had the opportunity to serve in

that's jerry kelly at the season-opening sbs championship in hawaii. and look at this.nto the cup. birdie the hard way. makes it look so easy. and that's a check of sports. i'm bob fischella. >>> so have you started that after-holiday diet but you're still having trouble losing weight? you may want to blame your metabolism. is that fair? we go beyond the surface to find out. >> regardless of your metabolism, if you have a fast metabolism, or a slower metabolism, you can still be overweight. metabolism is the process of converting food into energy. and then how quickly you burn up that energy. so it's not just metabolism alone that is going to determine your weight. it's how many calories you're eating and what else are you doing to burn calories and to keep your metabolic rate up. three things to help increase your metabolism would be to eat portions consistently throughout the day. stay properly hydrated, and to increase your muscle mass by doing weight bearing exercises. spicy foods can slightly increase your metabolism. just like caffeine can slightly increase your m

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that's what i falked about with jackie over this holiday sb and that's how i came to the conclusion that in the long sweep of american history, there are moments for each elected public official to step aside and let someone else step up. this is my moment to step aside. there'll be time to reflect in more detail on the years i've spent in public service. there'll be time to celebrate victories and mourn setbacks and share laughs and memory and to thank profusely the talented, tireless, and numerous staffers, many of whom are here today, who have made my senate work possible. but that time is not now. my service isn't over. i still have one year left on my contract to the people of connecticut. one year from this week, our state will have a new united states senator. in the meantime, we have important work to do. so a few closing thoughts. i believe in bipartisan solutions, but i also believe you can only achieve those results with vibrant, robust, and civil partisan debate. i'm a democrat and very, very proud of my party's contributions to the vitality and strength of america. i would n

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