Rare diamond to shine at Sotheby's Asia sale (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Auction house Sotheby's will hammer off a 72-carat, flawless white diamond for an estimated $10 million to $12 million in its forthcoming Asian sales, which would make it the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction in Asia.
First Asia Pacific Effie Awards presented (Scoop.co.nz)
Singapore, 29th February 2008. The first-ever Asia Pacific Effie Awards, which recognize the most effective advertising and marketing campaigns across the region, were presented in Singapore this evening at a gala dinner marking the close of the inaugural World Effie Festival.
Naga DDB Clinches Malaysia's First Asia-Pacific Effie Award (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))
KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) — Advertising agency Naga DDB Malaysia Sdn Bhd has clinched the country's first Asia-Pacific EFFIE Award in recognition of its 'ViVA Loves You' campaign for Perodua at the inaugural World Effie Festival 2008 held in Singapore recently.