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Megat Junid, the former domestic trade and consumer affairs minister, died of prostate cancer at the Pantai Medical Centre early yesterday. He was 65.

He was buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim cemetery after zohor prayers.

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Commodity prices jumped, signaling inflation jitters, after U.S. president George W. Bush and house speaker Nancy Pelosi jointly announced a plan to mail $600 US to individuals, $1,200 US to married couples, and $300 US per child, in the form of an income tax rebate. The money could arrive in the mail as soon as May. Those with incomes over $75,000 would see the size of their cheque reduced.

The proposal would also temporarily raise the cap on federally-insured mortgage lending to $729,750 per home, from $417,000, and allow businesses to more quickly write off investments in capital equipment. More>>

On their five-year anniversary, Marcie and Walter Buczynski celebrated again, throwing a costume party for 100. He dressed as a pimp. She dressed as a showgirl.

Things were apparently going great at work for Buczynski then. The two-hour daily commute from his home in South Jersey to his office at Fieldstone Mortgage Co. in Columbia was a drain. But he'd been named an executive vice president that year and was being paid more than anyone else except the CEO.