More than 700 tertiary-educated graduates are vying to become one of eight goodwill ambassadors at Sky 100, the observation deck of the International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong, Ming Pao reports. The selection process includes group discussions in English and Putonghua, written tests and interviews. 

Portugal 'backed to lift World Cup'

If company culture and managerial performance are any guide, then Portugal will beat Brazil in the World Cup final on July 11, according to professional services firm Towers Watson. The analysis, based on employee data from the 32 participating countries, assumes that national soccer teams are illustrative of what happens in firms in their countries in terms of organisation support and management skills.

Community work on the rise in US

Americans spent 100 million more hours helping their communities last year, a new federal report says, and the number of people getting involved went up by 1.6 million to 63.4 million. It is the biggest increase in volunteers in a single year since 2003, according to a report by the government-run Corporation for National and Community Service. AP