west African descent, there is some evidence of high risk in people of Chinese descent who are settled outside China. In a study in Malaysia \[[@B13]\], Chinese made up 81% of all hospital admissions (to the only teaching hospital in west Malaysia) with SLE, but only 35% of the local population. A later study \[[@B14]\] estimated prevalence rates (per 100 000) as 46 in Chinese, 26 in Indians and 12 in Malays. High rates in Malaysian Chinese when compared with other ethnic groups might be partly explained by greater access to health care. Excess prevalence of SLE was also reported among Chinese-Americans in Hawaii, however, where prevalence of SLE (per 100 000, both sexes) was estimated to be 24 in Chinese, 20 in Polynesians and six in EuropeansAcquisition Hums

Despite USinternetworking's recent announcement of $100 million in funding from Bain Capital, a tipster in the know claims the company, one of the original pure-play application service providers (and one of the few original ones still in business), may b

Despite USinternetworkings recent announcement of $100 million in funding from Bain Capital, a tipster in the know claims the company, one of the original pure-play application service providers (and one of the few original ones still in business), may be for sale. Besides noting the companys recent layoffs, the tattler also presented a clue about a prospective buyer. Last November, Microsoft invested $50 million in the Annapolis, Md., company and then followed up its USi lovefest this summer by giving it the ASP Solution of the Year award.