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Tamiflu is no better at fighting flu than paracetamol. That's the devastating conclusion of an expert scientific study into the effectiveness of the drug. So why have the US and British governments stockpiled two billion dollars' worth? Dr Barry Clinch from Roche - manufacturer of Tamiflu - goes head to head with Oxford University's Dr Carl Heneghan - one of the scientists who carried out the study.

Social media marketeer and Tennessee whiskey aficionado, Jason Falls, is in Louisville, Kentucky, talking ladies' razors, vanity and how to develop a winning online presence, and in Singapore, Bloomberg View's Asia Editor Nisid Hajari contemplates the craze for smartphone health and fitness apps while counting the cost of his dry cleaning.

Katherine Mangu Ward from Reason.com explains what 'fat American man standard' means, and Cindy Sui has the latest news from Taipei.