Obama's Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies The New York Times | Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania challenged President Obama last week on behalf of steel workers, and helped underscore the administration's ambivalence about trade. | During a public meeting between the president and Senate Democrats, Mr. Specter asked whether Mr. Obama would upend existing ...
Court seeks answers to deadly Concorde crash Mumbai Mirror | Paris: US airline Continental and French aviation officials went on trial on Tuesday for the manslaughter of 113 people who died in Paris when a supersonic Concorde plummeted to the ground in a ball of fire. | The New York-bound jet crashed on July 25, 2000 killing 113 people. Two Continental staf...
Japan looks good - but it's not time to invest there yet Money Week | It’s been a busy fortnight in the markets, with the rally running out of steam amid fears over Greece’s debt problems. It’s always risky to second-guess the markets over the short term. But my feeling for now is that this has the potential to...
Taiwan court extends ex-leader detention by 2 months China Daily | TAIPEI: Taiwan's high court ordered Monday that former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian be held in custody for a further two months from February 24, rejecting his appeal to unite with his wife and mother. | Chen's detention was extended because his co...
Obama's Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies The New York Times | Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania challenged President Obama last week on behalf of steel workers, and helped underscore the administration's ambivalence about trade. | During a public meeting between the president and Senate Democrats, Mr. Spe...
US in line of fire as China toughens up foreign policy The Guardian | • Retaliation threatened after arms sales to Taiwan | • Beijing ready to stand alone over Iran sanctions | China's foreign minister Yang Jiechi during a security policy conference in Munich in 2010. Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters | signalle...
Taiwan's Formosa to invest $20 billion in 2010 Business Report | Submit your comment | Formosa Plastics Group, one of Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerates, said on Friday it planned to invest 650 billion Taiwan dollars (R153 billion) at home and abroad in 2010. | "We will focus on petrochemical and s...
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Obama's policies will send more US jobs to India, China:Jindal Deccan Herald Washington, Jan 30 (PTI): | Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has claimed that the Obama Administration's policies on trade and healthcare will lead to additional spe...
New China-Tibet talks show slight policy shift The Star | BEIJING (AP): New talks with the Dalai Lama's envoys are highlighting subtle shifts in China's approach to its restive, riot-scarred western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. | The ...
Placing Your Investing Chips in the Right Countries Wall Street Journal | Even if you've already joined the mad dash to diversify into foreign stocks, you may still have a warped view of the investing world. | In Saul Steinberg's famous illustration fo...
Mixed reactions from powers on Iran nuclear issue China Daily | MUNICH, Germany: While the United States and Germany said on Saturday they saw no sign of Iranian concessions on its nuclear program and might opt for added pressure, China and Russia once again cautioned against new sanctions. | US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Iran had failed to address the concerns held by Western countries and suggested...
North Korea releases U.S. Christian activist The Star | BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December arrived in China on Saturday and will next fly back to the United States, an official with the U.S. embassy in Beijing said. | Robert Park's release clears an obstacle between North Korea and the United States, its main adversary, as pressure mounts on the recl...
US missionary Robert Park returns home from North Korea The Times | A US missionary released by North Korea after entering the country on Christmas Day to protest human rights abuses is back in the United States. | "Robert Park arrived Saturday night at Los Angeles airport," said airport spokesman Albert Rodriguez. | North Korea had detained the 28-year-old for illegal entry after he crossed a frozen border river...
