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Congress and the White House may throw a curveball and roll out a tax cut ahead of the midterm elections rather than boost stimulus spending to aid the struggling economy, Harvard University History and Business Professor Niall Ferguson told...
Jobs Report: Improving Tone, But Only Just
September 4, 2010The U.S. employment report for August was announced yesterday, comprising the following key numbers (courtesy of Asha Bangalore of Northern Trust): Civilian Unemployment Rate: 9.6% in August, virtually steady for three straight months. The...
Hot sectors, jobs on investors' radar
March 27, 2011NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock investors could scramble to pick up some of the market's recent best performers this week as the quarter comes to an end, putting the spotlight on energy and industrial...
Private funds still scarce in Brazil infrastructure
March 27, 2011SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Construction projects related to Brazil's World Cup, already well behind schedule, have run into another unexpected problem --...
Two-goal Neymar shines as Brazil beat Scotland
March 27, 2011LONDON (Reuters) - Teenage strike Neymar scored twice on his third appearance for Brazil as the South Americans outclassed Scotland 2-0 in a friendly played in something of a carnival atmosphere at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on...
Two-goal Neymar makes his mark as Brazil beat Scotland
March 27, 2011LONDON (Reuters) - Teenage striker Neymar scored twice on his third appearance for Brazil as the South Americans outclassed Scotland 2-0 in a friendly played in something of a carnival atmosphere at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on...
Mr. Blasberg's Best-Dressed:
A Tribute to Dame Elizabeth Taylor
March 25, 2011See Mr. Blasberg's 5 favorite Dame Elizabeth Taylor red carpet...
The YSL Sponsored Metropolitan Opera Premiere
March 25, 2011Derek Blasberg documents his evening at the Metropolitan Opera, sponsored by YSL, in photos exclusively for...
Don’t Look Left or Right
March 22, 2011Written by Dr Wong Wee Nam 22 Mar 2011 There is a Chinese saying which goes like this: 王顾左右而言他。Translated it means “The King looked left and right and talked about other things”. It is used in reference to a person who tries to...
A 3 cornered fight would hurt WP more than NSP
March 22, 2011Written by Ng E-Jay 23 March 2011 In my previous TOC article “A 3-cornered fight is a scorched earth policy that will backfire” (22 Mar), I laid out my reasons why a 3-cornered fight initiated by an opposition party now would...
ku de ta
March 27, 2011Ku De Ta's roasted 'best end' pork loin, crispy poKu De Ta's roasted 'best end' pork...
the girl who leapt through time
March 27, 2011Time Traveller aids earthquake charity - Film BusiFilm Business AsiaTime Traveller aids earthquake...
Audio books added to Kindle downloads
March 25, 2011Amazon.com on Thursday added books read aloud by celebrities, authors and others to the library of works that can be wirelessly downloaded to the latest generation Kindle electronic...
South Korean celeb programs popular in North Korea
March 25, 2011Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - The popularity of South Korean celebrity entertainment programs is spreading to North Korea, according to Daily NK, an online newspaper specializing in news from the communist...
