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...billion in bad debts. But Thuy says state-owned banks are in better financial shape than is commonly believed. Nonperforming loans have been cut from 20% to as low as 3%, he says. Industry experts say the real number is probably three times that, but admit Vietnam has made progress in reducing bad loans. "It's not a China-like situation," says Alain Cany, chief executive for HSBC in Vietnam. (Up to 50% of the loan portfolios of China's big state-owned banks were nonperforming when the country joined the WTO, according to Standard & Poor...
...from the start, say the extrication must be careful and must involve far better planning than the Bush-Cheney invasion. Sadly, the left-wing Democrats and Bush are playing the same game-all or nothing-and, even more sadly, the President is destined to win. Congressional Democratic leaders admit privately they'll give Bush his appropriation when the current Kabuki is over. The question is, What, if any, restraints can they put on funding for the troops? Senate Armed Services Committee chair Carl Levin says the next version of the bill should tie continued funding to progress on reforms...
...were concerned for a couple of years after 9/11 and we still have to worry about how easy it is for the students we admit to get visas,” Skocpol said. “We’re not so much worried about the number of applicants as we are to get the very best students...
...clear: my point is not that Harvard should de-emphasize its global character or admit fewer international students. On the contrary, international students illustrate perfectly how benign nationalism and worldliness can go hand-in-hand. My beef is with the Americans who fail to follow their lead...
...embarrassed to admit that it took Imus' saying something so devastatingly crass to make me realize that there just was no reason beyond ego to play along. I did the show almost solely to earn my media-elite merit badge. The sad truth is that unless you have a book to promote, there's often no other reason any writer or columnist has to do the show. If Rich wants to "talk in an informed way," I'm sure there's an open mike at C-Span Radio, and if there's really a hunger for such adult dialogue, does...