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...Social Democratic Party (PSDB). In races for state governor the annulment option was even more popular, with 13% in Sao Paulo and 17% in Rio de Janeiro saying they would vote for none of the declared candidates. And although there are few polls available for parliamentary elections, voters and analysts expect the percentage of annulments to be even higher in those races. "The credibility in the political system is damaged," says Joao Augusto de Castro Neves, an analyst at the Brazilian Institute for Political Studies. "People see so many candidates involved that they don't know who to vote...
...goal is simple: it makes no money from selling phones, but from the voice and data traffic they deliver to its network. So it wants to get Vodafone-networked phones into as many hands as possible. Vending machines seem to be one of the cheapest ways. Indeed, Forrester analyst Jenny Lau says the cost of sales staff is one of the biggest expenses in the distribution chain. Moreover, many customers don't need sales help because mobiles are essentially a commodity now, Farrell says. Typical kiosk buyers "know what they want, come in and get it and go." Foreign travelers...
...Still, the Angelides strategy - particularly the tax cut plan - has energized his campaign for the moment, and might help to inoculate the Democrat somewhat from Republican attacks that he's a tax-and-spend liberal, says Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, political analyst and senior scholar at USC, who was at the back of the room listening to his remarks. Additionally, she said, "Angelides now seems to have a message and a focus that could force the Governor to narrow his message in a way that disturbs his carefully constructed coalition [of disparate independents and mainstream GOP voters]. If that happens, this...
...Japanese fishing boat sailing in disputed waters, killing a fisherman - Abe would need to show real statesmanship. "It would take a Prime Minister who has a rational view of the situation, who says, 'This is bad for Japan, and I won't go,'" says Robert Dujarric, a Tokyo-based analyst and senior associate at the National Institute for Public Policy in Fairfax, Virginia. "I don't know if that...
...charity called Crescent Relief founded by the Raufs' father, Abdul, which collected money for last year's Pakistani earthquake relief effort, is also under the microscope. A London-based independent security analyst said money was transferred from Crescent Relief late last year into three accounts in three separate banks in the Mirpur region of Kashmir. The accounts belonged to suspects arrested in the U.K. and Pakistan in the past week, the source said. Officials at Crescent Relief were unavailable for comment, and Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has dismissed reports that a tie to earthquake relief funds is being investigated. "Rashid...