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...mismanagement of the ethnic violence in the impoverished, Muslim-dominated south. The tipping point was the announcement in January that Thaksin's family had sold its 49.6% stake in the telecommunications giant Shin Corp. for $1.87 billion to a group led by Temasek Holdings, the Singapore government's investment arm. The sale has infuriated many Thais. It means that one of Thailand's corporate crown jewels is now controlled by a foreign entity. And the sale has sparked furious resentment because Thaksin's family did not have to pay any tax on its windfall. (Transactions by individuals on the Thai...
...those who wore the uniform for our country,” Kerry said. At the event, Kerry introduced a new funding push he is making in Congress to allocate $100 million to Veteran Centers for the screening and treatment of PTSD. Cleland, who lost both legs and half an arm in 1968 when he was serving in the Vietnam War, took the stage with Kerry before the screening. Cleland said that while he dealt with the physical wounds, for a long time, he was unaware of the “hidden wounds” of PTSD. He said that...
...federal government of hundreds of billion of dollars in much-needed revenue each year. But many of those cheats actually work for the federal government as contractors, according to prepared testimony being given to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the auditing arm of Congress. In fact, more than 3,800 contractors that do business with the General Services Administration have tax debts totaling about $1.4 billion The GSA is the giant organization that spends about $20 billion annually to provide other agencies in the federal government with practically everything they need to keep...
...author of the Booker prizewinning The Blind Assassin, came up with the idea for a telerobotic writing device that permits an author to remotely inscribe books. The first public test of the LongPen, which can transmit a pen stroke written on an electronic tablet to a robotic pen-wielding arm, took place last week. Atwood, at a book fair in London, prepared to sign books across the Atlantic: in New York City and Guelph...
...Digital cinema is probably a lot further away than most people would think," says Kurt Hall, president and CEO of National CineMedia, the marketing arm of AMC, Cinemark and Regal Entertainment Group. "There's still a lot of work to be done on the technology, both in making it secure [from piracy] for the content owners and in making sure that the systems work and can be operated efficiently by the theater circuits...