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...really upset at the Slingbox.'' He hasn't had much time for disappointment. Krikorian had flown to Cannes to announce that Sling Media will soon start selling Slingbox in Europe and Asia; he told Time that his product will hit high-street retailers in Britain and other European and Asian countries in May (even if his company won't yet reveal prices or which chains will carry it). According to Krikorian, the company has sold over 100,000 Slingboxes in the U.S. since introducing it there less than a year ago, with the price at around $200. While those numbers...
...second wave of economic development in Vietnam. During the early 1990s, encouraged by the government's heralded doi moi (renewal) economic reforms, investors poured in and growth soared. But an arduous, corrupt licensing process plus bureaucratic meddling soured the outlook. Investment all but dried up after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Starting in 2000, however, leaders intensified efforts to compete in the global economy. "The crisis was actually good for Vietnam," says Vietnamese-American venture capitalist Don Lam. "It forced the government to think realistically, to be proactive instead of just sitting and waiting for the money to come." Last...
...similarities rather than the differences between different religions, and most religious groups are quite willing to have nonmembers present for most services and social activities, religions are still defined by different, often inherently contradictory beliefs, and it would be absurd for members of a religious group like the Asian American Christian Fellowship to be led by someone who did not subscribe to Christianity. People often forget that while groupings like race, gender, nationality, and class are defined by accidents of biology and geography, religion is defined more concretely by what a person believes to be true; there is nothing wrong...
...distribute students’ money.Under the current standards, some groups that are recognized by the CCL may not qualify for UC funding. And that’s the way it should be. Last November, the UC suspended its bylaws in order to fund a study break, thrown by the Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF), that was open to all students. According to the constitution of the AACF’s parent organization, the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, officers of the group must “subscribe without reserve” to articles of Christian faith, although any student can join...
...White House is concerned, says Richard C. Bush, director of Northeast Asian policy studies at the Brookings Institution (no relation to the President), that on Iran "China will be not a responsible stakeholder but a free-rider, a big country that enjoys the benefits of the international system while letting other great powers do the heavy lifting...