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...future." Last week, U-Right, a clothing retailer with about 100 outlets in Hong Kong and another 500 in China, was forced to liquidate after it could not meet bank demands to repay its debts. By Sunday, some of the chain's Hong Kong stores, already picked over by bargain hunters, were shuttered...
...allow India to take part in international nuclear commerce and its scientists to participate in international nuclear research activities. For India, the approval is a ringing endorsement of its increasing weight in international affairs, and an acknowledgement of its growing intimacy with the world?s only remaining superpower. The bargain also clears the way for American and European nuclear corporations to bid for contracts worth $27 billion to build 18-20 nuclear reactors in India. And though its high cost and the enduring controversy surrounding it may mean that nuclear energy never comprises more than 7% of India's nuclear...
...canvas, trembling as he swirled his brush in the rich pigments and applied them to the canvas. His previous works had all involved giraffes, which made their production quite expensive. The ringmaster of the London Circus—that weaselly little degenerate!—drove a hard bargain. He felt, however, that the leopard allowed for a much higher degree of metaphorical coherence. London’s aristocratic intelligentsia would fall to their knees at the unveiling. It would be his masterpiece.On the pedestal, The Stable Boy stifled his boredom. It was the fifth modeling he had done since...
...more of a bargain, but the G1 is far from perfect. The keys on its keyboard are almost comically tiny. The touch-sensitive onscreen zoom feature isn't as intuitive as the iPhone's. And the rumored cut-and-paste function in e-mail is a bit dopey: it doesn't let you rearrange individual words or phrases; instead, you can only cut and paste an entire message. And while the built-in camera is a full megapixel higher than the iPhone's, you still can't record video. One big drawback for music lovers...
...Sept. 19 gains were driven to some extent by bargain hunting. After tumbling about 45% from highs reached late last year, Asian stocks now trade at roughly 10 times 2008 earnings - which means they're relatively cheap. Although Asia's economic growth is expected to slow over the next 12 months, the region's financial systems and economies are still fundamentally sound, analysts say. Banks in Asia haven't experienced the dangerous losses on property and mortgages that are devastating their U.S. counterparts. To some, like Hugh Young, managing director at Aberdeen Asset Management Asia in Singapore, the sell...