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Bulldog coach Jack Siedlecki said that his team would have to work hard not to get caught up in the hype surrounding its repeat bid, while also maintaining a certain level of confidence necessary to stay...
...Call it the summer of love across the Taiwan Strait, at least where the arts community is concerned. While political tensions simmer on other fronts - China's military buildup, Taiwan's ongoing bid for U.N. recognition, the Olympic torch route, to name a few - cultural exchanges have never been healthier. Cloud Gate is just one example. The largest group of terracotta-army artifacts ever to leave China (116 in total) is another: it was on exhibit last month at Taiwan's National Museum of History, before embarking on a world tour that will include London's British Museum...
...time in Italy when Selva's smug insouciance would have earned him points for Latin style. If so, it's passed. Instead, the episode fueled disgust over the mind-set of Italy's decidedly unservile public servants. Selva, 80, submitted his resignation to the Senate in a bid to quell public outrage. But when the matter was finally put on the legislative calendar on July 17, he announced that he'd changed his mind. Saying that his sin hardly compares with those of Senate colleagues accused of such crimes as bribery and drug dealing, he withdrew his offer...
...YORK CITY Rupert Murdoch wins bid for Dow Jones...
...initial $1.9 billion--CDB will fork over $3 billion for a stake in Barclays, the British bank locked in a struggle with a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to acquire Amsterdam-based ABN Amro. If Barclays increases its $94 billion cash-and-stock bid--unlikely unless Barclays' stock price rises--to beat RBS's $98 billion offer, CDB will boost its stake in Barclays to $13.5 billion, making it by far the biggest Chinese offshore investment ever...