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...took a shine to the boy, adopted him and smuggled him onto a flight to a new life in Nairobi. Three months later she died in a road accident. (Nicole Kidman is soon to play McCune in a biopic by director Tony Scott.) Ironically, with no gun to bolster his courage Jal found Nairobi a frightening place. Remembering how, in the worst hours of his desert trek, his prayers to "the God of my Mother" had been answered, he started going to church and joined the gospel choir. He had a vision telling him to use his voice to ease...
Contributions from the final year of the HBS fundraising drive also helped bolster the University’s total...
...losses and industry complaints. The ensuing negotiations, which are still progressing unhurriedly and uncertainly, have been the cause of much friction between Beijing and Washington. Another touchy area is that of China’s currency. Many U.S. trade groups accuse China of keeping the yuan artificially cheap to bolster exports. The yuan was revalued in July from a direct 8.28 peg to the U.S. dollar to an approximately 8.11 managed float, but the 2.1 percent revaluation is still far below the 10 percent wanted by Washington. These issues have all strained Sino-U.S. relations in the past...
...certified financial planner and partner in Brown & Tedstrom Inc. in Denver. It also depends on your time horizon. Planning to stay in your house 10 years or more? Then taking the extra cash from refinancing and investing it in something that has a higher rate of return can really bolster your retirement portfolio...
...billion in revenues last year and has been expanding rapidly, particularly in China. To that end, CMA partnered with the state-controlled China Shipping Group, the industry's eighth largest, in a joint bid for CP Ships, valued at $1.46 billion. A share of CP's 80 vessels would bolster the 193-ship CMA fleet, and the partnership would help strengthen CMA's position in China. In 2004, 46% of U.S. containerized imports came from China, and shipments from China to American shores grew 32% last year alone. No wonder there's a trade imbalance. --By Jeremy Caplan