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...waiting for opportunities.? China has no need to exert itself or take risks on the foreign policy front as its power appears to expand exponentially in proportion to its massive economic growth, which has averaged 9 percent per annum over two decades. China's GDP is slated to equal Britain's this year; Germany's in 2009, Japan's in 2017, and America's by 2042 - although some analysts say that by measure of purchasing power parity, it could match the U.S. as early...
...DIED. JANET REGER, 69, women's underwear designer whose company brought back sexy, luxury lingerie to Britain; in London. Reger founded Janet Reger Creations in 1967, introducing a line of brightly colored, lace-trimmed under-garments in satin and silk. Women flocked to be fitted by Reger and men anticipated the company's racy sales catalogs. Reger's daughter, Aliza, now runs the company...
...Great Britain recognized Tsang with its ultimate vote of confidence—Queen Elizabeth II knighted Tsang as Sir Donald in 1997. This honor came just after Great Britain appointed Tsang as the first Chinese Financial Secretary in 1995, after 150 years of British incumbents...
...Some rules make sense. In Britain, for example, people installing gas boilers are required to undergo special safety training. But dozens of other regulations seem arbitrary or archaic. Several countries will only grant telecommunications service licenses to residents, for example. Belgium, for one, requires many types of service companies, including advertising agencies, to notify authorities any time they send people to Brussels to work for a client there, giving details of their names and how long they'll be working in the country. "You have to jump through all these hoops," complains Phil Murphy of Britain's Advertising Association...
...have a blockbuster exhibition guaranteed to bring in the crowds. The phenomenal success of the three-city "Matisse Picasso" show in 2002-03 helped inspire the thoughtful "Picasso Ingres" exhibit in Paris last year. Now there's the traveling "Turner, Whistler, Monet" exhibit currently at London's Tate Britain. This is the golden age of spot-the-influence shows. Some museumgoers see them as a two- or three-for-one bonus, others as a force-fed art history lecture. But there's no denying that when such exhibitions work, they can have an unmatched power. One of the best...