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...Atmar, has rankled many. The recent surge in violence may be seen as a "test" for the new minister, say some. But only a week into his new appointment, Atmar appears to be passing with flying colors. On Monday, he oversaw the rescue and release of two prominent Afghan businessmen who had been kidnapped by a criminal gang and held to ransom for millions of dollars. What remains to be seen, however, is whether he can bring the kidnappers to justice. His next task will be to stop a new round of suicide bombings before they start...
...struck, although he vowed that "fiscal discipline remains the cornerstone of our economic program." In the meantime, relations between Erdogan and the business community, never overtly cordial at the best of times, have turned nasty. This month, after the head of the leading business lobby, the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TÜSIAD), criticized the government for not being sufficiently proactive in the current crisis, Erdogan shot back, accusing her and other critics of talking up the bad news in order to profit from it. "These people are pumping darkness into the nation," Erdogan said...
HONG KONG, CHINA Cash Crunch Not long ago, American businessmen flocked to trade shows in Guangzhou, China, searching for bargains from the country's southern factories. "Americans are famous for one thing," says Ken Melwani, Hong Kong - based director of trading company Nikita, whose 10 Chinese manufacturing plants turn out women's undergarments for export to Latin America and Africa. "They don't care about quantity. They just want to know: 'What is the price?'" This year, Melwani noticed that U.S. buyers weren't coming anymore. And something else was different. His bank has stopped pushing loans. "Definitely things have...
...that the more pious among us would take this seriously in establishing prices that are responsible, based on the marketplace." Indeed, with the exception of those involved in specifically Jewish markets like the Kosher foods industry that may fall partly under the jurisdiction of religious courts, Jewish businessmen are far less likely to be discussing rabbinic ethics than people like Levine and Diamond...
...which counts among its members an eclectic group of unionists, businessmen and royalists - says it will keep fighting the government until it flushes out all representatives linked with Thaksin. The opposition alliance believes that the former billionaire tycoon-turned-P.M. was corrupt and manipulated a democratic system to entrench his own power. Thai courts have charged Thaksin with graft in several cases. On Oct. 6, an official from the British Home Office confirmed that Thaksin and his wife had applied for political asylum in Britain on the grounds that they will not receive fair trials back home...