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...HOWARD CHAO...
During a recent meeting between Howard Chao, the partner in charge of O'Melveny & Myers' Asia practice, and a Silicon Valley venture-capital tycoon shopping for a lawyer with expertise there, the conversation was less a sales pitch by Chao than a freewheeling exchange about corporate-finance trends and upcoming investment opportunities. The portfolio manager left the meeting enlightened about the Chinese business landscape, and Chao got a new client as well as a referral to a company in the VC's portfolio that might also need his counsel. Most people would call that rainmaking. Chao calls it "knowledge arbitrage...
...emphasize her point, Budson introduced and passed around pictures of some women in today’s government, including Condoleeza Rice, Benazir Bhutto, and Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao...
...Located on the banks of the Chao Phraya river, smack in the heart of old Bangkok, the complex consists of three villas?the Riverside Villa, the Thai House and the Garden Suite?constructed in an architecturally sympathetic style around the original residence. The villas offer exquisite views of the Temple of Dawn and are serviced by 12 staff. Guests are ferried around Bangkok by the villas' own longboat, river launch or tuk tuk. Breakfast is enjoyed on private terraces, while lunch or dinner can be taken on a riverside veranda. And the best part? This discreet luxury comes...
...King? Well, for a prince certainly. Built in Bangkok in 1908 by Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath and converted into a boutique hotel in 2003 by his granddaughter, Narisa, the Chakrabongse Villas may well be one of the Thai capital's best-kept secrets. Located on the banks of the Chao Phraya river, smack in the heart of old Bangkok, the complex consists of three villas - the Riverside Villa, the Thai House and the Garden Suite - constructed in an architecturally sympathetic style around the original residence. The villas offer exquisite views of the Temple of Dawn and are serviced by 12 staff...