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...Shock to the Economy Almost 500,000 troops were deployed to help restore transportation links and clean up the devastation, the largest military deployment for a natural disaster since devastating floods almost a decade ago. But the economic damage is already done. The Chinese government estimated storm-related losses at about $3 billion. Economists say this figure is bound to rise. "I'd guess in the end [the crisis] will shave a couple tenths of a percentage point off China's GDP growth this year," says Ben Simpfendorfer, a China economist with the Royal Bank of Scotland in Hong Kong...
...digging his way out, he skipped off to a Malaysia beach resort with his wife to sip umbrella drinks for a few days before their world caved in. A week later Britain's oldest merchant bank, which had helped finance the Napoleonic wars and the Louisiana Purchase, was done. Leeson was sentenced to 6 1/2 years - though he served just 4 1/2 - in a Singapore prison for fraud...
...bane of any creative industry in Asia--intellectual property protection-- remains the most pressing concern for animation. Chu, who has worked in animation in Hong Kong for more than 20 years, has given up. "There's really nothing that can be done," he says. "The only hope is that someday our product is cheap enough that it's not affordable to counterfeit." Lucasfilm, on the other hand, chose to operate in Singapore because of the country's strict copyright laws and advanced legal system. "We feel comfortable that the infrastructure is in place to protect individual IP," says Kubsch...
Albright had it wrong in explaining how President George W. Bush will be judged. She incorrectly said "this presidency has done a great deal of damage" to the U.S.'s international reputation. She must be confusing this presidency with the media, which continually bash the very country that gives them the freedom to do so. Shame on Albright for blaming the media's mistakes on Bush. Jennifer Crake, KNOXVILLE, TENN...
...other moms who heard about the system, Allen sent an e-mail inviting friends to her catering kitchen. "I told them that we'll make this a girls' night out once a month," she said. "I'll bring the wine and the music, and [we'll] get a chore done...