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Summer 2009 has come to a close, and peaceful East Cambridge, Mass. is once again flooded with driven, eager pupils donning crimson wherever they...
...High-end residential real estate around the world has been hit hard by the recession. Prices for luxury flats in London are still a fifth lower than they were in March 2008. But confidence in Hong Kong's luxury market, driven by surprisingly strong economic growth in China, is recovering quickly. Just last week a penthouse apartment located in a new tower built not far from the Cullinan in Hong Kong's Kowloon district sold for $3.16 million. That may not sound like much for an upscale address, but the apartment has just 590 sq. ft. of useable space - meaning...
...foreign press flapped about Palin (and the lack of access to her), few in the local Cantonese media - or most Hong Kongers, in general - seemed to care. Few representatives from Hong Kong's tabloid-driven press stood in the forlorn journalist pen outside the hotel. Shown a picture of Palin, a woman surnamed Ng, who operated a food stand near the Grand Hyatt, professed to not know who she was. "If she is rich and famous, then maybe she goes shopping nearby," said Ng from behind her counter. "Afterward, she can come eat my fishballs...
...Many pundits are alleging that the timing - and questionable taste - of Giscard's book is driven by the fact that fellow former President Jacques Chirac will publish a memoir of his own political career next month. Enduring hatred between the two men stretches back to the mid-1970s; each has waged a campaign of electoral war and political brawling against the other ever since. The Princess and the President, some pundits say, is Giscard's newest attempt to steal the limelight from his nemesis...
...Brussels No Fishing The European Commission is backing a proposal to ban the international sale of Atlantic bluefin tuna, a Mediterranean species depleted by decades of overfishing. An estimated 90% of Europe's bluefin tuna is exported to Japan, where voracious sushi consumption has driven the fish's population to dangerously low levels. The European Union is expected to formally support the measure this month...