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...recent weeks setting record highs almost daily. By some estimates, there is now more money in the Shanghai stock market than there is in bank savings accounts nationwide-this in a country where the per capita income last year was about $1,750. Yet the mania only seems to grow. On May 9, the total turnover on Chinese bourses exceeded that of all other Asian stock exchanges combined, a first. There are even reports of retail investors borrowing against newly purchased apartments or houses-shades of Japan in the late 1980s-to buy stocks. "I'm afraid this thing...
With 300 stores in Britain and 100 international outlets (all franchises) in Asia, Europe and Latin America, Topshop is looking to expand further overseas. Even after opening its biggest international store in Stockholm, Green says, Scandinavia still holds tremendous potential. But to grow much larger, Topshop will have to make some radical changes. Today, no matter where Topshop's smock dresses or miniskirts are stitched together--or where they're destined--they all pass through Britain. "The existing franchising model and supply chain would not work for significant global expansion, and will need to be adapted," Green says. To construct...
...Corp. failed in an attempt to buy Unocal and Dubai Ports World bought and then had to give up control of several U.S. ports--appear to have profiles low enough to avoid political opposition. Make no mistake, though: foreign investors' presence in the U.S. is only going to grow...
...workers in 2000 but only 6,400 this year. Employers complain about the spiraling costs of wages, transportation, government fees and housing. Activists worry about exploitation. Economists say guest-worker programs may look like a flexible solution to the nation's seasonal agricultural needs, but they inevitably grow rigid under a tangle of red tape...
...Which is why there is some very bad news from Iraq as well. There is a growing sense among senior U.S. military and intelligence officials that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki-and the Shi'ite factions in general-has little interest in making concessions to the Sunnis. "The Shi'ites suffer from a battered-child syndrome. They simply don't trust the Sunnis," said a senior U.S. official. There was a long history, even before Saddam Hussein's massacres, of Sunni prejudice and pogroms against the Shi'ites. In recent months, the al-Maliki government has sent...