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...Despite the abundant risks of investing in China, it's not hard to see why SABMiller and A-B are so keen to get their hands on Harbin Brewery. Recent years have seen lackluster sales in the U.S., whereas China has emerged as the world's last great growth market for beer. With SABMiller already owning a stake in another large brewery in a neighboring province, A-B saw the danger that its arch rival might become the region's dominant player...
...very keen to understand all points of view and focuses on ensuring all parties are well represented,” KSG classmate Elizabeth J. Carr wrote in an e-mail. “He is passionate and enthusiastic and this allows him to create an energy around...
...proper rank'/ Tastes like hairspray". The nervy excitement of a first date in Could Well Be In is portrayed with a tenderness that softens the lack of couth: "I saw this thing on ITV the other week/ It said if she plays with her hair then she's probably keen/ She's playing with her hair well regularly, so I reckon I could well be in." To some that might seem like adolescent blather, but like Eminem in the U.S., Skinner draws the listener into the dark, angry, occasionally almost sweet thoughts of a British lad. And thanks...
...confused Cyprus with Crete on a stamp issued to mark the May 1 expansion of the European Union. Ireland - current holder of the rotating E.U. presidency - issued the stamp in the form of a map showing the organization's 15 old and 10 new member states. But keen-eyed philatelists quickly pointed out that the island that was supposedly Cyprus was of the same shape, and in the same location, as Crete. The postal service said it had used "cartographic license" to squeeze far-flung Cyprus onto...
...past months, a wave of films set in Japan or with a Japanese theme have flooded theaters, from the anime-influenced Kill Bill and Matrix series to stranger-in-a-strange-island tales Lost in Translation and The Last Samurai. Hollywood has revealed a keen interest in the Asian nation, and in huge numbers, Americans have reciprocated the fascination...