Word: khans
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...South Sudan has come a long way - that's important to recognize," says Shamima Khan of the World Bank's Juba office. In the absence of war, analysts say the key to Juba's future prosperity is the prevention of corruption and the mismanagement of oil money. The southern government also has to find non-oil sources of revenue and to repair broken-down infrastructure. South Sudan literally has to build a nation from dust and rubble. It has yet to implement a system of income taxes and trade duties to regulate the economy. Still, Juba's potential is radiating...
...Microsoft has not had a lot of success with their online plays," notes Shahid Khan, a business strategy consultant at IBB Consulting in Princeton, N.J. Their search engine, Windows Live, is a distant third to Google and Yahoo, in both ad revenue and users. They've lost out to Google on key strategic deals to buy both YouTube and online ad company DoubleClick. And while sales of the new operating system, Windows Vista, have been brisk, reviews have been decidedly mixed...
...while Facebook's shiny new $15 billion valuation (up from $10 billion just a month ago) may seem out of this world, it pays to keep in mind that it's still just "Monopoly money," notes Khan. With hardly any profits to date, the company's actual valuation is all just speculation at the moment. That should become much clearer, once Facebook goes public sometime in the next year or so. One thing's for sure, however: the dotcom bubble just got bigger than ever. Get ready for another wild ride...
...know how to behave. We want to acquaint them with the cost of a plane, the safety aspects, how to treat the hostesses." Still, for many passengers the experience is mainly about letting dreams take wing. The weathered Airbus is "beautiful to sit in," says local resident Anisha Khan, who recently took a few hours out from caring for her three children to take a ride. "When we have more money then we'll go on a real plane...
...cars, on foot and by donkey cart. As dawn broke on the morning of her arrival, the crowds awoke from the highway medians where they had passed the night in hopes of getting a glimpse of a leader few had seen other than from a television screen. Babur Khan, a 28-year-old employee at the Karachi stock exchange said excitedly, "She will bring employment, she will restore democracy, and she will bring peace. We are proud to have a woman as a leader. Our children's future in her hands. She is our mother." "We are emotionally charged," said...