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As Patricia Nyalusi follows the reenactment of the Stations of the Cross on Friday, she waves a handkerchief-sized Tanzanian flag. At home in Mbeya, in the country's south, "I never dreamed of such a big journey." From her small wage as a hospital lab technician, she supports both...
An Amazon exec told me last week that Kindle-ized books now account for 12% of all books sold in digital and print versions on the mega-site. That's up 100% in two months. The company won't say how many electronic readers have been sold, so it's...
In over 340 flood-and-tornado-ravaged communities across Iowa, thousands of people remain in limbo after what many consider the state's worst natural disaster. Seventy-eight of Iowa's 99 counties are under presidential disaster proclamation. Almost 31,000 people have registered for FEMA aid; more than 9...
Mirwais' own wartime travels took him to Kuwait, where he opened a doner kebab restaurant, and learned that young people were bored with their household fare, and expressed their worldliness by eating things their mother's couldn't cook. So after serving Turkish cuisine in Kuwait, he turned to serving...
What's at stake is billions of dollars in lost tax revenue. According to the Senate, experts estimate that the total loss to the Treasury from offshore tax evasion could be as high as $100 billion a year, including $40 billion to $70 billion from individuals and some $30 billion...