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...many countries, the publication of lists of ultra-rich citizens is an annual business ritual that stirs few emotions beyond pride and envy (depending on whether you made it onto the list or not). But in Vietnam, a communist country in the midst of a capitalist makeover, personal wealth remains a touchy subject. After online news site VNExpress recently produced the country's first-ever ranking of the 100 Richest People in Vietnam, several moguls complained. "I wish they would have asked us before publishing," groused Nguyen Duy Hung, CEO of a Ho Chi Minh City brokerage firm...
...expenses. This comes at a fragile moment for JetBlue, which is just returning to profitability after being hit with skyrocketing fuel prices and other problems. Yet this is hardly the end of JetBlue. Despite the turbulent weekend, the airline has responded quickly. On Tuesday, Neeleman announced a laundry list of improvements to the company's operations. These include more telephone operators to handle manual rebooking in the event of an emergency, improved software systems to track pilots and flight attendants and the creation of a reserve of trained, accredited workers at Kennedy who can jump in and help with flight...
Before Faust was named to lead the University earlier this month, Hyman was considered a finalist for the job, although sources told The Crimson at the time that his name remained on the short list as a courtesy in recognition of his five years of service as provost, not necessarily indicating serious consideration...
Walsh and the Conleys sent out an e-mail advisory to the Kirkland e-mail list yesterday afternoon...
...Korea in the 1970s and '80s. While the Bush Administration publicly supports Japan's focus on abductions, it didn't escape notice in Tokyo that the issue took a clear backseat to denuclearization at the talks - and that the U.S. raised the possibility of removing North Korea from its list of terrorism-sponsoring states, something Japan vociferously opposes. "Japan felt betrayed," says Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor of international relations at Tokyo's Waseda University. If Washington ignores the abduction issue, he adds, "the Japanese public will have doubts about the vitality of the U.S.-Japan alliance...