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...normal for a particularly deep recession. The speedy turnaround in corporate profits, which are expected to soar 60% in the fourth quarter, is raising the value of the tax credits because they can be quickly cashed in. What's more, Congress is close to passing a bill that would make it even easier than usual for companies to turn recent losses into immediate cash...
...those visiting Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, Malacca's location - two hours by coach from the Malaysian capital, or 3 1/2 hours across the border from the Lion City - make it a no-brainer overnight excursion (or a long day trip, if you've got the stamina). The charming town is brimming with edifices that nod to a complicated colonial history on the Malacca Strait, while the narrow streets and traditional homes offer a peek into the culture of the Peranakans, or Malay Chinese, who lived there in great numbers. Here are three (of many) must-dos. See websites like melaka.net...
...they no longer see the travel ban as an inseparable component. In fact, they see lifting the ban as a way to throw a bigger ball into Havana's court, one that might oblige current Cuban President Raul Castro, Fidel's younger brother, to release more jailed dissidents or make other reform gestures...
...incrementally reduced contacts with the regime and increased sanctions against it for its record of violating human rights and quashing democracy. Larry Dinger, the chargé d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Rangoon, was quoted in the state-run Myanmar Times this week saying Washington wanted to make progress on "important issues" but would maintain sanctions "until concrete progress is made." The State Department has referred to the trip as a "fact-finding mission...
...choice does not come down to mere merit - politics, geography and gender will also play a part. E.U. leaders will want to make sure that the three posts of E.U. president, foreign policy chief and European Commission president are split between candidates from the centre-left and centre-right parties, big and small member states, northern and southern Europe, and, if possible, include a woman. (Former Irish President Mary Robinson has emerged as a potential E.U. president candidate.) (See TIME's photos: "New Hope For Belfast...