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...equipment required is the same, after all. Why are our soccer stadiums crammed to overflowing at every match with jubilant black supporters and our rugby stadium crowds are predominantly white? The average black South African doesn't particularly like rugby, while the average white South African has enough rugby mania in his blood to stop a charging elephant. This is not a sinister throwback to the "Afrikaner Broederbond." We as a country glow with pride when our players, black or white, do us proud on the sports field. Paul de Villiers, PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA...
...gotten ugly out there. the recent panic sparked by the global credit crisis has triggered the most serious market turbulence since the aftermath of the dotcom mania in 2001 and 2002. The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and other central banks were forced to pump over $150 billion into the world's banking systems to stabilize short-term lending markets and reassure worried investors...
Amid the relentless mania for making money that defines 21st century China, it's easy to forget that the country's stock markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen are less than two decades old. They may be barely out of adolescence, but they are already among the largest in the world. According to a forecast this month from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), a global consulting firm, Chinese companies will raise $52 billion this year through initial public stock offerings in Shanghai and Shenzhen, more than double the amount forecast at the start of the year. Remarkably, this makes it likely China will generate...
...intermarry or take Japanese citizenship, as official discrimination against them began to ease. "They believe they can succeed in Japanese society," says Kim Kyoo Il. "Their understanding is that they'll live here permanently." Given an aging, shrinking Japan's need for more immigrants - and the country's recent mania for things Korean - that's a safe assumption...
...heavy on information and light on entertainment. Now the portal is billed as a one-stop shop for all things Disney, from fan chat rooms to interactive games to video of movies both vintage and new and do-it-yourself vacation planning to Disney destinations. To capitalize on the mania surrounding the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the elaborate DisneyPirates.com site plunges visitors deep into the virtual world of Captain Jack Sparrow, beyond the usual trailers, screensavers and photo galleries. Cell-phone users can buy ringtones based on songs from the movie soundtrack. There...