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It has been widely noted that the current dovetailing of the largest initial public offering in U.S. history and a panic-fueled recession seems counterintuitive. And many observers have correctly pointed out that Visa Inc. is largely immune from the downturn in consumer spending because it reaps its profits from...
Former Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal Paul E. Steiger spoke last night at the John F. Kennedy Forum at the Institute of Politics about the current recession in the newspaper business, contending that “we have not reached the bottom yet.” Steiger began...
"Since China wants to join the world community," the 14th Dalai Lama said as I was traveling across Japan with him for a week last November, "the world community has a real responsibility to bring China into the mainstream." The whole world stands to gain, he pointed out, from a...
Do you see an improvement in relations with the U.S.? As the Leader[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] pointed out as well, no one said that there will be conflict between us forever. Not at all. It is not reasonable politics to say we don't ever want relations. First we should...
Last fall, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker suggested that Iran may be lessening its militant activities in Iraq. He pointed to the cease-fire by Sadr, speculating that Iran may have had a hand in convincing the Shi'a warlord to take that approach. Crocker noted that rocket attacks...