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...China's mall woes stem from a bubble-forming combination of inexperience, exuberance and excess capital. Local mall developers are often first-generation capitalists looking to reinvest riches reaped from the booming residential sector, Parker says, and many lack expertise in running successful commercial projects. Local governments push through new mall projects because they hope to enhance infrastructure and increase commerce. Meanwhile bankers, eager to expand their loan portfolios, become too-willing accomplices to overbuilding. Parker calls it a recipe for "the perfect storm." Banks in a mature market "provide the sanity check to a developer, but in China, there...
...trying to influence markets, policymakers must balance on a tightrope amid shifting financial winds. Some investors are already miffed at the government for allowing the IPO spigot to open wide, saying that the burgeoning supply of shares could push prices down. As far as the authorities are concerned, a bit of a correction is probably welcome. But they don't want a bust. When the Shanghai Composite Index plunged 8.8% in February after analysts warned Beijing was about to impose a capital-gains tax, the government quickly backed off. Stocks resumed their rise, but dangers remain. As tech investors learned...
...presidential candidate Rudolph Guiliani. At the time of the phone call to Palfrey's escort service, Vitter was still a member of the House of Representatives. In 2006, Vitter emerged as a strong supporter of Marriage Protection Ammendment, a proposed constitutional amendment that emerged in reaction to the push for the right of gays to marry. It defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. On Monday, Vitter indicated that his marriage had survived his sin, which lay in the past. Vitter said, "Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife...
...Still, detractors see the appointment as designed to increase discord among the Socialists. Many in the party had seen DSK, beaten in the party's primary, as the rival best-placed to defeat the vanquished presidential candidate, Segolene Royal, in her push to take over the party's leadership...
...That term is now set at 28 days, a compromise that pleases nobody. Brown and Smith may again push for an extension, as part of a new terror bill already put in motion by their predecessors and due to be debated later this year. Other measures that might be included in the bill are the right to intercept calls and e-mails and to continue questioning suspects after they have been charged. The government has promised to consult on the new law widely and seek consensus on its terms. Shami Chakrabarti, the director of the human-rights group Liberty, often...