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...That leaves the New York Times with its columnists. NYTimes.com used to charge subscribers for most of the paper's opinion pieces. That did not work well enough to be sustained, and the content was later made free along with the rest of the paper...
Many market experts expect this earnings season to do little to set the tone for the rest of the year. They assume that companies have been pounded into submission and that this has produced pessimism. In this climate, corporate management teams have decreased their forecasts to levels which they cannot fail to beat or match. It is like fixing a fight or a horse race, but it is legal...
...Which is what we did for the rest of our trip. From Koh Kong, we moved on to Sihanoukville, a 3-hr. drive southeast. Sihanoukville, named after a former king, is billed as Vietnam's up-and-coming high-end resort town, but for now, it is more accurately described as a beach town for backpackers. Hostels are abundant here, and there are a couple of nice hotels where you can get rooms for $5 to $400, depending on your budget. We got the last room, a private bungalow, at the one real resort in town, the Sokha Beach Resort...
...With the Thai economy set for a potential contraction of up to 4% this year, the Asian Development Bank said earlier this week that political infighting could hamper the effectiveness of the government's $44 billion economic stimulus program. The fate of that program, and the government itself, may rest on events surrounding the protests. And once again, most Thais can do little but watch, and wait...
...called for change but began with himself, pointing out the shortcomings of the U.S. in terms of dealing with its racial history, for example," says Hakan Altinay, director of the Open Society Institute in Istanbul. "That disarmed everyone. After years of the U.S. taking a superior approach to the rest of the world, he put himself on the same level as anyone else, and that really worked." (See pictures from the streets of Istanbul...