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...Hong Kong, with its world-class financial-services sector and bustling stock market, is perfectly positioned to become China's Wall Street at the dawn of the Asian century. "We have clear advantages," says Franco Ngan, Value Partners CEO. "We're part of China. We understand the culture and speak the same language. There's a natural tendency for people to invest with managers near them. No one wants to take a 14-hour flight to see who's managing their wealth...
...Bailey and Rafshoon said they have yet to speak with Bloomberg about a run for President. But Bailey assured reporters that Bloomberg had no interest in being a spoiler. Bloomberg, said Bailey, would not run "unless he thinks...
...Pontiff had been invited by the La Sapienza rector to speak at the annual ceremony to inaugurate the academic year. Over the weekend, unwelcoming banners were already appearing on campus saying "No to the Pope" and "La Sapienza Hostage to the Pope," and several left-wing student groups had promised widespread heckling for Benedict's arrival on Thursday. But perhaps most notable was the professors' letter, which was printed in the Rome daily La Repubblica, calling on school officials to cancel the papal appearance, which they said was "incompatible" with the university's secular mission...
...then, as his voice started to crack, said: "She called the Princess a whore and said she was messing around with eff-ing Muslims and she was disgraceful and said some very nasty things." It was after that conversation, he said, that Diana decided she didn't want to speak to her mother ever again...
...think of any female political leader who actually did speak in soaring political rhetoric like Obama, or who used personal anecdotes the way Senator John Edwards does...