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Shan is outspoken about business conditions in China. In editorials in the Asian Wall Street Journal, he wrote that China needs more market reform to stamp out corruption, which he called "a serious threat to China's body politic," and warned that willy-nilly lending by Chinese banks will wallop the economy. "I see a market filled with pitfalls," he says. "China is deceptive. Growth doesn't necessarily translate into profit." During a February luncheon in Hong Kong, Shan shocked the crowd by challenging Nobel-prizewinning economist Amartya Sen for praising Mao's "barefoot doctor" program as a sound...
...Semel, 62, wants to take the next leap, building the mythical bridge between the Internet and the entertainment world by putting Yahoo!'s stamp on everything from music to movies. The ultimate tool: streaming video, which allows websites to deliver content--from movies and TV shows to live news footage, celebrity interview clips and even three-dimensional representations of new cars with simulated test drives. In addition to The Apprentice, Yahoo! already streams regular clips from Entertainment Tonight, and has done a deal to webcast the first episode of Kirstie Alley's Fat Actress later this month. It will also...
...shut down a few years ago. But with the world around him changing, Mubarak is too shrewd a politician not to perceive the dangers in resisting the tide of reform. No one is sure exactly what moved the autocratic Mubarak to permit multiparty presidential elections instead of the rubber-stamp referendums that have given him four six-year terms in office. But after the government arrested liberal party head Ayman Nour last month on charges of fraud, the international reaction was unmistakable: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice canceled a planned visit to Cairo. If her message was clear...
...Since 9/11, they say, their marching orders have been very clear: disrupt first, prosecute later. That may mean potentially sacrificing a legal victory by gathering evidence in unorthodox or inadmissible ways, or resorting to the Al Capone strategy of using lesser charges--like immigration violations, minor perjury or food-stamp fraud--to keep a suspect off the street. That can make for rough justice. Says an official: "The American people want it all ways. They want the disruption, and they want it to look pretty...
ADIDAS + GOODYEAR The tire giant did more than just rubber-stamp these Adidas Tuscany shoes. The company used its Eagle F1 tire treads to inspire a new design for the soles of this trendy model...