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Looking for an apartment in Shanghai today is a dispiriting reminder of what you should have bought back when everything was cheap. A three-bedroom apartment in The Summit?a stylish, but hardly palatial, development in the popular French Concession?is now on the market for $695,000, about twice what it would have cost two years ago. Another developer has raised its prices in the downtown area by more than 40% since November. Still, many investors feel compelled to buy. "They don't want to miss the boat," says Albert Lau, managing director of Savills Property Services in Shanghai...
...easy on the throttle, because ascending slowly will help you acclimatize to the thinner air; and, for safety's sake, consider hiring a local guide who knows the route and can read the mountain's moods. With that checklist complete, all you need to do is choose your summit. Here are four of our regional favorites...
...time. Seven years later, there are 5.2 million unemployed and Schröder is terrified that voters will take him literally. Last week, the Chancellor unveiled a plan aimed at jump-starting the economy, and met with the leaders of the conservative opposition in a much ballyhooed "jobs summit." But like so many attempted German reforms of recent years, the plan seems likely to get diluted by political haggling and could end up doing little to create jobs. The jobs summit achieved only a minimum of agreement on Germany's economic future, and much of Schröder's package...
...early forays as a diplomat. Foreign officials note that she likes to play solo, holding meetings without a phalanx of regional experts. Others report that she is unexpectedly generous with her time, even to countries that have been sharply critical of the U.S. At the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in February between Arab and Israeli leaders, Rice met with all the participants individually but steered clear of the summit to avoid the appearance of U.S. overreach. And an Israeli official notes that in private negotiating sessions, Rice has a clever way of pushing hard on an issue, even if only...
Civil engineer Pat Galloway wrote a first-person account of her ascent to the summit of her profession [March 7]. Her courage, determination and devotion to duty must be commended, and her account should be read by all women civil engineers to inspire, motivate and encourage them. During my long service as a professor of civil engineering, I have observed many women succeed in the profession at different levels...