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Considering how much ridicule she endured from political opponents during and after the 2000 Florida presidential election recount debacle, it's almost astounding that Katherine Harris would willingly put herself in a position to be the butt of more jokes. But as a candidate in the absurd political circus that...
That's because there's so much room for growth. According to a 2005 report by Credit Suisse, only about one in five wealthy Asians uses private-banking services, which run the gamut from investing in stocks, hedge funds and private equity to providing tailored advice on everything from estate...
Where Harvard professors missed the board altogether, Kellaway, and, to a lesser extent, Bradley, hit the bullseye. Pundits who used Summers’ ouster to score political points—either against political correctness, the Left, or Harvard faculty proper—were blinded by their own prejudices to what...
This Debonair, martini-swilling socialite wasn't "the thin man." (That guy was a victim in the original Dashiell Hammett novel.) But Nick was the cool socialite, solving homicides as if they were Times crosswords. Nick and his wife Nora (and their terrier Asta) were a dream family to a...
Now, though, Hanoi?always more dour than gaudy Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in the south?just might be starting to loosen up. "Who cares about the government?" shouts a refrigerator salesman swilling iced gin at the bar and listening to the Filipino country-and-western band. "What matters is...