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...CHARGED. LIU TAI-YING, 67, former Kuomintang treasurer; with perjury, graft, insider trading, and other offenses relating to several financial scandals; in Taipei. Liu, chairman of China Development Financial Holding Corp., was one of the most powerful figures in Taiwan's former ruling party during the 1990s. If convicted, he faces up to 16 years in jail. Liu's indictment is being taken as evidence that President Chen Shui-bian's administration is serious about its pledge to crack down on corruption...
...Francisco technology consultancy. More software writing is taking place overseas, particularly in India, Dailey says, where the highly educated, English-speaking work force competes on quality as well as cost. It is a proposition that's attractive to U.S. managers in good times and bad, says Bill Tai, partner at Charles River Ventures. "In the short run, it will put deflationary pressure on wages for people doing the same jobs in the U.S.," he says. "In the long run, many of those jobs will simply disappear...
...disease that responds to complacence or concealment. The trouble is, there can be a heavy financial price to pay for honesty. "Administrators don't want to admit they have SARS patients because it will mean a dramatic drop in patients coming to their hospital," says Michael Tai, head of the department of social medicine at the Chungshan Medical University in Tai-chung, "and that means they will lose money." Still, "other hospitals won't dare to buck the system now," says epidemiologist Ho Mei-shang, who has been tasked by the President to bring hospitals into line. "They are getting...
...have to belong to a gym to build up your core strength. There are excellent yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates exercises that you can do at home, as well as all manner of exercise gadgets you can buy, such as the Reebok wobble board or the Bosu half dome. The point is to find something that works for you. "Basically, all you really need is a mat and a floor," says Miriam Nelson, an exercise scientist at Tufts University and author of the Strong Women series. But if a class or gadget gets you motivated, then go for it. Your...
...Tai, the sense of community fostered by intramurals is the reason for the venture. “The Yard Bucket is the goal, but the process of playing the games and people coming together is far more important...some people get to feel like they’re stars, especially when they get to playoffs,” Tai says. “You may never get to play in front of an audience of 30,000, but to win the IM championship in a sport, that means something...