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...SCOTLAND Dhanakosa Find enlightenment in the southern Scottish Highlands at this Buddhist hideaway. Retreats on offer combine meditation with everything from photography classes to Tai Chi, starting from $100 a weekend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rooms Are Divine | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...price surge 73% in its first day of trading, Dec. 23. In the short term, such suspension of disbelief can be highly profitable, but it can also be an excellent way of losing money fast. "Some of the investors will ultimately be burned," says Joseph Lau, a director at Tai Fook Asset Management. Optimists point to China's bottomless labor pool and insatiable demand as evidence that this may not be a bubble at all; the Chinese economy is growing exponentially as a new middle class takes shape, they argue, and that should continue to drive stocks higher. Most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heading for a Big Bang? | 2/15/2004 | See Source »

...than some private colleges but expensive compared with the state's high-quality public universities, whose tuition and fees for residents are under $6,000. While most white students say the instant they stepped on campus A.P.U. felt "like home," many minority students say they struggled to adapt. Joyce Tai, 26, an Asian-American master's candidate in college student affairs, was drawn by a unique administrative program but finds life in this Christian bubble startlingly different from her undergraduate experience at California State University, Fullerton. "I'm taking a diversity class. I'm looking around. Where is the diversity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Higher Learning | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...with about 150 employees is destined to become a global titan. In the short term, such suspension of disbelief can be highly profitable, but it can also prove to be an excellent way of losing money fast. "I warn investors to be cautious," says Joseph Lau, a director at Tai Fook Asset Management. "Some of the investors will ultimately be burned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get 'em While They're Hot? | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...going public are solid operations with proven track records, state backing, and large market shares in well-understood industries?unlike shaky Internet start-ups. The dotcoms "were selling a concept, but most of the companies listing in Hong Kong have a profit," says Kenny Tang, associate director of Tung Tai Securities. What's more, the bullish argument goes, the Chinese economy is growing exponentially, and that should continue to drive mainland stocks higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get 'em While They're Hot? | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

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