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...indeed? Not everyone is convinced that a bust is inevitable. China's stellar track record of managing its economy over the past decade makes some analysts relatively confident a soft landing can be engineered. A hedge-fund manager in Shanghai notes that AIG, the insurance giant, tried this month to raise $1.3 billion to launch a China stock fund-and fell $400 million short of that goal. "There are signs that this is going to cool off, but not crash," he insists. Jun Ma, a Deutsche Bank economist in Hong Kong, says the recent rate hikes should keep inflation...
...spurns faux-traditional art adorned with the usual lotus blossoms and other Buddhist motifs, Ji-Qoo, tel: (66) 5389 4250, is run by husband-and-wife team Chatchawan and Satoru Nilsakul. They prefer to showcase the work of emerging, Chiang Mai-based artists, and they've got the inside track on whose work to buy: Chatchawan is an artist himself and teaches at Chiang Mai University...
...company retools its supply chain, Topshop is beginning to focus on the U.S. The track record of British clothing retailers in the States is not particularly auspicious. Several British retailers, including the ubiquitous British chains Next and Marks & Spencer, have retreated after failing to come to grips with the ultracompetitive U.S. market...
...dress to wear at her university ball. By the time she got inside, however, she was told that item wasn't available. Unperturbed, Dickinson emerged 15 minutes later and a few hundred dollars lighter with two other dresses and a couple of vests. She vowed to come back and track down that white frock another day. That is the kind of loyalty any retailer would envy...
...beliefs led Kidjo to a twin-track career. There is Kidjo the composer and singer - four of her seven albums have been nominated for Grammies. And there is Kidjo the activist: she is a unicef goodwill ambassador and has founded her own aid group, Batonga, which works to improve women's education in Africa. At the foundation of all her endeavors is a conviction that it's good to talk, and that music is the universal tongue. "Music has been a communication tool since humankind has existed," she says. "Music is a healer, a unifier. It breaks all the barriers...