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...Ibis? Or will it be a mutiny of disgruntled migrants? Or what about the machinations of a mysterious ex-pirate from Burma's Muslim Rohingya minority, whose betel-stained gums and drooping mustache make him look "like some bloodthirsty Tartar of the steppes"? Wherever Ghosh's Asian epic may turn, readers can rest assured there are few better navigators to guide...
...ally than one coming from a government controlled sovereign wealth fund from China. "You have the [U.S. Treasury Department]asking the taxpayers to absorb all the bad debts from these banks' balance sheets," says a western banker who occasionally advises the CIC, "and then you're going to turn around and sell more of the bank to the Chinese government? That wasn't going to fly in Congress...
...last 20 years, French companies and workers have taken a very serious turn towards free markets and competition, which has made people more comfortable in trusting business and economic forces," says Jacques Bille, a senior civil servant and former political adviser. "But when trouble arises, that French individual goes into collective mode and expects the state to intervene and safeguard stability. That attitude has differentiated us starkly [from the Americans], until...
...City Council voted yesterday in a 7-2 decision to contribute $175,000 to help residents of Agassiz’s Shady Hill Square preserve a 93-year-old open space and turn it into a park...
...Sometimes they spend so much effort and time on test prep that they lose the other parts of their lives and ironically turn out to be worse college candidates and less prepared for college overall,” he said...