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...year, the economy grew 8.2%. Southeast Asia, too, will see a decline, from 5.8% growth this year to 4.4% in 2005, according to Merrill Lynch. In Indonesia, the region's most populous country, hopes are running high that new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will push through tough reforms and woo back the investment needed to spur the sagging economy. But the biggest worry is the Philippines, where ballooning debt and endemic budget deficits are sparking fears that the country could slip into a debt crisis...
...Deny that you have the flu to that hottie you met on Saturday night. Woo him or her with chicken soup as they spend Monday...
...over the international scrutiny, saying their country is the victim of a double standard because their ancient rival Japan is allowed to enrich uranium and separate plutonium to run reactors. "Every nation that pursues the full use of nuclear technology inevitably gets close to weapons technology," says Kim Tae Woo, a nuclear analyst at the government-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses. "So what is wrong with that...
...guess what: consumers should be big winners. Only a few online agents will thrive, and to stay in the game they will need to woo travelers with a wide range of offerings. Silverman, through a spokesman, and Diller protest any suggestion that the two are butting heads. They are friends who lunch together, and there's room for both, they say. Making the point, Diller notes that last month their companies inked a deal in which IAC's Hotels.com and Expedia will prominently display on their websites Cendant hotels, which include Days Inn, Travelodge and Howard Johnson. "While we compete...
Remember when knowing about John Woo was the cutting edge of cinematic cool? You know, before he started making claptrap like Paycheck? Well, there is a new Hong Kong action flick that those in the know have been talking about since its 2002 megablockbuster release in its native country: Infernal Affairs. It is the story of a cop who is undercover in the mob and a mob man working undercover as a cop. But this is no namby-pamby Donnie Brasco knockoff. Both sides realize they have a traitor, and the action begins in the classic Hong Kong action style...