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Conspicuous consumption goes out of style
The owners of the South City Grill restaurants in New t-shirt opened the first of three planned upscale steakhouses this year, and the décor was one of luxury and glamor. The owners "wanted it to spark like jewellery," recalled Anurag Nema, one of th Nov 17 2008
Tibetan exiles meet to address impasse with china
As the fire of anti-Chinese riots engulfed Tibetan areas of horse opera China last springtime, soldiers dispatched to the towns and small town of the deep river vale here encountered nothing but silence. Political moderateness is the norm in this cor Nov 17 2008
Suing the gang next door: yakuza dragged to court
Just like any other concern, the Dojinkai was ever attentive to the needs of the occupant surrounding its central office here. Its members adhered to the sacred rules of life in a Nipponese neighborhood by handing out small moving-in gifts, exchanging gre Nov 17 2008
A rush for tin, a catastrophe for the congo
Deep in the wood, high on a ridge stripped bare of trees and vines, the colonel sat atop his mount of ore. In track pants and a jersey, he needed no uniform to prove he was a soldier, no epaulette to reveal his rank. Everyone here knows Colonel Samy Nov 17 2008
Once greeted warmly, google wears out welcome
When Google began hiring in Zurich for its new technology center in 2004, local functionary welcomed the U.S. Company with open arms. Google's reaching is still bearing fruit for Zurich: 450 employees, about 300 of them applied scientist, work in Goo Nov 17 2008
Auction of land in u.s. national parks for oil upsets environmentalists
The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge - an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's licence plates - could one day include a boring platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush disposal "fire sale" for the oil and gas Nov 17 2008
Obama, and the risk of disillusioned fans
It did not go unnoticed among the paisans that Barack Obama loves a four-star Italian eating house on the Magnificent Mile near the lakefront. Not some pizza joint, but "the Ferrari of Italian cooking," as Spiaggia's chef and co-owner, Tony Mantuano, Nov 17 2008
G-20 mostly avoids the thornier questions
Leaders of the Group of 20 nations headed back to their home state Sunday to continue work on reviving their economies, leaving no clear way for the thornier questions of overhauling financial ordinance that President-elect Barack Obama of the United Stat Nov 17 2008
Obama faces blackberry withdrawal
Sorry, Mr. President. Please resignation your BlackBerry. Those are seven words President-elect Barack Obama is dreading but expecting to hear, friends and advisor say, when he takes business office in 65 days. For years, like legions of other o Nov 17 2008
Greens in germany pick son of turks as leader
The Green party, one of Federal Republic of Germany's main political parties, has elected the son of Turkish immigrants to its top political post, the first time any party here has chosen a leader with an immigrant background. The election Satur Nov 17 2008
Bust finally reaches technology industry
The engineering industry, which resisted the global economy's growth weakness over the last year as client kept purchasing laptops and iPhones, has eventually succumbed to the lag. In the span of just a few weeks, orders for both concern and con Nov 16 2008
Neighborhood in japan sues in bid to oust mafia
Just like any other concern, the Dojinkai was ever attentive to the needs of the occupant surrounding its central office here. Its members adhered to the sacred rules of life in a Nipponese neighborhood by handing out small moving-in gifts, exchanging gre Nov 16 2008
Congo riches are plundered by renegade army brigade
Deep in the wood, high on a ridge stripped bare of trees and vines, the colonel sat atop his mount of ore. In track pants and a jersey, he needed no uniform to prove he was a soldier, no epaulette to reveal his rank. Everyone here knows that Colonel Samy Nov 16 2008
Obama's new team has links to influence-seekers
President-elect Barack Obama has imposed stricter conflict-of-interest restrictions on his White House passage team than any president before him. But a newly released list of passage team members includes a complicated tangle of ties to buck private Nov 16 2008
Advice and dissent: obama reaches out to ex-rivals
Presidents typically say they want to be surrounded by strong-willed people who have the courageousness to disagree with them. President-elect Barack Obama, reach out to Edmund Hillary Rodham Bill Clinton and Republicans, actually might mean it. Ibra Nov 16 2008
At global finance talks, 20 different agendas
With 20 world leaders in town for 24 hours, there wasn't much time for grand gestures or bold promises at Sabbatum's acme meeting on the global financial crisis. But that did not stop the leaders from delivery 20 different docket, some more ambi Nov 16 2008
Mexico blames pilot error in crash
The pilot of a small authorities jet that crashed last week, violent death Mexico's inside minister, flew too close to a jumbo jet that it was followers and lost control of the plane in the turbulency created by the larger plane, the authorization sa Nov 16 2008
Pakistan says $7.6 billion imf loan agreed
Islamic Republic of Pakistan has agreed to borrow $7.6 billion from the International Monetary Fund to avoid adding an economic crisis to its battle against Islamic militants, functionary said Sabbatum. Pakistan finance chief Shaukat Tareen said the Nov 16 2008
Hungry la fires reduce hundreds of homes to ash
Southern Californians endured a third day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of Mobile River homes and mansions, forced tens of one thousand of people to flee and shut down major freeways. No decease were reported, but Nov 16 2008
110 us banks have asked for $170b from bailout
At least 110 banks have requested more than $170 one million million from the exchequer Department's deliverance fund, and many more are expected to have submitted applications earlier Friday's deadline. The petition would come from the $25 Nov 16 2008 |