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...look for superinvestor Rogers in a boardroom or office, analyzing graphs and charts. He's more likely to be speeding across China on a motorcycle. The self-described "adventure capitalist" says his modus operandi is to go out and "see, smell and taste the real action...
That real business action is in China. "Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost," Rogers says. Not exactly a new thought but one that he explores diligently. Rogers' leading evidence? The country boasts 1.3 billion people with a rate of savings and investment exceeding 35%, and its foreign reserves are the world's largest. Give it 20 to 30 years, he says, and China will pass the U.S. as the world's biggest economy...
...remember the invasion. I remember President Carter coming out, and there was a big dramatic thing on TV: the Soviet Union has invaded Afghanistan--we were going to cancel the Olympics, and we weren't going to go to Moscow in 1980. I didn't realize what the covert action of the CIA had done, and whatnot...
...military option may not be necessary right now. If weaponization has been suspended, the window for sanctions has been widened. But there is no reasonable argument for taking military action off the table. If the Iranians refuse to negotiate seriously--their new negotiator says all previous negotiations are void and talks now return to square one--the military option needs to be on the table and in plain view...
...overtaking the top rank in women’s hockey looms large this weekend for the No. 2 Harvard women’s hockey team. The Crimson (9-0-0, 9-0-0 ECAC), currently trailing UNH in the national poll, is set for a weekend of non-league action against No. 10 UConn (11-3-1, 4-2-1 Hockey East) at Bright Hockey Arena tonight at 7 p.m. and Providence (6-6-2, 4-2-1) Saturday night in Providence, R.I.But what most Crimson skaters can taste right now is not the prospect of a No. 1 ranking...