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...Meanwhile, Asian markets spent the night jabbing at the panic button. Japan?s Nikkei and Hong Kong?s Hang Seng indexes both slid below its 10,000 level - and that was with innumerable stocks bumping against government-imposed curbs. South Korea's market took the heaviest hit, with the benchmark Kospi sinking 12 percent. Markets in Australia and New Zealand both lost just over 4 percent. Singapore ended down 7.4 percent...
...insiders are blown away by how many employees Immelt seems to know, though he's worked in only three of the company's 10 main businesses and never overseas. "I've seen him under fire and under grace, and his instincts are all right on the button," Welch said from his vacation home on Nantucket, where he's getting in some golf before his much anticipated book, Jack: Straight from the Gut, hits stores next week. "My report card comes out in another five years, when Jeff has taken this company to a whole new level, and people are saying...
...country." But Australia refused permission to land and sent troops aboard to ensure that it did not. The stalemate triggered international bickering, with Australia, Indonesia and Norway all refusing to take responsibility for the passengers. It also sparked fierce debate in Australia, where illegal immigration has been a hot-button topic during this election year. Most Australians supported Prime Minister John Howard's hardline tack, which was criticized by churches and human-rights groups...
...risk the harrowing passage if there were decent jobs to be had at home. Thus Fox's plan for immigration reform, coupled with economic reform to grow the Mexican economy. But President Bush also has plenty of reason to be cautious, since curbing immigration has long been a hot-button issue for his party's conservative base. And the U.S. economic downturn will increase the pressure that forced the White House to backpedal on the wide-ranging amnesty it floated at the beginning of summer. Today, the Bush administration is talking not of an amnesty, but of a "guest worker...
...TIME archive at www.time.com/archive or you can go to the time.com home page and use the search tool. Let's see, Didn't Margaret Carlson write a column a few years ago about older mothers having children? Enter "Margaret Carlson" and "older mothers" in Search, hit the arrow button, and voila, there it is on your screen...