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Then came the rise of dotcoms. Richard believed satellite transmission of the Internet to TV sets in China and India would be his future, and his Pacific Century Group got $50 million in backing from Intel for that dream in 1998. His next big deal was to develop a high-tech "Cyberport" on a prime piece of land donated by the Hong Kong government--without, strangely, the territory's usual process of taking bids from potential developers. He then created Pacific Century CyberWorks through a so-called back-door listing on the Hong Kong exchange, a procedure in which...
...Hong Kong's trade. His nickname in the press is Superman. Now comes Superboy: Li's son Richard, 33. Last month, Richard took over Cable & Wireless HKT, the territory's telecom giant, using an Internet company he started only 11 months ago called Pacific Century CyberWorks. The deal, valued at $38 billion, was Asia's biggest takeover ever...
...flexible interactive television and Internet access, through so-called broadband connections, to the vast populations of China, India and the rest of Asia--and thus become the largest such provider in the world. Dad is on the same wavelength. A week before his son struck the Cable & Wireless deal, Li Sr. went public with a tiny, barely operating Internet company called Tom.com setting off investor hysteria in the streets of Hong Kong. Li says Tom.com will become the biggest portal, or entry site, for Chinese speakers using the Internet--a grand goal...
Panelists urged the audience to develop regular sleep patterns and discussed ways that students could deal with sleep deficiencies...
...students are allowed to use microwaves if they are part of Harvard Student Agencies' microfridge, which can be yours (just for a year) if you plunk down a few hundred dollars. I guess the school is suggesting that if you are smart enough to take part in their amazing deal, you're intelligent enough to use a microwave without starting a fire. Not only that, but proctors and other university officers are apparently viewed by the administration as responsible enough to toast a slice of bread without turning Canaday into the Towering Inferno, Part...