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...London. "As an international financial center, [they are the only] two global benchmarks for Hong Kong," he says. "Other places cannot compare with us." But Hong Kong does not have some God-given right to be a success; others would like some of its wealth. Though the World Economic Forum last year rated the territory as the world's 11th most competitive economy, Hong Kong is in a race for global business not just with obvious local rivals such as Tokyo and Singapore, but with cities from Shanghai to Dubai who are seeking to benefit from globalization...
...conjures up the image of a penis. Nonetheless, we encourage House committees and house-members to expand their horizons beyond the purely phallic. After all, there comes a point where we have to ask ourselves whether these T-shirts are really intended to welcome freshmen or are merely a forum for upperclassmen’s inside jokes...
...people from the CSA, the Korean Association (KA) and the Asian American Association gathered in Ticknor Lounge for the talk, titled “Our Generation’s Perceptions of Different Asian Ethnicities.” CSA President Lydia N. Lo ’09 said before the forum there would not be “a focus on the China-Japan issue” at the event, even though it was prompted by the CSA e-mail discussion thread. She stressed instead an emphasis on the greater East Asian community. The bulk of the early discussion, however, still...
...Alvelda "a new nervousness," he says, about the responsibility that goes with being a public service and utility. He says the London bombings and Hurricane Katrina tested MobiTV's reliability as well as the market for getting news over mobile phones. For Alvelda, his experience at the World Economic Forum this year affirmed demand for such services. He says leaders of developing countries recognized MobiTV's potential for bringing information to their communities. "Now they don't lay copper. They put up cell towers," says Alvelda. "It leapfrogs some of the challenges of the past...
Panelists at last night’s John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum panel discussion on whether a United States-Iran conflict is inevitable disagreed about the probability of war, but agreed that the idea that Iran could soon possess a nuclear weapon is “doubtful.” According to Vali R. Nasr, a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School and senior fellow of the Kennedy School’s Dubai initiative, the possibility of outright attack is “fairly high.” “With each country being tough on the other side...