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...sticky situations. "There's a lot of pressure on students to do well in school and they don't want to dissapoint their parents," says Park Gwang Il, an English teacher in Namyangju, near Seoul. "They are starting to learn that money talks." The going rate for a phone call to a teacher is about $30, while a visit to a school costs about $100. Some kids are even lining up fake parents on retainer, just in case they might need someone to pose as a mom or dad down the line. "My teacher hasn't told me exactly when...
...TIME is right. It is the age of "me." Cell-phone users hold personal conversations loud enough for the world to hear. Drivers swerve down the freeway, coffee in one hand, cell phone in the other, honking and worrying about no one but themselves. Totally uninteresting people make videos describing their lives, as if someone should care. Has all this noise made things better? Maybe the next Persons of the Year should be "They," so people might actually consider the existence of other human beings. Bob Widmer Pleasanton, California...
...flood of IPOs by Chinese companies, including some record-breaking deals, is a major reason for that performance. To tap overseas investors, China's best companies?from mobile-phone operators to insurance firms?have made Hong Kong's stock market their No. 1 choice for going public. Why? The imposition of onerous reporting requirements on companies listing in the U.S. in the wake of the Enron scandal has knocked some of the shine off New York, while Chinese bourses in Shanghai and Shenzhen are often considered to be too immature and restricted (foreigners are allowed to trade freely only...
...connect the far-flung dots of today's international manufacturing system. Without leaving their desks, they make sure that Victoria's Secret gets its bras, American Eagle Outfitters its T shirts, and Disney its stuffed Winnie the Poohs. One moment, the workers in Hong Kong are haggling over the phone with fabricmakers for the best price on denim; the next, they're ensuring that a shipment of teddy bears gets to U.S. stores on time or searching for the right factories to sew up a hot fashion line. Thousands of transactions for customers in Chicago, New York or London flow...
...Taliban spokesman." Hanif's confession to the NDS appears to reflect a bitterness against Pakistan and the ISI, even a feeling that he was betrayed by them. But it may be just as likely that he simply got too cocky, making one call too many on the mobile phone that had made him a media celebrity...