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...have been intercepted in foreign waters. In 2004, says the report, customs officials in Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines were tipped off about three shipments from Rajin to the South Korean port of Pusan. As a result, the report notes, some factories in Rajin simply switched to shipping consignments via a port in Russia...
...also spread to smaller companies. Terrie Lloyd, an M&A consultant with 23 years of experience in Japan, says he encounters more and more Japanese investors who are interested in buying a motley batch of companies, pasting them together into mini-conglomerates with dubious business merit, and flipping them via an IPO: "This is a new phenomenon in Japan...
...become Disney's largest individual shareholder, with a 7% stake. He is also in line for a board seat, which could advance all sorts of deals with Apple. Downloads from Disney's ABC network are already available at the iTunes video store. Think ESPN podcasts to iPods via wireless. Or an Apple TV network featuring tech talk with Jobs. Ever coy, Jobs was vague about his plans, but he is expected to push Disney to leverage its vast library across more digital platforms. He could also prove nettlesome. Famously short fused, he has said he is not interested in running...
...savagery of Osama bin Laden has changed all that, as has the careful provision of social services by groups like Hizballah and Hamas. If the status quo is no longer tenable, as was the case in the Palestinian territories, it's far better for Hamas to come to power via the ballot box than the gun. The election holds out the possibility of moderation-and also the possibility that the leaders of Hamas will come to learn what Bush seems not to understand: that freedom isn't a gift. It is an achievement...
...Russia. That meeting is expected to take place next Monday, when Rice and other foreign ministers and international officials gather in London for a donors? conference on Afghanistan. Meanwhile, she telephoned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livini and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Then, speaking via videoconference to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Rice offered a muted response, suggesting that the election results demonstrated popular disaffection with Fatah but were not necessarily an endorsement of militancy...