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...laugh at the McDonalds, which closes by 7 p.m. every night. Then we watch as it comes to life on the weekends, when military personnel come home to visit their families. The pool became the apparent loud and vibrant social center for this group last Saturday, while several weeks ago, a ceremony was held on the main quadrangle featuring bagpipes, a band, and squadrons marching in rank and file...
...criminal, I am a Chinese worker,' he told them." She said that some six or seven other convicts then jumped him and beat him. He was pushed to the ground, his hands manacled behind his back, and held down while his head was shaved. When Yuan made her monthly visit on June 19, he still had bruises all over his body and couldn't walk upright because of blows he had received to his side, she said. "There are other people in jail who deserve attention, but Chen's case is very unusual because he is blind...
...this situation isn't all bad. The dollar is now low enough to make the U.S. a cheap place in which to travel, do business and buy things. Americans visiting Europe or the U.K. know an expensive currency when they see one. New Yorkers returning from London say the prices there look almost the same as in New York, except they are quoted in British pounds, which are now worth more than $2 each. I learned of a delegation of wealthy Chinese entrepreneurs who on a recent visit to America insisted on going to discount malls to buy designer goods...
...Vallely, part of a delegation of U.S. educators who met with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet during his recent visit to the U.S., says Vietnam needs a world-class flagship school - the equivalent of Tsinghua University in China or India's Institutes of Technology. Existing schools, he says, need autonomy to build their own curriculum and compete for students. "These kids who do make the cut and go to school are very smart," Vallely says. "They're just not getting much of an education when they get there." If that doesn't change, Vietnam may wind up cheating itself...
...firm. Seven out of nine people on the domestic-stocks team started as analysts straight from B school. Dodge & Cox rarely hires people who have worked elsewhere in finance: disagreements are fine (and considered a strength), but operating with a different investment philosophy isn't. "When we visit, it's almost eerie how on the same page everyone is," says Morningstar analyst Dan Culloton...