Taliban kill 2 alleged US spies in NW Pakistan The State | MIR ALI, Pakistan -- The bullet-riddled bodies of two alleged U.S. spies were found Wednesday in a Taliban stronghold in northwest Pakistan, the latest victims of an intelligence war that a top American general indicated is tilting in Washington and Islamabad's favor. | The men's bodies were found...
The billionaire refugees The Guardian | Lord Ashcroft is not the only one – about 120,000 people are registered in Britain as 'non-doms'. Who are they, how do they live – and why are both Tories and Labour so tolerant of them? | Lord Ashcroft. Photograph: Rex Features | Ultras, accor...
At Westminster's business school, 'integration' unlocks the world The Salt Lake Tribune Education » Business school effort aims at relating specialized fields, while also drawing nontraditional students.Updated: 03/04/2010 04:50:45 PM MST | Click photo to enlarge Lauren Lo Re leads an investment and analysis class recently at...
Out of this world The News & Observer | Perhaps the owners of those pricey Hamptons summer rentals and the travel agents who book Wall Streeters on their Monte Carlo vacations will be rejoicing over the projected comeback of big bonuses at large financial firms. But the folks in New York...
Seattle shopkeepers, hotels say Canadians are coming here to escape Olympic crush Seattle Times | Seattle businesses do not expect to cash in the gold on the Vancouver Olympics, but some local shops, restaurants and hotels hope to finish with the silver or bronze. | They say Canadians eager to escape the hubbub of the Games already have given t...
Coke Near Deal for Bottler Wall Street Journal By DANA CIMILLUCA, BETSY MCKAY and JEFFREY MCCRACKEN | In a strategic about-face driven by big changes in consumer tastes, Coca-Cola Co. was nearing a deal late Wednesday to buy the bulk of its largest bottler, according to people familiar with the m...
Taliban kill 2 alleged US spies in NW Pakistan The State | MIR ALI, Pakistan -- The bullet-riddled bodies of two alleged U.S. spies were found Wednesday in a Taliban stronghold in northwest Pakistan, the latest victims of an intelligence war that a top American general indicated is tilting in Washington an...
Japan Plans to Ignore Any Ban on Bluefin Tuna The New York Times | PARIS - Japan will not join in any agreement to ban the international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna under the United Nations treaty on endangered species, the country's top fisheries negotiator said. | The negotiator, Masanori Miyahara, said in a ...
Anand Mahindra named E&Y entrepreneur of the year 2009 The Hindu | Special Correspondent | CHENNAI: Anand G. Mahindra, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra Group, has been named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year 2009. The Lifetime Achievement Award has gone to N. Vaghul for his unparalleled contrib...
Ban on bluefin tuna exports sought San Fransisco Chronicle | (02-06) 04:00 PST Geneva - -- | The world should ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, a U.N. panel declared Friday, backing a proposal that is fiercely opposed by Japan, which prizes the fish as a key ingredient in sushi. | Atlantic bluefin pop...
Plan would ban bluefin tuna exports The Boston Globe | GENEVA - The world should ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, a UN panel declared yesterday, backing a proposal that is fiercely opposed by Japan, which prizes the fish as a key ingredient in sushi. | Atlantic bluefin populations have declined...
UN agency favors ban on bluefin tuna exports The Himalayan | GENEVA:The world should ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, a U.N. panel declared Friday, backing a proposal that is fiercely opposed by Japan, which prizes the fish as a key ingredient in sushi. | Atlantic bluefin populations have declined mo...
Sushi shortfall? Japan fights proposed bluefin tuna export ban, sees threat to iconic food Star Tribune | TOKYO - Seafood-loving Japan — having faced years of international pressure to stop whaling — finds itself with a potentially bigger fight over a highly prized type of tuna that conservation groups say is being fished to extinction. | A proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna — vaunted for its succulent red and pink ...
Monaco knocks out Verdasco, Venus struggles Taipei Times | Top-seeded Fernando Verdaso was knocked out of the quarter-finals of the Mexican Open on Thursday by Juan Monaco, while women¡¦s No. 1 seed Venus Williams fought back from 1-5 down in the final set to survive. | Monaco of Argentina beat top-seeded Verdasco of Spain 7-5, 6-3. | Williams had a tougher-than-expected struggle against Spanish qualifie...
