Entries from February 2008
Taipei Times - archives
Taipei Times - archives
Malawi wants only `serious’ investors, no Chinese traders
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008, Page 1
Malawi, which broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan last month in favor of Beijing, won’t allow Chinese traders into the country, said James Kaphwereza Banda, general manager of the Malawi Investment Promotions Agency.
“It’s our duty to promote serious investors, not traders,” […]
Categories: China News
Ontario Teachers plan invest US$400M in Chinese fund
The Canadian Press: Canada Pension board, Ontario Teachers plan invest US$400M in Chinese fund
Canada Pension board, Ontario Teachers plan invest US$400M in Chinese fund
TORONTO - Two of Canadas largest pension funds are putting US$400 million into a private equity fund that will invest in China, one of the worlds fastest-growing economies.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment […]
Categories: China News
China Eastern rejects CNAC’s
China Eastern rejects CNAC’s wide-ranging alliance proposal_English_Xinhua
China Eastern rejects CNAC’s wide-ranging alliance proposal
BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — China Eastern Airlines Corp. (CEA)on Tuesday rejected a wide-ranging alliance proposal from China National Aviation Corp. (Group) (CNAC).
The move could close the door for an alliance between the Shanghai-based carrier and Air China, the country’s third- and second- […]
Categories: China News
Taps shut in central China due to red
Taps shut in central China due to red, bubbly river | Environment | Reuters
Taps shut in central China due to red, bubbly river
BEIJING Reuters - A spill on the Hanjiang River, in central Chinas Hubei Province, has affected water supply for 200,000 people living along three tributaries since Sunday, the Xinhua news agency said on […]
Categories: China News
Obama-Campaign Lawyer Kendall Burman
Law Blog - WSJ.com : Law Blog Q&A: Obama-Campaign Lawyer Kendall Burman
Law Blog Q&A: Obama-Campaign Lawyer Kendall Burman
Posted by Ashby Jones
kburmanWhen we heard recently that the lead on-the-ground lawyer for the Obama campaign hasn’t yet celebrated her 30th birthday, we weren’t all that surprised. After all, Obama’s head speechwriter, we also recently learned, is a […]
Categories: Cool Articles
UN Charter is the hub of international law
Why LOGICALLY the UN Charter is the hub of international law
Why LOGICALLY the UN Charter is the hub of international law
Diary Entry by Brett Paatsch
The following excerpt from the UN Charter shows that the UN Charter (having been ratified by the member nations including the United States of America in 1945) is the hub, the […]
Categories: Cool Articles
Agriculture Futures Mostly Rise on CBOT
The Associated Press: Agriculture Futures Mostly Rise on CBOT
Agriculture Futures Mostly Rise on CBOT
CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for May delivery jumped 19 cents to $10.645 a bushel; March corn fell 2.25 cents to $5.2225 a bushel; March oats added 0.25 cent to $3.84 a […]
Categories: Chicago Board of Trade
The Lobbyist, The Drudge, The Times, The Fixer\
The Lobbyist, The Drudge, The Times, The Fixer — Courant.com
The Lobbyist, The Drudge, The Times, The Fixer
The older I get, the less I want to know about anybody else’s sex life. If you put a picture face down in front of me and told me it was Tiger Woods and Lindsay Lohan engaged in an […]
Categories: In the News
Judge issues, then withdraws, ruling against Aguirre
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro — Judge issues, then withdraws, ruling against Aguirre
By Jennifer Vigil
February 23, 2008
SAN DIEGO – A judge issued and then abandoned a ruling against City Attorney Michael Aguirre yesterday, saying he needed more information about San Diego’s city charter before the case can proceed.
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Initially, Superior Court Judge William R. Nevitt decided […]
Categories: Judge's
Leading scholar joins Harvard Law faculty
Leading scholar joins Harvard Law faculty - The Boston Globe
Leading scholar joins Harvard Law faculty
CASS R. SUNSTEIN CASS R. SUNSTEIN
– By Peter Schworm
Harvard Law School has scored a major academic coup, luring renowned legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein from the University of Chicago Law School to join its star-studded faculty.
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Sunstein, […]
Categories: Chicago · In the News