Why the US really wants Bout Asia Times | Aug 31, 2010 Why the US really wants Bout | By Bertil Lintner | BANGKOK - While Bangkok-based observers weigh the legal merits of extraditing alleged Russian gunrunner Viktor Bout to the United States, a far more important issue seems to have eluded the media: why is Washi...
Rowing Between Two Reefs The New York Times | JAKARTA — It was 62 years ago this week — on Sept. 2, 1948 — when the principles underlying Indonesia’s foreign policy were first articulated. In a Cold War speech to the young republic just emerging from Dutch rule, future Prime Minister Mohammad Hatta asked, “Do we,...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 21:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Aug 06, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 06-Aug-10 21:00 ET | 17:19 | BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway beats by $506.00 (120,600 -785.00) | Reports Q2 (Jun...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 20:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Aug 06, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 06-Aug-10 20:00 ET | 17:19 | BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway beats by $506.00 (120,600 -785.00) | Reports Q2 (Jun...
Organic market seen to double by 2012 Malaya Lorem ipsum dolor sit --> BY PAUL ICAMINA | MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija – There is money in organic produce, and it is huge. | The global sales of certified organic products is expected by the UN Conference on Trade and Development to increase to 52 billion euros by 2012, up nearly half from the 30 billion euros in 2006, in turn a 20 percent increase over...
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain The New York Times | TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | With the yen at 15-year highs against the dollar, a 9-year peak versus the euro and still near recent heights against the won, Toyota is finding that its cars have become too expens...
