Google Inc. announced Monday that it would stop censoring its search engines in China, and began redirecting Chinese visitors to its servers in Hong Kong. Wikinvest data is provided as-is, delayed, and subject to Terms. view larger chart In its official blog, Google said the company would continue to host nonsearch services in China and [...]
In the later phase of the health care debate, the argument most often heard from Republicans has been this: The American people have rejected this bill; we are only their messengers. The verb “rejected” is often amplified with words such as “overwhelmingly” or “resoundingly” or “again and again.” How can President Obama and his Democratic [...]
ATLANTA – For those who haven’t flown in a while, be prepared to be scanned, swabbed or thoroughly patted down. Maybe all three. Many spring break travelers are about to have their first encounter with airport security measures stepped up after Christmas, when a man was accused of trying to blow up a U.S. jetliner [...]
Negative equity–what you have when you owe more on your home loan than the property is worth–is one of the defining features of the still-unfolding mortgage crisis. It’s a particularly nasty problem because it can lead to all sorts of unpleasant outcomes for the real estate market and the economy as a whole. Having negative [...]
WASHINGTON — A deeply divided House of Representatives on Sunday approved historic legislation aimed at providing Americans with near-universal health care, handing President Barack Obama a huge victory on one of the most polarizing domestic policy issues in the United States. Following a final day of high stakes political brinkmanship inside the U.S. Capitol and [...]
When we think of immortality or eternal youth, many of us probably imagine things like gods, vampires, the Fountain of Youth, and even the Land of Faerie. Throughout history, there have been many legends and tales about creatures who cheated death or people who set out on a quest to find ever-lasting life. However, of [...]
China’s entrepreneurial zeal means it’s now second only to the U.S. in the number of billionaires, according to Forbes magazine, which says China’s billionaires have doubled over the past year to 64. Nowhere is China’s private sector more apparent than in the city of Wenzhou, 300 miles south of Shanghai, which produces 70 percent of [...]
Nowhere is the blistering pace of change in China more obvious than in its language. Chinese, the language with the most native speakers, is constantly coining and importing new terms to describe new ideas and things. Lately in China, it’s become fashionable to use the passive voice when authorities have done something to you don’t [...]
The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Valleys Of Neptune enters The Billboard 200 at #4, putting the rock legend back in the top five nearly 40 years after he died at the tragically young age of 27. No other artist has cracked the top five this long after his death. Elvis Presley is in second place. His [...]
One by one, Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama’s direction. In full campaign mode, his voice rising, the president all but claimed victory, declaring to a cheering audience in Virginia, “We are going to fix health care in America.” [...]
President Obama was in Ohio on Monday to give his third campaign-style, outside-the-Beltway health care overhaul sales pitch in the past half-dozen days. But back in Washington, the furious action was behind the scenes, as Democratic leaders continued their desperate arm-twisting for health care’s too-close-to-call end game. And interest groups shoveled millions of dollars into [...]
France is reeling from a documentary about a psychological experiment disguised as a game show. Researchers staged a fictitious reality show to see how far people would go in obeying authority, especially if television reinforces that authority. The disturbing results have alarmed the French. The fictitious game show had all the trappings of a real [...]
Everyone has a boss. Even if you “work for yourself,” you’re still an employee to your client. A big part of maintaining the boss-employee relationship is to never allow a boss to think you dislike your work, are incapable of doing it, or–worse–consider it beneath you. These sound like no-brainers, but many statements heard commonly [...]
s the House gears up for this weekend’s dramatic vote on health reform legislation, Democrats are taking flak from all sides. In southern Ohio, opponents of the bill have created a blowback effect by airing an ad targeting Rep. Steve Driehaus to stand firm as a “no” vote on the legislation. The ad prominently featured [...]
WASHINGTONÂ — Some homeowners who sign up for the government’s mortgage assistance program are getting a nasty surprise: Lower credit scores. For borrowers who are making their payments on time but are on the verge of default, the Obama administration’s loan modification program can reduce their credit score as much as 100 points. That makes [...]
Guilin Yang Indah Kami berangkat dengan keretapi dari Nanchang ke Guilin. Guilin sebuah kota kecil di selatan, termasuk provinsi Kwangxi. Guilin sangat indah. Keindahannya terutama perpaduan sungai, pemandangan bebatuan di sungai Ciang yang bagaikan batu-apung yang membentuk hiasan alam secara alamiah. Dan pemandangan para nelayan sepanjang sungai itu bergulat mencari kehidupan, menangkap ikan dengan jala, [...]
