Burma's Reforms aren't Trickling Down to Small Businesses |
- Burma's Reforms aren't Trickling Down to Small Businesses
- VIDEO: Children use ladders to get to school
- Israel says it will not let Gaza rockets continue
- Survey: Pakistan youth prefer Shariah to democracy
- Q&A with Steve Case: Entrepreneurs Deserve Our Praise and Support
- China Scores Earlier Release, Extra Footage Of Disney's 'Iron Man 3'
- The 5 Most Important New Companies You Need to Know
- Analysis: Meet North Korea's new Kim, same as the old Kims?
- Analysis: Meet North Korea's new Kim, same as the old Kims?
- NKorea refuses to let SKoreans enter joint factory
- Malaysia Dissolves Parliament to Hold Elections
- Scientists Catch A Black Hole Munching On A Giant Planet
- North Korea bars southern workers from industrial complex
- Dolce & Gabbana Fined Millions For Tax Evasion
- Four Reason You Shouldn't Buy Bitcoins
- Should Arkansas Take the Obamacare Medicaid Deal? Probably Not
- Malaysia's Najib calls election, close race expected
- Malaysia PM dissolves Parliament to hold elections
- Vote moves Uruguay towards marriage equality
- MTVU Helps Millenials Get Hired
| Burma's Reforms aren't Trickling Down to Small Businesses Posted: 02 Apr 2013 11:07 PM PDT It was a blisteringly hot day in Pyay, a midsized Burmese city that was the commercial center of the region and a tourist gateway for Burma's undeveloped beaches. I was walking up the town's main drag, a two laned thoroughfare whose traffic signals were respected, and whose sidewalks were lined with street cart vendors and the city's most prominent businesses. |
| VIDEO: Children use ladders to get to school Posted: 02 Apr 2013 10:34 PM PDT A group of children in China are facing a dangerous journey to school using an assortment of wooden ladders. |
| Israel says it will not let Gaza rockets continue Posted: 02 Apr 2013 11:06 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon says the military will not sit back while Palestinian militants attack southern Israel from Gaza. |
| Survey: Pakistan youth prefer Shariah to democracy Posted: 02 Apr 2013 10:48 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — A survey by a British organization shows a larger number of young Pakistanis believe the country should be governed by Islamic law than democracy. |
| Q&A with Steve Case: Entrepreneurs Deserve Our Praise and Support Posted: 02 Apr 2013 10:35 PM PDT Innovation thrives when successful entrepreneurs stay involved and give back. |
| China Scores Earlier Release, Extra Footage Of Disney's 'Iron Man 3' Posted: 02 Apr 2013 10:00 PM PDT For proof of how overseas markets drive Hollywood, look no further than Disney's 'Iron Man 3'. The action-hero movie was co-financed by DMG, a Chinese media company that has the rights to distribute the film in China. Disney said last week that, contrary to DMG's earlier hype, the film isn't an official Chinese co-production, a status that gives foreign studios a bigger box-office cut. But Chinese audiences will see extra footage that didn't make the cut for global audiences, including a star turn from Fan Bingbing. Director Shane Black shot these scenes and others in China last year. The film's premiere also trumps the U.S. release: Apr. 26, the same as the U.K. and other markets. U.S. audiences will wait another week for the film to open (May 2). This upends the old Hollywood playbook of domestic premieres followed by overseas markets. Now the focus for big-budget flicks is on satisfying global audiences that can be lured into theatres while the buzz is strong, particularly in markets where piracy is rampant. |
| The 5 Most Important New Companies You Need to Know Posted: 02 Apr 2013 07:06 PM PDT After a month of burning up airline fossil fuels, I've finally landed in a place that I can tell you about some of the hottest new companies to watch. I saw most of them at Summer Camp for Hipsters or as the more civilized call it - South By SouthWest (SXSW). |
| Analysis: Meet North Korea's new Kim, same as the old Kims? Posted: 02 Apr 2013 10:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-un is using his forebears' time-tested "crazy-guy-in-the-neighborhood" strategy, senior U.S. officials say, but with a provocative new twist - aiming Pyongyang's threats directly at the United States.      |
| Analysis: Meet North Korea's new Kim, same as the old Kims? Posted: 02 Apr 2013 10:03 PM PDT
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| NKorea refuses to let SKoreans enter joint factory Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:27 PM PDT
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| Malaysia Dissolves Parliament to Hold Elections Posted: 02 Apr 2013 10:50 PM PDT Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said he will dissolve Parliament, setting up an election that analysts say will be the closest in Malaysia's history. |
| Scientists Catch A Black Hole Munching On A Giant Planet Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:27 PM PDT Scientists observing a distant galaxy catch a black hole in the middle of destroying a planet larger than Jupiter. |
| North Korea bars southern workers from industrial complex Posted: 02 Apr 2013 08:44 PM PDT SEOUL — North Korea on Wednesday banned South Korean workers from entering a joint industrial complex near the demilitarized border, officials in Seoul said, putting in jeopardy a project that provides the only daily contact between the two nations. Read full article >>   |
| Dolce & Gabbana Fined Millions For Tax Evasion Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:15 PM PDT I'm a man, I'm not just a fashion designer. - Stefano Gabbana |
| Four Reason You Shouldn't Buy Bitcoins Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:07 PM PDT Discussion of Bitcoin is divided into two camps. People who understand the currency well tend to be enthusiastic boosters. Conversely, Bitcoin critics tend not to understand the currency very well. As a consequence, their criticisms tend to be superficial, misguided, or just plain wrong. |
| Should Arkansas Take the Obamacare Medicaid Deal? Probably Not Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:01 PM PDT Arkansas has attracted national attention over the possibility that the Obama administration might agree to allow Arkansas to implement Obamacare's Medicaid expansion by enrolling these newly Medicaid-eligible patients on the ACA exchanges. This has appealed to me and others, because the exchanges, for all of their imperfections, would be a substantial improvement to the broken Medicaid program in a market-oriented direction. However, we've learned in recent days that what the Obama administration is offering Arkansas is not, in fact, true exchange-based insurance, but rather a kind of private-sector window-dressing upon the Medicaid program. Unless HHS agrees to revise its stance and embrace true market-oriented reforms, the Arkansas legislature should oppose the Medicaid expansion in their state. |
| Malaysia's Najib calls election, close race expected Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:26 PM PDT
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| Malaysia PM dissolves Parliament to hold elections Posted: 02 Apr 2013 10:17 PM PDT
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| Vote moves Uruguay towards marriage equality Posted: 02 Apr 2013 08:48 PM PDT Senate vote paves the way for Uruguay to become the second country in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage. |
| MTVU Helps Millenials Get Hired Posted: 02 Apr 2013 08:31 PM PDT With the unemployment rate for millenials hovering at 12 percent, mtvU, the collegiate network of Viacom International Inc. (who also owns MTV Networks) is trying to get their audience hired. The new mtvU show 'Hire Learning,' is a series of two to three minute clips giving viewers a checklist of dos and don't during interviews. |
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