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China and the European Union are quarreling over Chinese exports of solar panels, which Europe says are being dumped in its markets. It’s a stupid fight ― but one that could easily escalate into a bi...
Updated : 2013.06.03 20:02
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BERKELEY ― By any economic measure, we are living in disappointing times. In the United States, 7.2 percent of the normal productive labor currently stands idle, while the employment gap in Europe i...
Updated : 2013.06.03 20:02
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NEW YORK ― On May 26, Angelina Jolie’s aunt, Debbie Martin, died of breast cancer at 61. Jolie’s mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died at 56 from a related illness, ovarian cancer. And, two weeks befo...
Updated : 2013.06.03 20:00
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Apple Inc.’s success at avoiding billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through some (apparently) legal maneuvers has tax pundits pointing their guns at the corporate tax system. The case has revived nume...
Updated : 2013.06.03 19:59
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Someone steals your most sensitive secrets. Then, planning a face-to-face meeting, he says he wants to develop “a new type” of relationship with you. At what point, exactly, would you start thinking ...
Updated : 2013.06.03 19:59
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WASHINGTON ― U.S. officials describe a common frustration in dealing with China over the past decade. Beijing wants to be recognized as a rising economic power but refuses to be an active partner in...
Updated : 2013.06.02 20:14
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PARIS ― The war in Syria is Russia’s to lose. Arguably, it could very well end up being Russia’s biggest test as a player on the world stage since the end of the Cold War. U.S. Secretary of State Jo...
Updated : 2013.06.02 20:14
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Is the Bank of Japan creating the biggest pyramid scheme in history? In recent weeks Haruhiko Kuroda has been the toast of the financial world, winning plaudits from Nobel laureates Paul Krugman and...
Updated : 2013.06.02 20:13
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A senior official in the Saudi Arabian Justice Ministry boldly declared that the government is finally going to attack a significant national problem: child marriage. It’s not uncommon to hear about...
Updated : 2013.06.02 20:13
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel “The Great Gatsby” (1925) recounts the story of a poor farm boy named Jimmy Gatz, who falls in love with a beautiful girl from a wealthy family, Daisy Fay. Gat...
Updated : 2013.06.02 20:13
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South Korea’s economy has yet to catch up to its people. They are the world’s most-wired citizenry and the most advanced at using smartphones. Korean stars are Asia’s most popular; Korean gadgets and...
Updated : 2013.05.31 20:31
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A Senate report criticizes Apple for shifting billions of dollars in profits into Irish affiliates where its tax rate is less than 2 percent, yet a growing chorus of politicians call for lower corpor...
Updated : 2013.05.31 20:31
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Washington has recently become an unlikely hotbed of culinary innovation, with entrepreneurs flocking to this historically stodgy meat-and-two-veg city for the chance to feed dulce de leche cupcakes ...
Updated : 2013.05.30 20:01
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WASHINGTON ― Secretary of State John Kerry’s cardinal rule in trying to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been that he won’t talk publicly about the details, so it’s difficult to ...
Updated : 2013.05.30 20:01
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Last Thursday while Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his residence and urging Japan to invest in the mega-project in Dawei, there were ne...
Updated : 2013.05.30 20:00
