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By By ASHLEY PARKER, on June 19th, 2013 A long-awaited analysis by the Congressional Budget Office found that the benefits of an increase in legal residents would outweigh the costs.
Continue reading Immigration Law Changes Seen Cutting Billions From Deficit
By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The generation that’s grown up posting their lives online wants a little privacy. That’s not what we might expect as we debate just how much access the government should have to our mobile and online lives. But as it turns out, young people are much more complex than some may think when determining what personal information they want to share. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Privacy – the online generation wants it
By By MARK COHEN, on June 12th, 2013 Technology entrepreneurs turned down a “Shark Tank” investor after taping the show’s finale, but their translation business benefited from the exposure.
Continue reading Tech Start-Up Benefits from ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’
By , on June 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A top US official has sought to send a reassuring message that ties between the US and Hong Kong would not be adversely affected by the controversy surrounding US whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Francisco Sanchez, undersecretary for international trade at the US Department of Commerce, said during an interview with Hong Kong journalists in New York on Tuesday: “Events … come and go. But the friendship and partnership between Hong Kong and the US is strong.” “It’s in mutual interest and it will continue to thrive in future,” he added. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Edward Snowden case will not hurt US and Hong Kong ties, trade official says
By , on June 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s astronauts have braved the tension of docking with a space station and performed delicate tasks outside their orbiting capsule, but now face a more down-to-Earth job that is perhaps equally challenging: talking to young people about science. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Chinese astronauts take to skies as they mark a decade of human spaceflight
By , on June 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A former Chinese railways minister goes on trial for corruption on Sunday in one of the country’s biggest graft cases in years, charged with taking massive bribes and steering the awarding of highly lucrative projects. The Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court told the official Xinhua News Agency that it will hear the case against 60-year-old Liu Zhijun, who spearheaded China’s showcase bullet train network when he oversaw the powerful ministry. Sunday is a work day in China because of rescheduling to accommodate an upcoming national holiday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading China ex-railway boss goes on trial for corruption
By , on June 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Opening a two-day summit, President Barack Obama drew attention to contentious economic and cybersecurity issues on Friday night (Saturday morning Hong Kong time) as he warmly received Chinese President Xi Jinping to a California desert estate for high-stakes talks. Under a shaded walkway as temperatures surged above 100 degrees, the two leaders — in white shirts and suit coats but no ties — greeted each other and walked side by side to start their first in-person meetings since Xi took office in March. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Obama Raises Cybersecurity, economy in summit
By , on June 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua is trying to revive a centuries-old dream of building an inter-ocean canal, a project experts say could take 11 years to build, cost $40 billion and require digging about 130 miles (200 kilometers) of waterway. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Nicaragua fast-tracks huge project
By Dan Mizrachi, on June 7th, 2013 The provision of Obamacare that lets young adults stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26 was supposed to be a fallback. But with the labor market weak, and employers reluctant to provide benefits, kids are hanging on to their families’ policies as long as they can.
Continue reading 26 Is the New 21
By , on June 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Barack Obama should use their meeting in California to “reset” US-China relations to focus on mutual economic benefits, advised former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Paulson, who was also former head of Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs, said Xi had a “different style and tone” to his predecessors. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Henry Paulson calls on Xi, Obama to ‘reset’ relations in California meet
By , on June 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Barack Obama should use their meeting in California to “reset” US-China relations to focus on mutual economic benefits, advised former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Paulson, who was also former head of Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs, said Xi had a “different style and tone” to his predecessors. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Henry Paulson calls on Xi, Obama to ‘reset’ relations in California meeting
By , on June 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Barack Obama should use their meeting in California to “reset” US-China relations to focus on mutual economic benefits, advised former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Paulson, who was also former head of Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs, said Xi had a “different style and tone” to his predecessors. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading China and US need to focus more on mutual economic benefits, says Paulson
By , on June 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The rapid departure from the Executive Council of Barry Cheung Chun-yuen threw up more questions than answers about how the troubled policymaking body operates. After he quit last month amid police investigations into his failed Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), many were left wondering if Exco’s rules on declarations of interest by members should be extended beyond assets to cover liabilities. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Call for Exco members to declare their liabilities
By , on June 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Weekly US unemployment benefits drop to 346K, a level consistent with steady job growth. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Weekly US unemployment benefits drop to 346K, a level consistent with steady job growth
By , on June 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hebei media have painted a rosy picture of a 940-kilometre expressway that will link the province with Beijing in 2015, even dubbing it the capital’s “seventh ring road”, but some residents are not impressed. When completed it would be one of 11 highways linking the province to Beijing, boosting the development of an economic zone around the national capital, Hebei’s Yanzhao Metropolis Daily reported yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Residents fear Hebei expressway will drive up house prices
By , on June 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong novelist Louis Cha Leung-yung – who wrote The Legend of the Condor Heroes and is better known by his pen name Jin Yong – will be adding another doctorate to his long list of scholarly and literary achievements, said mainland media reports. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Martial arts novelist Louis Cha earns doctorate from Peking University, say reports
By , on June 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Royal Caribbean International will be the first cruise line to organise round trips from the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal after the new facility launches its soft opening next week. From autumn, Royal Caribbean will run return trips of its voyager-class ocean liner, Mariner of the Seas, out of Hong Kong – the first cruise operator to announce the use of the city as a home port. “Hong Kong is one of the most important home ports in Asia,” said Dr Liu Zinan, the company’s managing director of China. “Asia, including China, is one of the strategic markets for Royal Caribbean.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Kai Tak port goes big with ocean liner from Royal Caribbean
By , on June 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A decision to reinstate Chen may prove to be too difficult to make for the pro-independence party, given that any misstep could intensify the rift in the party between pro- and anti-Chen forces and affect its chances in next year’s local government polls and the 2016 presidential election. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Return of Chen Shui-bian a dilemma for opposition party in Taiwan
By , on June 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> New research from Australia is some of the strongest evidence to date that near-daily sunscreen use can slow the ageing of skin. Ultraviolet rays that spur wrinkles and other signs of ageing quietly build up damage whenever a person is in the sun – a lunchtime stroll, school recess, walking the dog – and they even penetrate car windows. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Daily sunscreen use slows skin ageing, Australian study shows
By , on June 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Enough talk. Just do it. Tycoon Lee Shau-kee of Henderson Land Development has babbled on for months about donating land to build affordable flats for young Hongkongers. Government officials have hesitated for fear the tycoon has self-serving schemes in mind. Such suspicion is warranted. Bill Gates our tycoons are not. Some are known more for their greed than for their giving. Hongkongers know our tycoons love their money too much to part with it like Gates or Warren Buffett. Their fortunes stay within the family.
Continue reading Stop talking, start giving
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Privacy – the online generation wants it
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The generation that’s grown up posting their lives online wants a little privacy. That’s not what we might expect as we debate just how much access the government should have to our mobile and online lives. But as it turns out, young people are much more complex than some may think when determining what personal information they want to share. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Privacy – the online generation wants it
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