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SearchChina blacks out towns to meet energy goal06:26 PM, Sep 08, 2010nced in August that an energy efficiency campaign suffered a setback as a stimulus-fueled building boom drove growth in steel, cement and other heavy industry. Beijing's plans call for cutting energy intensity, or energy used per unit of economic output, by 20 percent from 2006 levels by this year. The World Bank says China uses up to twice the energy per unit of output as the United States, Japan and other economies. Chinese officials say... Rags to riches: The Casella Wines story06:42 PM, Sep 07, 2010tralia very well. As for the square brackets, it came like that. It was at the height of the dotcom boom and gave a reflection of being modern and with the times. I think it still works though and the label would look bare without it.“The label was part of [yellow tail]’s success but certainly not the only reason. A lot also comes down to the fact that Casella had an excellent supply that allowed us to follow through with additional w... Silicon Valley expats spur innovation in India06:43 PM, Sep 06, 2010ing and computer science drew Indians in particular. This coincided with the run-up to the dot-com boom and was accelerated by the Y2K scare, which generated massive demand for programmers to fix the problem. The gap was filled by importing engineers, primarily from India. By 1986, nearly 60 percent of Indian Institute of Technology engineering graduates were migrating overseas, mostly to Silicon Valley. Research by Berkeley's AnnaLee Saxeni... Report: China finds airline pilots faked resumes05:47 PM, Sep 06, 2010h; that are eager to develop tourism and other industries to catch up with the country's economic boom.Associated Press... The Queensland end of the Rainbow07:06 AM, Sep 02, 2010her cruelly, and made her do all his work, while he sat in the shade and admired his deadly killer boomerang. The boomerang was bigger than the biggest tree - and full of evil spirits. Living a life in constant fear, Murrawar decided to flee persecution and Burwilla’s weapon of mass destruction. As she ran along the beach she looked back and saw Burwilla’s boomerang coming to kill her. Calling ... A lust for wandering and creating goes a long way10:33 PM, Sep 01, 2010is a conversion. The shophouse sits on Dickson Road, at the edge of Little India, which has seen a boom in budget hotels lately.When the taxi driver dropped me off, she asked me if I was going to a Peranakan restaurant. The exterior of the building is decorated with Straits Chinese motifs. I said, “French.” She laughed, “French in Little India? Crazy.” The lobby is a little crazy. There’s a wall that’... Singapore PM: We'll slow inflow of foreign workers08:46 AM, Aug 30, 2010because these are legitimate concerns which we take seriously," he said. Singapore's decades-long boom, which has made it one of the world's wealthiest countries, has been fueled in part by foreign laborers willing to do jobs such as construction and hospitality for lower wages than locals. A poll conducted last year by the Institute of Policy Studies found 63 percent of Singaporeans surveyed believed the government's immigration policy w... China's monster traffic jam rears its head again05:04 PM, Aug 28, 2010sed on the partially four-lane highway is the opening of coal mines in the northwest, vital for the booming economy, which this month surpassed Japan's in size and is now second only to America's. Officials eased the first jam by directing truckers to take a 180-mile-long (300-kilometer-long) detour, the China Daily said. It quoted one truck driver, Lu Yong, who was stuck in both jams, as saying he should have prepared some food this time. "Who... Baby tiger found stuffed in bag at Thai airport04:50 PM, Aug 28, 2010meted over the years due mainly to habitat loss and poachers who sell their skins and body parts to booming medicinal and souvenir markets, mostly in China. Conservationists say the government needs to do more to eliminate trafficking networks that operate out of the country. "We applaud all agencies that came together to uncover this brazen smuggling attempt," Chris R. Shepherd, TRAFFIC's deputy regional director for Southeast Asia, said in a ... Chinese province orders crash airline to drop name04:35 PM, Aug 28, 2010ash; that are eager to develop tourism and other industries to catch up with the country's economic boom. Xinhua quoted an official with China aviation body as saying an investigation into the crash could take a long time. "The probe involves every aspect of the jet -- its manufacturer, operator, pilot, crew, maintenance record as well as the air traffic management and airport authorities," Li Jian, vice director of the General Administration o... China says airport not responsible for plane crash05:23 PM, Aug 26, 2010sh; that are eager to develop tourism and other industries to catch up with the country's economic boom. There were no updates on the cause of the crash Thursday, though investigators recovered the plane's flight recorders a day earlier, Xinhua said. The 40-year-old captain, Qi Quanjun, who survived the crash but was injured, told Xinhua he couldn't remember anything. Shortly before the crash, Qi told air traffic controllers he saw the ru... Big in China: Brands import foreign celebrities04:02 PM, Aug 26, 2010Kevin Garnett wore his affection for China's booming sportswear market on his back as the NBA star arrived in Beijing in August. "Love China" declared the Boston Celtics power forward's T shirt. On the front: The angular red slash logo of Anta, the athletic shoe producer that brought Garnett to China for a weeklong promotional tour. "Garnett in China is the definition of a basketball superstar. His image and influence among Chinese young p... China's massive traffic jam could last for weeks03:39 PM, Aug 24, 2010ternate routes. China's roadways are increasingly overburdened as the number of private vehicles booms along with commercial truck traffic hauling materials like coal and food to cities. Traffic slowdowns because of construction and accidents are common, though a 10-day traffic jam is unusual even in China.Associated Press... Bias as usual at ABC online - Week 505:14 AM, Aug 23, 2010of present strong commodity demand to strengthen our economy so that we can thrive when the mining boom is over. And there was a strong call for a carbon price; no-one at the forum called a carbon price a "big-new-tax". G-G+ A-A-The Coalition, with its focus on waste and debt has tended to ignore these issues of economic structure. It is as if there is no such thing as a public asset, and no economic virtue greater than balancing the budget. The... The Economist on SE Asia's mobile data revolution12:00 PM, Aug 22, 2010age. That said, there are plenty of smart-phone users in Jakarta and Bali. Thailand has also seen a boom in these computer-like devices, despite a political upheaval that has repeatedly delayed the auction of licences for third-generation (3G) wireless networks, which allow for higher data speeds. Elsewhere, operators are wary of investing too much in 3G networks. Most mobile users in South-East Asia are pre-paid customers who shop around for ba... |
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