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Elderly Immigrants Embrace Nursing Homes

Sarah Kershaw October 20, 2003
For many American families, nursing homes are a fact of life for the elderly. This article finds that immigrants too are embracing “the very American tradition of living the last years with peers, not family.” In particular, this trend is becoming more commonplace among Asian immigrants – many of whom still feel that the “decision to send a parent away is clouded with shame and ambivalence.”...

Bolivia's Poor Proclaim Abiding Distrust of Globalization

Larry Rohter October 17, 2003
In a civil conflict that has already left more than 80 Bolivians dead this month, protestors have turned the issue of natural gas export through Chile to the United States into an indictment of globalization. Calling for the resignation of President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, demonstrators are sending a powerful message – a resounding "no to the export of gas and other natural resources; no...

US Court System is Big Opening for Immigrants

Jesse Bogan October 14, 2003
Non-Mexican undocumented immigrants crossing the southern US border have a pretty easy out if they're apprehended by immigration authorities. By claiming to be from Honduras, Guatemala, or somewhere else, undocumented migrants from Central and South America are processed through the court system, not immediately turned back at the US-Mexico border. Short on money and space to house them,...

Canadian Film Industry Worries

Richard Blackwell October 9, 2003
With Arnold Schwarzenegger acting as California’s new governor, Canada is worried the superstar will flex his political muscles to keep movie productions in his home state. Schwarzenegger has often bragged that he shifted filming of Terminator 3 back to California from Vancouver, and Canadian producers worry he will create incentives and use his star power to encourage other productions to...

Overseas Job Shift Affects Office Market

Terry Pristin October 8, 2003
The offshore outsourcing trend in the United States has claimed another victim: the market for commercial real estate. As firms transfer more back-office operations to low-wage countries, the already sluggish demand for office space in the US has slumped considerably more. "It's just going to take longer to get the numbers down to palatable percentages," said Dale Anne Reiss,...

As It Tries to Cut Costs, Wall Street Looks to India

Saritha Rai October 8, 2003
In the latest development of the trend towards outsourcing US jobs to India, some Wall Street financial houses are looking to hire India-based researchers. J. P. Morgan, Lehman Bros., and Morgan Stanley are among the latest US investment firms to seek cheaper, well-educated labor in India. Merrill Lynch already has a technology center in the country, and Goldman Sachs has similar plans to...

Sushi Rice, California's New Gold Rush

Kay Rentschler October 8, 2003
California is joining the ranks of world class rice producers. Though southern growers have long monopolized the U.S.’s domestic rice industry, California has become second only to Thailand in exports of premium rice. Sacramento Valley is one of only three microclimates in the world, including Japan and Australia, where the high-quality, small grain japonica rice flourishes. This rice...