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...
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A Frankfurt court has decided that it will enforce a German law allowing publishers to fix the prices of their books. An entrepreneurial journalist who had sold about 40 review copies of a book on the online auction site, eBay, was in violation of the law, the court said. There was some legal...
On Ebay, you can sell just about anything to anyone who is willing to shell out the purchase price, no matter how low or how high it may be. But this rule of the virtual shopping world no longer applies in...
In the wake of communal violence in Holland, multiculturalists in Europe are under increasing pressure for preaching acceptance of Islam. Some detractors insist that Muslim minorities stubbornly resist integration into European culture. Another mounting strain of critique attacks multiculturalism...
Yoginder Sikand: How did you get involved in research and activism related to Muslim women?
Cassandra Balchin: I was in Pakistan for 17 years; 1983-1991 as a journalist and 1991-2000 with the Lahore-based...
Local government authorities in northern Japan are rushing to minimize damage in the aftermath of last Thursday’s magnitude 5.7 earthquake. Easing recovery for Japanese residents is not their only concern: Multilingual broadcasting of emergency information is the latest development for...
FM Nagaoka in the quake-hit city of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, began broadcasting earthquake-information programs in different languages Monday, in a growing trend to provide more emergency services for foreign...
The rehabilitation and reconstruction of a post-war Iraq is quickly emerging as a complex issue of global proportions. Iraqi liabilities are estimated at over $380 billion. While the United States favors debt forgiveness, other major UN Security Council member countries, such as France, Germany...
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Though details are not yet cemented, the Al Jazeera satellite television network hopes to offer an English-language channel in late 2003 that will compete with top international news such as CNN and BBC. Already a leading force in Arab-language television, Al Jazeera is globalizing its audience by...
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Hollywood has recently begun to take notice of South East Asian stars and movies, introducing actresses such as Fann Wong to American cinema and expanding the repertoire of Asian films released in the United States. Southeast Asia’s time in the US limelight is largely due to the influence of major...
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Raising children is a long-term endeavor, and parents resist raising children in a disaster-prone setting. As researchers warn about the risks of climate change and journalists document extreme storms, wildfires and floods, people are increasingly wary about bringing children into this world and...