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- Don't say this -- and why
Some things should never be said. Here, how to avoid putting your foot in your mouth -- and what to use instead
- MOVES-KKR, Hong Kong Exchanges, ABN AMRO
(Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Friday. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com. KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO [KKR.UL] KKR said it would begin investing in global
- HKEx chief rejects Webb accusations
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (SEHK: 0388, announcements, news) chairman Ronald Arculli on Friday rejected accusations against the board by former HKEx director David Webb, saying board members who attended an emergency meeting called for Thursday
- Russian minister blasts Kiev's decision re mayor
YEKATERINBURG, May 16 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the Ukrainian authorities decision to announce Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov persona non-grata was 'absolutely unjustified.' Lavrov, talking to journalists, said so in
- Provision dropped from tax code bill
"We decided there are a lot of things in the (technical corrections) bill that need to pass, so we strip out the FONCEs and move on" Gov. Phil Bredesen's administration retreated Wednesday from a push to require that some commercial real-estate holdings pay business taxes - at least temporarily. via Knoxville News Sentinel
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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced in Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
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Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush asked
Saudi King Abdullah on Friday to help tame record oil prices
but secured no concrete promises for an immediate increase in
output.
AFP - Dwain Chambers was taking a cocktail of seven banned drugs when he was caught doping in 2003, the disgraced British sprinter has revealed as part of his bid to be allowed to run in the Olympics.
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