Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate arrested
COLOMBO The defeated candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential vote, former army chief Sarath Fonseka, was arrested Monday hours after vowing to give evidence before any war crimes tribunal.
Hitting The Right Pitch.
What makes a great pitch? Yeoh Siew Hoon gets a first-hand experience - There I was, sitting on the balcony of a rooftop bar in Chinatown with Bernadette Dennis, managing director of HSMAI Asia Pacific, and we were looking down on the Chinese New Year festivities on the streets below.
In Asia, Marketing 101 Doesn't Work.
The unprecedented integration of the global markets has fostered a transnational community of like-minded professionals who talk in one universal language.
Science Discovery: The Next Computing Landscape
Cloud Computing on Ulitzer Computational science is the field of study concerned with constructing mathematical models and numerical techniques that represent scientific, social scientific or engineering problems and employing these models on computers, or clusters of computers, to analyze, explore or solve these models.
GRAY: Getting a true measure on biofuels
Little noticed outside a small policy community, an issue has quietly arisen in recent years that, while seemingly technical, has the potential to derail the nation's attempts to address the issues of energy security and the environment.
Russia: Activists' Detention Unjustified
The Russian authorities should investigate the arbitrary detention of three human rights advocates in Chechnya and hold those responsible accountable, Amnesty International, Civil Rights Defenders, Front Line, and Human Rights Watch said today.
After the Empire, by Emmanuel Todd
At a time when American military power is unchallenged and the Bush administration is as rampant as ever, it may seem premature to announce "the breakdown of the American order". But that is precisely what Emmanuel Todd has done in After the Empire .
Euro slips further as concerns over debt loads continue
The euro and the pound remained under pressure yesterday, edging lower against the dollar as concerns over government debt in Europe continued into a new week, but share prices on most European markets stabilised after last weeka s losses.
Tesco bids for bigger share of banking
With the creation of Tesco Bank, the UKa s dominant supermarket chain has given the impression that having conquered the grocery market it is only a matter of time until it rules financial services too.
No word on Prius recall; analysts say Toyota risks further damage to bruised repuation
Toyota is close to recalling as many as 300,000 of its popular Prius hybrids over brake problems, according to Japanese media - a decision that would further embarrass a trusted brand suddenly beset by safety problems.
