Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain The New York Times | TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | With the yen at 15-year highs against the dollar, a 9-year peak versus the euro and still near recent heights against the won, Toyo...
CEB gears for Beijing launch TravelDailyNews The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (CEB) is set to launch its 16th international destination this September 5, 2010, with the airline’s maiden Manila-Beijing-Manila flights. | CEB’s thrice weekly service will commence when the flight departs Manila at 7:35...
Thrown Together but Hard to Imagine Apart The New York Times | NASHVILLE — Those who gripe about fabricated, pasted-together pop acts should consider Brooks & Dunn, the fabricated, pasted-together country act. Christopher Berkey for The New York Times | Ronnie Dunn, left, and Kix Brooks helped drive the ...
Director Says He Left Met Production in Visa Spat The New York Times | When the respected German director Peter Stein withdrew in July from a major production of Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” at the Metropolitan Opera, blame was laid on the usual suspects: “personal reasons.” Stephanie Ber...
A Physician Examines His Novels The New York Times | BUSSUM, the Netherlands — When Hans Keilson’s first daughter was born, in 1941, he was in hiding in the Netherlands. A Jewish doctor from Germany who had published a novel in 1933 and seen it banned months later, he fled the Nazis in 19...
40 Years After 'MASH,' Gould Reflects on an Era The New York Times | Attention, attention: Saturday night’s movies at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center will include a special showing of “MASH,” the 1970 Robert Altman comedy that used the Korean War as a vehicle to satirize the Vietnam War....
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Flaws Found in U.N. Climate Structure The New York Times | UNITED NATIONS — The scientists involved in producing the periodic United Nations reports on climate change need to be more open to alternative views and more transparent a...
Why the US really wants Bout Asia Times | Aug 31, 2010 Why the US really wants Bout | By Bertil Lintner | BANGKOK - While Bangkok-based observers weigh the legal merits of extraditing alleged Rus...
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North Korean leader Kim may be headed home Herald Tribune | BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appeared Monday to be winding up a six-day visit to China that fueled speculation he was seeking aid and drumming up support for a succe...
Woo Gets Lifetime Prize at Venice Film Festival The New York Times | After facilitating the dispersal of countless bullet casings via the slow-motion shootouts he pioneered in his films, John Woo, below, was rewarded Friday with an estimable piece of metal that he gets to keep: the Venice Film Festival gave its Gold...
Good Day for Paul Hogan: He Can Return to U.S. The New York Times | Break out the Vegemite, crank up the Men at Work and prepare to celebrate the Australian cultural influences of the 1980s: Paul Hogan, above right, is a free man. Mr. Hogan, the Australian-born star of the “Crocodile Dundee” movies, has...
European Trade Chief Accused of Anti-Semitism The New York Times | BRUSSELS — The European Union’s chief trade negotiator was accused on Friday of “outrageous anti-Semitism” after comments made in an interview about Israel’s role in Middle East peace talks. | Karel De Gucht, the Europ...
Indian Army Chief to pay five-day visit to Sri Lanka Zeenews Colombo: Seeking to give a fillip to bilateral military ties, army chief General VK Singh is set to undertake a five-day visit to Sri Lanka from Sunday to discuss defence cooperation. | During his visit, Singh is scheduled to meet Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, his Sri Lankan counterpart Jagath Jayasuriya and other senior defence officials....
Better late than never for Alan Dale NZ Herald By 5:30 AM Thursday Sep 2, 2010 Email Print | Starting an acting career in LA in his 50s proved a fruitful move for Alan Dale, writes Jacqueline Smith. Expand Shrink | Alan Dale is wearing his comfiest slippers. The pair he salvaged from the throw-out pile and sent to his Waiwera holiday home. Yep, he feels totally at home, he says, as he sips a st...
