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China Moves to Open Economic Links

China Moves to Open Economic Links


China Moves to Open Economic Links

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 11:30 PM PST

A jump in the value of the renminbi and the authorization of a share trading program between Hong Kong and Shanghai come as Beijing hosts the APEC summit.






DealBook: Financial Stability Board to Propose Stricter Capital Rules for Global Banks

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 10:00 PM PST

The plan would require global systemically important banks to hold twice as much capital, 6 percent, as required by Basel III rules. It is intended to spare taxpayers from having to bail out big banks in the event of another financial crisis.






Leaders of China and Japan Hold Long-Awaited Meeting

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 09:37 PM PST

The meeting of Xi Jinping and Shinzo Abe in Beijing was intended as an important first step in improving the standoff between the two countries.






Judgment Awaits for Crew of South Korea Ferry

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 07:45 PM PST

On Tuesday the court is scheduled to announce verdicts and sentences, which could include the death penalty.






Cubicles Rise in Brave New World of Publishing

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 07:27 PM PST

Hachette is the first major American publishing house to abandon private offices in favor of open-plan cubicles, a trend that has migrated from tech start-ups to ad agencies, architecture firms and even city governments.

In Ukraine, Shelling and Convoys of Armed Trucks Threaten Cease-Fire

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 07:21 PM PST

European monitors confirmed reports of unmarked military vehicles driving through rebel-held territory over the weekend while Donetsk, the region's biggest city, endured an artillery battle.

Scientists, and Universe’s Odd Behavior, Are Recognized With $3 Million Prizes

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 07:00 PM PST

In all, $36 million was awarded to scientists as part of an effort by tech entrepreneurs to make science as glitzy as rock 'n' roll.






Disney Film Boss Ousted by Warner Finds Vindication in Success

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 06:49 PM PST

As chairman, Alan F. Horn has helped turn Walt Disney Studios into a highly successful movie operation, making a record $1.55 billion profit.

No Longer Business as Usual in China

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 06:48 PM PST

With heads of state and corporate chieftains in Beijing for a major economic summit meeting this week, China's increasing economic nationalism is expected to be heavily debated.






Obama Arrives in China on Trip With Complex Agenda

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 06:26 PM PST

The president plunged into a hectic schedule that mixed the solemn rituals of a state visit with the deal-making of an economic summit meeting.






News Analysis: U.S. Gives North Korea the Silent Treatment

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 06:13 PM PST

By sending the nation's top spy to win the release of two American prisoners, President Obama signaled that he would not reward the North for their freedom.






Vilonia Journal: Torn Apart by Storm, a Tribute to Veterans Is Pieced Together Again

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 05:54 PM PST

The Museum of Veterans and Military History is being rebuilt after a tornado hit it earlier this year, throwing medals of war heroes into fields of convulsed earth.

Memo From Beijing: China’s ‘New Type’ of Ties Fail to Sway Obama

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 05:44 PM PST

The president has said he welcomes China's rise, but he has been less keen about the "new type of great power relations" that Xi Jinping says he wants.

DealBook: Wall Street’s Bonus Season Not Likely to Be Filled With Joy, Survey Finds

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 05:33 PM PST

Year-end payouts could drop as much as 10 percent for the trading desks and hedge funds that not long ago were the centers of gravity on Wall Street, according to a survey by the consulting firm Johnson Associates.






Push to Bring Ex-Convicts and Families Together Lags

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 05:33 PM PST

More than a year after the start of a program designed to let up to 150 former prisoners move back into New York City Housing Authority buildings, only seven of them have done so.

Australia Challenges Use of Unpaid Internships

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 05:22 PM PST

Much like the United States, Australia is about to test just how much employers can ask young workers to do without paying them.

Catalonia Overwhelmingly Votes for Independence From Spain in Straw Poll

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 04:56 PM PST

Defying objections from the Spanish government in Madrid, about two million people took part in a symbolic vote presented as a prelude to secession.






The Ebola Ward: Ebola’s Mystery: One Boy Lives, Another Dies

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 03:41 PM PST

Over and over, doctors have been confounded by the divergent paths of Ebola patients whose cases appeared similar at first.






Obstacles Limit Targets and Pace of Strikes on ISIS

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 02:42 PM PST

Commanders of the American-led air campaign in Iraq and Syria are challenged by spotty intelligence, poor weather and an Iraqi Army that has only begun an offensive against the Islamic State.






The Dawn of Nuclear Weapons Goes Viral

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 12:00 PM PST

Waves of declassified photographs and movies from the nation's push to make Little Boy and Fat Man — the world's first atom bombs — are exciting to a generation less familiar with the United States' atomic past.






St. Francis Manuscripts Bound for U.S. Display

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 11:47 AM PST

Leaving Italy for the first time in 700 years, 13 artifacts underwent meticulous last-minute restoration before beginning their journey on Monday.






Ina Ginsburg, Arts Patron and Washington Hostess, Dies at 98

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 10:49 AM PST

Ms. Ginsburg, who fled to the United States from Austria during World War II, went on to champion the works of modern artists and actors, including Andy Warhol and Arnold Schwarzenegger.






In India, Modi Expands His Council of Ministers

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 09:41 AM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government announced the appointment of 26 new ministers, a long-expected move to reward his political allies and spread out some of the work needed to fulfill his agenda.






Recreating Adam, From Hundreds of Fragments, After the Fall

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 09:21 AM PST

A dozen years after a 500-year-old marble Adam by the Renaissance sculptor Tullio Lombardo broke into hundreds of pieces, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is poised to reintroduce it to the public.






Tensions Mount as Israeli Arabs Protest Police Shooting

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 08:41 AM PST

An Arab man wielding a knife was killed by the police after he attacked a police vehicle, but a video appeared to show him retreating when he was shot.






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