Por EVAN PÉREZ WASHINGTON—El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos inició una investigación sobre la pérdida de más de US$2.000 millones en negociaciones de valores de J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. anunciada por la compañía el jueves, según una fuente con conocimiento del tema. La pesquisa está en la etapa inicial y aún no está [...]
When night falls in Manila, a wave of young people scurry into the skyscrapers which criss-cross the city. They're call centre agents, and because most of their clients are on the other side of the world, the night shift is their busiest time. Last year, with more than 600,000 call centre workers, the Philippines officially [...]
The 800-plus volcanic and coral islands that make up the Pacific nation of Fiji enjoy a tropical climate and host a significant tourism industry. However, since 1987 racial and political tensions have been a steady source of instability and international isolation. In 1987 a coup by indigenous Fijians overthrew the elected, Indian-dominated coalition. This triggered [...]
Por DAVID ENRICH e SARA SCHAEFER The Wall Street Journal, de Londres Mesmo com a crise bancária na Europa dando sinais de melhora, bancos em todo o continente estão empenhados numa série de manobras para evitar, ou pelo menos adiar, ter que lidar com os problemas potenciais que rondam suas finanças. Alguns bancos estão elaborando [...]
Canada says it expects Sri Lanka to make a full investigation of the murder of a Canadian citizen in northern Sri Lanka last week. Reports say Anthonypillai Mahendrarajah, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin, was killed when he went to reclaim property lost during the war. His properties were said to be in Kilinochchi, the town [...]
Potentially a holiday paradise with picture-postcard beaches, the Comoros islands are trying to consolidate political stability amid tensions between semi-autonomous islands and the central government. To add to the country's troubles, the islands of Anjouan and Moheli declared unilateral independence in a violent conflict in 1997. In an effort to bring the breakaway islands back [...]
Asia’s Drive for Free Trade East-West trade tensions are rising, and a new global free-trade agreement seems a distant dream. Yet here’s the paradox: the drive for free trade within Asia, where the world’s greatest concentration of economic growth now resides, has never been stronger. Fears of rising protectionism in the West are inspiring a [...]
The decision comes after the killing of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a 60-year old health program manager who was abducted four months ago in Balochistan. His body was found last month. The 900 national staff members of the Red Cross have been placed on paid leave, and 80 foreign staffers have been flown to Islamabad, said [...]
By CHUN HAN WONG Despite all the hand-wringing over China’s growth trajectory, the Middle Kingdom remains a land of milk and honey for Singapore real-estate company CapitaLand Ltd. President and Chief Executive Liew Mun Leong is a longtime bull on China’s property market, often expressing confidence in the macroeconomic fundamentals that fuel housing and commercial-property [...]
Celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, who has died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 84, is credited with revolutionising hair-styling for women. Here are five ways in which he changed the world of hair. Vidal Sassoon's "wash and wear" cuts of the 1960s changed all that, allowing women to spend less time [...]