MONGOLIA STEPS ONTO WORLD STAGE
Meet the spearhead of Mongolia's upcoming export drive: the two-humped Bactrian camel. The hairy creature has an early lead over other Mongolian assets such as oil, coal, and furs now that the U.S....
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Sony Chief Executive Norio Ohga, 61, will be heading for Austria this August. The former professional opera singer and amateur conductor wants to attend the Salzburg Music Festival. Also in August,...
View ArticleSatellite Phone Service Takes Off in Indonesia
When Indonesian engineer Agus Riza installed the first satellite phone in the west Java village of Cidaun, local farmers threw a party. A few hours later, a man on a motorbike rode into town with n...
View ArticleAmazon's Biggest Customer Microsoft's Nathan Myhrvold spends $5,000 a month...
Nathan Myhrvold is a gourmand who loves French food, but he dutifully showed up at the Italian joint I suggested. Microsoft's chief technical officer didn't seem to have any urgent agenda, so as we...
View ArticleFrom Genghis Khan to Milton Friedman: Mongolia's Wild Ride to Capitalism With...
Stand in the middle of Ulan Bator's main square, and Mongolia's strange history unfolds around you. To the west lie the grasslands, whence Genghis Khan charged forth to conquer half the world. At t...
View ArticleSure, It's Business The IRS is making it tougher. But you shouldn't write off...
In the annals of boondogglery, can there be any greater hero than Senator John Glenn? A generation ago he orbited Earth three times at taxpayer expense, an arguably legitimate--if obscenely expensi...
View ArticleChastising The Mega-Chargers
Now let's see if I've got this right. AOL Time Warner (my sainted employer) takes "a one-time, noncash charge" of about $54 billion in the first quarter. Since the company was otherwise breaking ev...
View ArticleThe Great Mongolian Gold Rush The land of Genghis Khan has the biggest mining...
I was in Mongolia, doing your standard business interview with a local gold-mining executive named Myanganbayar, when a member of the band he sponsors walked into the conference room, wearing a tan...
View ArticleNo day at the beach
Imagine returning from vacation with tales of excavating mummies in the Atacama Desert in Chile or tracing the history of the planet's fresh water back nearly 20,000 years in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
View ArticleAsian economic report sees growth
Growth in developing Asian countries is predicted to expand over the next two years, after the region experienced its strongest economic growth since the financial crisis of 1997-98.
View ArticleAsian flavor accents sporting events
Dance sport, wushu, dragonboat racing and soft tennis don't come to mind immediately when thinking of events at international sporting competitions.
View ArticleAvoiding bird flu dangers
The detection of bird flu in Europe and further deaths from the disease in Asia have heightened health concerns for people visiting affected countries.
View ArticleBush: 'May God bless the Christians of China'
President Bush attended a legally sanctioned church Sunday in Beijing before scheduled talks on religious freedom with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.
View ArticleBush makes first visit to Mongolia
U.S. President George W. Bush has thanked Mongolia for standing with him in Iraq and compared the struggle against Islamic radicalism to this country's battle against communism.
View ArticleBush thanks Mongolia for support in Iraq
U.S. President George W. Bush thanked Mongolia Monday for standing with the United States in Iraq in an historic visit to the struggling Asian democracy sandwiched between China and Russia.
View ArticleUsing tech to tackle hotel phone bills
Tech-savvy business travelers are forcing a rethink on how hotels charge for long-distance communications, meaning that exorbitant phone bills on the road could soon be a thing of the past.
View ArticleAnti-WTO activists take the plunge
People from all around the world have gathered in Hong Kong to protest against policies of the World Trade Organization. But just what drives these people to make such a big commitment?
View ArticleGenghis Khan and polo? Horseback tours in Mongolia
"Polo is a snake!" roared the aging French movie star, flourishing his mallet above his head. "You must ride at the tail of the snake, behind the ball!" It was a rebuke: Once again I was hopelessly...
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