PARIS — Huawei Technologies, a Chinese maker of telecommunications equipment, said on Monday that it planned to open a research and development center in Helsinki next year, accelerating its investments in Europe, where its business is expanding rapidly. The move illustrates a trans-Atlantic difference in attitudes toward Huawei. The company has been largely shut out of the United States...
Libyan Reluctance Hobbles Benghazi Assault Investigation
Label: WorldWASHINGTON — An unarmed American military surveillance drone now flies virtually every day over Benghazi, gathering information and poised to respond at a moment’s notice if any of the suspects believed to be behind the attacks last Sept. 11 on the American Mission in the Libyan city are located. But three months after the assault that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other...
Dec
10
Euro Watch: Italian Political Turmoil Weighs on Markets
Label: BusinessROME — Italian bond yields were sharply higher Monday, and Italian stocks led major European indexes lower, after a weekend of political turmoil in Italy gave rise to fears that the country was headed for renewed instability. Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would again seek Italy’s highest office after pulling his party’s support from Mario Monti, the unelected official who...
The New Old Age Blog: Training Needed for Home Care Is Lacking
Label: Health“H” from Chicago, I heard you when you joined a lively discussion over hospice at home here a couple of weeks ago and asked, “where can family members get the training to do all the nursing tasks?”In the comments section, many readers wrote in to say that caring for relatives at the end of their lives was a duty and a privilege. Others said they were unprepared for the physical and emotional burdens...
The New Old Age Blog: Training Needed for Home Care Is Lacking
Label: Lifestyle“H” from Chicago, I heard you when you joined a lively discussion over hospice at home here a couple of weeks ago and asked, “where can family members get the training to do all the nursing tasks?”In the comments section, many readers wrote in to say that caring for relatives at the end of their lives was a duty and a privilege. Others said they were unprepared for the physical and emotional burdens...
IHT Rendezvous: Philosophy, or Plumbing: How Well Is Academia Preparing Students for the Real World?
Label: WorldA report being released Monday by the McKinsey Center for Government shows a big disconnect between new grads looking for work and the employers looking to hire them. Both sides have acknowledged that something is amiss: Only 42 percent of employers felt that new hires were adequately prepared by their education or formal training. Similarly, only 45 percent of graduates felt they were adequately...
Dec
09
Changes to Agriculture Highlight Cuba’s Problems
Label: BusinessHAVANA — Cuba’s liveliest experiment with capitalism unfolds every night in a dirt lot on the edge of the capital, where Truman-era trucks lugging fresh produce meet up with hundreds of buyers on creaking bicycle carts clutching wads of cash. “This place, it feeds all of Havana,” said Misael Toledo, 37, who owns three small food stores in the city. “Before, you could only buy or sell in the...
New Taxes to Take Effect to Fund Health Care Law
Label: LifestyleWASHINGTON — For more than a year, politicians have been fighting over whether to raise taxes on high-income people. They rarely mention that affluent Americans will soon be hit with new taxes adopted as part of the 2010 health care law. The new levies, which take effect in January, include an increase in the payroll tax on wages and a tax on investment income, including interest, dividends...
You for Sale: Company Envisions ‘Vaults’ for Personal Data
Label: TechnologyPeter DaSilva for The New York TimesMichael Fertik, the founder and chief executive of Reputation.com, at its offices in Redwood City, Calif., where he has amassed a database of information collected on millions of consumers. “YOU are walking around naked on the Internet and you need some clothes,” says Michael Fertik. “I am going to sell you some.” Naked? Not exactly, but close. Mr....
IHT Rendezvous: Reindeer Games in Hong Kong
Label: WorldHONG KONG — Hong Kong has one of the most expensive and crowded property markets in the world, and CBRE, the commercial real estate services firm with offices here, can be highly imaginative when illustrating that point.The CBRE team has released a Christmas video with the tongue-in-cheek announcement that Santa Claus, “the world’s leading toy distributor,” had found a solution to the tricky issue...
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