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Rich Cho, Portland's Newest General Manager in the NBA

Yahoo! News Search Results for Asian-American — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:04:17 GMT

Last month, Rich Cho of the Portland Trail Blazers became the first Asian American General Manager in the NBA. Rich kindly took time from his busy work schedule to talk candidly to Hyphen Magazine about his passion for sports, his... Read More......(read more)

Rich Cho, Portland's Newest General Manager in the NBA

Yahoo! News Search Results for Asian-American business — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:04:17 GMT

Australia, NZ top 'giving' index

BBC News - Asia-Pacific — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:02:00 GMT

Australia and New Zealand top the table in the largest ever study into global charitable behaviour, but some poor countries also scoring high. Read More......(read more)

Row over Japan-China boat crash

BBC News - Asia-Pacific — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:25:35 GMT

A diplomatic row between China and Japan intensifies after collisions between two Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler. Read More......(read more)

Japan may intervene to curb yen

BBC News - Asia-Pacific — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:16:48 GMT

The Japanese finance minister says there could be market intervention as the yen hits a new 15-year high. Read More......(read more)

Vodafone makes $6.5bn China sale

BBC News - Asia-Pacific — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:54:13 GMT

Vodafone pockets $6.5bn ion cash following the sale of its 3.2% stake in China's biggest wireless operator, China Mobile. Read More......(read more)

Dr. Kim Rekindles Dartmouth Alumni as Austerity Arouses Protest

Yahoo! News Search Results for Asian-American business — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:01:31 GMT

When Jim Yong Kim left a March gathering of more than 600 Dartmouth alumni in New York, he received a standing ovation that no one could have expected for the new president at the Ivy League college with the most contentious relationship with its graduates Read More......(read more)

Dr. Kim Rekindles Dartmouth Alumni as Austerity Arouses Protest

Yahoo! News Search Results for Asian-American — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:01:31 GMT

Dr. Kim Rekindles Dartmouth Alumni as Austerity Arouses Protest

Yahoo! News Search Results for Asian-American — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:37:56 GMT

The Politics Of A Tax Hike

NPR Topics: Politics — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:08:00 GMT

A full-blown congressional debate on the expiring 2001 and 2003 tax cuts will unfold this fall, but some lawmakers have already weighed in on the most Read More......(read more)

Philippines massacre trial opens

BBC News - Asia-Pacific — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:01:44 GMT

A powerful politician accused of murdering scores of people in the worst political massacre in the Philippines goes on trial in Manila. Read More......(read more)

Ariz. Green Party sues to block 'sham candidates'

msnbc.com: Politics — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:41:14 GMT

The Arizona Green Party is asking a judge to kick more than half of the group's nominees off the November ballot and overturn the state law the let them Read More......(read more)

Distillation of Roots

Yahoo! News Search Results for Asian-American — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:08:11 GMT

Four artists examine their bifurcated heritage at John F. Kennedy University. by DeWitt Cheng Distillation: Meditations on the Japanese American Experience, featuring works by Reiko Fujii, Lucien Kubo, Shizue Seigel, and Judy Shintani, is a joint project Read More......(read more)

Distillation of Roots

Yahoo! News Search Results for Asian-American — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:08:11 GMT

NYT: Obama will not extend tax cuts to wealthy

msnbc.com: Politics — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:56:28 GMT

NYT: President Obama will rule out on Wednesday any compromise that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy beyond this year, officials said Read More......(read more)

Abandoned babies

BBC News - Asia-Pacific — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:52:51 GMT

Malaysia opens 'baby hatch' to save unwanted newborns Read More......(read more)

Critics of Obama plans ask: What jobs, exactly?

msnbc.com: Politics — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:52:41 GMT

Analysis: President Barack Obama's new stimulus plan directs government assistance to some of the strongest parts of the economy without solving the biggest Read More......(read more)

Science helps you dance your way into her heart

msnbc.com: Health — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:19:46 GMT

Using computer-generated avatars, psychologists say they have unlocked the dance moves that will capture a woman's heart. Apparently the speed of a man's Read More......(read more)

Fresh Eats: The State of S.F.’s Street Food

Yahoo! News Search Results for Asian-American business — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:12:42 GMT

In May 2009, when I started as SFoodie editor, the first few carts in the Mission's new wave of street vending had just begun selling in places like tiny Linda Street. Later that summer, I described a typical scene at Mission Pool; vendors like Magic Read More......(read more)

Newsweek: Will Emanuel run for Chicago mayor?

msnbc.com: Politics — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:03:15 GMT

It’s not 100 percent certain that he’ll do so, but the odds favor it. Whether he wins or not is a different question. If Rahm runs, he’ll put President Read More......(read more)

Powerful tremor rattles NZ city

BBC News - Asia-Pacific — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:59:55 GMT

A powerful aftershock near the New Zealand city of Christchurch causes further damage and sends residents running into the streets, reports say. Read More......(read more)

Is Sen. Murkowski Having Second Thoughts About Getting Back In The Race?

NPR Topics: Politics — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:54:00 GMT

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, apparently defeated in her bid for another term in the Aug. 24 GOP primary -- she conceded the race last week -- may have a Read More......(read more)

U.S. judge refuses to lift ban on stem cell funds

msnbc.com: Health — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:49:02 GMT

A U.S. judge Tuesday refused to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite warnings from the Obama administration that Read More......(read more)

Basketball focuses on China

BBC News - Asia-Pacific — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:43:39 GMT

The National Basketball Association wants to expand the game and are looking at emerging markets such as India and China to push their products. Read More......(read more)

Exhibition chronicles the Vietnamese-American experience

Yahoo! News Search Results for Asian-American — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:32:54 GMT

The Cornell and Ithaca communities will celebrate the Vietnamese-American experience with the arrival later this month of the traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition "Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon -- Vietnamese America Since 1975," co-curated Read More......(read more)