Miss Earth 2007 will be held in Manila, Philppines on Nov. 11, 2007.
Malaysia will be sending 20-year old Dorcas Cheok Huai Yee. 
The young ladies respond to two questions:
Environmental platform:
I …

Japan's Bridgestone saw profits jump 64% in the first 9 months of this year.
Bridgestone is the world's largest tire and rubber products maker.
And, yup, cars are selling like crazy everywhere.
Profit for Bridgestone during the first …

Japan must stop its support of U.S. military vessels in the Indian Ocean.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) has been refueling U.S. ships.
However, Japan's Anti-terrorism Special Measures law expired yesterday and there was renewal.
Japan's PM Fukuda …

The United States regained the top spot as the most competitive country for business based on a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Switzerland was first last year. Imagine the researchers surprise …

Toyota will likely take a market share of over 50% for new car sales in Japan for October.
Toyota's sales have climbed 6% this year to 138,000 vehicles.
In November of last year, Toyota logged 49.4% of …

Oil will hit $100/barrel this month…in time for Thanksgiving perhaps.
A decline in US oil inventories is blamed.
Let's see, the US doesn't have as much oil as they think…let's charge them more to replenish it….or is …

Huang Guangyu is # 1 on China's billionaire's list.…the 2007 Hurun Cashout Ric.
A cashout refers to cash on hand…money in the bank…not just financial assets.
Huang has cashed out on investments totaling $1.25 billion.
The 38-year old …

Miss Earth 2007 will be held in Manila, Philppines on Nov. 11, 2007
Japan will be sending 22-year old Ryoko Tominaga.
The young ladies respond to two questions:
Environmental platform:
I …

Intel Corporation has invested about $4 billion in China, one of the largest foreign investors in the country.
Earlier this year the company announced plans to build a $2.5 billion semiconductor plant in Dalian.
Yesterday, Intel opened …

Chinese graduates are still NOT finding work.
About three in 10 are still pounding the pavement looking for jobs.
Some 5 million students graduated…but 1.44 million remain unemployed as of September, the start of the new year.
In …