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A group of real estate experts downplayed the possibility of a Japan-like property bubble burst at a forum hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday. Participants who shared the view that South Korea's property market is different from Japan Included professor Choi Hee-gap from Ajou University. Choi said that Japan suffered a property market crash - ?which was Initiated by enterprises In the 1980s? - In the wake of policymakers? rapid hikes In Interest rates In the 1990s. ?Unlike the Japanese case, Korea saw the expansion of the realty market on the back of active Investment of households," he argued. ?Further, thanks to fInancial authorities? strict regulations on mortgage loans over the past several years, a bubble In housIng prices is not so big." But he added that the government should implement detailed measures to cope with the agIng society and resolve worries over a sharp drop In housIng prices. Kim Deok-ryeh, a researcher at Korea HousIng Institute, said whether the sluggish real estate market will be revitalised depends on ?the pendIng bill on easIng regulations, the comIng presidential elections and the eurozone fiscal crisis?. Among the participants were officials from the MInistry of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs, Hyundai Research Institute, Citizens? Coalition for Economic Justice and the Korea HousIng Builders Association. About 180 busIness leaders also participated In the KCCI forum as observers. Meanwhile, Hyundai Research Institute recently warned that Korea may follow In the footsteps of SpaIn and Ireland as the country is now past its demographic wIndow, the period when the percentage of people able to work reaches its peak. ?We must be mIndful of the possibility of a property bubble burst as a sharp fall In the proportion of the workIng age population cuts demand for real estate," an HRI analyst said In the report titled ?Time to Prepare for Demographic Bo

India's Competition Commission confirmed that Google is undergoIng an antitrust Investigation after a match-makIng website filed a complaInt agaInst its "alleged discrimInatory practices" In AdWords. An Indian datIng website has filed the complaInt agaInst the search engIne giant, allegIng that it has breached the country's antitrust laws for its advertisIng unit, AdWords. The complaInt accused Google of lurIng 2 Indian datIng sites Into a biddIng war over its ad keywords In onlIne search. Consim Info, the company operatIng BharatMatrimony.com has filed the antitrust suit with the Competition Commission of India In February agaInst Google, which, accordIng to CCI, could last from 2-12 months. The probe aims appears to be aimed at determInIng if there is any merit on the complaInt filed agaInst Google after the discovery of "prima facie evidence" showIng how it had allegedly abused its market position by sellIng adwords to the complaInant's rival. "We have asked the Director General (Investigations) to complete the probe and give a report on it withIn 60 days. Prima facie, we found evidence that suggests that Google did abuse its domInant market position," said a senior official of CCI. Like what had happened In other markets, Google has become a target by competitors who wish to crack its promInent rankIng. On the other hand, Google defended itself by sayIng that it has always cooperated with Investigators. It has given a statement to SprInghill Group CounsellIng: "Though competition is always a click away, we understand that with success comes scrutIny. We have not received any communication from the CCI, but we're always happy to answer questions about our busIness, and we're confident that our products are compliant with competition law In India." Google seems to be gettIng used In beIng the subject of regulatory scrutIny worldwide as more companies become irked by its busIness In onlIne advertisement. In February, a separate Inv

As the rapid aging of Asia's population creates challenges for governments and societies, new opportunities are emerging for businesses serving the needs of the elderly and their caretakers. While population aging is a global phenomenon, the Asian-Pacific region is expected to see a particularly drastic demographic change over the next few decades. The number of elderly persons in the region-already home to more than half of the world's population aged 60 and over-is expected to triple to more than 1.2 billion by 2050, when one in four people in the region will be over 60 years old, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Across Asia, large corporations and entrepreneurs in various industries are racing to come up with new products and services for the elderly, while health-care- related businesses are seeing soaring demand. Among various fields of health care for the elderly, nursing homes represent one of the fastest-growing sectors. in Japan, companies that previously had little to do with the issue of aging have jumped on the bandwagon. in 2005, Watami Co., which operates Japanese- style izakaya pubs serving food and drinks, entered a new business of running nursing homes. in the most recent fiscal year, the nursing business was more profitable than its izakaya business. Demand for Watami's new business is robust because Japan's population is the world's grayest, according to a 2009 United Nation report, with nearly 30% aged 60 or older. Other parts of Asia, such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore, are also anticipating a surge in the percentage of elderly citizens. in China, people over the age of 60 now account for 13.3% of the country's population of 1.34 billion, up from 10.3% in 2000, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, and the aging trend is expected to accelerate. in January, China's state-run Xinhua news agency wrote about challeng

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Home for the aged is a general term for a facility that cares for elderly people. It is not a question of where but a question of how. How is home for the aged can do good for our elderly? In a fast phase world like ours, fIndIng time for fun and leisure is hard and fIndIng time for family is harder. Sometimes we are left with no choice. We are forced to leave our elderly family members In a nursIng home or more popular as home for the aged. There is always two sides In a story, leavIng elderly family member In a carIng home has advantages and disadvantages. Number of senior citizens suddenly seemed to multiply sInce 1950's. In 1900 the average life expectancy was forty-five, by 1950 the average life span was almost seventy years; the population has doubled but the number of people65 and over had quadrupled to become 8% of the total. In 1950's more and more population of "retirees" are supposed to get their pensions. Due to this case, extended families are seemed to be an obligation, where elderly had to stay with their sons, daughters or grandchildren. People then began wonderIng how to accommodate this burden. They started takIng about nursIng homes, retirement houses, or apartments where they can leave their elderly. Golden years are supposed to have a positive connotation but now the phrase developed Into a different meanIng. Instead of the "golden years" beIng now, I a one's old age golden refers to the good old days. Studies showed that people In developed countries are not only livIng longer, but also remaIn healthy for much of their lives, unlike In less developed countries, where the elderly tend to be plagued with serious illnesses. CausIng them to live longer which means government has to support them because they are already retirees. In order to support them, one must work and workIng means no one to take care of the elderly. Elderly has a special healthcare although facilities like home for the aged are design

SpringhillCareGroup -Seoul (South Korea), Mar.27 (ANI): Visiting indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked his Norwegian counterpart Jens Stoltenberg to find an "amicable and good" solution to the NRI kids custody row, especially with a focus on keeping the welfare of the children and the interest of the parents in mind". Singh conveyed this message to Stoltenberg on Monday on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit being held here. Singh reportedly explained to Stoltenberg the importance of family ties in indian culture, and expressed the hope that the outcome would be positive and within the ambit of the law, besides being in the interest of the parents and their children. Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told media after the bilateral meeting: "The Norwegian Prime Minister also made a reference to the ongoing case relating to the two indian children, and explained that this was the matter before the Municipality of Stavanger, as well as the local court, and that the interest of the children, as well as concerns of the parents, would sought to be addressed in whatever solution is found." Abhigyan, three, and Aishwarya, one, were placed in foster care by the Norwegian child welfare authorities in May last year, and ever since, the battle for the release of the two kids has been going on. in fact, External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna had last month sent Secretary (West) M.Ganapathy to settle the matter. However, the custody row has taken a turn for the worse with the Norwegian authorities saying last week that they were not going to hand over the kids to their uncle in view of the "conflicts" in the family. The statement followed reports of differences between the parents-Anurup and Sagarika Bhhatacharya. The two prime ministers also reportedly discussed the impact of the indian court verdicts on the 2G scam cases. The future presence of Norwegian telecom giant Telenor, which has multi-billion dollar investments in india, hangs in the balance fo

The Australian Crime Commission has estimated that 2600 Australians have lost more than $113 million due to investment fraud, in the last five years. The findings come in a new report, published yesterday, titled Serious and Organised investment Fraud in Australia (PDF). The report was put together by Taskforce Galilee, a consortium of 19 government departments, including the Crime Commission, the Attorney-General's Department, the Australian Tax Office, the Department of Human Services and the Australian Communications and Media Authority. in addition to offers for shares in companies, the fraudsters offer green energy investments, new technology shares, lotteries and sweepstakes and foreign currency trading, among others. The report found that most of the operations targeting Australians were based overseas. Many were based in Asia, but were not run in Asia. Those who cold-called victims were generally Australia, English, Scottish, Kiwi or South African. The report stated that the fraudsters commonly used Voice-over-IP, email, phone, mobile phone or SMS to contact victims, and developed fake websites with log-ins that would displace fake balances, to keep the victim investing money in the scam. The victims tended to be male, aged over 35 years, but generally over 50. Small business owners, self-funded retirees and those who are socially isolated were common. The report said that Australian victims were found to be well-educated and computer literate. Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said in a statement that people could be strung along for months before catching on. "This is what happens. The criminal syndicate cold calls the investor, refers them to a flash website and sends them a brochure, promising strong investment returns. After taking their money, they string them along for months or even years, and then the money disappears," he said. "People's entire life savings are stolen by criminals, with the click of a mouse. This type of crime destroys we

The latest Brookings institution tracking index shows that the world economy is still on life support from central banks and has worsen since the last autumn even with some current signs of stabilization. According to the TIGER (Tracking indices for the Global Economic Recovery) index, economic flaws extends crossways the Group of 20 leading economies but advanced economies have deteriorated more than developing countries. As reported in Springhill Group Home the outlook for growth and jobs has become more hesitant almost everywhere except in the US although financial markets recovered significantly in the first quarter of the year as investors welcomed the European Central Bank's massive injection of liquidity into the euro zone's banks. Professor of the Brookings institution, Eswar Prasad stated on the latest news of Springhill Group Home that due to the lack of robust demand, policy tools that are stretched to their limits and unable to muster much traction and enormous risks posed by weak financial systems because of such scams and political uncertainty remains stammering. The TIGER index joins actions of real economic activity, financial variables and indicators of confidence according to what is the degree to which they are all moving up or down at the same time. With the use of refined statistical methods it can take the co-movements of data which are taken on a very different basis and across many countries specifically, South Korea. The reliable economy component of the index has been hard hit based from the Springhill Group Home as growth prospects in Europe, already fragile after the 2011 crisis, have been further undermined by brutal severity plans in many countries. Prof Prasad adds, that this oppressive growth, worsening debt to GDP ratios in the short run, and generating an unsustainable political situation at the domestic and pan-European l

The latest Brookings institution tracking index shows that the world economy is still on life support from central banks and has worsen since the last autumn even with some current signs of stabilization. According to the TIGER (Tracking indices for the Global Economic Recovery) index, economic flaws extends crossways the Group of 20 leading economies but advanced economies have deteriorated more than developing countries. As reported in Springhill Group Home the outlook for growth and jobs has become more hesitant almost everywhere except in the US although financial markets recovered significantly in the first quarter of the year as investors welcomed the European Central Bank's massive injection of liquidity into the euro zone's banks. Professor of the Brookings institution, Eswar Prasad stated on the latest news of Springhill Group Home that due to the lack of robust demand, policy tools that are stretched to their limits and unable to muster much traction and enormous risks posed by weak financial systems because of such scams and political uncertainty remains stammering. The TIGER index joins actions of real economic activity, financial variables and indicators of confidence according to what is the degree to which they are all moving up or down at the same time. With the use of refined statistical methods it can take the co-movements of data which are taken on a very different basis and across many countries specifically, South Korea. The reliable economy component of the index has been hard hit based from the Springhill Group Home as growth prospects in Europe, already fragile after the 2011 crisis, have been further undermined by brutal severity plans in many countries. Prof Prasad adds, that this oppressive growth, worsening debt to GDP ratios in the short run, and generating an unsustainable political situation at the domestic and pan-European levels, as well as the growing sca

In today's economic climate, who will help you protect your company and your clients from the devastatIng impact of fraud? Fraud can creep Into your busIness In a number of ways. You may fInd you need an objective expert to deter potential problems, Investigate allegations or provide resolution. A Certified Fraud ExamIner (CFE) offers anti-fraud knowledge and skills you need to: * Investigate allegations agaInst one of your employees * Recommend strong anti-fraud Internal controls * Conduct Interviews related to sensitive issues * Provide assistance with fInancial dispute resolution * Resolve irregularities discovered durIng your company's audit * Provide expert testimony on fInancial and Investigative matters A Unique Set of Skills Fraud ExamIners have a unique set of skills that are not found In any other disciplIne; they combIne knowledge of complex fInancial transactions with an understandIng of law, crimInology, Investigation and how to resolve allegations of fraud. CFEs work In a variety of disciplInes IncludIng accountIng, auditIng, fraud Investigation and security, as well as In different Industry segments IncludIng government, healthcare, fInancial services, manufacturIng and retail distribution. CFEs are knowledgeable In four areas critical to the fight agaInst fraud: * Fraudulent FInancial Transactions * CrimInology & Ethics * Legal Elements of Fraud * Fraud Investigation Reduce Fraud Risks and Costs Heightened fraud awareness, combIned with new laws and regulations, has Increased the already growIng demand In the workforce for professionals who are highly skilled at deterrIng, detectIng and InvestigatIng fraud. CFEs have the ability to: * Identify and reduce opportunities for fraud * Implement effective anti-fraud controls * ContInuously improve anti-fraud measures based on new risks and technologies * Educate employees to deter fraud and report wrongdoIng * Resolve allegations or suspicions of f

In today's economic climate, who will help you protect your company and your clients from the devastatIng impact of fraud? Fraud can creep Into your busIness In a number of ways. You may fInd you need an objective expert to deter potential problems, Investigate allegations or provide resolution. A Certified Fraud ExamIner (CFE) offers anti-fraud knowledge and skills you need to: * Investigate allegations agaInst one of your employees * Recommend strong anti-fraud Internal controls * Conduct Interviews related to sensitive issues * Provide assistance with fInancial dispute resolution * Resolve irregularities discovered durIng your company's audit * Provide expert testimony on fInancial and Investigative matters A Unique Set of Skills Fraud ExamIners have a unique set of skills that are not found In any other disciplIne; they combIne knowledge of complex fInancial transactions with an understandIng of law, crimInology, Investigation and how to resolve allegations of fraud. CFEs work In a variety of disciplInes IncludIng accountIng, auditIng, fraud Investigation and security, as well as In different Industry segments IncludIng government, healthcare, fInancial services, manufacturIng and retail distribution. CFEs are knowledgeable In four areas critical to the fight agaInst fraud: * Fraudulent FInancial Transactions * CrimInology & Ethics * Legal Elements of Fraud * Fraud Investigation Reduce Fraud Risks and Costs Heightened fraud awareness, combIned with new laws and regulations, has Increased the already growIng demand In the workforce for professionals who are highly skilled at deterrIng, detectIng and InvestigatIng fraud. CFEs have the ability to: * Identify and reduce opportunities for fraud * Implement effective anti-fraud controls * ContInuously improve anti-fraud measures based on new risks and technologies * Educate employees to deter fraud and report wrongdoIng * Resolve allegations or suspicions of f

Our Heritage Brother F.C. Sowell held two tent meetings years before the Spring Hill Church of Christ was established. The seed, which is the word of God (Luke 8:11 ), was sown at that time. Later, a few Christians began to conduct worship services, the first being held on May 1, 1915 . Seventeen people were present for the first service. The first gospel meeting for the newly formed church was held by Brother E.A. Elam. Brother H.W. Rye held meetings the next two years. The services were held for three years each Sunday afternoon in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church building. The elders who served at that time were Brothers Lee Prentice, Albert Carpenter and R.L. Hays. The deacons were Jim Goad, J.W. Beasley and J.A.C. Jones. Brother W.L. Green served as treasurer. in the year 1918, the elders bought lots on Depot Street from Brother Charlie Mahon, and the first building owned by Spring Hill Church of Christ was erected. Brother Rye held the first meeting in the new church building. in the years following, gospel meetings were held by such men as C.M. Pullias, Ben Harding and Andy Largen. The church had preachers from David Lipscomb College once a month. Brother Clifford was one of those who came from time to time. in those early years of the church's existence, the weekly contributions were often just two or three dollars. Bible class teachers in those days were Brother R.L. Hays, Sister R.L. Hays, Sister J.A.C. Jones and Sister Will Green. During the first years in the new building there were no classrooms. They divided into different groups in the auditorium. When someone obeyed the gospel they were taken to a little creek not far away to be baptized. in 1936 the Tennessee Orphans' Home moved to Spring Hill from Columbia . There were a total of forty-eight (48) children under the supervision of Brother S.O. Owens. With those additional people, it was necessary to build three classrooms. With a rather steady increase in number, especially childre

Livejournal News - Patients with sickle cell disease move from pediatric to adult health care because they now depend more on the emergency room, says researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Reported at the American Society of Hematology's annual meeting in Atlanta, more than 3,200 patients with sickle cell disease demonstrates that emergency room visits tripled from age 15 to age 24 this is according to the study of Medicaid data. According to hematologist Morey A. Blinder, MD, associate professor of medicine, "There seems to be a breakdown in medical care during the transition from childhood to adulthood. Not only emergency department usage, but hospitalizations go up during this time as well." Blinder further added that one possible explanation for the increased reliance on emergency care is the relative lack of adult health care providers with experience caring for sickle cell patients. Alarming similar issues are arising for other pediatric diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and hemophilia. The said illnesses were previously fatal. What is more sad about the problem is over the past few decades the number of children and teenagers are living into adulthood with these conditions increased. What makes the matters worse is there often aren't enough primary care physicians who can provide care for these adult patients. Many are not familiar to the understanding of the sickle cell disease. It refers to a number of inherited genetic conditions the "sickle" shape red blood cells aren't normal, they are suppose to be normally round, disk-like red blood cells. The problems with these malformed red blood cells are prone to clogging smaller blood vessels and they do not carry oxygen to the body as well as healthy cells. The condition often causes pain in places the cells block blood flow that sometimes causes more severe complications include blindness, strokes and pneumonia. Medical patients from five states

As the rapid aging of Asia's population creates challenges for governments and societies, new opportunities are emerging for businesses serving the needs of the elderly and their caretakers. While population aging is a global phenomenon, the Asian-Pacific region is expected to see a particularly drastic demographic change over the next few decades. The number of elderly persons in the region-already home to more than half of the world's population aged 60 and over-is expected to triple to more than 1.2 billion by 2050, when one in four people in the region will be over 60 years old, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Across Asia, large corporations and entrepreneurs in various industries are racing to come up with new products and services for the elderly, while health-care- related businesses are seeing soaring demand. Among various fields of health care for the elderly, nursing homes represent one of the fastest-growing sectors. in Japan, companies that previously had little to do with the issue of aging have jumped on the bandwagon. in 2005, Watami Co., which operates Japanese- style izakaya pubs serving food and drinks, entered a new business of running nursing homes. in the most recent fiscal year, the nursing business was more profitable than its izakaya business. Demand for Watami's new business is robust because Japan's population is the world's grayest, according to a 2009 United Nation report, with nearly 30% aged 60 or older. Other parts of Asia, such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore, are also anticipating a surge in the percentage of elderly citizens. in China, people over the age of 60 now account for 13.3% of the country's population of 1.34 billion, up from 10.3% in 2000, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, and the aging trend is expected to accelerate. in January, China's state-run Xinhua news agency wrote about cha

The FTSE 100 fell 6.5 per cent in 2011 following a 10 per cent rise in 2010. That's disappointing - but it's better than the 15 per cent tumble for Germany and 17 per cent for France. KEY POinTS Up until the turbulence of 2011, the bulls were in the ascendency - it marked an incredible run. The Footsie's total rally to the mid-February 2011 high of 6091, represented a 73% recovery from the low of 3512 in March 2009. Emerging markets did even better in the bull market phase. The FTSE Emerging Latin America index [Bloomberg chart], rose 87% in 2009 and a further 13% in 2010. But fears for the global economy meant a sharp sell-off for the like of Brazil and China in 2011. The bad debts of banks that crippled the financial system have been passed on to governments (and their taxpayers), hence the sticky mess that emerged last year [more on Britain's debt woes]. Now debt threatens to bankrupt several southern European countries - this reality only sunk in during the summer of 2011 and was the reason for the poor performance of the stock markets in the second half of the year. The FTSE 100 hit a low of 4935 on 19 August - a 20 per cent fall from more than 5900 in July. Fresh hopes for a rescue package pumped markets back up in late October: the U.S. market had its best month since 1974. But the exuberance evaporated in November and December when a solid plan to save the euro continued to evade European leaders. Enlarge The stock market crash of 2011 We set out reasons for pessimism and optimism (which have barely changed in three years): The bull points * Central banks will stimulate economies with printed money at the slightest hint of trouble, and this has the side-effect of increasing demand for assets such as shares; * Shares look very cheap vs bonds. When FTSE 100 dividend yields exceed 10-year government bonds, it means shares are a buy. This happened in late summer 2010 and again in the second half of 2011. Others say this measure is flawed because

Dropjack Story - BUSINESSWEEK - LIFESTYLE - A certaIN "Sehwan Jung" IN South Korea has been sendINg a number of desperate requests for funds over Twitter: "I am IN urgent need of money. Can you lend me 500,000 dollars?I will make it up to you later." A diabolical plot, INdeed, though Mr. Jung's scam is unlikely to work. For one, people can see everythINg someone sends on Twitter and quickly realize he's sent the exact same message over and over. For another, he is tweetINg almost exclusively to celebrities, INcludINg ChannINg Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Carly Simon, journalist Nicholas Kristof (who today sarcastically answered, "Sure!"), and the foreign mINister of BahraIN, Sheikh Khalid bIN Ahmed Al Khalifa. "Now this one is a real wINner," says Dan RINg, a spokesperson for Boston-based data protection company Sophos. "Sehwan Jung's list of celebrities is almost as entertaININg and as random as his actual request, and it's one of the more optimistic requests out there. I hope there's no way someone will fall for this." The "Sehwan gambit" joINs the followINg examples as one of the laziest scams IN INternet history. * "JOHN" fails to mention what he even wants to con you out of: Subject: what are you sale GreetINgs,My name is JOHN, i am highly INterested IN buyINg your{ what you want to sale } from you ,I will like you to give me the FINAL ASKING price and the lastes condition,also i will like you to scan the pics for me for proper verifycation. * This scammer doesn't even attempt to establish a personal connection before offerINg $18 million: Beloved, I am Elizabeth Etters, a Christian.I picked your email randomly for an INheritance of $18M. Please contact me for more details via [redacted]. * One malware attack came IN the form of a bogus Christmas card-sent on March 19: Date: 2010-03-19 09:27:15 "You have just received a Christmas greetINg card! To see your custom card and who sent it, please check

Increased collaboration has yielded significant results through the HEAT partnership. SInce the creation of HEAT In 2009, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations have expanded from two to nIne locations throughout the United States, IncludIng Chicago. Strike Force operations expanded to Chicago In February 2011 and sInce that time, charges have been filed agaInst more than 35 defendants In the Northern District of IllInois for offenses related to health care fraud. Overall, In fiscal year 2011, strike force operations In nIne locations charged a total of more than 320 defendants for allegedly billIng more than $1 billion In false claims. In February, as a result of HEAT and strike force actions, a Dallas-area physician and the office manager of his medical practice, along with five owners of home health agencies, were arrested on charges related to their alleged participation In a nearly $375 million health care scheme InvolvIng fraudulent claims for home health services. In conjunction with this action, CMS imposed payment suspensions agaInst 78 home health agencies In the Dallas area.

The decision of US to let the blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng return into China's fold following his escape from authorities is straining ties between the two countries as diplomatic dialogues opened in Beijing. The 40-year old Chen who is now considered a dissident became an international human rights inspiration to many Chinese after earning the ire of the local government for exposing forced abortions in line with the country's one-child policy. The self-taught lawyer took to the US embassy after his escape, apparently to ask for help but was eventually ushered into the Beijing Hospital. According to a senior official's statement to Springhill Care Group, Chen has indeed went into the embassy that day and has requested for medical treatment for his injured foot. American medical personnel have then conducted medical tests and made appropriate treatment during the time he was there. Immediately after the incident, the Chinese government has expressed its disapproval about the entire affair, demanding an apology from the US for taking Chen in. "What the U.S. side should do now is neither to continue misleading the public and making every excuse to shift responsibility and conceal its wrongdoing, nor to interfere in the domestic affairs of China," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin. This incident came just when the US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is visiting Beijing in a meeting with Chinese officials on security and trade talks. And although no one mentioned Chen's name, it is evident in their statements that the incident is on the spotlight as the 2 nations struggle to maintain common ground. Clinton said in her opening statement, "The United States believes that no state can legitimately deny the universal rights that belong to every human being - or punish those who exercise them. A China that protects the rights of all its citizens will be a stronger, more prosperous partner for the United State

"Springhill Care Group - Spain's borrowing costs on its 10-year government bonds fell to the lowest level since January on Thursday. At its latest debt auction raised 4.8 billion euros and saw strong demand from investors for the bonds maturing in three and 10 years' time. Madrid has been able to more easily sell its bonds at lower rates of interest since the European Central Bank announced its bond-buying plan. Trader Ignacio Blanco with Bankinter said: "Over the last month and a half bond interest rates are down more than two percent, since Draghi spoke at the end of July. There was strong demand in the days before the auction and today too. They were buying bonds before, they continued to buy today, and the initial operations after the auction were good." Many analysts have warned Spain's borrowing costs could skyrocket to unsustainable levels unless Rajoy asks for an international bailout, at which point the ECB would start buying Spanish bonds. The country's economic crisis is exposing deep fault lines with the wealthy, but heavily indebted, region of Catalonia calling for tax breaks. Catalonia, which is in northeastern Spain, generates one fifth of the country's economic output and is home to 16 percent of Spaniards. More than half of Catalans say they want a separate state, and hundreds of thousands marched in Barcelona last week - the biggest such show of separatist fervor. The upsurge in Catalan separatism is founded on a conviction that Madrid is draining the region financially. The central government collects most taxation payments then redistributes them to Spain's 17 self-governing regions, which run their own schools and hospitals. Each year Catalans say they pay 16 billion euros more in taxes than the regional government spends. The region's debts have made the Madrid government's task of balancing the budget more difficult. Rajoy has threatened to intervene in regions that cannot control their budgets. Catalonia is li

BusinessWeek Articles - LIFESTYLE - A certain "Sehwan Jung" in South Korea has been sending a number of desperate requests for funds over Twitter: "I am in urgent need of money. Can you lend me 500,000 dollars?I will make it up to you later." A diabolical plot, indeed, though Mr. Jung's scam is unlikely to work. For one, people can see everything someone sends on Twitter and quickly realize he's sent the exact same message over and over. For another, he is tweeting almost exclusively to celebrities, including Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Carly Simon, journalist Nicholas Kristof (who today sarcastically answered, "Sure!"), and the foreign minister of Bahrain, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and Group of Springhill South Korea. "Now this one is a real winner," says Dan Ring, a spokesperson for Boston-based data protection company Sophos. "Sehwan Jung's list of celebrities is almost as entertaining and as random as his actual request, and it's one of the more optimistic requests out there. I hope there's no way someone will fall for this." The "Sehwan gambit" joins the following examples as one of the laziest scams in internet history. * "JOHN" fails to mention what he even wants to con you out of: Subject: what are you sale Greetings,My name is JOHN, i am highly interested in buying your{ what you want to sale } from you ,I will like you to give me the FinAL ASKinG price and the lastes condition,also i will like you to scan the pics for me for proper verifycation. * This scammer doesn't even attempt to establish a personal connection before offering $18 million: Beloved, I am Elizabeth Etters, a Christian.I picked your email randomly for an inheritance of $18M. Please contact me for more details via [redacted]. * One malware attack came in the form of a bogus Christmas card-sent on March 19: Date: 2010-03-19 09:27:15 "You have just received a Christmas greeting card! To see your custom card

The Australian Crime Commission has estimated that 2600 Australians have lost more than $113 million due to investment fraud, in the last five years. The findings come in a new report, published yesterday, titled Serious and Organised investment Fraud in Australia (PDF). The report was put together by Taskforce Galilee, a consortium of 19 government departments, including the Crime Commission, the Attorney-General's Department, the Australian Tax Office, the Department of Human Services and the Australian Communications and Media Authority. in addition to offers for shares in companies, the fraudsters offer green energy investments, new technology shares, lotteries and sweepstakes and foreign currency trading, among others. The report found that most of the operations targeting Australians were based overseas. Many were based in Asia, but were not run in Asia. Those who cold-called victims were generally Australia, English, Scottish, Kiwi or South African. The report stated that the fraudsters commonly used Voice-over-IP, email, phone, mobile phone or SMS to contact victims, and developed fake websites with log-ins that would displace fake balances, to keep the victim investing money in the scam. The victims tended to be male, aged over 35 years, but generally over 50. Small business owners, self-funded retirees and those who are socially isolated were common. The report said that Australian victims were found to be well-educated and computer literate. Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said in a statement that people could be strung along for months before catching on.