西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Muhammad Cohen reviews a book whose author "[t]he United States government has thrown billions of dollars at rescuing companies and their officers who should have been bankrupted, exposed as charlatans, in some cases jailed" — Named and shamed . Subscribe in a reader
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
If the Mohammedans won't come to the mountain, then the mountain - or at least a stone from it - can come to the Mohammedans - or their closest neighboring compatriots. The visit of a female Israeli tennis player to Bali, a resort island of Muslim-majority Indonesia, has echoes of the sports diplomacy trail famously blazed by American and Chinese ping-pong players. - Muhammad Cohen (Nov...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
In the face of global economic woes and collapsing tourism markets, Indonesia's top holiday destination is notching up record arrival numbers. - Muhammad Cohen
essays & effluvia (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
FANTASTIC! BOOK REVIEW Named and shamed Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy by Barry Ritholtz with Aaron Task Reviewed by Muhammad Cohen http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/KJ03Dj01.html For the past three decades, finance replaced doctor or lawyer as the smart career choice. The cleverest people gravitated to business schools...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Bailout Nation by Barry Ritholtz with Aaron Task The United States government has thrown billions of dollars at rescuing companies and their officers who should have been bankrupted, exposed as charlatans, in some cases jailed, argues Ritholtz in a compelling and devastatingly accurate indictment of the financial and political establishment. - Muhammad Cohen (Oct 2, '09)
Orangutan Outreach (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Sep 26, 2009 By Muhammad Cohen Source: Asia Times BALI - This year's haze season is in full swing across Kalimantan and residents of Indonesia's portion of Borneo are set for the worst. With the El Nino effect signaling a long dry season and smoke from forest fires already causing airport and school closures across the island, as [...]
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
A trio of "serial entrepreneurs" is nurturing a for-profit initiative to cut carbon emissions and convince Asians of the importance of growing and protecting trees. - Muhammad Cohen
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Smoke from annual fires again blankets Indonesian Borneo and beyond, temporarily obscuring genuine progress in the battle to save Asia's largest remaining rainforest. - Muhammad Cohen (Sep 25, '09)
