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The China Hawaii Road

Kai Wang, who is originally from China, is an attorney with the Hawaii law firm of Carlsmith Ball, where she is a Partner and the Chair of the Greater China Practice Group. For nearly a decade, Kai has worked in the Greater China Region on cross-border transactions in international law firms and as an in-house […]

How Deep are Chinas Pockets?

Gordon Chang and Bill Sharp discuss just how financially solvent China is as it continues to invest and loan billions around the world, often to support its one belt, one road. Attention will also be given to the upcoming 19th Party Congress. Finally, we hear about the crisis on the Korean peninsula ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]

Asian Insolvency Issues

Mr. Charles Booth is the Director of The Institute of Asia-Pacific Business Law. He is a distinguished and widely published legal scholar whose focus has been business and insolvency law in the Asia-Pacific Region. He advises law firms, banks, financial institutions, and transnational companies and organizations concerning insolvency, restructuring, investment, and financing issues. Mark and […]

The HVCA Deal of the Year Awards Luncheon

Hosts Jay Fidell and Roger Ulveling provide an overview of HVCA Deal of the Year Awards Luncheon. Featuring: Bill Spencer (Hawaii Venture Capital Association), Brian Schatz (Lt. Governor of Hawaii), Dean Hirata (Teatris Online). Original Air Date February 5, 2012. Episode 73. The hosts for this episode were Jay Fidell, Roger Ulveling. The hosts for […]

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- Adam Liptak
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to CFPB Funding

A decision against the agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, could have cast doubt on all of its regulations and enforcement actions. [...]

- Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Calls to Pause Slovakia’s E.U. Election Campaigning Raise Questions

At least one party, the opposition Progress Slovakia, said it would suspend its campaign, in a move to help “end the spiral of attacks and blame.” [...]

- Eric Lipton
Serbia Approves Plans For a Hotel With Jared Kushner in Belgrade

The redevelopment plans for a bombed NATO site in Belgrade in partnership with the government provoked immediate criticism in Serbia. [...]

- Glenn Thrush and Luke Broadwater
Biden Asserts Executive Privilege in Fight Over Recording of Special Counsel Interview

The move comes as House Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over audio of President Biden’s conversations with the special [...]

- John Koblin

The seven-year run of the hit series, which ends on Thursday, mirrors the story of the television business during that time. [...]

Suspect charged with attempted murder of Slovak PM Fico

Robert Fico's condition is still "very serious" after he was shot several times on Wednesday. [...]

Starmer sets out what Labour would do first

The Labour leader promises more teachers and more NHS appointments in major pre-election speech. [...]

Boy, 5, dies in fall from block of flats

A neighbour says the boy's parents are "inconsolable" after his death in east London. [...]

Ex-Post Office IT boss blocked Vennells' number

Lesley Sewell tells the Horizon inquiry she was "not comfortable" being contacted by the former chief. [...]

Reality TV stars charged over investment plugs

Lauren Goodger, from The Only Way is Essex, is among those accused of promoting the unauthorised scheme on Instagram. [...]

A regional court ruled that police may not remove a forest encampment erected by environmentalists opposing Elon Musk's factory expansion plans. A vote on a downsized expansion is taking place [...]

Selahattin Demirtas, the former leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party, has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison in Turkey for allegedly inciting the deadly Kobani riots in [...]

A major state-supported environmental group in Germany is suing the federal government, claiming it will fail to meet its own climate change targets and thereby break German law. The case [...]

The ruling ANC is projected to lose its majority in the May 29 elections. For many voters, the polls offer another shot at restoring hope in South Africa's democracy. [...]

Germans have long been known for their diligence, sense of duty, reliability and productivity. Recent data suggests that Germans are working fewer hours. But that doesn't tell the whole story. [...]

- Rachel Treisman
The NFL responds after a player urges female college graduates to become homemakers

Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal [...]

- Ximena Bustillo
Michael Cohen continues cross-examination in Trump's criminal hush money trial

Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen is in his third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star [...]

- Claudia Grisales
Those sickened by U.S. nuclear testing program take their fight to Congress

People who live near the areas where nuclear weapons were tested say their communities still suffer harm and are pressing Congress to renew funding to help them. [...]

- Drew Hawkins
Here's what's holding back Medicaid expansion in Mississippi and other Southern states

More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way. [...]

- NPR Washingtion Desk
Supreme Court upholds funding structure for CFPB

The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented. [...]

- Rachel Weiner
- Shayna Jacobs

Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand to be cross-examined in Donald Trump’s trial on allegations of business fraud related to a hush money payment. [...]

- Associated Press

Donald Trump’s defense has brought up an embarrassing episode from Michael Cohen’s past [...]

- Raf Casert | AP

In an increasingly vitriolic political climate, the last thing needed in the runup to the June European Union elections was an assassination attempt on one of the bloc’s most controversial [...]

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