Rio shantytowns shake up Brazilian tourism (USA Today)
Most of the massive hillside slums that rise up around Rio's posh Ipanema beach district are places where middle-class Brazilians would never go. But a growing number of tourists are shunning the beachfront zones with their pricey hotels and shops to get a taste of the "real Brazil," one outsiders rarely see up close....more..."Real" but risky, Rio favelas draw tourism (Seattle Times)
Most of the massive hillside slums that rise up around Rio's posh Ipanema beach district are places where middle-class Brazilians would......more... Housing Bubble and Real Estate Market Tracker (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance)
A roundup of articles and data about the housing market....more... Rio de Janeiro's shanty towns are Brazil's latest tourist attraction (Inside Bay Area)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Most of he massive hillside slums that rise up around Rio's posh Ipanema beach district are places where middle-class Brazilians would never go....more... On the yellow silk road (The Australian)
THE editor is in Hong Kong, en route to China, and she has phoned me with a shopping tip. Apparently there's a Shanghai Tang warehouse store in Hong Kong and she has the address. It has been slipped discreetly to her, scrawled on the back of a business card....more... Writer on the road of life (The Japan Times)
Sawaki's three-volume series, the first two of which came out in 1986 ? at the height of Japan's stupendous "bubble economy" ? inspired many of his young compatriots to go on the road in search of... Read more . . . ...more... The Quiapo Cinematheque (INQ7.net)
MANILA, Philippines - Information wants to be free. Or at least, cheap. Nowhere is this dictum more apparent than in the bowels of Quiapo's Muslim district, now known to all and sundry as "Deeveedee."...more... Analysts warn China vulnerable to a Japan-style debt meltdown (Inside Bay Area)
WHEN FINANCIAL CRISIS devastated its Asian neighbors a decade ago, China sat safely on the sidelines, its own markets and banks largely closed off from the world and insulated from the upheavals...more... A coming fall? (The Pueblo Chieftain)
SHANGHAI, China - When financial crisis devastated its Asian neighbors a decade ago, China sat safely on the sidelines, its own markets and banks largely closed off from the world and insulated from the upheavals wracking more open economies. But today, China could be ripe for a crisis of its own that might resemble the collapse of Japan?s ??Bubble Economy?? in the early 1990s - and have ......more... |