Nothing much to report. Plenty of dreadful things happening in the world, but you’ll already know that from your regular news channels. Just a quick round-up, so’s folks don’t go thinking I’m dead, again.
Reagan was, according to a movie script at any rate, concerned that he might be the anti-christ. California burns. Theres a huge plague of locusts sweeping Sudan. And I think I just saw four horsemen fly past my window.
According to Pravda, the crew of the Ukrainian plane which crashed carrying 62 Spanish peacekeepers were drunk.
“I am happy to see the message was delivered to Syria by the Israeli air force, and I hope it is the first of many such messages” : Richard Perle, former Defense Policy Board chairman, Whitehouse insider, and all-round balanced guy.
Here’s hoping something amusing happens damn soon.
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About 786 entrepreneurs and executives of leading businesses worldwide will flock to South Korea’s second biggest city of Busan to take part in one of the world’s biggest business fairs Nov. 17-19.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit 2005 will be the largest-ever in APEC history in terms of the number of business participants.
The gathering is also the most prestigious annual event in terms of providing a unique opportunity for business leaders from the Asia-Pacific rim to hear presentations about economic and trade issues from APEC economic leaders, economists, policymakers and fellow business leaders.
Although Shanghai attracted 800 participants in 2001, Chinese entrepreneurs accounted for nearly half of the attendees. The previous eight APEC forums attracted less than 650 businessmen.
Ten heads of states, including Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, will join this year’s CEO Summit seminar sessions.
The meeting, which will comprise of 10 plenary seminar sessions and seven special sessions, will explore the theme of “Entrepreneurship and Prosperity: Building a Successful Partnership in the Asia-Pacific Region.’
Issues to be addressed at the sessions include global energy challenges, global competitiveness in a borderless economy, natural disasters and global responsibility, information communication technology (ICT) and challenges for globalization and borderless free trade.
The summit will also provide an unmatched opportunity to reinforce business networking among business leaders in the region.
Star entrepreneurs to attend the meeting include Citigroup senior vice chairman William R. Rhodes, AIG executive vice chairman and COO Donald P. Kanak, Gale International chairman Stanley Gale, Gale International president and CEO John B. Hynes III, DHL Logistics CEO Frank Appel and Li & Fung Group chairman Victor Fung.
Representatives of leading information technology (IT) companies participating in the event include Microsoft senior vice president and CTO Craig Mundie, Sybase chairman and CEO John Chen, Alibaba.com chairman and CEO Jack Ma and China Unicom president Shang Bing.
Invitees from prominent energy firms and oil refineries include Russian oil heavyweight Gazprom chairman Alexey Miller, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) president Chengyu Fu and BPMIGAS chairman Kardaya Warnika.
Also on the list are SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won, SK Telecom president Kim Shin-bae, Samsung Electronics president of semiconductor business Hwang Chang-gyu, KT Corp. executive vice president Yoon Jong-lok, Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho, Daesung Group chairman Kim Young-hoon and GM Daewoo Auto & Technology president Nick Reilly.
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