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- Are Elite Universities Discriminating Against Asians?
- Are Ivy League schools and other elite universities guilty of an Asian bias? It's a natural question to ask based on a new book, No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal:Â Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life. According to Thomas Espenshade,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
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- Asians post lowest unemployment rate in US.
- Byline: Muthukumar K May 20--Here's some good news on the Asian Diaspora. Asians in the US are doing well -- really well. More Asians got jobs than sons of the soil in calendar '04 in relative term. This was evident from the...
- Research articles 2005-05-20
- Obesity risks for Asians show one size doesn't fit all: WHO
- LONDON AFP ? Ample Asians face obesity-related illnesses just like their plump American and British counterparts, but current medical standards are ill-adapted to evaluate their risks, say experts from the World Health Organization WHO. A study commissioned by WHO found that one size does not fit all in calculating...
- Research articles 2004-01-13
- Asians choosing fat over fad as dietary habits undergo heavy change
- SINGAPORE AFP ? Asians are eating fewer carbohydrates but, unlike in the West where fad diets are leading people away from potatoes and pasta, a growing love of fatty foods is to blame, nutrition experts say. Dieticians and nutrition researchers told AFP that Asians have yet to latch on...
- Research articles 2004-02-29
- Southeast Asians a happier lot than stressed-out North Asians
- SINGAPORE AFP ? Political uncertainty and economic worries are making North Asians more stressed and unhappy than their counterparts in Southeast Asia, a survey showed. Food and health supplements company Cerebos Pacific Limited said its survey of 4,700 people aged over 15 in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand...
- Research articles 2004-06-14
- Asians misdiagnosed by standard obesity measure, experts say
- SYDNEY AFP — Health problems related to obesity are hitting Asians harder than other ethnic groups because doctors using a one-size-fits-all diagnosis fail to pick it up, experts have said. The standard way to define obesity uses the body-mass index -- a measure of weight divided by height -- but...
- Research articles 2006-09-07
- The ruling class: California. (disproportionate number of Asians and Latinos enrolled in college when compared with populations statistics shows difference in cultural emphasis)
- FOR the moment, whites run California. White governor; two white senators; white mayors in the two largest cities. But their hegemony may be ending. Their successors will not be Latinos, who are set to surpass them in numbers by about 2020, but Asians, who are surpassing them...
- Research articles 1994-09-17
- A private banker says Asians offer big potential for growth.
- Jun 12, 2003 (The Asian Wall Street Journal - ABIX via COMTEX) Patrick Follea says the current turbulence in the sharemarket creates an opportunity for private banking in Asia. Follea, a senior executive with BNP Paribas Private Bank Hong Kong, says wealthy Asians are...
- Research articles 2003-06-12
- Fortune magazine names 50 best companies for Blacks, Hispanics and Asians
- Pacific Enterprises, a Southern California utility holding company, tops Fortune magazine's list of "The 50 Best Companies for Asians, Blacks, & Hispanics." The list, published in the magazine's August 3 issue, also cites Advantica, the parent company of Denny's, as No. 2 on the list, with BankAmerica, Fannie...
- Research articles 1998-08-24
- South Asians monopolize the US C- Store Market.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 March 2007-RNCOS: South Asians monopolize the US C- Store MarketC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16032007 US has almost 140,655 convenience stores (C-store) posting sales of US$ 495 Billion annually. The Indo Asian News Service reported rough estimates provided by the...
- Research articles 2007-03-16
- Asians bear brunt of pilgrimage tragedy as 244 die trampled under foot
- MINA, Saudi Arabia AFP ? A total of 244 Muslim pilgrims were trampled to death or suffocated -- half of them Asians -- as tragedy struck during a ritual stoning of "Satan" pillars marking the end of the annual hajj to Mecca. Fifty-four Indonesians and 36 Pakistanis were among...
- Research articles 2004-02-01
- Five arrested for allegedly attacking Asians over liquor in Bahrain
- MANAMA AFP ? Five people have been arrested in Bahrain for allegedly attacking Asians and other expatriates they suspected of selling alcohol, an interior ministry official said. Police swooped in to make the arrests after brawls provoked by "deliberate acts of sabotage" broke out between young Muslims and the...
- Research articles 2004-03-18
- Asians lead the charge as PGA Championship begins
- SPRINGFIELD, United States AFP — Asians led the charge as the 87th PGA Championship began, with India's Arjun Atwal in the opening group off the first tee and Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee in the next threesome. The field of 156 players in the final major championship of 2005 included a...
- Research articles 2005-08-11
- ''South Asians on Wall Street'' Offers Role Models, Career Advice and a Primer on Professional Development to 400
- NEW YORK -- First-Ever Forum Features Senior-Most South Asian Business Leaders; Merrill Lynch's INDO Professional Network Hosts Event "South Asians on Wall Street," an unprecedented gathering of some 400 South Asian professionals from six financial services giants, presented candid career advice and professional direction from some of the senior...
- Research articles 2005-09-20
- ADB says fewer Asians living on less than $1 a day
- MANILA, Aug. 30 Kyodo The economic rise in China and India buoyed developing Asia's poverty reduction efforts and helped reduce the number of Asians living on less than $1 a day by 300 million, the Asian Development Bank announced Tuesday. Employment growth in the world's...
- Research articles 2005-09-05
- Diabetes test not working for Asians
- HONG KONG AFP — Experts fear a diabetes test is failing to detect the disease in thousands of Asians who may be unaware they have the condition. Researchers at Hong Kong Chinese University said they believed the test, which worked well with Caucasians, was not suited to Asian subjects....
- Research articles 2005-09-30
- Cyberspace allows Asians to evade media restrictions: proponents
- MANILA AFP — Internet media and personal journals known as "blogs" offer Asians ways of getting around press restrictions under authoritarian governments, proponents said. However, Asian governments will still try to crack down on new media, and advances in technology may actually help them monitor the messages being sent...
- Research articles 2006-04-19
- 26 Asians killed in Saudi bus crash
- RIYADH AFP — Twenty-six Asians were killed and 19 injured when a bus transporting them to the Saudi holy city of Medina swerved off a bridge, a Saudi daily said without specifying their nationalities. The accident took place early Friday on a bridge east of the Red Sea city...
- Research articles 2006-04-29
- Li Ka-shing urges Asians to adopt culture of philanthropy
- SINGAPORE AFP — Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing has urged Asians to adopt a culture of philanthropy, saying charity is also a way of investing for the future. "In Asia, our traditional values encourage and even demand that wealth and means pass through lineage as an imperative duty," the Hong...
- Research articles 2006-09-05
- Wasteful Asians urged to modify consumption style
- MANILA AFP — Newly well-off Asians are becoming more and more wasteful as they emulate the West's consumption patterns and the environment is suffering as a result, according to the Asian Development Bank. Some estimates show that in Asia, the world's export and manufacturing dynamo, 90 percent of production...
- Research articles 2007-02-15
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