| US clampdown on visas for teachers upsets China |
| A U.S. clampdown on visas for instructors at China's flagship cultural program overseas has incensed Beijing, with state media pouncing on it as an attempt by Washington to frustrate Chinese global ambitions. |
| 05/25/2012 |
| Investors plan soccer stadium for Haiti shantytown |
| A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the... |
| 05/24/2012 |
| Senate approves 60-day extension of federal flood insurance program |
| “I am pleased an agreement has been reached that will allow a short extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, as well as more extensive Senate floor consideration of long-term extension proposals. As we head in to this year’s hurricane season, preventing a lapse in the program is critical. |
| 05/25/2012 |
| Executive management changes announced at Southern Company |
| ATLANTA, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO Thomas A. Fanning today announced a number of changes within the company's management team, effective July 1.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080801/SOCOLOGO ... |
| 05/24/2012 |
| The coming storm in flood insurance |
| The name Alberto probably doesn’t mean much to someone living in Florida, but it’s a name worth knowing. He is the year’s first tropical storm, which began swirling in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and skirted the coast more than a week before the “official” start of the hurricane season. He is a reminder of the potential threat Floridians face annually: devastation from tropical storms and ... |
| 05/23/2012 |
| Flood insurance debate resumes as deadline nears |
| (Reuters) - Federal officials are putting fresh pressure on Congress to take action on the National Flood Insurance Program, whose authorization expires at the end of this month, one day before hurricane season begins. The NFIP has been a political football in Washington for years, particularly because of the unsustainable debt load it took on in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. There is a ... |
| 05/02/2012 |
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