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Sterlite can buy Asarco for $1.7 bn: US court

Wilmington/Mexico City: India’s biggest copper producer, Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd, can buy bankrupt US copper miner Asarco Llc. for $1.1 billion (Rs55,220 crore) in cash and a $600 million note, a US judge said. Bankruptcy judge Richard Schmidt ...

From STEVEN CHURCH AND ANDRES R. MARTINEZ, livemint.com,  23 Apr 2009
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The massive misunderstandings that plague the relationship between the United States and Mexico.

The other day, my 4-year-old son asked me what a border is. It was a simple question, and yet I found myself stammering until his eyes narrowed intently. He does that, as if to say, "Aha, it seems I have stumbled upon something juicy here." He might as ...

From ANDRES MARTINEZ, Slate,  14 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Will Carlos Slim use the New York Times to bolster his reputation?

As a native of Mexico and a lifetime admirer of (and former editorial writer for) the New York Times, I confess that part of me wants to feel a measure of pride that the Sulzberger family has turned to a Mexican businessman for help. The New York Times ...

From ANDRES MARTINEZ, Slate,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Carlos Slim Helu,  New York Times Company,  John D. Rockefeller,  Bill Gates,  Warren Buffett

The Next Next President

Sebastian has moved on. "Who is going to be the next president, daddy?" my four-year-old son asks impatiently. "No, I mean after that." Seabass has caught the perpetual campaign bug. He was upset he couldn't vote last Tuesday; he's been a McCain ...

From ANDRES MARTINEZ, The Washington Post,  7 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Peter Falk

Is It Possible to be Objective When Covering Politics?

As a journalism major at Temple University, I am troubled by the lack of objectivity in much of the election news coverage this campaign season. Is it possible to be completely objective when covering politics? At my liberal campus, none of my ...

From ANDRES MARTINEZ, The Washington Post,  3 Nov 2008
Related Topics: MSNBC,  U.S. Republican Party,  John McCain,  Barack Obama,  Michael Kinsley

Why Can People Without ID's, and Ted Stevens, Vote?

Why isn't ID required when registering to vote? Our country was built on the honor system, which is sad because it looks like there aren't many honorable people left! One needs ID for pretty much everything else, so why not? This is important. You are ...

From ANDRES MARTINEZ, The Washington Post,  31 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Ted Stevens,  John Paul Stevens,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  John Kerry

Maybe Long Campaigns Aren't So Bad

What has this campaign season taught you about the process that you didn't already know? Good question. I think a lot of people will be readjusting their attitudes toward campaign finance after this one. Barack Obama's coffers are overflowing to a ...

From ANDRES MARTINEZ, The Washington Post,  27 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

Worried About the Crazies

Given that comments by John McCain, Sarah Palin and their surrogates like Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) seem to feed a hostile environment in an already fearful time, is the threat of potential violence and more division within our country real? Or does ...

From ANDRES MARTINEZ, The Washington Post,  20 Oct 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Sarah Palin,  Michele Bachmann

The Campaign to Feel Your Pain

The economy is issue No. 1, and rightly so, at the moment, but is talking about the economy and nothing else any way to select the president of the most powerful country in the world? Are Americans really willing to neglect other critical and ...

From ANDRES MARTINEZ, The Washington Post,  17 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  John McCain,  Joe the Plumber,  George W. Bush

Is It Smart for McCain to Avoid Rev. Wright?

Is McCain smart to avoid attacking Barack Obama for his association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? Your question is a tricky one, because I'm not sure it was smart for John "My Friends" McCain to attack Obama personally at all. McCain's greatest ...

From ANDRES MARTINEZ, The Washington Post,  13 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  William Ayers,  George W. Bush

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