Why some families will pay $500,000 for Ivy League admissions consulting: 'It’s worth the investment'
At the nation's top schools, including many in the Ivy League, acceptance rates hover near all-time lows.
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Singapore law firms expand to China as global peers retreat from the mainland
Singapore’s two largest law firms are expanding in China, banking on a trend of Chinese companies venturing overseas even as some of their global peers pull back from the world’s second-largest economy.
Chinese military simulations of attacks on US air bases in Japan alarms Tokyo
This Week in Asia has not been able to verify the images and there has been no official comment from China.
Japan wants answers over Chinese buoy found in remote contested waters
The buoy was discovered last week near Okinotorishima, a tiny remote atoll 1,730km south of Tokyo and the southernmost feature claimed by Japan. Though China and other have argued that the coral reef does not qualify as an island under UN definitions, Japan insists it can use the outpost to extend its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Gas Pumps Didn’t Work in New Zealand. Blame the Leap Year.
Like clockwork, leap years roll around every four years. But many companies are never quite prepared for it, with every Feb. 29 marred by glitches and malfunctions.