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	Stretching Across Chinese Communities By Ron Chepesiuk The Asian American market is hot. APIs have embraced the Internet. They have the highest median income and education levels of any ethnic group in the country. And their buying power in North America is more than $150 billion-plus annually. With the larger goal of maintaining its position as a leading Internet media and infrastructure company for Chinese communities worldwide, SINA.com is well aware of the market’s potential. To convince advertisers, it sponsored a study on the Chinese American population specifically. COMPLETE STORY...		Mistrial in Ocean Shores Murder Case (in National News) Oakland Adult Education and ESL Classes Threatened (in Bay Area News) Tetrasomia: The New Era in Circus Art (in A&E) Voices from the Community: My Life as Special Ed (in Opinion)

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The Shattered Ceiling: Q&A with Sashi Chimala of Qwiky’s Chimala started his career as a software engineer. He worked for Unisys in Detroit for five years before transferring to St. Louis in 1984, where he worked for another five years. In 1987, he helped his friend start Complete Business Solutions, which is now listed on NASDAQ. Five years later, Chimala founded Indigo Technologies in 1992 in Cupertino, Calif. After living in the United States for 20 years, he and his family moved back to India. After Indigo sold to SSI Technologies for some $12 million, Chimala and his family started their coffee chain, Qwiky’s. COMPLETE STORY...

Singapore’s E-Government: Web-savvy citizens of the Southeast Asian nation enjoy a highly computerized state. Job listings, announcements, and more in our special online classifieds section.

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