THE Western liberal media had a laugh in August when China's State Administration of Religious Affairs announced Order No. 5, a law covering "the management measures for the reincarnation of living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism".
That's despite moves by a few big chains, including Macy's, J.C. Penney and Amazon, which announced order deadlines for guaranteeing delivery before Christmas Day would be extended past the weekend.
In France he announced orders for 102 Airbus passenger jets.
Airbus said that allowed it to nudge ahead of Boeing in 2010, which announced orders of 625 planes, according to Airbus.
In June, it announced orders and options to buy up to 425 new jets, which it called the largest airplane purchase in private aviation history.
On Monday, GE Capital Aviation Services, a division of General Electric, announced orders worth nearly $8 billion for 100 single-aisle planes -- 60 from Airbus and 40 from Boeing.
Russia claims that Mr Saakashvili treacherously broke a unilateral ceasefire he had just announced, ordering a massive offensive on Tskhinvali, ethnically cleansing South Ossetian villages and killing as many as 2,000 people.
Other competitors include Air Sahara, smaller than Jet but, it said this week, soon to begin joint marketing with British Airways and American Airlines.More ominously, InterGlobe Enterprises, a Delhi-based travel firm that represents various airlines, including Virgin Atlantic, recently announced orders for 100 Airbus A320s.
Lufthansa, the German flag carrier, announced orders for more than 100 single-aisle and wide-body planes from both Airbus and Boeing, while Turkish Airlines said it would purchase up to 117 Airbus single-aisle planes.
Late Thursday, the government announced orders for intravenous versions of Tamiflu and Relenza, which are much cheaper — a development that could force shares of BioCryst to give up some of their gains on Friday.
Airbus announced orders worth $18.3bn £11.62bnn) to Boeing's $6.1bn.
