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...adopted when he took office to increase public commitment to the issue. “There is a big gap between what [people] say regarding the environment and how they respect the environment regarding individual actions,” Dimas said. “As consumers they can affect the economy. As voters they can affect politicians.” Dimas also credited the media’s commitment to covering and prioritizing environmental stories as “very important in changing public opinion.” Regardless of the lack of current environmental policy in the United States...
...most advanced economy, from the motherland of some of the brightest economists we have, from the sector that was considered to be the safest in the world: America.” But Zuluaga said he thought that although the waves from the financial fiasco from the U.S. might affect the Colombian economy, the country will still enjoy “a higher growth potential compared to its historical performance.” Audience member Maria P. Mogollon ’03, who is in her second year at Harvard Business School and is the president of the Colombia Caucus...
...That's because credit markets, which affect the ability of businesses and governments to borrow to fund day-to-day operations, continue to tighten in Asia as banks become more nervous about lending. In Hong Kong, the one-month interbank lending rate has doubled in the past month to 4%. Central banks are trying to pump liquidity into financial markets to avert a credit crunch. India on Monday cut the amount of cash that banks must deposit with the central bank in an attempt to loosen credit. "Credit markets are quite global," says Kirby Daley, senior strategist at financial services...
...create the Community Pediatrics Training Initiative. In an interview Sunday, Palfrey stressed the link between medicine and public health, saying that she aimed to shift the focus of pediatrics toward prevention. “It’s important for doctors to realize how much family and social circumstances affect health care,” Palfrey said. “Without such awareness, we can miss causes for children’s problems.” Palfrey noted that nine million American children are uninsured and said that she will continue the academy’s efforts...
Several students said it was too early to tell how the financial crisis would affect their lives. “Is this Armageddon or will this be fixed in five years?” Doelling asked...