Word: althoughe
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...investment and entrepreneurial incentive. The Democrats propose a tax cut that is really a savings incentive--in Sinai's opinion, a good idea. They would increase government spending on the military and through transfers for education and other social purposes and reduce debt much more than would the Republicans--although the Republican reduction of $257 billion over 10 years from non-Social Security surpluses is scarcely a pittance. The Democratic spending proposals, in Sinai's view, "are targeted for things that will be productive and not the old welfare-state, liberal way of wasting money at the government level...
Mocha's comments point to another difference between little mergers and the monster variety (besides the obvious one of size). Although the conglomerate craze is waning, most big-time mergers still aim at a degree of diversification. But small firms almost always combine with others in the same industry. That, of course, frequently means mergers of direct competitors or potential competitors, like Personify and Anubis. But while trustbusters may try to stop such a merger between two giant competitors or at least attach onerous conditions, they are almost sure to ignore combinations of little competitors. It is difficult to imagine...
Personally, I just don't know enough to be worried about biotech, although I figure that if anything is going to do in my visiting in-laws this Thanksgiving, it's going to be Salmonella from an undercooked bird or their taxi ride out to LaGuardia...
...said it would take some work. No one knows exactly which of the thousands of products for sale use gene-altered crops like corn or soy. It could be more than half. They said I'd do best staying away from processed foods and sticking with stuff labeled organic, although even then, since the government doesn't regulate the labeling of organic foods, you have to put your faith in the private firms that certify food as organic...
...China? Don't ask. Although significant progress has been made this year, the country's Y2K working group reports nagging trouble with a lack of funds and an even more severe lack of understanding. Thousands of state-owned firms are still fumbling for solutions. The State Department also warns Beijing-bound travelers to be wary of possible blackouts and food shortages...