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...Keep in mind that the government analysts and independent academics who try to piece together scenarios about North Korea's internal politics for a living are like astronomers looking at the moon through the wrong end of a telescope. Not because they're not smart enough to look through the proper end, but because North Korea is so sealed off from the rest of the world, the wrong end is all they've got. The North Korean government - in the person of 80-year-old Kim Yong Nam, ostensibly Kim's second in command - said on Sept. 10 there...
...safe bet for an analyst trying to predict outcomes using limited information is to assume the status quo will prevail. But sometimes history can veer off the beaten path in cruel ways. The possibility that Kim Jong Il's death could make things worse for the benighted North Koreans is unpleasant to contemplate. Then again, North Korea under the Kim family dynasty has been a singularly cruel place...
...head for mass-market gamblers with Adelson's Venetian, situated right across the street. Adelson, too, is bringing even more options to Cotai, including a Four Seasons hotel, which opened in late August. "In the beginning, [City of Dreams] may have a tough time," says Gabriel Chan, a gaming analyst at Credit Suisse in Hong Kong. Ho, though, says he isn't worried. "Unlike some of our competitors who have cookie-cutter projects from the U.S., my vision has always been to create unique 'Wow' experiences," he says. The hockey player could yet keep the big boys in check...
Brian Ricketts, an analyst at the International Energy Agency, an energy think tank in Paris, says his group expects coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids to account for 10% to 15% of world fuel supply by 2050. Even capturing 1% of world oil demand would mean an output of millions of barrels a day--several times Sasol's current global production. Susan Barrows, a chemist and an energy expert at Harrisburg University in Harrisburg, Pa., reckons that given U.S. coal stocks, the country should be able to produce enough oil from coal to replace 30% of its imports...
That created a very special relationship between us. Phil was the ultimate gentleman: kind, approachable, wholesome. He was also a very smart guy, which later made him a successful analyst for abc Sports and Road & Track magazine. He was like a wine connoisseur with his ability to break down the behavior of cars...