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There may be another miracle in the making. Because unfettered capitalism is widely blamed for the global meltdown, economists and laborers alike say Brazil has become an example of what Lula likes to call "the financial strategy of the future." By that he means a postideological approach that is equal parts wealth creation for corporations such as Embraer and wealth redistribution for underdogs like Da Silva. All this under the kind of prudent financial regulation that seems to have gone missing in the developed world of late...
...leaders with whom both U.S. President George W. Bush and Venezuela's Chávez had decent relations. Lula told TIME he has "high expectations" that Obama will turn "a new page" on Latin America and "put aside traditional U.S. insistence on a narrow, one-sided approach that focuses almost exclusively on free trade and the drug war." Like most Latin leaders, Lula wants Obama to lift the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. And he is keen (he may be disappointed) to see the U.S. throw its weight behind a last effort to save the Doha round of world trade...
...Tate, a well-known supporter of VBACs in Georgia. He was confident in my ability to have a VBAC, and in July 2008 I did. He has developed a huge following as a result of his low C-section rate, his willingness to take on hard cases and an approach that allows a woman to go into labor when her body is ready and to labor as long as she needs to. He is a hero to women who want to birth the way nature intended and on their terms. Dr. Tate's record of success belies the VBAC scare...
...genius behind the Hyundai approach to selling cars is that it has caught on to a way to get people into showrooms during the worst recession in decades. Every other auto company of any size has a line of vehicles as diverse as Hyundai's and all of its competitors have more recognized brands. But when Hyundai did a bit of research about car buyers it found that 50% of people thinking about buying a car or truck were resisting the urge because they might lose their jobs...
...model to quantify position scarcity, or the idea that there are more players of high fantasy value that play certain positions (like first base) than others (like shortstop).“I quantify stuff that a lot of other people just guess at,” Swanay says.This quantitative approach continues to gain popularity in fantasy circles, but it has also pervaded the thinking of front offices in professional baseball, along with other sports.More and more, general managers supplement the advice of scouts with computer-generated projections and analysis. The trend has sparked resistance from old-school hardliners who contend...