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...longer responsibly give away substantial sums on a personal, ad hoc basis, professionally run philanthropic foundations like those that arose in the West in the late 19th century are coming to the fore. Asia's rich "are beginning to see that giving can be sustainable and accountable, if they approach it the same way they approach their business," says Rory Tolentino, executive director of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium, a charity think tank...
...port has gone to people from Gwadar," he added. "They are spending billions of rupees on it, but they have not even built us a proper hospital." Like the children playing cricket, he seemed to consider himself very much a Pakistani. But he resented Islamabad's heavy-handed approach and the troops it deployed to enforce its policies. I left Gwadar with new sympathy for the Baluch and their desire for more say in their affairs...
Krogner says his conservative approach is the best way to preserve Esprit's strong profits while his management team figures out the U.S. retail scene. "People have lost their pants" in the U.S., he says. "You don't do a marathon if you have...
That "cap-and-trade" approach works because it provides certainty--companies have a specific greenhouse-gas-emission target--and because free markets are the most efficient way to reward innovation. A market-based system has two added benefits: it creates new revenue sources for companies clean enough to sell credits, and it enables free markets to determine the best solutions instead of having governments bet on what they think are going to be the winning innovations. That vision is one reason a Republican Governor and a Democratic legislature were able to agree on the global-warming act and many business...
...first time. Many of the most important advances in clean-air and environmental policy, including energy-efficiency standards for appliances and clean-car laws, have started in California, spread across the country and finally been embraced and consolidated in national legislation. So Washington, do you hear us? A national approach is inevitable, and we should start now, before states form a patchwork of 50 different plans. Predictability and consistency will encourage businesses across America to invest in going green. Going green may be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century. It is the mother of all markets. Going green...