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...confirmed cases and offering the antiviral drug Tamiflu as a prophylactic to those who'd come into close contact with suspected cases - while certain hot spots, like London and Glasgow, abandoned the containment strategy. "The truth of the matter is, either you should get it now or try to avoid getting it - you can't have it both ways. It's so easy to give a glib representation of ignorant parents who are acting hysterically," she told the Independent...
...probe was partly inspired by the international body's investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri four years ago, says Hussain Haroon, Pakistan's ambassador to the U.N. "We thoroughly investigated the Hariri case, but there were some pitfalls there that we want to avoid," he says. "In this particular case, the government of Pakistan was interested in retaining some aspects of sovereignty, whereas in the Hariri case, they were not in the hands of the Lebanese government." Other crucial differences include the fact that "the Bhutto Commission," as it is being called, will not have...
...rise since 2005, when Porsche's fiercely independent CEO Wendelin Wiedeking started buying up VW stock in order to safeguard the luxury sports carmaker's future. His vision was to merge the two companies into a single holding that would create substantial economies of scale and enable Porsche to avoid being penalized under new European rules governing auto emissions and fuel consumption standards; by being part of the bigger VW group with its range of low-emission, fuel efficient cars, Porsche's sports cars wouldn't stand out, Wiedeking reasoned...
...camps can cut such deals. Because of NCAA regulations, many sports camps cannot give any type of financial aid to campers in high school because they are considered potential recruits. Sports camps, which are often held on a college campus and run by college coaches, have limited options to avoid economy-related enrollment drop-offs. Charlie Hoeveler, who runs U.S. Sports/Nike camps in 49 states (sorry, South Dakota) and Puerto Rico, says he braced for the worst when he saw the early enrollment numbers this year. (Read "Stimulus Sparks a Summer Jobs' Comeback...
...Kanno stressed that to avoid a double-dip recession, it's critical that the government gets the timing right when it begins to reverse loose fiscal and monetary policies as the economy improves. For example, raising interest rates - now effectively zero - too quickly could nip a recovery in the bud. "We need to be careful about the response of the market and the economy to the expected government's and central bank's exit policy," says Kanno. "Normalization policy may trigger the next downturn...