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...upgrading his recommendation. Shell's stock isn't the bargain it was last winter after the reserves scandal broke, when it traded at around $6.30. Keeping it buoyant: plans for a big revamp of Shell's corporate structure and continuing rumors - dismissed by both sides - that France's Total might try to acquire the company. Losing Ground Control Ah, summertime, when the livin' is easy and Europe's airlines enjoy a holiday boom - right? Not exactly. Alitalia CEO Giancarlo Cimoli last week warned that the state-owned carrier faced collapse within 20 days unless unions agree to cost cuts...
...Thirachai, a strong proponent of corporate governance and transparency, insists he isn't trying to stop the free flow of information. He says he is moving to prevent individuals from manipulating the market, driving share prices down so that they can later be bought at bargain rates. "I object to fluctuations caused by false rumors," Thirachai says. But with the SET index down this year by nearly 25%, some fear the attempt to muzzle market buzz will only scare off institutional investors and make matters worse. "The problem is that information, the media, is too tightly controlled by the government...
Graduates from India's prestigious technology universities get good jobs, make great money and are eagerly sought-after marriage partners. But according to Chetan Bhagat's charming debut novel Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT, they end up in a Faustian bargain: students at the seven India Institutes of Technology sacrifice their youth for the sake of a successful adulthood...
...from the country's citizens and the strictures that dominate daily life in the kingdom. In exchange for often hefty paychecks and perks, Westerners provide much of the technical know-how that drives the Saudi economy. But recent events have forced many expats to reconsider the terms of that bargain. Terrorists linked to alQaeda have gone on a killing spree aimed at driving foreign workers out of the kingdom and hastening the Saudi regime's collapse. Militants have killed three Americans in the past month, including Paul Johnson, an engineer and a 20-year veteran of Saudi Arabia...
...bookcase-lined dining room, seats 20 and displays impressive bottles and wine literature. There's dining on the garden terrace, and a private party may be reserved in the well-stocked corner cantina. Three airy double rooms upstairs, fitted with every luxury found at the Hassler, are a bargain at $300-$420 per night. Just having the use of such an address as a meeting place is well worth the $24 annual membership fee. But even that is waived for now in a promotion to lure members, since a wine tasting is included free in the annual membership...