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...comfy golf shoe. "Golf is a perfect environment for GEOX technology," he says. "You walk long hours, often on a damp surface, and in warm if not hot climates. Why suffer with your feet? In the third millennium, it is impossible that people still suffer from such a basic problem as sweaty, smelly feet." Right on, Mario. The problem for GEOX, however, is that the world's economy may stink even worse...
...policy shifts may be coming. In practice, this means measures in the medium term that will encourage greater consumption and spending in developing nations like China, and more saving and less debt in the U.S. Although he was vague, Obama discussed what would amount to a reworking of the basic economic physics that governs our world. It's a delicate balance, however, because too much savings in the short term could delay an economic recovery. (See pictures of the Obamas in Europe...
...group I was working for had no background whatsoever to be working on those,” Mack says, adding that, to her knowledge, several of her colleagues were not licensed securities traders. “Sometimes the ways they handled even basic Black-Scholes models [widely used to price stock options] were puzzling...
...building of new ports, power plants and roads across this huge nation. "Lots of projects were showcased but very few have been realized because of classic issues like labor laws and the overall investment climate," explains Sandiaga Uno, CEO of Saratoga Capital, a venture capital firm. "Very basic issues like the bureaucracy and land availability have stifled infrastructure efforts...
...will no doubt be relieved that Obama's new strategy is as pragmatic as it is. The new President has abandoned earlier plans to turn Afghanistan into what Defense Secretary Robert Gates called "a Central Asian Valhalla", the task is focused on basic stability: halting the Taliban's momentum and preventing the country being used as a base for terrorists. In The Hague, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton even talked of negotiations with reconcilable Taliban insurgents, promising "reintegration into a peaceful society if they are willing to abandon violence, break with al-Qaeda, and support the constitution...